- I'm Okay with Mitt Romney's Income and Estate Tax Planning
Americans are allowed to pay the lowest tax they are legally obligated to pay. Taxpayers who pay more do so usually because they are unaware of rules or planning opportunities applicable to them or fail to implement planning. It is the job of the President and Congress to enact legislation delineating the public’s tax obligations, and for the IRS to administer such laws as intended. Most people would use a word other than generous to describe a person who knowingly pays more taxes than what he owes. null, responseDetails: Suspected Terms of Service Abuse. Please see responseStatus: 40
- Sioux sue beer companies for alcohol woes
An American Indian tribe is suing some of the world's largest beer makers, claiming they knowingly contributed to devastating alcohol-related problems on South Dakota's Pine Ridge Indian Reservation.The Oglala Sioux Tribe of South... null, responseDetails: Suspected Terms of Service Abuse. Please see responseStatus: 40
- No knowing what life on the other side of the glass is like
At the airport there is someone holding up a sign with my name on it. He takes my luggage and leads me to a big black car. I sit in the back on the way to the hotel. We pass through the gates and after security inspection I am inside a large marble lobby. 空港では、誰かが私の名前を看板を持っている
- Aussie election: what a hangover
Australia wakes this morning to its biggest political hangover since the dismissal of Gough Whitlam's Labor administration in 1975, left without a Government and knowing that its next Prime Minister will in effect be decided by three... オーストラリアは今朝、その最大の政治的な二日酔い1975年にゴフウィットラムの労働行政の解任以来、政府はせずに左にし、その次の首相が実質的に決定される知って目覚める3 ...
- Irish incest couple with son plan to tie the knot
A brother and sister, who already have child together, now plan to get married despite knowing incestuous wedding is illegal.
兄と妹、すでに一緒に子供がいる、今近親結婚を知って違法であるにもかかわらず、結婚する予定です
- Fleeing drunk drives into police car park
A drink driver was arrested after he tried to avoid police by unknowingly driving into a Melbourne police centre car park early Sunday.Police have been told the 22-year-old man from Mulgrave was driving erratically in the city... 彼は無意識のうちにメルボルン警察センター駐車場に車で警察を避けるために試みた後にドリンクのドライバは、初期のSunday.Policeがマルグレーブ島から22歳の男性が街に不規則に運転していたと言われている...逮捕された
- Kiwi arrested over disaster-ferry forgery
A former New Zealand businessman who bought the Princess Ashika ferry for Tonga has been arrested on charges of forgery and knowingly using forged documents.The 37-year-old vessel sank in Tonga in August, killing 74 people.John... 人トンガ偽造の疑いで逮捕されている故。歳の容器documents.The 37鍛造を使用して、プリンセスAshikaフェリーを購入した元ニュージーランドの実業家トンガで8月に、74 people.John殺。沈没...
- Vinod Khosla-backed Renewable Fuel Firm Kior Files To Go Public
Billionaire investor Vinod Khosla has invested in dozens of clean energy companies, knowing that many may never succeed. All he wants is a few of them to be big winners. One of his bets has emerged from the pack: On Monday, Khosla Ventures-backed renewable fuel company Kior filed to go public, with the intent of raising as much as $100 million. 億万長者の投資家して、Vinod Khoslaさんは、多くは決して成功しないことを知って、クリーンエネルギーの数十社に投資してきた
- Golden vintage: hidden treasure discovered in Champagne farmhouse
Builders find stash of gold coins believed to have been hidden after wine sales to US bootleggers during prohibition in 1930sThe world economic crisis might have been a lesson that money doesn't fall from the sky, but it does sometimes fall from the ceiling.Builders renovating an outhouse belonging to a French champagne producer were bashing through old plastering with a crowbar last week when hundreds of coins and neatly tied sacks of gold rained down from a hole in the rafters. The irony was that the 17kg (37lbs) of gold, amounting to 497 pieces now worth around €750,000 (£621,400), was probably stashed there during the last big financial crisis in the 1930s.In recent years the building in the eastern village of Les Riceys had been used to house seasonal grape pickers each autumn, who had slept unknowingly under the hidden stash.But the former grape-drying facility once belonged to a French wine producer who is believed to have traded with US customers during prohibition.He may have been paid in gold for illegally providing alcohol for his clients. The gold pieces, produced between 1851 and 1928, each have a face value of $20.Philippe Baijot, the head of the champagne house Alexandre Bonnet, which owns the building where the gold was found, told Le Figaro he believed it could have been stored there in the 1930s.It is unclear how the find will be divided, but it may be split between the builders and the owner of the building.But money breeds money, and it has already served as a marketing coup for the champagne producer, who plans a possible celebratory vintage, provisionally called Hidden Treasure.FranceEuropeWineAngelique Chrisafisguardian.co.uk © 2012 Guardian News and Media Limited or its affiliated companies. All rights reserved. | Use of this content is subj null, responseDetails: Suspected Terms of Service Abuse. Please see responseStatus: 40
- Yemen: attack on president keeps observers guessing | Brian Whitaker
Confusion reigns in Yemen over president Saleh's injuries. Whatever the truth, the country is facing a decisive momentI started this morning planning to write a general blog about Yemen, but events took a dramatic turn this afternoon – and are still developing. Let's start with the official version. The presidential palace in Yemen was hit by shells on Friday. Government sources said at first that President Saleh was unhurt and would be giving a news conference within an hour.The news conference didn't happen and the new line seems to be that the president has been slightly injured and is now in hospital.At present, there is no way of knowing if this is true. Being taken to hospital could explain why Saleh hasn't given the promised news conference. So would being killed. We can't be absolutely sure that Saleh is still alive until he is seen on television talking about what happened.If he were dead, Yemeni officials wouldn't necessarily say so until the resulting power vacuum had been filled. Similarly, if his injuries were serious, officials might still be expected to describe them as slight.The only thing we can be sure of is that he is not uninjured – otherwise he would have been on television by now, describing his escape. Saying that he is in hospital provides the regime with a sort of holding position which in due course will allow for him to either recover or get worse.So, what does this mean for the Yemeni uprising?In what might be the best scenario for Yemen's future, Saleh would be seriously injured but not dead. In fact, sufficiently injured for the doctors to decide that he needs urgent treatment abroad.Flying him out of the country for medical reasons would provide a near-perfect exit from the crisis. The vice-president could take over and Yemen could begin サーレハ大統領の負傷で、イエメンの混乱に満ちていた
- Brooks: 'I never sanctioned payments to police'
Ex-News International official Rebekah Brooks says she's never knowingly sanctioned a payoff to a police officer.Brooks appeared today before the House of Commons media committee, a few hours after her former boss Rupert Murdoch... 元ニュースインターナショナル公式リベカブルックスはコモンズメディア委員会、彼女の元上司ルパートマードック後の数時間の家の前に今日登場した彼女は故意に警察のofficer.Brooksにペイオフを認可ないと言っている...
- Michael Tomasky: Liberals and despair
First of all, Sarah (wife) and I want to thank all of you for your wonderfully kind wishes and advice last Friday. We (and other family members) read through them all and we were deeply touched. Things are proceeding wonderfully so far, and I'll post a picture from time to time without overdoing it, as I'm fully aware that there are few things in life as boring a parent nattering on about the amazing thing their infant did yesterday when in reality it was something pretty much any infant does. But our sincere gratitude to you all.Second: Bookfan, sorry about your side yesterday. From my vantage point, we had two likable nations going at it. I was pulling slightly for the Dutch, for Bookie's sake and because I've been there, while I've never been to Spain (but I kinda like the music, yuk yuk/name the reference). It seemed to me, knowing little about the game, that the Dutch keeper totally froze there. Back on your heels is not a place you want to be in any sport.Now, on to new business. As Misanthrope and ngavc noted toward the end of the Margot thread, Politico ran a piece about my big essay in my journal and Eric Alterman's new opus in The Nation, in which he argues that the US system is too rigged against progressive change because of the make-up of the Senate, the power of corporate money in Washington and other reasons.The Politico piece captures the problem well, I thought. It pits Eric and me as opposites in a way I don't quite agree with, but that's just a little quibble. (We're old friends, by the way, in case you feel you need to know that, but no we did not coordinate this; I had no idea he was writing this piece.)I thought we were making complementary sides of the same argument, which is that that the lack of massive progressive change in the country so far i まず第一に、サラ（妻）と私はあなたの素晴らしい親切な願いやアドバイスを先週の金曜日にすべてのあなたの感謝したい
- Solar power frees thousands from risks of search for water
Imagine that, instead of turning a tap, you had to walk more than 10 miles every time you wanted water. And that you then had to descend into a crumbling pit dug in a dry riverbed, to scoop out dirty water with your bare hands, knowing... 代わりに、タップを回すのには、たびに水を望んでいた以上の10マイルを歩いていたことを想像してください
- Wachovia Gave Customer With GM Stock Problem The Old Shuffle
In a Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (?FINRA?) Arbitration Statement of Claim filed in November 2010 and as amended, public customer Claimant Dimopoulos alleged a claim arising from investments in GM Preferred stock and she asserted the following causes of action:
1) failure of Respondents to invest according to Claimant's instructions;
2) Respondents knowingly deceived Claimant;
3) Claimant was shuffled from broker to broker receiving no help ; and,
4) Respondents' investments in preferred stock in Claimant's account were inappropriate for Claimant.
Claimant sought $31,986.80 in compensatory damages; $2,000 in punitive damages; and $425 in interest. In the Matter of the FINRA Arbitration Between Nicki Lynn Suitor Dimopoulos, Claimant, vs. Wachovia Securities, LLC and Richard J . Dobler, Respondents (FINRA Arbitration 10-05260, February 16, 2012). null, responseDetails: Suspected Terms of Service Abuse. Please see responseStatus: 40
- Chaos Theory, Financial Markets, and Global Weirding
In my bio, I usually state
My study of chaos theory led to my conviction that knowing the limits of our ability to predict is much more important than the predictions themselves, a lesson I apply to both climate science and the financial markets.
Despite having written about financial markets and clean energy stocks regularly since 2006, I have never before explained in print what I meant by that. This summer's heat wave and stock market turbulence illustrate how my intuition about chaos theory informs both my understanding of the climate and the stock market. _NULL_
- The Three Big Mistakes That Will Stop You from Building a Future-Proofed Career
In my last blog, I talked about the 10 ways to future-proof your career, taken from my new book The Shift. A number of people remarked that as we navigate through our careers, what is as important as knowing what to do, is knowing what not to do. So this time [...] 前回のブログでは、Shiftキー私の新しい本から撮影、将来を見据えたあなたのキャリアに10の方法について話しました
- Who's Doing It Right? Bleacher Report Turns Knowing Fans Into Reporters
It always seems the best sports guys are better at combining journalism and technology than the news people. Maybe that's because the on-field action is fast and furious (not that news isn't). Perhaps it's because the sports media stays more connected to the fan while news executives hide behind that wall of objectivity (which is now collapsing if it ever really existed). Bill Simmons comes to mind, with 1.5 million Twitter followers and his Web site. So does the legendary Roone Arledge, a crossover genius who first reinvented sports and then news for the ABC television network. He put the camera in motion on the field, then unleashed instant replay, slow motion and more. Arledge did the same for the news crowd 30 years ago when he brought the split-screen interview to Nightline, quaint as that seems now. それは常に最高のスポーツの人はニュースの人々よりも組み合わせてジャーナリズムと技術に優れているようだ
- Hundreds of troops' remains thrown in dump
It took Gari-Lynn Smith more than four years to learn what happened to the final remains of her husband, an Army sergeant killed in Iraq.The New Jersey widow never thought that knowing would be worse than not, or that her search... null, responseDetails: Suspected Terms of Service Abuse. Please see responseStatus: 40
- Wrong men jailed in Pearl killing report
KARACHI - The four men imprisoned for killing reporter Daniel Pearl were not present during his beheading, but were convicted of murder because Pakistani authorities knowingly relied on perjured testimony and ignored other leads,... カラチは - 記者ダニエルパールを殺すために投獄さ四人は、彼の首の間に存在されていないパキスタン当局は故意に偽証陳述に頼っので、他のリードを無視して殺人の有罪判決を受けた、...
