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CM Magazine: This is Sadie.
Sara O’Leary. Illustrated by Julie Morstad.
32 pp., hardcopy & ebook, $19.99 (hc.).
ISBN 978-1-77049-532-6 (hc.), ISBN 978-1-77049-533-3 (ebook).
Diving into children’s literature can be a refreshing experience, and it is this quality of refreshment along with enjoyment that marked my journey through the picture book, This is Sadie. The way the story is written, as well as the voice in which the story is told, help to create a narrative that is alluring and credible. Sadie is an unforgettable protagonist who is active, has verve, and, above all else, an impressive imagination. She is fortunate: her imagination, her subjectivity has been produced and shaped by the literature, the reading, to which she has been exposed and of which she now partakes. The story opens with a commanding, compelling, and clear voice of a third person (limited) narrator who shares all that readers need to know about Sadie.
No, not that. That’s a box.
Sadie is inside the box.
Sadie says she’s not inside the box at all.
From the beginning, the powerful narrative voice that pilots the reader makes strong declarative statements as we can see in the above, conducts, questions, and sometimes relays messages that the savvy Sadie wishes to convey. This narrative voice is adroitly supported by illustrations that are rendered in gouache, watercolour and pencil crayon. The images are as captivating. The opening illustration, showing Sadie’s ebony-haired head peeking out of a tan coloured box that sits on a blue, azure, green, and tan patchwork quilt, displays the steady hand of skillful artist whose work charms and delights with its simplicity, soft beauty, and credibility.
The story beckons readers firmly and tactfully while positioning them to pay attention to the tale that the narrator has to tell—a tale about a character that is worthwhile and important. Like a videographer whose camera is trained on an important subject, the narrator is committed to zooming in and informing readers about Sadie. “Here is Sadie now,” says the narrator; “she’s looking for land. Only she’s not looking too hard.” And with this, readers get their first full glimpse of Sadie, now on an imagined and realistically rendered boat at sea, quietly contemplating a sea bird that has come to visit.
As the narrator and the illustrator unfurl the story, readers move between Sadie’s imagined worlds and the natural one. An example of this is the visual depiction of Sadie’s being on the boat at sea and the real or natural world that is depicted in the next double-page spread—an image of her bedroom that shows the box from which she imagined being at sea. The box, patchwork quilt and even the boat in a bottle that sits atop a pile of books in her bedroom are effective devices that connect real objects to Sadie’s fantasies and that also help young readers transition between the real and imagined worlds of this creative and lively work. Sadie’s room is filled with material things that fuel her fancy. It is filled with nails, a hammer, a screw-driver, dresses, pants, a vase of flowers, a mask in the shape of a fox, a stuffed fox, a record player, and a half-eaten apple to mention just some of the items that are fodder for Sadie’s rich imagination. It was a delight to see a pyjama-clad, hammer-swinging Sadie in the midst of constructing a wood-work project to launch her day.
The blending of the real and the imagined is a recurring and noteworthy aspect of This is Sadie. A place where it is especially pleasing is the double-page spread where Sadie spends a perfect day with friends: some of whom “live on her street,” and others who “live in the pages of books.” Here, the illustrator’s soothing yet visually appealing images make literary allusions to Sadie’s literary friends (e.g., Little Red Riding Hood, long-haired Rapunzel etc.) and her real world, multiracial real friends who swim and frolic happily together in a turquoise looking pool. From this delectable illustration, readers will find enjoyment, refreshment and lots of fancy. This is no less true of an illustration that depicts adventure-loving Sadie in a tree top “chit-chatting” with blue birds while her stuffed fox waits for her in the basket attached to her red bicycle beneath the tree.
Conveyed by narration and illustration, readers get to see Sadie as principal participant in the fantastic worlds fueled by her literary imagination. Like many youngsters who engage with literature, Sadie is the lead character, “the hero” in her fanciful role-play of the fairy tales. For instance, readers see Sadie as a mermaid in a lush undersea world (perhaps prompted by hearing or reading Hans Christian Anderson’s “The Little Mermaid”) and atop a magnificent white steed (perhaps based on the prince in “Snow White”). Readers also see the unleashing of her rich fantasy life in the depiction of a verdant, tropical setting that includes a snake and a tiger pretending to be a boy raised by wolves (likely inspired by Kipling’s Mowgli from The Jungle Book). Along with those three literary allusions, is the pièce de resistance; Sadie (in top Hat) in the role of Hatter at the Mad Tea Party from chapter seven of Alice in Wonderland. As in the previous imaginary settings, Sadie takes centre stage in this adventure. Similar to Lewis Carroll’s story, Alice is a guest, but in this imaginative rendition, Sadie is a generous hostess presiding over a table laden with teapots, cupcakes, and teacups a plenty. It is a particularly striking and compositionally satisfying illustration.
With only six words of text, it is the illustrator’s artistry that speaks eloquently and beautifully in the visualization of the tea party. The scene is enlivened with colourful chairs (a red one for Sadie), a pink plate, heaps of water-coloured cups all atop a chalk-white tablecloth on a huge table standing on a flower-covered lawn. It is a delectable and perfectly rendered scene in which Julie Morstad excels as an illustrator! If readers look carefully, they will find Sadie’s stuffed brown fox leaning against one of the white table legs and that of a hot pink chair. Wherever her imagination takes her, Sadie always travels with something from home.
At this historical moment in Canada, it is encouraging to encounter a picture book not totally given over to naturalism, but, rather, one that focalizes an enchanting period in childhood; fun-filled days where books inspire a delightful list of “things to make and do”. This includes imaginative play, story, and art-making, as is depicted on the page that shows Sadie in a castle made out of blankets and cushions and whatever else she could find around her.
Yes, Sadie has found a source of enchantment—stories, the thing she likes “more than anything because you can make them from nothing at all.” When readers leave Sadie (reluctantly, I might add), she is reading a story about a snail while wearing snail inspired tentacles on her head. Readers then see her asleep with a box on her back reminiscent of the coiled shell of a snail. There is an open book on the floor beside her. Transported by a book, Sadie has slipped into fantasyland, and readers will be gladdened by it.
Though the book has considerable affective power, it is important to note that in a story that celebrates the vivid fantasy life of an endearing young girl, the reference to “old people need[ing]” on page six (numbered by reviewer) where she is depicted hammering nails, seems unnecessary and anachronistic to the mood, theme, plot and tone of the story. Furthermore, when readers move beyond the surface of the words, such a reference appears inhospitable to cultivating respect and reverence for elders in children. That said, This is Sadie is an irresistible book filled with a charm that entrances and a heroine that is unforgettable. Sara O’Leary’s fine narrative is sublimely complemented by the exceptional and aesthetically appealing art of Julie Morstad. Don’t miss this one! It is delightful.
Barbara McNeil is an instructor in the Faculty of Education, the University of Regina.

lowercased:
cm magazine: this is sadie.
sara o’leary. illustrated by julie morstad.
32 pp., hardcopy & ebook, $19.99 (hc.).
isbn 978-1-77049-532-6 (hc.), isbn 978-1-77049-533-3 (ebook).
diving into children’s literature can be a refreshing experience, and it is this quality of refreshment along with enjoyment that marked my journey through the picture book, this is sadie. the way the story is written, as well as the voice in which the story is told, help to create a narrative that is alluring and credible. sadie is an unforgettable protagonist who is active, has verve, and, above all else, an impressive imagination. she is fortunate: her imagination, her subjectivity has been produced and shaped by the literature, the reading, to which she has been exposed and of which she now partakes. the story opens with a commanding, compelling, and clear voice of a third person (limited) narrator who shares all that readers need to know about sadie.
no, not that. that’s a box.
sadie is inside the box.
sadie says she’s not inside the box at all.
from the beginning, the powerful narrative voice that pilots the reader makes strong declarative statements as we can see in the above, conducts, questions, and sometimes relays messages that the savvy sadie wishes to convey. this narrative voice is adroitly supported by illustrations that are rendered in gouache, watercolour and pencil crayon. the images are as captivating. the opening illustration, showing sadie’s ebony-haired head peeking out of a tan coloured box that sits on a blue, azure, green, and tan patchwork quilt, displays the steady hand of skillful artist whose work charms and delights with its simplicity, soft beauty, and credibility.
the story beckons readers firmly and tactfully while positioning them to pay attention to the tale that the narrator has to tell—a tale about a character that is worthwhile and important. like a videographer whose camera is trained on an important subject, the narrator is committed to zooming in and informing readers about sadie. “here is sadie now,” says the narrator; “she’s looking for land. only she’s not looking too hard.” and with this, readers get their first full glimpse of sadie, now on an imagined and realistically rendered boat at sea, quietly contemplating a sea bird that has come to visit.
as the narrator and the illustrator unfurl the story, readers move between sadie’s imagined worlds and the natural one. an example of this is the visual depiction of sadie’s being on the boat at sea and the real or natural world that is depicted in the next double-page spread—an image of her bedroom that shows the box from which she imagined being at sea. the box, patchwork quilt and even the boat in a bottle that sits atop a pile of books in her bedroom are effective devices that connect real objects to sadie’s fantasies and that also help young readers transition between the real and imagined worlds of this creative and lively work. sadie’s room is filled with material things that fuel her fancy. it is filled with nails, a hammer, a screw-driver, dresses, pants, a vase of flowers, a mask in the shape of a fox, a stuffed fox, a record player, and a half-eaten apple to mention just some of the items that are fodder for sadie’s rich imagination. it was a delight to see a pyjama-clad, hammer-swinging sadie in the midst of constructing a wood-work project to launch her day.
