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The Wikipedia defines economy as 'a spatially limited and social network where goods and services are exchanged according to demand and supply between participants by barter or a medium of exchange with a credit or debit value accepted within the network'. The definition of economy implies thus there there is a credit and debit value that is accepted within the social network for goods and services. Translating this to a country and its citizens, it then up to us, the citizens, to decide what is valuable in our economy. And it is up to responsible and real democratic governments to implement policies that maximize the well-being of its citizens through maximizing what is valuable to their citizens and thus their (real)economy.
If we consider the value of goods and services to include things that are important to us such as social, individual and environmental value, and include the debt caused by the negative impacts in these values, we will see the real value of goods and services, and thus have a real economy. This is not being limited to the monetary value as we conventionally are used to.
One interesting point here is that a new economy is possible without significantly changing the infrastructure of the present system. In order for this to work, we as citizens should initiate a debate about what is valuable and brings progress to our lives, and demand our governments to apply these values in their policies. The same as consumers. A well informed consumer, the consumer of the new economy, that is aware of the social and environmental value or debt of his purchase, and eventually be rewarded or penalized from it, will act differently from the conventional consumer who only sees the monetary value.
This re-thinking of values and including them in our economy, will add depth to our present system. In this way our economy will include the values that are important to our society. It will act as an evolution of capitalism, in which social and environmental values are part of the economic system.
The Iraq War began on March 20, 2003 with the invasion of Iraq by the United States under the administration of President George W. Bush and the United Kingdom under Prime Minister Tony Blair. The war was formally ended by the U.S. on December 15, 2011. Prior to the invasion, the governments of the United States and the United Kingdom asserted that the possibility of Iraq employing weapons of mass destruction threatened their security and that of their coalition/regional allies. In 2002, the United Nations Security Council passed Resolution 1441 which called for Iraq to completely cooperate with UN weapon inspectors to verify that it was not in possession of weapons of mass destruction and cruise missiles. The United Nations Monitoring, Verification and Inspection Commission was given access by Iraq under provisions of the UN resolution but found no evidence of weapons of mass destruction. Following the invasion, the U.S.-led Iraq Survey Group concluded that Iraq had ended its nuclear, chemical, and biological programs in 1991 and had no active programs at the time of the invasion but that Iraq intended to resume production once sanctions were lifted. Although some degraded remnants of misplaced or abandoned chemical weapons from before 1991 were found, they were not the weapons which had been the main argument to justify the invasion. Some U.S. officials also accused Iraqi President Saddam Hussein of harboring and supporting al-Qaeda, but no evidence of a meaningful connection was ever found.
The price paid in Iraqi civilians lives during the military mission to overthrow Saddam Hussein's regime: 104,080 to 113,728 (with possible additional 15 000).
Results of poll taken in Iraq in August 2005 by the British Ministry of Defense (Source: Brookings Institute):
Iraqis "strongly opposed to presence of coalition troops: 82%
Iraqis who believe Coalition forces are responsible for any improvement in security: less than 1%
Iraqis who feel less secure because of the occupation: 67%
Iraqis who do not have confidence in multi-national forces: 72%
No one could have known that when a Tunisian fruit vendor set himself on fire in a public square, it would incite protests that would topple dictators and start a global wave of dissent. In 2011, protesters didn't just voice their complaints; they changed the world.
The Durban's United Nations Climate Change Conference is starting this Monday, 28 November for two weeks. The hope is that a new protocol following Kyoto, will reduce carbon reductions and stimulate the development of a green economy. Carbon emissions are now higher by 40% compared with 1990, the Kyoto base year. Since 2000 that the carbon emissions have been growing at a 3% per year rate. There has been improvements in terms of production efficiency: since the last 18 years that the the world's GDP have grown at a larger rate than carbon emissions, however we still keep on growing the absolute emissions. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change 4th assessment report suggests that in order to keep a global temperature raise within 2 to 2.4 deg. Cel. by 2050, we need to stabilize atmospheric carbon to within 445-490 ppm (parts per million). This means that we would need to reduce emissions from today until 2050 at a rate of about 5% per year, without accounting for global population and income growth. This calls for urgent action.
The world's green nations should not wait for nations like the US, India, China or Japan to legally bind to a climate treaty. The green nations should take the lead, even without a global agreement, and drive themselves into a cleaner economy, with all the competitive advantages they will have in the long term, by defining the rules of the new economy and lead the market in green technology and sustainable energy production. The grey countries will loose competitiveness in the long term when the rest of the world is green and still have to pay the accumulated environmental and social bills.
