HG Upside-Down Chocolate Cream Pie

I am a sweets kind of girl, and almost always have to have something sweet after lunch and dinner.  <br /><br />So, for dessert last night, I decided to try <a href="http://book.hungry-girl.com/recipes/search?q=+chocolate+cream+pie&b=1&commit=SEARCH">Hungry Girl's Upside-Down Chocolate Cream Pie</a>.<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.dietsinreview.com/diet_column/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/hungry-girl-book.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://www.dietsinreview.com/diet_column/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/hungry-girl-book.jpg" width="164" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.dietsinreview.com/">Courtesy of Dietsinreview.com</a></td></tr></tbody></table><br />There are 3 simple ingredients to this amazingly chocolaty and delicious recipe, and it might be one of the<br />easiest desserts I've ever made (next to scooping ice cream from a carton of course!).<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigtM0x1_vdBzUjsriR5arx-jxNXvHXnx6HxDCfQsEORTyEXMEk9gOiaoiNT4aPvYdQNuFjFaOm3QTCUbMbi4WF4npeitJpB7PbPxBZIIBYcpXg0a8zTXv4ehv3DTNgQ1FF3aBxZ1PTvKI/s1600/UpsideDownChocolateCreamPieLARGE.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigtM0x1_vdBzUjsriR5arx-jxNXvHXnx6HxDCfQsEORTyEXMEk9gOiaoiNT4aPvYdQNuFjFaOm3QTCUbMbi4WF4npeitJpB7PbPxBZIIBYcpXg0a8zTXv4ehv3DTNgQ1FF3aBxZ1PTvKI/s320/UpsideDownChocolateCreamPieLARGE.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://book.hungry-girl.com/recipes/search?q=+chocolate+cream+pie&b=1&commit=SEARCH">Courtesy of Hungry-Girl.com</a></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><blockquote class="tr_bq"><u><b>Hungry Girl's Upside-Down Chocolate Cream Pie</b></u> <i><b>(5 Points+)</b></i><br /><i>Ingredients</i>:</blockquote><blockquote><ul><li>1 Fat Free Chocolate Pudding Snack</li><li>2 Tbsp Lite Cool Whip Topping</li><li>4 Low-fat honey graham crackers, crushed</li></ul></blockquote><blockquote><br /><i>Directions</i>:<br />In a small bowl, add the whipped topping first. Next, add the chocolate pudding.  Top with the graham crackers.  Enjoy!</blockquote><br />A few things to note on the recipe - you could reduce the Points+ value to 4 if you used Cool Whip Fat Free instead of the lite (sugar-free) version.  The fat free version has 0 Points+ for 2 tbsp.  Next time I will go for that instead.  Second, please note that the 4 graham crackers are equal to 1 sheet of the graham crackers (so 1 rectangular cracker on that sheet, is, in fact, 1 cracker here.  It's not that the entire sheet of the graham equals 1 cracker, nor is it that half of it equals 1 cracker.  Make sense?).  Also, while I do love graham crackers, 4 crackers makes a good amount of topping for this dish.  You could reduce that in half, or try just 3 crackers, and it will reduce the Points+ value as well (in this case, from 2 to 1).  So you could theoretically get this dish down to 3 Points+!   <br /><br />Seriously, this is one of those things that you ask yourself, "Why didn't I think of that?"  It's so simple and easy to make.  But most importantly, it really hit the chocolate spot!  It tasted just like a chocolate cream pie - dare I say, even <i>better </i>than the chocolate cream pies I've had.  The <a href="http://www.snackpack.com/products/low-calorie-snacks.jsp">pudding snacks I used</a> offered such a rich chocolate flavor.    <br /><br />What's more, you can essentially sub any flavor of pudding to make the cream pie, bearing in mind that the Points+ value may change of course.  I'm not sure what the volume is in each pudding snack, but all you'd have to do is figure that out, and make a batch of the boxed pudding mix in your flavor choice and use that instead.  It might even be cheaper?  I'm not sure on the Points+ value of that, but I'm certainly going to try it.  I actually have some <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Instant-Pudding-Filling-Pumpkin-3-4-Ounce/dp/B000E1BKI6">Jell-O Pumpkin Spice pudding mix</a> that I'm going to try with this recipe.  That would surely taste like pumpkin pie, right?  I'll find out and let ya know :).  <br /><br />Do you have a favorite go-to dessert that is quick and easy, but also satisfying and delicious?  This is fast becoming mine!

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A Chill in the Air - Part II

