Global co-op leader: Co-ops should be fastest growing business model by 2020

Dame Pauline ecological requirements for economic cooperation in the entrance of the IMF

world leader cooperative movement today unveiled an ambitious plan to make the cooperative business model faster growth at the end of the decade.

Project Launched for Co-operative Decade, Dame Pauline Green, President of the International Cooperative Alliance, the professional organization representing cooperatives around the world, said: "We want to reach a cooperative the summit of world trade model faster growth business in 2020. Our strategy is that the cooperative model to become the recognized leader in the economic, social and environmental, and therefore the model preferred by people. And the end of this form become the fastest growing company. "

Dame Pauline was speaking at the inauguration States Cooperative, a three-day event to showcase the cooperation of the community resurgent and confident increasingly global.

a mash-up of conferences, exhibitions and festivals Fringe organizers welcome United Cooperatives as one of the largest international gatherings of world history of cooperative organizations and is celebrated to mark the end of the United Nations International Year of Cooperatives.

More than 10,000 union members representing 45 countries met in 1500 under a cooperative leaden sky legendary Manchester heard how the global economy co-op offers the opportunity to build a global economy more ethical and resistant.

In a defiant speech, optimistic, Dame Pauline said it was a turning point in the history of the cooperative sector.

"This year has seen the global movement of international cooperation together in a way that was previously unimaginable. Now our challenge is to build on this work in a way that produces results. Now we are able to strengthen our business model in markets around the world. " In a study published today shows that cooperatives and mutuals top 300 companies have a turnover of nearly $ 2 billion, the global economy of the cooperative sector now has 1.4 million companies around the world and has a thousand million members.

Dame Pauline expressed frustration that the importance of the cooperative economy has not yet been recognized by the leaders of the global economy, a point that was brought back by the lack of a government minister in the opening ceremony this morning.

"Why there is still not an economist at the IMF co-op?" Required Dame Pauline added: "We deserve to be heard in global forums." Co-ops States is also throwing its doors open to the public with a full program of exhibitions, workshops and open houses that allow people to meet face to face with the cooperative global community.

• More than 100 cooperative enterprises from Canada to China met the world's largest exhibition in the world of cooperatives, while the British cooperative societies are represented in a wide range of areas of cooperation with the schools shops and health care financing, housing and pubs.
• "United Cooperative is a great celebration of cooperatives around the world," said Ed Mayo, Secretary General of Co-operatives UK, the UK trade association for co-operatives.

"We invite families, children and all those interested in the movement to come and participate effectively in the way of living together."

Simon Birch reports the
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Soyuz rocket launches on mission to space station

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Skydiver Baumgartner lands safely on Earth after supersonic record

Supersonic parachute breaks three world records during the descent of the balloon 24 miles above the surface of the Earth

the edge of space above the deserts of New Mexico, Felix Baumgartner stopped a little. It was a small step away from the capsule, but down 24 miles to earth.

"Our guardian angel will take care of you," said mission control and jumped the man known as Felix Fear.

myocardial Ten minutes later, the Austrian landed on Earth after reaching speeds up to 725 mph, and break three world records, including becoming the first supersonic parachute break sound barrier at Mach 1.24.

"We love Felix", applauded the control room, as her mother, Ava Baumgartner, wept.

Baumgartner, who said records for ballooning upper living and parachute jump higher elevations, raised his arms in victory thanks wishes for his team.

wearing a survival suit designed keeping intact his body against pressures which vary greatly which marked his descent to Earth. Without it, their blood boiled and lungs may have exploded.

Baumgartner said later at a press conference. "When I was standing on the roof of the world, you become humble, do not think about breaking records," admitted everything I could think of was getting back into life, but he added: ". Sometimes you have to go up to see how small you are "

The other two cases were inhabited for balloon flight altitude jump higher and higher.

After two failed attempts last week, the mission was given the green light on Sunday morning, with the cooperation of the weather. Baumgartner crystal was taken Clear a giant ball, measuring 30 million cubic feet square and whose skin was a tenth of the thickness of a sandwich bag. At the bottom of the ball was a capsule in which Baumgartner sitting in his costume.

