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|The Maya civilization flourished in Guatemala and surrounding regions during the first millennium A.D. After almost three centuries as a Spanish colony, Guatemala won its independence in 1821. During the second half of the 20th century, it experienced a variety of military and civilian governments, as well as a 36-year guerrilla war. In 1996, the government signed a peace agreement formally ending the internal conflict, which had left more than 200,000 people dead and had created, by some estimates, about 1 million refugees.
No natural harbors on west coast
|Central America, bordering the North Pacific Ocean, between El Salvador and Mexico, and bordering the Gulf of Honduras (Caribbean Sea) between Honduras and Belize
|Geographic coordinates:
| total: 108,889 sq km
land: 107,159 sq km
water: 1,730 sq km
Size comparison: slightly smaller than Pennsylvania
|Land Boundaries:
|total: 1,667 km border countries (4): Belize 266 km, El Salvador 199 km, Honduras 244 km, Mexico 958 km
|400 km
|Maritime claims:
| territorial sea: 12 nm
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
continental shelf: 200-m depth or to the depth of exploitation
|tropical; hot, humid in lowlands; cooler in highlands
|mostly mountains with narrow coastal plains and rolling limestone plateau
|Elevation extremes:
|Natural resources:
|petroleum, nickel, rare woods, fish, chicle, hydropower
|Land use:
| agricultural land: 41.2% arable land 14.2%; permanent crops 8.8%; permanent pasture 18.2% forest: 33.6%
other: 25.2% (2011 est.)
|Irrigated land:
|3,375 sq km (2012)
|Natural hazards:
|numerous volcanoes in mountains, with occasional violent earthquakes; Caribbean coast extremely susceptible to hurricanes and other tropical storms volcanism: significant volcanic activity in the Sierra Madre range; Santa Maria (elev. 3,772 m) has been deemed a Decade Volcano by the International Association of Volcanology and Chemistry of the Earth's Interior, worthy of study due to its explosive history and close proximity to human populations; Pacaya (elev. 2,552 m), which erupted in May 2010 causing an ashfall on Guatemala City and prompting evacuations, is one of the country's most active volcanoes with frequent eruptions since 1965; other historically active volcanoes include Acatenango, Almolonga, Atitlan, Fuego, and Tacana
|Current Environment Issues:
|deforestation in the Peten rainforest; soil erosion; water pollution
|International Environment Agreements:
| party to: Antarctic Treaty, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands, Whaling
signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements
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| noun: Guatemalan(s)
adjective: Guatemalan
|Ethnic groups:
|Mestizo (mixed Amerindian-Spanish - in local Spanish called Ladino) and European 59.4%, K'iche 9.1%, Kaqchikel 8.4%, Mam 7.9%, Q'eqchi 6.3%, other Mayan 8.6%, indigenous non-Mayan 0.2%, other 0.1% (2001 census)
|Spanish (official) 60%, Amerindian languages 40% note: there are 23 officially recognized Amerindian languages, including Quiche, Cakchiquel, Kekchi, Mam, Garifuna, and Xinca
|Roman Catholic, Protestant, indigenous Mayan beliefs
|15,189,958 (July 2016 est.)
|Age structure:
| 0-14 years: 35.02% (male 2,711,683/female 2,608,295)
15-24 years: 21.8% (male 1,663,484/female 1,647,749)
25-54 years: 33.53% (male 2,425,931/female 2,666,790)
55-64 years: 5.23% (male 377,642/female 416,939)
65 years and over: 4.42% (male 311,165/female 360,280) (2016 est.)
|Dependency ratios:
| total dependency ratio: 70.9%
youth dependency ratio: 62.6%
elderly dependency ratio: 8.3%
potential support ratio: 12.1% (2015 est.)
|Median age:
| total: 21.7 years
male: 21 years
female: 22.4 years (2016 est.)
|Population growth rate:
|1.79% (2016 est.)
|Birth rate:
|24.5 births/1,000 population (2016 est.)
|Death rate:
|4.7 deaths/1,000 population (2016 est.)
|Net migration rate:
|-1.9 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2016 est.)
| urban population: 51.6% of total population (2015)
rate of urbanization: 3.4% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.)
|Major urban areas - population:
|GUATEMALA CITY (capital) 2.918 million (2015)
|Sex ratio:
| at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
0-14 years: 1.04 male(s)/female
15-24 years: 1.01 male(s)/female
25-54 years: 0.91 male(s)/female
55-64 years: 0.91 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.87 male(s)/female
total population: 0.97 male(s)/female (2016 est.)
|Mother's mean age at first birth:
|20.3 note: median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2008/09 est.)
|Maternal mortality rate:
|88 deaths/100,000 live births (2015 est.)
|Infant mortality rate:
| total: 22 deaths/1,000 live births male: 23.9 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 19.9 deaths/1,000 live births (2016 est.)
|Life expectancy at birth:
| total population: 72.3 years male: 70.3 years
female: 74.4 years (2016 est.)
|Total fertility rate:
|2.83 children born/woman (2016 est.)
|Health expenditures:
|6.2% of GDP (2014)
|Physicians density:
|0.93 physicians/1,000 population (2009)
|Hospital bed density:
|0.6 beds/1,000 population (2011)
|Drinking water source:
| improved:
urban: 98.4% of population
rural: 86.8% of population
total: 92.8% of population
urban: 1.6% of population
rural: 13.2% of population
total: 7.2% of population (2015 est.)
|Sanitation facility access:
| improved:
urban: 77.5% of population
rural: 49.3% of population
total: 63.9% of population
urban: 22.5% of population
rural: 50.7% of population
total: 36.1% of population (2015 est.)
|HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:
|0.57% (2015 est.)
|HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:
|54,600 (2015 est.)
|HIV/AIDS - deaths:
|1,700 (2015 est.)
|Obesity - adult prevalence rate:
|16.4% (2014)
|Children under the age of 5 years underweight:
|12.6% (2015)
|Education expenditures:
|3% of GDP (2015)
| definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 81.5%
male: 87.4%
female: 76.3% (2015 est.)
|School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education):
| total: 11 years male: 11 years
female: 10 years (2013)
|Unemployment, youth ages 15-24:
| total: 6.3% male: 6.5%
female: 5.8% (2013 est.)
