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Obesity is a high amount of body fat. It leads to a much higher body weight than is normal. This level of body fat can cause serious health issues.
Calories are consumed from food and drinks. They are necessary for physical activity and all basic body functions.
A healthy weight is reached by balancing the number of calories you eat and the number of calories you use.
Weight gain occurs when the number of calories eaten is greater than the number of calories used. If this happens regularly, it will lead to obesity. Calorie imbalances happen most often with eating too much food and low levels of physical activity. Less often, it may be caused by a medical condition or medication.
Factors that may increase your child's risk of obesity include:
The main symptom of obesity is increased weight. The midsection is the most common area to increase in thickness. There will also be obvious areas of fat deposits all over the body.
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Excess weight increases the chance of a child having:
The doctor will ask about your child's symptoms and medical history. A physical exam will be done.
Your doctor may use the body mass index (BMI). This is a tool to determine if a child's weight is ideal or outside of the desired range. BMI is based on height and weight. Normal values are based on a child's sex and age. In children, the BMI results are compared to the results of other children and teens in the same age range. This will account for growth and body changes as a child ages. BMI levels for anyone under age 20 are as follows:
Fat may need to be measured. This can be done with:
Your child's bodily fluids may be tested. This can be done with blood tests to look for other conditions that may increase body weight.
The doctor may also do other tests to check for complications of obesity. These may include checking your child's blood pressure, glucose, and cholesterol levels.
Personal habits, lifestyle, and family culture can all influence obesity. This means that a mix of treatment approaches is best. To help your child manage weight, encourage healthy behaviors in your child and your family.
Your doctor may recommend the following:
Your doctor may refer your child to a dietitian. A dietitian can help make a diet plan for your child. The plan may include a daily calorie goal, healthy food options, and tips to change your child's diet.
Have your child follow basic healthy eating habits, such as:
Children rarely prepare their own foods. It is important that a parent participate in healthier eating habits. For example:
In more severe cases, your child may have to follow a meal plan.
Encourage your child to participate in physical activity. Sign older children up for sports or activities. Develop some family-based activities that everyone can enjoy.
General guidelines for your child include:
In more severe cases, your doctor may provide a specific activity plan.
Your child may struggle with weight loss or being obese. Some support options or actions include:
Some children who are obese may already have serious conditions due to weight. This may include problems with the heart or lungs, diabetes, or bone and joint problems. These conditions may require separate treatment.
Other children may have a hard time losing weight despite following guidelines. For these teenagers, other options may be considered, such as:
To help reduce your child's chance of being overweight or obese:
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Healthy Children—American Academy of Pediatrics
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Health Canada
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NHLBI integrated guidelines for pediatric cardiovascular risk reduction. EBSCO DynaMed website. Available at:
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Obesity in children and teens. American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry website. Available at:
http://www.aacap.org/AACAP/Families_and_Youth/Facts_for_Families/Facts_for_Families_Pages/Obesity_In_Children_And_Teens_79.aspx. Updated March 2011. Accessed February 16, 2015.
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Tips for parents: Ideas to help children maintain a healthy weight. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention website. Available at:
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Disparities in peaks, plateaus, and declines in prevalence of high BMI among adolescents.
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Association of adolescent obesity with risk of severe obesity in adulthood.
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Please be aware that this information is provided to supplement the care provided by your physician. It is neither intended nor implied to be a substitute for professional medical advice. CALL YOUR HEALTHCARE PROVIDER IMMEDIATELY IF YOU THINK YOU MAY HAVE A MEDICAL EMERGENCY. Always seek the advice of your physician or other qualified health provider prior to starting any new treatment or with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition.
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These radio dispatches to Marion County firefighters and emergency medical technicians were monitored by radio:
8:27 a.m. — Hillsboro ambulance was dispatched to the 400 block of East First Street in Hillsboro for a boy who cut his fingers on a can. Nearly half an hour later, EMTs informed Hillsboro Community Hospital that the boy's father would be transporting the boy to the hospital.
9:50 a.m. — Peabody EMTs were dispatched to Peabody Care Center for patient with respiratory problems. Firefighters also were dispatched to help lift the patient.
Dec. 21
11:34 a.m. — Hillsboro ambulance and Goessel first responders were summoned to the 900 block of North Goldenrod Road for an unconscious male subject in his 80s reported not to be breathing. Family of victim reportedly refused CPR with Goessel first responders. Hillsboro ambulance reports back at station at 1:17 p.m.
Dec. 22
1:07 a.m. — Marion ambulance responds to the 200 block of North Thorp Street to transport a male in his 50s with difficulty breathing to St. Luke Hospital. Marion fire department helped lift patient.
3:40 a.m. — Marion ambulance transferred a patient from St. Luke to St. Francis Hospital in Wichita.
6:53 a.m. — Marion and Peabody ambulances responds to 140th and Limestone Roads for car accident. The patient refused transport.
11:13 a.m. — Hillsboro ambulance transported a male in his 80s who had fallen to 700 block of South Lincoln Street to Hillsboro Community Hospital.
1:12 p.m. — Hillsboro ambulance transferred a patient from Hillsboro Community to Newton Medical Center.
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12:07 a.m. — Tampa ambulance transported a patient with back pain from the 3200 block of North Vista Road for a subject with back pain to Herington Hospital.
7:39 a.m. — Florence and Marion ambulance transported a man after a car accident from a half mile south of U.S. 77 and 50 roundabout to St. Luke Hospital.
11:13 a.m. — Marion ambulance transported a for a female patient in her 80s with the flu from the 200 block of Eisenhower Drive to St. Luke Hospital by 11:42 a.m.
Dec. 24
9:18 a.m. — Peabody Fire Department checked the 1000 block of Vine Street for a possible carbon monoxide leak, but reported their gas monitor was not functioning properly.
5:05 p.m. — Hillsboro ambulance transported a patient from Parkside Homes assisted living to Hillsboro Community.
Dec. 25
8:35 a.m. — Hillsboro ambulance transported a female patient in her 80s with nausea and vomiting from Parkside to Hillsboro Community.
9:55 p.m. — Marion ambulance was summoned to the 200 block of South Thorp Street for a female patient in her 80s not feeling well but did not transport the patient.
Dec. 26
8:21 a.m. — Peabody ambulance took a female patien in her 80s who had fallen from the 400 block of North Locust Street to Newton Medical Center.
10:29 a.m. — Florence ambulance was dispatched to Morning Star Ranch for a male in his 20s who cut his fingers with a table saw but did not transport a patient.
7:14 p.m. — Marion ambulance responded to the 100 block of North Freeborn Street for a domestic disturbance. A female requested that her husband be transported to St. Luke Hospital.
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Disney movie inspired by Giants owner's reality TV show
The movie's premise sounds about as plausible as "Iron Man 3."
Two 18-year-old javelin throwers from India beat out 37,000 contestants in a reality-television contest to find the most promising baseball pitchers in a cricket-mad country, then come to the United States and get contracts with a major-league team.
The story is actually true. San Mateo business magnate Will Chang devised the contest, and next spring, Disney will release a motion picture based on this unusual tale.
The film is called "Million Dollar Arm," same as the Indian reality show from 2008, and stars Jon Hamm ("Mad Men") and Indian-born actors Aasif Mandvi ("The Daily Show"), Suraj Sharma ("Life of Pi") and Madhur Mittal ("Slumdog Millionaire"). The theatrical trailer premiered Friday.
Chang, the Peninsula real estate investor, venture capitalist and a small-percentage owner of the San Francisco Giants, will be played by Tzi Ma.
"Million Dollar Arm" was both a moneymaking venture and a social experiment to prove Chang's belief that the world's greatest athletes have "superhuman" qualities and could succeed in any sport they try - thus the search for baseball pitchers in India.
