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Unhealthy and run ragged

Unhealthy and run ragged So I've been working 3pm to 3am. I really get in and come from work at these times. Its doing a number on me and I really do feel at the end of my rope. Health wise I've experienced fevers, flus and chills since June for every month. Because of that I've finished all of my leaves (1 vacation and 1 sick) every month since. This month, is so crucial that it was fortunate my fever, chill and boil came exactly Friday night. So I've not taken a sick leave yet, but I feel like I really need the chance to rest. I would normally fluctuate between 174 and 172lbs, now I'm at 175 and 177. Already bursting at my size M clothes or 34" pants. They don't feel comfortable, and I find myself between getting bigger clothes or wanting to lose weight. My fighting form needs me to be medium, so I really can't let myself go without wasting all my cammo and clothes. There area lot of things to self study. Unfortunately Ubuntu 11.10 is one of them beca

[Daydreaming] the Adventure Vacation

will finish up some more.  Just came from Tagaytay and I got to thinking about a daydream scenario of a Vacation Business. Particularly a themed vacation spot. For the sake of the exercise, 65 ha farmland is worth Php60 or Php39M. Assume you make a down payment of 10% and payments for 10 years (automatically adjusted for inflation), thats php 350,000 per month. Again lets use the Sulit.com for the approximate cost of Horses in the Philippines cost Php 45,000. Foals cost at about Php 15,000 (I know this from my notes after talking to a Baguio horse keeper). Lets make the assumption that 2/3 of the land will be used on for pasture, hiking and "adventures". that means the area can support the population of up to 51 horses. Assume that at any one time there will be only as many as 20 vacationers who would want the cavalry man experience. Buildings and Structures Administration Building 500sqm 2floor building completely furnished. admiin area looks like a 19C town s

[Game Theory] Volunteers Dilemmas and Global financial Crisis

[Game Theory] Volunteers Dilemmas and Global financial Crisis in Prisoners Dilemma, Axelrod discovered that played multiple times unlike a one time game, that people tend to cooperate in a prisoners dilemma, hence cartels in polygopolies. the less heard about Volunteers dilemma, is very similar to Prisoners Dillemma. In Prisoner's Dilemma a cooperating group getting a better payout for everyone relative to the mutual self destruction of self interest. Volunteers Dilemma is just the same, everyone is better off pitching in, self interest tells everyone to "free-ride" that someone else will pitch in the tiny effort to help everyone. They say the bigger the group the larger the chance of no one paying that relatively small cost to make everyone better. In volunteers dilemma fairness kicks the balls of self-sacrifice. Why sacrifice when this would make people "free-riders" or more appropriately parasites. You can find the game theory formula of Volunteers dilemma i