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The fact is there�s nothing wrong with sugar as such. In fact, our brains and nervous system rely heavily on sugar for energy.
Sugar has become the new villain these days. It is being called the one ingredient in your food that is responsible for a number of wide-ranging diseases starting from tooth decay to cancer, and including obesity, diabetes, heart disease. You name a disease and it is linked to sugar intake in some way or the other.
The fact is there's nothing wrong with sugar as such. In fact, our brains and nervous system rely heavily on sugar for energy.
Research over the years debunks a number of myths surrounding the consumption of sugar and sweets.
Myth 1: Sugar is fattening and should be avoided altogether.
Sugar alone doesn't cause fat. Consumption of high calories coupled with little physical activity does. Sugar and other carbohydrates provide 4 calories/gram. Sugar happens to be the only source of energy for brain and nervous system. So you can imagine what will happen if you consume no sugar.
Studies have shown that there exists an inverse relationship between sugar intake and weight. The is because very little of the carbohydrate or sugar we eat is actually converted to body fat. So if we eat more of sugar (not too much) instead of fat, it will actually decrease overall calorie consumption. Ideally, one should eat a healthy, well balanced diet including moderate quantities of sugar.
Myth 2 : Sugar is responsible for diabetes and heart disease.
Eating too much sugar does NOT cause diabetes. Diabetes has more to do with insulin (harmone secreted by pancreas) regulation than with anything else.
Studies have shown that there is no consistent and clear association between increased intakes of added sugars and Body Mass Index (BMI). BMI is a useful indicator of obesity and a high BMI is seen as a major risk factor for developing diseases like diabetes.
Similarly, sugar consumption has nothing to do with Heart disease. Excess weight, high levels of blood cholesterol and high blood pressure are the factors that cause it.
Myth 3: Sugar causes tooth decay.
Tooth decay is caused by wrong oral habits like not mouth-washing and brushing. Those who regularly brush their teeth after meals using fluoride toothpastes, will not have tooth decay in spite of consuming sugary foods like chocolates and toffees.
Myth 4: Sugar has no nutritional value
Sugar is a source of dietary energy, and is perhaps the most fundamental element of nutrition. Sugar is a source of carbohydrate and energy. It provides 4 calories per gram or 16 calories in a level teaspoon (4 g).
Myth 5: 'Added sugar' is uniquely bad
No matter where it comes from, sugar is sugar. The 'added sugar' myth is a gimmick. Once digested, all sugars are put to the same good uses. Almost all fruits and vegetables contain sugar (sucrose) along with other sugars, like fructose and glucose, in addition to fibre and a variety of vitamins and minerals. Regardless of its source, each gram of sugar supplies the body with the same amount of energy (4 Calories per gram).
Myth 6: Sugar is addictive
Eating sweets is nice. There are many who cannot do without it. But to use the word addiction for it is going too far. People love sugar doesn't mean that they are 'hooked' to it.
Myth 7: Sugar causes hyperactivity
Sugar has been studied extensively in relation to hyperactivity, and this myth has been solidly disproven. The thing is, people often consume sugar at celebrations or events where they're stimulated by a lot of other things going on, so they're actually just excited, not high on sugar.
Myth 8: Brown sugar is healthier than white sugar
This is another common myth. Brown sugar is actually just white sugar with molasses added back into it. It does contain very tiny amounts of some minerals due to the molasses content, but unless you eat a massive amount of brown sugar every day (and this is NOT good), the nutritional difference between brown sugar and white sugar isn't much.
Myth 9: Sugar-free is healthier
If an item is actually made without sugar, it is good. But if some artificial sweetener has been put it is NOT.
Studies show that artificial sweeteners disrupt gut bacteria, cause weight gain, even diabetes. The better idea is to consume the real thing less often rather than reaching for an artificial or low-calorie sweetener.
Myth 10: Avoid eating fruits with high sugar content
Fruit contains carbohydrates, mainly in the form of the naturally occurring sugar, fructose. Yes, there is sugar in fruit, but it's a sack of empty calories. That naturally occurring fructose is coupled with fiber, vitamins, antioxidants and anti-inflammatory compounds that help guard against disease. The soluble fiber in fruit helps lower cholesterol; the insoluble fiber helps moderate the absorption of sugar into the blood stream, stabilize blood sugar and keep you satiated.
Myth 11: Sugar is unnecessary
Sugar has many roles in foods. Some of these include:
It acts like a natural preservative for jams and jellies by absorbing extra moisture to prevent bacterial growth. When exposed to heat, the browning reaction of sugar adds flavour and colour to bread crust and cookies. Sugar is used to keep baked goods moist and can delay staleness. Sugar feeds yeast in the fermentation that is part of bread-making. Sugar contributes to the light and fluffy texture of an angel food cake. And sugar is also responsible for the smoothness of frozen dairy products such as ice cream.
The bottom line is:
Sugar is not a demon that you should stay away from. It is an important ingredient of food and like all other ingredients should be consumed, but in moderation.
But you must stay away from unnecessary added sugars and keep consumption of the refined stuff to a minimum. Also, you must limit your sugar consumption to sugar you actually know about like homemade cookies, slice of birthday cake; and eat it mindfully.


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Law Abiding Citizen
|Law Abiding Citizen
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|Directed by
|F. Gary Gray
|Produced by
|Written by
|Kurt Wimmer
|Music by
|Brian Tyler
|Jonathan Sela
|Edited by
|Tariq Anwar
The Film Department
|Distributed by
|Overture Films
Release date
Running time
|118 minutes
|United States
|$53 million[1]
|Box office
|$126.7 million[2]
Law Abiding Citizen is a 2009 American crime thriller film directed by F. Gary Gray from a screenplay written by Kurt Wimmer. It stars Gerard Butler and Jamie Foxx and takes place in Philadelphia, telling the story of a man driven to seek justice while targeting not only his family's killer but also those who have supported a corrupt criminal justice system, intending to assassinate anyone supporting the system. Law Abiding Citizen was released theatrically in North America on October 16, 2009.[3]
The film was nominated for a Saturn Award as the Best Action/Adventure/Thriller Film of the year, but lost to Inglourious Basterds. The film also garnered NAACP Image Awards nominations for both Jamie Foxx (Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture) and F. Gary Gray (Outstanding Directing in a Motion Picture).[4]
In a home invasion, Clarence Darby (Stolte) rapes and kills the wife and daughter of Clyde Shelton (Butler). Prosecuting Attorney Nick Rice (Foxx) is unable to securely convict Darby. Unwilling to take a chance on lowering his high conviction rate, he makes a deal with Darby, who pleads guilty to a lesser charge and receives a reduced sentence in exchange for testifying against his accomplice, Rupert Ames (Stewart); Ames only intended to steal goods from Shelton and flee, and was totally unaware of Darby's plan to kill Shelton's wife and child. Ames is convicted and sentenced to death, while Darby is released after a few years. Clyde feels betrayed by Rice's actions and the justice system.
Ten years later, Ames is executed. Unknown to the prosecutors and witnesses, the drug usually used has been replaced with an anticonvulsant, causing Ames to die painfully. Evidence implicates Darby. An anonymous caller alerts Darby as the police draw near and directs him to a remote location. Clyde, disguised as a police officer, reveals himself as the caller and paralyzes Darby with poison. He straps Darby to a table and video records dismembering him. When Darby's remains are found, evidence ties his death to Clyde. Clyde willingly surrenders and goes to prison.
Rice learns his wife and daughter have been sent the dismemberment video and are traumatized by it. He initially refuses a plea bargain with Clyde, but District Attorney Jonas Cantrell orders Rice to make a deal. Clyde demands a new bed in his cell in exchange for a "confession." In court, Clyde represents himself and successfully argues he should be granted bail, then berates the judge for accepting the "bullshit" legal precedents he cited and for being too eager to let madmen and murderers back on the street. The judge jails Clyde for contempt of court.