After reaching the desired height, Baumgartner went through a list of 40 elements with his mentor Joe Kittinger, the former owner of the altitude manned balloon higher.

There was some concern that heating of the visor did not work, causing the visor fog. "This is very serious, Joe," he said Kitttinger. "Sometimes it gets foggy when I breathe .... I do not feel the heat."

but decided to go there, overseen by a record 8 million people that jump was broadcast live on YouTube.

• more than two hours and a half-trip, during which the curvature of the earth became visible and gradually the sky turned black, compared with a decline was much faster.
three cameras to set their freefall Baumgartner recorded a little more than four minutes - which failed to break the existing record of long free fall - and after opening the parachute.

The success of the mission and demand, which raises the possibility that the astronauts might be able to survive a high-altitude disaster that struck the type of the space shuttle Columbia in 2003 Rescue done his job.

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top medical man in the thing was Dr. Jonathan Clark, whose wife Laurel Clark was killed in the Columbia accident. Clark is now devoted to improving the survival of astronauts in high altitude disaster.

Baumgartner has made a name for itself in acts of daring. The former paratrooper has jumped from buildings and mountains and once in a cave 600 meters deep. He had already made two free practice falls in the preparation of this attempt - a 71,000 feet in March this year and a second 97,000 feet in July. But it is not impossible that we identified his jump above the town of Roswell, a suitably chosen famous for its connections with UFO sightings.

had five different cases: the first man to ever break the sound barrier in free fall, falling largest increase altitude free flight the ball higher and inhabited the biggest drop Free platform diving and is considered the largest balloon ever flown that.

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Weather-beaten UK farmers lament a dismal year for food production

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already squeezed by the supermarket, all types of farmers had to withstand drought and floods this year too

"It was the worst year in living memory," says Jonathan Lukies, who farms 288 hectares (720 acres) of crops and orchards near Stansted, Essex. "It was horrible."

time this year has been a roller coaster for British farmers who now just wants to forget most of the time. With unprecedented drought affecting most of England in the spring, so serious that has resulted in a series of emergency meetings with the government, farmers desperately need above average rainfall to replenish the soil for sowing . Their prayers were answered by the rain -. But the worst possible way, with the beginning of the summer the wettest ever recorded, followed by a summer rain sunless short in many areas before the end of the growing season

This combination of extreme weather has been catastrophic for staple crops such as wheat and vegetables to grow first, then wash crops and prevent maturation.

"From Easter weekend, we had rain a year, in three months," says Lukies. "It was the murderer. Never seen anything like it, and my Father who is in his 60s said he has never seen anyone any more. "

His views were echoed by the agricultural community. Guy Gagen, consultant cultures in the National Farmers Union, said: "Speaking to farmers who have been in business for decades, I do not remember something as difficult as this year was bad years ago, although course, but. was terrible right through the growing season, from beginning to end.

"One of the problems was that it was so dark - ... There was very little sunlight to grow If you remember, a few days in June and November are effectively reduced productivity "

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agriculture was affected. Farmers have seen yields of wheat fell by 14%, according to the National Farmers Union, the reduction of the wheat crop in the United Kingdom at levels not seen since the 1980s - before farmers many investments in technology, such as grain dryers. Growers have suffered, with half of the pea crop eliminated country. Producers of meat, poultry for breeding pigs, saw their costs skyrocket due to the poor grain harvest of the world's rising food prices. Fruits and salads also experienced a terrible year, with fresh products that are discarded or sold at unusually low prices during June and July, because people just were not buying food for the summer weather .