- Liverpool manager unfazed by race for Europe
Kenny Dalglish insists Liverpool's bid to qualify for European football won't define whether his club's season has been a success or failure.Dalglish's side travel to Fulham on Monday knowing a victory will keep them firmly in the race to finish fifth ahead of Tottenham and secure the dubious honour of competing in the Europa League. ケニーダルグリッシュは、彼のクラブのシーズン先にトッテナムの安全5位に、レースでしっかりと維持するの勝利を知って月曜日に成功したかどうかfailure.Dalglish。。u0026#39;フルハムとの側旅行されているかどうかを定義していないが、欧州サッカー資格を得るためにリバプールの入札を主張しているヨーロッパリーグでの競争への疑わしい名誉
- Breakthrough Surgical Adhesive Dramatically Reduces Fluid Accumulation After Plastic Surgery
Knowing that a loved one has come through a plastic surgery procedure is a relief. Seeing them post-surgery sprouting drainage tubes from various parts of their body is another story entirely. null, responseDetails: Suspected Terms of Service Abuse. Please see responseStatus: 40
- Where is the body? Not everyone believes bin Laden is dead
Knowing there would be disbelievers, the US says it used convincing means to confirm Osama bin Laden's identity during and after the firefight that killed him. But the mystique that surrounded the terrorist chieftain in life is persisting... が知っている不信心される、米国はオサマ中に、彼を殺害した銃撃戦の後にビンラディン氏の身元をbinに確認する手段を説得使用と言います
- What To Ask Your Potential Financial Advisor
Knowing what and what not to ask a perspective advisor is key to finding the best choice for you and your financial situation. 何知り、視点のアドバイザーがあなたとあなたの財務状況に最適な選択肢を見つけるための鍵は何かを尋ねていない
- Fair Game: So That’s Where the Money Went
Knowing who got what at the bailout banquet helps us understand how expensive it is to live in a nation where big financial institutions are not allowed to fail. 救済の宴会に役立ちますで私たちは、それが、大きな金融機関が失敗することは許可されていません国に住んでいるどのように高価な理解し、誰が手に入れた知っている
- Beckham sues over prostitute claims
Lawyers for David Beckham have filed a lawsuit in Los Angeles alleging that a magazine knowingly published false claims that the football superstar had sex with prostitutes.The suit filed on Friday in Los Angeles Superior Court... デビッドベッカムの弁護士は、雑誌が故意にサッカーのスーパースター、ロサンゼルス上級裁判所の金曜日に提出prostitutes.Theスーツとセックスをしたことが虚偽の主張を発表していると主張ロサンゼルスで訴訟を起こしている...
- Best restaurant in world serves its final meal
Leaving more than two million palates disappointed and knowing that they will never get to eat there, El Bulli, the best restaurant in the world, has closed its doors.A select 45 extra-special guests savoured the last ever servings... 200万人以上palatesは失望し、彼らがそこに食べに取得しないことを知って立ち去る、エルブリ、世界で最高のレストランは、そのdoors.Aが45余分特別なゲストが最後まで人前を満。選。閉じています...
- Asian arrivals put luxury Parisian hotels on guard
Luxury hotels in Paris begin 2011 knowing they need a combative spirit and ambitious initiatives to protect their turf from the arrival of powerful Asian chains such as Shangri-La, Mandarin Oriental and Peninsula.
パリの高級ホテルは、シャングリラ、マンダリンオリエンタル、ザペニンシュラなどの強力なアジアの鎖が到着してから自分の縄張りを守るために闘争心と野心的な取り組みを必要と知って2011を開始します
- What It Takes To Catch The Eye Of The Tech Elite
Most successful entrepreneurs don’t start their careers knowing the “right people” to help them succeed. Or at least that’s what I’ve found in writing about entrepreneurship for 15 years or so. null, responseDetails: Suspected Terms of Service Abuse. Please see responseStatus: 40
- Phyllis Wager obituary
My mother, Phyllis Wager, who has died aged 99, was the widow of LR Wager (known as Bill), late professor of geology at Oxford University. Within a year of their marriage in 1934, they set off for 15 months on the remote East Greenland coast at Kangerdlugssuaq, where Bill was researching the Skaergaard layered intrusions which he had first discovered on the British Arctic Air Route expedition to the Greenland ice-cap in 1930-31.Their expedition took out everything needed to survive for the year, including numbered planks to build a wooden house, with a living area, a coal-fired stove, spaces to sleep and for scientific work, and a food store in the roof. Two Inuit families, along with their kayaks, sledges and husky-dog teams, were brought the 300km north from Angmagssalik to share life with the scientists.The men hunted seals for food for everyone, including the dog teams, which were used for the geological work throughout the long winter. Mother cooked for the expedition members, and recorded the weather three times daily. She learned to prepare and cure seal skins and to sew sealskin clothes with traditional bead decorations, and, gradually learning some of the Eskimo language, entertained the Inuit people, who loved to dance to the wind-up gramophone.Phyl Worthington had been born into the social life of Edwardian London and of her grandparents' family home at Standen in Sussex, now a National Trust property. Knowing from an early age that she wanted to train as a dancer, in 1930 she joined the Ninette de Valois ballet school, dancing in the corps de ballet of the Vic-Wells Ballet at Sadler's Wells and the Old Vic.At a morris-dancing festival in Sussex she met Bill. He was a member of the Everest expedition of 1933, reaching 28,000ft – around 8,500m – with Percy Wyn _NULL_
- NY hospital in the clear
NEW YORK: A jury has decided a New York City hospital is not to blame for the death of a Singapore-born man who became riddled with cancer after getting a kidney from a donor who unknowingly had uterine cancer. Vincent Liew's... _NULL_
- Three Ways to Keep Those Secret Purchases Secret
Not everything in life is meant to be aired in public, and in the same vein, not all our purchases are ones we necessarily want others knowing we make. Fortunately, it is possible to buy things both online and off that keep you anonymous. 生活の中で動作しないものは、公共の場で放送されることになっています同じ調子ではなく、すべての購入は、我々は、必ずしも私たちが作る知る人したいものです
- Osama bin Laden's family due to be deported to Saudi Arabia
Pakistan hopes chapter on al-Qaida leader's death in US raid will close with departure of three widows and nine childrenOsama bin Laden's three widows and their nine children are due to be deported to Saudi Arabia around midnight on Tuesday, almost a year after US Navy Seals killed the al-Qaida chief at a compound in north-west Pakistan, their lawyer said.The family was detained by Pakistani authorities immediately after the pre-dawn raid on 2 May in Abbottabad. The American commandos left them behind but took Bin Laden's body, which they later buried at sea.The relatives were interrogated by Pakistani officials and eventually charged last month with illegally entering and living in the country. They were convicted on 2 April and sentenced to 45 days in prison, with credit for about a month served. Their prison term, which was spent at a well-guarded house in Islamabad, ends on Tuesday.Pakistani officials have said very little publicly about the family, raising questions about why they were kept in detention for so long.Some speculated Pakistan was worried information from the widows would point to some level of official assistance in hiding Bin Laden. The compound in Abbottabad where he lived for six years was about 1km from one of Pakistan's main military academies.The Pakistani government has denied knowing the terrorist leader's whereabouts, and the US has said it has no evidence senior Pakistani officials knew he was in Abbottabad.But details leaked to the media from the interrogation of one of Bin Laden's widows raised further questions about how he was able to live in the country unnoticed for so long.Amal Ahmed Abdel-Fatah al-Sada said the al-Qaida chief lived in five houses while on the run in Pakistan for nine years and fathered four children, two of whom were null, responseDetails: Suspected Terms of Service Abuse. Please see responseStatus: 40
- How To Manage Risk In This Market
Part of a good defense in investing is knowing the impact of losses and why we want to keep them small. Losses do not get better as they float downstream. 投資のための好守備の部分は、損失の影響を知ることとその理由が小さく保つにしたいです
- Iraq intel specter casts shadow on Iran
Popular skepticism greets Washington hawks in the campaign for ever-more aggressive actions against Iran in light of the failure in Iraq to find the weapons of mass destruction used to justify invasion. A new report finds both improvements and shortfalls in intelligence on the nuclear program, but the biggest hurdle to knowing what Iran is up to remains determining just what its leadership wants the program to accomplish. - Ali Gharib (Sep 19, '11) 侵略を正当化するために使用される大量破壊兵器を見つけるためにイラクでの失敗の光の中でイランに対してこれまで以上に積極的な行動のためのキャンペーンで人気の懐疑の挨拶、ワシントンのタカ派
- Soviet economic legacy haunts Russia 20 years on
Russia has broken the shackles of state-planned economics but remains tied to oil prices and the whims of a bloated bureaucracy on the 20th anniversary of the Soviet Union's collapse.Few modern events seemed as filled with promise or challenge as the prospect of ex-Cold War foe Russia dropping its Communist five-year plans and picking up market economics that harmoniously folded into the Western world.Not much went as smoothly as envisioned. The Soviet structure crumbled with little there to replace it and few people knowing how private finances worked. null, responseDetails: Suspected Terms of Service Abuse. Please see responseStatus: 40
- Tweets from Sohaib Athar - who liveblogged assassination without realising
Sohaib Athar was taking a break from the rat-race in the mountains with his laptops when he unknowingly tweeted the assassination of Osama bin Laden.*Helicopter hovering above Abbottabad at 1am (is a rare event).*Go away helicopter... Sohaib Athar彼は無意識のうちに午前1時にアボッタバード上に浮かんオサマビンラディン.*ヘリコプターの暗殺をつぶやいたとき、彼のラップトップと山の中でラットレースから休憩を取っていたヘリコプターを離れてください*（稀である）...
- Alleged Iranian Plot Raises Questions About Possible Motive
Some Middle East experts question why Iran would carry out an assassination attempt knowing considerable fallout would follow イランはかなりの放射性降下物を知る暗殺未遂を実施する理由のいくつかの中東専門家の質問が続きます
- US Open leader Seo plays waiting game
South Korea's Seo Hee kyung faces an anxious wait before knowing whether she has done enough to win the US Women's Open after the final round was held... キョン。韓国の徐在応は、最終ラウンドが行われた後、彼女は全米女子オープンを優勝するのに十分に行われているかどうかを知る前に不安な待ち時間に直面している...
