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Wednesday, May 30, 2012
Spanish bond yields rise to euro-era high
Los valores del banco espa?ol Bankia son mostrados en pantallas en la Casa de Bolsa de Madrir, el lunes 28 de mayo del 2012. Las acciones del banco espa?ol Bankia, uno de los m?s duramente golpeados por el colapso del mercado inmobiliario en los ?ltimos cuatro a?os, cayeron 28% a la apertura el lunes en Madrid, el primer d?a que el banco regresa a la bolsa despu?s de anunciar el viernes que requerir?a de unos 19.000 millones de euros (23.800 millones de d?lares) adicionales para fortalecerse. (AP Foto/Daniel Ochoa de Olza)
Los valores del banco espa?ol Bankia son mostrados en pantallas en la Casa de Bolsa de Madrir, el lunes 28 de mayo del 2012. Las acciones del banco espa?ol Bankia, uno de los m?s duramente golpeados por el colapso del mercado inmobiliario en los ?ltimos cuatro a?os, cayeron 28% a la apertura el lunes en Madrid, el primer d?a que el banco regresa a la bolsa despu?s de anunciar el viernes que requerir?a de unos 19.000 millones de euros (23.800 millones de d?lares) adicionales para fortalecerse. (AP Foto/Daniel Ochoa de Olza)
MADRID (AP) ? Spain's borrowing costs soared Wednesday to reach their highest level since the country joined the euro Wednesday, close to levels where other debt-stricken countries such as Greece and Ireland have asked for an international bailout.
The interest rate ? or yield ? on Spanish 10-year bonds, a key indicator of market confidence in a country's ability to pay down its debt, shot up 25 basis points Wednesday to 6.67 percent ? matching the level it hit at the height of the eurozone crisis late last year. The yield later fell back to hit 6.66 percent in afternoon trading.
A yield of seven percent is seen by many analysts as unsustainable for a country to continue financing itself over the long term. Meanwhile, the difference between the Spanish bond and the equivalent safe-haven German bunds was a record 5.36 percentage points.
The country's conservative government has introduced harsh austerity measures, including spending cuts on health and education, in an attempt to control the level of its debt relative to the size of its economy.
It is also trying to reassure investors worried that the woes of the banking sector will force the country to require a bailout like those take by Greece, Ireland and Portugal. Spain's banking industry has been saddled with a large amount of unpaid, so-called "toxic", loans on their books following the collapse of the country's real estate bubble in 2008. There is a concern that Spain's government will not be able to find the funds to prop up the sector and keep its economy afloat.
Concerns over Spain's nationalized lender Bankia, and the government's ability to come up with a ?19 billion rescue package for the bank, have sparked the latest round of investor fears over the country.
Earlier Wednesday, the government vehemently denied newspaper reports that the European Central Bank had rejected a Spanish idea to finance a bank bailout and it defended the country as sound.
The Financial Times reported Wednesday the ECB rejected the idea of Spain paying for the ?19 billion bailout of struggling nationalized lender Bankia by using government bonds, which would then be used as collateral for cash from the ECB.
Economy Minister Luis de Guindos, speaking to opposition Socialist lawmakers during a debate in Parliament, denied the report.
"Pay more attention to the Spanish government and less to the Financial Times." De Guindos said. "The government of Spain has not presented any plan to the European Central Bank, nor has the European Central Bank rejected anything in this regard."
Speaking later to reporters in what seemed an impromptu and desperate effort to talk the bond spread down, de Guindos noted that Italy's yield on its 10-year bonds were also sharply up Wednesday.
The minister defended the government as transparent on what it plans to do with the banking sector, heavily laden with billions of euros in toxic assets after the implosion of a real estate bubble. New provisioning requirements to the tune of ?84 billion have been ordered, two independent audits of banks' loan portfolios will take place, and an IMF report will come out in June.
"We will shine the light on what the consequences of the financial crisis have been for the banks," de Guindos said.
He said Spain's bond spread ? at over 530 points now ? are "not very sustainable over the long term" ? will come down once uncertainty over the Greek political situation is resolved. A recent election there failed to produce a government amid discord over EU-mandate austerity that came along with a mountain of bailout money.
De Guindos also insisted that the Spanish treasury is "perfectly well financed" and that aside from money for bond redemptions it needs to carry out just ?3 billion in net debt issuance from now to the end of the year.
The European Central Bank issued a statement saying that it had not been consulted about Spain's recapitalization plans for Bankia and had not expressed a position about them. The statement said the ECB "stands ready to give advice on the development of such plans."
Spain's Ibex 35 stock index was down about 1.53 percent at 6,156.
The European Commission is due to set out its annual economic strategy report Wednesday, when it will issue recommendations for each of the 27 European Union members ? including Spain.