• consumer prices are rising sharply because of all these factors. This seems to mean a boon for farmers - at least foods that have been able to grow is now fetching better prices. But most farmers do not benefit.
• For many arable farmers, one reason is that hedge their risks of future returns by arranging to sell their grain at an agreed price before harvest, which gives them a guaranteed income they can generate. Lukies was typical, hiring about two-thirds of his crop in advance. But prices at the beginning of the season was low - around £ 150 per tonne. As the harvest, the price rose to ? 205. Lukies was not able to take advantage again in the third had not sold in advance, since most of their production was very poor, due to weather conditions. Thousands of farmers are likely to have been in a similar situation.
For farmers, as vegetable producers, price increases are offset by much lower yields of their crops. "People have invested money in the production of these crops, and saw yields collapse," says James Hallett, executive director of the Association of British producers.

As is increasingly the case in recent years, the fate of most British farmers will be dictated by the supermarkets. The "big four" have a huge market share that can determine margins for farmers. Even able to absorb a large part of the only source of income for farmers can rely on even in difficult years -. Agricultural subsidies

An average family of four in the United Kingdom was paid £ 426 per year on agricultural subsidies under the Common Agricultural Policy of the EU (CAP) in 2009, according to the Ministry of Environment, Food and Rural Rural Affairs (Defra), and the poor are the most affected, because it represents a higher proportion of their disposable income than the rich. This figure rises to more than 8 times per week in each store is likely to have increased since 2009, but new research has not been done. The money is supposed to help farmers in distress. But the dominance of supermarkets means that much of this money goes to the bottom line of big business.

This is because large retailers know many farmers receive subsidies - is public information - and you can calculate the cost of production for farmers, so that lowering the prices paid by farmers. For thousands of farmers, this means that the production of foods such as milk, poultry and pigs at a loss - what supermarkets pay is less than the cost incurred. Only subsidies to farmers to maintain these companies, so that nearly profitable enough to continue.
While subsidies paid by households in the UK are in fact increase the profits of supermarkets rather than farmers - large retailers can obtain higher margins for food purchased from farmers by a lower salary the cost of production, leaving taxpayers to foot the bill to keep farmers in business. This is one reason why consumers in Europe pay less for their purchases -. The 6.4% increase in consumption Weekly Store UK is double the EU average

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Joe Biden's alpha-male display leaves Paul Ryan overwhelmed in VP debate

No knockout blows, but a shot in the arm by Democrats as vice president called his opponent spiel

In the normal course of events, Vice-President of the debates, as both vice presidents themselves, especially not matter. And this may be the case of slaughter in Kentucky Thursday night. But if this is the case, it will not be for lack of trying on the part of Joe Biden, whose high energy performance - part bar room angry polemicist, part of condescension old uncle, comic mime part - often leaving Paul Ryan seemed dejected.

On more than one occasion, the Republican candidate visibly swallowed. It is disappointing, of course, that political discourse has been reduced to such manifestations of dominant alpha male, but there were times when the discussion could benefit from a David Attenborough voice whisper: "And the old man victorious after having bared his teeth aesthetically improved rods away, muttering: "With all due respect, this is a lot of nonsense ..." "

Undoubtedly, Biden not blow, while Ryan snuck in a few lines well rehearsed and did not lose his composure. But in the wake of the poor performance of Barack Obama in Denver last week, the resurgence of the country of spirits was almost inaudible Democrats. Your biggest concern was perhaps the vice-president famous gaffe prone swear by accident. ("It's a lot of things," he quipped in place in response to the indictment of Ryan that the Obama administration would abandon Israel. "Many things," he said when pressed which means "nonsense". They in this context apparently means "shit.")

• "Stop talking about how you care about people," he interrupted in a moment, after Ryan started in one of the stories of his personal values ??campaign holiness Mitt Romney. "Show me something. Show me a politician. Show me a policy where you take responsibility. "Bulldozer his way through the 90-minute debate - excellent moderated by Martha Raddatz ABC foreign correspondent - Biden did all the things that Obama supporters complained that the president did not even mention the 47% of observations Romney (twice) and hard to clarify the mathematical impossibilities budget plans Romney / Ryan.

Biden is an incorrigible ham. Split screen, while Ryan spoke, he could be seen smiling, laughing, shaking his head, raising his hands to heaven or bowing his head in disbelief exaggerated, highly variable sequence of gestures that everything was "can you believe this guy? "When the questioning turned to religious faith, Biden has adopted a completely different voice, hoarse and several lowest tones. lies with lush, Ryan called" my friend "on a dozen times., but everything seemed to work. has worked much better, no doubt, that Obama's decision to act as if the split screen was not there.

