- Activision's Blizzard Unit Cutting 600 Jobs; Warcraft Not Affected
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- Forbes Games: DRM Slows And Game Of Thrones Woes
Activision Blizzard's Diablo III hit stores on Tuesday, and fans of the video game franchise have already made the release a monster hit. But some new owners are steaming about connectivity issues that made it impossible for them to try out their purchase, and wondering why a single-player game needs to go online in the first place. null, responseDetails: Suspected Terms of Service Abuse. Please see responseStatus: 40
- Activision Jobs Cuts: Warcraft Losing Wow Factor?
Activision Blizzard announced Wednesday that it was laying off around 600 employees. In its statement, the company announced that the cuts would occur in its Blizzard Entertainment unit, which runs the popular World of Warcraft (WoW) online fantasy game franchise. null, responseDetails: Suspected Terms of Service Abuse. Please see responseStatus: 40
- Activision Blizzard Q4 Beats Ests; Sets New $1B Buyback
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- How Ad Agencies Are Morphing From Mad Men to Web Wizards
Advertising agencies still struggle with the perception that they have changed much, or at least enough, from the salad days of the 1960s that the hit TV show Mad Men glorifies. To hear it both some ad tech companies in Silicon Valley and marketers contending with the huge transformation of media and advertising in the Internet age, agencies are something of an anachronism, middlemen that still don't understand how to contend with social media, automated ad buying, and other digital innovations. null, responseDetails: Suspected Terms of Service Abuse. Please see responseStatus: 40
- Kiwi team exhausted after week in Japan
After seven days searching for bodies in rubble and icy blizzards in Japan, returning members of a New Zealand rescue team touch down at Auckland Airport today.Speaking from Tokyo, fire service national manager special operations... 7日後、ニュージーランドの救助チームのメンバーは、消防国マネージャー特別な操作を東京からtoday.Speakingオークランド空港に着陸を返す、日本では瓦礫と氷の吹雪の体を探して...
- Science Weekly podcast: Will climate change unleash geological mayhem?
Alok Jha is joined by Guardian science correspondent Ian Sample and Observer science editor Robin McKie to rake over the week's best science stories.Robin discusses a poll of forensic scientists published in New Scientist that suggests closure of the UK's Forensic Science Service could increase the number of miscarriages of justice.Ian examines the ethical implications of technologies that could allow soldiers to directly control weapons systems with their brains.Prof Nick Tyler of University College London joins us to discuss the impact of ageing populations. The lifespan of someone born today could well be 100 years in some societies. How can cities adapt to cope with a population undergoing a continual degradation of dexterity, eyesight and mental capacity? How can society afford to pay the pensions of people spending so much longer in retirement?Tyler is the convenor of UCL Wellbeing Week, which starts on Monday. The session on extended lifespan is on Thursday.Finally, volcanologist Bill McGuire came into the studio to review evidence of the effect on the Earth's crust of vast amounts of water stored in ice sheets and glaciers melting and flowing into the oceans. In the past, says McGuire, as ice ages have come to an end there has been an increase in geological disturbances. The redistribution of the Earth's mass as ice melts can even affect how fast the planet rotates.McGuire is professor of geophysical and climate hazards at UCL. His new book is Waking The Giant: How a Changing Climate Triggers Earthquakes, Tsunamis, and Volcanoes. Subscribe for free via iTunes to ensure every episode gets delivered. (Here is the non-iTunes URL feed).Follow the podcast on our Science Weekly Twitter feed and receive updates on all breaking science news stories from Guardian Scienc null, responseDetails: Suspected Terms of Service Abuse. Please see responseStatus: 40
- Concern over hazards near new railway
Although due to start commercial operations in late June, the Beijing-Shanghai high-speed railway still has some safety problems, senior railway officials said on Thursday.
Hu Yadong, vice-minister of railways, said illegal and unlicensed businesses, including manufacturers of inflammable and explosive goods, operate along the line. Also, there are blasting sites within a kilometer of the railway line and not enough traffic signs along it.
Large illegal buildings, the removal or destruct ... 原因は、6月下旬に営業運転を開始するが、北京 - 上海高速鉄道は、まだいくつかの安全上の問題があり、シニアの鉄道関係者が明らかにした
- A summit in Tehran trumps the US
An Iranian diplomatic thrust to bring Afghanistan and Pakistan onside against the United States - benefiting already from the countries' fury at US efforts to isolate them from Taliban talks - lends greater significance to an anti-terrorism summit in Tehran being attended by Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari. The nations could frustrate US visions of regional dominance and a partitioned Afghanistan. - M K Bhadrakumar (Jun 22, '11) 米国に対して、アフガニスタンとパキスタンオンサイドをもたらすためにイランの外交推力 - タリバンの交渉からそれらを分離する米国の努力で国の怒りからすでに恩恵は - パキスタン大統領のアシフアリが出席されているテヘランで反テロの頂上に大きな意義を貸すザルダリ
- Attempts to predict earthquakes may do more harm than good | Professor David Petley
An inaccurate earthquake prediction is likely to have worse consequences than if there had been no prediction at allAlmost every time a large earthquake strikes an inhabited area questions are raised in the media about why the event was not predicted. The argument is that a successful prediction would greatly reduce the loss of life, if not necessarily the economic damage, by permitting dangerous buildings to be evacuated, tsunami-prone areas to be cleared, and hospitals and rescue teams to be prepared and on standby.Given that this vision sounds so appealing, it is perhaps surprising that most specialists working on natural hazards argue that work on prediction is at best a red herring, and at worst has adverse impacts on our ability to manage disasters.First, we should be clear about what is meant by prediction. In this context we mean that in advance of an earthquake a correct estimate is made of its magnitude, location and time of occurrence. To be useful an earthquake prediction needs to include all three.It is of course reasonable to provide a prediction that indicates a range of values, within reason. So a prediction that an earthquake with a magnitude between 7.4 and 7.6 might occur in a particular location between 16:00 and 20:00 on a particular day would probably be fine; a prediction that an event of magnitude 2.0 to 9.0 might occur in May somewhere in the US is unhelpful (and guaranteed to be right, of course).So what are the objections to investment in, and reliance upon, prediction? Let's set aside for the moment the technical concerns (and there are many). The first problem is one of the impact of the prediction itself, especially long-range predictions.Let's imagine a scenario in which a long-range prediction is possible, and postulate a situation in whi null, responseDetails: Suspected Terms of Service Abuse. Please see responseStatus: 40
- Rolls-Royce Ghost Recalled For Fire Hazard
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- Sirius XM: Time To Take Profits? Lazard Cuts Rating To Neutral
As Sirius XM shares near the $2 level, the time has come to take some profits in the satellite radio company's stock, according to Lazard Capital analyst Barton Crockett. 2ドルのレベルに近いシリウスXM社の株式ように、時間はLazard Capitalのアナリストバートンクロによると、衛星ラジオ会社の株式の一部の利益を取るようになってきた
- On the Road: Blizzard, and Inflexibility, Knock Out Air Travel
As evidenced by the difficulty airlines are having getting back onto schedule, the domestic air travel system is far less resilient than it used to be. 難易度の航空会社によって明らかなようにスケジュールに戻ることがある、国内航空システムは、それがされていたよりもはるかに少ない弾力性があります
- Diablo 3 to The Rescue of Slumping Game Sales?
As legions of Diablo 3 players descend into the depths of hell (or at least try to), they might find some of their friends from the video game industry down there. Video games weren?t doing so hot in April ? a slump of 42 percent in year over year sales had a lot of analysts very worried. May, however, could look better as big releases from Blizzard and Rockstar ride in to save the day. null, responseDetails: Suspected Terms of Service Abuse. Please see responseStatus: 40
- KingsIsle Announces Pirate101
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- Poland confirms two A/H1N1 flu deaths
A 41-year-old Polish man and a 2.5- year-old child, both infected with the A/H1N1 flu virus, died in hospital in Slupsk and Olsztyn of northern Poland on Sunday, local media reported on Monday.
Slupsk hospital director Ryszard Stus said that the 41-year-old patient was already in a difficult condition when admitted to hospital.
Another patient infected with A/H1N1 flu and hospitalized in Slupsk is said to be in serious condition. Two other patients are suspected of being infected with the ... 41歳のポーランド人は、2.5歳の子どもは、両方のインフルエンザインフルエンザウイルスに感染して、スルプスク北部ポーランドのオルシュティン日曜日の病院で死亡し、地元メディアが報じた
- Bearly concealed blue tongues nabbed
A COUPLE has been caught trying to smuggle dozens of blue-tongue lizards out of Australia by stuffing them inside teddy bears.
カップルは、テディベアの内部に詰め物によってオーストラリアの青舌トカゲの数十を密輸しようとして摘発された
- Prison call for smuggler of Aussie lizards
A Californian reptile salesman who attempted to smuggle 15 live Australian lizards into the US by strapping them to his chest should be jailed for 10 months, prosecutors have told an American judge. 彼の胸にそれらをストラップで米国に15のライブオーストラリアのトカゲを密輸しようとしたカリフォルニア爬虫類セールスマンが10ヶ月間投獄されるべき、検察側は、アメリカの裁判官に語った
- Pakistani court restrains President Zardari from political activities
A Pakistani court on Thursday restrained President Asif Ali Zardari from political activities and ruled that the president must be neutral.
Zardari is the Co-Chairman of the ruling Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) and regularly presides over meeting of the party and also makes appointments of the party's office-bearers.
Zardari's son Bilawal Bhutto is the Chairman of the PPP but being a student in Brtain, he has not yet started political activities. Party sources said that Bilawal will start h ... 木曜日にパキスタンの裁判所は、政治活動から大統領アシフアリザルダリ氏を拘束し、大統領が中立する必要があることを支配した
- Eight injured in Paris house fire
A blast caused by a fire in Paris on Saturday has injured eight people, including three firefighters in grave condition.
The fire started in a house in the 20th arrondissement of Paris before sunrise and the following explosion, probably caused by a gas leak, increased the hazards for emergency services trying to control it, according to local media.
All the injured, including five with minor injuries, were taken to hospitals for treatment. The cause of the fire is still under inve ... 爆発は、土曜日にパリで火災が原因で発生。状態で三消防士を含む8人、負傷しています
- Midwest snow storm – in pictures
A blizzard shut down highways in New Mexico, Colorado, Kansas and the panhandles of Oklahoma and Texas, stranding motorists and causing dozens of crashes
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- Diablo III's Reported Hacking: A Crime, Or Just A Shame?
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- Gecko hunted after claimed as possible Aids cure
A conservationist group says claims that a nocturnal Asian lizard could treat Aids have led to a sharp boom in illegal smuggling of the reptile.TRAFFIC Southeast Asia says demand for the Tokay Gecko has skyrocketed to an alarming... null, responseDetails: Suspected Terms of Service Abuse. Please see responseStatus: 40
- Tsunami ship becomes hazard in Alaskan waters
A derelict Japanese ship dislodged by last year's massive tsunami was drifting toward Alaska, the US Coast Guard said.The shrimping vessel was floating slowly northwest in the Gulf of Alaska about 201 kilometres west of the nearest... null, responseDetails: Suspected Terms of Service Abuse. Please see responseStatus: 40
- Extreme cold and blizzard in Midwest
A powerful snowstorm socked the upper Midwest on Saturday with as much as 50cm of snow, forcing authorities to close roads across five US states as heavy winds made for treacherous driving conditions.The weather also postponed... 強力な吹雪は、当局はまた、延期危険運転conditions.The天気のために作ら強風として、米国の5つの州を渡る道路を閉じるために、強制的に、できるだけ多くの50センチメートルの雪と同じように土曜日に中西部を酔っぱらった...
- Afghan President in Pakistan for Talks on Taliban
Bilateral talks between Hamid Karzai, Asif Ali Zardari are first since death of Osama bin Laden in Pakistan ハミドカルザイ大統領の二国間協議が、アシフアリザルダリ氏は、最初はパキスタンのオサマビンラディン氏の死以来、
- Country diary: Blashford, New Forest: Skies may be grey, but dextrous swallows show that spring is here
Blashford, New Forest: Sand martins and swallows wheel and whoop, helping to raise the gloom of the surrounding landscapeThe leaden sky is depressing, toning down the vibrant greens of the young growth bursting out from shrub and tree. Ibsley Water offers a palette of greys as the whipping wind ruffles the surface. As I settle into the chill comfort of Goosander hide at Blashford Lakes nature reserve I notice an entry in the sightings' log. It records that just half an hour earlier two ospreys, a male and female, had been seen. Far across the lake, two raptors were being harried by a crow. By the time I had my glasses focused they had moved away. Buzzards often perch in the trees where the main road runs along the edge of the reserve, so these may have been a local pair. Though I waited, they did not return.Our local sand martins have completed their long journey from Africa. The artificial nesting wall can house many pairs and already some holes are occupied. The birds wheel and swoop over the water, using their amazing agility on the wing to catch tiny insects. Now and then, one breaks away to enter a hole with such momentum that I wonder how it stops. After a while, they move away to find another feeding patch that will build up their strength for the rigours of parenthood.Perhaps they can take heart from the young families already established. Two pairs of Canada geese, with 10 goslings between them, are feeding on the same area of grassland. The darker hues of four make clear those first hatched. Parents hiss defiantly as the two broods come close, and become violent when their space is invaded by a family of feral grey geese. A few metres away, a solitary great crested grebe fishes unmolested, its rich brown plumage giving the watcher a feeling of warmth. Somewher null, responseDetails: Suspected Terms of Service Abuse. Please see responseStatus: 40
- The dangers of an overcrowded Everest | Andy Cave
Bottlenecks have made Everest increasingly hazardous – which makes following some fundamental rules even more importantWhile Everest is not the most technically difficult peak in the world, it remains the highest and climbing it is very serious with constant battles against altitude, freezing temperatures, sudden storms and falling ice.Hearing the tragic news of four people dying on the mountain this weekend does not come with much surprise. The sheer number of people allowed on to the mountain has brought another unexpected and perhaps even more dangerous hazard – large crowds. The fact that so many climbers, lots of them wealthy beginners, have managed to reach the top in recent years means that every May several hundred inspired people will try for the summit in one of the weather windows, resulting in dangerous bottlenecks packed with climbers.This relative increase in accessibility has given rise to many now familiar questions, being asked once again after last weekend's deaths; has the mountain become too accessible? Should there be more stringent assessments of clientele? Should the sherpas – who fix ladders, make tea and carry oxygen for the western tourist-climbers – continue to endanger their lives? Perhaps one solution would be to make the charges so high that only a handful of people could afford it? Or ban the use of artificial oxygen, fixed ropes and sherpa support, leaving Everest to a handful of the world's elite mountaineers? But cutting numbers, as well as being elitist, would reduce the income that flows into Nepal, one of the poorest countries in the world. Also, many of the guides working on the mountain are superb, highly skilled professionals simply earning a living.I was lucky enough to work on the neighbouring 8,013m high Shishapangma mountain w null, responseDetails: Suspected Terms of Service Abuse. Please see responseStatus: 40
- 2 trains derailed in SE Chicago, no hazards leaked
CHICAGO, March 8 (Xinhua) -- Two trains on Sunday collided with each other in Gary, a city in Southeast Chicago, scattering dozens of train cars off the tracks but no tankers or hazardous materials were pulled out of cars, Chicago Tribune said Sunday.
Gary Fire Department said two engines collided with each other, apparently because of faulty switch gear, and one crew member on a train suffered a broken leg.