the blending of the real and the imagined is a recurring and noteworthy aspect of this is sadie. a place where it is especially pleasing is the double-page spread where sadie spends a perfect day with friends: some of whom “live on her street,” and others who “live in the pages of books.” here, the illustrator’s soothing yet visually appealing images make literary allusions to sadie’s literary friends (e.g., little red riding hood, long-haired rapunzel etc.) and her real world, multiracial real friends who swim and frolic happily together in a turquoise looking pool. from this delectable illustration, readers will find enjoyment, refreshment and lots of fancy. this is no less true of an illustration that depicts adventure-loving sadie in a tree top “chit-chatting” with blue birds while her stuffed fox waits for her in the basket attached to her red bicycle beneath the tree.
conveyed by narration and illustration, readers get to see sadie as principal participant in the fantastic worlds fueled by her literary imagination. like many youngsters who engage with literature, sadie is the lead character, “the hero” in her fanciful role-play of the fairy tales. for instance, readers see sadie as a mermaid in a lush undersea world (perhaps prompted by hearing or reading hans christian anderson’s “the little mermaid”) and atop a magnificent white steed (perhaps based on the prince in “snow white”). readers also see the unleashing of her rich fantasy life in the depiction of a verdant, tropical setting that includes a snake and a tiger pretending to be a boy raised by wolves (likely inspired by kipling’s mowgli from the jungle book). along with those three literary allusions, is the pièce de resistance; sadie (in top hat) in the role of hatter at the mad tea party from chapter seven of alice in wonderland. as in the previous imaginary settings, sadie takes centre stage in this adventure. similar to lewis carroll’s story, alice is a guest, but in this imaginative rendition, sadie is a generous hostess presiding over a table laden with teapots, cupcakes, and teacups a plenty. it is a particularly striking and compositionally satisfying illustration.
with only six words of text, it is the illustrator’s artistry that speaks eloquently and beautifully in the visualization of the tea party. the scene is enlivened with colourful chairs (a red one for sadie), a pink plate, heaps of water-coloured cups all atop a chalk-white tablecloth on a huge table standing on a flower-covered lawn. it is a delectable and perfectly rendered scene in which julie morstad excels as an illustrator! if readers look carefully, they will find sadie’s stuffed brown fox leaning against one of the white table legs and that of a hot pink chair. wherever her imagination takes her, sadie always travels with something from home.
at this historical moment in canada, it is encouraging to encounter a picture book not totally given over to naturalism, but, rather, one that focalizes an enchanting period in childhood; fun-filled days where books inspire a delightful list of “things to make and do”. this includes imaginative play, story, and art-making, as is depicted on the page that shows sadie in a castle made out of blankets and cushions and whatever else she could find around her.
yes, sadie has found a source of enchantment—stories, the thing she likes “more than anything because you can make them from nothing at all.” when readers leave sadie (reluctantly, i might add), she is reading a story about a snail while wearing snail inspired tentacles on her head. readers then see her asleep with a box on her back reminiscent of the coiled shell of a snail. there is an open book on the floor beside her. transported by a book, sadie has slipped into fantasyland, and readers will be gladdened by it.
though the book has considerable affective power, it is important to note that in a story that celebrates the vivid fantasy life of an endearing young girl, the reference to “old people need[ing]” on page six (numbered by reviewer) where she is depicted hammering nails, seems unnecessary and anachronistic to the mood, theme, plot and tone of the story. furthermore, when readers move beyond the surface of the words, such a reference appears inhospitable to cultivating respect and reverence for elders in children. that said, this is sadie is an irresistible book filled with a charm that entrances and a heroine that is unforgettable. sara o’leary’s fine narrative is sublimely complemented by the exceptional and aesthetically appealing art of julie morstad. don’t miss this one! it is delightful.
barbara mcneil is an instructor in the faculty of education, the university of regina.


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Arrived here a few weeks ago armed with pain killers, antiinflammatories, ibruprofen creams and so on. Yep, I’m a hypochondriac.
And I’ve met a number of people dealing with the consequences of chikunchunga. I’m now down to my last packet and tube having given that which I thought would help to those I have met and those I know.
Absolutely nothing and if you are on minimum wage less than nothing.
My simple over the counter medicines have brought a LOT of relief very quickly to a number of people in pain. Pain and discomfort that has lingered unnecessarily for months.
The situation her is deteriorating by the day. I used to think a bunch of idiotic left wing/Cuban/chavista/psuv/ corrupted general shts ran this country but now it is obvious those same characters are in the employ of unnamed highly organised criminal gangs.
VZ is going to export food to Qatar!
It’s a crying shame, I come from a country with one climate and one growing season. Venezuela has a range of climates and 2 or even three growing seasons. It could be the breadbasket of South America, instead it’s the basketcase.
Essentially, this is a non-agreement since Vzla is not a food exporter.
Moreover, Qatar can probably grow food in the desert cheaper than in Vzla.
A ‘must read’ on the current state of affairs in Venezuela.
I understand that the Financial Times is now saying that a default is now unavoidable. Wow. This thing sliding downhill fast….
By the way, I still cannot believe that they made that 8 billion dollar interest payment on the bonds back in October. Breathtaking.
The lowest in the world of countries not in default.
My wife tells me the latest Facebook thing in VZ is for people to make requests for medicine.
Her niece just posted an urgent request for 2 tablets of betametasone(a) or betagen, for another pregnant family member. After researching the drug, aside for its “minor” uses to alleviate itching, rashing, etc., it is to be taken by expectant mothers expecting pre-term delivery (I guess), to aid in the baby’s lung development.
Can you imagine being an expectant mother or father, your doctor tells you that you need this medication to save your child’s life, and you can’t have it because of Chavismo?
I have some very perverse and evil thoughts going through my mind now, and maybe some of you can guess their nature, but I can’t help it.
This has been a Twitter thing for more than a year now.
Some days it seems that ever 3rd Tweet is looking for medicine.
Having taken everything from pampers and baby milk to vitamin B injections (for a cancer patient) to Venezuela over the past year and a half, yes, this is the way it is.
A very few years ago Chavismo, under Chavez, did at least supply medicines and drugs at very low cost or even free to most people. It’s only in the past 18 months that the wheels have come off in this very stark way.
By the way, there will be more expectant mothers shortly since it’s also very difficult to find contraceptive pills or injections there.
I understand most of the milk sold in Caracas over the past few days was from a discovered hoard of ZuliMilk?
Perverse and evil people are on all sides.
The principal driver of decision to downgrade Venezuela’s sovereign rating is a marked increase in default risk owing to lower oil prices, Moody’s says.
• The recent oil price shock has exerted pressure on Venezuela’s balance of payments and dwindling foreign reserves, Moody’s says.
This is what socialism looks like. We don’t have these problems in the US, our biggest problem is people who work being robbed in taxes to feed the half that refuse to work.
Face it, the oil bubble has burst. By the time oil goes to $150, a dollar will have a third of its current purchasing power. In a free market, all things go through cycles, that includes market corrections. When prices go up, more people compete and the price comes back down. Then that skill and technology moves to locations where is more economically feasible. In places where land and labor are dirt cheap, a shale oil well is still very profitable. Maduro is short sighted enough to believe that $100 is a “fair” price when in fact it is 4-5 times what the price has been for decades. The saddest part, is that Chavez is not around to see his ship sink.
It will go to $150. Adjust it by inflation. You can assume 2035 as an approximate target date. Why? Because that’s what it takes for indians to drive electric cars with electricity generated by nuclear power.
Miguel, how does on edit comments here? I made a typo “severa” instead of “severe” but could not find the edit button.
I shot an error in the air. It’s still going… everywhere.
I dont think you can correct. I did.
Why would a joint Venezuela-Iran project on pharma work when the track record is one of uninterrupted failures? In this 2010 video chavez visits the Veneiran assembly plant and talks about domestic manufacturing “because we have the raw material and production facilities to make the sheet metal.” Of course, today Veriauto is dead and Sidor is moribund.
A bonus of the video is the illustration of chavez severe ADD. In min 5:08 he asks about production levels and gets the number “48 unit per shift” Then he deviates and begins talking about a soccer game where Brazil won, forgetting the talk about productivity.
Can’t understand the Saudi visit at all. Going to Iran might make him feel better (scumbags of a feather stick together), but what the hell did he expect in Saudi Arabia?
They’ve eloquently stated that not only do OPEC members cheat anyway, but that there’s too much oil from elsewhere for OPEC to manipulate prices. And too little demand.
One of the Saudi Princes was recently interviewed, and he explained what the deal is. That $100 oil is a thing of the past, it is VERY possible that it will go much lower than $50, with minor fluctuations bringing it above and below 50, but not by major numbers.
And that oil-producing countries better learn to live with these new, lower incomes.
Not only that, but before taking off for Saudi Arabia, he made statements with Iran about supporting a strategy to increase prices. Dumb and dumber.
