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Companies hiring in large volume

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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><b><i><span style="color: red; font-family: Verdana; font-size: medium;"></span></i></b></span><br /><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal arial, helvetica;"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" id="tblContent"><tbody><tr id="trContent"><td align="center" class="cb_style tcContent" id="tcContent" style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><div class="cbArticleWrapper" style="background-color: white; text-align: left; width: 750px;"><div class="cbArticleContentWrapper" style="margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 15px; margin-right: 15px; margin-top: 15px; width: 750px;"><div class="cbArticleRight" style="width: 560px;"><div class="RXart" style="padding-right: 20px;"><div class="ArticleHeadline" style="margin-top: -30px;"><div class="cbmsnArticleImage" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" src="http://emj.cbdr.com/artieimages/9r/ar5l0b46yz93bz1lpy9r.gif?time=9/8/2011%2010:51:04%20am" /></div><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;"><br /></h1></div><b><span id="cbArticle_lblByLine">Kaitlin Madden, CareerBuilder</span></b> </div><br /><div class="ArticleContent"><div style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.theworkbuzz.com/wp-content/uploads/help-wanted-HS1.jpg" style="color: #3300cc; font-family: Arial; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;"></a>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 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></div></div></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table>

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 p...

EU Austerity

5:27 AM Tukiyooo 0

<div class="MsoNormal" style="color: blue; font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>PERMANENT AUSTERITY - DEMOCRACY AT STAKE?</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">On the one hand EU governments implement austerity measures on society to tackle the finance crisis and on the other hand they have no scruple whatsoever to give 700 billion Euro of tax money to the banks without asking taxpayers, thus one has to assume that the <b>entire system has a serious fault</b>. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Are conspiracy theorist right when they claim that the “New World Order” is imminent and that the EU dept crisis is a long-term strategic plan of the Paris Club, the IMF and the World Bank to justify austerity measures which in reality are an excuse to undermine democratic values and set the stage for the New World Order?    Maybe such theory is somewhat farfetched but if one looks closer at the recent developments surrounding the financial crisis and the response of governments and financial institutions of the “free world” one cannot avoid seriously questioning certain moves initiated by these governments and financial entities in order to undermine democratic values.      </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><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/3E-SScSsrhI?feature=player_embedded" webkitallowfullscreen="webkitallowfullscreen" width="320"></iframe></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">The EU’s response to the economic crisis is setting member states on course towards a model of permanent austerity, including widespread attacks on social rights. To prevent any resistance, the model being put forward by the EU aims at minimizing or even totally getting rid of democratic interference. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">(The European) </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">see also: http://www.alternet.org/vision/152606/the_real_reason_why_police_cage_peaceful_protestors/</span></div><div style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>

EU Austerity

PERMANENT AUSTERITY - DEMOCRACY AT STAKE? On the one hand EU governments implement austerity measures on society to tackle the finance crisi...

The Family Of God In Lincoln County, Nevada

5:25 PM Tukiyooo 0

Don’t get me wrong. I love Las Vegas. The sheer surrealism of living here amazes me every day. But sometimes it is just too much. Saturday things had been frenzied in a good way with our booth at the Pure Aloha Festival and Convention preparation going on at the same time. Then there was a barrage of the kind of incoming criticism that just goes with the turf of my curious (double entendre) vocation. But God provides. Saturday afternoon, Linda and I headed out for Pioche. But not so fast there kid. We took the I-15, little knowing it had been narrowed to a single lane for road construction. Trapped. It took forever before we could escape the jam. When we did, we had escaped onto the Las Vegas Strip. Arrrrgh! It was a tortuous odyssey wending our way to the I-95. But eventually we made it. We were sprung!<br /><br />Then it was a lovely drive through the autumn afternoon up the 93, through my beloved Pahranagat Valley, through the Joshua Tree forest, along the pastures, to Pioche, once the wildest town in the Wild Wild West.<br /><br />Dinner at the Silver Café. Then up the hill to Christ Church where Nick had unlocked the lower level and turned on the heat for us to spend the night in the bedroom they keep ready for itinerant preachers and roving prophets. The dog Fichu was beside himself. The steeply sloping back yard of Christ Church is his favorite place on God’s green earth. He did miss the cats that used to live across the street but they had moved on. There we spent a quiet evening, me reading A. N. Wilson’s eloquent biography of the Puritan heretic Milton.<br /><br />Morning brought biscuits and sausage gravy at the Silver Café. A rangy young working man was making sweeping generalizations about the evils of socialism while an older working man was responding with a nuanced analysis of the pros and cons of the President’s Jobs Bill. <br /><br />Back to Church for an early morning vestry meeting. They handled their business expeditiously and informally. As the Treasurer put it “We don’t know Robert.” His rules of order did not impede the good Christian folk of Pioche from getting on with the mission.<br /><br />They had a challenge. The church musician Louie was missing. That is not unusual. He sometimes goes on walk about. To accommodate his wandering ways, they are buying one of those nifty machines that play hymns to support congregational singing, but it isn’t here yet. So they called Norma to drive a few hours down from Ely to provide the musical accompaniment on a xylophone. It was excellent. The gathered assembly of about 20 people sang right along.<br /><br />The road from the 93 down to Pioche is an adopted highway, adopted by Christ Church, as a sign conspicuously announces. Civic responsibility, the Church engaged with society, the Christ light shining in a mountain village. After seeing the sign, Linda and I scanned the roadside for litter intending to stop and pick up any scrap we might find. But Deacon Kathy Hiatt and the laity of Christ Church had beaten us to it. The road was pristine. <br /><br />At the vestry meeting we learned that this little congregation recently gave money to Episcopal Relief and Development to help the tornado victims in Joplin, Missouri. They support a missionary family in Chile. A thank you poster on their wall marks a donation they had made to UNICEF. They voluntarily give money above and beyond their diocesan assessment to support Ministry Development throughout our diocese.<br /><br />Christ Church was founded by the first missionary bishop of Nevada, Ozzie Whittaker, who celebrated the first Pioche Holy Eucharist in a saloon, using the bar for an altar. This congregation was nourished for many years by Deaconess-in-Charge Jenny Hesmark whose biography is now being written by Karen Wilkes of St. Christopher’s, Boulder City. Christ Church was the star of Bishop Wes Frensdorff’s Total Ministry innovations in the 70s. Then they were shaped in the faith by the devoted ministry of their priest, the Rev. Jean Orr. Jean was called to priesthood by this congregation in 1975 – that’s right several years before women’s ordination was allowed in the Episcopal Church. Jean served until she was past 90. It was my privilege just last week at St. Catherine’s, Reno to confirm Jean’s grand-niece, Sophia Bedel.<br /><br />When things get rough, it’s good to find the family of God to take one in and boost one’s hope.

