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5 Things To Do Before Seeing 'Percy Jackson: Sea Of Monsters'
by Jessica Marshall The next installment in the chronicles of a certain dreamy demigod and his mythological pals is here at long last. The sequel to 2010's "Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief" hits theaters this week. This time, Percy Jackson, the half-human son of the sea god Poseidon played by Logan Lerman , finds himself on the hunt for the magical Golden Fleece in an effort to save his home, Camp Half-Blood, from certain destruction. While the movie may be the stuff of legend, it's no myth that we have a list of things for you to do before seeing this film. So before you dive into " Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters ," try these five things: Read the Book The life and times of the spawn of Poseidon are detailed in a best-selling book series by Rick Riordan. There are five books in the series, of which "Sea of Monsters" is the second. Watch "Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief" "Sea of Monsters" is the long-awaited sequel to "The Lightning Thief," which introduced us all to the adorably angsty Percy Jackson, an average Joe who discovers his divine heritage. Study up on your Greek mythology If you want to understand what's going on in this film and in the books, you'd better brush up on your Bulfinch's. There are a lot of references to classic figures and objects of Greek and Roman mythology strung throughout. And it will especially enhance your enjoyment of it all if you can name all the siblings of
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Protestors against gold mining in Greece demand alternatives to austerity
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BRIDGEWATER: Here Are 5 Reasons Why The Euro Crisis Is Far From Over
Interesting note here from Bridgewater on the Euro crisis (via ValueWalk). They cite 5 reasons why the Euro crisis isn’t over:
1) Financial institution stress tests could raise worries about specific banks
2) Plans for dealing with problematic banks could lead to Cyprus type situation
3) Portugal’s debts problem signals worries for other countries as well
4) France’s continuing debt build up could cause serious problems
5) International attention to all these problems could exacerbate the issues.
They go on to detail several core problems in Europe. I’ve maintained a similar message in recent years though stated a bit more simplistically. In my opinion, the single currency system remains unworkable because it has no rebalancing mechanism. Any single currency system like the Euro or the Dollar will create trade imbalances (for its users – the states in the USA and the countries in Europe). If those trade imbalances are not rebalanced by a federal tax that redistributes funds then the heavy lifting results in deflationary wage and price rebalancing. Obviously, there can be no currency rebalancing because they all use the same currency. So we get what’s going on in places like the periphery of Europe where a crushing deflation is ravaging the economy.
Now, I know “redistribution” is a dirty word, but when you lock yourself into a currency union you have to realize what you’re signing up for and the basic math behind such an arrangement. And the math in Europe remains ugly. The debt outstanding in many of these peripheral countries is not declining relative to GDP because the growth in the peripheral countries is not outpacing the rate of debt increase. So we’re actually seeing debt:GDP levels increase despite austerity. From a political perspective, this is a disaster because improvement in these ratios is central to the sustainability of the ECB’s bond buying programs. And yes, that bond buying program is about the only thing holding the Euro together at this point.
The bottom line is, Europe isn’t fixed until the single currency is either broken up or built up into a full union with a proper form of redistribution as exists in the USA (yes, poor states regularly get more federal funding than they pay into the system and that keeps them from turning into Greece). Until then, it ain’t over til it’s over!
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