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|Country name:
| conventional long form: Republic of Guatemala
conventional short form: Guatemala
local long form: Republica de Guatemala
local short form: Guatemala
etymology: name derives from the Mayan word meaning "land of trees"
|Government type:
|presidential republic
| name: Guatemala City
geographic coordinates: 14 37 N, 90 31 W
time difference: UTC-6 (1 hour behind Washington, DC, during Standard Time)
|Administrative divisions:
|22 departments (departamentos, singular - departamento); Alta Verapaz, Baja Verapaz, Chimaltenango, Chiquimula, El Progreso, Escuintla, Guatemala, Huehuetenango, Izabal, Jalapa, Jutiapa, Peten, Quetzaltenango, Quiche, Retalhuleu, Sacatepequez, San Marcos, Santa Rosa, Solola, Suchitepequez, Totonicapan, Zacapa
|15 September 1821 (from Spain)
|National holiday:
|Independence Day, 15 September (1821)
|several previous; latest adopted 31 May 1985, effective 14 January 1986; suspended, reinstated, and amended in 1994 (2016)
|Legal system:
|civil law system; judicial review of legislative acts
|18 years of age; universal; note - active duty members of the armed forces and police by law cannot vote and are restricted to their barracks on election day
|Executive branch:
| chief of state: President Jimmy Ernesto MORALES Cabrera (since 14 January 2016); Vice President Jafeth CABRERA Franco (since 14 January 2016); note - the president is both chief of state and head of government
head of government: President Jimmy Ernesto MORALES Cabrera (since 14 January 2016); Vice President Jafeth CABRERA Franco (since 14 January 2016)
cabinet: Council of Ministers appointed by the president elections/appointments: president and vice president directly elected on the same ballot by absolute majority popular vote in 2 rounds if needed for a 4-year term (not eligible for consecutive terms); election last held in 2 rounds on 6 September and 25 October 2015 (next to be held in September 2019)
election results: Jimmy Ernesto MORALES Cabrera (FNC) elected president; percent of vote in first round - Jimmy Ernesto MORALES Cabrera (FNC) 23.8%, Sandra TORRES (UNE) 19.8%, Manuel BALDIZON (LIDER) 19.6%; percent of vote in second round - Jimmy Ernesto MORALES Cabrera (FNC) 67.4%, Sandra TORRES (UNE) 32.6%
|Legislative branch:
| description: unicameral Congress of the Republic or Congreso de la Republica (158 seats; 127 members directly elected in multi-seat constituencies within each of the country's 22 departments by simple majority vote and 31 directly elected in a single nationwide constituency by proportional representation vote; members serve 4-year terms)
elections: last held on 6 September 2015 (next to be held in September 2019)
election results: percent of vote by party - LIDER 19.10%, UNE 14.83%, TODOS 9.74%, PP 9.43%, FCN 8.75%, EG 6.24%, PU 5.69%, UCN 5.43%, Winaq-URNG-MAIZ 4.32%, Convergence 3.84%, VIVA 3.66%, PAN 3.42, FUERZA 2.07%, other 3.48%; seats by party - LIDER 44, UNE 36, TODOS 18, PP 17, FCN 11, EG 7, UCN 6, PU 5, Winaq-URNG-MAIZ 3, Convergence 3, VIVA 3, PAN 3, FUERZA 2
|Judicial branch:
| highest court(s): Supreme Court of Justice or Corte Suprema de Justicia (consists of 13 magistrates including the court president and organized into 3 chambers); note - the court president also supervises trial judges countrywide; Constitutional Court or Corte de Constitucionalidad (consists of 5 judges and 5 alternates) judge selection and term of office: Supreme Court magistrates elected by the Congress of the Republic from candidates proposed by the Postulation Committee, an independent body of deans of the country's university law schools, representatives of the country's law associations, and representatives of the Courts of Appeal; magistrates elected for concurrent, renewable 5-year terms; Constitutional Court judges - 1 elected by the Congress of the Republic, 1 by the Supreme Court, 1 by the president of the republic, 1 by the (public) University of San Carlos, and 1 by the lawyers bar association; judges elected for concurrent, renewable 5-year terms; the presidency of the court rotates among the magistrates for a single 1-year term
subordinate courts: numerous first instance and appellate courts
|Political parties and leaders:
|Commitment, Renewal, and Order or CREO [Roberto GONZALEZ Diaz-Duran] Convergence Democratic Union or UD [Edwin Armando MARTINEZ Herrera] Encounter for Guatemala or EG [Nineth MONTENEGRO Cottom] Everyone Together for Guatemala or TODOS [Felipe ALEJOS] FUERZA [Maurico REDFORD] Grand National Alliance or GANA [Jaime Antonio MARTINEZ Lohayza] Guatemalan National Revolutionary Unity or Winaq-URNG [Angel SANCHEZ Viesca] Institutional Republican Party (formerly the Guatemalan Republican Front) or PRI [Luis Fernando PEREZ] National Advancement Party or PAN [Juan GUTIERREZ Strauss] National Unity for Hope or UNE [Sandra TORRES] Nationalist Change Union or UCN [Mario ESTRADA] National Convergence Front or FCN [Edgar Justino OVALLE Maldonado] New National Alternative or ANN [Pablo MONSANTO] Patriot Party or PP [Ingrid Roxana BALDETTI Elias] Renewed Democratic Liberty or LIDER [Manuel BALDIZON] Unionista Party or PU [Alvaro ARZU Irigoyen] Victoria (Victory) [Amilcar RIVERA] Vision with Values or VIVA [Harold CABALLEROS] (part of a coalition with EG during the last legislative election)
|Political pressure groups and leaders:
|Alliance Against Impunity or AI (includes among others Center for Legal Action on Human Rights (CALDH), Family and Friends of the Disappeared of Guatemala (FAMDEGUA)) Civic and Political Convergence of Women Committee for Campesino Unity or CUC Coordinating Committee of Agricultural, Commercial, Industrial, and Financial Associations or CACIF Foundation for the Development of Guatemala or FUNDESA Guatemala Visible Mutual Support Group or GAM Movimiento PRO-Justicia National Union of Agriculture Workers or UNAGRO
|International organization participation:
|BCIE, CACM, CD, CELAC, EITI (compliant country), FAO, G-24, G-77, IADB, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC (national committees), ICCt (signatory), ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IHO, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO (correspondent), ITSO, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), LAES, LAIA (observer), MIGA, MINUSTAH, MONUSCO, NAM, OAS, OPANAL, OPCW, Pacific Alliance (observer), PCA, Petrocaribe, SICA, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UNIFIL, Union Latina, UNISFA, UNITAR, UNMISS, UNOCI, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WFTU (NGOs), WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO
|National symbol(s):
|quetzal (bird); national colors: blue, white
|National anthem:
| name: "Himno Nacional de Guatemala" (National Anthem of Guatemala)
lyrics/music: Jose Joaquin PALMA/Rafael Alvarez OVALLE
note: adopted 1897, modified lyrics adopted 1934; Cuban poet Jose Joaquin PALMA anonymously submitted lyrics to a public contest calling for a national anthem; his authorship was not discovered until 1911
|Diplomatic representation in the US:
| chief of mission: Ambassador Gladys Marithza RUIZ SANCHEZ (since 2 June 2016)
chancery: 2220 R Street NW, Washington, DC 20008
telephone: [1] (202) 745-4952
FAX: [1] (202) 745-1908 consulate(s): Del Rio (TX), San Bernadino (CA), Silver Spring (MD), Tucson (AZ)
consulate(s) general: Atlanta, Chicago, Denver, Houston, Los Angeles, McAllen (TX), Miami, New York, Phoenix, Providence (RI), San Francisco, Silver Spring (MD), Tucson (AZ)
|Diplomatic representation from the US:
| chief of mission: Ambassador Todd D. ROBINSON (since 10 October 2014)
embassy: 7-01 Avenida Reforma, Zone 10, Guatemala City
mailing address: DPO AA 34024
telephone: [502] 2326-4000
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Guatemala is the most populous country in Central America with a GDP per capita roughly half the average for Latin America and the Caribbean. The agricultural sector accounts for 13.6% of GDP and 31% of the labor force; key agricultural exports include sugar, coffee, bananas, and vegetables. Guatemala is the top remittance recipient in Central America as a result of Guatemala's large expatriate community in the US. These inflows are a primary source of foreign income, equivalent to over one-half of the country's exports or one-tenth of its GDP. The 1996 peace accords, which ended 36 years of civil war, removed a major obstacle to foreign investment, and since then Guatemala has pursued important reforms and macroeconomic stabilization. The Dominican Republic-Central America Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA-DR) entered into force in July 2006, spurring increased investment and diversification of exports, with the largest increases in ethanol and non-traditional agricultural exports. While CAFTA-DR has helped improve the investment climate, concerns over security, the lack of skilled workers, and poor infrastructure continue to hamper foreign direct investment. The distribution of income remains highly unequal with the richest 20% of the population accounting for more than 51% of Guatemala's overall consumption. More than half of the population is below the national poverty line, and 23% of the population lives in extreme poverty. Poverty among indigenous groups, which make up more than 40% of the population, averages 79%, with 39.8% of the indigenous population living in extreme poverty. Nearly one-half of Guatemala's children under age five are chronically malnourished, one of the highest malnutrition rates in the world. Guatemala is facing growing fiscal pressures exacerbated by multiple corruption scandals in 2015 that led to the resignation of the president, vice president, and numerous high-level economic officials.
|GDP (purchasing power parity):
| GDP (purchasing power parity): $132.3 billion (2016 est.) $127.9 billion (2015 est.) $122.8 billion (2014 est.)
note: data are in 2016 dollars
|GDP (official exchange rate):
|GDP (official exchange rate): $68.39 billion (2015 est.)
|GDP - real growth rate:
|3.5% (2016 est.) 4.1% (2015 est.) 4.2% (2014 est.)
|GDP - per capita (PPP):
| GDP - per capita (PPP): $7,900 (2016 est.) $7,900 (2015 est.) $7,700 (2014 est.)
note: data are in 2016 dollars
|Gross national saving:
|12.9% of GDP (2016 est.) 13.1% of GDP (2015 est.) 11.6% of GDP (2014 est.)
|GDP - composition, by end use:
| household consumption: 84.4%
government consumption: 10.4%
investment in fixed capital: 13.3%
investment in inventories: 0.5%
exports of goods and services: 21.4%
imports of goods and services: -30% (2016 est.)
|GDP - composition, by sector of origin:
| household consumption: 84.4%
government consumption: 10.4%
investment in fixed capital: 13.3%
investment in inventories: 0.5%
exports of goods and services: 21.4%
imports of goods and services: -30% (2016 est.)
|Agriculture - products:
|sugarcane, corn, bananas, coffee, beans, cardamom; cattle, sheep, pigs, chickens
|sugar, textiles and clothing, furniture, chemicals, petroleum, metals, rubber, tourism
|Industrial production growth rate:
|3.2% (2016 est.)
|Labor force:
|4.623 million (2016 est.)
|Labor force - by occupation:
| agriculture: 31.2%
industry: 14.4%
services: 54.4% (2014 est.)
|Unemployment rate:
|2.9% (2014 est.) 3% (2013 est.)
|Population below poverty line:
|59.3% (2014 est.)
|Household income or consumption by percentage share:
| lowest 10%: 1.3%
highest 10%: 42.4% (2006)
|Distribution of family income - Gini index:
|53 (2014 est.) 56 (2011)
| revenues: $7.39 billion
expenditures: $8.186 billion (2016 est.)
|Taxes and other revenues:
|10.8% of GDP (2016 est.)
|Public debt:
|27.4% of GDP (2016 est.) 28.8% of GDP (2015 est.)
|Fiscal year:
|calendar year
|Inflation rate (consumer prices):
|Inflation rate (consumer prices): 4.3% (2016 est.) 2.4% (2015 est.)
|Current account balance:
|-$323 million (2016 est.) -$202 million (2015 est.)
|$11.43 billion (2016 est.) $10.83 billion (2015 est.)
|Exports - commodities:
|sugar, coffee, petroleum, apparel, bananas, fruits and vegetables, cardamom, manufacturing products, precious stones and metals, electricity
|Exports - partners:
|US 34.9%, El Salvador 8.4%, Honduras 7.3%, Nicaragua 5%, Canada 4.6%, Mexico 4.3%, Costa Rica 4.1% (2015)
|$16.76 billion (2016 est.) $16.38 billion (2015 est.)
|Imports - commodities:
|fuels, machinery and transport equipment, construction materials, grain, fertilizers, electricity, mineral products, chemical products, plastic materials and products
|Imports - partners:
|US 38.3%, China 13.4%, Mexico 11.8%, El Salvador 4.9% (2015)
|Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:
|$8.803 billion (31 December 2016 est.) $7.746 billion (31 December 2015 est.)
|Debt - external:
|$19.09 billion (31 December 2016 est.) $18.6 billion (31 December 2015 est.)
|Market value of publicly traded shares:
|Exchange rates:
|quetzales (GTQ) per US dollar - 7.648 (2016 est.) 7.6548 (2015 est.) 7.6548 (2014 est.) 7.7322 (2013 est.) 7.83 (2012 est.)