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Tool-wielding robots crawl in bodies for surgery
In this April 18, 2012, photo, Carnegie Mellon University professor Howie Choset, right, stands beside a robot as staff researcher Florinan Enner uses a controller to demonstrate how it climbs up a tubular armature at their lab on campus in Pittsburgh. Scientists and doctors are using the creeping metallic tools to perform surgery on hearts, prostate cancer and other diseased organs. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)
In this April 18, 2012, photo, Carnegie Mellon University professor Howie Choset, right, stands beside a robot as staff researcher Florinan Enner uses a controller to demonstrate how it climbs up a tubular armature at their lab on campus in Pittsburgh. Scientists and doctors are using the creeping metallic tools to perform surgery on hearts, prostate cancer and other diseased organs. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)
In this April 18, 2012, photo, Carnegie Mellon University professor Howie Choset, right, stands behind a robot as staff researcher Florinan Enner uses a controller to demonstrate how it moves at their lab on campus in Pittsburgh. Scientists and doctors are using the creeping metallic tools to perform surgery on hearts, prostate cancer and other diseased organs. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)
In this April 18, 2012, photo, Carnegie Mellon University professor Howie Choset stands behind a robot demonstrating how it climbs up a tubular armature at their lab on campus in Pittsburgh. Scientists and doctors are using the creeping metallic tools to perform surgery on hearts, prostate cancer and other diseased organs. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)
This April 18, 2012, photo made with a fisheye lens shows one of the robots being developed at Carnegie Mellon University penetrating a model of a heart in Pittsburgh. Scientists and doctors are using the creeping metallic tools to perform surgery on hearts, prostate cancer and other diseased organs. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)
PITTSBURGH (AP) ? Imagine a tiny snake robot crawling through your body, helping a surgeon identify diseases and perform operations.
It's not science fiction. Scientists and doctors are using the creeping metallic tools to perform surgery on hearts, prostate cancer, and other diseased organs. The snakebots carry tiny cameras, scissors and forceps, and even more advanced sensors are in the works. For now, they're powered by tethers that humans control. But experts say the day is coming when some robots will roam the body on their own.
"It won't be very long before we have robots that are nanobots, meaning they will actually be inside the body without tethers," said Dr. Michael Argenziano, the Chief of Adult Cardiac Surgery at New York-Presbyterian Hospital and Columbia University Medical Center in New York.
Argenziano was involved with some of the first U.S. Food and Drug Administration clinical trials on robotic heart surgery more than 10 years ago. Now he says snake robots have become a commonly used tool that gives surgeons a whole new perspective.
"It's like the ability to have little hands inside the patients, as if the surgeon had been shrunken, and was working on the heart valve," he said.
But Argenziano and experts in robotics say the new creations work best when they're designed for very specific tasks. "The robot is a tool. It is no different in that sense than a scalpel. It's really a master-slave device," he said.
Howie Choset has been researching and building robots, particularly snake robots, at Pittsburgh's Carnegie Mellon University for years.
Choset believes that his snake robot and others like it help reduce medical costs by making complex surgeries faster and easier. Choset says his new design is smaller and more flexible than earlier models: The diameter of the head is less than the size of a dime.
The size of surgical robots allows surgeons to operate with far less damage to the body, helping the patient heal faster. For example, instead of opening the entire chest up during heart surgery, a small incision is made, and the robot crawls inside to the proper spot.
Dr. Ashutosh Tewari of Cornell University Medical Center has used robotic tools to perform thousands of prostate operations. He said the precision of the tiny robotic tool is vital not just to cutting out cancerous tumors, but to seeing exactly what nerves to leave intact.
Tewari said he's most excited about the potential for surgical robots to do things humans can't do. He said the variety of sensors available for surgical robots keeps expanding, even as they get smaller. He said they may one day be able to test chemicals or blood in the body, or even the electrical connections in nerves.
Choset has also built larger snake robots designed for search and rescue, or just exploration. They can climb poles or trees and then look around through a camera in the head, and slither through places humans can't reach.
"We sent our snake robots into these caves off the coast of the Red Sea to look for evidence of ancient Egyptian ships," he said. "To me archaeology is like search and rescue, but everyone's been dead for 5,000 years," reducing the pressure.
Another expert at Carnegie Mellon stresses that there's still an enormous gap between humans and even the most high-tech robots. Manuela Velosa noted that robots have been built that excel at one or two tasks ? but not at the variety of tasks humans perform without even thinking.
Velosa has been building robots that ask humans for help when they don't know what to do, as well as teams of robots that play soccer against each other. Sometimes, the robots surprise her.
During one soccer game against robots from another university, the Carnegie Mellon team scored on a particular play. That sent a positive signal to the robot's computers, which are designed to reward success and discourage failures in the game.
Her robots then tried the play again ? and scored again. It turned out they had discovered a programing flaw in the other team of robots, just like some sports teams find a flaw in their opponents.
In the second half Velosa's robot's kept using the same play, scoring every time, and thus reinforcing the tendency to try the play over and over. The robots crushed the other team.
