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Un "ministère de la crise des banlieues" dans le centre de Paris Lassé du manque d'intérêt des candidats à la présidentielle pour la question des banlieues, le collectif AC-Lefeu a décidé de frapper fort : pendant trois jours, il a installé un "ministère de la crise des banlieues" dans le centre de Paris. De la banlieue au Marais, à Paris, les militants du collectif AC-Lefeu ont sauté le pas. Créé au lendemain des émeutes qui, en 2005, avaient enflammé de nombreuses banlieues fran?aises, le collectif s’est invité ce jeudi au c?ur de la capitale pour "remettre la banlieue au centre du débat électoral", selon Mohamed Tiba, l’un des membres fondateurs du collectif. AC-Lefeu, lassé d’entendre la crise économique éluder la crise des banlieues dans la campagne électorale, a donc installé son "ministère de la crise des banlieues" dans l’h?tel de Chalons-Luxembourg mis à disposition par la mairie de Paris, dans le très cossu 4e arrondissement de la capitale.tn requin L'h?tel de Chalons-Luxembourg, dans le 4e arrondissement de Paris. De l’extérieur, la grande batisse du XVIIe, classée aux monuments historiques, a de l’allure. Sa fa?ade en briques et pierres de taille donne sur une petite cour pavée sur laquelle descendent deux charmants petits escaliers de pierre blanche. Les militants y ont déployé une banderole indiquant le nom de leur ministère. à l’intérieur en revanche, les murs se fissurent, les parquets s’effritent, l’escalier menant au premier étage, croulant, a été condamné à l’aide de panneaux de contre-plaqué. Une vitrine de l’état de certaines banlieues, quatre ans après le lancement en grande pompe du Plan espoir banlieue en 2008, censé, entre autres, désenclaver les cités et rénover les logements. tn requin "Dans certaines banlieues, on se retrouve au Moyen-?ge, assure Mohamed Tiba. à Clichy-sous-Bois [ville située à une quinzaine de kilomètres de Paris où, en 2005, les émeutes avaient éclaté après la mort de deux jeunes, NDLR], certains quartiers se délabrent de plus en plus : les ascenseurs ne fonctionnent plus, les portes ont été soudées. Les gens ont donc mis en place des systèmes de poulies pour monter leurs courses. On voit aussi des personnes louer leurs services aux habitants pour monter leurs courses." Un autre monde, à seulement quelques kilomètres de Paris. De Clichy-sous-Bois, il ne faut pas moins d’une heure et demi pour arriver au c?ur de la capitale.tn requin "On vient jusqu’aux candidats" "Comme les candidats ne venaient pas jusqu’à nous, on a voulu venir à eux", explique le jeune militant, un tee-shirt noir à l’effigie du collectif enfilé par dessus son blouson. "Notre idée, au début, était d’investir un immeuble à la fa?on de Jeudi noir [un collectif contre le mal-logement et la hausse des loyers qui squatte régulièrement des immeubles vides, NDLR], poursuit Mohamed Tiba. Mais on s’est dit que si c’était pour faire un coup médiatique de deux heures et être ensuite expulsé par les CRS, ce n’était pas la peine. Alors la mairie de Paris a proposé de mettre ce lieu à notre disposition." AC-Lefeu a frappé fort. Un coup médiatique efficace : les articles et les reportages se multiplient depuis trois jours dans la presse. air max bw classic Depuis mardi, jour de "l’inauguration" du "ministère de la crise des banlieues", trois candidats se sont succédé dans l’h?tel particulier du Marais. Philippe Poutou, pour le Nouveau parti anticapitaliste, Fran?ois Hollande, pour le Parti socialiste, et Eva Joly, pour Europe-Ecologie-Les Verts, sont venus discuter avec les militants du collectif. Le président sortant et candidat à sa succession Nicolas Sarkozy ne s’y est pas montré. "Je ne suis pas surpris que Sarkozy n’ait pas pris la peine de se déplacer", commente Nabil, un jeune homme de 26 ans. Lui n’est pas membre d’AC-Lefeu mais, habitant de Clichy-sous-Bois, il est venu apporter son soutien au collectif. "En ne venant pas ici, 'Sarko' prouve simplement qu’il n’en a rien à foutre de la banlieue. Mais ?a, on le savait déjà." air max bw classic Dans ce qui fait office de salle de presse du "ministère de la crise des banlieues" se bousculent des militants d’AC-Lefeu, des curieux, des sympathisants, une foule de journalistes et quelques personnalités. Le chanteur Ridan, victoire de la musique 2005, originaire de Chelles, ville proche de Clichy-sous-Bois, est venu lui aussi apporter son soutien à une "initiative qui a beaucoup de sens". "Il va falloir aujourd’hui mener une nouvelle politique, déclare-t-il. Il faut de la justesse, de la vigueur et un grand grand grand travail d’équité sur le plan culturel, social et politique." air max bw classic Deux militants du collectif AC-Lefeu, créé en 2005 au lendemain des émeutes dans les banlieues fran?aises. à gauche, Mohamed Tiba, l'un des membres fondateurs du collectif. Jeudi soir, après trois frénétiques journées dans l’h?tel Chalon-Luxembourg, le "ministère de la crise des banlieues" a fermé ses portes. AC-Lefeu ne souffle pas pour autant. Le collectif entame mi-mars une tournée dans 16 villes de France. Lille, Le Havre, Rennes, Nantes, Bordeaux, Metz… L'objectif : promouvoir son programme au-delà de la région parisienne. "Nous nous appuyons sur un large tissu associatif à travers la France. Nous récoltons aussi des idées de cette manière, conclut Mohamed Tiba. C’est aussi ce qui fait notre force."

What Causes Sleep Texting Disorder You might have heard about the many diseases and disorders that seem to be the 'gifts' of the new and improved tech-savvy world. Here's one more you can add to the list; 'sleep texting' - a 21st century sleeping disorder in which people text in their sleep!Sleep texting disorder occurs when a person sends or receives texts on his/her cell phone (or smartphone), in his/her sleep. Like in all the other sleep disorders, sleep texting occurs during the REM (Rapid Eye Movement) stage of sleep. Studies show that the brain wave patterns recorded by polysomnograms in this stage are the same as those recorded during the day.air max tn france When the body is habituated to responding immediately to the steady 'blips' of a cell phone during the day, the motor nerves seem to act similarly during the REM phase. Texts sent in sleep are sometimes sensible, but are usually just a string of meaningless letters or words mainly because the people who suffer from this disorder are half awake or half asleep. Almost all individuals have no recollections of sleep texting, while a few have hazy memories or remember dreams in which they did something similar to what they texted. These text messages can be downright hilarious or can have undesirable consequences (imagine sending a 'miss you' message to your ex in the middle of the night!). air max tn france Causes of Sleep Texting The most important reason why people suffer from sleep texting disorder is because people seem to be 'at work' 24/7. Mostly found in teenagers, sleep texting is more common among those who constantly use cell phones or smartphones during the day. Individuals who show symptoms of sleep texting need (or at least feel the need) to be in constant touch with others. Studies show that only one out of ten people switch off their cell phones while sleeping and four out of five teenagers sleep with their cell phones near them. Some of the other causes of sleep texting disorder are: Stress: Pressure or anxiety related to work or personal life affect the sleep pattern of a person. air max tn france Excess Daytime Activity: If the brain is hyperactive in the day, the brain wave patterns remain the same at night. Sleep Deprivation: For a person to work optimally, he/she requires a minimum of eight hours of sleep. Genetic: When one or both parents suffer from sleep disorders, their children are more susceptible to suffer from sleep texting disorder. Frequent Interruptions in Sleep: A disturbed sleep occurs due to a disturbed mind and a disturbed mind is more likely to indulge in sleep time activity. Sleep texting can also be a problem for professionals who have to be on a call for a prolonged period of time and for those who work on computers or cell phones on a very frequent basis. According to Dr. Ronald Kramer, "texting for some of the younger generation is probably as ingrained as driving is for some people", hence the disorder. ugg bottes soldes What Research Has to Say A kind of somnambulism or sleepwalking, sleep texting is a fairly new topic for doctors and sleep specialists; it was first noticed in 2008 and was identified by Dr. David Cunnington, a sleep expert in the Melbourne Sleep Disorder Center, Australia. The Ohio Sleep Medicine Institute, the Melbourne Sleep Disorder Center and the American Academy of Sleep Medicine are some of the many institutes who are taking a keen interest in this new phenomenon, which seems to be only increasing in occurrence. Recently, researchers have tried to find out the relation between the number of texts sent in the day and the possibility of sleep texting. According to sleep experts and doctors, the numbers of sleep texting examples have only been increasing in the last few years, though this number is less than the number of people who compose and send e-mails in their sleep. However, a few people think that sleep texting is just a cover up for drunk texting. The rest of us will have to wait for complete and substantially proved scientific studies on sleep texting. ugg bottes soldes While there is no concrete treatment for sleep texting as of now, there are a certain things that can be done to lower its effect. For starters, keep the phone out of the bedroom; better still, turn it off. Maintain a regular schedule for sleep and make sure that there is as little disturbance as possible during that period. Where possible, reduce the amount of time spent on gadgets, especially smartphones and cell phones. The fact that a person could survive longer without food or water than without sleep (a person who is deprived of sleep for 9 days is more than likely to drop dead the next day), should be enough to drive home the importance of an uninterrupted and regular sleep. ugg bottes soldes

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Qui sont les manifestants pro-Poutine ? Pour profiter pleinement de toutes les fonctionnalités de FRANCE24.COM, cliquez ici pour télécharger la dernière version de Flash Player. à dix jours de la présidentielle du 4 mars, 130 000 personnes se sont réunies à Moscou pour soutenir Vladimir Poutine. Si certaines semblent avoir été payées pour manifester, ce dernier bénéficierait encore d'une base solide. Ce jeudi, la Russie célèbre la "Journée des défenseurs de la patrie", une fête héritée de l'époque soviétique. Pour l'occasion - hautement symbolique -, quelque 130 000 personnes ont bravé le froid et se sont réunies dans un stade de Moscou afin d’afficher leur soutien au Premier ministre russe, Vladimir Poutine, candidat favori à l’élection présidentielle du 4 mars prochain. Leur mot d'ordre, "Défendons le pays". ugg pas cher "Les pro-Poutine ont défilé le long de la Moskova, arborant une longue bannière bleue sur laquelle on pouvait lire : 'Notre vote sera pour Poutine'", raconte Ksenia Bolchakova, correspondante de FRANCE 24 à Moscou. à dix jours du scrutin présidentiel, ce rassemblement résonne comme une réponse aux manifestations de l'opposition qui ont régulièrement lieu à Moscou depuis les législatives controversées remportées en décembre dernier par le parti au pouvoir, Russie unie.ugg pas cher "La bataille pour la Russie continue" La marche de soutien s’est terminée par un discours très bref du Premier ministre. "Aujourd'hui, nous sommes les défenseurs de la patrie", a proclamé Vladimir Poutine debout sur une tribune installée devant la foule, relevant que l'histoire de la Russie "a été écrite avec de la sueur et du sang". "La bataille pour la Russie continue, et la victoire sera pour nous", a-t-il lancé. ugg bottes pas cher Le Premier ministre russe, qui a déjà occupé le poste de chef de l'état entre 2000 et 2008, est archi-favori pour succéder à Dmitri Medvedev à la présidence de la Russie et se réinstaller au Kremlin, cette fois pour un mandat de six ans. Les opposants à Poutine redoutent, eux, que celui-ci, qui n'est agé que de 59 ans, ne passe douze années supplémentaires au Kremlin...ugg solde * Pourquoi les pro-Poutine manifestent-ils ? Eux-mêmes n’ont pas l’air de savoir Sur Les Observateurs Pourquoi les pro-Poutine manifestent-ils ? Eux-mêmes n’ont pas l’air de savoir "Une bureaucratie qui s'enrichit depuis douze ans" Qui sont les manifestants qui soutiennent aujourd’hui le Premier ministre ? Selon Hélène Blanc, co-auteur du livre "Russia blues", ses supporters ne sont peut-être pas aussi nombreux qu’ils en ont l’air. Mais ils représentent tout de même une base solide, composée d'"une bureaucratie qui s’enrichit depuis douze ans et qui veut que le système de corruption demeure", mais aussi de "la jeunesse poutinienne formatée", des militaires et des services secrets. Sans compter la population vivant dans des zones rurales qui ne connaissent pas les candidats de l'opposition. ugg bottes soldes Par ailleurs, l'opposition et certains médias indépendants accusent le régime russe de faire pression sur une partie de la population et de payer des fonctionnaires pour qu'ils descendent dans les rues (voir cet article des Observateurs). "Je suis venu ici avec des amis. Ils m'ont dit qu'on toucherait 2 000 roubles (50 euros) [pour participer à la manifestation, NDLR]", raconte à Reuters un homme de 21 ans qui a été acheminé par bus au point de départ du cortège. ugg pas cher shop Lors de la manifestation pro-Poutine du 4 février, un Observateur de FRANCE 24, Evgeni, avait diffusé une vidéo montrant une femme distribuant de l’argent liquide aux personnes y participant. Le montant était de 1 000 roubles (environ 25 euros) par personne. INFOGRAPHIE Figuration Reste que, selon les dernières études d'opinion, le Premier ministre ne devrait de toute fa?on pas avoir de mal à se faire réélire face à une opposition morcelée. Il rassemblerait ainsi 58,6 % des voix dès le premier tour, selon le sondage de l'institut public VTsIOM daté du 20 février, distan?ant le communiste Guennadi Ziouganov (14,8 %), le nationaliste Vladimir Jirinovski (9,4 %), le milliardaire de la finance Mikha?l Prokhorov (8,7 %) et l'ancien président de la Chambre haute du Parlement russe, Sergue? Mironov (7,7 %).

