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VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Benedict XVI marked Christmas Eve with Mass in St. Peter's Basilica and a pressing question: Will people find room in their hectic, technology-driven lives for children, the poor and God?
Pope Benedict XVI waves to the faithfuls as he leaves St. Peter's Basilica at the end of the Christmas night mass. (Photo Credit: Getty Images).
The ceremony began at 10 p.m. local time Monday with the blare of trumpets, meant to symbolize Christian joy over the news of Christ's birth in Bethlehem. The basilica's main bell tolled outside, and the sweet voices of the Vatican's boys' choir wafted across the packed venue.
Christmas Eve Mass at the Vatican traditionally began at midnight, but the start time was moved up years ago so as to give the 85-year-old pontiff more time to rest before his Christmas Day speech. That address is to be delivered at midday Tuesday from the basilica's central balcony.
A smiling Benedict, dressed in gold-colored vestments, waved to photo-snapping pilgrims and applauding church-goers as he glided up the center aisle toward the ornate main altar of the cavernous basilica on a wheeled platform guided by white-gloved aides. The platform saves him energy.
In his homily, Benedict cited the Gospel account of Mary and Joseph finding no room at an inn and ending up in a stable which sheltered the baby Jesus. He urged people to reflect upon what they find time for in their busy, technology-driven lives.
"The great moral question of our attitude toward the homeless, toward refugees and migrants takes on a deeper dimension: Do we really have room for God when he seeks to enter under our roof? Do we have time and space for him?" the pope said.
"The faster we can move, the more efficient our time-saving appliances become, the less time we have. And God? The question of God never seems urgent," Benedict lamented.
The pope worried that "we are so 'full' of ourselves that there is no room left for God." He added, "that means there is no room for others either — for children, for the poor, for the stranger."
With his voice a bit hoarse, Benedict decried that history has suffered through "misuse of religion," when belief in one God became a pretext for intolerance and violence. Still, he insisted that where God is "forgotten or even denied, there is no peace either."
"Let us pray that Israelis and Palestinians be able to live their lives in the peace of the one God and in freedom," the pope said.
Benedict also mentioned his hope for progress in Syria, which is mired in civil war, as well as Lebanon and Iraq.
Reflecting the Vatican's concern about the exodus of many fearful Christians from the Muslim-dominated Middle East, Benedict expressed hope that "Christians in those lands where our faith was born maybe be able to continue living there" and that Christians and Muslims "build up their countries side by side in God's peace."
Hours before the basilica Mass, Benedict lit a Christmas peace candle on the windowsill of his studio window overlooking St. Peter's Square.


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Lévana Kirschenbaum's Dinner and a Show
Monday, March 28th
This is as plebeian as our glorious Moroccan food gets, and even then it's a complete feast, as always! Gluten-free to boot!
- Chick pea soup
- Chakshuka on white beans
- Schwarma
- Carrot Swiss chard salad
- Toasted vermicelli with olive oil, almonds and honey
The Cooking Demo runs from 7:00 to 9:00 followed by dinner, classes cost $45.00 for one session, $120.00 for 3 sessions or $200.00 for 5 sessions and a signed cookbook. Make your reservations at: http://www.levanacooks.com/kosher-cooking-classes/weekly-classes/
Location: Levana's home – 210 West 101st Street. #9L (Between Amsterdam Avenue and Broadway)
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Tuesday, March 29, 2011 | 1 – 3:30 PM
Join The Prime Grill's David Kolotkin as this charming chef guides us through kosher cooking. The Prime Grill, which serves New American cuisine with accents from Asia, the Mediterranean and beyond, is one of the most sophisticated kosher restaurants in the City. With David's guidance, you will create an interesting and dynamic feast of contemporary kosher fare.
Venue: De Gustibus Cooking School
Homepage: http://www.degustibusnyc.com
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A former soldier struggles to avoid losing his soul to the devil in a parable about faith, hope and charity
The Bearskinner. By Laura Amy Schlitz. Illustrated by Max Grafe. Candlewick, 32 pp., $16.99. Ages 4 and up.
By Janice Harayda
Laura Amy Schlitz is the newest supernova in the field of children's literature. For years, she had a passionate following mainly among the students who listened to her stories at the Park School in Baltimore, where she is the librarian. But her visibility soared after she earned raves for her 2006 novel for ages 10 and up, A Drowned Maiden's Hair. This year she won 2008 Newbery Medal for her cycle of one- and two-person plays, Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!, and she would be equally worthy of a major award for The Bearskinner, her retelling of a Faustian tale by the Brothers Grimm.
The grave and eloquent opening lines of the book set the tone: "They say that when a man gives up hope, the devil walks at his side. So begins this story: A soldier marched through a dark wood, and he did not march alone." In this tale a hungry and cold soldier returns from war to find nothing left of his home and the people he loved. At his lowest moment, he accepts an offer from the devil, a man with a goat's hoof for a left foot: For seven years, the soldier will have unlimited gold. But he must wear a bearskin and may not wash, pray or tell anyone of his dark bargain. If he does, he will lose his soul.
Clad in the skin of a bear he has just killed, the ex-soldier goes off to indulge his desires. After three years, he looks like a monster, and people flee from him. He loathes himself, too, and is thinking of ending his life. But he sees a starving mother and child who give him an idea – he will use Satan's money to feed the poor. This act of charity leads to others that enable him to outwit the devil, throw off his bearskin and marry a kind woman who has seen the good heart behind the repulsive appearance.
All of this has aspects of both a fairy and morality tale. But Schlitz neither sentimentalizes nor preaches, and Max Grafe's wonderful illustrations remind you the work of the late Leonard Baskin in their boldness, their restricted color palette and their use of fluid body lines to suggest inner turmoil. Grafe sets the text on yellowing pages that resemble parchment, or perhaps charred tree bark, which locates the story in the distant past and may soften its potentially frightening aspects. And his devil is one of the most original to appear in a picture book in years in years. Grafe casts Lucifer as a handsome devil in the literal sense of the phrase, a man who resembles 1930s matinee idol with slicked-back hair and a flowing green cloak. No ogre with a scar, his devil is a smooth operator – just like a lot of devils in real life.
Best line: The first lines of the book, quoted in the review.
Worst line: "He rode to the gambler's house on a dapple-gray horse." The use of "dapple-gray" is confusing. Why not "dappled gray"?
Published: November 2007 www.candlewick.com
Furthermore: Schlitz, a Baltimore librarian, won the 2008 Newbery Medal from the American Library Association www.ala.org, for her book of monologues and dialogues, Good Masters! Sweet Ladies! Voices From a Medieval Village (Candlewick, $19.99), illustrated by Robert Byrd. She lives in Maryland. Grafe is a New York printmaker and illustrator.


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Fun with Franchises: Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Mans Chest (2006), Part IV — "That's Like, Super Unhygienic
Today we continue with another franchise in our Fun with Franchises series, Pirates of the Caribbean. Today we start Dead Man's Chest. Part IV.
In case you don't know how this works — a while back, I decided to rank my favorite Disney movies and rank my favorite James Bond movies. And the Disney ones were mostly straight synopses and not too much fun, but when I got to Bond, I enlisted the help of my friend Colin, who knows everything about the Bond franchise that I do not, for those articles, and along the way, learned how to have fun with it. And, by the end of the Bond articles, we were having so much fun that I said, "Man, we have to do this again with other stuff." Because I spent about a straight month and a half putting together those articles. That's how much time and effort actually goes into something like that. And not once did it feel like work. It was so much fun that I knew, as long as we were doing it for comedy purposes and able to riff off of each other — we could do pretty much any film and it would work.
And very quickly, the first ones you come up with are the major franchises, because those are not only the most fun, but also the most universally known. Everyone's gonna understand all the jokes we make (well… most of them. Some of them might be limited to three people) about them. So that's what we're doing. And if you're gonna have fun with franchises, it wouldn't be right if you didn't franchise it. Also, just so we're clear, this is all for parody. We're just messing with them because we love them.
