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The New Yorker?s long-serving managing editor, Silvia Killingsworth, will be taking over as editor of the Awl, and while she?s at it, will be in charge of a relaunch of the Hairpin. Nine writers, including Helen Garner, C. E. Morgan, and Hilton Als, received one of Yale?s Windham-Campbell Prizes this week: Always good, as the ...
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Tuesday 27 March, 2012
The Republicans are waging a war against women, the New York Magazine declares. Perhaps it's because women are so unabashed about reading porn in public - that's according to publisher Beatriz de Moura in El Pais Semanal, at least. Polityka remembers Operation Reinhard. Tensions are growing between Poland and Hungary as Victor Orban spreads his influence, prompting ruminations on East European absurdity from both Elet es Irodalom and salon.eu.sk. Wired is keeping its eyes peeled on the only unassuming sounding Utah Data Center.
Life in a bubble
Wednesday 21 March, 2012
Awarded a Silver Bear at this year's Berlinale, Christian Petzold's new film "Barbara" is a GDR drama set in the early 1980s. Colourful and romantic beyond any nostalgia for the East, it relates the situation of female doctor caught in the circumstances of having applied for an exit visa. For Petzold, the film is not only a highly personal story of a woman in conflict but a film about what was lost - especially for women - with the fall of the Wall in 1989.
When soft power fails the acid test
Western museums are opening their halls for huge state exhibitions in collaboration with non-democratic regimes. The British Museum is currently hosting an exhibition on the Hajj which is funded by Saudi Arabia and reflects the royal family's position on the ritual. Should an institution dedicated to secular learning accommodate such religiously doctrinaire exhibitions? Yes, says Malise Ruthven in the New York Review of Books blog, who evidently believes in the conciliatory effects of such cultural politics. Tagesspiegel author Nicola Kuhn sees the new "Roads of Arabia" exhibition in Berlin's Pergamon Museum more critically. Image © National Museum, Riyadh
Art in circles
Wednesday 7 March, 2012
Frankfurt's Städelmuseum has just opened its new subterranean contemporary art extension, the culmination of a radical overhaul of the building and its collections. Hans-Joachim Müller ventures down below the surreal domed lawn and is left to meander through a refreshingly idiosyncratic retrospective that turns its back on received ideas about the progress of art. (Image:exterior view of Städel extension by Norbert Miguletz)
No one is indestructible
A precision engineer of the emotions, Peter Nadas traces the European upheavals of the past century in his colossal and epic novel "Parallel Stories", which was published in English in December. The core and epicentre of the novel is the body, which bears the marks of history and trauma. In his seemingly chaotic intertwining of lives and stories, Nadas penetrates the depths of the human animal with unique insight. A review by Joachim Sartorius
This kiss for the whole world
Who actually owns "intellectual property"? The German media that defend the concept of intellectual property as "real" property are the first to appropriate such rights, and they are using this idea as a defensive weapon. With lawmakers extending copyright laws and new structures emerging on the internet, intellectual property poses a serious challenge to the public domain. A survey of the German media landscape by Thierry Chervel
Workers of the world, be entertained!
Monday 13 February, 2012
This year's Berlinale Retrospective "The Red Dream Factory" rediscovers the legendary German-Russian Mezhrabpom-Film (1922-1936). It tells of incredible film successes, ideological misunderstandings and astonishing blindness. By Oksana Bulgakova
Road tripping across the ideological divide
Wednesday 1 February, 2012
The USA and the USSR should not simply be thought of as arch enemies of the Cold War. Beyond ideology, the two nations were deeply interested in one another. Ilya Ilf and Yevgeny Petrov were thrilled by the American Way of Life in 1935/6, John Steinbeck and Robert Capa praised the sheer vitality of the Russian people in 1947. Historian Karl Schlögel reviews a perfect pair of travel journals. Photo by Ilf and Petrov.
Language without a childhood
Turkish-born author, actor and director Emine Sevgi Özdamar was recently awarded the Alice Salomon Prize for Poetics. Coming to West Berlin in 1965, Özdamar first learned German at the age of 19. After stage school she went on to become the directorial assistant to Benno Besson and Matthias Langhoff at the Volksbühne in East Berlin while still living in West Berlin. Harald Jähner warmly lauds the author's uniquely visual sense of her acquired language and her ability to overcome the seemingly insurmountable dividing line through the city.
Friendship in the time of terror
Monday 9 January 2012
Nadezhda Mandelstam's personal memories of the Russian poet Anna Akhmatova, her intimate friend, offer a unique and moving testimony to friendship and resistance over decades of persecution. Published only after the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1989, the text is still unavailable in English but has recently been translated into German. A unique historical document, celebrating an intellectual icon in an age of horror. Portrait of Akhmatova by Kuzma Petrov-Vodkin.
Suddenly we know we are many
Wednesday 4th January, 2012
Why the Russian youth have tolerated the political situation in their country for so long and why they are no longer tolerant. The poet Natalia Klyuchareva explains the background to the protests on Bolotnaya Square in Moscow on December 10th. Image: Leonid Faerberg
The Republic of Europe
Tuesday 20 December, 2011
Thanks to Radoslaw Sikorski's speech in Berlin, Poland has at last joined the big European debate about restructuring the EU in connection with the euro crisis. The "European Reformation" advocated by Germany does not mean that the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation will be established in Europe, but instead – let us hope – the Republic of Europe. By Adam Krzeminski
Brown is not red
Filmmaker and theatre director Andres Veiel disagrees with the parallels currently being drawn between left-wing and right-wing violence in Germany. The RAF is the wrong model for the Zwickau neo-Nazi group, the so-called "Brown Army Faction" responsible for a series of murders of Turkish small business owners. Unlike the RAF, this group never publicly claimed responsibility for their crimes. Veiel is emphatic - you have to look at the biographies of the perpetrators. An interview with Heike Karen Runge.
