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I just did this for the first time this morning. Used cold-pressed, unrefined coconut oil.

From the page: "Over the next 12 months, Facebook will make several changes to its privacy policy and to messages on the site that inform users about their control over their personal information when they join, deactivate or delete an account or sign up to use an application."

Lee Si-kap, a shy farmer living in this central South Korean town, holds a record: He owns more satellite dishes than any other South Korean -- 85 of them, receiving 1,500 satellite television channels from more than 100 countries, some as far away as South Africa and Canada.

The Obama administration is committing huge sums of money to rescuing banks, but the veterans of Japan's banking crisis have three words for the Americans: more money, faster.

The Japanese have been here before. They endured a "lost decade" of economic stagnation in the 1990s as their banks labored under crippling debt, and successive governments wasted trillions of yen on half-measures.

Only in 2003 did the government finally take the actions that helped lead to a recovery: forcing major banks to submit to merciless audits and declare bad debts; spending two trillion yen to effectively nationalize a major bank, wiping out its shareholders; and allowing weaker banks to fail.

By then, Tokyo's main Nikkei stock index had lost almost three-quarters of its value. The country's public debt had grown to exceed its gross domestic product, and deflation stalked the land. In the end, real estate prices fell for 15 consecutive years.

More alarming? Some students of the Japanese debacle say they see a similar train wreck heading for the United States.

"I thought America had studied Japan's failures," said Hirofumi Gomi, a top official at Japan's Financial Services Agency during the crisis. "Why is it making the same mistakes?"

Many American critics of the plan unveiled Tuesday by Treasury Secretary Timothy F. Geithner said the plan lacked details. Experts on Japan found it timid -- especially given the size of the banking crisis the administration faces.

"I think they know how big it is, but they don't want to say how big it is. It's so big they can't acknowledge it," said John H. Makin, an economist at the American Enterprise Institute, referring to administration officials. "The lesson from Japan in the 1990s was that they should have stepped up and nationalized the banks."

"The EARTHSHIP summit creates an enromous Global Village, by bringing together an alliance of 300 million schools, NGOs, businesses, governments, leaders, artists & individuals from around the world (young and old) to share ideas, form alliances and take action on saving planet earth & humanity."

"Solar Partial Eclipse in Kuala Lumpur Malaysia, with KLCC & KL Tower as background, & montage in Photoshop to put all into 1 photos, every interval of sun is 5 minutes."

Which finger do you use to press a doorbell? Your answer will reveal your age almost as accurately as wrinkly hands, the way you dance, whether and where you've been pierced, and if you think "being poked" means a) a jab in the ribs, b) saying "hi" online, or c) something unmentionable.

If you're over 30, you'll probably press a doorbell with your index finger, while anyone under 30 may well use their thumb. That's because they've spent so much time flexing their thumbs when sending text messages on cellphones and gunning down baddies on games consoles. Thanks to all of that exercise, those thumbs have become stronger, nimbler and more dexterous, which is why they're likelier to use them more than their index fingers.

There's always been a White House Chef... Now is the time for a White House Farmer... Nominations OPEN!