The Family Of God In Lincoln County, Nevada

Don’t get me wrong. I love Las Vegas. The sheer surrealism of living here amazes me every day. But sometimes it is just too much. Saturday t...

Screencasting with Screenr is so easy

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<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br />Today I thought I would experiment with Screenr as a screencasting tool to illustrate some aspects that I want to highlight in a talk I am presenting tomorrow. I normally use Jing, and I will write about Jing at some stage as well.<br /><br />Well first of all I went along to the Screenr website and joined. <br /><br /><div align="left"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVW6MdlAn004V8BhI-2GVpFcwY-u5ZA20O2vfe9MeAF5RJfVcfUBLUTtW3mOOYuMLXlKWctiGK2Dy0JFUTKnK43GkQ3rXRF8nPFcVIwdhgQo1-zNBWu3GXTMq0iZ2q60zCGowtal3LSr0/s1600-h/image%25255B4%25255D.png"><img align="left" alt="image" border="0" height="357" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheEVM6PrCFtmxAXAHnoqUMWe0p4gBVzm-Guk-INmryqbLWJuqPqvUGpaHn5X7F7nyMKJcpjxOtZihWo4AK0FGQnoxtSYdu2bh_1lsk3KL9s4MRV68mbYeaBnq3BwQwg3DOcxzjub_YQn0/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-width: 0px; display: inline; float: left; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="391" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />There was a video giving instructions right there and so I watched it.  In fact click on the picture below and you will be taken to the instruction video<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.screenr.com/"><img border="0" height="248" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilvumABBd5OBtQlAR04isbEH5RlGtDOziU8rAbNLuZUG765aNyz0jdAHQGNDjX15B-DpNE5s7IuJxDFQc7h3FeR5xb_V6YNySvGDAjGa7PvVmmSgCiy8pb1Jlz617OJdL9rbYakolmYKY/s400/screenr2.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><br />See how easy it looks. For my talk tomorrow I was to show things as though I am on the Internet because it takes forever to actually click on a link. So after recording my snippet using Screenr I looked at it and it was fine. I then published it and downloaded it as an MP4 movie as I actually want to embed it in my PowerPoint as a movie. I worked! Success!<br /><br />Don’t believe me? Well, it embeds on a blog as well. Here I am showing Storybird without actually going on to the Internet. <br /><br /><object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=9,0,115,0" height="256" width="420"><param name="movie" value="http://cdn.screenr.com/public/1.5/flash/screenr.swf" /><param name="flashvars" value="i=332216&h=t&svr=http://www.screenr.com/&vEmbed=<iframe src="http://www.screenr.com/embed/KrOs" width="420" height="256" frameborder="0"></iframe>" /><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /><param name="wmode" value="opaque" /><embed wmode="opaque" src="http://cdn.screenr.com/public/1.5/flash/screenr.swf" flashvars="i=332216&h=t&svr=http://www.screenr.com/&vEmbed=<iframe src="http://www.screenr.com/embed/KrOs" width="420" height="256" frameborder="0"></iframe>" allowFullScreen="true" width="420" height="256" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer"></embed></object><a href="http://www.screenr.com/">http://www.screenr.com/</a>  </div>

Today I thought I would experiment with Screenr as a screencasting tool to illustrate some aspects that I want to highlight in a talk I am p...