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtU3r4ymgl3c8HqG62HGScsDStDOlTRKLT1xWLYuZ_C6vqTScNwOQOGFjsxgyO0T1ncSqFrS_VMQJJ9RLUkTDq8aqW95T2VHnTPjLULXtZtoWeAasJTtgNPcQOFN9bC47_ERKS1d9tBw3V/s1600/uninvited+and+eerie+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtU3r4ymgl3c8HqG62HGScsDStDOlTRKLT1xWLYuZ_C6vqTScNwOQOGFjsxgyO0T1ncSqFrS_VMQJJ9RLUkTDq8aqW95T2VHnTPjLULXtZtoWeAasJTtgNPcQOFN9bC47_ERKS1d9tBw3V/s1600/uninvited+and+eerie+2.jpg" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">For a few years now, Turner Classic Movies has traditionally aired <i>The Uninvited </i>(1944) during Halloween season. A gothic mystery/romance with a lighter heart than <i>Rebecca </i>(1940), <i>The Uninvited </i>is another of my cold night favorites.</span><br /><br /><a name='more'></a><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Though lacking any gun or knife, let alone even a drop of blood or a hint of gore, <i>The Uninvited</i> can subtly spook the unsuspecting viewer. The action begins jauntily enough as a pair of vacationing Londoners, brother and sister, hike the cliffs of Devon and Cornwall and find, fall in love with and purchase a long-empty mansion overlooking the sea. The two later come to the realization that their new home is haunted and that their new friend, the former owner's lovely granddaughter, is a target of the malevolent apparition who inhabits the house. This is a phantom whose arrival, sometimes partially materialized, brings with it a penetrating chill that terrorizes all who encounter it...including the family pets. And there is the sudden overpowering scent of mimosa that signals an unseen presence as it fills a room. Heightening these spine-tickling proceedings is a rapturous score by Victor Young with a haunting motif that later became the popular standard, <a href="http://eves-reel-life.blogspot.com/2011/10/haunting-melody-of-uninvited-1944.html" style="color: #990000;">"Stella by Starlight."</a> The film was directed by Lewis Allen and photographed by cinematographer Charles Lang (<i>Midnight</i>, <i>A Foreign Affair</i>, <i>The Magnificent Seven</i>, <i>Charade</i>) who was Oscar-nominated for <i>The Uninvited</i>.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><i>The Uninvited</i> stars Ray Milland, one of Paramount's most charming and enduring players, and Ruth Hussey as the brother and sister duo. Donald Crisp is the former owner of 'Windward House,' and Gail Russell appears in her first film role as his granddaughter, Stella. Cornelia Otis Skinner portrays one Miss Holloway, a sinister creature reminiscent of <i>Rebecca</i>'s Mrs. Danvers - and any number of characters played by Gale Sondergaard...</span><br /><br /><div class="MsoNormal"><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/Ow1eaETb9ec" width="420"></iframe></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Cornelia Otis Skinner as Miss Holloway</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">This year in tandem with watching <i>The Uninvited</i>, I read the book on which it was based. Irish author Dorothy Macardle's novel was first published in 1942, four years after du Maurier's smashing success, <u>Rebecca</u>, appeared in print and two years after the enormously popular Hitchcock/Selznick 'picturization' was released. It, too, is of the modern gothic genre with roots reaching back to Bronte's <u>Jane Eyre</u>.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgG5j1JbwhG1Whyk2nFJwPFImfzyMOWsnyuIKShgGsEhq3oREaVGFpsqWLJxBhHtwK1XDSXIHFrkpnpkkdg_aRC5AFDwoHr97EfZK6KzoLpvrAOdnIZvZuSeV7-sn8eGuSoP0LdGFfeU1lk/s1600/uninvited+and+eerie+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><br /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Macardle's book is engaging, lively and, though not equal to du Maurier's classic in any sense, it entertainingly transports today's reader to a time, place and world view now several decades gone. Macardle could weave a tale and hold one's attention, telling her spooky story of warring spirits from the first person perspective of the protagonist, Roderick Fitzgerald, a London journalist whose move to the seaside brings with it hair-raising adventure, a new turn in his writing career and new love.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1JP6_f-avQBkD-8cIFS4NDcjzyl0QWZRW2VTuo8eWP6o-WQG1MDpNDJsKSP5LdmjlSppfl86QU1_wnxP4bM-QODeWIB9PhfiWZ9ozA0I5VFNE7dwH6OA88rp2euYVMOFJzK4aK_1n4vy_/s1600/dorothy+macardle.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1JP6_f-avQBkD-8cIFS4NDcjzyl0QWZRW2VTuo8eWP6o-WQG1MDpNDJsKSP5LdmjlSppfl86QU1_wnxP4bM-QODeWIB9PhfiWZ9ozA0I5VFNE7dwH6OA88rp2euYVMOFJzK4aK_1n4vy_/s1600/dorothy+macardle.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Dorothy Macardle</td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Author Dorothy Macardle, I discovered, was involved in far more than writing novels during her 69 years (1889 - 1958). Born in Ireland into a well-heeled brewing family, she taught after graduating from college but was soon involved in political and social activism. She gained an international reputation as an Irish nationalist writer and was an intimate associate of Eamon de Valera, a leader in Ireland's fight for independence and president of country from 1959 to 1973. Macardle is best known today for her historical opus, the nearly 1,000 page <u>The Irish Republic</u>, an account of Ireland's struggle for freedom between 1916 and 1923. Quite amazing that the woman could also write a plausible ghost story in her spare time...</span></span><br /><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"></div><br /><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">The adaptation from novel to screen is largely faithful. The book is peopled by a greater variety of characters and the back story of each principal is more detailed. On screen, the haunted mansion's name changed from 'Cliff's End' to 'Windward House,' Roderick Fitzgerald is referred to as 'Rick' rather than 'Rod' and Miss Holloway's role is expanded. Fitzgerald's profession was changed from writer to composer - perhaps in order to ease giving Victor Young's "Stella by Starlight" its center-stage moment in the film.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Young's theme for <i>The Uninvited</i> enhances the film's romantic and mysterious story. By comparison, Franz Waxman's score for <i>Rebecca</i>, though also dramatic and powerful, seems to me, at times, overwhelming. I knew Bernard Herrmann had, when he was with CBS Radio, scored an earlier radio presentation of <i>Rebecca </i>and I found this intriguing given his later association with Hitchcock.</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> In December 1938 Orson Welles' <i>Campbell Playhouse </i>(formerly the <i>Mercury Theatre on the Air</i>) premiered and featured the first radio adaptation of <i>Rebecca</i>; it starred Margaret Sullavan as the second Mrs. de Winter, Welles as Maxim de Winter and Mildred Natwick as Mrs Danvers. Bernard Herrmann provided the score:</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/GU__UqhFxw4" width="420"></iframe></div><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">In the end, the music Herrmann scored for <i>Rebecca </i>eventually made its way to the screen; much of it was used in <i>Jane Eyre</i> (1943<i>) </i>starring Orson Welles and Joan Fontaine.</span><br /><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgByIvTf6IL3nqBRw2XDAGGLrxEp-0MqzyVOSJuqcVPhkENJnqyJ53LSGWZ184xlZ-ILQTVbYwpFxJAomDjnn15tMmXMpua91xHT_xZt5ZPZd9iUCCuMscgAc0VH4v-73veOHfFJK1YOrw2/s1600/gail+russell.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgByIvTf6IL3nqBRw2XDAGGLrxEp-0MqzyVOSJuqcVPhkENJnqyJ53LSGWZ184xlZ-ILQTVbYwpFxJAomDjnn15tMmXMpua91xHT_xZt5ZPZd9iUCCuMscgAc0VH4v-73veOHfFJK1YOrw2/s200/gail+russell.jpg" width="164" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Gail Russell</td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">19-year-old Gail Russell, in her screen debut </span><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">as Stella Meredith, is another high point in <i>The Uninvited</i>. Fresh-faced, with dark, tousled hair and long, thick lashes, Russell projects a fetching mixture of fragility and intensity as a young girl faced with a deadly threat just as she experiences first love. Russell followed <i>The Uninvited </i>with a role in <i>Our Hearts Were Young and Gay</i> - coincidentally, she portrayed Cornelia Otis Skinner in the film (she played Skinner again in <i>Our Hearts Were Growing Up</i>). In 1945 Russell was cast in a quasi-sequel to <i>The Uninvited </i>called <i>The Unseen</i> (with Joel McCrea), and she made a number of films co-starring with John Wayne, who befriended her when they made <i>Angel and the Badman </i>in 1947. But Russell's life and career were blighted by serious personal demons. A beautiful teenager who'd been embarrassed by the nickname "The Hedy Lamarr of Santa Monica High," she had long suffered from crippling shyness. When Paramount Pictures came calling she agreed to pursue a movie career; her mother had insisted, the family needed money.  Russell</span><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> developed a habit early on of drinking before she faced the cameras - it helped steady her nerves</span><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">. This habit developed into a deadly addiction that shortened her life; she died in 1961 at age 36.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">The characters of Stella Meredith in <i>The Uninvited </i>and <i>Rebecca</i>'s second Mrs. de Winter are fairly similar - both are young, inexperienced and in need of  protection and guidance. But one character evolves more than the other. Throughout <i>The Uninvited</i>, Stella remains a maiden in need of rescue by older, wiser Roderick Fitzgerald. In <i>Rebecca</i>, the second Mrs. de Winter begins as an awkward, coltish young lady utterly intimidated by all that her new status as bride of an aristocrat brings. But when Maxim de Winter confesses his role in Rebecca's death and reveals his vulnerability, her transformation into a more confident, assured woman begins. Fontaine's portrayal of this maturing is seamless.</span><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNy4tu5RO4fx93ddtDfAYMbRMugP4_94b5alb8jnOtWB4AfBTqDJ5AJgaiS5khnu-m7uaxmXZ1HiZswpnKGxT9Q8lUWNne8mhKQaqJHpEBvMrGeimjy4XjKcf5JiqbIcfy3zn6gdaYpyZy/s1600/joan+fontaine.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="193" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNy4tu5RO4fx93ddtDfAYMbRMugP4_94b5alb8jnOtWB4AfBTqDJ5AJgaiS5khnu-m7uaxmXZ1HiZswpnKGxT9Q8lUWNne8mhKQaqJHpEBvMrGeimjy4XjKcf5JiqbIcfy3zn6gdaYpyZy/s200/joan+fontaine.jpg" width="200" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Joan Fontaine as the second Mrs. de Winter</td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Joan Fontaine, who became a star with <i>Rebecca</i>, enjoyed continued success. Cast again by Hitchcock in 1941's <i>Suspicion</i>, with Cary Grant, she won a Best Actress Oscar for her performance. Other noteworthy films include <i>Jane Eyre</i> in 1943 with Orson Welles and Max Ophuls' stunning <a href="http://eves-reel-life.blogspot.com/2010/11/max-ophuls-letter-from-unknown-woman.html" style="color: #990000;"><i>Letter From an Unknown Woman </i></a>(1948). She continued to work in film and on TV until the mid-1990s and just recently celebrated her 94th birthday; she and her older sister Olivia de Havilland, however, remain estranged...</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">My meanderings through <i>Rebecca </i>and <i>The Uninvited </i>on page and screen began as I sought enjoyable ways to spend the crisp, dark evenings that come with the late months of the year. This quest brought several cozy nights charged with chills, thrills and romance and now I'm tempted to continue...perhaps with another foray into the realm of the gothic  -  once defined as the Cinderella story gone very wrong...</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">In the meantime, I've been trying out different hot drink confections to help fend off the chill. My latest experiments involve a <i>healthier</i> cocoa mix called 'WonderCocoa' and a new twist on the hot toddy called 'The Laureate.' <a href="http://evesreellife.wordpress.com/2011/11/08/something-warm-to-drink-on-a-cold-dark-night/" style="color: #990000;">Click here </a><u></u>for ideas on what to sip to stay warm on a cold, dark night...</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><i></i> </span><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> </span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXE92X596NryYmPGGlzQf77k9Bt5MRg-nnuRUXxOdw-tzGwie_TLjNBaT-U7xQpyJ7SB5fMaR5-66OhoQZhltdl5PdK1cRT9bf32PYj893vYMc49foVyRPP2Hy9XDXYbL9mAc_cgOGTfY9/s1600/cat+by+the+fire.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="316" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXE92X596NryYmPGGlzQf77k9Bt5MRg-nnuRUXxOdw-tzGwie_TLjNBaT-U7xQpyJ7SB5fMaR5-66OhoQZhltdl5PdK1cRT9bf32PYj893vYMc49foVyRPP2Hy9XDXYbL9mAc_cgOGTfY9/s400/cat+by+the+fire.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>

Cornelia Otis Skinner Daphne du Maurier Donald Crisp Dorothy Macardle Gail Russell Joan Fontaine Ray Milland Rebecca Ruth Hussey The Lady Eve (author) The Uninvited Victor Young A Chill in the Air - Part II

For a few years now, Turner Classic Movies has traditionally aired The Uninvited (1944) during Halloween season. A gothic mystery/romance wi...

