An strong earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.4 shook large parts of Southern California, shaking a wide swath from Ventura County to San Diego. The quake shook downtown L.A. buildings and was felt as far east as Palm Springs. It was centered near Chino Hills, about 30 miles east of Los Angeles, the U.S. Geological Survey said. The magnitude of the quake was originally set at 5.8. But Caltech officials downgraded it to 5.4 and said they doubted the temblor caused major structural damage. Kate Hutton, a staff seismologist at Caltech, said 11 aftershocks were recorded at various places, with 3.8 being the largest and the only one felt.
The quake shook downtown L.A. buildings and was felt as far east as Palm Springs.
It was centered near Chino Hills, about 30 miles east of Los Angeles, the U.S. Geological Survey said.
The magnitude of the quake was originally set at 5.8. But Caltech officials downgraded it to 5.4 and said they doubted the temblor caused major structural damage.
Kate Hutton, a staff seismologist at Caltech, said 11 aftershocks were recorded at various places, with 3.8 being the largest and the only one felt.
Marathon talks in Geneva aimed at liberalising global trade have collapsed, the head of the World Trade Organisation has said. Pascal Lamy confirmed the failure, which officials have blamed on China, India and the US failing to agree on import rules. EU Trade Commissioner Peter Mandelson said the result was "a burial".
Marathon talks in Geneva aimed at liberalising global trade have collapsed, the head of the World Trade Organisation has said.
Pascal Lamy confirmed the failure, which officials have blamed on China, India and the US failing to agree on import rules.
EU Trade Commissioner Peter Mandelson said the result was "a burial".
The "Doha round" of global trade talks lapsed back into limbo on Tuesday as a ministerial meeting to rescue the round collapsed after nine days of tense negotiations.Sharp divisions between the US, India and China about access to the agricultural markets of the developing world brought the talks to a grinding halt, despite desperate efforts by Pascal Lamy, director-general of the World Trade Organisation, to broker a compromise.The breakdown marks the third summer in a row that a high-profile summit of ministers has fallen apart. Ministers and officials admitted that any substantive progress would now have to wait until a new US president was in the White House.Susan Schwab, US trade representative, said that the US remained committed to the Doha round, which was launched in 2001. "This is not a time to talk about collapse," she said. "The US commitments remain on the table."
The "Doha round" of global trade talks lapsed back into limbo on Tuesday as a ministerial meeting to rescue the round collapsed after nine days of tense negotiations.
Sharp divisions between the US, India and China about access to the agricultural markets of the developing world brought the talks to a grinding halt, despite desperate efforts by Pascal Lamy, director-general of the World Trade Organisation, to broker a compromise.
The breakdown marks the third summer in a row that a high-profile summit of ministers has fallen apart. Ministers and officials admitted that any substantive progress would now have to wait until a new US president was in the White House.
Susan Schwab, US trade representative, said that the US remained committed to the Doha round, which was launched in 2001. "This is not a time to talk about collapse," she said. "The US commitments remain on the table."
Following is a summary of possible specific losers and winners from the failure to move ahead on the round: MANUFACTURERS - Manufacturers in Europe, the United States and other developed economies were frustrated that the latest WTO compromise proposals meant little new export opportunities in fast-growing developing markets. But carmakers might be relieved no deal was done because they feared they could lose out from lower import tariffs in their home countries while India or China could shield their big markets, just as their own carmakers become bigger players. Chemicals and textiles producers in rich countries were seen as possible winners from a deal because developing countries would find it harder to protect those markets. Manufacturers in China and other low-cost exporters would get a boost under a WTO deal because rich country tariffs would fall in areas such as automobiles, textiles and chemicals. But some trade specialists said higher trade flows could trigger more anti-dumping duties and action by rich countries seeking to protect their companies.
Following is a summary of possible specific losers and winners from the failure to move ahead on the round:
MANUFACTURERS - Manufacturers in Europe, the United States and other developed economies were frustrated that the latest WTO compromise proposals meant little new export opportunities in fast-growing developing markets.
But carmakers might be relieved no deal was done because they feared they could lose out from lower import tariffs in their home countries while India or China could shield their big markets, just as their own carmakers become bigger players.