The Durban climate conference is now in the end of its first week and it's now clear the stalling strategy of some of the developed countries such as the US, Canada, Japan in trying to delay an agreement to 2015 and action to 2020, while allowing Kyoto to expire. Some other countries such as Brazil, India and Russia are following these steps, while China position is still unclear. The EU is leading the group of countries that want to take immediate action.
This stalling strategy is not new and has been used in the past in Cancun and Copenhagen. The World Development Movement has just published a report that shows the bullying and bribary tactics of developed countries such as the US and the UK in trying to kill the Kyoto Protocol.
Through interviews with developing countries negotiators, the report shows the 'unfair, undemocratic and deceitful' tactics used by developed countries to drive the climate negotiations.
The report also shows how countries like the UK have bribed poorer countries by making development funding available only upon signature to the Copenhagen and Cancun agreements. Other interviews shows how developing country negotiators 'are taken out of delegations for one reason or another, or booted upstairs, or suddenly are transferred, or lose their jobs, as a result of external pressures, usually in the form of some kind of bribe (not necessarily money), or exchange.'
Climate change is a matter of justice. The developed countries who have caused the problem must assume their responsibility and take the right decisions to allow future generations to inherit a liveable world and reduce the suffering of the countries most affected by global warming.
Inspired by the Arab spring, the uprises a bit everywhere in Europe, by the occupiers, by the tea party demonstrators, and the many other protests, people in the west are waking up from a state of granted accommodation to a free market capitalism, into a wide-range perspective debate over democratic, ecological, social, financial, economical, life-perspective, justice and human-rights issues. Awareness and mental flexibility, perhaps motivated by the global communication technologies revolution, are motivating a shock wave of ideology confrontation among these people, making them prone to realize that a systemic change is needed. People realizing that the present system is not solving nowadays crisis, do not refuge in past ideologies. Instead, they face change and emerge themselves into a future that looks different from the now. This feeling is common to many participating in the many global protests or movements. Those who criticize these movements by claiming that they are vague and without demands fail to understand this feeling of change and action. Those who fail to understand these movements at all, are trapped in the jail of the old paradigm.
The Earth's climate has changed many times in response to natural factors. But over the course of the last century we have seen an unusual rise in the average global temperature that can not be explained by natural causes alone. Here's an explanation on what aspects of our climate are changing and what may be causing these changes.
The world is facing change: the Arab spring, the recessions in the US, Japan and Europe with some countries in near default, the climate, and resources crisis. The sense of injustice and the growing inequality in income distribution is present many's mind. There is an increasing movement of people that claim that the political class is not representing the majorities interests. Greece and Italy see governments being formed without democratic elections, for the sake of financial reforms imposed by technocrats. We live a period where innovative political leadership is needed in order to listen, reflect and act upon the global age problems. We need political leaders that can think and act out of the box, who can leave the confort zone of frozen political ideologies, and leave behind laws and theories that are centuries old. We need innovative leadership in the political class in order to bring forward global solutions for a more sustainable future, with social, environmental and individual value without compromising future generations. The wealthy north globe has to acknowledge that in order to transfer wealth to countries in development, we need to consume less unsustainable resources. This doesn't mean that we need to produce less, since we can produce services that don't consume unsustainable resources. The Internet, probably the most revolutionary invention of the last century is an immaterial concept. Innovation goes in that direction. We have to give space to countries in development who really need material resources to improve their well-being. It is known historically that even with an economy 2 or 3 times smaller than the present in the west, that the perceived happiness levels of its population do not change. This can be seen in the last 50 years, that despite continuous economical growth, the well being as subjective happiness has maintained. So we need to change the foundations of economy and for that we need leadership that can think laterally. We need a revolution in the political mind set.
ended. Today, many things indicate that we are going through a
transitional period, when it seems that something is on the way out
and something else is painfully being born. It is as if something were
crumbling, decaying, and exhausting itself – while something else,
still indistinct, were rising from the rubble.
Several commodity prices have been steadily increasing since the last decade. Are we reaching sustainability limits?
The Boston Review presents a series of articles under a forum on using ethical consumption for social change. The several articles focus on the power the consumer has in shaping our economy through our wallets and that consumer campaigns have more effectively influenced manufacturing than has government regulation. The examples are many: Apple, Nike, Puma, Adidas, Gap, Levi's, conflicts in Africa (particularly Congo) on resources used in electronic products manufacturing, water pollution, and labor rights in China. The articles also pinpoint he fact that we are shifting form a culture centered in the producer to a culture oriented to the consumer, as sociologist Ulrich Beck argues: "If modernity is a democracy oriented to producers, late modernity is a democracy oriented to consumers: a pragmatic and cosmopolitan democracy where the sleepy giant of the 'sovereign citizen-consumer' is becoming a counterweight to big transnational corporations."