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At the Supreme Court, Odds Lie Against Affirmative Action If you believe in the value of affirmative action in high academics -- "that student body diversity is a compelling state interest that can justify the use of race in university admissions," to use United States Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor's phrase from the last big case on the topic -- then you should know from the get-go that little good is likely to come from the court's choice Tuesday to add a new school admissions case to its docket for consideration next fall, right around the presidential election. air max tn france Instead, the best you can reasonably hope for in Fisher v. University of Texas is that the court will produce a narrow, fact-driven decision that does no more than strike down UT's admissions policy because it goes beyond where Justice O'Connor said such academic policies could go when she wrote the majority opinion in Grutter v. Bollinger. That's the 2003 affirmative action case out of the University of Michigan Law School, decided by a 5-4 vote, which stands as the controlling legal precedent here. air max tn france Here's how Scotusblog's Lyle Denniston explains how such a result might be justified. But the Texas plan goes considerably further than [Michigan did in] seeking diversity across the entering class of students; the plan also seeks to achieve that goal among the major fields of study, and at the classroom level. That extension of what might be called the "Grutter principle" of diversity is a key issue in the case taken to the Court by Abigail Noel Fisher, a Sugar Land, Texas, student who did not gain admission to the Texas campus and contended in her lawsuit that she was denied because she is white. Minority students with lower grade averages than hers got in under the plan, she has contended. air max tn france And here, instructively, is how a dissent at the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals last year framed the difference between the University of Texas' policy and the Michigan Law School policy. Criticizing the 5th Circuit ruling upon which Tuesday's action was based, a decision that upheld UT's admissions policy, 5th Circuit Chief Judge Edith H. Jones wrote: ugg bottes soldes The panel's opinion, however, extends Grutter in three ways. First, it adopts a new "serious good faith consideration" standard of review, watering down Grutter's reliance on strict narrow tailoring. Second, it authorizes the University's race-conscious admissions program although a race-neutral state law (the Top Ten Percent Law) had already fostered increased campus racial diversity. ugg bottes soldes Finally, the panel appears to countenance an unachievable and unrealistic goal of racial diversity at the classroom level to support the University's race-conscious policy. This decision in effect gives a green light to all public higher education institutions in this circuit, and perhaps beyond, to administer racially conscious admissions programs without following the narrow tailoring that Grutter requires. ugg bottes soldes A limited ruling in Fisher, which strikes down UT's policy while keeping alive the rationale and formula endorsed by the majority in Grutter, would likely be seen as a victory of sorts for the tens of millions of Americans who are in favor of affirmative action in academia. But at the same time, such a ruling would likely be seen as a major disappointment to the tens of millions of Americans who believe that the time has come for higher education in America to do away with such policies in all their forms.

Quand Téhéran tape du poing sur la table pour mieux tendre la main Exposé à de lourdes sanctions économiques, l'Iran use de rétorsion à l'encontre des puissances occidentales qui s'opposent à la poursuite de son programme nucléaire. Mais n'hésite pas, parallèlement, à leur tendre la main... Dimanche 19 février, l'Iran a annoncé qu’elle cessait toute livraison de son pétrole à la France et au Royaume-Uni. Une mesure qui constitue un cran supplémentaire dans la guerre d’usure que Téhéran et les puissances occidentales se livrent sur le nucléaire iranien. Pas de quoi alarmer, toutefois, les consommateurs des deux pays sanctionnés : le brut iranien représente à peine 3 % de la consommation hexagonale et Londres avait pratiquement stoppé ses achats d’hydrocarbures perses. Plus de bruit que de mal. air max bw classic De fait, par cette micro-sanction, Téhéran entend surtout signifier son hostilité envers l’embargo pétrolier graduel que l’Union européenne (UE) a décidé d’imposer à l’Iran. Soup?onnée de vouloir se doter de l’arme atomique sous couvert d’un programme nucléaire civil, la République islamique semble davantage disposée à discuter qu'à se disputer... air max bw classic Ce même 19 février, les autorités de Téhéran ont, en effet, fait savoir, par la voix du ministre des Affaires étrangères, Ali Akbar Salehi, qu’elles souhaitaient une "reprise rapide des négociations" avec son interlocuteur, le fameux groupe 5+1 (états-Unis, Russie, Chine, France, Grande-Bretagne et Allemagne) sur le dossier nucléaire. Pour le chef de la diplomatie iranienne, l’objectif étant de "trouver un mécanisme permettant une solution gagnant-gagnant pour les deux parties". air max bw classic "Paroxysme de la crise" Un geste apparent d’ouverture que certains observateurs imputent à la série de sanctions occidentales qui visent l'industrie pétrolière iranienne et la Banque centrale du pays. "Nous sommes arrivés au paroxysme de la crise iranienne, observe Bernard Hourcade, directeur de recherche spécialiste de l’Iran au sein du CNRS. Avec toutes ces mesures, l’Iran est touché au c?ur et menace de se retrouver en dehors du monde économique. En cas de durcissement des sanctions pétrolières, la vente du brut, qui représente des milliards de dollars, s’effectuera via des réseaux parallèles. Or le Guide suprême, Ali Khamenei, ne veut pas céder le pays à des sociétés mafieuses. Il souhaite, bien évidemment, que l’état iranien soit dirigé correctement"tn requin Accueillie avec prudence par les capitales européennes, cette nouvelle main tendue peine à dissiper les inquiétudes que les Occidentaux nourrissent à l’égard des projets nucléaires iraniens. Ce lundi, pour la seconde fois en moins d'un mois, un groupe d’experts dépêché par l'Agence internationale de l'énergie atomique (AIEA) est arrivé à Téhéran pour tenter de lever le mystère entourant la nature du programme nucléaire des mollahs mais aussi pour discuter de "solutions diplomatiques à la question nucléaire". tn requin "Guerre froide" L’enjeu est de taille puisque, en cas d’échec des négociations, les tenants de l’option diplomatique éprouveraient alors toutes les peines du monde à disqualifier la solution militaire ardemment défendue par Isra?l. Depuis plusieurs mois en effet, l’état hébreu s’emploie à convaincre ses alliés occidentaux, états-Unis en tête, du bien-fondé de mener des frappes contre les installations nucléaires iraniennes. Sans réel succès pour l'instant. tn requin à l’occasion d’une interview accordée ce dimanche à la cha?ne CNN, le chef d’état-major interarmée américain, Martin Dempsey, a ainsi jugé "imprudente" et "prématurée" toute offensive militaire contre la République islamique. Même son de cloche du c?té de Londres, qui estime qu'il ne serait pas "judicieux" de la part de Tel-Aviv d'intervenir contre Téhéran.

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Strauss-Kahn held by police in French prostitution probe Former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn was taken in for questioning on Tuesday by police investigating an alleged prostitution ring run out of the northern French city of Lille. A former finance minister once seen as a strong contender for France's 2012 presidential election, Strauss-Kahn's career and political ambitions came to an abrupt end last May after he was accused of sexually assaulting a New York hotel maid. nike pas cher Strauss-Kahn made no comment to a crush of waiting reporters and photographers as he arrived by car for questioning at a Lille police station Strauss-Kahn can be held for up to 48 hours and may then be placed under formal investigation for benefitting from misappropriated company funds. Investigators are trying to find out whether French executives used corporate expense accounts to fund sex parties with prostitutes.nike pas cher Strauss-Kahn quit his International Monetary Fund post after the New York sex assault case broke, although criminal charges were later dropped. Linked later to the Lille affair, Strauss-Kahn said that he wanted to talk to police over the case. The investigation is focused on a prostitution ring that allegedly supplied clients of Lille's luxury Carlton hotel. Police want to establish whether Strauss-Kahn knew that women at sex parties he attended in Paris and Washington were prostitutes. ugg femme Strauss-Kahn's lawyer Henri Leclerc has said his client had no reason to think they were. LARGELY IN THE SHADOWS "People are not always clothed at these parties. I challenge you to tell the difference between a nude prostitute and a classy lady in the nude," Leclerc recently told French radio. Eight people, including two Lille businessmen close to Strauss-Kahn and a police commissioner, have been arrested in the case, and construction firm Eiffage fired an executive suspected of using company funds to hire sex workers. ugg soldes Using prostitutes is not illegal in France, but Strauss-Kahn risks being charged if investigators decide he knew the women at the sex parties were prostitutes or that company funds were used to pay them. While his wife Anne Sinclair has revived her career as a journalist with a new job as news editor at an upcoming French-language version of the Huffington Post, Strauss-Kahn is living largely in the shadows.ugg soldes Photographed occasionally out and about in Paris, recently in a scruffy dark grey anorak, he is starting to make a comeback on the international speech circuit but is otherwise rarely seen on the social circuit. He is often parodied on the popular "Les Guignols" television program that uses puppets to satirize politicians. Strauss-Kahn is portrayed as over-sexed skirt chaser always wearing a leopard-print bathrobe.ugg pas chers Attempted-rape accusations brought against Strauss-Kahn last year by a Parisian writer were shelved by police in October. The New York maid is pursuing him in a civil action.

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Sex-changing treatment for kids: It's on the rise A small but growing number of teens and even younger children who think they were born the wrong sex are getting support from parents and from doctors who give them sex-changing treatments, according to reports in the medical journal Pediatrics. It's an issue that raises ethical questions, and some experts urge caution in treating children with puberty-blocking drugs and hormones. ugg bottes soldes An 8-year-old second-grader in Los Angeles is a typical patient. Born a girl, the child announced at 18 months, "I a boy" and has stuck with that belief. The family was shocked but now refers to the child as a boy and is watching for the first signs of puberty to begin treatment, his mother told The Associated Press. ugg bottes soldes Pediatricians need to know these kids exist and deserve treatment, said Dr. Norman Spack, author of one of three reports published Monday and director of one of the nation's first gender identity medical clinics, at Children's Hospital Boston. "If you open the doors, these are the kids who come. They're out there. They're in your practices," Spack said in an interview. air max tn france Switching gender roles and occasionally pretending to be the opposite sex is common in young children. But these kids are different. They feel certain they were born with the wrong bodies. Some are labeled with "gender identity disorder," a psychiatric diagnosis. But Spack is among doctors who think that's a misnomer. Emerging research suggests they may have brain differences more similar to the opposite sex. air max tn france Spack said by some estimates, 1 in 10,000 children have the condition. Offering sex-changing treatment to kids younger than 18 raises ethical concerns, and their parents' motives need to be closely examined, said Dr. Margaret Moon, a member of the American Academy of Pediatrics' bioethics committee. She was not involved in any of the reports. tn requin Some kids may get a psychiatric diagnosis when they are just hugely uncomfortable with narrowly defined gender roles; or some may be gay and are coerced into treatment by parents more comfortable with a sex change than having a homosexual child, said Moon, who teaches at the Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics. It's harmful "to have an irreversible treatment too early," Moon said. Doctors who provide the treatment say withholding it would be more harmful. These children sometimes resort to self-mutilation to try to change their anatomy; the other two journal reports note that some face verbal and physical abuse and are prone to stress, depression and suicide attempts. Spack said those problems typically disappear in kids who've had treatment and are allowed to live as the opposite sex. air max bw classic Guidelines from the Endocrine Society endorse transgender hormone treatment but say it should not be given before puberty begins. At that point, the guidelines recommend puberty-blocking drugs until age 16, then lifelong sex-changing hormones with monitoring for potential health risks. Mental health professionals should be involved in the process, the guidelines say. The group's members are doctors who treat hormonal conditions. Those guidelines, along with YouTube videos by sex-changing teens and other media attention, have helped raise awareness about treatment and led more families to seek help, Spack said. His report details a fourfold increase in patients at the Boston hospital. His Gender Management Service clinic, which opened at the hospital in 2007, averages about 19 patients each year, compared with about four per year treated for gender issues at the hospital in the late 1990s. The report details 97 girls and boys treated between 1998 and 2010; the youngest was 4 years old. Kids that young and their families get psychological counseling and are monitored until the first signs of puberty emerge, usually around age 11 or 12. Then children are given puberty-blocking drugs, in monthly $1,000 injections or implants imbedded in the arm.

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On n'y compte plus le nombre de soupes populaires organisées, d'immeubles et de lieux publics occupés, de squats, de lieux de débats... Impossible de dissocier l'anarchisme grec de ce quartier, et inversement. C'est là, dans les années 1970, que se sont concentrées les révoltes étudiantes contre la dictature des colonels. Depuis, la tradition contestataire d'Exarhia ne s'est jamais démentie. C'est toujours dans ces petites rues aux murs couverts de graffitis et d'affiches anarchistes que prennent aujourd'hui racine les contestations contre le gouvernement grec. nike soldes "Je pense que ce qu'on voit dans ce quartier est un phénomène unique sur la planète, estime Nikólaos. à un kilomètre du Parlement et des institutions financières du pays, on y cible toutes les défaillances du système et on y expérimente des alternatives." Avec un succès populaire grandissant. L'année dernière, plusieurs dizaines de milliers de personnes ont afflué au festival anti-autoritaire organisé dans le Nosotros, un immense squat à la fois café, centre culturel et assemblée populaire. Des anarchistes arrivent régulièrement de toute l'Europe pour s'imprégner de l'expérience grecque et tenter d'exporter dans leur pays le modèle d'Exarhia. Ypopto Mousi, animateur d'un journal-citoyen à Radio-Bubble et observateur averti du milieu libertaire estime à plus de 10 000 le nombre de militants anarchistes à Athènes. Ces dernières années, il a vu affluer vers ces mouvements des gens d'horizons bien plus divers qu'auparavant. "Dans la société, assure-t-il, beaucoup de gens sont des anarchistes qui s'ignorent".

