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Monday, July 09, 2007

Closer Look

 Closer Look

Who's Running?

Some notable names in the field of potential presidential candidates.

Officially Announced | Established Exploratory Committees | Widely Mentioned | Not Running

Officially Announced
Democrats
Joseph R. Biden Jr.
Senator from Delaware
Hillary Rodham Clinton
Senator From New York
Christopher J. Dodd
Senator from Connecticut
John Edwards
Former senator from North Carolina
Mike Gravel
Former senator from Alaska
Dennis J. Kucinich
Representative from Ohio
Barack Obama
Senator from Illinois
Bill Richardson
Governor of New Mexico
Republicans
Sam Brownback
Senator from Kansas
James S. Gilmore III
Former governor of Virginia
Rudolph W. Giuliani
Former mayor of New York City
Duncan Hunter
Representative from California
John McCain
Senator from Arizona
Ron Paul
Representative from Texas
Mitt Romney
Former governor of Massachusetts
Tom Tancredo
Representative from Colorado
Tommy G. Thompson
Former governor of Wisconsin
Established Exploratory Committees Back to top

Republicans
Mike Huckabee
Former governor of Arkansas
Widely Mentioned Back to top
Democrats
Wesley K. Clark
Retired NATO commander; from Arkansas
Al Gore
Former vice president; from Tennessee
Al Sharpton
Minister and activist; from New York
Republicans
Newt Gingrich
Former House speaker from Georgia
Chuck Hagel
Senator from Nebraska
George E. Pataki
Governor of New York
Fred Thompson
Actor and former senator from Tennessee
Independents
Michael R. Bloomberg
Mayor of New York City
Officially Not Running Back to top
Democrats
Evan Bayh
Senator from Indiana
Russell D. Feingold
Senator from Wisconsin
John Kerry
Senator from Massachusetts
Tom Vilsack
Former governor of Iowa
Mark R. Warner
Former governor of Virginia
Republicans
Bill Frist
Senator from Tennessee

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Legal Blog Watch

Legal Blog Watch

$1M in Business Won't Get You a Place at a Law Firm

The lateral road to equity partnership has gotten rockier in recent years, according to this LA Business Journal article, Sorry Partner, Not For Just a Million (7/9/07). According to the article, Los Angeles lawyers with one million in portable business can no longer expect to snag an equity partnership at top-tier firms, which these days are demanding at least $1.5 million in portable business and would prefer $2 million. The article explains that a firm generating $1 million in profits per partner likely has a book of business average of at least $2.5 million. So to bring in a partner with less than that amount of business would dilute existing partners' profits. 

So what are the options for a $1 million partner who wants to change firms? Many migrate to regional firms where $1 million is still significant. Others can take "of counsel" or nonequity positions at other firms. And of course, another option that isn't discussed is that lawyers with that amount of business can open up their own shop. 

What the article doesn't discuss is how the $2 million portable requirement affects associates. Are there midlevel associates who are generating that much in portable business (after all, it seems as if partners have even more incentive to hang on to all client matters to retain their equity statuts)? But if midlevel associates don't have a $2 million book of business, do they have a chance of ever moving to another firm? 

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Minister of Finance dismisses any political pressure in connection with Superintendency of Securities and Insurance pronouncement

The minister of finance, on commenting on the sanctions applied today by the Superintendency of Securities and Insurance to company directors infringing the Securities Market Law, stated that all the decisions made by this supervisory entity are based on technical grounds.

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Minister of Finance disregards a "sudden halt" of the economy and reafirms solid growth trend

 
Minister of Finance disregards a "sudden halt" of the economy and reafirms solid growth trend

The minister of finance called not to "overinterpret" monthly figures and asked to focus on longer periods to draw conclusions on the course of our economy. He sustained that economic expansion during 2007's first five months amounts to 5.8%, which is exactly the government's projection for this year.

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Friday, July 06, 2007

Climate Change and Clean Energy

Climate Change and Clean Energy
red rule

 
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A diesel-electric hybrid bus drives through Seattle. (File photo © AP Images)
Energy Conservation, Renewables Get Boost in Senate Bill

The U.S. Senate approves an energy bill that has a key focus on reducing energy use and addressing global warming. The legislation concentrates mostly on oil conservation in the transportation sector. Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid says in a statement that the legislation "starts America on a path toward reducing our reliance on oil by increasing our use of renewables and for the first time in decades significantly improving the fuel efficiency of cars and trucks." (complete text)
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G8 Countries Agree on Process To Address Global Warming

Leaders of the Group of Eight countries agree on an accelerated process that eventually can lead to "substantial" cuts in emissions that contribute to global warming. "We are … committed to taking strong and early action to tackle climate change," they say in a declaration issued in Heiligendamm, Germany. Calling climate change an "urgent challenge," the leaders called on the countries that are heavy users of energy and emitters of greenhouse gases to establish by the end of 2008 a new global framework for dealing with emissions of these gases. Such a framework would serve as a basis for reaching, by the end of 2009, a broader global agreement under the auspices of the United Nations that would replace the Kyoto Protocol once it expires in 2012. (complete text)

