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"Stanford is so willing to put the work into it that he quit his full-time day job and makes ends meet with a couple part-time cooking gigs. He spends the rest of the time reaching out to farmers as far away as Benson's SouthWinds Farm and the San Xavier Co-op Farm on the Tohono O'odham Nation near Sells to a handful of Tucson farms, including Breckenfeld Family Growers on the southwest side and the small Dreamflower Garden in midtown."
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Economic growth took off across Latin America in the early 2000s. Benefits were felt across the entire economic spectrum, said said World Bank report, 'Shifting Gears to Accelerate Shared Prosperity in Latin America and the Caribbean'. As a result, extreme poverty fell from 25% of the population to 13% in the matter of a decade.One point in particular is that cash transfer programs, which were the focus of a lot of commentary in the global health blogosphere last year, can do a lot to make a dent in reducing income inequality. Brazil's cash-transfer program, Bolsa Família, in particular received a lot of attention when it celebrated its ten-year anniversary (see articles from BBC and the Guardian).
Income inequality remains a major issue for countries in Latin America, despite the fact that some measures show the incomes of the poorest 40% were growing faster than the overall average. The current rate of economic growth and levels of inequality point to protracted progress towards economic prosperity.
"The researchers reckon that on current trends it won't be until 2052 that the average Latin American has the standard of living that rich-world inhabitants were enjoying back in 2000″ explained the Economist.
To speed up progress and reach the level of top global performers, the World Bank says Latin America needs to more than double its rate of economic growth.
The current extreme poverty rates reflect the uneven progress across Latin America. Southern Cone countries, such as Argentina, Brazil and Chile, witnessed speedy reductions in extreme poverty over the past fifteen years while countries in Central America and Mexico were much slower. Half of the 80 million people living extreme poverty live in the populous nations of Brazil and Mexico.
Latin America improving extreme poverty but still struggling with income inequality
Friday, January 10, 2014
In a post on Humanosphere, my DAWNS colleague Tom Murphy explores how extreme poverty has been reduced in Latin America through the economic growth of the last fifteen years, though some countries have progressed farther than others. I particularly like his use of graphs from The Economist.
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So I watched the Wanderlust trailer and though, ok, no idea who this is. So I looked her up. She was the psychic kid (Haley Joel Osment)'s mom in Sixth Sense opposite Bruce Willis! Wow, very different.
I'm not sure why men in seeking.com wanting to have sex makes sugar babies sex workers, any more than men on match.com wanting to have sex makes women on match.com sex workers.
I'm sure there are plenty of relationships that start on seeking.com that do constitute sex work, but if a woman is seeking out a partner who will pay her rent, isn't that basically the same as all the conservative women looking for a man to provide for them?
Seems like if being in seeking.com necessarily constitutes sex work, Southern Baptist churches are full of a lot of sex workers....
3: In the early 1970s, there was a group of sex workers who formed an organization called COYOTE, which stood for Call Off Your Old Tired Ethics, which made this exact point - that housewives every day traded sex for a home and food via marrying men who "provided for" them. It was and still is a great point.
Gee, how novel, polyamory portrayed as a middle-class white couple who want to open their relationship. Let me guess, he's straight, and she's straightish? Still though, I suppose awareness needs to be gradual. I'll add Wanderlust to my Netflix list. It can't be worse than You Me Her.
Biggie @3: Is match.com really nothing but women who are looking for sugar daddies? I was under the impression that it was for people with their own careers. There's nothing on their website that suggests the women are expected to become housewives when they meet their man. The difference between a sugar baby and a conservative stay-at-home mom would appear to be mutual attraction, plus the fact that the housewife is providing cleaning and child-raising services while the sugar baby is providing ONLY sex.
The sugar daddy / sugar baby relationship is transactional in nature. The daddy is providing money and the baby access to her body. Perhaps they are also doing things together, so that it's more romantic relationship-like than a typical sex worker-client relationship, but it's entirely predicated on a monetary exchange. Are there prospective sugar babies who don't understand this arrangement? How do they think they are earning the money they are asking To receive? Whatever we may think about traditional gender roles in a 1950s household dynamic, more is being exchanged than money and sex.
It's really perverse how a someone in their late 20s could be so irrational about their parent have a sex life under the circumstances described in that letter. This couple have had separate bedrooms over the course of forty percent of their marriage, from the time these women were pre-teens. What did she think was going on? Surely, the sister's own sex life, or that of her friends, is active enough to understand that her mom pulled the plug on the marital sex life around age fifty, and dad might not be interested in going without sex for the last thirty years of his life.