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Rick Santorum questions Obama's Christian values Lashing out on two fronts, Rick Santorum on Saturday questioned President Barack Obama's Christian values and attacked GOP rival Mitt Romney's Olympics leadership as he courted tea party activists and evangelical voters in Ohio, "ground zero" in the 2012 nomination fight. Santorum, a former Pennsylvania senator known for his social conservative views, said Obama's agenda is based on "some phony theology. Not a theology based on the Bible. A different theology." He later suggested that the president practices a different kind of Christianity.nike pas cher "In the Christian church there are a lot of different stripes of Christianity," he said. "If the president says he's a Christian, he's a Christian." The Obama campaign said the comments represent "the latest low in a Republican primary campaign that has been fueled by distortions, ugliness, and searing pessimism and negativity." Santorum was forced on his heels in recent days after a top supporter suggested women use aspirin to prevent pregnancy.nike pas cher In Ohio, a Super Tuesday prize, he shifted decidedly to offense before friendly crowds. Trailing Romney in money and campaign resources, Santorum is depending on the tea party movement and religious groups to deliver a victory March 6 in the Midwestern contest. More delegates will be awarded in Ohio than in any other state except Georgia in the opening months of the Republican campaign. Ohio and Georgia are two of the 10 contests scheduled for March 6, a benchmark for the primary campaign that often decides who can continue to the next level.ugg femme Santorum has surged in recent opinion polls after capturing Republican caucuses in Minnesota and Colorado and a non-binding primary in Missouri on Feb. 7. Several polls have shown him ahead in Romney's native state of Michigan, where primary voters cast ballots a week from Tuesday. Obama's campaign team has responded by starting to consider the possibility that Santorum rather than Romney could be the Republican nominee. The Chicago-based organization has begun scrutinizing Santorum's past record and asked its Pennsylvania allies to look for information that might be used against Santorum in future ads and speeches. ugg soldes Even as he criticized Obama, Santorum also went after one of Romney's most promoted achievements — his leadership at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City. "One of Mitt Romney's greatest accomplishments, one of the things he talks about most is how he heroically showed up on the scene and bailed out and resolved the problems of the Salt Lake City Olympic Games," Santorum said. "He heroically bailed out the Salt Lake City Olympic Games by heroically going to Congress and asking them for tens of millions of dollars to bail out the Salt Lake games — in an earmark, in an earmark for the Salt Lake Olympic games."ugg soldes The Romney campaign does not dispute that congressional earmarks helped save the games. But they noted that Santorum voted for those earmarks, among many others, when he was a senator. "Sometimes when you shoot from the hip, you end up shooting yourself in the foot," Romney spokeswoman Andrea Saul said. "There is a pretty wide gulf between seeking money for post-9/11 security at the Olympics and seeking earmarks for polar bear exhibits at the Pittsburgh Zoo." Santorum used a later appearance before the Ohio Christian Alliance to go after Romney for using his financial advantage as "as a club to beat anyone who gets in his way." But he saved his most pointed criticism for Obama, suggesting that the Democratic president's health care overhaul encouraged abortions by requiring insurance plans to cover prenatal screenings.ugg pas chers "It saves money in health care. Why? Because free pre-natal testing ends up in more abortions and therefore less care that has to be done because we cull the ranks of the disabled from our society," Santorum said. "That too is part of ObamaCare. Another hidden message as to what Obama thinks of those who are less able than the elites who want to govern our country." Santorum planned to finish his day in Akron before heading to Georgia on Sunday. While 63 delegates are at stake in Ohio, Georgia offers 76. "There's no state that can shout louder. You are the biggest state. You've got the biggest trove of delegates," Santorum told the Brown County Republican Party on Friday night. "This is ground zero. Ohio." Questions about whether Santorum can sustain his rise in the polls come amid signs of stress within his campaign, mainly disorganization. Romney's machine, coupled with new scrutiny for Santorum's view of social issues as well as governmental policies, will give Santorum little margin for error.

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A year after uprising, militias hold sway in Libya One revolutionary militia controls the airport. Others carve up neighborhoods of the Libyan capital into fiefdoms. They clash in the streets, terrifying residents. They hold detainees in makeshift prisons where torture is said to be rampant. As Libya on Friday marks the one-year anniversary of the start of the uprising against Moammar Gadhafi, hundreds of armed militias are the real power on the ground in the country, and the government that took the longtime strongman's place is largely impotent, unable to rein in fighters, rebuild decimated institutions or stop widespread corruption. air max bw classic The revolutionary militias contend they are Libya's heroes — the ones who drove Gadhafi from power and who now keep security in the streets at a time when the police and military are all but nonexistent. They insist they won't give up their weapons to a government that is too weak, too corrupt and, they fear, too willing to let elements of the old dictatorship back into positions of power. air max bw classic "I am fed up," said the commander of a militia of fighters from the western mountain town of Zintan who control Tripoli's airport. Al-Mukhtar al-Akhdar says Libya's politicians unfairly blame the militias for the country's chaos while doing nothing to bring real change. tn requin They believe "revolutionaries have no place in Libya now," said al-Akhdar, who was once a tour company owner in Zintan until he took up arms against Gadhafi and now sports a military uniform. "We paid a very heavy price in the revolution, not for the sake of a seat or authority, but for the sake of freedoms and rights." tn requin As a result, Libya has been flipped upside down, from a country where all power was in the hands of one man, Gadhafi, to one where it has been broken up into hundreds of different hands, each taking its own decisions. The National Transitional Council, which officially rules the country, is struggling to incorporate the militias into the military and police, while trying to get the economy back on its feet and reshape government ministries, courts and other institutions hollowed out under Gadhafi. air max tn france In one sign of the lack of control, Finance Minister Hassan Zaklam admitted that millions of dollars from Gadhafi family assets returned to Libya by European countries — a potentially key source of revenue — have flowed right back out of Libya, stolen by corrupt officials and smuggled out in suitcases through the ports. "The money comes for transit only," Zaklam said in a Feb. 6 interview on Libya state TV. He threatened to resign if the government didn't impose control over ports or stop unfreezing the assets. "I can't be a clown," he said. Government spokesman Ashur Shamis blamed revolutionaries in charge of ports and middle- and lower-ranking bureaucrats from the old regime who still retain their posts, known among Libyans as the "Green Snakes," after the signature color of Gadhafi's rule. ugg bottes soldes At the airport, al-Akhdar blamed customs employees and said his fighters are keeping a closer eye on them — but he insisted stopping smuggling was the police and military's responsibility. The militias, meanwhile, are accused of acting like vigilantes and armed gangs, fighting over turf and taking the law into their own hands. Many run private prisons, detaining criminals, suspected former regime members or simply people who run afoul of the fighters. In a report Wednesday, London-based Amnesty International said it found prisoners had been tortured or abused in all but one of 11 militia-run facilities it visited. Detainees told the group they had been beaten for hours with whips, cables and plastic hoses and given electrical shocks. At least 12 detainees have died since September after torture, it said. The militias arose during last year's 8-month-long civil war against Gadhafi. Soon after anti-regime protests first erupted nationwide on Feb. 17, 2011, Libya's second largest city Benghazi and the rest of the eastern half of the country threw off rule from Tripoli. As Gadhafi clamped down in the west, Libyan citizens formed local militias based around a city, town or even neighborhood, taking up arms to fight alongside breakaway army units. Backed by NATO airstrikes, the militias swept into Tripoli in August, driving out Gadhafi. The militias then were at the forefront of battles for the last regime strongholds, ending with Gadhafi's capture and killing in October at the hands of a militia from Misrata, a city east of Tripoli that endured one of the bloodiest sieges of the civil war.

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Greek bailout tensions hit other euro countries Mounting political tensions and frustration at a lack of resolution over whether Greece will get a vital bailout rekindled fears Thursday that Europe's debt crisis could spread to other countries. As stocks and the euro fell on Thursday, borrowing rates rose for Italy and Spain's government debt — a sign that investors are worried that the two countries would be dragged back into a crisis that had shown some signs of easing. air max bw classic Concern has crept into the markets that Greece could still be forced into a disorderly default on a vital euro14.5 billion ($19 billion) bond repayment due next month. Despite answering concerns over its commitment to tough austerity measures, the country has yet to clinch deals with its international creditors for a bailout worth euro130 billion ($170 billion) and an accompanying euro100 billion ($131 billion) debt writedown agreed with its private bondholders.air max bw classic Over the past few days, fears have grown that the bailout deal may be unraveling and on Wednesday relations between Greece and its partners in the eurozone hit a new low. Greek Finance Minister Evangelos Venizolos told the country's president, Karolos Papoulias, that there were "many in the eurozone who don't want us any more". Meanwhile, Germany's finance minister, Wolfgang Schaeuble told German Suedwestrundfunk radio Wednesday: "They must understand in Greece that we want to do everything to help Greece — we see the great distress that people in Greece must bear because the political class in Greece has failed over years and decades, and I am not sure even now whether all in the political parties in Greece are aware of their responsibility for the difficult situation of their country."air max bw classic Investors Thursday appeared less than impressed with the clash between Greece and its European neighbors. "Yesterday's back and forth between Greek politicians and EU policymakers had all the hallmarks of an unedifying playground spat, with accusations and insults flying thick and fast," said Michael Hewson, markets analyst at CMC Markets. "Unfortunately there will be no winners or losers in this particular little saga as Europe gives the impression of gearing up to cut Greece loose, unless they subjugate to demands for new measures to sate various new concerns." tn requin Several politicians — especially in rich euro countries like Germany, the Netherlands and Finland — have grown tired of Greece repeatedly missing budget targets and failing to implement promised cuts, reforms and sales of state assets. There are also concerns that the second, euro130 billion ($170 billion) bailout may not be enough to lift Greece out of its steep recession — its economy shrank 7 percent in the final quarter of 2011 from a year earlier.tn requin Jean-Claude Juncker, the Luxembourg prime minister who also heads eurozone finance meetings, promised more clarity over Greece at another meeting of European finance ministers this Monday, when he said decisions will be made. As uncertainty lingers, investors are reassessing their assumption that Greece will get the money, prompting big market movements Thursday. While the euro slipped by 0.5 percent to below $1.30, stocks across Europe fell, with Italy's main market underperforming its peers, trading down 1.9 percent.tn requin Meanwhile, the yield on Italy's ten-year bond has risen by 0.18 percentage points to 5.81 percent while Spain's rate has risen another 0.07 percentage points to 5.46 percent, a little down from earlier. Italy is a particular worry because it is the eurozone's third-largest economy and its debt mountain stands at around euro1.9 trillion, way more than anything Europe has committed to its bailout facilities. Though the rates of both countries are still down from the end of last year — when lack of confidence in Italy's ability to pay its debt saw its yields bust the 7 percent mark while Spain hovered around 6.67 per cent — the increases have triggered concerns that Europe's debt crisis is a long way from being solved.

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Where's the Boss? Trapped in a Meeting What do chief executives do all day? It really is what it seems: They spend about a third of their work time in meetings. That is one of the central findings of a team of scholars from London School of Economics and Harvard Business School, who have burrowed into the day-to-day schedules of more than 500 CEOs from around the world with hopes of determining exactly how they organize their time—and how that affects the performance and management of their firms. ugg pas cher Their study—known as the Executive Time Use Project—incorporates time logs kept by CEOs' personal assistants, who tracked activities lasting more than 15 minutes during a single week selected by the researchers. The project, which is ongoing, so far has collected data from three different studies of CEOs from around the world. ugg pas cher [More from WSJ.com: In This Online Word Game, the Winning Spell Is Love] In one sample of 65 CEOs, executives spent roughly 18 hours of a 55-hour workweek in meetings, more than three hours on calls and five hours in business meals, on average. Some of the remaining time was spent traveling, in personal activity, such as exercise or lunches with spouses, or in short activities, such as quick calls, that weren't recorded by CEOs' assistants. Working alone averaged just six hours weekly. ugg bottes pas cher Wall Street JournalThe more direct reports a CEO had correlated with more, and longer, internal meetings, the researchers found. Rather than foisting off responsibilities to other managers, CEOs with more direct reports may be more hands-on and involved in internal operations, they said. But not all direct reports are equal. In companies that incorporated a finance chief or operating chief into the corporate hierarchy, the CEOs' time in meetings was reduced by about five-and-a-half hours a week, on average, the researchers found. ugg bottes pas cher Even if a CEO has a lot of direct reports, "the effect of the CFO or COO is stronger," and may help reduce a CEO's time spent in internal meetings, says Harvard Business School's Raffaella Sadun, a co-author of the project. The other researchers were Oriana Bandiera and Andrea Prat, of the London School of Economics and Julie Wulf of Harvard Business School. Their preliminary findings were just published in a Harvard Business School paper. air max tn chaussures The researchers said they weren't surprised by the amount of time spent in meetings, since one of the roles of a CEO is to manage employees and meet with customers and consultants. A busy meeting schedule—often conducted virtually in global companies—can indicate that executives are engaged with their companies and close to their managers and clients. Still, CEOs say they pine for more solo time to think and strategize. Rory Cowan, CEO of Lionbridge Technologies Inc., a Waltham, Mass., technology-services firm with about 4,500 employees, says he is constantly communicating with staff and clients. "I don't know when I'm not in a meeting," he says. ugg solde Instead of spending a lot of time in long face-to-face meetings, however, Mr. Cowan spends more time "doing frequent iterative touches," either in person or via text messages, instant messaging and video chat—sometimes with "four or five windows open concurrently." [More from WSJ.com: Anatomy of a Tear-Jerker] As a result, his meetings rarely last more than 15 minutes, he says. Lars Dalgaard, CEO of SuccessFactors Inc., a human resources software firm, says he spends about a third of his work time, at most, in formal meetings. "While you are sitting in a meeting, your competition is getting stuff done," he says. (Software firm SAP AG recently announced that it was acquiring SuccessFactors.) NV "Tiger" Tyagarajan, president and CEO of Genpact Ltd., a technology-management firm, recently analyzed his time use to make sure he was spending enough time meeting with clients. He determined he was. But he does wish for more time to "sit back and think," he says, or simply to bounce around ideas "without a fixed meeting or a fixed agenda." Mr. Dalgaard says he tries to dedicate as much as 25% of his week to thinking by making time on flights or blocking out time on his schedule—occasionally retreating to a quiet room or driving on the highway to let ideas crystallize. Likewise, Mr. Cowan says that he tries to "build a big fence" around his first work hour in the morning at 7 a.m. to clear his thoughts, catch up on reading and manage email.