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A HEMISFERIO SUR HISTORIA DE ÉXITO HETERODOXOS

<div class="MsoNormal"><h3 class="post-title entry-title" style="text-align: center;">  <span style="font-size: x-small;">Spanish version of: </span></h3><h3 class="post-title entry-title" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">A Southern Hemisphere Heterodox Success Story posted 8th of November</span></h3><span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://news-these-days.blogspot.com/2011/11/southern-hemisphere-heterodox-success.html"></a></span><br /><h3 class="post-title entry-title"></h3><div class="post-header"></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><br /></b></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span class="hps"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="ES" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">LECCIÓN</span></b></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="ES" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> <span class="hps">ARGENTINA</span> DE <span class="hps">ECONOMÍA PARA EUROPA</span></span></b><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="hps"><span lang="ES" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Al contrario de</span></span><span lang="ES" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> los <span class="hps">medios de comunicación argentinos,</span> <span class="hps">los medios de comunicación</span> <span class="hps">extranjeros</span> pintan <span class="hps">un panorama</span> <span class="hps">un tanto diferente</span> <span class="hps">de la situación</span> <span class="hps">eco-</span>política del país. <span class="hps">De hecho,</span> <span class="hps">la recuperación de Argentina</span> <span class="hps">tras su</span> <span class="hps">default</span> <span class="hps">se toma con frecuencia</span> <span class="hps">como</span> <span class="hps">ejemplo de cómo</span> <span class="hps">Europa</span>, en cierta medida, <span class="hps">podría</span> <span class="hps">superar su crisis económica</span>. <span class="hps">En</span> <span class="hps">la parte de habla</span> <span class="hps">alemana de</span> <span class="hps">Europa, muchos</span> shows de TV e<span class="hps">co</span>-politicos<span class="hps"> muestran</span> como <span class="hps">cada vez más</span> hay mas <span class="hps">políticos</span> <span class="hps">interesados </span> <span class="hps">en la recuperación de</span> <span class="hps">los argentinos</span> <span class="hps">y el crecimiento económico</span> <span class="hps">a pesar de que</span> <span class="hps">no se adhirió</span> <span class="hps">al Fondo Monetario Internacional</span>, <span class="hps">Banco Mundial</span> <span class="hps">y las doctrinas</span> <span class="hps">de Wall Street</span>, desafiando así a los <span class="hps">"</span>eurócratas" <span class="hps">a seguir su ejemplo</span>.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBAa3kUEbUuBshKJm2LzucaIBnQyi0WimxQ2os7UmtoOmg6naXWH5cIBVVvqJeASXjL60VK33v0cZ3yya0P6ePxUH09HbmkaBeoIrVnP8P5HBuAy7DTUH0dSgn9xTDY5yp81bLG0xJM8FI/s1600/EU-Economy-Stagnates.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBAa3kUEbUuBshKJm2LzucaIBnQyi0WimxQ2os7UmtoOmg6naXWH5cIBVVvqJeASXjL60VK33v0cZ3yya0P6ePxUH09HbmkaBeoIrVnP8P5HBuAy7DTUH0dSgn9xTDY5yp81bLG0xJM8FI/s1600/EU-Economy-Stagnates.jpg" /></a></div><span lang="ES" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Dado que el crecimiento en la Argentina continuó, los críticos en el Financial Times y el Wall Street Journal afirmaron que terminaría una vez que la  "capacidad no utilizada se agote". En lugar de agotarse el crecimiento de las ganancias finació la expansión del mercado interno y la capacidad de crear nuevas oportunidades para el crecimiento, sobre todo a nuevos mercados en Asia y Brasil.</span><span lang="ES-AR" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="hps"><span lang="ES" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Contrariamente</span></span><span lang="ES" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> <span class="hps">a la tesis</span> <span class="hps">proclamada por</span> <span class="hps">los expertos económicos</span>, la Argentina <span class="hps">todavía tiene</span> <span class="hps">una gran cantidad de</span> <span class="hps">fondos disponibles</span> <span class="hps">y por lo tanto</span> <span class="hps">no está</span> <span class="hps">en peligro inminente</span> <span class="hps">de caer en</span> <span class="hps">problemas financieros.</span> <span class="hps">Argentina</span> <span class="hps">todavía</span> <span class="hps">se nutre de sus</span> <span class="hps">exportaciones</span> <span class="hps">de cultivos</span> <span class="hps">favorables.</span> <span class="hps">Incluso si los precios</span> <span class="hps">de la soja</span> <span class="hps">han bajado,</span> <span class="hps">la población</span> <span class="hps">cada vez mayor</span> <span class="hps">en todo el mundo</span> <span class="hps">aumenta la necesidad de</span> <span class="hps">alimentar a la gente</span>. <span class="hps">Por lo tanto</span> <span class="hps">el suministro de</span> <span class="hps">productos alimenticios</span> <span class="hps">no</span> <span class="hps">va a disminuir</span>, aunque <span class="hps">los especuladores</span> <span class="hps">manipular</span> <span class="hps">las tendencias de precios</span>.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="hps"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="ES" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">ARGENTINA</span></b></span><span class="shorttext"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="ES" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></b></span><span class="hps"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="ES" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">CONFUNDÍO A LOS</span></b></span><span class="shorttext"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="ES" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></b></span><span class="hps"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="ES" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">PRESTIGIOSOS ECONOMISTAS</span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="hps"><span lang="ES" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">La experiencia argentina</span></span><span lang="ES" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> <span class="hps">va en contra de</span> <span class="hps">todos los preceptos de</span> <span class="hps">los organismos financieros internacionales</span> <span class="hps">(FMI</span>, Banco Mundial), <span class="hps">sus patrocinadores políticos</span> <span class="hps">y publicistas</span> <span class="hps">en la prensa financiera</span>. <span class="hps">Desde el primer año</span> <span class="hps">(2003) de</span> <span class="hps">la recuperación de Argentina</span> <span class="hps">hasta la actualidad,</span> <span class="hps">los expertos económicos</span> <span class="hps">han</span> <span class="hps">"</span>predicho" <span class="hps">que su crecimiento</span> <span class="hps">no era "</span>sostenible" <span class="hps">-</span> <span class="hps">ha continuado</span> <span class="hps">con firmeza</span> <span class="hps">desde hace más de</span> <span class="hps">una década.</span> <span class="hps">Los escritores</span> <span class="hps">financieros anunciaron que el default</span> llevaría <span class="hps">a la Argentina</span> <span class="hps">a ser excluida</span> <span class="hps">de los mercados financieros</span> <span class="hps">y que su economía</span> <span class="hps">se vendría abajo</span>. <span class="hps">Argentina</span> <span class="hps">se basó</span> <span class="hps">en la auto-</span>financiación basado en <span class="hps">los ingresos de exportación</span> <span class="hps">y reactivación</span> <span class="hps">de la economía nacional</span> <span class="hps">y confundía a los</span> <span class="hps">economistas</span> <span class="hps">de prestigio.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="hps"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="ES" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">LA ALTERNATIVA ARGENTINA</span></b></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="ES" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> <span class="hps">A LA POBREZA</span> <span class="hps">Y LOS RESCATES</span></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span lang="ES" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Incluso tan tarde como 25 de octubre 2011, los columnistas del Financial Times todavía hablan sobre "la crisis que viene" a la manera de fundamentalistas mesiánicos que predicen el apocalipsis. Insisten en "alta inflación", "programas insostenibles social", "sobrevaluación de la moneda", y más predicciones del "fin de la prosperidad". Todas estas advertencias se producen en la cara del continuo crecimiento de 8% en 2011. Los escritores Anglo-Americanos  financiera deben centrarse en la caída de sus regímenes de libre mercado en Europa y América del Norte en vez de denigrar a una experiencia económica de la que puedan aprender.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="hps"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="ES" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">ARGENTINA</span></b></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="ES" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> <span class="hps">NO ES TOTALMENTE DEPENDIENTE</span> <span class="hps">DE LAS EXPORTACIONES PRIMARIAS</span></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="hps"><span lang="ES" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Refutando a los críticos de</span></span><span lang="ES" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> <span class="hps">Wall Street</span>, <span class="hps">Mark Weisbrot</span> <span class="hps">y su</span> <span class="hps">punto de salida</span> <span class="hps">asociados</span> <span class="hps">("</span>La historia del éxito <span class="hps">Argentina"</span>, <span class="hps">Centro de</span> <span class="hps">Investigaciones Económicas y Políticas</span>, <span class="hps">octubre 2011</span>) <span class="hps">que</span> <span class="hps">el crecimiento de Argentina</span> <span class="hps">se basó en</span> <span class="hps">la expansión del consumo</span> <span class="hps">interno, aumento</span> de <span class="hps">las exportaciones de manufacturas</span> <span class="hps">a</span> <span class="hps">socios comerciales regionales</span>, así como a <span class="hps">tradicionales</span> <span class="hps">exportaciones agro-minerales</span> <span class="hps">a</span> <span class="hps">Asia.