If Saudi Oil is going down to $40bbl, the muck that Venezuela dredges out of the ground will be $35bbl. Hasn’t the government already admitted that oil averaged about $42.50 last week?
$100 oil is a thing of the past.
Anybody wanna buy a nice bridge?
It’s simple math, barring a nuclear or other war catastrophe. Which of course is always possible.
The reasoning being, from what I read, that $100 oil is worth nothing to the Saudis if it’s stuck in the ground because their customers have come up with alternative energy sources (gas, shale oil, tar sands, lithium, etc). They have to extract it and sell it before the market goes away.
They don’t have the production capacity to jeep oil prices that low. It’s mind games. Prices will start increasing by the fall and will eventually return to $100. By 2035 they should be $150. The renewables just don’t work at large scale below $100 to $120 with current technology.
Apparently CitiGroup believes the Saudis will run out of oil by 2030, in part because they use 25% of their production themselves, so using your numbers they should be able to get all they can out of the ground and sell it before renewables become a viable option.
They just had to set the renewables (and other oil competitors like the Arctic, US shale oil, the Brazilian Atlantic, Canadian tar sands) back by 20 years or so, which they’ve now done.
Of course they’re also playing geopolitical games with the Russians and the Iranians, and yhey’re not going to be worried about the collateral damage to Venezuela.
Frank, when you think about Saudi oil running out assume it will climb to 12 million barrels per day, hold there for a while, and then decline in a fairly monotonic fashion (we call it exponential decline). If you want to play with it multiply the previous year’s production by 0.97 and that gives you the year’s production. Just draw that out year after year.
I hope that when Venezuela finally has to beg the international community for food basics that they make maduro and chavistas pay homage to whoever delivers it. It may sound outdated but unless this group is subdued in public they will be preparing to fight for a return to power. I have an aweful feeling that what we are about to see in Venezuela will be a bloodbath because the current government is dragging things out to the edge of an abyss. I hope I’m wrong.
When that time comes, they will not “beg”. They will “demand” it, as though it is their right to receive aid. They will claim that that the conditions were created by “Economic War” and that it is the obligation of the world to help them. Humility is not their strong suit.
Fernando Leanme, do you know of a good book about the Cuban secret service? One not about a special operation but rather about that agency’s working?
“Castro’s secrets” by Brian Latell provides some historical insight.
Not quite to your request, but related: Georgie Ann Geyer was a journalist of some note who spent a lot of time covering Latin America. In her autobiography Buying the Night Flight, she had an interesting story about Manuel Piñeiro, who at the time was the head of Cuba’s secret police.Manuel Piñeiro became infatuated with Georgie Ann Geyer, and tried to develop a relationship with her. Talk about fear factor: becoming the lover of the head of the secret police. She was able to extricate herself out of that, but with a consequence: subsequent request for visas to Cuba were denied.
The secret police is perhaps the only institution in Cuba that functions.
I highly recommend Georgie Ann Geyer’s book. She has some interesting stories about Allende and Chile. And many other places.
You could see this coming, over Christmas and New Year everybody went crazy emptying their bank accounts and buying new clothes, presents, and so on. No shortage of liquor either.
And I mean emptying their accounts, on most days in Higuerote you would have to queue for 45-60 mins at Mercantil to withdraw cash (VEF 4000 limit per day). I should have taken a photo.
Now the hangover is setting in, the accounts are empty, and people are very nervous. I don’t know if it’s panic buying, hoarding or if people’s stocks of food are really running out, but the queues at supermarkets in Caracas are impressive. The Excelsior-Gama in front of the Miranda metro station is one of the most expensive in Caracas, and still the queue was almost 2 blocks long to get in when I passed in late December. I’m sure it’s not any better now. To me it looks like February and March will be a more violent and more desperate reprise of last year.
The shortages are just random, from day to day it’s different. Trivial observation: in November I could get Pirulines at the airport, though they were rationed to two boxes per person… I was able to get some more at a different shop (yo traficante en Pirulines :-), I’m lucky I wasn’t detained). Now they’re not available at all.
That’s exactly why I didn’t go on my annual 3-month visit to Venezuela! Too many signs of shortage problems and violence early in 2015.
You think the Saudis don’t know exactly what is going on back home? Or Maduro’s stupid statement when departing Iran to Saudi Arabia? How do you think the Saudis keep control of everything? Unprofessional they are not.
The women will go to spas for beauty treatments. They will get their hair and nails done.
What’s the point? They could get it done better in Venezuela.
Not if the last stop of the tour is Havana.
Wishful thinking on your part I’m afraid.
No way, Qatar has quite a few venezuelan expats, I bet the women are raising beauty parlor standards, but you can’t tell if they are all covered up.
note Qatar stop not on original schedule but added at last minute. Yeah you sure fooled us.
Supposedly Maduro is getting loans from Qatar.
I must congratulate the author of this article on his mastery of the language. Twice he uses the word “chaos” where generally one would find instead the word “anarchy” which for a libertarian and in this context would represent both a prostitution of ideas and an insult. And yet it happens all the time.
Chaos is a word dear to my heart though, published a few papers in Physics on that subject.
Could the flapping of the wings of a bird (or rather its brain) currently visiting Russia, China and OPEP countries, generate tremendous upheaval back home? What does chaos theory say about that?
Does not look like chaos to me but rather pretty well disciplined servitude.
Something good is bound to happen eventually.
I must admit that I get a perverse pleasure of reading the Venezuelan press. This article from Notices 24 is a case point. With fanfare, it notes that 415.000 of foodstuffs are being distributed today in Caracas. How is this newsworthy anywhere else? It’s not. It’s a mundane every day occurrence the world over even in Cuba, North Korea, Zimbabwe, Haiti or anywhere else on this planet.
As I am in Colombia, I love comparing similar stories in the respective presses. President Santos went late last year to Europe to seek support on the Colombian Peace Process and to discuss the drug trade. His trip was a success for the most part but the Colombian press reported it critically and with analysis. I look at the Venezuelan press and how it is covering Maduro’s trip now and it is all one glorious achievement after another. A brief paragraph about how Maduro did this and said that followed by a stream of irrelevant photographs. It’s laughable. Who falls for such crap?
The Soviets fell for it for decades.
I’m sure the 85000 citizens of 23 de Enero parish will enjoy the 40000 kg distributed in their area. That’s a bit more than 400 grams per person. Eaten with a generous muddy water supplement and a stray cat it can last until next week. I should know, I lived in Cuba. When things got bad we ate all the cats, pigeons, dogs…I even had an sob trying to sell me a vulture albóndiga.
Yes sir. We had a guy selling vulture at 12th ave and 23 st. Right in front of the large cemetery entrance. People claimed it was making them sick, so I didn’t buy it. But I did eat cat. I wrote about it in my blog. That was a real story.
There was a huge, well-known Chinese restaurant in NYC’s Chinatown that my friend always went to. This is the 70s. Can’t remember the name because I’m an old fart.
When a bunch of us all went out together, we always outvoted him and went elsewhere, but man, did he brag about the ribs at this place!
Imagine his surprise when the lead news story was that the place was closed down by the authorities–for trapping local cats and serving them, especially the ribs!
I myself have no problem or cultural outrage at consuming domesticated species like dogs and cats.
Ira, when you go hungry like we did in Cuba you get the “Oreo syndrome”. This is a disease which strikes people who lack food. The name was invented by American expats working in Iran many years ago. The spent all the time complaining because they couldn’t find Oreos on Kharg Island.
Anyway, I don’t think it’s the same. When one goes hungry like we did in Cuba thoughts about food become obsessive. Especially greasy food, sweets and things you never ate. I think venezuelans are just getting into that zone, but they got a ways to go.
And by the way, cat doesn’t taste like chicken. A properly fed dog tastes ok. Pigeon is fine. And you can eat fish bones if to burn them to a crisp.
Yeah, I wouldn’t say the Oreo Syndrome is the same thing.
Maduro is travelling on a Cuban plane. He might as well end his trip in Havana and start his retirement.
He is traveling on a Cuban plane out of necessity. The Airbus that the Venezuelan government owns is unable to fly due to a dispute with Airbus. The Venezuelan government claims that Airbus damaged the plane last year when it received scheduled maintenance. The truth is far different of course. The plane can’t fly because Airbus is demanding payment before it releases the required parts that will enable the plane to fly.
It’s really quite something to see the Venezuelan government in action. The level of corruption is unequaled in the annals of Latin American dictatorships. The Duvailers in Haiti at least kept money in the bank for such niceties as a presidential plane. Telling that Venezuela can not.
Charles, can you elaborate on the Airbus issue or are you just making this up from something you read. You think the regime does not have the money to buy a few aircraft engines? What can cost more?
Venezuela says that the Presidential plane is defective (wings) and it’s Airbus’ job to repair the entire plane. Airbus says Venezuela hasn’t maintained the jet properly so parts have broken through neglect.
As usual, it will all end up in some court within the next twenty years or so.
You do know he had the money to buy a lot of jets, turboprobs and helicopters but he does not have the money for “spare parts” for his Airbus. This analysis is flawed Charles.
Charles, they parked the A319CJ for a host of reasons. None of which you mentioned. Airbus was scapegoated and you fell for it.
They don’t want Imperialist bugs listening to their conversations. It’s kinda funny.
