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56 thoughts on "Chapter 5: Lit, page 102."
My friend worked in the customer support of a telecommunication company (think internet access and mobile phone services), and she told me she literally had to sometimes explain to people just what said company did, instead of whatever the phoning customer thought they did. And her job was just to direct the call to the right person! XD
Also, noticed that apparently in Templarverse Australia's (civil?) was was a big thing. I'm wondering now who won.
New Zealand.
I don't care who won, as long as we beat New Zealand
The poster makes it look like the war might still be going on.
IIRC from posts I've read elsewhere, the white colonialist government is enduring a generational guerilla war. I don't think Spike has ever established how exactly the Cold War went (and considering that there's still a Japanese Imperial Navy, maybe it didn't), so we can't really tell to what extent one or both sides is being propped up by cynical superpower self-interest. (I like to imagine that Lend-Lease never happened and it's a US-UK proxy conflict, but that's at least a little silly.)
A poster in that comic where the Elliots try to hock a Jake gun for drug money suggests that Tully is a bastard there – either a pro-colonial foreign leader or an white Australian dictator.
Tangential bonus link: another Australian civil war counterhistory with wholly different roots, but sharing the factor of aboriginal Australians taking shit from no one:
Look out, the IJN will spank your buttocks!
Spank my what? How unseemly. Officers cut from the unblemished cloth of the immemorial Yamato aristocracy would never tolerate that much contact with the lower orders.
No, better a stiff punch to the face. More scientific, anyway: it's Prussian!
Not sure who this girl is but she looks like what would happen if you mixed 2 Parts Reagan and 1 part Zora.
= ADORABLE. I love this chick.
agreed. She is adorable. I look at the page and can't get over how cute she is. lol.
This girl seems..like I should.. recognize her.
But I don't.
But I love the Reagan-Zora-recipe for her, it really fits.
Hahaha the refugee poster, the shiner, everything. Beautiful
I think it's actually a birthmark.
I think that's a birthmark, not a black eye.
More specifically, it's called a Port Wine Stain. I have a friend with a very similar one on her face. Personally, I think it's hot.
Pretty sure it's makeup, but I guess we'll find out!
My first thought was that she got hit with some of the riot paint and just never bothered to take it off.
But port wine stain seems most likely.
It's probably a port wine stain, considering she had it waaaaay back when she was first introduced. Also, it really doesn't look swollen like a black eye.
Anyways EEEE! I've been waiting for her to have a speaking part. And the Australia poster oh my god! That is some grade-A poverty porn.
Now that my fangirling's out of the way, I wanna point out that there might be a continuity error on this page. Her pigtails suddenly end up behind her shoulders in panel 2.
I LOVE Patti's top. I love the way you draw outfits in general, what do you use for references, you character designs, even for extras are just so interesting.
I can't say about this particular outfit, but in a previous comic she mentioned where she got the idea for flannery's outfit:
Found her!
And now I'm wondering if the "Amber" from "Amber's Confessions" is the same one Reagan was ragging Scip about…
The Ex's bonus comment actually debunks that.
in this page
is really super adorable
and i don't know what to do with myself
I'm seriously considering writing a copy book… It sounds like an amazing idea, and I could write about something I don't particular care about getting stolen.
I'm pretty sure the concept of "copybooks" is borrowed from the real-world concept of "zines" – and I definitely support the creation of more of those.
Wow. I didn't think it was POSSIBLE to squeeze that much sarcasm through a phone line. She must be using DSL.
I think I like this chick.
It is possible that I have a sarcasm fetish.
Gosh that poster about Australia sure is a nice callback. I WONDER WHAT BRILLIANT PERSON SUGGESTED THAT TO YOU?!?!?!!
The notes on what was already planned for the comic?
Considering that she's got the same eye shape, nose shape, eyebrows, and bangs as Ben, she might be a long-lost relative.
Oh god now I can't stop imagining Ben with braids.
I read the last word in your post as "breasts" and my mind broke.
Oh good, so it's not just me that was all thinking she was some gender swapped Ben.
Could just be the glasses though.
Love this comic!!!
Me, I'm hoping we hear something outta the other one. There's always something interesting about girls who find innovative ways to be effectively bald, even if it's just ancient baldy secrets.
And even if I'm misgendering, still: neat hair.
I'm thinking the other one's a dude, but I'm not bothered either way. I will be SEVERELY DISAPPOINTED however, if that hair tuft is not red. Naturally red anyway. (I will imagine it is forever.)
There's a fairly famous NZ rugby player who has (had?) that haircut, although I think his forehead fluff was shorter.
I don't know about you, but when I read her bubbles the only voice that comes to mind is Janice from Ghostbusters.
Ohhhhh, the mostly bald girl (maybe a guy) is holding the phone cradle. I guess she works there and is letting this other girl do this cuz he's not allowed.
Also, the eyes on that poster are just ridiculous.
Awesome as usual. I love that we've seen Patti before. And I love that she gives me a Reagan vibe. You're wonderful at drawing characters' bodies, I don't feel like I'm looking at the same box-and-ovals (the difference between female and male box-and-ovals being two additional ovals) all the time.
Also – gesturing, leaning, etc. Not easy as pie to draw, but you've got it down. Just love this page!
… come to think of it, I don't actually know what a copybook is. Hmm. There's plenty of context, but … well I guess I'm slow.
I agree with Nic, in an earlier comment, I think copybooks are equivalent to our world 'zines. Home (or copyshop) printed, free (or donation sometimes,) little magazines about…whatever. I've seen poem collections, autobiographical cartoons, political rants…my favorite is still the "smexy" (spelling is the authors) recipes one. Homemade lubes, desserts, sauces, toys etc. Made me giggle all the way to work on a really bad day, then giggle more as I left it in the magazine pile at my doctors, later.
Unfortunately I haven't seen any in quite a while. Seems to be quite an industry, in Templar Universe, though. Yet another reason to wish I lived there, as if I needed more. ;p @ Spike.
I suspect blogging has taken over a lot of the 'zine societal niche.
The "blogs killed The Zine" idea has come up now and then, but there's still a huge zine community in some places – especially among punks, artists, and folks on the radical left side of the political spectrum. But I think just a lot of people have never considered the idea that they could easily write and print out a tiny little book, at home, and put it into circulation. Some independent bookstores even stock zines, and there are a ton of mail-order zine distribution stores if you look for 'em.
Personally, I love actual print zines. All the weird and interesting personal thoughts and ideas and creativity that go into them, and the fact that you can hold it in your hand and read it, is amazing to me – and they're all totally unique in a way that no customized WordPress CSS theme can match. I've got a little zine library hanging up on my wall, and I'm working on a zine or two myself.
Ha! Now I want to write a blog to encourage people to write 'zines. Call it "Print this Blog" or some such. *giggles*
Oh I didn't say that Zines are dead, just that blogging seems to have given a large chunk of former Zine publishers a cheaper and lazier outlet. ArtZines are alive and well, but I don't see nearly as many crazy nutso political / ufo / bigfoot tracts as I used to before the blogosphere.
Wish I could say the same for Chick Tracts.
Aha, well, I do understand the zine scene and it makes perfect sense that a copybook is like a zine. I suspect it's not *exactly* like our-world zines, because that would be unTemplarist. ;)
See http://templaraz.com/?p=528 thru http://templaraz.com/?p=526 to see Ben's copybook.
Also, he's definitely male, and -of course- his hair's red…or strawberry blond. And I want one. ;)
This makes me want to make a copybook. :)
Spike, I'm going to be blunt. Please bear with me.
This girl is the embodiment of your twitter feed, isn't she?
'Cause I totes can imagine everything she's said so far as being a tweet coming from you.
Does Patti know that holding the phone to your chest AMPLIFIES what you say instead of dampening it?
For once I'm just going to say two lines. Looking forward to seeing more of these two.
She's wearing a top seen on Reagan earlier,no?
Of course he's a man, silly people ;) and of a kind i think i recognise..

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Making your mark
It involves identifying an object or activity your town is 'famous' for, building an oversized version of it, and hoping that tourists will take photos.