And that's Fun with Franchises. Right now, we're doing the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise, and today is the fourth part of Dead Man's Chest:


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If you're following the American political election campaign closely, you've probably run across Nate Silver's weblog (now subsumed under the NY Times rubric) called Five Thirty Eight (named for the 438 Congressional and 100 Senatorial seats that are contested). He is one of 7 or 8 forecasters that were smart enough to invest time and energy into looking at races at a more local level (as well as national polls) than most news organizations, who were content to take the output of national polls and pass them on to news consumers. Nate Silver and his competitors seem to be doing a better job of predicting past results and frankly I trust them much more than the national polls alone.
The reason Mr. Silver and those like him are beating the big pollsters is that looking at polls together and including polls of smaller geographic regions like states allows for more granularity in the results achieved. Where a Gallup poll or Pew survey can tell you what 1,000 people respond across the U.S., some state polls get 1,000 responses for the individual unit. That's better. So Mr. Silver can not only get more accurate information about the country's opinion, he can tell us how the Electoral College results are shaping up.
There's a parallel between what Mr. Silver has done with U.S. politics and what I am trying to do with global energy consumption. The forecasts most people are familiar with are large, model-driven efforts from organizations like the U.S. Department of Energy's Energy Information Administration or the International Energy Agency. They incorporate a lot of inputs about fuel supplies, changing portfolios and projected prices and create supply-driven forecasts.
However, many of their results are reported at the regional level, which tends to hide the very different market dynamics between, say, South Korea and Indonesia, or South Africa and Zimbabwe.
This figure shows the difference in quadrillion BTUs (Quads) projected for consumption in 4 countries. The DOE's EIA figures are compared with the projections from national or independent organizations, and my estimates are in the right hand column. The estimates are for 2030.
I think Nate Silver would say that a more granular look would provide more accurate results. As it happens, many countries have government departments or independent countries that provide estimates of future energy needs.
Those estimates are very different to what the models from large organizations project. My suspicion is because the local estimates understand that fuel consumption is driven by more urgent needs and a willingness to pay than the global estimates that consider fuel availability at what they think is an affordable price.
Because the local estimates are in fact very close to the totals I came up with in my report Energy Consumption in the Developing World in 2030, I am naturally predisposed to favor their figures. But I think that logic as well as my personal bias argues in favor of trusting the boots on the ground. The territory they cover is smaller. They spend just as much time getting their country's figures as the mega-model makers do for the world. They understand their people and their markets better.
And now I can say, well, Nate Silver would do it my way if he were to do it at all!


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His 101st birthday present? Another day at work
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EAST HANOVER, N.J. — Herman "Hy" Goldman turned 101 this weekend and won't quit after 73 years working at the same New Jersey job.
Goldman still shows up four days a week at light fixtures company Capitol Lighting in East Hanover. His co-workers celebrated his birthday with him on Monday.
Aside from a brief absence to serve in the U.S. Army in World War II, Goldman has worked at Capitol Lighting since 1941. The store says he was first hired to sell items and stock and clean the displays.
Co-worker Sandy Ronco says Goldman now specializes in rebuilding items that were damaged or unusable.
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NCAA Tournament: A roundup of Saturday's games
Russ Smith had another big night, leading four players in double figures with 27 points, and top-seeded Louisville is into the Midwest Region semifinals. The Cardinals put on a defensive clinic as they dismantled Colorado State. Louisville forced the eighth-seeded Rams into a season-high 20 turnovers, made Colton Iverson look as invisible as a 6-foot-10 guy can be and limited one of the nation's best rebounding teams to 24 boards, more than a dozen below their average. It was the 12th straight win for Louisville (31-5), which will play Oregon on Friday in Indianapolis.
Gary Harris scored 16 of his career-high 23 points in the first half to help third-seeded Michigan State reach the round of 16 for the fifth time in six years. Michigan State (27-8) will play the winner of the Duke-Creighton game on Friday in the Midwest Regional semifinals at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis. The Tigers (31-5) advanced in the NCAA tournament for the first time in Josh Pastner's four seasons. The Conference USA champions were eliminated in the third round because they struggled to stop Harris on the outside or his teammates inside all afternoon. The Spartans' top post players — Adreian Payne and Derrick Nix — combined for 27 points and 18 rebounds.
Arizona put an emphatic end to Harvard's March Madness success story. Mark Lyons matched his career high with 27 points to lead the sixth-seeded Wildcats (27-7). Arizona sprinted to a 30-9 lead, as the Crimson (20-10) missed 20 of its first 22 shots. Lyons led Arizona to the program's 15th appearance in the Sweet 16. The Wildcats will play Iowa State or Ohio State next week in Los Angeles. Harvard, meanwhile, goes home with its first NCAA win in tow. The 14th-seeded Crimson beat third-seeded New Mexico on Thursday but couldn't recreate the magic. Kenyatta Smith led Harvard with 10 points. Freshman Siyani Chambers lost part of his front tooth after Arizona's Kevin Parrom elbowed him in the face.
Gonzaga's gone. Cleanthony Early and Ron Baker scored 16 points apiece and Wichita State hit a season-high 14 3-pointers, including seven straight late, to knock the top-ranked and No. 1 seeded Bulldogs out of the NCAA tournament 76-70 on Saturday. The Shockers (28-8) advanced to the Round of 16 for the first time since 2006, while Gonzaga becomes the first top seed to be eliminated. Gonzaga survived a scare in the second round against Southern but couldn't hold up against a fellow mid-major from Kansas whose motto is "play angry." The Shockers face the winner of Sunday's game between La Salle and Ole Miss. Wichita State had the Zags down 13 early. Though Gonzaga (32-3) fought back, the barrage of 3s was too much for the small school from Spokane, Wash. Kelly Olynyk scored 26 points to lead Gonzaga, and Kevin Pangos had 19.
Mitch McGary had 21 points and 14 rebounds, and fourth-seeded Michigan breezed through Virginia Commonwealth's vaunted pressure with a clinical performance and advanced to the round of 16 for the first time since 1994. VCU (27-9) was relentless in a 46-point rout of Akron on Thursday night, but the Rams met their match against Michigan's cool-headed backcourt. Trey Burke and Tim Hardaway Jr. rarely looked rattled against VCU, and although Michigan (28-7) committed 12 turnovers, the Rams couldn't turn many of them into quick scoring opportunities. McGary, a 6-foot-10 freshman, set season highs in scoring and rebounding. The 71-point swing by VCU — from a 46-point win to a 25-point loss — was the largest in NCAA tournament history, according to STATS. In 1968, Houston beat Texas Christian 103-68, then lost to UCLA 101-69 for a 67-point swing. The Wolverines will play the winner of Sunday's game between Kansas and North Carolina in Arlington, Texas.
Vander Blue scored 19 second-half points to rally third-seeded Marquette out of another hole, and the Golden Eagles survived No. 6 Butler on Saturday to reach the Round of 16. Like November's first meeting between the teams at the Maui Invitational, won 72-71 by Butler on Rotnei Clarke's buzzer-beating 3-pointer, this was a back-and-forth, high-intensity affair, that came down to the final shot. Only this time, Butler missed. Marquette (25-8) will meet the winner of Sunday's game between Illinois and Miami (Fla.) on Thursday in Washington, D.C. Clarke's 24 points led Butler (28-9). Blue, the junior whose last-second layup edged Davidson on Thursday, led the Golden Eagles' rally from a 35-27 halftime deficit and tied the game at 69 on 3-pointer with 1:25 remaining.


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The State Duma adopted a law on tax support measures for citizens and businesses The State Duma adopted in the third, final reading a law on a set of measures for tax support of citizens and businesses in the face of sanctions pressure. The document was initiated by the government of the Russian Federation.