The cons-narrative that Fox News commentators were busy trying to build a few seconds of the final applause was Biden laughs, sighs infamous as Al Gore would be a liability in the coming days. Independent voters, according to this version of the conventional wisdom, are alienated by the slightest hint of conflict or intimidation. Maybe. The truth, however, is that the debate will probably not make much difference one way or another support the balance.

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Science prizes: what are they for? | Rebekah Higgitt

Nobel award recognizes outstanding achievement, but in a style reminiscent of 18th century science, technology and prices are increasingly offered to encourage solutions to specific problems

Tuesday, the Nobel Prize was announced. Like all Nobel will attract a lot of interest and publicity debate. But what are the functions of prices - as a reward or encouragement - Science

Due to the large amount of money at stake, and international competition, the Nobel Prize has become very prestigious but often controversial. However, they are a rarity, based on the whim of a single person, without any consultation with governments and institutions, and the rest, as the Guardian, Ian said, "in the words of a secret group of Scandinavians ". However, the Nobel Prize is typical of many awards established in science that reward success, approval mark, strengthen a sense of community and often create public interest.

Although many, the notion of scientific prizes may be controversial. Options decisions on winners and losers is bound to promote dissent, but the prices seem to question some basic assumptions about how science works. Stimulate competition in an effort that is often celebrated as collaboration. Sometimes they act to concentrate the mind on specific issues, which means that the chance discovery by "blue sky" research is insufficient to meet the needs of society. Finally, offering money to think that financial success on the market can be difficult to achieve, or the joy of discovery is not necessarily sufficient intellectual reward.

The way we were rewarded and disseminated can provide clues about the state of science throughout history. The Royal Society, which now offers a number of awards and honors, first awarded its Copley Medal in 1731. The list of winners is wonderfully eclectic, and shows that in the early days of the "most important scientific discovery," often tried to refer to a concrete problem. Displays a company that wanted to show the utility of the science.

This was typical of the time. The Society of Arts, for example, offered premiums for specific problems, such as improving machinery or techniques in agriculture and navigation. Similarly, in 1796, the American Philosophical Society has announced awards for best performance ", inventions or improvements" bombs ships, computing the length of the lunar distance, pans, preventing degradation study of peach power plants Amerindian, and lighting. Famous, Napoleon offered a prize for inventing a method of food preservation that provide food for their armies.

These awards challenge does not disappear, but in the following centuries, the most visible were donated by individuals and businesses, focusing on interesting and popular areas of innovation, such as railways and theft. The X Prize for commercial space flights, is clearly of the same lineage as the price Orteig to fly nonstop between Paris and New York.

• Increasingly, however, science has begun to offer career opportunities rather than rewards incidental, institutional and government for science recognizes outstanding achievement, instead of trying to push people and teams to work on specific problems. In part, this is due to the emergence of the idea that the benefits of science and humanity unpredictable (but ultimately, however, said a) the following non-oriented, curiosity-driven .

Recently, however, seems to have taken a step back in the 18th century. Nesta, who launched a Challenge Award Center with the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, the tone in this summary of the history and the recent rise of the Challenge. It highlights the findings of a recent report that "in 1991, 97% of the price offered was in the form of awards for past achievements. Since then, 78% of new prices have been proposed for future troubleshooting. "

price induction multiply and British and American governments are showing increasing interest. They are a particularly effective way to attract the attention of the public and STEM, while the display is made positive noises about important issues or opportunities, all at a much lower cost than the full support and Winners invest in research and development necessary X-Prize put more money and adding the amount invested by others in this or that, for example, the price Saltire, we can see that this is a bargain. But is this really how things work?