Chemicals and textiles producers in rich countries were seen as possible winners from a deal because developing countries would find it harder to protect those markets.
Manufacturers in China and other low-cost exporters would get a boost under a WTO deal because rich country tariffs would fall in areas such as automobiles, textiles and chemicals.
But some trade specialists said higher trade flows could trigger more anti-dumping duties and action by rich countries seeking to protect their companies.
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The Doha round of world trade talks has collapsed in what one former trade chief called the biggest blow to globalisation since the end of the Cold War.An emergency World Trade Organisation summit aimed at resuscitating the seven-year long talks broke down in acrimony last night.Negotiators warned that there was now little or no chance of salvaging the talks, which promised to bring down trade tariffs, pull millions out of poverty and keep food and goods prices under control.
The Doha round of world trade talks has collapsed in what one former trade chief called the biggest blow to globalisation since the end of the Cold War.
An emergency World Trade Organisation summit aimed at resuscitating the seven-year long talks broke down in acrimony last night.
Negotiators warned that there was now little or no chance of salvaging the talks, which promised to bring down trade tariffs, pull millions out of poverty and keep food and goods prices under control.
Less than two weeks before the Olympics, Beijing's skies are so murky and polluted that the authorities are considering emergency measures during the Games beyond the traffic restrictions and factory shutdowns that, so far, have failed to clear the air, state media reported on Monday. For the past five days, Beijing has been a soupy caldron of humid, gray skies. Local pollution ratings have exceeded the national standard for acceptable air since last Thursday, despite a temporary air pollution control plan that began on July 20. Under that plan, officials have used odd-even license plate restrictions -- limiting motorists to driving on alternate days, depending on whether the last number on their license plate is odd or even -- to reduce daily traffic by two million vehicles, or more than half the city's total. Production at some factories has also been curtailed in Beijing and outlying areas. But on Monday, China's official English-language newspaper, China Daily, ran a front-page story under a boldfaced headline: "Emergency green plan for Games." The article warned that officials might force far more vehicles off city streets -- possibly 90 percent of the city's total -- and temporarily close more factories.
For the past five days, Beijing has been a soupy caldron of humid, gray skies. Local pollution ratings have exceeded the national standard for acceptable air since last Thursday, despite a temporary air pollution control plan that began on July 20.
Under that plan, officials have used odd-even license plate restrictions -- limiting motorists to driving on alternate days, depending on whether the last number on their license plate is odd or even -- to reduce daily traffic by two million vehicles, or more than half the city's total. Production at some factories has also been curtailed in Beijing and outlying areas.
But on Monday, China's official English-language newspaper, China Daily, ran a front-page story under a boldfaced headline: "Emergency green plan for Games." The article warned that officials might force far more vehicles off city streets -- possibly 90 percent of the city's total -- and temporarily close more factories.
And what I wonder about for a while: does thew high leadership breathe a different air, or why was it no problem for them until the Olympics? *Lunatic*, n. One whose delusions are out of fashion.
A/C that keeps out the Beijing pollution? Doubt it. Maybe the relatively small number of people at the very top. And even they have to go outside once in a while.
lovely country mansions
Even if they did, you would probably have to go pretty far out of Beijing to get some fresh air in the "country".
No, I think the "high leadership" lives and works in the same air as the plebs.
Some colleagues of mine in Beijing (Chinese both) expressed a mixture of wonder and bitter satisfaction at this thought. Cynicism is intellectual treason.
Good question. A job I was hoping for in Beijing looks like it's going to fall through. That may be a blessing in disguise.
And what I wonder about for a while: does thew high leadership breathe a different air, or why was it no problem for them until the Olympics?
They do not breathe a different air. It may have been a problem, but a problem that had much less priority than others, in particular, how to make China rich, strong and stable again.
Incidentally, back in the 60's into the 70's, the pollution in Tokyo was so atrocious, that people were wearing masks in the streets. (Recall that the 1964 Olympics were held in Tokyo.) The Japanese high leadership that lived and breathed in Tokyo was also prioritizing other problems (like making Japan rich, strong, and stable again) over pollution. Cynicism is intellectual treason.
I remember being in Los Angeles for the Olympics where the same predictions were made. Didn't happen. A lot of remedial actions cleared the air in time. I'll bet 10 that Beijing will be the same.
