The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
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I found myself watching the 2011 film The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo this evening. The Stieg Larsson phenomenon had so far completely passed me by, perhaps because I am not the most avid of readers of crime fiction. I can imagine the book being quit...
The Closer
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ROUND-UPThe S&P 500 eked out another day of gains, closing above 1,400, while the Dow rose for a fourth day, its longest stretch since June (Bloomberg).Lawyers for Standard...
The wheels on the car go Round and ... Metal
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In what could be a new trend for this Kat, following her posts on food and slightly naughty things, she seems to be developing another niche in intellectual property: IP in the automotive industry. First, there was the alleged misuse of confidentia...
Useful Links for REACH Regulation
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Here's a collection of links about REACH that may be helpful. Note that all links go to ECHA site or IUCLID site, should be straightforward which is which. Useful REACH links:New version of REACH-IT was released July 11, 2012. ECHA to publish m...
The Curse of Coltrane
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It’s Edinburgh Fringe time, folks, and radical comics from every corner of the the world have decended upon that fine city to purvey their wares, make their names and split our sides. Or not, as the case may be. Today’s Graun reviews one...
U.S. Fiscal Policy: Avoiding Self-Inflicted Wounds
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In late 2012 or early 2013 the U.S. federal government will again reach a statutory borrowing limit and will not be able to issue additional debt. Why is this a problem? First, because the federal government is spending considerably more than it coll...
D’oh! Mitt Romney part-owned company that trades with Iran
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Republicans have spent the last day attacking the Obama administration after a staffer was revealed to have given paid speeches to a company which traded with Iran. They even released an attack ad on the subject — which would all be pretty em...
Palestine: Swedish Ship Attempting to Break the Blockade Sails to Gaza
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Scandinavian ship SV Estella will attempt to sail to Gaza in an attempt to break the blockade on the Palestinian enclave. The ship sailed from Oslo on August 7, 2012, and is backed by mostly Swedish and Norwegian groups. Organizers hope that other sh...
Part 3 in Erkan’s adventures to go to Finland. Day 1.
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I could finally got the passport, rushed back to my parents’ place, which was on the way, used their broadband I have been paying, dealt with some departmental issues online, went over some issues related to trip and here I am: In a Nilufer Sey...
Gun control: The USA has a longstanding history of a gun culture
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Aurora shooting and Sikh temple shooting happened in less than three weeks. Questions: Would you expect some debate on the gun control? Should America have this debate or would you say there is no link between the gun laws and recent and past
If you Yankees were successful, somebody along the line gave you some help; There was a great King somewhere in your life
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Althouse has a similar post (with the help of Meade), in text form (cheers to Instapundit): Lord North: Look, if you colonists have been successful, you didn't get there on your own. You didn't get there on your own. I'm always struck by colonists an...
The Euro’s First Decade: A Disaster in the Making?
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The first few years of the Euro’s operation – beginning in 1999, with the irrevocable fixing of exchange rates and the entry into circulation of Euro coins in 2002 – hardly presaged the crisis to follow. For Italy, the convergence of interest...
Current online editorial trends
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It's been an interesting editorial season. Regular readers of this blog know well how I fight my frustration not working for a Hollywood TV Show by considering years from September to June, calling them "season", just like you'd do fo...
Turkish Airlines: Brutally Yours…
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From LabourStart and the International Transport Workers Federation: We need your help to pile on more pressure on Turkish Airlines (THY) and the Turkish government to reinstate the 305 dismissed aviation workers and end the strike ban in the industr...
Degrowth, expensive oil, and the new economics of energy
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"Expensive oil … does appear to be suffocating the debt-ridden, global economy, just as it is trying to recover … Unfortunately, mainstream economists, including those in government, seem oblivious to the close relationship between en...
The end of Catholic Ireland | Mary Kenny
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Many Irish people have ditched the religion of their ancestors, but the generous impulses of faith live onIn the historic sense, Ireland's long love affair with the Catholic church was, as Ella Fitzgerald once sang, "too hot not to cool down". Cathol...
September Will be a Doozy Again this Year
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Before you take off for your August holiday, you should probably be aware of what you’ll be coming back to in the eurozone (EZ) in September (warning: the following may make you decide not to come back). For the second September in a row, developme...
Russia: Pussy Riot Doomed by Its Own Supporters?
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Recent online coverage of the Pussy Riot trial makes it seem as if all of Russia is mobilized in protest against the inordinately harsh treatment the three arrested band members have received. In fact, many well-wishing bloggers continue to aggravate...
September Will be a Doozy Again this Year
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Before you take off for your August holiday, you should probably be aware of what you’ll be coming back to in the eurozone (EZ) in September (warning: the following may make you decide not to come back). For the second September in a row, developme...
Iceland must comply with EU rules if it is to join the club
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The EU should not lower its standards on whaling or fisheries whatever the economic rewards might be of allowing Iceland to join the European club - argues Stephen Tindale...
Brief from the AdvoKat: UK Disclosure - It’s not chickenfeed (EPO Decision T1839/11)
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The AdvoKat At the end of June, the Technical Board of Appeal (TBA) of the European Patent Office (EPO) issued its reasons for the decision revoking Novozymes's European Patent 18034592 which concerned the protection of enzymes added to animal feed...
How to Evade the Constitution: The Case of the Hungarian Constitutional Court’s Decision on the Judicial Retirement Age
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Kim Lane Scheppele On Monday 16 July, the Hungarian Constitutional Court handed down its biggest decision of the year. It held that the sudden lowering of the retirement age for judges is unconstitutional because it gave the judges no time … Co...
Make Your Tour Experience with The Help Of Tour Operators
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In this busy world it will be nice top go for a tour in the holidays since it helps the travelers to get a life that is free from their regular works along with the advantage of free from their … Continue reading →...
All eyes on asset encumbrance in Europe
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Fitch has published an in depth analysis of encumbrance on EU bank balance sheets on Wednesday — a key talking point given the market’s current focus on such senior debt,...
Utopianism and its’ Limits
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With a history of extremist utopianism, European elites once again might be dreaming their populations into social failure again. Take for example the fetish for redrawing maps, exemplified by the bleatings of one who assumed that not just people, b...
Hur vi vann ACTA
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När EU-parlamentet röstade nej till ACTA-avtalet den 4 juli 2012 var den en riktigt stor seger. Vad var det vi gjorde rätt, och hur kan vi göra det igen? Det är frågor vi behöver diskutera, för vi kommer att behöva göra det igen. ACTA-avt...
Hur vi vann ACTA
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När EU-parlamentet röstade nej till ACTA-avtalet den 4 juli 2012 var den en riktigt stor seger. Vad var det vi gjorde rätt, och hur kan vi göra det igen? Det är frågor vi behöver diskutera, för vi kommer att behöva göra det igen. ACTA-avt...
Earth is NOT too big to fail
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Does it also annoy you when climate sceptics, or even just those who suffer from a sparsely furnished upper storey, tell you they don’t care about human impact on nature, because “the Earth is just sooo big. There is no way human life could hurt...
The TeamEU versus China debate
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There’s been a lot of chatter on twitter and elsewhere about the fact that were all 27 member states of the EU competing as TeamEU at London2012 then we’d be way ahead of China in the Olympics medals table. That is of course statisticall...
