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1-23-2012 Dear DinarVets Forum, I'D LIKE TO EXTEND MY SINCERE APOLOGIES to the DV Forum Community for my misunderstanding of INACCURATE statements presented this week in other Dinar forums which prompted my question on the DV Forum last night. I would NOT have wished to stir up a FALSE CONTROVERSY among DinarVet Members. To begin with, after attempting to access the proper page of the VIP Section, I inadvertently accessed the Dinar Vets Message page and posted my question in the WRONG section. Although my post was intended as a genuine question of HOPE due to our current and ongoing medical expenses [ I'm recovering from major surgery, and my husband is recovering from a heart attack ], it resulted in controversy and confusion among a number of DV Members, which I sincerely regret. This morning, we received an ACCURATE reply from Adam Montana in answer to my question. This clarification from him was specifically requested because we sought his knowledgeable input as a trusted Dinar advisor. Although we have VIP TEXT MESSAGE notification on our cell phone, I had questioned whether this notification would include ONLY WORLDWIDE Dinar revalue, but OMIT "possible current transactions within ONLY the 'Green Zone/Baghdad' area". Adam clarified that IF this were true, the text notification would cover ALL AVAILABLE cash-in processes taking place ANYWHERE. This gave us EVEN GREATER CONFIDENCE in the VALUE of our V.I.P. Membership! On a final note, after someone posted an inquiry as to my sources, I referenced another website source--NOT realizing the filter would misdirect others to an offensive / immoral site. [ My apologies to anyone who was inadvertently taken to the offensive site.] Adam has confirmed that the filter has been corrected. Now that I'm aware of this rule of reference, I will be careful NEVER to mention another website on DinarVets again. Furthermore, since we certainly do NOT wish to read Dinar information for ENTERTAINMENT purposes, we plan to avoid those websites "like the plague" in the future. For those who took the time and effort to reply and address this issue, many thanks for your time. Best Regards, DinarBlessings Read more: Read more:

SDB Mike, Here's my Opinion. It will be long however, in the form of Timelines, History and of course my Educated Opinion on them all. First, I think you're looking at the right stuff and totally On Base,,, And if they (Iraq) continue to make headway like they're doing it just may be SOONER than you guess... As far as my research, knowledge, intel, timelines, conclusions and intuition goes I believe the "Gun" is already loaded and cocked, and with that I also believe that Shabs could really Pull the Trigger at any time. However, He and the other powers to be are wise men and very in tune with the limitations and outcomes of what these actions could, and will do. I believe their primary concern (I would put it at about 98%) is and will be all about what the RV actions will do TO, and FOR Iraq, while their secondary concern (the remaining 2%) will be what the RV actions will do, for and to, the rest of the world. Okay, so my percentages may be slightly off, but in the end I'll bet I'm close. As with a gun that is loaded and cocked, Pulling the trigger, can happen at anytime but pulling the trigger on any whim or at any time is not always the best or SAFEST action. No different than holding a loaded and cocked gun in your house. You probably wouldn't pull the trigger in your house, simply because you could! That would just NOT be a smart thing to do! I mean pull the trigger just because you could. Right? Even though you have it loaded and ready to go you would wait for the Right Time and the Right Place. Iraq knows that the world is watching, (and panting and drooling) for them to pull the trigger, and I'll bet Shabs has his finger on that trigger 99% of the time. But he's got to patiently wait for the right time to present its self. Yes, they know that the rest of the world is holding IQD. That fact came totally by Iraq's design by selling it at auction to the world. This was their way of making enough money to keep the lights on (so to speak). They also knew (and know) that the auctions would not work if EVERYONE buying IQD did not see a Future Value in it. That's the old; What's In It For Me, idiom. The IQD auctions work, not because people around the world want the notes for a colorful substitute for wall paper, they want them because of their perceived future value. Everything we purchase, currency or commodity is done for it's value, current or future. The value in IQD is future OIL. I believe from all that they do and say, that they KNOW, that the rest of the IQD holding world is WAITING on them to make it more valuable than it was at auction. (Auctions have a kind of "Implied" contract for future value and only work when the buying party sees greater immediate or future value in the item over what is paid for it.) Do they LIKE the fact that the rest of the world holding IRQ is waiting on them like vultures circling? NO! It's painfully obvious that they don't want to OWE anyone, any more than they absolutely have to, but they also know that they created this monster by their auctions, and even though they did it to keep the lights on they know they will have to follow through with it and give that future value or WAR will come right back to their doorstep as too many governments, let alone individuals, have put serious money into their infrastructure via IQD purchases at auction. Can they do anything about the IQD held around the world? Yes, but their options are very limited. Can they do anything about the IQD held in Iraq? ABSOLUTELY! Anything they want or need and we're seeing this right now more than ever. I'll cover this more in a minute. Too many posts here and elsewhere are from people who so badly want or need the RV to save them from their financial misery and because of that misery (or greed or desire) they begin to look at the RV through the lenses of their own needs and not what is actually happening or needed from those who will actually do it. This myopic view tends to lead one astray down wishful paths of speculative dreaming. We have a saying; "Boots on Soil" or in other words; BEING THERE! If we first put our boots (in this case our minds) on soil, in Iraq and then take our speculation forward, many times we have a totally different paradigm of the events. It's the difference from looking OUT versus looking IN and knowing the difference between the two. Myopic view points come from people looking IN while trying to convince themselves and others that they are looking OUT!! Please don't take me to say or think I'm an authority or have any special info here that no one else has or can get. I just study what I can and apply it with as much prudence as possible to make my opinions! We know that there are multiple reasons for Iraq NOT to RV (albeit they get fewer day by day) and we myopically (and logically) have multiple reason for them TO RV if not immediately. They have been on this path the entire time and when it is finally done, we will all look back and probably say; "Yup, probably couldn't have happened any other way for the circumstances." Here is a link where they officially announced their intentions to Re-Denominate their currency with a general date of occurrence (within one year). The article was back on Feb 6, 2010 Iraq Planning Currency Redenomiination Note in the article that they had INTENDED for this to only take a year from the time of the press release AND Note that they fully expected to have TWO currencies on the street simultaneously... The timeline didn't work for political and occupational reasons, but the idea was sound. I'll address this a little later. It's been almost two years now and we've seen many positive steps completing this but they didn't make that timeline either as we've also seen set back after set back. I'll also cover these in a minute The question always pops up; Do they have to, or is it a MUST, that they be OUT of Chapter VII before they RV their currency? To my knowledge, the answer is NO. Sovereign countries have the right to do what they want with their currency. Would it BENEFIT them to RV while in Chapter VII? Again I believe NO is the answer. This entire EVENT must be done with minimal negative impact to the country of Iraq. So being out of Chapter VII is probably desirable prior to RV as well as having everyone "In Country" on the same page legally... i.e., Erbil and HCL laws. OKAY, Here's how I see the timeline. 1. HISTORY: Iraq needs income and because their GDP (oil production) is so low after Saddam, Iraq begins to sell IQD to the world as a primary income commodity. Commodities are sold, auctioned and traded for two reasons, intrinsic or future value and we all know as I said before, that the world is not buying dinar for its intrinsic (wall paper) value. 2. Iraq does NOT want to, and should NOT RV their currency while massive triple zero notes are "In Country" as this could easily cause civil war to break out, or inadvertently finance terrorism, not to mention their citizens becoming too rich too fast to even care about working and building up their country, plus about 30 more negative reasons. If Iraq wants to be like Qatar they can certainly get there, but they will need years of stability first, riches for the people second. If they make the people rich first, they will not be stable. If you don't know about Qatar a neighbor to the south of Iraq you should study it. Everything there is FREE to Qataris. EVERYTHING! All based on their crazy rich Natural Gas reserves. So how do they do that? They have to get their people to GIVE UP their triple zero IQD notes willingly and quickly, and preferably BEFORE they pull the trigger on the RV. But HOW? Originally I believed they were going to RV "In Country" and use TWO currencies as noted in the news. They would have put a higher Value on the the new LOWER denominations, and kept the current value on the higher denominations (basically keeping the same value for their monetary system but with two different currencies). They would allow both currencies to co-mingle on the streets and quietly and systematically remove the triple zero notes. The banking system would then just retire the higher notes as they came through in exchange for smaller notes just like all banking systems retire worn out currency. HOWEVER, in-fighting, and excessive political delays in passing laws that should be in place to protect this exchange have eaten up much of the time allotted and now Iraq is coming down to the wire and seriously needing value to their currency to continue. Not to mention that if they took that "In Country" route, they might just have all of the other nations VERY upset with them because it would look as if Iraq was snubbing the world and going back on their "Implied Contract for Value" from