Does anyone know of any measures/statistics that would indicate how the pollution the Los Angeles of 1984 would compare with the pollution in today's Beijing?
(Tokyo in 1964, Seoul in 1988 and Athens in 2004 would also be interesting to look at.) Cynicism is intellectual treason.
Figure 1 below depicts the trend from 1980 to 1990 in ambient ozone, showing the maximum ozone concentrations measured in the Basin for the respective year along with the concentration that caused it to be either above the state or the federal 1-hour standards, respectively. The reason that these values are different is due to the different definitions of the standards both in their numerical threshold values and the statistics used for defining exceedances. Air Quality During the Los Angeles Olympics As depicted above 1984 - the year of the Los Angeles Olympics - did not stand out in terms of its overall Ozone patterns. The data for the Basin as a whole exhibits a maximum concentration of 0.35ppm and there were a total of 97 Stage I Smog episodes in which the 1-hour ozone concentrations were over 0.20ppm. The Los Angeles Olympic games were held July 28th to August 12th in 1984. That 16 days period of characterized by relatively low ozone levels in the inner city, near the Los Angeles memorial coliseum. Figure 2 presents the maximum 1-hourl Ozone concentrations measured at the North Main Street air monitoring station during the Olympic games. The figure shows both the maximum 1-hour atmospheric concentration values as well as the number of hours above the California standard (> 0.09ppm).
Air Quality During the Los Angeles Olympics As depicted above 1984 - the year of the Los Angeles Olympics - did not stand out in terms of its overall Ozone patterns. The data for the Basin as a whole exhibits a maximum concentration of 0.35ppm and there were a total of 97 Stage I Smog episodes in which the 1-hour ozone concentrations were over 0.20ppm.
The Los Angeles Olympic games were held July 28th to August 12th in 1984. That 16 days period of characterized by relatively low ozone levels in the inner city, near the Los Angeles memorial coliseum. Figure 2 presents the maximum 1-hourl Ozone concentrations measured at the North Main Street air monitoring station during the Olympic games. The figure shows both the maximum 1-hour atmospheric concentration values as well as the number of hours above the California standard (> 0.09ppm).
The charts are worth the click on the reference. Odin, I am certainly glad I am not living there now. It is funny, all the snickering about the Chinese ruling party having to breathe the same air. In LA, the ruling wannabees and their lawyers all live in a ring of hills, while us prols swelter in the flatlands. The smog rises and hovers, of course, placing its tendrils exactly where their view is. Never underestimate their intelligence, always underestimate their knowledge.
Frank Delaney ~ Ireland
Washington is set to electronically collect data on all European visitors who currently enjoy visa-free travel to the United States. An online registration system, first kicking-in on a voluntary basis, will ask for a number of personal data, including on health. The Electronic System of Travel Authorisation (ESTA) - presented by US Department of Homeland Security representative Jackie Bednarz on Monday (28 July) - is designed to track high-risk passengers and will be officially launched on 1 August. The procedure will become mandatory only on 12 January 2009, with all passengers from visa vaiwer programme countries - including children - required to receive an authorisation to travel before they board a US-bound airplane or vessel. On top of 15 EU states - Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Portugal, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden and the UK - the obligation will also apply to Andorra, Australia, Brunei, Iceland, Japan, Liechtenstein, Monaco, New Zealand, Norway, San Marino, Singapore and Switzerland.
The Electronic System of Travel Authorisation (ESTA) - presented by US Department of Homeland Security representative Jackie Bednarz on Monday (28 July) - is designed to track high-risk passengers and will be officially launched on 1 August.
The procedure will become mandatory only on 12 January 2009, with all passengers from visa vaiwer programme countries - including children - required to receive an authorisation to travel before they board a US-bound airplane or vessel.
On top of 15 EU states - Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Portugal, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden and the UK - the obligation will also apply to Andorra, Australia, Brunei, Iceland, Japan, Liechtenstein, Monaco, New Zealand, Norway, San Marino, Singapore and Switzerland.
Don't like her?! What's wrong with her? She's beautiful, she's rich, she's got huge... tracts of land.
If it were me, I'd fly into Canada or Mexico and drive across the border.
Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens (R) was charged with seven counts of making false statements on his financial disclosure forms in an indictment unsealed in federal court in the District this afternoon. The indictment accuses Stevens, former chairman of the powerful Senate Appropriations Committee, of concealing payments of more than $250,000 in goods and services he allegedly received from an oil company. The items include home improvements, autos and household items. The Alaska oil firm, Veco, and its one-time leader Bill Allen, asked for help in return. Allen and another former Veco official pleaded guilty in May 2007 in connection with their role in the bribery of Alaskan public officials. Prosecutors said that in some but not all instances Stevens or his aides allegedly provided the help requested by Allen and Veco.
The indictment accuses Stevens, former chairman of the powerful Senate Appropriations Committee, of concealing payments of more than $250,000 in goods and services he allegedly received from an oil company. The items include home improvements, autos and household items.
The Alaska oil firm, Veco, and its one-time leader Bill Allen, asked for help in return. Allen and another former Veco official pleaded guilty in May 2007 in connection with their role in the bribery of Alaskan public officials. Prosecutors said that in some but not all instances Stevens or his aides allegedly provided the help requested by Allen and Veco.
WASHINGTON -- President Bush on Monday praised Pakistan's commitment to fighting extremists along its deteriorating border with Afghanistan, only hours after an American missile strike destroyed what American and Pakistani officials described as a militant outpost in the region, killing at least six fighters. President Bush called Pakistan `a strong ally' at a White House meeting on Monday with Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani. Mr. Bush, meeting with Pakistan's prime minister, Yousaf Raza Gilani, at the White House, sought to minimize growing concerns that Pakistan's willingness to fight extremists was waning, allowing the Taliban and Al Qaeda to regroup inside Pakistan and plan new attacks there and beyond. Senior American officials, including Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice just three days ago, publicly scolded Pakistan for not doing more to root out safe havens like the one bombed on Monday in Azam Warsak, a village in South Waziristan near the Afghan border.
WASHINGTON -- President Bush on Monday praised Pakistan's commitment to fighting extremists along its deteriorating border with Afghanistan, only hours after an American missile strike destroyed what American and Pakistani officials described as a militant outpost in the region, killing at least six fighters.
President Bush called Pakistan `a strong ally' at a White House meeting on Monday with Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani.
Mr. Bush, meeting with Pakistan's prime minister, Yousaf Raza Gilani, at the White House, sought to minimize growing concerns that Pakistan's willingness to fight extremists was waning, allowing the Taliban and Al Qaeda to regroup inside Pakistan and plan new attacks there and beyond.
Senior American officials, including Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice just three days ago, publicly scolded Pakistan for not doing more to root out safe havens like the one bombed on Monday in Azam Warsak, a village in South Waziristan near the Afghan border.
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) -- Islamic militants seized a security post in Pakistan's troubled northwest Tuesday, capturing at least 25 police and troops in a raid that underscored the government's weak grip on territory near the Afghan border.Extremists also killed two security officers elsewhere in the Swat Valley, a day after three intelligence agents died in an ambush in the same area in further blows to the hopes of Pakistani leaders that they can tame Islamic hard-liners through peace negotiations.Tuesday's incidents came a day after Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani won praise from President Bush, whose administration is pressing Pakistan for tougher action against militants, as a reliable ally against terrorism.
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) -- Islamic militants seized a security post in Pakistan's troubled northwest Tuesday, capturing at least 25 police and troops in a raid that underscored the government's weak grip on territory near the Afghan border.
Extremists also killed two security officers elsewhere in the Swat Valley, a day after three intelligence agents died in an ambush in the same area in further blows to the hopes of Pakistani leaders that they can tame Islamic hard-liners through peace negotiations.
Tuesday's incidents came a day after Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani won praise from President Bush, whose administration is pressing Pakistan for tougher action against militants, as a reliable ally against terrorism.
how would they know ? It oculd have been a children's school or another wedding party and the bodies would look just the same when seen from space by the spy satellite.
I'm afraid the constant claims of infallibility that defy the evidence of mistakes and mis-identification tend towards making one somewhat cynical about US claims of who or what got hit in any of their missile strikes. keep to the Fen Causeway
Better late than never, I guess. Cynicism is intellectual treason.