As Chang told his partner, Ash Vasudevan, "Let's go find a one-in-a-billion in a country with 1.1 billion people."
Chang formed his opinions as he tried to run alongside the elite athletes in the San Francisco Marathon, which he once owned, and watched all-time home run leader Barry Bonds decide within a fraction of a second whether to swing at a pitch or take it based on the rotation of the ball. Many players can do that. Bonds' ability was almost unreal.
"The guy's a freak of nature," Chang said. "There's something innate about these athletes' DNA that makes them unique. They can do what 99.999 percent of the people can't do, no matter how hard they train. The thought of these superhuman beings just kept ringing in my head."
Chang, 57, believes that intellectual geniuses have the same traits. He was discussing that with Vasudevan when they hatched the idea to travel to Vasudevan's native India and try to discover an athlete who could accurately pitch a baseball at 100 mph. They recruited Bonds' former marketer, J.B. Bernstein, to go to India and create a made-for-TV contest. Bernstein was reluctant at first and had to be coaxed.
"To do something like this you have to be a little eccentric like me and Ash," Chang said. "The three of us are pretty eccentric."
Through Bernstein's contacts in Hollywood, Chang was able to sell the story.
The Disney film twists it some, particularly the genesis of the "Million Dollar Arm" reality show. In the movie, Bernstein (Hamm) and Vasudevan (Mandvi) are starving sports agents who brainstorm the contest to find the gold-mine clients they can't sign in America.
They pitch the idea to Chang, portrayed as a rich San Franciscan who just might be crazy enough to cough up the money.
In real life, Chang offered $1 million of his money to any contestant who could throw three baseballs at 93 mph into a catcher's glove attached to a mannequin. None of the 40 finalists from eight Indian cities could throw faster than 90.
But Rinku Singh proved the best of the 40 finalists and won $100,000. Dinesh Patel finished second and got $50,000.
Chang brought both to the U.S. and sent them to Los Angeles to train with University of Southern California pitching coach and former big-league pitcher Tom House (Bill Paxton in the movie). Six months later, House arranged for a tryout that scouts from 20 teams attended. The Pittsburgh Pirates gave Singh and Patel minor-league contracts with a shot at reaching the majors someday.
That has not happened. The Pirates eventually cut Patel. Singh remains in their developmental system, sidelined by an elbow reconstruction procedure commonly known as "Tommy John surgery."
The odd twist is that Chang initially planned to turn a cricket player into a big-league pitcher, but neither Patel nor Singh were cricketers.
Chang, who was born in Japan and educated at Harvard University, said all of his associates laughed at the "Million Dollar Arm" idea. But Vasudevan said he embraced it immediately because he trusted Chang's instincts.
"What really excited me about it is that nobody approached it the way Will outlined it," Vasudevan he said. "India is a sports-crazy nation and there were huge broadcast opportunities."
Chang did not criticize the screenplay authors for fictionalizing the tale and making him the contest's financier rather than its creator.
"Hey," he said, "it's Hollywood."
Henry Schulman is a San Francisco Chronicle staff writer. E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com Twitter: @hankschulman


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It seems safe to say that being a gamer in Australia is not an easy lifestyle to maintain, as the country keeps banning titles. Earlier this year, games like Dark Sector, Shellshock 2, and Fallout 3 were all refused classification by the Australian Classification Board, which makes a game unsellable. Now it seems that Silent Hill: Homecoming has been added to that list and will not be available in stores Down Under come November.
Gamespot has learned of the game's classification refusal, thanks to the Australian version of its site:
An Atari spokesman (Atari is the local distributor for Konami titles)
confirmed the game banning to GameSpot AU, saying that Australia's
Classification Board found issue with the high impact of Silent Hill's
violence. Examples used by the Board in its report include copious
blood spray in the game, decapitations, partially dismembered corpses,
numerous scenes of attacks, fights, torture, and death.
In all honesty, the reasons for the game's classification refusal sounds like pretty much every other Silent Hill game that's come out. Australia doesn't have a rating equivalent to the ESRB's M for Mature or the UK's 18+, so games coming out down there need to either be tame enough to meet rating requirements or have content removed/changed enough to appease the government's requirements. The spokesman who talked to Gamespot noted, though, that Homecoming will be resubmitted for approval come early 2009.
Many of the Classification Board's decisions have boggled the mind over the years. Aside from banning Fallout 3 because of its featured drug use, the Board has initially refused to give a rating to games like GTA IV, Manhunt 2, and Marc Ecko's Getting Up: Contents Under Pressure.


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The Weird Sisters by Eleanor Brown has been around too much: there were days when I would see more than two references to this books. So, after learning about its amazing plot, I decided to give it a try as part of my free-from-college readings!
Basically, the book deals with three sisters whose father, a professor devoted to Shakespeare, named them after Shakespearian characters and talked to them quoting the great English author.
That said, the book does not seem very attractive. But, as the plot progresses, the reader gets to know each of the three sisters who are very different from each other. They are three grown up women, each with her own problems, issues and a captivating personality. Also, the way they were brought up has made them different yet you can identify with them and, slowly, you fall in love with the story and the characters.
I loved this book much more than I expected to. The story is perfectly timed so that the reader never loses their interest nor gets bored. And the characters, oh the characters!! Rose, Bean and Cordy are just the neighbors you wanted to be friends with, they have something that makes you instantly attracted to them. Also, the whole setting is perfect and the fact that, thanks to the father, the house is full of books, bohemianly arranged, I would say, makes it a better reading. There were times when I just adored turning the page, staring at the cover or simply, carry the book around anywhere I went (or I'd feel alone).
For those who read it, my favourite character was Bean, who I pictured in my mind as Rachel McAdams. However, I should say the ending was too stereotyped. Don't get me wrong, I liked it, but at the same time I would like to question the author about it.
So, The Weird Sisters is already one of my favourite readings for this summer. It just reminded me how much I love books and how they can help readers anytime, anywhere.


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Will Women's Voices Be Heard in Copenhagen?
Worldwatch is Lead Author of the United Nations Population Fund's State of the World Population 2009
WASHINGTON - Women
will bear the greatest burden of a changing climate but so far have
received little attention from negotiators working toward a new global
climate deal, according to the 2009 edition of the United Nations
Population Fund's State of World Population.
Robert Engelman, Worldwatch Institute's Vice President for Programs,
was lead author of the report, which argues that women's issues, and
especially women's health issues, have been largely overlooked in
discussions leading up to the UN climate talks in Copenhagen, Denmark,
this December.
"This is the first report in which a United Nations agency has
connected climate change to human population and the status of women,"
Engelman said. "Its main finding-that investing in women and erasing
the constraints on their achievement will slow climate change and build
social resilience-is powerful and hopeful."
In addition to exploring the inherent connections between population
and climate change, the report examines the climate issue as it
pertains to multiple aspects of health, development, and the global
environment. These connections have long remained at the forefront of
Worldwatch's research.
State of World Population 2009 shows that investments that
empower women and girls-particularly investments in education and
health-also bolster economic development and reduce poverty. But these
investments have an additional beneficial impact on climate. Girls with
higher levels of education, for example, tend to have smaller families
as adults, and the ensuing lower fertility rates contribute to slower
growth in greenhouse gas emissions and improved adaptation to the
impacts of climate change.
A recent report published by Worldwatch and the United Nations Foundation, Global Environmental Change: The Threat to Human Health,
notes that 200 million women worldwide currently lack access to the
family planning services they want or need, ranging from contraception
to reproductive health counseling. The report's author, Dr. Samuel S.