Clyde demands a steak lunch and a music player be delivered to his cell by a specific time, in return for telling where to find Darby's lawyer, who was reported missing. Rice agrees, though the lunch is delayed by a few minutes by the warden's security measures. Once he has his meal, which he shares with a cellmate, Clyde provides a set of coordinates where Rice and the others find Darby's lawyer, buried alive but suffocated by time-mechanized materials while Clyde's lunch was delayed. As loud music plays in Clyde's cell, he proceeds to kill his cellmate with the bone of his steak, forcing the warden to secure him in solitary confinement.
Cantrell arranges a meeting with a CIA contact and brings Rice. They learn Clyde previously worked with the agency, creating imaginative assassination devices and orchestrated intricate tactics against nearly impossible targets. They are warned Clyde can kill anyone anytime he wishes. During a meeting with Rice and Cantrell, the judge dies when her cell phone explodes. Clyde demands all charges against him be dropped or he will "kill everyone". Rice takes precautionary measures instead. After a deadline has passed, a number of Rice's assistants die from car bombs. Leaving the funeral of a colleague, Cantrell is killed by a weaponized bomb disposal robot. Rice meets with Clyde in private and punches him repeatedly. Clyde stands his ground and tells Rice that he is just beginning to destroy the current system and all who believe in it. The mayor puts the city on lockdown and promotes Rice to acting District Attorney.
Rice learns that Clyde owns an auto garage near the prison. A tunnel leads to a cache of guns, disguises, and other equipment below the solitary confinement cells, with secret entrances to each cell. He and Police Detective Dunnigan realize that Clyde wanted to be in solitary confinement all along; this allows him to easily leave the prison without detection, carry out his pre-meditated murders while misleading the cops who assume he must have accomplices. Evidence points to Clyde's next target, City Hall, where the mayor is holding an emergency meeting. Rice and his men cannot find Clyde but discover evidence pointing to a cell-phone-activated suitcase bomb in the room directly below the meeting.
Clyde returns to his cell. He is surprised to find Rice waiting for him. Clyde suggests another deal, but Rice says he no longer makes deals with murderers, thanking Clyde for teaching him that. Rice warns him to not do anything he will regret, but Clyde's cell phone is ready to be dialed to activate the City Hall bomb. Rice leaves immediately when Clyde dials the phone. Clyde realizes too late that Rice has moved the bomb to his cell, which is now sealed. Clyde holds his daughter's bracelet, accepting his fate as the bomb explodes.
The epilogue shows Rice watching his daughter in a musical stage performance, an activity for which he had previously been unable to find the time.
- Jamie Foxx as Nicholas "Nick" Rice
- Gerard Butler as Clyde Alexander Shelton
- Colm Meaney as Detective Dunnigan
- Bruce McGill as Jonas Cantrell
- Leslie Bibb as Sarah Lowell
- Michael Irby as Detective Garza
- Gregory Itzin as Warden Iger
- Regina Hall as Kelly Rice
- Emerald-Angel Young as Denise Rice
- Christian Stolte as Clarence James Darby
- Annie Corley as Judge Laura Burch
- Richard Portnow as Bill Reynolds
- Viola Davis as Mayor April Henry
- Michael Kelly as Bray
- Josh Stewart as Rupert Ames
- Roger Bart as Brian Bringham
Frank Darabont was originally attached as director, but left the project in early October 2008 over script disagreements. According to rumor, his relationship with the film's production company "ended ugly."[5]
In a reversal of their roles in the final version, Gerard Butler was initially signed on to play the prosecuting attorney, while Jamie Foxx was the criminal mastermind operating from inside prison.[6]
Filming began in August 2008 and took place in and around Philadelphia. Filming locations included Philadelphia's City Hall and the now closed Holmesburg Prison. Holmesburg's "Thunderdome command center" is quite evident in the movie.
The film was edited after being threatened with an NC-17 rating for violence,[7] with the full version released unrated on Blu-ray.
The score to Law Abiding Citizen was composed by Brian Tyler, who recorded his score with a 52-piece ensemble of the Hollywood Studio Symphony at the Sony Scoring Stage with help from Kieron Charlesworth.[8] The film also uses "Eminence Front" by The Who and "Engine No. 9" by Deftones on Clyde's iPod while he is eating his steak in his cell. While Clyde calls Darby to help him 'escape' the police after Ames' execution, "Bloodline" by Slayer is Darby's ringer. The tune at the end for closing credits is "Sin's A Good Man's Brother" by Grand Funk Railroad.
The film was released theatrically on October 16, 2009.[9] The first theatrical trailer was released on August 14, 2009, and was attached to District 9.[10]
The premiere was held on November 15, 2009, at the Cineworld complex in Glasgow, Butler's home town. Many British tabloids labeled the event as the "Homecoming Premiere", in reference to the Homecoming Scotland 2009 celebrations.[11]
The film took second place in its opening weekend, with $21,039,502, behind Where the Wild Things Are. It went on to gross $126.6 million in total worldwide.[12]
Law Abiding Citizen received generally negative reviews from critics. Review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes gave it a 26% score, based on 159 reviews with an average rating of 4.3/10. The website's critical consensus states that "Unnecessarily violent and unflinchingly absurd, Law Abiding Citizen is plagued by subpar acting and a story that defies reason."[13] On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 34 out of 100, based on 26 critics, indicating "generally unfavorable reviews".[14]
In his review for the Chicago Sun Times, Roger Ebert said, "Law Abiding Citizen is the kind of movie you will like more at the time than in retrospect." He then went on to say, "Still, there's something to be said for a movie you like well enough at the time." Ebert rated the film 3 out of 4 stars.[15]
See also[edit]
- ^ "Distribution: A Love Story". Screen Daily. 2009-10-08.
- ^ "Law Abiding Citizen (2009)". Box Office Mojo. IMDB. Retrieved 2010-04-23.
- ^ "Law Abiding Citizen". ComingSoon.net. Retrieved July 29, 2009.
- ^ Awards for Law Abiding Citizen on IMDb
- ^ "SHAWSHANK's Frank Darabont Quit LAW ABIDING CITIZEN!!". Ain't It Cool News. Retrieved October 11, 2008.
- ^ "FOXX EARNS CITIZENSHIP WITH DARABONT". CHUD. Archived from the original on November 12, 2008. Retrieved October 9, 2008.
- ^ "Law Abiding Citizen - Gerard Butler interview". IndieLondon. Retrieved May 8, 2012.
- ^ Dan Goldwasser (September 11, 2009). "Brian Tyler scores Law Abiding Citizen". ScoringSessions.com. Retrieved September 11, 2009.
- ^ "Exclusive Clip, Contest for LAW ABIDING CITIZEN!". Fangoria.com. Archived from the original on 2009-10-16. Retrieved 2010-12-31.
- ^ "Law Abiding Citizen - Trailer". The Film Stage. Archived from the original on 2010-01-13. Retrieved 2010-12-31.
- ^ Dingwall, John (6 November 2009). "Exclusive: Scots star Gerard Butler ready for homecoming premiere - and hitting 40". The Daily Record. Retrieved 2010-12-31.
- ^ "Law Abiding Citizen (2009)". Box Office Mojo. 4 February 2010. Retrieved 31 December 2010.
- ^ "Law Abiding Citizen (2009)". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango Media. Retrieved 15 March 2018.
- ^ "Law Abiding Citizen Reviews". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved 15 March 2018.
- ^ Roger Ebert (14 October 2009). "Law Abiding Citizen". rogerebert.com.
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For most of her life, Bear held down several careers, including, but not limited to guard dog, river dog, obnoxious dog panting and whining in the back seat because she hated car rides, cat and rabbit chaser, lizard de-tailer, and eater of all things, even broccoli, but especially New York strip steaks that were left on the floor by unexpecting grandparents.
During her last few years, after a leg injury received while bravely defending her backyard from the yappy dog on the other side of the privacy fence, she slowed down, taking up residence mostly as a doormat, and an obstacle to trip over in the kitchen. She remained an eater of all things until her final days.
After a brief illness, compounded with severe arthritis, Bear's family made the painful decision to let her go. Her last few days of life were full of laughter, love and plenty of tears. In fitting style, Bear's final meal consisted of ice cream and waffles.