the auctions, and Iraq can NOT afford to have the WORLD mad at them right now. TODAY The World and mainly the U.S. wants to be repaid for 10 years of giving and giving. Plus, Iraq is now Sovereign, and every foreign company doing business with Iraq who are there to help them build their infrastructure back and allow them to come out of this on top wants to be paid with something other than Pretty WALL PAPER!! The problem is that it is seriously taking TOO long. Currency auctions without backing up your currency with higher value, (in this case oil) have a tendency to drive inflation UP And backing up or strengthening the currency is... WAIT FOR IT.... The TRIGGER you're looking for to for the RV. Inflation is a fickle thing. Below 10% is typically controllable by the Central Bank and Government but as it approaches 10% it will start to grow exponentially. And that becomes a nightmare that is quickly out of your control. Iraq can not afford out of control inflation because it will destroy them faster than a civil war. Shabs knows this and the world has seen Iraq teetering on this edge for a while now. That's why I believe he has his finger on that TRIGGER 99% of the time because as soon as he can RV their currency it will KILL inflation. THEN IT HAPPENED... Dr. Shabs had an idea. He saw something happening in the world that could get them back on track and in control,,, FAST. The European EVENT. In October-November 2011 the European economic melt down started a phenomenon. The phenomenon was this: European's out of their fear of the Euro failing were trading Euro's for USD on a massive scale so much so that the USD started to climb in value around the world just from demand. Note: There are posts all over during this time frame with people wondering why the change in dinar value. It was only because the US Dollar was getting slightly stronger because of world demand that changed the value against the dinar... CBI had done nothing to change its value. So, Shabs has his number one "mini me" Saleh, "Leak" word that the IQD was weakening against the USD Just a LEAK. WAS IT TRUE? Yes, but only half so. As I said, the IQD was truly weakening against the dollar but because of European events, not because of the Iraqi events. Now if you were "Boots on Soil" in Iraq at that time, you would have noticed something else happening. You would have noticed that there were less and less US DOLLARS in circulation. Combine THAT with Saleh's "Leak" and it might just PANIC you into thinking that your country's monetary value was AGAIN falling off the edge of the world. WHAT'S THE GOAL? The ULTIMATE Goal NECESSARY to make the RV possible with the least injury to Iraq, would be to get the Iraqi people to Voluntarily and Quickly, TURN IN their Triple Zero Notes!!! TRUTH; The real reason for less USD on the streets (in the market place) was because all of the US troops had just left and no more NEW USD was coming into the market place on paydays!! You may sneer and ask; How could they do this and get away with it? They can do this very easily because communication in Iraq is still not up to speed for the common people. They only have an hour or two (at best) of electricity each day and the only other news they have is the GAZETTE (the Governments Newspaper) and word of mouth!! Okay, so the SCARE tactic worked. Trillions of dinar has poured into Iraqi banks for almost 2 months now due to the panic, Iraqi citizens RAN to the banks trading IQD for USD because they were feeling like their own countries money was AGAIN loosing value and the True VALUE was in the US Dollar. So here's where we come to your observation SDB MIKE I believe you're right, that Shabs will wait until there is a MINIMAL amount of dinar in country, BUT I believe that day is closer than you think. The problem that I have posed in our think tank for a LONG time is this: If all you have on the streets of Iraq is triple zero notes and you RV the notes to HIGHER value, HOW DO YOU MAKE CHANGE without lower denominations?? You've got to get the lower denom's onto the street, OR Have an alternate way to make change! Shab's figured out how to do this in THREE EASY STEPS And it's happening RIGHT NOW! 1. Get the people to turn in their IQD for USD ---DONE, in the history books 2. Restore confidence in the IQD __a. Raise the value of the IQD against the USD slightly ---DONE... HAPPENED LAST WEEK 1170 to 1166 __b. Press release that "All is Well" ---HAPPENED TODAY CBI Restores Confidence in IQD 3. Revalue the currency to Match the USD already on the streets, Now they can release the lower IQD denominations (that match the currency already on the streets) and retire the USD as it comes into the banks replacing it with IQD of equal value. This is the Magical Pixie Dust for the Iraqi government and CBI. 1. Iraqi People get rid of their 000 notes VOLUNTARILY and FAST 2. Iraqi People use USD for their TEMPORARY monetary system and now have the ability to make change. 3. CBI can easily control how fast the new currency goes out to the street without stressing the country or economy. HOW DOES THE CBI CONTROL IT? If the CBI wants the exchange of USD for IQD to occur faster, all they have to do is put more confidence in the IQD versus the USD... (i.e., revalue it again just slightly higher 1.16 USD to 1 IQD) That will trigger another massive "fear of loss" exchange event and would ensue and USD would fly off the street for IQD. Another Teaser Note: 1.17 to 1 is the just the opposite of current CBI exchange rate of 1 to 1166 (just move the decimal points to 1.166!!) and THIS amount fits PERFECTLY with their wants and projected budget needs. As I said earlier, the Iraqi Government and CBI knows the rest of the world is watching and they do NOT want to owe anyone any more than they possibly have to, so they can NOT afford to send up a signal flare saying WE'RE ABOUT TO RV... because that would be a BUY, BUY, BUY signal... which would crush them. Right now if they change the auction rate too much they will send up the RV flares and cause a world buying spree, but with USD already on the streets the RV can come with a wave of the wand or Pull of the TRIGGER! While this event was not designed for the rest of the world, it still works GREAT for EVERYONE. I believe that I saw an article (perhaps someone can find it and post it) that stated that they already have LOWER denom's printed and ready to go.... So where are they keeping them? They're probably in secure CBI warehouses.... NOT in the BANKS. If they were to start moving the lower denoms to the banks THAT folks would be a signal worth acting on... But if the Iraqi citizens are using USD and can already MAKE CHANGE for sales in the market place, The CBI can now do the RV without any fanfare or notice and afterward, move their lower denom's to the banks unencumbered. Okay, we're finally seeing this ALL come to fruition. Just a week ago we saw the CBI change their artificial float rate from 1170 to 1166 which was the first step in reassuring the Iraqi people that their IQD is getting stronger. Which by the way, the Iraqi people no longer have in great quantity. This should already be wetting their appetite for their IQD again. (This action is like taking your foot off the gas pedal as you approach the exit coming off the freeway/turnpike) and TODAY Shabibi took action to slow it down even more... CBI seeks to restore confidence in the local currency against the dollar (This is totally akin to applying pressure to the BRAKE to slow the vehicle down as you prepare to make the BIG TURN to a new direction as you get off the speedway.) If I were looking for a SIGN that the CBI was believing that they were seeing the LAST of the Triple Zero notes trickling in from "In Country", THIS WOULD BE IT. With this article, the CBI now wants the Iraqi citizens to Have Faith in their IQD...OVER THE US DOLLAR... AGAIN! The people are now using USD and can make change. Here you go, They can now RV and have TWO currencies on the street at the same time as I showed you above. All the government needs to do now is get the Iraqi people to exchange their USD for IQD And the way they do that is to RV... Then they can swap out the USD for IQD at their own pace, without panicking the world into massive buying of dinar and owing even more. So, the next step in my humble opinion is the RV YEA!!! and simultaneous release of lower the denominations. This of course will come just as soon as they have the final security and laws in place to protect the event. We're seeing all of the positive movement from Iraq to finalize many laws and budgets this week, and it would appear that they have just about dotted all of their 'i's" and crossed all of their "T's" Go RV.