GEOPOLITICS Argentina

7:21 AM Tukiyooo 0

<div class="MsoNormal" style="color: blue;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Argentina</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"></span></span></b></div><div style="color: blue; 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;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>NOT EVERYTHING IS SOY</b></span></div><div style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">The minute Soy prices fall, “economic experts” warn of a looming crisis in Argentina. Even if Soy prices fall, Soy may be the most prominent commodity but clearly not the sole one Argentina exports. (See <a href="http://news-these-days.blogspot.com/2011/07/share-of-cake.html">http://news-these-days.blogspot.com/2011/07/share-of-cake.html</a> ). It seems that these so called experts humbly reiterate what they are told to say by commodity lobbyists. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Speculators and the stock exchange may alter commodity prices but this does not change the fact that CHINA and as well as the rest of the World still needs to be fed, thus export of food commodity will continue.   </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><iframe allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" frameborder="0" height="266" mozallowfullscreen="mozallowfullscreen" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/X8PLCSmCkmo?feature=player_embedded" webkitallowfullscreen="webkitallowfullscreen" width="320"></iframe></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>LATAM CHINA AND EUROPE</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><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;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKfRjpHP-7xwJZN6KstRPqeLeHp8IQEDy9CiBUzgCThxxt11ib2F7WQ8PKkvbNlj8oUY39IXwSjrSddb5eliOCTraYb8ULYsjpQ_NVjAdRrreU2S4wJRt9UVS2YIEVJ0df3lRNlvHwvhwN/s1600/chinacommoditybackandforth.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="147" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKfRjpHP-7xwJZN6KstRPqeLeHp8IQEDy9CiBUzgCThxxt11ib2F7WQ8PKkvbNlj8oUY39IXwSjrSddb5eliOCTraYb8ULYsjpQ_NVjAdRrreU2S4wJRt9UVS2YIEVJ0df3lRNlvHwvhwN/s200/chinacommoditybackandforth.jpg" width="200" /></a></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">When reading “corporate” US and EUROPEAN media one cannot avoid detecting a certain jealousy regarding LATAM (LATIN AMERICAS_ economic growth and increased economic ties between LATAM and ASIA, especially CHINA. Could it be that the EUROPEANS lacked foresight regarding CHINA and ASIA and now try to recover lost terrain? EUROPEAN – US entities such as the Paris Club, IMF and the World Bank don’t miss a chance to paint a bleak picture on LATAM and its economy in order to shake the fragile markets, where in reality the economic outlook is everything but bleak in these parts of the world.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>TURKEY EYES AT LATAM </b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>   </b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">In recent past TURKEY has become a major player on the world stage, both geopolitical as well as Geo- strategically and to some extent economically. TURKEYS far sight on current geopolitical developments are showcased once more as it wittily focuses on advantages it could gain from developing economic ties and defense agreements with BRAZIL. Both countries pledged to increase cooperation’s in the construction industry as well as natural resource extraction and last but not least the defense industry.  </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><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;">Amidst the current global shake up, TURKEY and BRAZIL are among countries that continue growing and thus could even push the G-20 group to revise its economic policies. TURKEY and BRAZIL’S economic capacities could be utilized to expand relations and find options to ease the effects of the current worldwide economic situation.  </span></div><div style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><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;">That TURKEY is flexing its muscle in the MIDDLE EAST is a fact and thus it comes as no surprise that the rift with its neighbor Iran is growing. As mentioned previously in my blog (http://news-these-days.blogspot.com/2011/08/saudia-arabia-usa-turkey-versus-iran.html ), the new alignments between TURKEY, SAUDI ARABIA and the USA versus IRAN, SYRIA, RUSSIA and CHINA will cause for tens times in the region.  </span></div><div style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">See also:</span></div><div style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.crethiplethi.com/a-different-path-assessing-turkeys-foreign-policy-in-latin-america/islamic-countries/turkey/2011/">http://www.crethiplethi.com/a-different-path-assessing-turkeys-foreign-policy-in-latin-america/islamic-countries/turkey/2011/</a></span></div>

GEOPOLITICS Argentina

Argentina NOT EVERYTHING IS SOY The minute Soy prices fall, “economic experts” warn of a looming crisis in Argentina. Even if Soy prices fal...