"It was programmed by me, but it looked to me as if they learned," she said. "I believe we are much closer to having robots be able to coexist with humans. The beautiful thing is you see the robots learning."
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Stay Protected with Travel Insurance Canada
May 29th, 2012 by admin
When you travel to Canada, you need to ensure that you have travel insurance canada. This visitors to canada medical insurance is a necessary addition to your travel expenses. If you are injured or ill during your travels, it?s very possible that you won?t find a doctor or hospital that accepts your medical insurance. What?s more, they may require you to pay for your treatments in advance, prior to giving you the treatment that you need. If you?re in this situation, can you afford to pay for your own medical bills? If the answer is no, then you need to make other arrangement.
You have several options when it comes to visitors to canada health insurance. If you?re traveling to Canada on business, you can choose something like critical care travel insurance. This insurance will cover you in the event something major happens such as a serious illness or a major accident. You can also choose full medical coverage that will cover anything from the sniffles to a heart attack and everything in between.
If you?re planning to spend a couple of months in Canada, you can purchase medical insurance for that extended period. In fact, you can choose insurance that includes prescriptions and dental care as well. This type of travel insurance canada can be extended to up to a year in length, which is ideal for those of you working an extended period of time in Canada or going to school in Canada. In fact, many universities and colleges require students to have medical insurance in order to attend school.
The truth is that you don?t want to travel unprotected. Having visitors to canada health insurance is the best way to ensure that you aren?t crippled by medical bills should the worst happen. There are several great companies that sell travel health insurance that can provide you with affordable rates and great coverage as well. In most cases your coverage will include dental insurance and life insurance so that you have full coverage for any possible problems. Before you buy, however, you should take the time to get quotes from multiple sources so that you can get the best price.
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Tuesday, May 29, 2012
How Exterior Lighting Improves Both Beauty and Safety | DirectBuy ...
Exterior lighting can add safety, security, beauty or even all three to a home. The benefit of outdoor lights depends mainly on their placement.
Porch Lights
Lighting the porch makes it easy to find your key and put it into the lock when you come home at night. It can also help you avoid tripping on stairs or outdoor decorations. Finally, it can deter thieves.
Walkway Lighting
Lighting the path to your door helps you find your way and avoid tripping on unexpected obstacles. It can also help you see patches of ice and snow in the winter.
Landscape Lighting
Landscape lighting is usually installed to allow people to see the beauty of your garden or yard after the sun goes down. The resulting light can also increase safety if it illuminates nearby walkways.
Yard Lighting
Unlike landscape lighting, pole-mounted yard lights are often installed to deter thieves and vandals. These lamps are usually much brighter than simple decorative lights.
If you pay attention to the overall effect of exterior lighting, you can often improve safety and beauty at the same time. You can find a combination of small and large lights at DirectBuy that will complement each other while providing the perfect light levels to all of your areas.
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Untethered jailbreak for Apple TV 2 5.0.1 (iOS 5.1.1) to be released shortly (updated)
UPDATE: It?s out! You can jailbreak your Apple TV 2 running the latest 5.0.1 firmware by following this tutorial.
Finally, we have some good news for you. Although there is still no sign of Apple TV 3 jailbreak, it seems that Apple TV 2 owners will soon be getting an untethered jailbreak for their black boxes updated to the latest Apple TV 5.0.1 firmware.
nitoTV tweeted that he had successfully tested pod2g?s untethered jailbreak for Apple TV 2,1 5.0.1 (4224)/5.1.1(9B206f). He didn?t give any ETA but he is working hard to release it as soon as possible.
In case you don?t want to wait until the untethered jailbreak is out, you can tether jailbreak your Apple TV 2 running the latest firmware using FireCore?s Seas0nPass 0.8.4 right now by following this tutorial.
Be sure to follow us on?Facebook,?Twitter?or?Google+?for the latest updates on Apple TV 2 untethered jailbreak and?Apple TV?3 jailbreak?status.
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Egypt?s two contenders for president vie for votes
CAIRO (Reuters) ? The two apparent survivors in Egypt?s presidential race tried to gather support on Sunday from voters dismayed at what many see as a painful second-round choice between an Islamist apparatchik and a throwback to Hosni Mubarak?s era.
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Sunday, May 27, 2012
The Hazards of Energy Efficient Light Bulbs and Proper Disposal Methods
Energy saving light bulbs are old news when it comes to the cutting edge developments in the home energy efficiency. Many homes utilize these bulbs that are much more efficient compared to ordinary bulbs when it comes to power consumption as they save Chicago homeowners on electricity bills.
However, there are safety and health concerns conceding energy saving light bulbs. WesTrac has issued a bulletin listing the dangers associated with low-energy bulbs. These possible health hazards include:
- If a low-energy bulbs breaks, leave the room for at least 15 minutes because the bulbs contain mercury, which is poisonous and contributes to migraines, disorientation, imbalances and other health problems when inhaled.