If already posted....please remove. Of the Commission's oil and gas (et): the central government and the province had reached a deal to pass the oil and gas law in the coming days By khabaar khaba since 4 hours 25 minutes Number of readings: 124 Font size: Decrease font Enlarge font Of the Commission's oil and gas (et): the central government and the province had reached a deal to pass the oil and gas law in the coming days Sam and brother, Mullah A member of the Commission on oil and gas Furat al-Shara said "the central government and the province reached a deal to pass this law in the coming days, saying" that his committee is determined to feminine paragraphs of oil and gas law to pass in the House of Representatives . And Shara in a statement singled out by the reporter and agency news of news (and brother): "The Commission on oil and gas, you want feminine of this law in order to have the law ready to pass the consent of all the political blocs. Certain that the next few days will see the adoption of the law of oil and gas The existence of serious steps and the pressure to pass this law http://translate.google.com/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&js=n&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&layout=2&eotf=1&u=http%3A%2F%2Fkhabaar.net%2Findex.php%2Fpermalink%2F6001.htmlhttp%3A%2F%2Fkhabaar.net%2Findex.php%2Fpermalink%2F6001.html&act=url

Can't find the smiley that is hanging itself....

if the CBI server was down(the actual eletronic computer server).....you would not be able to ping the server(ip address). If it was down you would not get a response from the server when pinged you all can do this yourself to see the server is UP and live....its just that the website DATA is made unavailable so you can't see anything nor get a response when using a web browser....which means UPDATE/MAINTENANCE/CHANGE Go to your start button WIN XP click run > type CMD > Press Enter> Type ping www.cbi.iq WIN 7 click windows button > type CMD in the 'search programs and files' bar > press enter > type ping www.cbi.iq this is what you should get or something very close to on the miliseconds MS Pinging cbi.iq [174.133.205.219] with 32 bytes of data: Reply from 174.133.205.219: bytes=32 time=55ms TTL=53 Reply from 174.133.205.219: bytes=32 time=55ms TTL=53 Reply from 174.133.205.219: bytes=32 time=55ms TTL=53 Reply from 174.133.205.219: bytes=32 time=56ms TTL=53 Ping statistics for 174.133.205.219: Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss), Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds: Minimum = 55ms, Maximum = 56ms, Average = 55ms as you see the server respond quickly its up....they just hiding something

Dude you need to Chill out... Its a rumor forum...if you want facts go find them and get back to me.

Salary of retired US Presidents .............$180,000 FOR LIFE Salary of House/Senate .......................$174,000 FOR LIFE Salary of Speaker of the House ............$223,500 FOR LIFE Salary of Majority/Minority Leaders ....... $193,400 FOR LIFE Average Salary of a teacher ................ $40,065 Average Salary of Soldier DEPLOYED IN AFGHANISTAN ……………….. $38,000 I think we found where the cuts should be made! If you agree... RE-POST ON AND ON AND ON TO EVERYONE - THINK ABOUT IT; DO IT!!!!

first off.............i am an electrician............i know nothing about the forex............this information came to me directly.................i have a real close family member that trades on forex and has ties with the people that train the big banks traders...........these guys have mucho dinaro and are big players............the information that they received last night was that the cbi had dropped one "0" off the nominal rate.............instead of .00086 of a penny..............it is now .0086 of a penny...........this is not showing right now..........dont ask me how..............i dont know........not going to argue with you..........this is what i was told about 30 minutes ago...........a couple of them think it will be moving soon..............and a couple think it will be at the end of the first quarter...........what i do know...........they could care less about dinar sites.........they have no clue what is going on in iraq................you know i am no intel person.........just trying to share what i heard...............GO DINAR

Not "no duh" it's a stupid post... NO DUH, ya'll need to get along to make it work, for cryin' out loud, I was just surprised that they finally 'get it'!!!!! Quit bein' trigger happy w/ the neg button, fellas!

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As many would know I belong to a group of investors in the UK that meet every 3 months, I cant tell you how one of them bangs on about the HCL, does not stop, YADA YADA YADA. Well I have to confess today he did ring all of use to declare that it is going to be finalised in the next 48 hours. He has huge contacts in the oil industry & informs all that should this finally happen this will be the biggest step forward in 8 years for Iraq, more over the oil deals/Auctions will finally be recognised & have the green light to proceed at full steam (steam probably not good when you have so much black gold to burn) You know what I mean

Improved relations spur Iraq-Kuwait trade deal; Agreement will benefit the economies of both countries January 23rd, 2012 12:12 pm · Posted in NEWS (Iraq & World Currency) In a continuing effort to improve relations, Iraq and Kuwait signed a first-of-its-kind memorandum of understanding on trade on Tuesday (January 3rd), which allows companies and businessmen to travel between both countries without visas. Officials and trade experts in both countries welcomed the initiative that seeks to expand trade and stimulate economic co-operation. The memorandum is renewable after three years. Zuhair al-Dujaili, the head of the Kuwaiti-Iraqi Friendship Association, which was formed last January to discuss outstanding issues like debt and reparations, told Al-Shorfa that Kuwait has recently taken many steps toward normalising relationswith Iraq. “The trade memorandum will be followed up next week with the inaugural Kuwait-Iraq Media Forum, which will be attended by 50 leading media professionals from both countries and aims to heal the wounds of the past history of both Kuwait and Iraq,” he said. Signing the memorandum serves to “put Iraq back on the Arab map” said al-Dujaili, adding that it will also help open up trade between the neighbours and give Iraq a gateway to the Gulf States and the greater Arab market, “from which it has been absent for far too long”. “Kuwait is Iraq’s ideal first trade partner because the costs of the goods that traders will distribute to both markets would be relatively small, and there are already four large Kuwaiti-owned commercial projects in Iraq in the fields of telecommunication, aviation, and heavy industries, whose resumption requires continuous traffic between the two countries,” al-Dujaili said. The memorandum of understanding will also encourage businessmen on both sides to launch more projects, he added, which will in turn stimulate capital investment and revitalise economic activity. Agreement comes into force soon Walid Abawi, Undersecretary of Iraq’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, said the agreement will enter into force within a few days. “The Kuwaiti Ambassador informed us of the authorities’ approval of the entry of fifty Iraqi merchants to Kuwait as a first step, pending Kuwait’s finalisation of the agreement’s legal and administrative requirements,” Abawi said. Kuwaiti economist Hajjaj Bukhdur said, “The signing of the memorandum of understanding is the main contributing factor for the removal of political tension between the two countries, as trade helps [people] look past the negatives and focus on the positives that bind the two countries together.” Bukhdur said that Kuwait has tremendous economic and commercial capabilities to help Iraq build its infrastructure properly and stimulate capital investment in the education and health sectors. “And Iraq has a large labour pool, which would help business people realise considerable savings by not having to bring in workers from abroad,” he added. “Without a doubt, commerce will be revitalised in all sectors, be it the oil, agricultural, chemical or manufacturing sectors,” Bukhdur said. “However, the retail sector will be the most revitalised due to the proximity of the two countries, and this will open new markets for Iraq in the Gulf States, from which it can then catapult to other Arab countries.” Haitham al-Jubouri, Deputy Chairman of the Iraq’s Foreign Relations Committee, said Iraq is seeking to resolve all differences with Kuwait, adding that “the agreement is the start of a special relationship that will translate [to action] on the ground in the coming period through the [Joint Iraqi-Kuwaiti] Committee that was formed early last year.” “Iraqis consider Kuwait to be a friendly country,” al-Jubouri said. “Relations must be developed for the benefit of the people of both countries.” http://al-shorfa.com/cocoon/meii/xhtml/en_GB/features/meii/features/main/2012/01/07/feature-01