</span> <span class="hps">En otras palabras,</span> <span class="hps">la Argentina no</span> <span class="hps">es totalmente dependiente</span> <span class="hps">de las exportaciones primarias</span>, sino que tiene <span class="hps">un intercambio comercial equilibrado</span> <span class="hps">y no es</span> <span class="hps">más</span> <span class="hps">dependiente de los precios</span> <span class="hps">de los productos básicos</span>. <span class="hps">En</span> <span class="hps">lo que respecta a</span> <span class="hps">la alta inflación</span>, <span class="hps">Weisbrot</span> <span class="hps">señala que "</span>la inflación <span class="hps">puede ser alta</span> <span class="hps">en la Argentina</span>, pero es <span class="hps">el crecimiento real y</span> <span class="hps">la distribución del ingreso</span> lo que importa <span class="hps">en relación con</span> <span class="hps">el bienestar</span> <span class="hps">de la inmensa mayoría</span> <span class="hps">de la población</span>".</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="hps"><span lang="ES" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Argentina creó</span></span><span lang="ES" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> <span class="hps">un estado más</span> <span class="hps">acomodaticia</span> <span class="hps">a su proyecto político</span> <span class="hps">de la financiación de</span> <span class="hps">la competitividad económica,</span> <span class="hps">nuevos mercados y</span> <span class="hps">programas sociales.</span> <span class="hps">Argentina</span> <span class="hps">aseguró</span> <span class="hps">que el sector bancario</span> <span class="hps">financió el crecimiento</span> <span class="hps">del sector exportador</span>, las manufacturas <span class="hps">y el consumo interno</span>. <span class="hps">Argentina impuso un</span> <span class="hps">75%</span> <span class="hps">"recorte"</span> <span class="hps">de</span> <span class="hps">los tenedores de bonos</span> <span class="hps">para</span> <span class="hps">financiar el gasto</span> <span class="hps">social.</span></span><br /><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" frameborder="0" height="266" mozallowfullscreen="mozallowfullscreen" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/xyNUzqlDNeA?feature=player_embedded" webkitallowfullscreen="webkitallowfullscreen" width="320"></iframe></div><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="hps"><span lang="ES" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">En Argentina, las</span></span><span lang="ES" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> <span class="hps">catástrofes económicas</span> <span class="hps">siempre</span> ha dado a  <span class="hps">los argentinos</span> <span class="hps">la oportunidad de</span> <span class="hps">llevar a cabo</span> <span class="hps">un cambio básico</span> <span class="hps">del saqueo</span> <span class="hps">especulativo</span> <span class="hps">de</span> <span class="hps">los programas sociales</span> <span class="hps">y el crecimiento</span> <span class="hps">económico sostenido.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="hps"><span lang="ES" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">El gobierno</span></span><span lang="ES" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> <span class="hps">actual es un reflejo</span> <span class="hps">de su éxito en</span> <span class="hps">la creación de un</span> <span class="hps">estado "normal"</span> <span class="hps">del bienestar capitalista</span>. <span class="hps">Después de 30</span> <span class="hps">años de que</span> <span class="hps">EE.UU. respaldara a los depredadores</span> <span class="hps">regímenes neo-liberales</span>, este movimiento <span class="hps">estimula</span> <span class="hps">un cambio positivo</span> <span class="hps">grande.</span> <span class="hps">Desde</span> <span class="hps">1983 a</span> <span class="hps">1989 Argentina</span> <span class="hps">sufrió</span> <span class="hps">bajo un régimen</span> <span class="hps">neo-</span><span class="atn">liberal (</span>Raúl Alfonsín) <span class="hps">que no pudo</span> <span class="hps">lidiar con</span> <span class="hps">el legado</span> <span class="hps">dictatorial</span> <span class="hps">y que</span> <span class="hps">presidió</span> <span class="hps">una</span> <span class="hps">hiperinflación de tres dígitos.</span> <span class="hps">Desde</span> <span class="hps">1989 - 1999</span> <span class="hps">bajo la presidencia de</span> <span class="hps">Carlos</span> <span class="hps">Menem</span> <span class="hps">Argentina</span> <span class="hps">fue testigo de</span> <span class="hps">la mayor</span> <span class="hps">venta masiva</span> <span class="hps">de sus empresas</span> <span class="hps">públicas</span> <span class="hps">más rentables</span>, los recursos naturales <span class="hps">(petróleo</span> <span class="hps">incluido)</span>, <span class="hps">los bancos</span>, las carreteras, <span class="hps">a los inversionistas extranjeros</span> <span class="hps">y compinches</span> <span class="hps">cleptocrático</span> <span class="hps">a precios de ganga</span>.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="hps"><span lang="ES" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Por último</span></span><span lang="ES" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">, <span class="hps">Fernando de la Rúa</span> <span class="hps">(2000 - 2001)</span>, <span class="hps">prometió el cambio</span> <span class="hps">y procedió</span> <span class="hps">a profundizar la recesión</span> <span class="hps">que llevó a la</span> <span class="hps">caída</span> <span class="hps">catastrófica de</span> <span class="hps">final de</span> <span class="hps">diciembre de 2001 y</span> <span class="hps">el</span> <span class="hps">cierre de los bancos</span>, la quiebra de <span class="hps">10.000 empresas</span> <span class="hps">y</span> <span class="hps">la caída de la</span> <span class="hps">la economía</span>.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span lang="ES" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">En este contexto de fracaso total y absoluto y el desastre humano de los EE.UU. - el FMI promovió "libre mercado" las políticas, Kirchner / Fernández de pagar la deuda externa, re-nacionalización de varias empresas privatizadas y los fondos de pensiones, intervino los bancos y se duplicó el gasto social, una mayor inversión pública en la producción y el aumento del consumo popular, en el camino hacia la recuperación económica. A finales de 2003 Argentina pasó de negativo a 8% de crecimiento.</span><span lang="ES-AR" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="hps"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="ES" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">DERECHOS HUMANOS,</span></b></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="ES" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> <span class="hps">PROGRAMAS SOCIALES Y</span> <span class="hps">POLÍTICA ECONÓMICA EXTERIOR</span> <span class="hps">INDEPENDIENTE</span></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span lang="ES" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">La economía de Argentina ha crecido más del 90% desde 2003 hasta 2011, más de tres veces que la de los Estados Unidos. Su recuperación ha sido acompañada por una triplicación del gasto social, especialmente en los programas de reducción de la pobreza. El porcentaje de pobres argentinos se ha reducido de más del 50% en 2001 a menos del 15% en 2011. A diferencia de EE.UU donde  la pobreza ha aumentado en la misma década del 12% al 17% y está en una trayectoria ascendente durante el mismo período.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span lang="ES" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Los EE.UU. se ha convertido en el país con las mayores desigualdades en la OCDE donde un 1% controla el 40% de la riqueza del país, (frente al 30% en menos de una década). Por el contrario, las desigualdades de la Argentina han reducido a la mitad. La economía de EE.UU. no ha logrado recuperarse de la profunda recesión de 2008-2009, durante el cual se redujo en más del 8%. A diferencia de Argentina se redujo a menos de 1% en 2009, y ha estado creciendo a un saludable 8% (2010-2011). Argentina ha nacionalizado los fondos de pensiones, duplicó las pensiones básicas y presentó un programa de bienestar infantil universal a la lucha contra la malnutrición y garantía de la asistencia a la escuela.</span><span lang="ES-AR" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span lang="ES" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">En contraste con el 20% de los niños que en los EE.UU. están sufriendo de la mala alimentación, las tasas de abandono escolares van en aumento en los adolescentes y la desnutrición afecta a más del 25% de los niños de las minorías. En Argentina el ingreso de los trabajadores asalariados ha aumentado en más del 50% durante la década en términos reales, mientras que en los EE.UU. han disminuido en casi un 10%.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span lang="ES" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><br />Dinámica de crecimiento del PIB de Argentina ha sido impulsado por el creciente del consumo interno y los ingresos de exportación dinámica. Argentina tiene un superávit comercial grande consistentes con la base de los precios favorables del mercado y mayor competitividad. En cambio el consumo interno se ha estancado en los EE.UU., el déficit comercial es cercano a los $ 1,5 billones de dólares y los ingresos se malgastan en gastos no productivos militar de más de $ 900 millones al año.</span><span lang="ES-AR" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="hps"><span lang="ES" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Lea</span></span><span lang="ES" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"> <span class="hps">también los artículos</span> <span class="hps">relacionados</span> <span class="hps">a</span> <span class="hps">historia heterodoxa</span> <span class="hps">de éxito económico de los ciudadanos argentinos</span></span><br /><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="http://www.cepr.net/index.php/publications/reports/the-argentine-success-story-and-its-implications">http://www.cepr.net/index.php/publications/reports/the-argentine-success-story-and-its-implications</a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="http://www.accuracy.org/?s=argentine+success&submit.x=15&submit.y=9">http://www.accuracy.org/?s=argentine+success&submit.x=15&submit.y=9</a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_1731534453">http://issuu.com/washdiplomat/docs/diplomat.november2011</a></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br /><br /><span class="hps"><span lang="ES" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Extractos</span></span><span lang="ES" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> <span class="hps">del artículo</span> <span class="hps">anterior</span> <span class="hps">han sido adaptados</span> <span class="hps">por el Prof.</span> <span class="hps">James Petras</span> <span class="hps">artículo:</span> <span class="hps">"La Argentina</span> <span class="hps">de las crisis</span> <span class="hps">de</span> <span class="hps">crecimiento dinámico</span>"</span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="ES-AR" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"></span></b></div>

A HEMISFERIO SUR HISTORIA DE ÉXITO HETERODOXOS

  Spanish version of:  A Southern Hemisphere Heterodox Success Story posted 8th of November LECCIÓN ARGENTINA DE ECONOMÍA PARA EUROPA Al c...