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- MGM Resorts' Planned Social Gaming Website Offers New Growth
Casino veteran MGM Resorts International is working on launching a social gaming website in order to grab share of the growing social gaming market. According to Lazard Capital, the social gaming industry will be worth $9 billion by 2015. null, responseDetails: Suspected Terms of Service Abuse. Please see responseStatus: 40
- New 'The Amazing Spider-Man' Australian Trailer Reveals New Footage
Check out the newest foreign trailer for Sony's upcoming super-reboot The Amazing Spider-Man. This Australian trailer contains brand new unseen footage from the film, including more peeks at the villainous Lizard and some fun interactions between Peter and Gwen. Take a look, and enjoy! null, responseDetails: Suspected Terms of Service Abuse. Please see responseStatus: 40
- China suspends Jeep Wrangler imports over safety concern
China's top product quality watchdog said on Friday that the country would suspend imports of Jeep Wrangler vehicles because of a serious potential safety hazard.
Consumers in China have reported several cases of imported Jeep Wranglers catching fire. Investigations found that the fires were the result of a problem in the vehicles' automatic transmission and related systems, the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine (AQSIQ) said in a statement on its website ... 中国のトップ製品の品質の監視は、国は、深刻な潜在的な安全上の危険のためにジープラングラー車の輸入を停止することを明らかにした
- Cold snap has killed more than 600 people in eastern Europe
Czech officials blame two massive car crashes on snow, while thousands have been trapped in freezing homesMore than 600 people have died during a record-breaking cold snap in eastern Europe, authorities say, as officials in the Czech Republic blamed two massive car crashes on blinding snow.Since the end of January, the region has been pummelled by the deep freeze, which has brought the heaviest blizzards in recent memory. Tens of thousands have been trapped in often-freezing homes and villages by walls of snow and unpassable roads, and officials have struggled to reach the vulnerable with emergency food airlifts.Authorities in Russia and Ukraine alone reported on Wednesday that more than 300 people had died in the bitter cold.About 100 damaged cars blocked a major highway in the Czech Republic connecting the capital, Prague, with the eastern part of the country and Slovakia. Seven people were injured in two separate accidents, authorities said, warning it could be hours before the mangled vehicles were cleared.Some 40 cars crashed before midday on Wednesday during a heavy snowstorm 188 miles (300km) east of Prague, injuring two people. Dozens of vehicles, including a bus, were involved in a separate crash south-east of Prague, which injured five, according to Czech public CT24 television.Authorities in Russia said 205 people had died this year in the cold, while in Ukraine the death toll is 112 and in Poland 107. Seven people have died in Romania in the past 24 hours, bringing the total there to 86. Deaths were also reported in Bulgaria, Serbia, Croatia, Montenegro and Slovenia.In Romania, about 23,000 people remain isolated in 225 eastern communities where more than a week of heavy snow has blocked roads and wreaked havoc on the rail network. Residents were worried tha null, responseDetails: Suspected Terms of Service Abuse. Please see responseStatus: 40
- Pakistan's Zardari: 'March of Democracy Goes On'
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- Extract Baby, Extract! There's No Stopping Canadian Tar Sands Oil
Environmental groups, with a little help from the EPA, are trying to stop construction of the Keystone XL pipeline designed to move crude oil from Alberta (Canada, for the geographically challenged) to refineries in Texas. Nobody’s seriously claiming the $7 billion, 1,700 mile addition to the pipeline network is a hazard to the people (or the prairie dogs) of the America’s Great Plains, though. The pipeline brouhaha is part of a proxy war over the extraction of fuel from Canada’s seemingly bottomless deposits of tar sands, a very messy process that is not conducive to healthy plant and animal life. Arguably more relevant, substituting a barrel of tar sands oil for a barrel of conventional oil generates 10-20 percent more greenhouse gas emissions because it takes a lot of heat to extract the liquid crude from the tar-like bitumen in the sand. _NULL_
- Philippines floods: an expected shock
Even when we do know about climate-related hazards, we still fail to actThe typhoon that hit Mindanao in the Philippines before Christmas to claim 1,000 lives and leave nearly 50,000 homeless was a shock, but not a surprise. In 2009, campaigners and scientists simulated the effects of a tropical storm on the island, and predicted that the cities of Cagayan de Oro and Iligan would be hit by flash floods. At the time, the prediction was dismissed as alarmist. The scientists were conducting an exercise as part of a UN strategy for disaster reduction, to which 168 nations signed up in 2005. They did their bit: they identified a natural hazard. But the Philippine government had yet to enact its own disaster management plan; the two coastal cities remained without protection, and catastrophic flooding affected more than 300,000 people. The lesson is pertinent, but not new. Three years before Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans in 2005, there were warnings about the city's vulnerability. Katrina still somehow surprised a complacent government. Forewarned turns out not to be forearmed. Knowledge is power only for those prepared to act upon it.Such lessons are worth learning. With 80 million new souls on the planet each year, most of them in the developing world, the numbers of potential victims will go on increasing. And as the planet warms, so too does the potential for meteorological disaster. Not all disasters relate to the climate, but rising levels of greenhouse gases could double the probability of catastrophic rainfall and other weather extremes. In 2011 the United States has already experienced one of the worst years on record, with a 1,000 dead in a dozen disasters, each exacting a financial toll of $1bn or more. The total cost of these 12 assaults by tornado, wil null, responseDetails: Suspected Terms of Service Abuse. Please see responseStatus: 40
- Harry Potter world coming to Japan
Fans in Japan of boy wizard Harry Potter will soon be able to explore the magical world of Hogwarts when Universal Studios Japan expands its theme park with a half-billion dollar investment. null, responseDetails: Suspected Terms of Service Abuse. Please see responseStatus: 40
- James Thompson: Snow shows the need for a slick internet operation
Following a blizzard of festive trading updates yesterday, the hoopla around who had a good, bad or ugly Christmas is all but over bar the shouting for another year. 昨日のお祭りの取引の更新プログラムの吹雪に続いて、良い、悪いか醜いクリスマスを過ごすことが誰の周り騒動は、すべてが上の別の年の叫び声を禁止します
- Facebook, Google, Twitter and More: 12 Predictions for 2012
For the last few years, I’ve hazarded a number of predictions mostly for Internet media and advertising on my personal blog. After all, risky as they may be, they provide a way to examine the key issues of the day and, selfishly, help me figure out what I should be writing for the coming year. null, responseDetails: Suspected Terms of Service Abuse. Please see responseStatus: 40
- Video | Tomasky Talk: The Obama tax deal, the Start treaty and Jim Morrison's pardon
From congressional battles on Capitol Hill to Elizabeth Edwards' views on the afterlife and the Lizard King's exoneration, Michael Tomasky reviews the week's big political storiesMichael Tomasky
死後の世界とリザードキングの免責にして、Elizabeth Edwardsさんの意見に連邦議会で、議会の戦いから、マイケルTomaskyは今週の大きな政治storiesMichael Tomaskyはレビュー
- Diablo 3 Beta Open to Everyone This Weekend Only
Good news for the unwashed masses (like myself) who didn't get a Diablo 3 beta invite these past few months. Ahead of the game's May 15th release, Blizzard has opened the floodgates and given everyone access to the beta this weekend only. null, responseDetails: Suspected Terms of Service Abuse. Please see responseStatus: 40
- Trumbull: Hollywood Should Go Back to Using Miniatures
Hollywood Special Effects wizard Douglas Trumble is interviewed in the latest issue of Creative Cow. (Not yet available online, it's the second of a two-part series, the first of which can be read online here.) null, responseDetails: Suspected Terms of Service Abuse. Please see responseStatus: 40
- Meet The 'Endangered' Critter That Could Halt A Fifth Of America's Oil Production
Hopefully we won't have to give up the Texas oil industry to protect some lizards. うまくいけば、私たちはいくつかのトカゲを保護するためにテキサスの石油産業を放棄する必要はありません
- Ban them: The wrath of slipping on store grapes
INJURY claims lawyer calls for grape ban from supermarkets and shops because they may cause a hazard.
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- Pakistan former U.S. envoy barred from leaving country
ISLAMABAD, Dec. 1 (Xinhua) -- Pakistan's former ambassador to the United States Hussain Haqqani was barred from leaving the country following an order by the country's Supreme Court on Thursday.
A Pakistani-American business tycoon, Mansoor Ijaz, had claimed last month that he had been asked by Haqqani to deliver the President Asif Ali Zardari's memo to the U.S. former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Mike Mullen, seeking Washington's help to rein the powerful army.
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- Obama condoles with Pakistani president on troops killed in NATO strike
ISLAMABAD, Dec. 4 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. President Obama on Sunday night (local time) phoned the Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari to condole on the deaths of the Pakistani troops killed in a recent NATO cross-border air strike, according to local media reports.
Local TV channel ARY said that during the phone call the U.S. president also told his Pakistani counterpart that the NATO attack was not intentional and he also promised an investigation into the NATO November 26th incident and discu ... null, responseDetails: Suspected Terms of Service Abuse. Please see responseStatus: 40
- Pakistan declares 10-day mourning at Nusrat Bhutto's demise
ISLAMABAD, Oct. 23 (Xinhua) -- Pakistani Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani announced a 10-day national mourning on the demise of Pakistan's former First Lady Nusrat Bhutto, who died in a Dubai hospital Sunday afternoon after protracted illness.
Nusrat Bhutto, 82, the mother-in-law of President Asif Ali Zardari, was leader of the ruling Pakistan Peoples Party and wife of late prime minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto and mother of slain Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto.
The Prime Minister also an ... 【イスラマバード10月23日（新華社） - パキスタン首相サイードユスフラザGilaniは長引く病気の後にドバイの病院日曜の午後に死亡したパキスタンの元大統領夫人ヌスラットブット、の崩壊で10日間の国民の嘆きを発表しました
- 5 killed, 34 injured in blast in Peshawar of Pakistan
ISLAMABAD, Sept. 19 (Xinhua) -- At least five people were killed and 34 others injured when a blast hit a CD shop at a market area in Pakistan's northwest city of Peshawar Monday night, reported local Urdu TV channel Geo.
Five of the injured people were in critical condition, said hospital sources.
Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari issued a statement strongly condemned the attack that killed innocent civilians.
The blast took place at about 9:00 p.m. local time Monday near a CD shop ... 【イスラマバード9月19日（新華） - 爆発は、ペシャワール月曜の夜のパキスタンの北西部の都市での市場領域でのCDショップを打ったとき、少なくとも5人が死亡、34他の人が負傷した、地元のウルドゥー語テレビチャンネルジオが報じた
- Pakistani president appeals to int'l community for flood aid
ISLAMABAD, Sept. 8 (Xinhua) -- Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari Thursday appealed to the international community to provide assistance for the millions of people affected by the severe and relentless spell of monsoon rains in southern Pakistan, the country's Foreign Ministry said.
The unprecedented rains in the area have wreaked havoc with the lives of millions of people besides causing huge devastation to livestock and standing crops, a statement from the ministry said.
Hundreds of pe ... 【イスラマバード9月8日（新華社） - パキスタン大統領アシフアリザルダリ木曜日は南部のパキスタンでモンスーン雨の厳しいと執拗なスペルの影響を受けた何百万人もの人々のために援助を提供するために国際社会に訴え、国の外務省は言った
- Bill McGuire: 'A global databank could warn of natural disasters'
If world governments could turn to a central information source on natural disasters, many lives could be saved through better preparednessDevastating natural disasters have killed close to a million people and caused billions of pounds of damage in the past few years. Despite its sophisticated technology, humanity remains hugely vulnerable to earthquakes, hurricanes, volcanic eruptions and other calamities. The danger is only likely to increase, say geologists and weather experts. Earth's swelling numbers are forcing more and more people to live in geological and meteorological danger zones. As a result, death tolls are destined to rise.In addition, human impact on the climate, which is warming relentlessly as more and more carbon dioxide is pumped into the atmosphere from cars, factories and power stations, will also worsen the problem. At higher latitudes, melting glaciers and ice sheets will modify the pressures acting on tectonic plates and volcanoes, potentially provoking more earthquakes and eruptions, while rising sea levels will leave many regions more vulnerable to hurricanes and storms.Our planet needs help, badly, and Bill McGuire, professor of geophysical and climate hazards at University College London, believes he has a solution. We need a global clearing house in which details of all major natural threats are stored, evaluated and updated. All governments and other stakeholders can access the repository to obtain specific information on the hazards that threaten them, whether storm, quake, volcanic blast or tsunami, he says.There have been several recent catastrophes, including earthquakes in Haiti, Chile, New Zealand and Japan. Would the global clearing house you propose have helped lower their death tolls?Not in every case. The earthquake in Japan, whi world政府は、自然災害の中央情報源に向けることができれば、多くの命が万人に近い死亡し、被害のポンド数十億過去数年間でより良いpreparednessDevastating自然災害から救うことができる
- Looking Past Greece's 'Tea-and-Cake-or-Death' Elections
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- Nepal PM running with hare, hunting with hounds
Indian Eternal Affairs Minister S M Krishna visited Nepal in April, one of his major concerns was the hazards facing Indian investment in the Himalayan republic, especially actual physical danger like attacks and destruction. インドの永遠の外務大臣SMクリシュナは、彼の主要な関心事の一つは、ヒマラヤ共和国のインドへの投資、攻撃や破壊などの、特に実際の物理的な危険に直面して危険だ、月にネパールを訪問した
- Millions Of Children Working In Hazardous Forms Of Labor
International Labor Organization warns a staggeringly high number of children still are caught in hazardous work 国際労働機関は、子どもたちの驚くほど高い数は依然として危険な作業に巻き込まれて警告
- Diabetes Growth Termed a Rising Global Hazard
In 2008 347 million people in the world had diabetes, more than twice the 153 million in 1980, according to estimates contained in a report in the Lancet from the Global Burden of Metabolic Risk Factors of Chronic Diseases Collaborating Group. The papers appears in conjunction with the annual meeting of the American Diabetes Association. _NULL_
- New Hazards For Book Reviewers
In a bizarre story in The New York Times, Adam Liptak reports that a court in Paris will shortly decide whether a law professor in New York committed criminal libel by publishing a book review. ニューヨークタイムズ紙は、パリの裁判所は、まもなくニューヨークの法律の教授が書評を公開することにより、犯罪名誉毀損を犯したかどうかを決定することをアダムリップタックレポートの奇妙な話で
- From Harvard To The Knicks: A Jeremy Lin FAQ
In just the past week, point guard Jeremy Lin has given long-suffering Knicks fans something to cheer about. He scored 25 points against the Nets, then follwed that up with 28 points and seven assists in his first start against Utah and his first-double double in the team's third straight win against the Wizards. Lin has a story to back up his stats. He's a Harvard alum, came to the Knicks as an undrafted free agent, and is the first player of Taiwanese descent to play in the NBA. Here's what you need to know about this NBA star-in-the-making. null, responseDetails: Suspected Terms of Service Abuse. Please see responseStatus: 40
- Activision-Blizzard Should Buy Take-Two, Analyst Contends
Is it time for some consolidation in the video game software business? それは家庭用ゲームソフト事業のいくつかの統合のための時間ですか？
- Media Cache: Hazards Lurk Between TV and Sofa
It's true, television can kill you — eventually — according to a recent study. それは本当だ、テレビがあなたを殺すことができる - 結局 - 最近の調査によると
- Birdwatch: Short-eared owl
It was Christmas Eve, an hour before dusk. The snow lay deep, and crisp, and fairly even, an unusual sight in Somerset, especially so early in the winter. When the bird flew past, it came as a surprise. Not just because it was a short-eared owl – the first I had seen in my new home county – but because most birds had already fled the cold weather, and the fields behind my home were devoid of life.Short-eared owls are big birds, not far off the size of a buzzard. Unlike most British owls they are diurnal, hunting over rough grassland for voles and other small mammals on broad, silent wings.But this one burst out of the hedge beside me in a flurry of feathers, then laboured low across the field. Against the brightness of the snow it looked darker than usual: a subtle melange of blacks, browns, greys and buffs, each shade blending into the others yet also managing, paradoxically, to stand out.Finally the owl reached the other side of the field, and sat momentarily on a broad hedgerow. As owls often do, it stared at me, its custard-yellow eyes visible even at a distance. Then it took off, gaining height as it flew up into the sky, until finally disappearing from view.This was almost a year ago, during last December's cold spell, when my parish – and indeed much of Britain – was transformed by snow into a Christmas card scene. Things are very different this year: after one of the mildest Novembers on record, it has turned colder, but so far there has been no prolonged freeze.Paradoxically, though, short-eared owls are ten-a-penny this year. Seven have been seen on the southern half of the Somerset levels, not far from the reintroduced flock of cranes; both bring a touch of continental Europe to this little corner of England. For the owls are visitors from the east, having cr null, responseDetails: Suspected Terms of Service Abuse. Please see responseStatus: 40
- Why I'm No Hustler
It?s a well-known fact that the startup community (of which I?m a card-carrying member) loves it?s buzzwords and catch phrases. When I was getting my start as a Java developer back at my first Web 1.0 startup in 1999, everyone (including us) was building a ?portal.? Then out of the shadows came the ?ninjas,? assassinating your customer service problems and slinking back into the night. Of course, the talent market has been flooded with companies seeking ?Rockstar? developers, Python ?wizards? or ?gamification? ?gurus.? null, responseDetails: Suspected Terms of Service Abuse. Please see responseStatus: 40
- Hey Blizzard and EA, Single Players are Grabbing Their Pitchforks and Coming For You
I generally don't dabble in the video game beat. Forbes has a handful of contributors who cover it far better than I ever could. But I'm leaving my swim lane for a moment because sometimes you just have to throw down and let the Man know you don't appreciate what he's up to. Yes EA and Blizzard, I'm talking about you. null, responseDetails: Suspected Terms of Service Abuse. Please see responseStatus: 40
- Wells Fargo Ignores Mail Loses Security Interests
I recently wrote about the rather distasteful topic of Indiana tax deeds. As I noted in a previous post, several states including Florida have a similar system. The latest case on the topic in Indiana Wells Fargo versus Allen County emphasizes a point that John Walker ,who blogs on commercial foreclosure, made. He pointed out that the system presents a hazard to secured lenders, since the tax deed obliterates all existing liens and the rules about providing notice to secured lenders are a little sketchy. That's what brought Wells Fargo into the Indiana Appeals Court on two properties that went to tax deeds. Wells Fargo claimed that they did not receive proper notice. null, responseDetails: Suspected Terms of Service Abuse. Please see responseStatus: 40
- Zardari returns to Pakistan amid memo saga
KARACHI (Reuters) - President Asif Ali Zardari, who was in Dubai for medical treatment, returned on Monday to Pakistan, where tension is rising between his civilian government and the military over a memo accusing the country's generals of plotting a coup.
