- CHEQUE, PLEASE: Daredevils leap from skyscraper after drinks
AMAZING PICTURE: FOUR daredevils do the ultimate runner from a restaurant by jumping from a Melbourne tower.
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- The G20 needs to facilitate private sector-led growth in Africa | Tidjane Thiam
Action on trade and infrastructure by the French leadership of the G20 can empower Africa's private sector groupsOn Tuesday, my fellow members of the Africa Progress Panel and I met with President Nicolas Sarkozy to urge him to put development at the heart of his G20 presidency. The Cannes summit is not until November, but it is vital that France shows leadership now and helps the G20 fulfil its potential to facilitate private sector-led growth in Africa.Across the world, private sector engagement has become the main driver of economic and social progress. Africa is no exception here. Most of the continent's economies are still heavily agricultural, and the small African farmer is a private sector operator and an entrepreneur if there ever was one. So, too, are the various tradespeople and craftworkers in Africa's fast-growing towns and cities. It is businesses, not governments, that provide the bulk of the investment, innovation, employment and income, which can bring about the growth and productivity increases that alone can lift millions of Africans out of poverty.Many African economies have grown fast over the past decade, and not even the global economic crisis has slowed their progress for long. Despite the challenging global context, governments are more intent than ever on moving away from being mainly recipients of unpredictable and unreliable international charity flows. Instead, they aim to attract significant investments and gain proper access to capital markets in order to create jobs, livelihoods and ultimately the freedom and dignity enabled by economic success and self-sufficiency.The private sector across Africa is still grappling with major problems, including ineffective and inefficient administrations, corruption, competition from unregulated and oft _NULL_
- Goodwill and compromise: Nagoya biodiversity deal restores faith in UN
After the failure of the Copenhagen climate talks, a successful agreement to protect biodiversity has provided a timely morale boosterIn the long run, the biodiversity deal scratched out in Nagoya in the early hours of this morning is intended to benefit habitats and species such as tigers, pandas and whales. But in the short-term, the biggest beast to get a reprieve may well prove to be the UN itself.After the misery, disappointment and anger of last year's climate talks in Copenhagen, the body was fiercely criticised and the entire multilateral negotiating process called into question. It seemed time-consuming, prone to grandstanding and dominated by selfish national interests rather than pressing global concerns.At the start of this week, the talks in Nagoya looked likely to become another chapter in the same sorry story. But since then, there has been an impressive – and ultimately successful – willingness to work.Square brackets (which denote areas of disagreement) have been steadily whittled away from the negotiating texts. Pragmatism has been more evident than ideology. Delegates actually seemed willing to listen to the advice of scientists warning of the perils of inaction.Some key goals have been set, including a plan to expand nature reserves to 17% of the world's land and 10% of the planet's waters. For a scarred veteran of the Copenhagen or Tianjin climate talks, the extent of the progress, goodwill and readiness to compromise during these past few days has been pleasantly shocking. Right up to the final hour, there have been moments when the talks appeared on the verge of collapse. But negotiators have been flexible enough to skirt around the danger zone.This is no accident. Ahead of this event – and not wanting to repeat the breakdown of last year's talks _NULL_
- ExtraHop Keeps Your Applications Running Young
Alaska Airlines? aircraft used to linger on the tarmac as they waited for its Weight and Balance computer program to clear the flights for a safe take-off. Now, thanks to an application performance monitoring (APM) solution from ExtraHop Networks, Alaska Airlines can run that application so much faster that it has dramatically improved on-time departures.
What ExtraHop?s sub-$50,000 appliance does is provide IT managers with real-time system health and performance information. For Alaska Airlines, ExtraHop provides greater visibility into what causes its Weight and Balance application to slow down, helping to solve those bottlenecks to achieve greater reliability. Ultimately, that means fewer flight delays and more happy passengers.
According to my interview with ExtraHop CEO Jesse Rothstein, he learned about the fine art of load balancing as a lead architect at F5 Networks (FFIV) where he was instrumental in creating its first application delivery controller.
ExtraHop is targeting a large, fast-growing market. After all, Gartner (IT) estimated that the market for network and application performance monitoring products hit $3.8 billion in 2011 and is growing at an 8.5% annual rate.
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- Tobacco atlas: country by country
Almost 6m people were killed by tobacco use in 2011 according to the latest data released this week. How do countries compare for cigarette consumption and which countries have the highest pecentage of smokers?• Get the data• Explore the mapA devastating audit of the tobacco industry has been published showing that despite nearly 50m deaths in the last century due to tobacco use, the industry is gaining bigger profits than ever before. Almost 6m people died in 2011 due to tobacco use, with around 80% of the deaths occuring in low and middle-income countries according to the tobacco atlas published by the American Cancer Society and World Lung Foundation. The combined profits of the six leading tobacco companies in 2010 was equal to the combined profits of Coca-Cola, Microsoft, and McDonald's in the same year. Simon Bowers writes:Revenues from global tobacco sales are estimated to be close to $500bn (£316bn), generating combined profits for the six largest firms of $35.1bn – more than $1,100 a second.Much of this profit is ultimately channelled to pension and insurance investors in the UK – British American Tobacco and Imperial are two of the largest companies listed on the London stock market.The destructive effects of passive smoking have also been highlighted in the report - an estimated 600,000 people died of passive smoking in 2011, of which 75% were women and children. The tobacco atlas provides data for a number of key indicators, some of which we have mapped on a Google fusion map. You can explore it by clicking on the image above and by using the drop down indicators you can see cigarette consumption by country and the illicit share of the cigarette market as well as the percentage of males, females and youth smoking.The bar chart above shows that Papau New Guin null, responseDetails: Suspected Terms of Service Abuse. Please see responseStatus: 40
- Science Weekly podcast: Triumph and tragedy of Scott's Last Expedition
Alok Jha meets science historian Edward J. Larson, author of Empire of Ice, to review the scientific legacy of Robert Falcon Scott's Terra Nova expedition to the Antarctic in 1912 – and ask why Scott failed in his bid to be the first man to reach the south pole, ultimately paying with his life. Larson explores the animosity between the organisers of the British expedition and the Norwegian Roald Amundsen, who reached the south pole first. According to the British, the pole was just a sideshow: Larson reveals how the Terra Nova scientists gathered the first evidence of a global ecological system through their observations of the fauna, flora and geology of the Antarctic.Alok also drops into London's Natural History Museum where final preparations are under way for Scott's Last Expedition, which will open to the public on 20 January. Curator Elin Simonsson shows Alok some of the extraordinary artefacts from the expedition that will be on display.The podcast features the music of Ralph Vaughan Williams and field recordings made by Pascal Wyse for his film Cold Calls: Sounds of Antarctica.Subscribe for free via iTunes to ensure every episode gets delivered. (Here is the non-iTunes URL feed).Follow the podcast on our Science Weekly Twitter feed and receive updates on all breaking science news stories from Guardian Science. Email scienceweeklypodcast@gmail.com. Guardian Science is now on Facebook. You can also join our Science Weekly Facebook group. We're always here when you need us. Listen back through our archive.Alok JhaJason Phipps
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- Midas prospectus points to possible base switch to HK
Although Singapore-based Midas Holdings is seeking a secondary listing in Hong Kong, it said Hong Kong may ultimately become its primary listing. The company said in its prospectus that the listing authorities in the city might determine that Midas' primary listing was in Hong Kong if, among other things, most trading occurred on the Hong Kong bourse.
シンガポールを拠点とマイダスホールディングスは、香港での2次上場を求めているが、それは香港が最終的にその主な出品になるかもしれないと述べた
- Woody Allen: A Documentary – review
Although he recently directed the British film How to Lose Friends and Alienate People and earlier adapted Kurt Vonnegut's Mother Night for the screen, Robert Weide's speciality is documentaries about American comedians, and to it he returns in this engrossing movie. A shortened theatrical version of a two-part TV programme, it follows Woody Allen around New York as he and a vast cast of friends, colleagues and admiring observers review his life and work. The time span arches from his happy Brooklyn childhood as the much-loved son of lower-middle-class Jewish parents in the early 1940s to 2011, which found him recovering from a fallow period to make a critical and box-office comeback with his most profitable film to date, Midnight in Paris. Allen is in fine, funny, frank, self-disparaging form, there are fascinating revelations on every aspect of his life, well-chosen extracts from his films and TV interviews, and a glimpse of that Olympia typewriter, a German model, on which he has tapped out every word he's written since he bought it as a teenager some 60 years ago. Has any instrument since Shakespeare's quill been the conduit of more pleasure to mankind?Like his hero Ingmar Bergman, Allen's style has developed steadily through distinct periods dominated by a succession of female muses – in Woody's case Diane Keaton, Mia Farrow and latterly Scarlett Johansson. The pivotal picture is Annie Hall, in which he turned from being a writer-director who put together his films in a series of brilliant comic sketches into a true cineaste who worked through character and mood, creating a new, highly influential genre, the relationship comedy. Ultimately Weide covers too much ground in his two hours, leaving us a little dissatisfied by his omissions (no reference to Bo null, responseDetails: Suspected Terms of Service Abuse. Please see responseStatus: 40
- Amazon Prime Instant Video Now A Year Old; What's Next?
Amazon.com, the absolute masters at providing intriguing but ultimately frustrating nuggets of information about their businesses, today issued a factoid filled news release in commemoration of the first anniversary of the company's Prime Instant Video service. As you likely know, the service is offered for free to customers who sign up for Amazon's $79 a year Prime service which provides free two-day shipping on most products. null, responseDetails: Suspected Terms of Service Abuse. Please see responseStatus: 40
- Andy Murray Misses Grand Chance to Boost Endorsement Earnings by Millions
Andy Murray fought admirably in Sunday's Wimbledon final, but ultimately succumbed to Roger Federer in a 4-set match that yielded Royal Roger his record-tying 7th Wimbledon title and record-adding 17th major overall. null, responseDetails: Suspected Terms of Service Abuse. Please see responseStatus: 40
- Groupon's Achilles Heel
Another day, another money grab in tech land. Now Groupon, after rejecting a $6 billion offer from Google in March, has filed a $750 million initial public offering, ultimately valuing the online-couponing outfit at who knows what dizzying price tag. 別の日に、ハイテクの土地で別のお金をつかむ
- Politics Weekly podcast: immigration, Theresa May and the Republican party
Another home secretary, another immigration row. This time it's Theresa May, who's been forced to answer questions on why border controls were relaxed for people entering Britain through busy airports in the summer. She's blamed her officials - but Labour opposition members have pointed out that when their party was accused of similar gaffes, she was quick to point the finger at them. Michael White says this sort of blame game ultimately gets us nowhere, and certainly doesn't help the often combustible debate around immigration. Also this week, we look across the Atlantic, where the race to take on Barack Obama in the 2012 presidential election is already in full swing. Campaigns have already been and gone but according to Richard Adams in Washington, it's a particularly weak Republican field this year. The point is underscored by Rick Perry's horrendous gaffe in a debate this week; he outlined a drastic plan to scrap three government agencies, but could only remember two of them. Jonathan Freedland notes that the Republicans have moved to the right as a party and have become more pious along the way. He doubts if Ronald Reagan himself would have a chance of the nomination if he'd been around today. And Sam Leith, author of You Talkin' To Me? Rhetoric from Aristotle to Obama, looks at the role oratory and argument may play in the 2012 race.Leave your thoughts below.Michael WhiteTom ClarkSam LeithJonathan FreedlandRichard AdamsPhil Maynard
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- 6 Market Signals To Look For Before Investing In 2012
Anyone trying to predict next year’s stock market is nuts. No one can consistently and accurately foresee what the market will do, especially this news driven market. Nonetheless, there is no shortage of people predicting that 2012 will be a good, even a great year. Most are citing low stock valuations that “continue getting better.” Others have noted that election years are typically good for the stock market. While both predictions contain some factual evidence, at the end of the day, all predictions are ultimately opinions. And positioning now for a theoretical rally based on an opinion is dangerous. null, responseDetails: Suspected Terms of Service Abuse. Please see responseStatus: 40
- The Big Ideal
Ask anyone an opinion on any brand or product. Maybe you are thinking of buying one yourself, or maybe you’re just curious. What you are asking for, ultimately, is a vote. Is it cool; good; not so much? These answers are the kind of information that brands continue to pay good money for every business day. 誰でもどんなブランドや商品に対する意見を求める
- Who is the Ultimate Boss of the Capitalist Enterprise?
Ask any researcher at the lab of a major corporation, who hired you and who your boss is, and the most likely answer is ?the lab director.? Ask any cashier at a local store who hired you and who your boss is, and the most likely answer is ?the store manager.? Ask the same question to a local bank manager, and the most likely answer is ?the corporate headquarters.? Ask the CEO of a capitalist enterprise who your boss is, and the most likely answer is ?my stockholders.? あなたの上司が、そしておそらく答えは？ラボのディレクターを、誰を雇い、大企業の研究所でどんな研究者に問い合わせてください
- Top 7 Web Design Mistakes Small Businesses Make
As a small business, your website is a vital piece of your marketing and branding efforts. Visitors are coming to your website for a specific reason, and you want to ensure that you answer their questions and use your website to sell your product or service.
If you get your website designed wrong, you can easily lose thousands of dollars initially, and ultimately lose even more money in potential revenue that you could be making from a well designed, properly functioning website.
Grow your bottom line by avoiding many of these common mistakes among business owners:
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- NASA's last space shuttle blasts into history
Atlantis and four astronauts thundered into orbit Friday on Nasa's last space shuttle voyage, writing the final chapter in a 30-year story of dazzling triumphs, shattering tragedy and, ultimately, unfulfilled expectations.After... アトランティス四宇宙飛行士は、最終的に、満たされていないexpectations.Afterを、見事な勝利の30年の物語の中で最後の章を書いて悲劇を粉砕し、NASAの最後のスペースシャトルの航海に軌道金曜日に雷鳴...
- Merkel Compromise Sends Euro Sky-Bound
At a Berlin meeting on Friday German and French leaders appear to have come to a compromise that would ultimately lay the groundwork for the next round of emergency IMF loans to Greece. Prime Minister Papandreou shuffled his cabinet Friday appointing a new finance minister along the way. Two pieces of news drove currency trading on Friday with a former Fed official predicting a U.S. recession resulting from an inevitable Greek default, while the news conference in Berlin took precedence and sent the euro surging. null, responseDetails: Suspected Terms of Service Abuse. Please see responseStatus: 40
- Hollywood Must Place Diversity at the Center Stage to Survive Long Term
At a time when American enterprise is attempting to reinvent itself by being more trustworthy, transparent and authentic, we seem to have a problem in Hollywood that needs immediate repair if the US economy and its people are to get back on track. The media & entertainment industry (like many other industries) is simply teasing us into believing that America’s changing face and its new found richness of diversity is being properly recognized and respected – not for the sake of representation but rather for the influence that is being created by movies goers. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences must shift its current white-bred command and control approach to recognize that from Bollywood to Hollywood, diversity is the type of story-telling paradigm that must be represented in scripts, movies, television shows, its actors and ultimately in the executive suite for the business to thrive and survive long term. null, responseDetails: Suspected Terms of Service Abuse. Please see responseStatus: 40
- Bank changes 'aid bigger players'
Australia's big four banks are expected to suffer little damage or even ultimately benefit from planned government reforms to limit their powers and boost competition, investors said yesterday.
オーストラリアの四大銀行や多少のダメージを受けるも、最終的に彼らの力、ブーストの競争を制限するために計画された政府の改革の恩恵を受ける期待されており、投資家は昨日語った
- Australia rules out total smoking ban
Australia plans the world's toughest laws on tobacco promotion but Health Minister Nicola Roxon denied Sunday the government's ultimate goal was a complete ban on smoking.Under proposed legislation, due to take effect next year, all logos will be removed from cigarette packets, which must be a drab olive-green colour and be plastered with graphic health warnings.The big tobacco companies have vowed to fight the move in the courts. オーストラリアはタバコのプロモーションが厚生大臣ニコラRoxonの世界の過酷な法律を計画して日曜日は、政府の最終的な目標は、smoking.Under提案した法案の全面禁止、来年を有効にするために拒否された、すべてのロゴはさ、タバコのパケットからその必要が削除されます単調なオリーブグリーン色は、グラフィックの健康warnings.The大きなタバコ会社で埋め尽くされるが裁判所での移動と戦うことを誓った
- Austria backs eurobonds, ECB as last resort
Austria came out on Sunday in favour of pan-eurozone government bond issues and the European Central Bank stepping in to act formally as the currency area's ultimate rescuer.In decisions that leave Germany ever more isolated in its opposition to the two demands most frequently cited as short and long-term solutions to the euro debt crisis, Triple A-rated Austria reversed its position to back common debt issuance across borders. null, responseDetails: Suspected Terms of Service Abuse. Please see responseStatus: 40
- Pentagon calls halt to 'bomb Mecca' course for officers
A course for military officers has been teaching that America's enemy is Islam in general, not just terrorists, and suggesting the United States might ultimately have to obliterate the Islamic holy cities of Mecca and Medina without... null, responseDetails: Suspected Terms of Service Abuse. Please see responseStatus: 40
- Crunch Time Is Coming for U.K.'s Green Commitment
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- Why We Should Worry About Massively Expanding Medicaid
A study by Chapin White finds that ?increasing Medicaid physician fees is more clearly associated with improvements in access,? which is a polite way of saying that reducing fees is associated with declines in access. White also notes that ?budgetary surpluses and shortfalls appear to be the main factors prompting states to change their Medicaid fees.? White doesn?t explicitly state what we all know: that state budgets are collapsing under the pressure of Medicaid?s growth, and that PPACA?s dramatic expansion of Medicaid will therefore ultimately force states to continue to reduce Medicaid fees. And reduced fees, White?s study confirms, are correlated with poorer access to care. null, responseDetails: Suspected Terms of Service Abuse. Please see responseStatus: 40
- BP's Rosneft alliance was always on thin ice
BP shareholders were wary about forging such close ties to the state-backed RosneftLet's face it, BP's grand Arctic alliance with Rosneft never set shareholders' pulses racing. There might be a lot of oil underneath the ice but it looked as if BP was becoming over-exposed to Russia by tying itself so closely to state-backed Rosneft via a share swap.In that sense, the collapse of the original deal is not an investment disaster. But it is hard to be so charitable about BP chief executive Bob Dudley's reputation as the man who could find a way through the thicket of Russian politics.He seems to have made two mistakes in pursuit of this prize of questionable value. First, he thought BP's oligarch partners at AAR would swallow their objections in the end. Second, he gambled (albeit at odds that looked good at the time) that Rosneft chairman Igor Sechin would make any problems disappear.On the first score, Dudley should have known better. BP and AAR fought a bitter battle at TNK-BP as recently as 2008 and Dudley himself was at the centre of the drama. It should not have been a great surprise that Mikhail Fridman and his colleagues would go to court to defend TNK-BP's right of first refusal over Russian adventures. A comprehensive high court injunction to block the Rosneft tie-up underlined the scale of the error. BP then found itself scrambling to buy out its partners – ultimately without success.The failure of the cavalry – Sechin plus the Russian political establishment – to arrive was harder to predict. On day one, the expectation was that AAR could be muscled out of the way; BP, it was thought, had learned from bitter experience and had ensured that it had might on its side in Russia.Instead, the rules of the game changed. Sechin was removed from Rosneft as part of presi _NULL_
- For The Price of Designer Jeans, A Wetsuit That Saves Lives
Becoming a mother is a risky undertaking in the developing world, where every year over 500,000 women die from complications of pregnancy and childbirth. One of the biggest causes of maternal death is postpartum hemorrhaging (PPH), which occurs when a woman bleeds heavily, often right after giving birth. Prolonged bleeding can destroy a woman’s vital organs, and ultimately cause her to go into shock and die. 母親になって500000以上の女性は毎年、妊娠と出産の合併症で死亡し、発展途上国で、危険な作業です
- Bernard Arnault Tops Fashion Again On Forbes Billionaires List
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- Blue Nile Says It's Time to 'Man Up' and Say 'I Do'
Blue Nile is fed up with mamby pamby men who are afraid of commitment. To revive the chivalrous spirit of yesteryear, the online diamond and jewelry retailer, is throwing down the gauntlet, asking, “Are You Man Enough to Say ‘I Do’?” The man who tells the ultimate story of masculinity will receive the company's assistance to do the manliest thing of all: Step up, take a knee, and earn his place by her side. The Grand Prize includes: 青ナイルは、責任を恐れているmamby pambyの男性にうんざりしている
- Brazil bids farewell to President Lula
Brazil's hugely popular President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is to step down Saturday, in a lavish ceremony ushering in his successor and protegee, Dilma Rousseff.Rousseff's ascension will mark the first time Brazil -- Latin America's biggest economy -- has ever been ruled by a woman.It is certain to be an emotional moment for Lula, a one-time shoeshine boy and factory metalworker who proved it was possible in his country to go from poverty to the ultimate position of power. null, responseDetails: Suspected Terms of Service Abuse. Please see responseStatus: 40
- From emergency aid to development aid: agencies are failing to connect | Michel Gabaudan
Bridging the gap between emergency humanitarian aid and long-term development aid is essential to help people survive disasters and get back on the path to self-reliance and dignityThe global aid community has grown tremendously since the early days of humanitarian and development assistance. Our understanding of how aid works has also grown more sophisticated. One of the lessons we have learned is that aid must change as needs change.When a natural disaster strikes or a conflict erupts, people need immediate lifesaving assistance – like food, clean water, emergency shelter and protection from harm. Those needs change once the moment of crisis passes, and those affected seek longer-term assistance to rebuild their lives, secure jobs and livelihoods, and plan a better future for their families. It may seem obvious, but all too often this transition is badly mishandled in the field, putting lives in jeopardy and undermining our credibility as a community.A sprinting metaphor might be helpful here. Imagine the 4 x 100m race. It is a team effort, requiring both speed and co-ordination from all the athletes. Success depends ultimately on passing the baton from one athlete to the other; drop it, and the race is lost. The same is true with aid. Bridging the gap between emergency humanitarian assistance and long-term development aid is essential to help people survive disasters and get back on the path to self-reliance and dignity.For two sprinters, passing the baton is not a simple act. It may take just a fraction of a second, but it requires pacing, co-ordination, and hours of practice. The shift from humanitarian to development aid requires planning too. And yet the two groups often fail to co-ordinate, and effectively overlap their operations to ensure a smooth transition.L null, responseDetails: Suspected Terms of Service Abuse. Please see responseStatus: 40
- Phone hacking: let's break up this information cartel | Heather Brooke
Britain's cosy, corrupt power elite has been fostered by a black-market trade in dataNick Clegg was right to acknowledge on Wednesday that phone hacking is the symptom of a wider problem: the cosy, corrupt relationship between the power elites. He didn't, however, identify the root cause of this corruption – the secretive system of information patronage.I was amazed, having been a reporter in the US, to discover that all the public records we used routinely to conduct basic verification and investigation were off limits in the UK. Records such as criminal convictions, arrest logs, full court documents and land ownership documents were either illegal or very difficult and expensive to obtain. Even the detailed financial accounts of public bodies were unavailable.When I tried to investigate parliamentary expenses, all the records I'd normally access in the US were secret. A five-year legal battle to access official information was ultimately ineffective, as parliament tried to retrospectively change the law so the Freedom of Information Act didn't apply. At that point, someone on the inside sold the full database to the Daily Telegraph.This puts journalists wanting to do serious public interest investigations legitimately at a severe disadvantage. The fact is, all information is vulnerable to release – it is simply a matter of the resources someone wants to devote to obtaining it. In Britain information is not equally accessible to all, rather its release depends on one's wealth, power or privilege. Only the richest and most powerful media organisations have a shot at access and they, in turn, only want to expend their resources on investigations they believe will guarantee a story and a big audience – thus the focus is on sex, scandal and celebrity.When journalism is tre _NULL_
- What Happens When You Build An App With An Advertiser Looking Over Your Shoulder
Building products can be messy. First, you start with an idea. It's vapor, nothing but imagination and instinct and hopefully some data thrown in for good measure. It is equal parts exhilarating and terrifying because, ultimately, your goal is to turn that idea into something tangible, something that exists. The in-between part, the journey from thought to...thing... is rarely smooth. Your end result is often tied to how closely you pay attention to the details along the way. null, responseDetails: Suspected Terms of Service Abuse. Please see responseStatus: 40
- China struts ahead with swagger
China's leaders may be forgiven their swagger and new assertiveness, but ultimately the country's social stability and the fate of its authoritarian regime depend on a simple equation that amounts to an unspoken agreement between the government and the people: high economic growth = social stability + support for the Communist Party. - Kent Ewing (Dec 21, '11) null, responseDetails: Suspected Terms of Service Abuse. Please see responseStatus: 40
- Israel vows to defend itself as Iranian warships enter Suez Canal
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- Albert Pujols Future as a Redbird Secured with Cardinals Improbable World Series Run
Dating back to February 2011 when Albert Pujols and the St Louis Cardinals failed to reach a contract extension prior to his last season under contract, I contended that Mr. Pujols would ultimately stay with the Cardinals even if tempted by free agent offers because - as an astute historian of the game - he would ultimately realize that his aura and status among baseball's all-time greats will carry greater gravity if he stays in St Louis for the duration of his career. _NULL_
- How to Play Hardball with IRS Examiners
Document requests from examiners when audits are initiated will often seem rather intimidating. When representing substantial clients, we often attempt to actually give them everything they ask for in a neatly cross-referenced book. Knock on wood, that has resulted in quite a few no-changes in the last several years. As I noted in a recent post, exams is the paper tiger of the IRS. They can drive a taxpayer who wants to be compliant insane, but they can't really do anything to you other than ultimately send you a bill in the form of a statutory notice of deficiency. You have ninety days to appeal that determination in Tax Court. Then exams is done with you. It is collections that can hurt you with liens and levies if you don't pay, but they generally must give you notice of your right to a collection due process hearing before they do that. You can also appeal the result of that hearing to Tax Court. As my father used to say, though, discretion is the better part of valor. Life is probably easier if you are cooperative with exams. Not everybody agrees with that philosophy as the recent case US v Gerisch in the Southern District of California illustrates. If you want to play hardball with exams, this case shows you how. _NULL_
- What you need to know for Monday the 7th
Earlier in the day we wrote about kicking the can down the road and pushing off a complete write down of sovereign debt in the EURO ZONE. The market understands this risk (we can only hope) and ultimately a real solution will need to be addressed. So what does the individual investor do in the mean while? More than ever, the markets are running on emotions, which ultimately is coupled with technical levels. The S&P at this juncture is discounting a lot of risk to global growth. Know investment strategy is perfect and we missed a lot of opportunity over the years. However, we did call the buy of the S&P 500 on Oct 3rd at 1090. Since the run we have repetitively said, nothing has changed. We advised readers to reduce risk at 1275 last week. The market is building support in this region. I think investors will have the opportunity for another push into 1305, which again take some off the table at this level. Lastly, if the markets rally to the upper region of 1350 for a year end rally, this should be sold.
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- Sydney hostage siege man refused bail
Father who barricaded himself in office with daughter and said he had bomb in backpack charged with a range of offencesA man who marched into a Sydney law office with his daughter and claimed he had a bomb demanded several thousand dollars and access to a lawyer during a 12-hour standoff with police, court documents revealed on Wednesday.The 52-year-old man was refused bail during a brief court hearing and charged with a range of offences.A police tactical team forced its way into the office and overpowered him after negotiations began to crumble on Tuesday.His 12-year-old daughter had previously been released unharmed and police said no bomb was found.The man's name has been withheld for legal reasons. In New South Wales, it is illegal to identify a child victim of a crime and naming the father would reveal the girl's identity.Police said the man lives in the town of Orange, 160 miles west of Sydney.According to documents police filed in western Sydney's Parramatta local court, the man demanded A$4,500 (£3,000) from an Aboriginal land council. He also wanted access to a lawyer and legal action taken against another man. Aboriginal land councils are advocacy groups for Aboriginal rights.In the court papers, police said the man had a long criminal record, which included firearms offences and breaching bail.The documents did not explain what triggered his demands or what his ultimate goal was.Police said he was charged with giving false information of danger, detaining a person with intent to obtain advantage, remaining in a building with intent to commit an indictable offence, common assault and three counts of destroying or damaging property – a window and two vases.It was not clear what jail sentence he could face if convicted. The man did not appear in court for the h _NULL_
- Corpo Celeste - review
Feature from Italian director Alice Rohrwacher shows a young heroine exploring the boundaries of a new town and her Catholic faithIn a dismal urban landscape, at the bottom of what looks like a dried-up canal, a congregation of the faithful has gathered to honour the Madonna. The scene is contemporary Italy, apparent in the cheap clothes worn by the crowd, the frightful music spewing from the loudspeakers and the digital picture. Corpo Celeste is the first full-length film by Alice Rohrwacher and it takes some time to extricate itself from this wretched shell. The story of Marta gradually unfolds, a teenager struggling to come to grips with her body and religion, with her family and the church, but ultimately this beautiful child becomes a real cinema heroine.Marta (played by Yle Vianello) has just returned from Switzerland, where she grew up, with her mother, little brother and elder sister, who is pretty but vile. Marta herself is a blonde tearaway, who is sent to catechism classes to make friends, but above all because it is the done thing in Reggio di Calabria. A woman named Santa prepares the children for confirmation. Santa is supervised by Father Mario, a sad-looking priest who has difficulty pretending to take an interest in the children's religious instruction.Seen through Marta's eyes, we begin to understand the inner workings of this Roman Catholic community, which has adopted a Berlusconi-style ritual, with rudimentary dance routines and songs with daft tunes. While Santa teaches this nonsense to her flock, Father Mario addresses more important issues apparently related to an election campaign.The use of digital technology, the importance given to the sounds of the city, gives Corpo Celeste a documentary feel. We see the Catholic church waging a commercial b null, responseDetails: Suspected Terms of Service Abuse. Please see responseStatus: 40
- Finland impounds 160 tons of explosives and missiles
Finnish authorities on Wednesday impounded 160 tons of explosives and 69 surface-to-air missiles found on a British-flagged cargo ship ultimately destined for Shanghai, China, officials said.The M/S Thor Liberty sailed from the... null, responseDetails: Suspected Terms of Service Abuse. Please see responseStatus: 40
- George Lucas and The Problem With Hollywood
First off, let me say that I have a tremendous amount of respect for George Lucas. He is a man of convictions and he is willing to put his money behind those convictions. His recent movie Red Tails is a perfect example of that. Having spent 23 years trying to get Red Tails made, he was turned away by every major studio and ultimately spent his own money to make the film right down to paying for the prints that are delivered to the theaters. The reasons cited by the studios for turning down Red Tails are based on long standing beliefs that Hollywood has held for more than 2 decades. “Black movies don’t make money” and to make matters worse, Red Tails is a bio-pic which also does not make money and to make it even WORSE, it’s a movie about the American Military which doesn’t make money foreign. Let’s face it; people around the world get enough footage of American soldiers on foreign soil by watching the nightly news and they don’t want to spend their hard earned money to see more American boots on the ground, or in this case, black American boots in the sky. I have been following the Red Tails marketing campaign closely since I have friends in the movie and I truly believe that Red Tails is an incredible film with a story that needed to be told on a big platform and not as a cable movie as it was made by HBO in 1995. In 1995 I actually worked on Tuskegee Airman as a Property Master for the Aerial unit almost by accident. One of the stars of the movie, Cuba Gooding Jr. is a friend of mine and I few out to visit the set. As low budget films go, they needed someone to handle props for the 2nd unit Ariel team so, I spent many weeks dressing up pilots and other extra cast members in WWII flight gear for the aerial shots in the mo null, responseDetails: Suspected Terms of Service Abuse. Please see responseStatus: 40
- Latvala nips in front of Loeb at WRC Wales
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- Can Billionaire Eike Batista Save Burger King?