As the world faces recession, climate change, inequity and more, Tim Jackson delivers a piercing challenge to established economic principles, explaining how we might stop feeding the crises and start investing in our future.
Mohamed A. El-Erian, the CEO and co-CIO of PIMCO, the world's largest bond investor, writes about the global sense of uncertainty and how it is driving a paradigm change in global economy. He claims "that the future of many Western economies, and that of the global economy, will be shaped by their ability to navigate four inter-related financial, economic, social, and political dynamics". He acknowledges that "growth, while necessary, is insufficient by itself, given today's high unemployment and the extent to which income and wealth inequalities have increased. Hence the West is being challenged to deliver not just growth, but "inclusive growth," which, most critically, involves greater "social justice." He expects that "calls for a fairer system will not go away. If anything, they will spread and grow louder. The West has no choice but to strike a better balance – between capital and labor, between current and future generations, and between the financial sector and the real economy". He mentions the mindset blockage of the political class "which underscores the extent to which an inherently complex paradigm change is straining traditional mindsets, processes, and governance systems" Finally he see this moment as an opportunity: "a global paradigm shift implies a significant change in opportunities, and not just risks."
Prosperity is traditionally associated with economical growth in terms of GDP growth. Economists and politicians are obsessed with it. However prosperity should also speak about the total value in terms of individual, social and environmental value, and not being limited to economical growth. The last should not compromise the others, or we run the risk of loaning from the future and indebting our children in individual, social or environmental value. Thinking in these terms a prosperous society could be one in which social and environmental values are respected above economical growth. We live in an hypocrite model based in continuous economical growth, in a limited resources world. This goes against the laws of physics or maths. We keep on indebting our children with such model without even considering changing it to a more sustainable one, that cares about real people.
Several economical crisis are happening all around the word, mainly in the so called "developed world". These crisis are clearly showing that our present model is unsustainable and that by continuing to follow such model we keep on indebting future generations. This is seen both at nation level and at family level. The economy of these nations are stagnating while we are reaching a tipping point of technology development vs resources availability at economically sustainable prices. By keeping the current model we are creating social and environmental debt, that is increasing every day we delay in assuming it, and who will pay it are our children or the poor who have no access to the economy of the "developed world". Smaller scale economies are being first hit, while their politicians keep on applying old economy principles to solve the "financial problem". Is like living still with the rules of Ptolemy, believing that the Earth is in the centre of the universe, while we all know that it isn't. So why don't we leave the old paradigm and make a mind (r)evolution? These countries face an excellent opportunity to apply new economy models in their society and serve as case studies on new (steady-state) economical models, environmentally and socially sustainable, that bring individual, social and environmental value. Let's stop seeing well being as economical growth and consumerism. Life is more than that let's start living it!


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NEPAD-FAO Fish Programme (NFFP) organizes a regional workshop on climate change, disasters and crises in the fisheries and aquaculture sector in West and Central Africa. The workshop will be held back to back with the FAO/NEPAD workshop on the Ecosystem Approach to fisheries and to Aquaculture in Africa, from 29 to 31 October.
The objective of the workshop is to establish the current baseline with regard to the integration of climate change adaptation (CCA) and disaster risk management (DRM) in fisheries and aquaculture activities and policies in West and Central Africa, and vice versa, of fisheries and aquaculture in climate change adaptation and disaster risk management strategies and plans, with the overall aim of coordinating activities and identifying gaps and priority actions to be supported by NFFP and other partners.

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Carol Channing's Entertains, released in 1965, is out of print. Fans of the Broadway star will want to track down this LP for such classics as "I'll Die Happy," "Dear Hearts & Gentle People," "Making Whoopee," and "Ain't Misbehavin'." Those looking for an introduction would obviously have an easier and more fruitful time starting with Those Wonderful Years or Hello, Dolly! 30th Anniversary Cast Recording. A good record for the initiated and converted, however. ~ JT Griffith, Rovi


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Across Europe, hundreds of young women have joined the terrorist group
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Five women become sick after eating chocolate mousse aboard Dubai floating restaurant
Jehangir Khan, 21, says he was ready to trim it but his employers wanted him clean shaven
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Drug smuggling calls for global cooperation
UAE helps in world's biggest hashish bust
Accepts her lawyer's request that it be lifted taking into consideration her work commitments abroad
Two conservationists embark on a mission to film the animal before it becomes extinct
Doha has helped free a number of Western hostages held by Islamist groups in Syria
Attack follows days after fatal shooting of activist in the same town
The idea 'originated in 2013 and is not related to the ongoing operations in Iraq'
1,119 Iraqis killed in the month of September
Six laureates accuse China of putting political pressure on countries to curb interaction with the Dalai Lama
Mohammad welcomed participants and said the UAE is a link between African countries and other countries around the world
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The early success of Harvard's new Innovation Lab in Allston is gratifying to see — not just because promising medical, software, and education companies are already emerging from the so-called i-lab, but because of what the lab could mean to the future of Greater Boston and Harvard itself. Until recently, Harvard was slower than comparable universities to take on the role of a nurturer of start-ups. A successful i-lab should help turn Harvard — and Boston — into a more welcoming place for entrepreneurs .