Legacy of denial
Tuesday 29 November, 2011
Germany has been rocked by the disclosures surrounding the series of neo-Nazi murders of Turkish citizens. In the wake of these events, Former GDR dissident Freya Klier calls for an honest look at the xenophobia cultivated by the policies of the former East Germany, where the core of the so-called "Brown Army Faction" was based. And demands that East Germans finally confront a long-denied past. (Photo: © Nadja Klier)
Poison envy
Read the first English excerpt from historian Goetz Aly's new book "Why the Germans? Why the Jews? Equality, Envy and Racial Hatred 1800 - 1933". In response to this question that has been hanging in the air since the end of WWII, Goetz Aly points to the lack of education and fear of progress in so many German Christians at the turn of the century - and to the contrasting readiness of the Jewish population to embrace the new opportunities and education as the ticket to social mobility. Shamed by their shortcomings, the Germans soon turned to racial theory to conceal their envy and resentment.
Nausea in Paris
Monday 14 November, 2011
In response to the arson attack on the offices of the Parisian satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo on November 2, Danish critic and semiotician Frederik Stjernfelt is nauseated by the opinions voiced against the publication, especially in the British and American media. Why don't they see that Islamism is right-wing extremism?
Putting the black back into Wozzeck
Tuesday 8 November, 2011
Andrea Breth has just directed Alban Berg's "Wozzeck" at the Staatsoper in Berlin, to substantial critical acclaim. Mid-rehearsal, she makes time to talk to Niklaus Hablützel about Büchner's word compositions, why only singing beautifully can ruin everything, and the power of curtains.
Functions like DNA
In 2007 the rap duo Kinderzimmer Productions disbanded with rapper Henrik von Holtum, alias MC Textor, publishing a ranting manifesto against the rap scene in the Tageszeitung. But Kinderzimmer Productions is back with a new live recording of their old songs - with the Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra. Nina Apin from the taz talks with MC Textor about rap, classical music and the question of aging gracefully.
Just one pyramid
Monday 10 October, 2011
Activist and author, Andri Snaer Magnason is among the Icelandic guests of honor at this year's Frankfurt Book Fair. His book and film "Dreamland" is both an ecological call to action and a polemic. "The politicians took one of the most beautiful parts of Iceland and offered it to unscrupulous companies," says the author in a critique of his native country. By Daniela Zinser
German Book Prize 2011 - the short list
Tuesday 4 October, 2011
Eugen Ruge has won the German Book Prize with his novel "In Zeiten des abnehmenden Lichts" (In times of fading light), an autobiographical story of an East German family. The award is presented to the best German-language novel just before the start of the Frankfurt Book Fair. Here we present this year's six shortlisted authors and exclusive English translations of excerpts from their novels.
Dark side of the light
In their book "Lügendes Licht" (lying light) Thomas Worm and Claudia Karstedt explore the darker side of the EU ban on incandescent bulbs. From disposal issues to energy efficiency, the low-energy bulb is not necessarily a beacon of a greener future. By Brigitte Werneburg
Hokusai and the quest for perfection
Tuesday 20 September, 2011
The Martin Gropius Bau in Berlin is currently hosting Germany's first major retrospective of the legendary Japanese artist Hokusai, featuring over 430 exhibits, many of which have never left Japan before. It is hard to believe that such incredible diversity could stem from the hand of just one artist, but it is the product of a lifetime's dedication. By Katrin Wittneven. Image: "Onikojima Yataro and Saihoin Akabozu"© Katsushika Hokusai Museum of Art
In the vortex of congealed time
Monday 12 September, 2011
No other European city suffered more in World War II than Leningrad under siege, when over a million people lost their lives. Russian literature delivers a rich testimony of the events which have been all but forgotten by the West. Only a few works, though, also do the disaster aesthetic justice. By Oleg Yuriev
My unrelenting vice
In this apology for the vice of reading, Bora Cosic describes the magnificent and fantastic discoveries of one of its practitioners – revealing how texts contain what we bring to them, how we sometimes read without reading and how books are not only found in books but many other places.
Lubricious puritanism
The malice of the American media in the case of Dominique Strauss-Kahn is a symptom of sexual uptightness that borders on the sinister, and the feminists have joined forces with the religious Right to see it through. We can learn much from America, but not when it comes to the art of love. By Pascal Bruckner
Beyond the groove
Searching for new sounds to take the party to new highs, club music is turning to classical and new music. Prominent techno DJs such as Carl Craig and Moritz von Oswald, Ricardo Villalobos and Max Loderbauer are working with the recordings of Deutsche Grammophon and ECM. Alexis Waltz samples some bewitchingly beautiful and psychedelically absurd results. Photo Ricardo Villalobos © Stefan Stern
From pasta to pyrotechnics
Monday 25 July, 2011
We should be playing more and working less, according to philosopher and author Byung-Chul Han. He argues from the standpoint of Asian thinking yet is firmly rooted in the Western tradition. Ronald Düker visits Byung-Chul Han at the University of Arts and Design in Karlsruhe to find out how to make our minds more supple.
Right life in the wrong life
Update: after the resignation of Christian Wulff, meet Germany's new president. Joachim Gauck was a leading oppositional figure in the GDR. After the fall of the Wall he became the first Federal Commissioner for the Stasi Files. He talks to Joachim Günther about Ossis and Wessis, opposition, conformism, and the long-term psychological effects of a dictatorial regime.
Just one drop of forgetfulness
This year is the 200th anniversary of the death of German writer Heinrich von Kleist. The author Gertrud Leutenegger has a very Kleistian afternoon on Elba, when she encounters the Marquise von O in the waiting room of a very strange eye doctor.
"We only have ourselves to draw upon"
If geniuses still exist in Germany, then Friedrich Kittler, who died at the age of 68 on 18 October, was one of them. The literary scholar and media theorist wrote as much about drugs as he did about weapons, and he was as interested in war as he was in love. One of his PhD students is a Eurofighter pilot in Afghanistan. Andreas Rosenfelder talked with him in his Berlin apartment at the beginning of the year.