- Reminder: The Embarrassing Naked Photos On Your Stolen Laptop May Not Belong To The Thief
Susan Clements-Jeffrey unknowingly used a stolen laptop to carry on intimate conversations with her long-distance boyfriend. Her nude photos wound up in the hands of a laptop theft recovery company and the police. スーザンクレメンツ。。u003dジェフリーは、無意識のうちに彼女の長距離のボーイフレンドとの親密な会話を続けていくために盗まれたラップトップを使用
- Schoolies exchange wedding vows
TWO teens have tied the knot "schoolies style" after knowing each other just five days. TWO代は結び目はわずか5日間をお互いを知ることの後に。。u0026quot;スタイルをschoolies。。u0026quot;接続があります
- How Madmen Lost their Mojo
There is a rising tide of voices about how marketing’s loss of ground in the corporation is attributable to its lack of ‘knowing the numbers’. The Madmen of Marketing are responsible for knowing what markets will buy and how to get them to buy the products their company sells. They are the strategists who lead the way to growth, tacticians that enable sales to deliver that growth, and serve as customers’ internal ombudsman. By all accounts this credibility crisis is a troubling trend when B2B marketing is more critical than sales capacity to a company’s growth these days. Yet the voices speak the truth even if they’re originating from sales, finance, support and consultants. Marketing’s silence on the topic is mistakenly being interpreted as acquiescence. 企業における地盤のマーケティングの損失は。。u0026quot;数字を知る。。u0026quot;の欠如に起因している方法についての声の台頭があります
- The Consequences of Not Knowing What Business You Are In: A Sad Little Netflix Story
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- 2011 Range Rover Supercharged -- An SUV Fit for Royalty
There’s just something about a Range Rover. Perhaps that something is class. It’s not about money – though money is never far from mind when you’re thinking about a Range Rover. It’s about status. It’s about elegance. It’s about knowing that you’re driving the same vehicle that transports royalty. And it’s about capability. レンジローバーについての何かがあります
- US says STD trial victims can't sue
The Obama Administration argued yesterday that Guatemalans unknowingly exposed to sexually transmitted diseases by American researchers in the 1940s cannot sue the United States, no matter how unethical the studies were.In its... null, responseDetails: Suspected Terms of Service Abuse. Please see responseStatus: 40
- American Apparel: a postmodern cautionary tale | Colin Horgan
The brand's hipster credentials proved an empty promise as its mash-up of fashion subcultures gave way to mere consumerismAmelia Hill noted earlier this week in her chronicle of the recent financial troubles at American Apparel that the brand was not so long ago the darling of the fashion industry, known for making fashions that were once considered simple into trendy high-street couture. That stellar rise was pushed along by hipsters, a subset of early 21st-century western culture, who as a group adopted American Apparel as a cultural uniform. But that symbiotic relationship may have led not only to American Apparel's lack of innovation, but also, perhaps, to its demise.Dov Charney, the maligned, allegedly perverted founder of American Apparel had good timing. He hitched his brand to a narcissistic generation bored with the over-zealous marketing of the 90s, but who had been fully immersed in the dream of bottom-up capitalism – untroubled by the prospect of co-option as long as it equalled easy consumption.American Apparel became the uniform of a subset of an inherently apolitical youth raised not on ideals, but marketing wizardry that had convinced us each of our special little place in the world, earned only by virtue of being a target demographic. That knowing acceptance of our generation's role in the capitalist meta-narrative lent itself to the now tired irony of 21st-century hipsterism.Unlike earlier versions, the current hipster trend is an apathetic postmodern capitalist sigh, breathing out the recycled air from a million forgotten advertising campaigns in one big stale cloud. Modern hipsterism is a death spiral of a co-opted public relentlessly co-opting itself, doing all the advertising work for the advertisers.Hipsters adopted American Apparel as our generat マッシュアップはファッションカルチャーのヒル次官補は今週アメリカンアパレルで最近の金融問題の彼女の記録に記載され単なるconsumerismAmeliaへの道を与えた、そのブランドのヒップの資格情報は、空の約束を証明したブランドではないので、昔いたファッションの最愛の人業界、かつてトレンディな高通りのオートクチュールに単純な考えられていたファッションを作るための知られている
- Family devastated as Victoria crash claims twins
The family of twins killed in a fiery crash in western Victoria say they'll take comfort from knowing that the organs of one of their daughters will help others.The family of Caroline and Olivia Wright are devastated by the tragic... null, responseDetails: Suspected Terms of Service Abuse. Please see responseStatus: 40
- Ferry captain out on bail
The skipper of Tonga's doomed Princess Ashika ferry has been released on bail, two days after his arrest over the sinking disaster that claimed 74 lives. On Tuesday the captain, Maka Tuputupu, was charged with five counts of knowingly... トンガの運命プリンセスAshikaフェリーの船長に保釈されているは、74の命を奪ったが沈没した事故で、彼の逮捕から2日後
- The Taliban: Opening offices and options | Editorial
The success of the Afghan group's planned political office in Qatar will be measured in the number of U-turns it and the US are prepared to performThe Taliban's statement yesterday that they are prepared to open a political office in Qatar should be treated cautiously. It is the strongest commitment they have yet made to talks, but we are a long way off knowing whether that commitment amounts to an endorsement of, let alone a potential breathrough in, something that could be called a peace process.Talking to the Taliban has been plagued by false starts and impostors. Michael Semple, a former UN official with more than two decades of experience in Afghanistan, was expelled by Hamid Karzai for establishing contacts with the Taliban which trod on the toes of an elder brother. One impostor pocketed thousands of dollars in cash incentives for coming to the talks. He may, however, have been a trial balloon.Another impostor killed the Afghan government's peace envoy Burhanuddin Rabbani in September last year by exploding a bomb hidden in his black turban. The establishment of a permanent office in a neutral country should end all this. In Tayeb Agha, a former secretary to Mullah Omar, American and German negotiators appear to have found a path through to the Taliban leadership, and that in itself is progress.If the office in Doha is to prove more than just a conduit, its success will be measured in the number of U-turns that America will quietly have to perform as the exit door nears. Chief of these is the idea that the Taliban can be bombed to the table. The Obama administration have talked soft (the latest example being Vice-President Joe Biden's statement that the Taliban are not the enemy) and bombed hard.The policy of assassinating mid-level Taliban commanders in night ra null, responseDetails: Suspected Terms of Service Abuse. Please see responseStatus: 40
- On Twitter, ‘What a Party!’ Brings an Envious ‘Enough, Already!’
The tantalizing window Twitter provides on the lives of friends, colleagues, rivals and celebrities can have a downside: knowing too much about the fun you are missing. あまりあなたが不足している楽しさを知ること：Twitterは友人、同僚、ライバルとセレブの生活に提供して食欲をそそるウィンドウには、欠点を持つことができます
- Best albums of 2011, No 8: The Weeknd – House of Balloons
This free download was anything but throwaway. The chillwave-tinged R&B spoke of codeine, cold sex and pills … and invited you to luxuriate in Abel Tesfaye's heartacheHouse of Balloons was the debut album by this Toronto-based artist, and was so hip, so 2011, it hurt: R&B inf(l)ected by chillwave, it was shrouded in mystery, only transpiring later that the Weeknd was a 21-year-old Ethiopian-Canadian called Abel Tesfaye whose conception of soul – think the xx produced by the-Dream, or vice versa – matched that of Drake, who didn't hesitate to tweet his love of House of Balloons.It was released as a free download in March – ostensibly as a mixtape, although there was nothing throwaway about it. Yes, more than half of the nine songs featured samples, of everyone from Aaliyah to Beach House and Cocteau Twins, but in only one instance – House of Balloons/Glass Table Girls – was the source (Siouxsie and the Banshees' Happy House) evident. This had the consistency of mood (solemn, nocturnal) and thematic unity of an official album, a classic one at that.The theme was a night, or series of nights, in the life of a solipsist playboy, but for all the graphic sex-talk he convinced more as a spectral observer than a down-and-dirty participant at The Party & the After Party. The spacey stillness and crepuscular silence achieved by producers Doc McKinney and Illangelo, as well as the androgynous tenor employed by Tesfaye to convey his multi-tracked misery, made this seem like penthouse blues for the seduced and abandoned. The references to codeine, needles and pills were fooling no one – the most powerful narcotic here was love. And from High for This to The Knowing, if those angelic melismas evinced anything it was an anxiety about pleasure. And yet they also invited you to luxuriat null, responseDetails: Suspected Terms of Service Abuse. Please see responseStatus: 40
- Living with HIV in Mumbai, India
Timothy Gaikwad is project manager at Inter-Mission Care and Rehabilitation Society in Mumbai, which includes HIV and Aids work with sex workers and transgender communities. The society is a Tearfund partnerLife is an uphill struggle for the enormous population of people living with HIV in India. We cannot look at HIV in isolation, as it is so closely related to poverty. More than 300 million people, about one in four Indians, live below the poverty line. A vast population live in abject poverty on less than $1 per day. Progress has certainly been made for people living with HIV, as the government now provides free antiretroviral treatment. But people living with HIV also need food, acceptance, care, good mental health and opportunities. But too often they are marginalised and very poor, lacking the basic ingredients needed to lift themselves out of their situation.I believe the present socio-political-economic environment is the biggest challenge for people living with HIV in India. Corruption and a lack of accountability have pushed people with HIV to the fringes of our society. This leaves a handful of faithful NGOs and individuals reaching out to millions of people.Walk with me through the streets and slums of Mumbai and I will show you people living with HIV and Aids who are suffering silently, not knowing where their next meal will come from or whether they will get a decent funeral. People in India are not dying of Aids, they are dying of hunger, stigma and rejection.India has been combating HIV for more than two decades now and has done well in improving the number of people accessing treatment. In many ways the government, with much support from NGOs, has achieved a slowdown in the spread of HIV. Also, fewer people are dying each year from Aids-related illnesse ティモシーGaikwadさんは、セックスワーカーやトランスジェンダーのコミュニティとHIVとエイズの作業が含まれていますムンバイでインターミッションケアとリハビリテーション学会のプロジェクトマネージャです
- US lawmakers move against aircraft laser pointers
WASHINGTON - People who knowingly aim laser pointers at aircraft would be committing a federal crime subject to up to five years in prison under legislation that has now passed both the House of Representatives and the Senate.The... ワシントン - 故意に航空機でレーザーポインターを目指す人々は今衆議院両院とSenate.Theに合格している法律の下で刑務所で最長5年間、連邦犯罪の対象をコミットされる...
- A Common HR Mistake that Proves Costly: Misclassifying Employees as Independent Contractors
What makes someone an employee and not just an independent contractor? The answer is unfortunately less than simple. Yet, failure to get it right could result in significant liability and expense. Despite good intentions, many business owners make wrong turns in their efforts to comply with complex employment laws. Others make the ‘mistake’ quite knowingly, engaging in this practice to save money. After all, employers who can get the work done without having to offer all the ‘bells and whistles’ of benefits, 401K, flexible spending account, etc. save money. The tactic shouldn’t be a surprise; many small businesses in particular just don’t have the means to treat workers as employees. We recently worked with one up-and-coming tech company to convert all of their independent contractors to employees. They knew what they were doing was wrong, but just didn’t prioritize this issue until recently. _NULL_
- Phone call led US to bin Laden's lair
When one of Osama bin Laden's most trusted aides picked up the phone last year, he unknowingly led US pursuers to the doorstep of his boss, the world's most wanted terrorist.That phone call, recounted this morning by US officials,... オサマビンラディンの最も信頼されて側近のいずれかのは、昨年携帯電話を拾ったとき、彼は無意識のうちに米国の当局者は今朝、詳。彼の上司は、世界の最重要指名手配terrorist.Thatの電話のすぐそばに、米国の追っ手を率い...