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|Electricity - production:
|10 billion kWh (2014 est.)
|Electricity - consumption:
|8.915 billion kWh (2014 est.)
|Electricity - exports:
|1.025 billion kWh (2014 est.)
|Electricity - imports:
|664 million kWh (2014 est.)
|Electricity - installed generating capacity:
|3.73 million kW (2015 est.)
|Electricity - from fossil fuels:
|61.9% of total installed capacity (2015 est.)
|Electricity - from nuclear fuels:
|0% of total installed capacity (2015 est.)
|Electricity - from hydroelectric plants:
|29.1% of total installed capacity (2015 est.)
|Electricity - from other renewable sources:
|8.9% of total installed capacity (2015 est.)
|Crude oil - production:
|10,040 bbl/day (2015 est.)
|Crude oil - exports:
|8,711 bbl/day (2015 est.)
|Crude oil - imports:
|0 bbl/day (2013 est.)
|Crude oil - proved reserves:
|83.07 million bbl (1 January 2016 es)
|Refined petroleum products - production:
|1,228 bbl/day (2015 est.)
|Refined petroleum products - consumption:
|87,840 bbl/day (2015 est.)
|Refined petroleum products - exports:
|12,960 bbl/day (2015 est.)
|Refined petroleum products - imports:
|100,400 bbl/day (2015 est.)
|Natural gas - production:
|0 cu m (2013 est.)
|Natural gas - consumption:
|0 cu m (2013 est.)
|Natural gas - exports:
|0 cu m (2013 est.)
|Natural gas - imports:
|0 cu m (2013 est.)
|Natural gas - proved reserves:
|2.96 billion cu m (1 January 2006 es)
|Carbon dioxide emissions from consumption of energy:
|13 million Mt (2013 est.)
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|Cellular Phones in use:
|total: 18.121 million subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 121 (July 2015 est.)
|Telephone system:
| general assessment: fairly modern network centered in the city of Guatemala
domestic: state-owned telecommunications company privatized in the late 1990s opened the way for competition; fixed-line teledensity roughly 10 per 100 persons; fixed-line investments are being concentrated on improving rural connectivity; mobile-cellular teledensi
international: country code - 502; landing point for both the Americas Region Caribbean Ring System (ARCOS-1) and the SAM-1 fiber-optic submarine cable system that, together, provide connectivity to South and Central America, parts of the Caribbean, and the US; connecte (2015)
|Broadcast media:
|4 privately owned national terrestrial TV channels dominate TV broadcasting; multi-channel satellite and cable services are available; 1 government-owned radio station and hundreds of privately owned radio stations (2007)
|Internet country code:
|Internet users:
|total: 4.043 million percent of population: 27.1% (July 2015 est.)
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|291 (2013)
|Airports (paved runways):
| total 16
2,438 to 3,047 m: 2
1,524 to 2,437 m: 4
914 to 1,523 m: 6
under 914 m: 4 (2013)
|Airports (unpaved runways):
| total 275
2,438 to 3,047 m: 1
1,524 to 2,437 m: 2
914 to 1,523 m: 77
under 914 m: 195 (2013)
|1 (2013)
|oil 480 km (2013)
| total 800 km
narrow gauge: 800 km 0.914-m gauge (2014)
| total 17,332 km
paved: 7,483 km
unpaved: 9,849 km (includes 4,795 km of rural roads) (2015)
|990 km (260 km navigable year round; additional 730 km navigable during high-water season) (2012)
|Ports and terminals:
|major seaport(s): Puerto Quetzal, Santo Tomas de Castilla
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|Military branches:
|National Army of Guatemala (Ejercito Nacional de Guatemala, ENG; includes Guatemalan Navy (Fuerza de Mar, including Marines) and Guatemalan Air Force (Fuerza Aerea Guatemalteca, FAG)) (2013)
|Military service age and obligation:
|all male citizens between the ages of 18 and 50 are eligible for military service; in practice, most of the force is volunteer, however, a selective draft system is employed, resulting in a small portion of 17-21 year-olds conscripted; conscript service obligation varies from 1 to 2 years; women can serve as officers (2013)
|Military expenditures:
|0.42% of GDP (2014) 0.46% of GDP (2013) 0.44% of GDP (2012) 0.41% of GDP (2011) 0.42% of GDP (2010)
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|Transnational Issues
|Disputes - International:
|annual ministerial meetings under the Organization of American States-initiated Agreement on the Framework for Negotiations and Confidence Building Measures continue to address Guatemalan land and maritime claims in Belize and the Caribbean Sea; Guatemala persists in its territorial claim to half of Belize, but agrees to Line of Adjacency to keep Guatemalan squatters out of Belize's forested interior; both countries agreed in April 2012 to hold simultaneous referenda, scheduled for 6 October 2013, to decide whether to refer the dispute to the ICJ for binding resolution, but this vote was suspended indefinitely; Mexico must deal with thousands of impoverished Guatemalans and other Central Americans who cross the porous border looking for work in Mexico and the US
|Refugees and internally displaced persons:
|IDPs: 251,000 (more than three decades of internal conflict that ended in 1996 displaced mainly the indigenous Maya population and rural peasants; ongoing drug cartel and gang violence) (2015)
|Illicit drugs:
|major transit country for cocaine and heroin; in 2005, cultivated 100 hectares of opium poppy after reemerging as a potential source of opium in 2004; potential production of less than 1 metric ton of pure heroin; marijuana cultivation for mostly domestic consumption; proximity to Mexico makes Guatemala a major staging area for drugs (particularly for cocaine); money laundering is a serious problem; corruption is a major problem
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Push-button Deployment Clasp
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Fold-over Push Button
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Butterfly Clasp
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Jewellery Clasp
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Open Caseback
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Monday, May 25, 2009
Knives out
Somehow, we're just not feeling up to that task right now.
Maybe it's the mounting frustration at the fact that Cito Gaston has decided to chisel his lineup card into a granite tablet, thus ensuring that the tender feelings of the heart of the Jays' batting order are nurtured while they collectively suck the life out of the team's offense night in and night out.
Over the past six losses, Alex Rios, Vernon Wells and Adam Lind have combined for a grand total of ZERO runs batted in amongst them. ZERO. In 78 plate appearances. That shit just ain't funny.