For Brazil's richest man, billionaire Eike Batista, it's all about diversifying these days. That helps explain why he is investing in so many different sectors of the country's booming economy. In spite of having made his fortune in the mining and oil and gas industries -- his OGX company has just began the final procedures to extract its first barrel of oil -- Batista also recently partnered up with IMG Worldwide to acquire a sports and entertainment company (Brasil1, which was rebranded as IMX) that is involved with the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) and a number of other high-profile events in Brazil. null, responseDetails: Suspected Terms of Service Abuse. Please see responseStatus: 40
- Famine isn't an extreme event, it's the predictable result of a broken system
From the Horn of Africa to the Sahel, we must learn to be honest about the nature of a fundamentally flawed global food systemDrought and famine are not extreme events. They are not anomalies. They are merely the sharp end of a global food system that is built on inequality, imbalances and – ultimately – fragility. And they are the regular upshot of a climate that is increasingly hostile and problematic for food production across huge swathes of the developing world.For the third time in seven years, the Sahel region of west Africa is facing a toxic combination of drought, poor harvests and soaring food prices. In Niger, 6m people are now significantly at risk, together with 2.9m in Mali and 700,000 in Mauritania.An immediate response is needed in order to avert a devastating food and nutrition crisis. In responding, however, we must also redefine the vocabulary of food crisis. It is our global food system that is in crisis. Last year's famine in the Horn of Africa, and the current woes in the Sahel, are the surface cracks of a broken system. These regional outbreaks of hunger are not, as such, extreme events.Beyond semantics, this is a crucial distinction. In viewing these events as extreme and unexpected, we fail to acknowledge the regularity and predictability of hunger. This flaw is fatal, for it means failing to acknowledge that the food system itself is broken. It means failing to build readiness for persistent famine into international development and humanitarian policy. And it means waiting until people starve before doing anything.The worst hunger crisis in a century hit Kenya, Ethiopia, Somalia and Djibouti last year, affecting 13 million people and taking thousands of lives. International aid came thick and fast from mid-2011 onwards, by which point mass di null, responseDetails: Suspected Terms of Service Abuse. Please see responseStatus: 40
- Assad emails: Asma signs off as 'aaa'
From: Al Mayassa Al Thani Subject: Re: helloDate: 14 December 2011 18:08:57 GMTTo: AK ak@alshahba.comhow can i help you? i cant imagine you agree with what is going on -- you've done such great work, it can't all be lost on the basis of weeks of bad policy? honestly -- how can we be of help?mOn Wed, Dec 14, 2011 at 11:32 AM, AK wrote:My Dear MayassaI don't have a problem with frankness or honesty, in fact to me its like oxygen - I need it to survive. Life is not fair my friend - but ultimately there is a reality we all need to deal with!!!Take careaaaOn Dec 11, 2011, at 12:57 PM, Al Mayassa Al Thani wrote:Dear Asma,Thanks for your note. I did not want to give it to her before I asked, I respect your view point.Its a very difficult time now in the Arab world, the Arab Spring has resulted in foundational change of how government operate their day to day duties. Its a shame that Syria did not participate, although the IOC Syrian member was able to reflect the importance of sports at times of conflict.Your last remark i think is unfair. My father regards President Bashar as a friend, despite the current tensions - he always gave him genuine advice; the opportunity for real change and development was lost a long time ago. Nevertheless, one one opportunity closes, others open up -- and I hope its not too late for reflection and coming out of the state of denial.You may find my honesty harsh, but i am only this honest with people I consider friends and family. I think you know me by now, I speak my mind and happy to be corrected if i am misinformed. As you know, being in positions of affluence means that you are often told what you want to hear, and therefore voices of reason are rare and should not be undervalued.We are busy. Always busy -- but it is the boys that k null, responseDetails: Suspected Terms of Service Abuse. Please see responseStatus: 40
- We Don't Have a Gender Pay Gap: We Have a Motherhood Pay Gap
Further evidence to bolster my long held and expressed contention that we don't actually have a gender pay gap we have a motherhood pay gap. This latest piece of evidence is from a study about the impact of the contraceptive pill on that pay gap:
Decades of research on the U.S. gender gap in wages describes its correlates, but little is known about why women changed their career paths in the 1960s and 1970s. This paper explores the role of “the Pill” in altering women’s human capital investments and its ultimate implications for life-cycle wages. Using state-by-birth-cohort variation in legal access to contraception, we show that younger access to the Pill conferred an 8-percent hourly wage premium by age fifty. Our estimates imply that the Pill can account for 10 percent of the convergence of the gender gap in the 1980s and 30 percent in the 1990s.
Now don't get me wrong, I'm not trying to say that we've not in the past had a gender pay gap. It most certainly was true that there was direct discrimination against women in the workplace (for example, Ford's $5 a day wages did not apply to women unless they were the sole earners in their family, a nice little historical point). There has also been very strong societal pressure: it's really not all that long ago that married women were expected to leave the workforce upon their marriage (and to a rather large extent this still happens in Japan for example). null, responseDetails: Suspected Terms of Service Abuse. Please see responseStatus: 40
- Diageo's $160,000 Bottle of Scotch Whiskey In Baccarat Decanter: Costly. Designed on E19th, New York, Priceless
Global drinks giant Diageo has created the ultimate billionaire's tipple - a blend of 1952 grain and malt whiskey from its famous John Walker distillery in Scotland. Price, with the Baccarat crystal decanter (hand crafted in Paris), two crystal tumblers (engraved in Scotland), commemorative book (also hand crafted in Scotland): $160,000, approximately. null, responseDetails: Suspected Terms of Service Abuse. Please see responseStatus: 40
- 3 Simple Steps to Becoming a Better Non-profit CEO
Having worked for several non-profit entities over the last five years, spanning Harvard University, Amnesty International, and the United Nations, among others, I have acutely observed the practices of organizational leadership that have both catalysed and stunted staff cohesion, organizational effectiveness, and ultimately social impact. And in that vein, I wanted to share those observations in hopes of sparking a shift in managerial behaviour in the social sector. Of course, the core of these principles may apply to for-profit entities as well, but my observations are limited to the non-profit world. null, responseDetails: Suspected Terms of Service Abuse. Please see responseStatus: 40
- The Future of mHealth: Healthcare Apps to Lower Insurance Costs
Healthcare insurers are using apps to streamline patient-care systems, by connecting with and educating members, and ultimately reining in spiraling costs. null, responseDetails: Suspected Terms of Service Abuse. Please see responseStatus: 40
- Newt Gingrich's surge in South Carolina affirmed by polls | Harry J Enten
Helped by a flagging Santorum rather than a collapsing Romney, Gingrich's strong debating has put him ahead in South CarolinaThe South Carolina Republican primary has been a kingmaker in years past. Since 1980, the winner of either the Iowa caucuses or the New Hampshire primary has gone on to win South Carolina – and then the nomination. 2012 looks to prove that the only permanent tradition in politics is the breaking of tradition.A surging Newt Gingrich, who finished fourth in both Iowa and New Hampshire, has lead Mitt Romney in every single poll taken Wednesday night or later. This marks a dramatic change from earlier in the week when Romney held a 5-15 point lead in the Palmetto State.Gingrich's strong Monday night debate performance is responsible for this turnaround. NBC/Marist found Romney leading by 15 points on Monday night, but by Tuesday night that lead had dropped to five points. The decline continued on Wednesday, and the only question now is whether Gingrich can maintain that momentum through Saturday's primary.All three of the major polling averages (538, HuffPollster, and Real Clear Politics) indicate that he probably will.Gingrich leads Romney by anywhere from 2.3 points, in the Real Clear Politics average, to 5.2 points, in the HuffPollster aggregate, with Ron Paul in third and Rick Santorum in fourth. The lead across all three averages is important because, although they are produced with mostly the same polling data, the aggregates do differ mathematically in how they handle the data.If the averages differed greatly, it would mean greater uncertainty in the outcome. In Iowa, for instance, 538's Iowa-specific model placed Rick Santorum ahead of Mitt Romney by 4.4 points, while the other averages had Romney up by about five points. The ultimate result s null, responseDetails: Suspected Terms of Service Abuse. Please see responseStatus: 40
- Nissan eyes mainland electric vehicle market
Hong Kong's compact urban setting might make it a perfect start-up point for the introduction of electric cars, but the mainland remains the ultimate goal for carmakers.
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- Literature - the Ultimate Peace Monger
I've been talking about Steven Pinker's Better Angels of Our Nature for nearly a year now. He claims we have entered an unprecedented era of non-violence. null, responseDetails: Suspected Terms of Service Abuse. Please see responseStatus: 40
- Official Veto SOPA Petition Gets 25,000 Signature in Two Days
If you've been hanging around my corner of Forbes at all, you'll know that I'm virulently anti-SOPA (the Stop Online Piracy Act) as its broad interpretation of copyright law could lead to the ultimate destruction of my own personal site that I use to make a living. On a larger scale, it could also be responsible for the downfall of the entire internet. null, responseDetails: Suspected Terms of Service Abuse. Please see responseStatus: 40
- Eloquent Arbitration Decision Rules For Merrill Lynch In Pro Se Employee Promissory Note Case
In a Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (?FINRA?) Arbitration Statement of Claim filed in December 2010, Claimant Merrill Lynch ultimately sought to recover from Respondent Huang $98,049.84 in principal due, daily accruing interest from June 24, 2009, in the amount of $14.10 (5.25% per annum), reasonable attorneys' fees, and costs in connection with a promissory note. In the Matter of the Arbitration Between Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Inc., Claimant, v. Haorong Huang, Respondent (FINRA Arbitration 10-05794, March 21, 2012). null, responseDetails: Suspected Terms of Service Abuse. Please see responseStatus: 40
- Carl Kipper's Exoneration In The Springfield, Merrill Lynch, $14 Million CDO Mess
In a Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”) Arbitration Statement of Claim filed in July 2009, Claimant Kipper asserted that Respondent Merrill Lynch had damaged his career and reputation, and had wrongfully withheld compensation. Ultimately, Claimant sought: null, responseDetails: Suspected Terms of Service Abuse. Please see responseStatus: 40
- Why YouTube is the Ultimate Platform for Global Social Change
In a wide-ranging interview with Hunter Walk, Director of Product Management at YouTube, we discussed the true size and scope of the video platform, his new role in thinking about how YouTube can expand as a powerful force for social causes, education and change, key insights and lessons for all non-profits on how to best utilize video, unexpected facts and figures about YouTube intersecting with the social sector, why YouTube for Good is good business and not simply philanthropy, and much more. null, responseDetails: Suspected Terms of Service Abuse. Please see responseStatus: 40
- Face to faith: Europe's crisis of faith | Pope Benedict XVI
In hard times, Europe could learn much from Africa's joyful passion for faithAs this year draws to a close, Europe is undergoing an economic and financial crisis, which is ultimately based on the ethical crisis looming over the old continent. Even if such values as solidarity, commitment to one's neighbour and responsibility towards the poor and suffering are largely uncontroversial, still the motivation is often lacking for individuals and large sectors of society to practise renunciation and make sacrifices. Perception and will do not necessarily go hand in hand.In defending personal interests, the will obscures perception, and perception thus weakened is unable to stiffen the will. In this sense, some quite fundamental questions emerge from this crisis: where is the light that is capable of illuminating our perception not merely with general ideas, but with concrete imperatives? Where is the force that draws the will upwards? These are questions that must be answered by our proclamation of the Gospel, by the new evangelisation, so that message may become event, so that proclamation may lead to life.Not only faithful believers but also outside observers are noticing with concern that regular churchgoers are growing older all the time and that their number is constantly diminishing; that recruitment of priests is stagnating; that scepticism and unbelief are growing. What, then, are we to do? There are endless debates over what must be done in order to reverse the trend. There is no doubt that a variety of things need to be done. But action alone fails to resolve the matter. The essence of the crisis of the church in Europe is the crisis of faith. If we find no answer to this, if faith does not take on new life, deep conviction and real strength from the encounter with null, responseDetails: Suspected Terms of Service Abuse. Please see responseStatus: 40
- Letters: How to escape the elite power of London
In his account of the damage London elites have wrought on British political and cultural life (The metropolitan milieu's disdain poisons our politics, 23 April), John Harris calls for a federal UK. I approve of this, but for reasons in addition to those cited by Harris and with a vision of a federal state that breaks England down into constituent regions.The peculiarly English configuration of class privilege, historically focused on London, with its exercise of economic, political and cultural power, has ensured that in its relation to the rest of Britain, London is a little like the upas tree – an Indonesian plant whose branches produce a toxic sap, so that beneath it nothing grows. The concentration of elite power in London has certainly constrained political and cultural development elsewhere in the country but, crucially, it has also stymied regional economic development. The interests dominating the British state (irrespective of governing party) have neither the intellectual vision nor the political will to help drive economic development beyond financial services and the metropolis. This is why the regional development agencies of the past were ultimately ineffective and the city mayors of the future will be a joke.What we need is a full-blown federal system composed of regional states – the north, midlands, south-west etc (together with Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland) – with the financial and political autonomy – and legitimacy – that will allow them to orchestrate economic rejuvenation in their own backyards. Professor Jeffrey HendersonUniversity of Bristol• Now that the head of the national air-traffic control system has said the Thames estuary is the worst possible place to build a new airport (Report, 14 April) can we forget Boris Island and look ser null, responseDetails: Suspected Terms of Service Abuse. Please see responseStatus: 40
- Estate and Gift Tax Considerations for 2012: GRATs - And you Must Act Now!
In my posting earlier this week ( I discussed various aspects of gifting intended to facilitate tax-free transfers and, ultimately, to reduce estate taxes. I’m now turning my attention to the use of a somewhat sophisticated planning vehicle and one of my all-time favorites: Grantor Retained Annuity Trusts (GRATs). null, responseDetails: Suspected Terms of Service Abuse. Please see responseStatus: 40
- Misunderestimating the BP Oil Spill
In the aftermath of the Deepwater Horizon explosion, it took weeks before the public got a decent estimate for the amount of oil spewing into the Gulf of Mexico. BP claimed not to care (it was supposedly focused on stopping the oil, not estimating how much there was). And from the White House on down, government officials seemed downright incurious about getting an accurate figure out there. So for weeks, a placeholder estimate of 5,000 barrels per day was the official figure, even though pretty much everyone knew it was wrong. Ultimately, the figure turned out to be ten times higher. null, responseDetails: Suspected Terms of Service Abuse. Please see responseStatus: 40
- Self-immolation: the ultimate symbol of protest?
In the past week, three Tibetans have set themselves alight to bring the world's attention to the Chinese government's treatment of their culture. Why do people resort to such shocking tactics?Self-immolation has become one of the most powerful forms of individual protest in a globalised age. Three Tibetans have set themselves alight in the past week: an 18-year-old man, a mother of four and a teenage girl. More than 20 have made this viscerally shocking public statement in the past year in protest against the Chinese government's treatment of Tibetan culture and religion.No wonder the Chinese have stepped up security. Self-immolation can spark revolution. When philosophy student Jan Palach poured petrol on himself and lit a match in Prague after Soviet tanks had rolled into Czechoslovakia, his death brought hundreds of thousands on to the streets. Tunisian market trader Mohamed Bouazizi probably never imagined that by setting himself alight in December 2010 he would spark protests that escalated into the Arab Spring.Thich Quang Duc, an elderly Buddhist monk who set himself alight in the lotus position in Saigon in 1963, was the first globalised self-immolation. Some argue that this act, regarded as a sacrifice of great selflessness in some Chinese Buddhist scripture, was inspired by religious antecedents. Most of the 3,000 acts of self-immolation since have occurred in countries with Buddhist or Hindu traditions, as sociologist Michael Biggs records in his book Making Sense of Suicide Missions. Many who self-immolate are monks but they do not generally believe, like cult followers who die together, that their suicide heralds a more exulted existence.The dominant interpretation placed on Quang Duc's death, which was widely reported in America (Malcolm Browne's famo null, responseDetails: Suspected Terms of Service Abuse. Please see responseStatus: 40
- Harvard MBA: The Cost of Culture
In today's Poets and Quants, author John Byrne writes about how Harvard MBA graduate Joe Mihalic ('09) chronicled his intense financial diet to pay $101,000 in loans that he had to borrow to get the degree, even after Harvard gave him $54,000 in fellowship support. It is a fascinating look at MBA-related debt across the country, and how Mihalic went about his journey to ultimately become debt-free. null, responseDetails: Suspected Terms of Service Abuse. Please see responseStatus: 40
- Payroll tax cut extension passes US Congress in burst of bipartisanship
In victory for Obama, bill extending jobless benefits to millions heads to Senate after passing Republican-controlled HouseThe US House of Representatives has passed legislation extending a tax cut for 160 million workers through December and continuing long-term jobless benefits, handing President Barack Obama a major victory.The legislation, which would add $100bn to the US deficit and is aimed at further stimulating the economy, was approved Friday by a bipartisan vote of 293-132. It next goes to the Democratic-led Senate, where it is expected to pass, possibly later in the day.The House vote caps a fever-pitch debate in Congress that began in earnest in November. Democrats argued the legislation will help grow the economy and provide needed cash to struggling middle class families and workers who have been unable to find jobs amid an 8.3% unemployment rate.Republicans have staked out a series of changing positions as they questioned the effectiveness of the tax cut but ultimately saw that opposition would hurt them in November's congressional and presidential elections.After a full year of pushing controversial measures to reduce government budget deficits that have been topping $1tn annually, many Republicans on Friday found themselves voting for a measure that adds $100bn to deficits.But a significant number of the 242 House Republicans – around 90 – abandoned House Speaker John Boehner and voted against the bill.US CongressUnited StatesUS politicsUS taxationguardian.co.uk © 2012 Guardian News and Media Limited or its affiliated companies. All rights reserved. | Use of this content is subject to our Terms & Conditions | More Feeds
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- 14 Exciting Concept Cars
Isn?t it fun to dream? Essentially that?s what automobile designers get to do every day. Their dreams start with sketches and drawings, and if they?re lucky culminate in mockups or even road worthy prototypes. The ultimate recognition is commercialization and full production. But the cars look best to me in the ?dream state? where they have features and characteristics often too expensive for the resulting production car. Or the designs are not practical for everyday use. It?s in this spirit that I offer these 14 exciting concept cars. null, responseDetails: Suspected Terms of Service Abuse. Please see responseStatus: 40
- Israel will make own decision on Iran: army chief
Israel will ultimately decree on an Iranian strike on its own, its military chief of staff said in an interview broadcast Saturday, as a senior US official arrived for talks on the Islamic Republic. null, responseDetails: Suspected Terms of Service Abuse. Please see responseStatus: 40
- Buffett's Ultimate Vote of Confidence in Berkshire Hathaway
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- End of the USSR: visualising how the former Soviet countries are doing, 20 years on
It's two decades since the USSR broke up. But what happened to those Soviet countries? Here's the key dataThey were three days that shook the world - and shook the Soviet Union so hard that it fell apart. But for better or worse? Twenty years on from the Soviet coup that ultimately ended Mikhail Gorbachev's political career and gave birth to 15 new states, The Guardian was keen to explore just how well those 15 former Soviet republics had performed as independent countries. Our data team mined statistics from sources ranging from the World Bank, the UNHCR, the UN Crime Trends Survey and the Happy Planet Index to compare the performance of the countries. And we combed through the OSCE's reports on every election in each country since 1991 to see where democracy was taking hold - and where it was not wanted.It was in many senses a traumatic break-up. Like a marriage, there was so much that was jointly owned that it was hard to make a clean break. Industries, military units, whole populations, were scattered across an empire, indivisible. Moreover, the economic crisis that led the USSR to the brink tilted most of the emergent countries into the abyss. GDP fell as much as 50 percent in the 1990s in some republics, Russia leading the race to the bottom as capital flight, industrial collapse, hyperinflation and tax avoidance took their toll. Almost as startling as the collapse was the economic rebound in the 2000s. By the end of the decade, some economies were five times as big as they were in 1991. High energy prices helped major exporters like Russia, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan and Azerbaijan, but even perennial stragglers like Moldova and Armenia began to grow... The Baltic republicsSince 1990, their economies have grown around fourfold, though not without the occasional fin _NULL_
- We need this key commitment to climate action | Nick Clegg and Edward Davey
It is crucial that Europe implements a 30% cut in carbon by 2020. And it'll make us globally competitive tooThis week ministers from across Europe are meeting to tackle a threat to our shared prosperity: the crashing price of carbon. The EU has the world's largest international emissions trading scheme (ETS). The amount of carbon that companies can emit is capped, and each firm has its own allocation of carbon permits, which they trade freely. Ultimately, cutting carbon can yield financial rewards.But the price of carbon has plummeted. In 2006 a tonne would fetch around £28. Now – thanks to the downturn, and a glut of permits – it's barely £6. That's bad for the environment: when it's cheap to pump out carbon there's less incentive for firms to go green. But it's also bad for the economy, because it makes Europe less attractive to low-carbon investment.The global low-carbon market is worth more than £3tn, and supports over 900,000 jobs in Britain. And those numbers can grow. The world's savviest states are embracing low-carbon markets. We can't afford to lose out.That's why the coalition has introduced a carbon price floor – a minimum cost to give investors the certainty they crave. We want Europe to take a similarly tough line. In the forthcoming talks, we'll be calling for a more ambitious EU emissions target, and a set-aside of permits to strengthen the ETS. A Europe-wide agreement to a 30% reduction in emissions by 2020 will drive up investment – and the ETS carbon price. Moving to 30% is a key commitment in the coalition's programme. There are five compelling reasons why we must act.First, this approach is the most cost-effective way of cutting carbon. The EU has already agreed to cut emissions by 20% by 2020, and 80% by 2050. By going a little faster now, we will null, responseDetails: Suspected Terms of Service Abuse. Please see responseStatus: 40
- Super PACs and Their Destructive and Divisive Domination of the 2012 Presidential Campaign
It is more than just disquieting that $10 million were almost allocated to fund a Super PACs negative ad campaign designed to kindle the flames of racial tension and division in our country, it is shameful and embarrassing.
The in-earnest stage of the 2012 presidential campaign is only in its infancy,and millions of dollars were almost allocated to fund racially divisive negative advertisements, vis-a-vis a proposal commissioned by a conservative super PAC and its billionaire benefactor, Joe Ricketts.
Joe Ricketts, the founder of the brokerage firm TD Ameritrade, is the main financer behind Ending Spending Action Fund.On Thursday, the New York Times reported that the Super PAC was considering a proposed plan to attack President Obama on his ties to Rev. Jermiah Wright.
?The world is about to see Jeremiah Wright and understand his influence on Barack Obama for the first time in a big, attention-arresting way,? says the proposal, which was overseen by Fred Davis and commissioned by Ricketts.
The proposal went on to describe how the ads? narrator would call the President a ?metro-sexual, black Abe Lincoln.?
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- Why The 2012 Election Will Ultimately Be A Fight Between Super PACs
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- The Best-Paid Bench Warmers In Sports
It wasn’t so long ago that Gilbert Arenas was riding high. One of the NBA’s premium scorers from 2004 to 2007, the shooting guard played in three All Star Games during his days with the Washington Wizards, ultimately cashing in with a six-year, $111 million contract. null, responseDetails: Suspected Terms of Service Abuse. Please see responseStatus: 40
- Postmortem: a Borders Non-Fiction Selection
It?s been said that a good book tells the truth about its hero and a bad book tells the truth about its author. But the liquidation of a 40 year-old bookstore chain ultimately tells the truth about the brand and how it was managed. Last Friday Borders bookstores began liquidation sales それ？sは良い本がその主人公についての真実を伝えると悪い本はその著者についての真実を伝えると言われて
- Fast trains, integrated hubs point to future of transport in HK, mainland
I took a train journey from Shanghai to Hangzhou last month and got a tantalising glimpse of what the future holds for the evolution of transport and urbanisation in the mainland and, ultimately, Hong Kong.
私は先月杭州、上海から列車の旅を取り、将来は交通機関や都市本土での進化を保持しているものの食欲をそそる姿を得て、最終的には、香港
- InTouch Magazine to Kim Kardashian: Thank You for the PR!
Kim Kardashian May Sue InTouch
Kim Kardashian "Caught Cheating!" is the cover story of the latest InTouch Weekly, which hits newsstands just two weeks after the reality star announced her engagement to NBA basketball star Kris Humphries on the cover of People Magazine.
While the reality star is fighting back on all fronts, InTouch isn't backing down! “We stand by our story,” an InTouch Weekly spokesperson shared with me moments ago.
How is Kim batting down the "rumors?" Through Twitter and her web site, of course! And, sadly for Kim, that's what is making this story blow-up online.
As you'll see by her Tweet and blog post, she's simply drawing unnecessary attention to InTouch's cover story.
In addition, she makes the number one mistake in a crisis situation - she repeats the negative aspects of the InTouch story in her blog post, which ultimately gives the story even more life.
The Tweet
Kardashian just tweeted this message to her 7.8 million-plus followers: "Can you believe these rumors!!?! I'm setting the record straight!"
金Kardashianは。。u0026quot;巻き込ま浮気を！。。u0026quot;InTouchの金Kardashianを見る月現実スターわずか2週間後に売店に当たる最新InTouchのウィークリーのカバーストーリーはピープル誌の表紙にNBAのバスケットボールスタークリスハンフリーズして婚約を発表されている
- Power to China's press, as long as party's in charge
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- Sarkozy – the comeback kid?
Latest polls show the French president is ahead in the first round vote, and is closing the gap on François HollandeWhat is the best election comeback ever? John Major in 1992? Netanyahu in 1996? Chirac in 1995? Zapatero in 2004?I've read that Truman in 1948 was pretty special, overhauling a double-digit deficit.I only ask, because it might be about to happen in France.Elected leaders have a habit of languishing in the polls only to claw back ground at the last minute as the public ultimately opt for a better-the-devil-you-know vote.Latest polls show Nicolas Sarkozy is ahead in the first round vote on 22 April, and is closing the gap on François Hollande in the second round 6 May run-off.2012 could yet go down as the year of the incumbent …Nicolas SarkozyFranceEuropeFrançois HollandeFrench elections 2012Mark Rice-Oxleyguardian.co.uk © 2012 Guardian News and Media Limited or its affiliated companies. All rights reserved. | Use of this content is subject to our Terms & Conditions | More Feeds
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- How Spain's left turned on Zapatero | Ignacio Sánchez-Cuenca
Leftist voters have reacted to the Spanish prime minister's abandonment of the PSOE's social democratic principlesLocal elections tend to be boring political events. If the regional and local elections that took place in Spain on Sunday were exciting, that was because they took place against the backdrop of political events with a real, tangible significance: thousands of citizens occupying the squares of many cities to protest against unemployment and corruption; a polarising debate, ultimately settled by the constitutional court, on whether the former political branch of Eta could contest elections in the Basque country; and as if these were not enough, one of the largest domestic earthquakes that took place recently in Murcia.The election results were in accord with these momentous events. The support for the incumbent party, PSOE (Spanish Socialist Workers' party) plummeted, falling from 35% of the vote in 2007 to 28% in 2011, whereas the conservative opposition, the People's party (PP) made a marginal gain from 36% to 37.5%. The difference between the two main parties was about 10 points. If these results are projected to the general elections that will take place at the latest in March 2012, the PP would be close to obtaining a majority in parliament.It is not obvious whether the public protests had any influence in the polls. The turnout was average for this kind of election (66%), even if there was a noticeable increase in blank and non-valid votes that could be attributed to the protests.The conservatives emerged as the dominant force. This was borne out by the regional elections, which took place in 14 of the 17 regions: the conservatives will most likely rule in 13 of them (in some cases, the final result will depend on parliamentary coalitions).In the Basq 左派の有権者はPSOEの社会民主主義principlesLocal選挙スペインの首相の放棄に反応している政治的なイベントを退屈される傾向にある
- Treasuries: Trade The Inflection Point
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- Andy Schleck pulls out of Dauphine Libere
Luxembourg's Andy Schleck abandoned the Dauphine Libere race on Saturday, during the penultimate sixth stage from Saint-Alban-Leysse to Morzine here in the French Alps.The younger of the Schleck brothers, who finished second behind Cadel Evans on last year's Tour de France, pulled out 64km into the 176.5km mountain stage.Schleck had been struggling ever since being knocked to the ground by a strong gust of wind on Thursday's fourth stage time trial in Bourg-en-Bresse. null, responseDetails: Suspected Terms of Service Abuse. Please see responseStatus: 40
- Stanley Ho seeks answers from family members
Macau casino magnate Stanley Ho Hung-sun has accused family members of "fraudulently misappropriating" his shares in the private Hong Kong company that ultimately controls the bulk of his wealth - including his entire remaining stake in gaming firm SJM Holdings.