Bear is survived by her human parents, grandparents, great-grandparents, and siblings, as well as Kona and Sprocket. She was preceded in death by dozens of squeaky toys, countless plastic bottles, several pairs of shoes, and a couch that she swore had a squeaker buried somewhere deep within its stuffing.
Bear will be greatly missed by all who knew her. In lieu of flowers, please send donations to your local animal shelter. Or better yet, go take a dog for a walk.
We love you Bear. And you will never be far from our thoughts.


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Jennifer Lawrence has shut down the rumors that there is tension between herself and David O. Russell. The rumors started this week, stating that there had been a heated argument on the set of Joy, their new movie. TMZ claimed that Lawrence and the director got into a "loud argument" on Tuesday during a scene.
However, Lawrence says that the rumors are terrible. She even took to social media to help clear up the apparent showdown, saying that it definitely did not happen. There is no tension between them, and she wants the rumors to stop. The two are friends, and continue to be friends.
During the note on her official Facebook page, Lawrence explained that she and Russell were close friends, and she admires him a lot. She also said that she was having a lot of fun making the movie, and just came online to clear up this "terrible rumor." Lawrence also joked that she can barely work email, something she has joked about in the past. It is a rare sight to see Lawrence take to social media, so the rumors must have been getting to her.
According to a rep at the studio for Joy, the two argued loudly on set. The rep insisted that there was some screaming happening, but it turns out that it was all for a scene. Russell was allegedly getting Lawrence worked up enough, so she could film her scene with justice. It seems to make sense, especially now that Lawrence has shut down the rumors that there is tension between herself and Russell.
Joy is the story of Joy Mangano, a single mom in Long Island. It is a rags-to-riches story, as she goes from being this single mom to the inventor of a self-wringing mop. The Home Shopping Network quickly takes on the product, and she becomes a household name. The premiere for the movie is expected on Christmas Day this year, and there is hope that the movie will be nominated for Oscars next year.
It is not the first time that rows have happened on set, nor is it the first time Russell has been linked to star showdowns. According to YouTube's WallaceBeery, Russell argued with Lily Tomlin in 2004, while they filmed I Heart Huckabees. However, the argument with Lawrence was nothing like that. He was simply getting her ready to film. This is the problem when things are taken out of context.
Lawrence is known for being easy to work with, and is passionate about her work. It is clear that the passion is working off after winning an Oscar in 2012 for her role in Silver Linings Playbook. She was also nominated for her supporting role in American Hustle. She has won 110 awards in total since really making a name for herself in 2008. She started acting in 2006. Since The Hunger Games in 2012, the actress has had a highly successful career and it promises to continue.
It is rare that she is connected to tension rumors, which is why this was so surprising for some fans. However, Lawrence took to social media to shoot down the rumors about tensions between her and Russell yesterday.
Opinion by Alexandria Ingham
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text: Politics 17 January 2013 The ECB thinks it is learning the lessons of 1923, but it's not It might be learning from 1973 — but those lessons don't apply anymore. Sign UpGet the New Statesman's Morning Call email. Sign-up When editors of Bild, Germany's best-selling tabloid newspaper, arrived at the European Central Bank in March 2012 to grill its president about the eurozone crisis, they brought with them an unusual gift. It was a Prussian military helmet to remind Mario Draghi that back in 2010 the tabloid had deemed him the most "Germanic" of candidates for the ECB's top slot. Of course, such editorial approval quickly disappeared after Draghi committed the ECB to buying unlimited quantities of eurozone government bonds amid efforts to do "whatever it takes" to solve the single currency's crisis. But nevertheless the brief encounter revealed the extent of Germany's cultural influence over Europe's monetary guardian. Germans, it is often said, make for better central bankers: prudent and cautious, they like to take away the punch bowl just as the party gets going. Today we often read in news media of the German psychological "aversion" to inflationary policies. This antipathy has often been attributed by politicians, bankers and journalists to the traumatic events of 1923 when Germany succumbed to the full horrors of hyperinflation. Wheelbarrows full of paper money. Children building small fortresses on the pavement with thick wads of bank notes. We have all seen the photos. But this was an event that occurred almost ninety years ago; few, if any, Germans today have living memory of it. Moreover, other European countries, such as Hungary and Austria, underwent similar inflationary excess during the 20th century and fail to hold price stability in the same regard. A national economic mythology surrounds inflation in Germany, and it is one that is having a disruptive impact on the eurozone crisis. With every decision the ECB makes, Draghi has to factor in the expected response of the hawkish Germans. But why has one historical event etched itself upon German popular consciousness, whereas an episode just as devastating, such as mass unemployment, has not? After all, the Weimar Republic in 1920s Germany had to contend with joblessness and ever-lengthening dole queues. Mass unemployment, like the hyperinflation, was a major reason why the German electorate voted in droves for extreme left- and right-wing parties. Yet the memory of rampant redundancy faded in the post-war era as high rates of economic growth allowed West Germans to enjoy unprecedented job opportunities. Why then the special attention devoted to hyperinflation? The answer lies in the virtue of monetary mythology. For all the national trauma caused by the events in 1923, the memory of hyperinflation has proved over the decades a very convenient tool for managing price expectations and building a strong belief in the post-war West German central bank. The story of 1923 has been lapped up by the news media in recent years. "For the Bundesbank, it had always been taboo to finance the state by purchasing its sovereign bonds," argued Der Spiegel in late 2011. "Behind this belief was the terrifying example of its predecessor, the Reichsbank, which had printed money with abandon in the 1920s in order to support the budget of the Weimar Republic. The result was a hyperinflation that has become deeply entrenched in the collective memory of Germans." Similarly, The Economist declared in 2010 that, "Germany's interwar experience with hyperinflation famously created a political climate amenable to the rise of Adolph Hitler and generated sufficient national trauma that the German central bank (and its descendent, the ECB) has ever since focused first, second and last on keeping inflation well in check." Indeed, when asked by The Guardian in late 2011 why the Berlin government was so reluctant to allow the ECB to become last lender of resort for eurozone member states, Hans-Werner Sinn, president of the influential Munich-based Ifo Institute for Economic Research replied, "Because it leads to inflation. We know this from our own history. It's what Germany did until 1923." Quotes like those above litter media coverage of German monetary and foreign policy. But to a large extent they merely echo history lessons that were skilfully articulated by German policymakers in the post-war era. The importance of being Ernst A central bank's power is derived from its credibility with the markets which, in turn, are influenced as much by psychological factors as underlying economic fundamentals. Prior to the introduction of the euro currency, the Bundesbank was able to carefully construct an image of prudence to keep the deutschmark stable - primarily by means of strong policy initiatives and a clear communications strategy. Officials in Frankfurt used the example of hyperinflation in order to reassure markets that never again would a German state descend into the realm of monetary madness. It was a simple and effective narrative: 1923 was an event that evaporated people's savings, destroyed the political support of moderate parties, and helped pave the way toward fascist dictatorship. An irresponsible monetary policy, the Bundesbank argued, was unimaginable in a post-war German state. Just look at the 1970s, for instance - a decade when the old truths of monetary policy no longer seemed to apply. The Phillips curve, an erstwhile economic 'law' that hitherto demonstrated the inverse relationship between inflation and unemployment rates, dissipated amid economic turmoil. Suddenly governments had to contend with both problems at the same time, a new phenomenon dubbed 'stagflation'. Moreover, the Bretton Woods system collapsed in 1971. European states no longer had the benefit of fixing their currency exchange rates to the American greenback to hold inflation expectations steady. The international rules had changed, and all major economies soon opted for a system of floating exchange rates. Central bankers in Europe had to fight to keep the trust of international markets in the midst of energy price spikes and economic volatility. In Germany, then, potential inflationary dangers took on new prominence during the 1970s, appearing