New climate change study: Big California beaches are the winners in 2112
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Researchers at Duke University´s Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions have used models to simulate the effects of climate change on beach size, beach attendance and beach-goer spending at 51 public beaches in Los Ange...
Tips About How To Succeed In Affiliate Marketing
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Social media use in the EU institutions – how to go mainstream?
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Apartheid conference goes ahead in Paris despite university ban
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The University of Paris 8 is traditionally one of the more left-wing third-level institutions in France. Alas, its current president Pascal Binczak is seeking to negate this legacy. Under pressure from the pro-Israel lobby, he recently banned a confe...
Further further reading
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For the commute home,- ECB liquidity: “and finally, monsieur, a wafer thin mint…”- Michigan primary special: does Romney look like Richie Rich next to Santorum?...
annals of deviationism
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Obviously, Daily Mail stories online are designed as clickbait. But this one is a dead straight exposition of contemporary government psychosis. Spineless capitalists are giving in to tightly knit groups of sinister leftists. The BBC is actually aski...
annals of deviationism
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Obviously, Daily Mail stories online are designed as clickbait. But this one is a dead straight exposition of contemporary government psychosis. Spineless capitalists are giving in to tightly knit groups of sinister leftists. The BBC is actually aski...
Abide by These Travel Techniques To A Better Trip
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Where are the voters who will turn David Cameron into a winner in 2015?
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Despite the PM’s efforts, Britain is a long way from feeling like a Conservative country "The economics are terrible but the politics are great,” George Osborne likes to tell friends. There is no money, an unenviable starting point for any Chance...
Reimagining Capitalism
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“We need a new form of capitalism for the 21st century, one dedicated to the promotion of greater well-being rather than the single-minded pursuit of growth and profits; one that doesn’t sacrifice the future for the near term; one with an app...
Calling for better air passengers' rights
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The European Parliament was discussing today certain issues concerning air travel. The Transport and Tourism Committee voted on a new resolution on air passengers' rights (Air travel: Transport Committee calls for a fair deal for all passengers). The...
Watson schools UKIP's Trevor Colman over ‘tight fists’ Schulz and ‘sham, pantomime’ Parliament rant
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On Tuesday 21st February as part of his seemingly new weekly column for the Bristol Evening Post, UKIP’s Trevor Colman went on a bit of a rant about European Parliament under the new ‘regime’ of German MEP Martin Schulz: (note the spelling Mr C...
ACTA - now the EU Parliament's petitions committee will have a look
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ACTA in the news again (see earlier ACTA related IPKat posts here) and things are still confusing. By way of reminder: so far 22 EU member states have signed up to ACTA, but several others, especially in Eastern Europe and as well as Germany, have...
Isda decides to decide on Greek credit event
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Stand by…ISDA Determinations Committee Accepts QuestionRelated to a Potential Hellenic Republic Credit EventLONDON, February 28, 2012 – The International Swaps and Derivatives Association,...
More affordable roaming?
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To continue with the previous post, the Industry Committee decided today that as of June 2012 retails clients should be able to buy roaming services from suppliers other than their home service suppliers (Industry committee sets out to lower mobile r...
Santorum, More Than Romney, Wins Favor Of Low Income Conservatives And Evangelical Christians, With Talk Of Vocation, Family, And Religion
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Santorum, more than Romney, wins favor of low income conservatives and Evangelic Christians, with talk of vocation, family, and religion, thus moving the Republican party further right. February 28, 2012 1) …Associated Press writes Differences...
Fitch on who’ll tap the LTRO
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A nice visualisation from Fitch of which countries’ banks accounted for most net new liquidity provided by December’s first three-year LTRO, ahead of the second liquidity op this week:...
World Shares Trade Lower As Angela Merkel Lays The Foundation For A European Chancellor To Lead An European Economic Government
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Financial Market Report for February 27, 2012 1) World shares traded lower today, while the S&P, Dow, and Nasdaq traded higher. Volatility TVIX, VIXY, VIXM, rose today as World Shares, VT, traded lower, led so by EWX, EEM, VSS, and EEB, as the Do...