- Soldier rejoined SAS after leaving for sake of family
With a young family at home, Corporal Douglas Grant some time ago chose to leave the SAS, the elite unit he had worked to join since he was a boy.But before long he asked to rejoin, knowing full well he would be deployed to hotspots... いくつかの時間前に自宅で若い家族、伍長ダグラスグラントとSAS、彼は彼がホットスポットに展開されるだけでなく、完全な知って、彼が再び参加するように求め、長い前に、彼はboy.Butの頃から参加して働いていた精鋭部隊を残すことを選んだ...
- Rick Perry and Ron Paul get intense during Republican presidential debate
Photos show Republican candidates Rick Perry and Ron Paul in heated discussion during a presidential debate ad breakThere appears to be little love lost between the governor of Texas, Rick Perry, and the longtime Texas representative Ron Paul.As these photos show, during an ad break in the middle of the Republican presidential debate, Perry appears to have given Paul a piece of his mind, with the Texas governor above making a forcible gesture to Paul while gripping his wrist.Before Wednesday night's debate, Paul's campaign launched a series of attacks on Perry's political career, including a hard-hitting TV ad, and followed with some snippy comments by Paul during the debate itself.Several photographers captured the scene on stage at the Ronald Reagan Library – and of course there's no way of knowing what was being discussed. But given Paul's recent attacks, I'm guessing it wasn't about the chances of the Texas A&M football team this season.Rick PerryRon PaulRepublican presidential nomination 2012RepublicansUS politicsUnited StatesRichard Adamsguardian.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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- Stockbroker Fined and Suspended for Failure To Disclose Bogus Auto Theft Report Misdemeanor
For the purpose of proposing a settlement of rule violations alleged by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”) without admitting or denying the findings, prior to a regulatory hearing, and without an adjudication of any issue, John Stuart Kuhn, Sr. submitted a Letter of Acceptance, Waiver and Consent (“AWC”), which FINRA accepted. In the Matter of John Stuart Kuhn, Sr., Respondent (AWC 20110264559, February 24, 2012).
False Report Misdemeanor
According to the AWC, on or about May 30, 2008, in the county of St. Charles, MO, Kuhn knowingly made a false report to a police officer that a theft of an automobile had occurred when it had not. On May 1, 2009, Kuhn was charged with one count of Making A False Report, a class B misdemeanor, in violation of
Missouri Revised Statutes
Chapter 575: Offenses Against the Administration of Justice;
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- LinkedIn, Weak Ties and the Serendipity of Magazine Content
Haydn Shaughnessey posted recently about "Why LinkedIn Deserves to be The Number 1 Social Network," and pointed to the theory of "weak ties" as a way of explaining how LinkedIn was different from Facebook—and why that difference matters. Weak ties are the social "degrees of separation" beyond the people we actually know. Haydn makes the point that, "Facebook is primarily about knowing who you know, connecting with people who are already in your social circle. In my experience it does little to help you develop weak ties and it does nothing to introduce you to people you do not know." null, responseDetails: Suspected Terms of Service Abuse. Please see responseStatus: 40
- Syria's refugees remind us of the price of revolution
A lamplit portrait of a refugee family underlines the suffering that recurs when real lives are invaded by big historyHere is the truth about revolution, war, dictatorship and resistance. It is a simple truth and it is crushing: people suffer. In this powerful picture by Greek photojournalist Giorgos Moutafis a refugee family in Janoudia in north-western Syria wait for rebels to help them across the border into Turkey. In the bold rhetoric of our time, this might be described as a picture of defeat, an indictment of Bashar al-Assad's crackdown on opposition to his rule, a call to arms for western democracies that are so much less eager to help in Syria now than they were in Libya a year ago. Perhaps it is all those things, and anything else politics wants it to be. But first, it is a human document.Five children sit in a pool of light amid the dark, their faces patient and resilient, their confusion and fear obvious. Each has a different expression but none are smiling. One child gazes downward while the youngest-looking boy stares at the camera. The adults in the picture, knowing more, look back at the photographer as they gather close to the children. Everyone's eyes seem to be searching, puzzling. The glow that warms their faces reveals a moment of contemplation before the next arduous stage of a journey.Painters have known for centuries how to use nocturnal light to intensify our recognition of vulnerability. In his painting The Nativity at Night, which dates from about 1490, Geertgen tot Sint Jans shows the Madonna and child by candlelight against the dark. In this photograph, the shiny wall of the tent or canopy behind them creates a starless black night. Against this eeriness, Moutafis is able to give this family a profound dignity as the human instinct for light null, responseDetails: Suspected Terms of Service Abuse. Please see responseStatus: 40
- Letters: How to look your cleaner in the eye
It really does worry me that Zoe Williams has found that people feel embarrassed about having cleaners or other domestic workers and are unable to look them in the eye or relate to them (The women who do our dirty work, 10 March). I have to say this all sounds like so much middle-class angst.Currently I can't afford a cleaner and I don't work full-time anyhow, but I employed a friend's mother to come weekly for many years. I loved knowing her well – it meant that I wasn't embarrassed about having her in my house at all, I knew her and she knew me. I trusted her (still do!), she did a good job, and I paid her over and above the average for that peace of mind. I didn't find it difficult to see her socially either. I went out with her and saw her in social situations and again I still do; neither of us has found this a problem. As she got older I employed a cleaner through an agency. That was a bit odd for me, I never saw the cleaner or spoke to her, I only dealt with the agency, and really I would rather have known who it was who worked in my house.I think it's ridiculous to be embarrassed about having a cleaner. I had a job which meant I worked all hours and I needed someone to help me. There was someone who would and could do the job and who I was happy to leave in my house alone. Yes, if you are taking advantage or treating people with contempt for doing work which you consider to be demeaning, then you might feel embarrassed, but not if you are employing someone who wants to do the job and you are fair and decent towards them. That's the same whoever you employ in any capacity, surely?Margaret FiddesPontefract, West YorkshireWork & careersEmployment lawWomenFamilyFeminismGenderguardian.co.uk © 2012 Guardian News and Media Limited or its affiliated companies. All null, responseDetails: Suspected Terms of Service Abuse. Please see responseStatus: 40
- Whistleblowers Claim Medicare Defrauded Into Paying For Hospice Care
First enacted during the Civil War, the federal False Claims Act , 31 U.S.C. § 3729 et seq., authorizes treble damages and a penalty from $5,500 to $11,000 per claim for anyone who knowingly submits or causes the submission of a false or fraudulent claim to the United States. Under the False Claims Act, whistleblowers may file lawsuits on behalf of the United States and share in any recovery.
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As a result of information provided by whistleblowers Dawn Richardson and Marsha Brown, former employees of AseraCare Hospice, on January 23, 2012, the United States intervened and filed a Complaint against AseraCare Hospice in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama. United States ex rel. Richardson and Brown v. Golden Gate National Senior Care LLC dba Golden Living et al., No. 2:09-cv-00627 (N.D. Ala.).
SIDE BAR: Golden Gate Ancillary LLC, dba AseraCare Hospice, is a for-profit business with approximately 65 hospice providers in 19 states, including Alabama, Georgia, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin.
The Complaint alleges that AseraCare violated the False Claims Act when it misspent millions of taxpayer dollars intended for Medicare recipients who have a prognosis of six months or less to live and need hospice care. For-profit hospice companies are entitled to receive Medicare dollars only for Medicare recipients who are terminally ill. In United States ex rel. Richardson and Brown v. Golden Gate National Senior Care LLC dba Golden Living et al , the government contends that AseraCare Hospice knowingly submitted false claims to Medicare for hospice care for patients who were not terminally ill. null, responseDetails: Suspected Terms of Service Abuse. Please see responseStatus: 40
- The dollars and cents of employee engagement
It?s been a while since I posted ?words of wisdom.? As you can imagine, my recent appointment has kept me busy learning the ropes of my new role and acclimating into a new organization. Over the past three months, I have had the great pleasure of participating in several town hall meetings, as well as other venues to engage employees. We are fortunate to have many engaging leaders who excite audiences and garner great participation. Unfortunately, not all CEOs have natural charisma and they can fall flat when addressing employees. Knowing what a powerful tool the town hall is for employee engagement and how critical engagement is to the success of an organization, I am providing some tips to ensure success. I encourage you to contact your communications team for support. 私は知恵の？言葉を投稿以来？sはしばらくそれでした
- The Film Noir Gaming Simplicity Of LIMBO
It's a far cry from the Triple A games of Call of Duty or Grand Theft Auto. No real-life graphics or blood and gore. This game is film noir style, simple, yet eery black and white. Think David Lynch meets Jim Jarmusch in Down by Law. It's a 2D puzzle game based on achievements about a boy who loses his sister and goes in search of her. He wakes up not knowing who he is or where he is. It's LIMBO. null, responseDetails: Suspected Terms of Service Abuse. Please see responseStatus: 40
- Headingley isn't just about cricket. Ask them in Stara Zagora
Leeds hasn't had a happy time with Supertram to say the least. But at least we've got useful info for the BulgariansHeadingley is best-known as the home of Test cricket, in spite of a fearsomely unpredictable wicket which was once excavated and found to lie on top of at least 200 years of Yorkshire detritus, including part of a drystone wall.It's also quite famous as the supposed Shangri-la for students in Leeds, both temporary and perpetual ones, although not everyone locally is entirely happy about that.But did you know about its influence in Bulgaria? I didn't, but I do now thanks to the international consultancy WYG. They are one of Headingley's quiet treasures and it's from their modest base in Arndale Court that public transport in Stara Zagora is being improved.Stara Zagora is the sixth biggest town in Bulgaria, and you can take that with confidence from the present writer, whose team won the Manchester Guardian Advertising Department Christmas Quiz yesterday, partly by knowing the third largest cities in (a) England (b) Scotland and (c) Ireland. (Answers at the bottom). WYG has just sorted out a €12.6m funding application from Bulgaria's ministry for regional development and public works; such things as a feasibility study, review of current municipal transport policy and an environmental impact assessment. Maybe they can also salvage something from Leeds' own travails over the lost Supertram and its possible replacements. But meanwhile it's good to flag up a local success. WYG's managing director for Bulgaria Georgi Georgiev says: ,We've been working in the international public sector with national and regional authorities, business communities and civil stakeholders in Bulgaria for more than four years now, to bring about change and enhance the quality of li null, responseDetails: Suspected Terms of Service Abuse. Please see responseStatus: 40
- How to teach … responsible dog ownership
