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25 Jun 2014

by ceebs Tue Jun 24th, 2014 at 08:47:08 PM EST

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Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out.
by ceebs (ceebs (at) eurotrib (dot) com) on Tue Jun 24th, 2014 at 03:24:52 PM EST
Scotland Yard want to interview Rupert Murdoch about phone hacking | UK news | The Guardian

Rupert Murdoch has been officially informed by Scotland Yard that detectives want to interview him as a suspect as part of their inquiry into allegations of crime at his British newspapers.

It is understood that detectives first contacted Murdoch last year to arrange to question him but agreed to a request from his lawyers to wait until the phone-hacking trial was finished.

The interview is expected to take place in the near future in the UK and will be conducted "under caution", the legal warning given to suspects. His son, James, who was the executive chairman of News International in the UK, may also be questioned.



Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out.
by ceebs (ceebs (at) eurotrib (dot) com) on Tue Jun 24th, 2014 at 06:04:27 PM EST
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Andy Coulson, the criminal who had David Cameron's confidence | UK news | The Guardian

Seven years of deceit by David Cameron's former director of communications were undone in the Old Bailey on Tuesday, when a jury found Andy Coulson guilty of conspiring to hack into phone messages.

The verdict came at the end of an extraordinary eight-month trial that also saw Coulson's predecessor as editor of the News of the World, Rebekah Brooks, found not guilty of phone hacking and three other charges. Her husband, Charlie, her former PA and a security guard were also found not guilty of the single charges they faced, as was the paper's former managing editor.

But the jury's decision in Coulson's case prompted Cameron to make a rapid and unreserved apology - while Ed Miliband countered that the verdict demonstrated that "a criminal" had been brought into "the heart of Downing Street".



Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out.
by ceebs (ceebs (at) eurotrib (dot) com) on Tue Jun 24th, 2014 at 06:06:15 PM EST
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Coulson was editor of the Sun, which means Blair welcomed him into his closest circles as well

keep to the Fen Causeway
by Helen (lareinagal at yahoo dot co dot uk) on Wed Jun 25th, 2014 at 02:59:32 AM EST
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BBC News - Scale of student visa fraud condemned as 'truly shocking'

An estimated 48,000 immigrants may have fraudulently obtained English language certificates despite being unable to speak English, the government has said.

Immigration Minister James Brokenshire told the Commons that an inquiry into abuse of the student visa system had found evidence of criminal activity, which would now be investigated fully.

Of the 48,000 certificates, 29,000 were invalid and 19,000 were "questionable".



Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out.
by ceebs (ceebs (at) eurotrib (dot) com) on Tue Jun 24th, 2014 at 06:12:29 PM EST
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Senior MP calls for Tony Blair to be impeached over Iraq - ITV News

Tony Blair should be impeached for misleading the Commons on the eve of the Iraq war, the UK's most senior MP has said.

Father of the House Sir Peter Tapsell said backbench MPs should use their "ancient" powers to haul the former prime minister before Parliament.



Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out.
by ceebs (ceebs (at) eurotrib (dot) com) on Tue Jun 24th, 2014 at 07:37:56 PM EST
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Not just Blair, but the whole cabal of lying bastards frm the cabnet at the time, especially Jack Straw, surely one of the more blatantly dishonest people ever to achieve high office in this country.

But it won't happen. Cameron won't want to allow a precedent like that to occur.

keep to the Fen Causeway

by Helen (lareinagal at yahoo dot co dot uk) on Wed Jun 25th, 2014 at 03:01:30 AM EST
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What does this mean, exactly?

The fact is that what we're experiencing right now is a top-down disaster. -Paul Krugman
by dvx (dvx.clt ät gmail dotcom) on Wed Jun 25th, 2014 at 06:42:43 AM EST
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Impeachment? What does he means, vote of attainder?
by IM on Thu Jun 26th, 2014 at 09:11:01 AM EST
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Rebels shoot down Ukraine helicopter - Europe - Al Jazeera English

Rebel fighters have shot down a Ukrainian military helicopter carrying technicians who had been installing equipment to monitor a peace plan in Ukraine's east, killing all nine people on board.

