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INTERNATIONAL. In its latest monthly Global Focus, Standard Chartered predicts there will be no sharp upturn in the current US recession and it will have a global impact. The rest of world may be better insulated, but not decoupled, and as risk aversion mounts, countries with current account deficits will see their currencies under pressure.
The big story that is set to continue to unfold over coming months, and indeed years, is how the balance of global economic and financial power is shifting, from West to East. But three issues currently stand out. First, how severe will be the present economic and financial downturn in the US? Second, to what extent are emerging economies insulated from events in the US? And third, to what extent is the present surge in energy and food prices leading to an inflation problem?
Exports from the Middle East and Asia to other destinations could ultimately re-couple with those to the US, Standard Chartered said. Having the right mix of export products helps, but will not halt the downtrend. Everything ultimately boils down to domestic Asian and Middle East demand, which for now is still solid.
One example has already been seen in the first two months of this year, with a number of sovereign wealth funds providing sufficient capital that, for now, has prevented a consolidation of the US financial sector. This big story has many different facets to it, including the commodity boom, emerging new trade corridors, a huge infrastructure boom across emerging regions, the sheer scale and pace of change in the GCC, in China and the catch up potential in India.
First, regarding the US downturn. Domestic demand in the US has almost ground to a halt, and in turn import growth has slowed sharply. With the weak dollar giving a temporary boost to US exports, a significant improvement in net trade and a sharp fall in the current account deficit may allow GDP growth in the US to not only be revised up for the last quarter, but to stay positive in this quarter. Yet, do not be deceived. The domestic economy is weak and, Standard Chartiered said it regards the US economy as in full recession. This does not mean that everything in the US is bad, and indeed, and perhaps not surprisingly, there have been recent stories of the strong position of many US businesses.
The last US recession, in 2001, saw a mild 'V-shaped' recession, led by the corporate sector. That in turn triggered many large US firms to restore their balance sheets and position themselves to benefit from Asia's growth.
In contrast, this downturn seems more likely to be a longer, 'U-shaped' recession, led by the consumer. The recent collapse in the University of Michigan's consumer confidence measure, to a 16-year low, highlights how challenging the present environment is for people: the housing market is weak, the jobs market may be turning down, credit conditions are tighter, and there is increased uncertainty about the stock market and, in turn, about people's pensions. In such a climate even US firms that are in good shape will be reluctant to invest at home. The weakness overhanging US consumers also focuses attention on whether more bad news is to come out of the financial sector. This adds to the note of caution about the US outlook, certainly for this year, and also for the first half of 2009.
But the underlying strength of many large US firms is also prompting some debate as to whether the US will be able to rebound in 2009, helped by the aggressive policy stimulus taking place? The combination of fiscal easing, a weaker dollar and, in our view the prospect of the Fed funds target rate falling to 1% by third quarter 2008 will provide a powerful stimulus. In addition, the ongoing steepening of the two to ten year Treasury curve will help banks recapitalise. And some might argue a new US president may also provide a new boost, allowing those with the money, to feel positive enough to spend, especially if by then it is seen that the rest of the world has held up well, despite a US downturn, providing additional reasons for the US to bounce back. Indeed, in this scenario, the US might also receive a boost during this year from developments in the rest of the world.
Although not the mainstream view, such an upbeat assessment has some features to merit it and should not be dismissed out of hand. For now, however, the risks to the economy still appear to the downside, particularly as there may yet be more bad news to come out of a financial sector not helped by ratings downgrades.
No decoupling, only insulation
This leads on to the second big issue, that of insulation. Decoupling has been one of the buzz words of the last year. In some respects we have been an early advocate of decoupling. Last year Standard Chartered had one of the most downbeat views of the US, but was upbeat about Asia. But really decoupling is best thought of as a longer-term trend; a further sign of that shift in the global economy. This year, for instance, not only is Standard Chartered pessimistic about the US but also it has a below consensus view on the outlook for Asia, where we expect slower and steadier rates of growth. The way we captured this at the end of last year was that, "there is decoupling but the business cycle still
However, many observers talk about decoupling in terms of the rest of the world's ability to withstand any impact from the US. Instead, the term that is probably more appropriate to use is insulation. That is, a US
recession, or a sharp US downturn, will have a global impact - because the US is the world's biggest
economy, but the rest of the world is better able to cope - it is better insulated. Policymakers - like good
house owners - can add to their insulation, in this case by fiscal pump priming (tax cuts, or higher spending) or through monetary easing (lower interest rates or intervening to keep currencies competitive).
The issue then is which countries are insulated and by how much? Exports from Asia to the US have been weakening for over a year, particularly those exposed to the downturn in the electronics sector. In contrast, non-US demand has held up well, so far. This divergence in Asian export performance between exports to the US and elsewhere is likely to moderate during the year, as US weakness spreads. With this in mind we will all keep a close eye on the small, open economies across Asia such as Malaysia and Singapore that are most exposed to any downturn in global trade. In these two cases, the governments have been very visibly building up their trade and investment links with the GCC in the past 12 months.
Perhaps conscious of this, the Singapore authorities have just unveiled an annual budget aimed at being pro-business and positive for the financial sector. Although there were many features, it was noteworthy that a series of micro-measures when added together provided a credible overall framework that should boost the economy, with for instance, wealth management benefiting from the removal of estate duty with immediate effect, Islamic financing benefiting from a 5% tax concession for Sharia-compliant activities, plus other measures such as a commitment to increase research spending in coming years. Elsewhere across Asia, policymakers appear intent on providing similar pro-growth stimuli.
The economy where sentiment has turned down recently is India. Although India is still a relatively closed
economy, with exports to the US particularly low, it is via financial links that the economy is being hit as the stock market corrects in response to events in the US and rising inflation and previously tightening monetary policy at home. Moreover, political inertia may now start to grip policymakers ahead of next year's elections. This leaves the Rupee vulnerable, notwithstanding many longer-term positives. In fact, as global risk aversion mounts, many countries with current account deficits may see their currencies come under pressure. This is particularly a concern for Eastern European countries, but it also has led to the Turkish Lira and the South African Rand suffering, and as is often the case when the market mood shifts, poor news that may previously have been taken in its stride now leaves the currency vulnerable, in this case power shortages in South Africa.