There's a fine tradition among New Zealand towns wanting to get themselves on the tourist map. And it's not just towns that are short on scenic beauty that do it. Take Ohakune for example. Their giant carrot, which celebrates the area's proud carrot-growing industry, is the most prominent landmark in town. But stand at the base of the carrot and look westward and, on a clear day, you'll enjoy breath-taking views of the North Island's highest peak: the snow-capped Mt Ruapehu.
As its slogan says, the Hauraki Plains township of Paeroa is 'in the middle of everywhere', but one could argue that it lacks the visual splendour of, say, Ohakune. Nevertheless it's the place where L&P was first bottled and of that the town is rightly very proud. Hence the seven-metre tall replica bottle (originally constructed from five cattle troughs stacked on top of each other) that draws thousands of visitors every year.
In the appropriately named Gumboot Park, a large corrugated iron gumboot standsTaihape residents are proud of their reputation as a town that typifies New Zealand's hard-working heartland. They love a good laugh too. Every year, they hold a 'sports' day to find out who can throw a gumboot the furthest. In the appropriately named Gumboot Park, a large corrugated iron gumboot stands – a permanent celebration of the town's gumboot-throwing reputation. For full visual impact, visit at night to witness the boot in all its illuminated glory.
In the south, a rather classy take on the man-made landmark idea can be found on the banks of Lake Tekapo. Here you'll find a bronze statue of a border collie. It's a tribute to an animal whose brains, loyalty and hard work played a key role in establishing the Mackenzie Country's world-leading sheep farming industry.
These man-made 'landmarks' are the epitome of kiwiana. Yet in the South Canterbury town of Springfield there's an example that's as Americana as apple pie. The residents have erected a giant, purple-iced donut that draws a link with that town's namesake – the home of TV's favourite family, the Simpsons.


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Every website that wants to integrate with Facebook needs an API key. The Create Application API allows widget providers to programmatically generate this API key and other necessary settings. For example, a fourth party comment system like DISQUS can now more easily enable bloggers to integrate commenting with Facebook into their blogs.
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La Mirada Theatre to Present L.A. Opera's THE MAGIC DREAM, 2/17
La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts continues its 2012-13 Programs for Young Audiences series with LA Opera's The Magic Dream, an original adaptation of Mozart's The Magic Flute. This 50-minute, high-energy introduction to opera is recommended for audiences ages 5 and up. Performances are Sunday, February 17, 2013 at 1:00 p.m. and 3:30 p.m.
This lighthearted show is a wildly imaginative and engaging celebration of Mozart's, The Magic Flute. Young Pam grew up listening to The Magic Flute with her grandparents, but never understood what was happening in the story. Pam invites us to explore the opera in her creatively, re-imagined version in which she has cast her friends as the colorful characters of The Magic Flute. Together, they learn that music and your own imagination can take you anywhere. The Magic Dream was created by Lee Holdridge and Richard Sparks and directed by Eli Villaneuva.
Lee Holdridge (Composer) born in Haiti, spent his early years in Costa Rica, and began music studies on the violin at age ten. At 15, he moved to Boston to study composition with Henry Lasker, and later moved to New York to continue music studies and begin his career as a composer. He came to the attention of Neil Diamond who brought him to Los Angeles to write album arrangements. A string of gold and platinum hits followed, which led to their collaboration on the film score for Jonathan Livingston Seagull. Since then, Mr. Holdridge has scored numerous films including Splash, Big Business, Mr. Mom, Micki & Maude, 16 Days Of Glory, Mustang Country,The Beastmaster, Jeremy, Sylvester, A Tiger's Tale, Old Gringo and El Pueblo Del Sol. Television work includes Moonlighting, Beauty and the Beast, the eight-hour remake of East of Eden, The Tenth Man, Dreamer of Oz, One Against the Wind and The Story Lady. More recently, he scored Unlikely Heroes, the Oscar-winning Into The Arms of Strangers: Stories of the Kindertransport, The Mists of Avalon and the Emmy-nominated American Family. His extensive repertoire of concert works includes The Golden Land, the Jefferson Tribute, his Concerto No. 2 for Violin and Orchestra, his suite from the opera Lazarus and his Beloved, the orchestral suite Scenes Of Summer and numerous other orchestral works. He received six Emmys and both Emmy and Grammy nominations for the title song for Moonlighting, co-written with Al Jarreau. He composed the one-act operas The Prospector, The Magic Dream, Tanis in America and Journey to Córdoba, all commissioned by LA Opera's Education and Community Programs department. The world premiere of Mr. Holdridge and Mr. Sparks's most recent collaboration, Dulce Rosa, will be a part of LA Opera's new "Off Grand" project at the Broad Stage this spring.
Richard Sparks (Librettist) began his writing partnership with Lee Holdridge with LA Opera's Journey to Córdoba. The Prospector and The Magic Dream followed, and were joined recently by their fourth in the series, Tanis in America. All these were operas of an hour or less, for LA Opera's Education and Community Programs. They are currently working on a full-length, major new opera, based on a short story by Isabel Allende. With Mr. Holdridge, Mr. Sparks wrote songs for the film The Secret of N.I.M.H. 2 and, in collaboration with Brian May of Queen, they created an opera for puppets in the film The Adventures of Pinocchio. Other works with Mr. Holdridge include The Golden Land, a millennial commission for the California Symphony; and Concierto Para Mendez, a musical celebration of the remarkable life of trumpet virtuoso, Rafael Mendez (LA Opera). Mr. Sparks has translated, adapted and directed several classics of the opera repertoire, including Il Seraglio for the Washington Symphony; a new libretto for LA Opera's most recent Hansel and Gretel; and, for Los Angeles' El Dorado Opera, a new production of Don Giovanni in both Italian and a new Spanish translation (a world premiere). Born in England, Mr. Sparks and his family moved to Los Angeles in 1992. His original plays and adaptations/translations have been staged all over the UK, from the West End to the Welsh National Theatre, and at the Chichester and Edinburgh festivals. He has created or written for a dozen TV series in three continents. Mr. Sparks is the author of several books, including the biography of his father-in-law, the music producer Milton Okun (John Denver; Peter, Paul and Mary; Plácido Domingo and many others). The world premiere of Mr. Sparks and Mr. Holdridge's most recent collaboration, Dulce Rosa, will be a part of LA Opera's new "Off Grand" project at the Broad Stage this spring.
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become a respected name as a stage director and published composer. He has appeared internationally in leading baritone roles including Figaro in The Barber of Seville, Marcello and Schaunard in La Bohème, and Falke in Die Fledermaus with such noted companies as the San Francisco Opera Center, LA Opera, and for the Cultural Arts Festival in Cortona, Italy. In addition to directing the acclaimed productions of Noye's Fludde and The Festival Play of Daniel at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels in downtown Los Angeles in previous seasons for LA Opera, he created an English translation as well as a new orchestration for The Festival Play of Daniel. With Maestro James Conlon conducting, these events combined a community cast and orchestra of nearly 500 as well as professional artists from LA Opera. This April at the Cathedral, he will be directing the revival of Britten's Noye's Fludde in celebration of the composer's 100 birthday. Presently, Mr. Villanueva is the resident stage director for LA Opera's Education and Community Programs Department. For their In-School Opera programs, he teaches and directs more than 1,500 students annually in original productions. These one act operas include his very popular compositions, Figaro's American Adventure and The Marriage of Figueroa, working with his brother Leroy Villanueva as librettist. Mr. Villanueva's compositions are praised for their appeal to audiences and performers alike. In addition, compositions ranging from solo vocal to choral works to popular handbell songs, can be found through publishing companies like Fred Bock Music and Laurendale Associates. Mr. Villanueva has appeared as guest stage director for universities throughout Southern California.
LA Opera began producing opera at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion of the Music Center of Los Angeles County in 1986. The Company currently performs six to eight operas a year, as well as several operas for students, such as The Prospector, which tour Los Angeles area schools.
La Mirada Theatre's Programs for Young Audiences is designed to give children exposure to a diverse mix of national and international touring stage acts while enriching their lives. The season will continue with ArtsPower's The Little Engine That Could Earns Her Whistle on March 3, 2013, American Family Theater's Beauty and the Beast on March 17, 2013 and will finish with Fred Garbo's Inflatable Theater Company on May 19, 2013.