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Hi, I'm Jaden, a professional recipe developer, food columnist and food photographer specializing in fast, fresh and easy recipes for the home cook. Most of my recipes are modern Asian! About meFast, fresh & easy recipes for the home cook.
Friday, April 1, 2011
While we were in Mexico for Food Blogger Camp back in February, I got a sneak peek at the photos that my good friends, Todd and Diane of White on Rice Couple shot of Cristina Ferrare's new cookbook. I'm sure you heard of Cristina – she's got a cooking show, "Big Bowl of Love" on the Oprah Winfrey Network.
Diane and Todd shot all the recipe photos as well as "lifestyle" shots – i.e. a dinner party with friends – if you have a chance to pick up this book, please do. Not only is it chock full of gorgeous food shots (every recipe has a photo) but the recipes featured are non-fussy — what I call "easy sophistication."
I've got so many recipes bookmarked that this book will keep me busy for a while. Today's recipe, Flank Steak with Goat Cheese on Toast, is inspired from the book. I had originally planned these for a Spanish Tapas party my friend, Wendy was hosting, but we ended up with an obscene amount of food, so I kept the marinating steak in the refrigerator and made the dish the following day.
While Tom's prepping his dish, Wendy and her sister in law, Kelly are the background with Spanish cookbook in hand reading the recipe.
Tom and his wife, Patty – right here smiley-happy next to the cheese – own the Tae Kwon Do studio that the boys and Scott go to. And yes, the boys can kick mama's butt.
This was just appetizers….by the time dinner was ready, the entire table was full of food. Most of the dishes were Spanish tapas – we had some wonderful Spanish Tapena wine to go with our dinner party, courtesy of the winery. Tapena wines has recently gotten some amazing reviews and awards – the 2011 Monterey Wine Competition awarded them Import Wine of the Year.
While boys were outside fishing, the gals hung out by the apps and wine.
Tom made these crispy-light rice cakes topped with manchego cheese. I never knew he had this cooking talent!
Even Andrew loved the Manchego Cheese wrapped with Jamon Serrano — hungry after fishing!
After dinner? A single malt scotch tasting in the ultimate "man cave" – complete with leather chairs, cigars, deer heads (Shawn goes hunting once a year) and bull-horn chandelier.
I encouraged Scott to write a post on Scotch tasting, it would be his first-ever post on Steamy Kitchen. He declined until I told him that if he starts a "Scott's Scotch Corner" on Steamy Kitchen, all his scotch would be a "business expense"
Look for a post from him soon.
The flank steak is marinated in red chili flakes, smoked paprika, olive oil, salt and pepper.
Toppings included goat cheese, roasted red bell peppers and a balsamic fig and onion "jam" that I found at the market.
You can substitute with any sweet-savory jam or chutney. Mango chutney would be wonderful too. I have a list of recipes for jams at the end of the post.
Slice the roasted red bell pepper thinly.
Here's the grilled flank steak. Notice the grain running left to right? (not the grill marks, but the grain of the meat)
Slice ACROSS the grain.
Slice as thin as you can – the steak is easier to eat!
Flank Steak with Goat Cheese on Toast
Ingredients:1 tablespoon smoked paprika
2 teaspoons red chili pepper flakes
2 tablespoons olive oil
salt and freshly ground black pepper
1 1/2 pound flank steak (or skirt steak)
One 8-ounce jar roasted red bell peppers, sliced
6 ounces goat cheese
1/2 cup fig jam (or your choice of jam/chutney)
1-2 loaves baguette
1. In a resealable bag, mix together the paprika, pepper flakes, olive oil, salt and pepper. Add the steak, seal bag and refrigerate up to overnight.
2. To cook the flank steak, heat a grill pan over high heat. Grill the flank steak, turning once, about 8-10 minutes total for medium-rare. Let steak rest before slicing.