in Bundesbank presidential speeches, policy documents and national debates. Central bank press statements and conferences allowed officials to complement and reinforce the institution's hard-line policy actions with historical justification. The strategy worked. In 1974 most industrialised economies had double digit inflation rates. By contrast West Germany had an inflation rate of 7 per cent, which steadily declined thereafter until 1979. Fifty years after wheelbarrows full of paper money, the deutschmark had become the centre of gravity in the European currency market. The useful lessons of 1923 tapped into the Germans' imagination. Cultural memory, it seems, has its own form of economics. When asked about his institution's influence and power, Karl Otto Pöhl, the central bank's president during the 1980s, quoted Stalin's ironic remark, "How many divisions has the Pope?" Other European central bankers could only look with envy at the Bundesbank's international prestige. Don't mention the euro But what proved a useful instrument for the West German central bank in the decades following the Second World War, now acts as a hindrance to an effective solution to the eurozone crisis. The example of hyperinflation continues to be wielded by German policymakers as a means of influencing the parameters of European monetary debate. News media still happily recount the narrative, almost without thinking. The Financial Times warned last October, "[t]he eurozone sovereign debt crisis has already generated a lot of angst in Germany – fears about hyperinflation wiping out savings, the ballooning cost of bailouts and the nagging doubt that life was more certain with the deutschmark in one's pocket." Statements like these only serve to reinforce the German case for European austerity; for the impression is given that Germans can't help but be psychologically opposed to inflationary policies. And the ECB, for its part, is in a difficult position. The institution owes an enormous intellectual debt to the hawkish Bundesbank: its statutes are modelled on the Bundesbank's, and it is no accident that the ECB's headquarters can be found in Frankfurt – a symbolic act that stresses its link with Germany. But this debt is now becoming an actual burden. The arena of central banking has changed dramatically since the financial crisis. Almost by necessity, monetary policy has become increasingly blurred with that of fiscal in order to counter the fallout stemming from market turmoil. Indeed, many business commentators have accused the ECB of being too focused on fighting inflation and not enough on stimulating the floundering European economy. It is an accusation that Draghi is all too aware of. The Italian, however, is constrained by the tall shadow of the Bundesbank. During the Bild interview, for instance, his interrogators put forward the following question: "For the Germans, the head of a central bank must be strictly against inflation, independent of politics and for a strong euro. In this sense, how German are you?" There was a pause. Draghi had to choose his words carefully. "These are indeed German virtues," the Italian responded. "Germany is a role model [for the ECB] … In the 20th century the Germans had terrible experiences with inflation. It destroys value and makes economic planning impossible. More still, it can literally destroy the society of a country." But the Bundesbank's opposition to government bond purchases has substantially delayed the ECB's eventual course of action. It was only last September, despite much German protest, that the ECB president adopted an open-ended commitment to buy up periphery short-term sovereign bonds – arguably seen as a core tenet of any effective solution to the eurozone's woes. An event that occurred nine decades ago continues to shape the contours of monetary debate in Europe today. But Germany's national priorities do not necessarily make for good supranational ones. When the editors of Bild reminded the ECB president that the tabloid cheekily portrayed him wearing a Pickelhaube on its front-page in 2010, Draghi shared his thoughts on the image: "I quite liked it actually. The Prussian is a good symbol for the most important job of the ECB: to maintain price stability and protect European savers." It is unlikely, however, that the Prussian helmet will point Draghi in the right direction. The ECB's credibility now rests on an effective response to the eurozone crisis. The central bank's president is quite right when he argues that inflation "destroys value and makes economic planning impossible." But Draghi now has an opportunity to break from the past. Were the ECB's monetary chief to spearhead a successful solution to the euro's troubles – one that is likely to depart significantly from Bundesbank orthodoxy – he may well go on to form a powerful, new narrative that will in turn shape the parameters of monetary debate in Europe. › What has Ben Masters done for the Oxbridge novel? Mario Draghi. Photograph: Getty Images Simon Mee is a freelance journalist currently undertaking doctoral research in German economic history at Oxford University. Subscribe from just $2 per issue


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Flores booked into Larimer County Jail
Homicide Investigation Larimer County Sheriff's office, June 17, 2016 Tanner George Flores (10/31/1997) was booked into the Larimer County Jail at 2:36 pm today on a warrant (bond not set) for: Murder in the First Degree – Class 1 Felony – C.R.S. 18-3-102(1)(a); Felony Murder – Class 1 Felony – C.R.S. 18-3-102(1)(b); and Second Degree Kidnapping – Class 3 Felony – C.R.S. 18-3-302(1). A booking photo of Flores is attached. No further information will be released as this is an ... Full Story
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Greek Frittata
- Yield: 4 servings
- 2tablespoons olive oil plus a little more for drizzle
- 3 eggs
- 3 egg whites
- 1cup baby spinach
- 1/2cup chopped red onion
- 1/4cup pitted Greek black olives
- 1/4cup cherry tomatoes, cut into halves
- 2tablespoons feta cheese
- Salt and freshly ground black pepper
- Place the olive oil in a small nonstick frying pan over medium heat. Add the onions and sauté for 5 to 7 minutes, or until the onions are beginning to caramelize. Add the spinach, stir and cook for 1 to 2 minutes, or until just wilted. Season with a little salt and pepper.
- Season the egg whites with a little salt and pepper. Add the beaten eggs and egg whites to the pan. Top with the cherry tomato halves cut side up. Sprinkle with the feta.
- Add the egg mixture to the pan. Top the eggs mixture with the olives and cherry tomatoes, placing the tomatoes cut side up. Sprinkle with feta and drizzle with olive oil. Season with salt and pepper. Continue to cook for 7 to 8 minutes, or until the frittata begins to set 5 to 7 minutes. Drizzle with a little extra olive oil and turn on the broiler.
- Place the frittata under the broiler and cook for 1 to 3 minutes, or until the cheese has melted. Allow to rest for 5 minutes, cut into 4 slices.
Recipe by Jen of Domestic Divas, courtesy of Meatless Monday
Nutritional Info *per serving
- Calories 166
- Fat 13g
- Saturated Fat 3g
- Cholesterol 146mg
- Sodium 242mg
- Potassium 190mg
- Carbohydrate 4g
- Fiber 1g
- Sugars 2g
- Protein 9g


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I wish I had known when I started my course that by the time I got my first nursing job, I would still know only a fraction of what it means to be a nurse.
If you do it right, being a nurse is more than a job. A change occurs in you when you hold a dying patient's hand, cry with a parent whose child is sick, and speak to a patient who has just learned how long they have left to live.
Nursing lecturers and mentors cannot prepare you for the change that happens when compassion becomes an integral part of your character. Compassion is not what a nurse has to do under law, but what a nurse feels compelled to do. Compassion becomes your whole entity as a nurse.
When you qualify, you will find yourself on the floor with an assignment of 4-6 patients. You'll know which medications are due and how to dispense them but, while you're trying to be a good nurse, problems come up. Family members will call during the busiest time in your shift wanting to know everything. While you're patiently answering their questions and addressing their concerns, in the back of your mind you know you need to get busy or get behind. At the same time, call lights will be going off, a doctor will appear wanting to review his orders with you, the pharmacy will need to talk to you, and the unit secretary will be irritated that you're too close to her space.
I wish I had learned in nursing school that I'd have to hold my own urine for at least six hours and to gulp my lunch down in 10 minutes. Those 15 minutes breaks you're allowed by law? Forget it, there just isn't time.
I wish I had learned how to deal with grouchy and demanding doctors.
I wish I had learned that no matter how much you do for your patients, sometimes it's just not good or fast enough.
I wish I had learned how to start an IV - a basic task every nurse should know. And I wish I had learned never to let patients know you've never started an IV before…
So you may be asking yourself: "What have I got myself into?" "How do nurses do their job and love it?" It's simple: compassion.
The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines compassion as "a sympathetic consciousness of others' distress together with a desire to alleviate it". The word compassion is in the top 1% of words looked up on the internet, yet despite all the theories in the nursing profession, there is no "Theory of Compassion".
A compassionate nurse has the ability to feel empathy for their patients no matter how "nice" or "un-nice" they are.