All seats are $8 for children and $12 for adults. Subscriptions for all four shows are $24 for children and $36 for adults. Tickets are available online at www.LaMiradaTheatre.com or by calling the La Mirada Theatre Box Office at (562) 944-9801 or (714) 994-6310. The theatre is located at 14900 La Mirada Blvd. in La Mirada, CA. Parking is free. Wheelchair access and Hearing Assist devices available.


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One of the differences, often commented upon, between economists and computer scientists is the publication culture. Economists publish far fewer and longer papers for journals. Computer scientists publish many, smaller papers for conference proceedings. The journals (the top ones anyway) are heavily refereed while, the top conference proceedings are less so. Economics papers have long introductions that justify the importance of what is to come as well as (usually) carefully laying out the differences between the current paper and what has come before. It is not unusual for some readers to cry: don't bore us get to the chorus. Computer science papers have short introductions with modest attempts at justifying what is to come. It is not unusual to hear that an economics paper is well written. Rarely, have I heard that of a computer science paper. Economists sometimes sneer at the lack of heft in CS papers, while Computer Scientists refer caustically to the bloat of ECON papers. CS papers are sometimes just wrong, etc. etc.
If one accepts these differences as more than caricature, but true, do they matter? We have two different ways for organizing the incentives for knowledge production. One rewards large contributions written up for journals with exacting (some would say idiosyncratic) standards and tastes. The other rewards the accumulation of many smaller contributions that appear in competitive proceedings that are, perhaps, more `democratic' in their tastes. Is there any reason to suppose that one produces fewer important advances than the other? In the CS model, for example, ideas, even small ones, are disseminated quickly, publicly and evaluated by the community. Good ideas, even ones that appear in papers with mistakes, are identified and developed rapidly by the `collective'. An example is Broder's paper on approximating the permanent. On the ECON side, much of this effort is borne by a smaller set of individuals and some of it in private in the sense of folk results and intuitions. Is there a model out there that would shed light on this?


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The Friends of the New Cumberland Public Library hold pre-owned book sales on the first and third Saturdays of each month.
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For 2010, the CR-V receives a freshened front end, hood and rear bumper. Engine output is up 14 horsepower to a respectable 180 horsepower; also new are 10-spoke alloy wheels, a USB audio interface (EX-L trims only) and the addition of Bluetooth cell phone connectivity to navigation-equipped models.
Interior Features
The 2010 Honda CR-V's defining feature is a highly flexible floor plan. Split rear seats fold easily and tumble forward. Doing so increases cargo capacity from a generous minimum of 35.7 cubic feet to a maximum of 72.9 cubic feet. Lift-over height in back is low. Second-row seats also recline slightly and the headrests have been designed for a visibility-enhancing low profile when not in use. Rear-seat travel is adjustable fore and aft, but long-legged folk may find the front seats don't have enough travel to fully accommodate them. All trim levels benefit from wider fold-down, inside armrests. Rear-seat legroom is not as generous as in pervious generation CR-Vs, but those under six feet can still fit front and rear simultaneously. The CR-V's dual-dial dash is an easy read, controls and switchgear are all within arm's reach and simple to operate and inside storage areas abound.
Exterior Features
The first two generations of the CR-V made their marks by combining exceptional utility with enviable reliability. They were high function, but low fashion. The current CR-V, however, has turned all that around. Honda aims to lay claim to that portion of the new buyers flocking to this segment who are style-conscious; to that end, the 2010 Honda CR-V's still-practical package is wrapped in a decidedly fashion-forward design. The side view is dramatically different than most boxy SUVs, with an elliptically-shaped greenhouse. Up front are slash-cut headlamps and a laid-back windshield, while around back is a large rear hatch with no hatch-mounted spare tire to complicate entrance. Ground clearance is a generous 6.7 inches.
Driving Impressions
On the road, the 2010 Honda CR-V has a well-integrated feel. The four-cylinder engine is right-sized for daily driving duties and the automatic transmission shifts smoothly. The only interruption to the quiet inside the cabin is some noise from the engine in high-demand situations, such as when the transmission kicks down to a lower gear for passing. Beyond that, there's not much road noise and little wind noise, even when the moonroof (standard on EX and EX-L) is open. The CR-V has a cushioned ride that belies its size and handling is stable and predictable. Visibility is good in all directions, even to the rear. The four-wheel-drive system is automatic, requiring no input from the driver, and shifts up to 70 percent of available torque from front to rear wheels as needed for improved traction.
Pricing Notes
The Manufacturer's Suggested Retail Price for a two-wheel-drive CR-V LX starts just over $22,000, while the 4WD EX trim starts around $26,000. A fully-loaded EX-L with leather and navigation tops out close to $30,500. A look at the Fair Purchase Price shows the typical transaction price others are paying for the CR-V in your area, so be sure to check it out before you buy. Among the models cross-shopped with the CR-V are the Nissan Rogue, Ford Escape, Subaru Forester, Mitsubishi Outlander and the Jeep Compass. All compare favorably with the CR-V on features per dollar, but can't match the track record for reliability that the Honda enjoys. The CR-V retains the best five-year resale values in the segment.
Notable Equipment
The 2010 Honda CR-V is offered in three trim levels: LX, EX, and EX-L. Standard across the board is a tire-pressure-monitoring system, 17-inch wheels, tilt/telescoping steering wheel, an MP3/auxilliary audio input jack, speed-sensitive volume control and a "conversation mirror" on the back of the sun visor. LX and EX models have a retractable center tray table between the front seats, while EX-L versions have a fixed, floor-mounted console. Two covered storage containers are included – the larger of which is big enough to hold 24 CDs. EX and EX-L models gain a folding, removable, dual-level shelf in the cargo bay for added storage options, while the EX-L has a 10-way power driver's seat including power lumbar support, dual-zone automatic climate control and an upgraded audio system, with 270 watts of power, a six-disc, center console-mounted CD changer, seven speakers (including subwoofer), USB input and a digital audio-card reader.
Notable Options
Honda's Real Time four-wheel-drive system is available on all trim levels. A GPS navigation system with a large, six-and-a-half-inch screen, voice recognition, Bluetooth and rearview camera function is offered on EX-L models.
Favorite Features
Refined Ride Quality
A compact car with a big-car ride, the CR-V has a composed feel, easily rolling over rough roads without ruffling the passengers.
Sensible Size, Flexible Floor Plan
Right-sized, real-world dimensions and a highly adaptable interior are two reasons why the CR-V is Honda's biggest seller worldwide.
Under the Hood
The 2010 Honda CR-V has a 2.4-liter four-cylinder engine that makes 180 horsepower and delivers its 161 pound-feet of torque across a wider power band than previously. The four-cylinder engine is linked exclusively to a five-speed automatic transmission. The loss of an available five-speed manual transmission – formerly standard equipment on previous generation CR-Vs – may be lamented by mileage maximizers, but Honda says that the demand for stick-shift CR-Vs among buyers was just too low.
2.4-liter in-line 4
180 horsepower @ 6800 rpm
161 lb.-ft. of torque @ 4400 rpm
EPA city/highway fuel economy: 21/28 (2WD), 21/27 (4WD)
Editors' Notes
When the Honda CR-V first appeared in 1997, the CUV landscape had a far different look than it does today. Then, the market offered very few compact four-wheel-drive wagon/CUV crosses, and the new Honda was the head of a very small class. These days, small crossovers are all the rage, offering the tall ride height and cargo carrying ability of a mid-size SUV, ample ground clearance and the sure-footed traction of all-wheel-drive. Yet, while many of its competitors have grown larger and thirstier, the CR-V remains true to its roots, which may explain why it continues to top the compact CUV sales chart year after year.