To Be or Not to Be - Carole Lombard's final film, directed by Ernst Lubitsch

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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA6bQj-xKkCPo5BlcfJhNbKKdXNUVBqj9Uyzr-l1WcoArruWRinbkaR0NvbHuzfLlRSpO1vvxNRUg56bv-Pw8eqjS6R9PO564n-n3_aiWhym25Sit_y3pFL7GejrqjmOid4DT6w1Yp5jjr/s1600/to+be+or+not+to+be.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="272" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA6bQj-xKkCPo5BlcfJhNbKKdXNUVBqj9Uyzr-l1WcoArruWRinbkaR0NvbHuzfLlRSpO1vvxNRUg56bv-Pw8eqjS6R9PO564n-n3_aiWhym25Sit_y3pFL7GejrqjmOid4DT6w1Yp5jjr/s320/to+be+or+not+to+be.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><i>For Carole & Company's "Carole-tennial (+3)," marking the 103rd anniversary of Hollywood legend Carole Lombard's birth, I'm taking a look at my favorite Carole Lombard film, director Ernst Lubitsch's </i><i>To Be or Not to Be (1942). This was Lombard's last film, released just a month after her death. </i><br /><br />'The Lubitsch Touch'<i> </i>has been dissected and analyzed for decades. Billy Wilder, who had been prot<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">égé to director Ernst Lubitsch early on</span></span></span>, put it succinctly: "The Lubitsch Touch is a <i>light</i> touch. But there are serious overtones in Lubitsch. He understood life..." <br /><a name='more'></a></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">In 1941, Lubitsch signed a three year contract with Paramount Pictures. But first he had another commitment to fulfill with United Artists. <i>To Be or Not to Be </i>was part of Lubitsch's arrangement with UA.<br /><br />Though the original story for the film was mostly Lubitsch's, the project that evolved was something of a departure for the director. As he later remarked, "I was tired of the two established recognized recipes, drama with comedy relief and comedy with dramatic relief. I had made up my mind to make a picture with no attempt to relieve anybody from anything at any time."</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><i>To Be or Not to Be </i>is a comedy both black and broad; it is also a sophisticated and razor sharp satire on the Nazis.</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br /></div><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/AVvXsEhXkkCAIOmiv8h1ZDSPIQ68OJmsaHAiI7WfALkJJoFSsudWqehgzD9pQwPKbZxs8kgAoxeIT90MpJMxkxzTkOjtt4xVApa-rnZSRgH2qzLUdYB-mxbmjnC_BjYwuPLGdHj7ZSy9jc4R6HN8/s1600/to+be+or+not+to+be+3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="248" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXkkCAIOmiv8h1ZDSPIQ68OJmsaHAiI7WfALkJJoFSsudWqehgzD9pQwPKbZxs8kgAoxeIT90MpJMxkxzTkOjtt4xVApa-rnZSRgH2qzLUdYB-mxbmjnC_BjYwuPLGdHj7ZSy9jc4R6HN8/s320/to+be+or+not+to+be+3.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Actors...and Nazis, <i>To Be or Not to Be</i></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Lubitsch chose radio superstar Jack Benny for the male lead. Benny, who later observed that it was "impossible for comedians like me and [Bob] Hope to get good directors - that's why we made lousy movies," considered Lubitsch "the greatest comedy director that ever lived" and was eager to work with him. Though Miriam Hopkins was up for the role of Benny's onscreen wife, she was only interested in taking the part if it was enlarged for her. Jack Benny was meanwhile pushing for Carole Lombard in the role. One night Benny and producer Alexander Korda went out on the town together; much drinking ensued and the upshot was that Korda wired UA and asked the studio to hire Lombard.</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Lubitsch and Lombard knew each other from her early days on the Paramount lot. While the director had made pictures with the other great Paramount leading ladies, Claudette Colbert and Marlene Dietrich, he and Lombard had never managed to work together. Lombard's husband, box office king Clark Gable, was not excited about <i>To Be or Not to Be</i> and referred to Lubitsch as "the horny Hun." But Lombard had always wanted to work with the director and signed on; her only special request was that Irene design her wardrobe. </div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">The production had its share of problems. To begin with, Jack Benny was jittery. According to co-star Robert Stack, he was "scared to death." Benny's source of discomfort was that while he knew how to deliver his lines on stage and on radio, he didn't know what to do when it came to a movie set. This made him very nervous.</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Another problem concerned musical director Miklos Rozsa. Rozsa was set to score the film but once he saw the script and realized it was a satire on Nazism, he refused; he just didn't see the humor.</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br /></div><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/AVvXsEg7qybHm9N_MITmUSt3u5pRJ6Lc0my_QzXmikMItXpF643wvmO3AhnVF-nBApAiYiJzHPg7JGbtJLpV3P-cyt-p7tjzi1t_urldlTFqaMxus5O9gcMRhHDHXBII5dSHk2v3WXp7wYijFbfX/s1600/to+be+or+not+to+be+lombard+and+stack.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="254" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7qybHm9N_MITmUSt3u5pRJ6Lc0my_QzXmikMItXpF643wvmO3AhnVF-nBApAiYiJzHPg7JGbtJLpV3P-cyt-p7tjzi1t_urldlTFqaMxus5O9gcMRhHDHXBII5dSHk2v3WXp7wYijFbfX/s320/to+be+or+not+to+be+lombard+and+stack.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Carole Lombard and Robert Stack on the set</td></tr></tbody></table><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Regardless of these and other difficulties, the atmosphere on the set was a happy one. Lombard developed a habit of driving in from Encino, even when she wasn't scheduled, just to watch Lubitsch at work. According to Jack Benny, "Everyone was in awe of him."</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><i>To Be or Not to Be</i> opens in Warsaw, Poland, just before the Nazi invasion. A man who appears to be Adolf Hitler is walking the streets, creating a stir.  The man, it turns out, is not Hitler but a local actor named Bronski (Tom Dugan) who is about to portray Adolf Hitler in an anti-Nazi play; he is testing his believability in public<i>. </i><br /><br />The plot centers on the acting troupe Bronski is part of, the Theatre Polsky, and its two stars, Josef and Maria Tura (Benny and Lombard). The troupe is rehearsing an anti-Nazi play, <i>Gestapo</i>, but is forced to revert to a less controversial drama, Shakespeare's <i>Hamlet</i>.<i> </i>A running gag concerns Maria, who is carrying on with a young pilot (Robert Stack). Whenever Josef begins Hamlet's "To be or not to be" soliloquy on stage, Maria's eager young man conspicuously shuffles out of his theater seat to meet her. The walk-out of an audience member in the midst of this speech completely flusters the actor (who has no idea why the man has left). Josef Tura's Hamlet is heavy on the ham and, as one Nazi character remarks, "What he did to Shakespeare we are now doing to Poland." The troupe eventually becomes involved with the Polish resistance.