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- Eastern US braced for blizzards
Large parts of the US eastern seaboard are braced for an intensifying winter storm that is dumping heavy snow as it sweeps north. 米国東海岸の大部分は、それが北のスイープのように重い雪を投棄され激。冬の嵐にブレースされます
- Fed Faces Old Foe as Hazard Returns
Last week's sharp market swings were a fresh reminder of a problem tormenting markets: moral hazard, or risky investing done in the hope that government will bail people out of any trouble. モラルハザード、または政府があらゆるトラブルから人を救い出すことを願って行わ危険な投資：先週の鋭い市場のスイングは、市場を苦しめる問題の新鮮なリマインダーでした
- What Wall Street Pay Cuts? Banks Can't Rein in Compensation
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- Analyst Moves: LAZ, EBAY
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- Obama, Zardari Discuss Strained US-Pakistani Ties
Leaders agree to repair relations based on 'mutual respect,' says statement from Pakistan リーダーはに基づいて関係修復に同意。。u0026quot;相互尊重を、。。u0026quot;パキスタンからの声明は述べています
- No Evidence of Chemical Threat at US Military Base in S. Korea
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- Renault Fires 2 Men Accused of Selling Corporate Secrets About Electric Vehicles
Michel Balthazard, a top official of the electric car program, and Bertrand Rochette were both dismissed. The company remains vague about accusing a foreign power of involvement. ミシェルBalthazard、電気自動車プログラムの幹部と、ベルトランロシェットの両方却下された
- Love ain't enough as Wizards escape
Minnesota's Kevin Love notched his 50th successive double-double, but Washington's John Wall had one as well to lead the Wizards to a 103-96 NBA vic... ミネソタ州のKevin愛は彼の第50ダブルダブルが、連続するワシントンのジョンの壁が103から96 NBAのVICにウィザードをリードするだけでなく、1つだったノッチ...
- Global ban on export of hazardous waste nearer
More than 170 countries have agreed to speed up adoption of a global ban on the export of hazardous waste to developing countries.Environmental group Basel Action Network called the deal, brokered by Switzerland and Indonesia, a... 170以上の国ではスイス、インドネシア、aで仲介countries.Environmentalグループバーゼルアクションネットワーク契約と呼ばれる、開発に有害廃棄物の輸出で世界的な禁止の導入をスピードアップすることに合意した..
- US blizzard strands thousands
NEW YORK - Thousands of travellers have been stranded by a powerful blizzard on the East Coast of the United States which has shut airports, rail lines and roads.Officials urged anyone who did not have to drive to stay off roads... ニューヨークには - 旅行者の数千人は、空港、鉄道線とroads.Officialsをシャットダウンしている米国の東海岸の強力な吹雪で足止めされている道路をオフのままに運転していなかった人を求めた...
- NYC Overprepares for New Snow After Blizzard Mess
NYC overprepares for dusting of snow after disastrous blizzard response that paralyzed city
NYCは悲惨な吹雪の応答の後に雪のことを麻。都市を散布用overprepares
- Double anguish for landslide survivors
Near Tari, in remote Hela Province in the highlands of Papua New Guinea, the landslide which hit the villages of Tumbi and Tumbiago on January 24 has left a lunar landscape of destruction. Rivers meander around haphazard hills of... null, responseDetails: Suspected Terms of Service Abuse. Please see responseStatus: 40
- NYC's JFK airport closed due to blizzard
New York City's major airport JFK was closed due to severe snow storm, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey announced Sunday evening.&$
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- New Zealand crush England in rugby league's 4 Nations
New Zealand captain Benji Marshall inspired his side to a comprehensive 24-10 win over England in the opening clash of rugby league's Four Nations tournament at Westpac Stadium on Saturday.The home side outscored England four tries to two to set alight the series which also features Australia and Papua New Guinea.England scored back-to-back tries midway through the second spell to claw their way into contention at 10-18 before the wizardry of Marshall restored order as he scored in the corner to seal the result. ニュージーランドキャプテンベンジーマーシャルは、イギリス四outscored Saturday.Theホーム側のウェストパックスタジアムでラグビーリーグの4カ国トーナメントの開幕戦でイングランドに勝つの包括的な24から10に彼の側に影響を与えたも備えてシリーズを降りる設定するには2つしようとするオーストラリア、パプアニューギニアGuinea.Englandは、彼が結果を密封するために隅に決めたとしてマーシャル復元するための魔法の前に10〜18での競合への道を爪に2番目のスペルの途中しようと背中合わせに獲得しています
- Pakistan's President, Army Chief Meet Amid Tensions
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- A Year After Fukushima Meltdown, Is Nuke Power Any Safer?
On March 11, 2011, a 9.0 magnitude earthquake rocked Japan, sending a wall of water into the country that caused a nuclear disaster at the Tokyo Electric Power Company's (TEPCO) Fukushima reactors. Nuclear power projects around the world were halted over safety concerns. Everyone from China to India to Europe was asking whether an earthquake could level a power plant and cause radioactive leaks hazardous to humans. Japan avoided a Chernobyl-like disaster. Has safety improvements been made at nuclear reactors since Fukushima became a household word worldwide? null, responseDetails: Suspected Terms of Service Abuse. Please see responseStatus: 40
- Zardari gives nod to bank 'autonomy'
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- Pakistan's PM Gilani appears before supreme court - video
Pakistan's supreme court threatens prime minister Yusuf Raza Gilani with contempt for failing to investigate accusations of corruption levelled at the president, Asif Ali Zardari
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- Zardari, Kayani agree to keep NATO supplies blocked
Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari and army chief Gen.Ashfaq Parvez Kayani have agreed to keep NATO supplies to Afghanistan blocked till parliament takes a decision in that regard. null, responseDetails: Suspected Terms of Service Abuse. Please see responseStatus: 40
- EDITORIAL : Justice, not words
Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari has made all the right noises over the death of Syed Saleem Shahzad. This means nothing unless the killers are brought to justice. (Jun 1, '11) パキスタン大統領アシフアリザルダリ氏がして、Syed SaleemさんShahzadの死をすべての権利ノイズをした
- Zardari: Pakistan Played Part in Hunt for Bin Laden
Pakistani president stresses a decade of cooperation with US led to elimination of 'threat to the civilized world' パキスタン大統領が。。u0026#39;文明世界への脅威。。u0026#39;の排除につながった米国との協力10周年を強調する
- Pakistan offers help in Mumbai attacks probe
Pakistan on Saturday offered help to India to probe the July 13 multiple bomb attacks in the Indian commercial center of Mumbai, which killed 18 people and injured over 130 others.
Indian External Affairs Ministry said that the Mumbai attacks will not derail dialogue process with Pakistan and the Foreign Ministers talks will be held in New Delhi later this month.
Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani had condemned the blasts in Mumbai and express ... パキスタンは、土曜日に18人を殺害し、130人以上が負傷したムンバイのインドの商業の中心地、の7月13日、複数の爆弾攻撃を調べるためにインドにヘルプを提供した
- Balkan rescuers deliver emergency food to snowbound villages
Planes and police helicopters distribute to snowbound villages where residents are trapped inside homes with little heatMilitary planes and police helicopters flew in tons of emergency food to snowbound villages in the Balkans yesterday, after blizzards so fierce that some people had to cut tunnels through 4m of snow to get out of their homes.Since the end of January, eastern Europe has suffered a record-breaking cold snap and the heaviest snowfall in recent memory.Hundreds of people have died and thousands have been trapped by blocked roads inside homes with little heat.Authorities declared a state of emergency yesterday in eastern Romania, where 6,000 people have been cut off for days.RomaniaBucharestEuropeEuropeguardian.co.uk © 2012 Guardian News and Media Limited or its affiliated companies. All rights reserved. | Use of this content is subject to our Terms & Conditions | More Feeds
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- Pakistan's Zardari in Tehran to Meet With Iranian Leaders
President's visit comes less than a month after he, Iranian counterpart met in Afghanistan on sidelines of anti-terror conference 大統領の訪問は彼の後ヶ月未満が来る、イランのカウンターパートは、反テロ会議の合間にアフガニスタンに会った
- Pakistan's Zardari Visits India
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- Steve Bell on the discovery of Osama bin Laden in Pakistan
President Asif Ali Zardari hits back at US accusations that his country knew al-Qaida leader Bin Laden was in AbbottabadSteve Bell
大統領アシフアリザルダリ氏はAbbottabadSteveベルにいた彼の国は、アルカイダ指導者ビンラディン氏を知っている米国の非難に戻って打つ
- India's Surging Vehicle Count Creates Public Health Hazards
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- Top rookie pick Wall dazzles in home debut
Rookie point guard John Wall, pictured, wowed the Washington crowd in his home debut by leading the Wizards to a thrilling 116-115 overtime victory ov... 写真新人ポイントガードのジョンの壁が、スリル満点の116から115まで残業勝利OVにウィザードをリードし、彼のホームデビュー戦でワシントンの観衆を沸かせた...
- The Secret Policeman's Ball: behind the scenes - video
Russell Brand, Paul Rudd, Eddie Izzard and Noel Fielding prepare for their Amnesty International performance at Radio City Music Hall in New York
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- Pakistan's president races home to crisis
Showdown between army and civilian government brings Asif Ali Zardari hurrying back. null, responseDetails: Suspected Terms of Service Abuse. Please see responseStatus: 40
- Sirius XM: Lazard Upgrades To Buy; Sets $2.25 Target Price
Sirius XM shares are trading modestly higher Friday morning after Lazard Capital analyst Barton Crockett upped his rating on the stock to Buy from Neutral, setting a price target of $2.25. The stock closed Thursday at $1.74. ラザードCapitalのアナリストバートンクロケットは2.25ドルの目標価格を設定して、ニュートラルから購入する株式の彼の評価を引き上げた後にシリウスXMの株式は金曜日の朝控えめに高く取引されている
- Sharif playing into hands of military: Zardari aide
Smelling a conspiracy in Nawaz Sharif's move to ask the Supreme Court to probe the memogate scandal, a close aide of ailing President Asif Ali Zardari has alleged that the PML-N chief is playing into the hands of the military establishment to strangle democracy. null, responseDetails: Suspected Terms of Service Abuse. Please see responseStatus: 40
- Blizzards cause havoc on US east coast
Snow drifts up to 1.5m deep bring transport to a standstill, with more than 2,000 flights cancelled and thousands of rail and bus passengers stranded
雪が深いキャンセル2,000人以上の航空券や何千もの鉄道やバスの乗客の一本鎖と、停止への輸送をもたらす1.5メートルまでのドリフト
- In Pictures: America's Most Dangerous Jobs
Some of the most commonplace professions are also the most hazardous. 最も一般的な職業のいくつかは、最も危険です
- S.Korean shipbuilders eye French group: official
South Korean shipbuilders trying to stay ahead of arch-rival China are considering a joint bid for a French group that provides advanced technology for LNG sea transport, officials said on Tuesday.Gaztransport & Technigaz (GTT) specialises in cargo containment systems for advanced liquefied natural gas carriers.Delegates from its financial advisers, Lazard, had paid a two-day visit to South Korea to brief potential buyers and would also meet Chinese shipbuilders, the officials said. null, responseDetails: Suspected Terms of Service Abuse. Please see responseStatus: 40
- Northern MP calls for action on Chinese Sky Lanterns
Spain's ban on the pretty but potentially hazardous balloons prompts renewed attempts to make them saferShould action be taken against Chinese Sky Lanterns, whose little flames drift over our skies increasingly frequently?Cumbrian Liberal Democrat MP Tim Farron says Yes, and is stepping up a campaign to bring the attractive but potentially harmful hot air balloons under tighter control.His latest call, this week, follows news that Spain is banning lanterns altogether, because of the damage they do to crops and farm animals. Fire risk is one hazard; the eating of indigestible wire frames and other debris another.Farron says: I am bemused that while Spain has gone so far as to ban the lanterns completely, our Government has not yet taken even the simple step of ensuring that the products are made safely. These lanterns are a spectacular sight to enjoy but many people don't realise the harm they can do. The UK needs to follow the Spanish example and consider prohibiting sky lanterns in order to protect wildlife and farm animals. At the very least we must make sure they are made from biodegradable materials that won't maim our livestock.The lanterns have previously been banned in Vietnam, where they were blamed for 20 forest fires, and in three German states after the death of a boy in a house fire which was blamed on a lantern. There are cases in the UK of individuals refusing to allow the release of lanterns from their land, such as Mick Heath of Heaton House farm who told the North Staffordshire and South Cheshire Sentinel as long ago as 2009 why he was not allowing them at civil weddings held on his premises: Brides and grooms ask if they can let them off, but they do not understand that the wire in them takes ages to break down. If a lantern gets wrapped up in hay bal null, responseDetails: Suspected Terms of Service Abuse. Please see responseStatus: 40
- Pennsylvania Pins Record Fine on Shale-Gas Producer
State regulators in Pennsylvania fined Chesapeake Energy more than $1 million for contaminating local water supplies and creating a fire hazard as a result of poor drilling practices. ペンシルベニア州の州規制当局が、地方の水供給を汚染し、貧しい掘。慣行の結果として、火災の危険性を作成するためのチェサピークエネルギーに100万ドル以上の罰金を科した
- Dorothy, Toto & The Technical Breakdown Of The Euro
That narrative thread in The Wizard Of Oz gets a little off-track as the story lurches toward denouement . _NULL_
- Blizzard's Diablo 3 Confirmed for Consoles
There's now confirmation on something that's been suspected for quite some time. Breaking with its long-held tradition of PC-exclusivity in the release of new titles, Blizzard has now officially confirmed that Diablo 3 will see a release on consoles. null, responseDetails: Suspected Terms of Service Abuse. Please see responseStatus: 40
- Sweetener all sweet
The United States Environmental Protection Agency says it has dropped the artificial sweetener saccharin from its list of hazardous substances. The powder, dubbed a potential cancer-causing agent in 1980, had stayed on the EPA's... 米国環境保護庁は、有害物質のリストから人工甘味料サッカリンを落としているという
- Determined Wizards hurdle Wall injury
The Washington Wizards shrugged off the loss of the NBA's top draft pick and their leading scorer John Wall with a superb team effort to beat the Toro... ワシントンウィザーズは、トロを破って素晴らしいチームの努力とNBAのトップドラフトとその得点王ジョンの壁の損失を一蹴...