Possessing compassion makes a statement not only about who you are as a nurse but who you are as a person.
Joanna Hysler is a graduate student
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Tolumnia Red Berry
Yesterday, the last of the flowers on my Tolumnia Red Berry finished opening. There are 5 wine-colored 1-inch blooms on a 8" spike. I haven't noticed any scent. The spike took 2.5 months to mature.
The flower count is low compared to the two spikes this orchid had when I bought it around this time last year.
Last year's flowers on Tolumnia Red Berry
And now for some more pictures of this year's blooms.
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text: It's hard to believe it with all of this gloomy weather, but summer has almost arrived in Minnesota. For a great number of college students, this means that it is time to begin a summer internship. Many Twin Cities employers offer internships as a way to provide an introductory work experience to young students. Internships are often mutually beneficial for employers and interns.


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Today marks the effective date of the across-the-board cuts to the Federal budget known as sequestration. By the end of the day today, President Obama is expected to instruct the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) – the Administration office tasked with overseeing the Federal budget – to direct Federal agencies to cut their Fiscal Year (FY) 2013 budgets as prescribed by the Budget Control Act.
The sequestration piece of the Budget Control Act was initially conceived of as a last-resort option that would not come to fruition, but would instead force the Congress and Administration to reach agreement on legislative actions to avert large cuts to important defense and nondefense programs. The provision required across-the-board spending cuts of $1.2 trillion, split between defense and non-defense discretionary spending, over the next ten years. However, continued disagreement over how to resolve debt and deficit issues has kept Republicans and Democrats from finding an alternative to the across-the-board spending cuts. Initially scheduled to take place at the end of 2012, sequestration was pushed off for two months as part of the Fiscal Cliff package, which raised the debt ceiling and provided more time for negotiations on sequestration.
Yesterday, two Senate bills aimed at stopping the automatic cuts failed. A Republican backed bill would have given the Obama Administration additional flexibility to spread the initial cuts over the next seven months, but failed on a procedural vote of 38-62. The second bill, introduced by Senate Democrats, substituted some cuts with additional revenue measures, but that too was rejected on a procedural vote in the Senate, by a vote of 51-49 (a 60 vote majority was required on each of the votes). President Obama met this morning with Congressional leaders from both political parties, in a last ditch effort to avert sequestration, but no agreement was reached.
Currently, the Highway Trust Fund (HTF), including the Mass Transit Account (MTA), is exempt from cuts under sequestration, thus, formula funding to transit agencies should not be impacted. However, the General Fund transfers to the Highway Trust Fund, as well as to programs funded from the General Fund, such as New Starts, Federal Transit Administration (FTA) operations, FTA Research, and even the recently enacted emergency relief funding for Hurricane Sandy recovery are subject to sequestration cuts. Final numbers will be subject to OMB's report to the Federal Agencies, but according to the estimates of the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) in its Budget And Economic Outlook, the revised automatic spending reductions for discretionary programs in 2013 will amount to a 5.3 percent cut. This is a change from the previous OMB report on sequestration due to the delay enacted as part of the Fiscal Cliff deal. The newly estimated cuts to transit and rail related General Fund programs are reflected in the following table:
*TIGER Grants were funded in FY2012, and therefore continued under the current Continuing Resolution (CR). Decisions on whether TIGER grants are funded in the final FY2013 Appropriations have yet to be made.
While Congress continues to grapple with sequestration, it will also need to address the remainder of Fiscal Year (FY) 2013 appropriations. The Federal government continues to operate under a Continuing Resolution (CR) that largely extended FY 2012 funding levels, although the CR did provide funding consistent with the new MAP-21 authorized program structure. With the expiration of the CR on March 27, 2013, Congress has less than four weeks to pass the remaining appropriations bills, provide another Continuing Resolution of indeterminate length, or wrap all FY 2013 appropriations into an Omnibus Appropriations bill, in order to avoid a shutdown of the federal government.
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It has been 24 days since my last run.
Pre-Nov, this year, there was only one week in June when I did not run at all. I completed my highest ever monthly mileage at 120 km in October and began Nov with an ambitious 30k. It was very slow, a bit painful, I wanted to give up and cry, but I ran / walked / crawled through the distance. I was super happy when I finished this run. My right leg was in a lot of pain that day post run and I had decided to give it a couple of days rest but by Thursday (4 days post run) I started to panic – my shin / tibia has still not recovered after 24 days.
I had a pretty good first 5 months of the year where I improved my 5k and 10k time consistently and increased my long runs and did 2 HMs. The second half has been on another pole with mental slack, laziness, illness and injuries.
My running has been pretty inconsistent since the Edinburgh Half Marathon at the end of May and through the summer – it was close to zilch except for a short spike for 2 weeks in July. No strength training and no spinning too – I was just lazy, enjoying the summer, basking in the glory of the first half of the year and did I say, just being lazy. A pretty bad run on 6 Sep in the Kew Gardens 10k (where my dad and Ranj did so well) – a day after we were back from a 10 day double holiday – jolted me up and I started my autumn training. I wanted a sub-2 hour HM before the end of the year and also wanted to increase my weekly mileages – in preparation for the Brighton Marathon in April 2016 and possibly a beginner ultra, sometime in 2016, may be Dec 2015 (yeah, I am only a tiny bit ambitious like that). And this is what I did:
All good. Except I was still not doing much strength training and not going to the spin classes for cross training. Unlike a lot of runners / people I know, I have been sitting on my ass for the last decade and more without any exercise – until I started the couch to 5k and started running in early 2014. So all the muscles in my body get used to laziness and weakness quite easily. Glutes, calf, quad, hamstring, core – you name them, they are all weak. And that increased mileage, while nothing for most human beings, took a toll on my body. In hindsight, yes, the twinge has been there for at least a month before that 30k run – I just put ice and continued running assuming it would get better. And it got worse. I haven't run for 24 days and I can still feel the twinge even when I walk. The pain became much worse when I ran 10 steps (literally just moved fast from kitchen to bedroom) – one day last week, playing ball with the boy. I took me 2 hours of rest and ice pack to recover!
One of the most frustrating things in the last few weeks has been that I am doing nothing other than rest and still the pain hasn't gotten better at all. I want to be doing something more for recovery but I don't know how to expedite the health care system in this country. I wanted to get back on my feet as soon as possible and hence opted to use work provided health insurance (with Aviva who have referred my case to HCML) to see a physio. She suspects a stress fracture and hence after 19 days of admin (after first contact with insurance), an MRI scan has been done yesterday. Frustratingly, I don't know how many more days of admin before they see the results and can start my rehab procedure :(.
Not running has been vexatious for my mental state. My productivity levels are worse than ever. More time on my hands (and legs) have not resulted in getting anything else done other than spending it in front of the TV. Work has been distressing too. I am trying to keep my head occupied, trying…
My ambitious head plans races before my legs can cope. My head is strong enough that I can convince myself to go out and train. But the body is still not strong enough to take the training. I need to build strength (Repeating it to myself, I need to build strength). I will focus on this for recovery and beyond. It is going to take a while but I know the consequences of not doing this now.
As usual, lots of plans for 2016 – a lot of changes required in training… I need to recover and get through 2015… but if I could get one more run before the end of the year, I would be the most jubilant person ever!


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Clearly Canadian
Beverage industry company news
Don't look now, but one of the most memorable and controversial trends in soft drinks from the 1980s and 1990s – clear soft drinks – is staging a comeback. And, some of the iconic clear soft drinks of the period, including Original New York Seltzer, Clearly Canadian and maybe even Crystal Pepsi are leading the charge.
Major global drinks groups and smaller innovative companies alike have identified the enhanced water category as a sector with strong growth potential. So far, the US has been the prime focus, but more activity is now being seen in the UK. Annette Farr reports.
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Here's a round-up of this week's highlights in the global soft drinks & bottled water category. We are also running similar round-ups for beer and spirits & wine.
DNA Beverage Corp, producer of DNA Energy Drink, has appointed Jeff Martin as regional vice president of its Midwest Division.
