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Criticism of the welfare state touches a raw nerve among Germans. They have jealously guarded social benefits since they were introduced by Otto von Bismarck, the "Iron Chancellor," in the 1880s. Bismarck's system - designed to win over workers and increase productivity - guaranteed every citizen social insurance, including a pension, national health insurance and disability benefits. Westerwelle thinks that should change, and is also pushing for lower taxes and a new simplified tax system. The opposition Social Democrats branded him a "sociopolitical arsonist" while the Greens warned that the welfare state would be pared back to a "social...
...times Angelology is little more than a light scaffolding built around the glittering edifice of its genuinely compelling premise. Trussoni's handling of action is not deft, and the romance between Verlaine and Evangeline makes you long for the raw erotic chemistry between Robert Langdon and Sophie Neveu. (See pictures of Hollywood vampires...
...order to prove the importance of cooking, Wrangham said he only knows of one person who lived longer than just a few weeks on raw food...
Human guts are too small to digest nutritionally poor plant matter and human molars are too small for tough raw foods, Wrangham said...
Cooked protein is more digestible, explained Wrangham, and people obtain more calories from cooked food than from the same quantity of raw food...