- Transit of Venus: a measure of distance | Editorial
The crossing is a magic moment in a staccato celestial rhythm, and an opportunity for precision measurementThis week's transit of Venus – Tuesday for the Americas, Wednesday if you watch (carefully) from Europe – is a magic moment in a staccato celestial rhythm. Venus last crossed the sightline between the Earth and sun eight years ago. It will do so again this week – and then there won't be another transit until 2117. Each crossing is an opportunity for precision measurement and a pause to contemplate the astonishing scale of successive human observation.There have been just six observed transits. The first in 1639 was predicted by a young clergyman from Toxteth, whose records remained unpublished for two decades. Jeremiah Horrocks, who died at 22, was born into a world that considered the Earth the still centre of the universe. With the crudest of telescopes, an imperfect timepiece, and the earlier calculations of Kepler, he confirmed the notion of a clockwork solar system and used the transit to make a very rough estimate of that most basic astronomical yardstick, the radius of the Earth's orbit around the Sun.But observers needed to time the transit precisely, from at least two distant places on the planet. In 1761, British, French and Austrian astronomers and mathematicians set off to build on the first observations of Horrocks. This was during the seven years war: conflict and stormy skies made planned observations from Sumatra, Pondicherry, St Helena, Siberia and the Indian Ocean difficult or impossible. The telescopes were better, but navigation was haphazard and clocks unreliable. By 1769, Europe was more or less at peace, and HMS Endeavour carried a Royal Society astronomer to Tahiti. Between them, Lieutenant James Cook – the greatest navigator of his age – an null, responseDetails: Suspected Terms of Service Abuse. Please see responseStatus: 40
- SC to decide fate of Gilani on Monday
The fate of Pakistan’s embattled leaders, including President Asif Ali Zardari, could be decided on Monday when the Supreme Court takes up the memo scandal and high-profile graft cases even as the beleaguered government has turned to Parliament for crucial support. null, responseDetails: Suspected Terms of Service Abuse. Please see responseStatus: 40
- The digital wizards behind Obama's tech-heavy re-election strategy
The names behind a crack team of some of America's top data wonks building a digital campaign from bottom upJoe Rospars, chief digital strategistThe brilliant mastermind of the Obama digital strategy, Rospars was key to Obama's internet drive that took America by storm in 2008, raising millions of dollars along the way. Rospars comes from a political and writing background, having got his start on Howard Dean's failed run for the Democratic nomination in 2004, but now devotes himself to the search for the perfect digital operation.He is also a consummate entrepreneur and businessman, co-founding the now international and lucrative Blue State Digital, which works alongside the Obama team and has clients in the UK that include trade unions the Tate and Cadbury. His mantra is that technology should make people smarter, and his idea of heaven is a digital campaign that flows quietly, smoothly and without surprises. He has but one goal: to win.Michael Slaby, chief integration and innovation officerA man with a long title, and a big job: to develop the online tools in Obama's Chicago digital dream factory that it is hoped will drive the president on to re-election in November. More geeky than Rospars, he runs an impressive-sized team of analytics experts and digital programmers. Six staffers are dedicated just to A-B testing – road testing different variations of web page design and architecture to see which has the best consumer feedback. Such A-B testing in 2008 discovered that just by including a photograph of the Obama family on the front page of MyBarackObama.com they raised almost $3m more in small donations. The Chicago team is now using a tool developed by a start-up called Optimizely that allows for far more sophisticated testing.Teddy Goff, digital directorGoff bega null, responseDetails: Suspected Terms of Service Abuse. Please see responseStatus: 40
- See 'The Amazing Spider-Man' Trailer And Why It Might Be 2012's Top Film
The new extended trailer for Marc Webb's upcoming superhero blockbuster The Amazing Spider-Man is finally out, giving us our first good look at Spider-Man in action -- and the villain, The Lizard. Could this movie surprise everyone and be the biggest superhero film of 2012? Maybe, and I'll tell you why... but first, check out the new trailer! null, responseDetails: Suspected Terms of Service Abuse. Please see responseStatus: 40
- Transportation Chief to Unveil Pipeline Safety Effort
The safety campaign is aimed at coordinating federal, state and local oversight of pipelines and making more information available to the public about potential hazards. 安全キャンペーンは、連邦、州、およびパイプラインのローカル監視を調整し、より多くの情報を潜在的な危険性について公衆に提示することを目指している
- Lakers give fit-again Bynum a fitting welcome
The surging Los Angeles Lakers welcomed the return of starting center Andrew Bynum by routing the injury-riddled Washington Wizards 103-89 in the NBA.... サージングロサンゼルスレイカーズはNBAでけがだらけワシントンウィザーズを103から89までのルーティングで始まる中心アンドリューバイナムの復帰を歓迎....
- Tail end of blizzard sows travel chaos
The tail end of a powerful blizzard across the US north-east snarled plans for millions of holiday travelers Monday, forcing New York airport closures and crippling road and rail traffic. ニューヨークの空港の閉鎖や壊滅的な道路や鉄道のトラフィックを強制的に月曜日休日の旅行者の数百万の米国北東もつれた計画全体の強力な吹雪の末尾
- Paul Thomas: Osama lives... and so do the lizards of Draco
The terrorist formerly known as bin Laden is probably living in clean-shaven retirement in Salt Lake City. Those who don't believe Osama bin Laden is dead presumably expect him to pop up in a videotape any day now recycling Mark Twain's... ビンラディン氏は、おそらくSalt Lake Cityでクリーン坊主の退職に住んでいるようにテロは、以前は知られています
- Moral Hazard And The Dodgers Bankruptcy Bailout
The theory of moral hazard is that when a company financially fails due to its own ineptness, a bail out is morally reprehensible because the action rewards a company for its own failures. Frank McCourt, flailing owner of the Los Angeles Dodgers, has now filed for federal bankruptcy protection. It is one of several ways McCourt desperately attempts to keep the once-highly valued franchise. The type of bankruptcy filing was under Chapter 11 – a reorganization. This allows the debtor to get the court to force creditors to receive less than what they are owed and the debtor often keeps all or some of the ownership interests. So instead of liquidating (taking my ball and going home and giving up on the company), McCourt is asking for the chance to keep his Dodger ball team in play, and forcing others to go home if they want full payment for what McCourt owes them. _NULL_
- 100 iPads in the World's Largest Financial Deal Ever
This is an interesting little story about how technology makes things easier to do. In the recent Greek bond restructuring, something which has a good claim to being the largest financial transaction the world has ever seen, the major participants were all keeping tabs on what was going on with the aid of 100 iPads from Apple.
The Apple (AAPL) tablets, equipped with a custom-made debt-restructuring app, were handed out to the leadership team, including representatives from the Finance Ministry, the Hellenic Exchange (the Greek equivalent of the NYSE), the Bank of Greece (their version of the Federal Reserve) and the three external banks that managed the deal, Deutsche Bank, HSBC and Lazard. null, responseDetails: Suspected Terms of Service Abuse. Please see responseStatus: 40
- UPDATE:The Lawyer, Judge, Financial Wizard's Tranche Trading Platform Deal
This is an update of a Street Sweeper article originally published on July 5, 2011. これはもともと2011年7月5日に公開されたストリートスイーパーの記事の更新です
- Analyst Moves: LAZ, CSX
This morning, Citigroup lowered its price target on shares of Lazard (LAZ) to $42 as M&A activity 今朝、シティグループは、M＆A活動として$ 42にラザード（ラズ）の株式について、その目標株価を引き下げ
- Jeremy Has Spoken: He's All Lin
This past Saturday night, a kid from Harvard named Jeremy Lin came off the bench and propelled the New York Knicks to a thrilling 99-92 victory over the Nets at Madison Square Garden. Two nights later, Lin made his first start in the National Basketball Association lighting up the court with 28 points and 8 assists in a win over the Utah Jazz. Last night, Lin continued his monster week with an incredible performance against the Washington Wizards leading the Knicks with 23 points and 12 assists. null, responseDetails: Suspected Terms of Service Abuse. Please see responseStatus: 40
- US: Thousands stranded by blizzard
Thousands of travellers trying to get home after the holiday weekend sat bored and bleary-eyed in airports and shivered aboard stuck buses and subway trains, stranded by a blizzard that slammed the northeast with more than 60cm of... 連休は、涙でかすんだ-空港で目と退屈以上60センチメートルと北東を放った吹雪による本スタックバスや地下鉄、電車、乗って震えた座っていた後に帰宅しようとしている旅行者数千人の...
- World leaders mourn veteran diplomat Holbrooke
US President Barack Obama called for a new generation to take up the mantle of public service as he joined world leaders in mourning Richard Holbrooke, the larger-than-life peacebroker who died last month.Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari, whose country was part of Holbrooke's last mission, flew to Washington to pay respects, along with senior figures from Bosnia where the 69-year-old negotiated an end to bloodshed in 1995. オバマ米大統領は、彼がリチャードホルブルック、国した部分の最後のmonth.Pakistani大統領アシフアリザルダリ氏は、死亡した実物より大きいpeacebroker喪に服して世界の指導者に参加の公共サービスのマントルをとるために、新世代と呼ばれるホルブルックの最後の使命は、69歳の交渉終了は1995年に流血にボスニアからシニアの数字と一緒に、敬意を払うためにワシントンに飛んだ
- Mexico's rough ride to road safety
Unruly traffic is a constant hazard in Mexico City, one of the planet's most heavily populated cities, where more than four million cars jostle for space and the death toll on the roads is rising.Yet amid this chaos, visitors are stunned to learn that all new drivers have to do to launch themselves onto the heaving, pot-holed streets is simply to buy a license -- no driving test involved.Authorities in the capital removed the test requirement several years ago in a bid to reduce corruption, as people were often bribing officials to pass them. null, responseDetails: Suspected Terms of Service Abuse. Please see responseStatus: 40
- Activision Blizzard Q3 Tops Estimates; Raises Full Year Outlook
Video-game publisher Activision Blizzard reported better-than-expected Q3 results. null, responseDetails: Suspected Terms of Service Abuse. Please see responseStatus: 40
- AOL-TechCrunch Saga Gets the Taiwanimation Treatment
VideoThis retelling of the civil war within AOL over TechCrunch founder Michael Arrington's VC moonlighting is, frankly, a lot more exciting than the story itself. Arrington as a wizard commanding Spartan legions? Arianna Huffington as a flaming martial artist? Yes, please. It's from Next Media Animation, the folks who brought TechCrunchのファウンダーMichael ArringtonのVCの夜襲以上AOL内の内戦のVideoThisの改作は、率直に言って、物語自体よりもずっとエキサイティングです
- Earnings After the Bell: Activision Blizzard, Sotheby's
Video game publisher Activision Blizzard (ATVI) reported earnings that grew by about a third in [...] ビデオゲームパブリッシャアクティビジョンブリザード社は（ATVI）[...]の約3分の1増加した利益を報告
- Activision Blizzard Headed For $20: New Games, Industry Trends Support Growth
Video gaming giant Activision Blizzard has finished a record year, posting the highest revenues and profits in its history for a calendar year. It completed 2011 with $4.75 billion in revenues and $3.4 billion in profits, an increase of 7% and 18%, respectively, from the prior year. If this was not enough, the company’s gross margins grew by a massive 7 percentage points to reach 71% in 2011, as compared to 64% in 2010. null, responseDetails: Suspected Terms of Service Abuse. Please see responseStatus: 40
- Zardari sending plane to fly Khalil Chisty home
Virologist Mohammed Khalil Chisty will return to Pakistan from India after 20 years in jail on board a special aircraft being sent by President Asif Ali Zardari, a media report said on Tuesday. null, responseDetails: Suspected Terms of Service Abuse. Please see responseStatus: 40
- Pak, Sri Lanka to increase trade to over $2 bn
Visiting Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa and his Pakistani counterpart Asif Ali Zardari have agreed to increase bilateral trade to over $2 billion over the next three years. null, responseDetails: Suspected Terms of Service Abuse. Please see responseStatus: 40
- U.S. marks warmest March on record
WASHINGTON, April 9 (Xinhua) -- U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) said on Monday that the past March was the warmest in recorded history, creating hazardous thunderstorms and tornadoes across the country.
According to an NOAA statement, the record and near-record breaking temperatures dominated the eastern two-thirds of the country and contributed to the warmest March on record for the contiguous United States, a record that dates back to 1895.
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- Heat keep Wizards winless on the road
Washington's winless streak on the road continued as LeBron James, pictured, scored a game-high 30 points to power the Miami Heat past the Wizards 1... 写真レブロンジェームズは、ウィザード1過去の電源にマイアミヒートをゲーム- 30高得点を獲得し、道路、ワシントンの続けて勝っていないことが続いて...
- LIBOR Fixing Allegations: Perhaps We Cannot Afford to Prove it Happened?
We're all, sadly, familiar with the idea that some financial institutions are too big to fail. We also know that moral hazard becomes a problem when people don't suffer the consequences of their own mistakes. However, Lex at the Financial Times has an interesting idea today. null, responseDetails: Suspected Terms of Service Abuse. Please see responseStatus: 40
- Country diary: Wenlock Edge: In the darkness of the woods
Wenlock Edge: Shaken by the suddenness of snow, small birds cluster in the lattice of hedge trees like dark fruit, staring across fields of crackling whiteInside looking out: small birds cluster in the lattice of hedge trees like dark fruit. Shaken by the suddenness of snow, they face west together, staring across fields of crackling white under a sky crashing with light to the far hills. They sound anxious and their notes fall like the patter of thawing drips inside the stone tower of the derelict windmill. Inside the wood, in the shadiest places along the rims of limestone pits, spurge laurel is hiding yellowy-green, flask-shaped flowers under dark green leather strips of leaves.What will pollinate these now? Perhaps insects will emerge when the weather soon warms, but so far the only likely suspects have been December moths seen flickering through the beams of car headlights. I like the thought of the nocturnal pollination by moths of spurge laurel; it has a mysterious, occult appeal. It has no colour to speak of and little scent, but that may be enough to lure moths at night. It must be the first of the native, non-wind-pollinating flowers to open here. It is subtle, strange and beautiful, and although it's a signature plant of the Edge it's easily overlooked in the dark rocky places where it lurks.There is surveillance overhead. A helicopter circles, a dark machine blattering, probing into moss and snow below with a sense of menace. Unlike the buzzards and ravens which orbit these trees, seeking, checking, registering every movement and slip of shadow in the wood, the helicopter has no business here, which only seems to reinforce a recurring anxiety that neither have I. The small birds in the hedge trees make a break for it.Outside looking in: the sun is out and wa null, responseDetails: Suspected Terms of Service Abuse. Please see responseStatus: 40
- Wenlock Edge
Wenlock Edge: When looked at closely the dandelion is an astronomical image of the sun in all its boiling, flaring powerBold as brass, a dandelion bursts from the muddy, dog-peed path. Out from a dark winter place, rudely sunny, a kind of memorial sprouts from the top of its lion-tooth root which stretches down into the earth. A green knot peels and a gold cone opens its fingers. When looked at closely the dandelion is an astronomical image of the sun in all its boiling, flaring power which fires atomic storms across the pole to form the northern lights. One day of warm sunshine and its flower is an entire landscape, a day star around which other planets orbit.In trees above, a song thrush oils his tunes – not quite ready yet, but his creaky phrases mean something wonderful to all who hear them. Even the pushing-shoving jackdaws leave the thrush alone, out on a limb, lost in exultant reverie. A couple of robins and a coven of long-tailed tits pass through the trees, and their calls and early songlines are clear as chrome but nowhere near the pitch and intensity of the thrush. Buzzards and ravens pass with only sideways comment.All of a sudden it's warm enough and bright enough to believe in the dandelion. There is a fly that does, too. As if conjured from the squalor of the path and drawn in by the flower's gravity, the fly fastens to its brassy rays, searching for liquid gold. It is softly and almost transparently jewel-like, with art-nouveau window-paned wings, bristled with sensors and both delicate and powerful. From a distance the fly seems just a blemish on the flower, but for the dandelion it is the reason for its explosion of life. This is an ephemeral solar system. Once pollinated by the fly, the flower will turn into a clock, to blow away on solar winds.Rural null, responseDetails: Suspected Terms of Service Abuse. Please see responseStatus: 40
- Wharton Stock Wizards Win Again at Ross Stock Pitch Competition
Wharton did it again. They won the student stock pitch competition at the Ross School of Business. Wharton, Rutgers and Berkeley made it to the final round, and Wharton won the final $3,000 prize.