In the last two years, Africa attracted much attention as Middle East and other investors looked for 'frontier markets' in which to invest. Already this year there have been sufficient signs of the risks associated with such frontier economies. Kenya's problems have continued, but at least the latest news suggests some sort of agreement has been reached, but full details have yet to be unveiled. Whilst Kenya's troubles have attracted much coverage, it is South Africa that warrants market focus. The economy is slowing, the currency is weakening as global risk sentiment shifts, and political uncertainty has risen. The power crisis is compounding problems and is likely to contribute to a much weaker first quarter growth.
Domestic demand matters
The third current focus is inflation. Here, there are so many different factors at play that it is important not to lose sight of how the shift in the global balance of power is having a profound impact on international competition.
More production appears to be moving to the East and Middle East, and the trade-off here is that winners are those firms able to lock into lower costs, whilst the losers are Western workers who find it unable to compete with lower costs, and possibly more productive workers in countries such as China. This shift is also having a profound impact on inflation, in recent years leading to intense competition, contributing to disinflationary pressures.
In recent years the world has witnessed a global boom without significant inflation. A number of factors contributed to such low inflation including the fact that when this boom began there was much spare capacity in the world economy and since then there has been intense competition from economies such as China. Although there has been low overall inflation, recent years have seen inflation in some sectors, particularly in some asset prices, with real estate and equity markets in many parts of the world enjoying strong rises. This liquidity driven inflation was concentrated on certain sectors. In recent months, a tightening of liquidity conditions has led to a correction in many real estate and equity markets. Instead, now, inflation pressures are seen in areas linked to food and energy prices.
A year ago, financial markets around the world were discounting so much good news that equities, bonds, derivatives and commodities were all expecting a good outcome. Of course, it wasn't possible for them all to be right: what we were seeing was the consequence of ample liquidity, and asset price inflation. As we reached the end of last year, decoupling was evident in the markets with equities holding up whilst the credit markets collapsed.
This year has seen equities correct. But the most interesting markets at the moment are probably the commodity markets, which continue to provide evidence of decoupling or insulation. But the reality is there are significant variations across commodity markets, although one unifying theme is tighter supply conditions. Supply concerns have led to a recovery in freight and base or industrial metals, following their previous sizeable fall as US demand weakened through 2007.
Oil prices have stayed stubbornly high, both because of strong non-US demand and also because of OPEC's tight control of supply. Uncertainty over the dollar, despite its recent firmer tone, and worries about the financial sector continue to keep precious metals prices high. But the real action has been on agricultural prices, again here, heavily influenced by supply. The combination of high energy and food prices continues to feed discussion about inflation. The data, as before, varies considerably around the globe. Yet, after years of relatively low inflation it is giving central banks more to think about. We continue to keep a close eye on inflation trends, given persistently high energy and food prices. More vigilance has to be focussed on those economies with strong domestic demand, and/or those with price subsidies, where the full impact of rising costs has been disguised.
As a result, markets and policy makers appear more sensitive to poor inflation news, and if anything appear to be on inflation-alert. The inflation outlook, however, varies considerably, heavily influenced by domestic demand pressures. For instance, in the US, although the steeper yield curve reflects rising inflation expectations, the sluggish outlook for consumption suggests the pressure of higher costs is more likely to be borne by profit margins, not overall inflation.
In contrast, economies in the Arabian Gulf, China and India face still strong domestic demand and overheating pressures. In China, for instance, where food is around two-fifths of the consumer price index, the combination of strong demand for food from wealthier consumers and supply constraints has already pushed inflation to 7.1% year on year in January 2008 and it looks set to head higher, forcing further domestic policy tightening and allowing greater acceptance of the case for a stronger Yuan. Rising inflation is already set to be an issue in Malaysia's forthcoming election and will certainly figure as an issue in India's polls next year, the latter likely to contribute to further intervention by the authorities there to prevent the full impact of inflation feeding through.
As worrying as this rise in food and energy prices is, it is important not to overlook the continued intense global competition that is likely to continue to suppress the prices of large ticket manufacturing goods. As a result, when one looks at inflation there is a strong need to analyse this from a local perspective, as conditions vary considerably from country to country.
One region where inflation is rising fast is the Middle East, not helped by the link to the dollar that has led to continued cuts in interest rates across the region although there is a domestic need for higher, not lower, rates. Although the latest news shows no immediate desire to change currency policy, Standard Chartered and others continue to factor in a GCC revaluation later this year.
One currency that looks set to appreciate is the Chinese Yuan and, once again, this was the only currency mentioned in the recent G7 communiqué which welcomed China's decision to increase the flexibility of its currency, and encouraged accelerated appreciation of its effective exchange rate. This implicitly draws attention to the Yuan Renminbi's weakness versus the Euro. As usual, the communiqué said they will continue to monitor foreign exchange markets closely and cooperate as appropriate. The trouble is, it is probably not the currency markets that the G7 needs to watch in coming weeks, but the continued damage to come in the financial sector.


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I don't know what my problem is this week, but I've been running behind ever since it started.
Because of that I won't be able to post our final Rapunzel project until early next week, along with a final wrap-up of our awesome fairy-tale-filled month.
Here's what we did finish this week: a Rapunzel-inspired yarn braid.
This wasn't a hard project, but it did take some time.
I got it about halfway done and messed up and had to unwind and then rewind almost a pound of yarn. NOT FUN!
But guess who came to my rescue?
The husband.
He took over the task of yarn-winding and in typical Jeremy fashion, figured out a way to save time and energy while doing so.
I loosely followed this tutorial, mainly borrowing her idea of using cut-off tights to sew the yarn onto.
And now my girls have a Rapunzel braid to fight over.
Not so brilliant.
So here's the basic idea:
Wrap yarn around two objects that are as far apart as the length you want your braid. I started by using chairs, but they kept moving, so Jeremy eventually wound the yard around the table legs. Perfect, and everything stayed even. I used 1lb of yarn.
Slip a small piece of yarn through one end of the yarn and tie off. Snip the other ends (so when it's laid out straight it is tied in the middle). The tied area is the front of the wig.