The incident took place just hours after pro-Russian separatists on Monday night announced a ceasefire until June 27 to match a week-long truce by government forces which has been ordered by Ukraine's President Petro Poroshenko.

The technicians had been returning from setting up specialised equipment on Tuesday when their Mi-8 cargo helicopter was struck by a rebel missile near Slovyansk in eastern Ukraine, Vladyslav Seleznyov, government forces spokesman, said



Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out.
by ceebs (ceebs (at) eurotrib (dot) com) on Tue Jun 24th, 2014 at 08:25:32 PM EST
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Putin discusses Ukraine crisis, gas pipeline during Austrian visit - Xinhua | English.news.cn

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday evening wrapped up an official visit to Austria, as his talks with Austrian officials centred on the Ukrainian crisis and the South Stream gas pipeline.

Following talks with Austrian President Heinz Fischer at the Hofburg Palace in Vienna shortly after his arrival in the afternoon, Putin told a press conference the talks had been constructive and detailed.

Putin and Fischer both spoke for an extension to the seven-day ceasefire declared by Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko and agreed upon by anti-government forces in eastern Ukraine.



Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out.
by ceebs (ceebs (at) eurotrib (dot) com) on Tue Jun 24th, 2014 at 08:42:51 PM EST
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 ECONOMY & FINANCE 


Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out.
by ceebs (ceebs (at) eurotrib (dot) com) on Tue Jun 24th, 2014 at 03:25:14 PM EST
In American Turning Point re: Settler Zionism, Presbyterians Divest | Informed Comment

The Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) voted on Friday to divest from U.S. companies linked to Israel's occupation of Palestine.

The vote by the church's General Assembly passed by a narrow margin--310-303--and means it will divest its holdings from Caterpillar Inc., Hewlett-Packard and Motorola Solutions, an amount reported as being $21 million.



Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out.
by ceebs (ceebs (at) eurotrib (dot) com) on Tue Jun 24th, 2014 at 08:34:41 PM EST
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an excellent precedent

keep to the Fen Causeway
by Helen (lareinagal at yahoo dot co dot uk) on Wed Jun 25th, 2014 at 03:02:50 AM EST
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Shinzo Abe launches 'third arrow' of Japanese economic reform | World news | theguardian.com

Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe outlined his long-awaited growth strategy on Tuesday spearheaded by promises of expanded childcare to bring more women into the workforce and an investment boom.

Abe said his "third arrow" of reforms would revitalise the economy and restore the country's global competitiveness.

The plan, approved by the Japanesecabinet earlier in the day, includes dozens of proposed changes to labour regulations, government pension fund investments, corporate governance and tax policies that Abe says are needed to spur corporate investment and innovation.



Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out.
by ceebs (ceebs (at) eurotrib (dot) com) on Tue Jun 24th, 2014 at 08:40:11 PM EST
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Green investment bank to launch £1bn offshore wind fund | Environment | The Guardian

The government's Green Investment Bank (Gib) has announced plans to raise £1bn to encourage new investors to put money into offshore windfarms.

Unveiling its first set of annual results, the bank said it was looking for long-term investors for a fund managed by a subsidiary that would buy equity stakes in windfarms already in operation. Investors are likely to be pension and sovereign wealth funds looking for long-term, stable returns. The fund is a new development for Gib because it raises private money up front for investment in a particular industry instead of investing project by project.

Vince Cable, the business secretary, launched the bank in 2012 to invest in wind, biomass and other green schemes that would otherwise lack funding because they are considered too risky or take too long to repay private investment.



Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out.
by ceebs (ceebs (at) eurotrib (dot) com) on Tue Jun 24th, 2014 at 08:41:11 PM EST
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 WORLD 


Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out.
by ceebs (ceebs (at) eurotrib (dot) com) on Tue Jun 24th, 2014 at 03:26:22 PM EST
Pakistan plane attacked in Peshawar - South Asia - Al Jazeera English

A Pakistan International Airlines flight into Peshawar from Riyadh has been fired upon from the ground while landing at Bacha Khan International Airport.