The State Duma adopted a law on the merger of the PFR and the FSS The State Duma at a plenary session on Tuesday adopted in the third reading a bill on the creation of a unified Pension and Social Insurance Fund (Social Fund of Russia), as well as a package of related initiatives, including amendments to the Tax and Budget Codes of the Russian Federation.
Duma passes IPO/SPO bill in second reading The State Duma adopted in the second reading a bill aimed at developing the institution of public placement of securities on the Russian financial market. The document, which amends the law "On combating the misuse of insider information and market manipulation," was initiated by a group of deputies and senators headed by Anatoly Aksakov, chairman of the State Duma committee on the financial market.
Central Bank to launch cybersecurity education course The Bank of Russia will launch an educational course on cybersecurity in the 2023-2024 academic year at the Higher School of Economics (NRU HSE), announced Head of the Central Bank of the Russian Federation Elvira Nabiullina, speaking at Junior Pay Tech Forum 2022.
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Russian issuers to close foreign depositary receipt programmes A ban on issuing and trading in foreign depositary receipts for Russian issuers' shares will come into effect on 27 April 2022.
The Central Bank of Russia rolls out new support measures for the financial sector The Central Bank has prepared a new series of measures to support the Russian financial sector, the regulator said in a release. The CB allowed banks until the end of the year to postpone the formation of reserves for possible losses in respect of assets that have been blocked abroad.
Russia Up 3 Positions in HSBC Expat Explorer Survey
Rating factors include compensation levels, work conditions, social environment, safety etc.
The Top 10 best countries for expats this year are Switzerland, Singapore, China, Germany, Bahrain, New Zealand, Thailand, Taiwan, India and Hong Kong.
When looking at why expats are taking the plunge to move abroad, this year the most frequently cited reason was to improve career prospects. For those looking for better job prospects, the Middle East remains the place to be. Around two in three expats say they moved to Kuwait (63%), Qatar (63%) and Saudi Arabia (63%) for better job prospects.
The Expat Explorer survey, now in its seventh year, was conducted among almost 9,300 expats based in over 100 countries between April and May 2014.
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Ministry for Economic Development Slams SROs The Ministry for Economic Development questions the effectiveness of self-regulation. Problems have been identified and listed in a Report on SRO Activity to the President. The lowest point is SROs not being financially motivated to keep participants under tight scrutiny. Return to state regulation in a number of industries, including audit, is likely to put increased pressure on business, warn experts.
Russia Up Two Positions in Doing Business Russia is up two positions at #62 in World Bank/International Financial Corporation (IFC) Doing Business rating. This year the methodology has radically changed, and any comparison with Doing Business-2013, when Russia skipped 20 points to #92, is incorrect. The recalculated standing of Russia for last year is #64. This year Russia advanced to #62, swapping places with Cyprus. In the examined period – June 2013 to June 2014 – Russia implemented merely two reforms that were accounted for by Doing Business, versus five last year.
Russia Up 3 Positions in HSBC Expat Explorer Survey Britain's largest bank HSBC has published its annual Expat Explorer survey, with Russia climbing up three spots to #17.
23.10.2014 14:48 / Interfax
NAUFOR Expects to Agree with CB on Lower Capital Requirements for Brokers and Asset Managers Early in 2015 National Stock Market Participants Association (NAUFOR) is drafting an audit procedure for self-regulating organization (SRO) members who wish to apply for lower capital requirements, NAUFOR CEO Alexey Timofeev told the Russian Stock Market Conference in Ekaterinburg on Thursday.
Anti-Offshore Bill Introduced to Duma Authors of Tax Code drafts propose a new tax regimen for profits generated by foreign companies controlled by Russians.
21.10.2014 17:07 / Interfax
Duma Passes in Second Reading Tax Arrears Write-off for Abandoned Companies On Tuesday, the State Duma passed in the second reading a draft tax administration reform law, allowing the taxman to write off abandoned companies' tax arrears. The document is also geared to improve corporate property tax calculation for business centers and shopping malls, as well as boost electronic workflow.
21.10.2014 13:01 / Interfax
Minfin Postpones Critical Infrastructure Regulation The Russian Ministry of Finance will not escalate the passing of 'critical infrastructure operators' regulation bill, Deputy Minister Alexey Moiseev told the press Tuesday.
17.10.2014 15:29 / vedomosti.ru
Moscow Exchange to Issue New Instrument in 2016 The new instrument is called clearing participation certificate (CPC) and will enable trading backed by a pool of collateral deposited at National Clearing Center (NCC), said Igor Marich, Money Markets Managing Director at Moscow Exchange.
16.10.2014 08:02 / Interfax
Companies Will No Longer Need 'Round Stamp' On Thursday, the Government will review the draft bill on abolishing company stamps, says the Cabinet press release.
15.10.2014 13:09 / Interfax
Federation Council Passes Act to Postpone Guarantee Payments for International Payment Systems Until 2Q 2015 On Wednesday, the Federation Council signed off an Act aimed at postponing guarantee payments for international payment systems until 2Q 2015.
01.10.2014 12:01 / Interfax
NSD to Implement E-Proxy-Voting by May 2015 National Settlement Depositary (NSD) plans to implement ISO 20022 and ISO 15022 GSM notifications by end-2014, with full e-proxy-voting by May 2015.
30.09.2014 12:54 / Interfax
Government Introduces Russia-Kyrgyzstan Cooperation Agreement to Duma for Ratification On Tuesday, the Russian Government introduced for Duma ratification the Russia-Kyrgyzstan Cooperation Agreement, which forms part of the Eurasian Economic Integration process. The bill is posted on the State Duma website.
26.09.2014 13:02 / Interfax
Central Bank Assigns NSD and NCC Critical Financial Market Infrastructure Status The Central Bank of Russia has assigned critical financial market infrastructure status to National Settlement Depositary and National Clearing Center, says the regulator's online press release.
24.09.2014 12:13 / vedomosti.ru
Working Pensioners Will Continue to Receive Fixed Pension Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev has turned down Minfin's proposal to abolish fixed pension payments to working pensioners, a Government source told Vedomosti. A high-ranking Minfin official and Medvedev's press officer Natalya Timakova confirmed that the proposal had failed to pass. The decision was carried out at Monday's working session with the Prime Minister.
22.09.2014 14:36 / Interfax
Minfin to Make Material Infrastructure Operators Register Russian Companies The Ministry of Finance plans to make 'material infrastructure operators', such as SWIFT, register a Russian company, Deputy Finance Minister Alexey Moiseev told the press.
Europe loses ground as financial centre, Moscow slips to #80 Europe and the Asia-Pacific region are losing ground as financial centres, while capitals in the Middle East and Africa continue to rise, according to Global Financial Centres Index by Z/Yen Group, out today.
10.09.2014 12:06 / vedomosti.ru
Minfin Attempts to Save Funded Pension System Minfin is making an attempt to save the funded pension system, which will be liquidated according to Deputy Prime Minister for Social Security Olga Golodets. The ministry has acquiesced to the withdrawal of over RUB 1 trillion worth of savings for 2014-2015, and is trying to keep the rest. Minfin has drafted a bill (posted on regulation.gov.ru), that limits withdrawals of pension savings to 2014-2015. Going forward, it is business as usual for the funded pension system, states the bill.
09.09.2014 18:25 / Interfax
Eurasian Reinsurance Market Needs Standard Rules Bringing national rules to a common standard is essential for the Eurasian Economic Community reinsurance market, said All-Russia Insurers Union President Igor Jurgens at a Tuesday press conference.
08.09.2014 08:05 / Interfax
Russian Government to Proceed With MIFC Plan Despite Sanctions Sanctions preclude the International Financial Center from emerging as planned, however, the Russian Government will not shelve the concept, said Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev.