The Airbus dispute is old news, and I read that the Embraer was painted in Conviasa colours so as not to attract attention, is that correct?
Has to do with air transit rights for non comnercial craft.
OK, I’ll bite, I know as much about the air industry as I do about oil… does painting the VIP plane in Conviasa colours, i.e. making a non-commercial VIP aircraft look like a commercial one make certain things easier?
I wonder if the way chavista ministers are insulting and making people angry may not be a step in a well calibrated plan to cause scattered protests. This will allow them to arrest the hot heads and make a show of power.
Don’t ever underestimate Raul Castro and his son Alejandro Castro, his heir about to sit on the cuban dictatorship throne. If they allow Maduro and his ministers behave this way there has to be a subtle reason.
I also understand you don’t think the Maduro regime is a cuban satrapy, but the whole set up tells me they are indeed entrenched, and the G2 is very much on top of things.
I would discourage protests or anything extemporaneous which allows regime agents to arrest you or mark you down. The day you are ready to protest then you had better be ready to protest in Petare or La Cañada de Urdaneta with the poor. If they kill you then at lease you know you did it to achieve some thing. And if the barrio people join you then maybe, just maybe, you can achieve Solidarity without Lech Walesa and a decent Pope back int your question for freedom.
The only way the cuban g2 will let go of Venezuela’s throat will be by force, and the only force can only come from within chavismo and with the poor people in the barrios ask int for it. Cabello is clearly blackmailed by the Cuban G2, so he’s a non entity. Other than being a loud mouth and serving as an instrument for the dictatorship’s gutting of institutions, Cabello is nothing. This means protests also have to focus on Cabello’s resignation and departure (or capture and trial).
Finally, if you want to put pressure on, to have things change, you also need to focus on Havana.
Obama’s poorly timed foreign policy is about to hand you over as slaves to the Castro family to own, and do with you as they please. So you really ought to consider whether strengthening the Castro family dictatorship benefits anybody, other than the rotten oligarchs who surround the ruling Castro, and the corporate interests pushing for allow bank loans and all sorts of business, with what is looking more and more like a fascist hereditary dictatorship with imperial ambitions.
> Is the embargo over?
> Is there open tourism to Cuba?
> Is there actually ANYTHING that Cuba gains other than silly diplomatic points.
In reality. the only thing that will happen is that there will be a dialog between embassies. In fact, I can’t even remember if President Obama mentioned actual ambassadors except to say they were a possibility at a later date.
The United States has relations with all kinds of repulsive regimes. Just because we talk to them doesn’t mean we play nice.
If the United States wants to make change they may need a hammer, but what is it if all the nails are already driven in?
Cuba gains more dollars from lowering of trade and communication barriers. There are two schools of though on this. What Obama did is defensible.
Yes, you’re right. There will be more humanitarian aid, but I doubt if anything other than superior cigars and inferior Rum will be exported, and that will be at $100 per tourist. Tourism itself won’t be affected, you still can’t fly from the US for a vacation, it has to be one of those education and people to people tours where you get to look at faded wall art of Che and a 40 year old Fidel.
One thing about the cigars, is there any “big shot” Republican or Democrat who can’t already get their hands on a nice Cuban?
As far as communications, both sides come out ahead. US funds will flow in to upgrade Cuba’s decrepit grid and internet, but more people will have smart phones and Internet Access.
I think it all hinges on Raul’s son. I don’t know how the Cuban people will accept what will basically be an hereditary monarchy. It also looks like the guy is totally devoid of personality let alone charisma.
Osama implied he was removing all economics sanctions. The problem I see is that Venezuela is about to crash, Fidel is about to die, and they are working fast to place a third Castro, Alejandro, as the hereditary dictator. The circumstances are way too dicey for a weakling president, whose main focus is starting trouble with Russia, to be getting weak knees when the dictatorship may be about to fold due to Venezuela’s economic crisis. If he wants to establish relations with the dictatorship, fine.
But the economic sanctions should be negotiated in exchange for the terms requested by Yoani Sanchez and the cuban dissidents. Otherwise what Obama is doing is planting North Korea smack in the middle of USA navigation lanes. It’s utter nonsense. Another in a long list of usa foreign policy blunders.
Fernando, great until the last paragraph. The question of G2 grip on power is valid. Regarding the last paragraph, IMO too soon to pass judgement and I’m in the thick of it and have been for decades. I support Obama’s decision.
Lets wait till the Casto brothers die. We are in holding pattern till then. Yes the Castro bros. won the status quo remains. Get over it.
They are preparing Alejandro Castro to take over after Raul. It’s looking like they want to copy North Korea. Get over it my behind. They haven’t won yet, if they win they’ll have Venezuela bent over for decades. Get used to being second class colonized subdits ruled by the Castro dictatorship.
Are these goons scared or what?
No, they’re not scared, they’re goons. They face no serious resistance. Why should they be scared?
What I find most entertaining is that obviously no one is in charge. Maduro can’t do anything even if he had a clue what to do, he has no power.
It will only be “entertaining” until the motorcycles and the Kalashnikovs come out early in the second act.
Then the opera buffa becomes a tragedy.
At a supermarket, eastern Caracas, apparently there were bikers blocking the entrance to the establishment and only letting in those they thought were chavistas.
Oh my. This could be a growing trend. Only those who ‘support the revolution’ are entitled to benefits (food?), the others must fend for themselves. Wow. This could really get crazy now….
It is indeed weird that Maduro appears to be such a clueless president. Have the Cuban minders gone home already? And if someone is setting a trap for Maduro to fall in, is that someone so sure that, after the fall, he can control the chaos he has triggered or let fester?
I think he’s outside the country with 22 family members waiting for the explosion to happen. He’s a coward and afraid.
María Corina Machado: Maduro is not touring, he’s fleeing!

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arrived here a few weeks ago armed with pain killers, antiinflammatories, ibruprofen creams and so on. yep, i’m a hypochondriac.
and i’ve met a number of people dealing with the consequences of chikunchunga. i’m now down to my last packet and tube having given that which i thought would help to those i have met and those i know.
absolutely nothing and if you are on minimum wage less than nothing.
my simple over the counter medicines have brought a lot of relief very quickly to a number of people in pain. pain and discomfort that has lingered unnecessarily for months.
the situation her is deteriorating by the day. i used to think a bunch of idiotic left wing/cuban/chavista/psuv/ corrupted general shts ran this country but now it is obvious those same characters are in the employ of unnamed highly organised criminal gangs.
vz is going to export food to qatar!
it’s a crying shame, i come from a country with one climate and one growing season. venezuela has a range of climates and 2 or even three growing seasons. it could be the breadbasket of south america, instead it’s the basketcase.
essentially, this is a non-agreement since vzla is not a food exporter.
moreover, qatar can probably grow food in the desert cheaper than in vzla.
a ‘must read’ on the current state of affairs in venezuela.
i understand that the financial times is now saying that a default is now unavoidable. wow. this thing sliding downhill fast….
by the way, i still cannot believe that they made that 8 billion dollar interest payment on the bonds back in october. breathtaking.
the lowest in the world of countries not in default.
my wife tells me the latest facebook thing in vz is for people to make requests for medicine.
her niece just posted an urgent request for 2 tablets of betametasone(a) or betagen, for another pregnant family member. after researching the drug, aside for its “minor” uses to alleviate itching, rashing, etc., it is to be taken by expectant mothers expecting pre-term delivery (i guess), to aid in the baby’s lung development.
can you imagine being an expectant mother or father, your doctor tells you that you need this medication to save your child’s life, and you can’t have it because of chavismo?
i have some very perverse and evil thoughts going through my mind now, and maybe some of you can guess their nature, but i can’t help it.
this has been a twitter thing for more than a year now.
some days it seems that ever 3rd tweet is looking for medicine.
having taken everything from pampers and baby milk to vitamin b injections (for a cancer patient) to venezuela over the past year and a half, yes, this is the way it is.
a very few years ago chavismo, under chavez, did at least supply medicines and drugs at very low cost or even free to most people. it’s only in the past 18 months that the wheels have come off in this very stark way.
by the way, there will be more expectant mothers shortly since it’s also very difficult to find contraceptive pills or injections there.
i understand most of the milk sold in caracas over the past few days was from a discovered hoard of zulimilk?
perverse and evil people are on all sides.
the principal driver of decision to downgrade venezuela’s sovereign rating is a marked increase in default risk owing to lower oil prices, moody’s says.