Turkish fighter jets have bombed a Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) base in northern Iraq, destroying it and killing an unspecified number of fighters, the Turkish military said.The air raid was the first targeting Kurdish separatist fighters since a deadly bomb attack in Istanbul at the weekend, which Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Turkey's prime minister, blamed on the PKK. In a statement the army said the "intensive" bombing targeted a large cave in the Qandil mountains along the Iraqi-Iranian border, where up to 40 PKK fighters were taking refuge.
Turkish fighter jets have bombed a Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) base in northern Iraq, destroying it and killing an unspecified number of fighters, the Turkish military said.The air raid was the first targeting Kurdish separatist fighters since a deadly bomb attack in Istanbul at the weekend, which Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Turkey's prime minister, blamed on the PKK.
In a statement the army said the "intensive" bombing targeted a large cave in the Qandil mountains along the Iraqi-Iranian border, where up to 40 PKK fighters were taking refuge.
A no-holds-barred, all-American gold rush for natural gas is under way in this forgotten corner of the South, and De Soto Parish, with its fat check from a large energy company this month, is only the latest and largest beneficiary. The county leaders and everyone around them, for mile after mile, over to Texas and up to Arkansas, in the down-at-the-heels city of Shreveport and in its struggling neighbors, suddenly find themselves sitting on what could prove to be the largest natural gas deposit in the continental United States. Already, several dozen people who own parcels of land over the field are becoming instant millionaires as energy companies pay big money for the mineral rights to the gas, which like other energy sources is worth far more than it was last year. Jalopies are being traded in for Cadillacs, plans for swimming pools are being hatched in rusty trailers, and the old courthouse here is packed to the rafters day after day with oil company "landmen" (and women), whose job it is to frantically search the record books for the owners of the mineral rights to land that has become like gold. In the space of months, the price of such rights on an acre has shot up to $30,000 from a few hundred dollars and is still climbing. Some very modest people, in a place where the Tough Steak Meat Market sits near the Triple J Motors car lot and the courthouse square is half boarded up, are becoming very wealthy, very quickly.
Already, several dozen people who own parcels of land over the field are becoming instant millionaires as energy companies pay big money for the mineral rights to the gas, which like other energy sources is worth far more than it was last year. Jalopies are being traded in for Cadillacs, plans for swimming pools are being hatched in rusty trailers, and the old courthouse here is packed to the rafters day after day with oil company "landmen" (and women), whose job it is to frantically search the record books for the owners of the mineral rights to land that has become like gold.
In the space of months, the price of such rights on an acre has shot up to $30,000 from a few hundred dollars and is still climbing. Some very modest people, in a place where the Tough Steak Meat Market sits near the Triple J Motors car lot and the courthouse square is half boarded up, are becoming very wealthy, very quickly.
Nothing like cashing in on fossil fuels to buy a gas guzzler.
This change will likely endure even if oil goes back down below $100/bbl and stays there for a year. It would take them that long to sell their backlog. In rural Arkansas farmers are scrambling to purchase any small aisian mini-trucks and micro-powered vehicles they can find. I suspect that a psychological barrier has been broken and it will be difficult to repair or replace said barrier. As the Dutch said while fighting the Spanish: "It is not necessary to have hope in order to persevere."
I see it where I live. I see many more people on bikes and walking. It's about a mile to the main shopping center in the area from my house, and I ride my bike up to several times a day to get things I need.
The big problem is that there is no sidewalk (pavement) throughout most of the city. My mother went to a meeting yesterday about improving living conditions for the elderly and the biggest complaint was the lack of side walks, and walkable neighborhoods.
I really do think that a psychological barrier has been broken, and that there's a real desire for walkable neighborhoods and mass transit.
The question that I'd like to know the answer to though, is how does this happen.
One way is the revitalization of the urban core.
But a second method involves retrofitting suburbia. Taking larger McMansions and carving them up into multiple unit properties, and turning them into something that looks more like a traditional "town."
Now at 1500-2000 people a sq mile (586-781 per sq km) mass transit doesn't work well with the tendency of suburban planning to cul de sacs and spaghetti streets. But if double the density through carving up empty houses and reselling the unit at a lower cost, then you can start to think of this suburban divisions as residential "towns".