Ok, I have been watching the threads about cbi.iq being down. I work professionally as a Network Administrator and on the side I am a Project Manager that leads a development team to develop software for a company. I did some digging and even had a chat with "ThePlanet.com" which is now merged with "SoftLayer.com" as of 14 months ago. I am surprised to see the site that CBI.IQ selected to host their website with... The hosting comes back to being with SoftLayer.com but under the terms and conditions of a 3rd party partner. Their partner does not have live support for me to dig further. I will have to wait for a reply back from their support team to find out additional information. Summary of chat(BTW, please don't swamp their support team, trust me) I will paste the whole chat below but summarize the key points here. As mentioned above, CBI is hosted with a 3rd part provider known as idynamicweb.com. If your like me, you focus on a websites copyright date to determine how involved a company is with updating their site, content, etc... I see that they have a copyright date of 2008... Not a big deal, but far from professional. I was told that the reason they are down could be that CBI did not pay their bill or abused their policy(this can also include web traffic overages, aka, too many visits). Here is the full transcript: ***I added some fluff to the convo to seem interested in their services to not seem too invasive with CBI questions.*** ***I also replaced the techs name to say "sales rep" or "x" incase someone tries to beat a dead cow.*** --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thank you for choosing SoftLayer. A representative will be with you shortly. You are now chatting with 'Sales Rep' you: Hello X Sales Rep: Hello, thank you for contacting SoftLayer. How can I help you today? you: Is SoftLayer another name for ThePlanet.com? you: I was redirected here and wanted to see the affiliation. you: I have hosting questions but was curious about the company name first. Sales Rep: We merged about 14 months ago you: Ok, thanks for clearing that up you: What is the guaranteed SLA for uptime and SLA for maximum downtime? Sales Rep: The SLA starts on page 5. It is pretty comprehensive. you: So in a nutshell it is a pretty solid on keeping uptime to a max correct? Sales Rep: That is correct. you: Ok, I was wondering because I host multiple companies. I develop software and keep an eye open for reliable hosting companies. you: I do have one concern though... you: I like to keep up to date with foreign entities and investments. I see that www.cbi.iq has been down for most of the day. I would imagine the SLA would not allow them to be down so long. Sales Rep: Is it possible that they didn't pay their bill or did something to trigger an abuse disconnect? you: The Central Bank of Iraq? Sales Rep: Those are two things that will keep them down for that long you: I doubt they would allow that to happen. Sales Rep: You'd be surprised. Sales Rep: They are hosted by a customer you: Could you verify if that is the case or if they decided to switch hosting? That is not personal, it helps put me at ease if I were to look further into SoftLayer. you: By a customer? Sales Rep: Yes they are a customer of a customer. you: So that does not relate directly to softlayer? Sales Rep: idynamicweb.com Sales Rep: The customer's website is up and servers are returning pings Sales Rep: if you ping cbi.iq it is returning pings you: Yes, it is pinging now, but oddly when I do a tracert it resolves to a domain that is not even registered. you: The last hop is advicesourcenews.com Sales Rep: a holding domain/hostname Sales Rep: that's just the hostname you: Ok, I see you: So it could be that they did not pay idynamicweb.com? Sales Rep: That's likely you: Since idynamicweb.com is one of your affiliates, that gives them control to cancel for billing or abuse? you: Without requiring intervention from you? you: Hello? Sales Rep: We have about 100,000 servers Sales Rep: Our large customers are mainly resellers like hostgator.com, site5.com , midphase.com , serverintellect.com, etc Sales Rep: They resell shared hosting to other people. you: I see Sales Rep: They have their own customers. Sales Rep: We only support our direct customers. Sales Rep: Think of it like infrastructure as a service. you: Right, they are acting as the middle tier you: Would make more sense for a prospect in the know to go to the source. you: I will look over your services in greater detail and weight out the potential pros/cons(if any). you: Thanks for your time Austin, I will get in contact if I would like to take this to the next step.

***/// Thanks for the +1 somebody... Man, that other stuff hurt, ouch... I'm a harmless old man with a twisted 'ol funny bone... cut me some slack - (and the V.A. Hospital meds ain't helpin', maybe sometimes I think I'm funnier than I really am.. .) I count on ya'll to keep me strait, but this was like one of those YouTube Videos of some 'ol bum gittin' the crap knocked outta him! Peace, Ya'll!!!!

