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Maggie Mauer, a Miami psychologist volunteering her expertise in trauma, points to a drawing of a body lying in a pool of blood as a good sign. "Last year, he wouldn't even draw anything," she says of the artist, Alejandro, who was drugged and raped by his FARC commander. Alejandro is able to talk about it now but says, "What happened to me, you can't make go away." Next to a drawing of an explosive, he sketches the school bus he now boards every day, and he works on penciling the road to the future. Alejandro dreams...
When Calderón was sworn in as President in December 2006, the carnage had become too much to ignore. He began a military offensive against the gangs that now employs some 40,000 troops. Calderón's supporters insist the brutal counteroffensive by the gangs is a sign that they were rattled. Critics call the relentless violence proof that Calderón took a baseball bat to a hornet's nest but wasn't ready for the hornets - and point out that the Mexican army is not particularly well trained for the urban-guerrilla nature of drug wars. Either...
...back down around 40 (see chart below). That's good news. The VIX is interpreted as a measure of volatility in a certain sense, but it more accurately measures fear rather than volatility. That is why the VIX is important to the average investor: it is a sign of uncertainty. So a falling VIX may portend better times ahead. (See pictures of the top 10 scared traders...
...Craigslist.com, but if you prefer a guaranteed purchase, fans recommend StubHub.com as a slightly pricier alternative. Though bleachers offer the best deals, he next step up, the grandstand, is overpriced and suffers from obstructed views. Beware of Section 1: you’ll be shaded by the Budweiser sign, but all its massive support beams will be in the way. For those of you more interested in catching a fly baller than a fly ball, keep an eye out for third baseman and George Clooney doppelganger Mike A. Lowell. To get near the team’s most eligible bachelor...
...When you serve on [an] intelligence committee you sign a second oath - one of secrecy." -Explaining why she had not delayed in disclosing that she filed an objection to CIA interrogation tactics like waterboarding, a program she was briefed on in 2002. (Washington Post...