• the recent oil price shock has exerted pressure on venezuela’s balance of payments and dwindling foreign reserves, moody’s says.
this is what socialism looks like. we don’t have these problems in the us, our biggest problem is people who work being robbed in taxes to feed the half that refuse to work.
face it, the oil bubble has burst. by the time oil goes to $150, a dollar will have a third of its current purchasing power. in a free market, all things go through cycles, that includes market corrections. when prices go up, more people compete and the price comes back down. then that skill and technology moves to locations where is more economically feasible. in places where land and labor are dirt cheap, a shale oil well is still very profitable. maduro is short sighted enough to believe that $100 is a “fair” price when in fact it is 4-5 times what the price has been for decades. the saddest part, is that chavez is not around to see his ship sink.
it will go to $150. adjust it by inflation. you can assume 2035 as an approximate target date. why? because that’s what it takes for indians to drive electric cars with electricity generated by nuclear power.
miguel, how does on edit comments here? i made a typo “severa” instead of “severe” but could not find the edit button.
i shot an error in the air. it’s still going… everywhere.
i dont think you can correct. i did.
why would a joint venezuela-iran project on pharma work when the track record is one of uninterrupted failures? in this 2010 video chavez visits the veneiran assembly plant and talks about domestic manufacturing “because we have the raw material and production facilities to make the sheet metal.” of course, today veriauto is dead and sidor is moribund.
a bonus of the video is the illustration of chavez severe add. in min 5:08 he asks about production levels and gets the number “48 unit per shift” then he deviates and begins talking about a soccer game where brazil won, forgetting the talk about productivity.
can’t understand the saudi visit at all. going to iran might make him feel better (scumbags of a feather stick together), but what the hell did he expect in saudi arabia?
they’ve eloquently stated that not only do opec members cheat anyway, but that there’s too much oil from elsewhere for opec to manipulate prices. and too little demand.
one of the saudi princes was recently interviewed, and he explained what the deal is. that $100 oil is a thing of the past, it is very possible that it will go much lower than $50, with minor fluctuations bringing it above and below 50, but not by major numbers.
and that oil-producing countries better learn to live with these new, lower incomes.
not only that, but before taking off for saudi arabia, he made statements with iran about supporting a strategy to increase prices. dumb and dumber.
if saudi oil is going down to $40bbl, the muck that venezuela dredges out of the ground will be $35bbl. hasn’t the government already admitted that oil averaged about $42.50 last week?
$100 oil is a thing of the past.
anybody wanna buy a nice bridge?
it’s simple math, barring a nuclear or other war catastrophe. which of course is always possible.
the reasoning being, from what i read, that $100 oil is worth nothing to the saudis if it’s stuck in the ground because their customers have come up with alternative energy sources (gas, shale oil, tar sands, lithium, etc). they have to extract it and sell it before the market goes away.
they don’t have the production capacity to jeep oil prices that low. it’s mind games. prices will start increasing by the fall and will eventually return to $100. by 2035 they should be $150. the renewables just don’t work at large scale below $100 to $120 with current technology.
apparently citigroup believes the saudis will run out of oil by 2030, in part because they use 25% of their production themselves, so using your numbers they should be able to get all they can out of the ground and sell it before renewables become a viable option.
they just had to set the renewables (and other oil competitors like the arctic, us shale oil, the brazilian atlantic, canadian tar sands) back by 20 years or so, which they’ve now done.
of course they’re also playing geopolitical games with the russians and the iranians, and yhey’re not going to be worried about the collateral damage to venezuela.
frank, when you think about saudi oil running out assume it will climb to 12 million barrels per day, hold there for a while, and then decline in a fairly monotonic fashion (we call it exponential decline). if you want to play with it multiply the previous year’s production by 0.97 and that gives you the year’s production. just draw that out year after year.
i hope that when venezuela finally has to beg the international community for food basics that they make maduro and chavistas pay homage to whoever delivers it. it may sound outdated but unless this group is subdued in public they will be preparing to fight for a return to power. i have an aweful feeling that what we are about to see in venezuela will be a bloodbath because the current government is dragging things out to the edge of an abyss. i hope i’m wrong.
when that time comes, they will not “beg”. they will “demand” it, as though it is their right to receive aid. they will claim that that the conditions were created by “economic war” and that it is the obligation of the world to help them. humility is not their strong suit.
fernando leanme, do you know of a good book about the cuban secret service? one not about a special operation but rather about that agency’s working?
“castro’s secrets” by brian latell provides some historical insight.
not quite to your request, but related: georgie ann geyer was a journalist of some note who spent a lot of time covering latin america. in her autobiography buying the night flight, she had an interesting story about manuel piñeiro, who at the time was the head of cuba’s secret police.manuel piñeiro became infatuated with georgie ann geyer, and tried to develop a relationship with her. talk about fear factor: becoming the lover of the head of the secret police. she was able to extricate herself out of that, but with a consequence: subsequent request for visas to cuba were denied.
the secret police is perhaps the only institution in cuba that functions.
i highly recommend georgie ann geyer’s book. she has some interesting stories about allende and chile. and many other places.
you could see this coming, over christmas and new year everybody went crazy emptying their bank accounts and buying new clothes, presents, and so on. no shortage of liquor either.
and i mean emptying their accounts, on most days in higuerote you would have to queue for 45-60 mins at mercantil to withdraw cash (vef 4000 limit per day). i should have taken a photo.
now the hangover is setting in, the accounts are empty, and people are very nervous. i don’t know if it’s panic buying, hoarding or if people’s stocks of food are really running out, but the queues at supermarkets in caracas are impressive. the excelsior-gama in front of the miranda metro station is one of the most expensive in caracas, and still the queue was almost 2 blocks long to get in when i passed in late december. i’m sure it’s not any better now. to me it looks like february and march will be a more violent and more desperate reprise of last year.
the shortages are just random, from day to day it’s different. trivial observation: in november i could get pirulines at the airport, though they were rationed to two boxes per person… i was able to get some more at a different shop (yo traficante en pirulines :-), i’m lucky i wasn’t detained). now they’re not available at all.
that’s exactly why i didn’t go on my annual 3-month visit to venezuela! too many signs of shortage problems and violence early in 2015.
you think the saudis don’t know exactly what is going on back home? or maduro’s stupid statement when departing iran to saudi arabia? how do you think the saudis keep control of everything? unprofessional they are not.
the women will go to spas for beauty treatments. they will get their hair and nails done.
what’s the point? they could get it done better in venezuela.
not if the last stop of the tour is havana.
wishful thinking on your part i’m afraid.
no way, qatar has quite a few venezuelan expats, i bet the women are raising beauty parlor standards, but you can’t tell if they are all covered up.
note qatar stop not on original schedule but added at last minute. yeah you sure fooled us.
supposedly maduro is getting loans from qatar.
i must congratulate the author of this article on his mastery of the language. twice he uses the word “chaos” where generally one would find instead the word “anarchy” which for a libertarian and in this context would represent both a prostitution of ideas and an insult. and yet it happens all the time.
chaos is a word dear to my heart though, published a few papers in physics on that subject.
could the flapping of the wings of a bird (or rather its brain) currently visiting russia, china and opep countries, generate tremendous upheaval back home? what does chaos theory say about that?
does not look like chaos to me but rather pretty well disciplined servitude.
something good is bound to happen eventually.
i must admit that i get a perverse pleasure of reading the venezuelan press. this article from notices 24 is a case point. with fanfare, it notes that 415.000 of foodstuffs are being distributed today in caracas. how is this newsworthy anywhere else? it’s not. it’s a mundane every day occurrence the world over even in cuba, north korea, zimbabwe, haiti or anywhere else on this planet.
as i am in colombia, i love comparing similar stories in the respective presses. president santos went late last year to europe to seek support on the colombian peace process and to discuss the drug trade. his trip was a success for the most part but the colombian press reported it critically and with analysis. i look at the venezuelan press and how it is covering maduro’s trip now and it is all one glorious achievement after another. a brief paragraph about how maduro did this and said that followed by a stream of irrelevant photographs. it’s laughable. who falls for such crap?
the soviets fell for it for decades.
i’m sure the 85000 citizens of 23 de enero parish will enjoy the 40000 kg distributed in their area. that’s a bit more than 400 grams per person. eaten with a generous muddy water supplement and a stray cat it can last until next week. i should know, i lived in cuba. when things got bad we ate all the cats, pigeons, dogs…i even had an sob trying to sell me a vulture albóndiga.
yes sir. we had a guy selling vulture at 12th ave and 23 st. right in front of the large cemetery entrance. people claimed it was making them sick, so i didn’t buy it. but i did eat cat. i wrote about it in my blog. that was a real story.
there was a huge, well-known chinese restaurant in nyc’s chinatown that my friend always went to. this is the 70s. can’t remember the name because i’m an old fart.
when a bunch of us all went out together, we always outvoted him and went elsewhere, but man, did he brag about the ribs at this place!
imagine his surprise when the lead news story was that the place was closed down by the authorities–for trapping local cats and serving them, especially the ribs!
i myself have no problem or cultural outrage at consuming domesticated species like dogs and cats.
ira, when you go hungry like we did in cuba you get the “oreo syndrome”. this is a disease which strikes people who lack food. the name was invented by american expats working in iran many years ago. the spent all the time complaining because they couldn’t find oreos on kharg island.
anyway, i don’t think it’s the same. when one goes hungry like we did in cuba thoughts about food become obsessive. especially greasy food, sweets and things you never ate. i think venezuelans are just getting into that zone, but they got a ways to go.
and by the way, cat doesn’t taste like chicken. a properly fed dog tastes ok. pigeon is fine. and you can eat fish bones if to burn them to a crisp.
yeah, i wouldn’t say the oreo syndrome is the same thing.
maduro is travelling on a cuban plane. he might as well end his trip in havana and start his retirement.
he is traveling on a cuban plane out of necessity. the airbus that the venezuelan government owns is unable to fly due to a dispute with airbus. the venezuelan government claims that airbus damaged the plane last year when it received scheduled maintenance. the truth is far different of course. the plane can’t fly because airbus is demanding payment before it releases the required parts that will enable the plane to fly.