Myers of Harvard University, asserts that providing these services and
allowing women to decide for themselves whether, when, and how often to
give birth is an adaptive strategy against many of the predicted
impacts of climate change-all of which will be exacerbated by larger
populations needing access to resources, secure homes, and productive
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"No other intervention would provide more benefits across the health
and environmental sectors than providing global access to family
planning services," says Dr. Myers.
According to State of the World Population 2009, the poor
are especially vulnerable to the impacts of climate change, and the
majority of the 1.5 billion people living on $1 a day or less are
women. The poor are more likely to depend on agriculture for a living
and therefore risk going hungry or losing their livelihoods when
droughts strike, rains become unpredictable and hurricanes move with
unprecedented force. The poor also tend to live in marginal areas that
are vulnerable to floods, rising seas, and storms. Research cited in
the report shows that women are more likely than men to die in natural
disasters-including those related to extreme weather-with this gap most
pronounced where incomes are low and status differences between men and
women are high.
"We can't successfully confront climate change if we neglect the needs,
challenges, and potential of half the people on this planet," said
UNFPA Executive Director Thoraya Ahmed Obaid in a UNFPA release
announcing the State of the World Population
report. "If we are really serious about halting climate change, then we
must get serious about eliminating inequalities between the sexes and
empowering women to persevere in our warming world."
For more information or to download State of the World Population 2009, please visit http://www.unfpa.org/swp/2009/en/
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October 03, 2011
LOS ANGELES -- UCLA Anderson School of Management has announced the launch of a dual degree executive MBA program in partnership with a leading Chilean business school, Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez (UAI). Created for senior executives with professional responsibilities for Latin America or the Americas, the UCLA-UAI Global Executive MBA for the Americas program offers executive MBA students deep analytic insights and a global network of peer executives to address global business opportunities. Starting October 6, 2011, the 15-month, part-time program will be delivered over six two-week course modules held in Miami, Los Angeles, São Paulo and Santiago.
"The 'Global Executive MBA for the Americas' program is the only program of its kind for practicing executives who seek insights into global market opportunities in the Americas," said Judy Olian, dean of UCLA Anderson School of Management. "UCLA's partnership with UAI, a leading business school in Latin America, combines the intellectual depth of faculty in both schools, with their incisive perspectives on these markets."
"The launch of the 'Global Executive MBA for the Americas' program is a strategic and timely response to the stronger role that Latin America has played over the past decade, as well as an unique opportunity to acquire the necessary competences to be an actor in the evolving role of this continent in the global marketplace," said Alfonso Gómez, dean of UAI's Business School. "While both universities have had a strong presence in Latin America through exchange programs, field study opportunities and a vast alumni network, this new program offers an in-depth look at the region's most critical business and organizational issues."
Leading the new program are faculty from both the UCLA Anderson School of Management and UAI Business School, who offer world class expertise in operations management, technology, economics, marketing, entrepreneurship, and finance. Set in four key economic hubs, the concentrated course modules accommodate the schedules of busy executives, while offering exposure to diverse and distinctive business both inside and out of the classroom. Each two-week module features content tailored to the demands of executives with global business exposure, site visits to leading businesses in the region, and guest speakers who offer extensive insights into markets and cultures in the Americas.
"The faculty of both partner schools has demonstrated a tremendous enthusiasm to contribute to this program," said Professor Dominique Hanssens, faculty director. "The program participants will be taught by leaders in their specialty. The curriculum will also contain some course modules that address strategic challenges unique to the current era, such as building sustainable enterprises and managing in the information age."
"I receive very positive responses to this program from countries where I've traveled extensively, such as Brazil, Mexico, Colombia, and Peru, among others," said Bob Pettit, Executive Director. "There is nothing like this program in the market today. Companies recognize the need for a management education that provides a global and regional orientation to provide emerging leaders the perspective and tools needed to sustain growth. This is especially true of the rising multi-national corporations known as the 'multilatinas.' Our program is ideally suited for executives who have international responsibilities in the Western Hemisphere. In addition, HR professionals see this as an excellent way to develop and retain their top talent."
The UCLA-UAI Global Executive MBA for the Americas is UCLA Anderson's second Global EMBA program. In 2003, UCLA Anderson formed a partnership with the National University of Singapore (NUS) and launched the UCLA-NUS Global Executive MBA for Asia Pacific program.
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|Equatorial Guinea gained independence in 1968 after 190 years of Spanish rule; it is one of the smallest countries in Africa consisting of a mainland territory and five inhabited islands. The capital of Malabo is located on the island of Bioko, approximately 25 km from the Cameroonian coastline in the Gulf of Guinea. Between 1968 and 1979, autocratic President Francisco MACIAS NGUEMA virtually destroyed all of the country's political, economic, and social institutions before being deposed by his nephew Teodoro OBIANG NGUEMA MBASOGO in a coup. President OBIANG has ruled since October 1979 and was reelected in 2016. Although nominally a constitutional democracy since 1991, presidential and legislative elections since 1996 have generally been labeled as flawed. The president exerts almost total control over the political system and has placed legal and bureaucratic barriers that prevent political opposition. Equatorial Guinea has experienced rapid economic growth due to the discovery of large offshore oil reserves, and in the last decade has become Sub-Saharan Africa's third largest oil exporter. Despite the country's economic windfall from oil production, resulting in a massive increase in government revenue in recent years, the drop in global oil prices has placed significant strain on the state budget. Equatorial Guinea continues to seek to diversify its economy and to increase foreign investment despite limited improvements in the population's living standards. Equatorial Guinea is the host of major regional and international conferences and continues to seek a greater role in regional affairs.
Insular and continental regions widely separated
|Central Africa, bordering the Bight of Biafra, between Cameroon and Gabon
|Geographic coordinates:
| total: 28,051 sq km
land: 28,051 sq km
water: 0 sq km
Size comparison: slightly smaller than Maryland
|Land Boundaries:
|total: 528 km border countries (2): Cameroon 183 km, Gabon 345 km
|296 km
|Maritime claims:
| territorial sea: 12 nm
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
|tropical; always hot, humid
|coastal plains rise to interior hills; islands are volcanic
|Elevation extremes:
|Natural resources:
|petroleum, natural gas, timber, gold, bauxite, diamonds, tantalum, sand and gravel, clay
|Land use:
| agricultural land: 10.1% arable land 4.3%; permanent crops 2.1%; permanent pasture 3.7% forest: 57.5%
other: 32.4% (2011 est.)
|Irrigated land:
|Natural hazards:
|violent windstorms; flash floods volcanism: Santa Isabel (elev. 3,007 m), which last erupted in 1923, is the country's only historically active volcano; Santa Isabel, along with two dormant volcanoes, form Bioko Island in the Gulf of Guinea
|Current Environment Issues:
|tap water is non-potable; deforestation
|International Environment Agreements:
| party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands
signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements
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| noun: Equatorial Guinean(s) or Equatoguinean(s)
adjective: Equatorial Guinean or Equatoguinean
|Ethnic groups:
|Fang 85.7%, Bubi 6.5%, Mdowe 3.6%, Annobon 1.6%, Bujeba 1.1%, other 1.4% (1994 census)
|Spanish (official) 67.6%, other (includes French (official), Fang, Bubi) 32.4% (1994 census)
|nominally Christian and predominantly Roman Catholic, pagan practices
|759,451 (July 2016 est.)
|Age structure:
| 0-14 years: 40.15% (male 154,896/female 150,010)
15-24 years: 19.63% (male 75,914/female 73,194)
25-54 years: 31.94% (male 120,999/female 121,587)
55-64 years: 4.3% (male 14,052/female 18,583)
65 years and over: 3.98% (male 12,627/female 17,589) (2016 est.)