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Greece

<div class="MsoNormal"><b>How convenient </b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4JHhs2Vl9IOptV-VyIDP9xHZOksoFeJAm3y2bqvBGFKHNkmVZwESk7EooVu0seAa5RcHQOGoORiep1-Gqwgf1BZ-0T7DAn9akCkB9hvhAVOALdw7446d8sjv38e6TDQmrT2MQcqicODUW/s1600/sarkozy-merkel-greece-bailout-deal.preview.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="st">Former Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou </span>had the courage to stand up against the “establishment”, invoking democracy via a popular referendum on Euro zone bailout, but was viciously reprimanded by the entire Euro Zone Technocrats, for Merkoyz (Merkel and Sarkozy) could not allow Greece to oppose the bailout Merkoyz (<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">a term created by Pepe Escoba, a journalist from Asian Times</i>) and their Franco – German banks intend to impose on Greece. </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">Should Papandreou go ahead with the referendum, Greece was threatened to be expelled from the EU, which de facto results in blackmailing Greece into submission, for who cares about the Greek people living under a de facto protectorate and losing over 50% of their standard of living, so foreign banks can be repaid? Who cares about Greece still buried under an - unsustainable - debt of 120% of their gross domestic product still by 2021?</div><div class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTPHfuxj9Xi1_TpGH4Z9qYDRL_n1rsNEfwC-PU0jeqN30Mj_sAt0_Txcbs8uPn8elcv3rKam3ww5WBuLFHB96sbZtI_xZDX0kuTDrke8II0MZdFrlPiCdjDgsQnPTDvIp2u2-K7BShJ_LB/s1600/saupload_100406_greece_bailout.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"></a>So in the end Papandreou had to give in to the bureaucratic vultures at the European Commission, reject the popular referendum and resign in order for the financial establishment to push for “one of their own” to take over the reins in Greece, namely former deputy head of the European Central Bank, Lucas Papademos. How convenient? Now the “banksters” interests are protected and the banks can be bailed out. Where are we heading in Europe?</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Feeling the pulse of the People</b></div><div class="MsoNormal">Below are some comments made by “common people” from the German speaking part of Europe regarding the apparent appointment of former deputy head of the European Central Bank, Lucas Papademos as next Prime Minister of Greece.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="hps"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN">……..Former</span></i></span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN"> <span class="hps">IMF staff</span>, former <span class="hps">ECB staff</span>, former staff member <span class="hps">of the Boston</span> <span class="hps">Fed,</span> <span class="hps">a member of</span> <span class="hps">the</span> <span class="hps">"</span>Trilateral <span class="hps">Commission</span>" <span class="hps">- a perfect</span> <span class="hps">Globalist pack</span>. <span class="hps">World Government</span> <span class="hps">FTW………</span></span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="hps"><i><span lang="EN">Not even a protest from Papandreou helps</span></i></span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN">: <span class="hps">state and people</span> <span class="hps">are</span> <span class="hps">disempowered</span>. <span class="hps">Solely</span> <span class="hps">the banksters</span> <span class="hps">are</span> <span class="hps">now</span> <span class="hps">calling the shots</span>. <span class="hps">This is a</span> <span class="hps">very</span> <span class="hps">worrying development</span> away from<span class="hps"> democracy!</span></span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="hps"><i><span lang="EN">In that case even Samaras </span></i></span><span class="hps"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN"> is better</span></i></span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN"> <span class="hps">as</span> <span class="hps">prime minister</span> <span class="hps">than this</span> <span class="hps">puppet</span> Papademos who is another marionette of the<span class="hps"> IMF</span></span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="hps"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN">Former</span></i></span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN"> <span class="hps">President</span> of <span class="hps">the</span> <span class="hps">ECB ...</span> <span class="hps">this indicates how “public friendly:” he will govern.</span> <span class="hps">Usually</span> <span class="hps">it's</span> <span class="hps">vice</span> <span class="hps">versa</span>, <span class="hps">policy-makers first</span> <span class="hps">serve</span> <span class="hps">a bank (Merkel for Deutsche Bank</span>) <span class="hps">and</span> <span class="hps">then change</span> into<span class="hps"> the bank.</span> <span class="hps">Here</span> <span class="hps">we</span> <span class="hps">have a</span> <span class="hps">banker, who</span> <span class="hps">goes</span> <span class="hps">into politics, what interest will he defend, those</span> <span class="hps">of</span> <span class="hps">banks</span> <span class="hps">or</span> those of <span class="hps">the people??</span> You don’t need to be a rocket scientist to know the answer, <span class="hps">and</span> <span class="hps">we</span> <span class="hps">put up with</span> <span class="hps">all</span> this!!! It’s pure <span class="hps">Madness</span>. <span class="hps">We can</span> <span class="hps">already</span> prepare ourselves for <span class="hps">record</span> <span class="hps">payments to Greece</span> <span class="hps">and</span> <span class="hps">finally</span> <span class="hps">write off</span> <span class="hps">our education</span> <span class="hps">system</span> <span class="hps">due to</span> <span class="hps">lack of money</span> <span class="hps">for</span> <span class="hps">interest payments to the</span> <span class="hps">German bank. </span></span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="hps"><i><span lang="EN">In regards to last comment see related links: </span></i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 1;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 1;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 1;"><b><span lang="DE-AT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><br /><span class="hps"></span></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" frameborder="0" height="266" mozallowfullscreen="mozallowfullscreen" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/fjzWwnvOHJA?feature=player_embedded" webkitallowfullscreen="webkitallowfullscreen" width="320"></iframe></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="hps"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fjzWwnvOHJA&feature=player_embedded"><span lang="DE-AT"><br /></span></a></span></i></span><span class="hps"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="DE-AT"></span></i></span></div><h3><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">Banking institutions are more dangerous than standing armies</span></h3><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Dateline Greece: Goldman, Just Pay Up</span></b><span class="hps"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"></span></i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="hps"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="DE-AT"><a href="http://news-these-days.blogspot.com/2011/10/banking-institutions-are-more-dangerous.html"><span lang="EN-US">http://news-these-days.blogspot.com/2011/10/banking-institutions-are-more-dangerous.html</span></a></span></i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div>