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Friday, September 24, 2010
The Truth
This week's psyche is a no brainer: it's Jack LaLanne's 96th birthday. Yeah, yeah, the guy from the juicer commercials, as all you pop-culture-ites now know him, was—and still is—the MAN in the world of fitness. He almost single handedly invented the fitness movement and practiced what he preached in the most profound way. His birthday challenge accomplishment are not only legendary but were so far ahead of their time that none have been repeated. At his 95th birthday party (I was lucky to be able to attend) Arnold Schwarzenegger summed him up pretty well:
"Come to the beach and do some chin-ups with me, Arnold," he'd say to me. "He didn't tell me that we were going to do chin-ups for one hour straight without stopping!"
Here are a series of posts I wrote on Jack last year, in order:
Join the Jack LaLanne Challenge (great quotes!)
Preaching the Here and Now (more great quotes!)
Happy Birthday Jack! (includes a list of his birthday challenges--you won't believe them)
Now that I just re-read them I can no longer sit still. I wish I had a 50 degree pool to strap myself into but, instead, I'll just head out to my gym.
"I train like I'm training for the Olympics or for a Mr. America contest, the way I've always trained my whole life. You see, life is a battlefield. Life is survival of the fittest." Then he segued into a mantra I'm sure I heard dozens of times as a very young boy: "How many healthy people do you know? How many happy people do you know? Think about it. People work at dying, they don't work at living. My workout is my obligation to life. It's my tranquilizer. It's part of the way I tell the truth--and telling the truth is what's kept me going all these years." - Jack LaLanne
13 comments:
- InsaneXer said...
This guy amazes me beyond anything. Here's his Power shake
Which is:
1/2 quart carrot juice
1/2 quart celery juice
2 heaping tablespoons of wheat germ
2 heaping tablespoons of high strain brewers yeast
1 heaping tablespoon of bone meal
1 banana
15,000 milligrams of vitamin C
2 heaping tablespoons nonfat milk solids?
100 liver-yeast tablets?
2000 units of B?
some boron?
some zinc?
75 alfalfa and kelp tablets?
Now how in the name of Lalanne himself can a man absorb that? Wouldn't he just piss it out??? Why hasn't such overdose caused Jack any health problems?
Thanks :)
- Steve Edwards said...
Plus he's always ranting about how exercise physiologists, nutritions, and doctors don't know what they're talking about. Hard to argue, really.
Remember that RDAs are set by a group trying to deal with outside influence (lobbys) and come up with one set of numbers for all humans. Actually, it seems a bit ridiculous when you think about it.
Given the choice of theoretical and example, I'll go with the one who actually lives it.
- Steve Edwards said...
btw, I've never tried bone meal. I'm going to have to add that one.
Check with Ratso first.
- Steve Edwards said...
It's worked well for him!
- screwdestiny said...
"People work at dying, they don't work at living."
That is terribly profound.
- InsaneXer said...
He's sorta biased, his interviews on local news channel sorta portray him as some fitness cuckoo due to him taking his mind, but I respect the guy either way,
- Steve Edwards said...
Fitness cuckoo, huh?
Anyone who pulls 70 boats with 70 people across Long Beach Harbor (with his hands and feet bound) on his 70th birthday is, perhaps, cuckoo. But it when it comes to health and fitness I'm going to listen to that guy with a lot more interest then some donut eating yahoo that spent a few years in a classroom.
Fitness and nutrition are applied science. I'm championing the guy who applies it best.
- InsaneXer said...
I do agree with that, but his methods are old school. It is true that old school is sometimes way better, but to be honest we have to take advantage of every single modern era science. Having that old school attitude is good and I abide by it most of the time, but when it comes to complicated stuff, modern day science works. And of course you can't really compare Jack to some retarded fat guy who took some bio class in high school. Lalanne indeed is the father of fitness. He was a true pioneer and there is no doubt about that, but modern science in it's own category is right.
P.S- I respect the guy and his liver that can handle that power shake (taste and absorption) :P
I am 24 and to me Jack is incredible. He motivates me. I want to be 80 years old and see my great grandchildren. He is an inspiration. And anybody that says crap against him doesn't know what their talking about. He's probably outlived your whole family line.
- Sharon L. said...
@anonymous, he was great but not mine. My grand mother got to 104. She wasn't a great cook but she out lived her children. Her only vice was baseball and she swore by rhubarb (beats me). The only thing broke down on her were her eyes that she had surgery on and was able to see perfectly when she checked out of this planet. I think ya go when you go but quality of life is what we should strive for. At least that's why I've decided to get it together.
- Sharon L. said...
@anonymous, he was great but not mine. My grand mother got to 104. She wasn't a great cook but she out lived her children. Her only vice was baseball and she swore by rhubarb (beats me). The only thing broke down on her were her eyes that she had surgery on and was able to see perfectly when she checked out of this planet. I think ya go when you go but quality of life is what we should strive for. At least that's why I've decided to get it together.
jack la lane was a chiropractor....he had a franchise of gyms that i was a member at. in port chester, ny.


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|North Yemen became independent from the Ottoman Empire in 1918. The British, who had set up a protectorate area around the southern port of Aden in the 19th century, withdrew in 1967 from what became South Yemen. Three years later, the southern government adopted a Marxist orientation. The massive exodus of hundreds of thousands of Yemenis from the south to the north contributed to two decades of hostility between the states. The two countries were formally unified as the Republic of Yemen in 1990. A southern secessionist movement and brief civil war in 1994 was quickly subdued. In 2000, Saudi Arabia and Yemen agreed to delineate their border. Fighting in the northwest between the government and the Huthis, a Zaydi Shia Muslim minority, began in 2004 and has since resulted in six rounds of fighting that ended in early 2010 with a cease-fire. The southern secessionist movement was revitalized in 2008. Public rallies in Sana'a against then President SALIH - inspired by similar demonstrations in Tunisia and Egypt - slowly built momentum starting in late January 2011 fueled by complaints over high unemployment, poor economic conditions, and corruption. By the following month, some protests had resulted in violence, and the demonstrations had spread to other major cities. By March the opposition had hardened its demands and was unifying behind calls for SALIH's immediate ouster. In April 2011, the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), in an attempt to mediate the crisis in Yemen, proposed the GGC Initiative, an agreement in which the president would step down in exchange for immunity from prosecution. SALIH's refusal to sign an agreement led to further violence. The UN Security Council passed Resolution 2014 in October 2011 calling for an end to the violence and completing a power transfer deal. In November 2011, SALIH signed the GCC Initiative to step down and to transfer some of his powers to Vice President Abd Rabuh Mansur HADI. Following HADI's election victory in February 2012, SALIH formally transferred his powers. In accordance with the GCC initiative, Yemen launched a National Dialogue Conference (NDC) in March 2013 to discuss key constitutional, political, and social issues. HADI concluded the NDC in January 2014. Subsequent steps in the transition process include constitutional drafting, a constitutional referendum, and national elections. Since the Arab Awakening in 2011, the Huthis have expanded their influence, culminating in a major offensive against military units and tribes affiliated with their Yemeni rivals and enabling their forces to overrun the capital, Sana'a, in September 2014. In January 2015, the Huthis attacked the presidential palace and President HADI's residence and surrounded key government facilities, prompting HADI and the cabinet to submit their resignations. HADI fled to Aden, and in February 2015 rescinded his resignation. He subsequently escaped to Saudi Arabia and asked the GCC to intervene militarily in Yemen to protect the legitimate government from the Huthis. In March, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia launched Operation Decisive Storm, a series of airstrikes against Huthi and Huthi-affiliated forces. In April 2015, the Saudi Government announced completion of the operation and initiated Operation Restoring Hope, which focuses on humanitarian aid and a return to political dialogue. However, fighting continued through the remainder of 2015 and into early 2016. In April, the UN brokered a "cessation of hostilities" among the warring parties and initiated peace talks in Kuwait.