マカオのカジノ王スタンレーホー洪太陽は。。u0026quot;不正流用。。u0026quot;の家族を非難している最終的に彼の莫大な財産を制御するプライベート香港の会社で彼の株 - ゲーム会社SJMホールディングスの彼の全体の残りの株式を含む
- Private Clouds are From Mars, Public Clouds are From Venus... Sort Of
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- Russian historian kept 29 mummified bodies at home, police say
Man alleged to have dressed bodies in clothes scavenged from cemeteries in Nizhny NovgorodRussian police say they have discovered 29 mummies at the home of a well-known local historian who dug the bodies up from cemeteries and dressed them in clothes scavenged from graves.A police video of the man's apartment in the Volga river city of Nizhny Novgorod shows a gruesome tableau of what looks like dolls dressed in bright dresses and headscarves, some with their hands and faces appearing to be wrapped in cloth. Police said they were mummified remains.Police refused to name the suspect arrested last week, but released photographs of him, gave his age as 45 and described him as a well-known specialist in the history of the city about 250 miles (400km) east of Moscow.Russian media reports identified the man as Anatoly Moskvin, a 45-year-old historian who was considered the ultimate expert on cemeteries in Nizhny Novgorod, and who had spoken openly about rummaging through cemeteries and studying gravestones to uncover the life stories behind them.Russian newspaper reports quoted police as saying the man had selected only the remains of young women for his grisly collection.The arrest followed a long-running investigation into the desecration of graves at several cemeteries in Nizhny Novgorod, a police spokeswoman, Svetlana Kovylina, said. She did not explain how they tracked down the suspect.The national daily Moskovsky Komsomolets said Moskvin was detained at a cemetery while carrying a bag of bones. But Kriminalnaya Khronika, an online publication specialising in crime news from the Nizhny Novgorod region, said police investigators had discovered the bodies when they visited Moskvin to consult him about the desecration.Moskvin, who had long been known in the region for his i null, responseDetails: Suspected Terms of Service Abuse. Please see responseStatus: 40
- Midas: This Global Automotive Service Company Is Among The New Takeover Plays
Midas, one of the world?s largest providers of automotive services, may finally be able to turn itself into something, well, golden. It is now regarded by some pros as a takeover play, which should ultimately kick its stock higher. 自動車のサービスのミダス、世界の一つ？最大のプロバイダーは、最終的に、黄金のも、何かに自分自身を変えることができるかもしれません
- Is a Santa Claus Rally coming?
MoneyWatch Week Ahead: After a 3.7 percent rise in the S&P 500 during the penultimate week of the year, investors are hoping for a Santa Claus Rally to close out 2011
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- FBI arrest man in terrorism sting operation outside US Capitol
Moroccan man had been under investigation for a year and was planning to detonate what he thought were live explosivesA 29-year-old Moroccan man was arrested in an FBI sting operation near the US Capitol as police say he was planning to detonate what he thought were live explosives.Justice department spokesman Dean Boyd on Friday said the suspect was closely monitored by law enforcers, and the purported explosives were deactivated, so the public was not in danger.The man had been under investigation for about a year, according to a counterterror official and a law enforcement official, both speaking on the condition of anonymity to discuss a continuing investigation. He had overstayed his visitor visa for years, the officials said. The FBI provided him with an inoperable gun and inert explosives, the counterterrorism official said.The man changed his mind about his intended target several times, but ultimately decided on the Capitol, after canvassing the area a couple of times, the law enforcement official said. The man is not believed to be associated with al-Qaida.Two people briefed on the matter told The Associated Press he was not arrested on the Capitol grounds, and the FBI has had him under surveillance around the clock for several weeks. They spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak on the record.Washington DCFBIGlobal terrorismUnited Statesguardian.co.uk © 2012 Guardian News and Media Limited or its affiliated companies. All rights reserved. | Use of this content is subject to our Terms & Conditions | More Feeds
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- Alexander Cowan obituary
My friend and colleague Alexander Cowan, who has died aged 62 of pancreatic cancer, was a devoted family man and a distinguished historian of early modern conurbations, above all of Venice. His life and work were characterised by cosmopolitanism, urbanity and joie de vivre.Alex was brought up in the suburbs of Manchester, in a Jewish family with strong roots in continental Europe. This dual background shaped his linguistic skills, his sense of humour, and the warm personality that endeared him to all who met him. His constant striving for peace as a concerned citizen dated from the days of CND marches. Later he became chair of the local reform synagogue in Newcastle.Alex studied history at the University of Warwick where a term abroad initiated his lifelong love affair with Venice. A PhD at the London School of Economics on the urban elites of 。übeck and Venice in the 17th century (published as a book, The Urban Patriciate, in 1986 and later translated into Italian) tested his resolution to the full: the 。übeck archives were in Potsdam, deep in the German Democratic Republic, where Alex endured several months as the ultimate lonely researcher, before moving on to Venice. He never looked back after experiencing the warmth and sun of the Mediterranean, its cuisine, style and Latin charm. Both he and his brother married French women.From 1973, Alex taught history at Newcastle Polytechnic where the changing fortunes of the subject made him a fervent defender at the national level of its role in higher education. After completing the general study Urban Europe, 1500-1700 (1998), he focused on the social life of Venice, culminating in the monograph Marriage, Manners and Mobility in Early Modern Venice (2007) and as co-organiser of a conference on gossip and rumour at the Brit null, responseDetails: Suspected Terms of Service Abuse. Please see responseStatus: 40
- Neil deGrasse Tyson: Invest In NASA, Invest In U.S. Economy
Neil deGrasse Tyson is an accomplished astrophysicist and popular author whose latest book, Space Chronicles: Facing the Ultimate Frontier, lays out the case for continuing to advance the space frontier. Tyson is the Frederick P. Rose Director of the Hayden Planetarium at the Rose Center for Earth and Space, as well as an astrophysics research associate at the American Museum of Natural History. He served on the Commission on the Future of the United States Aerospace Industry in 2001 and the President's Commission on Implementation of United States Space Exploration Policy in 2004, and is known for his passionate advocacy for space exploration. null, responseDetails: Suspected Terms of Service Abuse. Please see responseStatus: 40
- Betting Against Netflix Bears Ahead of Earnings
Netflix Inc. (NFLX) has befuddled investors for the past three months. From raising prices on its subscription services, to spinning off its DVD service as Qwikster (a Dotcom-era name if I've ever heard one), to the ultimate reversal of the spinoff, the company's antics have many investors questioning CEO Reed Hastings' leadership abilities. But the Netflix has a chance to clear the air later this afternoon. ネットフリックス社（NFLX）は、過去3ヶ月間の投資家を混乱している
- Eels and the way ahead for Japan
New Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda - who has described himself as a bottom-feeding eel - is expected to press for safety and recovery from the Fukushima nuclear power disaster but not for turning back the clock on nuclear energy. If he could do that, it would be his ultimate success. - Donald Kirk (Sep 2, '11) 新しい日本の首相は野田佳彦は - ボトム送りウナギとしての地位を説明している人 - ではなく、原子力エネルギーの時計を後戻りのために安全性と福島原子力災害からの復旧のために押すように期待されている
- Customer Centric Trumps Customer Service Every Time
New product startups rightfully begin with a heads-down focus on creating the ultimate product – whether it’s a new technology, a new look and ease of use, or a new low-cost delivery approach. Most then add customer service at the rollout, but very few really understand what it means to be truly customer centric, and even fewer really achieve it. null, responseDetails: Suspected Terms of Service Abuse. Please see responseStatus: 40
- Will Gold Fall to $1500?
New signs of weakness in gold futures and popular ETFs like GLD and GDX suggest that a new decline could unfold, ultimately setting the stage for a stronger rebound later on. GLDとGDXのような金の先物や人気のETFの中の弱さの新たな兆候は、最終的に後で強い反発のための段階を設定し、新たな下落が展開することを示唆している
- Bernanke Needs To Bazooka Big Banks In Ultimate Display Of Fed Weaponry
No more Mr. Nice Guy. It is time for Mr. Bernanke to break out the big guns in Jackson Hole this Friday. これ以上ミスターナイスガイ
- Bollywood dances to another tune at the first Indian film festival of London
Once a world of chaste romance and hammy fight scenes, the Indian movie industry is swapping its singalongs for satireThere was a time when your average Bollywood movie generally went a little like this: boy meets girl; girl coyly meets boy; boy and girl fall in love (a chaste, singing-and-dancing-in-the-rain sort of love); boy and girl's romance blossoms, at an astonishingly quick pace, until their happiness is threatened by some family drama or other, which they either overcome with a fabulous song and dance routine or tragically succumb to with a sound-effected fight scene and plenty of chest-heaving sobs.Such was the formula for Bollywood magic throughout much of the 80s and early 90s, resulting in cheesy but brilliantly charming old-school classics such as Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak, Chandni, Maine Pyar Kiya, and Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge.But Indian cinema has come a very long way since the days of bashful eyelash-batting and dishum-dishum action scenes, thanks in a large part to growing international exposure. You could even say Bollywood has grown up – and the films selected to feature in this year's inaugural Indian Film Festival of London (IFFL) would support this. The festival launched last night with the UK premiere of Peepli Live, a black comedy about a debt-ridden farmer who considers committing suicide to secure government financial aid for his family. The farmer ends up being at the centre of a media circus as journalists wait for him to kill himself.The film ridicules just about everyone: the farmer, the politicians, but most of all the journalists, who descend on the farmer's village with their cameras and notepads and create an unnecessary media frenzy that ultimately blows everything out of proportion. No eyelash batting here – just very clever, laugh-o 貞淑なロマンスと大げさな戦いのシーンは、インド映画産業の世界satireThereの時間の平均ボリウッド映画は一般的にこのような少し行った：少年は少女を満たしている
- Letters: 40 years on – women still lose out on pay
On 7 June 1968, 850 women machinists working at Ford in Dagenham went on strike for equal pay after discovering they were being paid 15% less than men for doing the same work. Their efforts led to historic equal pay legislation but, 40 years on, women working full-time can still expect to earn an average 16.4% less than men. It is worse for minority ethnic women – Pakistani women are paid an average of 26% less than white British men.Myriad reasons are put forward to explain the persistent gender pay gap: discrimination, occupational segregation, poor quality part-time and flexible work opportunities, and the historic undervaluing of women's work all contribute. But ultimately we can't avoid the obvious: the legislation isn't working. If the coalition government is truly committed to achieving a fairer society, robust, meaningful action on equal pay would be a good place to start. That means challenging negative attitudes and gender stereotypes, wherever they occur, and doing so from an early age. It means making equal pay law more transparent and accessible, and also building on it – with both the public and private sectors required to routinely audit their employees to identify and stamp out inequity in pay. It means expecting all employers to set and implement pay scales in an open and honest manner.Inequality in pay undermines the dignity of women and persistent gender inequality undermines us all. The 40th anniversary of the Equal Pay Act today offers a golden opportunity for the new government to show us it's serious.Ceri Goddard CEO, Fawcett SocietySarah Veale Head of equalities, TUC Bronwyn McKenna Director of organising and membership, UnisonEqualityFordGenderguardian.co.uk © Guardian News & Media Limited 2010 | Use of this content is subject to our Terms 彼らは15％、同じ仕事をして、男性よりも支払われていた発見した後1968年6月7日で、850人の女性機械工は、フォードでダゲハムで、同等の報酬を求めてストライキに行った作業
- David Prosser: A short cut for the undecided investor
Outlook Still can't decide whether to look to the new year with hope or experience? Well, here's one happy thought for the penultimate trading day of 2010. Over the past 40 years or so, a remarkably simple yardstick has often proved a reliable indicator of what is to come. Outlookがまだ希望や経験を持つ、新しい年に見ているかどうか決めることはできますか？さて、ここで2010年の終わりから二番目の取引日の1つ幸せな思考があります
- John Armstrong: Petty ban a black mark for America
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- Who will win the French presidential election? | Harry J Enten
Polling shows an interesting fight for third in the first round, but Sarkozy has a job to see off Hollande's challenge in the secondMost Americans seem preoccupied with the United States presidential elections that are now about 200 days away, but there's actually a presidential election with much a closer date. The French presidential election's first round takes place this Sunday, with a second-round runoff for the top two finishers on 6 May. The French economy, like many, is struggling and voters are looking for a solution.For those unfamiliar with the French elections, here's a very quick summary of the players on the field. The incumbent is President Nicolas Sarkozy, a member of the centre-right Union for a Popular Movement. Sarkozy's main opponent is the centre-left Socialist party's nominee, François Hollande. The far-right National Front's Marine Le Pen (daughter of long-time former candidate Jean-Marie Le Pen) had long been thought to be the third horse. François Bayrou of the centrist Democratic Movement finished third in the last presidential election. Finally, Jean-Luc Mélenchon represents newly founded Left party, which could be characterized as further to the left than the Socialist party. Note that there are another five candidates, but they are all polling in the very low single digits. How will the election ultimately end up? I've instituted a Loess regression (made famous by Pollster.com in 2008) for both the first and second round surveys. The advantage of the Loess is that it helps to smooth out any outlier polls and gives a crisp visual interpretation of the available data over time. The charts track opinion from the time Hollande won the nomination of the Socialist party in the middle of October 2011. Keep in mind that the campaign officially began null, responseDetails: Suspected Terms of Service Abuse. Please see responseStatus: 40
- Judicial review signals green light for community solar project
Power from a church's roof will raise funds for local community ventures in Old Trafford, Greater Manchester. Mischa Wilmers reportsAn innovative community enterprise in Old Trafford has welcomed the Supreme Court's ruling last month over government plans to impose cuts on solar projects.The current Feed-in-Tariff (FiT) of 43p per kilowatt-hour, paid to people in Britain for generating electricity through solar panels, was originally due to be cut to 21p from 1 April 2012. However, last October the government announced the new tariff would come into effect for all solar panels installed after 12 December 2011, causing anger and confusion within the solar industry.In March the Supreme Court's ruling that the cuts were unlawful was welcomed by solar companies, many of which had already invested in solar energy with the original tariff dates in mind.And they were not the only ones celebrating. On Sunday a group of activists convened in St John's Centre, Old Trafford, for the official launch of St John's Sunshine (SJS). Comprised of Rev. John Hughes and three other founding members, SJS is an unusual collaborative project which aims to harness the sun's energy for the benefit of the community.The idea behind the scheme was the product of a chance meeting between Hughes and activist Fiona Nicholls in spring 2011. Hughes had long considered the possibility of installing solar panels on the roof of his church but was unsure how to proceed.Together with local campaigner Pete Abel and business consultant Gavin Wood, they concocted a plan to create the ultimate solar energy community scheme – run by the community for the benefit of the community. They would install solar panels on the roof of St John's church and use the money generated from the Feed-in-Tariff to fund local proje null, responseDetails: Suspected Terms of Service Abuse. Please see responseStatus: 40
- Russians plan Hotel in the Heavens - 320km away
Russian engineers have announced the ultimate get-away-from-it-all holiday, revealing plans to put a hotel into orbit 320km above Earth by 2016.The four-room Hotel in the Heavens would house up to seven guests who would be able... ロシアの技術者が天の2016.Theの4つの部屋のホテルができるようになるseven名様まで収容するということで、地球上の軌道の320キロにホテルを配置する計画を明らかに、取得から離れたこと、すべての休日究極を発表した
- Not-So-Smart Meters Overbilling Californians
Scores of consumers in California paid for more electricity than they actually used due to flawed "smart meters" installed by a major investor-owned utility and ultimately paid for by California rate-payers. Ironically, the smart meters were installed to keep electric rates low. それらは実際に主要な投資中古ユーティリティによってインストールされて最終的にはカリフォルニアレート納税者によって支払わ欠陥。。u0026quot;スマートメーター。。u0026quot;のために使用さよりもカリフォルニア州の消費者のスコアは、より多くの電力を支払った
- Conservationists Plot Different Course to Thwart Japanese Whalers
Sea Shepherd members get ready for confrontation, say they are willing to make the 'ultimate sacrifice' to protect whales シーシェパードのメンバーが対決するための準備をし、彼らがクジラを保護するために。。u0026quot;究極の犠牲を。。u0026quot;する意思であると言う
- Peloton won't play waiting game with Armstrong
Should they have waited, or forged on ahead regardless? That was the question on the minds of fans and media alike Monday a day after seven-time champion Lance Armstrong virtually lost all hope of winning an eighth yellow jersey.Armstrong suffered a number of crashes on the 189 km ride from Station des Rousses to Morzine-Avoriaz on Sunday, the most fatal one happening at the foot of the Col de la Ramaz, the penultimate climb of the day. もし彼らが、待っているかに偽造された先に関係なく？それがファンとメディアの疑問に似て月曜日日後にされた7回チャンピオンランスアームストロングが実質的にモルに駅デルスから189キロに乗ってクラッシュの数を被った8黄色jersey.Armstrongを受賞のすべての希望を失った- Avoriazの日曜日に、最も致命的な1つのコルデララマズ、一日の最後から2番登山の麓に起きて
- Lead Like It's D-Day
Sixty-seven years ago, on the eve of D-Day, Dwight D. Eisenhower faced the ultimate Risk/Reward decision in history. 六十七年前、D - Dayの前夜に、ドワイトアイゼンハワーが歴史の中で/報酬の決定、究極のリスクに直面していました
- SMAP: Solutions Masquerading as Problems
Solutions! It’s been the buzzword of the decade. Our economy thrives on solutions. The most lucrative are those that either offer solutions to problems we didn’t know we had, or solutions that seem compelling and obvious but ultimately don’t work. Some solutions don’t solve problems until they create them first. This was Steve Jobs' genius. The iPod was a solution to a problem I didn’t realize I had: lack of full-time access to my entire music collection. The word of high tech is specially geared to that mantra “solutions looking for a problem” even if the new technology is so “out there” no one is sure what to do with it. null, responseDetails: Suspected Terms of Service Abuse. Please see responseStatus: 40
- Industry & Medicine: It's Complicated
Some people think industry exerts a uniformly negative force on medicine, or at least that's the only aspect they focus on when they write or talk about the issue. Others focus exclusively on the beneficial effects of industry, and exhibit amnesia in their failure to recall the numerous instances in recent years in which the influence of industry has caused tremendous harm. Both perspectives possess a certain measure of truth, but the insistence on a one-sided, black-and-white view ultimately causes more harm than good. 一部の人々は、業界では医療上の一様に否定的な力を発揮すると考え、または少なくともことは、彼らが書いたり、問題について話すときに焦点を当てるだけな側面です
- Apple's Breakout May Be Contagious
Stocks in single digits grab me as much as $500-plus icons like Apple and Google. Owning a ragamuffin is the ultimate existential act. You are what you own, and at 4 pm when the animals go back inside their cages, you can count your money faster than King Midas. Maybe there were futures in wheat and gold in Midas’s time, but little else. null, responseDetails: Suspected Terms of Service Abuse. Please see responseStatus: 40
- Conquering the Antarctic – review
St David's Hall, CardiffThe City of London Sinfonia's commemoration of the centenary of Robert Scott's ill-fated Antarctic expedition – they reached the south pole, but perished on their return – had a particular resonance for Cardiff. Scott's ship, the Terra Nova, set sail from the Welsh port, carrying coal as backup fuel, and was met there on its return by Scott's widow Kathleen and son Peter.Scott's diaries and letters, found on his body and incredibly affecting, were read aloud by Hugh Bonneville during the first half of the evening. Extracts from Vaughan Williams's score for the 1948 film Scott of the Antarctic set the scene. Bonneville's delivery was shipshape and, while amplification detracted from the intimacy, the realisation that Roald Amundsen's Norwegian team had beaten them to the Pole drained us all.Cecilia McDowall's new piece, Seventy Degrees Below Zero, followed. Working with poet Seán Street, McDowall sets Scott's farewell letter to Kathleen, with string-writing that offers a contemporary equivalent of Vaughan Williams. It was also imbued with Brittenesque colouring, by virtue of Robert Murray's tenor and the horn lines. In the final setting, To My Widow, passion and pain struck home.Herbert Ponting's photographs of the expedition then formed a background for Vaughan Williams's Sinfonia Antarctica. More sparingly used, the stunning images might have added their unique atmosphere at the outset; with the Symphony, it spelled overkill. Under Stephen Layton, the CLS's strong playing, evoking the music's ultimate desolation, would have said it all. Rating: 4/5Classical musicAntarcticaRian Evansguardian.co.uk © 2012 Guardian News and Media Limited or its affiliated companies. All rights reserved. | Use of this content is subject to our Terms & Condition null, responseDetails: Suspected Terms of Service Abuse. Please see responseStatus: 40
- The ACC's Third Tier Rights And Why They're Killing The Conference
There has been much confusion in recent weeks about the ACC's television rights. Ultimately, the conference gave up a significant chunk of its members' television properties but did not receive enough in return. null, responseDetails: Suspected Terms of Service Abuse. Please see responseStatus: 40
- Agricultural Bank of China Raises $19 Billion in I.P.O.
The Agricultural Bank of China offering may ultimately raise as much as $22 billion, which would make it the largest in history. 中国農業銀行の提供、最終的に限り$ 22億それ史上最大のことだろう上げることができる
- BBC Frozen Planet – in pictures
The BBC will show a major new nature documentary next week, which it describes as the ultimate portrait of Earth's polar regions: the last great wilderness on the planet
地球上で最後の。。u200b。。u200b素晴らしい荒野：BBCは、それが地球の極域の究極の肖像として記述する主要な新しい自然ドキュメンタリー来週を、表示されます
- FDA Advisory Panel Gives Green Light To HeartWare Ventricular Assist System
The FDA's Circulatory System Devices panel voted 9-2 on Wednesday to recommend approval of the HeartWare Ventricular Assist System as a bridge to heart transplantation for patients with end-stage heart failure. The panel agreed unanimously (11-0) that the new device is effective. The panel was more divided about safety but ultimately voted 8-3 that the device was safe. null, responseDetails: Suspected Terms of Service Abuse. Please see responseStatus: 40
- Government Watchdog Says AIG Bailout Could Turn $15.1B Profit For Taxpayers
The Government Accountability Office is out with its latest take on the ultimate cost of the rescue that saved American International Group in 2008 and the watchdog reports that the federal government may actual wind up generating more cash than it put in to the ailing insurer. null, responseDetails: Suspected Terms of Service Abuse. Please see responseStatus: 40
- The economy – a Q&A session | Larry Elliott
The Guardian economics editor debates with readers from 10.30am on Wednesday 27 July on growth, US debt and the eurozone crisisDespite the Greek bailout package agreed last week between eurozone finance ministers, dark clouds looming over the global economy have yet to disappear. The new head of the IMF, Christine Lagarde, has warned leaders in Europe and America that failure to tackle their debt crises will lead to fresh turmoil – and she's not the only one who's worried that we're heading for period at least as tumultuous as the 2008 panic.That bailout may have won Greece a temporary reprieve, but it's seen as very close to defaulting. What would this mean for the other weakened southern European economies, and ultimately, for the single currency?UK politicians may be thanking their lucky stars that the country never joined the euro, but we're far from immune to the pain – as the latest anaemic growth figures demonstrate. The worst recession since the second world war is being followed by the slowest recovery. So what are the prospects for Britain's economy as the coalition's austerity measures hit home, and super-low interest rates mean there's little scope to further stimulate the economy?Across the Atlantic a farcical – and dangerous game is being played out in the US Congress, as the parties remain at loggerheads over raising the debt ceiling, the amount the government is allowed to borrow. Could the US really default? What would the knock-on effects be?And finally, is there a better way to run the global economy? Are such bodies as the IMF fit for purpose? Can you really fireproof the global economy, or will periods of prosperity always result in a hangover? Join me, and I'll try to answer some of these questions, and any others you might have.• Larry Elliott wil _NULL_
- Italy launches strategic task force to boost youth employment
The Italian government on Tuesday launched a strategic task force aimed at boosting youth employment through a greater integration of professional training and qualified work demand.
More than 1 billion euros (about 1.36 billion U.S. dollars) have been allocated to start the project, which was jointly launched by the ministries of welfare, youth and education, according to a government release.
The ultimate goal of the project is to rein in a record youth jobless rate of almost 29 percent, ... 火曜日にイタリア政府は職業訓練の資格のある作業需要の大きい統合により、若者の雇用を高めるに向けた戦略的なタスクフォースを立ち上げました
- Sept. 11 masterminds set for Gitmo trial
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- UN cable: Hammarskjöld gives the order for operation Morthor
The UN secretary general launches an ultimately disastrous bid to crush the Katanga rebellion
国連事務総長がカタンガ反乱を鎮圧するために最終的に悲惨な入札を発表
- US sues American Express, Master, Visa cards
The US Justice Department has filed a law suit against three major credit card companies -- American Express, Masters and Visa -- challenging their rules that prevent merchants from offering consumers discounts, rewards and information about card costs, ultimately leading to consumers paying more for purchases. 最終的には詳細については、お支払い、消費者につながる、消費者の割引、特典、カードのコストに関する情報を提供してからの商人を防ぐためのルールに挑戦 - アメリカンエクスプレス、マスターカード、ビザ - 米司法省は3つの主要なクレジットカード会社に対して訴訟を提起した購入
- Leaving The BCS Would Be Suicide For The Big Ten And Pac-12
The Wall Street Journal's Rachel Bachman wrote last week that the Big Ten and Pac-12 should abandon the BCS and its playoff plans in order to preserve the importance of the Rose Bowl. Bachman earnestly defends her argument, but her case ultimately fails to consider the drastic financial implications that such a stunt would have on the two conferences. null, responseDetails: Suspected Terms of Service Abuse. Please see responseStatus: 40
- TV matters: Choosing to Die
The controversy sparked by Terry Pratchett's documentary showing a man's assisted death is actually about the print media's distrust of TVThere's currently much newspaper fuss about the fact that Terry Pratchett's documentary Choosing to Die, screening on BBC2 on Monday, will show the assisted death of a terminally ill patient called Peter at the Dignitas clinic in Switzerland. This, objectors argue, is the breaking of the ultimate TV taboo, another dangerous blind turn in the moral maze of broadcasting.Yet, as often when a TV show jumps on to front pages, the row is less ground-breaking than it seems. As recently as 12 May, a cancer patient called Gerald was shown at the moment of death in the BBC1 series Inside the Human Body. And as long ago as 1998 the final minutes of Herbie appeared in Robert Winston's The Human Body, although, because the producers were vague about whether we were actually witnessing the threshold breaths, that programme suffered less controversy.Even if the argument is that it is more controversial to screen euthanasia deaths than natural ones – because of the potential illegality and risk of imitation – Pratchett's Peter is not the first to die in this way on TV. In December 2008, the Sky Real Lives channel showed the elective medical death of Craig Ewert. So, if Monday's film does represent a broadcasting landmark, it's the first mercy killing to be televised in Britain on a channel not owned by Rupert Murdoch and, although the third death moment to be screened by the BBC, the first in which that moment is chosen by the patient.The main reason each televised death is treated as an unprecedented breach of taste is that the print media are deeply suspicious of TV both institutionally (rooted in the ancient fear that telly would kill Fleet Street 男のアシストの死を示すテリープラチェットのドキュメンタリーがきっかけ論争は末端の支援の死が表示されますが、テリープラチェットのドキュメンタリーが月曜日にBBC2のスクリーニング、死ぬことを選んだという事実についてTVThereの現在の多くの新聞大騒ぎの印刷メディアの不信。。u200b。。u200b感については実際には病気の患者は、スイスでDignitasクリニックでピーターと呼ばれる
- Unbeatable New-Car Lease Deals
The conventional wisdom for generations among those looking to get the most for their money has been to purchase a new car and hold onto it until it would cost more to repair than it was ultimately worth. However, a growing number of consumers are finding leasing a vehicle for a set term, rather than buying one outright, to be financially advantageous thanks to a perfect alignment of market forces. null, responseDetails: Suspected Terms of Service Abuse. Please see responseStatus: 40
- Global Warming Has Stopped: How to Fool People Using Cherry-Picked Climate Data
The current favorite argument of those who argue that climate changes isn’t happening, or a problem, or worth dealing with, is that global warming has stopped. Therefore (they conclude) scientists must be wrong when they say that climate change is caused by humans, worsening, and ultimately a serious environmental problem that must be addressed by policy makers. null, responseDetails: Suspected Terms of Service Abuse. Please see responseStatus: 40
- Robin Li, CEO Of China's Internet Search Giant Baidu, Talks About Training Staff
The following are selected public comments by Baidu CEO Robin Li, translated from Chinese, about how the big Chinese Internet search company cultivates and trains talent. Li topped the 2012 list of China?s best CEOs published today by Forbes China, the licensed Chinese-language edition of Forbes. Click here for the full list in English and here for a full report in Chinese.