03.09.2014 13:03 / Rossiiskaya gazeta
Switzerland Tops WEF Global Competitiveness Index for the 6th Time, Russia up from #64 to #53 Switzerland remains the most competitive country in the world for the 6th consecutive year, according to Global Competitiveness Index (GCI), published by World Economic Forum on Wednesday.
02.09.2014 00:48 / Rossiiskaya gazeta
Well Done: Market Praises Megaregulator The MIFC Taskforce summarized the results of the financial market megaregulator's inaugural year. Last week's roundtable discussion at the Moscow Exchange brought together the Central Bank and the financial market participants to a shared conclusion: this was a good year. The other takeaway is: most risks failed to materialize. Head of the MIFC Taskforce Alexander Voloshin called the megaregulator one of the most vital and successful state management reforms in recent years.
'Financial Market Megaregulator: First Year Results' Roundtable On 27 August, Moscow Exchange hosted a 'Financial Market Megaregulator: First Year Results' Roundtable by MIFC Taskforce. Speakers included Head of MIFC Taskforce Alexander Voloshin, First Deputy Chairman of the Bank of Russia Sergey Shvetsov, Deputy Finance Minister Alexey Moiseev, Deputy CEO at Sberbank Bella Zlatkis, NAUFOR Chairman of the Board Alexey Timofeev, NAPF Chairman Konstantin Ugryumov, First Deputy CEO at Alyans Insurance Dmitry Popov, representatives of market participants, SROs and Moscow Exchange.
27.08.2014 18:21 / slon.ru
Central Bank: "Government nailed Russian investor's hand" The Central Bank is preparing to retaliate against Western financial sanctions. "We need to adjust our tactics in dealing with Western partners", CB First Deputy Chairman Sergey Shvetsov told the press today at the roundtable celebrating the megaregulator's first year. Laws regulating the financial market will be amended. This particularly concerns the National Payment System Act (this Act was already toughened in May 2014, amendments in force since 1 July).
27.08.2014 12:38 / Interfax
CB/Minfin Draft Russian SWIFT Bill The Central Bank and Minfin have drafted Russia's own SWIFT bill, Deputy Finance Minister Alexey Moiseev told the press Wednesday.
25.08.2014 15:43 / vedomosti.ru
Ministry for Economic Development Proposes Extended Rights for Boards of Directors The Ministry for Economic Development has published a draft law granting Board of Directors members access to controlled company information. The draft has been commissioned by Prime Minister Medvedev following his meeting with the Government expert board.
20.08.2014 13:35 / Interfax
Russian School Kids Beat French in Financial Literacy, Says Research Russian schoolchildren show better financial literacy levels than their French counterparts, say the results of Promotion of Financial Literacy and Education project, launched by Minfin and World Bank in 2011.
20.08.2014 13:35 / Interfax
Melbourne Most Liveable City for 4th Time, Moscow #73 - Economist Events in Ukraine have had significant knock-on effects over the past year for cities such as Kiev, Moscow and St Petersburg, according to new Liveability rankings by Economist Intelligence Unit (EUI) – the analytical arm of the British magazine, The Economist.
13.08.2014 16:57 / vedomosti.ru
Minfin Proposes to Protect Pension Savings from Nationalization Deputy Finance Minister Alexey Moiseev requested that pension market participants draft proposals on "transforming RUB 1.1 trillion of pension savings (that the NPF have accumulated by 2013) into non-state pension programs", four participants of yesterday's meeting at the Finance Ministry. Moiseev confirmed to Vedomosti that he has made a request to the market "to consider joining reserves and savings under the guarantee system".
Minfin Proposes Timeline Updates for MIFC Roadmap The Ministry of Finance has proposed amendments to the Moscow International Financial Center Roadmap, said a MIFC Taskforce member.
MSCI Index Maintains Two Russian State Banks MSCI Inc., a leading provider of investment decision support tools worldwide, announced today that following consultation with the investment community, MSCI will maintain Sberbank and VTB Bank in the MSCI Russia Index until further notice.
Ministry for Economic Development May Add Affiliation Criteria to Companies law The Ministry for Economic Development is looking into the possibility of introducing amendments regulating affiliation and liability of controlling shareholders into Joint-Stock Companies Act and Limited Liability Companies Act, according to MIFC Roadmap Progress Report.
08.08.2014 19:33 / Interfax
Central Bank Registers NAUFOR Risk Notification Standards for Foreign Securities The Central Bank of Russia has registered the National Stock Market Participants Association (NAUFOR) standards of risk notifications for foreign securities trading, including foreign securities derivatives and indexes, according to the CB press release.
08.08.2014 16:08 / Vedomosti
New Supreme Court: Expectations The structure of the supreme judicial body and the make-up and rotation of the panels affect the quality and effectiveness of courts. These are the factors that define the extent of independence and objectivity of courts in respect to all litigation, particularly business lawsuits.
Russian Trading Floors Allowed to Deal in Foreign Securities Without Issuer Agreement President Putin has signed Act 218, amending the Federal Securities Market Act 39 of 22 April 1996. New regulations for foreign securities exchange trading in Russia will be enacted 10 days after official publication.
NAUFOR Board of Directors Greenlights Professional Standards Draft On 28 July, the NAUFOR Board of Directors approved the draft of Professional Standards, and passed it on for review to NAUFOR committees. Following approval by committees and the Board, the Standards will be forwarded for approval to the Central Bank.
30.07.2014 08:01 / Interfax
Russian President Rearranges MIFC Taskforce President Putin has signed a directive to change part of the MIFC Taskforce member list. The document has been posted online.
17.07.2014 16:01 / Interfax
Central Bank Lowers the Bar for Payment Systems of National Importance The Russian Central Bank has published technical requirements for payment systems of national importance, going for the softer version than originally planned.
14.07.2014 17:29 / Interfax
NSD Payment System Assigned 'National Importance' Status National Settlement Depositary has been recognized as a payment system of 'national importance', according to the Bank of Russia website.
New Anti-Insider Trading Act Due This Fall, Says Voloshin The new draft of the Anti-Insider Trading Act is due in the fall of 2014, Head of the MIFC Taskforce Alexander Voloshin told the press at the City of London – Moscow IFC Joint Liaison Group meeting today.
MIFC Taskforce Wins NAUFOR Awards On 3 July 2014, the annual NAUFOR Stock Market Elite 2013 awards ceremony took place in Moscow. Individual investment accounts amendments, passed in end-2013, won the "Stock Market Development Project of the Year" category. Special thanks were given to the Ministry of Finance and the State Duma Budget and Financial Market Committees. MIFC Taskforce was directly involved in the drafting of the bill.
Сentral Bank Sells MOEX Stake The Bank of Russia website has reported that on 2 July, the Central Bank sold off 267.3 mln MOEX shares or 11.7% charter capital, at RUB 60 per share, with participation of Goldman Sachs, J.P. Morgan, VTB Capital and Sberbank CIB as financial advisors; Gazprombank and Citigroup as co-contractors — financial advisors.
02.07.2014 08:01 / Interfax
Simplified Broker Client Identification Passed in Second Reading On Tuesday, The Russian State Duma passed in the second reading amendments proposing simplified identification procedure for clients by licensed securities market participants and asset management companies.
Important Financial Market Laws Enacted On 1 July 2014 the following important financial market laws were enacted: 1). Federal Act 379 of 21.12.2013 contains innovative amendments that were drafted with the direct involvement of the MIFC Taskforce.The Securities Market Act amendments have introduced two new types of entities – specialized financial companies and specialized project finance companies (the Russian analog of SPV). This change enables us to launch the mechanism of securitization.
01.07.2014 08:47 / Interfax
Russian Banking is Rated among the World's Top 10 Most Profitable - The Banker Russian banking system is among the world's top 10 most profitable in 2014's Top 1000 World Banks ranking.
MIFC UK-Russia Joint Liaison Group Meets 7 July A new meeting of the MIFC UK-Russia Joint Liaison Group is due to take place on 7 July in Moscow.