Strategic location on Bab el Mandeb, the strait linking the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden, one of world's most active shipping lanes
|Middle East, bordering the Arabian Sea, Gulf of Aden, and Red Sea, between Oman and Saudi Arabia
|Geographic coordinates:
| total: 527,968 sq km
land: 527,968 sq km
water: 0 sq km
note: includes Perim, Socotra, the former Yemen Arab Republic (YAR or North Yemen), and the former People's Democratic Republic of Yemen (PDRY or South Yemen)
Size comparison: almost four times the size of Alabama; slightly larger than twice the size of Wyoming
|Land Boundaries:
|total: 1,601 km border countries (2): Oman 294 km, Saudi Arabia 1,307 km
|1,906 km
|Maritime claims:
| territorial sea: 12 nm
contiguous zone: 24 nm
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
continental shelf: 200 nm or to the edge of the continental margin
|mostly desert; hot and humid along west coast; temperate in western mountains affected by seasonal monsoon; extraordinarily hot, dry, harsh desert in east
|narrow coastal plain backed by flat-topped hills and rugged mountains; dissected upland desert plains in center slope into the desert interior of the Arabian Peninsula
|Elevation extremes:
|Natural resources:
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|Land use:
| agricultural land: 44.5% arable land 2.2%; permanent crops 0.6%; permanent pasture 41.7% forest: 1%
other: 54.5% (2011 est.)
|Irrigated land:
|6,800 sq km (2012)
|Natural hazards:
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|Current Environment Issues:
|limited natural freshwater resources; inadequate supplies of potable water; overgrazing; soil erosion; desertification
|International Environment Agreements:
| party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer Protection
signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements
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| noun: Yemeni(s)
adjective: Yemeni
|Ethnic groups:
|predominantly Arab; but also Afro-Arab, South Asians, Europeans
|Arabic (official) note: a distinct Socotri language is widely used on Socotra Island and Archipelago; Mahri is still fairly widely spoken in eastern Yemen
|Muslim 99.1% (official; virtually all are citizens, an estimated 65% are Sunni and 35% are Shia), other 0.9% (includes Jewish, Baha'i, Hindu, and Christian; many are refugees or temporary foreign residents) (2010 est.)
|27,392,779 (July 2016 est.)
|Age structure:
| 0-14 years: 40.48% (male 5,639,657/female 5,447,662)
15-24 years: 21.16% (male 2,940,484/female 2,855,538)
25-54 years: 31.79% (male 4,451,305/female 4,257,877)
55-64 years: 3.87% (male 487,986/female 571,676)
65 years and over: 2.7% (male 342,053/female 398,541) (2016 est.)
|Dependency ratios:
| total dependency ratio: 75.6%
youth dependency ratio: 70.7%
elderly dependency ratio: 4.9%
potential support ratio: 20.4% (2015 est.)
|Median age:
| total: 19.2 years
male: 19.1 years
female: 19.3 years (2016 est.)
|Population growth rate:
|2.37% (2016 est.)
|Birth rate:
|29.2 births/1,000 population (2016 est.)
|Death rate:
|6.1 deaths/1,000 population (2016 est.)
|Net migration rate:
|0.7 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2016 est.)
| urban population: 34.6% of total population (2015)
rate of urbanization: 4.03% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.)
|Major urban areas - population:
|SANAA (capital) 2.962 million; Aden 882,000 (2015)
|Sex ratio:
| at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
0-14 years: 1.04 male(s)/female
15-24 years: 1.03 male(s)/female
25-54 years: 1.05 male(s)/female
55-64 years: 0.85 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.87 male(s)/female
total population: 1.02 male(s)/female (2016 est.)
|Mother's mean age at first birth:
|21.4 median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2013)
|Maternal mortality rate:
|385 deaths/100,000 live births (2015 est.)
|Infant mortality rate:
| total: 47.4 deaths/1,000 live births male: 51.6 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 43.1 deaths/1,000 live births (2016 est.)
|Life expectancy at birth:
| total population: 65.5 years male: 63.4 years
female: 67.8 years (2016 est.)
|Total fertility rate:
|3.77 children born/woman (2016 est.)
|Contraceptive prevalence rate:
|27.7% (2006)
|Health expenditures:
|5.6% of GDP (2014)
|Physicians density:
|0.2 physicians/1,000 population (2010)
|Hospital bed density:
|0.7 beds/1,000 population (2012)
|Drinking water source:
| improved:
urban: 72% of population
rural: 46.5% of population
total: 54.9% of population
urban: 28% of population
rural: 53.5% of population
total: 45.1% of population (2012 est.)
|Sanitation facility access:
| improved:
urban: 92.5% of population
rural: 34.1% of population
total: 53.3% of population
urban: 7.5% of population
rural: 65.9% of population
total: 46.7% of population (2012 est.)
|HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:
|0.06% (2015 est.)
|HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:
|9,200 (2015 est.)
|HIV/AIDS - deaths:
|300 (2015 est.)
|Obesity - adult prevalence rate:
|14.2% (2014)
|Children under the age of 5 years underweight:
|39.9% (2013)
|Education expenditures:
|4.6% of GDP (2008)
| definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 70.1%
male: 85.1%
female: 55% (2015 est.)
|School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education):
| total: 9 years male: 10 years
female: 8 years (2011)
|Unemployment, youth ages 15-24:
| total: 33.7% male: 26%
female: 74% (2010 est.)
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|Country name:
| conventional long form: Republic of Yemen
conventional short form: Yemen
local long form: Al Jumhuriyah al Yamaniyah
local short form: Al Yaman
former: Yemen Arab Republic [Yemen (Sanaa) or North Yemen] and People's Democratic Republic of Yemen [Yemen (Aden) or South Yemen]
etymology: name derivation remains unclear but may come from the Arab term "yumn" (happiness) and be related to the region's classical name "Arabia Felix" (Fertile or Happy Arabia); the Romans referred to the rest of the peninsula as "Arabia Deserta" (Deserted Arabia)
|Government type:
|in transition
| name: Sanaa
geographic coordinates: 15 21 N, 44 12 E
time difference: UTC+3 (8 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)
|Administrative divisions:
|22 governorates (muhafazat, singular - muhafazah); Abyan, 'Adan (Aden), Ad Dali', Al Bayda', Al Hudaydah, Al Jawf, Al Mahrah, Al Mahwit, Amanat al 'Asimah (Sanaa City), 'Amran, Arkhabil Suqutra (Socotra Archipelago), Dhamar, Hadramawt, Hajjah, Ibb, Lahij, Ma'rib, Raymah, Sa'dah, San'a' (Sanaa), Shabwah, Ta'izz
|22 May 1990 (Republic of Yemen was established with the merger of the Yemen Arab Republic [Yemen (Sanaa) or North Yemen] and the Marxist-dominated People's Democratic Republic of Yemen [Yemen (Aden) or South Yemen]); note - previously North Yemen became independent in November 1918 (from the Ottoman Empire) and became a republic with the overthrow of the theocratic Imamate in 1962; South Yemen became independent on 30 November 1967 (from the UK)
|National holiday:
|Unification Day, 22 May (1990)
|adopted by referendum 16 May 1991 (following unification); amended several times, last in 2009; note - after the National Dialogue ended in January 2015, a presidentially-appointed Constitutional Drafting Committee worked to prepare a new draft constitution that was expected to be put to a national referendum before being adopted; however, the president's resignation in January 2015 and the subsequent conflict interrupted the process (2016)
|Legal system:
|mixed legal system of Islamic law, Napoleonic law, English common law, and customary law
|18 years of age; universal
|Executive branch:
| chief of state: President Abd Rabuh Mansur HADI (since 21 February 2012); Vice President Mohsin al-AHMAR, Gen. (since 3 April 2016)
head of government: Prime Minister Ahmad Obaid bin DAGHIR (since 3 April 2016)
cabinet: appointed by the president elections/appointments: president directly elected by absolute majority popular vote in 2 rounds if needed for a 7-year term (eligible for a second term); last election held on 21 February 2012 (next election NA); note - a special election held on 21 February 2012 to remove Ali Abdallah SALIH under the terms of a Gulf Cooperation Council-mediated deal during the political crisis of 2011; vice president appointed by the president; prime minister appointed by the president
election results: Abd Rabuh Mansur HADI (GPC) elected as a consensus president with about 50% popular participation; no other candidates
|Legislative branch:
| description: bicameral Parliament or Majlis consists of the Shura Council or Majlis Alshoora (111 seats; members appointed by the president; member tenure NA) and the House of Representatives or Majlis al Nuwaab (301 seats; members directly elected in single-seat constituencies by simple majority vote to serve 6-year terms)
elections: last held on 27 April 2003 (next scheduled for April 2009 but postponed indefinitely)