it’s really quite something to see the venezuelan government in action. the level of corruption is unequaled in the annals of latin american dictatorships. the duvailers in haiti at least kept money in the bank for such niceties as a presidential plane. telling that venezuela can not.
charles, can you elaborate on the airbus issue or are you just making this up from something you read. you think the regime does not have the money to buy a few aircraft engines? what can cost more?
venezuela says that the presidential plane is defective (wings) and it’s airbus’ job to repair the entire plane. airbus says venezuela hasn’t maintained the jet properly so parts have broken through neglect.
as usual, it will all end up in some court within the next twenty years or so.
you do know he had the money to buy a lot of jets, turboprobs and helicopters but he does not have the money for “spare parts” for his airbus. this analysis is flawed charles.
charles, they parked the a319cj for a host of reasons. none of which you mentioned. airbus was scapegoated and you fell for it.
they don’t want imperialist bugs listening to their conversations. it’s kinda funny.
the airbus dispute is old news, and i read that the embraer was painted in conviasa colours so as not to attract attention, is that correct?
has to do with air transit rights for non comnercial craft.
ok, i’ll bite, i know as much about the air industry as i do about oil… does painting the vip plane in conviasa colours, i.e. making a non-commercial vip aircraft look like a commercial one make certain things easier?
i wonder if the way chavista ministers are insulting and making people angry may not be a step in a well calibrated plan to cause scattered protests. this will allow them to arrest the hot heads and make a show of power.
don’t ever underestimate raul castro and his son alejandro castro, his heir about to sit on the cuban dictatorship throne. if they allow maduro and his ministers behave this way there has to be a subtle reason.
i also understand you don’t think the maduro regime is a cuban satrapy, but the whole set up tells me they are indeed entrenched, and the g2 is very much on top of things.
i would discourage protests or anything extemporaneous which allows regime agents to arrest you or mark you down. the day you are ready to protest then you had better be ready to protest in petare or la cañada de urdaneta with the poor. if they kill you then at lease you know you did it to achieve some thing. and if the barrio people join you then maybe, just maybe, you can achieve solidarity without lech walesa and a decent pope back int your question for freedom.
the only way the cuban g2 will let go of venezuela’s throat will be by force, and the only force can only come from within chavismo and with the poor people in the barrios ask int for it. cabello is clearly blackmailed by the cuban g2, so he’s a non entity. other than being a loud mouth and serving as an instrument for the dictatorship’s gutting of institutions, cabello is nothing. this means protests also have to focus on cabello’s resignation and departure (or capture and trial).
finally, if you want to put pressure on, to have things change, you also need to focus on havana.
obama’s poorly timed foreign policy is about to hand you over as slaves to the castro family to own, and do with you as they please. so you really ought to consider whether strengthening the castro family dictatorship benefits anybody, other than the rotten oligarchs who surround the ruling castro, and the corporate interests pushing for allow bank loans and all sorts of business, with what is looking more and more like a fascist hereditary dictatorship with imperial ambitions.
> is the embargo over?
> is there open tourism to cuba?
> is there actually anything that cuba gains other than silly diplomatic points.
in reality. the only thing that will happen is that there will be a dialog between embassies. in fact, i can’t even remember if president obama mentioned actual ambassadors except to say they were a possibility at a later date.
the united states has relations with all kinds of repulsive regimes. just because we talk to them doesn’t mean we play nice.
if the united states wants to make change they may need a hammer, but what is it if all the nails are already driven in?
cuba gains more dollars from lowering of trade and communication barriers. there are two schools of though on this. what obama did is defensible.
yes, you’re right. there will be more humanitarian aid, but i doubt if anything other than superior cigars and inferior rum will be exported, and that will be at $100 per tourist. tourism itself won’t be affected, you still can’t fly from the us for a vacation, it has to be one of those education and people to people tours where you get to look at faded wall art of che and a 40 year old fidel.
one thing about the cigars, is there any “big shot” republican or democrat who can’t already get their hands on a nice cuban?
as far as communications, both sides come out ahead. us funds will flow in to upgrade cuba’s decrepit grid and internet, but more people will have smart phones and internet access.
i think it all hinges on raul’s son. i don’t know how the cuban people will accept what will basically be an hereditary monarchy. it also looks like the guy is totally devoid of personality let alone charisma.
osama implied he was removing all economics sanctions. the problem i see is that venezuela is about to crash, fidel is about to die, and they are working fast to place a third castro, alejandro, as the hereditary dictator. the circumstances are way too dicey for a weakling president, whose main focus is starting trouble with russia, to be getting weak knees when the dictatorship may be about to fold due to venezuela’s economic crisis. if he wants to establish relations with the dictatorship, fine.
but the economic sanctions should be negotiated in exchange for the terms requested by yoani sanchez and the cuban dissidents. otherwise what obama is doing is planting north korea smack in the middle of usa navigation lanes. it’s utter nonsense. another in a long list of usa foreign policy blunders.
fernando, great until the last paragraph. the question of g2 grip on power is valid. regarding the last paragraph, imo too soon to pass judgement and i’m in the thick of it and have been for decades. i support obama’s decision.
lets wait till the casto brothers die. we are in holding pattern till then. yes the castro bros. won the status quo remains. get over it.
they are preparing alejandro castro to take over after raul. it’s looking like they want to copy north korea. get over it my behind. they haven’t won yet, if they win they’ll have venezuela bent over for decades. get used to being second class colonized subdits ruled by the castro dictatorship.
are these goons scared or what?
no, they’re not scared, they’re goons. they face no serious resistance. why should they be scared?
what i find most entertaining is that obviously no one is in charge. maduro can’t do anything even if he had a clue what to do, he has no power.
it will only be “entertaining” until the motorcycles and the kalashnikovs come out early in the second act.
then the opera buffa becomes a tragedy.
at a supermarket, eastern caracas, apparently there were bikers blocking the entrance to the establishment and only letting in those they thought were chavistas.
oh my. this could be a growing trend. only those who ‘support the revolution’ are entitled to benefits (food?), the others must fend for themselves. wow. this could really get crazy now….
it is indeed weird that maduro appears to be such a clueless president. have the cuban minders gone home already? and if someone is setting a trap for maduro to fall in, is that someone so sure that, after the fall, he can control the chaos he has triggered or let fester?
i think he’s outside the country with 22 family members waiting for the explosion to happen. he’s a coward and afraid.
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The largest share of sales falls on cars worth from 600,000 to 1 million rubles in the last year.
The decline in the Russian automotive market, started in 2013, only accelerated in 2014. Last year passenger car sales in Russia were a little more than 2.3 million vehicles – 10% less than a year ago. As for the sales of commercial vehicles (LCV, trucks, buses), during the year they reduced by 18% to almost 240,000 vehicles. As a result the continuing decrease in automotive sales affected vehicle production. In 2014 about 1.9 million vehicles were assembled in Russia, which is 14% less than a year ago. However, the Russian automotive market has not reached its bottom yet. This year the decrease in vehicle sales and production may become even worse than a year ago. The main reason is a negative situation in the Russian economy, which has turned into recession this year. It is well-known that Russia is under pressure of sanctions imposed by the Western countries as a result of geopolitical conflict in Ukraine. We should also add low oil prices which make economy even more vulnerable. If the negative factors persist some hope for the market can come from the state support measures, approved by the government of Russia. First of all, they are prolongation of automotive fleet renewal program, and resumption of car lending rate financing program as from 1 April 2015.
AUTOSTAT specialists traditionally tried to offer you the most exhaustive and qualitative information about the Russian automotive market. Despite the fact that structure of the report has not changed for several years this installment includes more up-to-date information on vehicle parc in Russia. Besides main segments of the parc (passenger cars, LCV, trucks and buses), we also included data for the recent years and brand structure. In 2014 automotiveparc in our country came up to about 49 million vehicles, having increased by more than 3%. Lion’s share (over 80%) of the parc traditionally belongs to passenger cars, which is about 41 million vehicles. LCVs generate 8% of the total volume or almost 4 million vehicles. A little less number (a little more than 3.7 million vehicles) belongs to trucks. About 1% of the parc is formed by buses (about 400,000 vehicles).
We should mention that reference book “Automotive market in Russia - 2015” was prepared using RADAR (Russian Automotive Data Analytics & Research) online-system for analyzing of regional automotive data, developed by AUTOSTAT agency. This system enables to process vast data arrays on sales and parc of all types of vehicles in all regions of Russia. Moreover, RADAR enables to keep track of vehicle sales and display information on the maps.