So, what stocks were pitched by the 3 finalists? Read on... but don't forget to look at the 3 stock pitches by Miami, Toledo and NYU Stern in this article. ウォートンは、再びそれをやった
- Ethan Zohn, Cancer Hero: What Does his Cancer's Recurrence Really Mean?
When Ethan Zohn, the double survivor, broke away from the crowd of runners at the New York City Marathon on Sunday to hug his girlfriend, Jenna Morasca, tears were shed by cancer survivors, as well as fans. Like Lance Armstrong's many wins, I'd hazard a guess that this will be one of those moments remembered in the Cancer Hall of Fame for a long time to come. null, responseDetails: Suspected Terms of Service Abuse. Please see responseStatus: 40
- 'The Amazing Spider-Man' International Poster, Plus A Look At The Lizard
Yet another new poster has been released for The Amazing Spider-Man. And although this has been around a while, I thought I'd go ahead and include the poster featuring a clear image of the film's villain the Lizard as well. null, responseDetails: Suspected Terms of Service Abuse. Please see responseStatus: 40
- Pakistani PM Faces Contempt Charges in Court
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- Pakistan's prime minister guilty of contempt of court - video
Yusuf Raza Gilani leaves Islamabad's supreme court after being convicted for refusing to reopen an old corruption case against President Asif Ali Zardari
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- Natural hazard: sleepwalking into tragedy | Editorial
Zombie attack is not a high-probability hazard, but the Canadians are right to be alert for the day the dead awakenCitizens of British Columbia have just completed Zombie Preparedness Week. This interlude of low-cost, deadpan merriment had a serious purpose: a community ready for assault from the living dead would also be primed to survive earthquake, wildfire, catastrophic flood, windstorm or lethal pandemic. No society is free from natural hazard – the magnitude 6 earthquake in northern Italy on Sunday is a sharp reminder of that. What separates hazard from disaster is a mix of factors, but common to them all are civic readiness and citizen education.Any investment in preparedness is a bargain in financial terms. That is because, since the turn of the millennium, worldwide economic losses from disaster have reached almost $1.4 trillion. In the last five years alone, costs have topped $800bn; 2011, with losses of more than $350bn, was the most expensive in history – according to the insurance industry. Last year was marked by the Great East Japan earthquake, a shock so violent it shifted the planet slightly on its axis, shortened the day by more than a microsecond, shunted parts of Japan 12 feet closer to America, triggered a catastrophic tsunami and tipped the nuclear industry into crisis.Japan, like Canada and the US, is a wealthy country with a lively insurance market and a citizenry prepared for natural hazard. But just as Hurricane Katrina seemed to catch the city of New Orleans by surprise, the scale of the destruction in and around the Fukushima nuclear power plant and the coastal settlements also bewildered the Tokyo government and stunned the surviving communities. The Japanese earthquake was just about as violent as an earthquake could be: the numbers at risk null, responseDetails: Suspected Terms of Service Abuse. Please see responseStatus: 40
- Facebook Can Crash The Zynga Party With Its Own Games
Zynga is the largest social gaming company in the world and competes with players like Electronic Arts, Activision Blizzard and Playdom, which was recently acquired by Disney. It has more than 220 million monthly active users, more than the next five players combined. null, responseDetails: Suspected Terms of Service Abuse. Please see responseStatus: 40
- The buzzard U-turn is welcome but the fight doesn't end there | Martin Harper
There was a time when buzzards were persecuted to the brink of extinction – hen harriers, peregrines and goshawks still areIf anyone doubts that people do not care enough about wildlife then a cursory look at the emails, tweets, letters and calls that have flooded into the RSPB in recent days will open their eyes.I have never felt such a palpable sense of anger from the public as has been shown over Defra's plans for a pilot project remove buzzards and destroy their nests in order to protect pheasants released by shooting estates.The wildlife minister, Richard Benyon, had little choice but to cancel the project – and he made the right choice. But we are fools if we start celebrating now.This was never about forcing a minister into an embarrassing climb-down while we rub our hands on the warm glow of political schadenfreude. It was about fighting the very real threats that birds of prey – symbolic monarchs of our natural environment – face in this country. And, unsaid but always at the forefront of my mind, it was about showing that people can live alongside nature without harming it for our own ends.When I was a boy I had to travel to the Long Mynd in Shropshire before I caught my first glimpse of this magnificent bird, and when my grandfather was a child buzzards were non-existent in large parts of the country. Persecuted to the brink of extinction, there were just a couple of thousand left in the west of England at the start of the 20th century.Today, after many years of legal and political battles, my own children can see buzzards in the countryside near where we live in Cambridge. There were close to 40,000 at the last count, and they can be found in every county – although we still get a steady flow of reports of birds illegally shot, poisoned and trapped.Buzzards null, responseDetails: Suspected Terms of Service Abuse. Please see responseStatus: 40
- Pakistan's Zardari heads to India
The President of Pakistan, Asif Ali Zardari, is due to travel to India for talks in the first visit there by a Pakistani head of state for seven years. null, responseDetails: Suspected Terms of Service Abuse. Please see responseStatus: 40
- Pakistani Supreme Court issues contempt notice to PM
ISLAMABAD, Jan. 16 (Xinhua) -- Pakistan's Supreme Court Monday issued contempt of court notice to Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani for not implementing the apex court order in a corruption case.
The court ordered the Prime Minister to appear before a 7- member bench on Thursday to explain why he is not implementing the court order to open graft case against President Asif Ali Zardari.
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- Pakistani Prime Minister charged with contempt
ISLAMABAD, Feb. 13 (Xinhua) -- Pakistan's Supreme Court on Monday formally indicted Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani for contempt over his failure to reopen graft cases against President Asif Ali Zardari, Gilani's defence lawyer said.
Head of the seven-member bench of the apex court, Justice Nasir- ul-Mulk read out the charge sheet in the presence of Gilani in the packed court room.
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- Thousands attend funeral for Pakistan's ex-first lady
ISLAMABAD, Oct. 24 (Xinhua) -- Thousands attended funeral for Pakistan's former First Lady Begum Nusrat Bhutto, the mother in law of President Asif Ali Zardrai and the widow of former Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, local media reported on Monday.
President Zardari and Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani, Chairman of the ruling Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Bilawal Zardari Bhutto, ministers, political leaders, lawmakers and thousands supporters attended the funeral at Naudero in southern Sind ... 【イスラマバード10月24日（新華社） - 千のパキスタンの元大統領夫人王妃ヌスラットブット、社長アシフアリZardraiと元首相アリブートの未亡人の義母の葬儀に出席し、地元メディアは月曜日に報告した
- Weatherwatch: Blizzards in Bucharest, tornadoes in Arkansas
During the early hours of Monday, a deep upper trough crossed the Southern Plains of the United States. With a very moist air mass ahead of this from the Gulf of Mexico, an eastwards moving line of severe thunderstorms was generated across the Mississippi Valley. The storms spawned several tornadoes, these mostly across Arkansas, which left behind heavy damage in places.Very cold conditions have continued to affect parts of south-east Europe through the past week. The maximum temperature in Sofia, Bulgaria's capital, on Thursday was a bitter –5.8C; this is approximately seven degrees below the January average. Also on Thursday, Bucharest, the capital city of Romania, recorded a high of just –6.1C, likewise about seven degrees below average. On the same day Bucharest also saw blizzards, with 10cms of fresh snow falling while the wind gusted up to 45mph. With accumulations of snow already present, a snow depth of 39cm was measured by the end of Thursday.In the southern hemisphere, widespread torrential rain caused severe flooding on the coast of Queensland, Australia, last week. In the 18 hours to 4am local time on Wednesday, an impressive 141mm of rain fell in Beerburum. The unsettled conditions then persisted across Queensland throughout the rest of the week with 10cm being dumped over Hervey in the 18 hour period ending 4am Saturday.FloodingNatural disasters and extreme weatherguardian.co.uk © 2012 Guardian News and Media Limited or its affiliated companies. All rights reserved. | Use of this content is subject to our Terms & Conditions | More Feeds
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- New to nature No 67: Cyrtopodion kiabii
This tiny angular-toed gecko was found in adandoned buildingsGeckos are one of the largest families of lizards, with about 1,500 known species. The genus Cyrtopodion includes the bent-toed gecko in Pakistan and a new angular-toed species, C. kiabii, from Iran, which is named after the ecologist Bahram Kiabi.So far, these tiny geckos (measuring less than 100mm, in body length, including the tail) are known only from the type locality, about 100 miles from the coast of the Persian Gulf. The geckos were collected in two abandoned buildings where they, like other species in the genus, seemed to be strictly nocturnal.With the addition of this species the genus includes about 37 species, but recent analysis of DNA data suggests that Cyrtopodion is not monophyletic; that is, the species does not share a common ancestral species not also shared by at least some species outside the genus. This points to the need for additional work, to arrive at a stable classification of geckos.The new species was reported by an international team of scientists from Iran and Germany, led by Dr Faraham Ahmadzadeh of the Shahid Beheshti University. The diminutive and delicate lizard is distinguished from related species in the region in part by differences in morphometrics and scale patterns. More data will be required before making any conclusions about the distribution or status of the species.At the other end of the spectrum, the largest gecko is presumed extinct. It was endemic to New Zealand but is known only from a single stuffed specimen in the basement of a museum in Marseille, and from one recorded sighting in 1870.ZoologyAnimalsWildlifeQuentin Wheelerguardian.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
- Gamers React To New Dungeons And Dragons
The news that Wizards of the Coast is working on the fifth edition of Dungeons & Dragons is already causing a stir in the gamer community. null, responseDetails: Suspected Terms of Service Abuse. Please see responseStatus: 40
- Forbes Earnings Preview: Activision Blizzard
Share prices of Activision Blizzard's (ATVI) stock have fallen 11.8% during the last three months and closed at $12.28 on February 3, 2012. On Thursday, February 9, 2012 Activision Blizzard (ATVI) can help stop the slide when it reports its fourth quarter results. null, responseDetails: Suspected Terms of Service Abuse. Please see responseStatus: 40
- NATO to focus on ending Afghan war
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- Pakistan's President to Leave Dubai Hospital Thursday
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- Man 'burned money' to stay alive in blizzard
A US snowshoer who was lost in a blizzard for two days on Washington state's Mount Rainier said he burned his paper money for warmth.Yong Chun Kim, 66, of Tacoma, told KOMO-TV of Seattle that he had fire starters with him and first... null, responseDetails: Suspected Terms of Service Abuse. Please see responseStatus: 40
- Could Amazon's Greed Be Its Undoing?
In a Salon piece about Amazon?s $1 million literary grant scheme (which is itself well worth reading) Alexander Zaitchik reveals that the Big Six publishers have shied away from Amazon?s most recent contract renewal. He writes:
For the first time, the ?Big Six? publishers ? HarperCollins, Random House, Hachette, Simon & Schuster, Penguin and Macmillan ? have refused to sign Amazon?s latest annual contract. The main sticking point is exorbitant increases in ?co-op promotional fees? for e-books that the publishers see as an illegal gouge by another name. One person familiar with the details of the proposed 2012 contracts that Amazon has submitted to major New York publishers described them as ?stupifyingly draconian.? In some cases, he said, Amazon has raised promotional fees by 30 times their 2011 cost.
PaidContent?s Laura Hazard Owen then reported that at least two of the Big Six are definitely refusing to sign. She said that although a failure to sign ?could end with their 'buy' buttons being turned off, it is more likely for now that the feud will result in less promotion of their titles on Amazon?s website.? null, responseDetails: Suspected Terms of Service Abuse. Please see responseStatus: 40
- Country diary: Wenlock Edge
The slightest of movements made me pause on the lane. It took a few seconds before I could magic-eye the dapples of a fallow deer fawn through the buttery yellow of field maple leaves. It was a twitch of the fawn's ear which had given it away. The ears flicked independently, listening intently but not seeing me. As I stood stock still, the fawn strained its nose into the air. Then, as if electrocuted, its whole body registered my scent with a convulsion. Even though it now knew I was there, the fawn remained rooted to the spot. I couldn't understand why it didn't scarper until I caught sight of the doe's rear end. She had been so engrossed in a lush patch of grass at the wood's edge, she hadn't noticed me or her fawn's frozen panic. At that moment a car sped up the lane and I had to move out of the way. My eyes averted for only a second, but when I looked back it was as if doe and fawn had never been there.A band of four buzzards turned around an invisible axis in a sky so thick with cloud there were no shadows on the fields. I ducked into the wood where the deer had vanished. It felt reassuring to be on their side of the hedge, away from the lane's traffic and fields which had a slightly toxic feel to their scraped openness. Inside was darker, littered with beery-scented leaves and rich green moss. A morning rain had loosened the muted melancholy of the wood in colours and smells, softening the soil.As I climbed up a steep bank, I heard for a split second the rushing pound of hooves on earth. Then I felt something brush against my back. I spun round to see a second and third fallow deer, young bucks, dark-flanked, following the one that touched me, over the brink of the bank and away into darkness. The deer ran so quickly they hadn't seen me. Maybe they were chased by null, responseDetails: Suspected Terms of Service Abuse. Please see responseStatus: 40
- Endangered turtle released into Cambodian river
One of the world's most endangered turtles has been released into a Cambodian river and will be tracked by satellite to see how it navigates through commercial fishing grounds and other man-made hazards.The southern river terrapin... null, responseDetails: Suspected Terms of Service Abuse. Please see responseStatus: 40
- Tropical triangle reveals rare living treasures
A new type of tree kangaroo, a 2.5m-long river shark, a frog with vampire-like fangs and a turquoise lizard are among hundreds of creatures found and being documented in a report by conservationists working in New Guinea.Some... 木登りカンガルーの新しいタイプの、2.5メートル長い川のサメ、吸血鬼のような牙とターコイズブルーのトカゲとカエルが見つかったと新Guinea.Someで働く自然保護して、レポートに記載されている生き物の数百の一つです...