|Dependency ratios:
| total dependency ratio: 72.9%
youth dependency ratio: 67.9%
elderly dependency ratio: 5%
potential support ratio: 20% (2015 est.)
|Median age:
| total: 19.6 years
male: 19.1 years
female: 20.1 years (2016 est.)
|Population growth rate:
|2.48% (2016 est.)
|Birth rate:
|32.8 births/1,000 population (2016 est.)
|Death rate:
|8 deaths/1,000 population (2016 est.)
|Net migration rate:
|0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2016 est.)
| urban population: 39.9% of total population (2015)
rate of urbanization: 3.12% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.)
|Major urban areas - population:
|MALABO (capital) 145,000 (2014)
|Sex ratio:
| at birth: 1.03 male(s)/female
0-14 years: 1.03 male(s)/female
15-24 years: 1.04 male(s)/female
25-54 years: 1 male(s)/female
55-64 years: 0.76 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.72 male(s)/female
total population: 0.99 male(s)/female (2016 est.)
|Maternal mortality rate:
|342 deaths/100,000 live births (2015 est.)
|Infant mortality rate:
| total: 67.2 deaths/1,000 live births male: 68.2 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 66.1 deaths/1,000 live births (2016 est.)
|Life expectancy at birth:
| total population: 64.2 years male: 63.1 years
female: 65.4 years (2016 est.)
|Total fertility rate:
|4.48 children born/woman (2016 est.)
|Contraceptive prevalence rate:
|12.6% (2011)
|Health expenditures:
|3.8% of GDP (2014)
|Hospital bed density:
|2.1 beds/1,000 population (2010)
|Drinking water source:
| improved:
urban: 72.5% of population
rural: 31.5% of population
total: 47.9% of population
urban: 27.5% of population
rural: 68.5% of population
total: 52.1% of population (2015 est.)
|Sanitation facility access:
| improved:
urban: 79.9% of population
rural: 71% of population
total: 74.5% of population
urban: 20.1% of population
rural: 29% of population
total: 25.5% of population (2015 est.)
|HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:
|4.88% (2015 est.)
|HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:
|27,400 (2015 est.)
|HIV/AIDS - deaths:
|1,100 (2015 est.)
|Obesity - adult prevalence rate:
|16.2% (2014)
|Children under the age of 5 years underweight:
|5.6% (2010)
| definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 95.3%
male: 97.4%
female: 93% (2015 est.)
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|Country name:
| conventional long form: Republic of Equatorial Guinea
conventional short form: Equatorial Guinea
local long form: Republica de Guinea Ecuatorial/Republique de Guinee Equatoriale
local short form: Guinea Ecuatorial/Guinee Equatoriale
former: Spanish Guinea
etymology: the country is named for the Guinea region of West Africa that lies along the Gulf of Guinea and stretches north to the Sahel; the "equatorial" refers to the fact that the country lies just north of the Equator
|Government type:
|presidential republic
| name: Malabo; note - a new capital of Oyala is being built on the mainland near Djibloho; Malabo is on the island of Bioko
geographic coordinates: 3 45 N, 8 47 E
time difference: UTC+1 (6 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)
|Administrative divisions:
|7 provinces (provincias, singular - provincia); Annobon, Bioko Norte, Bioko Sur, Centro Sur, Kie-Ntem, Litoral, Wele-Nzas
|12 October 1968 (from Spain)
|National holiday:
|Independence Day, 12 October (1968)
|approved by referendum 17 November 1991; amended several times, last in 2012 (2016)
|Legal system:
|mixed system of civil and customary law
|18 years of age; universal
|Executive branch:
| chief of state: President Brig. Gen. (Ret.) Teodoro OBIANG Nguema Mbasogo (since 3 August 1979 when he seized power in a military coup)
head of government: Prime Minister Francisco Pascual Eyegue OBAMA Asue (since 23 June 2016); First Deputy Prime Minister Clemente Engonga NGUEMA Onguene; Second Deputy Prime Minister Alfonso Mesie MIBUY; Third Deputy Prime Minister Alfonso Nsue MOKUY
cabinet: Council of Ministers appointed by the president elections/appointments: president directly elected by simple majority popular vote for a 7-year term (eligible for a second term); election last held on 24 April 2016 (next to be held in 2023); prime minister and deputy prime ministers appointed by the president
election results: Teodoro OBIANG Nguema Mbasogo reelected president; percent of vote - Teodoro OBIANG Nguema Mbasogo (PDGE) 93.7%
|Legislative branch:
| description: bicameral National Assembly or Asemblea Nacional, formerly the unicameral Parliament, consists of the Senate or Senado (70 seats; 55 members directly elected by simple majority vote and 15 appointed by the president) and the House of People's Representatives or Camara de Representantes del Pueblo (100 seats; members directly elected in multi-seat constituencies by proportional representation vote to serve 5-year terms); note - the constitutional referendum of 2011 established the Senate and was implemented at the time of the May 2013 elections
elections: last held on 26 May 2013 (next to be held in 2018)
election results: Senate - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - PDGE 54, CPDS 1; Chamber of Deputies - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - PDGE 99, CPDS 1
|Judicial branch:
| highest court(s): Supreme Court of Justice (consists of the chief justice - who is also chief of state - and 9 judges and organized into civil, criminal, commercial, labor, administrative, and customary sections); Constitutional Court (consists of the court president and 4 members) judge selection and term of office: Supreme Court judges appointed by the president for 5-year terms; Constitutional Court members appointed by the president, 2 of which are nominated by the Chamber of Deputies
subordinate courts: Court of Guarantees; military courts; Courts of Appeal; first instance tribunals; district and county tribunals
|Political parties and leaders:
|Convergence Party for Social Democracy or CPDS [Andres ESONO ONDO] Democratic Party for Equatorial Guinea or PDGE [Teodoro OBIANG Nguema Mbasogo] (ruling party) Electoral Coalition or EC Popular Action of Equatorial Guinea or APGE [Carmelo MBA BACALE] Popular Union or UP [Daniel MARTINEZ AYECABA] not officially registered parties: Democratic Republican Force or FDR [Guillermo NGUEMA ELA] Independent Candidacy or CI [Gabriel NSE OBIANG OBONO] Party for Progress of Equatorial Guinea or PPGE [Severo MOTO] Union for the Center Right or UDC [Avelino MOCACHE MEAENGA] note: in November 2014, the government hosted a National Dialogue process to engage with the political opposition; the opposition particiapated with limited attendance and engagement; on March 18, 2015, the CPDS, FDR, and UP formed a coalition called the Front of Democratic Opposition or FOD
|Political pressure groups and leaders:
|ASODEGUE (Madrid-based pressure group for democratic reform) Coalicion CEIBA (group formed by diverse, exiled political parties) C.O.R.E.D. (originally led by Raimundo Ela Nsang; based in Paris) EG Justice (US-based anti-corruption group)
|International organization participation:
|ACP, AfDB, AU, BDEAC, CEMAC, CPLP (associate), FAO, FZ, G-77, IBRD, ICAO, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, IPU, ITSO, ITU, MIGA, NAM, OAS (observer), OIF, OPCW, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UNWTO, UPU, WHO, WIPO, WTO (observer)
|National symbol(s):
|silk cotton tree; national colors: green, white, red, blue
|National anthem:
| name: "Caminemos pisando la senda" (Let Us Tread the Path)
lyrics/music: Atanasio Ndongo MIYONO/Atanasio Ndongo MIYONO or Ramiro Sanchez LOPEZ (disputed)
note: adopted 1968
|Diplomatic representation in the US:
| chief of mission: Ambassador Miguel Ntutumu EVUNA ANDEME (since 23 February 2015)
chancery: 2020 16th Street NW, Washington, DC 20009
telephone: [1] (202) 518-5700
FAX: [1] (202) 518-5252 consul general(s): Houston
|Diplomatic representation from the US:
| chief of mission: Ambassador Julie FURUTA-TOY (since January 2016)
embassy: Carretera Malabo II, Malabo, Guinea Ecuatorial
mailing address: US Embassy Malabo, US Department of State, Washington, DC 20521-2520
telephone: [240] 333 09 57 41
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Exploitation of oil and gas deposits, beginning in the 1990s, has driven economic growth in Equatorial Guinea, allowing per capita GDP to rise to over $29,000 in 2014. Forestry and farming are minor components of GDP. Although preindependence Equatorial Guinea counted on cocoa production for hard currency earnings, the neglect of the rural economy since independence has diminished the potential for agriculture-led growth. Subsistence farming is the dominant form of livelihood. Declining revenue from hydrocarbon production, high levels of infrastructure expenditures, lack of economic diversification, and corruption have pushed the economy into decline in recent years and led to limited improvements in the general population's living conditions. Foreign assistance programs by the World Bank and the IMF have been cut since 1993 because of corruption and mismanagement, and as a middle income country Equatorial Guinea is now ineligible for most donor assistance. The government has been widely criticized for its lack of transparency and misuse of oil revenues and has attempted to address this issue by working towards compliance with the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative. US foreign assistance to Equatorial Guinea is limited in part because of US restrictions pursuant to the Trafficking Victims Protection Act. Equatorial Guinea hosted two economic diversification symposia in 2014 that focused on attracting investment in five sectors: agriculture and animal ranching, fishing, mining and petrochemicals, tourism, and financial services. Undeveloped mineral resources include gold, zinc, diamonds, columbite-tantalite, and other base metals.