<br /><br />Lombard is well-matched with Benny, who was never better and never had a  better role. The two shared exquisite timing and much panache, and their  scenes together could be shown in a master class on playing comedy. The fine ensemble cast includes venerable  Felix Bressart (as an actor relegated to "spear carrier" roles but who  has his moment to quote Shakespeare, eloquently) and Lionel Atwill along with Sig Ruman,  Stack and Dugan.<br /><br />Billy Wilder elaborated on another aspect of Lubitsch's genius, "The Lubitsch Touch is the superjoke. You have a joke, and then you don't expect the joke on top of the joke that tops the first one. The joke you didn't expect is funnier than the one you expected..."<br /><br />The sequence below ends with one of Lubitsch's great "toppers." Sig Ruman's character (aka/'Concentration Camp Ehrhardt') is a Nazi colonel with a habit of blaming his own mishaps, mistakes and misunderstandings on his inept second-in-command, Captain Schulz. In this scene, the "topper" is Ehrhardt's final exclamation, a late addition to the script by Lubitsch...</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/0Fk1b0jIMBc" width="420"></iframe></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Sig Ruman, Carole Lombard (and Tom Dugan) in </span><i style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">To Be or Not to Be</i></span></div><span style="font-size: small;"><br style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;" /></span><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">The picture wrapped just before Christmas 1941, and Carole Lombard promised Jack Benny she would guest on his radio show once she returned from an upcoming war bond drive. But on the evening of January 16, 1942, the plane returning Lombard and her mother from the bond drive, along with 20 others, crashed into a mountain west of Las Vegas. All aboard were killed. Apparently the pilot had changed course, flying toward Las Vegas rather than his official destination, Boulder, Colorado. The plane had almost missed the mountain peak, crashing only 120 feet from the top. </span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7fSQKtHm54DBrTnIGC5ZPj3e6UfNekxQw0sSFHBlOG9ijszDbFHTqRDDfeCgUk-SEihc9cgi8kEuJYvLI68lDPgqChxDDoRO_MyWzyRbLmmcEukknYrT68w7xrpdRxBGIkdeOyyzTGbrh/s1600/to+be+or+not+to+be+poster.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="250" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7fSQKtHm54DBrTnIGC5ZPj3e6UfNekxQw0sSFHBlOG9ijszDbFHTqRDDfeCgUk-SEihc9cgi8kEuJYvLI68lDPgqChxDDoRO_MyWzyRbLmmcEukknYrT68w7xrpdRxBGIkdeOyyzTGbrh/s400/to+be+or+not+to+be+poster.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-size: small;"><i>To Be or Not to Be </i>premiered on February 15, 1942. It was not a hit. Some critics claimed Lubitsch had suffered a lapse in taste. Churlish Bosley Crowther of the <i>New York Times </i>accused the director of  going for cheap laughs. Robert Stack later said that the press of the time just didn't get it. He noted that Lubitsch was "a Jew from the Old Country himself" and declared that <i>To Be or Not to Be</i> was the best satire on Nazism ever made.</span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Lubitsch was appalled that his intent and his taste were both misinterpreted and maligned. He acknowledged that he hadn't depicted Nazi terror in the typical way with outright violence, "My Nazis are different; they passed that stage long ago. Brutality, flogging and torture have become their daily routine. They talk about it the same way as a salesman referring to the sale of a handbag."</span><br /><br /><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><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/AVvXsEgqJvNY-QVmLIZSiDq9RUTYI86kWRz2yyBdYwFuI8afLNJ11T_F5tpAmr7Enp94XvGwK4cW9njs6oV46onDYIC01YafiqfqG42Gm2JC3g09qCooM0kS40DlLSgG0rT47OlGSLmnIPobEenP/s1600/lombard+and+lubitsch+tbontb.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqJvNY-QVmLIZSiDq9RUTYI86kWRz2yyBdYwFuI8afLNJ11T_F5tpAmr7Enp94XvGwK4cW9njs6oV46onDYIC01YafiqfqG42Gm2JC3g09qCooM0kS40DlLSgG0rT47OlGSLmnIPobEenP/s320/lombard+and+lubitsch+tbontb.jpg" width="174" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lombard and Lubitsch</td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: small;">It isn't surprising that critics and audiences of early 1942 may not have warmed to or understood Lubitsch's approach. The country had suffered Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor and entered World War II just as the production of <i>To Be or Not to Be </i>was coming to an end. Those early days of the war were deeply patriotic times in the U.S. and the outcome of the conflict was still far from certain. Other wartime movies generally presented a more traditional portrait of our enemies and their victims - unequivocal, distinctly unfunny and in stark black and white terms.  Lubitsch's witty satire had arrived in American theaters at the wrong moment. But the passage of time has been kind to <i>To Be or Not to Be.</i> It long ago entered the pantheon of Lubitsch's great masterworks - that very special place where <i>Ninotchka </i>(1939) and <i>The Shop Around the Corner </i>(1940) also abide. </span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br />Carole Lombard, a natural as vain but appealing Maria Tura, was never more elegant or disarming. Though her character is  clearly 'a woman of affairs,' Lombard endows her with so much warmth, humor and  humanity that Maria is never less than entirely sympathetic. Such was Lombard's irreplaceable talent.<br /><span style="font-size: small;"></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: small;"><i>To learn more about Carole & Company's "Carole-tennial (+3)" blogathon and participating blogs, <a href="http://carole-and-co.livejournal.com/447884.html" style="color: #990000;">click here</a>... </i></span></div></div><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/AVvXsEh_JrFWRe1r1PJYWpdFee0MIj3jr13mzwH-nRT_foo0WemBR8LdW5wrw2zURjN61eMZ2frXNy9k0S-wcNzpzB-Gdqe5XXPDUhdzPUVC3WElO6npwHbdbiK9UE1gV0vvafZ3c_PX6XMkkCX8/s1600/Carole+Lombard.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_JrFWRe1r1PJYWpdFee0MIj3jr13mzwH-nRT_foo0WemBR8LdW5wrw2zURjN61eMZ2frXNy9k0S-wcNzpzB-Gdqe5XXPDUhdzPUVC3WElO6npwHbdbiK9UE1gV0vvafZ3c_PX6XMkkCX8/s400/Carole+Lombard.jpg" width="314" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Carole Lombard, 1908 - 1942</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>References</b>:</span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><u>Ernst Lubitsch: Laughter in Paradise</u> by Scott Eyman</span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><u>Nobody's Perfect: Billy Wilder, A Personal Biography</u> by Charlotte Chandler</span></div>