Central Bank Expects SRO Act to be Passed by the End of 2014 The Bank of Russia expects the Duma to pass the Financial Market SRO Act by the end of 2014, according to the Central Bank report on Financial Market Development Progress, published on the MIFC Taskforce website.
19.06.2014 11:00 / Interfax
Central Bank Incorporates National Payment Card System Operator The Central Bank of Russia has incorporated the National Payment Card System (NSPK) operator, Bank of Russia Chair Elvira Nabiullina told the press at the State Duma.
18.06.2014 15:14 / Interfax
Yandex Launches Russian Version of Foursquare Russian search engine Yandex on Wednesday released a new Russia-focused social networking application, Yandex.Gorod, which promises to help its users find popular venues and attractions throughout Russia by providing user reviews and locations of nearby bars, banyas and even cash machines — all necessities for daily life in Moscow.
Moody's: New Russian securitization law is credit positive for Russian structured finance The new Russian structured finance legislative platform is credit positive for the Russian structured finance market, says Moody`s Investors Service in a report published today. The new framework contains the key elements required for a broad range of securitization and project finance structures and will provide onshore alternatives to securitization transactions that were previously possible only via offshore issuing vehicles.
10.06.2014 18:21 / Interfax
Duma Committee Passes Amendments to Launch Foreign Shares Trading in Russia The State Duma Financial Markets Committee has approved statutory amendments to launch foreign share trading on Russian exchanges.
10.06.2014 12:59 / Interfax
City Energy Company Plans Electric Car Charging Stations in New Moscow "Location plan for e-car charging stations in New Moscow will be ready by the year-end", said MOESK General Director Petr Sinyutin.
09.06.2014 14:07 / Interfax
Medvedev Commissions List of CGC State Companies By 11 June, the Ministry for Economic Development, Federal State Property Management Agency, Open Government Minister Mikhail Abyzov and Alexander Voloshin's MIFC Taskforce are due to introduce to the Government a list of 50%-plus state-owned companies for priority Corporate Governance Code implementation. The Code was passed by the Government in February.
Eurasian Economic Integration treaty to come into force 1 January 2015 Presidents Putin, Lukashenko and Nazarbaev have signed the Eurasian Economic Integration treaty.
05.05.2014 17:08 / Interfax
Putin Signs National Payment Card System Bill President Putin has signed the federal National Payment Card (NSPK) bill, says the Kremlin press office.
Third-Party Arbitration Bill Finalized The Ministry of Justice is finishing the draft of the Third-Party Arbitration Bill prior to its introduction to the Russian Government.
22.04.2014 13:28 / Interfax
Tax Reform Will Attract More Private Investors to the Stock Market, says NAUFOR National Stock Market Participants Association (NAUFOR) expects an increased flow of private investors to the Russian stock market due to recent change in the tax law.
Corporate Governance Code Passed The full version of the Corporate Governance Code has been posted on the MIFC Taskforce website.
Independent: Britain's Banks to Spend Billions on IT Overhaul Britain's banks will have to spend billions overhauling their creaking IT systems over the next few years, Andrew Bailey, chief executive of the Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA), told The Independent.
07.04.2014 00:00 / Interfax
Financial SROs Want Role in Oversight Financial self-regulating organizations (SROs) protest Central Bank plans to side-step them in member audits. A new regulation draft contradicts the Financial Market SRO Act proposed by the CB, and could pose serious threats to market participants.
28.03.2014 16:43 / vedomosti.ru
CB Proposes Insurance for Private Broker Accounts Plans to set up a compensation fund for clients of brokers that cease operation were aired yesterday at the Exchange Forum by Central Bank's First Deputy Chairman Sergey Shvetsov. "National Stock Market Participants Association (NAUFOR) is drafting a concept — the risks covered by the fund, the fund's sources of funding", said Shvetsov, voicing support for the initiative.
28.03.2014 09:36 / RIA Novosti
Duma to Consider Extended Visa Terms The Government has introduced to the State Duma a bill on extended Russian visa terms and simplified visa procedure, the Cabinet website announced Friday.
27.03.2014 15:44 / Interfax
Moscow Exchange and Korea Exchange Sign Partnership MOEX and Korea Exchange (KRX) have signed a financial market development cooperation agreement, says Moscow Exchange release.
27.03.2014 13:53 / banki.ru
CB Does Not Plan to Rid of DRs The Central Bank does not plan to eliminate depositary receipts, however it will promote share trading, said Bank of Russia Deputy Chairman Sergey Shvetsov at the Moscow Exchange Forum.
27.03.2014 13:09 / Interfax
1 January 2015 Earliest for Euroclear to Access Russian Share Market Euroclear will not be technically able to access the Russian share market until 1 January 2015, said Central Bank First Deputy Chairman Sergey Shvestov at Exchange Forum 2014 on Thursday.
20.03.2014 00:05 / RBC - daily
New CB Regulations May Force NPFs Off Market Almost half of non-state pension funds could be forced off the market in the process of establishing a system of mandatory pension savings guarantees. According to CB requirements, to be eligible, NPFs must comply with new capital adequacy ratios. RBC data shows that 8 out of 20 major NPFs, accounting for over 40% of all pension savings, fail to comply with the Bank of Russia requirements. Non-compliant funds will have to return pension savings to the Russian Pension Fund.
18.03.2014 00:05 / RBC - daily
Bank of Russia's 202 Good Deeds "They asked us what we want. For the financial market, it is a first", responded licensed participants when the megaregulator approached them for KPI suggestions. Last October, the Bank of Russia warned that oversight and regulation will tighten in order to win the people's trust and create long-term money.
17.03.2014 11:51 / Interfax
London's First Loss of World's #1 Financial Center Title to NY, Moscow #73 For the first time ever, London has surrendered the title of the world's largest international financial center to New York, according to Z/Yen Group's biannual Global Financial Centres Index (GFCI).
12.03.2014 13:40 / Interfax
AMs and NPFs Can Invest Pension Savings in Privatized Shares The Russian Government has lifted restrictions on pension savings investment by allowing Asset Management companies and Non-state Pension Funds (NPFs) invest in Russian JSCs, privatized or sold by the Bank of Russia.
Central Bank Financial Markets Service Dissolved In accordance with the Bank of Russia-based megaregulator launch plan, (and per Bank of Russia Board of Directors decision of 29 November 2013) the Bank of Russia Financial Markets Service (BRFMS) is officially dissolved as of 3 March 2014.
Russia and USA Agree on FATCA Tax Reporting Russia and the USA have approved a joint liaison project on Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act application, Head of Tax and Customs at Minfin Ilya Trunin told the press.
State Duma Passes Amendments on Facsimile Signatures for the Visually Handicapped On Tuesday, the State Duma passed the Government bill allowing the visually handicapped to use facsimile signatures in cash transactions.
13.02.2014 18:24 / MIFC/Moscow exchange
Russian Financial Markets Regulator Registers New MOEX Listing Rules On 7 February 2014, the Bank of Russia's Financial Markets Service registered an amended version of Listing Rules for Moscow Exchange. As part of Russia's listing reform program, the rules have been brought in line with the Rules for Admission of Securities to Organized Trading previously approved by the regulator.
13.02.2014 17:48 / Vedomosti
Government Drafts New Corporate Code Today, the Government will debate and possibly adopt a new Corporate Governance Code. The draft is a joint effort by the Central Bank Financial Markets Service and the MIFC Taskforce. The new code replaces the 2002 version.
13.02.2014 16:55 / Interfax
Investment Advisors to Appear on Russian Stock Market Draft amendments to the Securities Market Act by the National Association of Stock Market Participants (NAUFOR) outline the business practices of investment consultants in Russia.
13.02.2014 13:32 / RIA Novosti
Shuvalov: Civil Code to Protect Minority Shareholders Rights The Russian Civil Code and corporate law will be soon amended to protect minority shareholders rights, said First Deputy Prime Minister Igor Shuvalov at a Government session.