election results: House of Representatives percent of vote by party - GPC 58.0%, Islah 22.6%, YSP 3.8%, Unionist Party 1.9%, other 13.7%; seats by party - GPC 238, Islah 46, YSP 8, Nasserist Unionist Party 3, National Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party 2, independent 4
|Judicial branch:
| highest court(s): Supreme Court (consists of the president of the Court, 2 deputies, and nearly 50 judges; court organized into constitutional, civil, commercial, family, administrative, criminal, military, and appeals scrutiny divisions) judge selection and term of office: judges appointed by the Supreme Judicial Council, chaired by the president of the republic and consisting of 10 high-ranking judicial officers; judges appointed for life with mandatory retirement at age 65
subordinate courts: appeal courts; district or first instance courts; commercial courts
|Political parties and leaders:
|General People's Congress or GPC [Ali Abdallah SALIH] National Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party [Qassem Salam SAID] Nasserist Unionist People's Organization [Abdallah NU'MAN] Yemeni Reform Grouping or Islah [Muhammed Abdallah al-YADUMI, Abdul Wahab al-ANSI] Yemeni Socialist Party or YSP [Dr. Abd al-Rahman Umar al-SAQQAF]
|Political pressure groups and leaders:
|Huthis Muslim Brotherhood Women National Committee other: conservative tribal groups; southern secessionist groups; al-Qa'ida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP)
|International organization participation:
|AFESD, AMF, CAEU, CD, EITI (temporarily suspended), FAO, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICRM, IDA, IDB, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, IMSO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITSO, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), LAS, MIGA, MINURSO, MINUSMA, MONUSCO, NAM, OAS (observer), OIC, OPCW, UN, UNAMID, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO, UNISFA, UNMIL, UNMIS, UNOCI, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WFTU (NGOs), WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO
|National symbol(s):
|golden eagle; national colors: red, white, black
|National anthem:
| name: "al-qumhuriyatu l-muttahida" (United Republic)
lyrics/music: Abdullah Abdulwahab NOA'MAN/Ayyoab Tarish ABSI
note: adopted 1990; the music first served as the anthem for South Yemen before unification with North Yemen in 1990
|Diplomatic representation in the US:
| chief of mission: Ambassador Ahmad Awadh BIN MUBARAK (since 3 August 2015)
chancery: 2319 Wyoming Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20008
telephone: [1] (202) 965-4760
|Diplomatic representation from the US:
| note: US Embassy operations were suspended on 10 February 2015 amid growing violence; in March 2015, a team of US diplomats established the Yemen Affairs Unit in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia chief of mission: Ambassador Matthew H. TUELLER (since 10 June 2014)
embassy: Sa'awan Street, Sanaa
mailing address: P. O. Box 22347, Sanaa
telephone: [967] (1) 755-2000 ext. 2153 or 2266
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Yemen is a low-income country that faces difficult long-term challenges to stabilizing and growing its economy, and the current conflict has only exacerbated those issues. The ongoing war has halted Yemen's exports, pressured the currency's exchange rate, accelerated inflation, severely limited food and fuel imports, and caused widespread damage to infrastructure. At least 82% of the population is in need of humanitarian assistance. Prior to the start of the conflict in 2014, Yemen was highly dependent on declining oil resources for revenue. Oil and gas earnings accounted for roughly 25% of GDP and 65% of government revenue. The Yemeni Government regularly faced annual budget shortfalls and has tried to diversify the Yemeni economy through a reform program designed to bolster non-oil sectors of the economy and foreign investment. As part of these reform efforts, Yemen exported its first liquefied natural gas in October 2009. The international community supported Yemen's efforts toward economic and political reform in part by establishing the Friends of Yemen group. In 2012, the Friends of Yemen pledged nearly $7 billion in assistance to Yemen. In July 2014, the government continued reform efforts by eliminating some fuel subsidies and in August 2014, the IMF approved a three-year, $570 million Extended Credit Facility for Yemen. However, the conflict that began in 2014 stalled these reform efforts. Rebel Huthi groups have interfered with Ministry of Finance and Central Bank operations and diverted funds for their own use. Yemen's Central Bank reserves, which stood at $5.2 billion prior to the conflict, currently stand at $1.5 billion. The Central Bank is exposed to approximately $7 billion in overdraft, more than three times the legal limit, directly linked to the Huthis withdrawing $116 million on a monthly basis. The private sector is hemorrhaging, with almost all businesses making substantial layoffs. The Port of Hudaydah, which handles 60% of Yemen's commercial traffic, was damaged in August 2015 as a result of the conflict and is only operating at 50% capacity. Access to food and other critical commodities such as medical equipment is limited across the country due to security issues on the ground. The Social Welfare Fund, a cash transfer program for Yemen's neediest, is no longer operational and has not made any disbursements since late 2014. Yemen will require significant international assistance during and after the protracted conflict to stabilize its economy. Long-term challenges include a high population growth rate, high unemployment, declining water resources, and severe food scarcity.
|GDP (purchasing power parity):
| GDP (purchasing power parity): $73.45 billion (2016 est.) $76.68 billion (2015 est.) $106.6 billion (2014 est.)
note: data are in 2016 dollars
|GDP (official exchange rate):
|GDP (official exchange rate): $31.33 billion (2015 est.)
|GDP - real growth rate:
|-4.2% (2016 est.) -28.1% (2015 est.) -0.2% (2014 est.)
|GDP - per capita (PPP):
| GDP - per capita (PPP): $2,500 (2016 est.) $2,700 (2015 est.) $3,900 (2014 est.)
note: data are in 2016 dollars
|Gross national saving:
|-2.9% of GDP (2016 est.) -3.7% of GDP (2015 est.) 6.2% of GDP (2014 est.)
|GDP - composition, by end use:
| household consumption: 101.7%
government consumption: 10.9%
investment in fixed capital: 7.5%
investment in inventories: -5.9%
exports of goods and services: 0.9%
imports of goods and services: -15.1% (2016 est.)
|GDP - composition, by sector of origin:
| household consumption: 101.7%
government consumption: 10.9%
investment in fixed capital: 7.5%
investment in inventories: -5.9%
exports of goods and services: 0.9%
imports of goods and services: -15.1% (2016 est.)
|Agriculture - products:
|grain, fruits, vegetables, pulses, qat, coffee, cotton; dairy products, livestock (sheep, goats, cattle, camels), poultry; fish
|crude oil production and petroleum refining; small-scale production of cotton textiles, leather goods; food processing; handicrafts; aluminum products; cement; commercial ship repair; natural gas production
|Industrial production growth rate:
|-27% (2016 est.)
|Labor force:
|7.47 million (2016 est.)
|Labor force - by occupation:
|note: most people are employed in agriculture and herding; services, construction, industry, and commerce account for less than one-fourth of the labor force
|Unemployment rate:
|27% (2014 est.) 35% (2003 est.)
|Population below poverty line:
|54% (2014 est.)
|Household income or consumption by percentage share:
| lowest 10%: 2.6%
highest 10%: 30.3% (2008 est.)
|Distribution of family income - Gini index:
|37.9 (2009 est.) 37.3 (1999 est.)
| revenues: $1.766 billion
expenditures: $5.628 billion (2016 est.)
|Taxes and other revenues:
|5.6% of GDP (2016 est.)
|Public debt:
|92.2% of GDP (2016 est.) 86.3% of GDP (2015 est.)
|Fiscal year:
|calendar year
|Inflation rate (consumer prices):
|Inflation rate (consumer prices): 31.5% (2016 est.) 28.8% (2015 est.)
|Current account balance:
|-$1.92 billion (2016 est.) -$2.065 billion (2015 est.)
|$124.3 million (2016 est.) $1.364 billion (2015 est.)
|Exports - commodities:
|crude oil, coffee, dried and salted fish, liquefied natural gas
|Exports - partners:
|China 24.5%, UAE 16.5%, South Korea 10%, Saudi Arabia 10%, Kuwait 9.1%, India 8.5% (2015)
|$3.624 billion (2016 est.) $4.793 billion (2015 est.)
|Imports - commodities:
|food and live animals, machinery and equipment, chemicals
|Imports - partners:
|UAE 20.9%, China 14.3%, Saudi Arabia 9.9%, Kuwait 7.4%, India 4.6% (2015)
|Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:
|$639.6 million (31 December 2016 est.) $1.978 billion (31 December 2015 est.)
|Debt - external:
|$7.661 billion (31 December 2016 est.) $7.697 billion (31 December 2015 est.)
|Stock of direct foreign investment - at home:
|Market value of publicly traded shares:
|Exchange rates:
|Yemeni rials (YER) per US dollar - 284.9 (2016 est.) 228 (2015 est.) 228 (2014 est.) 214.89 (2013 est.) 214.35 (2012 est.)