Hand sew the top of the wig to the tights (as shown in the link) and braid the remainder. Voila.
Susannah's been informing me of my folly in not adding flowers to the braid so I suppose I'll be remedying that next week as well.
Have a good weekend, all.
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Well, it's slightly later than expected, but here is what you've all been looking forward, to (when you weren't looking forward to hero's call being released that is).
The time for the final results of our 2017 Christmas forum rank title competition.
See all the entries Here in this topic
A huge thanks to everyone who participated, I can say judging was definitely tough for this one, but sadly we did have to knock the 29 entries down to a top ten to create the ten new ranks.
Myself, and two other staff members (who shal remain nameless unless they wish not to be), participated in the judging, and what was interesting in that is how little commonality there was between the three judges, which I'm guessing proves we all like different things.
In the end those titles which got two or more votes ended up on the list, while the last few positions with only the one vote were decided by me and my all godly admin powers .
Anyway, before this turns into an Oskar speech here are the results:
Honourable mentions
Here are those runners up which one or other of the mods gave a single vote for. I'm afraid you don't get any sort of prize but the warm fuzzy feeling of knowing you made our day happier, ---- or at least full of more difficult choices .
Bookrage: 6-blade master from the game 6 swords.
Nocturnus, Nano Empirialist, from the game Nano empire.
Pauliyobo the topic surviver from the game Survive the wild (which interestingly enough I think had the most proposed titles along with Adventure at C:).
Lukas, Time adventurer, from (unsurprisingly, the semi abandoned game Time adventures).
Chris 17, Egghunter, from the game Super Egg hunt by Lworks.
Lord Lundin, Tactical forumite, from the game Tactical battle.
Sir badger, Rocky raider, from the game Rocky's space invaders, (I'll admit I rather liked this one myself).
Jason Blaze, Shadow of last hope, from the game Shadow line (I believe).
Pelantas, Clicktonian, from the game "Merry clickmas (again I rather liked this one myself).
keithwipf1, Cyber slayer from Adventure at C (I'll admit deciding between all of these was a struggle).
Jack, Rusted Drive also from adventure at C:.
Origine, So called hero from A hero's call.
Now, one runner up rank deserves another special mention, that is
Jaseoffire, crazy poster, from the game Crazy party, which again had several entries.
The winning top 10
And now, time to announce the winners.
All of these people earn not only the satisfaction of seeing their title be used on the board, but also a custom title of their choice which I will write out with my own hands.
10: Angel, Kingdom crafter from the game Crafting Kingdom.
As I said, several entries got a single vote and to decide the winners I had to use my Godly Admin powers. Since we like a good spread of games and platforms for the ranks, it's nice to have an Ios entry.
9: mastodont, Red potter, Again just got the one vote, but I absolutely love the pun with this one, and Redspot has got quite a history in the community and will be getting a db entry as soon as I can sort out trying the game enough to put something together.
08: saiteja, Playroom play boy, with reference to Quentin C playroom, points for creative thinking, and hopefully ladies on the forum won't mind being called boys for the sake of the rank.
07: keyIsFull, Pragmatic party professional, from crazy party.
Like Crazy poster, this one got two votes, but ended up getting points for alliteration and sounding cool, since after all such an awesome game as Crazy party needs and awesome rank title!
06 : ammericandad2005, Human antivirus. 2, again lots of choice for Adventure at C, and all three entries were considered, but this one is just so involved with the game and sounds so great we had to go for it.
05: pitermach, Master of mana, from the game :Manamon. And of course we need a rank for Manamon, especially one that sounds so awesome .
04: Mirage, clicker captain, Merry clickmas is now in the db and I'll be creating a genre category for incremental clicker games, so a good rank to have.
03: RTT entertainment, seventh code hacker, from Code 7. A very new and well put together game that needs publicising, and a nice sounding rank to go with it.
02: connor142, Hero caller, from A hero's call. It's fairly obvious why this one needs a rank title, and we'll be glad to add one.
And now, the absolute first place winner (although I'm afraid there is no special first place prize other than bragging rights), the only entry that all three of our judges thought was cool:
01: Ethin, Dark matter miner, from Cosmic rage, and honest I didn't just choose this because it had my name on it :d.
Thanks again to everyone who submitted ranks, and don't worry there will be more rank competitions in the future so more chances to earn yourself a custom title.
Note to winners
To receive your custom title, just reply to this topic with what you want your new title to be. It does not need to be based on games, if you want to be Kylo Ren's favorite fancy pants fan boy, or snuggle bunny of furry fluffy sugary fuzzy cuteness, your welcome to be (I'm not exactly sure why you'd want to be, but hay I'm not hear to judge).
Just bare in mind there is limited space so no novels please, since your title will be appearing on every post you make from now so nothing too offensive.
Also I'm afraid winning the competition means one title and only one. No changes, refunds or rewrites aloud, so be very certain it's the title you want when you reply to this topic.
Once again, a big thank you everyone who took part, and keep a watch the news for our next competition.
Our souls with high music ringing; O men! It must ever be
That we dwell in our dreaming and singing, A little apart from ye. (Arthur O'Shaughnessy 1873.)


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All The President's Watergates
Yesterday marked the 40th anniversary of the Watergate break-in, which ultimately resulted in the resignation of President Nixon. Decades later, conservative media figures are trying to find a Democratic Watergate [1] to take down President Obama. Here's a look at some of their attempts:
Obama's Immigration Policy Change
"I remember hearing Watergate spelled the end of the imperial presidency. 'That's what Watergate did. No more of these presidents thinking they're bigger than the Constitution, bigger than the law!' Well, what's more imperial than President Kardashian declaring an untold number of illegals legal?" Rush Limbaugh, 6/15/12 [2]
Joe Sestak "Bribe"
"The White House is facing a major scandal - one that threatens to bring down President Obama. It could be his Watergate." Jeffrey Kuhner, The Washington Times, 5/27/10 [3]
"Obama's Watergate?" RedState.com, 5/27/10 [4]
For more on the Sestak "bribe" falsehood, visit here [5] and here [6].
