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To: Snowshoe who wrote (82690)	11/3/2011 8:24:00 PM
From: TobagoJack	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 217901

My forebears in trinidad had a chain of shops across the island (mid 1800s, lee lum family, great grand mother on Chinese side) and so were authorized by the crown to mint coins. They did, square metal coins with a round hole in the middle, the opposite of the Chinese coins they left behind in their adventurous exploration out and away from china. They used their diligent savings to finance the drilling of the first oil well in the western hemisphere, earlier than the one Americans drilled in Pennsylvania, even as the Americans, typically, claim to have drilled the first oil well w/o checking google first, as bernanke claimed the printing press to be an American secret weapon. Have grand pa's oil book on my desk, worm eaten but still okay. Minting money, keeping shop, and drilling for oil seemed to be the way to go. Making revolution was okay, as long as well financed. 99% against 1%? More like 1% leads 99%. As and when they discover the 1421 chinese coin in California as they would the ship's anchor, there would be some other firsts to fall. First colony on Mars is now up for grabs.

To: Snowshoe who wrote (82690)	11/6/2011 7:23:15 AM
From: elmatador	Respond to of 217901

"Celtic Tiger" as a metaphor for the Irish economic boom is very widely used, both in Ireland and internationally. Economic historians will continue to find it a convenient term for the unique period in the history of Ireland, for many decades to come Those were Irelands fat cow years... THE UK ECONOMIST WHO COINED TERM "CELTIC TIGER" UK economist Kevin Gardiner, head of global equity strategy at the investment banking unit of global bank HSBC, in 1994 coined the term Celtic Tiger, comparing Ireland's unexpected economic take-off to the Asian tiger economies. Kevin was then working with US investment bank Morgan Stanley (Kevin Gardiner, 'The Irish Economy: a Celtic tiger', MS Euroletter, 31 August 1994). "Celtic Tiger" as a metaphor for the Irish economic boom is very widely used, both in Ireland and internationally. Economic historians will continue to find it a convenient term for the unique period in the history of Ireland, for many decades to come. .

To: Snowshoe who wrote (82690)	11/6/2011 7:27:43 AM
From: elmatador	Respond to of 217901

*PORTUGAL HAS BEEN ONE OF THE SUCCESS STORIES OF THE EUROPEAN UNION: GDP HAS GROWN STEADILY FOR THE LAST SEVEN YEARS, AVERAGE PER CAPITA INCOME HAS SOARED AND UNEMPLOYMENT IS AT A RECORD LOW.* *THE PORTUGUESE, HOWEVER, ARE KEEN TO PUSH PRODUCTIVITY TO EVEN HIGHER LEVELS BY FURTHER EXPANDING PIVOTAL INDUSTRIES SUCH AS TOURISM, AGRICULTURE, CONSTRUCTION AND IT* *“The* traditional sectors of our economy have undergone a fast and profound process of modernization,” says Joaquim Pina Moura, the former Portuguese Minister of Finance. “We have now created new clusters of industry in areas such as vehicle sales, auto parts and telecoms.” For the last seven years, GDP has grown at a steady 3% and per capita income has risen from 56% to 74% of the EU average. Despite a difficult year for industry, the economy as a whole continues to operate with near full employment. The banking sector in Portugal is now one of the most efficient in Europe. Anos das vacas gordas is the Portuguese term for this period, amigo...