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Did an Ivy League Professor Suggest Including Anti-Israel Messaging in College Courses? There is an audio clip making the rounds (scroll down to listen) of pro-Israel blogs, purporting to reveal a University of Pennsylvania professor apparently suggesting that fellow teachers insert a boycott Israel message into their courses, even in courses not connected to Middle East politics. The audio clip was taped at the National Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) Conference earlier this month at the University of Pennsylvania about which The Blaze reported. nike pas cher Israel National News reports: In a breakout session of the “Academic Boycott of Israel” initiative, Amy Kaplan, professor of English at the University of Pennsylvania spoke about how teachers can most effectively demonize Israel in every classroom as well as the "positive aspects" of the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement. nike pas cher A member of the audience asked Kaplan how teachers could incorporate ways of de-legitimizing Israel “especially, I guess, when the course is not dealing directly with material that has to do with Palestine?” She answered: “Well I don’t know how you can, how you can address the issue if you’re not dealing with a course that has no content or relationship to it…but I know that, I mean, you can make courses that have content.” ugg femme “…you can teach a course on which you included prison as a really, really big thing, not only in the political life of Palestinians, but also in their literature and in their poetry. So that will be kind of an ideal way – you take a thematic course, and you bring in themes from this issue.”ugg soldes Kaplan offered specific texts that could be used to drive home the point: “...And, literature is a really great way to teach students about what’s going on, students who think they know they have an ideological line, a political line, and then they read, you know, they read Darwish, they read, you know, The Pessoptimist and it opens up a whole new world.”ugg soldes Mahmoud Darwish was an influential Palestinian poet and PLO member who became a national symbol for many Palestinians. Kaplan was presumably referring to the book “The Secret Life of Saeed: The Pessoptimist,” by Emile Habiby whose Amazon description reads: Saeed is the comic hero, the luckless fool, whose tale tells of aggression and resistance, terror and heroism, reason and loyalty that typify the hardships and struggles of Arabs in Israel…The author's own anger and sorrow at Palestine's tragedy and his acquaintance with the absurdities of Israeli politics (he was once a member of Israel's parliament himself) are here transmuted into satire both biting and funny. ugg pas chers The pro-Israel blogger Elder of Ziyon who originally posted the audio of Prof. Kaplan on YouTube wrote: Here we have a professor at an Ivy League university explicitly calling on like-minded educators to shoehorn hate of Israel into every one of their classes. For these academics, college is not about teaching but it is merely a platform for them to spout their political views at their captive audience. Kaplan, from UPenn’s English department, teaches classes including “Contact and Conflict: Literatures of Palestine and Israel,” “19th Century US Imperialism,” and “The Vietnam War in Literature and Film.” She is also a signatory to the pro-Palestinian “U.S. Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel” which calls for boycotting Israeli universities and academics, including those who support the Palestinian cause.

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Iran to present nuclear projects 'in days' A defiant Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad vowed Saturday to inaugurate "important nuclear projects" within days and lashed out at Israel, saying the "story" of the Holocaust underpinning its existence had been "smashed". In a speech marking the anniversary of Iran's 1979 Islamic revolution, Ahmadinejad said his nation will "never yield" to Western sanctions and threats of military action from Israel and the United States.ugg solde A crowd of an estimated 30,000 people in Tehran's main Azadi (Freedom) Square cheered Ahmadinejad's words despite the winter weather. Many, including exuberant high school students, held aloft placards declaring "Death to America" and "Death to Israel". In pointed messages aimed at those two arch-foes, Iranian officials placed a full-scale model of a US spy drone captured in December at an entrance to the square, and hosted on the stage the Hamas prime minister of Gaza.ugg pas chers Hamas "will never recognise Israel," Gaza leader Ismail Haniya told the crowd just before Ahmadinejad spoke. His remarks were likely to complicate efforts to form with rival party Fatah a Palestinian unity government in the face of strong opposition from the Jewish state, which views Hamas as a terrorist organisation armed by Iran. Ahmadinejad gave no details about the "important nuclear projects" about to be made public. air max tn france However, the UN nuclear watchdog, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), has already said Iran is enriching uranium to 20 percent -- a level significantly closer to military-grade 90 percent purity -- at a mountain bunker near the Shiite shrine city of Qom. And Iranian officials have said that they will be inserting their first domestically made 20-percent enriched fuel plate into a Tehran research reactor by March. tn requin Both developments have unsettled the West and Israel, which suspect Iran is pursuing research into nuclear weapons despite its repeated denials. An IAEA report in November said there was evidence of activities in Iran that relate to a militarised nuclear programme. The United States and the European Union have ratcheted up economic sanctions on Iran to an unprecedented level to try to force it to halt the uranium enrichment and to re-engage in long-stalled talks. tn requin Israel, voicing concerns that Iran could shield its nuclear programme from attack by the end of this year, has made comments suggesting it could imminently launch air strikes against its long-time enemy. The United States has also not ruled out military action. But Ahmadinejad rejected the pressure, saying that, "if the language of bullying and insult is used, the Iranian nation will never yield." He added: "The only path is to adhere to justice and the respect of Iran's (nuclear) rights and to return to the negotiating table." Iran has said several times in recent months that it is ready to resume talks on its nuclear programme with world powers that collapsed a year ago. But up to now it has failed to respond to a letter by EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton formally offering to return to those talks as long as Iran imposes no preconditions. air max bw classic Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi, in comments carried by media on Saturday, said his country's chief nuclear negotiator, Saeed Jalili, had written a reply to Ashton that "either has been sent or is on the verge of being sent." He voiced optimism that another round of talks with Britain, China, France, Germany, Russia and the United States would begin "soon". "They have some questions and ambiguities and we will try to answer these questions and ambiguities," he was quoted as saying. Ahmadinejad used his speech to again question the veracity of the Jewish Holocaust, which he has in the past dismissed as a "myth". He claimed the United States and the West had created "a story called the Holocaust" to create the Israeli state as part of a plan "to dominate the world". But, he said, "the Iranian nation with courage and wisdom smashed this idol to free the people of the West (of its hold)." He urged Western nations to stop supporting Israel. "Why do you link your fate with this sham regime? Let Al-Quds (Jerusalem) and Palestine become free," he said. "Democracy doesn't come out of the barrel of a gun."

UK police arrest eight in tabloid bribery probe British police investigating bribery by Rupert Murdoch's media empire arrested five staff from The Sun tabloid, a policeman, a member of the armed forces and a defence ministry employee on Saturday. The arrests represent a dramatic widening of police investigations into Murdoch's British newspaper empire, following the phone hacking scandal which led to the closure of the News of the World in July.air max tn france The arrested Sun employees were associate editor Geoff Webster, picture editor John Edwards, chief reporter John Kay, chief foreign correspondent Nick Parker and reporter John Sturgis, the BBC and Sky News reported. The editor of The Sun, Dominic Mohan, said he was "shocked". "I'm as shocked as anyone by today's arrests but am determined to lead The Sun through these difficult times," he said in a statement. "I have a brilliant staff and we have a duty to serve our readers and will continue to do that. Our focus is on putting out Monday's newspaper." air max bw classic Scotland Yard said five men aged 45, 47, 50, 52 and 68 were arrested in dawn raids at their homes in London and nearby areas on suspicion of corruption and of aiding and abetting misconduct in a public office. In the first cases of their kind, a Ministry of Defence employee aged 39 was arrested at her home in Wiltshire, southwest England, and a 36-year-old man serving in the armed forces was arrested in the same area.nike soldes Both were arrested on suspicion of corruption, misconduct in a public office and conspiracy in relation to both offences. Sky News said they were an army officer and his wife. The Ministry of Defence said it would not comment on ongoing police investigations. A police officer in the county of Surrey, which borders London, was also arrested on suspicion of corruption and misconduct in a public office. "The remit of Operation Elveden has widened to include the investigation of evidence uncovered in relation to suspected corruption involving public officials who are not police officers," a Scotland Yard statement said.nike soldes Operation Elveden was set up last year in tandem with Operation Weeting, which is investigating the illegal hacking of mobile phone voicemails. The hacking scandal erupted after it emerged that the News of the World had intercepted the voicemails of a murdered teenager from Surrey, Milly Dowler. Police said they were searching the homes of the arrested people and the offices of News International, the parent company of The Sun, in Wapping, East London. The arrests were made following information provided to police by the Management and Standards Committee set up by Murdoch's US-based News Corporation, Scotland Yard said. nike pas cher News Corp. confirmed that the five men arrested were employees of The Sun and that it had provided the information. "News Corporation remains committed to ensuring that unacceptable news gathering practices by individuals in the past will not be repeated and last summer authorised the MSC to co-operate with the relevant authorities," it said. Four current and former Sun journalists were arrested over alleged corruption in January, along with another police officer. News International would not confirm a report on Sky News that Murdoch was flying to London to reassure staff on The Sun that he would not close it down. He axed the 168-year-old News of the World weekly in July amid public outrage over phone hacking. A judge-led inquiry into the scandal ordered by Prime Minister David Cameron has started hearing evidence.ugg bottes pas cher Mohan told the inquiry in January that he had no knowledge of phone-hacking at the paper and added that the daily could be a "powerful force for good." The Sun has daily sales of more than 2.5 million. It is known for its racy celebrity-driven content and colourful headlines, but also for its self-proclaimed influence with the British electorate. The editor of The Times newspaper, which is also owned by Murdoch, apologised on Tuesday to a blog-writing detective unmasked by a former reporter of the newspaper who allegedly hacked his email.ugg pas cher

Le gouvernement grec approuve à "l'unanimité" le plan d'austérité Environ 2 000 personnes, selon la police, ont commencé à se rassembler samedi 11 février dans le centre d'Athènes. Pour la seconde journée consécutive , les principaux syndicats grecs ont appelé à manifester contre le nouveau plan de rigueur exigé par les créanciers du pays. Les mesures d'austérité prévues prévoient notamment une réduction de 22 % du salaire minimum dans le cadre d'une déréglementation générale du marché du travail, la suppression dans l'année de 15 000 emplois publics et des coupes sur certaines pensions de retraite. Ces mesures "vont être le tombeau de la société grecque", ont dénoncé les syndicats, déniant au gouvernement toute "légitimité pour les imposer". ugg pas cher shop "A bas le chantage de la Tro?ka", "Ils ruinent nos vies", proclamaient des banderoles de manifestants fermement encadrés par plus de 2 000 policiers qui ont bouclé le centre-ville. Des militants du front communiste syndical grec PAME ont déployé samedi 11 février sur l'Acropole deux banderoles géantes dénon?ant "la dictature du monopole" de l'Union européenne (UE).ugg bottes soldes Des militants du front communiste syndical grec PAME ont déployé samedi 11 février sur l'Acropole deux banderoles géantes dénon?ant "la dictature du monopole" de l'Union européenne (UE). Des militants du front communiste syndical grec PAME ont déployé samedi 11 février sur l'Acropole deux banderoles géantes dénon?ant "la dictature du monopole" de l'Union européenne (UE).REUTERS/STRINGERugg bottes soldes Ces manifestations se déroulent alors que le gouvernement de coalition grec a approuvé dans la nuit de vendredi 10 à samedi 11 février le plan d'austérité exigé par l'Union européenne et le FMI pour débloquer une nouvelle aide à la Grèce. Ces mesures d'austérité, qui devraient être approuvées dimanche par le parlement, doivent permettre à Athènes d'éviter un défaut de paiement en mars. air max tn chaussures "APPROBATION UNANIME" "Il y a eu une approbation unanime" de l'accord qui sauvera la Grèce d'un défaut désordonné en mars, a précisé le bureau du premier ministre, Lucas Papademos. Un accord avait déjà été atteint dans la semaine, selon M. Papademos, mais le plus petit partenaire de la coalition, le parti d'extrême-droite Laos, s'est retiré du gouvernement vendredi pour protester contre les mesures projetées. air max tn chaussures Les partenaires de la Grèce au sein de la zone euro lui avaient signifié explicitement cette semaine qu'elle devait consentir à des mesures d'austérité supplémentaires pour que soient débloqués des prêts décidés dans le cadre du premier plan d'aide de 171 milliards de dollars en suspens depuis octobre. L'aide européenne est indispensable pour qu'Athènes puisse éviter la faillite le 20 mars lorsqu'elle devra rembourser près de 14,5 milliards d'euros de dettes arrivant à maturité.air max soldes "UN MOMENT DE RESPONSABILITé HISTORIQUE" Face à cette échéance cruciale, le premier ministre a prévenu que la Grèce se trouvait dans "un moment de responsabilité historique". "Je suis pleinement conscient que ce que vous devez décidez est douloureux", a ajouté M. Papademos à l'adresse des responsables politiques, toutefois "la faillite de la Grèce n'est pas une option que nous pouvons nous permettre". pas cher ugg Si le pays renon?ait aux efforts demandés par les bailleurs de fonds et acceptait un défaut de paiement désordonné, l'Etat serait "incapable de payer les salaires, les pensions et de maintenir des services de base comme les h?pitaux et les écoles" a-t-il prédit. VOTE DIMANCHE AU PARLEMENT Mais la véritable épreuve sociale doit se jouer dimanche, quand les contestataires de tous bords sont appelés à affluer devant le parlement avant le vote nocturne du plan d'austérité. Sans vote au parlement, la Grèce n'a aucune chance de recevoir le premier centime d'une aide de 130 milliards d'euros préparée par l'UE et le FMI pour lui éviter un défaut de paiement incontr?lé en mars lorsqu'il devra rembourser une échéance de 14,5 milliards d'euros.