- 'Wizards' Announce New Dungeons & Dragons: An Inside Look At The Game
First published in 1974, the fantasy role-playing game Dungeons & Dragons pits wizards and warriors against strange creatures like the Mimic, a shapechanging monster known to assume the form of a treasure chest, then transmogrify and attack unsuspecting adventurers. null, responseDetails: Suspected Terms of Service Abuse. Please see responseStatus: 40
- Nebraska Man Rebrands Himself As Tyrant Lizard King
As marketers, we all know the importance of a name. It’s why Andre Romelle Young become Dr Dre and Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta became Lady Gaga. It’s why Mario Armando Lavandeira, Jr. became Perez Hilton. It changes the way people perceive you. It (hopefully) broadens appeal. It repositions you. It’s why Andersen Consulting became Accenture, and Philip Morris became Altria. Why Quantum Computer Services became AOL. And why Lucky Goldstar became LG. null, responseDetails: Suspected Terms of Service Abuse. Please see responseStatus: 40
- Pakistan leader renews pledge to fight terrorism
URUMQI, Sept. 1 (Xinhua) -- Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari on Thursday renewed his pledge to fight terrorism and extremism while vowing closer cooperation with China in counter-terrorism efforts.
Zardari made the pledge during a speech delivered at the first China-Eurasia Expo, which is currently being held in northwest China's city of Urumqi.
The president applauded China's efforts to fight religious extremism, adding that Pakistan understands the need to root out threats to stabilit ... ウルムチ、9月1日（新華社） - 木曜日にパキスタン大統領のアシフアリザルダリは、テロ対策の取り組みにおける中国とのより緊密な協力を誓う一方、テロや過激主義と戦うために彼の誓約を更新
- Pakistan politics: contempt for voters | Editorial
Legality of supreme court's move to unseat democratically elected government before its term is highly debatableThe national reconciliation ordinance was a dirty deal, brokered by the Bush administration, between Pakistan's then military ruler Pervez Musharraf and Benazir Bhutto. It allowed her to return from exile and take part in elections in exchange for the dropping of corruption charges against her husband Asif Ali Zardari and other officials. The constitutional court was right to declare it unconstitutional two years later in 2009 and, it could be argued, equally right to demand the current government's full implementation of the court's decision.The court is trying to do this by requiring the serving prime minister, Yousaf Raza Gilani, to write to the Swiss authorities asking them to reopen a corruption inquiry against Mr Zardari. This the prime minister refuses to do on the grounds that Mr Zardari, who is now president, enjoys executive immunity from prosecution both inside and outside the country. The immunity the president enjoys while in office has not been the issue in the court, only Mr Gilani's failure to comply with an unimplementable order. Yesterday he was charged with contempt, a move which could lead to his dismissal from office. If the legality of the court's move is debatable, the politics of it are extremely murky.First the timing. Having sat on this issue for three years, the supreme court are only now moving against Mr Gilani, who has become Pakistan's longest serving prime minister. He was also the only one to be have been voted unanimously in power by parliament. Why now? With elections coming up in March 2013 which the leading party in the coalition, the Pakistan People's Party, could very well win, this is an attempt to stop the civilian gove null, responseDetails: Suspected Terms of Service Abuse. Please see responseStatus: 40
- Glover ends post-US Open golf title drought
Lucas Glover beat Jonathan Byrd at the first playoff hole to capture his first US PGA Tour title since his triumph at the 2009 US Open.Glover capped his three-under final-round 69 at Quail Hollow with three straight pars for a 15-under total of 273.He watched as Byrd drained a 15-foot birdie putt at the last hole of regulation to complete a 72 for 273 and force the playoff.They returned to 18 for the playoff, where Byrd had to chip from the hazard and made bogey. 2009年全米Open.Gloverで彼の勝利は、キャップからルーカスグローバーは彼の最初の米PGAツアーのタイトルを獲得して最初のプレーオフホールでジョナサンバードを倒す彼の3の3つの連続パルスとクウェイルホローで最終ラウンド69で15の合計の下でバードとして注目273.Heの273 72を完了するために、バードは、危険からチップにいたボギーれたプレーオフ、18に戻ってplayoff.Theyを強制的に規制の最後のホールで15フィートのバーディパットを排出
- New Harry Potter Website Announced, E-Books Out Soon
Author J.K. Rowling unveils interactive website featuring new material about her fictional young wizard 彼女の架空の若いウィザードについて新しい材料を搭載した著者JKローリングを発表インタラクティブなウェブサイト
- Harry Potter platform easier to find
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- Hollywood's Top-Earning Screen Couples
The last chapter of the Harry Potter saga was mostly focused on the boy wizard’s final showdown with the evil Voldemort. But for fans of the series, there was another moment that was almost as exciting: Ron and Hermione’s first kiss. null, responseDetails: Suspected Terms of Service Abuse. Please see responseStatus: 40
- フクシマは何故チェルノブイリよりひどいのか？
why the fukushima disaster is worse than chernobyl （転載）
『japan has been slow to admit the scale of the meltdown. but now the truth is coming out. david mcneill reports from soma city
monday, 29 august 2011
some scientists say fukushima is worse than the 1986 chernobyl accident, with which it shares a maximum level-7 rating on the sliding scale of nuclear disasters.
- Auto Insurance Rates On The Rise
Despite the near-constant barrage of TV commercials and other advertisements featuring lizards, wry jokes and bouffant-wearing saleswomen professing to consumers that their particular company offers low-cost auto insurance, the truth is that rates are going up these days, not down. In fact, the auto insurance industry jacked their rates an estimated 10% between 2008 and 2010, according to the Insurance Information Institute as reported by smartmoney.com. That’s not all—drivers can anticipates rates jumping an extra 4% this year, the end result being an approximate 31% increase since the start of the new millennium. That would make the average annual cost of car insurance $900, up from $690. _NULL_
- Nasa satellite: Estimate of likely impact time narrows
The Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite (UARS) is likely to fall to Earth between 5pm on Friday and 5am on Saturday UK timeA dead spacecraft that is tumbling to Earth will re-enter the atmosphere on Friday evening or Saturday morning UK time, according to Nasa's latest analysis.Most of the bus-sized Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite (UARS) will burn up in the atmosphere, but more than half a tonne of debris is predicted to get through.The falling spacecraft is expected to begin its final descent to Earth sometime between the hours of noon and midnight US Eastern time on Friday (between 5pm Friday and 5am Saturday British Summer Time), according to an update released by the US space agency on Wednesday.The satellite will not be passing over North America at the time of re-entry, but Nasa said it was too early to predict the time and location with more certainty.Further updates will be released by Nasa later on Thursday, and then 12, six and two hours before re-entry.The space agency anticipates that 26 potentially hazardous parts, weighing a total of 532kg, could remain intact and hit the Earth. The debris will spread along an estimated 500-mile corridor of the Earth's surface.Among the parts expected to survive the fiery re-entry are four titanium fuel tanks, four steel flywheel rims and an aluminium structure that alone weighs 158kg. Depending on their size and shape, the components will strike at speeds of between 55mph (90kph) and 240mph (385kph).Radar stations around the world, including RAF Fylingdales in north Yorkshire, are tracking the object, but there is little chance of predicting with any accuracy where the debris will fall.The spacecraft's orbit puts a great swathe of the planet in its path between the latitudes of 57 degrees north and south. Mainland Bri _NULL_
- Woman in court over Leighton Buzzard 'slavery' case
Josie Connors is fifth person to be charged in relation to accusations of forced labour at Greenacres Travellers' siteA 30-year-old woman is to appear in court on Thursday charged with holding people as slaves and forcing them to carry out work at a Travellers' site in Leighton Buzzard.Josie Connors is the fifth person to be charged with offences in relation to the Greenacres site, which was raided by police on 11 September.Connors is expected to appear at Luton magistrates court, charged with two counts of conspiracy to commit offences of holding people in servitude and two counts of requiring people to perform forced labour, Bedfordshire police said.Her case comes after Johnny Connors appeared at the same court on Tuesday, charged with one count of conspiracy to hold someone in servitude and one count of conspiracy to require someone to perform forced labour.The 30-year-old was remanded in custody until 5 December, Bedfordshire police said.James (Jimmy) Connors, 23, Tommy Connors, 27, and 19-year-old Patrick Connors were charged with slavery offences last week and remanded in custody.Two other people, a 61-year-old woman and a 51-year-old man, have been arrested after agreeing to talk to officers at Luton police station.The woman remains in custody while the man was released on police bail pending medical treatment.CrimeSlaveryguardian.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
ジョシーコナーズはGreenacresの旅行で強制労働の告発に関連して充電する5人目。。u0026quot;SITEA 30歳の女性が奴隷として人々を保持し、それらの旅行者で仕事を遂行するために強制的に充電木曜日に裁判所への出頭は。。u0026#39;されレイトンBuzzard.Josieコナーズのサイトは11 September.Connorsで警察による家宅捜索したGreenacresのサイトに関連する犯罪で起訴される5番目の人は、共謀の2つのカウントで起訴、ルートンの治安判事裁判所に出頭することが期待されていますジョニーコナーズは奴隷に誰かを保持するために陰謀の1カウントとの1カウントで起訴、火曜日に同裁判所に現れた後に保。隷属の人々と人々が強制労働を行うために必要とするの2つのカウントの犯罪、ベッドフォードシャー州警察said.Herケースは付属しています12月5日、ベッドフォードシャー警察said.James（ジミー）コナーズ、23、ト。。u200b。。u200bミーコナーズ、27、および19歳のパトリックコナーズが充電されるまで、誰かがlabour.The 30歳の強制実行するために必要とする陰謀が拘留中に差し戻されました奴隷制の犯罪先週とcustody.Two他の人、61歳の女性と51歳の男性に差戻し、とルートン警察station.Theの女性で役員に話をすることに同意した後に逮捕されている拘留に残っている男性は医療treatment.CrimeSlaveryguardian.co.uk保留中の警察の保釈された© 2010ガーディアンニュースとメディア株式会社またはその関連会社を
- New to Nature No 50: Cnemaspis psychedelica
What's the secret behind the unique colouration of this diurnal lizard?Only recently have scientists begun to critically analyse diversity within south-east Asian lizards of the genus Cnemaspis. Sixteen new species have been described in the past five years, most isolated on mountaintops, tower karst formations, or islands. One of the latest discoveries is Cnemaspis psychedelica, from one of 92 islands in the Rach Gia Bay, southern Vietnam, which has a unique mixture of greenish yellow, blue-grey, black streaks, and bright orange with yellow bars.Prior to 2007, there was a single species of the gecko genus from Vietnam. In the past seven years, four new species have been discovered there, plus one each from Borneo and Cambodia, and 11 from peninsular Malaysia. At least 14 additional new Asian species are soon to be named.Scientists are pondering why this species of diurnal lizard found in rocky, forested terrain has such unique colouration. Until more field studies are completed, we can only speculate. Sexual selection is ruled out because males and females are similar in appearance. It is not camouflage because the lizards are very conspicuous. Perhaps it is aposematism, appearing distasteful to predators.Quentin Wheeler is director of the International Institute for Species Exploration, Arizona State University.ZoologyAnimalsWildlifeQuentin Wheelerguardian.co.uk © Guardian News & Media Limited 2011 | Use of this content is subject to our Terms & Conditions | More Feeds
この昼行性トカゲのユニークな着色の秘密は何ですか？ごく最近になって科学者が批判的に属Cnemaspisの東南アジアのトカゲの中で多様性を分析し始めている
- トリビア・ジャーナル１４２４
the wizard of oozeという見出しもある
- Corrupt Bank Oversight Is Creating New Immoral Hazard
As word trickled out over the past few years that our law enforcers had punted on prosecuting one banking industry bum after another, I’ve frequently told friends it struck me as a glaring example of a prosecutorial failure of imagination. Did Countrywide Financial’s Angelo Mozilo commit no crimes? AIG’s Joseph Cassano? [...] 言葉は我々の法執行機関は、相次いで銀行業界のお尻を起訴するのパントていた過去数年間にわたり流れたように、私は頻繁には想像の検。障害の明白な例として、私を襲った友人を伝えている
- 800 motorists rescued after blizzard
Rescue workers used military trucks and other heavy vehicles to pluck motorists from more than 500 vehicles abandoned along ice-slicked roads and in drifting snow throughout North Dakota and take them to churches, schools, bars and... 救助隊員は氷のようになでつけ道路に沿って放棄された500以上の車両から、吹雪のノースダコタ州で運転を抜くと、教会、学校、バーにそれらを取ると軍のトラックやその他の大型車両を使用...
- East Africa must prepare to survive | Duncan Green
The east Africa crisis throws the importance of disaster risk reduction measures into sharp reliefWhen it comes to natural disasters, and their very unnatural impact on poor people, prevention is better than cure. Yet this lesson seems incredibly hard to turn into practice. However good the early warning system in the run-up to disasters like the current crisis in east Africa, the money to head off future suffering often doesn't start flowing until images of human pain hit the TV screens.This is all the more frustrating because, as argued in a new paper by Oxfam's humanitarian policy adviser, Debbie Hillier, we know far more than we used to about how to do this preventive work (known in development jargon as disaster risk reduction, or DRR) and how much more cost effective it is than reacting after disaster has struck. While it is too simplistic to give an overarching cost benefit ratio (often quoted as 1:4 or 1:7), studies have shown time and again that good prevention saves lives and money. Protecting livestock is much cheaper than starting afresh once they have been decimated by drought: in the Afar region of Ethiopia, the restocking of sheep and goats is 6.5 times more expensive than supplementary feeding, while restocking cattle costs 14 times more. According to the International Federation of Red Cross, it costs around £3.50 a person annually to build up resilience, compared to £150 a person for relief assistance for just three or four months.DRR also ensures aid and government investments remain effective. All aid - whether humanitarian, development, recovery or reconstruction - should be resilient to disasters. Otherwise, hospitals, schools, roads and water points (as well as livelihoods) can be damaged or washed away when a natural hazard strikes. Between 1997 東アフリカの危機は、それは自然災害、そして貧しい人々に彼らの非常に不自然な影響を与えることになる鋭いreliefWhenに災害リスク軽減対策の重要性をスローする、予防は治療よりも優れています
- The week in wildlife - in pictures
Poisonous caterpillars, legless lizards and rare Sumatran tiger cubs - the pick of this week's images from the natural world
毒毛虫、フラフラになったトカゲや珍しいスマトラトラのカブス - 自然界からの今週の画像のピック
- Essex reptiles settle into new Wiltshire home
24,000 adders, common lizards and other species moved from oil refinery site to reserves to make way for London GatewayThey had lived peacefully in their tens of thousands on an old refinery site in Essex.Now after what is thought to be the UK's biggest artificial movement of animals, 24,000 adders, grass snakes, common lizards and slow worms are settling well into new homes 140 miles away.The reptiles were transported from the east of England to reserves in Wiltshire to make way for the £1.5bn London Gateway container port and logistics park.Since 1998 the creatures have been captured by hand and moved in vans – early in the morning so they did not dry out – around the M25 and down the M4 before being released into their new homes.The reserves in Wiltshire have now been declared full and this year the relatively few remaining reptiles at the Essex site will be rehoused closer to another reserve closer to home.Marcus Pearson, environmental manager for DP World, said the move seemed to have been successful. Reptiles that had been moved and then recaptured to check their wellbeing seemed healthy and doing well in their new home.Construction is under way at London Gateway, 25 miles to the east of central London. Once complete the development will allow the world's biggest container ships to berth close to the capital.But one of the challenges the developers faced was rehousing the animals that had moved on to the site after an oil refinery ceased operating in 1999.Homes were found nearby for the carefully protected great crested newts.But no new local habitat could be found for the reptiles so the decision was taken to move them to reserves managed by the Wiltshire Wildlife Trust.DP World also bought a chunk of land to link areas owned by the trust.It has moved 290 adders, 24000加算、一般的なトカゲ、ロンドンGatewayTheyは、英国の最大の人工の動きであると考えられているか後Essex.Nowに古い製油所のサイトで何千ものその数で安らかに住んでいたものを作るために準備して石油精製サイトから移動し、他の種動物、24,000加算、草ヘビ、一般的なトカゲゆっくりとワームは£ 15億ロンドンゲートウェイのコンテナ港と物流のための新しい家にもaway.The爬虫類は方法を作るためにウィルトシャーの準備にイギリスの東から運ばれた140マイルを解決されpark.Since 1998生き物を手で捕獲されており、バンに移動 - M25とダウンウィルトシャーの彼らの新しいhomes.The準備中に放出される前に、M4号線の周りには宣言されている - 彼らはドライアウトしなかったので、朝早くエセックスサイトで、今年いっぱいは比較的少数の残りの爬虫類は、近いピアソン、DPワールドの環境マネージャー、home.Marcusに近い別の予約するrehousedされる動きが成功しているように見えたという
- Zardari's aide may succeed Taseer
Pakistan’s president is set to appoint close aide Latif Khosa to succeed the murdered governor of the key Punjab province, officials said, another step in resolving a weeklong political crisis. パキスタンの大統領は、当局によると、キーのパンジャブ州の殺害知事の後任に側近LatifさんKhosa任命する一週間の政治危機を解決するために別のステップを設定されています
- Lazard chases debt as ShengdaTech files for bankruptcy in US
Blue-chip United States investment bank Lazard is pursuing mainland Chinese chemical maker ShengdaTech for about US$40 million after the Shanghai-based firm defaulted on bond repayments and filed for bankruptcy.