And once you have a decent transit system, you can locate small scale commercial stores that sell the bare essentials like food and household goods at the transit stop. Even pubs, delis, and other small scale business. And I'll give my consent to any government that does not deny a man a living wage-Billy Bragg
The question that I'd like to know the answer to though, is how does this happen. One way is the revitalization of the urban core. But a second method involves retrofitting suburbia. Taking larger McMansions and carving them up into multiple unit properties, and turning them into something that looks more like a traditional "town."
To some extent it may occur naturally. If McMansions are foreclosed and there are no new buyers for these properties as single residence dwellings, they will sit vacant unless they can be rezoned and remodeled as boarding houses or apartments or torn down and turned into neighborhood markets and services. Vandals may accelerate the process. As the Dutch said while fighting the Spanish: "It is not necessary to have hope in order to persevere."
Chinese farmers' income in the first half of 2008 rose 10.3 percent in real terms from a year ago, state media said Sunday, signalling some success for policies to improve life in the countryside. By contrast, people in the cities saw a more modest 6.3 percent rise in incomes after deducting inflation, the Xinhua news agency reported, citing the National Bureau of Statistics. However, despite the faster income growth in the countryside the disparity between rural and urban areas remains huge. The average farmer in China made 2,528 yuan (370 dollars) in the first six months of 2008, compared with 8,065 yuan for the average urban dweller, according to Xinhua.
By contrast, people in the cities saw a more modest 6.3 percent rise in incomes after deducting inflation, the Xinhua news agency reported, citing the National Bureau of Statistics.
However, despite the faster income growth in the countryside the disparity between rural and urban areas remains huge.
The average farmer in China made 2,528 yuan (370 dollars) in the first six months of 2008, compared with 8,065 yuan for the average urban dweller, according to Xinhua.
Angry, late, tired passengers make computers crash | Industries | Industrials, Materials & Utilities | Reuters
Scores of Chinese air passengers smashed computers and desks and clashed with police Tuesday after a night stranded at an airport without accommodation, state media said. More than 170 passengers were due to leave Kunming, capital of southwestern Yunnan province, on three flights operated by China Southern Airlines late Monday, but the flights were cancelled due to bad weather, Xinhua news agency said. <...> The passengers clashed with airport police Tuesday morning, smashing computers and desks, Xinhua said, blaming the melee on China Southern staff's "inappropriate working attitude."
Scores of Chinese air passengers smashed computers and desks and clashed with police Tuesday after a night stranded at an airport without accommodation, state media said.
More than 170 passengers were due to leave Kunming, capital of southwestern Yunnan province, on three flights operated by China Southern Airlines late Monday, but the flights were cancelled due to bad weather, Xinhua news agency said. <...>
The passengers clashed with airport police Tuesday morning, smashing computers and desks, Xinhua said, blaming the melee on China Southern staff's "inappropriate working attitude."
This past January, at the start of the snow storms that crippled China over the Chinese New Year holiday season, my plane in Shanghai had to wait on the tarmac as they tried to repair the de-icing machine on a wing.
After about five hours, the German businessman sitting next to me kept mumbling, "Unmöglich, unmöglich. If this were Europe, there would already be a riot in the plane."
But I don't think he could have imagined what a real passenger riot would have looked like in China! (The Reuters story might also explain in part why not a single person on the staff -- after we were finally told to get off the plane -- was brave enough to make an announcement to the crowd of bewildered and seething passengers, which of course made them just more and more frustrated and angry.)
Although Chinese customer service is continually improvements, there is clearly a long way to go. Cynicism is intellectual treason.
In China, Terminal 5 would have been gutted at its opening. Instead people mostly sat around in a depressive way and complained to the occasional camera crews, with spontaneous fits of sobbing when nothing else was happening.
British timidity has a direct influence on UK politics. We put up with a lot of crap we should really be more assertive about.
It's one of the defining characteristics of the British that we don't do riots any more.
We also tend to note that airports are guarded by guys with machine guns. Rioting in such circumstances might have more consequences than usual. Plus, the bars were shut and we don't do riots without lager. keep to the Fen Causeway
It's all showing-off, although of course if you get hit in the teeth with a canon it's quite painful in itself. Earth provides enough to satisfy every man's need, but not every man's greed. Gandhi