- By just touching a broken bulb, ?people with allergies, skin condition and other diseases can be strongly effected.
- Refrain from cleaning broken bulb pieces with a vacuum cleaner as this will only spread the contamination to other rooms of your home when using the vacuum again.
The proper way to dispose of broken low-energy bulbs is to clean the pieces with a normal brush or broom, place the debris in a sealed bag and dispose of it right away in a hazardous material bin such as municipal ?recycling bin for batteries or a council dump where the debris can be disposed of safely. Be very careful not to inhale the dust form the broken bulb.
According to David Barry , founder Shorewood-based Smartwire, ?a safe alternatives to low-energy bulbs is using smart dimmers with dimmable L.E.D.
So the next time a low-energy bulb in your home breaks, do not do anything that could cause serious harm to your family and dispose of the poisonous debris properly to ensure your safety.
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Photos: Perfect baseball weather for annual Michael Napoleone baseball tournament
This weekend, young ball players from throughout the region are in Batavia for the annual Michael Napoleone baseball tournament.
The tournament acts as a fundraiser for the Michael Napoleone Foundation, which provides donations to cancer research, and as a memorial to Michael, who loved baseball.
Michael died in 2006 from Burkitt's?Lymphoma/Leukemia, an aggressive form of blood cancer.
This pictures are from Saturday. The tournament runs through tomorrow.
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Are Urban Planners Keeping EVs ? And The Automobile ? Out Of ...
Over dinner with our beloved Editor-At-Large two weeks ago, Ed and I discussed what we felt was the coming ?post-car? era; rampant consolidation, the death of beloved brands and the subsequent widespread love for classic cars, the adoption of other forms of mobility and a fierce anti-car backlash. A nugget of information buried at the end of a Ward?s Auto report instantly brought all my fears and apprehension to the forefront, a mere fortnight after Ed and I concluded that things weren?t going to be that bad after all.
A crucial aspect of ensuring the future of any vehicle is an understanding between OEMs and city planners. An unwillingness to reform neighborhoods with charging stations, for example, is dovetailing with local pushes for bicycle riding and car-sharing.
?There will be no cars in the city of 2050 if the urban planners have their way,? IHS Automotive Senior Director Philip Gott tells attendees of the CTI forum.
To get the necessary context here, the Ward?s Auto article was primarily talking about the necessity of government intervention in the adoption of alt-fuel vehicles. But the notion of a carless city runs much deeper than that.?There is a growing movement nowadays that sees the automobile not just as an?inconvenience, but a societal menace. Some of it is rooted in environmental concerns, but a more nefarious form of this anti-car opposition is rooted on dubious social justice initiatives.
A few years ago, there was a famous case where Ontario?s Attorney-General, Michael Bryant, was attacked by a drunk cyclist while driving his Saab convertible at a busy downtown Toronto intersection. Bryant, who was out with his wife, driving with the roof down, panicked and drove off, with the cyclist clinging to the car. The Saab collided with a solid object and the cyclist died. Bryant was absolved of any criminal charges in the case, but his political career was over.
The uproar over the case was palpable in a city where cyclists and motorists are frequently at odds. But what began cropping up was a new form of criticism. One letter writer to NOW magazine, a Toronto alternative weekly, has forever stood out in my?mind, with the commenter blasting Bryant and the automobile as being some kind of?hierarchical, top-down individualistic mode of transportation (I couldn?t find the letter, so this is paraphrasing) while praising the bicycle as a grassroots form of transportation that is accessible to all.
The above quote suggests that opposition to cars has moved beyond mere environmental concerns into something more ideological. As a downtown resident, I can understand the desire for less smog, less traffic congestion and more pedestrian friendly streets and public spaces. These are what ultimately created the vibrant, bustling urban cores and livable communities (pardon me ? I hate that word, but it really is appropriate) that make cities great. I feel that public transit is also a necessary?ingredient?to this mixture, having seen first hand the nightmare that comes with inadequate infrastructure and a?sub-par?public transit system.
If urban planners, who are likely working hard for their Masters degrees in the Marxist-infused ivory towers of our North American college campuses, are attempting to eradicate the car from our cities, then they are simply refusing to meet reality on realities terms. Despite the best wishes of public-transit advocates, utopian cyclists and their distant cousins, the general crackpots that infest the world?s great cities, the car isn?t going anywhere. Only Copenhagen has managed to fully embrace cycling, specifically because it?s built for it. A recent trip to New York City saw my girlfriend and I walk and take the subway nearly everywhere. It was fast, efficient, emissions free and yet cars were everywhere. Livery-service Town Cars, yellow Crown Vic taxis, motorcycles, luxury SUVs and even supercars all shared the road in Manhattan, where owning a car is apparently both pass???and a pain in the ass.