|GDP (purchasing power parity):
| GDP (purchasing power parity): $31.77 billion (2016 est.) $35.25 billion (2015 est.) $38.08 billion (2014 est.)
note: data are in 2016 dollars
|GDP (official exchange rate):
|GDP (official exchange rate): $11.64 billion (2015 est.)
|GDP - real growth rate:
|-9.9% (2016 est.) -7.4% (2015 est.) -0.5% (2014 est.)
|GDP - per capita (PPP):
| GDP - per capita (PPP): $38,700 (2016 est.) $44,100 (2015 est.) $48,900 (2014 est.)
note: data are in 2016 dollars
|Gross national saving:
|19.3% of GDP (2016 est.) 36.3% of GDP (2015 est.) 46.3% of GDP (2014 est.)
|GDP - composition, by end use:
| household consumption: 25.6%
government consumption: 5.7%
investment in fixed capital: 69.7%
investment in inventories: 0.1%
exports of goods and services: 53.4%
imports of goods and services: -54.5% (2016 est.)
|GDP - composition, by sector of origin:
| household consumption: 25.6%
government consumption: 5.7%
investment in fixed capital: 69.7%
investment in inventories: 0.1%
exports of goods and services: 53.4%
imports of goods and services: -54.5% (2016 est.)
|Agriculture - products:
|coffee, cocoa, rice, yams, cassava (manioc, tapioca), bananas, palm oil nuts; livestock; timber
|petroleum, natural gas, sawmilling
|Industrial production growth rate:
|-6.7% (2016 est.)
|Labor force:
|195,200 (2007 est.)
|Unemployment rate:
|22.3% (2009 est.)
|Population below poverty line:
|Household income or consumption by percentage share:
| lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%
| revenues: $2.436 billion
expenditures: $2.862 billion (2016 est.)
|Taxes and other revenues:
|20.9% of GDP (2016 est.)
|Public debt:
|24.3% of GDP (2016 est.) 16.4% of GDP (2015 est.)
|Fiscal year:
|calendar year
|Inflation rate (consumer prices):
|Inflation rate (consumer prices): 3.1% (2016 est.) 11.7% (2015 est.)
|Current account balance:
|-$1.368 billion (2016 est.) -$2.322 billion (2015 est.)
|$5.064 billion (2016 est.) $7.41 billion (2015 est.)
|Exports - commodities:
|petroleum products, timber
|Exports - partners:
|China 16.6%, South Korea 15.1%, Spain 9%, Brazil 8.2%, Netherlands 6.8%, South Africa 6.6%, India 5.8%, UK 5.7%, France 5.7% (2015)
|$3.03 billion (2016 est.) $3.953 billion (2015 est.)
|Imports - commodities:
|petroleum sector equipment, other equipment, construction materials, vehicles
|Imports - partners:
|Netherlands 16.9%, Spain 16.3%, China 14.8%, US 8.9%, Cote dIvoire 6%, France 4.8% (2015)
|Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:
|$621.9 million (31 December 2016 est.) $1.205 billion (31 December 2015 est.)
|Debt - external:
|$1.364 billion (31 December 2016 est.) $1.194 billion (31 December 2015 est.)
|Exchange rates:
|Cooperation Financiere en Afrique Centrale francs (XAF) per US dollar - 605.7 (2016 est.) 591.45 (2015 est.) 591.45 (2014 est.) 494.42 (2013 est.) 510.53 (2012 est.)
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|Electricity - production:
|98 million kWh (2014 est.)
|Electricity - consumption:
|91.14 million kWh (2014 est.)
|Electricity - exports:
|0 kWh (2013 est.)
|Electricity - imports:
|0 kWh (2013 est.)
|Electricity - installed generating capacity:
|200,000 kW (2014 est.)
|Electricity - from fossil fuels:
|22.6% of total installed capacity (2012 est.)
|Electricity - from nuclear fuels:
|0% of total installed capacity (2012 est.)
|Electricity - from hydroelectric plants:
|77.4% of total installed capacity (2012 est.)
|Electricity - from other renewable sources:
|0% of total installed capacity (2012 est.)
|Crude oil - production:
|250,000 bbl/day (2015 est.)
|Crude oil - exports:
|290,100 bbl/day (2013 est.)
|Crude oil - imports:
|0 bbl/day (2013 est.)
|Crude oil - proved reserves:
|1.1 billion bbl (1 January 2016 es)
|Refined petroleum products - production:
|0 bbl/day (2013 est.)
|Refined petroleum products - consumption:
|5,200 bbl/day (2014 est.)
|Refined petroleum products - exports:
|0 bbl/day (2013 est.)
|Refined petroleum products - imports:
|5,197 bbl/day (2013 est.)
|Natural gas - production:
|6.55 billion cu m (2014 est.)
|Natural gas - consumption:
|1.594 billion cu m (2014 est.)
|Natural gas - exports:
|4.956 billion cu m (2014 est.)
|Natural gas - imports:
|0 cu m (2013 est.)
|Natural gas - proved reserves:
|36.81 billion cu m (1 January 2016 es)
|Carbon dioxide emissions from consumption of energy:
|3.7 million Mt (2013 est.)
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|Cellular Phones in use:
|total: 533,000 subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 72 (July 2015 est.)
|Telephone system:
| general assessment: digital fixed-line network in most major urban areas and decent mobile cellular coverage
domestic: fixed-line density is about 2 per 100 persons; mobile-cellular subscribership has been increasing and in 2015 stood at about 70 percent of the population
international: country code - 240; international communications from Bata and Malabo to African and European countries; satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Indian Ocean) (2015)
|Broadcast media:
|state maintains control of broadcast media with domestic broadcast media limited to 1 state-owned TV station, 1 private TV station owned by the president's eldest son, 1 state-owned radio station, and 1 private radio station owned by the president's eldes (2013)
|Internet country code:
|Internet users:
|total: 158,000 percent of population: 21.3% (July 2015 est.)