Bill delete three zeros from the currency carries the positive reflections 22/01/2012 06:42 Three zeroes formed the State of debate and questions among citizens in the event of a lifting of the Iraqi dinar. Are economists stressed that the step has positive impact on the Iraqi currency. The Bill submitted to the Council of Ministers confirmed the Central Bank that holds the content of several steps, including changing the structure of the Iraqi currency http://www.microsofttranslator.com/bv.aspx?from=&to=en&a=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.imn.iq%2Fnews%2Fview.9508%2F

_delta » January 22nd, 2012, 2:16 pm • hello family: as we know the cbi is down and yes it did happen before but all the article from cbi from last week indicate that this might be it,and I was told by my contact that the cbi rate change last week was only a test before they show the real rate.delta from another site.

What The Establishment Does When They're Afraid Monday, January 23, 2012 11:28 http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=Zi1Y2mGzYRs

A teacher asked her 6th grade class how many of them were Obama fans. Not really knowing what an Obama fan is, but wanting to be liked by the teacher, all the kids raised their hands except for Little Johnny . The teacher asked Little Johnny why he has decided to be different... again. Little Johnny said, "Because I'm not an Obama fan." The teacher asked, "Why aren't you a fan of Obama?" Johnny............ said, "Because I'm a Republican." The teacher asked him why he's a Republican. Little Johnny answered, "Well, my Mom's a Republican and my Dad's a Republican, so I'm a Republican." Annoyed by this answer, the teacher asked, "If your mom was a moron and your dad was an idiot, what would that make you?" With a big smile, Little Johnny replied, "That would make me an Obama fan."

I am so sorry that you are struggling with medical issues. I really would love to hear that it has RV'd there (in country), but I dont think even that is a reality yet. Sending up prayers for you and your family. Hope things get better soon!

Oh Sorry was only verifying the OP`s info not trying to steal any limelight from them. If you would like to post it as a new topic please do so I have no problem with you sharing this info. 2 be honest sometimes we do post things in to new topics or rumours then get beat to a pulp for it, one of the reason why its better to sit on your hands & help to verify others info than to start topics that may lead to other things For example being called a GURU

IN RESPONSE TO THE E-MAILS CONCERNING MY DOG... Please be advised, I am sick and tired of receiving questions about my dog who bit six people wearing Obama tee shirts, four Democrats wearing Pelosi tee shirts, nine teenagers with pants hanging down past their cracks, and three flag burners. FOR THE LAST TIME...THE DOG IS NOT FOR SALE !

It doesn't matter what "flavor" you are, dem or repub, this lady is a class act, and definitely deserves our respect. I will continue to pray for her complete recovery.

The CBI may be positioning it's self to remove the three zero's from the .00085 which muight result in a CBI a sell rate of 1.17 and us an exchange rate of ????. I say .85 to 1.00. What do ya'll say? I looked for the article in which the CBI performed a study, either in 2009 or 2010, as to the true value of the IQD and if I remember correctly it would be between 1.13 to 1.17. Now I found this document from the Ministry of Planning, Thanks to Marcus Curtis: Whom I highly repect. His whole article is very enlightening, a must read considering the present moves of the CBI. From his perspective and from the recent dollarization of the Iraqi markets, I would say Iraq will have to come out at a rate slightly higher than a dollar to dedollarize the Iraqi markets again. As Per Marcus Curtis Iraq has also been fighting dollarization, which is defined as two or more currencies in circulation in one nation. The two main currencies in Iraq are the dollar and the dinar. Iraq has been trying to remove the US dollar from circulation via its currency auctions. This information is available on the Central Bank of Iraq’s website. So the dinar does compete with the dollar. There was a study done in March of 2010 by the ministry of planning. They concluded that, in order for the dinar to compete in open markets and compete with the dollar, it would need to rise to a rate of $1.13. Here is the document. Read more: &do=embed#ixzz1kEHPDccp' frameborder='0' data-embedContent> Now the MOP study! The Exchange Rate of Foreign Currency in Economic Feasibility Studies Below are the central controls related to the exchange rate of the foreign currency to convert the project inputs and outputs from foreign currency to its equivalent in the local currency, and that is by calculating the net discounted present value standard and the internal return on investments in economic analysis that governs investment projects that costs excess one million dinars. Estimate the shadow price of foreign currency: 1. It is necessary to put central controls to amend the official exchange rate * to reflect the shadow price of the foreign currency, and that is considered one of the necessary requirements to implement the net discounted present value standard and the internal return rate on investment in the economic calculation stated in the instructions, paragraph nine. The central controls for adjusting market prices distinguished a group of outputs and inputs traded internationally, where the projects production or usage of them is reflected on the abundance of foreign currency in the economy and thus project outputs or inputs used of such are considered purely foreign currency outputs or inputs. * What is meant by exchange rate: the number of units of foreign currency, expressed in dollar per one dinar. In particular the following outputs and inputs of foreign currency were distinguished: · Export-outputs. · Outputs marketed locally that substitute imports. · Imported inputs. · Inputs produced locally that usually go to exports. · Foreign labor. According to the pricing rules the value of the output and input (traded) is calculated using export prices (FOB) and import prices (CIF), according to what is listed in the pricing rules. In other words the pricing rules calculate what the project produces from foreign currency (quantity of exports multiplied by the export price (FOB) in foreign currency or the quantity of substitute imports multiplied by the import price (CIF) in foreign currency, as well as what the project uses from foreign currency and imported inputs multiplied by the import price (CIF) in foreign currency .... etc.). In a later step, project outputs and inputs must be converted from the foreign currency to its equivalent in local currency (dinars) by using a specific exchange rate for the foreign currency. 2. Justifications for exchange-rate adjustment: there are a number of important and powerful arguments which support the view that the official exchange rate reduces the real value of foreign currency for purposes of calculating the economic national profitability for investment projects and hence for the purposes of investment planning. It is demonstrated in this context to call for assessing the dinar for less than (3.208) dollar (official exchange rate) when assessing project outputs and inputs of traded goods of exports, substitute imports and imports... etc. The justifications to call for the use of an exchange rate that is lower than the official exchange rate are: · The use of an exchange rate that is lower than the official rate is the appropriate action at the investment planning level to translate the country’s economic strategy aiming at stimulating central investments in the sectors that encourage the development of non-oil exports, as well as sectors that encourage the expansion of domestic production base in order to reduce imports and compensate it with local commodities. This helps to reduce reliance on foreign exchange earnings from crude oil exports and increases the share of non-oil sectors in the local production. · The application of the amended exchange rate on project imported inputs will assist in directing investments away from aggregated sectors dependent on imported inputs and the preference of those sectors that rely on locally produced inputs. · The use of the amended exchange rate helps to correct the balance in favor of the traded goods sectors compared to non-traded goods. · The real exchange rate has declined rapidly since the early seventies, through rapid rise of the level of prices and local costs which led by the steadiness of the official exchange rate to change in prices and actual local rate costs that gave an advantage for imported goods at the expense of locally produced goods, meaning that it led to deterioration of the competitiveness of alternative replacement goods and export commodities. · This action shows that the official exchange rate overestimates the value of the dinar, compared to the foreign currency and from the promoting goods substituting imports and export commodities point of view of. And in support to this view is the state’s utilization and in a broad approach to the customs and quantitative protection policies especially for consumer goods, as well as export subsidies that exports have through an amended export exchange rate. 3. Estimate the amended exchange rate of the Iraqi dinar to be used in technical and economical feasibility studies and for (1.134) dollar per dinar. This price should be approved for 3 years until re-appreciation by the competent authorities. http://www.mop.gov.iq/mop/index.jsp?sid=1&id=308&pid=295&lng=en Anyway, I just thought I would throw this information out there for discussion.