I don?t think it would be fair to blame our current crop of urban planners. If anything, the faculty, doubtlessly hailing from the Boomer generation and desperately clinging on the outdated, asinine ?critical? theories and ?radical? dogma are likely spurring something as, well, vindictive as banning EV charging stations. I agree that a more walkable and transit-accessible city is always a good thing, but that should have no bearing on the presence of the automobile. My experiences with EVs have all been positive, and having a charging station near my office makes things a lot easier ? but my neighborhood at home was built before WWII, when garages and outdoor electrical outlets weren?t commonplace. A community initiative to install EV chargers for example, would save me from having to run a 30 foot cord from my driveway to my dryer outlet in the basement.
We?ve seen time and time again how these kinds of social engineering initiatives pan out. The bigger worry is that the opposition to the automobile has?crystallized?into something more visceral, more ideological and more rigid. It?s in danger of becoming a moral stance akin to one?s position on abortion or same-sex marriage. Fortunately, all it would take up here is a miserable winter of carrying home local produce from the Farmer?s Market on a bicycle and no taxi access to the downtown core to make a number of anti-car types reconsider their choices.
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Saturday, May 26, 2012
Recommended: Tubes: A Journey to the Center of the Internet
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Showcasing more than fifty of the most provocative, original, and significant online essays from 2011, The Best Science Writing Online 2012 will change the way...
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Tubes: A Journey to the Center of the Internet
by Andrew Blum. Ecco, 2012
In 2006 Alaskan senator Ted Stevens described the Internet as a ?series of tubes,? a quip that earned the octogenarian widespread mockery. But as Blum notes in his charming look at the physical infrastructure that underlies the Web, Stevens wasn?t all that wrong. Bits sail through a worldwide network of fiber-optic cables and come together in junctions where Internet providers connect their pipes to the networks of others. Blum?s transcontinental journey exposes some of the important issues confronting the Internet, such as the occasional disconnect between the interests of the corporations who control the physical pipes and the good of the network as a whole. ?If you believe the Internet is magic,? he writes, ?then it?s hard to grasp its physical reality.? I?d turn this around: only by understanding the physical richness of the Internet can we truly grok the thorny forces that are shaping its growth. ? Michael Moyer
Darwin?s Ghosts: The Secret History of Evolution
by Rebecca Stott. Spiegel & Grau, 2012
Stott grew up in a household in Brighton, England, that was so strictly creationist that her grandfather cut Charles Darwin?s entry out of the family?s Encyclopedia Britannica. Here Stott pours what re?mains of her pent-up fascination with Darwin into a beautifully written narrative about his intellectual predecessors. These include Leonardo da ?Vinci, who under?stood that shells found in the mountains of Italy meant that the earth was far older than the church would let on, and Aristotle, who understood that gradual change was at the heart of nature.
Prize Fight: The Race and the Rivalry to Be the First in Science
by Morton Meyers. Palgrave Macmillan, 2012
In a series of case studies, Meyers analyzes how credit has been doled out in major scientific discoveries, including the creation of MRI and the development of streptomycin, the first antibiotic against tuberculosis. Readers come away with an enhanced understanding of the conflicting impulses that drive sci?entists and of the historical context behind present-day research scandals.
Wild Hope: On the Front Lines of Conservation Success
by Andrew Balmford. University of Chicago Press, 2012
Tired of leaving policy makers and the general public with ?a dismal choice between despair and denial,? Balmford traveled to six continents to track down environmental success stories. Among them: how villagers in Assam, India, helped to bring back rhinos and how British foresters helped to save heath. Balmford, a conservation scientist, does not gloss over the damage humans have inflicted but reminds us that conservation can pay off. As he says in one tongue-in-cheek passage: we may have halved the populations of wild species since the industrial revolution, but half those species remain. In other words, the glass is half full.
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A year after rare killer tornado, residents on one Massachusetts road are on rebound
MONSON, Mass. ? ?A year after tornadoes flattened hundreds of homes and left three dead in Massachusetts, one of the worst-hit neighborhoods is still undergoing a facelift.
Nine houses were decimated on Bethany Road in the town of Monson. Neighbors say the June 1 tornado cemented their sense of community as they pitched in to clear debris, make meals and figure out what exactly to do next.
Today, there are five new homes on the street, and one more under construction. But empty lots remain.
Bald patches mar slopes where pine trees once towered. The rumble of trucks and buzz of saws drown out songbirds. New homes mingle with 100-year-old Victorians.
Town Administrator Gretchen Neggers says Monson looks different but it's still beautiful. She says in some ways, it was even beautiful the day after the tornado because of the way the people came together.
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Friday, May 25, 2012
The Washington Is Just Awful, but You, Dear Listener, Are Wonderful Gabfest
This week?s Slate Political Gabfest was recorded live at Sixth and I Historic Synagogue in Washington, D.C. On the show, David Plotz, Emily Bazelon, and John Dickerson discuss the Obama and Romney campaigns? fight over Bain Capital, the dismal state of political Washington, and the sentencing of Dharun Ravi. They also did a Q&A after the show. Watch video of the event at C-SPAN.