The Guardian Teacher Network has a wealth of resources from Dogs Trust, Battersea and others for teaching children how to behave safely around dogs and how to look after them properlyCaring for animals is a great way for young people to learn about commitment and responsibility. Knowing how to behave around animals – especially dogs – also has an important role to play in keeping children safe. This week the Guardian Teacher Network is highlighting a range of resources about responsible dog ownership.Dogs Trust, the UK's largest dog welfare charity, has created a variety of materials that span all age ranges. Paws to Learn is a pre-school resource that teaches children the importance of behaving safely and kindly around dogs. The resource includes an activity sheet and templates for puppets so that children can role-play a variety of scenarios involving dogs. There is a certificate to track children's learning and a poster that illustrates some key principles of dog safety.Younger pupils will also enjoy the Dogs Trust Character Booklet, which contains illustrations for colouring in, cutting out, or using for a display.For primary pupils, Dogs Trust has created a citizenship resource that explores issues of animal welfare and responsible pet ownership. Activities include describing a day in the life of a well-cared-for dog and identifying harmful behaviour towards dogs. The resource can be adapted for use with pupils aged 5-7 or 7-11 and includes links to the curricula of England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.For secondary pupils, the Dogs Trust citizenship resource uses peer-led learning to help groups of pupils to prepare and deliver an assembly, workshop or display about the work of Dogs Trust and the importance of responsible dog ownership. Other useful reso null, responseDetails: Suspected Terms of Service Abuse. Please see responseStatus: 40
- Apirak wins by landslide
Democrat Party candidate Apirak Kosayothin claimed victory in Bangkok's Constituency 2 by-election after knowing that he was far ahead of Puea Thai candidate Pongpisut Jintasophon on Sunday evening. 民主党候補Apirak Kosayothinは、彼はずっと先Pueaタイ候補Pongpisut Jintasophonの日曜日の夕方のことを知っていたので、バンコクの選挙区2補欠選挙で勝利を主張している
- Ivory Coast: How Laurent Gbagbo clung to power
Ivorians enjoyed wild celebrations after 1999 coup, not knowing the country was heading towards a decade of conflictIvory Coast's slow descent into chaos began with a bloodless 1999 coup that removed the president, Henri Konan Bédié, and saw Ivorians dancing in the streets to welcome the military. But as elections drew near, junta leader General Robert Guei reneged on his promise to leave office and barred the two key players – former prime minister Alassane Ouattara and ex-president Bédié – from standing.Guei lost to history professor Laurent Gbagbo, but in September 2002, an exiled group of low-ranking army officers staged a failed attempt to remove the new president by invading Ivory Coast from neighbouring Burkina Faso. They seized the northern half of the country, but were pushed back from the commercial capital Abidjan.The insurgents claimed they had taken up arms because Ivorians from the north of the country were being treated as second-class citizens. As Ouattara hails from the north, Gbagbo's supporters assumed Ouattara had financed the rebellion, but he denies involvement.The west African regional bloc, Ecowas, brokered a ceasefire within weeks and deployed a small peacekeeping force alongside the north-south divide. Former colonial power France subsequently invited Gbagbo and rebel leader Guillaume Soro to Paris to sign a peace agreement.In theory, the 2003 Marcoussis accord, ended the war, but clashes in the densely forested west of the country intensified as both sides employed Liberian mercenaries to do their dirty work. France then intervened with a 4,000-strong force called Licorne (Unicorn), and the fighting subsided. An estimated 3,000 people, mainly civilians, were killed in the 2002-03 war.Gbagbo then spent years finding reasons to postpone an elect Ivoriansが大統領に、アンリ南Bédié、削除、軍事のお越しをお待ちして通りで踊るIvoriansを見た無血1999クーデターから始まった国は混乱にconflictIvory海岸の遅い系の十年に向かっていたかわからない、1999年のクーデター後、野生の祭典を楽しんだ
- Letters: Save our cyclists with Dutch courage
Thank you for highlighting the increase in deaths of cyclists and the vigil to be held on Tuesday (Report, 17 December). As well as the concerns about HGVs and dangerous junctions, it appears that there is a great increase in dangerous and inconsiderate behaviour among drivers. Recently, going for a bike ride on a Sunday afternoon, we were subject to abuse from drivers for no other reason than having the nerve to cycle on the road. Cars no longer slow down if a pedestrian is crossing the road. Pensioners cross roads with a terrified look in their eyes, never knowing if someone is going to come hurtling round the corner. Nowadays there seems to be little idea of the duty of care to more vulnerable road users. Please can we have someone with some vision and inspiration to rid us of this thrall to the motor vehicle and make our streets truly streets for people? Perhaps we can invite some Dutch road designers, as well as pedestrians and cyclists, to design our roads and public spaces and make them fit for all.Sue AbelHounslow, Middlesex• Despite the shocking rise in cyclist fatalities, the government is ignoring its own safety statistics in allowing 7ft-longer lorries on our roads in the new year. While admitting that longer HGVs will have a larger tail swing and an even greater driver blind spot, the government claims that collisions will not increase by distorting its own figures. Crucially, these longer HGVs will be particularly dangerous for vulnerable road users, such as cyclists, as it will not be obvious how far the back of the lorry will swing out into another lane as it is turning.Philippa EdmundsFreight on Rail CyclingFitnessRoad transportguardian.co.uk © 2011 Guardian News and Media Limited or its affiliated companies. All rights reserved. | Use of this cont null, responseDetails: Suspected Terms of Service Abuse. Please see responseStatus: 40
- Irish people feel frightened, alone and unled | Joseph O'Connor
I know what a recession is. But I can't remember the boiling anger that now exists in IrelandOn Tuesday in Ireland, four children were killed by their fathers. We don't know why, but it has terrified us. It seems somehow a part of the strange and ferocious trauma we are undergoing, an identity crisis so viral and all-engulfing that we don't know who we are any more. Far from the gloomy headlines and crushing statistics lies the full truth of what we face now. We tuck our children into bed not knowing if they have a future in our country. In every home in the land, there has been private anxiety and panic. Our government has no moral authority to remain in power. People feel frightened, alone and unled.The narrator of Sebastian Barry's brilliant novel The Secret Scripture says adolescence is like finding yourself on a burning headland, uncertain as to how you got there. It's a definition that might apply to many of us in Ireland these days. We don't know the next chapter of our story. I've stopped buying the newspapers, because I can't bear my children to see them. I am afraid of the radio news.Having spent the last decade in a fog of intoxicating self-congratulation for our economic success, we now face the reality that it was illusory. Inept politicians, greedy bankers and property speculators have wrecked the certainties on which our recent notions of ourselves were founded.Psychiatrists tell us that grief comes in four distinct stages: denial, anger, bargaining and depression, before finally the goal of acceptance may be reached. In the last year, the country has staggered its way through that grim quartet of emotions. We made ourselves believe that the boom would last for ever, denying the facts when it became clear that it wouldn't. We then told ourselves the 私は、不況が何であるかを知っている
- It's not for the law to forgive | Julian Baggini
A calculation of the benefits of rehabilitation has little, if anything, to do with forgivenessThe question: Is forgiveness possible?Do you believe that people should be treated appropriately to how they treat others, and that bad behaviour should not be rewarded? Do you believe that the public should be protected from dangerous or persistent criminals? Do you believe that it is more effective and productive to reform criminals than it is to merely punish them? And do you believe that penalties for criminal behaviour should be sufficient to deter people from engaging in it?My guess is that most people would answer yes to all four questions. In doing so they would agree that each of four most common justifications for punishment – retribution, reform, public protection and deterrence – have something in them. Most differences of opinion only emerge when you try to work out their relative importance.Attempts to do that often make the false assumption that justice is one thing, the essence of which is real and discoverable. A better way to understand the fourfold theory of justice is that it shows that it is not one thing after all, but a composite of different elements. How important each one is depends on the particular circumstances. Determining this is an imperfect human endeavour, not something we can do with anything approaching mathematical precision. That may sound unsatisfactory, but it is better to muddle through knowing that is exactly what you're doing than it is to stride through the fog with the misguided belief that the road is clear. Justice is a messy business which works worse if we try to tidy it up too much.Such considerations have to borne in mind when we think about how to deal with young murderers like John Venables. Too often, the debate is posed as リハビリの利点の計算では、もし何か、forgivenessThe質問：赦しは可能ですかあなたは、人々を適切にどのように他人の治療に、扱われる必要があります悪い行動報わすべきではないと考えてくださいとはほとんど関係は？場合には、公共の危険性または永続的な犯罪者から保護されるべきであると考えていますか？そのことがより効果的であり、犯罪者を改革する生産性よりも、単にそれを罰するためであると考えていますか？そしてあなたは、犯罪行為への罰則をこれに従事する人々を阻止するのに十分であるべきだと思いますか？私の推測では、ほとんどの人々はい、すべての4つの質問に答えることである
- Mickelson's hopes sink in Loch Lomond
Phil Mickelson looks in danger of missing the cut at the Scottish Open after shooting 74 in horrendous conditions at Loch Lomond on Friday as his playing partner Ryo Ishikawa saw his bid to become the youngest winner sink in the rain.The American came into the tournament knowing a top-two finish would see him move above Tiger Woods at the top of golf's world ranking.But it looks like he will have to wait at least another week to topple Woods after a round, which included a nine, left him just fighting to make the final two rounds. フィルミケルソンは、スコットランドオープンでカットが不足の危険性の金曜日に彼の演奏のパートナー石川遼として74ローモンド湖で恐ろしい状況で、撮影後に見えるトーナメント知らずに入ってきたの出馬をrain.Theアメリカで最年少優勝シンクになることを見たトップ2位は、彼がタイガーウッズ、上記のゴルフの世界ranking.Butそれは彼が少なくとも一週間のラウンド後に、その9が含まれてウッズを打倒するまで待機する必要がありますように上部に移動するだけで、ために戦って彼を左に見て最後の2ラウンドを行う
- Elizabeth Edwards | Michael Tomasky
How bizarre that it was just two days ago that word came that Elizabeth Edwards' doctors recommended against further treatment, a step that suggests the person's time is short, but still measured in weeks, usually; and then boom, it was just yesterday that she passed away at 61 from breast cancer.I always feel a poignancy about people like this who didn't ask for the spotlight but were thrust into it. The one false step I felt she made was that time she stood there with her husband in March 2007 to announce that though her cancer had returned, John's campaign would continue. That was mostly on him of course, and it was one of many signs that made me really suspicious of the guy: your wife's cancer starts attacking her again and you're not suspending your campaign? It's quite possible that she was complicit in this against her will, in that way political wives often have to be.But far overwhelming that, she handled many difficult public stresses with grace in the last few years. Can you imagine being humiliated by a jackass spouse in front of the world and having to fight cancer; having to leave him while knowing that it meant that your life partner wouldn't be there with you for the end of the battle? And then still working in the public arena for the things she believed in. And on top of all that, she had to bury a child, which is clearly the worst thing that can happen to a person in this life (I know; my parents had to).She took her share of criticism for standing by her husband for a long time, some of it, as I recall, from me. But now the balance sheets are in, and I think they show clearly that she faced hideous circumstances and handled them with increasing dignity. I hope much work on breast cancer and other health-related issues she cared about is carried on in _NULL_
- Toyota faces hammering in US courts over vehicle flaws
Experts say Toyota Motor Corp may have a tough time defending itself in United States lawsuits over flaws in its vehicles after US Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood found the company "knowingly hid a dangerous defect".