The quest for Christa Wolf
Christa Wolf died on 1 Dec, aged 82. Fifteen years after reunification, Christa Wolf, a prominent German writer who chose to remain in East Germany and who was later branded a "state poet", talks with Hanns-Bruno Kammertöns and Stephan Lebert about private chats with Honecker, a German society in check mate, the influence of Goethe, the shortcomings of Brecht, and the lasting effects of Utopia.
The satire after the tragedy
No sooner were the fires put out than was the government reelected that bore the than Greek votersbrunt of responsibility for the tragedy. Did those who suffered so much learn no lesson from their distress? Crime writer Petros Markaris looks at why the Greeks have failed to find their way out of the political crisis rocking their country.
"The time for philosophising is over"
Ernst Tugendhat, philosopher and critic of German pseudo-profundity, talks to Ulrike Herrmann about the fear of death, Heidegger, anti-Semitism and unfounded speculations in brain research.
Magic and guilt
The legendary German poets, Ingeborg Bachmann and Paul Celan, met and fell in love in Vienna 1948. Their electric and torturous correspondence, which continued until 1961, has now been collected in book form for the first time. Ina Hartwig on what was probably the most complicated love story in post-war Germany.
The source we drink from
It was only with the end of the Soviet Union that Russians got the chance to get discover their own 20th century literature. Forbidden authors like Nabokov, Mandelstam, Brodsky and Kharms became hugely popular. But until today the most enduring are the Oberiuts, a group of avant-garde poets from the 20s and 30s. By Olga Martynova
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The EUR/USD pair dropped to 1.190 points during Tuesday's session as the USD increased its trading value during the session but later lost some of its gains as Fed's Fischer released a statement saying that as much as he does not want to have low interest rates, he wouldn't want it to increase as much. However, Fischer also noted that he has no information with regards to the date of the expected interest rate hike from Fed. The last trading session exhibited active volatility levels, especially with Hillary Clinton's impressive performance during the first US Presidential Debate. However, the dropping bank equities in London's trading session affected the trades on Tuesday.
The USD also increased due to the added intraday support from highly positive macroeconomic releases, particularly with the improved Conference BC Confidence Index which is now at 104.1 from last month's 101.8. The expansion rate of business activities also increased after a three-month dormancy, according to preliminary Markit Services and Composite PMI data. Services PMI went up to 51.9 in September as compared to August's 51.0, while Composite PMI data also increased to 52.0 points from last month's 51.5 points.
The EUR/USD is still primarily in the negative territory, albeit with a persistence neutral stance. The 4-hour chart for the currency pair has no clear indicators, with prices recovering after a slew of horizontal moving averages and technical indicators going above the middle range.
The NZD/USD pair decreased in value after a three-day high, dropping back to the 0.73 trading range in relation to its USD counterpart. The currency pair dropped by -0.26% or 0.7284 points, hovering dangerously close to the 0.7279 trading lows during the last session. The NZD was unable to sustain its bullish bearing, mostly due to sustained weakness in oil prices and a strengthening of the USD.
The commodity currency suffered from significant decreases in oil prices caused by uncertainties in the oil output agreement between non-OPEC and OPEC oil producers. Meanwhile, the greenback was boosted by positive consumer confidence data and PMI data.
The NZD remains to be the worst currency performer during the trading session, especially now that traders are waiting for the release of China's consumer sentiment numbers. The US durable goods data will also be released later today, as well as the weekly crude stockpiles report from the EIA.
The next resistance point for the NZD/USD pair is projected to be at 0.7297, with a possibility of extending gains up to 0.7332. Meanwhile, the downside support is expected to be at 0.7267 points to 0.7220 points.
The Japanese Yen decreased its value during Wednesday's trading session, causing the USD/JPY pair to increase its value by up to 0.257 points or +0.26% to close at 100.67 points. The increased demand for commodity currencies and stocks was caused by a report that OPEC had already consented to decreasing its overall output, which last occurred in 2008. Reliable sources from OPEC are saying that the organization would be reducing its oil outputs to 32.5 million barrels daily from its current output of 33.24 million barrels a day.
The USD started strengthening earlier during the session after a recovery of European equity markets increased the risk appetites of investors which then removed their focus from the safe haven currency. The USD/JPY benefitted from the wide-range risk-on sentiment after the statement from OPEC increased activity in the US stock market.
The US market surged primarily due to statements from Fed and a highly durable US goods report. Core Durable Goods Orders data decreased by 0.4% in August, going way below the expected reading of 0.5% and even lower than the expected July reading of 1.3%. However, DGO data was slightly better than the estimate of -1 and went significantly lower than July's prediction of 3.6%.
The EUR/USD pair had an ambiguous stance during Wednesday's trading session as investors and traders are waiting for statements coming from the European Central Bank and and the Federal Reserve. However, none of the two central banks are expected to release new modifications, which leaves the EUR/USD pair at a lower value than the previous trading sessions. Fed Chair Janet Yellen has already stated that there is no definite period as to when the Federal Reserve would be increasing its interest rates. On the other hand, ECB Chair Mario Draghi has stated that the central bank's negative rates are not the ones to be blamed for problems in the European banking sector.
The Durable Goods Orders data came out without much activity, even falling below the expected data release in August. The DGO report has also showed that capital equipment shipments had already decreased in value four months in a row, and investors are expecting that this will lead to a drop in Q3 GDP rates.
In general, the EUR/USD pair has been struggling to make progress during this week. The pair's 4-hour chart indicates that its value has been unable to go above its moving averages. Momentum levels are expected to go south and below the 100 level. Meanwhile, RSI indicators are in the 47-point range and is leaning towards the negative. Selling interest are now below 1.1190 and this could make the currency pair go even lower at 1.1120 during the next trading sessions.
BOE deputy Shafik's dovish statements has caused the sterling pound to be weighed down, after Shafik stated that the central bank requires more economic stimulus, and the bank is willing to widen its asset purchase program if ever the need arises.