Clearly Canadian has said that it plans to restructure its debt.
Clearly Canadian has relaunched its sparkling water portfolio in the US.
Clearly Canadian Brands has secured a bottling agreement with Cott Corporation in North America.
Clearly Canadian Brands has appointed Samantha Alfonzo, a mergers and acquisitions specialist to its board of directors.
Clearly Canadian has posted an upbeat set of results for the first three months of 2008.
Clearly Canadian Brands has announced that Horizon Distributors will act as its natural channel distributor in Western Canada for many of its products.
Clearly Canadian has reported its first increases in revenues in ten years, the company has said, as it benefits from acquisitions in the baby food and snack markets. However, its beverages division continued to struggle.
Clearly Canadian Brands has appointed its controlling shareholder and chairman as its CEO.
Clearly Canadian's line of natural enhanced waters have been listed with Casey's convenience stores across the US.
Clearly Canadian has posted a marked fall in sales at its beverage division in the third quarter.
Bottled water to baby food group Clearly Canadian has announced the appointment of Bobby Genovese as its new board chairman.
Clearly Canadian has appointed new staff and received financial backing in line with its plans to transform the company into a health conscious branded firm.
Clearly Canadian Beverage Corporation has completed a private placement financing from institutional investors.
Clearly Canadian Beverage Corporation has hired the INOV8 Beverage Company to develop a new line of beverages under the Clearly Canadian trademark.
Clearly Canadian has announced additions to its distributor network in California which, it claims, will virtually complete its coverage in the state.
Canadian enhanced and flavoured waters producer Clearly Canadian Brands has announced the appointment of Brent Lokash as chief executive officer. David Reingold succeeds Lokash as president.
Clearly Canadian's line-up of naturally-enhanced waters have been listed in Quebec by convenience store chain Couche-Tard.
Clearly Canadian Beverage Corporation has partnered with Gulf Coast Distributors, adding another arm to its network of North American distributors.
Clearly Canadian Beverage Corporation has partnered with The Odom Corporation, building its network of North American distributors.
Clearly Canadian Beverage Corporation has secured deals with two new California distributors.
Clearly Canadian has closed a financing push, having raised around US$3.5m.
Clearly Canadian has secured the services of another North American sports star to promote its range of enhanced drinks.
Clearly Canadian has launched a private placement to help fund an acquisition.
Clearly Canadian has added three extra distributors to increase its US footprint.
A clearly busy Clearly Canadian has struck yet another distribution deal in the US.
Clearly Canadian has brought in a former Pepsi-QTG manager to direct overall sales and marketing strategy.
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Doug and I are currently attending a Social Media and Marketing course (We are concentrating by the way – just having our lunch break with no lunch because they forgot about us)!!!
Anyway one of the "fun" facts so far, is the amount of tweets and likes etc. that pages showing animals get; so, during the course of the morning Sue (the volunteer to scribe on the white board) decided to add a little light heartedness to the morning and add a drawing of the rear of a cat sitting on a wall!!! (Very basic admittedly)
Well all was well until …….. our tutor decided to come and add a face to it …….. to which everyone had a good laugh ………No idea why!!!
My now rear / front facing cat !!!!
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This spring has been such an awesome spring! The trees are leafing out, butterflies are a flying, frogs are a croakin, bluebirds nesting and no late freezes! Who can complain? Plus, this is our first spring in our new home in the country. Country living is not for everyone but for Mr. Fix-it and I who are both nature lovers-it is the only way. To fully appreciate country living I think you have to live with nature and enjoy it. There is no better way than to take a walk around the woods and check out the wildflowers. I did just that for several hours, and I thought you all might like to see them too-tho virtually. Last year I also posted on spring wildflowers at Tiger Way Gardens but as I look at that post I see most of them are ones I transplanted to the farm. Most of the ones you see today will be wild grown wildflowers with the exception of two shrubs that I transplanted.
We have over sixty acres of rolling terrain that has wet springs, a natural pond, and is mostly all wooded with the exception of our homesite and Wildflower Hill. The soil is acidic having a pH in the range of 5.5. Wild blueberries, columbo, and a multitude of flora live here along with the local fauna. We start with trilliums. It is ironic I transplanted several of these out here (which are doing well and have bloomed this year) but then found quite a few communities of trilliums. I believe this is perhaps a Sweet Betsy trillium (Trillium cuneatum).
This plant was hard for me to identify. It grows in the woods alongside a hill. Do you all recognize it? It is chickweed! Star chickweed (Stellaria pubera) is a native chickweed and NOT that pesky common chickweed found growing in lawns all across America in the winter. This chickweed has a very large and pronounced flower. My wildflower book, Wildflowers of Tennessee the Ohio Valle and the Southern Appalacians says common chickweed is a delicacy in Europe and "is a source of vitamins A and C". My chickens love the common chickweed but I am not going to be pulling the star chickweed to see if they like it too. This lovely diminutive wildflower grows right along with Spring Beauty and other wildflowers in the shaded areas of the farm.
This is the easiest wildflower to identify for me. It is Wild Bee Balm or Wild Bergamot (Monarda fistulosa). It grows wild in most areas of Middle Tennessee judging by all I see in the summer when it blooms. Here it grows on Wildflower Hill. It is quite happy on Wildflower Hill because Mr. Fix-it and I bush hog the hill and cleared the saplings which enabled more sun to reach the ground. Wild Bergamot blooms with Rose Gentian in the summer and is a gorgeous combination. My new hives of honeybees will love it!
Wild phlox (Phlox divaricataI) blooms all over Wildflower Hill and also in the woods.
This sweet little wildflower is Jacob's Ladder (Polemonium reptans) and blooms in the woods and on the edges of the woods. I was planning to move some out here but no longer since it is already here and growing well. It is right next to some beggar ticks (Bidens) which grow with abandon out here. No late summer walk in the woods is complete without a bunch of beggar ticks sticking to your clothes.
I believe this to be a native Maidenhair fern (Adiantum pedatum). It was a lucky catch for me because I was deep in a gorge with a wet spring when I happened upon it.
This mystery plant was also in the gorge next to the wet spring. I have no idea what it might be but I am leaning towards a wood lily. Does anyone know?
Fiddleheads also grow in the wet area of the gorge.
Coming up the hill the forest floor is absolutely covered with American Columbo. Wowser! This wildflower is stunning in person. I recently had some visitors and one of them asked me right away what it was and she liked it a lot. It is not a real common wildflower in my experience so Mr. Fix-it and I simply adore it on our land.
The rest of the week will see more wildflowers and some bees....
in the garden.....


text: This week's crime of the week comes from the Mishawaka Police Department. Police found no signs of forced entry Thursday morning into a business at 2336 Miracle Lane, where three computers and $200 were missing. The video surveillance tape had been removed from the recorder and smashed. The manager of Millions Computers, Inc. told police he found the back door of the building, which was not protected by an alarm system, propped open by a dead bolt. Police believe the burglary took place between 7 p.m. Wednesday and 9:30 a.m. Thursday. Two Toshiba Laptop computers, one Hewlett Packard laptop computer and cash from the register were stolen, police said, at an estimated total loss of $3,000. Mishawaka police are asking anyone with information pertaining to the burglary to call the Mishawaka Police Department's Detective Bureau at (574) 258-1684 or Crime Stoppers at (574) 288-STOP or (800) 342-STOP. If you know who committed this crime and call Crime Stoppers, you could receive a cash reward of up to $1,000 if your information leads to an arrest or indictment. Remember, you can call Crime Stoppers about any crime any time. You will be given a code number, and we won't ask your name. Crime Stoppers does not have caller ID.


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After a rather extended hiatus, during which most of my adjusting and reflecting to Mendoza was done personally or through conversations with loved ones, I've finally taken up blogging again. I hope you'll excuse my cyber-negligence during that interval! The plan is to write more actively now, so check in every once in a while if you're curious what I'm up to.