Sublime @6: "to understand that her mom pulled the plug on the marital sex life around age fifty"
Sure, that's one way they could choose to see it, if blame and sexist stereotypes are their thing. They could also choose to see it as a mutual decision, an unfortunate side effect of menopause or another health condition, or none of their damn business. (Who says Mom is going without sex?)
@BiDanFan: Sorry, but that suggestion of events isn't sexist and isn't about assigning blame, any more than your description of an "unfortunate side effect of menopause." You just hypothesize a concrete reason.
Just noticed your comment regarding my "getting Kavanaugh." First, fuck off. I did not get Kavanaugh, and you have zero clue about me or US law if you think his elevation to the court is a victory for me. Second, you have some blind spots of your own around sexism, and while you want beat people over the head at perceived sexist comments, as in that column, you're really resistant to anyone pointing out your own sexist views.
Of course Sugarbabys are sex workers. And there's nothing wrong with that. Months back I recall saying the same thing about sex surrogate therapists.
It's understandable that the social stigma and legal status of sex work make people want to define their work as "not sex work", but that's being part of that problem out of self-interest.
Sublime @8: My views aren't sexism, they're justifiable rage. I do admit to having been less than discriminate with my targets, which was unfair and I do apologise. Everyone loses under Kavanaugh, you're correct. But yes, it is sexist and blaming to assume that it was the wife who "pulled the plug" on sexual relations; that turn of phrase suggests a unilateral, unreasonable decision, when we have no idea how this couple came to have a companionate, open marriage. Using my example, which is an example rather than an assumption, Wife may have tried for years to be GGG through her pain before they mutually came to a decision that an open marriage would be preferable. Is that "pulling the plug"? I don't think so.
@3, people in a sugar baby / sugar daddy relationship understand that it's transactional, usually time-limited, and highly unlikely to lead to long-term coupledom. People who are dating - even those whom we might call gold diggers - typically don't expect to get a lot of financial benefit from it unless it turns into long-term coupledom. I agree that it's silly to think there's a big moral distinction between the two, but for practical purposes they are very different types of relationships.
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Discover the Arctic like never before- through a live and interactive dive! Fish Eye Project, our non-profit, was proud to partner with Canada C3, Ocean Networks Canada, Ocean Wise Vancouver Aquarium, and Polar Knowledge Canada to connect the country to our Arctic ocean. Cambridge Bay is located in the central high Canadian Arctic. We explored this remote area with our team and discovered the spirit of the North, its people, landscape and wildlife. Our audiences were able to see, hear and communicate in real-time with our team.
Live broadcast from Cambridge Bay, Nunavut, Canada
The Live Dive was recorded and an education curriculum is available on Canada C3's Website. You can also access it on Ocean Networks Canada's webpage.
Mario Cyr-Underwater Cinematographer
Mario Cyr is an internationally renowned expedition leader for Arctic and Antarctic missions, a world-class expert in cold-water diving and a world-class cinematographer. He has participated in more than 150 films for broadcasters such as National Geographic, Discovery Channel, the BBC, IMAX 3D, Disney Productions, the CBC and David Suzuki, the Cousteau Society, France 2, Arte and NHK Japan. Sequences, filmed by Mario, have been awarded the first ever Toothed Titans, Palme d'or winner - Antibes Festival 2011, the famous Mission Antarctic, the movie Oceans, by Jacques Perrin and Jacques Cluzaud, awarded to Cesar for best documentary in 2011, and Ice Bear, nominated for an Emmy Award in 2013, in the category Best images. He's touring in Quebec to share his amazing cinematography in Quebec and elsewhere in Canada. More info on his website: LesyeuxdelaMer.com.
Dr. Philippe Archambault-Marine Ecologist, Université Laval (Quebec)
Dr. Philippe Archambault is the Director of the ' Our Gulf ' Network , leader of a 'Observing Arctic Substrates' project in the Sentinel North Major Program, leader of the reseach theme 'INTEGRITY OF COASTAL MARINE ENVIRONMENTS AND REGIONAL SOCIOECONOMIC ISSUES' in the Quebec Ocean Network and member of Takuvik the join laboratory between Université Laval (Quebec) and CNRS (France). Inside and outside of these networks and projects in the Arctic and subarctic regions. He is trying to understand the processes of altering biodiversity, and ultimately the role of the latter in the ecosystem. In other words, what is the role of biodiversity in the environment? Why is biodiversity important? Among the processes studied are human disturbances and natural disturbances (hypoxia, climate change). He is also co-leader of the Canadian Space Network (CHN) network and the Chairman of the 4th World Conference of Marine Biodiversity to be held in Montreal in May 2018. Dr. Archambault will be co-host for the French Live Dive and has a lot of knowledge to share on Arctic marine species that live in the seafloor and ecology.