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|Electricity - production:
|7.2 billion kWh (2014 est.)
|Electricity - consumption:
|5.2 billion kWh (2014 est.)
|Electricity - exports:
|0 kWh (2013 est.)
|Electricity - imports:
|0 kWh (2013 est.)
|Electricity - installed generating capacity:
|1.5 million kW (2014 est.)
|Electricity - from fossil fuels:
|99.9% of total installed capacity (2012 est.)
|Electricity - from nuclear fuels:
|0% of total installed capacity (2012 est.)
|Electricity - from hydroelectric plants:
|0% of total installed capacity (2012 est.)
|Electricity - from other renewable sources:
|0.1% of total installed capacity (2012 est.)
|Crude oil - production:
|47,600 bbl/day (2015 est.)
|Crude oil - exports:
|68,160 bbl/day (2013 est.)
|Crude oil - imports:
|0 bbl/day (2013 est.)
|Crude oil - proved reserves:
|3 billion bbl (1 January 2016 es)
|Refined petroleum products - production:
|64,340 bbl/day (2013 est.)
|Refined petroleum products - consumption:
|144,000 bbl/day (2014 est.)
|Refined petroleum products - exports:
|29,770 bbl/day (2013 est.)
|Refined petroleum products - imports:
|94,920 bbl/day (2013 est.)
|Natural gas - production:
|9.3 billion cu m (2014 est.)
|Natural gas - consumption:
|500 million cu m (2014 est.)
|Natural gas - exports:
|8.8 billion cu m (2014 est.)
|Natural gas - imports:
|0 cu m (2013 est.)
|Natural gas - proved reserves:
|478.5 billion cu m (1 January 2016 es)
|Carbon dioxide emissions from consumption of energy:
|22 million Mt (2013 est.)
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|Cellular Phones in use:
|total: 17.359 million subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 65 (July 2015 est.)
|Telephone system:
| general assessment: since unification in 1990, efforts have been made to create a national telecommunications network
domestic: the national network consists of microwave radio relay, cable, tropospheric scatter, GSM and CDMA mobile-cellular telephone systems; fixed-line and mobile-cellular teledensity remains low by regional standards
international: country code - 967; landing point for the international submarine cable Fiber-Optic Link Around the Globe (FLAG); satellite earth stations - 3 Intelsat (2 Indian Ocean and 1 Atlantic Ocean), 1 Intersputnik (Atlantic Ocean region), and 2 Arabsat; microwave (2010)
|Broadcast media:
|state-run TV with 2 stations; state-run radio with 2 national radio stations and 5 local stations; stations from Oman and Saudi Arabia can be accessed (2007)
|Internet country code:
|Internet users:
|total: 6.711 million percent of population: 25.1% (July 2015 est.)
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|57 (2013)
|Airports (paved runways):
| total 17
over 3,047 m: 4
2,438 to 3,047 m: 9
1,524 to 2,437 m: 3
914 to 1,523 m: 1 (2013)
|Airports (unpaved runways):
| total 40
over 3,047 m: 3
2,438 to 3,047 m: 5
1,524 to 2,437 m: 7
914 to 1,523 m: 16
under 914 m: 9 (2013)
|gas 641 km; liquid petroleum gas 22 km; oil 1,370 km (2013)
| total 71,300 km
paved: 6,200 km
unpaved: 65,100 km (2005)
|Merchant marine:
| total 5
by type: chemical tanker 2, petroleum tanker 2, roll on/roll off 1
registered in other countries: 14 (Moldova 4, Panama 4, Sierra Leone 2, Togo 1, unknown 3) (2010)
|Ports and terminals:
|major seaport(s): Aden, Al Hudaydah, Al Mukalla
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|Military branches:
|Land Forces, Naval and Coastal Defense Forces (includes Marines), Air and Air Defense Force (al-Quwwat al-Jawwiya al-Yemeniya), Border Guards, Strategic Reserve Forces (2013)
|Military service age and obligation:
|18 is the legal minimum age for voluntary military service; no conscription; 2-year service obligation (2012)
|Military expenditures:
|4.02% of GDP (2012) 3.48% of GDP (2011) 4.02% of GDP (2010)
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|Transnational Issues
|Disputes - International:
|Saudi Arabia has reinforced its concrete-filled security barrier along sections of the fully demarcated border with Yemen to stem illegal cross-border activities
|Refugees and internally displaced persons:
|refugees (country of origin): 5,645 (Ethiopia) (2015); 255,121 (Somalia) (2016) IDPs: 2,179,278 (conflict in Sa'ada Governorate; clashes between al-Qa'ida in the Arabian Peninsula and government forces) (2016)
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Hopes of a new canal revive a Nicaraguan ghost town
Boom and bust cycles are no stranger to this small town, which once played an outsized role in distant affairs.
Set in a protected harbor in Nicaragua's remote southeast corner, the town in the mid-19th century was briefly the most important port in Central America. Tens of thousands of Americans with gold fever passed by its wharf.
Then a bust hit. Tropical jungle thick with jaguar and peccary overtook the town as civil war gripped Nicaragua. Three decades ago, just one family remained.
Now San Juan may be on the cusp of another boom.
The government is putting the finishing touches on a 4,900-foot runway and airport valued at $12 million, part of a race to develop the region as it maneuvers with neighboring Costa Rica over a disputed border. Shimmering mirage-like is an even greater yearning: Nicaragua again talks of building an inter-oceanic waterway to compete with the Panama Canal, with one terminus here.
The waterway would allow ships to transit from the Atlantic up the San Juan River to Lake Nicaragua, then across an 11-mile isthmus to the Pacific Ocean, or vice versa.
Even if the waterway remains an illusion — skeptics abound — the 1,800 people who now reside in San Juan voice gratitude for the renewed attention. Less than half a decade ago, boats provided the only access to the town. A single telephone was the lifeline to the outside world. Electricity flickered on and off.
Now there is reliable power and blanket cellular telephone service. The airport has cut the journey to the rest of Nicaragua and opened the doors to tourists, who come for sport fishing, bird watching and rousting around historic ruins.
"This corner of Nicaragua is a treasure trove," said Eden Pastora, a onetime guerrilla commander who is the region's biggest promoter.
President Daniel Ortega, head of the leftist Sandinista Front, appointed Pastora to head a commission seeking global financing for the $30 billion inter-oceanic waterway. Pastora, for his part, is delving into all manner of private development, including plans to build an international marina with scores of slips.
San Juan lies below the Caribbean hurricane belt, offering a safe harbor for yachts seeking shelter or long-term harborage.
Pastora, a fit-looking 75-year-old with a shock of white hair, said the airport, which is operational but so new that it has yet to be inaugurated, would facilitate the use of the marina.
"The gentlemen millionaires will come on their executive jets, get on their yachts and go all over the Caribbean," Pastora said. "All kinds and sizes of yachts will come – and they will pay."
Far more primitive vessels brought Spanish explorers, who discovered the San Juan River delta in 1539, and christened a settlement as San Juan del Norte in 1541. More than three centuries later, Great Britain laid claim to the region under the guise of protecting native Miskito Indians.
A Miskito king renamed the settlement Greytown in homage to the governor of Jamaica, a British subject, and the name lingers unofficially today.