Affaire Bettencourt : éric Woerth mis en examen pour trafic d'influence passif Le parquet de Bordeaux a mis en examen l'ancien ministre du Budget éric Woerth pour trafic d'influence passif dans le cadre de l'affaire Bettencourt. Il encourt jusqu'à dix ans de prison et 150 000 euros d'amende. AFP - L'ancien ministre et ex-trésorier de l'UMP, Eric Woerth, a été mis en examen mercredi pour trafic d'influence passif après avoir été entendu pendant près de douze heures par les juges en charge de l'affaire Bettencourt à Bordeaux. ugg pas cher L'accusation de trafic d'influence pourrait viser l'emploi de sa femme Florence dans la société Clymène qui gère la fortune de Mme Bettencourt. Le ministre est arrivé à 09h00 dans une voiture aux vitres fumées, pour une audition prévue à 09h30, qui a duré jusqu'à 21h50, avec quand même une pause-déjeuner. Il n'a fait aucune déclaration.ugg pas cher A l'issue de ce marathon, le parquet de Bordeaux a diffusé un communiqué indiquant que l'ancien ministre du Budget, puis du Travail, avait été entendu par les juges d'instruction dans le cadre de l'information ouverte pour trafic d'influence actif commis par un particulier, trafic d'influence passif commis par une personne investie d'un mandat électif public, financement illicite de parti politique ou de campagne électorale. ugg bottes pas cher "A l'issue de cette audition (...) il a été mis en examen du chef de trafic d'influence passif, délit prévu et réprimé par les articles 432-11 et 432-14 du Code pénal", ajoute le parquet. Ce délit est puni de dix ans d'emprisonnement et 150.000 euros d'amende maximum. A ce stade, et à deux mois du premier tour de l'élection présidentielle, les juges n'ont donc pas retenu le financement illicite de parti politique. ugg bottes pas cher L'ancienne comptable des Bettencourt, Claire Thibout, avait indiqué en juillet 2010 avoir remis en janvier 2007 50.000 euros en liquide à l'ancien homme de confiance de Liliane Bettencourt Patrice de Maistre. Selon elle, il lui avait déclaré les destiner à Eric Woerth pour le financement de la campagne présidentielle de Nicolas Sarkozy. ugg pas cher shop Mais MM de Maistre et Woerth ont toujours farouchement nié ces échanges d'argent liquide. En revanche, le trafic d'influence semble viser la manière dont M. Woerth est intervenu pour faire obtenir la Légion d'Honneur à M. de Maistre en juillet 2007, avant de lui en remettre lui-même les insignes en janvier 2008, alors que M. de Maistre avait embauché à l'été 2007 son épouse Florence chez Clymène, qu'il dirigeait. ugg femme Une poursuite de M. Woerth de ce chef rappellerait la condamnation pour trafic d'influence de l'ancien ministre et sénateur Charles Pasqua à trois ans d'emprisonnement dont deux avec sursis et 100.000 euros d'amende le 27 octobre 2009, pour avoir fait obtenir la Légion d'Honneur à l'homme d'affaires d'origine russe Arcadi Gaydamak, concomitamment au versement d'importantes sommes d'argent à une association qu'il animait. ugg pas chers M. de Maistre a été mis en examen le 15 décembre à Bordeaux pour abus de faiblesse à l'encontre de Mme Bettencourt, complicité d'abus de confiance et escroquerie aggravés, ainsi que pour blanchiment. Laurent Wauquiez, ministre de l'Enseignement supérieur et de la Recherche, a été le seul homme politique à réagir mercredi. Il a indiqué dans un communiqué "apporter tout son soutien" à M. Woerth, "un homme droit et rigoureux", et s'est dit "convaincu que la procédure en cours lèvera vite les suspicions" : "Il n’est aucun doute sur son intégrité. Tous ceux qui le connaissent partagent cet avis", a-t-il dit.

L'ancien cycliste allemand Jan Ullrich reconnu coupable de dopage Rattrapé par la justice après la fin de sa carrière en 2007, le vainqueur du Tour de France 1997, Jan Ullrich, a été reconnu coupable de dopage dans le cadre de "l'affaire Puerto". Tous ses résultats acquis depuis le 1er mai 2005 ont été annulés. Par Dépêche (texte) REUTERS - Le cycliste allemand Jan Ullrich, ancien vainqueur du Tour de France, a été reconnu coupable de dopage dans le cadre de "l'opération Puerto" et suspendu deux ans jeudi par le Tribunal arbitral du sport (Tas).ugg bottes soldes Lors de cette opération menée en 2006 par la police espagnole, plus de 200 poches de sang étiquetées avec des noms de code, dont plusieurs se référaient à des cyclistes, avaient été saisies. Soup?onné d'être au coeur de ce scandale, le docteur Eufemiano Fuentes a été à plusieurs reprises en contact avec Jan Ullrich. Le médecin espagnol, contre qui une peine de deux ans de prison a été requise en novembre dernier, devrait être jugé dans les prochains mois. ugg bottes soldes Premier coureur allemand à remporter la Grande Boucle, en 1997, Jan Ullrich a nié toute implication dans cette affaire. Aujourd'hui agé de 38 ans, il a pris sa retraite sportive en 2007. Le jugement du Tas ordonne une suspension rétroactive de deux ans, dont le point de départ est le 22 ao?t 2011, date de l'audience de Jan Ullrich devant la juridiction sportive basée en Suisse.air max soldes Le Tas a décidé en outre d'annuler tous les résultats acquis par Jan Ullrich entre le 1er mai 2005 et le jour où il a pris sa retraite, considérant qu'à partir de cette date, il y a plus de six ans et demi, le coureur était "pleinement impliqué dans le programme de dopage du docteur Fuentes".nike pas cher "Compte tenu du volume, de la cohérence et de la fiabilité des preuves présentées par l'UCI, et de l'absence de réaction de Jan Ullrich concernant la véracité ou la fiabilité de ces mêmes preuves, la Formation arbitrale est arrivée à la conclusion que Jan Ullrich avait été impliqué au moins dans des actes de dopage sanguins", stipule le jugement du Tas. tn requin Cette condamnation intervient trois jours après l'annonce de la suspension de deux ans par le Tas d'un autre vainqueur du Tour de France, l'Espagnol Alberto Contador, condamné sur la base d'un contr?le antidopage positif au clenbutérol, un agent anabolisant, réalisé lors de la Grande Boucle 2010. ugg solde En 2006, l'Espagnol Oscar Pereiro avait été déclaré vainqueur du Tour de France après la condamnation pour dopage de l'Américain Floyd Landis. Considéré à 29 ans comme le meilleur cycliste de sa génération, Alberto Contador est jugé quasiment invincible dans les longues courses par étape en raison de ses dons de grimpeur. Il a cependant terminé cinquième du Tour de France l'an dernier, après une préparation perturbée et en raison d'un genou douloureux. nike soldes

Les rebelles touaregs poursuivent leur offensive dans le Nord Après des jours de combats avec les forces armées, les rebelles touaregs du Mouvement national de libération de l'Azawad (MNLA) ont pris le contr?le d'une ville frontière dans le nord du Mali. Des milliers de personnes fuient les violences. Par Dépêche (texte) REUTERS - Les rebelles touaregs du nord du Mali se sont emparés de la ville frontière de Tinzawatene après deux jours d'affrontements avec les forces gouvernementales maliennes, a-t-on appris mercredi de sources rebelles et gouvernementales. ugg solde Les combattants du Mouvement national pour la libération de l'Azawad (MNLA), en lutte pour l'indépendance du nord du Mali, ont pris le contr?le des deux camps militaires de la ville et saisi plusieurs véhicules militaires, a déclaré un de leurs porte-parole, Hama Ag Sid'Ahmed. L'ENTRETIEN L'ENTRETIEN Hama Ag Sid Ahmed, porte-parole du Mouvement National de Libération de l’Azawad "C'est vrai, l'armée s'est retirée du camp (de Tinzawatene) et s'est repliée du c?té algérien de la frontière, mais c'est un repli stratégique", a déclaré une source au ministère malien de la Défense, souhaitant rester anonyme. Un peu plus tard, le gouvernement malien a confirmé dans un communiqué le retrait de Tinzawatene. ugg solde Un rebelle a été tué et un autre blessé dans les combats, a déclaré Hama Ag Sid'Ahmed. La capture de Tinzawatene est un gain stratégique important pour le MNLA, car cette localité leur donne le contr?le d'une voie importante de transit et de contrebande vers le désert. Les rebelles, renforcés par le retour de combattants ayant servi le régime de Mouammar Kadhafi en Libye, ont lancé une offensive sur trois fronts dans le nord du pays à la mi-janvier.air max tn chaussures Dans un communiqué, le secrétaire général des Nations unies Ban Ki-moon a condamné les violences et a appelé les rebelles "à cesser immédiatement leurs attaques". Selon le Comité international de la Croix-Rouge, le nombre de Maliens déplacés par les combats à l'intérieur du pays s'élève à 30.000 et 15.000 autres se sont réfugiés au Niger. air max tn chaussures L'Europe prend-elle du retard sur l'investissement ? Le président Wade a rejeté sur l'opposition la responsabilité des violences et clairement mis en garde ceux qui seraient tentés de "troubler l'ordre public" à l'approche du scrutin, assurant que les manifestants "ne représentent rien par rapport aux millions de personnes qui sont" avec lui.air max bw classic Alors que le Sénégal célèbre ce week-end l'anniversaire de la naissance du prophète, l'un des principaux dignitaires musulmans du pays, Cheikh Mouhamadou Mansour Sy, calife de la confrérie soufie des Tidianes, a appelé les responsables politiques à "l'apaisement". tn requin Ces confréries soufies - Tidianes, Mourides, Quadiriya et Layenne - ont une influence déterminante dans le pays et sont fortement courtisées par les politiques à l'approche des échéances électorales. "La CATA, en tant que représentant des compagnies aériennes chinoises, est fermement opposée à la mauvaise pratique européenne (qui consiste à) obliger unilatéralement des compagnies internationales à entrer dans l'ETS", avait précisé M. Chai. air max tn france

Teenage girl from Afghanistan to box at Olympics Besides going after a medal in the boxing ring at the London Olympics, Sadaf Rahimi will be taking a few punches in the fight for equal rights for Afghan women. There are female Afghan success stories, yet most women in Afghanistan remain second-class citizens, many cloaked from head-to-toe in blue burqas, some abused or hidden in their homes. pas cher ugg Rahimi, a determined 17-year-old student, wants to become the new face of Afghan women, gaining honor and dignity for herself and other women in here war-torn country and improving their image worldwide. She will get her chance this summer in London, where women's boxing makes its Olympic debut. "When we participate in the outside competitions, there is pressure on us," Rahimi said while training in a makeshift gym in the Afghan capital. "But I will try to show that an Afghan girl can enter the ring and achieve a position for Afghanistan." pas cher ugg In line with conservative norms for women in Afghanistan, Rahimi is expecting to wear black tights under her boxing gear at the Olympics to cover her knees. She trains for hours three days a week, punching heavy bags and sparring with her teammates and trainers. They throw punches on faded pink and green mats covering a concrete floor of a room in an Afghan sports stadium where the hardline Taliban regime used to stage public executions. The female boxers still don't have a real boxing ring to hone their skills. air max soldes After the Taliban banned women from participating in sporting events, the International Olympic Committee suspended Afghanistan from the games. Afghanistan missed the 2000 Olympics in Sydney as a result. The Taliban were toppled in 2001 and the suspension was lifted the following year. Afghanistan sent female athletes — for the first time in its history — to the 2004 Olympics in Athens.air max soldes Rahimi, who has the support of her family in Kabul, is following in the footsteps of Robina Muqimyar, the female Afghan runner who competed in Athens. Another woman, Mehboda Ahdyar, was scheduled to go to the 2008 Beijing Games but couldn't compete because of injuries. "I am well aware that my opponents in the London 2012 Olympics are more powerful and even twice as good as me, but I have prepared myself to participate and win a medal," said Rahimi, who started boxing four years ago and won a silver medal during a boxing competition in Tajikistan.air max tn chaussures Female boxing is an unusual sport in a country like Afghanistan, where most of the women are still struggling for their rights and get little respect in the male-dominated society. Recently in Baghlan province in the north, 15-year-old Sahar Gul was locked up, beaten with cables and tortured by her husband and in-laws after she refused to work as a prostitute. They deny any wrongdoing. She became the bruised and bloodied face of women's rights in Afghanistan after being rescued in late December when an uncle called police. ugg bottes soldes Her story shocked Afghanistan and prompted calls to end underage marriage. The legal marriage age in Afghanistan is 16, but the United Nations estimates that half of all girls are forced to marry before their 16th birthday. In Kunduz province, also in the north, a 30-year-old woman named Storay was killed last month because she gave birth to a third baby girl, instead of a boy. Storay, who used only one name, was slain, allegedly by her husband, when her third child was 3 months old. Her husband has left the family.ugg pas cher shop Despite such atrocities, there are increasing opportunities for Afghan women who want to participate in sports, said Mohammad Saber Sharifi, the coach of the Afghan female boxing team. The team was established by the Afghan Olympic Committee in 2007 and so far has registered more than two dozen female boxers. Rahimi, who fights in the 54-kilogram (118.8 pounds) weight class, will get into the Olympics through a wild card berth. She plans to travel to London on Feb. 19 to train for several weeks. In May she will fight in a competition in China, but win or lose there, she will be at the Olympics in London. "Sadaf Rahimi is the only girl who will participate in these games," Sharifi said. "She will represent all Afghan women, which makes her the biggest female personality in Afghanistan." Things have been much easier for male athletes in Afghanistan.

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She witnessed a town deluged with opium addicts and countless widows whose husbands and sons had died while smuggling drugs across borders. But nothing shook her like Darya. It was the child bride who opened up to her, talked to her as if she was a savior, while others around her hid behind their fear. Darya's narrative, as well as stories of those like her, make perhaps the most heartbreaking aspect of the opium trade. air max tn chaussures "What's the saddest part? What's the most interesting part of this story to you?" she had asked her guide before she met the girl. "It's the opium brides," her guide had answered. And when Nawa asked him to introduce her to one, he responded, "Oh, which one? There are so many of them." ugg bottes soldes Child marriage exists throughout the world. Even if the number has decreased globally over the past 30 years, 64 million women ages 20 to 24 still marry or enter a union before they turn 18, according to a UNICEF estimate. In Afghanistan, that's would be about 378,000 women. Although Kabul has passed a law to curb the practice, raising marriageable ages to 18 for males and 16 for females, more than 60 percent of marriages in Afghanistan involve girls below the legal age. ugg bottes soldes Marrying girls at a young age is nothing new to Afghanistan. For centuries, marriages have been used to settle debts and improve a family's financial condition. Many poor households see their daughters as an economic burden and would rather send them off quickly to their husbands. They have also treated women and girls as a means to settle monetary disputes, making them "loan brides" in exchange for debt relief. "But those marriages are within family," Nawa said. Cousins would marry. Two brothers would betroth their son and daughter to each other. But not many would promise their daughters to strangers from a completely different town, men with wives and families, who smuggle drugs and don't speak their language. 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Its agricultural program consisted of flying experienced poppy farmers all over Afghanistan to teach people the techniques of opium cultivation. It didn't take much to convince Afghans to embrace poppy. Decades of war have destroyed their traditional orchards. Cyclical drought and poverty hinder Afghan farmers from growing high-profit fruit and saffron, which require an investment in irrigation systems. In the end, it was the poppy that met all the prerequisites: higher yield with less land, little irrigation, and greater profits. With the price high and rising -- 2011 gross income from opium per hectare has skyrocketed 118 percent from the year before -- it would take a lot more than free alternative crop seeds and fertilizer distribution to wean Afghan farmers off opium production. pas cher ugg Poppy seeds and fertilizer also cost money, but start-up farmers are willing to approach traffickers, asking to borrow money with a promise to repay with kilos of opium at harvest time. They know opium is much more promising than wheat. As eradication efforts ramp up, however, farmers who don't have enough to bribe officials end up watching their lucrative crop ripped up and flattened. Gone with it is their hope for a better future -- and, sometimes, their daughters. "This is a business deal, essentially," Nawa said. "This has become a more common practice because of the opium trade, because this society has disintegrated and family is being interrupted." Poppy farmers who give their daughters in marriage to lenders receive quittance -- and sometimes a cash dowry that can be used to start a new life. Even so, such opportunity offers little consolation to those who have chosen that path; loan brides are considered a shame to the culture. "The fathers who sell their daughters to settle their opium debts are ashamed of what they're doing," Nawa said. "It is not something that is accepted or normal."