Maéva Gauthier-Co-Founder & Executive Director
Maeva is a marine ecologist, filmmaker and explorer passionate about connecting people to nature, using education and filmmaking as tools. Featured on CBC as top young changemakers in the country with Fish Eye team in 2017, she completed a M.Sc. in marine biology (University of Victoria, 2012) and an Environmental Education and Communication graduate degree (2015). Her projects have been focused in ocean sciences, outreach and environmental education. Working for government, private and not-for-profit sectors, she got involved with live underwater broadcasting productions, facilitated film workshop with youth in the Arctic, took part in scientific and educational expeditions to both poles, collected aerial imagery by helicopter for the coastal mapping program ShoreZone.Org and studied deep-sea ecosystems using remotely operated vehicles and sonar. Since 2013, she's been running Fish Eye Project with Mike Irvine, a not-for-profit connecting people with the ocean using Live Dives to create the new generation of ocean stewards. A successful proof of concept brought this live underwater interactive experience to Giant Screen theatres in 2016. Recently, they co-founded the brand Live It, whose mission is to drive exploration and discovery by offering consistent live shows from remote environments and partnering with local organizations in various spectacular environments.
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A pioneer in underwater livestreaming, Mike endeavors to connect people to the ocean through narrative and an array of digital experiences. He recently completed a Masters in the Faculty of Education, Curriculum and Instruction at the University of Victoria (2015). Mike made history by successfully defending his thesis live from underwater, his defense can be seen on YouTube titled: "Beneath The Waves". He has a diverse range of experiences in cinema, public speaking, web broadcasting and audio visual work. By 2011, He began assembling the tools and framework for live underwater shows or 'Live Dives' with Maeva Gauthier that naturally lead to the founding of Fish Eye Project. Simultaneously Mike cofounded SubEye Technologies, developing underwater web cameras for viewing marine life in real-time from anywhere in the world. Fast forward to World Oceans Day 2016, Fish Eye Project's 'Live Dives' made cinematic history as being the first to introduce real-time interactions between audiences and divers in giant screen theaters. The 'Emerald Forest' production was streamed live to multiple IMAX theaters, science centers, museums, aquariums across Canada and to over 130 schools in North America.
Philippe Daigle-Scientific Director
A biologist with a master's degree in environmental sciences, Philippe has been working as a biology teacher since 2005. Each year, he brings a group of students to the tropics for a course on tropical ecosystems and the marine environment. Passionate about the ocean, he's had the chance to dive into many unusual places around the world. For more than ten years, he has been involved in various issues surrounding the Saguenay-St. Lawrence Marine Park (Quebec, Canada). During these years he has, among other things, supervised live dives activities for Parks Canada. His interest in education, the environment, and the world of the world, to maximize the reach of the environment, maximizing emotional and intellectual impact. According to him, emotion and knowledge are essential to people caring about the health of the ocean and taking action to protect it. Fish Eye Project has a number of years of experience in the field of fish eye project development.
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Accelerate518 is a voluntary collaboration between all of the local colleges and universities in the Capital Region in Upstate New York. The collaboration includes Adirondack Community College, Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, Albany Law School, Albany Medical College, College of St. Rose, Empire State College, Hudson Valley Community College, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI), Sage Colleges, Schenectady County Community College, Siena College, Skidmore College, State University of New York at Albany (UAlbany), Union College, State University of New York Polytechnic Institute (SUNY Poly).
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New York's Capital Region I-Corps Site program is for undergraduate students, graduate students, faculty, and staff from Capital Region colleges and universities. Teams start with research-based concepts and use interviews with potential customers and the business model canvas to understand the potential of launching a startup. Site team ideas or projects can originate from student work, research (funded or unfunded), institutional, or industrial projects. The topical focus of a project can be, but is not limited to, medical devices, mobile applications, software, physical products, internet of things, social startups, hardware, wearables, etc. The program provides infrastructure, advice, resources, networking opportunities, training and modest funding (up to $3,000 per team) to enable groups to transition their work into the marketplace or into becoming I-Corps Team applicants.