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* How Baidu trains people
-- ?We?re in a very active industry. Smart young people can come into contact with the most advanced technology very quickly, and learn about the newest Internet technology. They can apply this new technology online instantly. Hundreds of millions of people can benefit. This kind of opportunity may not exist elsewhere. Yet in Baidu and in this industry, we have this benefit.?
-- ?In our office, our servers depreciate. Ultimately, what builds up value over time is every individual in the company.?
-- ?For a company like Baidu, the most important thing is to have a mechanism for training people. That?s to say, how can we guarantee this organization is able in a sustainable way to train capable people that fit into Baidu?s culture? At least one third of my time goes into training people.?
*How Baidu views its human resources
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- Greek party leader warns austerity threatens euro
The leader of Greece's radical left Syriza coalition is warning that austerity measures championed by German Chancellor Angela Merkel could ultimately bring down the eurozone as whole.Alexis Tsipras told reporters in Berlin that... null, responseDetails: Suspected Terms of Service Abuse. Please see responseStatus: 40
- The Relative NPS Trap: Why Philips Isn't Delighting Its Customers
The new bottom line of business is customer delight. If a firm isn’t delighting its customers, the prospects of its long-term survival in today’s highly competitive low-growth economy aren’t promising. Fortunately, as a result of almost three decades of research by Fred Reichheld and his colleagues at Bain, we have a robust methodology for measuring customer delight. It’s the Net Promoter Score discussed in the second edition of The Ultimate Question 2.0 published in September 2011. null, responseDetails: Suspected Terms of Service Abuse. Please see responseStatus: 40
- Shuttle Endeavour launches from Kennedy Space Centre - video
The penultimate mission of Nasa's space shuttle programme sees Endeavour carry supplies and a possibly revolutionary physics experiment to the International Space Station
NASAのスペースシャトルプログラムの終わりから二番目の使命は、エンデバー、国際宇宙ステーションに物資、おそらく革命的な物理実験を運ぶ見る
- Leading contender for cricket's top job says 'no'
The search for a new head of world cricket took a step backwards Saturday when leading candidate and respected New Zealand administrator John Anderson said he was not available.It is New Zealand and Australia's turn to nominate the next International Cricket Council (ICC) vice president and ultimately president and Anderson was considered a certainty after original nominee John Howard was rejected. 有力候補と尊敬のニュージーランドadministratorジョンアンダーソン氏はavailable.Itニュージーランド、オーストラリアのターン、次の国際クリケット評議会（ICC）の副社長兼指名にはいないと述べた際、世界cricketの新しいヘッドの検。土曜日ステップを後方にした元候補のジョンハワードは拒否された後、最終的に大統領とアンダーソンは確実と考えられた
- Value Of Sacramento Kings Is Now Up To David Stern
The value of the cash-strapped Sacramento Kings is ultimately going to be determined by National Basketball commissioner David Stern and the league's relocation committee. 資金繰りが苦しいサクラメントキングスの値は、最終的にはバスケットボールコミッショナーデビッドスターン、リーグの再配置の委員会で決定される予定です
- Love and other animals
The whiptail lizard has found a novel way to cope with lonelinessFor the female whiptail lizard, finding a mate can be impossible. Though she has all the right skills and equipment for a successful courtship – head bobs, mouth displays, attractive colouring – they do her little good. She tastes the air for male pheromones by flicking her forked tongue while scouring the barren landscape of the Sonoran Desert. The male population is so small, however, that there is almost no chance she will find any – making the female whiptail lizard the ultimate loner of the animal kingdom. Maybe there have been times in your life when you felt just as lonely as a whiptail.The desire to couple up, settle down and have children can be stifling. We are constantly reminded that nobody stays young or beautiful forever and that all the good ones are getting away. Who, at times, wouldn't feel desperate? Countless nights alone give rise to feelings of inadequacy, and so we rake internet dating sites in search of that special someone , filling up our schedules with dinners that seem to go nowhere.You ask your friends to try and to set you up, but connecting is tough and you begin to feel like there is nobody out there for you. Despite the great life you may have built, you begin to measure yourself not by what you are doing but by whom you are doing it with. The seemingly endless search for a significant other leaves you feeling utterly insignificant, and you wonder how whiptails survive at all.When the whiptail lizard cannot find a mate, she relies on herself, even for reproduction. Using parthenogenesis, she produces clones of herself. She will build a nest, lay her eggs, and her tiny duplicates will hatch two to three months later. Females have been reproducing this way for so lon null, responseDetails: Suspected Terms of Service Abuse. Please see responseStatus: 40
- A Six Point Plan For Putin Hydrocarbon Heaven
Things used to be easy for President Putin in the 2000s. Oil and gas was on the up, hitting historically nominal highs in 2008. In a world of ?petro-state paradise?, Russia was a key beneficiary. Serious upstream investment wasn?t needed to meet demand; the Kremlin could sweat assets, maintain production (and prices), all while playing politics with the energy sector to divide, and ultimately rule. A raft of Western oil majors got shanked, being chopped out production sharing agreements. It was literally a case of sit back and watch the petro-cash roll in. But this old ?Putin 1.0? formula will find things very difficult in an ?energy 2.0 future?. Things have changed, and radically so for Russia: If the President wants to survive - let alone prosper towards 2018 - he?s going to have to make fundamental energy changes. Six thoughts come to mind. null, responseDetails: Suspected Terms of Service Abuse. Please see responseStatus: 40
- VIDEO: Cartier CEO Talks Businesswomen & $120,000 In Funding Up For Grabs
This October, the 2011 Cartier Women’s Initiative Awards will bestow six female entrepreneurs with the ultimate small business start-up package: $20,000 of funding, one year of corporate coaching and networking opportunities galore. この10月、2011年カルティエレディースイニシアティブ賞は、究極のスモールビジネススタートアップパッケージで6女性起業家を授ける：20000ドルの資金調達、企業コーチングとネットワーキングの機会を豊富に一年
- Q&A: What is permafrost and how does it relate to climate change?
This Q&A is part of the Guardian's ultimate climate change FAQ• See all questions and answers• Read about the projectPermafrost is soil that has remained below 0C (32F) for more than two years. It occurs in regions where the summer warmth fails to penetrate the ground sufficiently to thaw the soil. These conditions prevail in high-latitude or high-mountain areas that cover roughly a quarter of the Earth's land surface – including Alaska, Canada and Siberia. The thickness of permafrost ranges from a few metres to many hundreds of metres, depending on the local climate.Due to climate change, soil temperatures are rising. This can be seen in long-term borehole measurements from different permafrost zones, which show a significant warming trend during the past 30 years. The permafrost layer is thinned by warming, and disappears entirely if the warming is sufficiently great and sustained.In the near term, thawing permafrost can cause serious local problems – such as damaging or buildings and other infrastructure – but the larger concern around permafrost thaw relates to greenhouse gas emissions.Permafrost soils are extremely rich in organic carbon. According to one estimate they contain about 1700 billion tonnes of it – about twice the total amount of carbon currently in the atmosphere. When the soil remains deep-frozen, the carbon is largely inert, but when the permafrost thaws, the decomposition of organic matter through microbial activity increases sharply – with the consequence that large amounts of carbon will eventually get respired into the atmosphere as CO2 and (to a lesser extent) methane.This is an example of a positive feedback loop, because the greenhouse gases released by the thawing permafrost will exacerbate the warming, leading to more permafrost thawing, mor null, responseDetails: Suspected Terms of Service Abuse. Please see responseStatus: 40
- The 10 best foods named after people - in pictures
This has to be the ultimate personal accolade, surely?William Skidelsky
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- Broken Promises Haunt Investors Throughout The Year
This is about the time of year that I see investors breaking the New Year’s resolutions they formulated in October or September and committed to with solemnity in December. These are the worst kind of broken promises because, ultimately, the person you are hurting most is yourself. Below, the most common breaches and some things you can do about them. null, responseDetails: Suspected Terms of Service Abuse. Please see responseStatus: 40
- A Saudi Oil Supply Disruption-The Ultimate Marketing Crisis Scenario
This morning, I had a very revealing conversation with Vance Scott, a Partner at A.T. Kearney who leads the Energy and Chemicals Practice in the Americas. What might a marketing strategist have to discuss with an oil analyst, you ask? These days: lots - because 2011 is shaping up to [...] 今朝、私はバンススコット、アメリカのエネルギーや化学物質の練習をリードしてATカーニーのパートナーと非常に露出会話をしていた
- BOOK REVIEW : US rattled by Vietnam War skeletons
This wave of Vietnam War literature features the familiar grunt prose, patrol drama and punji pits, alongside a new, ultimately inadequate attempt to empathize with the formerly faceless enemy. Yet exploration of the gaping holes left in Vietnamese families by the countless still missing does suggest soul-searching, while guilt over the thousands forced into prostitution recognizes that lives were not only destroyed by bombs and bullets. - Nick Turse (Jul 29, '11) _NULL_
- Ultimate Leaders
This week marks the 10th anniversary of one of the most dramatic and tragic events in history. We still mourn the loss of parents, children, friends, colleagues, and complete strangers. As I listen to new stories about how people reacted in the face of such an unexpected and monstrous tragedy I think of what exceptional examples they provide of leadership in action. Leadership in action from people who decided to take matters into their own hands, help others, raise hope… Some call them heroes, I call them “ultimate leaders”–but, ironically, they usually say they just did what anybody else would have done. _NULL_
- Training halts as launchers lose faith in dogma
To the officers burdened with the ultimate responsibility of launching America's nuclear missiles it was known as the ''Jesus loves nukes'' lesson. 。。u0026#39;。。u0026#39;イエスは核兵器。。u0026#39;。。u0026#39;レッスンを愛するようにそれが知られていたアメリカの核ミサイルを発射する最終責任を負。役員に
- Anna Nicole Smith: boyfriend and psychiatrist convicted for drugs conspiracy
Two men found guilty of conspiring to give former Playboy model excessive amounts of prescription drugsThe boyfriend and psychiatrist of the late Playboy model Anna Nicole Smith have been found guilty of conspiring to give her excessive amounts of painkillers, antidepressants and other prescription drugs.Smith's former boyfriend and lawyer Howard K. Stern was convicted by a Los Angeles jury yesterday of giving false names and acting by fraud to obtain prescriptions. He was acquitted of other charges.Her former psychiatrist Khristine Eroshevich was convicted of conspiracy and unlawfully prescribing Vicodin by fraud.A second doctor, Sandeep Kapoor, was acquitted on all charges.The trio had all pleaded not guilty to multiple charges of fraudulently providing drugs and controlled substances to a known addict. The former topless model died of an accidental overdose in 2007 aged 39.The prescriptions were issued between June 2004 and January 2007, just weeks before Smith's death.When she died, investigators found more than 600 pills – including about 450 muscle relaxants – were missing from prescriptions that were no more than five weeks old. Ultimately, it was a syrup, the powerful sleeping aid chloral hydrate, that was blamed with tipping the balance in the toxic mix of drugs and causing her death.Stern and Eroshevich remain free pending a hearing on January 6 in which the defence can file a motion for a new trial.If the motion is denied, the judge can sentence both defendants, but it was not immediately clear how much prison time, if any, they could face.Smith was best known for having married the Texas oil tycoon J Howard Marshall II, who was 63 years her senior, in 1994. They met when she was 23 at Gigi's strip club in Houston where she worked as a dancer. After his death 二人の男は、元ボーイフレンドが鎮痛剤、抗うつ薬などの処方drugs.Smithは、女子の彼女の過剰な量を与えるために共謀の有罪判決をされている処方drugsTheの彼氏と後期プレイボーイのモデル、アンナニコルスミスさんの精神科医の元プレイボーイのモデル、過剰な量を与えるために共謀の有罪判決を弁護士ハワードKスターンは、偽名を与えて、処方箋を入手する詐。演。昨日ロサンゼルスの陪審員による有罪判決を受けた
- Collar-bomb suspect's fate in the hands of Clinton
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will ultimately decide if accused collar bomb suspect Paul Douglas Peters is extradited to Australia, US prosecutors told a Kentucky judge.Peters is locked up in Oldham County Jail ahead of... 告発された。爆。容疑者ポールダグラスピーターがオーストラリアに送還されている場合、米国のヒラリークリントン国務長官が最終的に決定される、米連邦検察当局は、ケンタッキー州judge.Petersが先のオールドハムカウンティー刑務所でロックされているだけれど...
- Ben Way: The Rise, Fall, and Rebirth of an Entrepreneur
Video Ben Way, one of the first dot com entrepreneurs raised 33 million dollars by the time he was 17 and lost it all when he was 21. Throughout his life he has done everything from advising the US government to owning a bar on the beach in Thailand. Ben is the ultimate big thinker, null, responseDetails: Suspected Terms of Service Abuse. Please see responseStatus: 40
- Chinese policeman in Neil Heywood murder case quits parliament
Wang Lijun, who accused politician's wife of killing Briton, may face treason charges after resigning government positionA Chinese policeman who accused the wife of a leading politician of murdering the British businessman, Neil Heywood, has resigned as a member of China's parliament.The resignation of Wang Lijun, who is believed to be under arrest, could clear the way for charges of treason to be made against him.The former Chongqing police chief briefly took refuge in the US consulate in Chengdu in February, a step that ultimately led to the ousting of Chongqing's former leader Bo Xilai from the top ranks of the Communist party and sparked uncertainty ahead of a critical leadership handover.The official Xinhua news agency said that on 26 June Chongqing authorities had accepted Wang's resignation as a deputy to the country's parliament. The report provided no other details, but the act removes Wang's immunity from prosecution as a member of parliament.Chongqing officials acknowledged in early March that Wang had been taken away by state security officials, and that the central government was leading an investigation. A report in the South China Morning Post last month said he could face charges of treason.Bo is under investigation for violating party discipline and was suspended from the politburo in April after the allegations regarding his wife's involvement in Heywood's death.The removal of Bo, who had aspired to one of the top leadership seats at the five-yearly congress happening later this year, has opened the way for fresh jockeying among rival candidates and disrupted what is usually a carefully choreographed political process.ChinaNeil HeywoodAsia PacificBo Xilaiguardian.co.uk © 2012 Guardian News and Media Limited or its affiliated companies. All rights null, responseDetails: Suspected Terms of Service Abuse. Please see responseStatus: 40
- U.S. Voters Are The Ultimate Super Committee
We’re all watching with increasing dismay the spectacle of our government trying but failing to go about its business. In Washington, leaders on both sides of the aisle wring their hands and point fingers at one another, attempting to place blame for the fact that nothing is getting done. Meanwhile, the country is held hostage to the battle of the brands. null, responseDetails: Suspected Terms of Service Abuse. Please see responseStatus: 40
- Will Coursekit Launch Up-End Blackboard?
Wharton dropout Joseph Cohen just launched Coursekit -- the ultimate disrupter of academic course software, Blackboard (Providence Equity Partners bought it last month for $1.64 billion.) After all, Cohen plans to sell Coursekit to professors instead of letting university IT departments slow him down. null, responseDetails: Suspected Terms of Service Abuse. Please see responseStatus: 40
- Nuclear Shaken but Still Standing after Fukushima
When the Fukushima Daiichi facility crumbled a year ago, many were left wondering whether the nuclear sector would ultimately stay standing. Although the industry is shaken, much of the global community remains resilient and is determined to cross cultural barriers to enact sound safety protocols. null, responseDetails: Suspected Terms of Service Abuse. Please see responseStatus: 40
- Trend of women marrying up social ladder becoming rarer
When the middle-class daughter of former flight attendants who counts miners among her ancestors married the second in line to the throne last year, it was hailed as the ultimate breaking down of social class barriers.Yet Kate Middleton's... null, responseDetails: Suspected Terms of Service Abuse. Please see responseStatus: 40
- Who's profiting from the Occupy Wall Street Movement
Whether OWS will ultimately have an impact on the issue of income inequality is hard to say. But one thing it has already achieved is to awaken in people to the power of movements. I believe many who’ve watched what transpired in Zucotti Park can’t help wondering, How can I be part of something like that? Or, Could I possibly help start something like that, based around an issue that matters deeply to me? null, responseDetails: Suspected Terms of Service Abuse. Please see responseStatus: 40
- Women's health is more than an economic issue | Jayati Ghosh
While higher income levels mean countries have more money to improve women's health, ultimately it comes down to how governments decide to spend the moneyWe know that economic growth and human development do not always go hand in hand, as evidenced by the very different position of countries in per capita GDP rankings compared with human development rankings. But the link between health conditions and economic growth is usually thought to be stronger.Rising per capita incomes typically involve an improvement in food and nutrition levels among the poor, which is obviously an essential precondition for better health. Increasing national income also puts more absolute resources in the hands of governments to spend on essential public health. Even if the proportion of public health spending to GDP remains unchanged, rising per capita GDP means rising per capita public spending on health. Governments may even increase their health expenditure as a share of GDP.All this can mean greater spread and better quality of basic public health services. It can also allow governments to spend on infrastructure that has a direct bearing on health, such as better housing, transport, safe drinking water and sanitation.Such public spending has the most critical effect on the health of women and girls, who are less likely to access healthcare if it is paid for out of the household budget.So it is reasonable to expect a positive association between economic growth and female health. In particular, infant and maternal mortality rates should improve more quickly in countries where per capita incomes are growing faster.So why, then, does this not always happen?Let's consider the most dynamic region of the world, Asia, where many countries have experienced significant increases in per capita inc null, responseDetails: Suspected Terms of Service Abuse. Please see responseStatus: 40
- The 2012 Election Remains A Tossup
With Mitt Romney now holding more than twice the delegates of any of his primary opponents – having picked up 39 new delegates this weekend with his wins in the Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, U.S. Virgin Islands and Wyoming this weekend – it is becoming increasingly clear that barring some extraordinary turn of events, the ultimate GOP nominee will be Mitt Romney. null, responseDetails: Suspected Terms of Service Abuse. Please see responseStatus: 40
- Waiting for Superman: NBA Billionaires Battle Over Dwight Howard
With the NBA trade deadline only hours away, the NBA’s best big man, Orlando Magic center Dwight Howard, is the biggest commodity on the market. So it’s only fitting that two of league’s most flamboyant billionaires— Mikhail Prokhorov of the New Jersey Nets and Mark Cuban of the Dallas Mavericks—are the major contenders for his services. And a third billionaire, Orlando owner Richard DeVos, may decide where Howard ultimately ends up. null, responseDetails: Suspected Terms of Service Abuse. Please see responseStatus: 40
- Google Launches The Ultimate Jobs Killer
Yesterday I wasted four and a half hours of my time. 昨日私は私の時間の4年半の時間を無駄にした
- Search on for the ultimate Chinese cartoon
Yu Peixia is on a mission to keep China's kids glued to the tube, as long as they are watching homegrown cartoon television shows.
ゆうPeixiaは、中国の子供たちがいる限り、彼らは国産アニメのテレビ番組を見ているように、チューブに釘付けにすることを使命しています
- How Do You Change Your Company's Culture? Spark A Movement
“Culture” is the hot buzzword in business these days, and with good reason. Many business leaders are coming to realize that if a company’s internal culture isn’t healthy—if it isn’t focused on the right values and goals, and if it isn’t behaving in the right way—then ultimately, that will become apparent to the outside world. It may leak out via dispirited employees writing tell-all op-ed pieces, as Goldman Sachs’ Greg Smith did. But even if something dramatic like that doesn’t happen, over time a dysfunctional corporate culture is likely to affect everything from your company’s performance to the way your brand is perceived. As Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz recently said, “The value of your company is driven by your company’s values.”
I think most of us who are running businesses understand this, but what’s perhaps less clear is: How do you give your company culture the occasional boost—or in some cases, the extreme makeover—that may be needed from time to time, to ensure that people are sharing the same values, the same mission? How do you renew that sense of “we’re all moving in the same direction, together?”
Mission statements don’t necessarily get the job done; at a certain point a mission statement is just words on paper. Likewise, company leaders may issue memos or give rousing speeches to the troops, and that’s effective up to a point—but it’s still more words than action.
I’ve come to believe that the best way to rejuvenate a company culture is to give people inside that company a fresh idea or driving principle they can embrace, rally around, and act upon. It has to be more than words, though—it has to feel more substantial, more engaging, more revolutionary than that. In short: You need to launch a “movement” within your own company _NULL_
- French business daily gives up on print
La Tribune, the troubled French financial newspaper founded in 1985, has ceased daily newsprint publication.Its new owners, France Economie Régions and Hi-Média, say it will print a weekly issue from 6 April and publish daily news on its website.La Tribune, which had a circulation of about 75,000, was formerly owned by LVMH, which owns the rival business daily Les Echos, having acquired it in 2007 from Pearson (ultimate owner of the Financial Times). The cover of La Tribune's farewell daily issue on Monday depicted the front page going up in flames.Source: WWDMedia downturnFranceNewspapers & magazinesNewspapersPearsonFinancial TimesMedia businessRoy Greensladeguardian.co.uk © 2012 Guardian News and Media Limited or its affiliated companies. All rights reserved. | Use of this content is subject to our Terms & Conditions | More Feeds
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- San Diego Padres Sale To Offer Sharp Contrast To Dodgers
John Moores, who announced yesterday his Major League Baseball team is for sale, must really be ticked off. If he isn't now, he most certainly will be soon, once he fully realizes how the sale of his team, ultimately controlled by baseball, will yield a much smaller premium than the sale of the Los Angeles Dodgers, which was controlled by outgoing owner Frank McCourt and his investment bank, Blackstone Group. null, responseDetails: Suspected Terms of Service Abuse. Please see responseStatus: 40
- Here Are The Banks That Lost The Most Under The Durbin Amendment
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- Fur sales banned in California district
West Hollywood, a municipality within Los Angeles, enacts ban, ruling animals are killed inhumanely for their peltsPutting animal rights over fashion imperatives and its own vibrant shopping scene, West Hollywood's leaders have given final approval to a first ban in the United States on the sale of fur clothing within city limits.The five-member city council of the municipality wedged between Beverly Hills and Hollywood voted 3-1 with one abstention early on Tuesday to approve the ordinance, said city councilman John Heilman, who voted no.The ban was tentatively adopted by the council on 20 September and had been expected to gain an easy enactment two weeks later.But it ran into stiff opposition from the local chamber of commerce and the fur industry, whose main trade group, the Fur Information Council of America, happens to be based in West Hollywood.Opponents say nearly half of the 200 apparel shops in the town sell at least some fur items, and that merchandise made with animal pelts is estimated to account for up to $2m (£1.2m) in revenues for those businesses each year.But the city's political establishment ultimately embraced the ban, won over by supporters' arguments that furs are produced from animals that are inhumanely killed for their pelts.However, the date the measure will take effect was pushed back to 21 September, 2013, from the original 30 June, 2012, in part because city officials want to conduct their own study on how the ordinance will affect businesses, Heilman said.CaliforniaAnimal welfareUnited Statesguardian.co.uk © 2011 Guardian News and Media Limited or its affiliated companies. All rights reserved. | Use of this content is subject to our Terms & Conditions | More Feeds
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- Margaret Pool obituary
My grandmother, Margaret Pool, who has died aged 88, joined the services in 1941 and worked as a listener in Y-stations, intercepting messages as part of the Enigma project. Margaret (or Meg) was one of the people on duty the night a coded message was intercepted that ultimately led to the sinking of the German warship Bismarck. Having signed the Official Secrets Act, she told no one of her activities during the war (not even her husband) until many years later.Born Margaret Conlon in Newcastle upon Tyne, she was a premature baby and not expected to survive. Margaret and her siblings spent most of their childhood separated from one another: her younger sister, Dorothy, was adopted, and Margaret lived apart from her elder sister, Sally.Four of her brothers went to the Fairbridge Farm school in British Columbia, Canada; Margaret should have joined them, but she failed her medical during the application.After the war, Margaret married Victor Pool and devoted her life to him and her daughters, Victoria, Heather and Rosalind. She would have made a fine journalist or poet if times or circumstances had been different. She wrote for local magazines and made up silly poems and songs to entertain us as children. A devout Roman Catholic, she welcomed all to her home and would invite strangers in to shelter from the rain.Margaret played a pivotal role in keeping her siblings connected. Aged 70, she was reunited with Dorothy and their bond remained strong until Dorothy's death in 2007. Margaret is survived by her daughters, six grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.Second world warCatholicismguardian.co.uk © 2011 Guardian News and Media Limited or its affiliated companies. All rights reserved. | Use of this content is subject to our Terms & Conditions | More Feeds
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- Greek bank withdrawals set alarm bells ringing
The increasing rate of Greek bank withdrawals explains the growing calls for a pan-European banking systemTo understand all the fuss about a potential Greek exit from the eurozone, think about the impact that it would have the banking system alone. Some €44bn (£35bn) of bank deposits have been already withdrawn from the country's banks between April 2011 and 2012 and the fear was that this trend would accelerate after Sunday's elections.The outcome of the elections - and the chance that the pro-bailout, pro-European New Democracy party will be able to form a government - may have taken the pressure off bank deposits for now. Speculation about a Greece exit from the eurozone - which would cut the value of deposits inside bank accounts as the currency devalues - is fading for now. But this chart, produced by Royal Bank of Scotland analysts, shows just how serious the situation has already become.It also explains why there is talk of a need for a pan-European banking system. While deposits of €100,000 are guaranteed across the eurozone it is the banking systems within each country (and ultimately the sovereign) that maintains the guarantee. So, if there are concerns about the strength of banks in one country in the eurozone it is relatively easy for a customer to move their money to a bank in another country that they consider to be stronger than their own.If deposits were guaranteed centrally, the urge to move money should disappear and is one of the reasons why there are now talks about the need for a pan-European banking system to stabilise the eurozone. But our correspondent in Brussels notes, this is some way off from being agreed - and means that the data on outflows from banking systems around the eurozone will continue to be scrutinised.GreeceEuropeEurozone crisisE null, responseDetails: Suspected Terms of Service Abuse. Please see responseStatus: 40
- Sale of $63m vase in limbo after buyer refuses to pay
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- Bangladesh struggle in Pakistan Test
Bangladesh, trailing by 132 runs, were struggling at 114-5 in their second innings at stumps on the penultimate day of the second and final Test against Pakistan in Dhaka on Tuesday.Bangladeshi left-arm spinner Shakib Al Hasan finished with 6-82 as Pakistan were bowled out for 470 in their first innings before tea in reply to the hosts' 338.Shakib, who smashed a career-best 144 in the first innings, became the first Bangladeshi to score a century and take five or more wickets in a Test.Brief scores:Bangladesh 338 and 114-5; Pakistan 470 null, responseDetails: Suspected Terms of Service Abuse. Please see responseStatus: 40
- Ex-Dodgers Exec Fred Claire Hopes To Bring Team Back To Glory As Owner
When Frank McCourt decided that enough was enough and reached a settlement with MLB to sell the Los Angeles Dodgers, immediately attention shifted from McCourt to who the new owners might be. One name that surfaced quickly was Fred Claire, who spent more than 30 years with the organization, advancing from publicity director to vice president of public relations and ultimately to the position of executive vice-president. He was general manager of the club from 1987-98, a tenure that included the Dodgers' last World Series victory in 1988. null, responseDetails: Suspected Terms of Service Abuse. Please see responseStatus: 40
- Celebrity 100: 10 Rising Stars To Watch
Every year when we start to work on the Celebrity 100, there are up-and-comers who we hope will make the list. Competing against the likes of Johnny Depp and Oprah Winfrey, many ultimately don't. Here are 10 of the celebrities who didn't make it this year but who we think you should be keeping an eye on. null, responseDetails: Suspected Terms of Service Abuse. Please see responseStatus: 40
- The Ultimate Test Of Your Great New Idea
Most new businesses don?t live see to their fifth birthdays. The reasons are myriad, and you can avoid many of them by asking these 23 important questions. null, responseDetails: Suspected Terms of Service Abuse. Please see responseStatus: 40
- Biggest S&P 500 Loser Ryder Shows The Economy Is Going Nowhere
The economy is slowing, we all know that. Friday?s worst performer on the S&P 500, Ryder System, illustrates the trend, in part explaining why Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke decided to continue stimulating the economy monetarily. Ryder is facing lower than expected demand, forcing it to cut its full year guidance, which ultimately sent its stock down more than 13%. Ryder?s not alone, other companies like Procter & Gamble, Bed Bath & Beyond, FedEx, and even Starbucks are suffering the slowdown, both domestic and international. null, responseDetails: Suspected Terms of Service Abuse. Please see responseStatus: 40
- Ruling By Judge Could Reduce Sale Price Of Dodgers By $300 Million
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- Italy: Berlusconi at bay | Editorial
One way to grasp the difference between the Italian and Greek situations is to imagine that by some miracle Italy and Greece could exchange their prime ministersOne way to grasp the difference between the Italian and Greek situations is to imagine that by some miracle Italy and Greece could exchange their prime ministers. The essence of the Greek crisis has been that a patently trustworthy, able and serious man found himself suddenly in charge of a deeply compromised economy but could not muster the resources or the support to deal with it. The essence of the Italian crisis is that a man whom nobody has fully trusted for years was in charge of an economy with both manifest strengths and some obvious but not crippling faults.George Papandreou's departure from office will weaken Greece, but Silvio Berlusconi's fall, assuming it now occurs, will strengthen Italy. The rates on Italian debt, after all, went down on rumours of Berlusconi's resignation, and then up again when he initially rebutted them. When he confirmed that he would quit once his budget has been approved later this month, the euro quickly rallied against the dollar.There can be no clearer indication that in Italy it is the man who is the immediate problem and not the country, whereas in Greece it has been the other way round. Italy's difficulties ultimately stem from one of the great lost opportunities of recent European history. When Italy's political system collapsed in the early 90s after investigative magistrates revealed the corrupt practices – including accommodations with the mafia – which had kept it going during the cold war years, there was a moment when there could have been a genuine new beginning.A cleaner politics and a more responsible politics seemed to beckon. Europe expected it. Itali null, responseDetails: Suspected Terms of Service Abuse. Please see responseStatus: 40
- Missing Recipes Become The Ultimate Small Business Nightmare
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- Weetabix to China? We must be in decline… | Hephzibah Anderson
It is our very own breakfast icon. Or rather, it was until the Chinese gobbled it upYou needn't hike to Woo-woo land and start buying into auras and chakras to concede that there are such things as bright foods. I'm thinking foods with nutritional zing or visual zip – acai berries, iced buns, or maybe just those MSG-laden leftovers from last night's takeaway. What I'm not thinking is Weetabix. And yet, thanks to a deal worth £1.2bn, that quintessentially British breakfast cereal, so evocative of murky, drizzle-drenched mornings, is now owned largely by China's Bright Food Group Co.As Dr John Harvey Kellogg well knew, breakfast is never just breakfast. Those golden flakes that tumble from the box with such crisp promise only to wilt in the milk were part of the Seventh-day Adventist's lust-reducing plan, a plan that entailed not only eliminating booze and caffeine, cigarettes and waltzing, but stripping his diet of all things sweet and spicy, too. (Good job he's not around to sample the queasy delights of wasabi chocolate.)Likewise, Weetabix stands for much more than the cereal that's always to be found lurking at the back of an otherwise bare cupboard. It is the ultimate comfort food, its texture – its very taste – recalling nothing so strongly as baby food. In fact, many of us were weaned on the stuff. Moreover, it seems to hark back to a chapter in British culinary history that we're far enough removed from to feel nostalgic for, a time when it was always Spam sandwiches for tea. We Brits love an underdog, and as a Savoy chef once pointed out, Weetabix even looks a little like dog biscuits. There's also this: while being relatively low in sugar, salt and fat, it tastes pretty good. No wonder Nigella chucked it in a recipe for brownies.In short, it is our very own brea null, responseDetails: Suspected Terms of Service Abuse. Please see responseStatus: 40
- Jill on Money: Real estate, risk, retirement
On this week's radio show, we tackle the ultimate investment question: risk vs. reward
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- Unions do not labor in vain in Wisconsin | Paul Harris
The oft-derided US union movement has proved it can still mobilise to win a recall election of Governor Scott WalkerNot surprisingly, all eyes in American politics are fixed on the Republican primary in South Carolina. That is where the party is mulling one last chance to have a conservative fling before marrying the more moderate Mitt Romney.But in fact, some of the most dramatic and important events in US politics are happening a long way from the Palmetto State up in the frozen woods and small towns of Wisconsin. Far from showing a resurgent right wing typified by both the race-tinged rage of Newt Gingrich and the corporate super-confidence of Romney, it actually reveals hope for the American left.For Democrats in Wisconsin seem to have dramatically succeeded in their bid to subject Wisconsin's Republican Governor Scott Walker to a recall election. This week, in a spectacle of successful leftist organising, activist after activist marched past cheering crowds carrying boxes full of signatures into the Government Accountability Board headquarters in Madison demanding Walker be subjected to a fresh election. The law required that they get 540,000 names; they presented more than 1 million signatures (weighing 1.5 tons) – and, just to prove a point, also included enough to force a recall for four Republican state senators and the lieutenant governor, too. To give a sense of the scale of the effort and the resulting threat to Walker's grip on the state, the number of signatures now collected against Walker is about a third of the total number of registered voters in the entire state (3.3 million).Nor is this just colourful local politics. Walker is a national hero for the Republican party, especially among Tea Party supporters. Last year, Walker's ultimately successful fi null, responseDetails: Suspected Terms of Service Abuse. Please see responseStatus: 40
- Renewed Greek Jitters Weigh on Stocks
U.S. stock futures are slightly lower Thursday morning amid renewed uncertainty about the Greek bailout. The on again, off again negotiations regarding austerity measures and financial reforms still haven't produced a result that European finance ministers are happy with. The euro fell below the $1.30 level versus the dollar overnight as some expect Greece ultimately to exit the euro zone. null, responseDetails: Suspected Terms of Service Abuse. Please see responseStatus: 40
- Chanel turns gloom to glamour at Paris fashion week – with Superman's help
Karl Lagerfeld evokes extraterrestrial Fortress of Solitude for dark, moody collection that reflected fashion's current torporA month of catwalk shows will draw to an end in Paris with no happy ending in sight. The vacancy at Dior remains unfilled, while the designers Raf Simons and Stefano Pilati, handed their P45s under the glaring spotlight of catwalk season, have been forced to take their final bows under a crossfire of rumour and denial.Such was the backstory to the Chanel show, which brought the fashion industry to the Grand Palais on the penultimate day of Paris fashion week. Six weeks ago, designer Karl Lagerfeld turned part of this building into a plane interior, complete with an above-the-clouds view projected beyond the rows of small oval windows, for the set of his Chanel Couture show.This time, Lagerfeld transformed the domed glass building into the Fortress of Solitude, the sparkling crystalline lair of Superman. The floor was thickly covered with glinting white-grey sand. Polished matchstick slivers of amethyst and smokey quartz, tall and angular as catwalk models, were arranged in chic piles between the benches.In pride of place on the front row was Katy Perry, sporting the exact bluebottle hair shade of the cartoon Lois Lane. Was Karl Lagerfeld about to save Planet Fashion?But heroes, it seems, are rather last season; right now, fashion is all about the bad guys. This was a dark, moody Chanel collection that made no attempt to lift the brooding gloom that has engulfed the catwalk shows. Why cheer people up when brooding can be so glamorous?The breakout stars of the Chanel catwalk were the gem-encrusted eyebrows – handmade for the show by the legendary Parisian embroidery house of Lesage – that served to make the models look both fed up and spectacular. null, responseDetails: Suspected Terms of Service Abuse. Please see responseStatus: 40
- Angeloライブ 9/23名古屋ＥＬＬ
angeloツアー2010「underground infection」
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- Greening The Surf Industry
Surfing would seem to be the ultimate environmentally friendly industry, what with its nature-boy image and surfers’ passion for keeping the ocean and beaches clean and green. Making surfboards, though, is a rather dirty business. Most surfboards are shaped from slabs of polyurethane and use some nasty resins. Polyurethane waste and サーフィンは何その性質上、少年のイメージと海と砂浜がきれいで緑の維持のためのサーファー。。u0026quot;情熱を持って、究極の環境にやさしい産業であると思われる
- LeBron James Sets Sites On Asia With Liverpool Deal
NBA superstar LeBron James is joining forces with Fenway Sports Group in a deal which will give James a minority stake in soccer club Liverpool. The agreement, first reported by the Wall Street Journal, helps James in his desire to be a "global icon" and ultimately a billionaire which the Miami Heat guard has set his sites on. NBAのスーパースターレブロンジェームズは、ジェームズにサッカークラブがリバプールの少数株式を与える契約のフェンウェイスポーツグループと力を合わせています
- Is The Bible The Ultimate Financial Guide?