To Be or Not to Be - Carole Lombard's final film, directed by Ernst Lubitsch

Alexander Korda Carole Lombard Clark Gable Ernst Lubitsch Felix Bressart Jack Benny Lionel Atwill Robert Stack Sig Ruman The Lady Eve (author) To Be Or Not To Be To Be or Not to Be - Carole Lombard's final film, directed by Ernst Lubitsch

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Food for Thought on Argentina

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<div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>China, Argentina Using Economic Strategies Obama/U.S. Politicians Ignoring</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;">Article by</span></div><div style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="line-height: 115%;">Marc Chamot</span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;">Article published with the permission of the author</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;">The original article appeared on www.examiner.com  </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>China, Argentina Using Economic Trade Advantages & Strategies Obama/U.S. Politicians Ignoring in the Name of Free Trades, Pro-Globalization & Wall Street Profits:</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;">Bureau of Labor Statistics says fewer Americans are now employed. According to stats, around January 2001, 123.5 million non-farm employees were working.  </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;">In January 2008, employment rose to 138 million, and now it’s at lower levels than what it was in 2001. As of July 2011, it’s at current levels of only 131.2 million Americans employed.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;">Unemployment more than doubled than what it was ten years ago. In January 2001, unemployment was at 6%, then on October 2009 it was at its highest 15.6% and now it’s down to 13.9%. So basically growth has stagnated and USA Today had a team of economic experts to outline what could be done about JOBS.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;">Every advice involved in the U.S.A Today article, was spending more money to stimulate the economy.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;">Such as, providing states billions more, mainly to states that keep spending money like there was no tomorrow. California has just demonstrated what they can do with taxpayer’s money they don’t have, like granting millions of dollars for undocumented’s education. No, that won’t work.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;">Advertisement </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;">Add workers at a discount or tax credit. Yes, that could work. But unfortunately, the nation is losing more tax money with this plan.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;">Share jobs to save jobs. No, I can’t see anybody taking 20% cut, if they didn’t have to.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;">Lower corporate taxes, most don’t pay taxes as it is, look at the General Electric tax scandal, they didn’t pay a dime after tax deductions through tax code loopholes. So what more do they want?</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;">Train the Jobless. That would work, but that costs money.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;">Cutting the Red Tape, ease down on carbon regulations and restrictive FEES. Maybe, but it isn’t the whole solution.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;">Actually what is going to work? There’s a track record and this can be repeated here. It is what I have been writing about for the past four years.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;">I appreciate the New York Times coverage on things. It’s dubbed a left-wing liberal newspaper, but to me, it’s valuable source for information and another great source for my opinions and here’s the New York Time’s SOLUTION that pro-globalists and free traders don’t want to admit to; “<b style="color: yellow;"><i>The</i></b><span style="color: yellow;"> </span><b style="color: yellow;"><i>Argentine government intervened to keep the value of its currency low, which boosts local industry by making Argentina’s exports cheaper abroad while keeping foreign imports expensive.</i></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: yellow; font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: yellow; font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><i>It then taxed those imports and exports, using the money to pay for a New Deal-like public works binge, increasing government spending to 25 percent of G.D.P. today from 14 percent in 2003. As a result, the country has 400,000 new low-income housing units, as well as a long-delayed, 235-mile highway between the northern cities of Rosario and Córdoba.</i></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: yellow; font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b style="color: yellow;"><i>In Argentina unemployment has been cut to fewer than 8 percent today from over 20 percent in 2002, and the poverty level has fallen by almost half over the last decade.”</i></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: red; font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span class="hps"><span lang="ES" style="line-height: 115%;">El gobierno argentino</span></span><span lang="ES" style="line-height: 115%;"> <span class="hps">intervino para</span> <span class="hps">mantener el valor</span> <span class="hps">de su</span> <span class="hps">moneda</span> <span class="hps">baja</span>, lo que impulsa <span class="hps">la industria local</span> <span class="hps">por</span> <span class="hps">lo que</span> <span class="hps">las exportaciones de</span> <span class="hps">Argentina</span> <span class="hps">son más barato</span> <span class="hps">en el extranjero</span>, manteniendo <span class="hps">las importaciones extranjeras</span> <span class="hps">caro.</span></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span lang="ES">Luego se ajustan los impuestos a las importaciones y exportaciones, utilizando el dinero para pagar por un nuevo acuerdo como exceso de obras públicas, el aumento del gasto público al 25 por ciento del PIB hoy del 14 por ciento en 2003. Como resultado, el país cuenta con 400.000 nuevas viviendas de bajos ingresos, así como una retrasada autopista de 235 millas entre las ciudades del norte de Rosario y Córdoba.</span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><b>  <span lang="ES" style="line-height: 115%;">En Argentina el desempleo se ha reducido a menos del 8 por ciento actual comparado con más del 20 por ciento en el 2002, y el nivel de pobreza se ha reducido casi a la mitad durante la última década ".</span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>And that’s WHAT China is doing too</b></span><span style="font-size: large;">, and that's why they are growing and were NOT. W<b>hile were heading the opposite way</b>, unlike the United States, imports is far cheaper and domestic products higher, and that’s KILLING our economic prosperities, advantages and JOBS for Americans.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;">Here’s more on expertly researched and expertly written and here comes one from Ian Mount’s in<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/02/opinion/argentinas-turnaround-tango.html"><span style="color: blue;">Argentina Turnaround Tango</span></a>. <i> </i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: yellow; font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><i>“ARGENTINA may seem like one of the last countries on earth to offer lessons for dealing with economic malaise. </i></b></span></div><div style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b style="color: yellow;">  </b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: yellow; font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: yellow; font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><i>Once the eighth-largest economy in the world, it steadily slid through the 20th century, thanks to decades of repressive dictatorships and inconsistent market experiments. </i></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: yellow; font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: yellow; font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><i>This ended ignominiously in 2001, when it defaulted on $100 billion in sovereign debt, plunging over half its 35 million people into poverty.</i></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: yellow; font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: yellow; font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><i>That, at least, is the Argentina people know. Since then, it has performed an economic U-turn — an achievement largely unnoticed outside Latin America, but one that President Obama and Congress should look to for inspiration.</i></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: yellow; font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: yellow; font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><i>Argentina is not without problems, but its recent <a href="http://tinyurl.com/3tj5hfr">economic record</a> speaks for itself: the economy has grown by over 6 percent a year for seven of the last eight years,unemployment has been cut to under 8 percent today from over 20 percent in 2002, and the poverty level has fallen by almost half over the last decade.</i></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: yellow; font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: yellow; font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><i>The streets of Buenos Aires are choked with cars as Argentines are on track to buy some 800,000 new vehicles this year; the wine mecca of Mendoza is full of high-end tasting rooms, hotels and restaurants offering regional haute cuisine; and plasma TVs and BlackBerrys have become household staples among the urban middle class.</i></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: yellow; font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: yellow; font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><i>Argentina has regained its prosperity partly out of dumb luck: a commodity price boom has vastly benefitted this soy, corn and wheat producer.