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We're not saying that this team needs a shake up just for the sake of shaking things up. But in the midst of an atrocious six game slide, we're finding it increasingly difficult to put our faith in the wise and sage Gaston's "Lose One, Win Two" philosophy. Do anybody really think that out of the charred remains of the past week, Cito's magical stubborn stoicism will earn us twelve wins?
39 comments:
- G Valentino said...
One reason I was not excited about Cito's return is exactly this: he's not a great improviser. He's good at making stars feel safe, but he's not great at reacting when a something out of the pattern shows up.
It is funny when they team hits a power drought though considering Cito's past as a hitting coach. I would think he would be able to start helping Vernon out of his impatience/desperation at the place.
I'm not saying Cito's to blame, or he's at fault, far from it. But sometimes, as much as you'd like to be Tony LaRussa, there are times you have to be Ozzie Guillen.
- May 25, 2009 at 10:18 AM
- Ian H. said...
Come on Cito, just mix up the starting lineup for ONE GAME! Move Rios and Wells up into the 2 & 3 spot, and move Hill down to the cleanup spot. It can't hurt to try it for one game, right?
- May 25, 2009 at 10:21 AM
- Tao of Stieb said...
Or move Hill to third, Lind (in spite of his troubles) to cleanup, Wells fifth and Rios second.
Or look at the hot hand...Whatever.
Did it really make that much sense for Bautista to be hitting ahead of Overbay yesterday?
- May 25, 2009 at 10:27 AM
- eyebleaf said...
I believe Cito's magical stubborn stoicism will earn us 12 wins.
Starting tonight.
With the same lineup.
I believe in Wells and Rios.
Every team is going to go through a stretch where they can't hit with runners in scoring position.
Every team will not go through a stretch where their cleanup hitter doesn't drive in a run in weeks, but, hey, Vernon's our cleanup hitter for better or worse these days. So, faith.
- May 25, 2009 at 10:29 AM
- Voodoo Matt said...
I don't know Tao. I want to believe in the line up as is, but I watched some of the Sunday night game and seeing Mauer and Morneau made me feel ill. Maybe it's time to pick them out of a hat.
- May 25, 2009 at 10:31 AM
- Darren Priest said...
The men who fell to earth...
Here's hoping the Jays get it going again. The world seems a little sweeter when your team is doing well.
(yeah, I have nothing useful to add)
- May 25, 2009 at 10:31 AM
- G Valentino said...
I like the out of a hat idea that Voodoo Matt mentioned. If I remember, it enabled Billy Martin to win the second game of a double header (can't remember the full math on if that was as valid or not, and my Baseball Prospectus book is at home).
Wells has always been streaky, and I might be wrong but never draws too many walks (when he swings at everything...). He makes sense lower in the order, hoping that he can sac some other guys with higher OBP.
- May 25, 2009 at 10:52 AM
- Tao of Stieb said...
We're sure that Vernon is not going to be awful all year long, but for the sake of comparison, here's what a few other cleanup hitters have done since Vernon's last run batted in on May 6:
Aubrey Huff - 14 RsBI
Adam Dunn - 19 RsBI
Matt Holliday - 10 RsBI
Brad Hawpe - 17 RsBI
Carlos Lee - 9 RsBI
Shin-Soo Choo - 12 RsBI
Those six players are the cleanup hitters on the six last place teams across MLB. And their production dwarfs the ZERO runs that Vernon has driven in over the past two and a half weeks.
And this isn't a rant about his contract or anything of the sort...it's just stating our opinion - long held - that Wells should probably be hitting further down the lineup. And Cito's a fool if he can't see that.
- May 25, 2009 at 10:56 AM
- Darren Priest said...
Wow, Adam Dunn is doing very well for a guy who's playing a game he doesn't like.
That dead horse can still be beaten, right?
- May 25, 2009 at 11:02 AM
@ Valentino Right on with Wells lower in the order. There is no reason to have him so up in the order when he is so terrible. @ DP, you always have something useful to add! @ Those who don't doubt Gaston. If this losing streak continues AND the lineup doesn't get going what then? When a team hasn't won a championship or hasn't made the playoffs in 15 years, no one is untouchable in terms of batting order. Wells is not Big Papi, he didn't bring his team to the playoffs every year and bring another World Series to the Jays. Same with Rios, he doesn't deserve his spot either,so change it. Anyway, Cito has to realize that this is not the 92-93 team too. He has to push some buttons now and then, not lay back and wait for the game to come to the Jays, it hasn't worked on 6 games.
- May 25, 2009 at 11:03 AM
Vernon Wells has turned into a poor man's Joe Carter (without the clutch hits, RBI, and home runs).
- May 25, 2009 at 11:47 AM
Well I'm not opposed to changing the line up a bit, let's not pretend like the "magical stubborn stoicism" didn't already help earn us 27 wins.
- May 25, 2009 at 11:58 AM
- eyebleaf said...
Lind's batting .333 with runners in scoring position. Tough to argue with right now, on this miserable Monday morning.
- May 25, 2009 at 12:14 PM
- The Ack said...
You know what would be fan-fucking-tastic?
If Vern and Alex would maybe smash a few baseballs around the park in Baltimore and put an end to the batting order debate.
How about it, fellas? A few XBH, maybe?
- May 25, 2009 at 12:45 PM
- G Valentino said...
Yes, it earned 27 wins, mostly against teams that the Jays are SUPPOSED able to beat. They've been miserable against the teams they HAVE to have. They have to consider that they've gotten pretty embarrassed in those games also.
And remember, it's not just hitting, the seams in the pitching have started to show also.
Yes, it could be a slump, and yes it could even out in the end, but standing pat is not the way to end it in a tough division where a team can go on an 11 game winning streak with its designated power guy barely touching the ball.
- May 25, 2009 at 1:05 PM
- eyebleaf said...
@ G Valentino: This - wins against teams that the Jays are SUPPOSED to be able to beat - is the classic argument.
When we play the Yankees and Red Sox well, we lose the games we're supposed to win. So far this year, we've won the games we're "supposed" to win (any games against the White Sox coming up?). So far, we're 1-5 against the Evil Douchebag Empires. It's not a gap that can't be closed, considering how many games we've got left.
The goal is .500 ball against AL East opponents (except the Orioles), and beating up on the teams we're "supposed" to beat.
So I'm not putting any less emphasis on 27 wins because we're supposed to get those wins. A win is a win. We take it.
I don't even know what the fuck I'm saying.