What propelled the port into world headlines was the 1848 California Gold Rush. Would-be prospectors flocked from the U.S. East Coast to Central America in their quest to reach the California mines.
Shipping baron Cornelius Vanderbilt made three trips to San Juan to bring his Atlantic and Pacific Steamship Co., which already was operating to Panama. Vanderbilt's Nicaragua route was cheaper and at least two days shorter than the journey through Panama, and throngs clambered aboard his vessels.
"More than 150,000 people arrived from New York and passed through here," said Misael Morales Sequeira, the town's 34-year-old mayor. "The Gold Rush lasted 15 years, and it left no benefit for the town."
History books note, though, that among the notables to pass by San Juan through the centuries were English privateer Francis Drake, Prussian explorer Alexander von Humboldt, writer Mark Twain, Italian Gen. Giuseppe Garibaldi and Robert E. Peary, who would go on to fame as the first explorer of the North Pole.
Remnants of San Juan's heyday lie in rusty decrepitude in the lagoons and jungles. Still visible above water is the skeletal hulk of a sunken dredge and an iron-hulled steamship. Elsewhere, one sees rusted boilers and abandoned steam engines.
Wrought-iron fencing protects four cemeteries with headstones mostly in English. The cemeteries hold tombs of British and American sailors, Masons and Catholics.
A tragic period hit San Juan after the triumph of the 1979 Sandinista Revolution. U.S.-financed Contra rebels rose up (some under the leadership of Pastora), and both Sandinista and Contra fighters laced the area with landmines.
"The population of San Juan de Nicaragua decided to flee to Costa Rica," Morales said. "They abandoned the town." Most houses were burned to the ground.
When voters tossed the Sandinistas out of power in 1990, some 30 families returned, joining the single clan that had stayed. With United Nations help, the town was established on the banks of the Rio Indio about a mile and half from the original settlement. The name was subsequently changed from San Juan del Norte to San Juan de Nicaragua, although Greytown is still in common use.
Pastora was a crucial figure in a recent episode involving the region, perhaps fitting for a man whose personal history has oscillated like that of the port. Pastora, a onetime fisherman, became renowned as Commander Zero in the Sandinista uprising in the 1970s, only to turn on the Sandinistas in the 1980s as an armed foe. He returned to the Sandinista fold in recent years, rekindling a close friendship with Daniel Ortega. Through that back-and-forth, he found time to father 21 children with 10 women, four of whom he married.
"I know how to fish, to fight, to sin and to love," he said.
In late 2010, while Pastora's company dredged the San Juan River that demarcates the border, it ignited a dispute with Costa Rica, testing the neighbor's sovereignty over an island in the delta, Isla Calero. The incident led to a buildup of Nicaraguan troops and police from Costa Rica, which has no standing army.
Eager to rally nationalist feelings ahead of elections in 2011, the Ortega government and the Sandinista Front set up outposts around and on the disputed island, defying requests from the Organization of American States to withdraw.
"This is 100 percent Nicaraguan soil. We must fight for every centimeter," said Jose Luis Argenal, a Sandinista in charge of dozens of young men deployed to the island. Signs and graffiti on shacks described the island as worth dying for.
Both nations took the matter to the International Court of Justice in The Hague, and a verdict is expected in the spring of 2013. Yet to be seen is whether the decision will be accepted by both nations.
Pastora, meanwhile, earns $80,000 a month from the Ortega government for operating dredges along the San Juan River – a sum he considers insufficient.
"It is nothing," Pastora said. "I'm asking for $200,000 a month."
Pastora spoke in the dining room of the only hotel able to handle an inflow of tourists, the Rio Indio Lodge. At other tables were sports fishermen from Missouri, Washington state and Florida, eager to reel in the tarpon and snook abundant in local waters.
The lodge sits within the boundaries of the Indio Maiz Biological Reserve, an 850,000-acre preserve that is one of the largest untouched tracts in Central America.
"The intention of the government and our intention is that this becomes a world-class destination for birding, for nature," said Alfredo Lopez, a physician who is the lodge's chief executive. "The sport fishing is fabulous."
Pastora, for his part, looked around the half-empty dining room and said a boom is in the offing.


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Shoura members want urgent, safe transport solution for women
JEDDAH – Amid the high costs to Saudi families that employ drivers, the suffering of female employees due to the lack of means of transportation to their jobs and regulations barring women from driving, suggestions have been put forward to develop safe means of transport that are similar to those in foreign countries.
Experts said there is a serious need to address the matter because some families are forced to pay thousands of riyals to drivers, which can cause a financial burden on the families. Some drivers demand higher salaries, which can make it unbearable for families in need of their services. Taking taxis every day adds up to a considerable expense and male family members are often unavailable.
Dr. Mish'al Al-Ali, a member of the Shoura Council and chairman of the Petitions Committee, called on the government and the private sector to create a temporary system, which would replace payment of transportation allowances, to safely transport female employees to and from their jobs, Al-Hayat Arabic daily reported Friday.
A system of this nature would safeguard the female employees' dignity and ensure they are not subjected to the taxi drivers' monopolies, he added.
The permanent solution should be to provide a means of public transportation with precise schedules, similar to those in advanced countries, which suit the conservative nature of Saudi women and their social status.
He pointed out that many people in other countries use public transportation and they do not find anything wrong in doing so because it is up to the required standard.
The need for effective public transportation has increased as employment of women has grown, Dr. Al-Ali said.
"In implementation of the royal orders, large numbers of women have been employed in many government departments," he said. "Women are enjoying their rights in getting employment and there are equal opportunities for women and men in all the government departments."
Dr. Al-Ali said creating a means of public transportation needs "a vision and a feasibility study. After that we will find that the private sector will rush for these projects."
Setting up an effective public transportation system would also address other problems such as traffic jams, he added.
Providing the transportation system does not need a detailed study, he said, but taking a decision and dealing with the issue pragmatically.
He also proposed that some government departments arrange with some companies owning taxis, minibuses and similar vehicles to transport female employees to and from their jobs and charge low fares.
"We need courageous, strong ideas that can be implemented on the ground," Dr. Al-Ali stressed. "All the capabilities are easily available, but the problem is in not taking decisions at the right time and not dealing with the problem immediately."
Dr. Hamad Al-Qadhi, another member of the Shoura Council, agreed that providing transportation for female employees has become a necessity.
"Women are now working in many government and private authorities, and institutions," he said. "There are some women whose places of work are far away from their residences." He pointed out that it can be difficult for women to find a male family member to drive her to and from work because the men have their own work commitments.
Not all women have drivers, he pointed out, taking taxi cabs every day is expensive and it is appropriate to address the matter.
"If we realize that women are barred from driving cars in our country, it is a duty to provide them with public transportation," he said.
Dr. Al-Qadhi said he understands that some government departments and universities provide secure transport for female students and employees. "I believe that there are companies for transporting female students and teachers," he said. "This means of transport can be provided to female employees in the other sectors."
Dr. Al-Qadhi, who reiterated that the work of the Shoura Council is legislative and supervisory, said providing transportation is an executive matter and the responsibility of the government and private authorities.
Dr. Asia Aal Al-Sheikh, a Shoura Council adviser, stressed that a "respectable" means of public transportation should be provided to female employees so a lack of transportation does not prevent them from going to work. Dr. Aal Al-Sheikh admitted that providing transportation is a big problem that needs to be resolved.
She cited problems female teachers face, including accidents that have claimed many lives, when they travel to and from their schools.
Dr. Aal Al-Sheikh expressed concern about "our dependence on inexperienced drivers."
She said this subject has not been put forward for discussion in the right way and at the right place.
There are no women in decision-making positions so nobody speaks on behalf of women, she added.
Dr. Aal-Al-Sheikh referred to a study by Khadija Bint Khuwailid Center, which said resolving the problem should be a priority.
"However, I don't know that anything has been done about it," she said. "There are people working and expressing their demands, but one does not know where the fault lies."
The majority of taxi drivers interviewed by Al-Hayat said most of their clients, up to 75 percent of them, are female citizens and expatriates.
The drivers said the women take taxis because there is no alternative. — SG __