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The Internet Show Indonesia 2012
The Internet Show Indonesia 2012 organized by Terrapinn Pte Ltd will take place in Indonesia on 5 Dec 2012.
| December 5, 2012 | to | December 6, 2012 |
Jakarta, Indonesia
On the back of Terrapinn?s success on the The Internet Show global series, we are pleased to announce that this event will be coming to Indonesia in 2012. Bringing together an unmatched congregation of enterprises from Indonesia and the wider region, this is set to be the country?s foremost avenue for digital innovation for business.
The Internet Show Indonesia 2012 is Indonesia?s only internet business event. It brings together enterprises, online and digital solutions providers/developers, and other related stakeholders, all eager to find new ways of harnessing the full potential of the internet and doing business online.
An emerging market of epic proportions ? Indonesia is easily one of the most lucrative and untapped markets for the digital world. With the staggering rate of internet and mobile penetration in Indonesia, there is no better time to consider expanding this lucrative market. With multinationals clambering for a slice of a 230 million strong domestic market, and local brands surging forward on the back of GDP growth ? the internet is emerging as the foremost tool for businesses to achieve success.
The conference agenda will cover the following:
? How to manage content effectively online, including digital assets (images, videos)
? How to improve web communication with partners & consumers
? How to exploit the mobile platform to grow your business
? How to expand your e-commerce business across borders
? How to develop a successful social media strategy for your business
? How you can use cloud based hosting to cope with dynamic website traffic demands
The Internet Show Indonesia 2012 is a place where innovation is displayed, solutions are found and learning is done within the Indonesian business community. The 2-day conference will showcase the latest solutions in:
? Digital marketing
? Social media
? Cloud computing
? Online retail
? Mobile innovation
The Internet Show Indonesia is the only Indonesian business show that you should go to in 2012! For enquiries on exhibiting and sponsorship, please contact simon.geenty@terrapinn.com . For more information, please email jehan.machacon@terrapinn.com, or visit www.terrapinn.com/internetshowindo
Event organizer:?Terrapinn Pte Ltd
Register for the The Internet Show Indonesia 2012
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Thursday, May 24, 2012
Analysis: Argentina faces deficit for first time in years
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Les escapades de Petitrenaud - Cultural Internet Cinematheque - Yes
Jean-Luc Petitrenaud nous emm?ne en Picardie, nous partons du c?t? d?Amiens, ? la rencontre du chef Eric Boutt? qui tient une jolie auberge ? Dury: L?Aubergade. Eric Boutt? va nous faire d?couvrir les produits de sa r?gion, et plus particuli?rement les cultures mara?ch?res des hortillonnages.
? la carte de L?Aubergade, nous trouvons les ?crevisses de Fr?chencourt. S?verin Leborgne, qui y est pisciculteur, nous ouvre les portes de son domaine. Alors que le cuisinier s?adonne au plaisir de la p?che ? la truite, le propri?taire enfile sa combinaison. Apr?s une courte plong?e, il nous rapporte quelques beaux sp?cimens d??crevisses. Le casse-cro?te va pouvoir d?buter, Eric Boutt? nous cuisine des truites au bleu et des oreilles de cochon (plantes typiques de la baie de Somme) blanchies et cr?m?es. Voici une escapade qui d?bute bien.
Notre balade se poursuit dans Amiens, dans le site magnifique des hortillonnages, ces "jardins flottants" auxquels on acc?de exclusivement en bateau. 65 km de petits bras d?eau qui serpentent au milieu de parcelles, que les propri?taires utilisent en jardin potager ou d?agr?ment. Dans cet endroit qui aspire ? la contemplation, au calme et la s?r?nit?, Eric Boutt? nous conte ses souvenirs d?enfance et son amour pour la cuisine.
Radis, choux-fleurs, navets, laitues... Jean-Louis Christen, mara?cher ? l?hortillon de Lune nous parle de ce site privil?gi? pour la culture mara?ch?re, car la terre est fertile et riche. Les tables sont dress?es sur une des parcelles, de nombreux amis d?Eric Boutt? nous rejoignent, le casse-cro?te peut d?buter. On tranche les beaux pains apport?s par Philippe Morel, boulanger ? Amiens. On se r?gale avec les p?t?s en cro?te de canard d?Hubert Fournier. Fran?oise Bayard, productrice de pommes de terre nous fait d?couvrir les vitelottes, petites amandines, juliettes des sables, rattes ou opalines. Christian Lechauguette, lui, a apport? quelques bouteilles de bi?res de la production locale... ici on prend le temps de vivre, de d?guster chaque bouch?e, nous sommes au calme, on se sent bien.