One woman is confirmed to have died in Tuesday's incident, local sources told Al Jazeera, and at least two other people were wounded.

"The shots were fired from outside the airport, one lady passenger and two stewards were wounded, the woman later died in the hospital," airline spokesman Mashud Tajwar told AFP news agency. 



Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out.
by ceebs (ceebs (at) eurotrib (dot) com) on Tue Jun 24th, 2014 at 08:24:23 PM EST
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Mauritania runner up rejects election results - Africa - Al Jazeera English

A candidate who came second in Mauritania's June 21 presidential election rejected results announced by the national election commission, contending that fraud and irregularities marred the voting.

President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz won another five-year term with 82 percent of the vote, the election commission announced on Sunday following an election that was boycotted by most opposition parties.

Anti-slavery campaigner Biram Ould Dah Ould Abeid came in a distant second with nine percent of the vote.



Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out.
by ceebs (ceebs (at) eurotrib (dot) com) on Tue Jun 24th, 2014 at 08:25:01 PM EST
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Jailed journalists: diplomacy vs condemnation - Inside Story - Al Jazeera English

Egypt's President says he will not interfere with a judicial verdict that sentenced three Al Jazeera journalists to lengthy jail terms.

Mohamed Fahmy, Baher Mohamed and Peter Greste were jailed for between seven and 10 years on Monday for what the Egyptian government described as spreading false news and aiding a terrorist organisation.

Global demonstrations were held on Tuesday, 24 hours after the sentences were handed down. Al Jazeera is calling for the verdicts to be overturned and the journalists to be released.



Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out.
by ceebs (ceebs (at) eurotrib (dot) com) on Tue Jun 24th, 2014 at 08:26:15 PM EST
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BBC News - Sudan death row case: US works for Meriam Ibrahim exit

The US says it is working with Sudan to ensure a woman freed from death row can leave the country, after she was detained at Khartoum airport.

Meriam Ibrahim's lawyer says she and her husband are being questioned over their travel documents. It is thought they were trying to fly to the US.

She was sentenced in May to hang for renouncing Islam - sparking an outcry - but was released from jail on Monday.



Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out.
by ceebs (ceebs (at) eurotrib (dot) com) on Tue Jun 24th, 2014 at 08:35:57 PM EST
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Saudi Arabia Tries to Shout Down Center for Inquiry at UN Human Rights Council

Yesterday, we got a rare glimpse of how sensitive Saudi Arabia is to its human rights abuses being exposed. At a meeting of the UN Human Rights Council, a representative of my organization, the Center for Inquiry, was repeatedly shouted down by the Saudi representative in an attempt to stop her from delivering our statement condemning its crackdown on free expression and belief, and its persecution of dissidents such as Raif Badawi and Waleed Abu al-Khair.

And lucky for us, there's video.



'The history of public debt is full of irony. It rarely follows our ideas of order and justice.' Thomas Piketty
by melo (melometa4(at)gmail.com) on Thu Jun 26th, 2014 at 02:55:12 AM EST
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probably just annoyed a woman was speaking

keep to the Fen Causeway
by Helen (lareinagal at yahoo dot co dot uk) on Thu Jun 26th, 2014 at 01:07:17 PM EST
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LIVING OFF THE PLANET
Environment, Energy, Agriculture, Food


Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out.
by ceebs (ceebs (at) eurotrib (dot) com) on Tue Jun 24th, 2014 at 03:26:49 PM EST
This is what it looks like when a whole country goes to the bathroom at once - Vox

So, as you might know, people tend to go to the bathroom during sports game halftimes. When it's a really popular event, like the World Cup, that means whole countries visiting the restroom at the same time. Here's a chart that proves it.

Berliner Wasserbetriebe, the Berlin metro-area water utility, charted water consumption patterns during the Germany-Ghana World Cup match on June 21st. Water consumption fell dramatically during the game, spiking both at halftime and right when it ended:



Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out.
by ceebs (ceebs (at) eurotrib (dot) com) on Tue Jun 24th, 2014 at 05:18:29 PM EST
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May was hottest on Earth since records began | Environment | The Guardian

Last month was the hottest May globally since records began in 1880, new figures show.