Praying for a swift recovery for both of you. Hoping we all get what we're looking for with a swift RV. God bless.

Classy. Thank you. Also, I wish the very best recovery to both of you and certainly hope that 2012 will be substantial to you, and our, monetary resources. Money is not everything, to be sure, but it can certainly remove the weight of the world from those with medical responsibilities.

A member of the Commission on oil and gas Furat al-Shara said “the central government and the province reached a deal to pass this law in the coming days, saying” that his committee is determined to feminine paragraphs of oil and gas law to pass in the House of Representatives. And Shara in a statement singled out by the reporter and agency news of news (and brother): “The Commission on oil and gas, you want feminine of this law in order to have the law ready to pass the consent of all the political blocs. Certain that the next few days will see the adoption of oil and gas law for the existence of serious steps and stressful to pass this law URL: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/115/BKGb/~3/q-VFrvwobJs/

Thanks for the post Tony Tony takes the time and effort to bring us new information, and the only way you can express your gratitude is "No duh" way to raise the bar Sgt

The TSA and the CTSA are a bunch of friggin idiots. Most of these people use to be guarding kiddy rides at some county fair. They've become rather anoying as they push their union crap as well. Nothing but a bunch of high school drop outs! 26 posts in 3 years and this is what you have to say. I bet you'll have 40 negs by days end!

Maybe he is going to announce his resignation!

thx for the post...got to be careful on reading too much into that but it seems the CBI is laying ground work to start implementing a substantial change in the value of the dinar soon while trying to look like they are going to be long and drawn out???

Looks like some will go to great lenghts to discredit Ron Paul, the only one qualifide to be our next President.

Med's chat 1-22-12 @ 8:24pm cdt Med (21:24:33): WAS READING ANOTHER GREAT POST ON THE POSITIVE EFFECTS OF THE DRAFT BILL TO DELETE THE ZERO'S HARRY JUST POSTED IT I EMAILED IT TO ALL MEMBERS 22/01/2012 06:42 Three zeros formed state of the debate and questions among the circles of the citizens in the event of adjournment of the Iraqi dinar .... Economists are interested in and confirmed that the step has a positive impact on the Iraqi currency The draft law submitted to the Council of Ministers stressed that the central bank holds in its several steps, including changing the structure of the Iraqi currency..... http://www.imn.iq/news/view.9508/ Med: THIS ISSUE RIGHT NOW BESIDES THE LIST BOYCOTTING IS THE HOT TOPIC RIGHT NOW IN ALL OF IRAQ IT IS EVEN MORE DISCUSSED THAN OIL OR ANYTHING ELSE THIS IS NOT AN RV MONDAY OR FRIDAY DISCUSSION BUT DANG WE ARE IN THE HOME STRETCH AFTER ALMOST 8 YRS AND THOSE WHO HAVE HELD OUT I GOT TO TIP MY BERET TO YOU ***BLEEP*** EVEN YOU GALS I WAS TELLING MY WIFE Med: ABOUT SALLYDS BAM BAM: it has been a long ride but it is about to come to the end Med: 3 YRS AGO SHE DIDNT KNOW SQUAT NOW I SAID SHE WRITES GREAT ANALOGIES LIKE SHE IS AN ECONOMIST AND THAT IS JUST ONE EXAMPLE WHAT MANY OF YOU HAVE LEARNED HERE OVER THE LAST 3 PLUS YEARS CAN BE APPLIED TO YOUR FUTURE SUCCESS NOONE CAN SAY YOU ARE A QUITTER BELIEVE ME NOONE CAN YOU ALL HAVE THE CAN DO ATTITUDE slow: Just read your e-mail and article. sounds great med. counting down Med: AND HAVE LEARNED WHAT I LEARNED LONG TIME AGO slow: Thanks med Med: THIS PLACE SUCKS LETS STAY YW SLOW glk: Never had this much fun in a classroom at school Med ! slow: Staying focused and keeping the faith til the end. Med: EDUCATION TO THE PARLIAMENTARY FINANCE COMMITTEE TY GLK BY CBI aj4now: thank you Med, for the email and the heads up..... Med: IS WHAT IS BRINGING THIS TO THE TOP YW AJ AND I CAN SEE THAT MANY ARE NOW SEEING THE IMPACT IT WILL HAVE AND IT TOOK THEM YEARS TO SAY WHAT WE SAID YEARS AGO THERE IS NO ECONOMIC POWER IN THE WORLD THAT DOES NOT HAVE A TRADEABLE CURRENCY I JUST FEEL REALLY GOOD ABOUT THIS THAT IS NOT RIGHT I FEEL SO VERY CONFIDENT IN OUR INVESTMENT AND THE OUTCOME WILL BE IN OUR NEAR FUTURE wealthymom: Me too thanks med Med: NOT SAYING THE DREADED WORD SOON LOL I AM GOING TO WATCH THE REST OF THE GAME LATER ALL