</i></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: yellow; font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: yellow; font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><i>But it has also prospered thanks to smart economic measures. The government intervened to keep the value of its currency low, which boosts local industry by making Argentina’s exports cheaper abroad while keeping foreign imports expensive.</i></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: yellow; font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: yellow; font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><i>It then taxed those imports and exports, using the money to pay for a New Deal-like public works binge, increasing government spending to 25 percent of G.D.P. today from 14 percent in 2003. As a result, the country has 400,000 new low-income housing units, as well as a long-delayed, 235-mile highway between the northern cities of Rosario and Córdoba.</i></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: yellow; font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: yellow; font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><i>It has also strengthened its social safety net: the Universal Child Allowance, started in 2009 with support from both the ruling party and the opposition, gives 1.9 million low-income families a monthly stipend of about $42 per child, which helps increase consumption.</i></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: yellow; font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: yellow; font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><i>Because the amount depends in part on how often the child attends school, it is also likely to improve the country’s long-term educational performance. The results have also paid off politically: President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner recently won about 50 percent of the vote in an open primary against nine other presidential candidates.</i></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: yellow; font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: yellow; font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><i>Why have Argentines embraced bigger government? In part because the preceding era showed how poorly austerity measures — the sort now being pushed by conservatives in the United States — promote growth.</i></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: yellow; font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: yellow; font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><i>In the late 1990s, Argentina cut government spending drastically on the order of its lenders at the International Monetary Fund. Predictably, between 1998 and 2002, Argentina’s economy shrank by almost 20 percent. It was only after Argentina turned its back on these austerity demands, and defaulted on its debt, that it began to recover.”</i></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: yellow; font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: red; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span lang="ES" style="font-size: large;">Aquí hay más de experta investigación y escrito por expertos y aquí viene una de Ian Mount en  Tango Turnaround  en Argentina.</span></div><span style="color: red; font-size: large;">  </span><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: red; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span lang="ES" style="font-size: large;">"ARGENTINA puede parecer uno de los últimos países en la tierra para ofrecer lecciones para tratar el malestar económico.<br /><br />Una vez la octava economía más grande del mundo, que se deslizó a través del siglo 20, gracias a décadas de dictaduras represivas y experimentos inconsistentes mercado.<br /><br />Esto terminó ignominiosamente en 2001, cuando dejo de pagar $ 100 billones en la deuda soberana, sumiendo a más de la mitad de sus 35 millones de personas en la pobreza.</span></div><span style="color: red; font-size: large;">  </span><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: red; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: red; font-size: large;">  </span><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: red; text-align: justify;"><span class="hps" style="font-size: large;"><span lang="ES" style="line-height: 115%;">Eso, al menos</span></span><span lang="ES" style="font-size: large; line-height: 115%;">, <span class="hps">es la Argentina que la gente</span> conoce. <span class="hps">Desde entonces, se</span> <span class="hps">ha realizado</span> <span class="hps">un</span> <span class="hps">cambio de sentido</span> <span class="hps">económico</span> <span class="hps">-</span> <span class="hps">un logro</span> <span class="hps">en gran medida inadvertido</span> <span class="hps">fuera de América Latina</span>, pero <span class="hps">que el presidente Obama</span> <span class="hps">y el Congreso</span> <span class="hps">deben mirar</span> <span class="hps">en busca de inspiración</span>.<br /><br /><span class="hps">Argentina</span> <span class="hps">no</span> <span class="hps">está exenta de problemas</span>, pero sus <span class="hps">resultados económicos</span> <span class="hps">recientes</span> <span class="hps">hablan por sí mismos</span>: <span class="hps">la economía ha crecido</span> <span class="hps">en más del 6</span> <span class="hps">por ciento al año</span> <span class="hps">durante siete</span> <span class="hps">de los últimos ocho</span> <span class="hps">años, el desempleo</span> <span class="hps">se ha reducido a</span> <span class="hps">menos del 8</span> <span class="hps">por ciento actual</span> <span class="hps">de más de 20</span> <span class="hps">por ciento en 2002</span>, <span class="hps">y</span> <span class="hps">el nivel de pobreza</span> <span class="hps">se ha reducido</span> <span class="hps">casi a la mitad</span> <span class="hps">durante la última década</span>.</span></div><span style="color: red; font-size: large;">  </span><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: red; text-align: justify;"><span class="hps" style="font-size: large;"><span lang="ES" style="line-height: 115%;">Las calles</span></span><span lang="ES" style="font-size: large; line-height: 115%;"> <span class="hps">de Buenos Aires</span> <span class="hps">estan ahogadas por los</span> <span class="hps">coches,</span> <span class="hps">los argentinos</span> <span class="hps">están en vías de</span> <span class="hps">comprar</span> <span class="hps">unos 800.000</span> <span class="hps">vehículos nuevos</span> <span class="hps">este año</span>, <span class="hps">la meca</span> <span class="hps">del vino</span> <span class="hps">de Mendoza</span> <span class="hps">está llena</span> <span class="hps">de locales de degustación</span> <span class="hps">de alta gama</span>, <span class="hps">hoteles</span> <span class="hps">y restaurantes de</span> <span class="hps">alta cocina</span> <span class="hps">regional</span>, y <span class="hps">televisores de plasma</span> <span class="hps">y los BlackBerry</span> <span class="hps">se han convertido en</span> <span class="hps">productos básicos</span> <span class="hps">del hogar</span>, entre <span class="hps">la clase media urbana</span>.<br /><br /><span class="hps">Argentina</span> <span class="hps">ha recuperado su</span> <span class="hps">prosperidad</span> <span class="hps">en parte por</span> <span class="hps">cuestión de suerte</span>: <span class="hps">un</span> <span class="hps">auge de precios de</span> <span class="hps">las materias primas ha</span> <span class="hps">beneficiado</span> <span class="hps">enormemente</span> <span class="hps">a este productor</span> <span class="hps">de soja</span>, maíz y trigo.</span></div><span style="color: red; font-size: large;">  </span><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: red; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span lang="ES" style="font-size: large;">También ha reforzado su red de seguridad social: la asignación universal por hijo, que comenzó en 2009 con el apoyo tanto del partido gobernante y la oposición, da a 1.900.000 familias de bajos ingresos un estipendio mensual de alrededor de US $ 42 por niño, lo cual ayuda a incrementar el consumo.<br /><br />Debido a que la cantidad depende en parte de la frecuencia con la que el niño asiste a la escuela, también es probable que mejore el país a largo plazo del rendimiento educativo. Los resultados también han dado sus frutos políticos: la presidenta Cristina Fernández de Kirchner ganó recientemente el 50 por ciento de los votos en una primaria abierta en contra de los nueve candidatos presidenciales.</span></div><span style="color: red; font-size: large;">  </span><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: red; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: red; font-size: large;">  </span><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span lang="ES" style="color: red; font-size: large;">¿Por qué tienen los argentinos abrazado un gobierno más grande? En parte debido a la época anterior demostró lo mal que las medidas de austeridad - del tipo que ahora son maniobradas por los conservadores en los Estados Unidos - promueven el crecimiento.<br /><br />A finales de 1990, Argentina redujo drásticamente el gasto público en el orden de sus acreedores en el Fondo Monetario Internacional. Como era de esperar, entre 1998 y 2002, la economía de Argentina se redujo en casi un 20 por ciento. Fue sólo después que Argentina dio la espalda a estas demandas de austeridad, y de pagar su deuda, que comenzó a recuperarse ".</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-size: large;">The bottom line folks, we have elected a whole bunch of politicians that have pro-global mindsets and they REFUSE to budge away from this type of thinking. They don’t care if it brings our nation to the brinks of ruin, and they will make sure foreign imports rule in U.S. markets.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;">That’s why in 2012, it is imperative we pursue more house cleaning in U.S. congress. Obama, Democrats, Republicans no matter who they are, they ALL NEED to go, they’ve done enough damage to our country.   </span></div>