Greece

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unpainted arizona

I'm a sucker for a good estate sale. Saturday mornings I'm granted a few hours to run away, thanks husband, and quietly walk thru people's homes and look thru their stuff. Totally normal and not the least bit freaky, right? Not only can you find great stuff (sometimes) but the people watching is just...wow.<br /><br />My expectations are always low so I'm giddy when I find something. Nothing I'm taking to the Antique Roadshow, but some fun stuff.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj69OXbY4UrBGhT-8RjWljBkbKjXzVWUK7dXB258t9OER1Om2HztY0f3yn430JtXIc8HSI6_8vYaSpwtzoRHxsThRacOXfdgDnusebj_1eap0fDBxY7ckcaTYHI5pLRp_Dhs1wQaoDY71pt/s1600/PB080838.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj69OXbY4UrBGhT-8RjWljBkbKjXzVWUK7dXB258t9OER1Om2HztY0f3yn430JtXIc8HSI6_8vYaSpwtzoRHxsThRacOXfdgDnusebj_1eap0fDBxY7ckcaTYHI5pLRp_Dhs1wQaoDY71pt/s320/PB080838.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br />I've been on the lookout for a side table for the living room that wasn't round, apparently I have a round table fetish, so I was happy to snag this one up for $15. And no, that isn't dust on that table, its someones sad attempt at sanding.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA4ohQ9MRPWjfEYqfzCKmz4KGQIvm96tJDlTQ_EcyBffMT3taJ8dOLoCbGC2lv7phD-j2sBGK7ocSz4RSPpprm3ynjP_WDQEiOIA61i4YIxVhSepCerzy_mjOQgN8ewK0SoL-Jyhq8gE7c/s1600/PB080837.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA4ohQ9MRPWjfEYqfzCKmz4KGQIvm96tJDlTQ_EcyBffMT3taJ8dOLoCbGC2lv7phD-j2sBGK7ocSz4RSPpprm3ynjP_WDQEiOIA61i4YIxVhSepCerzy_mjOQgN8ewK0SoL-Jyhq8gE7c/s320/PB080837.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br />They got a bit further on the top of the table, but luckily for me, they gave up. Since this isn't some fab piece of craftsmanship (I would not be allowed in my parent's home if I painted a 'good' piece of furniture) I'm thinking I might do something fun like this.<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxeBUBo9j0JIu7nSwKJXjXTAgpJdL59Pnh3HvaN90X2gyxnHNvIF8s4dtmRPMOJpoKC_PxMXGSzFdn2Bbt4UbhnXxmvEEDOauN4hCk1WBs9wSlsKAYT07VS65FIBd9WnzSamVkpb04LRI/s1600/IMG_1619.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5518990726379625986" src="http://s3.media.squarespace.com/production/717695/8542295/_OwN4Pij9ra4/TJdk0ySIXgI/AAAAAAAACSc/zEInUlHl43Q/s400/IMG_1619.JPG" style="display: block; height: 300px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Great table top by <a href="http://www.hannahkateflora.com/imported-20101115054656/2010/9/20/street-merch-monday-wip-ba.html" target="_blank">Hannah Kate Flora</a></td></tr></tbody></table>Or maybe this.<br /><span id="1761938319729073564"></span><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhPW2fRRR1fpz3p7lk3_j58ZGAKhc4LeEGmlvTp6adWTDT9XMMOl06rPaJPmWO154AsV_6MOlgOvbt1438duCtNQB2AJCU4HNKNprBnX1Up-OBwUL2S5BFjcNKRmSnQZK5M-pb3cBDTRc5/s640/bedroom-nickolsen4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhPW2fRRR1fpz3p7lk3_j58ZGAKhc4LeEGmlvTp6adWTDT9XMMOl06rPaJPmWO154AsV_6MOlgOvbt1438duCtNQB2AJCU4HNKNprBnX1Up-OBwUL2S5BFjcNKRmSnQZK5M-pb3cBDTRc5/s640/bedroom-nickolsen4.jpg" width="526" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Awesome dresser by <a href="http://nickolsenstyle.blogspot.com/2011/07/house-beautiful-small-spaces.html" target="_blank">Nick Olsen</a><br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table>Or even something like this.<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.sydneybarton.com/2010/08/orange-retro-chest.html" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" target="_blank"><img alt="Pinned Image" id="pinCloseupImage" src="http://d30opm7hsgivgh.cloudfront.net/upload/308697298_mc1QYH30_c.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Via Pinterest</td></tr></tbody></table>I keep you posted on what I decide.<br /><br /><div class="ImgLink" id="PinImage"></div><div>I also scored some great little trays and two Hermes boxes. All for $8. "What cha gonna do with those old boxes?" said the old man when I handed over my money. Good question old man. Good question.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMun59Tg3YJxopC4vh9UDwwHrHVqZpCXJjtbC3G9wtWnaF5kMiSo0xzm536OHTcglfw9CNDc3p_bPJ3T4BiwhTjTf3AcVsPPYRnuGyhRN6oUbzfuoOPN3c04ZdWHCifBizaDQHiPC4tdwv/s1600/PB080843.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMun59Tg3YJxopC4vh9UDwwHrHVqZpCXJjtbC3G9wtWnaF5kMiSo0xzm536OHTcglfw9CNDc3p_bPJ3T4BiwhTjTf3AcVsPPYRnuGyhRN6oUbzfuoOPN3c04ZdWHCifBizaDQHiPC4tdwv/s320/PB080843.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv0yIyOfp6JSZaVu2dcVChF3-jprvLvUyR-NgrJ_VmP5dv0sPqbkbRTj-t-TifCs4D26TGA_W2h1pF7TKt-eOjI9IM4mB16OhJY929tSpEboiBdkR9VMh-UEL5d9Z9y7GaoQ478gwRDUpX/s1600/PB080845.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv0yIyOfp6JSZaVu2dcVChF3-jprvLvUyR-NgrJ_VmP5dv0sPqbkbRTj-t-TifCs4D26TGA_W2h1pF7TKt-eOjI9IM4mB16OhJY929tSpEboiBdkR9VMh-UEL5d9Z9y7GaoQ478gwRDUpX/s320/PB080845.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx2WwaILNm_-8gyvpfbuEJDxP-zTxgbCiGj4_la3K9KdGLeRG4LAoKPjLxJcwn7mAp16ltRVua1RHpmNhG6EV7Klrl3sZnTpwPnuNw0lv7kzgw9Zbs3Jx8VggeQ37yYt9rziTwN9YxkGa1/s1600/PB080846.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx2WwaILNm_-8gyvpfbuEJDxP-zTxgbCiGj4_la3K9KdGLeRG4LAoKPjLxJcwn7mAp16ltRVua1RHpmNhG6EV7Klrl3sZnTpwPnuNw0lv7kzgw9Zbs3Jx8VggeQ37yYt9rziTwN9YxkGa1/s320/PB080846.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div>And a disclaimer regarding the post title. Not a day passes that I don't link at least a dozen thoughts in my head to movies. And I cannot think of painting furniture without thinking of Raising Arizona.  So you will often find references to movies in odd places when talking with me. I can't help it. It is just part of my <strike>problem </strike>charm.<br /><br />So have you had any luck at garage sales lately? Any ideas on good paint color/options for my table? You can't answer me because you are off to rent Raising Arizona at Red Box aren't you? I thought so.</div>

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What Do You Do?

Today's post will be short and sweet.<br /><br />I want to know from you: <br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><b><i>Do you tell people that you're on Weight Watchers? </i></b><i> </i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>(or, insert whatever eating plan you follow)</i> </div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><u>If "Yes"</u>:</div>If you do share your eating plan publicly, why do you choose to do it?  How do people react when you tell them?  Do you feel judged when you tell others that you're trying to eat more healthfully? <br /><br /><u>If "No"</u>: <br />If you don't share it, why do you choose not to share it with others?<br /><br />I would LOVE your feedback on this question!

Weight Loss Weight Watchers What Do You Do?

Today's post will be short and sweet. I want to know from you: Do you tell people that you're on Weight Watchers?   (or, insert what...

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Companies hiring in large volume