Golden Parachutes Limit is 2 Years' Pay, says Nabiullina The Bank of Russia proposes a 2-year salary limit on golden parachutes for corporate execs, said financial megaregulator Chair Elvira Nabiullina at a Government session.
30.01.2014 15:52 / Interfax
Clearstream and NSD Open Russian Corporate Bonds Market to International Investors on 30 January Clearstream and National Settlement Depositary (NSD) open foreign investor access to the Russian corporate bonds market on 30 January, according to a joint press release.
29.01.2014 10:23 / Interfax
Russia #3 Worldwide in Foreign Direct Investment FDI in developing and transitional economies hit record highs in 2013, according to United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) report.
23.01.2014 17:33 / vedomosti.ru
Police to Speak English Minister of the Interior Vladimir Kolokoltsev said that Russia may get tourist police in the coming years.
23.01.2014 15:36 / vedomosti.ru
Russian Bonds Open to the World From 30 January, Euroclear Bank starts to offer post-trading services on Russian corporate and municipal bonds. Clients can process settlement and use the National Settlement Depositary (NSD) Euroclear account for safekeeping, according to a joint Euroclear/NSD press release.
22.01.2014 14:34 / Interfax
Foreign Investors' Share in Russian Corporate Bonds Market May Triple The share of foreign investors in the Russian Corporate Bonds market may increase over three times in the next 2-3 years, worth USD 10-15bn or 10%, Russian Finance Minister Anton Siluanov told the press.
Implementation of e-comms in the Russian financial market On 17 January 2014, Moscow International Financial Center Taskforce hosted a meeting on Electronic Communications with First Deputy Chairman of the Bank of Russia, Head of Financial Markets Service Sergey Shvetsov and financial market participants.
Tax Code Amendments Cut OTC Derivatives Market Costs Tax Code Amendments, in force since 1 January 2014, will cut costs for standardized OTC Derivatives Market participants, says Moscow Exchange press release.
09.01.2014 11:00 / Interfax
Civil Code Amendments on Affiliation to be Reviewed by Supreme Arbitration Court Panel, Business and Government Amendments to the Russian Civil Code regarding affiliation, met with fierce opposition by Russian majors, will be reviewed by a panel formed by business, the Government and the Supreme Arbitration Court.


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The 1950s began and Australian troops were overseas once again, in the Middle East, Malaya, Japan and Korea. Those efforts, however did not have the same impact on the Australian way of life as WW2 and to a slightly lesser extent, WW1. Other happenings of the 1950s were the Melbourne Olympics, television arrived and there was a greater awareness of the U.S. culture.
The 1950s is the last decade that digitised newspapers are available at Trove so the articles do fade away toward the end of the decade, however I have supplemented Christmas 1958 and 1959 with another form of media.
Naval personnel were off Korea for Christmas 1950. Families could send Christmas greetings by telegram.
The Portland Guardian looked back at the origins of Christmas in 1950.
At Brimpaen, Father Christmas paid a visit to the local children. There were toys, sweets, ice-creams and soft drinks. Other celebrations were held in the area.
The Australian Women's Weekly was a great source of inspiration when preparing Christmas dinner.
The Weekly also promoted "Buy Australian" in 1951 with some Australian made gift ideas.
The charitable Miss Elsie Davis of Horsham ran a penny drive in Fibrace Street to raise money for the patients of the Wimmera Base Hospital.
Langlands of Horsham had a range of toys in stock for Christmas 1951.
Spending Christmas on the road over Christmas was a costly experience.
The Horsham Fire Brigade ran a Christmas tree and Santa arrived on the back of a truck.
Horsham shoppers planned ahead for Christmas 1952 and avoided the rush. Sporting goods were popular gifts and one florist expected to sell 50 dozen bunches of gladioli in the two days leading up to Christmas. More toys were mechanised, leading to higher prices.
Christmas Day, 1952 was hot in Horsham with a sweltering 97 degrees Fahrenheit (approx. 36 degrees Celsius)
Heywood held Carols by Candlelight on Christmas Eve, 1952 along with the screening of "two suitable moving films".
Could this have been the beginning of the Christmas Club? Which bank?
For 10/5/6, parents could by the latest model Steelcraft Tricycle for their child or a wigged doll for 50/9.
The Australian Women's Weekly has some home-made Christmas gift suggestions for 1953.
Corporal L.V. Eldridge of Horsham wrote a letter from Korea to the "Horsham Times" with Christmas Greetings for Horsham and district residents.
Fibrace Street, Horsham was decorated with bunting and tinsel for Christmas 1953. The toys were in abundance on the shop shelves and shoppers found they didn't have to "pay exorbitant prices for fragile junk in the way of toys" Interesting, plastics were the "big thing of the day". Given time and shoppers were bound to find that the fragile junk of the past was nothing compared to what plastic delivered.
The Horsham Apex club decorated a "dinkum" Christmas tree (a Norfolk pine) in the Botanic Garden for their Christmas treat for the children of Horsham.
Christmas 1954 was profitable for Horsham traders.
Variations on the Christmas tree were beginning to emerge. I think we can blame plastic for that.
The 1950s were the height of the baby boom and Melbourne maternity hospitals were expecting a Christmas rush of babies.
Troops in Japan, Malaya and Korea were given a Christmas treat.
Melbournians almost forgot Christmas 1956 due to the hype of the Olympic games in September that year.
Signs of the American culture filtering into the Australian psyche were evident with this Dennis the Menace cartoon from 1956 an example.
The 1950s also meant Elvis and the Argus shared a photo of Presley's Christmas gift giving with his parents and Vegas chorus girls, Dorothy Harmony,
Ballarat pensioners were not forgotten over Christmas 1956.
The photo in the next article is difficult to see but it is from Penang with "burly" Company Sergent Major J. O'Sullivan, dressed as Santa, entertaining the children of Australian soldiers stationed there.
The papers ran out but I was able to find the following from Film Australia about Christmas 1958 from bush to beach.
With the arrival of television, Christmas advertisements were able to come to life.


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Mitt Romney Spain Jab Adds to Foreign Policy Woes
Washington – It has become apparent to some that Mitt Romney is in need of a crash course in Diplomacy 101.
He irritated Britons and Palestinians during a summer tour abroad and has declared Russia to be America's No. 1 geopolitical foe. Just last week, the Republican candidate, who plans a foreign policy speech Monday, raised eyebrows in Spain by holding it up as a prime example of government spending run amok.
That left Spaniards confused, and threatened to reinforce Romney's perceived handicap in international affairs, precisely at a time when lingering questions over the Sept. 11 attacks against the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya, has President Barack Obama on the defensive.
"I don't want to go down the path of Spain," Romney said Wednesday night during the first presidential debate. He argued that government spending under Obama has reached 42 percent of the U.S. economy, a figure comparable with America's NATO ally. "I want to go down the path of growth that puts Americans to work."
The remark was Romney's latest to cause international offense during a campaign that much of the world is closely monitoring.
The sensitivity reflects a wide understanding that Romney could prevail over President Barack Obama and take over as leader of the world's top military, economic and diplomatic power. If Romney becomes commander in chief, he could face a testy beginning with Europe's economic laggards such as Greece, Italy and Spain, whom he has beaten up regularly throughout the campaign.
No one contests that Spain's situation is dire, its economy in deep recession and unemployment hovering around 25 percent. But Spain's level of government spending is actually low by European standards, and significantly less than Germany and Scandinavian countries with far healthier economic prospects. Spain's woes were chiefly caused by the collapse of a property bubble that had fueled more than a decade of booming economic growth.
Spanish reaction to Romney was swift.
"What I see is ignorance of what is reality, but especially of the potential of the Spanish economy," said Deputy Prime Minister Soraya Saenz de Santamaria.