上海ベースの会社が債券の返済不履行にして破産申請をした後、ブルーチップ、米国投資銀行ラザードは4000万米ドル程度のために大陸中国の化学メーカーShengdaTechを追求しています
- A Sharp Correction In Risky Assets Expected
The charts on stocks,gold, silver,copper, are looking beneficial to the short trader not the investor-- at least in the opinion of Auerbach GraysonGlobal Technical Strategy. "Not even the hallucinogenesis effects of a weaker U.S. dollar can kep the party going, Richzard Ross wrote most colorfully in nhis weekly note. "Major emerging markets continue to roll, and the ominous specter of Bullish to Bearish Head and Shoulders reversals loom large over commodities against the backdrop of de minimus interest rates; a formula for disaster." 株式のグラフは、金、銀、銅、短期トレーダーは投資家に有益を探している - アウエルバッハGraysonGlobal技術戦略の意見、少なくともインチ。。u0026quot;米ドル安のでさえhallucinogenesis効果が行くパーティーケップことができますRichzardロスは毎週ノートnhisの中で最もカラフルに書き込みました
- Bullish Bets Made In The Tech Sector
Looking today at week-over-week shares outstanding changes among the universe of ETFs covered at ETF Channel, one standout is the Proshares Ultra QQQ (QLD) where we have detected an approximate $141.8 million dollar inflow -- that's a 21.2% increase week over week in outstanding units (from 8,850,000 to 10,725,000). Among the largest underlying components of QLD, in trading today Activision Blizzard (ATVI) is down about 0.8%, and Adobe Systems (ADBE) is up by about 0.3%. For a complete list of holdings, visit the QLD Holdings page » 今日は前週比の株ETFチャネルで覆われたETFの宇。。u200b。。u200b宙の間で顕著な変化でみると、ある傑出した我々は近似1.418億ドルのドル流入を検出しているProsharesウルトラQQQ（QLD）です - 以上の21.2％増の週だと卓越した単位週（885万から10725000まで）
- Traders Take Stake In Technology
Looking today at week-over-week shares outstanding changes among the universe of ETFs covered at ETF Channel, one standout is the Proshares Ultra QQQ (QLD) where we have detected an approximate $42.2 million dollar inflow -- that's a 6.3% increase week over week in outstanding units (from 8,325,000 to 8,850,000). Among the largest underlying components of QLD, in trading today Activision Blizzard Incorporated (ATVI) is up about 1%, and Adobe Systems Incorporated (ADBE) is up by about 2.6%. For a complete list of holdings, visit the QLD Holdings page » 今日は前週比の株ETFチャネルで覆われたETFの宇。。u200b。。u200b宙の間で顕著な変化でみると、ある傑出した我々は近似4220万ドルのドル流入を検出しているProsharesウルトラQQQ（QLD）です - 以上6.3％増の週だと卓越した単位週（8325000から885万に）
- Pakistan, Iran become 'natural allies'
Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari has paid his second visit to Iran in the space of three weeks - proving as incorrect the Saudi Arabian thesis that the Shi'ite-Sunni schism is the dominant theme of Middle Eastern politics. Islamabad and Tehran are advancing their many shared interests, both political and economic, with a say in Afghan affairs a top priority. - M K Bhadrakumar (Jul 18, '11) パキスタン大統領のアシフアリザルダリは、3週間の空間でイランへの二度目の訪問を支払っている - シーア派、スンニ派の分裂は中東政治の支配的なテーマであることをサウジアラビアの論文が間違って証明して
- Chrysler recalls 8,309 Jeep Wranglers in China
China's top consumer product quality watchdog said Friday that U.S. automaker Chrysler will recall 8,309 Jeep Wrangler vehicles sold on the Chinese mainland over potential safety hazards concerning the vehicles' automatic transmissions and related systems.
Defects in the vehicles' transmission systems may cause transmission fluid to overheat, which could lead to fires or other accidents, the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine (AQSIQ) said in a statement o ... 中国のトップの消費者製品の品質の監視は、米国の自動車メーカークライスラーが自動車の自動変速機および関連システムに関する潜在的な安全上の問題で中国。。u200b。。u200b本土で販売されて8309ジープラングラー車をリコールすることと発表した
- Chrysler recalls 26,000 vehicles
Chrysler recalls more than 26,000 vehicles because of a problem with power steering that could be a fire hazard. クライスラーは、火災の危険ことができるパワーステアリングに問題があるため以上の26000台をリコールする
- For Vodafone in India, a Swift but Bumpy Rise
Despite adding tens of millions of customers, Vodafone has found this vaunted high-growth market full of unexpected hazards. 顧客の数千万の追加にもかかわらず、ボーダフォンは、この自慢の高成長市場が予想外の危険性を完全に発見した
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- FAO to assist agriculture law strengthening in Laos
The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) is to assist the Lao government in legal strengthening related to healthy livestock production and food safety, according to a press statement on Wednesday.
Development of a Sanitary and Phytosanitary (SPS) legal framework will help the Lao government reduce regulatory gaps in the protection of animal, plant and human health against pests, diseases and food-borne hazards, said the press statement released by FAO here.
FAO in Laos a ... 国連食糧農業機関（FAO）は水曜日の記者声明によると、健康な家畜生産と食品の安全性に関連する法律の強化で、ラオス政府を支援することです
- Barack Obama: Returning to the fray | Editorial
A fighting President Obama is better than one who pretends to stay aloofGone are the days when liberal America let itself be mesmerised by a big Obama speech. Long gone. Today's president acts only after a blizzard of advice from the centre-left telling him, with varying degrees of exasperation, what he should say. The implication is that it no longer trusts him to do the right thing. Barack Obama has by now established something of a track record in stinging this section of his electorate with a cattle prod. Extending Bush-era tax cuts for the super-rich was one instance. Budget cuts he agreed with Congress to prevent a shutdown of federal government last week were another. The White House dismayed them by actually trumpeting the cuts (to health, education, housing, transportation) as being among the largest in history, while making a virtue of the fact that they would not undermine the economy. Not only did some economists rightly dispute this claim. They also questioned why their president had stopped fashioning himself as a job creator (his first incarnation after the banking crash) and had now started painting himself as a deficit cutter.Mr Obama had got the tactics wrong: he let the Republicans go first. The Republican chairman of the House budget committee, Paul Ryan, duly obliged, by saying he would cut federal spending by $6tn over the next decade by radically restricting healthcare access and giving away $4.5tn to the highest earners. The White House was being too clever by half. The idea was to let Mr Ryan look so extreme that it would give Democrats the room to attack. What happened instead was that the Ryan plan framed the debate. Mr Obama had a ready-made debate filler before he himself chose to wade in – a bipartisan commission on the subject which came o 戦うオバマ大統領はリベラルアメリカ自体が大きなオバマのスピーチに魅了させているころは、より良いもの人aloofGone滞在するふりを超えています
- Harry Potter joins the billion dollar club
Final instalment of the boy wizard franchise, Deathly Hallows: Part 2, surpasses $1bn in global box office returnsWith his last movie gasp, Harry Potter has finally joined the billion dollar club after a strikingly successful weekend at US cinemas.Figures show that Deathly Hallows: Part 2, the eighth and final instalment of the boy wizard franchise, has surpassed $1bn (£615m) in global box office returns. The previous best of the series was $974.8m set by the first movie 10 years ago, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone.The $1bn figure is, understandably, a much sought after target. Deathly Hallows: Part 2 becomes the ninth film to reach the magic figure, joining Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, which made it into the club last month.Others include two from James Cameron: Titanic, which made $1.8bn, and the all-conquering Avatar from 2009, which had global takings of $2.8bn.Deathly Hallows: Part 2 made it over the line by bringing in $21.9m at the US box office at the weekend.Although the dollar numbers are higher, the first Harry Potter still holds the record in terms of tickets sold, back in a day when cinema tickets were cheaper.It is undeniably a success, but the Deathly Hallows was not the most watched film at the US box office at the weekend. The sci-fi western Cowboys and Aliens, with Harrison Ford and Daniel Craig, shared top spot with The Smurfs.Harry PotterUnited StatesScience fiction and fantasyMark Brownguardian.co.uk © Guardian News & Media Limited 2011 | Use of this content is subject to our Terms & Conditions | More Feeds
少年のウィザードのフランチャイズ、死の秘宝の最終回：第2部は、グローバルなボックスオフィスreturnsWithで10億ドルを超える彼の最後の映画のあえぎ、ハリーポッターは最終的に米国のcinemas.Figuresで、驚くほど成功した週末の後に数十億ドル規模のクラブに参加したことを死の秘宝を示す：パート2、男の子のウィザードのフランチャイズの8番目と最後の割賦は、グローバルな興行リターンの$ 10億（£ 615メートル）上回っている
- 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
- Officials work to calm nuclear fallout fears
VIENNA - Diplomats and UN officials are trying to dispel fears of a wider danger from radioactivity spewing from Japan's crippled nuclear reactors, saying there were no hazards to health outside of the immediate vicinity.As emergency... ウィーン - 外交官や国連関係者は、即時vicinity.As緊急以外の健康への危険性があったと言って、日本の不自由な原子炉から吐き出す放射能から広い危険性への懸念を払拭しようとしている...
- Pakistan heads for key political developments
Pakistan is heading for wide- ranging political developments in few days as the second largest opposition party is set to join the government led by arch-rival Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) of President Asif Ali Zardari.
The Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid (PML-Q), formed by former military President Pervez Musharraf prior to 2002 general elections, will get several top positions in the ruling coalition that also include the office of Deputy Prime Minister.
Pakistani Prime Minister Yusuf Raza ... 二番目に大きい野党は大統領アシフアリザルダリ氏のアーチライバルのパキスタン人民党（PPP）が率いる政府が参加して設定されているパキスタンは数日中に広範な政治情勢に向かっている
- U.S. Vice President Biden arrives in Pakistan
U.S Vice President Joe Biden arrived here on Wednesday for talks with Pakistani leaders on cooperation against the militants and more military and economic aid to the country, sources said.
Joe Biden began Pakistan's day-long visit after his trip to neighboring Afghanistan, where he hinted that U.S. troops will stay in Afghanistan until Afghans want them.
The U.S. vice president will meet President Asif Ali Zardari, Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani and the Army Chief General Ashfaq Pervez ... 米副大統領はジョーバイデンは、過激派に対する協力と、軍事国への経済支援パキスタンの指導者との協議のため水曜日にここに到着した、と情報筋は述べた
- Paying Turkers To Steal Readers, Write My Articles, Do My Reporting, And Fix My Liver
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- Birdwatch: Kestrel
As a child, I usually only saw one bird of prey: the kestrel. Buzzards, peregrines and sparrowhawks had been poisoned and persecuted, ospreys were confined to the wilds of Scotland, and hobbies were one of our scarcest breeding birds. The rest – kites, merlins, harriers and golden eagles – were birds I could only dream about, found in the remotest and most inaccessible parts of the country.How things have changed. In less than half a century Britain's raptors have bounced back, dramatically increased in numbers and range, and returned to many of their former haunts. Thanks to reintroduction schemes, ospreys nest at Rutland Water, majestic white-tailed eagles soar over the Hebridean island of Mull, and red kites are a common sight in many parts of England and Scotland as well as Wales.At the time of the last British Trust for Ornithology (BTO) Atlas survey 20 years ago, buzzards were confined to upland parts of northern and western Britain. Now they are found across the country. On a sunny spring day, I may see half a dozen hanging in the clear blue sky above my Somerset home. They're not alone. In the five years since we came here, I have recorded eight species of raptor flying over the garden, including hobby, peregrine, merlin, osprey and marsh harrier. It is only a matter of time before the first red kite flies overhead.But there is an exception to this story of success. The kestrel is now the only British bird of prey in decline, having dropped from its once unchallenged first place in the league table of UK raptors to third, behind the buzzard and sparrowhawk. Once a common sight as it hovered above the verges of our major roads, the motorway hawk, as it is sometimes erroneously described, has now vanished from many apparently suitable habitats.We are not absolutel チョウゲンボウ：子供の頃、私は通常、餌のいずれかの鳥を見た
- Pakistan: Marriage of inconvenience | Editorial
Two armies, one American the other Pakistani, both performing dysfunctionally in this part of the world, need each otherIf ever an opportunity presented itself for a civilian government to claw back powers it has ceded to an army whose tentacles extend into every part of life in Pakistan, yesterday was the day. The army, and its premier spy agency, the Inter-Services Intelligence Directorate (ISI), were facing an unprecedented assault on their competence after the US raid on Abbottabad. Even talk show hosts, the secular mullahs of Pakistan, turned on them.How could Osama bin Laden's presence go undetected for six years in a garrison town that is home to three regimental headquarters and a military academy? How could US helicopters grab their quarry from underneath their noses? Hours before the army chief, Gen Ashfaq Kayani, was due to answer questions like these in a closed session of parliament, the Taliban put down a third amendment for debate: How is it the military failed to protect its own recruits, 66 of whom were among over 80 who died in two suicide bombings in Charsadda, north of Peshawar?Asserting the primacy of civilian control over a failing military is, however, the last thing on the mind of President Asif Zardari. If his period of office has taught us anything, it is that there is a world of difference between strengthening the democratic project and strengthening a civilian government's hand, as one commentator has observed.If the summit of the government's ambition is to see out a full term, then a chastened army becomes the ideal partner. One pretends to govern while the other pretends to protect. But nor is that an answer either. Being the chief of Pakistan's army is a balancing act. He heads an empire that has simultaneously threatene 両軍は、アメリカ人、他のパキスタン、世界のこの部分のdysfunctionally実行の両方、これまでの機会は、その触手の生活のあらゆる部分でに拡張軍に譲った力を取り返すには文民政府に自分自身を提示each otherIfを必要とするパキスタンは、昨日一日だった
- New to Nature No 28: Heterodactylus septentrionalis
This new species of earless lizard appears to be restricted to colder climatesThe genus Heterodactylus now includes a third species of elongate, short-limbed, earless lizards. H septentrionalis is the first new species of the genus discovered since 1862. One species occurs in the high-elevation Atlantic forests of southern Brazil, a second in a few mountainous sites in Minas Gerais. Both are very rare, with only about 15 known specimens in total. The new species was discovered more than 1,000km north of the previous northern record and, like its southern relatives, seems restricted to colder climates. It is speculated that the current geographic pattern resulted from fragmentation of populations that were widespread during cooler phases of the Quaternary period, and are now limited to high latitudes and elevations. Quentin Wheeler is director of the International Institute for Species Exploration, Arizona State UniversityZoologyAnimalsWildlifeguardian.co.uk © Guardian News & Media Limited 2011 | Use of this content is subject to our Terms & Conditions | More Feeds
ミミナシトカゲのこの新しい種はHeterodactylusは現在、短期手足、耳のないトカゲの細長い第3の種が含まれていますclimatesThe。寒くに制限されて表示されます
- Letters: MEP is a moderate
Your article (Polish MEP and gay rights critic fights to lead David Cameron's allies in Europe, 17 February) caricatures MEP Ryszard Legutko in a deeply unfair manner. Prof Legutko is a greatly respected intellectual figure in Poland. As a former deputy president of the senate and minister of education, he has been known for his ideological moderation and his efforts to reach consensus. His moral views are generally shared by the representatives of Christian Democracy in Europe. You also refer to the professor's book Why I Am Not Tolerant. This is a collection of short flippant pieces on modern life, not a political statement. For his view on tolerance you should consult his scholarly work, including his major work on toleration debate in early modern Europe.Tomasz Poreba MEPDeputy chairman, Law and Justice delegation in the European parliamentEuropean UnionPolandEuropeDavid CameronGay rightsguardian.co.uk © Guardian News & Media Limited 2011 | Use of this content is subject to our Terms & Conditions | More Feeds
あなたの記事は深く不当な方法で似顔絵をMEPはRyszard Legutko（ポーランドMEPと同性愛者の権。評論家の戦いヨーロッパのデビッドキャメロンの同盟国年2月17日リードする）
- Oil rises on weaker dollar, blizzard
Crude prices rebounded on Tuesday as the U.S. dollar sank and a blizzard boosted heating oil demand.
