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To: KyrosL who wrote (25897)	11/30/2007 10:25:29 PM
From: elmatador	Respond to of 217685

OT Chilean lady auctions her "services" for charity. I've already auctioned off the 27 hours of love," Maria Carolina told Reuters on Wednesday, saying she had raised about $4,000. "One of my clients already paid. It seemed like a good deed to him." Chilean prostitute auctions sex for charity Wed 28 Nov 2007, 19:47 GMT [-] Text [+] SANTIAGO (Reuters) - A Chilean prostitute has auctioned 27 hours of sex to raise money for the country's largest charity during an annual fund-raising campaign. Maria Carolina became an overnight celebrity in the conservative Roman Catholic country, making news headlines and appearing on talk shows since she made her unusual donation to the televised charity event, which runs for 27 hours starting on Friday evening. "I've already auctioned off the 27 hours of love," Maria Carolina told Reuters on Wednesday, saying she had raised about $4,000. "One of my clients already paid. It seemed like a good deed to him." Adult prostitution is legal in Chile. Chile's two-day Teleton fundraiser is endorsed by television stars and aims to raise funds for poor, disabled children. Speaking about Maria Carolina's unusual donation, campaign organizer Mario Kreutzberger said he would not encourage "immoral" activities, but said he would accept her pledge. ANA CAROLINA THE GIVING LADY "Everyone can do what they want, but if someone tells me that they'll do something immoral ... I'm not going to encourage it," Kreutzberger, who as "Don Francisco" hosts the long-running "Sabado Gigante" program on the U.S. Spanish-language Univision network, told local media. But Maria Carolina, who advertises her services on the Internet, defended her money-raising scheme. "There are people who are going to be donating money that's a lot more questionable than mine," she said. "The only thing I did was publicize it." (Reporting by Antonio de la Jara; writing by Lisa Yulkowski; Editing by Cynthia Osterman)

To: KyrosL who wrote (25897)	11/30/2007 10:48:26 PM
From: Cogito Ergo Sum	Respond to of 217685

Which leads me to the question of why wouldn't the Chinese, flush with USD be buying gold instead of other stuff and businesses etc.. unless we are really headed back to a gold standard, which I doubt.. I have some gold because other peoples beliefs / perceptions, so that is reason to own it for me. If others want it, I can make money ;o) The Black Swan

To: KyrosL who wrote (25897)	12/1/2007 11:25:19 AM
From: carranza2	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 217685

Gold in the ground is not bullion, freely traded and in a vault. It is like a shipwreck, whose lovely uncirculated coins lie at the bottom of the sea at some unknown somewhere, waiting for someone who is very well capitalized to go to the enormous expense of finding them, bringing them up to the surface, fighting this and that government over title, etc. In fact, more iffy than a shipwreck because the gold must be refined, unlike lost coins. The argument sounds good, but breaks down on closer inspection.