Maria Dolores Cospedal, leader of Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy's Popular Party, noted that "Spain is not on fire from all sides like some on the outside have suggested." Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Garcia Margallo called it "very unfortunate that other countries should be put up as examples" when the facts are skewed.
The criticism comes at an inopportune time for Romney. Obama has consistently outscored his challenger in polls asking about national security leadership, but the administration is struggling to deal with last month's attack on the consulate. Four Americans died, including the first ambassador killed in the line of duty in more than three decades.
When you have a party or politician that has not been in power nationally for a while, there is a learning curve.
Romney will have a chance to fully articulate his vision of America's role in world affairs when gives his address Monday at the Virginia Military Institute. But the furor in Spain, however minor, instead serves as a reminder of Romney's record of diplomatic stumbles, such as calling Russia — not Iran or China, for example — America's primary global adversary in March.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has since pointed to Romney's comment as justification for Russia's opposition to America's missile defense plans in Europe, saying the statement has "strengthened Russia's positions in talks on this important and sensitive subject."
Then on a July trip to Europe and Israel meant to burnish Romney's foreign policy credentials, the candidate criticized Britain over its preparations for the London Olympic Games. The comment baffled America's closest ally, drawing withering retorts from the British press, the Conservative prime minister and London's right-wing mayor. He also cited a private meeting with Britain's spy service MI6, in a significant breach of protocol.
In Israel, he followed up by declaring Jerusalem the capital of the Jewish state, which U.S. administrations have refused to accept for decades given Palestinian claims to the ancient city.
At a gathering of mostly American Jewish donors, Romney implied that Israel was more advanced than the Palestinians because of cultural superiority. The comment drew a charge of racism from the Palestinians' chief peace negotiator, with whom the U.S. has been working to reach a two-state peace deal with Israel and counter the threat posed by Hamas, the Palestinian militant group that rejects Israel's existence.
The comments in some ways reflect the demands of a presidential campaign and the thousands of speeches, fundraisers and public appearances each candidate must make.
Obama, too, has made mistakes. He was forced to apologize to Poland's president in June after using the expression "Polish death camp" in reference to an extermination center operated by Nazi Germany on Polish soil during World War II.
Romney's Spain quip might play well with Americans closely split on the election, who've heard from both candidates about the perils of economic contagion from Europe's debt crisis. It also was meant as a reminder of the $16 trillion U.S. debt that Obama presides over.
But even if it barely registered in a debate that most observers credited Romney with winning, the comparison may do damage. By singling out Spain, Romney ruffled feathers in a country he will probably need to call on for assistance if he becomes president. Spain has almost 1,500 troops in Afghanistan. It contributed fighter jets, refueling planes and naval vessels to the U.S.-led NATO mission that ousted Libya's Moammar Gadhafi from power.
"When you have a party or politician that has not been in power nationally for a while, there is a learning curve," said Frances G. Burwell, director of transatlantic relations at the Atlantic Council. "Europe has changed rapidly in terms of its governance rapidly. It's a very diverse place. But I'm sure a Romney administration would quickly get up to speed on this."
Burwell didn't see Romney's slighting of Spain or other European countries significantly straining ties or complicating tough questions on the horizon for any U.S. president, such as troop deployments in Afghanistan. But she said his critique of Spain's government spending level was somewhat strange considering the Madrid government is assertively cutting expenditures to avoid a European bailout and the high levels of American debt.
Added Heather Conley, European director at the Center for Strategic and International Studies: "Europeans ask the U.S., 'What about you?' This isn't helpful to either side of the transatlantic relationship."
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Strawberries and pudding a perfect pair for spring
Snow pudding is a great old American recipe that dates back to pioneer days, back when resourceful home cooks hankering for a treat had to rely on whatever they had — things like gelatin, lemons, sugar and eggs.
In fact, the very first edition of Fanny Farmer's "Boston Cooking School Cookbook" back in 1896 featured a recipe for snow pudding. My paternal grandmother, Ruth, a graduate of the Boston Cooking School, used to make it for me all the time when I was a kid. As my preference then was for full-fat, more-is-better desserts, I shouldn't have cared as much as I did for light and airy snow pudding. But there was something magical about it. It sort of evaporated in the mouth, like cotton candy or even, uh, like snow.
A lifetime later, I still remember snow pudding with great affection. So why not dust it off and bring it back for spring, topped with one of the new season's first fruits — strawberries?
What makes snow pudding so foamy and light is all the air that gets beaten into it. If you own a stand mixer — which I think of as the workhorse of mixers — you'll find that making this pudding is pretty simple. You also can do it with a hand mixer, though it'll take a lot longer.
This being strawberry season, you should be able to find some beauties at your local store, berries that are bright red from top to bottom with a strong strawberry aroma. Here, I've sliced the strawberries, tossed them with a bit of sugar, and spiked them with a shot of orange liqueur. Sugar has the same effect on fruit as salt does on vegetables; it pulls out the natural juices. In this case, the sliced strawberries end up steeping in a pool of their own sauce. Strawberries and strawberry sauce, a natural and luxurious twofer.
Of course, if you don't want the extra sugar and alcohol, you can leave them out. The strawberries pair up beautifully with the pudding all by themselves. So does any summer fruit: raspberries, blueberries, nectarines, plums and peaches, or a mix of all of them. For that matter, snow pudding happens to be delicious even when there's snow on the ground. You just swap in winter fruit — orange or grapefruit sections, for example — in place of the strawberries.
Snow pudding with spiked strawberries
Start to finish: 4 and a 1/2 hours (30 minutes active)
Servings: 8
1 envelope (1/4 ounce) unflavored gelatin
2/3 cup plus 2 teaspoons sugar, divided
1 tablespoon grated lemon zest
1/3 cup lemon juice
3 large egg whites, room temperature
2 cups sliced strawberries
2 teaspoons grated orange zest
2 teaspoons Grand Marnier or other orange liqueur
In a small saucepan, sprinkle the gelatin over 1/4 cup of water and let it stand for 5 minutes. Add 2/3 cup of the sugar, a pinch of salt and 1 cup water. Cook over medium-high heat, stirring constantly, until the sugar and gelatin have dissolved, about 2 minutes.
Stir in the lemon zest and juice, then set the saucepan into a bowl of ice and water to chill, stirring often, until the mixture is cold to the touch and has thickened to the consistency of raw egg whites, about 45 minutes.
In the bowl of a stand mixer, beat the egg whites and a pinch of salt until they just hold soft peaks, then transfer them to a bowl and set aside. Transfer the cooled gelatin mixture to the stand mixer bowl that the egg whites were in and beat until frothy, 1 to 2 minutes.
Add the beaten egg whites to the gelatin mixture, then beat on high speed until the mixture is tripled in volume and thick enough to form a ribbon that takes 2 seconds to dissolve when the beater is lifted, 8 to 10 minutes. Transfer to 8 decorative glass serving bowls or large wine goblets, cover and chill until set, about 3 hours.
Meanwhile, in a medium bowl toss the strawberries with the remaining 2 teaspoons sugar, the orange zest and the orange liqueur. Chill.
To serve, top each portion of the snow pudding with a big spoonful of strawberries.
Nutrition information per serving: 70 calories; 0 calories from fat (0 percent of total calories); 0 g fat (0 g saturated; 0 g trans fats); 0 mg cholesterol; 18 g carbohydrate; 1 g fiber; 16 g sugar; 2 g protein; 55 mg sodium.


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In June of 2004, during the WWDC keynote address, Steve Jobs revealed Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger to developers and the public for the first time. When the finished product arrived in April of 2005, Tiger was the biggest, most important, most feature-packed release in the history of Mac OS X by a wide margin. Apple's marketing campaign reflected this, touting "over 150 new features."
All those new features took time. Since its introduction in 2001, there had been at least one major release of Mac OS X each year. Tiger took over a year and a half to arrive. At the time, it definitely seemed worth the wait. Tiger was a hit with users and developers. Apple took the lesson to heart and quickly set expectations for the next major release of Mac OS X, Leopard. Through various channels, Apple communicated its intention to move from a 12-month to an 18-month release cycle for Mac OS X. Leopard was officially scheduled for "spring 2007."