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Thank you for all your kind comments on my last post. Each and every  one of them touched my heart. Especially as I read them while sitting  by my sister's side as she slept. They meant a lot to me.<br /><br />I'm home. It was the most intense and emotional twelve days of my entire life. I've never cried so hard nor felt so much emotional pain. Even losing my mother six years ago wasn't this difficult.<br /><br /><br />My beautiful, vibrant and very active sister had what was originally a mild stroke two weeks ago and then later classified as a catastrophic event. She's completely paralyzed on the right side, unable to walk, read, write or speak anything other than mutterings that no one can understand. Yet she is still completely cognizant of everything that's happening, can answer yes/no questions and has use of her right side.<br /><br />She's given up and is refusing all food. I had a lot of good visits with her before I left on Sunday, but I knew it was most likely the last time I'd see her. My niece said my sister is not only shaking her head no when offered food, but now she's covering her mouth with her left hand. Yet she still drinks water so this will probably go on for weeks.<br /><br />My one niece and her husband have moved into my sister's house with her and plan on staying with her for at least the next three weeks. Since she's becoming weaker each day, this probably won't last three weeks.<br /><br />Sadly there was a lot of family drama due to another very close relative that was going through some sort of mental breakdown before this happened, and during the past week they spun out of control. I've never been in the presence of someone suffering with mentally illness. It was another nightmare on top of the nightmare my sister was going through.<br /><br />Even though it was horrible seeing my sister so disabled and knowing her choice to slowly commit suicide by starving herself to death, I will always value those wonderful moments with her. Often it was just the two of us and we laughed ourselves silly. We had a really good time together, especially when it was just the two of us. Some people couldn't bare to be in the room with her, I couldn't bare to not be in the room with her. <br /><br />Three of my family members called me yesterday and told me they were diagnosed with strep throat. I've had a sore throat, terrible stomach pains, and the worse headaches of my life during the last four days. I thought it was all stress induced. As today progressed, I continued to feel worse. Finally at 4pm I went to the urgent care clinic and yes, I have strep throat too. I have a horse-sized bottle of Amoxicillin.<br /><br />The only positive thing I can say is my weight is 173.4. The truth is that I really don't care about my weight right now. Everything I was so worried about, my weight, my clothes, my hair -- in the scheme of life it's all a bunch of trivial crap. <br /><br />When I got home Sunday night I decided to stop taking Ambien. The last two nights I've been rewarded with some of the worst nightmares of my life. Full of death and violence. Both nights I woke myself up screaming (and my husband). I don't know if this is some sort of Ambien withdrawal or if it's from those twelve days of hell in Fairbanks. Whatever it is, it's scaring me and really interrupting much needed sleep.

Dear God, please let me have a break

Thank you for all your kind comments on my last post. Each and every one of them touched my heart. Especially as I read them while sitting ...