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- Kodak: why the moment has passed
Just as the music industry was rocked by the world of downloads after the launch of the CD, Kodak fell foul of new technologyThe news that Kodak filed for Chapter 11 is rather like hearing about the death of a much-loved elderly relative. You've known for ages it was going to happen, but it's still a shock when it finally does.Kodak has teetered on the brink of collapse for the best part of a decade. Despite the continuous optimism of CEO, Antonio Perez, the numbers simply never stacked up.Its new digital businesses kept growing, but didn't make any money. The old film business remained profitable, but shrank: shifting from consumers to professionals to diehards.Every so often, they would get a surge in revenue from some patents and everything would look a bit better, but this was only ever a temporary reprieve.At its heart, this was a business that had lost its previously formidable ability to generate cash, and that has ultimately lead to this latest news.Kodak's success was based on a business model of genius. They sold film, they sold the chemicals you used to develop the film and then they sold the paper that the photographs from the film were then printed out on.People often talk about the genius of the Gillette model where you sell cheap razors and charge a premium for the blades. But Kodak's model was better than that. Everything was premium. And thanks to great marketing, they managed that rare mix of being both profitable and much loved.The problem is that it was just too good; and as a result the phrase victim of its own success could have been created to describe Kodak.They got big and bureaucratic. When they needed to be moving faster, they got slower. When they needed to be radical, they were conservative.As a result, when digital technology challenged the _NULL_
- US airlines that flew into safety of Chapter 11
American Airlines has joined top names in civil aviation history TWA, Pan Am and Eastern Airlines to fly into Chapter 11American Airlines' rivals Continental, United Airlines and Delta have all declared Chapter 11 and emerged as profitable, going concerns. But not all of US carriers have been so lucky and some of the most glorious names in civil aviation history have had their wings permanently clipped by bankruptcy.Pan AmThe pioneer of a new era of travel Pan Am was the largest international carrier in the US from 1927 until its collapse on 4 December 1991. The 1970s fuel crisis burned through Pan AM's profits and it was all downhill from there. When the first Gulf War drove up oil prices, Pan Am was grounded.Trans World AirlinesOnce Pan Am's fierce rival TWA was founded in 1925 and had the backing of aviation legends Charles Lindbergh and Jack Frye and Howard Hughes, the ultimate reclusive billionaire. By the 1990s TWA was looking behind the times. Deregulation had brought more competition. The airline passed on cargo flight and the lucrative trans-Pacific market. Costs were cut but problems piled up. In 1996 TWA Flight 800 exploded killing all passengers. In 2001 TWA declared bankruptcy for the third time and was taken over by AMR, owner of American Airlines.Eastern AirlinesMiami-based Eastern was once owned by World War I flying ace Eddie Rickenbacker and was one of the major domestic players with a reputation fro quality service. Eastern planes flew hourly whether they were empty or full. In the event of a full flight, Eastern added another aircraft. By the 1980s it was losing money to no-frills competitors, fierce cost cutting ensued and in 1987 the firm was hit with a then record fine for safety violations. What followed was strikes, mass layoffs and bankruptcy. null, responseDetails: Suspected Terms of Service Abuse. Please see responseStatus: 40
- What Does Bringing The Brooklyn Dodgers Back Have To Do With Social Media? (Part 1)
I've read a lot of marketing books. More than any human should ever be exposed to. Well ... except for Hitler. If I had a time machine, preferably a DeLorean, I'd go back in time, kidnap Hitler, and read marketing books to him. I know he ultimately blew his brains out, but I think it would have happened much sooner had I done that. 私はマーケティングの本をたくさん読みました
- Why Panasonic's Targeting Corporate America
Panasonic’s known in the U.S. for its electronics: Its video cameras, television sets, DVD players, phones and more. They’re mainly consumer products. Although, some companies such as Forbes use some of Panasonic’s audio and video equipment. But what it’s known for in Japan, where its headquarters is located, is its enterprise solutions, ranging from digital signage to security solutions. A year ago, it started making those services widely available to U.S. commercial customers through its newly formed Panasonic Enterprise Solutions, headed up by Jim Doyle. And as the company strives to reach its ultimate goal of 100-percent sustainability by 2018, which is the firm’s 100-year anniversary, it’s making a big push commercially for its energy solutions in particular. It’s marketing its lighting control systems, energy management systems and building management systems. Large customers include Infineon Raceway in Sonoma, CA, which hosts top racing events such as NASCAR and IndyCar. There it’s installed high-efficiency solar panels manufactured by Panasonic’s Sanyo division, which cover 41-percent of the raceway’s energy usage. Panasonic has also provided the raceway with a low-energy LED video board. And in terms of energy storage, Tesla is one of its key customers for its lithium ion batteries. They’re used in the company’s high-end electric vehicles. There are more than 6800 lithium ion batteries in each car. そのビデオカメラ、テレビ、DVDプレーヤー、携帯電話とより：パナソニックは、その電子機器のために米国で知られている
- Brazil: a new face in the Middle East | Nima Khorrami Assl
Brazil's attempt to portray itself as an enabler in the Middle East is a clear sign of its ambitions in global affairsDespite the worldwide economic downturn, Brazil's economic performance is the strongest in recent memory. Inflation is under target and international reserves stand at around $240bn (£155bn). This, in turn, has created a space for Brazilian diplomatic activity that reaches far wider than in the past.Partnerships with South Africa and India through the IBSA dialogue forum, a rising presence in Africa and the Middle East, and the strategic partnerships with China and the EU are all examples of Brazil's emergence on the international stage.The five-day tour of Israel, Palestine and Jordan by President Lula da Silva last March, Brazilian involvement in the Iranian nuclear controversy, and its recent decision to recognise a Palestinian state within the 1967 borders all point to a new Brazilian strategy aimed at being seen as a neutral player in the Middle East willing to talk to all sides.Although Brazil's efforts to find a Middle East role have been unsuccessful so far, its eagerness to become a key player in that region ought to be taken seriously. Brazil's attempt to portray itself as an enabler and hence a legitimate actor is a clear sign of its ambitions in global affairs and its ultimate claim that emerging powers should have a greater say in international politics.But what, exactly, underlies this new strategy? Is Brazil seeking to utilise the Middle East as a platform for challenging the current structure of global governance or is it merely trying to secure its ever increasing economic interests and needs? The most accurate answer, perhaps, is both – though it seems securing economic gains outweighs political considerations.A central theme in the dis 中東のイネーブラとしての地位を描写するために、ブラジルの試みは、グローバルaffairsDespiteその野望世界景気後退の明確な兆候は、ブラジルの経済パフォーマンスは、最近の記憶の中で最強です
- What is the Ultimate Ruggedized Mobile Device?
Analyst Kevin Benedict had a funny quip during a webinar on the future of enterprise mobility hosted by IT Toolbox on Thursday (and sponsored by my parent company, SAP). アナリストケビンベネディクトは、エンタープライズモビリティの将来に関するウェビナー中のIT（と私の親会社は、SAP主催）は木曜日にある[ツールボックスでホストされて面白い気の利いた言葉を持っていた
- Netanyahu Calls for Direct Talks with Abbas in New York
Israeli PM says Palestinian UN statehood bid will ultimately fail イスラエルのPMは、パレスチナの国連国家の地位の入札は、最終的に失敗だ
- FINRA Arbitrator Finds Merrill Lynch Defamed Former Broker
In a Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (?FINRA?) Arbitration Statement of Claim filed in January 2011, Claimant Cannava ultimately sought $68,117 in compensatory damages plus interest, attorneys? fees, costs, and the expungement of her Central Registration Depository record (?CRD?) as a result of alleged libel on her Form U5 (filed August 30, 2010) and for wrongful termination. In the Matter of the FINRA Arbitration Between Nicole Alise Cannava, Claimant, v. Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith Inc., Respondent. (FINRA Arbitration 11-00145, April 16, 2012). null, responseDetails: Suspected Terms of Service Abuse. Please see responseStatus: 40
- Claimants Fail to Deliver Their UPS FINRA Arbitration Against Citigroup
In a Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”) Arbitration Statement of Claim filed in April 2009, the Claimants alleged various causes of action including breach of fiduciary duty, suitability, fraud, negligence, and failure to supervise in connection with their purchase of UPS stock. Ultimately, Claimants sought at least $4.5 million in compensatory damages plus additional damages, costs, and fees. In the Matter of the FINRA Arbitration Between Cleveland Currie and Maria Currie, Claimants, vs. Citigroup Global Markets, Inc., Respondent (FINRA Arbitration 09-02155, May 26, 2011). 2009年4月に提出した債権の金融業界の規制機関（。。u0026quot;FINRA。。u0026quot;）仲裁のステートメントでは、請求者は、UPSの購入に関連して監督する信認義務、適合性、詐欺、過失、失敗の違反を含む行動の様々な原因を主張在庫あり
- The FNMA Suitability Test: If my aunt were a man, she'd be my uncle
In a Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”) Arbitration Statement of Claim filed in April 2010, Claimants ultimately sought $359,268.49 in compensatory damages, and additional punitive damages arising from their investments in Fannie Mae (“FNMA”) securities. In the Matter of the FINRA Arbitration Between James D. Brogden, Trustee of the Jim Brogden Revocable Living Trust and Frances L. Brogden, Trustee of the Lynn Brogden Revocable Living Trust, Claimants, v. Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated and Randall Wayne Slender, Respondents (FINRA Arbitration 10-01725, October 4, 2011). _NULL_
- Two Grave FINRA Arbitrations Involving Deceased Customers
In a Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”) Arbitration Statement of Claim filed in September 2010, public customer claimant Pihiak alleged that upon the death of her parents, Respondent Edward Jones failed to timely transfer her parents' account holdings. Accordingly, Claimant alleged negligence; breach of contract; and breach of fiduciary duty by Respondent. Claimant ultimately sought $24,920.90 in compensatory damages for the market losses sustained by the accounts during the period of transfer delay, plus $7,750 in attorneys’ fees. 2010年9月に提出されたクレームの金融産業規制局（。。u0026quot;FINRA。。u0026quot;）仲裁に関する声明では、公共の顧客原告Pihiakは彼女の両親の死によって、被告エドワードジョーンズのタイムリーな転送彼女の両親の口座の保有に失敗したと主張した
- Customer Settles Annuity Claim But Stockbroker Wins Expungement
In a Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”) Arbitration Statement of Claim filed in March 2011 and thereafter amended, among the claims asserted by the Claimant Weiss were breach of contract, unsuitability, and fraud arising in connection with his investments in several annuities. Claimant ultimately sought at least $75,000 in compensatory damages, rescissionary damages, disgorgement of Respondents' compensation, interest from the date of loss until payment of final judgment, punitive and/or exemplary damages, costs, expert and witness fees and administrative expenses. In the Matter of the FINRA Arbitration Between Michael Weiss, Claimant, vs. Nationwide Planning Associates Inc. and Keith Joseph Steidle, Respondents (FINRA Arbitration 11-01164, December 23, 2011). null, responseDetails: Suspected Terms of Service Abuse. Please see responseStatus: 40
- Charles Oberdorf obituary
I first met Charles Oberdorf, who has died aged 70 after suffering from emphysema, more than 30 years ago when we were both associate editors at Weekend Magazine in Toronto, Canada. A supplement distributed as part of various newspapers, the magazine was untypically cosmopolitan: the art director and his assistant were British while Charles was from Pennsylvania. He smoked heavily, seemed – even then – avuncular, and he twinkled.Charles was the eldest of four children of a Coca-Cola salesman and a housewife. He studied theatre at Carnegie Institute of Technology (now Carnegie Mellon University), Pittsburgh, and became a producer for an NBC affiliate in Philadelphia. He went to Canada in 1967 and was widely thought to be avoiding the draft. In fact he served with the National Guard, protecting the reserves at Fort Knox. He got a job on the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation's show This Hour Has Seven Days and then graduated to Take Thirty, presented by Adrienne Clarkson, who later became governor general of Canada.He moved into print, first as a travel editor, and then in the late 1970s as an editor at Weekend. When Weekend folded shortly afterwards, he became a freelancer, specialising in food and travel before serving as executive editor on City and Country Home and ultimately joining Ryerson University, Toronto, as a lecturer.Charles was good at teaching. He loved the job and his pupils, yet still found time to indulge in occasional forays into print, sometimes with his German wife, Mechtild Hoppenrath, whom he married in 1977. Together they wrote a guide to the best restaurants and hotels in Canada, entitled First-Class Canada.Although he gave up smoking in the early 1990s, Charles contracted emphysema about a decade ago. This did not apparently de _NULL_
- Gay teen shooting case ends in mistrial
At the outset, prosecutors presented it as an airtight case of murder: Californian teen Brandon McInerney, driven by homophobic rage, shot a gay classmate in the back of the head during a school class.But ultimately, after an eight-week... 、カリフォルニアのティーンブランドンマキナニー、同性愛嫌悪症の大流行によって駆動される、8週間後、最終的に学校のclass.But中に頭の後ろでゲイの同級生を撃った...：当初は、検察側は殺人の気密ケースとして提示
- Loeb in control of Rally of Catalunya
Newly-crowned world champion Sebastien Loeb will go into the final day of the Rally of Catalunya, the penultimate event of the world rally championship, on Sunday in pole position.Loeb, who wrapped up his seventh straight title in France earlier this month, led the standings after Saturday's six special stages, clocking 2hr 40min 01.9sec to remain 44.4sec ahead of Norway's Petter Solberg.Spain's Dani Sordo made it a good day for Citroen by finishing in third at 1:01.3, also in a C4. 新しく冠のワールドチャンピオン、セバスチャンローブが主導今月フランスで7回目の連覇を終えたポールposition.Loebでは、日曜日にカタルーニャラリー、世界ラリー選手権の終わりから二番目のイベント、、、最終日に行きます2時間40分01.9secのクロッキング土曜日の6つの特別なステージの後の順位は、先の44.4secのままにノルウェーのペターSolberg.SpainのダニソルドはC4でも、1:01.3で3番目に仕上げでシトロエンのために良い一日になりました
- Marie Colvin: 'Our mission is to report these horrors of war with accuracy and without prejudice'
Today it was confirmed that the war correspondent Marie Colvin has died in the Syrian city of Homs. In November 2010 she gave the following speech on the importance of war reportingYour Royal Highness, ladies and gentlemen, I am honoured and humbled to be speaking to you at this service tonight to remember the journalists and their support staff who gave their lives to report from the war zones of the 21st century. I have been a war correspondent for most of my professional life. It has always been a hard calling. But the need for frontline, objective reporting has never been more compelling.Covering a war means going to places torn by chaos, destruction and death, and trying to bear witness. It means trying to find the truth in a sandstorm of propaganda when armies, tribes or terrorists clash. And yes, it means taking risks, not just for yourself but often for the people who work closely with you.Despite all the videos you see from the Ministry of Defence or the Pentagon, and all the sanitised language describing smart bombs and pinpoint strikes, the scene on the ground has remained remarkably the same for hundreds of years. Craters. Burned houses. Mutilated bodies. Women weeping for children and husbands. Men for their wives, mothers children.Our mission is to report these horrors of war with accuracy and without prejudice. We always have to ask ourselves whether the level of risk is worth the story. What is bravery, and what is bravado?Journalists covering combat shoulder great responsibilities and face difficult choices. Sometimes they pay the ultimate price. Tonight we honour the 49 journalists and support staff who were killed bringing the news to our shores. We also remember journalists around the world who have been wounded, maimed or kidnapped and held hostage null, responseDetails: Suspected Terms of Service Abuse. Please see responseStatus: 40
- Whitney Houston's death expected to propel 27 of her singles into charts
Tracks including I Will Always Love You and I Wanna Dance with Somebody are expected to chart in the UK top 40Thanks in part to her well-documented struggles with drink and drugs, it has been some years since Whitney Houston had much impact on the British pop charts. But an outpouring of affection following the singer's sudden death looks set to propel as many as 27 of her singles into the charts this weekend, according to the Official Charts Company.Early sales figures suggest that seven of Houston's best-loved tracks, including I Will Always Love You, I Wanna Dance with Somebody, and My Love is Your Love, are expected to chart in the top 40, with a further 20 expected to feature in the top 200. Her greatest hits album is currently hovering at number six.The surge in sales echoed a trend seen following the recent deaths of Amy Winehouse and Michael Jackson, said Martin Talbot of the Official Charts Company.The singer's record company Sony Music came under fire after it emerged it had raised the price of Houston's greatest hits album The Ultimate Collection on Apple's iTunes store within minutes of the singer being pronounced dead, raising its price from £4.99 to £7.99 in the UK. The price later reverted to £4.99.Authorities in Los Angeles, where the singer was found dead in her hotel room on Saturday afternoon, have said she was found underwater in her bath and was apparently unconscious. She was pronounced dead shortly afterwards. It could be weeks, however, before the coroner's office completes toxicology tests to establish her cause of death.Houston's body has been returned to her home town of Newark, New Jersey, where her funeral will be held on Saturday in the church where she sang as a child.Houston was born in Newark and began singing as a child at the New Hope null, responseDetails: Suspected Terms of Service Abuse. Please see responseStatus: 40
- Amanda Knox appeals slander conviction in Meredith Kercher case
American student jailed but later cleared of Briton's murder in Italy says police made her wrongly implicate Patrick LumumbaAmanda Knox, the American woman cleared in October 2011 of murder by an Italian court, has asked an appeals court there to overturn her slander conviction as well.Knox family spokesman David Marriott said it was not immediately clear when the appeals court, based in Perugia, would consider that appeal or issue a ruling. He said the appeal was filed with the court on Monday morning by Italian lawyers for Knox, who remains in the US.The slander conviction stems from statements Knox made under police questioning in 2007 that falsely implicated bar owner Patrick Lumumba in the murder of her British housemate, Meredith Kercher. Knox, 24, later told the court she was pressured by police during a lengthy interrogation to accuse Lumumba. Lumumba was arrested in Kercher's murder and jailed for two weeks but ultimately cleared of involvement. He sued Knox for slander. An Italian court in October overturned Knox's 2009 conviction for murdering Kercher, 21, a brutal crime that prosecutors said was committed during a drug-fuelled sexual assault. Also cleared was Knox's boyfriend, Raffaele Sollecito, leaving Ivorian drifter Rudy Guede as the only person convicted in a killing that investigators believe was carried out by more than one person. Kercher's half-naked body was found with more than 40 stab wounds and a deep gash to the throat in the apartment she shared with Knox in Perugia. Knox, a former University of Washington student, is back living in Seattle where she has largely avoided the public eye.Amanda KnoxMeredith KercherRaffaele SollecitoUnited Statesguardian.co.uk © 2012 Guardian News and Media Limited or its affiliated companies. All rights rese null, responseDetails: Suspected Terms of Service Abuse. Please see responseStatus: 40
- 'The ultimate bat film': in the bat cave with Jeremy Deller – audio slideshow
Patrick Barkham joins artist Jeremy Deller in Texas as he works on his latest new project – a film about the bats at the Frio cave near ConcanJim PowellPatrick Barkham
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- Syria: bloodshed in Damascus | Editorial
The Arab spring is at a crossroads; if Assad falls and the country avoids civil war, the revolution may move eastwardsIt is an unseasonably gloomy thought, but nevertheless a true one: all the aspirations, the sacrifice and the triumphs of a momentous year of revolution and upheaval in the Arab world hinge ultimately on events taking place in Syria. The Arab spring is at a crossroads. If Bashar al-Assad's blood-stained regime falls, and the country stays in one piece and avoids a sectarian civil war, there is nothing to stop the revolution moving onwards and eastwards. The next stop could well be Iran, but none of the monarchies of the Gulf states are secure either. But if Syria disintegrates, it would quickly become a regional battlefield, fed by the rival interests of its neighbours – not unlike Iraq was in 2006 or Lebanon was during its civil war. And then the Arab spring would well and truly have come to a halt.On Friday a blood-strewn week reached its apogee with a twin bombing of security and intelligence buildings in Damascus, killing at least 40 and wounding 100. The regime pointed the finger at al-Qaida and the state news agency quoted analysts who included US, Israel and Europe in the list of the bomber's puppet-masters.The Free Syria Army denied involvement and voiced scepticism. Residents of the heavily guarded neighbourhood of Kfar Sousa noted that the streets had been cleared just before the bombings, that agents stationed near the building did nothing when the bombs detonated, and that the state media was extraordinarily quick off the mark with footage and graphic pictures of the atrocities. The bombings also occurred hours before protesters were due to demonstrate against the arrival of mistrusted delegates from the Arab League who are due to monito null, responseDetails: Suspected Terms of Service Abuse. Please see responseStatus: 40
- From the archive, 26 September 1975: Everest beaten - the hard way
Originally published in the Guardian on 26 September 1975Against all the odds, Chris Bonington's team has climbed the south-west face of Everest – 'the ultimate challenge', as he called it. It is one of the major feats of Himalayan mountaineering history. The team had faced an extremely demanding test because of the severe conditions on Everest in the autumn. Nobody was more acutely aware of the problems than Bonington himself, because his expedition was beaten back from 27,000ft up in 1972 by fierce winds and bitter cold.The men who went to the top were two of Britain's most experienced mountaineers, Doug Scott, a schoolteacher aged 33, from Nottingham, and Dougal Haston, a Scotsman of 32. They reached the top after a 10-hour climb and then, incredibly, survived a bivouac on the descent. This is the highest bivouac ever accomplished by climbers. It would have been like spending the night in a sheet sleeping-bag in a deep freeze, with the oxygen cut by two-thirds. This in itself is a physiological achievement of tremendous significance.The success of the climb stemmed from the strategy that Bonington and this team adopted. They knew they had to push up the route extremely rapidly to be able to tackle the difficult section high in the mountain before the winter storms gathered. No period of good weather seems to have been wasted, and they reached the rock band at 26,500ft in record time. The huge cliff that spans the face is the major obstacle of the route. Six expeditions have failed at this point. Bonington's men were determined to try and climb it by a new line, a steep and impressive gully on the left-hand side. In the event, this proved to be the key to success.Climbers throughout the world are hailing this climb as one of the most important ever achieved in the Him もともと9月26日1975Againstすべてのオッズでガーディアンに掲載された、クリスボニントンのチームはエベレストの南西面を上昇しています - 。。u0026quot;究極の挑戦を。。u0026quot;、彼がそれを呼んだ
- Is The Goal Of A Corporation To Make Money?