Upon completion of the I-Corps Site program, participants are eligible to apply for the NSF I Corps Team program (an intensive six-week NSF training with the opportunity to be awarded a $50,000 grant) as well as many other funding opportunities.
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A triangular pyramid is a pyramid that has a triangular base. In total it consists of four faces, all of which are triangles. While all the side triangles must be of the same size, the base may or may be the same size as the sides.
A triangular pyramid has four faces, four corners (or vertices) and six edges in total. It falls under the designation of a tetrahedron because it has four triangular faces. If all the triangles are identical equilateral triangles, then it is a regular tetrahedron. To calculate the volume of a triangular pyramid, a person would multiply the base area by the height of the pyramid and then divide by 3.


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* Tax season ends and U.S. tax receipts tanked in early May.
Tax seasons is over folks and here comes the deficit spending. We're not sure why anyone would want to own U.S. Treasury Bonds when tax receipts are going down and federal spending is going up. On that note, according to the U.S. Treasury, tax receipts are down -18.4% Y/Y through May 10th. Furthermore, overall tax receipts slowed to +1.9% Calendar YTD (versus +3.6% at the end of April). The decline in the month was led by Income Taxes, as Income and Employment Withholdings Taxes fell -16.7% Y/Y and slowed to +0.1% Calendar Y/Y (+1.8% Y/Y at the end of April). Furthermore, Excise & Other Taxes declined -50.9% Y/Y and slowed to +29.4% Calendar YTD (versus +32.8% Y/Y at the end of April). Conversely, Corporate Income Taxes increased +27.1% Y/Y but they are still down -18.3% Calendar Y/Y (-18.5% Y/Y at the end of April).
U.S. GDP: Our GDP model points toward 3% Real GDP growth through 2018, but sees slightly slower growth in 2019. Note that our model doesn't factor in potential stimulus from tax reform or other policy proposals, so GDP could outperform our model.
U.S. Inflation: U.S. inflation remains in an upward trend, and we continue to believe that wage inflation should turn higher as labor slack (particularly in prime working age groups) continues to decline. Note that the Fed's preferred inflation metric, the Core PCE Deflator, increased to +1.9% Y/Y in March.
U.S. Federal Reserve: We still believe two additional rate hikes will happen in 2018 and that the FOMC will become increasingly more data-dependent as the year progresses.
U.S. Treasuries: With inflationary pressures slowly building, and Real GDP trending toward +3.0%, we believe 10-year U.S. Treasury Yields will continue to trend higher and we would expect to see yields approach 3.25% by year end 2018.
U.S. Equities and Earnings: S&P 500 operating earnings are rising materially, but the question remains, will the market put a 20 P/E multiple on forward earnings? We think a 20 forward multiple is aggressive, but 18.5 may not be. Our SPX target is for an 18.5x P/E on 2019 forward earnings of $162, bringing our 2018 SPX target to 3,000). We continue to favor the homebuilders, despite higher interest rates given the demographic tailwind and lack of inventory. We also prefer financials given expectations for economic growth and our expectation for an improving (steepening) yield curve.
Argentina: Argentina's overall economic condition appears to still be on an improving track, but data came in weaker recently as Industrial Production slowed to +1.2% Y/Y (from +5.3%), Consumer Confidence slipped to 40 from 43.8, and Construction Activity slowed to +8.3% from +16.6%. Any signs of weakness are a problem when you are dealing with 7.2% unemployment and 25.4% inflation.
Brazil: Unemployment has been steadily picking up in 2018 (13.1% in March versus 11.8% in December), which raises some concerns. However, the unemployment data is not seasonally adjusted and has been improving Y/Y. Also, Retail Sales accelerated to +6.5% Y/Y in March and Personal Loan Defaults improved in March (to 5.0% from 5.1%). Overall, Brazil's data have been mixed in 2018, as PMI's improve but Industrial Production slows. Of all the major global bond markets, Brazilian 10-year bond yields are the richest in the world at 10.07% which is attractive given that tax receipts are up 6.7% Y/Y (so long as the money is coming in, they can pay the coupon). As such, we remain bullish on Brazil 10-Year Sovereign Bonds.