The record heat, combined with increasingly certain predictions of an El Niño, means experts are now speculating whether 2014 could become the hottest year on record.

Data published by the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration on Monday showed the average land and ocean surface temperature last month was 0.74C above the 20th century average of 14.8C, making it the highest on record



Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out.
by ceebs (ceebs (at) eurotrib (dot) com) on Tue Jun 24th, 2014 at 08:13:40 PM EST
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Clean energy sector `on hold' while government reviews renewables target | Environment | theguardian.com

More than $5 billion was invested in Australian clean energy last year but the sector has virtually ground to a halt owing to widespread anxiety over the government's commitment to renewables, according to the industry body.

In its analysis of renewables in 2013, the Clean Energy Council found that nearly 15% of Australia's power was produced by renewable energy, with $5.18 billion invested in the sector.

The industry now employs more than 21,000 people, with last year seeing the launch of the 140-turbine Macarthur wind farm, the largest of its kind in the southern hemisphere.



Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out.
by ceebs (ceebs (at) eurotrib (dot) com) on Tue Jun 24th, 2014 at 08:15:33 PM EST
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I think that australia should be written off while Abbott is in office. He's hell bent on making the country into a fossil fuel bastion, the dirtier the better.

keep to the Fen Causeway
by Helen (lareinagal at yahoo dot co dot uk) on Wed Jun 25th, 2014 at 03:08:21 AM EST
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Fuel subsidies 'drive fishing industry's plunder of the high seas' | Environment | theguardian.com

Eighteen countries are underwriting the "plunder of the high seas" on an industrial scale through government hand-outs to fishing fleets, an international commission has found.

The hand-outs, in the form of fuel subsidies, have enabled fleets to strip the high seas of tuna and other fish stocks, and threaten global food security, the commission said in a report to be released on Tuesday.

The report from the Global Ocean Commission will urge governments to phase out fuel subsidies over the next five years to give stocks time to recover.



Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out.
by ceebs (ceebs (at) eurotrib (dot) com) on Tue Jun 24th, 2014 at 08:17:38 PM EST
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And top-five is all EU countries.

Sweden's finest (and perhaps only) collaborative, leftist e-newspaper Synapze.se
by A swedish kind of death on Thu Jun 26th, 2014 at 08:27:15 AM EST
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Controversial Seralini study linking GM to cancer in rats is republished | Environment | theguardian.com

French scientists who in 2012 wrote a contested study linking pesticide-treated, genetically-modified corn with cancer in lab rats returned to the attack on Tuesday, republishing their work online.

Denying accusations of bad science, the team said the work, which was withdrawn by the journal which first printed it, had been republished in Environmental Sciences Europe, owned by Germany's Springer group.

The raw data has also been placed in the public domain for others to scrutinise, the researchers said.

"Censorship of research into the risks of a technology so intertwined with global food safety undermines the value and credibility of science," the team said in a statement.

by afew (afew(a in a circle)eurotrib_dot_com) on Wed Jun 25th, 2014 at 02:01:58 AM EST
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Le Monde: Toxicité du Roundup et d'un OGM : Séralini republie son étude controversée

« Nous avons eu des propositions de cinq éditeurs pour republier l'étude et nous avons choisi Environmental Sciences Europe (groupe Springer) car cette revue fonctionne en "open source", ce qui va permettre de mettre à la disposition de toute la communauté scientifique les données brutes », a indiqué Gilles-Eric Séralini.

«Nos travaux ne sont pas une étude de cancérogénèse mais de toxicité chronique», a insisté Gilles-Eric Séralini pour répondre aux critiques sur sa méthode. Le type et le nombre de rats utilisés, l'une des critiques mises en avant par ses détracteurs, « est conforme aux études de toxicologie conduites dans le monde entier, et notamment par les industriels », a-t-il fait valoir.

Le biologiste a réitéré sa demande de publication des données brutes des études de toxicité conduites par les industriels dans le cadre de l'homologation de leurs produits. « Nous livrons aujourd'hui nos données brutes, nous aimerions qu'il en soit de même pour les industriels comme Monsanto », a déclaré M. Séralini. « L'opacité sur les données des industriels est aujourd'hui complètement anormale, c'est une anomalie scientifique », a-t-il estimé.