The U.S. dollar index, which tracks the dollar performance against a basket of currencies, dipped on Tuesday as several U.S. economic data disappointed the market.
Hit by a surprisingly negative assessment of the jobs market, the Conference Board's consumer confidence index for December posted an unexpected decline, down nearly two points from November to 52.5.
U.S. home prices fell for ... 米ドルが沈没したとして吹雪が石油需要を加熱昇圧原油価格は、火曜日に反発した
- 25 years on, Chernobyl fallout still an eco-hazard
Fallout from Chernobyl remains a poorly-investigated hazard for the environment a quarter of a century after the disaster, say experts.According to anecdotal evidence, animals such as beavers, deer, wild horses, hawks and eagles have returned in abundance to Chernobyl's 30-kilometre (18-mile) exclusion zone since humans fled and hunting was outlawed.But this picture is misleading, said University of South Carolina biology professor Tim Mousseau, one of the few scientists to have probed biodiversity around Chernobyl in depth. チェルノブイリからの放射性降下物は、逸話的な証拠にexperts.According言う、環境災害後、1世紀の4分の1が不十分な検討ハザードのまま、ビーバー、鹿、野生の馬、タカ、ワシなどの動物は、チェルノブイリの30に豊富で戻ってきて - 人間は逃げて以来、狩猟がこの写真をoutlawed.Butされた（18マイル）キロ除外ゾーンには、誤解を招く、サウスカロライナ州生物学教授ティムMousseau、いくつかの科学者のいずれかの大学は、深さのチェルノブイリ周辺の生物多様性のプローブがあると述べた
- Chernobyl Accident Anniversary Recalled
Radiation remains a hazard at Ukraine's Chernobyl power plant 25 years after the explosion that destroyed the reactor 放射線は、原子炉を破壊した爆発25年後にウクライナのチェルノブイリ発電所の危険性を維持
- More Regulation of World Finance Needed, Says Soros
Hedge fund manager and conspiracy theorist fave, George Soros, told The Economic Times of India that more regulation of global finances is required, but just how much regulation is subject of serious debate between the world's leading economies.
<blockquote>The role of the regulators should be to exercise mainly thorough a free market. So you want to have markets as free as possible because while markets are unstable, regulators are even more imperfect than markets because they are subject to political influences they can be corrupt and they can be mistaken. So their role should be kept to a minimum but what that minimum is, is a matter for debate."</blockquote>
Soros also levied harsh criticism on US politicians and their inability to regulate the bulge brackets in the US. Without naming brand names, Soros told the Economic Times that the banking system has become too oligarchical. Instead of the financial powers being regulated more by the state following the near catastrophic 2008 derivatives crash that cost the equivalent of Japan's entire GDP, the state has instead opted to blame itself for the problems and regulate less, he said.
<blockquote>The regulators failed to regulate the economy that is why you had a crisis and when you had crisis then they had to keep the financial institutions alive in order to prevent the total big round and this creates what is called a moral hazard which allows the financial institutions to indulge in excessive lending and excessive profits and excessive stimulation. Because, if things collapse, then the regulators have to pick up the pieces," Soros said.</blockquote>
The billionaire investor seems to believe that financial markets, the Central Bank governors, state regulators and politicians ヘッジファンドマネージャーは、陰謀論者のファーベ、ジョージソロス氏は、グローバル財政のさらなる規制が必要ですが、どれだけの規制は世界有数の経済の間の真剣な議論の対象とされていることを、インドの経済紙に語った
- India: Land of many cell phones, fewer toilets
The Mumbai slum of Rafiq Nagar has no clean water for its shacks made of ripped tarp and bamboo. No garbage pickup along the rocky, pocked earth that serves as a road. No power except from haphazard cables strung overhead illegally.And... Rafiqさんナガーのムンバイのスラム街のリッピングタープや竹製のその小屋にはきれいな水を持っています
- Lille's Hazard has wish-list ahead of big money move
French league sensation Eden Hazard hinted Saturday he would consider a big money move away from leaders Lille -- as long as his new club met his personal criteria and came in with the right offer at the end of the season.A combination of technical skills and goalscoring ability has reportedly alerted some of Europe's top clubs, including Barcelona, Bayern Munich, Chelsea and Arsenal to Hazard's potential. 彼の新しいクラブは彼の個人的な基準を満たしたとして、技術的なスキルのseason.A組み合わせの終わりに右を提供して入ってきている限り - フランスリーグ感覚エデンハザードは、彼がリーダーリールから大金の動きを検討する土曜日を示。能力を得点好評を伝えハザードの可能性バルセロナ、バイエルンミュンヘン、チェルシー、アーセナルなど欧州のトップクラブのいくつかを、警告されます
- Asif Ali Zardari arrives in Sri Lanka on maiden visit
Bilateral defence and economic cooperation is expected to figure prominently in talks between Sri Lankan leaders and Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari who arrived here Saturday on a maiden visit.
二国間の防衛と経済協力は、巫女の訪問で土曜日に到着したスリランカの指導者とパキスタン大統領アシフアリザルダリ氏との間の協議で顕著に期待されている
- Ragtag army of volunteers vow to fight to bitter end
AJDABIYA - Stepping gingerly over an anti-personnel mine left on the floor of a weapons bunker, a rebel guard points out the anti-tank missiles, piled haphazardly on top of each other.It was these bunkers which Libyan pilots tried... AJDABIYA - ステッピングは慎重に武器バンカーの床の上で左に対人地雷の上、対戦車ミサイルから反乱軍のガードポイントは、リビアのパイロットが試さこれらのバンカーされた各other.Itの上にでたらめに積ま...
- Bird flu on Cambodian border
Health authorities are on high alert for bird flu along the Thai-Cambodian border after two Cambodians were reported to have died of the avian virus, Public Health Ministry permanent secretary Paijit Warachit said on Tuesday. 保健当局は、2つのカンボジア人が鳥インフルエンザウイルスで死亡したと報告された後、タイカンボジア国境に沿って鳥インフルエンザのための厳戒態勢にある、保健省事務次官Paijit Warachitが明らかにした
- Blizzard moves from US to Canada, sowing chaos
The US northeast began to dig out from a powerful blizzard that shut down New York airports and crippled ground transport relied on by millions of holidaymakers and commuters.The storm that started early Sunday began to abate Monday afternoon as blue skies finally reappeared, revealing a snow-and-ice encrusted region, deserted highways, stranded cars and still stuttering public transport. 米国は北東部の雪を明らかに、最後に再びニューヨーク空港早期日曜日は青空の月曜日の午後を和らげるようになった開始行楽やcommuters.The嵐の百万人に頼って不自。陸上輸送をシャットダウンして強力な吹雪から掘り出始めたアンド高速道路、。車、まだ公共交通機関を吃音を捨て地域ちりばめられた氷
- Weatherwatch
Severe tropical cyclone Yasi struck the north-east coast of Queensland last Wednesday. Yasi was the most powerful cyclone to hit the east coast of Australia since 1918, and it made landfall at Mission Beach as a category 5 storm with wind gusts of 180mph, cutting power to over 180,000 properties and destroying homes.Agriculture suffered major losses, as the storm wiped out 90% of Australia's banana crop and caused an estimated A$500m (£315m) of damage to the sugar industry. The total losses from Yasi are expected to reach A$3.5bn (£2.2bn).Also last Wednesday, the US battled against a historic winter storm that spanned 2,000 miles. The storm, said to be the worst in decades, brought blizzard conditions, ice storms and snow accumulations up to 60cm deep to more than half the US, crushing buildings, cutting power to over 375,000 customers and causing travel chaos, with over 14,000 flight cancellations. Chicago measured 51cm of snow, the city's third largest fall on record, forcing schools to close for the first time in 12 years. Twelve deaths have been blamed on the storm.Flash floods and landslides hit Jolo and other southern regions of the Philippines on Thursday night, after five days of torrential rains, which also spawned two tornadoes. A state of calamity was declared in the town, where 20 people were killed and 3,000 families were displaced.Climate changeAustraliaguardian.co.uk © Guardian News & Media Limited 2011 | Use of this content is subject to our Terms & Conditions | More Feeds
重篤な熱帯低気圧Yasiは先週の水曜日クイーンズランドの北東の海岸を襲った
- Nervousness is growing over price pressures on mainland
Ask most watchers how they rate China's reaction to the 2008 financial crisis and the chances are that they will give Beijing 10 out of 10 for its policy response. While policymakers in other large economies bickered about moral hazard, the Chinese authorities showed no hesitation.
彼らは、2008年の金融危機に対する中国の反応を評価されますかチャンスは、彼らが北京に、その政策対応のための10のうち10を与えることは、ほとんどのウォッチャーにお問い合わせください
- A private estate called Egypt | Salwa Ismail
Only a thousand families count in a country that Mubarak and his cronies regard as their fiefdomThere is a lot more behind Hosni Mubarak digging in his heels and setting his thugs on the peaceful protests in Cairo's Tahrir Square than pure politics. This is also about money. Mubarak and the clique surrounding him have long treated Egypt as their fiefdom and its resources as spoils to be divided among them.Under sweeping privatisation policies, they appropriated profitable public enterprises and vast areas of state-owned lands. A small group of businessmen seized public assets and acquired monopoly positions in strategic commodity markets such as iron and steel, cement and wood. While crony capitalism flourished, local industries that were once the backbone of the economy were left to decline. At the same time, private sector industries making environmentally hazardous products like ceramics, marble and fertilisers have expanded without effective regulation at a great cost to the health of the population.A tiny economic elite controlling consumption-geared production and imports has accumulated great wealth. This elite includes representatives of foreign companies with exclusive import rights in electronics, electric cables and automobiles. It also includes real estate developers who created a construction boom in gated communities and resorts for the super-rich. Much of this development is on public land acquired at very low prices, with no proper tendering or bidding.It is estimated that around a thousand families maintain control of vast areas of the economy. This business class sought to consolidate itself and protect its wealth through political office. The National Democratic party was their primary vehicle for doing so. This alliance of money and politics bec 唯一の千の家族がムバラクと彼の取り巻きがfiefdomThereは彼のかかとのムバラク掘り、純粋な政治よりもカイロの解放党広場で平和的な抗議の彼の刺客を設定することの背後にはもっとたくさんいるとみなし、その国にカウントされます
- Safety first in New Zealand mine rescue operation
Inflammable and poisonous gases at the Pike River pit create different problems to the ones faced in ChileIt's quite a different situation to the one we saw in Chile because the New Zealand pit is a gaseous mine. Methane, ethane and carbon monoxide are common in coal mines and all are flammable and poisonous. Usual safety planning would require gas detections are made before every shift to check the levels of those gases as well as oxygen.This could be done up to twice a day. Each miner wears a rescue belt with oxygen and water, allowing them 20 minutes to get to a self-rescue pod where they can find further supplies. The planning is there. What you can't plan for is an ignition of methane. The blast can cause a coal dust cloud with fragments then causing a second ignition. The authorities are handling the rescue correctly. As a mine rescue co-ordinator you have to clear the ground, or the atmosphere, or whatever is in front of you before you proceed, to prevent more loss of life. If it is not safe to go in, a co-ordinator could create more hazards for the rescue team and the miners. They have taken very reasonable steps: if you look at the ventilation tube you can see the amount of damage caused by the explosion. Although test shaft drilling was done in Chile, in the New Zealand case there is a danger of feeding oxygen into the mine which could make the situation worse so rescue managers have to be very cautious.Guidance over mine health and safety is issued by different bodies. The question is then, are mining companies doing enough and do they independently audit safety procedures?Mining is dangerous and about 2,500 died in China last year. Miners' families also don't get enough in compensation.Robert Murray Willis is a mine rescue expert New ZealandMiningguard ニュージーランドのピットは、ガス鉱山であるため、パイク川ピットで可燃性や有毒ガスは、我々は、チリに見られるものと全く違う状況だChileItが直面しているものとは異なる問題を作成します
- Blow to Wizards as big man Yi limps off
Washington forward Yi Jianlian, pictured, suffered a bruised right knee in the third quarter of the Wizards' 103-96 loss at Chicago and his injury s... 写真ワシントン前。李Jianlianは、シカゴでウィザーズの103から96までの損失と負傷sの第3四半期に打。右膝を受けた..
- Raging snowstorm wreaks havoc across US midwest
Winter storm cancels 1,400 flights in Chicago, collapses stadium roof in Minnesota and is linked to at least four deathsA powerful winter storm roared across the US midwest yesterday with high winds and mounds of snow closing roads in several states and cancelling more than 1,400 flights in Chicago.At least four weather-related deaths were reported as the storm system dumped nearly two feet (60cm) of snow in parts of Minnesota and caused the Metrodome sports stadium's inflatable, Teflon roof to collapse before moving east.A blizzard warning was in effect for parts of eastern Iowa, south-eastern Wisconsin, north-western Illinois and northern Michigan, according to the National Weather Service. Surrounding areas, including Chicago, were under winter storm warnings. Much of Iowa was under a wind-chill advisory.The winter weather, with blowing snow that severely limited visibility, wreaked havoc on air and road travel. In the Chicago area, wind gusts of up to 50mph (80km/h) and temperatures of -11 to -7°C were expected along with up to 8 inches (20cm) of snow.More than 1,200 flights were cancelled at O'Hare international airport and over 250 were cancelled at Midway international airport. Both airports expected more cancellations and reported significant delays. Major highways in several states were closed due to poor driving conditions and accidents.Seven vehicles crashed on interstate 94 west of Milwaukee, prompting authorities to close the westbound lanes. A vehicle lost control on an ice-covered road and slammed into a tree in south-eastern Wisconsin, killing 21-year-old Alejandria Abaunza of Chicago and injuring two other people inside.In western Wisconsin, a 79-year-old man snow-blowing the end of his driveway was killed when a snowplough backed into him. The St Croix 冬の嵐は、シカゴで1400便をキャンセルするミネソタ州のスタジアムの屋根を壊してしまうと強風といくつかの州で雪の閉鎖道路のマウンドとシカゴでのキャンセル1,400人以上のフライトで昨日、米国の中西。轟音、少なくとも4つのdeathsA強力な冬の嵐にリンクされている嵐のシステムでは、ミネソタ州の一部で雪の約2フィート（60cm）のダンプとしてeast.A吹雪の警告を移動する前に閉じるメトロドームスポーツスタジアムの膨らませて、テフロンの屋根が有効にされた発生します
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