Canada: Canada's housing market is still on the radar, as building permits and housing starts weaken but Canada's monthly GDP rebounded in February (+0.4% M/M to +3.0% Y/Y). Unemployment is still trending lower, Consumer Confidence remains at high levels, manufacturing PMI's remain strong, and retail sales are elevated (+3.5% Y/Y in February).
Mexico: Mexico's GDP has been in a slowing trend since Q1 2017 (+3.3% then, now +1.2% Y/Y), Industrial Production is now down -3.7% Y/Y, and PMI's slowed in April, thus Mexico remains on our macro risk watch. The Mexican Central Bank has been increasing interest rates since late 2015 (mainly because of fear of dollar weakness). Consumer Confidence has been trending slightly downward since September (although improved in April). Meanwhile, Exports are up +12.5% Y/Y, Retail Sales improved to +1.2% Y/Y, and unemployment improved to 2.9%.
Venezuela: We will leave this as a placeholder in the event that Venezuela ever becomes an investible market again. We are hopeful …
United Kingdom: The U.K. economy has been reasonably resilient throughout the BREXIT process (PMI's mostly better in April) and therefore the Bank of England has been raising rates. But now inflation is slowing, Consumer Confidence has remained negative, Retail Sales have been slowing, and home prices have begun to turn lower in London.
European Union: The stronger Euro may now be a problem for Mario Draghi as CPI has been in a slowing trend for several months. Not to mention, Industrial Production slowed to +2.9% Y/Y, Economic Sentiment is turning lower, and PMI's have turned back from recent highs. We think the idea of an ECB hike within the next year is basically out the window, and as such we remain bullish on the Euro STOXX 50 Index, as well as European Financials.
European Central Banks: The ECB is slowly removing accommodation and will likely end its asset purchases by year end. But Mario Draghi has given no indication about raising rates and the recent decline in CPI will give them even further pause for doing so. We will watch to see if current ECB tapering has any meaningful impact on the economic outlook.
Eastern Europe: We continue to believe risks remain for Eastern Europe given high Debt/GDP levels, most notably Cyprus (104%), Croatia (88%, up from 66% at the end of 2013), and Slovenia (81%). Yet, economic data have been robust this year across most of Eastern Europe.
South Africa: Now that Zuma's out, Confidence (Business and Consumer) appears to be on an up-swing, PMI's have turned further positive, Retail Sales accelerated to +4.9% Y/Y, and Inflation has cooled. But these improvements are going to need to get significantly stronger to crush unemployment (26.7% in Q4).
Turkey: What a mess … the currency is deteriorating, inflation is accelerating and PMI's turned negative.
Australia: The RBA has cut rates twice in the past year and Australian data is mixed. So far, Unemployment Rate remains at 5.5%, Retail Sales increased +3.1% Y/Y in March, PMIs indicate solid growth, Auto Sales are up +6.7% Y/Y in December, and business and consumer confidence have been strong. Conversely, we are starting to see mixed data in the housing market (although private sales were down -6.1% M/M, building approvals were up +2.6% M/M). We remain neutral on Australia at this time, on concerns about China exposure but so far China is still posting strong data.
China: With China cracking down on shadow banking, pollution, industrial overcapacity, and removing migrant workers from its cities, we expect China GDP to continue to trend lower and we are monitoring the situation closely. PMI's continue to indicate growth, but are now in a clear slowing trend as backlogs and new orders weaken, Industrial Profits slowed to +11.6% in March, and Durable Goods Orders fell 12% M/M in February. Home Prices are up +5.4% Y/Y (half the rate of change from a year ago). However, CPI slowed to +2.1% Y/Y in April, Retail Sales are up +10.1% Y/Y, and Industrial Production is up +6.0% Y/Y thus far in 2018. We are watching for further signs of stress within China's credit and housing markets.
India: Indian economic activity appears to have recovered nicely since the new Goods and Services Tax (GST) was implemented as Commercial Credit accelerated to +12.6% Y/Y, inflation appears to moderated, and PMI's improved slightly in April. However, Industrial Production slowed to +4.4% Y/Y in March and Exports are down -0.7% Y/Y.
Indonesia: Indonesia's GDP and Private Consumption Expenditures have been stable at 5% Y/Y, Consumer Confidence has been stable, Manufacturing PMI has been stable in the 49-51 range for a year, Retail Sales are up +3.4% Y/Y, and Exports are up +6.1%. However, Industrial Production is negative and CPI ticked higher in March.