United States, Brazil Seek a Central America Driven by Biofuels

With the help of the United States and Brazil, three Central American countries and one Caribbean nation could become less dependent on oil imports by switching their economies to biofuels, according to U.S. and Brazilian officials. "We seek to promote the democratization of energy in the Americas, increasing the number of energy suppliers, expanding the market and reducing supply disruption," U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice says. (complete text)
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Thursday, July 05, 2007

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Wednesday, July 04, 2007

FROM UNESCO

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Sitio web en español		 July 4, 2007
In Focus
Networks and Partnerships

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Detail of a huipil (Guatemala)
In addition to maintaining privileged relationships with its Member States, UNESCO is stepping up its efforts to cooperate with public and private partners on the basis of shared ethical principles. Thanks to their technical expertise and financial support, these partners enable the Organization to respond efficiently to requests for international assistance in the fields of culture that lie within its competence.
News and Events
  • Reducing Risks to Collections Sibiu, Romania
    04 - 06 07 2007  The purpose of the three-week session of the international course on "Reducing Risks to Collections" is to focus on the preventive conservation of museum collections. 
  • "Breaking the Chains Prize" at the 10th Zanzibar International Film Festival (ZIFF) Zanzibar, United Republic of Tanzania
    04 - 08 07 2007  The UNESCO Slave Route Project, in partnership with the ZIFF (Zanzibar International Film Festival) and the British Council Office in Tanzania, created the "Breaking the Chains Prize" for the best film to shed new light on slavery and its legacy.
  • Risk-Management for Cultural Heritage Yogyakarta, Indonesia
    04 - 09 07 2007  This training workshop is organized within the framework of the action plan for the rehabilitation of the earthquake-affected Prambanan World Heritage Compounds.
  •  An Introduction to Musical Ethnography Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
    04 - 13 07 2007  One of the main objectives of the UNESCO/Norway Funds-in-Trust Project "Ethiopia – Traditional Music, Dance and Instruments" is to contribute to the trains Ethiopian students to create an environment in which Ethiopia's music and dance traditions will continue to be identified, inventoried and recorded. 
  • Living Heritage: Exploring the Intangible Paris, France
    04 07 - 30 11 2007  Photo exhibition displayed on the fence surrounding UNESCO Headquarters and presenting more than 100 photos on traditional music, dance and theatre, social practices, rituals and festivals and traditional knowledge and skills, and oral traditions that communities and groups around the world receive from their ancestors and pass on to their descendants.
  • Information Meeting on Arts Education Paris, France
    05 07 2007  This Permanent Delegates' information meeting is a follow-up to the World Conference on Arts Education on "Building Creative Capacities for the 21st Century". 
  • Launch of SEAL of Excellence in South Africa Pretoria, South Africa
    06 - 07 07 2007  The World Crafts Council has given its sanction for the SEAL of Excellence Award introduction to South Africa as the pilot country for the African Continent. 
  • The Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions and International Cooperation Madrid, Spain
    10 - 12 07 2007  This first meeting of international experts aims at analyzing the articles of the Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions related to international cooperation. 
  • Inventorying Intangible Cultural Heritage in Madagascar Antananarivo, Madagascar
    16 - 20 07 2007  This international workshop aims at discussing and defining a preliminary template for a National Inventory of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Madagascar.
  • Nomination of the West Tien-Shan as Trans-boundary Natural Heritage Site Almaty, Kazakhstan
    18 - 19 07 2007  The sub-regional meeting will contribute to defining the nomination strategy and modalities for the West Tien-Shan as a natural World Heritage site as well as providing relevant authorities with guidance on the preparation of the nomination file.
  • Launch of Children's Books in Banda Aceh Banda Aceh, Indonesia
    22 07 2007  As part of the UNESCO Programme for the safeguarding and re-establishment of tangible and intangible cultural heritage in the post-tsunami environment of Aceh, six children's books highlighting local traditions and culture for primary and secondary school students will be launched at the Museum Aceh. 
  • Namibia's "Heritage Hunt" Windhoek, Namibia
    26 07 2007  UNESCO is supporting the Heritage Hunt, a national campaign to be launched by the Honourable Minister of Youth, National Service, Sport and Culture of Namibia, Johan Mutorwa. 
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Monday, July 02, 2007

Getting out of the "time tunnel"

Getting out of the "time tunnel"

Deje un comentario Publicado el 2 de July, 2007 en Editorial, Columnistas, Susana Sechi, English

Susana SechiAt the beginning of the XXIst century Cience and Technology swiftly advance in an attempt to improve mankind's life quality. The members of the civilized countries are looking for the betterment of international energy transportation nets while commercially reaching closer in order to strengthen the economic growth and to get ready to face the snags derived from the increasing demand of new energetic sources.

A bunch of Latin American countries, however, have stepped into the "time tunnel" helped by certain tyrants that overthrew democracy disguised as rulers and put forward outdated ideologies with the aim of deceiving their own peoples. These peoples were sinking in serious institutional crisis springing from corrupt political corporations that triggered the chance for some opportunists to take power.

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