The technical trend for the currency pair is mainly bearish since a lot of sellers are holding fast to their current positions. The GBP/USD exhibited volatile and low trading points during Wednesday's session, with the price staying within the 1.3000 range for buyers. The pair's growth was somewhat hindered by a bearish 50 EMA, while the 50, 100, and 200 EMA are still steadily declining. Resistance levels are currently at 1.3000 while support levels are at 1.2900.
MACD levels are presently in the negative side, with MACD's growth indicative of a weakening of sellers' positions. Meanwhile, RSI levels are expected to go within the overbought range. The general outlook for the currency pair is bearish, with an expected drop towards the 1.2950 range. However, speculators are also expecting an upsurge to the 1.3100 trading range.
The GBP/USD pair continued to sway between 1.2950 and 1.3050 with no definite direction. This indefinite stance of the GBP/USD was mainly caused by an expected break on both sides by traders but has not since occurred. However, the value of the currency seemed to be controlled by EUR/GBP cash flows than any other fundamental factors.
The issues surrounding Deutsche Bank also added uncertainties to the GBP/USD pair's stance. Deutsche Bank's recent issues caused stock markets to have a risk-off sentiment and caused the S&P and other technical indexes to drop in value. Moreover, this has caused the pound to decrease its support levels at 1.2950 during the last trading session. Traders should take extra precautions as this might cause major shifts in the financial market and may also cause the USD to increase its value in general.
Speculators are expecting added volatility to the market due to the London fix, as well as a major news announcement from the UK government which is scheduled to be released today.
The USD/CAD pair finished last trading session with its resistance levels resting at 1.3120 points and support levels at 1.3060 points, with the currency pair merely consolidating during the rest of the trading session since there was no major event that came from Canada yesterday. However, the GDP output for Canada will be released today, and this is expected to create a significant insight with regards to the performance of the Canadian economy. Canada's economy has been steadily weakening during the past few months, although recent data from the nation has not yet been reflecting these changes.
However, the Bank of Canada has been hinting at this particular weakening in their economy, as well as the effect of lowering oil prices on the nation's economic output and speculators are saying that this might ultimately lead to the BOC cutting back on its interest rates.
The USD/CAD continues to be bullish, mainly because of the current state of the Canadian economy. The USD strengthened as Deutsche Bank's issues were brought up during the US session which caused the USD to rally at 1.3180 points and is now currently at 1.3153. Support levels are at 1.3060 while resistances are within the range of 1.3200 and 1.3255 points.
The EUR decreased its value after Germany's Unemployment Change report turned out to be far weaker than what traders and investors had expected. Meanwhile, the USD strengthened slightly after hints that the Fed might possibly implement an interest rate hike before the year ends.
The EUR/USD pair meanwhile had its support levels at 1.1200 points and had a lackluster performance during Thursday's trading session. The currency pair's price levels remained inactive at the 1.1200 - 1.1230 during the London trading session. The 50, 100, and 200 moving averages remained on neutral territory, with resistance levels at 1.1250 and support levels currently at 1.1200.
The MACD is currently at the center of the range. If the MACD returns to negative territory, then this will signal a strengthening of sellers, while a move into the positive territory is an indicator of a possible takeover of buyers in the financial market. The currency pair's RSI levels remain at the neutral range.
Should sellers be able to force down pricing levels below the 1.1200 range, then the currency value of the EUR/USD is expected to go up at 1.1150. However, it is also highly possible that this would even go as far as the 1.1250 trading range.
The USD/JPY pair had a double-sided trading session on Friday after investors had split reactions to reports of an alleged settlement between the US Department of Justice and banking firm Deutsche Bank. The currency pair finished the last trading session at 101.318 points, going up by +0.29% or 0.288 points, with the USD finishing higher against the Japanese yen.
The BoJ's decision on its monetary policy is now settled, and investors are now shifting their focus on investor sentiment when it comes to the general direction of the market. Analysts are expecting this particular trend to continue up until Monday's session especially due to lack of important economic data to be released this week and because of limited speculations prior to the release of the US Non-Farm Payrolls Report this coming Friday.
Traders are now becoming particularly conscious with various economic events and news as they await the next announcement from Bank of Japan. The direction of the USD/JPY was influenced by the US Presidential Debate last week, the Deutsche Bank issue, and the statement released by the OPEC. For this week, speculators are expecting that the USD/JPY would most likely be influenced by the release of the US stock indices and the US jobs report which is set for the end of the week.
The USD/CAD pair continued to trade within the broad range but market players are expecting the currency pair to be on the bullish side. The USD/CAD has proved to be one of the most volatile currency pairs with its 2-way movement but still in the wider trading range between 1.3050 and 1.3280. The release of the retail sales data last Friday turned out to be bad for the market, causing the CAD to decrease earlier this week. However, the bullish stance of the pair was still not able to break through the 1.3280 trading range.
The CAD then bounced back after the release of the OPEC statement, where oil producers have agreed to cut down oil production in order to increase oil prices. The currency pair then decreased in value. But Canada's GDP data came out way above the expectations of investors, increasing the USD/CAD's value but not enough to break through the bottom range, therefore settling within the neutral territory.
For this week, investors are awaiting the release of the Canadian employment report as well as the NFP report which is both slated to come out this Friday. Market players are expecting increased volatility once the mentioned economic data are released, together with the strengthening of the US economy due to an impending rate hike and the weakening of the Canadian economy due to the OPEC report.


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Inflation Is Not Going Away Any Time Soon – and Biden Will Have to Wait It Out Like the Rest of Us
By Thomas Franck, CNBC	• Published November 24, 2021 • Updated on November 24, 2021 at 3:15 pm
Price pressures have blossomed into a chief concern for the White House, which has ramped up efforts to remedy supply-chain interruptions.
But ask investors, economists and the American people for their thoughts on inflation, and no one sees inflation cooling off anytime soon.
"I think the hardest thing to communicate is that not every problem has a solution. Some of what needs to be done to heal our economy is to be patient," says economist Jason Furman.
After lying dormant for years, inflation is once again chipping away at American wallets, and it has become a chief concern for the White House.