<br /><div class="ArticleHeadline" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin-top: -30px;"><div class="hdr_org_bld" style="color: #ff6600; font: normal normal bold 18px/normal arial, helvetica;"><h1 id="articleHeadline" style="color: #ff7700; font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-weight: normal;"><b><span id="cbArticle_lblByLine">Kaitlin Madden, CareerBuilder</span></b></span></h1></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://emj.cbdr.com/artieimages/9r/ar5l0b46yz93bz1lpy9r.gif?time=9/8/2011%2010:51:04%20am" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://emj.cbdr.com/artieimages/9r/ar5l0b46yz93bz1lpy9r.gif?time=9/8/2011%2010:51:04%20am" /></a></div><div class="cbmsnArticleImage">There's an interesting dynamic going on in the job market right now. Despite the fact that millions of people can't find jobs, millions of employers can't seem to find the right employees, either.</div></div><div class="ArticleContent" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">In case you missed it, last week, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that the economy created no jobs in August, and that the unemployment rate held steady at 9.1 percent.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">At the same time, however, the BLS also reported that nearly 2.7 million jobs went unfilled in August, and, according to CareerBuilder's 2011 Q3 hiring forecast, 26 percent of employers report having difficulties filling open positions -- a 4 percent increase over 2010.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">To help close this employment gap, and match job seekers in need of work with companies in need of their services, we've put together a list of employers that are hiring in large volume right now.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">The following 14 companies have a combined total of nearly 10,000 job openings -- and they need employees as badly as you need a job.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><strong>1. <a href="http://www.careerbuilder.com/jobs/company/PNC/" style="color: #3300cc; font-family: Arial; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">PNC</a></strong></div><div style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><strong>Number of jobs available: </strong>1,000+</div><div style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><strong>Types of jobs: </strong>Mortgage loan officer, bank branch manager, software engineer, part-time teller, relationship manager and financial advisor</div><div style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><strong>2. <a href="http://www.careerbuilder.com/jobs/company/AON/" style="color: #3300cc; font-family: Arial; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;">AON</a></strong></div><div style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><strong>Number of jobs available: </strong>1,390+</div><div style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><strong>Types of jobs: </strong>Risk management, insurance brokerage services, benefits outsourcing, human capital consulting and actuarial</div><div style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><strong>3. <a href="http://www.careerbuilder.com/jobs/company/u-haul/" style="color: #3300cc; font-family: Arial; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">U-Haul</a></strong></div><div style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><strong>Number of jobs available:</strong> 1,575+</div><div style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><strong>Types of jobs</strong>: General manager and trainees, shop manager, customer care representative, programmer, web designer, traffic control manager, storage team manager, structural engineer, production manager and transfer driver</div><div style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><strong>4. <a href="http://www.careerbuilder.com/jobs/company/yellowbook/" style="color: #3300cc; font-family: Arial; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Yellowbook</a></strong></div><div style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><strong>Number of jobs available:</strong> 1,000+</div><div style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><strong>Types of jobs</strong>: New media specialist, client service representative, entry-level customer service, finance, it- engineering, developer, programmer, entry-level production and entry-level field distribution management</div><div style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><strong>5. <a href="http://www.careerbuilder.com/jobs/company/comfort+keepers/" style="color: #3300cc; font-family: Arial; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;">Comfort Keepers</a></strong><a href="http://www.careerbuilder.com/jobs/company/comfort+keepers/" style="color: #3300cc; font-family: Arial; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;"></a></div><div style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><strong>Number of jobs available:</strong> 900+</div><div style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><strong>Types of jobs</strong>: Caregiver, home health aide, LPN, personal care aide, registered nurse, community relations and marketing director</div><div style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><strong>6. <a href="http://www.careerbuilder.com/jobs/company/motorola+solutions/" style="color: #3300cc; font-family: Arial; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Motorola Solutions</a></strong></div><div style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><strong>Number of jobs available:</strong> 600+ globally</div><div style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><strong>Types of jobs</strong>: Various IT and engineering roles: product manager, systems engineer, information security specialist and software engineer</div><div style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><strong>7. <a href="http://www.careerbuilder.com/jobs/company/red+ventures/" style="color: #3300cc; font-family: Arial; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Red Ventures</a></strong></div><div style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><strong>Number of jobs available:</strong> 500+</div><div style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><strong>Types of jobs</strong>: Inside sales, web developer, online marketing, sales trainer, corporate recruiter, php developer, sales recruiter, human resources and copywriter</div><div style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><strong>8. <a href="http://www.careerbuilder.com/jobs/company/bridgestone/" style="color: #3300cc; font-family: Arial; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Bridgestone Retail Operations</a></strong></div><div style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><strong>Number of jobs available:</strong> 400+</div><div style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><strong>Types of jobs</strong>: Retail management trainee, retail sales (full-time and part-time), automotive technician (full-time and part-time) and automotive maintenance technician (full-time and part-time)</div><div style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><strong>9. <a href="http://www.careerbuilder.com/jobs/company/earthlink/" style="color: #3300cc; font-family: Arial; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Earthlink</a></strong></div><div style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><strong>Number of jobs available:</strong> 300+</div><div style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><strong>Types of jobs</strong>: Account executive, major account executive, national account executive, system sales, channel sales, sales engineer, field technician, NOC technician and branch manager</div><div style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><strong>10. <a href="http://www.careerbuilder.com/jobs/company/unitek/" style="color: #3300cc; font-family: Arial; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">UniTek Global Services</a></strong><strong></strong></div><div style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><strong>umber of jobs available:</strong> 400+</div><div style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><strong>Types of jobs</strong>: Cable installer, satellite installer and wireless installation project manager and foreman</div><div style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><strong>11. <a href="http://www.careerbuilder.com/jobs/company/certified+payment+processing/" style="color: #3300cc; font-family: Arial; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Certified Payment Processing</a></strong></div><div style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><strong>Number of jobs available:</strong> 400+</div><div style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><strong>Types of jobs</strong>: Outside sales</div><div style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><strong>12. <a href="http://www.careerbuilder.com/jobs/company/pilot+flying+j/" style="color: #3300cc; font-family: Arial; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Pilot Flying J</a></strong></div><div style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><strong>Number of jobs available:</strong> 500+</div><div style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><strong>Types of jobs</strong>: Retail and restaurant managers</div><div style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><strong>13. <a href="http://www.careerbuilder.com/jobs/company/senior+helpers/" style="color: #3300cc; font-family: Arial; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Senior Helpers</a></strong></div><div style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><strong>Number of jobs available:</strong> 400+</div><div style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><strong>Types of jobs: </strong>Certified nursing assistant, caregiver, scheduling coordinator, marketing manager, client services manager, community relations coordinator</div><div style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><strong>14. <a href="http://www.careerbuilder.com/jobs/company/harbor+freight+tools/" style="color: #3300cc; font-family: Arial; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Harbor Freight Tools</a></strong></div><div style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><strong>Number of jobs available:</strong> 500</div><div style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><strong>Types of jobs: </strong>Field positions at all level within our stores, nationwide. Corporate positions in all functions: finance, legal, marketing, sourcing, category management, etc.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">See a job you're interested in? Check out these articles before you submit your application:</div><div style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.careerbuilder.com/Article/CB-2532-Job-Search-Strategies-What-hiring-managers-really-want-to-see/" style="color: #3300cc; font-family: Arial; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">What hiring managers really want to see</a></div><div style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.careerbuilder.com/http://www.careerbuilder.com/Article/CB-2267-Job-Search-Strategies-3-things-that-make-you-irresistible-to-employers/" style="color: #3300cc; font-family: Arial; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">3 things that make you irresistable to employers</a></div><div style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.careerbuilder.com/Article/CB-2379-Resumes-Cover-Letters-10-useless-r%c3%a9sum%c3%a9-words-and-10-eye-catching-ones/" style="color: #3300cc; font-family: Arial; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">10 useless resume words (and 10 eye-catching ones)</a></div><div style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.careerbuilder.com/Article/CB-2415-Job-Search-Strategies-Getting-results-10-strategies-for-job-search-success/" style="color: #3300cc; font-family: Arial; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Getting results: 10 strategies for job search success</a></div></div>

Companies hiring in large volume

Kaitlin Madden, CareerBuilder There's an interesting dynamic going on in the job market right now. Despite the fact that millions of peo...

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A SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE HETERODOX SUCCESS STORY