Almost every time these prices are mentioned, as in the proof of its effectiveness, the great grandfather of all - Longitude Prize calls - called. In 1714, the British government offered a lot of money to anyone who could find a more convenient and accurate to determine the length (ie east-west) at sea mentioned amount, £ 20,000, ultimately was given to John Harrison for his watches March Bingo! Important issue resolved as a result of an incentive award once.

Well, yes and no. As I already wrote, the story is more complicated and time Commissioners of the Admiralty and had to be much more flexible in their approach. Regarding the development of clocks Harrison will in the long term financial support in the form of a series of small grants between 1737 and 1764, was probably more important than the final reward carrot distance. It was also necessary to invest in product development and basic infrastructure for the use of timers and the (necessary and complementary), astronomical techniques a practical possibility.

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SpaceX rocket blasts off for International Space Station

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Abu Hamza and other four terror suspects face 'clean version of hell'

If convicted by a U.S. court, the five suspected terrorists are likely to end up in jail disk "maximum security" in Florence, Colorado

Abu Hamza and four other suspected terrorists have failed to prevent the extradition to the United States Chances are, if convicted by a U.S. court to spend time in solitary confinement in Alcatraz of the Rockies - the federal "Supermax" prison in Florence, Colorado.

Richard Reid, the "shoe bomber", is already among the members of al-Qaeda prisoners sentenced to life imprisonment in a maximum security prison, a former guard described as "a clean version of the hell. "

Court emblem of human rights in April which ultimately paved the way for five to send the United States to be tried or not serving sentences ranging from 50 years in solitary confinement in the prison of the maximum amount to torture or inhuman and degrading treatment. Abu Hamza, because he has no hands, and has a vision in one eye, could expect to spend some time in Florence before being transferred elsewhere, but it is a risk to the long-term fate of four others.

• lawyers of the five men did not deny that his physical condition - the cell size, the type of lighting, plumbing - do not violate human rights. Instead, he focused on his very restrictive diet and the almost total absence of human contact.
• The system is designed to prevent any physical contact between the offender and others and to minimize social interaction with staff. For those in solitary confinement, contact the staff could be just a minute a day.
held basal diet only have 10 hours per week of free time outside of their cells. Indoor recreation were little more than cages with a single drawbar exercise. Anything you can do in outdoor cages is to walk. Despite these "privileges" may be terminated. One inmate was denied outdoor exercise for 60 days to try to feed the birds crumbs.

But the proof that the Strasbourg Court, Patricia Rangel, director of the maximum security unit, told the judges that could have five social visits per month unlimited correspondence with their families. Detainees have access to the interior of the cell to 50 channels and seven radio stations, a copy of USA Today, and can talk to inmates in adjacent cells using the ventilation system by voice.

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Pakistan is not co-operating with US over drones, ministry insists

newspaper regularly CIA drones consent to operate freely

Pakistan has rejected allegations that military aircraft deliberately erased in the sky of the U.S. border region to allow drones to operate freely.

"There can be no doubt Pakistan under such attacks," said Foreign Ministry in response to a report by the Wall Street Journal reported that the United States believes that the consent has regularly received.

According to the newspaper, the CIA sent a fax "about once a month" of the ISI, Pakistan's counterpart, on the fields and the objectives that the unmanned aircraft are operated .

ISI did not respond to faxes from a year ago, according to the newspaper. However, counsel for the U.S. government found that tacit approval, because Pakistan is responsible for so-called "conflict", its airspace -. Prevents aircraft flying in the affected areas

A government spokesman dismissed the suggestion made in the report and reiterated Pakistan's position on drone attacks. "Drone attacks are illegal, against-productive, in violation of international law and a violation of Pakistani sovereignty "

diplomats and security analysts believe that Pakistan continues to give its consent to the drone attacks.

confidential diplomatic cables published by WikiLeaks have revealed that, in 2008, the Pakistani army chief, General Ashfaq Kayani, has called on the United States for "Predator coverage continues [drones]" part of South Waziristan.

In the same year, the former Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani said the U.S. ambassador did not mind the U.S. program "Until they get the right people."