In recent months, the Biden administration ramped up its efforts to remedy the supply-chain interruptions economists blame for hot inflation. And President Joe Biden has been pushing his economic agenda as a remedy for inflation worries.
But ask investors, economists and the American people for their thoughts on inflation, and no one sees inflation cooling off anytime soon. That means everyone from the president to the everyday voter will likely need patience to get through this.
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"I don't think you want to promise people inflation is going away," said Jason Furman, an economist and former chairman of the White House Council of Economic Advisers during the Obama administration.
"I think the hardest thing to communicate is that not every problem has a solution. Some of what needs to be done to heal our economy is to be patient," he continued. "That's a really hard a message for any president to deliver. They have to be seen as doing things."
The politics of prices
Rising food and gas prices are weighing on Americans living on fixed or modest incomes. Retail grocery prices rose 1% in October, laundry and dry-cleaning costs are up 6.9% from a year ago, and in some parts of California gasoline is being sold north of $6 a gallon. General Mills notified retailers that it plans to soon hike prices on dozens of its brands, including Cheerios, Wheaties and Annie's, according to a report published Tuesday.
In turn, the inflation messaging coming out of the White House has focused a great deal on two big, Biden-backed bills. One of the president's favorite counters to inflation worries is to point out that many economists say his $1.75 trillion Build Back Better bill and a separate $1 trillion infrastructure plan will make businesses and workers more productive and ease inflation pressures over the long term.
Yet while better roads, access to child care and weatherization may help reduce costs years in the future, Democrats face critical midterm elections in less than 12 months.
Inflation appeared to be a hurdle for Democrat Terry McAuliffe, who lost to Republican Glenn Youngkin in Virginia's recent gubernatorial election.
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Political strategists viewed that election as a gauge of voter attitude toward the current direction of policy with Democrats in control of the White House and Congress. The high-profile Democratic defeat in an increasingly blue Virginia is thought to have sparked compromise between party centrists and progressives on the infrastructure and anti-poverty and climate bills.
Americans' angst about the economy, as measured by the percentage of those surveyed who mention any economic issue as the top problem facing the U.S., reached a pandemic-era high according to polling firm Gallup. (The survey polled a random sampling of 815 adults, and it had a margin of error of plus or minus 4 percentage points.)
Twenty-six percent of Americans now cite an economic concern as the nation's top problem, while 7% say inflation, specifically, is their chief anxiety. In September, just 1% of Americans named inflation as their top worry, Gallup said. It has been more than 20 years since inflation was named as the most important problem by at least 7% of Americans.
"Moms and dads are worried, asking, 'Will there be enough food we can afford to buy for the holidays? Will we be able to get Christmas presents to the kids on time?'" Biden said in a speech on Tuesday.
No major impact on gas
To help ease fuel costs during the holiday season, Biden announced that the U.S. and some of its allies will tap their national strategic petroleum reserves.
"The fact is we've faced even worst spikes before just in the last decade," Biden said of rising gas prices. "But it doesn't mean we should just stand by idly and wait for prices to drop on their own."
While the Biden administration said it would put 50 million barrels of oil from government stockpiles onto global markets in the coming weeks, some analysts warned the action likely amounts at best to an attempt to pacify consumers.
Tapping the nation's oil reserves will have a limited impact on fuel costs since "nearly 40% of the 50MM bbl release was already planned for 2022 as well as the fact that much of the oil will simply go into commercial stockpiles," wrote Tom Essaye, founder of Sevens Report, a markets research firm.
That oil will eventually be repurchased "and later returned to the SPR, meaning the move is largely symbolic and not going to have a major impact on the actual physical markets," he added.
Furman, who teaches economics at Harvard University, agreed. He said that drawing on the SPR falls into the "no-stone-left-unturned" category for a White House worried about the political impact of rising prices.
The current inflation, he said, is a function of broad shifts in aggregate demand and aggregate supply — beyond the influence of a one-time appeal to the SPR or any other quick fix.
Inflation expectations
A pesky characteristic of inflation is that today's price increases are a product of what people think prices will be tomorrow. In other words, inflation expectations can, by themselves, cause inflation.
According to New York Federal Reserve Bank's most-recent consumer survey, median inflation expectations in October increased to 5.7% for the coming year, the highest level ever recorded since the series began in 2013.
A measure of investors' expectation for inflation over the next five years has spiked in recent months.
The difference between the yields on five-year Treasury inflation-protected securities, or TIPS, and the corresponding Treasury notes hit 3.17 on Wednesday, its highest level since at least 2003. That effectively means that investors think inflation will average about 3% over the next five years.
The recent uptick in market-based inflation expectations drew the attention of Federal Reserve officials during their November policy meeting. Their meeting minutes, released Wednesday, showed that some central bankers considered the jump as evidence that rising inflation forecasts are starting to go mainstream.
"A couple of participants pointed to increases in survey- and market-based indicators of expected inflation—including the notable rise in the five-year TIPS-based measure of inflation compensation—as possible signs that inflation expectations were becoming less well anchored," the Fed minutes read.
"I've been teaching my students the model that would have helped them predict inflation this year. And that model is that, if you're way short in demand, then extra demand can help," he said.
"But if you try to push it too far, you run into a supply constraint," he continued. "You'll end up with higher prices rather than higher quantities."
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As you know, I love me some kbeauty! NoTS is a Korean skincare brand that focuses on using natural ingredients, eco-friendly packaging and using the best scientific formulas to provide your skin with what it needs. Since I love good ingredients, there was no way I was passing up the opportunity Q-Depot gave me to try this.
Q-Depot is an online kbeauty merchant based in Korea. They offer free shipping for any order over $69 which is pretty awesome. Especially when they're shipping from Korea. In my experience the shipping charges when buying from online retailers in Korea can become almost more expensive than the product itself! If you don't hit the $69 mark, shipping starts at a flat rate of $2.99 depending on your country. Everything ships from Korea so it can take some time to reach you, depending on the shipping option you choose.