To begin, a little context:
One of my two principal purposes this year in Mendoza is to take graduate courses in "Policy and Social Planning," a Masters program offered by the Political Science department of the Universidad Nacional de Cuyo. The other main objective—to be an Ambassador of Goodwill—I will talk about in another post soon. Both opportunities are made possible thanks to the great generosity of the Rotary Foundation, especially that of the good folks that make up the Hillsborough Rotary Club.
UNC is the primary public university in Mendoza and the best in the western Argentina. Overwhelmingly, the top universities in Argentina are the public ones (most notably the University of Buenos Aires), which, in addition to offering a higher-quality education, are also much more affordable than private universities. In fact, in most cases Argentines attend public universities for free!
The political science department has a bit of a reputation around Mendoza. To many, we are at best useless dreamers and at worst crazy revolutionaries. As is the case during oppressive regimes around the world, Argentine Universities were at the heart of the resistance during military dictatorship of the 70s-80s, and in Mendoza the political science department of UNC was one of the leaders of that resistance charge. There are reminders of this history all over the building, from the mural of an approaching army massacring civilians on the university steps that greets you as you walk in the entrance to the scribbling on the bathroom stalls that demands we tear off the yoke of imperialist oppression saddled on us by capitalism and join the association of student communists. Given Mendoza's majority conservative make up, I get all kinds of interesting reactions when I tell folks what department I'm in, from a sarcastic snicker or a sympathetic "ahh" to an impassioned rant about wasted public spending.
My program is made up of a series of seminars relating to public policy and social programming both in Argentina and in regional and global contexts. Over the year I will complete 8 of these seminars (half that of the full degree). My favorites so far have dealt with human rights policy, education policy and programming, and comparative social policy. Each seminar is taught by an expert in the discipline contracted by the department, a motley crew of academics and professionals including professors from Buenos Aires and Barcelona, a local human rights activist, and a leader of microfinance efforts in Mendoza. The latter was a jovial, eccentric man who, once he learned I was North American, took to calling out "Señorita Williamson" every time he mentioned the U.S. (not infrequently in lectures about global economics), whether or not he proceeded to ask my opinion of whatever US-related issue was at hand. Thus, I was perpetually on edge during his seminar (the first upon my arrival), as his eating-his-words style of speaking and tendency to talk more out the window than toward the students, coupled with my complete inexperience with the Argentine accent, meant I usually had little idea what he was talking about when he called for my country's input. Sigh.
Half way through, I still don't have a good idea of how many students are enrolled in the program, as their perpetual coming-and-going during class and not infrequent absences, coupled with the one or two new faces that arrive each seminar, lead me to believe we've still never all been in the room at one time. However, if I had to guess I'd say there are around 35-40 of us. We, too, are a motley crew, age-wise and professionally, at least. The youngest students are a couple of Colombians who started the program immediately after university graduation (22yrs old) and the oldest I would put above 50, though the majority are in their 30s-40s. The Colombians, one Peruvian, and I are the only foreigners, and the rest come from various towns and cities around Mendoza and surrounding provinces. The vast majority are working full-time in addition to studying—as sociologists, social workers, economists, teachers, activists, architects, lawyers, public servants and even one police officer—and many have families… which is to say it's an interesting, engaging group of people who bring diverse perspectives into the classroom and who I see very little of outside of it.
My favorite aspect of the program is the space it provides each student to pursue the material in a personally or professionally relevant way. Evaluation of each seminar is based on a paper submitted at the seminar's end, the only guidelines of which are to choose an issue related to the topic and material of the seminar and to research and write about it. Thus, though the seminar on Education Policy focused mostly on Argentina, for example, through my final paper I was able to explore and analyze access to higher education for undocumented immigrants around the United States, an issue of great interest to me.
Now, a couple (admittedly generalized) observations about education in Argentina:
- Punctuality is of little concern to students, and if the professor is bothered by its absence, s/he doesn't let on
- Regular use of one's cell phone for calls and texts during class time is entirely too permissible
- One of the top entries on the list of legitimate reasons to cancel class may or may not be soccer games (okay… so it was the World Cup, and the entire country does a Jekyll and Hyde complex when it comes to futbol… )
- There is something lost when a campus is less centralized/more departmentalized, there are fewer communal academic spaces, and no one lives anywhere near school (and thus everyone gets on buses and go their separate ways after class)
In addition to a variety of mechanical differences I've observed between the Argentine and U.S. classrooms, another, more important educational nuance has been on my mind these months. It relates to the approach to higher education on the whole, and for lack of a better name for the debate, I'll call it Liberal Arts vs. Vocational Education (or U.S. vs. much of the rest of the world).
I feel like in the U.S. we sometimes like to complain about the functionality of a "liberal arts" education (especially around graduation time when we still haven't found jobs…). I certainly am guilty of having questioned, if not the value of such and education, at least whether or not it's the best approach for preparing us to be competitive, successful players and increasingly educated, skilled global arena. When compared with our peers around the world who graduate with "real" skills, already qualified for the professions they are about to enter, this methodological difference can seem an even greater disadvantage.
But more and more I am realizing just how valuable the type of university education we receive in the States is and coming to believe that, in fact, it prepares us better than those peers for the "real world." It seems to me that, though we may have to continue on and obtain another degree to be officially competitive (whereas in Argentina one graduates university in 5 years with a professional license and many don't even bother with graduate school), it's worth it because we graduate both with wider exposure to the issues facing our world today (and their historical roots) and with a better understanding of diverse ways to tackle those issues. The variety of disciplines we must dip into, the breadth of issues we are exposed to and the depth with which we explore them, the mind-bending theoretical discussions and moral debates we are made to have, and the seemingly endless extracurricular offerings on our college campuses—lectures, forums, cultural performances, etc—contribute to making us generally well-rounded, thoughtful citizens when we graduate. No, I probably couldn't get a job working for an environmental agency or in a health clinic, but at least I've been exposed to the issues they work on and have thought about what solutions in their work might look like. Many Argentine students, on the other hand, for having entered University already on track to their profession and without the same mandatory dipping into other departments (or the freedom/time in their class schedules to do so), leave no less intelligent or capable, but often with less exposure to myriad issues outside their profession and fewer tools to confront and deal with them.
I realize this is a generalization and I certainly have met thoughtful, well-rounded people in my surroundings here, of course, but they are fewer and farther between than I found in places like Chapel Hill and New Orleans. I hope I don't sound condescending... you should all know I'm about the furthest from a west-knows-best/white supremacist as it gets! But nonetheless it's an impression I'm coming away with and I want to hear your reactions. If you have thoughts on this topic, please speak up!
Interestingly, there is one space I've found this impression challenged (and the majority of people thinking critically about a wide range of issues and disciplines) is among my fellow students in the political science department… maybe there's something to being a "useless, crazy revolutionary" after all…


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SUMMIT, NJ - One of the largest daffodil collections in New Jersey will be on display when Reeves-Reed Arboretum (RRA) hosts its Annual 'Daffodil Day' April 23, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
The collection, planted in the Arboretum's glacially carved 'kettle' or bowl, was started in the early 1900s by The Wisners, the original owners of the property. Today, it boasts more than 50,000 bulbs and attracts visitors from all over the Tri-State area.
An outdoor farmer's market with vendors and food trucks, 'green themed' crafts and games, the return of the Bond Street Theatre's Shinbone Alley Stilt Band -- which play an eclectic repertoire of Dixieland, Swing, Rock, Jazz and Blues, all while walking on stilts -- and a stilt walking workshop will also be on the day's agenda.
The Arboretum's newest brood of baby goats, will also be on hand.
The event is free to RRA members, in part due to funding from Investors Bank. Admission for non-members is $10 per person or $25 per family. For more information, visit reeves-reedarboretum.org or call 908-273-8787, ext. 1515.


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Yet another in a seemingly endless succession of fires.
This one is at Dubai Marina, close to Interchange 5 and near to Media City.
I drove past as it was, I think, in its early stages at around 6.30pm. It was on a plot that seems to have no work going on and it was at ground level.
Half an hour later I was on my way from MC into Dubai Marina and Mrs Seabee took these quick shots as we drove on the slip road to join SZR:
There seems to be no hard information anywhere yet - a brief report of a fire but that's all.