"We had proposals from five publishers and we chose Environmental Sciences Europe (Springer Group) because this journal is open source which allows us to put our raw data out there for all the scientific community," Seralini said. "Our work was not a a study of carcinogenesis, but of chronic toxicity," he insisted in response to critics of the method employed. The type and number of rats used, which was one of the criticisms, "are in conformity with toxicology studies carried out across the world, and particularly by industry," he said.

He repeated his request for publication of the raw data of toxicity studies carried out by industry when obtaining approval of their products. "We are delivering today our raw data, we'd be happy to see the same thing from corporations like Monsanto," he said. "Opacity on industry data is completely abnormal today, it's a scientific anomaly."

by afew (afew(a in a circle)eurotrib_dot_com) on Wed Jun 25th, 2014 at 02:29:53 AM EST
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 LIVING ON THE PLANET 
 Society, Culture, History, Information 


Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out.
by ceebs (ceebs (at) eurotrib (dot) com) on Tue Jun 24th, 2014 at 03:27:05 PM EST
Glastonbury Festival weather even worse than expected | Western Daily Press

Glastonbury Festival could be a nine `til five washout over the weekend after the forecasters predicted the weather will be even worse than first expected.

The forecasters now say the showers are likely be heavy rather than light but arrive later than they thought.



Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out.
by ceebs (ceebs (at) eurotrib (dot) com) on Tue Jun 24th, 2014 at 05:21:17 PM EST
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I'm sure everyone will have a great time. But I'm really glad I'll be watching on telly

keep to the Fen Causeway
by Helen (lareinagal at yahoo dot co dot uk) on Wed Jun 25th, 2014 at 03:10:48 AM EST
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AP News : Eyes on you: Experts reveal police hacking methods

Law enforcement agencies across the globe are taking a page out of the hacker's handbook, using targets' own phones and computers to spy on them with methods traditionally associated with cybercriminals, two computer security groups said Tuesday.

Drawing on a cache of leaked documents and months of forensic work, two reports about the private Italian firm Hacking Team expose a global network of malicious software implants operated by police and spy agencies in dozens of countries.

"This in many ways is the police surveillance of the now and the future," said Morgan Marquis-Boire, a security researcher with Citizen Lab and a lead author of one of the reports. "What we need to actually decide how we're comfortable with it being used and under what circumstances."



Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out.
by ceebs (ceebs (at) eurotrib (dot) com) on Tue Jun 24th, 2014 at 08:28:20 PM EST
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BBC News - Theresa May: There is no surveillance state

"There is no programme of mass surveillance and there is no surveillance state," Home Secretary Theresa May has said.

Speaking at the Lord Mayor's Defence and Security Lecture at Mansion House, in the City of London, Mrs May dismissed recent criticism of the activities of the security services.

Privacy campaigners have accused surveillance agency GCHQ of using "unlawful hacking" to spy on citizens.

But Mrs May said this was "nonsense".



Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out.
by ceebs (ceebs (at) eurotrib (dot) com) on Tue Jun 24th, 2014 at 08:36:42 PM EST
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nothing is true until it's officially denied.

May is one of the better Conservative cabinet members, bright industrious and effective without being noticeably partisan. But she loses credibility by pretending that we are not a surveillance state. It has been proven again and again that that is exactly what we are.

keep to the Fen Causeway

by Helen (lareinagal at yahoo dot co dot uk) on Wed Jun 25th, 2014 at 03:13:15 AM EST
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May is one of the better Conservative cabinet members, bright industrious and effective without being noticeably partisan.

Groan... 'noticeably partisan' is hilarious considering how interchangeable the parties (and members) are.

'Better' than pond scum and evil rentier city-stroking predatory capitalist-enablers is high praise indeed!

She's just another lying pol straight from the dark side, as far as it seems so far. What do you specifically approve of in her actions or demeanour?