They have great brands like Banila Co, Missha, The History of Whoo, Secret Key, Leaders, Tony Moly, etc. They don't have Hope Girl or I would buy a stash of the 140 Super Lash mascara from them for the free shipping. If you're looking for cruelty-free brands, Q-Depot is very proud to offer Etude House, Laneige , Mamonde, Sulwhasoo , IOPE , Hera, Innisfree and of course NoTS.
I've used NoTS in the past and had a good experience. I also love trying new mists. I'm big on hydration and since my skin tends to run on the dry side, I need something that works. That means a fancy name and an expensive price isn't going to cut it. Far too often some of these $300 skin creams contain none or very little of what the skin actually needs and can absorb.
Here's the thing about mists. Spraying straight water on your face and then letting it air dry can actually dry your skin out more. You probably know this. It's one of the reasons I've been so "meh" about the Evian mists. I don't feel like they tell you enough about how to use it.
When using a mist, you don't want the water to evaporate on it's own. The best way to use a hydrating mist is to use it in conjunction with a moisturizer. So spray your mist and then immediately trap all that hydrating goodness with your moisturizer. Using a moisturizer with hyaluronic acid in it on top of your mist is going to be plump skin magic. Trust me. This is more important when using straight water mists.
NoTS Aqua Barrier Lotus Essence is not straight water so you have added options when using something like this. If you need to refresh your makeup in the afternoon, you should use a mist like this. You can use the Aqua Barrier Mist as part of your skincare routine with your moisturizer but you can also use it on top of your makeup. The sunscreen/makeup barrier will prevent that extra drying to your skin and will also give a boost to makeup that's getting tired.
The Aqua Barrier Lotus Essence Mist has a base of 88% Snow Lotus Extract. That is a whopping portion of antioxidant! Snow Lotus grows in the high mountains of Asia (think Batman Begins and that blue flower he had to get to gain entrance to the monastery) and has been used for centuries in traditional medicine where it's grown. It's main proven benefit is it's anti-inflammatory effects.
It also has bamboo stem extract, witch hazel and green tea extracts. These are a combination of free radical fighting antioxidants and anti-inflammatory, skin soothing ingredients.
Since NoTS not only focuses on cruelty-free, natural ingredients but also eco-friendly packaging, they have one of my favorite systems of application ever. Many times when you receive an aerosol mist, the nitrogen and other properties needed to actually spray the bottle are incorporated with the product itself. NoTS has used a canister that separates the product from what's needed to force out a spray! You can hold this upside down and it will still spray beautifully.
One thing I look for in a product like this is a light, even mist. I don't want something that's going to spray drops so big that I have rivulets running down my face. Been there, done that. Not pretty. It also tends to make your regular moisturizer smear thinly all over the place. A regular pump spray tends to have bigger drops. The NoTS Aqua Barrier Mist sprays a cloud of tiny droplets that lay over the skin perfectly. It's such a fine mist you can't even see it. The cloud is a little on the large size so it can get in your hair but I tend to have that issue anyway because my face is small.
The immediate effects on both on the skin and over makeup are very cooling. Since the mist is so fine, it makes putting on moisturizer after it very easy. It's also great over makeup because there is zero run off.
I also love how smooth my face feels after I apply this on top of makeup. If I could photograph smoothness, I would! I usually use this in the afternoon and evenings when my morning moisturizers are starting to fade in effectiveness. It gives an immediate perk to my skin.
It's a nice size and is easy to port around in a handbag for that afternoon refresher. I should be clear and say that this is not the same thing as a makeup setting spray. On top of makeup this works best mainly as a refresher to give your face make up a little more of a longevity boost. My makeup can dry out fast because of my dry skin and I feel like this mist rejuvenates my makeup and keeps it from going flaky. Or if it is flaky, this nips that in the bud.
It has a light scent that dissipates quickly. I'd say it was more herbal than floral because it's got kind of a tangy-ness to it, for lack of a better word. It's not overpowering and you're not going to smell like a rose. Thank goodness. Some of the mists I have are so scented, I don't like to use them.
Mists aren't for everyone. I love getting a little pick-me-up and I have fairly dry skin so I tend to need it. This NoTS version is one of the best I've used for evenness and fineness of the actual misting. (Sorry TCFS, it's true).
I'm really happy with this NoTS Lotus Mist. It definitely beats out every mist I currently have (and there's a lot. Six, at least). I love the fact that the scent is light, the mist is fine, you don't need to shake the container and the ingredients are all cruelty free.
If you would like to try this NoTS Aqua Barrier Lotus Essence Mist, you can pick it up at Q-Depot for $20.95. It's currently on sale from $23. They have tons of things on sale right now, like all four BanilaCo. Clean It Zeros, Leaders Snail products and even Mamonde! That free shipping at $69 is screaming at me because they have so many brands I love and respect. It looks like they are also having a promotion right now that gives you a $5 to spend when you create an account and make an order over $69.
Do you have a mist you love? I've tried a LOT and NoTS comes to closest to being perfection. I think the only thing that would make it better might be a version with different ingredients. Mmm, snail in a mist!


You've probably figured out that your OWLcard is important to keep handy. Not only does that little hunk of plastic get you into buildings and get you student discounts around the city, it's also the keeper of precious Diamond Dollars. It's basically $$$ that you can spend at specific places on or near campus—you can buy groceries, get a haircut, do your laundry and more. DDs on empty? You can ask anyone (probz should be someone you know ...) to deposit money into your account. Now, shopping spree time!!!
1. Dining halls. We'll start with the obvious: Your Diamond Dollars can be used at J&H, the Student Center and Morgan Hall. If you've got a meal plan, you may wanna use the dollars when you're stopping for, like, chips or coffee.
2. Laundry facilities. You're going to have to wash your clothes eventually. When that time does come you can use your Diamond Dollars at all of the residence halls' laundry facilities. Think of it this way: If your mom gives you Diamond Dollars to do your laundry, it's still kind of like she's doing it for you, right?