Despite the history of cooperation with the United States, the drones are very unpopular in Pakistan, where politicians, including former cricketer Imran Khan have won the support of attack against what many consider the systematic violation of Pakistani sovereignty.
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Pakistan drone attacks are counterproductive, says report

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academic says U.S. drones kill large numbers of civilians and increase recruitment by militant groups

CIA program "targeted" assassinations with drones in Pakistan's tribal strongholds is politically against-productive, killing large numbers of civilians, undermines respect for international law, according to a report published by U.S. academics.

Schools and Colleges Stanford study in New York law, based on interviews with victims, witnesses and experts blame the U.S. president, Barack Obama, climbing by strikes "signature" in which groups are selected by the remote "lifestyle" analysis.

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afraid to attend weddings or funerals, said, in the case of terrestrial operators U.S. drone directors meetings misinterpret the Taliban or Al-Qaeda.

"The dominant discourse on the use of drones in Pakistan is an effective tool and surgical precision that allows the United States more secure by enabling" targeted killings "of terrorists, with minimal side effects or inconvenience. this story is false, "the report entitled Living on drones States.

The authors admit that it is difficult to obtain accurate data on victims "with U.S. efforts to protect the drone program of democratic accountability, compounded by barriers to independent research strikes North Waziristan. "

The "best available information", they say, is that between 2562 and 3325 people were killed in Pakistan between June 2004 and mid-September of this year - between 474 and 881 were civilians, including 176 children. The data were collected by the Bureau of Investigative Journalism, said that 1,300 people were injured in the drone attacks in this period.

The report was commissioned by and written with the help of the organization Reprieve, based in London, which supports the work of British courts by Noor Khan, a Pakistani whose father was killed by a drone attack in the United States in March 2011. His legal challenge is based in the UK is complicit in U.S. airstrikes because the spy agency GCHQ, the intelligence CIA actions on targets for drone attacks.

"U.S. drones are approximately 24 hours per day in the localities of northwest Pakistan, remarkable houses, vehicles and public places, without notice," the report says law schools U.S..

"His presence terrifies men, women and children, causing psychological trauma and anxiety among the civilian population. Persons living in drones to cope with the constant worry of Deadly attack can not be dismissed at any time, and knowing that they are unable to protect themselves.

"These fears have affected behavior. U.S. training area has reached several times, and the evidence that has killed rescuers, makes community members and aid workers are afraid or unwilling to participate in injured victims. "

• The study goes on to say: "The evidence available to the public that the strikes were safe United States in general, is somewhat ambiguous ... The number of "high level" militant killed as a percentage of all victims is extremely low -. proof estimated at 2% [of death] suggests that U.S. attacks have facilitated the recruitment of non-state armed groups, violent, and most violent attacks motivated ... A major study shows that 74% of Pakistanis now consider the U.S. an enemy. "
• American lawyers come abroad rather than human rights, critics are probably more influence in national debates on the legality of U.S. war drone.

"targeted assassinations and practices of U.S. drone attacks undermine respect for the rule of law and the international legal protection and can create dangerous precedents," says the report, wondering if Pakistan consented to the attacks.

"The failure of the U.S. government to ensure transparency and accountability in their basic policy of targeted assassinations, to provide information on its program of targeted assassinations, or establish legal factors involved in decisions appropriate to strike prevents necessary democratic debate on a crucial aspect of U.S. foreign policy and national security.

"American practices can also facilitate the use of force in the world by dangerous precedents for other governments. As manufacturers of unmanned aircraft and officials succeed in reducing barriers export controls, and more countries develop deadly drone technology, these risks increase. "
The report supports the call by Ben Emmerson QC, Special Rapporteur on the fight against terrorism, independent investigations of deaths from airstrikes and demanded the release of the U.S. Justice Department memos describing the legal basis for U.S. targeted killings in Pakistan.