'The history of public debt is full of irony. It rarely follows our ideas of order and justice.' Thomas Piketty

by melo (melometa4(at)gmail.com) on Thu Jun 26th, 2014 at 01:41:34 AM EST
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Xinhua Insight: Conservation worries after UNESCO Grand Canal honor - Xinhua | English.news.cn

The hundreds of thousands of Chinese who spent more than 17 centuries building the country's Grand Canal received posthumous just reward when it was transcribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List on Sunday.

For all their toil, however, an arguably even tougher project awaits -- protecting their work. While the UNESCO honor in many ways serves to preserve historical sites, there are question marks over how the accompanying rush of tourists will affect the canal.

The section recognized by UNESCO runs some 1,011 km through 25 cities of two municipalities and six provinces from south to north China. With local governments competing to attract visitors and develop canal-side attractions, there are already concerns of over-commercialization and resulting damage. In modern, commercial China, it has proved difficult to coordinate management of the canal among the many local authorities that have jurisdiction over it.



Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out.
by ceebs (ceebs (at) eurotrib (dot) com) on Tue Jun 24th, 2014 at 08:43:28 PM EST
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 PEOPLE AND KLATSCH 


Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out.
by ceebs (ceebs (at) eurotrib (dot) com) on Tue Jun 24th, 2014 at 03:27:31 PM EST
Luis Suárez `bite' incident leaves Uruguay striker facing long ban | Football | The Guardian

Luis Suárez wrote his name into World Cup infamy by biting the Italy defender Giorgio Chiellini towards the end of a dramatic Uruguay win to risk another lengthy suspension of anything up to 24 matches.

Uruguay looked to be heading for the exit in the 79th minute with the game locked at 0-0 - the South Americans needed victory - when Suárez tussled with Chiellini as they chased a ball inside the Italy penalty area.

The Liverpool striker leaned his forehead into Chiellini, in what looked, initially, to be a butt before biting down on his opponent's shoulder. Suárez flung himself to the ground and, moments later, he could be seen holding his teeth.



Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out.
by ceebs (ceebs (at) eurotrib (dot) com) on Tue Jun 24th, 2014 at 08:38:30 PM EST
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Short video compilation

See my earlier post - Uruguay Eliminates Italy In Suárez Controversy.

12 minutes to go, Italy vs. Uruguay ... Suárez does it again, bites defender Giorgio Chiellini in the shoulder. A minute later, Uruguay scores winning goal.

BBC Match Report

Suárez should be banned for the rest of the World Cup 2014. At first it looked like a head butt by Suárez, the Italian defender showed the bite marks in his shoulder to the ref as Suárez was hurting his front teeth. Suárez is using the same words in defence as when he put his teeth in Alkmaar player Otman Bakkal.

World Cup 2014: FIFA begins investigation of Suarez biting incident

FIFA can confirm that disciplinary proceedings have been opened against the player Luis Suarez of Uruguay following an apparent breach of art. 48 and/or art. 57 of the FIFA Disciplinary Code during the 2014 FIFA World Cup BrazilTM match Italy-Uruguay played on 24 June 2014. The player and/or the Uruguayan FA are invited to provide with their position and any documentary evidence they deem relevant until 25 June 2014, 5pm, Brasilia time.

According to art. 77 lit. a of the FIFA Disciplinary Code (FDC), the FIFA Disciplinary Committee is responsible for sanctioning serious infringements which have escaped the match officials' attention. Furthermore, according to art. 96 of the FDC, any type of proof may be produced (par. 1), in particular are admissible, reports from referees, declarations from the parties and witnesses, material evidence, audio or video recordings (par. 3).



'Sapere aude'
by Oui (Oui) on Wed Jun 25th, 2014 at 02:05:29 AM EST
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FIFA are useless in this regard, they will do nothing.

Chiellini has already called it when he said FIFA are far more concerned with having the big stars who pull in the TV audience playing than they are with protecting the lesser players on the pitch.

keep to the Fen Causeway

by Helen (lareinagal at yahoo dot co dot uk) on Wed Jun 25th, 2014 at 03:15:43 AM EST
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We'll see!