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|7 (2013)
|Airports (paved runways):
| total 6
over 3,047 m: 1
2,438 to 3,047 m: 2
1,524 to 2,437 m: 1
under 914 m: 2 (2013)
|Airports (unpaved runways):
| total 1
2,438 to 3,047 m: 1 (2013)
|condensate 42 km; condensate/gas 5 km; gas 79 km; oil 71 km (2013)
| total 2,880 km
|Merchant marine:
| total 5
by type: cargo 1, chemical tanker 1, petroleum tanker 3
foreign-owned: 1 (Norway 1) (2010)
|Ports and terminals:
|major seaport(s): Bata, Luba, Malabo LNG terminal(s) (export): Bioko Island
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|Military branches:
|Equatorial Guinea Armed Forces (FAGE): Equatorial Guinea National Guard (Guardia Nacional de Guinea Ecuatorial, GNGE (Army), Navy, Air Force (2013)
|Military service age and obligation:
|18 years of age for selective compulsory military service, although conscription is rare in practice; 2-year service obligation; women hold only administrative positions in the Navy (2013)
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|Transnational Issues
|Disputes - International:
|in 2002, ICJ ruled on an equidistance settlement of Cameroon-Equatorial Guinea-Nigeria maritime boundary in the Gulf of Guinea, but a dispute between Equatorial Guinea and Cameroon over an island at the mouth of the Ntem River and imprecisely defined maritime coordinates in the ICJ decision delayed final delimitation; UN urged Equatorial Guinea and Gabon to resolve the sovereignty dispute over Gabon-occupied Mbane and lesser islands and to create a maritime boundary in the hydrocarbon-rich Corisco Bay
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"Hopefully, as long as I'm the general manager in Baltimore, he's the quarterback in Baltimore."
After party: Late night with MVP Joe Flacco
The team has the option of applying the franchise tag to the former Delaware quarterback, which would require Flacco to sign a one-year deal in the neighborhood of $14.6 million. That tag is expected to come on or near the March 4 deadline while the team and agent Joe Linta negotiate a contract that suits Flacco's long-term goals and leaves the team some breathing room underneath a projected $121 million league salary cap.
It could be, however, that Flacco is headed for an even more lucrative elite-quarterback deal in the $18, $22-million-per-year range.
Team owner Steve Bisciotti is as optimistic as Newsome that a deal will get done: "What I talked to Ozzie about is that we have a franchise quarterback, and he's going to get franchise money," Bisciotti said last week. "We've never lost a great, great player — a franchise player — going back to the beginning. I'm just very comfortable it will get done."
After the 34-31 win over San Francisco, Flacco, now with even more bargaining power after being named MVP, was asked about Bisciotti and the contract status.
"He did let me know that if the day came I could go beat on his desk and really put it to him," Flacco said. "So that's exactly what I'm going to do."
The team appears less committed to Kruger, who says he was distracted by social life in a new city after the Ravens chose him in the second round out of Utah three years ago. He stepped up this season with the early absence of linebacker Terrell Suggs, who tore his Achilles in the offseason. Kruger led the team with nine sacks during the regular season.
Ravens assistant general manager Eric DeCosta said the injuries his team suffered this season were a positive, in a way.
"I think sometimes the guys do get comfortable," DeCosta said. "They know they're not going to have to play right away, and that's why sometimes an injury to a player can be a real positive for the other guys because they get a chance to play and all of a sudden they feel the pressure of being a good player, of holding up their end of the bargain, to be as good as these other guys.
"And that's when you really start to see these younger players emerge. When they're forced to play. Now you're able to honestly evaluate these guys and find out what you have."
In Kruger, they can't be sure. Is he the guy who steps up in a contract year, or has he truly turned the corner as a pro? "Honestly, the best thing you can do for yourself is focus on playing well. Good things naturally will come," Kruger said last week.
"You want to know what's coming, but no matter how much you want to get into it, you're never going to find out until the season's over anyway. So you might as well put it in the back of your mind."
Walking away a winner: Ray Lewis reaches end of the road
The Ravens defense needed Kruger in 2012 with season-ending injuries to cornerback Lardarius Webb, inside linebacker Jameel McClain, and the extended absences of Suggs, safety Bernard Pollard and Lewis, who tore his right triceps in October.
Several players who filled those voids on the way to the Super Bowl also have expiring contracts, including Ellerbe and cornerback Cary Williams, defensive lineman Art Jones and safety James Ihedigbo.
Also expiring is the contract of Reed, who failed to rekindle his all-pro form while playing with a torn labrum this season. Add in restricted free agent tight end Dennis Pitta, and it's clear the Ravens will need some belt-tightening.
Contributing: Jim Corbett


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Americans have never felt at ease with empire, and with good reason. Running an empire often demands that we betray our republican ideals, at least for periods of time. It can also be costly in gold and in blood. So it was no surprise that after the fall of the Soviet Union, the American people leapt at the opportunity to lay down the imperial burdens we had carried since World War II. Politicians in both parties assured us that we could off-load our responsibilities onto a "global" market mechanism, overseen by a new institution created in 1995 called the World Trade Organization (WTO). Many if not most of us said, "Good riddance."
The September 11 attacks soon reminded us that it wasn't possible simply to lay down our arms. What we failed to grasp then or since was that our Cold War–era hegemony had not been based solely on military force but also on our ability to manipulate a complex cross-border industrial system built with care over decades.
America's approach to empire after World War II was based on principles radically different from the mercantilism that had shaped the overseas strategies of the European powers. When the Roosevelt, Truman, Eisenhower, and Kennedy administrations remade the political economy of the West, they did not aim solely to concentrate control and wealth in America as, say, the British had concentrated control and wealth in London. Instead, they used the Marshall Plan, the Bretton Woods institutions, and the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade to engineer a system that distributed opportunity, wealth, and power as widely as possible while also tying nations together in a system of industrial interdependence designed to make it hard for any country to take up arms against another.
Although most Americans believe "globalization" is a recent phenomenon, the basic structures of today's world were all put into place during those first two decades after World War II. In practice, this involved forcing France to share control over its coal and steel industry with Germany, an action that planted the seed of today's European Union. It also included forcing American industrialists and workers to share their home market with Japanese industrialists and workers, and later with industrialists and workers from across East and Southeast Asia. The basic idea was to encourage peoples to focus their energies on commerce rather than conquest. When they did not do so, the idea was to be able to exercise sufficient economic power to force them to stand down, as the U.S. did when it sabotaged the 1956 French and British adventure in Suez by cutting off flows of oil and cash.
In the half-century after World War II, America was responsible for tragedies in Vietnam, Chile, Iran, and elsewhere. But given the nature of the regime we opposed in the Cold War, we achieved something remarkable. From our position as hegemon, we projected nonmilitary power across the international political economy in ways that, year after year, steadily expanded the realm of peace, prosperity, stability, and liberty. The long booms in China, India, Brazil? All, ultimately, were made in America.
What's hard to understand now is why it's taken so long for elites of both parties to admit that our WTO experiment went awry long ago, in the most fundamental of ways. Does Washington's retreat from regulating international industrial, financial, and energy systems have nothing to do with the growing instability of these systems? Does the U.S. retreat from active management of the trading system have nothing to do with China's startlingly swift rise to near-hegemonic status? In recent months, the Obama administration has begun to reposition troops and ships to meet what it views as a growing military "threat" by China. But does such a move make sense while we continue to rely on Chinese factories for, among many other things, the great bulk of the pharmaceuticals and electronics we use every day?
For our nation, there are no questions more important. Yet almost no one asks them.