In the outpouring of comments on the two articles on the Ten Most Hated Jobs and The Ten Happiest Jobs was a continuing theme about the goal of a corporation. For many people, it seems as though the idea that the goal of corporation is to make money is one of the immutable truths of the universe. For instance, one reader wrote:
The top 10 hated jobs are about making money. The ultimate goal of any corporation is to make money. Money is generally made at the expense of some other corporation or in business speak: “taking someone else’s share” or “creating a need or want” in the market.
For the most part companies of today falsify what is “needed” or “wanted” in the market…(otherwise known as people). There is nothing ‘human’ about satisfying a ‘need’ that forces you to spend tons of dollars on wrinkle cream that really doesn’t work anyway. I believe that that is not helping anyone…in fact…it is lying to people to take away their money. There is no real connection when you start lying and make ‘money’ your God to pursue. But here is the problem: in a disillusioned world if you want to have a comfortable living…you also have to be disillusioned...
It is well known that direct contact with other human beings where you can see your contribution create the change…is the most self-actualizing!
In a corporation, you will always be dispensable…because it is about money….not helping people.
The truth is that the ultimate goal of a corporation isn't necessarily to make money. True, this is the goal of traditional management, and of many organizations in the Fortune 500. But it's a choice made by those organizations, not a necessary fact. テンの2つの記事のコメントのほとばしるでほとんどのジョブを嫌われ、テンハッピーな仕事は、企業の目標についての継続的なテーマであった
- Five steps to end global tax evasion | Nick Mathiason
World leaders are failing us in the face of crisis. A new age of financial transparency could help claw back $3.1tn of unpaid taxRarely have politicians and business leaders met at Davos against such a gloomy backdrop. The World Economic Forum (WEF) helped to set the tone this month when it issued a chilling dystopian vision of mass youth unemployment, wholly inadequate elderly care provision and widening global inequality. WEF's global risks 2012 report suggested fresh economic turmoil and social upheaval could wipe out gains produced by globalisation. Nationalism, populism and protectionism threatened to take root, it warned.The world is calling for a bold vision of economic justice to counter dislocation and austerity. But since the global economic crisis reasserted its icy grip after a brief Keynesian impasse, world leaders have failed to deliver one. The inability to articulate a narrative beyond a long, hard march out of economic malaise ultimately caused by politicians' and regulators' failure to adequately supervise the financial system is resulting in a widespread disillusionment with mainstream politics that threatens to undermine faith in democracy.World leaders need to respond quickly, and business must play its role. A good place to start is talking up the idea that there are mechanisms beyond severe budget cuts to eliminate sovereign debt. There is money in the global financial system that, if accessed and used wisely, could go a long way to mop up deficits and reinvigorate the global economy.That treasure trove is the $3.1tn of tax, equivalent to 5.1% of global GDP, which according to international campaign group Tax Justice Network is illegally evaded in 145 countries, covering 98.2% of the world's population. In December, Washington-based thinktank Glob null, responseDetails: Suspected Terms of Service Abuse. Please see responseStatus: 40
- From crisis to closer union: the eurozone's US precedent
Alexander Hamilton's example could be seized on by those who see the EU's debt problems as an opportunity to strengthen tiesThe eurozone's debt crisis is not the first to have been seized upon by supporters of greater political, economic and fiscal union.In the 1780s and 90s, in the earliest years of the US, the country was saddled with huge debts from the revolutionary war against Great Britain. Around one third, $25m, was owed by individual states. The young country, often a collection of squabbling states, found it hard to borrow.The US's first secretary of the treasury, an advocate of strong national government by the name of Alexander Hamilton, had a proposal: the federal government would add states' debts to its own and refinance the new national debt with cheaper money borrowed against a new set of taxes and tariffs.The plan was ultimately a success – European credit flowed in – but meant less independence for individual states. It was opposed by those such as Virginia that were clearing war debts and did not see why they should be taxed to bail out those that were not.After a six-month battle in Congress Hamilton struck a deal with Thomas Jefferson and James Madison, leading Virginians. The US would absorb the entire war debt and in return for southern votes the new national capital (the future Washington, DC) would be located on Virginia's northern border. Next, Hamilton set up the US's first national bank and became leader of the Federalists, the first US political party and a supporter of his centralising views. It was opposed by Jefferson and Madison, believers in strong states' rights, who argued the new national bank was unconstitutional.Hamilton's politics did not always win him friends. In 1804 years of tension with Aaron Burr, by now vice-president unde _NULL_
- Rudi van Dantzig obituary
Choreographer of socially aware ballets who became a novelistThe choreographer and director Rudi van Dantzig, who has died of cancer aged 78, played a major role in the development of classical ballet in the Netherlands. He also had a second career, which developed later in his life, as a novelist and biographer. As a choreographer, Van Dantzig made more than 50 works, most of them on contemporary themes, although he also produced well-received versions of standard classics such as Romeo and Juliet and Swan Lake.Many of his ballets contain a strong thread of social criticism. Nor was he afraid to explore difficult subjects. The vividly theatrical Monument for a Dead Boy (1965) told the story of a boy who discovers his hitherto repressed homosexuality and is ultimately destroyed by his own desires. This ballet brought Van Dantzig international notice and was mounted for several major companies. Among the interpreters of the leading role, originally created by Van Dantzig's partner, the dancer and designer Toer van Schayk, was Rudolf Nureyev.Painted Birds (1971) was an early alert to man's ability to pollute both minds and the environment, and made extensive use of film projections to illustrate and amplify the action on stage. Its final coup de théatre came when the music by Niccolò Castiglioni gave way to a recording of the final chorale from Bach's St Matthew Passion, which was taken up by the cast, the choreographer and some of the company's staff.He could be light-hearted too. His version of Afternoon of a Faun – made for Nureyev, a lifelong friend – involved a gentle flirtation between a janitor and two factory girls. His Four Last Songs, to Richard Strauss's song cycle, was restrained and moving.Van Dantzig was born in Amsterdam to strongly leftwing parents. He was null, responseDetails: Suspected Terms of Service Abuse. Please see responseStatus: 40
- Assange fears execution in US, court told
Julian Assange fears that he will be sent to Guantanamo Bay and ultimately executed if he is extradited to Sweden to face allegations of sexual assault, his legal team said yesterday.Lawyers working on behalf on the WikiLeaks... 彼はグアンタナモ湾に送信されることを、最終的に実行される彼が性的暴行の疑惑に直面してスウェーデンに引き渡されている場合ジュリアンAssangeの恐怖が、彼の法律チームはyesterday.Lawyersは、Wikileaksはに代わって取り組んでいる...
- Korea's uncertain nuclear future
The death of North Korean leader Kim Jong Il could put a brake on talks ultimately aimed at getting the secretive communist state to give up its nuclear weapons.Kim Jong Un, the supreme leader's untested third son and successor,... null, responseDetails: Suspected Terms of Service Abuse. Please see responseStatus: 40
- Last US veteran of WWI dies at age 110
Frank Buckles enlisted for World War I at 16 after lying about his age. He made it home again and ultimately became that war's last surviving U.S. veteran, campaigning for greater recognition for his comrades-in-arms before dying... フランクバックルは、彼の年齢について嘘をついて後に16で第一次世界大戦に参加
- LVMH increases Hermes stake to 20 percent
Global luxury retailer LVMH said Tuesday it had increased its stake in smaller rival Hermes to more than 20 percent, sparking fresh speculation about its ultimate intentions.In October, LVMH built up a stake of 17.1 percent in Hermes and said at the time it could increase it amid intense speculation that it planned ultimately to take control of Hermes.LVMH said in a statement to the market regulator that as of Dec 17 it held 20.21 percent of Hermes after buying more shares on the open market. グローバル高級小売LVMH社は、その究極のintentions.In Octoberの新鮮な憶測をスパーク、20％以上に小さいライバルエルメスの出資比率を増加していたと発表した、LVMH社は、エルメスの17.1％の株式を構築し、それが増加する可能性が同時に言ったそれはHermes.LVMHの制御を奪って、最終的に計画強烈な憶測の中の12月17日それは公開市場で株を購入したエルメスの20.21パーセントを開催市場レギュレータへの声明で述べている
- Tough road to World Cup for Japan and Oz
Reigning Asian champions Japan were grouped with North Korea, while Australia and Saudi Arabia came out together in penultimate qualifying for the 2... オーストラリアとサウジアラビアの2の終わりから二番目の予選で一緒に出てきたしながら現アジアチャンピオンの日本は、北朝鮮とグループ化された...
- Tunisian acting president asks PM to form new gov't: TV
Tunisia's acting president Foued Mebazaa, the former speaker of the parliament, said he has asked Prime Minister Mohammed Ghannouchi to form a coalition government, Dubai-based al-Arabiya TV reported.
In a televised speech, Mebazaa said the ultimate national interest requires the formation of a national unity government.
The move is seen as an attempt to save the government from a political mishap, as president Zine El Abidine Ben Ali was ousted Saturday and fled to Saudi Arabia after riot ... チュニジアは社長Foued Mebazaaを、議会の前議長、演技、彼は連立政権を形成するために内閣総理大臣して、Mohammed Ghannouchiを求めているよると、ドバイベースのアルアラビヤテレビが報じた
- 500 years of church intolerance | Giles Fraser
The church resists use of the Bible in gay marriage for the same reason it burned a 1526 translationThe Church of England does not allow same-sex blessings to take place in church and has fought tooth and nail not to be subjected to legislation that obliges it to do so. On one level, I am sympathetic to the principle that gay marriage ought not to be imposed by the government. Those of us within the church who argue for gay marriage have to change the church from within.Like many, I believe that fight will one day be won, and is fully consistent with the Christian gospel. But the charge of Erastianism – the idea that the church is a wholly owned subsidiary of the state – remains the ultimate theological dirty word. The Church of England already sails far too close to that wind, with its bishops in the House of Lords and so on. It doesn't help those of us who think gay marriage works for theological reasons to be seen to be relying on the state to push things through.But the resistance of the C of E and the Catholic church to the incorporation of religious readings and prayers in civil marriage ceremonies is quite another matter, for either straight or gay couples. When it comes to civil marriage, the government must ignore these objections and proceed on the basis of the core principles of justice and freedom: justice that insists gay and straight couples be treated equally at the altar rail of the town hall; and freedom to allow them to use religious readings or prayers for their wedding.No church has intellectual property rights on the idea of God. Even so, ecclesiastical authorities have throughout history sought to controlin 1536 any expression of faith that does not fall within its aegis. The very idea of translating the Bible into the vernacular was resisted for 同じ理由で、同性愛者の結婚で、聖書の教会のレジストを使用すると、それはそれを義務づけている法律の対象とするイングランドの教会は、同性の祝福は、教会で行わを許可していませんと戦って歯を持ってではなく、爪1526 translationTheを燃やしたこれを行う
- Innovation In The Asphalt Jungle
Cities are home to our most dynamic initiatives…and biggest challenges. Their effective management creates prosperity and a shared identity that, ultimately, may be key to human survival.
“Los Angeles is 72 suburbs in search of a city.”
Dorothy Parker, American writer
The drama of human life occurs in cities. In fact, since 2008 more people than ever before live in urban hubs, and running these increasingly vast enterprises poses serious challenges. Commerce, education, transportation, healthcare, waste, and security all demand smart policy, innovation, and managerial excellence—especially during a time of greater financial austerity when more must be done with less. 都市が私たちの最もダイナミックな取り組み... ...と、最大の課題に住んでいます
- Imitation With Innovation Reduces Risk in Startups
If you are an entrepreneur starting a business for the first time, I recommend that you find a product concept that is already accepted and improve on it, rather than tackling that ultimate disruptive technology. Notice that I’m not suggesting that you steal someone else’s idea, but simply limit your risk by adding innovation to a proven entity. あなたが初めての仕事を開始する起業している場合、私はあなたが既に承認されている製品のコンセプトを見つけることをお勧めします改善その上ではなく、その究極の破壊的な技術に取り組んでも
- Michael Jackson's estate earned £173m in year after star's death
The 'King of Pop' generated more income than Lady Gaga, Beyoncé, Madonna and Jay-Z combined in 2010Michael Jackson's This Is It tour was the singer's plan to try to regain some control over the debts he had amassed during his extravagant life, and ultimately the preparation for it played its part in his death. But it was also his death which proved just how strong his selling power was.His estate received a huge boost in the wake of his death and saw him generate £173m in the 12 months after he died.With a succession of timeless hits, sales of his material increased dramatically as fans rushed out to capture some of the magic which saw him labelled the King of Pop.Coupled with radio play royalties, the star earned more than Lady Gaga, Beyoncé, Madonna and Jay-Z combined during the year after his death in June 2009.While it is not uncommon for major stars to get a sales spike following their death, figures complied by Forbes magazine showed Jackson was the highest earning dead celebrity of 2010, beating the pooled income of the next 12 stars on the list, and four times greater than second-placed Elvis Presley.An increase in radio play and a massive boost in album sales is said to have brought in around £32m, while video games sales, memorabilia and a reissued autobiography also brought in a similar amount.Sales from the This Is It film, assembled from footage of rehearsals for the 02 Arena concerts for which he was preparing when he died, helped add to the millions.But Jackson's greatest money maker had always been his rights to other people's songs, which include his half-share in a catalogue of hits by artists such as Elvis Presley and the Beatles, which famously led to the end of his friendship with Sir Paul McCartney.With his lavish lifestyle, Jackson would rely null, responseDetails: Suspected Terms of Service Abuse. Please see responseStatus: 40
- The Business podcast: eurozone crisis
With markets growing impatient and Greece running out of money, Europe is running out of time to come up with a solution to a growing list of financial crises. This week a planned extra meeting of eurozone finance ministers was cancelled (after we recorded the podcast) amid concerns a deal was not close to being reached. EU leaders will still meet in Brussels and the issues are stark: Greece needs a new bailout agreement, many of the continent's banks need to be recapitalised and the bailout fund (EFSF) needs to be substantially enlarged. All of these issues are interlinked and all require, ultimately, taxpayers' money - much of it from Germany. Larry Elliott, David Gow and Jill Treanor assess the likelihood of a deal being agreed before calamity ensues. (Warning: This podcast contains scenarios of financial peril)Leave your thoughts below.Tom ClarkLarry ElliottJill TreanorDavid GowPhil Maynard
市場はせっかちな成長とギリシャはお金が不足していると、ヨーロッパは金融危機の成長のリストへの解決策を考え出すのに時間が不足しています
- Rising Debit Card Fees May Swipe Value from Visa, MasterCard
Visa and MasterCard are increasing fees on small debit card transactions in response to the government’s cap on debit card fees. This is a move that will ultimately hurt the companies as it may lead merchants to set a minimum amount for debit card transactions, thus reducing purchase volumes and fees. VisaとMasterCardは、デビットカードの手数料に関する政府のキャップに対応して小さなデビットカード取引の手数料が増加している
- Political Gridlock Pressures Euro
European banking stress tests found only eight banks in need of a capital injection but the results have left many concluding that more will ultimately need to bolster their positions. The euro reached another record low against the Swiss franc after ECB President Trichet repeated his warning that the central bank wouldn’t tolerate any restructuring of Greek debt and would no longer be permitted to accept as collateral paper issued by Athens. He also predicted that the euro would survive upon the will of European finance ministers. However, the failure to deliver any single shred of a breakthrough has left dealers preparing to throw in the towel on the euro ahead of another EU summit on Thursday to review the zone’s “financial stability.” 欧州の銀行のストレステストは、資本注入の必要性にのみ8つのバンクを見つけましたが、結果はより多くが最終的に自分のポジションを強化する必要があると結論づけ、多くを残している
- What if Ireland pulls out of the euro and prints punts?
Guest blogger Alan McQuaid, chief economist at Bloxham stockbrokers in Dublin, says the collateral damage would be unbearableAs the eurozone debt crisis deepens by the day, speculation continues to mount that Greece with its debt mountain of €340bn will default on its creditors and will ultimately leave the eurozone. And of course if one country exits through the door, then why not others to follow, including Ireland?Rumours abound in Dublin that the Irish central bank is back printing punts just in case the eurozone does break up. And while that may be true, I don't know, but one would hope that there was some contingency plan in place just in the case the whole euro projected exploded. Then again, given the track record of European policymakers in dealing with the crisis so far, it wouldn't come as too great a shock if there was no plan B in existence. But given that it took years of planning to bring the single currency project to fruition and create the euro, it is hard to imagine, as some people are suggesting, that we could just go back to the punt overnight. So we are not going to simply finish with the euro on a Friday, and then out of nowhere come back to work on a Monday with the old punt back in existence. What are the chances of printing punts?Even if the central back is printing punts, are businesses and retailers putting the preparations in place for a return to the old currency? I don't think so. Therefore the chances of this happening any time soon are nil in my view. I still believe the will is there among European policymakers to make the euro work, and the cost of a country exiting the system would be very negative not just for the country involved but also for the other euroland countries left behind. This idea that is being thrown about by some, tha ゲストブロガーアランMcQuaid、ダブリンでBloxhamの株式ブローカーのチーフエコノミストは、巻き添え被害は日によってunbearableAsユーロ圏の債務危機が深まるのだろうと言う、憶測は最終的には€340bnの債務の山とギリシャは、その債権にデフォルトを起こすマウントするために続けとなりますユーロ圏を残す
- Thousands Wish Steve Jobs Happy Birthday On Web Site
How many CEOs can say they have a Web site that gathers thousands of birthday wishes from people all over the world? Very few other than Steve Jobs, who turns 56 today. The site www.happybirthdaystevejobs.com was created by Raul-Gabriel Urma along with several computing students from Imperial College London, as a tribute to the Apple co-founder who is now on indefinite medical leave. You could call it the ultimate outlet for Apple fanboys.
Urma's been quoted as saying:
<blockquote>He has inspired many of us with his charisma and enormous contribution to the technology world. Please join us in our effort to show him our support and gratitude. Our aim is to allow as many people to wish him a happy birthday this way letting him know he has a back-up of so many.</blockquote> 多くのCEOが、彼らはWebサイトを持っていると言うことができますどのように世界中の人々からの誕生日の願いを収集し、数千？非常に少数の56日になりますスティーブジョブズ以外の
- Néstor Kirchner: Argentina's independence hero | Mark Weisbrot
The death of Argentina's former president is a sad loss. His bold defiance of the IMF paved the way for South America's progressThe sudden death of 。éstor Kirchner is a great loss, not only to Argentina but to the region and the world. Kirchner took office as president in May 2003, when Argentina was in the initial stages of its recovery from a terrible recession. His role in rescuing Argentina's economy is comparable to that of Franklin D Roosevelt in the Great Depression of the United States. Like Roosevelt, Kirchner had to stand up both to powerful moneyed interests and to most of the economics profession, which was insisting that his policies would lead to disaster. They were proved wrong, and Kirchner right.Argentina's recession from 1998-2002 was, indeed, comparable to the Depression in terms of unemployment, which peaked at more than 21%, and lost output (about 20% of GDP). The majority of Argentines, who had, until then, enjoyed living standards among the highest in Latin America, were pushed below the poverty line. In December of 2002 and January 2003, the country underwent a massive devaluation, a world-historical record sovereign default on $95bn of debt, and a collapse of the financial system.Although some of the heterodox policies that ultimately ensured Argentina's rapid recovery were begun in the year before Kirchner took office, he had to follow them through some tough challenges to make Argentina the fastest-growing economy in the region. One major challenge came from the International Monetary Fund (IMF). The IMF had been instrumental in bringing about the collapse – by supporting, among other bad policies, an overvalued exchange rate with ever-increasing indebtedness at rising interest rates. But when Argentina's economy inevitably collapsed, the IMF アルゼンチンの元大統領の死は悲しい損失です
- Netherlands and Belgium: Low Country blues | Editorial
Editorial: Growing nationalist movements have left both Dutch and Belgian coalition governments tied in knotsTheir historic image was that of modest polities, skilled at compromise, who arranged their own affairs well and had energy and resources to spare for European and international purposes. But the Netherlands and Belgium do not even begin to conform to that model today. Both countries are locked in parallel crises, rooted precisely in a failure to compromise and also in a rejection by parts of their populations of the cosmopolitan and multicultural traditions of the Low Countries. The Netherlands has been without a proper government since February; Belgium has not had one since April.Both political systems have been rocked by the success of forces that were not so much new in themselves but were suddenly manifest on a new scale. In Belgium the New Flemish Alliance or N-VA, Flemish nationalist and rightwing, became the largest party. It has only been in existence since 2001. In the Netherlands, the Freedom party or PVV of Geert Wilders, Dutch nationalist and anti-migrant, more than doubled its MPs to become the third largest party. Its origins go back only to 2004.The result in both countries was the same. It was hard to create a governing coalition without including the newcomer, but it was equally hard to create one with the newcomer, because of the fundamental difference in values between the parties. In the Dutch case, the difference was most acute over the treatment of migrants and minorities. In the Belgian case, the difference was between those who wanted to preserve the state and those whose ultimate aim was to dismantle it or at least so dilute it as to make it meaningless.So it was not altogether a surprise this weekend when Elio di Rupo, the socialist ch 社説：成長民族主義運動の両方オランダとベルギーの連立政府knotsTheirの歴史的なイメージを縛ら残っているされたことも自分の事務を整理し、欧州および国際的な目的のために倹約するエネルギーや資源があったささやかな政体、妥協で熟練の
- China plays Dalai Lama succession card
China is drawing battlelines over the succession of the Dalai Lama, with its attempt to boost the profile of its choice for Panchen Lama a manifestation of the struggle to come once the Tibetan religious leader dies. Fighting fit, the Dalai Lama says he has the ultimate right to choose since it is not written in stone that his reincarnation must be endorsed by both Beijing and its handpicked Panchen Lama. - Saransh Sehgal (Aug 29, '11) 中国は、パンチェンラマチベットの宗教指導者が死んだ後に来て闘争の症状のために、その選択肢のプロフィールを後押しする試みで、ダライラマの連続にわたってbattlelinesを集めている
- Irene Losses Appear Less Than Worst-Case for Insurers
Hurricane Irene blazed a trail from North Caroline to New England over the weekend. While she caused plenty of damage from her punishing winds, heavy rains and resulting flooding, the ultimate course and strength of the hurricane was far from the worst-case scenario. ハリケーンアイリーンは、週末にノースキャロラインからニューイングランドに先鞭を
- A Transformers' Star's BIG Transformation
One of the "Transformers: Dark of the Moon" stars, Tyrese Gibson, doesn't wake up every morning and think, "What can I do to today to become even more famous?" He loves acting. But his ultimate goal is to build an entrepreneurial empire. And he's off to a great start, overcoming incredible adversity to achieve success on the big screen and in business. I caught up with Gibson at the recent Forbes Celebrity 100 event in Hollywood. Take a look: _NULL_
- ICANN's Domain Expansion: Why .Metallica Makes Sense
As Eric Savitz reported earlier this morning, ICANN, the Internet's governing body for its naming system, announced this weekend plans to dramatically expand the number of top-level domains (.com, .net, etc.). Right now, beyond the 250 country-level domains, there are a mere 22 topic-centric domains in existence. As the BBC reports:
<blockquote>There will be several hundred new generic top-level domain names (gTLDs), which could include such addresses as .google, .coke, or even .BBC.</blockquote>
But such a luxury will not come cheap:
<blockquote>It will cost $185,000 (£114,000) to apply for the suffixes, and companies would need to show they have a legitimate claim to the name they are buying.</blockquote>
This could be great news for any industry or brand, according to Ben Crawford, CEO of global domain name registry CentralNic, but with one large caveat: they must be nimble.
<blockquote>Like those who missed the chance to purchase their preferred “dot com” extensions over two decades ago, brands who miss out on their dot brand TLDs could take years to catch up with their competitors, and even risk being locked out entirely if a “confusingly similar” word is registered as a TLD (if “.apples” were registered, Apple Computer could not acquire “.Apple”). Ultimately, the risks and costs associated with not acquiring a “dot brand” gTLD are numerous, but the potential for success and the opportunity to lead the Internet in a new direction is even greater.</blockquote>
Crawford also sees this as a plus for consumers:
<blockquote>With the creation of “dot brand” domains, web addresses will be more intuitive for consumers and search engines. New g _NULL_
- Got no time -Media Training
People tell me all the time, “TJ, I’m much too busy to prepare for my media interviews by writing down message points and creating sound bites in advance.” Hey, we all have busy lives; I can respect that. There is only one small problem: these people always spend more time dealing with the media ultimately than people who prepare properly do. 人々はすべての時間を教えて、。。u0026quot;TJが、私はあまりにも私のメディアのインタビューに備えるためのメッセージポイントを書き留めて、事前のサウンドバイトを作成することにより、忙しい
- Expert: Opportunity to carry out resource tax reform arrives
The threat of currency deflation has subsided and currency inflation has not become a reality, said Jia Kang, the director of the Research Institute for Fiscal Science under the Ministry of Finance. He added that this would be a good opportunity to launch resource tax reform.
Properly adjusting the resource tax will certainly and ultimately be able to reduce the excessive production capacity and wash out inefficient enterprises. This will further optimize China's industrial structure.
Res ... 通貨デフレの脅威が下火になった通貨のインフレ率が現実になっていない、。姜長官は、財務省の下研究所年度科学のディレクター言った
- EA Sports Exec Says NFL Lockout Has Been Good for Its NCAA Football Franchise
NEW YORK -- Who knew EA Sports cover athletes would end up competing for the same spot on the same team? At the 2011 NFL Draft, the New Orleans Saints looked to the future by picking Heisman trophy winner Mark Ingram. By picking the former Alabama running back, the team ultimately was parting ways with Reggie Bush. It was out with the old (Bush was on the cover of NCAA Football 07), and in with the new (Ingram graces the cover of NCAA Football 12). ニューヨーク - EAのスポーツ選手が同じチームで同じ場所に競合することになりますカバー知っていましたか？ 2011 NFLドラフトでは、ニューオーリンズセインツはハイズマントロフィー受賞して、Mark Ingramさんを選ぶことによって、将来に見えた
- North Africa is Europe's problem – not Obama's | Observer editorial
The EU, not America, must take the lead against GaddafiCommittees are sometimes the fairest way to decide policy; rarely, if ever, are they the most efficient. As a system for conducting wars, their shortcomings are obvious.Public concern about the risks of intervention in Libya are hardly allayed by the impression that no one appears to be taking ultimate political charge of the mission.The diplomatic impetus for action came from France and Britain. The US was, after some delay, recruited as a key advocate. Most of the military assets being used in the operation come from members of the Nato alliance. The Arab League is providing diplomatic support and some hardware in the form of Qatari and UAE jets.The tactical imperative of halting Colonel Gaddafi's assault on Benghazi meant it was necessary last week to shoot missiles first and ask organisational questions later. But those questions quickly reasserted themselves. Almost as quickly, they led to disagreement among anti-Gaddafi allies.The US does not want to take the lead role, preferring Nato members in Europe to conduct a conflict on their Mediterranean flank. That idea was then bogged down in disagreement between France and Turkey, both Nato members, but with different views of what should be happening in Libya. Paris wants maximum freedom to interpret the UN mandate for intervention. Ankara is more circumspect, wary of a creeping escalation of Nato involvement in North Africa. Britain's view seems to be expressed mainly in sullen whispers of disappointment that the Americans are not more engaged.For now, the significance of these disagreements should not be exaggerated. But they do expose fault lines that will become more dangerous if the Libyan operation drags on, as well it may. It is revealing also how disorder GaddafiCommitteesは時々方針を決定する最も公正な方法ですに対するEUのではなく、アメリカ、リードを奪う必要があります
- Euro debt crisis eases
Currency rises after Spain and France are boosted by bond auctionsThe European sovereign debt crisis eased yesterday after Spain and Italy attracted enough buyers for their bond sales, if at an increased price. The relatively successful multi-billion euro bond auctions pushed the currency 1.8% higher to $1.336, and sent European bourses rallying. The Ibex index of Spain's most traded shares rose 2.7%, with Santander up 4.8%.Spain sold €3bn of five-year bonds but was forced to pay 4.5%, nearly a full percentage point more than at an auction in November, but still less than the level some had anticipated. The sale was twice oversubscribed.Italy auctioned €6bn of five- and 15-year bonds.The two countries, which along with Portugal have been fighting investors' scepticism over its finances, benefited from the stronger support given by EU officials this week. The EU has been widely criticised for acting too little and too late in the year-long debt crisis, escalating the market panic that ultimately sent Greece and Ireland into a bail-out.The EU stepped up its defence of the euro this week, and agreed to extend its €440bn emergency fund package, which investors believed would not be large enough to rescue a country the size of Spain or Italy. European leadershave also voiced their commitment to the commong currency. German finance minister Wolfgang Schäuble said major European states were drafting a package to solve debt crisis.EuroCurrenciesSpainItalyEuropean UnionElena Moyaguardian.co.uk © Guardian News & Media Limited 2011 | Use of this content is subject to our Terms & Conditions | More Feeds
スペイン、フランス、スペインとイタリアは増加価。場合で、その債券の販売のための十分な買い手を集めて後の欧州ソブリン債務危機昨日緩。債券auctionsTheによって後押しされた後、通貨は上昇する
- What is the emissions trading scheme and does it work?