The Jays better win tonight, and as The Ack said, some fucking XBH from motherfucking Rios and Wells would go a long fucking way.
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Five Months After Election, Bloom is off the (Socialist) Rose
The symbol of the French Socialist Party is the rose, but the bloom was off five months after Mr. Hollande won the presidency, and the petals were blowing around.
At the party's annual congress in Toulouse in October 2012, there was plenty of fighting among the various factions, and plenty of complaints directed at Mr. Hollande. Some felt that economic rigor had gone too far, and that the government should renege on its promises to European allies and the markets to get the budget deficit this year to 3 percent of gross domestic product.
Others said that Mr. Hollande's decision to meet the target by raising taxes and freezing spending, rather than cutting it, would throw France into recession, even as growth, so far elusive, would by itself provide more tax receipts and jobs.
The president was also questioned about his leadership. Mr. Hollande has tried to contrast his style with that of his predecessor, the hyperkinetic Nicolas Sarkozy, but the French, never happy, complain that Mr. Hollande seems somnolent in the face of the economic crisis.
Then there were the opinion polls, which showed high dissatisfaction with Mr. Hollande. About 64 percent of the French said they were unhappy with his government, and only 10 percent believed the situation in France had improved since he took office, according to an OpinionWay poll in October 2012 for Le Figaro.
Sixty-nine percent of those polled said they were unhappy with the failure to reduce unemployment, which was at a 13-year high, and 66 percent were unhappy with fiscal policy. Sixty-eight percent said they thought Mr. Hollande did not know how to show authority, and 63 percent said he could not make difficult decisions.
Until May 2011, Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the former head of the International Monetary Fund, was considered the obvious choice atop the Socialist ticket, until he was accused (the charges were dropped) of raping a maid in a New York hotel room. Only after Mr. Strauss-Kahn's downfall did Mr. Hollande — who has never held a ministerial portfolio and who, from 1997 to 2008, presided over a badly bruised Socialist Party — look like a truly viable candidate.
And he's still an extremely unlikely one, especially during this time of economic crisis, of anxiety about Islam and immigration and of confusion about France's reduced role in the world. One reason for his success, surely, is that the French have grown tired of Mr. Sarkozy — his crass friends and his adolescent behavior. But it's also that Mr. Hollande provides a quainter and, for many, more comfortable vision of what a French politician should be. Mr. Hollande has tried to wrap himself in the spirit of the previous Socialist president, François Mitterrand, who left office in 1995.
Mr. Hollande prepared himself for power in the most typically French way possible, graduating from the country's finest schools, or les grandes écoles. The French elite is formed in these institutions more narrowly than America's ruling class is formed in the Ivy League, and its members remain close, whether they favor the left or the right. Mr. Hollande's class at L'École Nationale d'Administration included Jean-Maurice Ripert, a senior diplomat; Dominique de Villepin, a former foreign minister; the chairman of a major insurance company; the head of the French stock market; numerous former ministers; and Ségolène Royal, Mr. Hollande's former partner, mother of his four children and losing Socialist candidate in 2007. His class did not include Mr. Sarkozy, who failed to work his way through les grandes écoles and is said to resent their graduates even now.
Mr. Hollande says he is a "normal man," a description mocked by Mr. Sarkozy, an immigrant's son who is hardly normal by French standards. Mr. Sarkozy speaks bluntly, pushed for tax cuts for the rich and for corporations and is viewed as slightly "American" in his politics and his manner. By contrast, Mr. Hollande wears his indignations proudly, as a mark of earned strength. "To be elected, it's necessary to have been beaten; to be loved, it's necessary to have suffered," he once said. "The scars, the blows, the fact that nothing has been given to you — people appreciate it."
Mr. Hollande used to be referred to as "Flanby," after a brand of wobbly caramel pudding, just one of a string of insulting nicknames for a convivial man considered always at the second rank of politics. He has been called "a living marshmallow" and "Mr. Little Jokes," and Martine Aubry, the head of the Socialist Party, described him as a couille molle, a nasty way of saying he has no guts. A name that stuck for a long time is "Mr. Royal,'' a reference to Ms. Royal, Mr. Holland's former partner.
Mr. Hollande broke from his father's far-right politics, but he never presented himself as much of a rebel. His big youthful adventure consisted of traveling through Europe with his friends in an old Peugeot J7, a French version of the VW bus, while listening to the Beatles and Jimi Hendrix. And in 1974, he got a travel grant from business school to go to the United States for the summer, studying the supreme American invention of fast food — particularly McDonald's and Kentucky Fried Chicken, which hadn't yet established themselves in France. He drove from New York to San Francisco in what he remembered as "a very difficult period for the United States." "Nixon was being pursued," he said, "the dollar was very low, there was a doubt about America, the exit from Vietnam, but I saw the potential."
He wrote a report saying that fast food would come to France. "I could have made a fortune in cheeseburgers, but I finally chose politics," he said.
In Dealing With Germany, the Issue of Sovereignty
France has always wanted what Charles de Gaulle called "L'Europe des patries," or the Europe of homelands or nations, which keeps important decisions firmly in the hands of national leaders. And so Mr. Hollande's negotiations with Mrs. Merkel over the euro crisis have been politically fraught.
Mr. Hollande is arguing for collectivized debt, or so-called euro bonds, and for the European Central Bank to be able to loan directly to banks and to the European bailout funds. He wants the bank to operate more like the United States Federal Reserve, able to act as a lender of last resort to guarantee the debts of euro zone countries.
In response, Ms. Merkel contends that these steps must be a result of a closer political and economic union, not a precursor to it. Shared debt can work only if there is shared decision-making over budgets, taxes and pensions, she says. That is why she is pushing to move ahead with the long-stalled process of European integration.
But "more Europe" would mean a considerable loss of French sovereignty over its national budget and the French financial system, an extraordinarily delicate issue for Mr. Hollande and his Socialist Party, which split badly on a similar issue in 2005.
Any moves toward a deeper union within Europe would require constitutional change. And because Mr. Hollande does not have the necessary three-fifths majority in Parliament, he would face a demand for a public referendum.
A Meeting With Obama Before G-8 and NATO Summit
On May 18, Mr. Hollande met with President Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton at the White House. It was the administration's first official face-to-face interaction with the new French leader, who wants a more stimulative economic policy and a lesser role in Afghanistan than did his predecessor.
Mr. Hollande is one of the leaders of the Group of 8 industrial nations, who are meeting on May 18-19 at Camp David in Maryland, in advance of the NATO meeting in Chicago on May 20-21.