"Foreign exchange has emerged as a scarce resource for developing countries, as these nations face multiple problems of balance of payment. As a result, the demand price is greater than the official price of the foreign exchange. At this point, a cost-benefit analyst needs to decide whether the price of imports and exports is to be valuated at the nominal price or the adjusted price. Most economists believe that pricing should be adjusted upwards for both exports and imports, so that the adjusted price complies with the scarcity value, which is reflected by the demand price of foreign exchange." <br class="Apple-interchange-newline"> This fall under the category of shadow pricing, which is what these rates in the document are using.....I need to do some more reading on this, but this seems to just be a way to make trading between countries (especially ones in Iraqs position) easier..... Buuuuuttttt this also makes it sound as if these trading partners are actually at some point or another, taking the dinar as if they really are worth 1.13 and 3 dollars......

Huh?

Maybe Obama is announcing that he and Joe are moving to an undisclosed country in Europe, thus doing all of us a favor!!! B)

I'm sorry that Mr. Paterno lost his life and the grief that it has caused his family and friends. I wish that I could say that I have respect for him. I don't. To me he is nothing more than a coward. If I had knowledge of sexual abuse of any kind I would report it to the local authorities and District Attorney swiftly. I hope that the victims in this case receive the justice and counseling that they deserve.

I keep wondering why for LIFE??? THIS IS NUTS!!!

I got a chance to talk with some buddies of mine last night. Here is what I was told. Kurd's are playing nice, and I believe we will see completed Erbil Agreement soon. Not just HCL, whole Erbil Agreement. That is what the Kurd's have wanted for quite some time. I feel this is the key to the RV. I have always stated that I thaught that the RV wouls happen about 6 months after Erbil agreement was signed. I am being told this could happen almost at the same time. I know it could, just does not make as much sense. There are other options that the Kurd's are still looking at, and I feel if they do not get the Erbil Agreement done soon, we may see another walk off by the Kurd's. I am hearing Parliment is busy getting everything in order for laws to be passed all at once. Budget has been read twice, and is ready. I hear everyone is happy with Erbil Agreement, and it is ready. Now vote damn it. As most know I have always been one to call BS, and support it with facts, If we do not see some new laws hitting the books after next Thursday 24th I will start changing my tune. I was told again to hold on to my timeline, they are trying to get this done. Bonus if you care, and why wouldn't you! NFL Lines AFC & NFC Conference Championship Games NFL Football Line Conference Championship Playoffs. Title Game NFL Playoff Lines 1/22, 2012 Date & Time Favorite Line Underdog Total 1/22 3:00 ET At New England -7 Baltimore 50 1/22 6:30 ET At San Francisco -2 NY Giants 41 my picks New England -7 Not enough offense from Flacko NY Giants +2 Just because they are hot. Defense wins.

Hi SgtFuryUSCZ, It's clear your response was misunderstood by everybody, maybe next time show your exitement a little differently, no hard feelings Sgt.

Gods bless... KK

really? mona lisa? bulldog sh*&? purple helmet? where the heck do they come up with these damn names out of a guru baby book?

Oh, hey, here is the smiley I was looking for thanks to mqchau!

What's next? A secret military trip to Guantanamo prison for some covert water board interrogation, perhaps. This is beyond ridiculous.

Sometimes the negs come because of the attitude and content is not congenial with our opinion so it is a way of disagreeing with out having to type anything. I think most agree with your right to state your opinion and want free speech the negs just mean they don't agree with you thats all.

Not sure I'd agree with that assessment of the peeps in the General Forums. I believe that if folks have done their homework, they'd be in VIP!! Perhaps you may have meant to say; Posting in the general forms may get you more responses! With that, I'll put a response together for SDB Mike from the homework I've done.

Let us get one thing very clear....America is not nor has it ever been a muslim country. But, it will be up to the citizens to assure it will never BE a muslim country.

To quote my favorite movie STRIPES: "Lighten up, Francis."

Dude. Most people on this site are serious and don't like to get jerked around by BS, attention grabbing, time wasting titles. Enjoy the negs till you are booted, or better yet, use your smarts and contribute. Either way. Good luck.

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