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Sécurité : Hollande se met dans les pas de Jospin La gauche serait-elle enfin devenue crédible sur le terrain sécuritaire ? "Non. L'opinion n'a pas encore identifié la mue du PS", répond sans ambages un dirigeant socialiste. Voilà l'enjeu pour Fran?ois Hollande, qui aborde cette périlleuse question, lundi 6 février à Dijon, la ville de son ami Fran?ois Rebsamen, responsable du dossier dans son équipe de campagne. Le candidat socialiste devait prononcer ensuite au Théatre Dejazet, à Paris, un discours sur la justice, qu'il veut "accessible, efficace et indépendante". ugg solde Les socialistes savent que la sécurité constitue pour eux un terrain dangereux. En 2002, la "na?veté" concédée par Lionel Jospin en la matière lui avait co?té cher. En 2007, Ségolène Royal, pourtant peu suspecte de laxisme, au point de scandaliser ses camarades avec son "ordre juste", avait été sur ce thème distancée par Nicolas Sarkozy, ministre de l'intérieur. ugg pas chers EXPéRIENCE DE NOMBREUSES COLLECTIVITéS "Nous ne pouvons ignorer ni les le?ons gouvernementales, avec le sentiment que nous n'avions pas été suffisamment présents sur ce terrain, ni les le?ons électorales, dont celle de 2002, ni les le?ons locales", juge M. Moscovici, directeur de campagne du candidat socialiste. Instruits par l'expérience de nombreuses collectivités, qui pratiquent la vidéosurveillance, les socialistes l'assurent : le procès en angélisme n'est plus de mise. "Dans les dernières années, la pensée du PS sur la sécurité s'est homogénéisée, indique un élu. Il n'y a plus de perturbations."air max tn france Reste à en faire la démonstration : "Pas besoin de montrer que le bilan de Sarkozy est mauvais, les gens le savent. Mais il reste en tête dans l'opinion en termes d'efficacité sur ces questions." Pas s?r, dans un contexte d'extrême restriction, que les moyens que propose de déployer le candidat PS répondent à l'enjeu. Le projet sécurité de M. Hollande, c'est d'abord un recul sur les effectifs : les 10 000 postes de policiers et gendarmes sur cinq ans prévus par le programme du PS sont devenus 5 000 postes pour la police, la gendarmerie et la justice. Le recul n'a guère co?té politiquement: aucun policier ne croyait à la promesse. Les syndicats eux-mêmes s'en tiennent à réclamer un gel des suppressions de poste. tn requin A moyens quasi constants, il faudra rétablir la police de proximité et créer une centaine de zones de sécurité prioritaires. "Comme on ne pourra faire un recrutement massif, il faudra cibler", indique l'ancien ministre de l'intérieur Daniel Vaillant. Concentrer les moyens de répression (CRS) et d'enquête (police judiciaire, fisc, douanes) sur les quartiers les plus difficiles n'a rien de révolutionnaire: la gauche avait procédé de la sorte entre 1997 et 2002. Seule nouveauté, le choix des zones par le Parlement, qui doit prémunir contre les pressions des élus sur le futur ministre de l'intérieur. A l'époque de la police de proximité, tous les maires avaient voulu la leur. La mesure avait été généralisée trop vite. tn requin "PAS DE GRANDE IDéE NOUVELLE" Pour le reste, c'est une "campagne d'évitement des emmerdements", comme le résume le criminologue Alain Bauer. Dit par M.Rebsamen, cela donne: "créer un consensus autour de nos propositions", "le carré magique: prévention, dissuasion, répression, réparation". Sur les polices municipales, un sujet de tiraillements au PS, des gages sont donnés à la gauche du parti : pas question de généraliser leur armement. Mais pas question de le retirer à celles qui sont équipées. La vidéosurveillance, qui est au menu de la visite de lundi ? Il faut la promouvoir, mais en l'assortissant de comités d'éthique veillant aux libertés individuelles. air max bw classic "Il n'y a pas de grande idée nouvelle, mais les zones de sécurité prioritaires vont dans le bon sens", résume Nicolas Comte, secrétaire général d'Unité-SGP-Police (majoritaire chez les gardiens de la paix). Chez les policiers, ce sont moins les propositions sur la sécurité qui font réagir que le chapitre justice, avec la suppression des peines planchers. Le syndicat Alliance (droite) s'est "indigné". Même un commissaire de banlieue plut?t à gauche s'inquiète : "C'est le seul moyen que nous avons d'y arriver encore." air max bw classic Revient, en filigrane, la crainte de voir se répéter le scénario de 1997-2002 : le gouvernement Jospin avait alors envoyé des signaux contradictoires entre la place Beauvau et la place Vend?me. Le conflit s'était cristallisé autour de la loi sur la présomption d'innocence de 2000 et autour de la délinquance des mineurs. C'est pourquoi le candidat socialiste à la présidentielle a pris soin de lier les deux thématiques, ce que M. Moscovici résume en une formule : "La sécurité juste."

US pledges to work with Europe on tax evaders The United States and five European nations are pledging to crack down on global tax evaders. The Treasury Department said Wednesday that the U.S. government has signed a joint agreement with France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom to intensify their efforts to fight international tax evasion.air max tn france Treasury also announced that the Internal Revenue Service is publishing proposed rules investors will have to follow in reporting on earnings from foreign bank accounts. The regulations were required under a 2010 law Congress passed aimed at cracking down on taxpayers using foreign accounts to avoid paying U.S. taxes. air max bw classic "When taxpayers overseas avoid paying what they owe, other Americans have to bear a disproportionate share of the tax burden," said Emily S. McMahon, Treasury's acting assistant secretary for tax policy. The regulations establish tax reporting requirements for foreign banks that hold accounts for U.S. taxpayers. The IRS will review the regulations and has the authority to modify them before they take effect.ugg bottes pas cher Alabama passed a measure considered the nation's toughest in June 2011 requiring police to detain people they suspect of being in the United States illegally. Georgia, Indiana, South Carolina and Utah have also passed immigration crackdowns. The Arizona measure has since been blocked by a court, while at least part of others measures remain in place.nike pas cher "In the narrow matter of law, obviously we were right," said Glenn Gimbut, city attorney for San Luis, which brought the suit against her. "But as this has steered into broader political debate, that one is above my pay grade." The city clerk immediately ordered the ballots for the March 13 primary be printed without Cabrera's name following the ruling, said Karin Meza, a city spokeswoman. ugg bottes pas cher That drew a robust response from Deputy Finance Minister Filippos Sachinidis who told parliament that the EU treaty has no clause to force any country out of the euro. "There is no legal ground to throw into question a country's sovereign rights," he said. "A country that does not protect its social fabric has no future." ugg pas cher Some exasperated Greeks believe that their leaders are drawing out the talks to create the impression that they are driving a hard bargain to soften the deal's terms. The reality is that the "troika" of the European Commission, European Central Bank and IMF holds most of the cards. While the leaders can seek less harsh cuts in some areas, overall targets have to be achieved and savings must be made elsewhere. ugg pas cher

UK lawmakers question military capabilities Britain would struggle to mount another operation on the scale of its intervention in Libya because of deep defense cuts, a report from lawmakers warned Wednesday. The Libya campaign, which led to the overthrow of Moammar Gadhafi, was successful and justified but had raised "important questions" about the extent of the U.K. military's capabilities, the House of Commons Defense Committee report said. ugg pas cher shop "The real test is whether the success of this mission was a one-off or whether the lessons it has highlighted mean that future such missions can be successfully undertaken, whilst maintaining the U.K.'s capability to protect its interests elsewhere," committee chair James Arbuthnot said. ugg bottes soldes Prime Minister David Cameron said lessons learned from Libya about evacuations prompted the decision to buy a new Boeing C-17 military transport plane — a move he announced hours after the critical report was published. The committee noted that Britain's participation in the NATO mission over Libya was carried out before a decision to cut 8 percent from the defense ministry's budget was implemented, saying the government now will face "significantly greater challenges" with a similar operation in the future. ugg bottes soldes "The government will need to make some difficult decisions on prioritization if it embarks on a future mission similar to the Libya operation now," the committee warned. But Defense Secretary Philip Hammond said Wednesday the operation in Libya had demonstrated Britain's ability to project military power around the world. The defense committee said it was concerned that future NATO operations may not be possible if the U.S. can't help with providing unmanned aerial vehicles, intelligence and refueling aircraft.air max tn chaussures "For the time being, there will continue to be a heavy reliance on U.S. command and control functions for future NATO operations," the committee said. "It should be a priority for NATO to examine this over-reliance on U.S. capabilities and assets." It also noted that due to defense cuts, participating in new NATO operations could put standing commitments in jeopardy. The committee praised the Royal Navy's evacuation of civilians from the Libyan port of Benghazi and enforcement of an arms embargo off Libya, but noted that those actions meant sacrificing naval escort and counter-drugs operations. air max tn chaussures "It is likely that this type of risk-taking will occur more frequently" as defense cuts are implemented, the committee said. The defense secretary disagreed, saying Libya highlighted Britain's ability to conduct operations while fulfilling its commitments in Afghanistan, the Gulf and elsewhere. "We retain the capability to project power abroad and meet our NATO obligations, supported by what is the world's fourth largest defense budget," Hammond said. air max soldes That budget has been slashed as part of the British government's efforts to cut its deficit. Thousands of military jobs, a fleet of jets and an aging aircraft carrier were all lost after the Ministry of Defense announced an 8 percent cut to its annual 37 billion pound ($58.8 billion) defense budget over four years. The prime minister told lawmakers Wednesday that thanks to better management of the defense ministry's finances, the government had "found savings" to allow for the purchase of another C-17 — Britain's eighth.pas cher ugg His office said the price tag for the new cargo plane would be around 200 million pounds ($318 million). "The Libya evacuation and other potential evacuations in a dangerous and unstable world have brought home to us the importance of having transport aircraft," Cameron said.

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What Is Jewish Culture? George Gershwin called it Americana. Virgil Thomson called it "gefilte variations," a snide allusion to gefilte fish, a traditional Jewish foodstuff. Both men were referring to "Porgy and Bess," which, once again, is enjoying a successful run on Broadway. By Gershwin's lights, his production, rooted in the sights and sounds of the South, was as American as could be. To Thomson, one of the most influential critics of his time, the whole thing was a Jewish enterprise, through and through. air max tn chaussures For most of us in the audience, it matters not a whit whether Porgy and Bess bears an American, a Jewish or a mixed pedigree. We thrill to the strains of "Summertime," clap our hands in delight at "I Got Plenty O' Nuttin," and dab at our eyes when we hear "Bess, You is My Woman Now." For most of us, the opera's provenance -- the source of its angular rhythms and plush textures and grand aspirations -- is of little concern: Who cares? At best, it's a sideshow, a distraction, to what really matters: the production's emotional pull. ugg solde But maybe we're missing out on something if we don't reckon forthrightly with the tension between Gershwin's perspective and Thomson's. Maybe, we're missing out on the opportunity to define what constitutes "Jewish culture." Judaism, we know about, more or less: It's not Christianity. Secular Jewishness is also a relatively familiar concept. We recognize it when we see it, especially in the movies and on television. But "Jewish culture"? What on earth is that? Is it "Porgy and Bess," as Thomson would have it? Or the Talmud? The hip-hop stylings of Matisyahu or the traditional cantorial liturgy of Yosele Rosenblatt? Paintings on velvet of dancing Hasidim? Or the abstract canvases of Mark Rothko? How about Larry David or "Fiddler on the Roof"? air max bw classic You can have a field day trying to pin down the meaning of "Jewish culture," let alone inventory its contents. Jewish culture is so capacious, so fluid, so open-ended a term, one is left wondering whether the definition hangs on sensibility, subject matter or birthright. To put it another way, figuring out exactly what makes a song or a dance, a film or an artwork "Jewish" is not for the faint of heart. And that's just for starters. Equally daunting is the challenge of situating Jewish culture, of grounding it in a particular context, especially these days when everything's up for grabs. Where does one find it? On the street? In the synagogue? On Broadway? At college? The local Jewish community center? At a museum? Online?air max bw classic Yes, yes and yes, again -- in all those places. Some might argue that to highlight Jewish culture is to denigrate Judaism by rendering it an alternative, competing sphere of influence. Others might argue that a big tent approach to Jewish culture is a weakness rather than a strength, that it lacks discernment and discrimination. Surely, not every Rodgers and Hammerstein production is to be construed as an expression of Jewishness. Nor, for that matter, does every trinket from Israel. How, then, do we differentiate between what is and what isn't Jewish culture? A good question. air max tn france From my perspective, "Jewish culture" doesn't occupy one side of the ledger and "Judaism" another. On the contrary, they complete each other. As for formulating a neat and tidy definition of Jewish culture, I'm not sure I could come up with one. After all, I relish the juxtapositions of high and low, street and sanctuary, the age-old and the improvised, the opportunities for preservation as well as re-interpretation that are encompassed by the concept of Jewish culture.tn requin So much so, in fact, that I've just launched a new MA program in Jewish Cultural Arts that does precisely that: puts front and center the ways in which music and dance, film and theatre, photography and painting loom large in, and shape, the Jewish encounter with modernity. In the end, Gershwin and Thomson may resist any and all efforts at reconciliation. Still, it's not for want of trying. As both a rallying cry and as a point of departure, Jewish culture, to paraphrase Claude Levi Strauss, is good to think with.