3. While the steak is resting, slice the bread into thin slices. Toast the bread in the oven if you'd like.
4. Slice the steak very thinly (as thin as you can) ACROSS the grain. Top each toast with goat cheese, steak, a couple of red bell pepper slices and/or small spoonful of fig jam.
Fig Jam Recipe – Anh's Food Blog
Spicy Fig Orange Microwave Jam – Simply Recipes
Fig Jam Four Ways – Love and Olive Oil
Spanish Mussels with Green Sauce – Hunter Angler Gardener Cook
Pimientos piquillos rellenos de bacalao en salmorejo – Hedonia
Espinacas con Garbanzos – Spinach and Chickpeas – Smitten Kitchen
Ensaimadas – Delicious Days
Albondigas Soup Recipe – Simply Recipes
Apartment Therapy's 9 Classic Spanish Dishes
Tortas de Patatas - Smitten Kitchen
Morcilla Stuffed Squid – We Are Never Full
Sangria – Live to Eat
Mango-Mint Gazpacho – The Perfect Pantry
Oven Baked Tortilla Espanola – The Perfect Pantry
I'm giving away a Spanish tapas party with Tapena wines – come enter the giveaway!
another tapas in that vein is prosciutto ham crisped in the oven, then spread w/ goat cheese, fig jam & fresh fig. Unbelievable! can't wait to try your version!
Looks so delicious. I enjoyed seeing all the pictures as well!
Looks amazing. All I want to do today is drink wine and eat these. Cool right? It is Friday after all…
Oh my goodness this looks incredible, I will have to give this a try!
These flank steak toasts look delicious! What a great party and photos!
Great party photos and my that is really a "man cave"! Heehee This recipe though is my favorite part of the post…sounds delicious and is going right on my to-try list!
This looks a lot like my lunch! And what a fantastic party appetizer!
This looks like a fantastic dish. I love Spanish tapas.
Thank you for sharing such a great dish. I have recommended your site to all of my friends. I love this.
Looks so good, Jaden! I can't wait to see Scott's Scotch Corner! See you next week!!
Goat cheese makes everything sooo good!
I love the addition of chutney for a sweet flare, and that there's a lot of flavor packed in to so few ingredients. Thanks for sharing!
The rice cakes look incredible!
What other types of cheese can I use instead of goat cheese? I'm not sure we have it here…
Mmm, I love goat cheese… and this looks like an awesome light summery dish. Because it's already summer where I am. Whew!
It all looks amazing. I can't wait to try these. Flank steak is so flavorful and the red peppers and fig jam sounds incredible.
Love the recipe — I could also see toasting some crusty rolls and eating a huge sandwich of this stuff!
Goat cheese and steak is a delicious combination…
Interesting recipe, this would make for a very filling snack!
Wow, this recipe looks delicious. Absolutely can't wait to try it out!
Pictures are so nice! I think these delicious toasts would be so good to serve as an appetizer to a BBq party!
Mmmm, these look delicious!
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Yum, yum! I could eat this for dinner and be a happy camper
Wow that looks amazing. Thanks for the great idea for a get together:)
Enhorabuena por el blog me parece buenisimo lo encontre en otro blog, soy de Sevilla (España) y me encantaria si supiese ingles intercambiar recetas, pero como le digo no se ingles , su blog lo traduzco automaticamente. Si le interesa no soy muy experta en internet pero le dejo mi correo electronico un saludo muy cordial, espero seguir consultando su blog,gracias
TARTA SALADA: Masa de hojaldre, se parte en dos, se coge una y se estira se cubre con jamon de york a continuacion con queso en lonchas encima, se vuelve a poner encima beicon, encima datiles dulces sin hueso,y se finaliza con beicon. A continuacion se cubre con hojaldre, se pincha el hojaldre con un tenedor y se pinta con yema de huevo batida y al horno 180 grados hasta que se ponga dorado, se deja enfriar. SALMOREJO: 2 kgr tomates rojos, medio ajo, pan 100gr. aceite unos 125ml ( ir poco a poco probando) sal vinagre al gusto. trocear todo y en crudo triturar en batidora ir poco a poco con el aceite y vinagre, enfriar.
Would you be able to post or email me Tom's recipe for crispy-light rice cakes topped with manchego cheese? I would love to make this for a going away I'm hosting on 7/2/11. Anything you can do would be great as my friend who;s moving to Florida LOVES manchego cheese. AM also making the flank steak app. Thanks for the super clear directions on carving! They really helped this visual learner!
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This is going on the list for the holidays! Wow!
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