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Business Travel, Tips and Guidlines for Business Traveller
Planning your online business trip correctly will free you from a lot of trouble. Insufficient airline seats, long traces, heavy site visitors, and unavailable hotel rooms are just some of the issues an enterprise traveler would possibly encounter. It is good to plan your business journey long earlier than you permit the office. Low airfare, ...
Planning your online business trip correctly will free you from a lot of trouble. Insufficient airline seats, long traces, heavy site visitors, and unavailable hotel rooms are just some of the issues an enterprise traveler would possibly encounter. Regardless of the emergence of e-commerce, businessmen nonetheless travel more typically for sales and enterprise shows. Here are some tricks to make your enterprise journey a profitable one:
1. Plan your business journey long earlier than you permit the office.
2. All the time put together a journey bag with full requirements to be used on any emergency trips.
3. Deliver some able to eat foods, it?ll prevent a substantial sum of money, contemplating the high value of foods in hotels.
4. Make sure you have a buffer time between your flight and your scheduled meeting.
5. Select plane that has higher seats with ample leg room.
6. Put all of your precious supplies in a small carry-on bag.
7. When calling your principal workplace, use the 800 numbers as much as potential because it?s a lot cheaper.
8. For those who?re a businesswoman, it is important to dress well. Additionally, you will need to deliver casual clothes to your free time.
Not all hotels have cheap telecommunication methods from their rooms, so always select your resort?s enterprise ground, for these rooms are made especially for enterprise traveler. These rooms ought to have twin telephone/modem strains, fax machine, and free communications between rooms. In an effort to get monetary savings on calls, use your calling card and place calls by your nation?s long-distance provider or find a pay phone within the lodge?s lobby. If available, use a close-by enterprise center to your fax wants since fax service within your room will in all probability price more.
These days, an enterprise traveler has to deliver a lot of electronic gear such as; cell phones, digital organizers, laptop computer systems, etc. Listed below are some ideas on how one can keep your costly business items protected:
1. Put your laptop inside a bag that won?t indicate that there?s a laptop computer inside. The identical works well for different equipment comparable to digicam, digital organizer, etc.
2. Don?t expose your laptop to x-ray scanners at the airport security verify, relatively have it checked manually. X-rays might damage your electronic equipment.
3. Don?t place your laptop on the aircraft?s overhead bins; as a substitute place it close to your seat or under the seat in entrance of you.
4. At all times carry extra batteries on your equipment.
At this time?s business vacationers are having fun with a lot consolation compared to their counterparts a few many years ago. Low airfare, plenty of airlines to choose from, communication gear (especially cell phones and laptops) make modern day enterprise vacationers more efficient. Even on an enterprise journey, parents can at all times be with their family members and colleagues can still get in contact with their office work, a minimum of virtually.
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Organic green teaenhances immunity, and eliminate fatigue. | china ...
Organic green tea enhances immunity, and eliminate fatigue.? This event an interview to interview respondents, the survey this event were interviewed 100 respondents, 100 valid data. (1) Do you know Guangdong geese, lychee, green tea shop ?Sambo? Do you know that the Guangdong geese, lychee, chinese tea shop, ?This Sambo? A knows A: A 42% B heard of B accounted for 58% (2) Do you understand Guangdong chinese green tea? (2) Do you understand the Guangdong green tea? A Of course, from childhood to drink green tea grown up, some of the daily prescriptions or know, of course, from childhood grew up to drink green tea, not only to understand.
Nearly everybody can drink organic dragon well tea. I also engaged in green tea work B not only understand, I also engaged in green tea is usually paid little attention to this matter, C, is usually very less attention to this matter, I?m not sure I?m not Cantonese, usually almost no contact with the green tea, to D, I?m not Cantonese, usually almost no contact with the green tea, no green tea Concept A: 68% (3). you always drink green tea. ? (3) Do you often drink green tea? A one need to drink B a month less than two B 1% C 24% D 7% almost do not drink do not drink, C, almost do not drink, I think that green tea is not for me A: A 62% B, accounted for 36% C 2% (4). Please select below your most favorite green tea brand: (4). Please select below your most favorite green tea brand.
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Wednesday, May 23, 2012
Chevron CEO Faces Growing Anger From Shareholders Over $18 Billion Ecuador Liability, Says Amazon Defense Coalition
To: BUSINESS, ENVIRONMENTAL AND FOREIGN EDITORS
NEW YORK, May 23, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- An epic showdown between angry Chevron shareholders and notoriously short-tempered CEO John Watson over the company's $18 billion Ecuador liability is brewing just days before the company's annual meeting next week.
Watson - who at the Chevron annual meeting in 2010 had five activists arrested after they challenged him on the Ecuador liability -- is facing a potential shareholder rebellion after two leading proxy advisory firms urged support for resolutions directly challenging Watson's authority. Both resolutions cite Watson's poor handling of the Ecuador lawsuit in their supporting statements.