Japan: Overall, we remain bullish on Japan given that Japan's economic activity remains in an improving trend: unemployment remains low (2.5% in March), Industrial Production is up +2.2% Y/Y, Retail Trade is up +1.0% Y/Y, PMI's improved in April (but consumer confidence slipped), and Exports are up +1.8% Y/Y.
Russia: The Russian economy isn't setting the world afire, but GDP came in at +1.5% in 2017, despite Q4 being weaker than expected at +0.9% Y/Y, Services PMI jumped to 55.5 in April, and manufacturing PMI remains in an improving trend (+0.7 points to 51.3 in April). Overall, economic data continue to suggest economic growth, as Retail Sales were up +4.2% Y/Y in March, Real Wages are up +6.5% Y/Y, Unemployment is improving, Industrial Production is up +1.0% Y/Y, and exports are up +21% Y/Y despite sanctions. Meanwhile, Core CPI is muted at +1.3% Y/Y (weekly CPI as of May 7), which has allowed the Bank of Russia to remain accommodative. Russian equities remain among the cheapest in the industrialized world and we remain bullish.
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Last October, CBS News investigative reporter Sharyl Attkisson began pushing the White House to answer a whole bunch of questions about the U.S. response to the Sept. 11, 2012, Benghazi, Libya, attacks. This was among them:
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Tommy Vietor, a spokesman for the National Security Council, scoffs: "There has been considerable discussion of Benghazi in multiple hearings and in the [
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Where Attkisson came up empty, Sen. Kelly Ayotte (R-N.H.) yesterday delivered some results, aided by the formalities of a Senate hearing. In an exchange with Defense Secretary Leon Panetta, Ayotte managed to produce a bit of Benghazi-related news: After a previously scheduled meeting with President Obama approximately one hour into the Benghazi attack, there was no direct communication between the commander-in-chief and Panetta. Ayotte coaxed these admissions out of Panetta:
AYOTTE: Did you have any other further communications? Did he ever call you that night to say how are things going, what's going on, where is the consulate?
PANETTA: No.
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PANETTA: No.
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Fox News sees significance behind the revelations. Sean Hannity last night tilted at the possibility that the president had done "AWOL" on Benghazi. Today the network has produced various follow-ups on the story. The rest of the media? Not a lot there, if searches of Google and Nexis are any indication. The confirmation hearing of CIA director nominee John O. Brennan, the case of Christopher J. Dorner and a Northeastern snowstorm have buried the Panetta story.
There's not a great deal of news value in the Ayotte-Panetta discussion, suggests Vietor: "[W]e told people at the time that the president met with the Panetta and [Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.Martin E.] Dempsey that evening, ordered all assets moved into the region, called Secretary Clinton later that night, and was repeatedly briefed by his team on the situation in Benghazi." That's not quite as much detail as what emerged in yesterday's Senate hearing.
The president's failure to make direct phone calls to people like Panetta and Dempsey, said Mike Huckabee on Fox News Friday afternoon, summons a 2008 presidential campaign ad of Hillary Rodham Clinton — the one about that 3 a.m. phone call. "The phone rang, and it rang, and it rang, and nobody answered," said Huckabee in a conversation with Fox News host Eric Bolling. "Who made the decision that you don't engage the president or the secretary of state?"
A question: Did the president need to be on the line all night with Panetta et al.? That's apparently what the critics would have preferred. In her questioning, Ayotte suggests that a jingle to Panetta would have enabled the president to figure out how things were going. Yet according to the official line from the White House, he was getting updates in any case. Also, the much-cited report of the Accountability Review Board (ARB), which consisted of members selected by the secretary of state and the director of national intelligence, found no fault with the cross-agency reaction on the night of Benghazi:
The interagency response was timely and appropriate, but there simply was not enough time given the speed of the attacks for armed U.S. military assets to have made a difference. Senior-level interagency discussions were underway soon after Washington received initial word of the attacks and continued through the night. The Board found no evidence of any undue delays in decision making or denial of support from Washington or from the military combatant commanders.
The call for greater and greater detail on just what the president was doing on the night of Sept. 11 has strong footing: The United States, after all, lost an ambassador and three other personnel to terrorists on the anniversary of Sept. 11. Precisely who the president called and did not call on that night matters, not only to media critics and Fox News hosts, but also to the American public and the families of the Benghazi fallen. Even if the details may not expose a full-on scandal.


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This post originally appeared on Cosmophilia on February 23, 2013.