6. UPS Store. Literally right next door to B&N is the spot to buy envelopes, stamps and boxes. You can ship packages or have your mail and packages delivered here. Also, it's where you'll head when you want to send your fam a lovely handwritten letter (asking for more $$$$$).
7. Liacouras Walk. No, you can't buy the whole walk. But you can use your Temple currency at Saxby's Coffee, Master Wok, Maxi's and Mexican Post, all located on it. Also, check out the food vendors at the Wall on 12th Street (where you'll find Fame's Pizza, Richie's, etc.). Or eat up at the dining spots below the View: Potbelly, Crisp Kitchen, Blaze Pizza and Chipotle. And, if you're still hungry, there's Jimmy Johns, Dunkin' Donuts (that other DD), Qdoba and Philly Style Pizza & Grill.
8. The TECH. Cash in at the Starbucks on the first floor or take advantage of another DD perk: Each semester, students are given a $21 print allocation.
9. Mecca Unisex Hair Salon (1432 W. Cecil B. Moore Ave.) and Diamond Cutz (10th and Diamond streets). Deep in the throes of midterms or finals, you may find yourself resembling Hagrid. Fear not. Both of these salons offer student discounts and will happily accept your Diamonds.
Check out the full list of where you can use your Diamond Dollars.


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25 Reviews of Christmas #8 - "Harry Potter" 1 & 2 make for surprisingly good Holiday viewing
Welcome to the 25 Reviews of Christmas here on www.jonathanlack.com! As explained in this post, I'm devoting the first 25 days of December to celebrating great Christmas movies, TV shows, specials, songs, and albums, with a Christmas-related review posting every single day for 25 days!
Today, I'm looking at Christmas memories surrounding the first two Harry Potter films, "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" and "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets." You'll even get to see some pictures of two AWESOME "Harry Potter" ornaments. What are you waiting for?
Enjoy! Review after the jump….
""Harry Potter" as a Christmas movie? What is this heresy!?" you may ask.
No, "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" and "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets" are not Christmas movies by most stretches of the imagination. They are instead great movies to watch at Christmas, a subtle but important distinction. There's a general atmosphere about the films that make them perfect December movies, and while I enjoy watching the "Potter" films at all times of the year, I often find myself breaking out the first two films during this season.
Part of it has to do with nostalgia; the films were originally released in mid-November 2001 and 2002, and since I saw both films many, many times in theatres, they were simply a Holiday season fixture during both of those years. In fact, I've always associated both of these movies with snow, and though I'm not entirely sure why, my distinct memories of running from the car to the theatre in icy slush probably has something to do with it. To this day, watching these movies just doesn't feel right unless there's snow falling hard outside and a fire roaring next to the TV.
But it's not just the original release date; if it were, then "Goblet of Fire" and "Deathly Hallows Pt. 1" would also both be Christmas classics, and I think it's safe to say I don't associate Dobby bleeding to death from a violent knife wound with Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer. No, there's something about "Sorcerer's Stone" and "Chamber of Secrets" that just feels festive, and if anything, that feeling has only intensified over the last ten years.
These were the Potter films directed by Christopher Columbus, and his family-friendly aesthetic certainly contributes to the Holiday mood. Warm, rich colors, lots of reds and greens, many shots of roaring fires, etc. Hogwarts itself is a rather festive setting, at least in these early films, with its charming, inviting corridors, pleasant brick structure, and thoroughly cozy atmosphere. This is a place I would love to vacation at for Christmas (well, actually I would love to live there and go to Wizarding classes and meet Dumbledore and go to Honeydukes why oh why didn't I get a letter when I turned eleven, I…..oh, I was rambling…er…ahem…let's put the other parenthesis in place…okay, press the shift key, and…here we go). Columbus' style is far from revelatory – visually, these are easily the least interesting Potter films – but it is warm and amiable, and he infuses every frame of both movies with a strong sense of awe and wonder. It's the same bag of tricks that made his 1990 film "Home Alone" a Yuletide standby, and even though only the middle portions of these "Potter" films take place at Christmas, they both make for wonderful December viewing.
Of course, one of Columbus' secret weapons on "Home Alone" was John Williams, and I don't think I need to explain the brilliance of Williams' first "Potter" score. It's iconic for good reason, and though I think these two films are a tad over-scored (his "Prisoner of Azkaban" compositions are, in my mind, much more impressive), the influence Williams has on giving "Sorcerer's Stone" and "Chamber of Secrets" a festive flavor is undeniable. The music is big, sweeping, enveloping, and memorable, and though it's not technically Christmas music, put it on any given Christmas mix CD and I think you could fool a number of people. The score is simply magical, the core trait of all great Christmas music, so whether or not Williams intended it this way, his music is the primary reason "Stone" and "Secrets" play amazingly well at the Holidays. As I'm writing these words, I'm listening to the track "Leaving Hogwarts" while snow is falling hard outside my dorm-room window, and all feels right with the world.
I should also note that I have a lot of Christmas-themed Potter memorabilia lying around the house. There are at least two incredible Potter ornaments on our Christmas tree – one of Hagrid, and another that is a bulb with what I believe is a Marie GrandPre illustration (she drew the pictures for the American versions of the novels). There were a lot of Christmas tie-ins with the first film, and these have proudly had a place on our tree for ten years now!
I also have a Hogwarts train set that I won in a Kids WB contest when the first movie came out, and though we haven't done it lately, we used to always break it out at the Holidays to go along with all our other decorations:
If you haven't watched "Sorcerer's Stone" or "Chamber of Secrets" lately, now is the best time to do so. Trust me, they work best at this time of the year.
Now, if you'll excuse me, I've got to go work on my letter to Dumbledore asking why I was never accepted to Hog—I mean, my letter to Santa…
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Pandemic, or Pandemonium?
Laszlo Awareness May 6, 2020 January 3, 2023 4 Minutes
Update in January, 2022: Two years later, the answer to the questions asked in the title are, yes and yes. Pandemic, because covid has caused many deaths, pain and suffering (although the CDC admitted, that only in 6% of the deaths were covid the sole cause).