This question and answer is part of the Guardian's ultimate climate change FAQ• See all questions and answers• Read about the projectThe European Union's Emissions Trading System (ETS) is the world's biggest scheme for trading greenhouse gas emissions allowances. Launched in 2005, it covers some 11,000 power stations and industrial plants in 30 countries, whose carbon emissions make up almost 50% of Europe's total. A cap on the total emissions allowed within the scheme is set, and allowances adding up to the cap are provided to the companies regulated by the scheme. The companies are required to measure and report their carbon emissions and to hand in one allowance for each tonne they release. Companies can trade their allowances, providing an incentive for them to reduce their emissions.The current cap is set to fall by 1.74% annually to achieve a target of reducing emissions in 2020 to 21% below their level in 2005. In June 2011 the price of an allowance was around €16. The trade in permits is worth around $150bn annually, dwarfing other emissions trading schemes (the Clean Development Mechanism market established by the UN is valued at $1.5bn annually).In a basic sense the ETS has worked. It has set a cap on half of Europe's carbon emissions, which were previously unregulated, and the companies covered by the scheme are no longer free to pollute. Carbon has a price and this influences the economics of burning fossil fuels.For example, burning coal creates more carbon pollution than burning gas, so coal plant operators need more permits. The higher the price of the permits, the more expensive it is to use coal rather than gas. Power companies choosing how to generate electricity therefore have an extra cost associated with the more polluting options, so they'll choose この質問と回答はガーディアンの最終的な気候変動のよくある質問•の一部すべての質問と•は、取引システム（ETS）は取引温室効果ガスの排出枠のための世界最大のスキームですprojectThe欧州連合の排出量についての記事を読むの回答を参照してくださいです
- Sarah Palin's bus tour: what will be the next stop?
The Alaskan politician is keeping her itinerary a secret, but here's where we think she might visitBy refusing to divulge her itinerary to the media, Sarah Palin has turned her weird East Coast battle bus tour into a giant guessing game, closely mirroring the fevered speculation that attends her electoral ambitions. So far she's been to: Washington DC; Mount Vernon (home of George Washington); Gettysburg; Philadelphia and New York, where she met Donald Trump, the one-time presidential aspirant whose share of the Idiot Vote is up for grabs.She's heading north, but that's all we know. Where will she end up next? Here are some options:Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation, Connecticut This Indian reservation is home to what's left of the much-massacred Pequot tribe, but it's also the site of the enormous Foxwoods resort and casino, which demonstrates how a proud and determined people can rebuild their lost nation by taking the money of fools and addicts – a notion as quintessentially American as processed cheese. If she drops in on Sunday she'll be in time for the anniversary of an attack on a Pequot village by colonists in 1637. Also, the Go-Gos are playing. Exit 92 off I-95.Boston, Massachusetts Almost certainly on Palin's double-secret itinerary, it being the birthplace of the American revolution and home of the original Boston Tea Party – where colonists dressed as Indians dumped tea shipments into the harbour, a protest against British taxation that ultimately led to Americans drinking a lot less tea. This historical event has since been co-opted and misrepresented by the rightwing tax cranks of the Tea Party movement, and Palin is their uncrowned Queen. But Boston is also the American geographical centre of woolly liberalism, so she must not be seen to be having too good アラスカの政治家が、彼女の旅程の秘密を保持しているが、ここでは、彼女がvisitByメディアに彼女の旅程を明かすことを拒否するかもしれないと思うところです、サラペイリン氏は大変な憶測が、巨大なゲームを推測して密接にミラーリングを彼女の奇妙な東海岸の戦いのバスツアーになっている彼女の選挙の野望を通っている
- Astronauts board Endeavour for next-to-last shuttle flight
Astronauts boarded the space shuttle Endeavour on Monday as it prepared to blast off toward International Space Station on the penultimate flight for the US shuttle program. それは米国のスペースシャトルプログラムの終わりから二番目のフライトで、国際宇宙ステーションに向かって飛び立つために準備として宇宙飛行士は月曜日にスペースシャトルエンデバー号に乗り込んだ
- Space shuttle Endeavour lands in Florida - video
Space Shuttle Endeavour touches down in Florida, ending a 16-day mission to the International Space Station, and marking the end of the penultimate shuttle mission
終わりから二番目のシャトルミッションの終わりを示す国際宇宙ステーションに16日間のミッションを終了フロリダ下りスペースシャトルエンデバーに触れ、および
- Cross-channel shopping is the ultimate food miles madness | Leo Hickman
How can it make financial or environmental sense for expats living in France to get their groceries delivered from the UK?• Expat orders for British supermarket food surge on strength of euroWarning: this blog could cause you to choke on your pain au raisin. As I reported in the Guardian today, there has been a surge in the number of expat Brits living in France buying their food online from UK-based supermarkets. The strength of the euro against the pound means that it now makes financial sense for many of these Britons with savings or pensions held in pounds to order most of their groceries from Asda, Sainsbury's et al instead of via the local hypermarché or village shop. The delivery firms serving this demand even say they've seen some customers ordering French specialities such as croissants, baguettes and bottles of French wine this way. Don't we live in interesting times?Let's ignore the obvious debate about why you would want to live in France and not make the most of its world-famous culinary delights and concentrate instead on the fascinating logistics of all this. How is it even possible, for example, that it can be to a shopper's financial advantage to buy a bottle of Bergerac wine from a Sainsbury's in Milton Keynes when that shopper actually lives in Bergerac? Many things seem to have conspired to allow this to be the case: a weak pound, variations in local taxation, and the supermarkets' highly centralised distribution networks being principal among them.Can you think of any other examples of where our highly globalised world leaves you scratching your head in wonder, if not bemusement? The illogicality of roses and French beans grown in Kenya being airfreighted to shops in Europe and beyond is much discussed, but what other absurdities have you noted?Chea どのようにexpatsのフランスでの生活のために食料品はeuroWarningの強さに、英国のスーパーマーケットの食品サージの？•進出の受。英国から配信得るために、金融や環境意識することができます：このブログはあなたの痛みオーレーズンをのどに詰まらせることができます
- Obama Gets a Hoodie: Facebook as Political Platform
President Obama's tour stop at Facebook headquarters yesterday was a great media moment for the obvious symbolism it lent to the occasion. Social media was a big part of Obama's election strategy in 2008, and Facebook is the ultimate social media platform. Facebookに本部でオバマ大統領のツアーストップは昨日、その場に貸した明らかに象徴のための大きいメディア瞬間だった
- Ultimate green burial, says funeral director
SYDNEY - Australians who perish the thought of ending up six feet under or incinerated will soon have a new option to contemplate - a watery grave.A newly registered company based in Victoria is claiming to be the first in the... シドニーは - オーストラリアで6フィートを終了の思想を消滅またはすぐに新しいオプションを熟考する必要があります - 水grave.A新しく登録された会社ビクトリアに基づく焼却の最初に主張している...
- Far right politician back from the dead
Pauline Hanson, the far-right former Queensland politician who fanned Australia's extremist flames before ultimately being consumed by them, has returned.Now living in New South Wales, the one-time fish-and-chip shop owner will... ポーリーンハンソンは、最終的には彼らによって消費される前に、オーストラリアの過激派風が強くなった極右元クイーンズランド州の政治家、ニューサウスウェールズ州のreturned.Nowの生活を持って、ワンタイムフィッシュアンドチップス屋の所有者がします...
- Vintage returns, and more fun than equities
Investments should improve with age. But a Madrid-based fund has beaten stock markets and hedge funds around the world this year by putting its money in the ultimate vintage buy: wine.
投資は年齢とともに向上します
- In search of fairer privacy laws | Max Mosley
We want Strasbourg to rule that judges, not editors, should decide on the balance between privacy and public interestWe are going to Strasbourg on a narrow but important point: should a newspaper be compelled to tell you if it intends to publish something which it knows is private?The law says you have a right to privacy but it must be weighed against a public right to information. The question is: who should do the weighing? The news media say the right person is a newspaper editor. We say no, the right person is a judge. This has nothing to do with the current debate about where the balance between privacy and public interest should lie. It is solely about who should decide. We say an editor is not impartial.It matters. Breach of privacy can be very serious – worse even than theft because once published, no court can make the information private again. Tabloid revelations can cause great pain, even suicide.The problem only arises when a newspaper keeps its intentions secret. With serious investigative journalism, the subject is approached. Having been contacted, if the information to be published is private, he can consider applying for a temporary injunction to stop publication until trial. But he will only get it if the judge believes he will ultimately win giving particular consideration to the right to freedom of expression.Some tabloids like to titillate their readers with private information, usually something sexual. If there is no public need to know and the subject has not consented, this is illegal. So they go to elaborate lengths to maintain secrecy. If they can avoid an injunction and get the story out, they know the victim is very unlikely to sue. Lawyers will tell him that his private information would be published all over again and he will be thousands 我々は、ストラスブールは、裁判官ではなく、編集者、プライバシーや公共interestWeは狭いが、重要なポイントにストラスブールしようとしているとのバランスを決める必要があることを支配したい：新聞は、それがであることを知って何かを公開しようとする場合を伝えることを強制する必要がありますプライベート？法はあなたがプライバシーの権利を持っていては、情報に公開さ右比較考量しなければならない、と言う
- Europe’s Odd Couple
It can be hard to differentiate the real from the theatrical in the critical relationship between Nicolas Sarkozy and Angela Merkel. But one thing is clear: ultimately, she holds the cards. これは、ニコラサルコジ大統領とメルケル首相との間の重要な関係にある劇場から本物を区別することは困難であることができます
- The Libyan crisis: Obama's dilemma over a no-fly zone
Arab League support brings the issue back to the United Nations without making America's choice any easierThe Arab League's vote in support of a no-fly zone undoubtedly brings military intervention closer to reality. It fulfills one of the conditions necessary for Nato involvement, regional support, but it is far from decisive. Ultimately that decision will be taken in the UN Security Council, where uncertainty still reigns, not least because the Obama administration has yet to make up its mind. And only America can make a no-fly zone (NFZ) happen.The league's vote was quickly welcomed by Britain, where the Cameron government has invested much political capital supporting the creation of a NFZ to protect Libyans from Muammar Gaddafi's air force. The foreign office issued a statement saying: NFZs are one option being considered as part of international contingency planning to respond quickly to events on the ground as they develop. This planning does not pre-judge any particular outcome. The Arab League call for a NFZ is very significant and provides important regional support to the option of creating a NFZ.Just how strong pan-Arab support is of a no-fly zone, however, is open to question. According to Al Jazeera's correspondent, James Bays, the Arab League passes a second, less-noticed and seemingly contradictory resolution opposing outside military intervention. It was a reminder that the Obama White House will be castigated and disowned by some of the strongest supporters of the no-fly idea as soon as the first report emerges of civilian casualties caused by US or allied air strikes. Doing a no-fly zone without air strikes is not a realistic option, as is made clear by a detailled discussion among veterans of past NFZs on Wired's Danger Room. According to one form アラブ連盟のサポートは、間違いなく現実に近いの軍事介入をもたらす任意のeasierThe飛行禁止区域を支援するアラブ連盟の投票、アメリカの選択をすることなく戻って、国連に問題をもたらします
- What The Sale of NYSE Means: The Decline of Management
The planned acquisition of the New York Stock Exchange by the German Deutsche Börse AG has Wall Street aghast, with commentators lamenting the fall of American dominance. Fellow Forbes contributor, Emily Lambert, notes that “Colin Barr at Fortune, among others, called it a bad idea. This morning’s Wall Street Journal said a merger symbolized the end of New York’s financial dominance. The upshot: It’s going to be tough for Germans to buy the quintessential symbol of American capitalism… Expect to hear a lot about how this is a ‘merger of equals’.”
The Decline of US Management
The reality is that this is not a merger. The NYSE is being bought. If the sale goes through, the NYSE will no longer exist as an independent entity. Putting up regulatory road blocks might delay the denouement, but ultimately those efforts are pointless. Instead, business leaders should examine the root cause of what is happening: the declining life expectancy of US corporations. ドイツドイツ証券取引所AGがニューヨーク証券取引所の買収計画は、アメリカの優位性の低下を嘆いてコメンテーターと、ウォール街の呆然としている
- The story of Katine: introduction
The Katine project has changed lives in a remote rural community in north-eastern Uganda, addressing key areas of deprivation, equipping villagers with the skills to help themselves, and pioneering an unprecedented level of transparency. Yet the ultimate measure of its success will be sustainability, says Madeleine BuntingPatricia Asio is 13 and is coming to the end of her primary schooling, two years ahead of her peers. In her last exams, she attained the second highest grade. Such achievement in Ogwolo school in the sub-county of Katine is remarkable, and it owes much to the work of the African Medical and Research Foundation (Amref) over the last three years. The school has benefited from new desks, books and classrooms.In virtually every hamlet scattered across the sub-county there are now heartening stories such as that of Patricia. In Ominit, a new borehole saves women such as Edith Apiango a 4km walk through an often flooded swamp to collect water. Apiango knew that the swamp water was dirty and gave her children diarrhoea; once, it nearly killed her small son. The gratitude of the women at the new water sources around Katine is overwhelming; they know all too well that the clean water which gushes from the pump has saved young lives. After malaria, dirty water (and the infections it brings) is the biggest killer of children under five.These are the heartwarming stories of individual lives that have been transformed in a remote rural community in north-eastern Uganda over the past three years. They bring to life the reports and evaluations which have tracked the implementation of a development project focusing on five aspects of deprivation: health, education, water and sanitation, livelihoods and governance.In this supplement, reporters have returned for a final Katineプロジェクトは、自分自身を助けるためのスキルを持つ村人を装備、貧困の主要な分野に対応する、北東部ウガンダでは遠隔地の農村地域での生活を変更されており、先駆的な透明性の前例のないレベル
- For horse and rider, 'eventing is ultimate test'
From farm boy in the Australian outback to Olympic gold medalist, Phillip Dutton's love of horses has given him the ride of a lifetime.On a blazing hot day, Dutton, 47, did not miss a beat as he took his New Zealand Thoroughbred Woodburn through a carefully choreographed dressage routine.The 14-year-old gelding, who placed second in one of the toughest eventing competitions this year -- the Rolex Kentucky Three-Day Event -- powerfully extended his trot, suspending upwards across a sparkling white sand arena. 彼はを通じて彼のニュージーランドサラブレッドバーンを取ったとして、彼にlifetime.Onカンカン照りの暑い日の乗車を与えているオリンピックオーストラリアの奥地の男の子ファームからの金メダリストは、馬のフィリップダットンの愛を、ダットン、47、ビートを逃さなかった緻密な馬場馬術routine.The 2つ目の過酷なイベンティング大会今年 - ロレックスケンタッキー3デイイベント - の力強く彼のトロットを延長配置14歳のせん馬、きらめく白い砂の分野全体上に停止
- Ireland downgrade reignites debate on credit ratings agencies
European Union seeks greater competition in the credit ratings agency sectorThe downgrade of Ireland today and the warning about Spain this week has re-ignited the debate about the role of rating agencies in the sovereign debt crisis.Moody's, Standard & Poor's and Fitch, the world's biggest agencies, have been criticised by the EU and by high-deficit countries for exacerbating the crisis, as a downgrade fuels investors' fears about the ability of any debtor to repay its loans. The discussion started when Greece was downgraded at the height of the market turbulence this year that ultimately pushed the country into a bailout programme.Ireland's cut, which puts it on the same level as Russia and Lithuania, pushes up its borrowing costs – a burden that a country already in the midst of draconian budget cuts can ill-afford.Countries such as Spain and Portugal are desperately trying to lower their borrowing costs in order to avoid a bailout. Spain was angry that Moody's warned about a possible downgrade only hours before a crucial bond sale.The EU, trying to calm the turbulence that is threatening the stability of the euro, has introduced legislation to curb what it sees as the excessive powers of the agencies to influence the markets.It wants to encourage more competition for the big three agencies, increase transparency over how ratings are assessed and examine new models as to how agencies can be paid.A more radical idea which flowered at the time of the Greek crisis in May would be to set up a European-based agency specialising in sovereign debt which could bypass the big three. That still remains a remote possibility with investors sceptical about how a Brussels-led ratings service could offer objective assessment.It is not just Brussels that has led the fight against ag 欧州連合は、アイルランド、今日の信用格付け機関のsectorTheのダウングレードの競争の激化、今週は再ソブリン債crisis.Moodyの、スタンダード＆プアーズとフィッチの格付け機関の役割についての議論に火をつけているスペインに関する警告を求める世界最大の機関は、そのローンを返済するすべての債務者の能力についてのダウングレード燃料投資家の懸念として、危機を悪化させるためのEUの高赤字国批判されている
- Is Facebook's 'Project Titan' integrated messaging system what you've been waiting for? | Poll
Despite Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg's protestion that it's 'not a Gmail killer', Facebook's 'Project Titan' will enable users to integrate email, phone text messages and instant messaging in one platform on their Facebook page. Is this the ultimate communication solution?
それはだFacebookのファウンダー、Mark Zuckerbergのprotestionにもかかわらず。。u0026#39;がGmailのキラー。。u0026#39;、Facebookの。。u0026#39;プロジェクトタイタンのユーザーがFacebookのプロフィールページに、電子メール、携帯電話のテキストメッセージやメッセージつのプラットフォームでの瞬間を統合できるようになります
- How China's state investment fund works
The China Investment Corporation (CIC), tipped as a backer for the Liverpool FC buyout, has more than $330bn to splash out and an open mind on how to spend itThe China Investment Corporation (CIC) is a sovereign wealth fund set up three years ago by the communist government to get better returns from its huge foreign exchange reserves.The world's most populous country has stockpiled an estimated $2 trillion (£1.26tn) of currency because it exports many more billions of pounds of goods and services than it imports. The CIC, which is sitting on an investment war chest of some $332bn, is open-minded about where and what type of company it invests in. For example, its portfolio includes stakes in a Canadian coal mining company in Mongolia.The CIC has a complex structure with three layers of management including a board of directors, a board of supervisors and an overarching executive committee. However, power ultimately rests with Beijing's state council.The fund's investment gurus got off to a bad start in 2007 when investments in US bank Morgan Stanley and the stock market flotation of private equity firm Blackstone turned sour, earning it heavy criticism at home.Chastened, the CIC sat on the sidelines for much of 2008 before making a string of investments in commodities, mining assets and property – including taking a stake in Canary Wharf owner Songbird Estates – in 2009.At the start of this year the fund made a substantial investment in another private equity firm, Apax Partners, but if it were to back the buyout of Liverpool football club, it would be its first investment of this type.Sovereign wealth fundsChinaLiverpoolZoe Woodguardian.co.uk © Guardian News & Media Limited 2010 | Use of this content is subject to our Terms & Conditions | More Feeds
中国投資法人は、（CIC）は、リバプールFCの買収のための後援者として、チップソードル以上を330bnと心を開いitThe中国投資公社（CIC）を過ごす方法をスプラッシュしているソブリンウェルスファンドは3年を設定共産主義政府によって前の推定2兆ドル（£ 1.26tn）通貨のそれは商品やそれ以上にサービスの輸入ポンドの多くの億をエクスポートするために備蓄ている巨大な外国為替reserves.Theの世界で最も人口の多い国からより良いリターンを得るため
- Singapore's policy keeps drugs at bay | Michael Teo
Many criticise using the death penalty against those in the drug trade, but our strategy has saved thousands from addictionDrug abuse blights modern societies. That is why many governments are focused on tackling addiction, preventing drug-related crimes and ultimately protecting their populations. Singapore's tough stand and use of strict laws and stiff penalties against those involved in the drug trade, including capital punishment, have sometimes come under criticism. The comment by Patrick Gallahue and Rick Lines of the International Harm Reduction Association prompted by the trial of a drug trafficker, Yong Vui Kong, and the imposition of the death penalty on him, is a recent instance.Singapore pursues a comprehensive national strategy to combat the scourge of drugs, comprising a high-profile public education campaign, treatment and rehabilitation of drug offenders, as well as strict laws and stiff penalties against those involved in the drug trade.Public education against drug abuse starts in schools. For abusers, our approach is to try hard to wean them off drugs and deter them from relapsing. They are given two chances in a drug rehabilitation centre. If they go through counselling, kick their drug habit and return to society with useful skills, they will not have any criminal record. Those who are still addicted go to prison, where they are put on general rehabilitation programmes to help them reintegrate into the community.Strong community support against drug abuse has been critical to our fight against drugs. Singapore society resolutely rejects drug abuse. Several voluntary welfare organisations run halfway houses to help recovering addicts adjust back into society. Many employers also come forward to offer reformed drug addicts employment opportunities.Dru 多くの批判者麻薬取引に反対死刑を使用して、しかし、我々の戦略は、現代社会を虐。虫害をaddictionDrugから何千人も保存されています
- Gulf oil spill: Lowering the cofferdam
Video emerges of BP's efforts to lower containment tower over one of three leaksUnderwater videos of spectacular Gulf oil leaks are like buses, it seems.After waiting more than two weeks for footage of the leak caused by the Deepwater Horizon explosion, two short clips have been posted to YouTube in the space of two hours.The video above shows the ultimately unsuccessful attempt to lower a huge metal containment tower over one of the three leaks.Engineers were attempting to pump off oil using the 100 tonne cofferdam, but have since switched their efforts to golf balls, shredded tyres and a top hat after a build-up of crystallised gas blocked pipes in the structure.Deepwater Horizon Unified Command, the body linking organisations responding to the spill, posted the video showing engineers' attempts to install the cofferdam on its YouTube channel this morning.Earlier, the organisation had succumbed to pressure from media and government agencies and posted a clip of the oil gushing into the Gulf of Mexico.Deepwater Horizon oil spillOil spillsBPUnited StatesAdam Gabbattguardian.co.uk © Guardian News & Media Limited 2010 | Use of this content is subject to our Terms & Conditions | More Feeds
、それがリークディープウォーターホライゾン爆発による映像の2週間以上待ってseems.Afterビデオは、BPの努力の下封じ込めの塔に1つの壮大な湾のオイル漏れの3つのleaksUnderwaterビデオの中に現れるはバスのようなもの、2つの短いクリップがされている上記の2つ促すためであろうビデオの空間でYouTubeに投稿さ油を100トンコファダムを使用してオフにポンプとしていたが、最終的には失敗したが、3つleaks.Engineersの上に巨大な金属製の容器の塔を下げるために示しているので切り替えているのビルドを開く結晶ガスの後のゴルフボール、千切りタイヤと山高帽に努力はstructure.Deepwaterホライゾンユニファイドコマンドでパイプをブロック、身体、ビデオエンジニアの試みにコファダムをインストールする方法を示します投。団体流出に対応するリンクこのmorning.Earlier YouTubeのチャンネルで、組織は、メディアや政府機関からの圧力に屈していたと。湾岸Mexico.DeepwaterホライゾンオイルspillOilのに噴出のクリップをStatesAdam Gabbattguardian.co.uk ©ガーディアンニュース＆メディアspillsBPUnited投稿このコンテンツの限定2010 |使用して、私たちの利用規約に従うものとその他のフィードを表示|
- Bidisha's Thought for the Day: Burma on film
Aung San Suu Kyi's life is to be made into a Hollywood film, with Crouching Tiger star Michelle Yeoh in the lead. Any other great women we could trivialise on film?Film fans, are you ready for the latest kung fu flick, Crouching Dictatorship, Hidden Profit? Among the admiring tributes to Aung San Suu Kyi, the Burmese democratic leader who's finally been released from house arrest, a perky news item reflected the film industry's unstintingly profound approach. Hong Kong action heroine and martial arts expert Michelle Yeoh is going to star in a biopic of Aung San Suu Kyi's life.Yes, that's what we need. Not electoral transparency, the rule of law and international political accountability. We need Yeoh, star of Ang Lee's balletic fightfest Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, in a thigh-toning allegorical tribute with great costumes. No doubt, in the film, as soon as those daft BBC World news cameras are done briefly reporting her plight, she'll toss aside her dull tomes of history and law. Then she'll take off most of her clothes and meditate exotically for a moment (watered-down Buddhism plays well with a western audience) before kicking and chopping her way around the house in Rocky-like anticipation of the final confrontation with her jailers. Which will be filmed, of course, outside, in the rain, in slow motion.I tell you what, let's have more women trivialised on film. We can call it the Martyrs' Cabaret. The general theme would be one of strong, real women turned into sad symbols of suffering, played by actors more beautiful, younger and less intelligent than they are. I'd favour a bittersweet if ultimately blood-spattered musical starring Meera Syal as Benazir Bhutto. A Catherine Cookson weepie with Julia Davis as Princess Diana. An inspir アウンサンスーチー氏の人生は、リードのタイガースターミシェルヨー屈むと、ハリウッド映画に作られていないことです
- Yoga expert: 'It seems idiotic they can patent it'
Swami Pragyamurti Saraswati argues that Indian government's attempt to create a rigid system of yoga misses the pointThe 64,000 postures form only a tiny part of yoga. Poses are not an end in themselves, but a preparation for deeper, more meaningful practices. The word yoga means oneness and unity – unity with the self. Discover who you are, and then that can give you a sense of oneness with others and ultimately the whole of creation, and the divine.Poses are not the definition of yoga, which consists of breathing practices, deep relaxation, and meditative practices – not just postures. There's a whole yoga to do with mantras, another to do with music.I would definitely give anyone trying to patent any postures a very wide berth. They haven't invented anything. The practices and traditions of yoga go back thousands of years. At best, we are interpreters of ancient wisdom.The patenting and filming of specific positions is distressing. Yoga is a huge body of knowledge and practice, and you can't patent such a large entity, let alone a very small percentage of it.Nor is it the preserve of India alone. Yes, it It has been nurtured for many centuries by the monastic and guru traditions in India, but statues and paintings depicting yoga practices have been discovered all over the world. In Colombia, there are statues of people sitting in yoga positions, and adopting breathing and meditative practices, so yoga is broader than just Indian and it seems absolutely idiotic that they can patent it.In fact, I'm distressed at the way things have developed in recent years. When yoga first became popular in the 60s in the western world, it was about an expansion of consciousness. We were looking for deeper truth. Those first Swamis who travelled to London in the 60s brought us a mixtu スワミPragyamurtiサラスワティは、インド政府の試みは、ヨガの厳格なシステムを作成するためにヨガのほんの一部を形成するpointThe 64,000姿勢をミスと主張する
- Albums of 2010, No 10: John Grant - Queen of Denmark
Largely unknown a year ago, the former Czars frontman surprised many with his weird and wired take on soft rockExclusive session: John Grant performs Where Dreams Go To DieLast year, John Grant was known to perhaps a handful of hipsters as the former frontman of the Czars, a band who enjoyed a measure of critical acclaim if not commercial success. Twelve months on, his name features in many 2010 roundups for an album that is one of the year's word-of-mouth triumphs. After the Czars imploded, Grant descended into booze, drugs, suicidal thoughts and self-loathing, but subsequently had the kind of epiphany that can follow such a crisis. The result is a scarred but revelatory album. Queen of Denmark recalls Dennis (brother of Brian) Wilson's 1977 masterpiece, Pacific Ocean Blue: it has a similar feel of gazing out on to something endless and darkly inviting. With Midlake as his backing band, Grant assembled a tapestry of flutes, piano, strings, eerie synths and gentle drums; almost a weird, wired take on 70s soft rock with some deliberate, ironic nods to Lynyrd Skynyrd and Dean Friedman. Marz and Where Dreams Go to Die take cocked glances at capitalist America while the perkier Jesus Hates Faggots pokes fun at redneck attitudes, which Grant was forced to endure as a gay child in a religious Colorado household. But the sucker punch arrived with the emotionally wringing ballads Queen of Denmark, Sigourney Weaver and Caramel, on which the 41-year-old croons like a latterday, acid-scarred Sinatra. Grant has written almost supernaturally beautiful hymns of love, despair, chaos and ultimate redemption. His are the sort of songs that some artists spend their entire careers wishing they had written.Pop and rockFolk musicDave Simpsonguardian.co.uk © Guardian News & Media Limite 今年大部分が未知の前に、元皇帝のフロントマンが多くを驚かせた彼の奇妙なソフトrockExclusiveセッションを取る有線：ジョングラントは夢GoはDieLast年に、ジョングラントは皇帝の元フロントマンとして流行に敏感なのかもしれない一握りに知られていた場所を実行ではなく、商業的な成功を収める場合、批評家の称賛の尺度を楽しんだバンド
- Lower Ninth | Theatre review
Trafalgar Studios, LondonThe Donmar Warehouse has moved into this Whitehall studio for a 12-week season to promote the work of young directors. Charlotte Westenra, the first beneficiary, has come up with a fine, well-acted production of a 70-minute play by Beau Willimon. However, though set during the trauma of Hurricane Katrina, it ultimately lacks real drama.Willimon appears to have taken a hint from Paul Chan's alfresco Waiting for Godot, performed in the hard-hit ninth ward of New Orleans. He shows us two African-Americans stranded on a rooftop, hoping for rescue, the corpse of a friend at their feet. Malcom, a tough guy turned Bible student, and his young companion, E-Z, bicker, banter and play guessing games to pass the time. What emerges is an uneasy father-son relationship, relieved by Malcom's occasional retelling of Bible stories – the best of which offers an alternative version of the Flood in which Noah becomes the ultimate black survivor.But Willimon resorts to one particularly desperate dramatic device, easily guessable from the programme, to keep the situation going. And it strikes me as bizarre that his two characters hardly refer to the one subject that would be uppermost on their minds: the staggering federal and civic incompetence that saw so many lives sacrificed.The pleasure lies in the performance. Ray Fearon as Malcom displays a formidable power that suggests he could have punched something more than a Bible in his time, and Anthony Welsh is full of raw anger as the younger man. Despite Westenra's vividly atmospheric production, though, Willimon's play is a self-conscious piece that tells us little about the criminal negligence behind the disaster.Rating: 3/5TheatreHurricane KatrinaNatural disasters and extreme weatherMichael Billingtonguardi トラファルガースタジオ、LondonTheドンマーギャラリーは、若い監督の作品を促進するための12週間は、シーズンに向けて、このホワイトスタジオに移動しています
- Oprah's trip to Australia to boost tourism: minister
American talk show sensation Oprah Winfrey's decision to bring her talk show to Australia later this year is a major coup for tourism, Australian Federal Tourism Minister Martin Ferguson said on Tuesday.