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What You Can Do The news this week that the Susan G. Komen for the Cure Foundation, after years of pressure from political groups, will end its support of lifesaving breast cancer screening at Planned Parenthood health centers comes as a blow to women across America. It is a tremendous disappointment to all of us of who believe that every woman deserves access to quality preventive health care.ugg solde Over the past five years, Komen funds have enabled Planned Parenthood health centers to provide nearly 170,000 clinical breast exams (out of the total four million breast exams Planned Parenthood health centers have provided in the last five years) and referrals for more than 6,400 mammograms. These cancer detection and prevention programs saved the lives of women who often had nowhere else to turn for care. ugg solde It's been 24 hours since news of the Komen Foundation's decision broke, and we have been flooded with inquiries from people who want to help. Some of them survived breast cancer, or have loved ones who have battled the disease. Many of them know Planned Parenthood well because our health centers provide their annual check-ups and routine care. All of them are appalled that politics and intimidation have come between women and the health care they need. ugg solde People want to know what they can do. Here are three things anyone can do today: 1. Speak out. A longtime activist started an open letter about standing up for women's health in the face of threats, intimidation and bullying. We liked it so much that we've taken it viral. Add your name today. 2. Help out. If you are in a position to make a contribution, consider donating to Planned Parenthood so that we can continue expanding the critical health care services women nationwide rely on every day. We won't let the loss of funding from the Komen Foundation stop one woman from getting screened for breast cancer. air max tn chaussures 3. Check yourself out. Make an appointment at a Planned Parenthood health center to get your annual breast exam, and get a pelvic exam while you're at it. Take a friend to get her exam, too. Plenty of our supporters are men. Encourage the women in your life to make an appointment for their annual exams today. air max tn chaussures We hope the Susan G. Komen for the Cure Foundation reconsiders this decision and recommits to its partnership with us and our shared mission. We know what's at stake for thousands of women -- women like Abigail Sanocki in Denver, Colorado, who wrote to us with her story of how Komen funds helped her: air max tn chaussures In January of 2010 I found a lump in my left breast. At the time I was unemployed (like many others in the nation), and considering having to ignore it. However, at my annual exam, I did have one of Planned Parenthood's doctors look at it, and was encouraged to get an ultrasound, which then lead to me having to have the lump biopsied. The total estimated costs for the ultrasound and needle biopsy, which had to be done through an outside health institution would have been over $7,000. I was nearly penniless, without insurance, and terrified about the possibilities of where the results of this biopsy could have led... Without Planned Parenthood, I would still be walking around years later unsure of what was going on inside my body and the immediate future of my health. air max bw classic In our new publication -- Close to the Heart -- dozens of women like Abigail share their stories about how Planned Parenthood has provided them with much-needed breast health care and education. These women and thousands like them are the real victims of the Susan G. Komen for the Cure Foundation's decision -- and of right-wing bullying and harassment that led to the decision. And these women are why Planned Parenthood's breast health program will continue even stronger than before, all across the country.

On Fame On Sunday, Feb. 19, HBO will start airing my third sitcom. It's called Life's Too Short. It's a return to the fake documentary format like The Office. But if The Office reflected those quaint docu-soaps of the 90s that followed ordinary people having their 15 minutes, Life's Too Short reflects the more modern age -- desperate, fame-hungry monsters who will do anything just to be on the telly. pas cher ugg You know, so-called role models living their lives like open wounds to accumulate column inches, so they can then get some ghost-writer to spread those inches over several "autobiographies" to cash in on their infidelity, drug abuse, life of crime and personal tragedy. You can't help but think many should have called a doctor before they called a publicist. air max soldes I've always been fascinated by the subject of fame. Probably because I've never really understood it. Or rather, I've never really understood why people would put fame above all else. And it seems to be getting worse. A recent university survey asked a sample of ten-year-olds what they wanted to be when they grew up. They answered "famous." Just famous. air max tn chaussures I guess I always wanted to be eminent. That's the old word for fame, by the way. Being known for something. Being known for being good at something. Maybe even the best at something. "Fame" used to be fused with "respect" in some ways. That's what distinguished it from infamy. But not any more. ugg bottes soldes I never tried to be famous. I was never shy and I never minded being the center of attention, but not at any cost. I didn't want to be the center of attention for being the loud drunk at a party (the Golden Globes doesn't count) or the bloke fighting over the pool table, or the kid who would eat slugs for a dare. ugg pas cher shop I was willing to be the center of attention in a small group of friends for saying something funny. Even interesting. I wanted to be the funniest person in the room, not the most famous. I never knew I was honing a skill that would eventually transcend sociability to become a lucrative career. In fact, I never really thought about even having a career. ugg pas cher shop I used to be the laziest, least ambitious person I knew. Well, lazy in terms of work. Career success, if you will. I had artistic ambition, I guess, but being a working-class Brit I believed it was better to never try than to try, and run the risk of failing. Americans are brought up to believe they can be the president of the United States. British kids are told, "Don't be stupid. It won't happen for you."

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Four Candidates Walk Into a Bar ... “I LOVE humor,” Mitt Romney told CNN in December. If so, he has a funny way of showing it. “Funny” as in, not really that funny. Still, give the former Massachusetts governor his due: he might just be the funniest presidential candidate from that state since John Kerry, or maybe even Michael Dukakis. Call it something to build on. air max bw classic “She’s the best, and it’s all downhill from here,” Mr. Romney said of his wife, Ann, who introduced him at a rally here Wednesday night not far — but galaxies removed — from the comedy hub of the Vegas Strip. He was speaking at a janitorial supply company, with large boxes of toilet paper piled high on shelves next to the stage. Great visual. ugg boots pas cher In Minnesota last Wednesday, a protester showered Mr. Romney with glitter, or “confetti,” as he spun it. It covered his hair. “That’s not all that’s in my hair, I’ll tell you that,” Mr. Romney said. “I glue it on every morning, whether I need to or not.” He loves humor! Like that time in New Hampshire when Mr. Romney pretended that a waitress posing for a photo with him had grabbed his tush. “Oh, my goodness gracious,” he said, lurching forward. Or in Dubuque, Iowa, when he recalled that Ann had fallen during a visit there. “She said, ‘Well, I fell on de butt in Dubuque.’ ” tn requin Oh, my goodness gracious. This is not to pick on Mr. Romney. He is running for a serious job. And he is merely the front-runner in a Republican field that few would carve into any Mount Rushmore of (intentionally) funny politicians. Newt Gingrich is much better at attracting Laffers (the conservative economist, Arthur) than laughter. Rick Santorum often looks as if he has a headache. Both Mr. Gingrich’s and Mr. Santorum’s laugh lines tend more to the caustic than the funny. air max tn france “As many of you know, I study history,” Mr. Gingrich said, helpfully, at a debate. “And unlike the president, I study American history.” Ron Paul has gotten off some of the best quips in debates, but his overriding mood is of a cranky, “get the hell off my lawn” neighbor. They have all had their moments: the old reliable Dick Cheney hunting joke (Mr. Gingrich in a debate), or the “Obama uses a teleprompter a lot” joke (Mr. Gingrich, constantly), or an easy Joe Biden crack (Mr. Santorum in a speech). Or Mr. Paul (at a Florida debate) saying: “I don’t think we should go to the moon. I think we maybe should send some politicians up there.” ugg pas chers But there are no laugh-riots in this group — no Bob Doles or John McCains, two of the funnier candidates of the last few decades (that is, until they were fitted with the straitjacket of being their party’s nominee). And certainly no Mo Udalls. The congressman from Arizona, who sought the Democrats’ presidential nomination in 1976, has been hailed as perhaps the funniest candidate of recent vintage. ugg pas chers (One of Mr. Udall’s stump favorites: He said he walked into a barbershop, told the barber he was running for president, and the barber said, “Oh yeah, we were just laughing about that yesterday.”) These are serious men, imbued with lofty senses of mission and thrilled to leave the heavy comic lifting to the tweeters, late-night comedians and Herman Cains. “I am not running for entertainer in chief,” Mr. Gingrich declared on Tuesday night after being trounced by Mr. Romney in Florida. No kidding.

The Most Surprising Thing About How People Use Facebook We all know that people are using Facebook every day for keeping up with their friends -- sharing pictures, statuses, and little finds from across the Internet. But it turns out that for the most hardcore Facebook users, the platform is more than social -- it's political. ugg solde According to a new report from Pew, the Facebook users who have the most friends, were tagged in the most photos, and received the most wall posts, were more likely than average users to attend political rallies and meetings offline. Additionally, those who used Facebook's "groups" feature were also more likely to try to convince other Facebook friends to vote for certain candidates. (In general Facebook users were more likely than average Americans to vote in an election.) ugg femme It makes sense that an overall pattern of engagement extends beyond Facebook to the greater world. And this was true before Facebook too -- people who are more social, more engaged, also have higher rates of civic participation. But because Facebook is now where so many of those people -- these highly engaged citizens -- spend their time and communicate, the Facebook game is rising in importance for political campaigns. Voter contact -- asking someone personally to vote -- is thought to be the most effective way to get people to the polls, and it's all the more so when the people making the contact are friends not strangers. ugg pas chers Facebook, with its dense and active networks, offers campaigns a more efficient way of making those contacts. On Facebook, there is the potential to reach more people, whom they assume to be friends, without sending people into the streets to walk door to door. ugg soldes Though campaigns are hoping to reach millions of voters online, any actual increase in voter turnout has been at the margins, says Thomas E. Patterson, an elections scholar at Harvard's Kennedy School. There's some indication that there was a net turnout gain due to online organizing in 2008, but the ceiling for how many more people can be convinced to vote online may not be all that high. ugg soldes One other interesting bit from the Pew report: They found no evidence of "Facebook Fatigue." To the contrary, the study's authors say, the longer someone has been on Facebook, the more active they are. Same is true for people who have more friends. This is good news for Facebook and a sign that it is on a different path than MySpace. As more people use the site and build deeper collections there, they tend to stick around. ugg pas chers

6 Ways The Job Search Has Changed Post-Recession The recession changed a lot of things. It changed the way people spend money, the way they save for retirement, the way they invest in stocks. It's also changed the way companies recruit employees. Gone are the days when companies courted prospective employees, hiring managers offered generous starting bonuses and job seekers could choose from multiple offers. Hiring Now Search All Job Listings New York Jobs Los Angeles Jobs Chicago Jobs Philadelphia JobsSince the recession ended in June 2009, companies have been slowly emerging from survival mode and have begun more active hiring. Yet the job market has been forever changed, and job seekers have had to face a new reality when going about their job hunt. tn requin So how does a job seeker emerge successful in this post-recession job market? Here are six ways the job search has changed and the adapted tactics needed to get hired. 1. 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Fewer jobs mean more competition In the early 2000s, jobs were more plentiful, and if you didn't get one job, chances are there'd be another one just like it. Yet nowadays, the odds are not in a job seeker's favor. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, when the recession began in December 2007, the number of unemployed persons per job opening was 1.8. When the recession ended in June 2009, there were 6.1 unemployed persons per job opening. While the number has since been trending downward and is currently at 4.2 (as of November), you still need to find ways to stand out from the competition. air max tn france "The burden of proof has shifted to the job seeker to demonstrate value and fit," says Roy Cohen, career coach and author of "The Wall Street Professional's Survival Guide." "Job seekers need to be bolder and more energetic in this very challenging market. 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That means job seekers need to have a social media presence, and a professional one at that. ugg soldes "Social media has made a huge impact for job seekers," says Lavie Margolin, career coach and author of "Lion Cub Job Search: Practical Job Search Assistance for Practical Job Seekers." "Employers are using social media to post job openings and look into candidate backgrounds via private Facebook pages. Job seekers have an opportunity to increase their visibility ... via their LinkedIn page and possibly a blog that is industry-focused." 5. Customization is critical It is no longer acceptable in this post-recession job market to use a "spray and pray" method of applying for jobs. Blanket emailing recruiters with the same generic résumé will ensure your application gets tossed to the side. Newell says it's important that job seekers create targeted résumés. "They must have a different résumé for each job they are applying for, and they must ensure that they effectively communicate their skills which relate to the job [for which] they are applying." The same goes for cover letters. 6. Networking is more important than ever It's becoming more and more of an advantage in today's world to know someone within the company you're applying to so your résumé gets in the right hands. While not everyone has automatic connections, there are other ways to build relationships. One way to do so is through networking. "My advice to today's job seeker is to network," Newell says. "Job seekers should join groups and attend socials through sites such as MeetUp and LinkedIn. Attending a casual social and being active in online and offline groups can open many doors to employment." ugg soldes The job market may not look the same as it did five years ago, but that doesn't mean you have to start from square one. 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If the Giants or Pats Get a Parade, Shouldn't Iraq Vets? The ticker-tape parade is a slice of Americana as old as the Statue of Liberty. It's an honor reserved for a select few (sort of), from astronauts returning from space to military heroes to beloved politicians like Teddy Roosevelt. It's also happened for baseball player Sammy Sosa, and even the President of Indonesia. This weekend, either the New England Patriots or New York Giants will earn the title "champion" at the Super Bowl, and be treated to a victory parade in Boston or New York City as a result. Getting Super Bowl-champ football players a parade in their hometowns is never an issue. But Iraq War veterans? They deserve a little praise, too. They answered our country's call, and in the least, they survived. But for some reason, they're running into all kinds of resistance. Last week, New York City's Mayor Bloomberg said that a parade "would be premature while so many troops are still in harm's way around the world." air max bw classic After eight years of war there that saw over 4,400 American troops killed and over 32,000 wounded-in-action physically, the Iraq War finally ended on December 31, 2011. Yet, only St. Louis has held a "Welcome Home Our Heroes"parade to date -- and solely because two guys launched a Facebook page and motivated a grassroots group of citizens. In less than a week it morphed into an incredibly inspiring event. And it definitely lit a spark. Ever since then, we've been inundated with notes and emails from folks from San Francisco to Portland, Maine who want to do the same thing for the Iraq veterans in their communities. That's why today IAVA is calling on the president, New York Mayor Bloomberg and Boston Mayor Menino, and mayors and government officials nationwide to coordinate a National Day of Action to not only welcome home Iraq veterans but to channel critical jobs, education and transition resources to them and their families. It's a chance for all of us to work together -- just like we do on Veterans Day. Let's tap into the tremendous Sea of Goodwill that exists in the hearts of millions of Americans. Let's use some of our military experience to "coordinate fires." And instead of cities nationwide promoting events at different times over the next few years, let's all work together to coordinate a single, historic, transformative day to unite communities nationwide. 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Off The Wall On Climate At The Wall Street Journal News Corporation, the newspaper's owner, talks the talk and walks the walk. Last March, News Corp Chairman Rupert Murdoch -- yes, Rupert Murdoch, who also owns Fox News Channel -- issued a memo announcing that his company had become carbon-neutral, meaning that it is removing as much carbon pollution from the atmosphere as it is emitting, achieving a zero carbon footprint. And he was justifiably proud of that achievement. "We have become carbon-neutral across all of our global operations, and we are the first company of our kind to do so," Murdoch wrote. "We made a bold commitment in 2007 to embed the values of energy efficiency and environmental sustainability into all of our businesses -- for the benefit of our communities and our bottom line." ugg solde Improving the energy efficiency of the company's day-to-day operations had not only curbed emissions, Murdoch added, but also "saved millions of dollars." 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Further, the law authorizes the Environmental Protection Agency to regulate any pollutant that it determines to "cause, or contribute to, air pollution which may reasonably be anticipated to endanger public health or welfare." The act specifically defines "welfare" to include threats to "weather" and "climate." (I could go on with my rebuttal, but Joe Romm, the editor of Climate Progress, saved me the trouble by doing a thorough job.) air max tn chaussures The opinion piece's main conclusion? "It is likely that more [carbon dioxide] and the modest warming that may come with it will be an overall benefit to the planet." Major scientific institutions worldwide, including the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the American Meteorological Society and the U.S. National Academy of Sciences, would disagree. The greater incidence of extreme weather events around the world alone contradicts the authors' upbeat assessment. So who wrote this poppycock? The Journal identified the 16 co-authors as scientists. As it turns out, not all of them are scientists. Only four have published climate papers in peer-reviewed journals, and only two have published relevant research over the past three decades. Half of the authors, meanwhile, have ties to the oil and gas industry or oil industry-funded "free market" think tanks. And the roster includes an aerospace engineer, an astronaut turned politician, an economist, a chemist and a medical doctor. Asking this group for its opinion on global warming is akin to asking a proctologist to opine on the latest developments in brain surgery. Two days ago, the Wall Street Journal published a letter by 38 bona fide climate scientists that essentially made the same point. air max tn chaussures The Journal's offending January 27 opinion piece is hardly an isolated case. The paper has a history of publishing scientifically indefensible opinion pieces by its staff writers and outside contributors that attack climate scientists and downplay the seriousness of global warming. The bulk of these editorials and signed opinion pieces wouldn't pass muster in the paper's highly regarded news section, but opinion writers operate under a different set of rules. They're trying to persuade, and, of course, they have a right to express their views. At the same time, however, they don't have the right to make up the facts, and the Journal has the responsibility to vet whatever it publishes. air max bw classic One could argue that the Journal is hardly alone, and that's true. Just off the top of my head, I know the Baltimore Sun, Boston Globe and Chicago Tribune recently published similarly noxious opinion pieces on this topic. And then there are the 300-plus papers that run syndicated columnist George Will, who consistently mangles the facts on climate. But unlike local and regional papers, the Journal has the largest national circulation and publishes perhaps the most influential opinion section in the country. It has shown over the years that it has the power to make or break government policy.