Through the heart of the 20th century, most Americans assumed that the international economy was entirely the product of political decisions. Experts wrote books explaining the workings of the industrial and trading corporations that Washington used to help govern U.S. relations with other nations. Among the best such efforts were Robert Gilpin's U.S. Power and the Multinational Corporation (1975) and Albert O. Hirschman's National Power and the Structure of Foreign Trade (1945). Other experts wrote about the political nature of the large business corporation and detailed how citizens could ensure that these institutions would serve the public interest. The Modern Corporation and Private Property (1932) by Adolf A. Berle (a member of Franklin Roosevelt's "brain trust") and Gardiner C. Means, for example, was widely influential for five decades after its publication.
After the fall of the Berlin Wall, however, a new model of book emerged in which the authors claimed to identify some great force acting on the human world, almost mechanically, over space and time. Rather than focus on how citizens could use institutions to achieve particular political and economic goals, these works emphasized the general helplessness of the individual, even of the nation. Important early works in this school include Kenichi Ohmae's The Borderless World (1990), Robert Reich's The Work of Nations (1991) and, most famous, Francis Fukuyama's The End of History and the Last Man (1992). Lately, the most popular author in this vein has been Thomas L. Friedman, especially with his 2005 book, The World Is Flat.
The political goals of these authors differ, often profoundly. But in practice, this metaphysical "school" helped to obscure how the people who run a state can use cross-border business corporations to project political power into other lands. Where once we saw a network of political institutions, we tend now to see a self-governing "market." Where once we saw inter-nation relations, we see "globalization." Where once we debated how best to structure institutions to promote cooperation among peoples, we now debate how to compete.
An awakening of sorts does at last seem to be taking place. Much as the shock of 9/11 led us to rethink our military posture, the shocks of the financial crash of 2008, the Japanese tsunami of 2011, and the ongoing euro crisis are forcing us to question how our international industrial and financial systems are structured. As was true after 9/11, one result is a burst of articles and books that aim to reconnect us to some lost corner of our history—theoretically to help America's elites to act more effectively in the world. Two of the first are Power, Inc. by David Rothkopf and Why Nations Fail by Daron Acemoglu and James A. Robinson.
Rothkopf is a longtime business consultant and author, and he worked in the Commerce Department under President Bill Clinton. In his own work—including his last book, Superclass—he has tracked closely to the metaphysical school while keeping apart from it. In Power, Inc., Rothkopf makes his case in compelling language for finding our future by looking to our past. After listing a series of recent big-think books by, among others, Friedman and Daniel Yergin, Rothkopf faults them all for a "temporal narcissism" characterized by a tendency to focus "primarily on the recent, rather than the remote, past."
Good start. Unfortunately, the problems begin as soon as Rothkopf sketches out his thesis—essentially that "regardless of the system we see, corporations have grown in influence worldwide and in every instance have played a role in paring away key prerogatives of the state." This assertion is questionable on its face. It is by no means clear that private corporations in, say, China have in any significant way supplanted the central state. A more grave failing for a book called Power, Inc. is that Rothkopf never clarifies the differences between the corporations we use to govern nations and the corporations we use to govern industrial and commercial activities or, for that matter, the corporations we use to govern cities and universities. Nor does Rothkopf clearly distinguish between what makes an institution "public" and what makes it "private." Is the Chinese state today the property of the Chinese people or of the lords of the politburo? Is Wal-Mart a reincarnation of the British East India Company, hence a tool of that same state, or rather, those same lords? Does the U.S. state lack the power to assert control over private corporations and banks? Or would it be more accurate to conclude that the state apparatus was essentially privatized by, for instance, Rothkopf's superclass over the course of the Reagan and Clinton administrations? Don't expect to find an answer, or even the question, here.
In Why Nations Fail, Acemoglu and Robinson, professors at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard, seek to distill key lessons from their long experience in the politics and economics of development. Unlike Rothkopf, they ask the right questions, beginning with "Who Is the State?" And they start with an impeccable thesis. "Inclusive political institutions" like the open markets of mid-20th-century America, they argue, deliver better economic outcomes for the many than do "extractive" institutions, like billionaire businessman Carlos Slim Helú's cluster of monopolies in today's Mexico. They then use this opposition to lay the basis for an important conclusion—that the current fashion for "authoritarian growth" models of development, in which nations like Sierra Leone or the Congo are urged to emulate autocratic China, is wrong and dangerous. "Growth under extractive political institutions, as in China," they write, "will not bring sustained growth, and is likely to run out of steam."
Like Rothkopf, Acemoglu and Robinson also dig deep into history to prove their case. But many of their stories are recklessly reductionist. They trace America's "inclusive" political institutions, for instance, to a single germinating moment: the sudden, belated realization in Jamestown that a Spanish-style conquest and pursuit of gold would not pay. The authors also mistakenly conclude that it is necessary to recount almost the entire history of the world to make their case. Just one brief excursion takes us from Tiberius Gracchus to Roman shipwrecks to photosynthesis to a point 3,030 meters below the ice in Greenland over the course of a few paragraphs.
Given the authors' ex-pressed concern about the growing fashionableness of China's development model, a bigger problem is their failure to connect this to the collapse of America's ability to protect the world system Washington put into place after World War II. The very concept of development was part of the much larger U.S. strategy designed in the early years of the Cold War. So, too, were the main institutions of the development regime, such as the World Bank. Yet Acemoglu and Robinson never explore whether the growing popularity of the authoritarian development model is but another symptom of China's swift and conscious move into the power vacuum created when Washington let go the levers of empire in the mid-1990s.
America does not ever again need to micromanage the world—the system we built after World War II no longer requires such rule. But we do have to use our still-considerable power consciously. The greatest danger we face today comes not from having ceded pride of place. It comes from having dismantled the institutions and habits of thought that enabled us to ensure that no other nation-state or corporate estate captures control over the international system as a whole or concentrates sufficient power to disrupt the flow of goods and money. These two books, while looking to the past for answers, manage to jump right over the key lessons of history.


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CHICAGO -- No-brainer.
CHICAGO -- No-brainer.
That's one way to describe the White Sox's trade for Kevin
Potential difference-maker.
That's another way.
By filling their biggest hole with one of the most respected
third basemen in baseball, the White Sox may have just bargained
their way into the playoffs.
Sure, it's not as simple as that. The Tigers and even the
Indians will have a run in them at some point. But even with their
third basemen batting a combined .167 (23 points lower than the
Nationals' pitchers), the White Sox were the deepest, most balanced
team in their division, and over 162 games that counts for a
Youkilis isn't having a good year. He's been in a funk since
spring training, when he realized that manager Bobby Valentine and
GM Ben Cherington saw top prospect Will Middlebrooks as big-league
ready, not a year away. His back makes him a health risk.
But all that said, adding him without subtracting key parts -
for tomorrow, as well as for today - makes this the best trade Ken
Williams has made since he added Freddy Garcia from the Mariners in
Because there was no way for Youkilis and Middlebrooks to
coexist at Fenway Park, I've been pushing for the White Sox to do
this deal for a month, when Middlebrooks established himself while
Youkilis was on the disabled list. The Sox are getting a
run-producer who grinds out at-bats, and they had to give up only
guys who added depth, not someone like Matt Thornton or a prospect
like Tyler Saladino or Charles Leesman.