Fast And Furious
"This is not only a major scandal; it is a high crime that potentially reaches all the way to the White House, implicating senior officials. It is President Obama's Watergate." Jeffrey Kuhner, Washington Times, 12/15/11 [7]
"Fast And Furious Scandal: A Watergate For Obama?" Investor's Business Daily, 7/13/11 [8]
For more on Fast and Furious, visit here [9].
Obama's Birth Certificate
"Why does the press protect him? Is this another Watergate?" Donald Trump, 5/30/12 [10]
"But as we learned in Watergate, sometimes the cover-up is worse than the crime itself. I now believe Obama and other government officials in Washington and Hawaii have been engaged in just such a cover-up - one that could make Watergate pale by comparison." Joseph Farah, WorldNetDaily, 5/8/11 [11]
"Solyndra Scandal Looks More and More Like Obama's Watergate." Breitbart.com's Big Government, 9/16/11 [12]
For more on Solyndra, visit here [13].
Arrest Of Former Obama Campaign State Staffer
"Much like Watergate, which began with a seemingly simple (if puzzling) burglary and ultimately unraveled the Nixon administration, it is impossible to say how far the trail of criminality will go if the Edwards case is pursued aggressively. Will that happen? I don't know; stay tuned." Powerline's John Hinderaker, 1/21/12 [14]
Media Matters
"Is Media Matters Obama's Watergate?"Jeffrey Lord, The American Spectator, 2/21/12 [15]


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Wabash College's 45th Annual Christmas Festival of Music and Readings will take place on Wednesday, December 5 in the Wabash College Chapel. Preludial music of the season will commence around 7:30. The Festival will begin at 8:00 pm.
The Christmas Festival, which started at Wabash in 1968, alternates performances of musical numbers, congregational hymns, and readings from the Bible. It is modeled on the King's College Festival of Lessons and Carols at Cambridge University in England.
The Christmas Festival will feature traditional songs, including a number of pieces performed by the Wabash College Brass Ensemble, the String Ensemble, and the Recorder Ensemble, as well as Wamidan, the Wamidan Children's Ensemble, the T-Tones, and the Wabash College Glee Club.
Also included in the program will be a vocal solo by Lisa Lowry, Wabash College adjunct instructor of voice, and piano music by Sam Vaught and Cheryl Everett. Organ music will be performed by Cheryl Everett.
Readers for the evening will include Nathan Walters, Melissa Butler, Frank Ruvoli, Will Turner, Sara Drury, Cathy VanArsdall, Matt Sears, D.J. Young, John Streiff, and Patrick White.
The traditional Christmas Festival is co-sponsored by the music and religion departments and is free and open to the public. There will be a reception following the Festival in the Sparks Center.


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- 9 Appetite-Suppressing Foods
- Tony Horton Times Three!
- How to Trick Yourself into Eating Healthy Food
- Healthy Eating Tip: Mini-Meals and Snacks
- Recipe: Southwestern Salad
No man in the world has more courage than the man who can stop after eating one peanut.
9 Appetite-Suppressing FoodsBy Whitney Provost
If you're like most people, conquering your appetite is one of the biggest challenges you face in your fitness and weight loss journey. As soon as the word "diet" crosses your lips, you may find yourself craving all the junk you know you're not supposed to eat. The secret is eating the right foods to help calm the cravings for the wrong ones. Adding these 9 easy-to-find, tasty foods to your meal plan can help you rein in your appetite before it gets out of control!
- Oatmeal. This hot cereal is high in fiber and low on the glycemic index, which means it fills you up and takes a long time to digest. Research has shown that diets high in slow-burning carbohydrates like oatmeal suppress the hunger hormone grehlin more effectively than diets high in fat do. In fact, when you eat oatmeal for breakfast, you may find that your appetite is lower at lunchtime. Steel-cut or rolled oats digest more slowly than the "instant" variety do, so it's worth taking a few extra minutes in the morning to prepare your breakfast the old-fashioned way.
- Apples. Not only are apples nutritious, but what sets them apart from other fruits is pectin, a soluble fiber that helps regulate blood sugar, keeps you full, and sustains your energy. One medium apple with skin contains 4 grams of fiber, which is more than you'd get in an average slice of whole wheat bread. Add an apple and some cinnamon to your morning oatmeal for an appetite-suppressing breakfast.
- Pine nuts. These edible pine-tree seeds contain more protein than any other nut or seed, and their oil stimulates two appetite-suppressing hormones (cholecystokinin [CCK] and glucagon-like peptide-1) that tell your brain you're not hungry. Blend pine nuts with basil, garlic, and a little olive oil to make pesto, or sprinkle them on your salad or oatmeal for a delicious, nutty crunch.
- Salad. The fiber in typical salad vegetables like lettuce, cabbage, spinach, celery, cucumbers, broccoli, and peppers is very filling and helps slow the release of glucose into your bloodstream. Studies have shown that when people start a meal with a small salad, they eat significantly fewer calories in the meal itself. Just watch out for the high-fat dressings (or worse, fat-free dressings that are high in sugar). Try having the dressing on the side and dipping your fork into it for easy portion control, or simply add a dash of balsamic vinegar or a squeeze of lemon juice for a tasty, super-low-calorie option. Bonus tip: Try to eat a vegetable at every meal to keep your appetite at bay all day long.
- Olive oil and other unsaturated fats. Researchers at the University of California at Irvine found that unsaturated fat causes the intestines to release a compound (oleoylethanolamide) that has been shown to reduce appetite and stimulate weight loss. Some great unsaturated fat choices include avocados, olives and olive oil, almonds, salmon, walnuts, pumpkin seeds, macadamia nuts, and sesame seeds. These foods are high in calories, so enjoy them in moderation while regulating your appetite.
- Flaxseeds. Flax is one of the best plant sources of omega-3 fatty acids. The seeds are also very high in protein and fiber, making them excellent for appetite control. Sprinkle ground flaxseeds over oatmeal, salads, or yogurt, or add them to smoothies to help stabilize your blood sugar and turn off the hunger hormones.
- Beans. The fiber in beans increases CCK, a digestive hormone that's a natural appetite suppressant. A research study at the University of California at Davis found that men who ate a high-fiber meal containing beans had CCK levels that were two times higher than when they ate a low-fiber meal. Beans also keep your blood sugar steady, which helps stave off hunger.