After the session at the White House, where the leaders said they discussed Europe's economy, Afghanistan, Iran and Syria, Mrs. Clinton hosted Mr. Hollande at a working lunch at Blair House. Later, she met with her new French counterpart, Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius.
There is no reason to expect tensions with the Hollande government; on the economic front, the White House is not unfriendly to economic stimulus, and the differences over how quickly to withdraw from Afghanistan are not profound.
In brief remarks to reporters after the meeting, Mr. Hollande said that he was committed to providing assistance to Afghan security, and that that would be discussed at the NATO summit meeting. Mr. Hollande said during his election campaign that he preferred French forces to leave Afghanistan before the timetable agreed to by NATO.
A Plan for Higher Taxes on 'Les Riches'
In summer 2012, a chill wafted over France's business class as Mr. Hollande vowed to impose a 75 percent tax on the portion of anyone's income above a million euros ($1.24 million) a year.
The 75 percent tax proposal, which Parliament plans to take up in September, is ostensibly aimed at bolstering French finances as Europe's long-running debt crisis intensifies.
But because there are relatively few people in France whose income would incur such a tax — an estimated 7,000 to 30,000 in a country of 65 million — the gains might contribute but a small fraction of the 33 billion euros in new revenue the government wants to raise in 2013 to help balance the budget.
The French finance ministry did not respond to requests for an estimate of the revenue the tax might raise. Though the amount would be low, some analysts note that a tax hit on the rich would provide political cover for painful cuts Mr. Hollande may need to make in social and welfare programs that are likely to be far less popular with the rank and file.
A 'Normal Man' With a Complicated Private Life
In the summer of 2012, the two women in Mr. Hollande's life — his current partner, Valérie Trierweiler, a journalist, and his former partner, Ségolène Royal, a Socialist politician the mother of his four children — found themselves at the center of a wave of coverage that started with a Twitter message.
During the legislative campaign in the spring, Ms. Trierweiler, 47, angered at Mr. Hollande's public support for Ms. Royal, sent a message effectively endorsing Ms. Royal's opponent. This was doubly embarrassing because Ms. Royal, 58, was the official candidate of the Socialist Party and of Mr. Hollande, also 58. Ms. Royal ended up losing badly, so there was humiliation all around.
Mr. Hollande's amorous life, and his decision to leave Ms. Royal for the younger Ms. Trierweiler, was already well ventilated during his successful presidential campaign. But he is facing a potentially more serious political issue: The apparent intense rivalry between the women — with Ms. Trierweiler aggressively defending her new position as first partner — may have a slowly degrading effect on his self-styled image as a "normal man" who is now a "normal president."
Until recently, Ms. Trierweiler was seen as an elegant and strong-willed woman who continued to work as a journalist while supporting her partner. She negotiated a deal with Paris Match to contribute book and art reviews and other cultural coverage a few times a month.
The anti-Royal tweet in June changed that perception, and Mr. Hollande made a point, in a television interview on July 14 — Bastille Day — of stating that he had told those close to him to keep their private lives private and to resolve their conflicts away from the news media. At the same time, Mr. Hollande's oldest son, Thomas, told friends that the children would now keep their distance from Ms. Trierweiler.


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We can imagine how exciting it was for Indian Land Middle School students when they moved into their own school earlier this month. Principal David McDonald said move-in day was like like Christmas for the students.
The new middle school in Indian Land is the old high school building. Its day as a high school ended last spring and Indian Land's bigger, better high school opened in the fall. The old high school under went extensive renovations to make it the new Indian Land Middle School.
An article appeared in the Charlotte Observer on Jan. 12, which attributed certain statements to me as quotes. I would like to explain what was actually said, as opposed to what appeared in the paper.
The family of Cpl. Charles "Charlie" E. Messer would like to express our heartfelt gratitude to everyone for all their thoughts, actions and prayers during this most difficult time for our family.
Five Lancaster County Schools recently produced shining moments. Three schools - Buford and Indian Land high schools along with Clinton Elementary - received the prestigious Palmetto Gold Award.
The Discovery School and Erwin Elementary earned the Palmetto Silver Award.
The prestigious awards are presented for academic excellence, the major purpose in education.
The S.C. Education Oversight Committee developed the award criteria based on absolute and improvement ratings given to each school on the state's 2007 report cards.
I'm writing to let the citizens of Lancaster County know that my wife and I know Wilford Faile and his son, Barry Faile. Both men are fine people.
Barry Faile is an upstanding citizen and member of this community with the knowledge to run our Sheriff's Office.
He knows the job like the back of his hand and will work hard to the best of his ability.
He has worked in many divisions while employed with the Sheriff's Office and understands they all have to work as a team to protect the safety and well-being of Lancaster County citizens.
Veteran police officer Tim Witherspoon is leaving the Lancaster Police Department, but not some of the duties he's performed in 25 years of an outstanding career in law enforcement.
Witherspoon, 45, retired from the Lancaster Police Department earlier this month, but he's likely to be spotted in his police uniform. Chances are you will find him working at Lancaster High School.
He is now a resource officer at LHS, the county's largest high school.
Having Witherspoon around, no matter what duties he performs, can only be viewed as a plus.
We should abolish parole for all crimes. This will save lives, save money and add certainty and accountability to our system. We should allow the prison director to award up to 15 percent off as an incentive for good behavior and to provide hope. But everyone must serve at least 85 percent. No more parole hearings, no loopholes, no exceptions.
Most people in Lancaster County probably have never seen a live Carolina heelsplitter before. Most people probably never even heard of them until the rare mussel became a threat to development in the booming Indian Land area.
But in the last year, these creatures have flexed their muscles, thanks to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, which have given them a voice. We've been told that since these mussels are protected by the Endangered Species Act of 1973, we must take precautionary measures to ensure they are protected in Lancaster County.
We should all practice common courtesy everywhere
I truly appreciate Karen Smith's letter "Use common courtesy in parking lots, on highway" in the Sept. 16 edition of The Lancaster News. We all could learn from this. Courtesy is something that is necessary in our world today. I would like to add to her list a few of my pet peeves:
I am writing to voice my disbelief at the attitude of the Lancaster County Water and Sewer District.
My husband and I received our bill in December for $48, having used 2,000 gallons. We decided that with the ongoing drought, we could reduce our water usage by recycling the water from the shower by using it to flush our toilets and water our plants.