専門家は、トヨタ自動車は、大変な時間を、米国の訴訟では、車両の欠陥で、米国運輸長官すべて除外の後に自分自身を守る必要があります例えば、同社は。。u0026quot;故意に危険な欠陥。。u0026quot;を隠したが見つかりました
- US fines Toyota US$16.4m for flouting law
Toyota Motor Corp "knowingly hid a dangerous defect" that caused its vehicles to accelerate unexpectedly, the United States said, for the first time accusing the world's largest carmaker of breaking the law.
トヨタ自動車は、。。u0026quot;故意に、米国は、初めて法律に違反する世界最大の自動車メーカーを非難するのと、その車が突然加速する原因となった危険な欠陥。。u0026quot;を隠した
- $2.5m replacement ferry for Tonga
The Tongan ferry Princess Ashika, which sank and killed 74 people last August, has been replaced using $2.5 million of New Zealand government money.Princess Ashika's captain has been charged for knowingly sailing an unseaworthy... トンガのフェリープリンセスAshikaは、沈没し、74人が死亡した昨年8月、250万ドル、ニュージーランド政府money.Princess Ashikaの主将を使用して置換されている故意unseaworthyセーリングに請求されている...
- Barcelona eye La Liga title
Despite notching a record 96 points, Barcelona must defeat Valladolid at home on Sunday to retain their La Liga title and leave rivals Real Madrid empty-handed as an epic title race reaches its conclusion.Going into the final day of the season, Real are just a point behind and preying Barca slip-up against troubled Valladolid.Madrid are at Malaga, another team fighting for survival, knowing they need to win and hope Valladolid take points from the champions. レコードは96点をあげたにもかかわらず、バルセロナはホームで日曜日にはリーガのタイトルと残してライバル、レアルマドリードの空の叙事詩のタイトルレースとして利き保持するバリャドリッドを破らなければならないシーズンの最終日にそのconclusion.Goingに達すると、リアルだけでている後ろにポイントして、問題を抱えたValladolid.Madridに対するバルカスリップを開く食い物にはマラガで、別のチームは生存のため、彼らが勝利し、バリャドリッドはチャンピオンからポイントを取る希望が必要知って戦っている
- Moral Hazard, Government Style In Estonia
In 2009, when the U.S. authorities bailed out some of the key participants in the sub-prime mortgage debacle, it became clear (to paraphrase George Orwell) that “all are equal, but some are more equal than others.” Regardless of its political hue, the government was going to offer a helping hand to such giants as AIG or Citigroup, creating, in economists’ parlance, a problem of moral hazard.
At its core, moral hazard is about an absence of responsibility for one’s risky or incompetent behavior. Companies deemed “too big to fail” can engage in risky investment ventures or delay painful restructuring, knowing that the economy-wide ramifications of a potential collapse will force governments to dole out generous bailout packages.
Not surprisingly, the recent crisis has cast the moral hazard problem almost exclusively as a hallmark of large corporations, thus creating a legitimate opportunity for government interference. The government itself, however, is by far the most likely and dangerous source of the problem. If being too big to fail is a tell-tale sign of moral hazard situations, then the government apparatus and the politicians who service it become natural suspects.
Even in free-market economies, however, governments can still be susceptible to moral hazard situations. Consider Estonia, known until recently as one of the most business-friendly economies in Europe, a country that joined the OECD in December 2010 and adopted the Euro in January 2011.
In 2001, the government of Tallinn, the Estonian capital city, sold a majority of its share in Tallinna Vesi, a Soviet-era water utility, to U.K.-based United Utilities Group PLC (UU.L). As a part of the deal, the investor agreed to upgrade the quality of the drinking water, to bu 2009年に、米国の当局は、サブプライムローンの崩壊で重要な参加者の一部を救済するときに、明らかになった（言い換えジョージオーウェルに）。。u0026quot;すべては同じですが、一部は他よりも等しいです
- Why is Hillary Clinton so interested in cyber-attacks on Google? | Jeffrey Carr
Hacking Gmail is small fry compared with potentially devastating defence hacks. But Clinton seems to care only about GoogleThere has recently been a lot of media attention focused on a relatively unsophisticated and even mundane act of information exploitation against high-level Gmail users and, not surprisingly, a Chinese IP address.There's absolutely nothing new or sophisticated about the attacks, which have been going on for a year or more and which essentially add a forwarding instruction so that others can read copies of everything coming to your Gmail account or even be allowed access to your account – all without you knowing about it. In fact, a Washington DC-based security researcher published samples on her blog last February; I recall giving it a quick read back then and thinking how the simple strategies are still the best when it comes to hostile or criminal acts in cyberspace.Spear phishing attacks are simple, elegant things that cost almost nothing to develop except a bit of homework on the potential targets, and they continue to work regardless of millions of dollars being spent to stop or intercept them.For example, EMC's RSA security division, the company that makes SecurID tokens that help protect sensitive and classified data around the world, had its own network breached through a spear phishing attack last March. It was a potentially devastating attack because it apparently provided the attackers with the ability to duplicate the security tokens and within a matter of weeks gain access to Lockheed Martin, L3 Communications and possibly Northrup Grumman's networks – all massive US defence department contractors.However, that incredibly important set of multiple breaches with the possibility of many more occurring in the near future was completely pus ハッキングGmailは潜在的に壊滅的な防衛ハックと比較して雑魚です
- What Rio Means to Brazil Movie Makers
Brazilian movie director Carlos Saldanha may just have reintroduced the world to Rio de Janeiro. And without knowing it, his animated feature film "Rio" might go down as the equivalent of a Hollywood moon landing. ブラジルの映画監督カルロスサルダーニャはちょうどリオデジャネイロを世界に再導入可能性があります
- Letters: Images of the cross and Piss Christ
I would have hoped that Christians might welcome any image of Jesus Christ being subjected to cruel indignities (albeit artistically), given that the real-life cruel indignities described in the crucifixion stories and ever-present in the iconography of the cross are central to Christian belief (Letters, 23 April). The original Roman nails were presumably real; the extra nails of Piss Christ merely metaphorical. Is there really that much to get upset about when images of Jesus being mistreated dangle from every cardinal's neck and appear on every cathedral and chapel altar, and in every stained-glass window around the world, and have done so for 2,000 years?There is a bigger irony here: Piss Christ is a visually compelling piece which, without knowing the work's title and method of construction, many Christians would happily hang on their walls (though I wouldn't pay more than a tenner for it). Meanwhile, traditional crucifixion paintings (El Greco, say) portray a beautiful, bearded, western white guy, somehow radiant at his point of departure. In either case, you could say smoke and mirrors: both true or untrue, depending on what you care to believe.As for the Danish cartoons: like all businesses, the Guardian has a duty of care to its own staff. Not subjecting employees to the unwanted attentions of Islamo-fascist terrorists does not equate to editorial oversensitivity to Muslim feelings at the expense of Christian ones. As an atheist, I don't care much either way about theological arguments, but do care when too easily offended religious believers of any stripe try to limit the Guardian's journalistic freedom of expression.Nigel LonghurstLiverpoolArtReligionChristianityIslamFreedom of speechguardian.co.uk © Guardian News & Media Limited 2011 | Use of this conten 私はキリスト教徒は、十字架の図像に常に存在し、はりつけのストーリーで説明した実際の残酷な屈辱は、キリスト教の中心であることを考えると残酷な屈辱（芸術的ではあるが）を受けているイエスキリストの任意の画像を歓迎するかもしれないと期待していた信念（文学年4月23日）
- Letters: Inquiry needed into Mubenga death
Whistleblowers' allegations of a culture within G4S that ignored health and safety risks and knowingly put lives in jeopardy is shocking but not surprising (Report, 9 February). The risks of positional asphyxia have been well-known since the April 2004 restraint death of 15-year-old Gareth Myatt in the secure training centre at Rainsbrook.As the organisation supporting Jimmy Mubenga's widow and other families bereaved by restraint-related deaths in custody, we know how crucial robust public scrutiny is. Two weeks ago an inquest jury returned a highly critical verdict at the inquest into the restraint-related death of 14-year-old Adam Rickwood in Hassockfield secure centre. It was the six-year legal battle against Serco that exposed the unlawful use of force against children in detention.That a culture of secrecy currently pervades the use of force on detainees is illustrated by UK Border Agency's recent rejection of Inquest's freedom of information request for an unredacted copy of the guidance on the use of force provided to escorting contractors. The home affairs select committee must now instigate a full parliamentary inquiry.Deborah ColesCo-director, Inquest• It is ironic that 60 years after the UN convention for refugees came into force, many of those not given permission to stay here appear to be treated with such disregard during their last hours on British soil. We would therefore urge the home affairs select committee to scrutinise these allegations to guarantee there will never be another tragedy like that of Jimmy Mubenga late last year.Donna CoveyChief executive, Refugee CouncilJimmy MubengaRefugeesAdam Rickwoodguardian.co.uk © Guardian News & Media Limited 2011 | Use of this content is subject to our Terms & Conditions | More Feeds
健康と安全のリスクを無視して故意に衝撃はなく、驚くべき（レポート年2月9日）が危険にさらされて命をかけてG4において内の文化の内部告発者の主張
- Sarah Palin emails: a response to criticism of our coverage
Ian Katz, deputy editor of the Guardian, responds to concerns and criticism regarding coverage of the Palin emailsAs you may have seen in comments beneath some of our articles, there's been a fair bit of criticism of the Guardian (and other news organisations) for covering the Palin emails so assiduously. Here's a quick response to a couple of them:• The Guardian is hypocritical to complain about the hacking of public figures' voicemails by tabloids and then comb through Palin's emailsThe key difference is that it is illegal to hack into people's phones while the Palin emails have been released by the state of Alaska following a two-and-a-half year freedom of information process. Whatever the Guardian and other news organisations do with them, they are now public documents. Palin entered office knowing the rules about public access to her communications while in government and has had ample opportunity to argue that any personal or otherwise privileged emails should be removed or redacted – that's why 2,353 pages have been withheld and many more redacted as David Corn explained here. There is a world of difference between combing publicly available material for potentially significant stories about a highly controversial political figure who could still be a US presidential candidate, and hacking into the voicemail of a celebrity to dig up dirt on their sex life.• The Guardian is being lazy and failing to apply usual journalistic standards by asking its readers to help comb the mailsIt would be hard to suggest that the Guardian stinted on its conventional reporting of the mails. Two of our US correspondents, Ewen MacAskill and Ed Pilkington, travelled to Juneau to work their way through the email cache while Richard Adams and later Ben Quinn liveblogged what they and ot イアンKatz氏はガーディアン紙の副編集者、懸念やペイへの批判についての報道は私たちの記事のいくつかの下にあるコメント欄で見たことがあるかもしれませんemailsAsに応答すると、カバーするためにガーディアン（および他の報道機関）への批判の公平なビットがされましたように熱心にペイの電子メール
- Tucson memorial: Obama's moment | Editorial