- Whey protein. New studies suggest that whey protein stimulates the hormones that increase the feeling of being full. In one study, researchers at the University of Surrey in England found that people who consumed whey protein felt fuller and more satisfied with less food. Whey also stabilizes blood sugar, and that can help control food urges. Make a drink with Beachbody's Whey Protein Powder to calm your appetite any time of the day.
- Spicy foods. Capsaicin, the ingredient that gives peppers their heat, can also help control your raging appetite. A recent study published in Clinical Nutrition suggests that capsaicin-rich foods may help you consume fewer calories, plus they help support weight loss by suppressing your appetite and making you feel fuller. You can add hot pepper sauce to tomato juice, stir-fry some Anaheim or Serrano peppers with other vegetables, or cook up some jalapeño or poblano peppers in your omelet. Other spicy ingredients may have similar effects, so try adding spices like hot mustard and curry to your salads and meats.
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How to Trick Yourself into Eating Healthy FoodBy Denis Faye
In a perfect world, countries would stop fighting, cars would emit rose-scented oxygen, and broccoli would taste like chocolate cake. Sadly, that's not the case. But there's always hope. Beachbody® may not be able to stop wars or global warming (yet), but we can certainly give you a few tips on getting your veggies to taste better. It's easier than you think.
There are a number of books on the subject of sneaking healthy foods into kids' meals, including a few The Sneaky Chef titles and Jessica Seinfeld's Deceptively Delicious: Simple Secrets to Get Your Kids Eating Good Food. Basically, the same principles you'll find in these books apply to grown-ups. The only difference is your mind-set. Given that you're the one who'll be doing the cooking, you won't really be sneaking healthy foods into meals—you'll just be altering healthy foods to suit your tastes.
There are other easy ways to make sure you get your veggies, including taking green nutritional supplements and drinking everyone's favorite prebiotic, micronutrient-packed nutritional shake, Shakeology®, but remember that most healthy diets are supposed to be made up primarily of fruits and veggies. If you can drink your Shakeology and sneak a couple of servings of cauliflower into your Texas chili, you'll be in great shape.
The goop
The gist of the Sneaky Chef and Jessica Seinfeld cookbooks is simply to steam veggies for 10 to 15 minutes, throw them in a blender or food processor with a couple of tablespoons of water, and puree them into a fine goop. Then you introduce the goop into foods that overwhelm its veggie-goop flavor. It's that easy.
Although the books offer a near-infinite variety of goops, I'm going to boil it down (so to speak) to two goops.
- White goop. Most of the time, this is cauliflower, although some people throw a little zucchini in there. It's the most flavorless of the goops, and it's ideal to mix into anything with a cream- or cheese-based sauce, like pasta Alfredo or mac 'n' cheese.
- Green goop. Anything green can go into green goop, but I find that broccoli and spinach work best. Green goop works well with red (or reddish) sauces, like chili, marinara, or pizza sauce. You can also throw a massive layer of green goop into lasagna or manicotti and have your dinner guests be none the wiser, yet all the healthier. I've never tried it in enchiladas, but I'm guessing it'll work there too.
- Bonus pesto goop recipe! Pesto is incredibly easy to make from scratch and impresses the pants off of anyone who doesn't know how to make it. And the best thing about it is that its rich, complex flavor makes it easy to tweak, so you can sneak a little healthiness in the form of iron-packed spinach onto your unsuspecting dinner guests' plates.
- 1-1/2 cups packed basil
- 1-1/2 cups packed spinach
- 1/3 cup grated or shredded Parmesan or Romano cheese
- 1/3 cup olive oil
- 1/3 cup pine nuts
- 3 cloves garlic, peeled and chopped
Directions: Mix ingredients into a paste with a food processor or blender. Done!
The split
If you've eaten enriched flour pasta and white rice your whole life, it's understandable that brown rice and whole wheat pasta would taste weird. After all, brown rice and whole wheat pastas have flavor!
The solution is simple. Make a 50/50 mix. It's half as healthy, but it also tastes half as different. Once you're used to that, cut the white out and go 100 percent brown. You'll never look back.
Bonus Split Tip! Next time you make mashed potatoes, go half potato/half yam or sweet potato. You'll be adding flavor, which means less need for salt and butter. Also, you'll be adding the fiber you're probably not getting enough of, especially if you don't like veggies.
Miscellaneous strategies
While all the stuff I've mentioned works great for fussy eaters young and old, keep in mind that at your age, techniques for sneaking healthy food into anyone's daily diet shouldn't always have to be so covert. Here are a few ideas that are slightly less sneaky but effective nonetheless. Do any or all of these and you'll be adding a very subtle taste to a strong, rich food.
- Carrot juice in your apple juice. The former doesn't taste nearly as strong as the latter, but it packs a nutritional wallop that includes vitamins A and C, calcium, magnesium, and potassium.
- Broccoli in your burger. Shred the broccoli florets and mix them into the meat. Yeah, you might still see them floating around, but after piling on the lettuce, onion, tomato, pickle, mustard, or whatever else you add, you're just not going to taste them.
- Whole wheat French toast. Yes, this might change the texture, but who eats French toast for the toast part? Your taste buds will be so busy dancing with the fresh fruit and syrup you put on top, they won't have time to notice the nutritious, fiber-rich whole grains you're sneaking in.
No, we don't live in a perfect world. Pollution is a bummer, and there will probably always be countries that just can't seem to coexist on the same planet. But there's no reason why—with a little effort and a few tricks—nutritious and delicious can't live together happily on the same plate.
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Healthy Eating Tip: Mini-Meals and Snacks
March is National Nutrition Month, and Slim in 6® creator Debbie Siebers has some healthy eating tips that'll help you in your efforts to get and stay fit. Here, she offers advice on how to plan mini-meals and snacks in advance so you can resist the temptation to fall back on unhealthy fast food.
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Recipe: Southwestern Salad
This salad isn't your traditional leafy variety—rather, it's a medley of flavorful ingredients that'll make your taste buds feel like they're cruising old Route 66 from Amarillo to the West Coast. To really let the flavors blend, you'll want to cover it and pop it in the fridge for at least an hour before you serve it.