To celebrate her 25th and final season on air, Winfrey revealed overnight she would be flying 300 audience members to Australia for an eight-day, seven-night trip - Oprah's Ultimate Australian Adventure - in December.
Winfrey's show is syndicated to 215 TV stations across the U.S. and 145 ... 彼女のトークショーを、オーストラリア今年後半に持ってウィンフリーの決定は、オプラ感覚アメリカのトークショーの観光の主要なクーデターのは、オーストラリア連邦政府観光マーティン大臣はファーガソンによると、空気の彼女の25日、最後のシーズンを祝うために、オプラウィンフリーは次のようになります明らかに彼女は一晩オーストラリアアドベンチャー-究極のオプラ8日間、7泊の旅行-のための飛行は、300の観客をオーストラリアのショー2005年12月
- Road of Bones by Fergal Keane | Book review
Peter Preston is moved by the horror and heroism of a little-known second world war battleIt was already a road of death in 1942, as thousands of British, Indians and fellow travellers fled Rangoon, hounded by bandits, after the Japanese took Burma. It was a road of carnage in March 1944, as 15,000 men from the 31st Infantry Division of Japan's Imperial Army marched up it, bent on taking Kohima, the gateway to India, and then bearing down on the crucial allied supply centre at Dimapur. And it was a road of bones – unburied bodies piled high, carcasses stripped clean by animals – as the famished, exhausted remnants of this mighty invasion force staggered back to Burma and ultimate surrender.Most of the big battles of the second world war have been analysed to exhaustion. But the siege of Kohima, a sleepy little hill town on the peripheries of the Raj, a nowhere-in-particular place that nobody bothered to protect until it was almost too late, has been all but forgotten. This is an epic story of the unfamiliar, which begins with benevolent deputy district commissioners playing tennis, as young lady anthropologists from Roedean study native art nearby. It goes on to reveal the tennis court strewn with corpses, while one of the anthropologists, Ursula Graham Bower, leads a band of Naga fighters through the forests to harry the Japanese.These are not cartoon heroics, though. Fergal Keane operates masterfully on three levels, setting this, the last military stand of British empire, in a far wider campaign context (and confirming Bill Slim's reputation as the best wartime general the British had). He views much of the conflict through the eyes of those, on both sides, who fought until they dropped: their personal testimony – Japanese as well as British – is still vivid, compell ピータープレストンは、恐怖とあまり知られて第二次世界戦争battleItの英雄で移動さはすでに1942年に死の道として、英国、インドや仲間の何千もの旅行者がラングーンを脱出、した盗賊でしつこく追跡される、日本人がビルマを取った後
- Guardian Focus podcast: Contains material some listeners may find offensive
WARNING: this programme explores the offensive side of the English language. As a result, it contains frequent use of swearing and words to which some listeners may objectAs the British Library opens a new exhibition on the English language, we explore the use of taboo words. Evolving English: One Language, Many Voices runs until April. Its curator, Jonnie Robinson, looks at how we have changed the way we communicate. We also listen to a potty-mouthed recording from the British Library's archives. Dr Colleen Cotter, senior lecturer in linguistics at Queen Mary University of London, explains why we swear and what we're trying to say by our choice of profanities. The Guardian's readers editor, Chris Elliott, explains why we choose not to use asterisks when printing swear words. Who is protecting the nation's ears? Chris Banatvala from the broadcasting regulator Ofcom tells us what offends the public. Political satire The Thick Of It's 'swearing consultant' Ian Martin discusses why bad language can be funny. What is the ultimate swear word? Peter Silverton, author of Filthy English: The How, Why, When and What of Everyday Swearing gives his verdict. Subscribe to the Guardian's Focus podcast.Paul MacInnesAndy DuckworthFrancesca PanettaChris Elliott
警告は：このプログラムは、英語の攻撃的な側面を探ります
- War on drugs: Bring out the peace pipe | Editorial
Sir Ian Gilmore is a distinguished physician. Nicholas Green is a leading barrister. Pillars of society, they share a radical opinion: they believe drugs should be decriminalised – not from any dogmatic position but from their own experience in medicine and the law.Sir Ian, a liver specialist and the outgoing president of the Royal College of Physicians, told the BBC yesterday that current policy aggravated the harms associated with drug abuse and cited approvingly a BMJ article by Stephen Rolles of the pro-legalisation organisation Transform. In June Mr Green suggested that if the government was serious about cutting the prison population it should consider decriminalising individual drug use.When the UN first sounded the alarm about the global drugs trade in 1961, it warned of the threat it posed to the world's health. It was President Nixon, swiftly backed in Britain, who converted the concern into a moral crusade. His war on drugs, both nationally and internationally, has caused harm that far exceeds the unquestionable damage of drug abuse. In ripples and surges from Mexico's catastrophic turf wars to gangland murders in Detroit and drive-by shootings in Birmingham, civil society is undermined and in places destroyed by the profitable lawlessness of the illegal drugs trade. It is time to sue for peace.This is a global war, and ultimately it needs a global solution. The first step has to be to acknowledge that the moral evil is drug trafficking, not drug abuse. The best way to undermine the traffickers is to tackle demand for their product. And as part of holistic policy that has to tackle wellbeing more widely, decriminalising individual drug use would be a good start. Portugal, where drug use was decriminalised nearly 10 years ago, is showing the way. Its evidence サーイアンギルモアは、識別医師です
- Three-wicket Hilfenhaus rocks India in opening Test
Fast bowler Ben Hilfenhaus grabbed three key wickets in the final session to boost Australia's hopes of winning the opening Test against India on Monday.India, needing 216 to win in their second innings, were wobbling at 55-4 at stumps on the penultimate day, with Hilfenhaus finishing with 3-22 off seven sharp overs.With middle-order batsman Venkatsai Laxman suffering from a stiff back, India's hopes largely depended on Sachin Tendulkar who was unbeaten with 10. Nightwatchman Zaheer Khan was batting on five. 速球投手ベンHilfenhausは、終わりから二番目の日の切り株で55から4でウォブリングされた、彼らの第2イニングで勝つために216を必要とする、Monday.India、インドとの開幕テストを獲得し、オーストラリアの期待を高めるための最後のセッションで3つのキーウィケットをつかんでHilfenhausが硬い後ろから。鋭いovers.With中位打者Venkatsai Laxmanの苦しみから3月22日仕上げと、インドのは、主に10無敗だった人て、Sachin Tendulkarさんに依存して期待している
- Science Weekly podcast: The Beagle Project; Hubble at 20; and Arabic science
Nell Boase is Lady Science this week ...All the way from Maine, Dr Karen James joins us in the studio to tell us about The Beagle Project, which aims to recreate the ship in which Charles Darwin sailed on his world-changing voyage of discovery. Karen is also a huge space fan and will watch the penultimate shuttle launch as part of Nasa's tweetup. She also tells us about getting a call on her mobile phone from the space station. Best ever revellation on the podcast: Karen tells us the dialling code for space. Guardian science correspondent Ian Sample is in the studio to ask Karen about her thoughts on the future of Nasa. As the Hubble space telescope reaches the age of 20, we take a closer look at what it has achieved. Giles Sparrow runs us through some of its greatest hits in his book Hubble: Window on the Universe. We have prepared a beautiful audio slideshow to go with this interview. Despite Arabic science helping shape the scientific method, theoretical physicist Jim Al-Khalili discusses what's holding it back today. His new book is called Pathfinders: The Golden Age of Arabic Science. Prof Al-Khalili is also chairing a special lecture at London's Royal Albert Hall this week with Stephen Hawking. Subscribe for free via iTunes to ensure every episode gets delivered. (Here is the non-iTunes URL feed).Meet our crack team of science bloggers:The Lay Scientist by Martin RobbinsLife and Physics by Jon ButterworthPunctuated Equilibrium by GrrlScientistPolitical Science by Evan Harris Follow the podcast on our Science Weekly Twitter feed and receive updates on all breaking science news stories from Guardian Science. Email scienceweeklypodcast@gmail.com. Guardian Science is now on Facebook. You can also join our Science Weekly Facebook group. Listen back through our archive ネルボースは今週...すべての方法がメインからの女性科学は、博士がして、Karen Jamesさんは、チャールズダーウィンは、彼の世界を変える旅に出航した船を再現することを目的とビーグルプロジェクトについて教えて、スタジオで私たちを結合する発見
- China unveils its own version of Google Earth
Map World, which was unveiled by the State Bureau of Surveying and Mapping, features an expansive view of the Great Wall of ChinaA Chinese government body has released its own online mapping service, designed to compete with Google Earth's popular satellite mapping service, that could spell more trouble for Google's services in the mainland.Google and China have been at odds since last year, when a serious hacking attack originating from China prompted Google to ultimately withdraw its search service from the mainland.Map World was unveiled by the State Bureau of Surveying and Mapping on Thursday. The home page features an expansive view of the Great Wall of China, capped by clouds in the shape of the continents.Google had not applied for a Web mapping licence in China, the English-language paper said, but Google's mapping service is accessible from computers on the mainland.Regulations issued by the bureau in May required companies providing online map and location services to apply for a licence. In order to apply, firms would have to keep map servers storing data within the country.Google said at the time that it was studying the new rules, which gives China the right to shut down providers that fail to qualify for a licence.Google's video-sharing site YouTube and photo service Picasa are both blocked in China, and its Google docs application is sometimes difficult to access. Searches originating in China are now directed to its search engine based in Hong Kong.Google does not keep servers in mainland China.At least some of Map World's high-resolution images of central Beijing appear to have been taken on October 1, 2009, when streets were cleared for the tanks and floats of the National Day Parade, which are visible on the street.Map World only provides high-altitud 測量とマッピングの状態局が発表された地図の世界は、、スペルできるGoogle Earthの一般的な衛星のマッピングサービスと競合するように設計、独自のオンライン地図サービスをリリースしたChinaA中国政府機関の長城の広大なビューを備えていますmainland.Google、中国のGoogleのサービスのためのより多くの問題は、中国由来の深刻なハッキング攻撃は、Googleが、最終的に世界の測量の国家事務局が発表されたmainland.Mapからの検索サービスを撤回するように求め、昨年から対立している木曜日およびマッピング
- Editorial : Fijians must take action to oust dictator
Two occurrences over the past week have highlighted the aberrant and ultimately destructive path being pursued by the Fijian military regime headed by Commodore Frank Bainimarama. The first was the announcement that Fiji plans... 過去1週間で2つの出現は、パスフィジー軍事政権コモドールフランクバイニマラマ率いるによって進められていると、最終的に破壊を異常強調している
- IMF backs call for new global reserve
So was Zhou Xiaochuan, the governor of the People's Bank of China, correct in calling for a new global reserve currency? Top-level experts at the International Monetary Fund have recently issued a report backing Zhou's view that a new global currency is the answer to fix an international monetary system that is badly in need of help, is vulnerable to shocks and ultimately will fail.
だから周小川総裁は、中国人民銀行は、新しい世界の準備通貨の呼び出しで正しいの知事でしたか？国際通貨基金でトップレベルの専門家は最近、レポート周のビューをバックアップ、新しい世界の通貨は、答えがひどく助けを必要とさ国際金融システムを修正することですissued haveショックを受けやすい、最終的には失敗します
- Don't forget France's artistic revolution
Street protesters in France remind us of the country's great insurrectionist pedigree – but its artists took the revolutionary road to a different destinationIn France this autumn, crowds have seized the streets, and the nation whose revolution in 1789 is usually taken to mark the birth of modern Europe has once again proved its propensity for political action. Meanwhile, in London, the giants of French modern art hold gallery-goers in awe. Cézanne at the Courtauld (which I'm planning to review shortly) is proving a magnetic attraction, while Gauguin continues to triumph at Tate Modern. Can there be any connection between London's season of great French painting and France's season of vociferously expressed discontent?Of course. The same forces that have enshrined revolution in French politics injected revolution into French art. The same dialectic between an apparently powerful state and underlying regional and class rebellion that shaped France forged the unique power and modernity of French painting.In its origins and its first golden age, no art owes quite as much to state power as French painting does. It was in the age of absolute monarchy launched by Louix XIV in the 17th century that the likes of Poussin and Le Brun put France in the forefront of European art. Versailles found its stately mirror in the powerful idea of classicism – a painting style, enduring in later artists like Ingres, whose austerity and grandeur express the authority of a world where Jove is very much in his throne.The 18th century saw the state promote a centralised pride in painting with the Salon exhibitions. Far from rejecting this authority, the art of Jacques-Louis David claimed it, but claimed it for the nation, and ultimately the people, as opposed to the monarchy. David's Oath of th フランスのストリートデモ隊は、国の偉大な暴徒の血統を思い出させてくれる - しかし、その芸術家は、フランスはこの秋、群衆が通りを押収した別のdestinationInに革命的な道をとり、その革命1789年に、通常撮影される現代の誕生を記念して国ヨーロッパは再び政治的な行動のための傾向を証明している
- The ultimate Steve job
Mike Daisey, an extempore monologuist, is in India with his latest show, 'The Agony and the Ecstasy of Steve Jobs' , on the real faces and hands behind the fabulous Apple gizmos. マイクデイジーは、即興monologuist、インドでは彼の最新のショー。。u0026#39;苦悩とエクスタシーのですスティーブジョブズ氏が、実際の顔と手素晴らしいアップル防犯機器の裏側で
- Moscow's limos halted by blue buckets
Russian protesters hit upon novel idea to limit accidents involving VIP vehicles - but officials are not amusedThey have become the ultimate symbol of power in Russia and the brazen disregard for the law that comes with it – spinning blue lights on VIP vehicles that give drivers the right to speed and cut traffic at will.Accidents involving cars with the lights – migalki – occur in Moscow weekly. Expanding internet use has brought videos of crashes to the attention of a growing number of Russians, fanning anger at government corruption.But now a fledgling protest movement may have found a hero. Early today today, police arrested a man who carried out a one-man protest outside the walls of the Kremlin last week. Leonid Nikolaev, a member of Solidarity, Russia's leading opposition group, staked out a street corner until he saw a VIP car pull up. Pulling a blue bucket over his head, he ran up to the car and over its roof. What would be seen in many countries as a funny stunt was seen as a daring provocation in Russia, and video of the event spread virally over the internet. The car's owner, reportedly a member of the FSB, Russia's secret police, was not amused.Nikolaev's friends said he was snatched outside the entrance to his flat early yesterdaythis morning. He disappeared for several hours, unreachable by telephone, only to turn up at a local police station. He has been charged with hooliganism.But the protest movement does not stop there. A demonstration in mid-April saw dozens of drivers attach blue buckets to their cars in imitation of the official lights and drive slowly through Moscow. Similar action, organised by the Blue Buckets Society, followed. Earlier this month, a bill was submitted to the Duma that would require such protests to register for official perm ロシアデモ隊は斬新なアイデアに事故のVIP車両を含む制限するヒット - しかし、当局はamusedTheyロシアの力の究極のシンボル、それが付属して法 - ドライバーに権利を与えるのVIP車両の回転の青いランプを無。厚かましいとなっているされていません高速化し、will.Accidentsライトで車を含むでトラフィックを削減 - migalki - モスクワで毎週発生します
- Treasures from Budapest | Visual art review
Royal Academy, LondonIt is understandable that publicists for this exhibition chose to put Egon Schiele's 1915 work Two Women Embracing on the posters. Sex sells, and drawing does not come any sexier than Schiele's transfixing image, whose ultimate provocation is the way one of the women looks around at the artist to show that she is gratifying his fantasy. But there is more to the foregrounding of this erotic masterpiece than commerce: it exemplifies a theme that runs through this once-in-a-lifetime show.From the first room, where Hungarian gothic altarpieces are juxtaposed with Italian Renaissance delights, to the last, where Schiele gives you a final thrill, the art of central Europe is richly mingled with extraordinary works from the west that are in Hungary's public collections. I've never seen such a generous loan from one country's museums – by comparison, the Hermitage exhibit at the RA was quite cautious. This is a true blockbuster, practically a museum in itself, stuffed with surprises and marvels. Highlights include a portrait by Frans Hals that proves him the equal of his contemporary Rembrandt, a pair of working-class heroes painted by Goya, a Raphael homage to Da Vinci and, oh yes, a couple of Leonardo's own greatest designs. And that merely scratches the surface.The thread that connects it all is a vision of Europe. Western Europe's artistic development has been written as a march of progress since the Renaissance. Hungarian collectors fully subscribed to that version, and bought some supreme Italian works. But here you see those paragons alongside carved wooden saints from Hungarian churches in a way that expands your sense of the variety and greatness of the continent's heritage. European art through Hungarian eyes is a landscape made new.Rati ロイヤルアカデミーは、LondonItは、この展覧会の時事評論は、エゴンシーレの1915作品ポスターに抱きしめるふたりの女を置くことを選んだことは理解できる
- Mother killed kids, dumped car in river
SOUTH CAROLINA - Investigators didn't believe it when a woman said her two young sons drowned after her car plunged into a river. She ultimately confessed to killing the toddlers, they say - not by dumping them in the water but... サウスカロライナは - 調査官が女性が車が川に飛び込んだ後、2人の若い息子が溺死したことを信じていなかった
- Germany prepare for life without Ballack
Germany prepare for life without captain Michael Ballack when they face Hungary in Budapest on Saturday in their penultimate World Cup warm-up.With Ballack out with an ankle injury, Bayern Munich defender Philipp Lahm will take over the captain's armband to captain the side in South Africa, but striker Miroslav Klose will lead Germany in Budapest.The Bayern quartet of Lahm, Germany's vice-captain Bastian Schweinsteiger, goalkeeper Hans-Joerg Butt and midfielder Thomas Mueller are being rested by Joachim Loew for the Hungary game as the coach looks at different options. ドイツの生活の主将ミヒャエルバラックなくときはブダペストの土曜日に自分から2番目のW杯ウォームup.Withバラックの足首の負傷でハンガリーを直面して準備、バイエルンミュンヘンのDFフィリップラームは船長南の側に船長の腕章を引き継ぐアフリカが、ストライカーのミロスラフクローゼは、ラームのBudapest.Theバイエルンカルテット、ドイツをリードするドイツの副主将バスティアンシュバインシュタイガー、GKのハンス。。u003dイェルクバットとMFトーマスミューラーている監督は別のを見てのヨアヒムレーブでハンガリーのゲームのため休養されてオプション
- Euro crisis: Finally, some (expensive) realism | Ilana Bet-El
The markets, like the public, have tired of grandstanding and empty promises and forced eurozone states to work togetherA stand-off between politicians and the markets is at best distasteful, but that is what the euro crisis boiled down to last week. Ultimately the markets won – and possibly to the benefit of us all.The massive bailout mechanism agreed Sunday night by EU finance ministers is a desperate step. Half a trillion euros is an unimaginable sum, and not by chance: it is meant to be beyond the realm of reality, in order to assure the markets that no matter which direction they go, the euro will remain stable. If the step works, much of the money will not be necessary. If it fails, the euro will collapse and bring down the EU with it.These are stark options. Six months ago there were others, such as addressing the Greek crisis fundamentally while looking at the mechanisms of the euro, but they were ignored. The crisis unfolded like a slow train moving determinedly towards the obstacle into which it would crash. The harsh reality of spiralling sovereign debts in a number of eurozone states combined with a lack of legal tools to deal with fiscal management of the euro – with minor attempts to change tracks. In fact, the attempts became a farce: repeated special summits of heads of state, ending in empty statements on determination and solidarity, backed up by no money and less political will.The summits came to be notorious for the heads disagreeing in private and in public on everything but one fact: Greece had lied about its finances and was therefore to blame for its own troubles, and subsequently everyone else's. In the past six weeks the international markets and credit agencies have joined Greece as the blanket reasons for blame. In fact, it seems everyone bu 市場は、公共のように、空約束スタンドプレー、強制ユーロ圏の状態を、政治家や市場間togetherAスタンドアロン仕事に出掛けるの疲れがあるで最高の不快ですが、それはユーロの危機は、先週にゆでものです
- World government data: try our new, improved search of the world's best statistics. US, Canada, NZ, Aus, Lon, San Francisco, Toronto plus API
Our data search now includes California, San Francisco, Toronto and London - as well as the US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and the UK. See how to find the world's government data• Search the world's government data• Use the World Government data API• Full list: the world's open data sitesHow do you navigate around the huge amounts of data now being released by the world's governments? How do you compare crime in one part of the world to crime in another?Well, this is the place. We have created the ultimate gateway to world government data.At World Government Data our busy team of developers has added lots of new data to the site, including for the first time:• London• San Francisco• California• TorontoAnd that's in addition to data from the UK, USA, Australia and New Zealand.The site is pretty simple to use and allows you to help us find the best datasets by ranking them, collect similar datasets together from around the world and browse all datasets by each country, city or state.There's an API too to enable developers to build applications around the data - you can read more about how to use that here.So, take a look, see what you can discover - and let us know which datasets change your view of the world.World government data• Search the world's government data with our gatewayCan you do something with this data?Flickr Please post your visualisations and mash-ups on our Flickr group or mail us at datastore@guardian.co.uk• Get the A-Z of data• More at the Datastore directory• Follow us on TwitterGovernment dataFree our dataSimon Rogersguardian.co.uk © Guardian News & Media Limited 2010 | Use of this content is subject to our Terms & Conditions | More Feeds
我々のデータの検索は、現在カリフォルニア州、サンフランシスコ、トロント、ロンドンを含む - だけでなく、米国、カナダ、オーストラリア、ニュージーランド、英国など
- G20: Make poverty history, but not just yet | Editorial
The development agenda will take a back seat as the summit focuses on how to remedy Europe's lurch back to fiscal austerityThe new kid on the block says that too often international meetings fail to live up to the hype and promises made. The old hand in the room just wants to get through this G20 summit without further defections from her party. Both David Cameron and Angela Merkel sit astride uneasy coalitions and could ultimately share the same political fate, if, as a result of sharply contractionary medicine, their national economies lurch into Japanese-style doldrums.From where the last Keynesian in town – Barack Obama – sits, Europe's lurch back to fiscal austerity could not be timed worse. The recovery just seemed to be taking hold and China at last did the right thing by allowing its currency to revalue against the dollar, after two years of keeping it low to protect its economy. Washington's view on this is shared by Brazil and India. What does the debt-riddled eurozone go and do, but put everything back into the deep freeze. The EU will argue until it is blue in the face that budget cuts amounting to 1% of GDP are not excessive compared to an average EU budget deficit of 6.6%, but these are not normal times. The EU is asking the US to act as the consumer of last resort. Fiscal contractions can be expansionary, if what is cut is the government wage bill and welfare payments alone, but like brain surgery, a lot more healthy tissue would die as well. At best these are long-term projects and what are needed are measures to sustain a fragile recovery now.This is not the only deep rift in Toronto today. Many members of the G20 like Canada have healthy, orthodox banks, and do not see why they should be penalised by regulation inspired by Europe's reckless ones. Germa 首脳会談は、欧州のを改善する方法について年度austerityThe新しい子供にブロックに戻ってよろめく焦点を当てて、開発アジェンダは後部座席にかかることもしばしば国際会議は、誇大広告に住んでいると約束したが失敗だ
- Greece's debt must be restructured | Jayati Ghosh
As the African experience shows, there is no alternative to a major restructuring of the Greek debt. Why is this being ignored?It is now clear that the problems of the Greek economy – and the eurozone – have not been and cannot be solved by the large infusion of emergency finance from the ECB and the IMF. The Greek government is being asked to implement austerity measures that will cause a major decline in incomes and employment not just now but in the foreseeable future, and which will not correct the existing imbalances but actually worsen them.The heavily-indebted poor countries (HIPCs) of Africa could tell the Greeks a thing or two about this process. They could tell them how the deflationary measures that are imposed on governments cause economic activity to go into a downward spiral that destroys existing capacities and prospects for future growth, and pushes large sections of the population into a fragile and insecure material existence. They could tell them about how it is fundamentally unsustainable, because the downslide in GDP makes it ever harder to service the debt, which in turn keep not only piling up, but even expanding, because of the unpaid interest that keeps getting added to the principal and then compounded, so that the country's debt just keeps rising even with no fresh inflows. They could tell them how ultimately there will be no alternative to restructuring the debt, because the problem will only grow in magnitude even with (and partly because of) the most stringently applied austerity measures. They could tell them about their own experience of several lost decades of economic retrogression, which could have been avoided had the debt restructuring taken place much earlier and a different set of policies for economic recovery been pursued.This ex アフリカの経験が示すように、そこにギリシャの債務の大規模なリストラに代案がないように
- Faria da Costa wins eighth stage, Gesink in yellow
Portugal's Rui Faria da Costa of the Caisse d'Epargne team won the eighth and penultimate stage of the Tour of Switzerland on Saturday over 172km between Wetzikon and Liestal.The 23-year-old finished 15sec ahead of teammate Jose Gil Rojas with Belgian Maxime Monfort of HTC Columbia 19sec off the pace.Dutch rider Robert Gesink of Rabobank holds the leader's yellow jersey with one day's racing left after finishing in the peloton over a minute behind the winner. ポルトガルのルイファリアダコスタはケスデパーニュチームの土曜日に172キロウェツィコンとLiestal.The間23歳の前にチームメイトのホセジルロハスベルギーマクシムモンフォートで15秒を終えた以上のツアースイスの8位と最後から2番ステージを獲得pace.DutchライダーロバートヘシンクラボのHTCのコロンビア19secのオフ1日はコードネームの勝者の背後に1分以上終えた後、レースだとリーダーの黄色いジャージーを保持します
- Greece's problems 'tip of the iceberg' warns Dr Doom
Nouriel Roubini, the New York University professor who predicted the US recession more than a year before its start in December 2007, says rising sovereign debt from the US to Japan and Greece will ultimately lead to higher inflation... Nouriel Roubiniは、米国の景気後退の年より2007年12月の開始前に詳細を予測ニューヨーク大学教授、日本、ギリシャ、最終的に高いインフレにつながる米国から上昇ソブリン債務を言う...
- The Business podcast: Ha-Joon Chang on industrial strategy, plus BP's ongoing problems
It was the decade of decimalisation, three-day weeks and flares. But could something else that was big in the 70s, industrial strategy, now be on the verge of a comeback? Ha-Joon Chang, an economist from the university of Cambridge, tells us what he thinks. David Cameron has carried out the ultimate exercise in lowering expectations by preparing the country for painful cuts ahead. As oil continues to gush into the Gulf of Mexico, who will come off worse, BP or President Obama? US columnist Michael Tomasky gives his opinion from Washington DC. Plus, we take a quick look at what's next for Sir Terry Leahy after he steps down as Tesco's chief executive after 14 years.Aditya ChakraborttyAndy DuckworthTim WebbHa-Joon ChangJulian GloverMichael Tomasky
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- Desmond Tutu | It's time to rid the world of nuclear weapons
Sceptics may say a nuclear-free world is an impossible dream, but they said that about slavery and apartheid tooThis year the nuclear bomb turns 65 – an appropriate age, by international standards, for compulsory retirement. But do our leaders have the courage and wisdom to rid the planet of this ultimate menace? The five-yearly review of the ailing nuclear non-proliferation treaty, currently under way at the United Nations in New York, will test the strength of governments' commitment to a nuclear-weapon-free world.If they are serious about realising this vision, they will work now to shift the focus from the failed policy of nuclear arms control, which assumes that a select few states can be trusted with these weapons, to nuclear abolition. Just as we have outlawed other categories of particularly inhuman and indiscriminate weapons – from biological and chemical agents to anti-personnel landmines and cluster munitions – we must now turn our attention to outlawing the most iniquitous weapons of all.Gains in nuclear disarmament to date have come much too slowly. More than 23,000 nuclear arms remain in global stockpiles, breeding enmity and mistrust among nations, and casting a shadow over us all. None of the nuclear-armed countries appears to be preparing for a future without these terrifying devices. Their failure to disarm has spurred nuclear proliferation, and will continue to destabilise the planet unless we radically alter our trajectory now. Forty years after the NPT entered into force, we should seriously question whether we are on track to abolition.D is not an option for governments to take up or ignore. It is a moral duty owed by them to their own citizens, and to humanity as a whole. We must not await another Hiroshima or Nagasaki before finally mustering the 懐疑論者は、核のない世界は不可能な夢と言うかもしれないが、彼らはそのことについて奴隷制とアパルトヘイトtooThis年の核爆弾は国際的な基準で65 - 適切な年齢、ターンよると、定年退職します
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