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You may be one of the Lancaster County residents who won't vote in your usual polling place for the Republican and Democratic presidential primaries. The county combined several precincts because it did not get enough money from the state to open all precincts.
The polling places that have been combined and where you'll vote are:
- Antioch and Hyde Park - Hyde Park Baptist Church, 1898 Flat Creek Road
- Belair and Belair II - Indian Land Recreation Center, 8286 Charlotte Highway, Indian Land
Barbara Rutledge's column, "Community journalism remains focus," in the Jan. 11 edition of The Lancaster News just about said it all about the heart and soul of our community newspaper.
Having been fortunate to work with the news staff on a part-time basis for a few years, I want to add my few cents to the dialogue.
The Lancaster News began informing the citizens of Lancaster nine years before the War Between the States or the Civil War, according to one's perspective.
The statistics are in and the S.C. Highway Patrol is taking notice. In 2007, traffic fatalities were up in the county and across the state.
County numbers had 17 people die in fatalities as opposed to 10 in 2006. Statewide, the figures showed that 1,071 drivers lost their lives in 2007, up 43 from the previous year. South Carolina ranks among the highest in the nation in terms of number of traffic deaths and serious accidents per number of vehicles on the road.
Several factors led to the increase here.
He was 53 and had worked there for 27 years.
"What am I going to do?" he said.
He said it as if he were thinking out loud more than asking a question.
The Lancaster News and the S.C. Employment Security Commission were sponsoring a job fair. The irony is the day before the job fair, Springs Global announced its closing of the Grace Complex, where he worked.
After a week under heavy sedation, the first thing Amy Saylors said was, "I've got to pay my bills."
Saylors had been hospitalized with a case of pneumonia so severe that doctors at the Medical University of South Carolina did not have a name for it. They said she was lucky to be alive.
It was New Year's day when Saylors became so sick she had to be transported by ambulance from Springs Memorial Hospital in Lancaster more than three hours south to Charleston to MUSC.
Do you have pet peeves? I know I do. My two biggest pet peeves are based on the inconsideration of people who leave shopping carts in the middle of the parking lot and people who don't use turn signals.
With counsel from my family, close confidants and top staff, I have decided not to seek re-election and will retire at the expiration of my current term in January, 2009.
This was an extremely difficult decision for me because I love law enforcement, the good people of Lancaster County and most of all the men and women I have had the privilege and honor of working with throughout my 30-plus year career.
It's our turn. Every four years since 1980, South Carolina has had its time in the national spotlight during the presidential primary season.
For most of those 28 years, South Carolina's Republican presidential primary has enjoyed that glaring light. And it's become the barometer state for GOP candidates hoping to get to the White House.
It's the time of year that many of us make resolutions about changes we will make in the upcoming year.
Some popular resolutions are losing weight, exercising more and paying off debt, just to name a few. These are all worthwhile, but maybe this year we could consider a goal that empowers us to help children in need – becoming a volunteer Guardian ad Litem for an abused or neglected child.
Several years ago, I participated in a job fair for graduating journalists at the University of South Carolina in Columbia. Representatives from media outlets across the nation – newspapers, broadcast, television and public relation firms – also were there.
We were there interviewing and touting our businesses to the future graduates. I was there representing The Lancaster News and our parent company, Landmark Community Newspapers Inc. (LCNI.) As the day wore on, folks from the different businesses began to wander around the concourse talking to reps at their booths.
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What your values meanYour blood pressure is: Too low - Hypotension!
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4. Meaning of Hypotension blood pressureYour blood pressure is too low.
Though a value of "too low" does not exist in the classification of the WHO it is very usual to classify a blood pressure unter 105/60 as hypotension.
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Brian Atwood won over the hearts (and feet) of women worldwide and decided to expand his empire into the contemporary world (and price point, thankfully) with his B Brian Atwood line. Seriously, I am not sure what more I can say other than the fact that I am obsessed with these shoes. Bright pink, blue, and yellow colorblocked together on these platform pumps is just what my spring shoe wardrobe calls for. Great comfort, great style, and a really reasonable price can't be beat!
Amanda | Alexander Wang Knitted Eyelet Sweater | $985 via Net-A-Porter
To be clear, this sweater has absolutely naught to do with anything else in my wardrobe. I have a decent bit of Wang, and I have sweaters, of course, but this Formula-1-by-way-of-Isabel-Marant pattern and structure stand out on their own from anything else I might be tempted to wear on a day-to-day basis. I'm somewhat large-chested, by fashion standards, so I don't even think that this top would fit me properly. And still, somehow, I'm totally digging it. To counteract the slim, sporty feel, I'd pair it with a very full black skirt – above-the-knee or maxi? I'm not sure. Either way, Alexander Wang has yet again made me aware of a gap in my wardrobe that desperately needs filling.
Hilary | All Saints Theron Top | $90 via All Saints
With the weather warming up, all I want are some long, cozy, ultra soft tees that I can layer over leggings and pair with my beloved Rag & Bone moto boots. All Saints tees fit the bill – edgy, soft and the perfect amount of drapey-ness. I am obsessed with the graphic on this one – it has gold foil detail. Such an easy look for early spring!
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It's been a few months since I dreamed of establishing Deep South Dish, and I finally have managed to launch it. Now, there will be a few hiccups {especially with links} along the way as I transfer files over and such, so please bear with me, but as of now, all the recipes you were used to seeing over at My New 30, and all the new ones, will be posted here.
Of course, a new home means that I'm having to start from scratch with all of my readers and followers. To
Since the movie Julie & Julia is all the rage right now, I thought it would be fitting to announce the launch of Deep South Dish with a giveaway of Julia Child's 40th Anniversary Edition of Mastering The Art of French Cooking, Vol. 1.
Celebrate the opening of @DeepSouthDish & #JulieandJulia with a fab Julia Child cookbook #giveaway! http://tinyurl.com/ll2nes
Some legal stuff:
1. Due to shipping issues, giveaway is open to residents of the U.S. only please.
2. Winner will be selected by a random draw.
3. Winner will be announced on Deep South Dish blog and must claim their prize within 48 hours of the time their name is posted or the prize will be forfeited.
4. Winner must send an email to mary @ deepsouthdish . com {remove spaces}, and include their name and mailing address in order to collect their prize.
5. This giveaway closes at midnight on Sunday, August 9, 2009.
6. The giveaway is based on availability of this specific edition at the time of the drawing and receipt may be delayed due to that. I will let you know if that happens - you'll still get the cookbook, it just may be later. I also reserve the right to make a substitute of equal value should that be necessary.