- 2 cups cooked brown rice
- 1 15-oz. can black beans, drained and rinsed
- 2 cups frozen whole-kernel corn, thawed
- 1 large red bell pepper, cored, seeded, and chopped
- 1 small onion, peeled and chopped
- 1/4 cup white wine vinegar (or to taste)
- 1/4 cup chopped fresh cilantro leaves
- 1 jalapeño chili, minced (or cayenne pepper to taste)
- 1 tsp. mild chili powder
Combine all ingredients in a large serving bowl. Cover and chill before serving. Makes 6 to 8 servings.
|Nutritional Information (per serving—1/8 of recipe)
|Fat Total
|Saturated Fat
|7 grams
|6 grams
|34 grams
|1 gram
|>1 gram
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WASHINGTON � Eager to begin a monthlong break, Congress leavened its customary heavy partisanship on Wednesday with a pinch of compromise, advancing legislation to repair the deeply troubled Department of Veterans Affairs and working to clear funds for highway construction at home and missile defense in Israel.
''Stop being mad all the time. Stop just hating all the time,'' Obama lectured lawmakers from afar in Kansas City, Missouri, in a speech that was particularly harsh on Republicans. ''Come on. Let's get some work done together.''
There was a modest amount of progress on compromise legislation during the day, and hopes in both parties for considerably more before a scheduled adjournment on Thursday.
On a vote of 420-5, the House overwhelmingly approved a compromise bill to clean up the scandal-soiled VA, where some officials are accused of covering up long delays in patient care. The $16.3 billion measure would allow veterans to get outside care if they live too far from a VA health facility or face a delay of longer than 30 days in getting an appointment.
It also includes money to hire new doctors and allows the fast-track firing of senior officials found to be complicit in hiding agency shortcomings.
The legislation was a compromise between the House and Senate � one of few in the Congress that convened 18 months ago � with less money than Democrats wanted and a significant concession from conservative Republicans as well. It would raise federal deficits by $10 billion, one of very few times since tea party-aligned lawmakers came to power that the House has agreed to new spending without also insisting on offsetting cuts elsewhere in the budget.
In the House, Republicans worked to secure the votes for $659 million to cope with the growing influx of young immigrants arriving without parents.
Most Democrats are opposed because of a provision allowing rapid deportation of unaccompanied children reaching the United States illegally from El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras.
The White House, which initially agreed to the change, threatened a veto in the unlikely event the legislation reaches Obama's desk.
The situation was reversed in the Senate, where Democrat-drafted legislation would provide $2.7 billion to deal with the young immigrants but would omit provisions to ease deportation rules. The measure also includes funds for firefighting efforts at home and for Israel's Iron Dome missile defense system.
It cleared a Senate procedural hurdle on a vote of 63-33, three more than the 60 required, a roll call that temporarily masked the deeper disagreements over deportation rules.
Officials in both parties predicted the measure would soon collapse.
That would clear the way for the Senate to approve $225 million for Israel's missile defense system, which is credited with intercepting rockets launched from the Gaza Strip during the current three-week war.
The bill is then expected to clear the House easily as lawmakers head out for a round of summer campaigning.


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World's Most Powerful Telescopes Team Up With a Lens in Nature to Discover Farthest Galaxy in the Universe
An international team of astronomers has discovered the most distant galaxy in the universe to date. They found it by combining the unique sharpness of the Hubble telescope with the light-collecting power of the W. M. Keck Telescopes – with an added boost from a gravitational lens in space.
The results show the young galaxy is as far as 13 billion light-years from Earth, based on an estimated age for the universe of approximately 14 billion years. The Hubble picture at left shows the young galaxy as a red crescent to the lower right of center. The galaxy's image is brightened, magnified, and smeared into this arc-shape by the gravitational influence of an intervening galaxy cluster, which acts like a gigantic lens. The image at upper right is a close-up of the "gravitationally lensed" galaxy. In the picture at lower right, astronomers have "unsmeared" the galaxy, revealing the galaxy's normal appearance.
Galaxy Cluster Magnifies Light of More-Distant Galaxy
An international team of astronomers has discovered the most distant galaxy found in the universe to date, by combining the unique sharpness of the images from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope with the light-collecting power of the W. M. Keck Telescopes – with an added boost from a gravitational lens in space.
The results show the young galaxy is as far as 13 billion light-years from us, based on an estimated age for the universe of approximately 14 billion years. This would place the galaxy far back in time during the "formative years" of galaxy birth and evolution, less than a billion years after the birth of the universe in the Big Bang.
The detailed image shows that bright dense knots of massive stars power this object. Due to the firestorm of starbirth within it, the galaxy is intrinsically one of the brightest young galaxies in the universe, blazing with the brilliance of more than ten times our own Milky Way.
"We are fascinated to be witnessing the very early stages of the construction of what could well become a massive galaxy like our own Milky Way," says Garth Illingworth of the University of California, Santa Cruz. "This object is a pathfinder for deciphering what is happening in young galaxies, and offers a rare glimpse of the powerful events that transpired during the formation of galaxies."
"We were excited by the possibility that we may have found a unique example of a galaxy in formation at the time of the earliest quasars," said Marijn Franx of the University of Groningen in the Netherlands.
Predicted by Einstein's theory of general relativity, gravitational lenses are collections of matter (such as clusters of galaxies) that are so massive they warp space in their vicinity, allowing the light of even more-distant objects to curve around the central lens-mass and be seen from Earth as greatly magnified.
The object is so far away, observing it in such detail would tax the capabilities of both Hubble and Keck without the magnification of the gravitational lens, provided by a foreground cluster of galaxies that is much closer to us at five billion light-years.
Due to a rare and fortunate alignment of the young galaxy behind the foreground cluster, astronomers gain a magnified view that is five to ten times better than Hubble alone can yield for an object at such a great distance. A telltale sign of the lensing is the smearing of the remote galaxy's image into an arc-shape by the gravitational influence of the intervening galaxy cluster.
The smeared image of the galaxy stood out because of its unusual reddish color. "Such magnified galaxies had been observed before, but never with such a color. The special color of the galaxy in the arc is due to absorption by the matter in the universe between us and the galaxy, and suggested to us that it was at a great distance," says Franx.