The FIFA disciplinary commission is independent and can't be linked to the corruption of chairman Blatter. The top international referees can't function if no sanctions are taken on this incident. The World Cup isn't even out of the group stage, so the games need to be credible. Luis Suárez is on his way out for a long holiday, away from football.

In this match, the Mexican referee let the game slip for not adaquately punishing mean tackles and other offensive fouls. There were numerous elbows which should have been at least yellow carded, the worst could have been red-carded.

Uruguay national team should have been manly and suspended Suarez right off the bat. Such unsportsman like conduct has no place in any sport, especially not a venue of World Cup Football watched by hundreds of millions. There are 34 television cameras covering the match. The worst that can happen to any player with this conduct is for his team and management to condone his act or not taking it seriously.

I have refereed field hockey for the last 27 years, part of the task is to educate youth in the rules of the game and the coaching staff to take disciplinary action themselves before I need to apply a sanction. Sportsmanship is inherent to the game and a basic level of respect for your opponent.

'Sapere aude'

by Oui (Oui) on Wed Jun 25th, 2014 at 03:56:07 AM EST
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Luis Suarez bite: Uruguay striker banned for nine matches

Statements was read out at press conference:
9 match ban official international matches Uruguay
4 month ban to visit any football stadium or take part in any activity
pay 100,000 swiss francs fine



'Sapere aude'
by Oui (Oui) on Thu Jun 26th, 2014 at 10:04:55 AM EST
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by Oui (Oui) on Thu Jun 26th, 2014 at 10:09:34 AM EST
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Stephanie Kwolek - obituary - Telegraph

Stephanie Kwolek, the American chemist and inventor who has died aged 90, created the first in a family of synthetic polymers that would later be spun together into Kevlar - a lightweight fibre with myriad applications, most famously in the construction of bullet-proof vests.

In the early 1960s the chemical company DuPont was searching for a way to reinforce car tyres without the use of heavy steel belts. At the time there were predictions of an oil shortage, and researchers hoped that a new lightweight-yet-strong breed of tyre would result in more fuel-efficient cars. With a team of chemists called the Pioneering Research Laboratory, Stephanie Kwolek began experimenting on a group of long-chain molecules with a rigid rod-like structure, known as aromatic polyimides.



Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out.
by ceebs (ceebs (at) eurotrib (dot) com) on Tue Jun 24th, 2014 at 08:45:20 PM EST
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Felix Dennis - obituary - Telegraph

Felix Dennis, who has died aged 67, was Britain's most colourful media mogul; a former jail bird, crack fiend, serial womaniser and sometime poet and arboriculturalist, he built a publishing empire worth hundreds of millions of pounds.

Dennis first became notorious in 1971 as one of three defendants in the Oz obscenity trial. Issue 28 of the underground magazine was edited and written by schoolchildren, and the montage of Rupert the Bear and Gipsy Granny having sex led to Dennis, Richard Neville and Jim Anderson being prosecuted for obscenity and conspiracy to corrupt the morals of the young.



Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out.
by ceebs (ceebs (at) eurotrib (dot) com) on Tue Jun 24th, 2014 at 08:46:11 PM EST
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Aaaw, precious...

Africa "Adopts" Lonely European Adults | Culture | DW.DE | 03.08.2003

It all started with an inconspicuous leaflet in her letter box. Ten pairs of love-hungry eyes stared at her from the centre-fold. The leaflet was from a charity organization calling for Europeans to sponsor a child in a Third World country. Gudrun F. Widlok, feeling a little melancholy herself, stuck a photo of herself next to those of the children. And had an idea: Why not find people in Third World countries to adopt lonely, melancholy city dwellers like herself?

Five years later, in her light-flooded kitchen in Berlin, Gudrun F. Widlok runs her fingers through a large pile of photos and starts spreading them out on the table. Pictures of pale, tired-looking young Europeans, taken in their flats, offices, or out on the street mingle with photos of proud-looking, erect Africans, standing in colourful robes next to green palms, their faces glowing in strong African sun.



'The history of public debt is full of irony. It rarely follows our ideas of order and justice.' Thomas Piketty
by melo (melometa4(at)gmail.com) on Thu Jun 26th, 2014 at 01:42:38 AM EST
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