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the largest share of sales falls on cars worth from 600,000 to 1 million rubles in the last year.
the decline in the russian automotive market, started in 2013, only accelerated in 2014. last year passenger car sales in russia were a little more than 2.3 million vehicles – 10% less than a year ago. as for the sales of commercial vehicles (lcv, trucks, buses), during the year they reduced by 18% to almost 240,000 vehicles. as a result the continuing decrease in automotive sales affected vehicle production. in 2014 about 1.9 million vehicles were assembled in russia, which is 14% less than a year ago. however, the russian automotive market has not reached its bottom yet. this year the decrease in vehicle sales and production may become even worse than a year ago. the main reason is a negative situation in the russian economy, which has turned into recession this year. it is well-known that russia is under pressure of sanctions imposed by the western countries as a result of geopolitical conflict in ukraine. we should also add low oil prices which make economy even more vulnerable. if the negative factors persist some hope for the market can come from the state support measures, approved by the government of russia. first of all, they are prolongation of automotive fleet renewal program, and resumption of car lending rate financing program as from 1 april 2015.
autostat specialists traditionally tried to offer you the most exhaustive and qualitative information about the russian automotive market. despite the fact that structure of the report has not changed for several years this installment includes more up-to-date information on vehicle parc in russia. besides main segments of the parc (passenger cars, lcv, trucks and buses), we also included data for the recent years and brand structure. in 2014 automotiveparc in our country came up to about 49 million vehicles, having increased by more than 3%. lion’s share (over 80%) of the parc traditionally belongs to passenger cars, which is about 41 million vehicles. lcvs generate 8% of the total volume or almost 4 million vehicles. a little less number (a little more than 3.7 million vehicles) belongs to trucks. about 1% of the parc is formed by buses (about 400,000 vehicles).
we should mention that reference book “automotive market in russia - 2015” was prepared using radar (russian automotive data analytics & research) online-system for analyzing of regional automotive data, developed by autostat agency. this system enables to process vast data arrays on sales and parc of all types of vehicles in all regions of russia. moreover, radar enables to keep track of vehicle sales and display information on the maps.


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Follow the trail to your War of 1812 ancestors at these Web sites.
Our early 19th-century ancestors might have felt they were experiencing deja-vu. Just a few decades after gaining independence, trouble was brewing with the British again. British captains, who refused to recognize American citizenship, were forcing US seamen into service on their own vessels. American expansionists were dreaming of adding Florida and Canada to the national coffers. Pioneers were pushing Native Americans off their land. And British agents in Canada were inciting the Indians to frontier attacks. War was declared in 1812 and lasted until 1814.
Though it hasn’t captivated Americans as much as the Civil War or American Revolution, the War of 1812 had quite an impact on US history: The Battle of New Orleans catapulted Andrew Jackson to national prominence and the presidency, Francis Scott Key wrote what would become our national anthem and the USS Constitution sailed into history as “Old Ironsides.” Native Americans’ lands were served up to a pioneering population. Canada secured its status as a British colony and put an end to dreams of an American-dominated continent. And British troops would never again fight on American soil.
Research Outline—US Military Records: Learn about (or brush up on) methods for researching soldiers in your family tree here. To access this Family History Library Research Outline’s excellent tips, click on “Sorted by Subject,” select M and under “Military History,” click on “US Military Research Outline.” (If you have Adobe Acrobat Reader, download the PDF file—it’s faster.) The guide includes references to the 1812 records held by the National Archives and state agencies, as well as the addresses to write for records. If you’ve never researched military records, this is a great starter site. Not only does it explain how and where to write for records, it also covers the types of military records, including pension files, bounty land records and service files.
The Ohio Historical Society War of 1812 Roster of Ohio Soldiers: Ohio was the center of some of the strongest pro-war sentiment. In all, more than 25,000 Ohioans enlisted for service. The database indexes the full text from the Roster of Ohio Soldiers in the War of 1812, published by the Adjutant General of Ohio in 1916. When searching for a soldier’s name, the results page will return hits ranked in the order of their relevance to your query. When you click on a hit, you’ll see the actual roster page, which includes the name of the soldier’s company and the county of origin (if known), plus the name and rank of everyone in the company. For best results, search with both last name/first name and first name/last name formats.
Database of Illinois War of 1812 Veterans: Here’s the place to look for War of 1812 soldiers from Illinois. Housed at the Illinois State Archives site, this database searches the muster rolls published in the ninth volume of the 1902 Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Illinois. To search the database, use the last name/first name format. Searches are not case sensitive. If your veteran shows up in the database, his rank, company and place of enlistment will be listed.
The Library of Virginia Index to the War of 1812 Pay Rolls and Muster Rolls: Visit this site to search an index of 40,000 names from the 1851 Pay Rolls eagle.vsla.edu/war1812/f Militia Entitled to Land Bounty Under the Act of Congress of Sept. 28, 1850, and its 1852 supplement, Muster Rolls of the Virginia Militia in the War of 1812. Search using the last name/first name format. If you’re unsure of a first name, just enter the surname. The search results will tell you which page of the index your ancestor appears on. Once you’ve found the name, follow the instructions on the page to order a copy of the records.
The War of 1812 Website: If you’ve ever wondered what the “other side” felt, this Canadian-slanted Web site is the one to visit. Its content focuses on Canadian and British soldiers and policies. You can read personal stories of the war as told through soldiers’ letters home, chronicling the horrors of battle as well as life in an Army camp. Among the articles is a summary of major battles and eyewitness accounts. Follow the links page to period newspaper articles that debate the war’s pros and cons. Period songs such as “The Bold Canadian” will give you an inkling of how Canadians felt about the American invasion of their country.
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follow the trail to your war of 1812 ancestors at these web sites.
our early 19th-century ancestors might have felt they were experiencing deja-vu. just a few decades after gaining independence, trouble was brewing with the british again. british captains, who refused to recognize american citizenship, were forcing us seamen into service on their own vessels. american expansionists were dreaming of adding florida and canada to the national coffers. pioneers were pushing native americans off their land. and british agents in canada were inciting the indians to frontier attacks. war was declared in 1812 and lasted until 1814.
though it hasn’t captivated americans as much as the civil war or american revolution, the war of 1812 had quite an impact on us history: the battle of new orleans catapulted andrew jackson to national prominence and the presidency, francis scott key wrote what would become our national anthem and the uss constitution sailed into history as “old ironsides.” native americans’ lands were served up to a pioneering population. canada secured its status as a british colony and put an end to dreams of an american-dominated continent. and british troops would never again fight on american soil.
research outline—us military records: learn about (or brush up on) methods for researching soldiers in your family tree here. to access this family history library research outline’s excellent tips, click on “sorted by subject,” select m and under “military history,” click on “us military research outline.” (if you have adobe acrobat reader, download the pdf file—it’s faster.) the guide includes references to the 1812 records held by the national archives and state agencies, as well as the addresses to write for records. if you’ve never researched military records, this is a great starter site. not only does it explain how and where to write for records, it also covers the types of military records, including pension files, bounty land records and service files.
the ohio historical society war of 1812 roster of ohio soldiers: ohio was the center of some of the strongest pro-war sentiment. in all, more than 25,000 ohioans enlisted for service. the database indexes the full text from the roster of ohio soldiers in the war of 1812, published by the adjutant general of ohio in 1916. when searching for a soldier’s name, the results page will return hits ranked in the order of their relevance to your query. when you click on a hit, you’ll see the actual roster page, which includes the name of the soldier’s company and the county of origin (if known), plus the name and rank of everyone in the company. for best results, search with both last name/first name and first name/last name formats.
database of illinois war of 1812 veterans: here’s the place to look for war of 1812 soldiers from illinois. housed at the illinois state archives site, this database searches the muster rolls published in the ninth volume of the 1902 report of the adjutant general of the state of illinois. to search the database, use the last name/first name format. searches are not case sensitive. if your veteran shows up in the database, his rank, company and place of enlistment will be listed.
the library of virginia index to the war of 1812 pay rolls and muster rolls: visit this site to search an index of 40,000 names from the 1851 pay rolls eagle.vsla.edu/war1812/f militia entitled to land bounty under the act of congress of sept. 28, 1850, and its 1852 supplement, muster rolls of the virginia militia in the war of 1812. search using the last name/first name format. if you’re unsure of a first name, just enter the surname. the search results will tell you which page of the index your ancestor appears on. once you’ve found the name, follow the instructions on the page to order a copy of the records.
the war of 1812 website: if you’ve ever wondered what the “other side” felt, this canadian-slanted web site is the one to visit. its content focuses on canadian and british soldiers and policies. you can read personal stories of the war as told through soldiers’ letters home, chronicling the horrors of battle as well as life in an army camp. among the articles is a summary of major battles and eyewitness accounts. follow the links page to period newspaper articles that debate the war’s pros and cons. period songs such as “the bold canadian” will give you an inkling of how canadians felt about the american invasion of their country.
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The reality is that it’s often very difficult for a lot of people to lose weight and keep it off. You’re not alone if this describes your situation or you’re feeling frustrated with how you’ve been progressing in this area lately.
Remain optimistic and know that there are actions you can be taking that will help you reach your goals if you’re having trouble losing weight. It’s possible you haven’t truly been making this a top priority in your life, or maybe you’re stalling your own progress without even realising it. Take the time to read through these suggestions and make a note of which behaviours you’re going to start focusing on doing more of going forward.
One useful and practical exercise to complete it you’re having trouble losing weight is to re-evaluate your lifestyle. For instance, it could be that you’re often very sedentary and sit around a lot or have too many “cheat days” so you’re truly not giving your body the chance to drop the unwanted pounds. Now is a good time to pick apart your daily habits and come up with better solutions that will help you to live a healthier lifestyle. Commit to turning off the television and finding hobbies that keep you physically active and help you to reduce and relieve stress.