Thursday, May 08, 2008
2 comments:
- Duffy said...
Seems that all bad news is reported as "nothing to see here, move along"
- May 08, 2008 10:30 pm
hmm... live word pretty close to that place (DIC).. yet I didn't hear anything about it all day long
- May 11, 2008 3:18 pm
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Every MBA aspirant should know that mastering the communication skills is necessary to perform well in MBA from a reputed B-School and prove his mettle while studying as well as in the corporate world. He should definitely have an edge over the other candidates, if he has excellent and impressive communication skills.
Here are a few tips that help a long way in improving communication skills:
- Read a lot. Reading is the vital source for an effective communication. Pick up any magazine, journal, novel or for that matter the daily newspaper and do make it a habit to read it aloud. It has generally been observed that when an individual speaks, he falls short of words. The words are somewhere hidden in his brain and refuse to come out. When you read aloud, after sometime, words automatically fall into your mouth and thus improve the communication skills. If you come across any new word, do check out its meaning and try to add it in your speech the next time you speak. Reading also enhances your general knowledge and makes you aware of what is happening around you. Read anything which interests you.
- Television, an idiot box? Not Really. If you are watching any talk show or interview of any great personality don't just stare at the pictures, try to follow the way participants interact with each other, carefully observe their accent and also learn new words from them. It is okay to watch movies sometimes but not always, an MBA Aspirant must watch some educative channels to improve their general knowledge as well as communication skills. Remember there is no end to learning. An individual can learn new things at any age.
- Start with the basics. A child has to first learn alphabets to be able to make new words. In the same way, for an effective communication one should be very clear with the basic concepts of communication. Learn tenses, homophones, homographs, heterographs, vowels, consonants, verbs, phonetics as they are the stepping stones to an effective communication. Ignoring the above things will never let you communicate correctly and effectively. Always adopt a step by step approach.
- Be patient. Don't be in a hurry to hone your communication skills in a day or so. There is no medicine or any magic stick which can improve your communication skills in a day. You have to be patient and give yourself time. Never feel dejected if others speak better English than you, instead learn from them and seek their guidance. It is rightly said" Practice makes a man perfect". Practice a lot. Whatever language you want to master on, try to interact in the same language with your friends and family for the perfect flow of words. Never feel embarrassed if you are wrong, learn from your mistakes. Stand in front of the mirror and speak to yourself. Ask yourself questions and answer them. Be your own critic, It works.
- Coherent Communicator. Haphazard and unorganized thoughts lead to an ineffective communication. Be very clear what you intend to communicate. Don't just speak for the sake of speaking. Carefully select sensible and relevant words to put your thoughts into a content to be shared with others. Don't keep half of your words in mouth, speak properly and clearly. You yourself have to be very clear with your thoughts for others to understand it well. Design your content by keeping the audiences in mind and don't make it complicated. Keep it simple.
- Be a patient listener. An individual cannot be a good communicator, unless and until he is a good listener. Never interrupt any speaker in between. The other individual might not be as learned as you, but you should always respect his opinions. Even if the other person is wrong, don't criticize him; instead wait for your turn to speak. Always listen to the other side of the story and then only give your expert comments.
- An MBA student throughout his two years of academics has to do exceptionally well in presentations and seminars. You just can't escape them. One has to be a very good speaker to fair well in presentations and stand apart from the crowd. Never ever panic and do create a friendly ambience while delivering a presentation. One has to understand the importance of non verbal communication as well. Keep a control on your hands and emotions while speaking. Don't play with your pen or handkerchief and never smile unnecessarily. Don't start sweating in between presentations. The audience will never bite you, so please do make an eye contact with them. Do not forget to greet them well with a warm smile.
One might be good in academics, might be very intelligent, but to carve a niche in today's competitive world, one has to be an exceptionally good communicator. Impressive communication skills coupled with your MBA will definitely take you to the pinnacle of success. Always remember confidence, clarity in thoughts, practice, good listening as well as reading skills are the main ingredients of good communication skills. One has to take good care of all the above to emerge as a winner and rule the world.


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Hey guys, seems I've been a bit slack on the blogging front and missed my 37 week bump shot. Truth be told I was probably wearing gym clothes with my face and hair resembling nanny mcphee and didn't think anyone needed to see that. Today I'm 38 weeks and three days pregnant and feeling every bit of it. I'm desperate to meet my little man and am dreading the thought of being induced. That won't happen until at least the 12th of August so please send your happy thoughts and messages to this little man to step out of his comfort zone and join us on the outside world. Preferably in the next couple of days if that can be organised.
Anyway, a lunch date with the gorgeous Katy was the perfect excuse to escape the everyday routine of washing, walking the dog, vacuuming and mopping and wake up, put on a little makeup and a decent outfit.
asos top | asos maternity jeans | thrifted diana ferrari flats | fossil wallet | forever 21 hat
We had a quick bite to eat at the new Get Fresh at Cotton Tree which was delish and then I had a lovely look through Willow & Bird (the most delightful homewares/gift store) before another mundane task of grocery shopping called my name. The full length mirror at Willow & Bird was the perfect excuse to showcase my thrown together outfit.
Hoping to catch up on all my favourite blogs over the next couple of days. Love to all.


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Grandma's Middle Eastern Kibbeh
Serving Size / Yield
8 servings
- 2 C. lamb, ground
- 1 C. wheat, cracked
- 1 sm. Onion
- ¼ tsp. salt
- ¼ tsp. pepper
- ¼ tsp. cinnamon
- 1 pkg. pine nuts
- 6 Tbs. butter
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Start by soaking the wheat for 20 minutes at room temperature then drain well. Combine ground lamb with onion, salt, pepper and cinnamon. Split the mixture in half. Spread one half along the bottom of a rectangular cake pan and cover with a layer of pine nuts. Cover pine nuts with the rest of the mixture. Make a diagonal checkerboard pattern with a knife over the top of the mixture. Push thumb into 5-6 places and layer the butter in slices over the top. Bake at 350 for 40 minutes. Let rest for 20 more minutes and then enjoy!
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On February 13, 1982, Dale Earnhardt crossed the finish line first in the Goody's 300 at Daytona International Speedway to win the inaugural race in what is now known as the NASCAR Nationwide Series. Twenty-three champions and 136 race winners later, NASCAR's No. 2 series approaches an historic milestone – its 1,000th race, on Sept. 6 at Richmond International Raceway (7:30 p.m. ET on ESPN2, Motor Racing Network Radio, SiriusXM Satellite Radio).
Through the years, drivers, owners and fans have witnessed some of the best racing in motorsports in the NASCAR Nationwide Series, beginning with Jack Ingram's championship run in 1982, the series' inaugural season.
Ingram drove the self-owned No. 11 Pontiac to seven wins that season, followed by five victories in 1985 to claim his second title. Next Friday at Richmond, Elliott Sadler will pilot the No. 11 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota carrying a paint scheme honoring Ingram's upcoming enshrinement into the NASCAR Hall of Fame on Jan. 29, 2014.
"The NASCAR Nationwide Series always has been a perfect blend of young and veteran drivers, providing some of the most compelling and entertaining racing in motorsports," said Mike Helton, NASCAR president. "We are very pleased with the progress the series has made over the last 32 years and continues to make in terms of competition, technology and providing a truly memorable experience for its legions of fans."
Over the last 999 races, there have been a multitude of highlights that weave together the colorful tales of its drivers and epic battles on the track. Some of the top moments from the NASCAR Nationwide Series' stories history include:
The NASCAR Nationwide Series long has been a proving ground for drivers trying to earn a seat in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. There are eight NASCAR Sprint Cup champions who competed in the NASCAR Nationwide Series before making their way to NASCAR's top level: Alan Kulwicki, Dale Jarrett, Bobby Labonte, Jeff Gordon, Tony Stewart, Matt Kenseth, Jimmie Johnson and Brad Keselowski. Keselowski is the only driver to have won titles in NASCAR's top two series.
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