<div style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="color: blue; font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>ARGENTINE ECONOMY LESSON FOR EUROPE</b></span></div></div><div style="color: yellow; font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="color: black;"><br /></span> </b></span></div><div style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Contrary to Argentine local main stream media, foreign media paint a somewhat different picture of the Eco-political situation of the country. In fact Argentina’s recovery after its default is frequently taken as the example on how Europe, to some extent, could overcome its economic crisis. In the German speaking part of Europe many Eco – political TV shows increasingly show interest in Argentines recovery and economic growth even though it did not adhere to IMF, World Bank and Wall Street doctrines, thus challenging “EUROCRATS” to follow suit. </span></div><div style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">As growth in Argentina continued, the critics in the Financial Times and the Wall Street Journal claimed it would end once “unused capacity was exhausted”. Instead growth earnings financed the expansion of the domestic market and created new capacity for growth, especially to new markets in Asia and Brazil. </span></div><div style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Contrary to thesis proclaimed by economic experts, Argentina still has a substantial amount of funds available and thus is not in immediate danger of running into financial problems. Argentina still draws from its favorable crop exports. Even if prices of soya are down, the ever increasing worldwide population increases the need to feed the people. Thus supply of food commodities will not subside, even if speculators manipulate price trends. </span></div><div style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: blue; font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>ARGENTINA CONFOUNDED THE PRESTIGIOUS ECONOMISTS </b></span></div><div style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">The Argentine experience goes counter to all the precepts of the international financial agencies (the IMF, World Bank), their political backers, and publicists in the financial press. From the first year (2003) of Argentina’s recovery to the present, the economic experts have “predicted” that its growth was “not sustainable” – it has continued robustly for over a decade. The financial writers claimed the default would lead to Argentina being shut out of financial markets and that its economy would collapse. Argentina relied on self-financing based on export earnings and re-activation of the domestic economy and confounded the prestigious economists.</span></div><div style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: blue; font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>THE ARGENTINE ALTERNATIVE TO BAILOUTS AND POVERTY </b></span></div><div style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Even as late as October 25, 2011, Financial Times columnists still prattle about “the coming crises” in the manner of messianic fundamentalists who predict the pending apocalypse. They harp on “high inflation”, “unsustainable social programs”, “overvalued currency”, and more predictions of “the end of prosperity”. All these dire warnings occur in the face of continued growth of 8% in 2011. Anglo-American financial scribes should focus on the demise of their free market regimes in Europe and North America instead of denigrating an economic experience from which they might learn. </span></div><div style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">(See: Food for Thought, the Anglo – Saxon Quest<a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_1731534439"> </a><a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_1731534439">http://news-these-days.blogspot.com/2011_10_01_archive.html</a><a href="http://news-these-days.blogspot.com/2011_10_01_archive.html%20">)</a></span></div><div style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: blue; font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>ARGENTINA IS NOT TOTALLY DEPENDENT ON PRIMARY EXPORTS</b></span></div><div style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">In refutation of the Wall Street critics, Mark Weisbrot and his associates point out (“The Argentina Success Story”, Center for Economic and Policy Research, Oct. 2011) that Argentina’s growth was based on the expansion of domestic consumption increased manufacturing exports to regional trading partners as well as traditional agro-mineral exports to Asia. In other words Argentina is not totally dependent on primary exports; it has balanced trade and is not over dependent on commodity prices. In regard to high inflation, Weisbrot points out that “inflation may be high in Argentina but it is real growth and income distribution that matter with regard to the well-being of the vast majority of population”. </span></div><div style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><iframe allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" frameborder="0" height="266" mozallowfullscreen="mozallowfullscreen" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/xyNUzqlDNeA?feature=player_embedded" webkitallowfullscreen="webkitallowfullscreen" width="320"></iframe></span></div><div style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Argentina created a state more accommodative to its political project of financing economic competitiveness, new markets and social programs. Argentina ensured that the banking sector financed the growth of the export sector, manufactures and domestic consumption. Argentina imposed a 75% “haircut” on bondholders in order to finance social spending. </span></div><div style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">In Argentina the economic catastrophe provided Argentines with an opportunity to bring about a basic shift from speculative pillage to social programs and sustained economic growth. </span></div><div style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">The current government reflects its success in creating a ‘normal’ capitalist welfare state. After 30 years of US backed predator neo-liberal regimes, this move stimulated great positive change. From 1983to 1989 Argentina’s suffered under a neo-liberal regime (Raul Alfonsin) which failed to deal with the dictatorial legacy and which presided over triple digit hyper-inflation. From 1989 – 1999 under President Carlos Menem Argentina witnessed the biggest sell-off of its most lucrative public firms, natural resources (petrol included), banks, highways, to foreign investors and kleptocratic cronies for bargain basement prices. </span></div><div style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Last but not least, Fernando De la Rua (2000 – 2001), promised change and proceeded to deepen the recession that led to the final catastrophic crash of December 2001 and the closing of the banks, the bankruptcy of 10,000 firms and the collapse of the economy. </span></div><div style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Against this background of total and unmitigated failure and the human disaster of US – IMF promoted “free-market” policies, Kirchner/Fernandez defaulted on the external debt, re-nationalized several privatized firms and the pension funds, intervened the banks and doubled social spending, expanded public investment in production and increased popular consumption, on the road to economic recovery. By the end of 2003 Argentina turned from negative to 8% growth. </span></div><div style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: blue; font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>HUMAN RIGHTS, SOCIAL PROGRAMS AND INDEPENDENT FOREIGN ECONOMIC POLICY</b></span> </div><div style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b> </b> </span></div><div style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Argentina’s economy has grown over 90% from 2003 – 2011, over three times that of the United States. Its recovery has been accompanied by a tripling of social spending, especially on programs reducing poverty. The percentage of poor Argentines has declined from over 50% in 2001 to less than 15% in 2011. In contrast US poverty has risen over the same decade from 12% to 17% and is on an upward trajectory over the same period. </span></div><div style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">The US has become the country with the greatest inequalities in the OECD with 1% controlling 40% of the country’s wealth, (up from 30% in less than a decade). In contrast, Argentina’s inequalities have shrunken by half. The US economy has failed to recover from the deep recession of 2008-2009, during which it declined by over 8%. In contrast Argentina declined less than 1% in 2009, and has been growing at a healthy 8% (2010-2011). Argentina has nationalized pension funds, doubled basic pensions and introduced a universal child welfare program to counter malnutrition and guarantee school attendance. </span></div><div style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">In contrast 20% of children in the US are now suffering from poor diets, drop-out rates are increasing for adolescents and malnutrition affects over 25% of minority children. In Argentina the income of wage and salaried workers has increased over 50% over the decade in real terms, while in the US they have declined by nearly 10%. </span></div><div style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Argentina’s dynamic growth of GNP has been fueled by growing domestic consumption and dynamic export earnings. Argentina has a consistent large trade surplus based on favorable market prices and increased competitiveness. In contrast domestic consumption has stagnated in the US, the trade deficit is close to $1.5 trillion dollars and revenues are wasted on non-productive military expenditures of over $900 billion a year. </span></div><div style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Read also related articles on Argentines heterodox economic success story</span></div><div style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.cepr.net/index.php/publications/reports/the-argentine-success-story-and-its-implications">http://www.cepr.net/index.php/publications/reports/the-argentine-success-story-and-its-implications</a></span></div><div style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.accuracy.org/?s=argentine+success&submit.x=15&submit.y=9">http://www.accuracy.org/?s=argentine+success&submit.x=15&submit.y=9</a></span></div><div style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_1731534453">http://issuu.com/washdiplomat/docs/diplomat.november2011</a></span></div><div style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Extracts of </span><span style="color: yellow; font-size: small;">Prof.</span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"> </span><b style="color: black;">James PETRAS</b> </span>article: “Argentina, from crises to dynamic growth” have been adapted into this article.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div>

A SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE HETERODOX SUCCESS STORY

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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Have you ever considered what it would emotionally feel like to be limited to less than 500 calories of food, while living amongst gluttons? </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">For most, when considering the benefits versus the risks of the hCG protocol, emotional hardship isn’t well thought-out. Instead, the biggest influence when deciding to do the protocol, is potential weight-loss.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">They’re tired of battling with weight, and frustrated with the diet industry’s failure to make a difference. They think, “If what thousands of people proclaim on the Internet is true-- eating such a small amount of food must be worth it.” There’s no hunger, the food is simple, and if the weight is lost as fast as everyone says, how could the protocol be difficult?</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">This mentality is naive. The hCG protocol requires the participant eat 500 calories in food for about a month, and when done correctly, hunger may limit eating to even less. Take a step back and observe this amount of food. Compare it against the backdrop of our normal cultural eating behavior. Notice the difference? Our culture is the most gluttonous and dysfunctional culture with food --in the <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u>Universe</u></i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span>We spend hundreds of billions of dollars on food, </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">and what’s ironic is that we spend billions, <em>trying not to eat it</em>. </span></div><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"></span><em></em><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">The hCG protocol is the extreme opposite.</span>The naivety is in thinking that weight-loss will perpetually motivate us to eat less, even amongst friends, family, and coworkers who eat significantly more. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And to believe that without hunger you’ll be emotionally resilient-- is crazy! </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: left;">How many of you eat without hunger? When you’re bored, when you’re celebrating, when you’re drunk, have the munchies, when you’ve had a difficult day at work, to suppress negative feelings about someone, or to avoid having to talk to strangers in social settings? Anybody who thinks that hunger is why American’s eat too much, needs a reality check.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">If you ask anybody who is obese how often they’re hungry (I’m talking true physical hunger), they will tell you they’re not hungry that often. However, for reasons I’m not going to explain in this blog, their hunger occurs more rapidly than others who have less fat. In general, they’re not hungry for breakfast; they could wait hours and hours before feeling that physical irritation and urgency to eat, and they don’t need as much food to reduce hunger. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">This makes sense, considering the science that has proven the more fat a person has, the higher (exponentially) their blood leptin levels are. Leptin, in the brain, reduces hunger. So it makes sense that if you have more leptin, you’re going to experience hunger less often. But does lack of hunger and weight loss keep you from continually eating with the rest of our gluttonous culture? Probably not. Otherwise the first diet you ever attempted would have worked long term.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">The hCG protocol is not as easy as you think. It requires you eat less than what small children eat, and for over a month. If you live in America, that means you’re going to be constantly surrounded by food commercials, surrounded by restaurants and fast food joints on every corner, and will have invitations to eat all the time-- for any reason.  Our culture is defined by eating and food, so to think any amount of fat loss would completely overhaul your desires to eat is naïve.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Before considering the hCG protocol, take into account the desire and emotional strength you’re going to have to develop to let go of excessive emotional eating. And to keep from gaining fat back, you'll have to let go of emotional eating forever. Are you ready to divorce this gluttonous way of life? Do you really want to let go of food emotionally?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>Are you seeking an intrinsic desire to eat less, whether you lose weight or not? If so, the hCG protocol will change your life. Your body will heal and your relationship with food will too. With freedom from emotional eating as your goal, consider yourself anything but a sissy, and ready to take on the hCG protocol challenge.</span></div>

THE HCG PROTOCOL IS NOT FOR SISSIES

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