The suspected remoteness of the lensed object was confirmed when the team of astronomers made spectroscopic observations with one of the twin 10-meter Keck telescopes on Mauna Kea, HI, to measure its redshift, and therefore its distance, based on the shifting of its light towards the red end of the visible light spectrum. The resulting high redshift (z=4.92) corresponds to a very early era when the universe was just beginning to form galaxies.
Though candidates for still more distant objects have been proposed, they have not been confirmed spectroscopically. The previous most-distant known object was the quasar PC1247+34 (z=4.90).
"Based on this image we can begin to make some conclusions about the early growth of galaxies," says Illingworth. "The knots show that starbirth happens in very tiny regions compared with the size of the final galaxy." This helps clarify the astronomer's view of the formation of galaxies as occurring within a cauldron of hot gas, with knots of intense star formation, strong winds, and "mergers" – collisions of the dense star-forming knots.
Using Keck's spectroscopic capabilities, the astronomers have also, for the first time, been able to measure the motions of the gas within such a distant galaxy. The observations reveal gas flowing at nearly 500,000 miles per hour (200 km/sec), presumably accelerated by energy from supernova explosions going off like a string of firecrackers.
"The strong winds that we observe suggest that galaxies may lose a lot of material when they are young and thereby enrich the empty space around them," says Franx. "Many astronomers had speculated about the existence of such winds in such distant galaxies, and we now have an object where we can see them directly. It is striking that the most distant galaxy found to date is also the one that provides us the most detailed picture of events in such distant galaxies."
Marijn Franx (University of Groningen, The Netherlands), Garth Illingworth (University of California, Santa Cruz) and NASA
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Space Telescope Science Institute, Baltimore, MD
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Andrew Perala
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The Lower Manhattan Development Corporation, and its approach to families, is a major issue. Think about how fast this is moving forward. Why is this being pushed? Did they steal into Pearl Harbor and have an amusement park there right away? It doesn't seem right to me that it's happening so quickly
The reason the memorial process is moving so quickly is because they're not getting input from everybody. They're getting input from a few select people who are going along with what those in charge want, playing their game. They don't want to hear from families that are unhappy.
They don't want to hear that families don't want a PATH train pulling into the World Trade Center, on top of maybe tiny remains. They don't want to hear that fire families want their brothers listed together, and police families want their brother and sisters listed together. They want to hear what they want to hear, and that's why they shut out the families that don't agree with what they want.
Plain and simply, I want that my brother Sean Tallon be listed with his fellow firemen, that the policemen be listed together, and that each group -- the EMTs, the court officers, the civilians - be given recognition. I really would like to see my brother listed with the firemen he was with that day, because that's the only consolation I got, that Sean was with his fellow firefighters, and I knew he didn't feel alone as he was scared climbing up those stairs. I don't think it's too much to ask, considering all that they gave and all my family gave that day.
If this doesn't happen, I will remove Sean's name from that memorial, or at least fight to have it removed. I would rather stand down at Ground Zero with a piece of oak tag every September 11, with my brother's name and what he did, and tell my little girl in the future 'we didn't let his name up there, because the Lower Manhattan Development Corporation didn't do the right thing.
Rosalen Tallon's brother was a firefighter who died on 9/11. This essay was adapted from an interview.
Also In This Series
• The Eight 9/11 Memorial Designs
• Rethink The Type Of Memorial We Want - by Max Page
• Let The Memorial Jury Do Its Work - by Charles G. Wolf
• We're Being Shut Out Of The Process - by Rosalen Tallon
The Eight Memorial Finalists
• Votives in Suspension (Norman Lee and Michael Lewis)
• Inversion of Light (Toshio Sasaki)
• Garden of Lights (Pierre David, Sean Corriel, Jessica Kmetovic)
• Suspending Memory (Joseph Karadin, Hsin-Yi Wu)
• Lower Waters (Bradley Campbell, Matthias Neumann)
• Dual Memory (Brian Stawn, Karla Sierralta)
• Passages of Light: The Memorial Cloud (bbc art + architecture)
• Reflecting Absence: A Memorial at the World Trade Center Site (Michael Arad)


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Newt Gingrich is feeling cocky these days, which many take as a bad sign. He says he wants to engage President Obama in a debate, and Obama can use a teleprompter. Many conservatives are cheering Gingrich on, convinced that he would eat the fumble-prone Obama alive. Maybe so. But a long-time reader points out that Gingrich hasn't always been so aggressive when he has actually been in the ring with seemingly less-capable Democrats. He writes specifically about Gingrich's 2007 debate with John Kerry on methods of reducing carbon emissions–a topic that seems a bit archaic given what we now know about the gaping holes in global warming alarmism:
With Newt Gingrich surging in the polls, Republican voters are asking themselves (1) how staunchly conservative is the former Speaker and (2) how would he fare in a debate against President Obama. Gingrich's 2007 debate with John Kerry over carbon reduction methods sheds light on both questions.
First, the debate shows Gingrich to be less than staunchly conservative on key environmental issues. The Speaker finds much common ground with Kerry, all of which is to the left of center. Indeed, deep into the debate Kerry is able to claim Gingrich as an ally on carbon reduction issues (see around the 1:39 mark of the debate) without demurrer from Gingrich (see around the 1:40 mark).
None of this proves that Gingrich is wrong – the merits are best left to another post, and not by me. But some of Gingrich's positions in the debate fall well outside the mainstream of conservative Republican thinking.
Second, in my opinion Kerry outdebates Gingrich. The Speaker holds his own in the initial statements, but once the give-and-take begins (at around the one-hour mark), Kerry begins to pull away. There's some irony here because Gingrich has said that, if nominated, he wants a Lincoln-Douglas style debate with Obama. Yet it is precisely in the Lincoln-Douglas style exchanges with Kerry that I think Gingrich fares the worst.