Pandemonium, because many studies have shown – but went unreported by the media – that lockdowns caused more harm, than good and that masks and social distancing were useless.
From the day the state of emergency was declared by President Trump on Friday the 13th (!) 2020, the media devoted 7 day, 24 hour, doomsday style coverage to the corona virus. There have been clear indications that the media hyped up the crisis, to make it appear worse, than it was.
A complete list of arguments against the mainstream media's narrative would be voluminous, hence the following is an abridged version, that includes data from scientific studies, testimonies of nurses and doctors as well as simple common sense.
A virus that infects 45 Million Americans (6 in every 45) and kills 61 000, is very contagious indeed. That was the common flu of 2017/18. CDC Statistics
It was not even mentioned in the news, (the only time the media covered the flu, when they promote the flu shot), but when Corona virus cases reached 1 Million and deaths reached double digits, it was all over the news.
As of February 4. 2021., reported Covid death toll was 461 000. That was very high indeed. What didn't make the news is, the CDC admitted, that only 6% of the recorded deaths are due to covid.
That was about 27 000 deaths, a year after Covid began. To put these numbers into perspective, on a typical day, without a pandemic, 8000 persons die in the US, nearly 3 Million per year.
During the height of a flu season, sick people are everywhere, yet no one wears masks, the economy isn't shut down and restrictions aren't implemented.
But with the Corona virus we are supposed to believe, that living our lives is dangerous – "Our Pearl Harbor Moment"- and we'll never be back to normal until we are all vaccinated.
The Media's main focus initially was on Italy.
"Another 300 Died in One Day in Italy!"
said the headlines.
Every death is a sad event, but it only takes a quick internet search to find out, that on a typical day, 1700 persons die in Italy. If the death of 300 is frightening, than Italians must be terrified at all times, since 6 times as many deaths occur every day.
In the United States, a person dies every 11 seconds, but now the media tried to associate deaths with Covid-19, to keep the focus on the virus, to make it appear more serious.
90% of those, who died of the Corona virus were elderly with "co-morbidity", existing medical conditions and 90% of those who have the virus show mild, or no symptoms, similar to the impact of the common flu.
Anyone who dies with the Corona virus is classified as a Covid-19 death.
CDC's own guidelines to physicians stated:
"In cases where a definite diagnosis of COVID cannot be made but is suspected or likely, it is acceptable to report COVID-19 on a death certificate as 'probable' or 'presumed.'"
Medicare paid hospitals $13 000 when a Covid-19 diagnosis was made and $39 000 when a respirator was used. The main source of hospital's revenue come from elective surgeries, which hwere not been permitted, so there was a significant financial reward, when they complied.
This was the reason why relatives were not allowed to see their loved one in many hospitals, they might find out about the scam.
Research by German scientists concluded that statistics on Covid-19 are distorted.
"no data collection system, however good, can make a statement about the current infection process without additional assumptions and calculations."
Spanish Minister of Health Salvador Illa stated that every dead person, that tested positively to SARS-CoV-2, is considered as a SARS-CoV-2 death.
"Accordingly, the real mortality rate from SARS-CoV-2 is 25-60 times less than the figures presented to us by MSM and a number of governments."
"Italy labels anyone who died with a confirmed SARS-CoV-2 infection, regardless of the real causes of death, as the victim of the pandemic."
Research by Stanford University showed, that there were 50–85 times more infections, thus mortality rate was much lower than originally thought.
"Death rate is likely between 0.12 – 0.2%"
Scientists at University of Southern California came to the same conclusion:
"Ultimately, this means the infection rate of the virus in LA County would be far lower than what the current numbers are showing, more within the Ballpark of the Seasonal Flu."
Dr. Bukacek is a long time physician for 30 years in Montana. Signing death certificates is a routine part of her job, she discussed, how the certificates were manipulated. [Video]
–"At a time, when speaking the truth is considered a threat to national security"
The standards for issuing death certificates was changed, so more cases could be added:
"The 2003 guidelines for establishing death certificates had been cancelled. "Had the CDC used its industry standard, Medical Examiners' and Coroners' Handbook on Death Registration and Fetal Death Reporting Revision 2003, as it has for all other causes of death for the last 17 years, the COVID-19 fatality count would be approximately 90.2% lower than it currently is."
ICU Nurse of 30 years speaks out: [Video]
"You basically treat the patient as if they have Covid"
"All doctors / nurses know it, but our hands are tied. We can't disclose information to the media"
Joseph Antioco, funeral home director, Brooklyn, NY: [Video]
"To me, all you are doing is, padding the statistics. You are putting people on that Covid 19, a lot higher than it should be."
"I had a 40 year old man, that died in his house. They didn't even go to this house…the guy had no medical conditions…but now his death certificates show Covid-19."
Michael Lanza, funeral home director, Staten Island: [Video]
To be honest with you, all of the death certificates, they are writing Covid on all of the death certificates."
Why was this happening? The longer the lock down continued, the more small businesses suffered and wealth was transferred to corporations. Corrupt state, or local municipalities received more funding, by over reporting. The Covid scare influenced the outcome of the 2020 presidential election as well.
But ultimately, it is about advancing the New World Order agenda, that is now called the "Great Reset". A population that is in fear is easy to control. People are more willing to approve vaccines, or other measures and accept more government intrusion into their lives, that under normal circumstances they would not tolerate.
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Csirmaz Józsefné says:
Amit leírtál sajnos mind igaz ,sajnos effelé tartunk!
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Reason says:
Covid has killed much more than the common flu. I know someone who got it and survived, but their mind isn't the same now. So its very different and much more dangerous than the common flu. Furthermore, despite the conspiracy theories which might be true, it's entirely irresponsible to ignore the right now and do what one should do during what is a pandemic. Seeing how this is a pandemic, it is a persons duty to follow the responsibilities out of respect for others. One can still read conspiracy information and make their own minds up, but to ignore respect for others makes that person just as debased as those who would propagate a secret agenda.


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