Mercury Retrograde is a cosmic alarm clock, a built-in system that forces us to slow down, check-in, reevaluate and re-plan. Sure, in an increasing age and time when we are distracted by computers, phones, movies and emails, Mercury seems to halt this so that we are able to remove ourselves from these distractions and meditate and reflect on the things that need our inner attention. But in a world that has high expectations of emails, deadlines and instant communication, this can be an unwelcome and frustrating experience. I recommend not procrastinating and giving yourself extra time, extra time for travel, for communication for projects for deadlines, for information and for yourself to slow down and be still.
Listen to episode 1.15-Hermes Hindrance: Mercury Retrograde
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Dates for the 2013 Mercury Retrograde Cycle
- February 23 – March 17 (in Pisces)
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Saturday, June 27, 2009
Chive Blossom Dahi Bhel Puri
I remember standing in the darkened room of a natural history museum gazing at a sliver of a man encased in plexiglass exposed longitudinally from head to toe. I was about six. There in front of me the way that the blood flows through our body was so obvious; the veins were a red-toned web connecting every element of the organism. There were other pieces-parts in the human body display at that museum. The puzzle of organs that fill our abdomens was shown in a transverse cross-section. These displays made the essential inner workings of man transparent.
In the last couple weeks, interchanges with some of my friends reminded me of these anatomy studies. A long lost friend called me to follow up with work. We spoke for a couple minutes about ourselves, carried on our business and parted ways. Belle was running around and chatting with me, so it was easy to mention that I had a 2 year old, but I didn't fill her in with anything else that had occurred in the last 6 years. What would I say? I am married; I got another masters; I am happy; I still love food; I picked up new hobbies; I got a job; I got a promotion… Our short friendship was finite, in this case, a grad school snap shot of who I was. She had but a transverse shot of me. And, why change that? There is nothing wrong with those sorts of friendships. They are so in the moment and so low on baggage and context.
The week prior when one of my longtime friends came to town, I asked her over for tea. I have known her for 85% of my life. The longitudinal study that is lifelong friendship is all context. The tea was filled with an ease of rapport, fast memories about who we had been, and enjoyable conversation.
Unlike the easily traceable circulatory system, the path of friendship is impossible to diagram or to show in a museum display. What makes friendship last? What makes it strong?
And onto the food…
When she came over for tea, I made one of my favorite snacks, Bhel Puri. The chive blossoms and cilantro came from our garden.
Chive blossoms are an annual bounty in our garden. When you are ready to eat, just give the plant a nice haircut. I don't think they keep well, so I just leave them in the yard until I need them. To wash them, I spritz them with water and then pat them very gently with a paper towel. They fall apart; accept it. In this case, instead chopping them, I just pulled them apart for use because I wanted them to not only flavor but liven up the Bhel.
Cilantro can go to flower as well, and actually bolts quickly. So, keep the cilantro in check by pinching back. (Though if it goes to flower, then hold off for the seeds and use those in your cooking.)
This post is also my entry for Weekend Herb Blogging run by Haalo of Cook (Almost) Anything at Least Once hosted by Astrid from Paulchen's Foodblog .
Chive Blossom Dahi Bhel Puri
In a cast iron skillet, brown:
½ cup cooked chickpeas
2 T red chile
When the chickpeas are cool, add them to:
½ cup boiled potatoes, diced
¼ cup red onion, diced
¼ cup garlic scapes, sliced
¼ cup sliced almonds
½ tsp turmeric
½ tsp cumin (or a bit more)
½ tsp chile powder
½ tsp amchur
2 cup puffed rice
1 cup sev
½ cup chopped chive blossoms
Top with yoghurt, tamarind chutney and cilantro/mint chutney
12 comments:
- Selba said...
The dish looks so beautiful!
- June 27, 2009 at 8:07 PM
- Rosa's Yummy Yums said...
What a refined dish! Really wonderful looking!
- June 28, 2009 at 10:55 AM
- Maggie said...
What a beautiful, texture-filled dish!
- June 28, 2009 at 3:08 PM
- farida said...
This is an unusual dish! I don't recall eating anything with chive blossoms, but why not. Sounds great!
- June 28, 2009 at 4:36 PM
- Pam said...
How pretty! I never remember to use my chive blossoms.
- June 28, 2009 at 4:45 PM
- The CFT said...
It's nice to be enjoying your writing again.
- June 28, 2009 at 8:47 PM
- Sophie said...