Three Die in Egypt Clashes Over Soccer Riot Police in Cairo set off salvos of tear gas and fired birdshot at protesters angry over a deadly soccer riot as fresh clashes on Egyptian streets killed three people on Friday, according to a volunteer doctor and health officials. Enlarge Image Close Associated Press Egyptian riot police throw stones at protestors during clashes near the Interior Ministry in Cairo, Egypt, Friday.ugg pas cher More Police Face Fallout From Riot One man died just feet away from the Interior Ministry, which has become a target for demonstrators furious that the police failed to prevent a soccer riot that killed 74 people in the Mediterranean city of Port Said on Wednesday. It was the world's worst soccer violence in 15 years. ugg pas cher Also Friday, gunmen intercepted a tourist minivan and snatched two female American tourists at gunpoint, along with their Egyptian tour guide near St. Catherine's Monastery in the Sinai, the region's security chief said. Maj. Gen. Mohammed Naguib, the head of south Sinai security, said the gunmen were driving a sedan and a pickup truck. Maj. Gen. Naguib said the abductors sped away into the mountains. A helicopter was leading a search and rescue mission, he said. ugg bottes pas cher The bus was carrying three other people who were left behind, Maj. Gen. Naguib said. Their nationalities were not immediately known. Regional Upheaval Track events day by day in the region. View Interactive More photos and interactive graphics In Cairo and the city of Suez, protesters angry over Wednesday's deadly soccer riot turned their rallies into a call for Egypt's ruling military council, led by Field Marshal Hussein Tantawi, to surrender power because of what they say is the military's mismanagement of the country's transition to democracy. More rallies were planned Friday. ugg pas cher shop A volunteer doctor said the man in Cairo died of wounds from birdshot fired at close range during clashes at dawn Friday. The doctor, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he feared reprisals by the authorities, said his field hospital close to Cairo's Tahrir Square was overwhelmed with injuries overnight. ugg femme Photos: Melee at Port Said Soccer Stadium View Slideshow Associated Press Egyptian women, outside a morgue in Cairo, reacted Thursday to news of relatives' deaths during postgame clashes at a soccer stadium. Earlier Friday, two protesters died by police gunfire in clashes with security forces in Suez, said health official Mohammed Lasheen. About 3,000 people had demonstrated in front of the city's police headquarters and police fired tear gas and live ammunition, witnesses said. A third protester in Suez was in critical condition because of a wound to the neck. Suez city security chief denied the deaths there were from police gunfire. ugg pas chers In Cairo, protests spiraled into violent clashes between the protesters and police late Thursday as demonstrators charged toward the Interior Ministry, which oversees the police. Thousands threw rocks, and police responded with tear gas and birdshot.

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Unemployment rate hits 8.3 pct. after hiring burst In the most impressive surge for the job market since the middle of last decade, the United States added 243,000 jobs in January, far more than economists expected. The unemployment rate dropped to 8.3 percent, the lowest in three years. Lower unemployment is a positive a sign for President Barack Obama's re-election hopes. Still, he's likely to face voters with the highest unemployment rate of any post-war president.ugg pas chers Hiring accelerated across the economy and up and down the pay scale. The high-salary professional services industry added 70,000 jobs, the most in 10 months. Manufacturing added 50,000, the most in a year. ugg soldes The report Friday from the Labor Department sent money pouring into the stock market and out of more conservative investments in bonds. Dow Jones industrial average futures, virtually flat before the report was released at 8:30 a.m. (1330 GMT), jumped 100 points.ugg soldes The stock market is already off to its fastest start in 15 years as more investors start to believe the economic recovery is finally for real and will only get stronger. The Dow has gained 4 percent in 2012. It was the most jobs added since and April and May 2010, when 277,000 and 458,000 jobs were created. But those months were skewed by massive hiring for the census. Before that, the last month with more job creation was March 2006. ugg soldes The unemployment rate was down two ticks from last month and the lowest since an 8.3 percent reading in February 2009. It was also the fifth consecutive month that the rate has fallen, the first time that has happened since late 1994. ugg femme The report seemed certain to shake up the presidential campaign, which is expected to turn on the economy. Unemployment was 7.8 percent when Obama took office in and 10 percent, its peak for the economic downturn, nine months later. ugg femme Employers have added an average of 201,000 jobs a month in the past three months. That's 50,000 more jobs per month than the economy averaged in each month last year. The Labor Department's January jobs report was filled with other encouraging data and revisions. The economy added 200,000 more jobs in 2011 than first thought. The unemployment rate is nearly a percentage point lower than over the summer, when many feared a recession was imminent.ugg solde Impressively, the job gains last month were spread across the economy. Even the beleaguered construction sector added 21,000 jobs, its second month of strong gains. That figure has probably been helped by unseasonably warm weather this winter. The leisure and hospitality industry, which includes restaurants and hotels, added 44,000 jobs. Retailers added nearly 11,000. The unemployment rate fell even as more people began looking for work. But a much larger number said they found work. More jobs and higher incomes should help consumers boost spending and increase economic growth.

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Muslims in America 2012 - Who Will They Vote For? In December last year, the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) announced their 2012 "Muslims Vote" campaign. A 2012 presidential voter guide is available, they have an online registration tool and a video, as well as a presence on Twitter. The hope is to encourage participation in the election among young Muslim voters as CAIR recognizes that with a large Muslim population in key swing states such as Ohio, Florida and Michigan, the Muslim vote potentially has great influence.ugg solde The overall Muslim population in the US is an estimate and somewhat controversial depending on which communities are included. But it is generally accepted that there are between 3 and 5 million Muslims in the country, and that this number is growing. CAIR's GOTV campaign will hopefully make an impression on Muslim voters as the 2012 election approaches. Certainly, their Voter Guide questions have helped reveal the prejudices of some of the presidential candidates. With four of the more outspoken candidates out of the race, CAIR's Voter Guide profiles on the rest tend to feature their attitude towards Islam and toward civil rights. On Santorum, for example, it notes that he "supports indefinite detentions of suspected terrorists without charges at the Guantanamo Bay prison" (and) "Endorses racial and religious profiling, specifically of American Muslims and young men, in order to enhance security at airports."ugg femme But CAIR in a news release saves its most pointed criticism for Newt Gingrich, calling him "one of the worst promoters of anti-Muslim bigotry." CAIR spokesman Corey Sayolar said that this was in response to Gingrich's comment that he would only hire Muslims in his administration if they renounced Sharia as a tool for American government. ugg soldes In January 2012, the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals struck down an Oklahoma ban on the application of "Sharia law" and "international law" in courts. Any further attempts to raise this issue in order to get votes from a fearful and ill-informed electorate will hopefully be dealt with in similar fashion by the courts. It may not be enough however, to prevent candidates from raising the Sharia law issue as a divisive wedge in their campaigns if they think it will serve their purpose.ugg soldes Other ugly incidents, like the fundamentalist pastor who wanted to publicly burn a copy of the Koran, controversy over the siting of the Moslem Community Center in downtown Manhattan and anti-Sharia law initiatives, have only encouraged the bigotry of some TV commentators and media spokespeople. It can be argued that this sort of anti-Muslim rhetoric, while hardening the fanatics on the right, will end up alienating most moderate thinkers in the electorate. In recent races where xenophobic rhetoric and fear mongering was used to get votes, it turned out that it was the amount of money spent on a race, not the rhetoric that determined the outcome. It is considered unlikely that these tactics will work in a presidential election when substantial turnout means that the hard right base will not have a disproportionate influence. ugg soldes There appears to be an inherent conflict for most Muslims when choosing sides. Conservative Republicans are more likely to be anti Muslim, as most of the Republican presidential candidates have proved. But the conservative nature of the Republican party appeals to many similarly conservative Muslims, giving them a limited field to choose from. ugg pas chers So who will these Muslims vote for this year in the Republican presidential primary? Ron Paul is the one Republican candidate who may get support from Muslims who see his libertarian philosophy as similar to their ideology. His position on foreign policy appeals as he wants the US to immediately stop its military involvement in the Middle East, repeal the Patriot Act and limit funding to Israel. Zahra Siddiqui, a political science major at the University of Illinois, said recently, "Ron Paul knows how to differentiate between Muslims and terrorists, and he would never sacrifice any citizen's liberties over security." But Brian Gaines, a political science professor specializing in voting behavior and elections at the University of Illinois, notes that generally Muslims in America today do not vote like other religious groups. "Muslims are unique in that the more religious they are, the more Democratic they tend to vote," said Gaines.

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How to Watch Out for Fake Sales I read dozens of articles a week on consumer issues, my version of "continuing ed." There's always one that sticks out as most intriguing, and this past week it was a New York Times story by Stephanie Clifford about how J.C. Penney's new CEO hopes to improve the department store chain's fortunes by eliminating what he labeled "fake prices." Wow! This is the most directly I have ever heard a retailer speak of the pervasive practice of marking prices up so that you can mark them down. In other words, some store put a high "regular" price on an item, then deeply discount it to try to make customers think they're getting a bargain. Ron Johnson, the CEO, believes customers are not fooled by that tactic. ugg boots clearance At J.C. Penney, the Times reported, items that cost the chain $10 wholesale had a retail price tag of $27 a decade ago, compared with $36 last year. And yet, paradoxically, in 2011 customers actually got many of those $36 items for less than $27 because J.C. Penney offered so many sales and coupons. Johnson wants to simplify all that, embracing just three price tiers at the chain: everyday prices, monthly promotions and clearance items. ugg boots outlet sale How refreshing! J.C. Penney is not the only store to have engaged in this kind of price hoopla to try to generate excitement. It's just the only one to admit it -- and ditch it. I was shopping at a store-that-shall-remain-nameless this past weekend and I noticed that nothing in the store was priced at full retail. So that brings to mind a cautionary phrase I coined years ago: Not every sale is a bargain and not every bargain is on sale. ugg boots clearance Say you buy a gallon of milk every week for $2.50. Then, one day, you walk into the supermarket and see a huge sign: "Today only! Milk just $2.50!" You would know that's ridiculous because that's what you always pay for milk. But what about things you don't buy so often -- such as refrigerators, stereos and winter coats? How will you know if the big sale claims are for real? ugg boots outlet clearance To be a truly savvy consumer you need to be a good comparison shopper. If it's any consolation, to be a good comparison shopper, you need to be a truly frequent shopper. Or you need a smart phone bar code scanner thingie, although shopping till you drop to get a handle on prices is way more fun, especially for women. (An aside: my husband wanted to leave the store last weekend, just as I was getting warmed up!) ugg boots outlet clearance Yes, retailers have always played games to get our greedy little hearts going. Here's another one: those "compare at" price tags. You know, the ones where the store states its price right underneath the "compare at" price, which is supposedly what some other retailer charges. I know of yet another popular clothing store that marks its classic lines "50% off!" one month, then "buy one get one free" the next month and continues this cycle year-round. ugg boots clearance Faking the original or "compare at" prices is actually illegal in some jurisdictions, but it's hard to prove because consumer watchdogs can't monitor stores every day all year round. Still, some aggressive attorneys general have brought cases against retailers for claiming merchandise was on sale, when really, it was always that same, lower price. Since there probably isn't a clipboard-wielding bureaucrat scanning price tags in your favorite store, you'll need to watch out for yourself. You've been warned!

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