Kerry's triumph is due in part to Gingrich's willingness to cede ground. Indeed, there are times, in my view, when it's a misnomer to call this debate, as opposed to a discussion or even, occasionally, a love-fest (see around 1:19, for example). Gingrich's problem, here and perhaps in other contexts, appears to be an unwillingness, in the presence of prestigious liberals, to challenge liberal premises. In this debate, for example, Gingrich early on expresses skepticism over the science on which liberals rely in this area. But as the debate progresses, Gingrich allows Kerry to push that science unchallenged and to powerful effect.
Even I'm right in believing that Gingrich lost this debate with Kerry about the environment, it doesn't mean he would lose a more wide-ranging debate with Obama. However, the Gingrich-Kerry debate is instructive, and I hope it is widely watched now that Gingrich has become a serious contender for the Republican nomination.
Gingrich can be a fire-eater before a friendly audience, but he has a history of turning conciliatory when he has to deal with actual Democrats. One recalls his embarrassing tributes to President Clinton during the days when Clinton was eating Gingrich's lunch in budget negotiations. Like most conservatives, I am fond of Newt and will always be grateful for his leadership in the years leading up to the 1994 GOP takeover of the House, and in the early aftermath of that takeover. But there is little in Newt's record to suggest that he would be the most effective conservative standard-bearer in a presidential election.


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Kevin Pearce eager to watch snowboarding in Sochi
After a bustling schedule to promote his movie, snowboarder Kevin Pearce decided to unwind with a little excursion into the Canadian backcountry.
No daring tricks, of course, just some peaceful passes through the deep powder. He leaves the more complicated stuff to the experts like Shaun White.
These days, Pearce can't help but marvel at the daring maneuvers he's seeing in the halfpipe.
That's good, he said, because he wouldn't want anyone to hold back because of what happened to him.
Nearly four years ago, Pearce miscalculated a difficult trick in Park City, Utah. He landed on his face and was left with a traumatic brain injury.
His road back from the life-altering accident was chronicled in the "The Crash Reel," a documentary that appears in theaters Friday.
Ever so gradually, he's making more and more progress. He relishes in the little things that return each day – maybe a memory, perhaps a feeling.
"I'm not done getting better," Pearce said in a recent phone interview. "My brain is continuing to heal, figuring new things out every day. That's so cool."
Still, he misses being around snowboarding.
More specifically, hanging out with his crew. That's why he's looking forward to heading to the Sochi Games in two months to hopefully cheer a group of buddies that includes Danny Davis and Scotty Lago, a bronze medalist in Vancouver four years ago. They call themselves "Frends," leaving out the "I" because they believe snowboarding should be about group fun not individual accomplishments.
Pearce's role in Sochi won't just be as a spectator, though. The plan is for him to help carry the torch during the opening ceremony. He also was hoping to do commentary work for the halfpipe event, but that didn't quite pan out.
This much Pearce is sure of – it's going to be quite an entertaining halfpipe show in Sochi.
"In these Olympics, there are going to be tricks and dudes going big like we haven't seen," said Pearce, who lives in Carlsbad, Calif. "That's so awesome to be able to witness and see these guys push the limit and push the sport to a place it's never been before."
He realizes there are people out there wondering if snowboarding has become too extreme. That perhaps too high in the halfpipe is just that – too high, especially in the wake of his accident and then the death of freeskier Sarah Burke in a training accident nearly two years ago in the same Utah halfpipe where Pearce was hurt.
Pearce dismisses that notion.
"It's up to the athletes to make the decision whether they're pushing it too far and when it's being taken past the boundaries," Pearce said. "I don't think snowboarding is there yet."
Heading into the Vancouver Games, Pearce was considered the biggest threat to dethrone White. Then, just 49 days before the Olympics, Pearce over-rotated on his training run and crashed.
And that's where his film really gets rolling. Directed by Lucy Walker, the documentary captures Pearce's journey back to health, with his family playing a vital role in his rehabilitation at Craig Hospital, a Denver facility that specializes in spinal cord and traumatic brain injuries.
"This film is so cool to get to share with people, to show people what is possible," Pearce said. "To get knocked down and show what can happen if you have an amazing family, what the human body is capable of and how you can recover from something."
In recent weeks, Pearce conducted one interview after another to support his film. When he was finally finished, Pearce treated himself to a little trip up to British Columbia for some snowboarding – the lure of powder just too hard to resist. He even sent out photos of his adventure on his Twitter account, including one in which he had snow caked to his beard.
"I'm a happy boy!!!" he posted.


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High 5 triathlon hits high note
CVTs race enters its 15th year
Sergei Wegner is a veteran when it comes to the Copper Valley High Five Triathlon. The 16 year-old has been racing in the event since he was only 6 years-old. That experience paid off last weekend when he won the teen solo category in the event.
"I enjoy the competition," Wegner said after picking up the win. He said he also enjoyed the crowd being there to watch the race. The Valdez High School sophomore said he uses the race to prepare for other events down the road.
"I'm running cross country right now and the race is great for cardio," Wegner said.
Over 80 athletes participated in this year's event, which is part of the Valdez Gold Rush Days festivities. The event features swimming, running and bicycling competitions and participants ranged from 10 year-olds to adults. Some competed individually like Wegner. Some racers competed in teams. Most of the competition was held in the junior high-high school area.
In other results, Team USA took home the adult team title with a time of 0:29:51. The team of Bleicher, Hutton, Brown came in second with a time 0:30:48. Team Motrin was third with a time of 0:35:51.
In the female solo category, Hannah Norris finished on top with a time of 0:36:48. Kristen Cullen came in second at 0:40:18. Adrianne Bonchard finished third with a time of 0:40:39.
Bob Smith claimed the top spot in the male solo title with a time of 0:33:50. Right behind Smith was Taylor Bushong with a time of 0:38:23. Eric Auten placed third with a time of 0:40:49.
Wegner won the teen solo title with a time of 0:35:22. Rylee Norris came in second with a time of 0:45:22. Kalen McIntosh finished third with a time of 0:47:42.
The Snelders Trio finished with a time of 0:34:47 to win the teen team title.
Mike Lucas, Jr. won the youth solo category with a time of 0:46:03. Sam Norris came in second with a time of 0:50:27. Gretchen Snelders came in third with a time of 0:51:32.
The team of Siddoway-Baczuk won the youth team category with a time of 0:49:23.


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