Oh, and the Red Sox were so motivated to clear the decks that
they are sending along a reported $5.5 million, which leaves the
White Sox paying only about $2 million of Youkilis' $12 million
Youkilis, who is hitting .233 with four homers in 42 games, is
leaving Boston with a chip on his shoulder - "he wants to prove
some people wrong," Williams said - and coming to a team where he
will be one of the boys. He joined Jake Peavy and Adam Dunn on Team
USA in the 2009 World Baseball Classic and will have plenty in
common with guys like Paul Konerko, A.J. Pierzynski and Alex
"Every report you ever hear, he's a good teammate," White Sox
manager Robin Ventura said. "He plays hard. He's a pro. We have a
room full of guys like that, so I think he'll fit in just
Youkilis works at-bats the same way Konerko does. He goes to the
plate with a plan of attack and adjusts from pitch to pitch, the
way the best hitters do. His bat speed might have slowed since he
helped the Red Sox win two World Series, but he's smart enough to
Now that Julio Franco is retired, there's no hitter I like
watching more than Youkilis. He's got his unique style of hitting,
splitting his hands a foot apart - maybe even 18 inches - as the
pitcher goes into his windup and then bringing them together as the
pitch is thrown. You wouldn't teach your Little Leaguer to hit that
way, but it works for Youkilis.
With Youkilis on board, Orlando Hudson can move into the utility
role that he's suited for (although he's not going to like it
much). I'd send Eduardo Escobar to Triple A so he can play every
day and continue his development, although his game-winning hit on
Sunday suggests he's handling the bench role just fine.
There's nothing not to like about this trade. Williams didn't
overpay to get Youkilis, and Jerry Reinsdorf signed off on the
extra payroll. Will Reinsdorf pay up again in a month, this time
for more pitching? Don't rule it out. But Williams is going to have
trouble finding a deal that was this one-sided.


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Blood Alcohol Level (BAL) is the amount of alcohol present in your blood as you drink. It's calculated by determining how many milligrams of alcohol are present in 100 milliliters of blood. But you don't need a Breathalyzer, a calculator, or a measurement conversion chart to figure out what BAL you had last night. Use the Table of Blood Alcohol Levels below. This is a generalized chart based on a person who is metabolizing (or breaking down) one drink an hour.
Remember, while this chart is a good general guideline, every individual reacts differently to alcohol. The chart doesn't take into account your individual body composition, your use of medication, your mood changes, or your personal metabolism rate. Therefore, your blood alcohol level may in fact be slightly higher or slightly lower than the chart indicates for the number of drinks you consume. Just keep in mind that your body processes alcohol at a constant rate of .5 oz. per hour, regardless of how many ounces you consume. Therefore, the faster you drink, the higher your blood alcohol level will be.
BAL Behavior By Numbers
(Source: www.factsontap.org, 2004)
BAL .02%-.03%: You feel mildly relaxed and maybe a little lightheaded. Your inhibitions are slightly loosened, and whatever mood you were in before you started drinking may be mildly intensified.
BAL .05%-.06%: You feel warm and relaxed. If you're the shy type when you're sober, you lose your feelings of shyness. Your behavior may become exaggerated, making you talk louder or faster or act bolder than usual. Emotions are intensified, so your good moods are better and your bad moods are worse. You may also feel a mild sense of euphoria.
BAL .08%-.09%: You believe you're functioning better than you actually are. At this level, you may start to slur your speech. Your sense of balance is probably off, and your motor skills are starting to become impaired. Your ability to see and hear clearly is diminished. Your judgment is being affected, so it's difficult for you to decide whether or not to continue drinking. Your ability to evaluate sexual situations is impaired. Students may jokingly refer to this state of mind as "beer goggles", but this BAL can have serious repercussions.
BAL .10%-.12%: At this level, you feel euphoric, but you lack coordination and balance. Your motor skills are markedly impaired, as are your judgment and memory. You probably don't remember how many drinks you've had. Your emotions are exaggerated, and some people become loud, aggressive, or belligerent.
BAL .14%-.17%: Your euphoric feelings may give way to unpleasant feelings. You have difficulty talking, walking, or even standing. Your judgment and perception are severely impaired. You may become more aggressive, and there is an increased risk of accidentally injuring yourself or others. This is the point when you may experience a blackout.
BAL .20%: You feel confused, dazed, or otherwise disoriented. You need help to stand up or walk. If you hurt yourself at this point, you probably won't realize it because you won't feel pain. At this point you may experience nausea and/or start vomiting (keep in mind that for some people, a lower blood alcohol level than .20% may cause vomiting). Your gag reflex is impaired, so you could choke if you do throw up. Since blackouts are likely at this level, you may not remember any of this.
BAL .25%: All mental, physical, and sensory functions are severely impaired. You're emotionally numb. There's an increased risk of asphyxiation from choking on vomit and of seriously injuring yourself by falling or other accidents.
BAL .30%: You're in a stupor. You have little comprehension of where you are. You may suddenly pass out at this point and be difficult to awaken. (But don't kid yourself…passing out can also occur at lower BALs. But, at lower blood alcohol levels, you may decide you had enough to drink and go "pass out." With an alarming BAL like .30%, your body will be deciding to pass out for you.)
BAL .35%: This blood alcohol level also happens to be the level of surgical anesthesia. You may stop breathing at this point.
BAL .40%: You are probably in a coma. The nerve centers controlling your heartbeat and respiration are slowing down. It's a miracle if you're not dead.


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Less than a year before the Winter Games in Russia, safety on all fronts being ramped up.
After Sochi officials announced on Wednesday its plans to kill more than 2,000 stray cats and dogs before the 2014 Winter Olympics, the CEO of Humane Society International criticized the city's strategy.
"It's an attempt to beautify the problem and in effect it gives a rather graphic and horrific (picture of the city)," said Andrew Rowan, who is also The Humane Society of the United States' chief scientific officer.
The stray animals will be exterminated to ensure the safety of visitors and improve the city's image, Sergei Krivonosov, a government official from Sochi, said in an interview with RBC Daily, a Russian business newspaper."It's obvious that there should be no animals on the streets. We have responsibilities to the international community," the lawmaker said. "Killing (the animals) is just a faster way to solve this task." he said
Krivonosov added that he did not agree with the decision, but shelters would be a strain on city finances. Sochi is budgeting about $54,000 for "work to catch and dispose of" the strays, according to the official Russian website for open tenders. However, in other areas, Sochi is sparing no expense. It is spending more than $50 billion on preparations, more than any other Olympics in history.
Animal rights activists have begun to mobilize. Olga Noskovets, who organized a rally, said killing animals is an ineffective way to control its population.
"For some time, there will visually be fewer of them, but it won't solve the problem," she said. "Moreover, if you kill dogs and cats, the rat population starts to increase rapidly."
Humane Society International has introduced a successful and cost effective method to control stray populations around the world by catching strays, spaying and neutering them, vaccinating them with a rabies shot and then releasing them, Rowan told USA TODAY Sports Wednesday.
For cities with large stray population, the issue is not a new one in advance of hosting a major sporting event. Heading into the European Championships last summer in Ukraine, Kiev said it would ban the killing of stray dogs under pressure from animal rights groups and UEFA, the governing body for European football. Before the 2004 Athens Olympics, animal activists were outraged about rumors that the government planned to exterminate thousands of stray dogs roaming the city's streets.
If public pressure increases, how will the city respond? Especially since government officials see the Olympics as a chance to show the world a "new Russia."
Then, there's this: A few weeks ago Russia's news agency released several photos of president Vladimir Putin frolicking in a snowy field with his dogs, Buffy, a Bulgarian shepherd, and Yume, a Japanese Akita Inu. For years his beloved black Labrador, Koni, now advanced in age, has been at his side, greeting world leaders. Clearly, Russia's steely leader is a dog lover.


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chow as a service dog? (deep pressure therapy)
Would a Chow make a good psychiatric service dog that would do deep pressure therapy on someone with anxiety? I love the breed, find the temperament easy to live with in apartments, but wonder whether anybody has any ideas or experience with Chows performing these sorts of tasks. Thank you in advance!
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