I had no idea that cilantro and flowers went hand in hand :).
I only have a very small handful of friends who've known me that long, one of them I've been penpals with for over half my life. Having a stepdad in the military taught me a lot about friendship, and how to appreciate the little personal moments -- like a tasty meal together :)!.
- June 29, 2009 at 4:42 PM
- ejm said...
Oh, I have chive blossom envy!! Our chives refuse to blossom because they don't get enough sun.
I wonder if this could be made with flattened rice (we don't have any puffed rice right now, but we do have flattened rice).
P.S. Do you make your own sev? (had to google to find out what it is)
- June 30, 2009 at 5:48 AM
- Kalyn said...
Your chive blossoms are beautiful and this sounds like a wonderful dish!
- June 30, 2009 at 4:42 PM
- Karine said...
What is amchur? Your recipe souns dilicious and healthy!
- June 30, 2009 at 6:53 PM
- maybelle's mom said...
Selba: thanks.
Rosa's Yummy Yums: thanks.
Maggie: thanks.
farida: thanks.
Pam: I know we went years of not using them. it is hard to remember.
The CFT: thanks.
Sophie: my husband is the same way--his father was transferred often. but, opposites attract. Do try the flowers next year when they come.
ejm: definitely tried the beaten rice. ANd, I have made my own sev but it is an oily proposition.
Kalyn: thanks.
Karine: amchur is dried green mango. I adore it so suggest you go to an Indian grocery store and get some. But, really just add more lime.
- June 30, 2009 at 7:32 PM
- Heidi Robb said...
Ben working so much I missed seeing this one - wow! I know I will love trying this recipe out - can just imagine all of the textures and flavors.
- July 2, 2009 at 4:00 AM


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It's definitely been awhile since i've posted here. Over the last few years, the site has really taken a backseat. While i've continued to pay for multiple urls / hosting, I haven't posted anything. As of tonight, i'm looking to change that…
In the early 2000's, I ran an entertainment website here in the Upstate, NY area. During those 8 years, I interviewed + photographed just about every band that played in and around the Albany, NY area from one hit wonders to the Dave Matthews Band. I also shot multiple shows in NYC + Boston during that time. Then work got in the way, and finding free time seemed almost impossible. Over the last few years, i've missed it…a lot. I've picked up the camera a ton since then, but really only when needed for a work project, or traveling overseas.
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REDWOOD CITY, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Vantage Health Inc. (OTCQB:VNTH) and its parent company Nanobeak Inc. today announced that they have formed a strategic partnership with Scripps Translational Science Institute (STSI) for the advancement of mobile health technology.
Vantage Health is developing personalized and point-of-care screening using Apps based upon chemical sensing residing within a small device attached to a smartphone. STSI's Center for Digital Medicine is committed to helping in the development and research of novel mobile health devices to accelerate their uptake into clinical practice.
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Vantage Health Inc. - a leader in mobile health technology - is developing personalized and point-of-care screening using Apps based upon chemical sensing residing within a small device attached to a smartphone.
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Part of San Diego, Calif.-based Scripps Health, and the Scripps Translational Science Institute (STSI) is a unique community collaboration that initiates research that moves basic science from the lab to the patient bedside. STSI is supported by the NIH flagship program, Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA), awarded to The Scripps Research Institute in conjunction with its collaboration with STSI. The San Diego Supercomputer Center also is a collaborator in the STSI consortium. More information can be found at www.stsiweb.org.
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Pack a picnic and your flashlights for NATURE NIGHTS at The Woodlands this summer! Each month you'll have a chance to spend some after-dark time inside the gates learning more about this important urban ecosystem and the creatures who call it home. Treat yourself to local ice cream and popsicles from neighborhood vendors, and take part in fun activities and crafts for all ages.
Bring a picnic and your flashlight on THURSDAY, July 24 from 6-9 P.M. for a rare chance to spend the evening in the Cemetery after dark and learn about moths. Create some pretty amazing nighttime crafts with University City Arts League, and find out more about moth enviroments from a science educator. Join us in creating a living "Moth Wall" after dark!
For prime moth-viewing, plan to stay until 9 pm! (Fireflies are still plentiful, too--plan to catch [and release] a few while you're here!)
Sweet treats from our friends at Lil' Pop Shop will be available for sale.
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In the event of inclement weather, Moth Night will be cancelled and notice will be posted on our website and social media pages at least 2 hours prior to the event start time.


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