It was his finest speech as president, while the Republicans dug themselves even deeper into the hole they have climbed intoBarack Obama has just made the finest speech of his presidency. It is not just that, in performing the role of pastor to the victims of the shootings in Arizona, he shed his professorial reserve and became the empathetic head of state that everyone who crammed the National Mall on his inauguration expected him to be. Nor did his speech contain memorable phrases. It was that, after two bruising years in power, Mr Obama has at last found his voice. He did so by rediscovering the themes that made him an outstanding presidential candidate. If he can set a tone not just for Tucson and the aftermath of Saturday's dreadful events, but nationally and for the rest of his presidency, this will be the change we can believe in.The Republican camp, by contrast, dug themselves even deeper into the hole they have climbed into. If Mr Obama's tone was inspired, Sarah Palin's was calamitous from the perspective of a party knowing it has to capture the centre ground to return to power. Not only did she sound defensive and angry (undoing the effect of the presidential props on and behind her). In rifling through her pill case for yet another dose of hyperbole, she stumbled over the concept of a blood libel.Blood libel? Can a Fox News commentator in the 21st century, in any conceivable way, compare her situation as a victim of a slur to that of Jews who were persecuted, forced to convert and massacred in 12th-century England as religious fervour during the Crusades reached its peak? If she did not know what she was talking about, she should have shut up. If she did, she displayed such a lapse of judgment in choosing this particular analogy as to rule out her candidacy 共和党は自分自身をも、彼らはintoBarack上昇しているオバマ氏はちょうど彼の大統領の最高のスピーチをした穴に深く掘られた一方で、大統領としての彼の最高のスピーチでした
- My week: Ruth Otto, mammographer
Breast cancer screening is an intimate job. Some women will tell you their life stories in three minutesBroadly speaking, my role involves x-raying women who come for breast screening, either through the national breast screening programme, which invites women aged 50-70 every three years, or GP referrals. Breast tissue is fatty and glandular, so it's not like x-raying a leg or wrist. It is more foggy. You put the breast on the x-ray plate and, in order to get a good reading, you have to spread the breast tissue out. It is a very intimate job; you can't do it without being in the patients' personal space and them in yours. I try to treat the women as I would want my mother or grandmother to be treated, and I have had a mammogram myself so I know what it's like. Once the x-ray film is taken, it is read twice, first by a radiologist and then by an advanced practitioner, so that there is less chance of anything being missed.My week depends on the needs of the service. When I'm off in the mobile screening van, which is normally parked in supermarket car park, between 50 and 55 women are invited each day to come for screening. The first session is booked for 9am and our last appointment is 4.30 pm. Some of the women come to see us regularly, so they are quite relaxed. But ladies who have not been before can be apprehensive, so you need good interpersonal skills to reassure them. Sometimes they sit down, and in three minutes they have told you their life story – it all spills out. Knowing how to deal with women who are upset can be difficult, and the work can be repetitive, so it's hard to be as bubbly at 4pm as you were at 9am.I've been in the job for 20 years, and it doesn't matter what your line of work is, some people will agree with it and some w 乳がんのスクリーニングは、親密な仕事です
- US embassy cables: US requests Sahel surveillance flights
Wednesday, 30 December 2009, 16:33S E C R E T ALGIERS 001162 NOFORN SIPDIS EO 12958 DECL: 12/30/2024 TAGS PREL, PINR, MOPS, KCOM, AG, US SUBJECT: OVER-FLIGHT CLEARANCE FOR AFRICOM EP-3 MISSIONS: PRELIMINARY ALGERIAN RESPONSEREF: SECSTATE 130969Classified By: DCM William Jordan for reasons 1.4. (b), (d).1. (S/NF) OSC Chief delivered reftel request for EP-3 overflight permission to the Algerian Defense Ministry's Office of External Relations and Cooperation (DREC) on December 29. There was no immediate response, but the DREC summoned OSC Chief for a follow-up meeting December 30 to state that (1) no decision was possible before next week and (2) overflight requests generally require two-weeks advance notice before they can be approved.2. (S/NF) DCM, on December 30, double-tracked the request with Algerian MFA DG for the Americas Sabri Boukadoum. In presenting the message, DCM stressed (1) that the request was intended to survey the SIGINT environment in areas of Mauritania and Mali where AQIM operates, (2) that, without knowing what that survey would yield, the USG could not make any commitments ahead of time as to what data it might share with the GOA, and (3) that the request should be regarded in large measure as a follow-up to the recent visit by AFRICOM Commander General Ward and a demonstration of the enhanced security cooperation we want to support in the face of the AQIM threat in the trans-Sahara region. He further explained that we had made the same request to other governments in the region and were awaiting their responses.3. (S/NF) Boukadoum asked for information on the expected flight path of the EP-3 over Algerian airspace (DCM confirmed that, departing from Rota, the flights would likely overfly the southwestern corner near Tindouf), whether the aircraft w 2009年12月30日（水曜日）、午後4時33分SのECRETのアルジェ001162 NOFORN SIPDIS電気浸透12958赤緯：プレルは、PINRは、Mopsは、KCOMは、AGの2024年12月30日タグは、主題価格：AFRICOMのEP - 3ミッションの過飛行クリアランス：予備的なアルジェリアRESPONSEREF：SECSTATE 130969Classified投稿者：理由1.4 DCMのウィリアムジョーダン
- Trade concerns as yuan on the rise in Australia
Australia and New Zealand Banking Group began offering a suite of yuan services for customers in the country last week despite many Australian firms not knowing whether they can trade in the Chinese currency.
オーストラリアとニュージーランドバンキンググループは、彼らが中国の通貨で取引できるかどうかを知らずに、多くのオーストラリアの企業にもかかわらず、先週の国の顧客の元一連のサービスを提供し始めた
- Small firms and the housing market to benefit in austerity Budget
Small businesses and the housing market are expected to receive help in this week's Budget, but the Chancellor is concentrating on measures that involve little cash outlay. Although pledging to ease planning restrictions and promote growth industries, George Osborne is determined not to be swayed from his objective of bringing down Britain's deficit. He will maintain his policy of austerity, knowing that this may be the last time he can blame the Labour government for his tough stance. 中小企業や住宅市場は、今週の予算で支援を受けると予想される首相は、ほとんど現金支出を伴う対策に専念している
- US 'begins talks' with the Taliban
A report claims that the Obama administration has launched exploratory contacts with senior leaders of the Afghan insurgencyThe Afghan conflict has not lacked peace initiatives in the past few years. There have been at least a dozen back-channel contacts with the Taliban brokered by a mix of governments, institutions or individuals. But until now, it has been a cottage industry, producing reports but no tangible gains. Many of those involved in these encounters predicted that there would be no way of knowing whether the Taliban leadership was interested in making a deal until Washington decided to engage with it directly. That now appears to have happened. A report by Steve Coll in the current edition of the New Yorker reports that: The Obama Administration has entered into direct, secret talks with senior Afghan Taliban leaders, several people briefed about the talks told me last week. The discussions are continuing; they are of an exploratory nature and do not yet amount to a peace negotiation.There are few details. We do not learn which Taliban figures are taking part, though Mullah Omar is apparently not involved. Nor is it clear whether the contacts are being orchestrated on the US side by the state department or the White House. Coll gives credit for inspiring them to Richard Holbrooke, the US envoy to Afghanistan and Pakistan who died in December.According to European diplomats, Barack Obama has told his national security staff that 2011 should be the year in which the political track towards a resolution takes precedence over the military approach. The US-Taliban contacts, if confirmed, signal that Washington is no longer content to leave the pace of political progress to the Afghan government that has little incentive in a settlement that would almost certa オバマ政権は、アフガニスタンinsurgencyTheアフガン紛争の上級指導者との予備的接触を開始したことを報告の主張は、過去数年間の平和の取り組みを欠いていない
- Judge Backs Minn. Disclosure Law on Political Cash
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) -- A federal judge refused on Monday to interfere with a new Minnesota law that revealed political donations from Target Corp. and other companies, saying the public has an interest in knowing who speaks and who pays for those messages as the election approaches. STは
- US embassy cables: Armenians trigger radiation alarm on Georgian border but are waved through
Wednesday, 21 October 2009, 12:49C O N F I D E N T I A L TBILISI 001919 SIPDIS EO 12958 DECL: 10/19/2019 TAGS PARM, PGOV, PREL, KNNP, DOE, GG SUBJECT: GEORGIA: RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL CROSSES THE BORDER REF: TBILISI 207Classified By: Deputy Chief of Mission Kent Logsdon for reasons 1.4 (b) AND (d).1. (C) Summary. On August 26, a car carrying three Armenian citizens entered Georgia from Armenia at the Sadakhlo border crossing. The car set off a gamma alarm on the radiation detection portal monitor. The driver provided a cursory explanation for the alarm, and the patrol police did not detain the group. On August 27, the same car returned to Armenia through the Sadakhlo crossing, and again set off a gamma alarm. At this point, the patrol police detained the occupants and searched the vehicle. Georgian officials determined that the car was contaminated with Cesium-137. However, because the search did not produce any radioactive material, the occupants were released and returned to Armenia. An FBI officer is currently following up with the Government of Armenia on the case. End summary.2. (C) Comment. This incident shows the value of radiation detection portal monitors at ports of entry in Georgia, which have been installed across the country over the last several years by the Department of Energy/National Nuclear Security Administration/Second Line of Defense (SLD) program. Without the monitors, this car would have probably entered and exited Georgia with no one knowing that radioactive material may have been brought across the border. Officers with the Patrol Police, Border Police and Georgian Customs have received, and continue to receive, training from the United States on detecting and deterring radioactive and nuclear material smuggling. This includes instruction on how 2009年10月21日（水曜日）、12時49分総務ONFIDENTIALトビリシ001919 SIPDIS電気浸透12958赤緯：ggは2019年10月19日のTAG PARMを、PGOV、プレル、KNNP、DOEは、件名：グルジア：放射性物質が国境のREFを越える：トビリシで207Classified：副理由ミッションケントロッグスドン長1.4（b）と（d）は0.1
- Credit Suisse Is Accused of Defrauding Investors in 4 Resorts
Owners at four high-end resorts are seeking $24 billion from Credit Suisse and Cushman & Wakefield, claiming they knowingly inflated the value of resort projects. 4つの高級リゾートクレディスイスからCushman＆Wakefieldから240億ドルを求めている時の所有者、彼らは故意にリゾート事業の価値を水増しと主張した
- Doctor, doctor: Does popcorn prevent cancer? | Medicine
US research suggests popcorn prevents cancer – can this be true, and should I let my kids eat more of it?I read a research study, presented to the American Chemical Society, that popcorn is good for preventing cancer. Can this be true? Should I let my children eat a lot more of it?There's a big problem in extrapolating from results reported in animals to human beings – and the popcorn story comes from an interesting but solitary animal study. We are very far from knowing how popcorn might change the risk of cancer in people, if it does at all. But we do know, from years of experience and our knowledge of nutrition, that excessive intake of popcorn can lead to obesity and probably also to overdosage of salt, which can induce high blood pressure. So if you encourage your children to overdo their popcorn consumption, you almost certainly won't change their cancer risk, but will probably increase their chances of heart attack and stroke. When we know a bit more about the reason for the apparent influence of popcorn on cancer in the laboratory – such as from a particular chemical in the mix – then we might be better able to make a judgment.For the last three years or so, I've often woken up in the morning with a severe stiff neck that means I can't move my head to one side at all. The stiffness lasts for three or four days, is relieved only slightly by painkillers and there are no other symptoms. Could it be a virus? Should I be worried?There's no evidence that a virus infection could lead to three years of symptoms like yours, so you have to look for another cause for your stiff neck. The fact that you wake up with it this way suggests that your posture when asleep isn't right – is your pillow firm enough to support your n 米国の研究は、ポップコーン提。癌を防ぐ - これは本当ことができ、私は私の子供はそれ以上を食べるようですか？私は、アメリカの化学社会に提示調査研究を読んで、そのポップコーンは、がんを予防するに適しています