DWP letters say “voluntary” workfare scheme is compulsory
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The standard workfare letters being sent out by Department of Work and Pensions cast the scheme as compulsory and do not explain that claimants can leave their placements without sanction in the first week, a Channel 4 News investigation has confirme...
"Is Angela Merkel’s Euro Strategy finished?" by Henning Meyer
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I think there are some good reasons to believe that something has got to give very soon. It looks like the wheels are coming off the Eurocrisis strategy of kicking the can down the road and throwing crisis countries into a recession/depression.
Neptune’s Pride Diary #3
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Neptune’s Pride Diary #3
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The third instalment of my Neptune's Pride diary sees the roleplaying go into overdrive, as a coherent (albeit bonkers) storyline takes shape.The post Neptune’s Pride Diary #3 appeared first on Joe Litobarski.
Mr Ed sings – about Rebekah?
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Thanks Rebekah: any excuse to revisit Mr Ed: http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/horsegate-twitter-jokes-rebekah-brooks-746351...
Can the modern Europeans succeed where the Ancient Greeks failed?
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"The Delian League was turning from an alliance into an empire" (source: Wikipedia) Could have led instead to a United States of Greece in the 5th century BC. Had that happened, history, at least European one, would have been quite different. Can E...
Ireland to vote on Fiscal Compact
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An Taoiseach Enda Kenny today announced in the Dail that Ireland will hold a referendum to ratify the Treaty on Stability, Coordination and Governance in the Economic and Monetary Union otherwise known as the Fiscal Compact. This will be one of th...
Playing for humanity
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Today I had a fantastic guest whose name you surely know – Raúl González, the football star of Real Madrid and Schalke 04. He is goodwill ambassador for the campaign against hunger that the European Commission leads together with the Food and...
Syria isn't the 'new Bosnia', despite the narcissistic hopes of the Western commentariat
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Oh no, this is not good, this is not good at all: more and more Western observers are starting to describe Syria as "the new Bosnia". Which can mean only one thing. The liberal commentariat is on the hunt for a new mission, for another messy civil wa...
Dataroaming blir billigare, men fortfarande dyrt
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Pressmeddelande från Piratpartiet: Idag på morgonen röstade EU-parlamentets utskott för industrifrågor (ITRE) om pristak på dataroaming i Europa. Pristaket i konsumentledet blir cirka 5000 kronor per gigabyte från den 1 juli 2012, 3000 kronor/...
Dataroaming blir billigare, men fortfarande dyrt
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Pressmeddelande från Piratpartiet: Idag på morgonen röstade EU-parlamentets utskott för industrifrågor (ITRE) om pristak på dataroaming i Europa. Pristaket i konsumentledet blir cirka 5000 kronor per gigabyte från den 1 juli 2012, 3000 kronor/...
Africa’s Growth Puzzle: Better Ways to Fill Infrastructure Gaps
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The issue of reviving or maintaining economic growth is a the forefront of policymakers’ minds all around the world. Of course, the policies needed to achieve that differ from region-to-region, country-to-country. For many countries in Africa, w...
The Oscars: Beyond Eye-Candy
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Writing on thenight of the 84th Oscars in 2012, Michael Cieply and Brooks Barnesof the New York Times seem to wonder aloud about the 5,800-member Academy’scultural relevance. That most members had been “found to be overwhelminglywhite, male and 6...
Labour’s latest PPB – Fairness in tough times
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Tomorrow will see the first TV airing of Labour’s new Party Political Broadcast – but it’s been released a day early online. The “tough times” line is one we should expect to see repeated between now and the May election...
Neptune’s Pride Diary #3
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The third instalment of my Neptune's Pride diary sees the roleplaying go into overdrive, as a coherent (albeit bonkers) storyline takes shape.