Recommendations from the advisory firms - Institutional Shareholder Services and Glass Lewis -- often substantially increase support for shareholder resolutions, which will be voted on at the company's annual meeting May 30.
Separately, several large investors have signed a letter to be sent to Chevron, citing Watson's "poor judgment" and calling on the company to reach an "equitable" settlement of the Ecuador case, said Simon Billenness, a securities analyst who consults with social investors owning stock in the oil giant.
An Ecuador court last year found Chevron discharged more than 16 billion gallons of toxic waste into Amazon waterways, decimating indigenous groups and causing an outbreak of cancer. The verdict was upheld on appeal in January and rendered enforceable worldwide when Chevron refused to post a bond.
"John Watson will be on the shareholder hot seat at the annual meeting like never before," said Billenness, who recently issued a report on the risks the company faces. "Chevron shareholders are now tying the enormous and unprecedented Ecuador liability to the company's flawed corporate governance structure and Watson's poor management."
Last week, Institutional Shareholders and Glass Lewis announced their support for a resolution calling for a separation of Watson's role as board chairperson and CEO, essentially saying the Board was incapable of exercising effective oversight of Watson. See here. The resolution cites "questions raised about the oversight by the board of the CEO's management and disclosure to shareholders of the financial and operational risks to the company from the $18 billion judgment in the Ecuadorian courts."
ISS also announced its support for two other resolutions, both times referring to the company's failures in the Ecuador case. One allows shareholders to more easily call special meetings, while the other calls for the appointment of an independent board member with environmental expertise.
In addition, Watson will face a showdown with rainforest leaders from Ecuador and other challenges at the annual meeting:
**Two rainforest leaders from Ecuador who have suffered from decades of Chevron's contamination plan to confront Watson at the meeting. They will be joined by a delegation of oil workers from Brazil, where Chevron faces a separate $22 billion lawsuit related to a recent offshore spill.
**Shareholders will vote on three resolutions whose supporting statements rebuke Chevron management for its handling of the Ecuador litigation. One resolution would strip Watson of either the CEO or Chairman titles; another would require the company to appoint an independent director with environmental expertise; and a third allows shareholders to more easily call special meetings.
**Environmental advocates from Amazon Watch and Rainforest Action Network plan to ask Watson to show shareholders a video that documents the company's horrific contamination in Ecuador and its impact on public health. Chevron has been accused of lying to shareholders about the extensive fraud it committed to cover up its contamination, as documented in the sworn affidavit of Juan Pablo Saenz and the report of Graham Erion, a well-known securities lawyer.
**A shareholder letter questioning Watson's poor management of the Ecuador case has been signed by several large investors, according to Billenness. While details of the letter will be released in the coming days, a similar letter last year garnered significant support.
**Legal enforcement actions against the company's assets around the world are looming given Watson's refusal to pay the court-ordered Ecuador judgment. The Billenness report concluded the actions could significantly disrupt and might cripple the company's business operations in certain jurisdictions. Chevron's own comptroller, Rex Mitchell, has conceded the actions could case "irreparable harm" to the oil giant.
In addition to the Erion and Billenness reports, shareholders also have called on the Securities and Exchange Commission to determine whether Chevron is misleading shareholders. See here.
Pressure on Watson continued to build last week with yet another legal setback. A U.S. federal judge weakened Chevron's fraud charges against the rainforest communities and their counsel and cast doubt on whether the case could go forward. Previously, a U.S. appellate court denied Chevron the chance to try to block the Ecuadorians from enforcing their judgment.
"In failing to negotiate a reasonable settlement prior to the Ecuadorian court's ruling against the Company, it appears that Chevron has displayed poor judgment," cited the resolution on special meetings that ISS supports.
Questions are also being raised about Chevron's say-on-pay advisory vote after the company rewarded its General Counsel Hewitt Pate a whopping 75% salary increase after losing the Ecuador case.
"Investors won't accept any further baseless spin in response to their growing concerns that the $18 billion judgment is now enforceable," said Erion, who advises the rainforest communities. "Watson needs to have a serious conversation with shareholders about how Chevron will avoid its 'irreparable harm' from enforcement."
This is not the first time Watson is facing shareholder anger over the Ecuador lawsuit.
In 2011, Chevron shareholders with over $150 billion in assets chastised the company for the "grave reputational damage" suffered due to the lawsuit. In 2010, Watson barred Chevron critics with valid proxies and had five activists arrested for questioning the company's attempted evasion of the Ecuador liability.
Despite its attempts to silence dissent, Chevron's management suffered a humiliating rebuke in 2010 when shareholders supported a resolution on the Ecuador problem with a whopping 26% of the vote representing approximately $38 billion in shareholder value. See here.
Contact: Karen Hinton, Karen@hintoncommunications.com, 703-798-3109
SOURCE Amazon Defense Coalition
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