- Pakistan frees mentally ill woman on Qur'an charge after 14 years
Zaibun Nisa arrested in 1996 after Muslim prayer leader told police someone had desecrated holy bookA court has freed a mentally ill woman who has been held without trial for 14 years on allegations of desecrating the Qur'an. Under Pakistan's strict blasphemy laws, anyone accused of insulting Islam, the prophet Muhammad or the Qur'an can be sentenced to death. Zaibun Nisa, 60, was arrested in 1996 after a Muslim prayer leader told police that someone had desecrated the holy book. Her family did not challenge the charge, and the woman was sent to a mental hospital in Lahore. Her lawyer said he was shocked to know that police had arrested her despite knowing that she was mentally ill.PakistanIslamReligionguardian.co.uk © Guardian News & Media Limited 2010 | Use of this content is subject to our Terms & Conditions | More Feeds
Zaibunニサは1996年にイスラム教徒の祈りの指導者は、警察が誰かが聖なるブッカ裁判所を冒涜したと語った後、クルアーンを汚しの容疑で14歳の裁判なしに行われている精神障害者の女性を解放した逮捕された
- Asylum seekers' hardships challenge a new English language teacher in Glasgow
Cameron Hodgson is learning how difficult life is for refugees in his first teaching job working with students struggling to adjustWhat keeps you motivated? Knowing something about the hardships that asylum-seekers face. Until I started teaching this group, I hadn't realised what kinds of ordeals many go through. They are still being hidden away on boats with no idea of their destination and with almost no perception of their opportunities. It makes me think how lucky I am.Best teaching moment? When students approach me after class with questions relating to their situation. They might need help with forms for college or housing applications. It gives me the feeling that some good has come from my lessons.And worst? When a lesson doesn't go to plan. I'm left despondent because of the time I've invested in preparation. I've only been teaching for a few months and I'm left wondering whether I'm really cut out for this. The advice I get is, see what you can learn for the next time.Biggest challenge? We don't get enough teaching time with students. Research indicates that learners attending community classes once a week can take up to six years to achieve college standard. We share a church building and only have restricted access to class space. Our brief time with the students has to be used extremely effectively.What have you learned? It really is amazing how positive my students are, given the ordeals of the asylum process. I realise that I take certain things for granted, such as joining a library, sending emails for jobs or considering options for part-time study. These sorts of things can be a major task for them.What next? Working overseas is my main aim. I'm thankful for what I can learn as a teacher here and continue to develop my skills and knowledge.Top tip? Sta キャメロンホジソンがいかに難しい人生は難民のための彼の最初の教師の仕事で学生とadjustWhatに苦労し働いている学んでいる場合は、モチベーションを維持する？その庇護希望者の顔苦難についての何かを知っている
- Film Weekly meets Justin Kerrigan and goes to Lourdes
This week's podcast is a broad church, going from a chat with Sylvie Testud, who plays a sceptic in search of a miracle in Lourdes, to reviewing Tilda Swinton vehicle I Am Love and Drew Barrymore's paean to roller derby Whip It, and talking to Human Traffic's Justin Kerrigan about his first feature in 10 years.Sylvie Testud is cast as Christine, a wheelchair-bound woman on a life-changing trip, in Jessica Hausner's award-winning new drama. The French actor tells Jason Solomons what it was like to shoot in the famous pilgrimate site, and how the film manages to retain a slightly irreverent view on this religious icon.Xan Brooks then talks to writer-director Justin Kerrigan about I Know You Know, his first feature since his seminal rave comedy Human Traffic a decade ago. The film, set in south Wales in 1988 and starring Robert Carlyle and Aaron Fuller, is a drama about a son's love for his charismatic father, who may or may not be a secret agent. Kerrigan is candid about how autobiographical the film is, why it took eight and a half years to make, and what it was like to watch Carlyle transform into his father.And finally, Xan and Jason run the rule over this week's major releases: the wantonly seductive I Am Love, which wears its Visconti and Sirk influences very much on its sleeve, Drew Barrymore's sly and knowing directorial debut Whip It, which stars Ellen Page, and the David Baddiel-scripted The Infidel, a religious identity-crisis flick saved by the presence of The West Wing's Richard Schiff.Xan BrooksIain ChambersObserverJason Solomons
、アイアム愛とローラーダービーホイップそれにドリューバリモアの賛歌をティルダスウィントン車の見直しを今週のポッドキャストは、広範な教会、シルヴィーテステュー、ルルドの奇跡の検索ではIDNの懐疑論を果たしている、とのチャットから起こっていると人間と話してトラフィックのジャスティンケリガン10 years.Sylvieで彼の最初の機能についてテステューはクリスティン、人生を変える旅に車椅子の女性としてキャストされた、ジェシカハウスナーの賞を受賞した新しいドラマです
- George Monbiot | General election 2010: Grasp the opportunity for reform
With no clear winner, the people's verdict is a plague on the old politics. Now is the time for real reform of our broken systemSo now the real fight begins. If, as seems almost certain, we are to have a hung parliament, the UK's locked-down politics has suddenly been flung wide open. For the first time in living memory, we have a chance to smash our antediluvian system. If we can seize the opportunity a hung parliament offers, to deliver proportional representation and party-funding reform, we will change politics in the UK for ever.Now we have the chance to be counted: metaphorically and literally. Our votes need never be wasted again.But it won't happen by itself: nothing ever does. We will change this system despite most of the men and women who have just taken seats at Westminster, not because of them. Radical constitutional reform will happen only if we demand it, so loudly and so doggedly that parliament and government, whatever their composition might be, can no longer fend us off.The fight starts tomorrow, with rallies in London, Glasgow, Manchester, Bristol, Middlesborough, Oxford and possibly other cities. It is being coordinated by the kind of wide-ranging coalition we've needed for years, as almost all the major reform campaigns – Power2010, Make Votes Count, Unlock Democracy, the Electoral Reform Society, Ekklesia, Compass, Hang 'em, Vote for a Change and others – have settled their differences and come together. (The only name missing from the list is 38 Degrees, which appears to have decided that its real enemies are other democracy campaigns.) Most encouragingly, some of the big environment groups – Greenpeace, Friends of the Earth, the New Economics Foundation – have joined the coalition, knowing that much of what they hope to achieve is impossible und 明確な勝者は、人々の判決は、古い政治ペストです
- Lawsuit filed against Toyota Motor Sales USA
A lawsuit was filed on Friday against the Los Angeles-based Toyota Motor Sales USA, which is suspected of allegedly selling defective vehicles and deceptive business practices, prosecutors said.
The lawsuit, jointly filed by the Orange County District Attorney and a private Newport Beach law firm, claims that Toyota Motor Sales USA knowingly sold and leased hundreds of thousands of cars and trucks with defects that cause uncontrollable acceleration, according to District Attorney Tony Rackauc ... 訴訟を13日、ロサンゼルスに対して提出されたトヨタの自動車販売の米国は、容疑者に欠陥車や不正な事業慣行の販売が疑われるベース、検察と述べた
- Orange County sues Toyota
Prosecutors in Orange County, California, filed a lawsuit against Toyota, accusing the company of knowingly selling hundreds of thousands of vehicles with acceleration defects.District Attorney Tony Rackauckas said his office... オレンジ郡、カリフォルニア州検察は、トヨタに対して、故意に加速defects.District弁護士トニーRackauckasと車の数千数百人の販売会社の告発訴訟を起こした彼のオフィスと...
- Knowing where to buy
Island resort province is a hot spot for investors and pensioners
HAIKOU: The question on many Chinese people's lips is where to buy a home after property prices in the country's key cities almost doubled last year. According to Xie Ling, the hot spot is Hainan, China's southernmost province.
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- Letters: Israel and protests against the wall
In recent months Palestinians campaigning against the wall in the occupied West Bank have been targeted as part of a vicious crackdown on their freedom of expression and association. Residential areas affected by the wall – for instance, villages such as Ni'lin, Bil'in and Jayyous – have been subjected to raids by Israeli soldiers, who have broken into homes, fired teargas and arbitrarily arrested and detained numerous Palestinians, including children.Prominent human rights defender Jamal Juma', coordinator of the Palestinian Stop the Wall campaign, has been arrested and remains detained without charge. This follows the detention of Abdallah Abu Rahmeh and Mohammad Othman, both leading anti-wall figures.The British government's unwillingness to back the Goldstone report into Operation Cast Lead sent a message to Israel that it need not be held to account for its crimes in Gaza (Israel to pay compensation to UN, 8 January). This has predictably encouraged Israel to act as it wishes, knowing it will be accorded total impunity. On this question at least, the British government should press for the immediate release of these three Palestinian prisoners of conscience. John Hilary Executive director, War on WantDaniel MachoverLawyers for Palestinian Human RightsKate AllenDirector, Amnesty International UKMartin Linton MPLabour Friends of PalestineChris Doyle Council for Arab-British UnderstandingBetty HunterPalestine Solidarity CampaignWilliam Bell Advocacy officer, Christian AidPalestinian territoriesGazaIsraelguardian.co.uk © Guardian News & Media Limited 2010 | Use of this content is subject to our Terms & Conditions | More Feeds
ヨルダン川西岸の壁にパレスチナ人の選。悪循環の取り締まりの一環として表現及び結社の自由の対象にされている、ここ数カ月で
- Letters: We stand by Chinook inquiry findings
Your report (MoD knew of Chinook flaws before fatal crash, says father, 5 January) fails to report the Ministry of Defence's reasons for upholding the board of inquiry's findings into the Mull of Kintyre Chinook crash. We have always made clear that we would revisit the findings if new evidence was presented. Despite the efforts over many years of those campaigning to clear the pilots, including an exhaustive report submitted in 2008, no such evidence has ever been found. The computer software issues raised in the documents obtained by the BBC were well known at the time and had been factored into the operating instructions. These issues were discounted in the context of this accident following a thorough independent assessment by the Air Accident Investigation Branch. This led the board of inquiry to conclude – along with those who have reconsidered this over the years – that there was no evidence of technical failure which would have been a factor in the crash.What was exposed, in a diligent and logical analysis, was that the pilots consciously breached their operating rules, thereby knowingly placing their aircraft, passengers, crew and themselves at risk. This was the basis for the gross negligence finding. Des Browne's review was in response to the 2008 report, and concluded there was no new evidence and the original findings should stand. The Chinook helicopter has a remarkable safety record and has proved a mainstay of recent operations. Aircraft losses are not always due to equipment failings and it is a disservice to our people, particularly those working heroically in Afghanistan, to see a conspiracy behind every tragic loss.Air Chief Marshal Stephen DaltonChief of the air staffDefence policyDes BrowneAfghanistanguardian.co.uk © Guardian News & Media Limi あなたの報告書（国防省チヌークの欠陥の致命的なクラッシュする前に知っていた1月5日）は、省キンタイアチヌークのクラッシュにお問い合わせの調査結果の基板を支持するための防衛の理由の報告をせず、父親は言う
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