Another idea you may want to consider so you can lose weight more easily is to turn your hobby of working out into a career. Look into obtaining your personal training diploma so exercising becomes your job and you can learn how the body works and tips for better nutrition. As a personal trainer, you’ll gain the foundation you need to know what exercises are going to give you the best results and strategies for burning more calories throughout your day. You’ll naturally start to drop the weight once you’re engaged in personal training and focused on making getting into better shape your number one priority.
Be honest with yourself about not only what you’re eating regularly but how much of it you’re consuming at one time. If you’re having trouble losing weight, then think about focusing more time and energy on portion control. A few ways to eat less at one time include drinking a big glass of water before a meal and stopping eating before you actually feel full. If you have to, measure out your food and only eat the recommended amount of servings at each sitting, so you’re not overdoing it. Remember to fill your plate with fruits, vegetables, and lean proteins and take smaller portions of the carbohydrates and starches. The more you do this, the easier it’s going to be to shrink your stomach, and you’ll begin to feel fuller quicker.
You may not be losing weight because you aren’t exercising regularly or getting in enough daily movement. It may help if you find a workout buddy who has similar health and fitness goals so you can hold each other accountable for exercising consistently. This way you can motivate each other to hit the gym when you’re tired or simply don’t feel like going. You can also pick up the phone and discuss what struggles or obstacles you’re each facing and brainstorm solutions that are going to help keep you on track to reaching your wellness goals. It can be difficult to feel inspired to work out each day when you’re trying to do it all alone, so an accountability partner may be all you need to get started on the right track again.
A big reason you may not be losing any weight or are having trouble keeping it off is because you enjoy sweets and alcohol. While these may taste good to you, they’re not doing you any favours when it comes to you shedding unwanted pounds. Eating sweets and drinking alcohol are packed full of extra and empty calories and also can make you feel sluggish and tired after you consume them. If you’re having trouble losing weight, then consider cutting out these two items and seeing how your body reacts. Instead, find alternative healthy snacks that satisfy your sweet tooth and focus on drinking more water on a daily basis. It’s likely you won’t even miss them once you do because of how good you’ll feel and how much additional energy you’ll have.
It can be extremely frustrating to continue going strong with your healthy habits when you aren’t seeing the scale drop at all. When you’re having trouble losing weight, it’s important to keep yourself motivated to continue with your efforts and not give up on yourself. It can take time to lose weight and requires a lot of patience and perseverance on your part. The minute you give up trying is when you may start to actually gain more weight instead of maintaining it, which could be even worse for you in the long run. All it may take is you being honest with yourself about how you’ve truly been sticking or not sticking to your diet and exercise regimen and then making any necessary adjustments to your daily habits.
Use this advice for knowing what you can be doing differently when you’re having trouble losing weight. Be sure to write down specifically what it is you’re going to change going forward and then review the list regularly, so you stay on track. It’s also important to weigh yourself weekly and monitor what direction the scale is heading so you can see for yourself what’s working and what’s not.
Be open and honest about your struggles and confide in other people who are facing the same obstacles so that you don’t feel so alone. Most importantly, believe in yourself and know that you can drop the weight and keep it off if you’re strict about sticking to living a healthy lifestyle and not letting excuses about why you can’t do it get in your way.

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the reality is that it’s often very difficult for a lot of people to lose weight and keep it off. you’re not alone if this describes your situation or you’re feeling frustrated with how you’ve been progressing in this area lately.
remain optimistic and know that there are actions you can be taking that will help you reach your goals if you’re having trouble losing weight. it’s possible you haven’t truly been making this a top priority in your life, or maybe you’re stalling your own progress without even realising it. take the time to read through these suggestions and make a note of which behaviours you’re going to start focusing on doing more of going forward.
one useful and practical exercise to complete it you’re having trouble losing weight is to re-evaluate your lifestyle. for instance, it could be that you’re often very sedentary and sit around a lot or have too many “cheat days” so you’re truly not giving your body the chance to drop the unwanted pounds. now is a good time to pick apart your daily habits and come up with better solutions that will help you to live a healthier lifestyle. commit to turning off the television and finding hobbies that keep you physically active and help you to reduce and relieve stress.
another idea you may want to consider so you can lose weight more easily is to turn your hobby of working out into a career. look into obtaining your personal training diploma so exercising becomes your job and you can learn how the body works and tips for better nutrition. as a personal trainer, you’ll gain the foundation you need to know what exercises are going to give you the best results and strategies for burning more calories throughout your day. you’ll naturally start to drop the weight once you’re engaged in personal training and focused on making getting into better shape your number one priority.
be honest with yourself about not only what you’re eating regularly but how much of it you’re consuming at one time. if you’re having trouble losing weight, then think about focusing more time and energy on portion control. a few ways to eat less at one time include drinking a big glass of water before a meal and stopping eating before you actually feel full. if you have to, measure out your food and only eat the recommended amount of servings at each sitting, so you’re not overdoing it. remember to fill your plate with fruits, vegetables, and lean proteins and take smaller portions of the carbohydrates and starches. the more you do this, the easier it’s going to be to shrink your stomach, and you’ll begin to feel fuller quicker.
you may not be losing weight because you aren’t exercising regularly or getting in enough daily movement. it may help if you find a workout buddy who has similar health and fitness goals so you can hold each other accountable for exercising consistently. this way you can motivate each other to hit the gym when you’re tired or simply don’t feel like going. you can also pick up the phone and discuss what struggles or obstacles you’re each facing and brainstorm solutions that are going to help keep you on track to reaching your wellness goals. it can be difficult to feel inspired to work out each day when you’re trying to do it all alone, so an accountability partner may be all you need to get started on the right track again.
a big reason you may not be losing any weight or are having trouble keeping it off is because you enjoy sweets and alcohol. while these may taste good to you, they’re not doing you any favours when it comes to you shedding unwanted pounds. eating sweets and drinking alcohol are packed full of extra and empty calories and also can make you feel sluggish and tired after you consume them. if you’re having trouble losing weight, then consider cutting out these two items and seeing how your body reacts. instead, find alternative healthy snacks that satisfy your sweet tooth and focus on drinking more water on a daily basis. it’s likely you won’t even miss them once you do because of how good you’ll feel and how much additional energy you’ll have.
it can be extremely frustrating to continue going strong with your healthy habits when you aren’t seeing the scale drop at all. when you’re having trouble losing weight, it’s important to keep yourself motivated to continue with your efforts and not give up on yourself. it can take time to lose weight and requires a lot of patience and perseverance on your part. the minute you give up trying is when you may start to actually gain more weight instead of maintaining it, which could be even worse for you in the long run. all it may take is you being honest with yourself about how you’ve truly been sticking or not sticking to your diet and exercise regimen and then making any necessary adjustments to your daily habits.
use this advice for knowing what you can be doing differently when you’re having trouble losing weight. be sure to write down specifically what it is you’re going to change going forward and then review the list regularly, so you stay on track. it’s also important to weigh yourself weekly and monitor what direction the scale is heading so you can see for yourself what’s working and what’s not.
be open and honest about your struggles and confide in other people who are facing the same obstacles so that you don’t feel so alone. most importantly, believe in yourself and know that you can drop the weight and keep it off if you’re strict about sticking to living a healthy lifestyle and not letting excuses about why you can’t do it get in your way.


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Autaugaville city is located in Alabama State, Autauga County and has a unique zip code assigned by the US Postal Service Office.
Autaugaville Area Code is 334 and Time Zone is Central (GMT -06:00).
The US ZIP Code basic format consists of five decimal numerical digits assigned to the Autaugaville City. An extended ZIP+4 code, introduced in the 1980s, includes the five digits of the Autaugaville ZIP code, a hyphen, and four more digits that determine a more specific location within a given ZIP code in Autaugaville, Alabama.
The Autaugaville Zip Code is 36003.
If you want to send a mail to Autaugaville City, you should use the 36003 Zip Code.
In 1983, the U.S. Postal Service introduced an expanded Autaugaville ZIP code system that it called ZIP+4, often called "plus-four codes", "add-on codes", or "add ons". A ZIP+4 code uses the basic 36003 Zip code plus four additional digits to identify a geographic segment within the five-digit delivery area, such as a Autaugaville city block, a group of apartments, an individual high-volume receiver of mail or any other unit that could use an extra identifier to aid in efficient mail sorting and delivery in Alabama.
What is the Autaugaville Zip Code?
The Autaugaville Zip Code in Alabama is 36003.
What is the zip code for Autaugaville AL?

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autaugaville city is located in alabama state, autauga county and has a unique zip code assigned by the us postal service office.
autaugaville area code is 334 and time zone is central (gmt -06:00).
the us zip code basic format consists of five decimal numerical digits assigned to the autaugaville city. an extended zip+4 code, introduced in the 1980s, includes the five digits of the autaugaville zip code, a hyphen, and four more digits that determine a more specific location within a given zip code in autaugaville, alabama.
the autaugaville zip code is 36003.
if you want to send a mail to autaugaville city, you should use the 36003 zip code.
in 1983, the u.s. postal service introduced an expanded autaugaville zip code system that it called zip+4, often called "plus-four codes", "add-on codes", or "add ons". a zip+4 code uses the basic 36003 zip code plus four additional digits to identify a geographic segment within the five-digit delivery area, such as a autaugaville city block, a group of apartments, an individual high-volume receiver of mail or any other unit that could use an extra identifier to aid in efficient mail sorting and delivery in alabama.
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