As the date approached, Apple's marketing machine trod a predictable path.
Apple even went so far as to list all 300 new features on its website. As it turns out, "spring" was a bit optimistic. Leopard actually shipped at the end of October 2007, nearly two and a half years after Tiger. Did Leopard really have twice as many new features as Tiger? That's debatable. What's certain is that Leopard included a solid crop of new features and technologies, many of which we now take for granted. (For example, have you had a discussion with a potential Mac user since the release of Leopard without mentioning Time Machine? I certainly haven't.)
Mac OS X appeared to be maturing. The progression was clear: longer release cycles, more features. What would Mac OS X 10.6 be like? Would it arrive three and a half years after Leopard? Would it and include 500 new features? A thousand?
At WWDC 2009, Bertrand Serlet announced a move that he described as "unprecedented" in the PC industry.
That's right, the next major release of Mac OS X would have no new features. The product name reflected this: "Snow Leopard." Mac OS X 10.6 would merely be a variant of Leopard. Better, faster, more refined, more... uh... snowy.
This was a risky strategy for Apple. After the rapid-fire updates of 10.1, 10.2, and 10.3 followed by the riot of new features and APIs in 10.4 and 10.5, could Apple really get away with calling a "time out?" I imagine Bertrand was really sweating this announcement up on the stage at WWDC in front of a live audience of Mac developers. Their reaction? Spontaneous applause. There were even a few hoots and whistles.
Many of these same developers applauded the "150+ new features" in Tiger and the "300 new features" in Leopard at past WWDCs. Now they were applauding zero new features for Snow Leopard? What explains this?
It probably helps to know that the "0 New Features" slide came at the end of an hour-long presentation detailing the major new APIs and technologies in Snow Leopard. It was also quickly followed by a back-pedaling ("well, there is one new feature...") slide describing the addition of Microsoft Exchange support. In isolation, "no new features" may seem to imply stagnation. In context, however, it served as a developer-friendly affirmation.
The overall message from Apple to developers was something like this: "We're adding a ton of new things to Mac OS X that will help you write better applications and make your existing code run faster, and we're going to make sure that all this new stuff is rock-solid and as bug-free as possible. We're not going to overextend ourselves adding a raft of new customer-facing, marketing-friendly features. Instead, we're going to concentrate 100% on the things that affect you, the developers."
But if Snow Leopard is a love letter to developers, is it a Dear John letter to users? You know, those people that the marketing department might so crudely refer to as "customers." What's in it for them? Believe it or not, the sales pitch to users is actually quite similar. As exhausting as it has been for developers to keep up with Apple's seemingly never-ending stream of new APIs, it can be just as taxing for customers to stay on top of Mac OS X's features. Exposé, a new Finder, Spotlight, a new Dock, Time Machine, a new Finder again, a new iLife and iWork almost every year, and on and on. And as much as developers hate bugs in Apple's APIs, users who experience those bugs as application crashes have just as much reason to be annoyed.
Enter Snow Leopard: the release where we all get a break from the new-features/new-bugs treadmill of Mac OS X development. That's the pitch.
Uncomfortable realities
But wait a second, didn't I just mention an "hour-long presentation" about Snow Leopard featuring "major new APIs and technologies?" When speaking to developers, Apple's message of "no new features" is another way of saying "no new bugs." Snow Leopard is supposed to fix old bugs without introducing new ones. But nothing says "new bugs, coming right up" quite like major new APIs. So which is it?
Similarly, for users, "no new features" connotes stability and reliability. But if Snow Leopard includes enough changes to the core OS to fill an hour-long overview session at WWDC more than a year before its release, can Apple really make good on this promise? Or will users end up with all the disadvantages of a feature-packed release like Tiger or Leopard—the inevitable 10.x.0 bugs, the unfamiliar, untried new functionality—but without any of the actual new features?
Yes, it's enough to make one quite cynical about Apple's real motivations. To throw some more fuel on the fire, have a look at the Mac OS X release timeline below. Next to each release, I've included a list of its most significant features.
That curve is taking on a decidedly droopy shape, as if it's being weighed down by the ever-increasing number of new features. (The releases are distributed uniformly on the Y axis.) Maybe you think it's reasonable for the time between releases to stretch out as each one brings a heavier load of goodies than the last, but keep in mind the logical consequence of such a curve over the long
horn haul.
And yeah, there's a little upwards kick at the end for 10.6, but remember, this is supposed to be the "no new features" release. Version 10.1 had a similar no-frills focus but took a heck of a lot less time to arrive.
Looking at this graph, it's hard not to wonder if there's something siphoning resources from the Mac OS X development effort. Maybe, say, some project that's in the first two or three major releases of its life, still in that steep, early section of its own timeline graph. Yes, I'm talking about the iPhone, specifically iPhone OS. The iPhone business has exploded onto Apple's balance sheets like no other product before, even the iPod. It's also accruing developers at an alarming rate.
It's not a stretch to imagine that many of the artists and developers who piled on the user-visible features in Mac OS X 10.4 and 10.5 have been reassigned to iPhone OS (temporarily or otherwise). After all, Mac OS X and iPhone OS share the same core operating system, the same language for GUI development, and many of the same APIs. Some workforce migration seems inevitable.
And let's not forget the "Mac OS X" technologies that we later learned were developed for the iPhone and just happened to be announced for the Mac first (because the iPhone was still a secret), like Core Animation and code signing. Such conspiracy theories certainly aren't helped by WWDC keynote snubs and other indignities suffered by Mac OS X and the Mac in general since the iPhone arrived on the scene. And so, on top of everything else, Snow Leopard is tasked with restoring some luster to Mac OS X.
Got all that? A nearly two-year development cycle, but no new features. Major new frameworks for developers, but few new bugs. Significant changes to the core OS, but more reliability. And a franchise rejuvenation with few user-visible changes.
It's enough to turn a leopard white.


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Recently I attended a conference titled "Hacking the Museum: Innovation, Agility and Collaboration." My friend Tim Svenonius of SFMOMA and I spoke to a group of museum technologists about mobile content, and how we create conversations about art that are portable and invite sharing.
In the last couple years, like a lot of museums, LACMA has been pretty busy in this regard. We're about to launch version 2 of our mobile website (mobile.lacma.org), and we're rolling out other exhibition-specific apps like the one we just debuted for the California Design show. We've just partnered with the Annenberg Innovation Lab at USC to explore emerging technologies, thanks to the generous support of LACMA trustee David Bohnett and the David Bohnett Foundation. The collaboration came about after a series of conversations with Professor Anne Balsamo, who writes about the sociology of technology and its impact on culture, and her students.
The museum has also gotten involved in open source development, rebuilding our website in Drupal with the help of our partners at Urban Insight. Working in Drupal, we can adapt, customize and contribute code to a shared community (including other museums) interested in new web technologies.
Just recently, we received a generous grant from the Getty Foundation as participants in an online scholarly publishing initiative. The idea is to go beyond the usual approach to presenting information about our collection online, creating a deeper experience that reflects and informs ongoing scholarship, which is a big part of what the museum is about. We're developing our open source approach in collaboration with IMA Labs at the Indianapolis Museum of Art. We're also enhancing our core Collections Online presentation, with the help of artist Jody Zellen, to create a more inviting, interactive way for you to experience the wealth of our collections beyond what's on view in the galleries on any given day.
As someone said at the conference, these days everything is in beta, and that means we welcome your feedback and we need your input to fuel the iterative process. If you're interested in what museums are doing online and want to help, please consider becoming an e-volunteer. We're looking for a small dedicated crew of digerati with a little time to give online. We're offering free memberships to our core e-volunteers who contribute 40 hours or more. Email for more information.
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