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George Osborne's deficit reduction plan: a blunt axe, blindly wielded

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Chancellor George Osborne that the economy is in trouble with a record deficit of £ 14 billion in August

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plans are divided into three categories. There are good plans that are poorly executed, as in the model developed by Count Alfred von Schlieffen for the invasion of France in 1914. There are strategic plans are executed well bad, as in the Russian campaign of Napoleon in 1812. And then there is the plan of the coalition government to reduce the deficit.

monthly update last Friday on public finances was bleak for George Osborne and his Liberal Democrat colleague Danny Alexander. Back in the heady days of 2010, spoke of how an ambitious plan to reduce red ink splashed all books Treasury could be combined with solid growth and protecting frontline services. None of these objectives was achieved.

quality of public services has decreased due to job losses, the economy has hit the wall and, perhaps most telling of all, the gap between what the government spends and it receives taxes getting bigger, not smaller.

deficit last month was more than $ 14 billion, a slight increase over the previous year and a record for the month of August. On budget day, the chancellor said he expects the deficit to fall by more than 4% in the current year, in the first five months of 2012-13 is 21% more than 'in 2011-12. It will take a quick - and totally unlikely - the accelerated growth in the coming months to Osborne have any chance of reaching their forecasts

Most likely you will need to use his autumn statement in early December to admit that will break at least one of the rules that he himself established to control public finances when became chancellor. The goal of reducing debt as a proportion of national income at the end of this Parliament seems extravagant and given the flatlining of the economy over the last 18 months, leaving Osborne with the possibility of creating a new challenge, less burdensome, or to announce new austerity plan.

be humiliating, however, the Chancellor is almost certain to take the first option. The deficit reduction plan and involves greater austerity in 2013-14 and 2014-15 compared to the year and would be a brave Chancellor would eliminate the additional demand for an already fragile economy. The idea of ??expansionary fiscal contraction - get tough with the budget stimulates growth by allowing monetary policy to work its magic - has been a fiasco. Why? Because the banking system is broken and the debt are not interested in taking on more debt, no matter how much interest rates fall. Osborne and the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) have significantly overestimated the power of monetary policy to continue to adjust fiscal policy would result in an even lower growth targets and state budget even more difficult achieve.

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• back into defense used by all Chancellor since time immemorial: the fault abroad. If it was not for the sovereign debt crisis in the euro area, rising oil prices and the weakness of the global economy, for example, everything would be wonderful for the moment. There was nothing wrong with this plan. It was a great plan. It was, indeed, the only plan that could save Britain from the dystopia of Greek debt. It was just that other complicated issues.
• Sir Mervyn King provides the chancellor with some political cover in turn. The Governor of the Bank of England says it will be ok for the government to miss its target, as long as the debt is the result of external factors and not because their deficit smooth death itself. Since the king had four-square behind the austerity Osborne from the beginning and used the same defense of bank records overestimate and underestimate the growth of inflation, their support is surprising but welcome if it prevents Osborne compose their own mistakes.
• While it is true that the administration of public finance work leaves much to be desired before the Great Depression of 2007 and that any government facing a budget deficit of 11% of the national production is necessary to take measures to balance the books, the truth is that the plan was ill-conceived Osborne, hastily prepared, based on optimistic forecasts and perform that amplify the pain felt by the public.

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deficiencies are explored by Brian A Reading from Lombard Street Research paper entitled Blunt Axe. The title is a reference to Geddes Axe called the program of deep spending cuts imposed in the 1920s, after a thorough analysis of the savings could be realized.

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Osborne was scathing, saying he has failed miserably to achieve the coalition "urgent priority to ensure economic stability in a period of continued uncertainty in the global economy . "In particular, the document says it has not sought to assess the impact on the growth of spending cuts, the government is hiding behind" optimistic forecasts "provided by the OBR, the" scorched earth " investment in more expensive prestige projects, it has not attempted to identify the whereabouts of the taxpayers' money to be saved, not to measure the actual resources provided to departments, taking into account different rates of inflation that s 'apply to services such as health, could not protect the front-line workers (or even identify what work they did), and it is intended for the inevitable cuts in the public sector, 372,000 that the first two years are nearly six times higher than the 66,000 estimated by the OBR.

Play concluded that there was no need for Plan A for wild growth. The coalition, he said, would have significantly increased capital expenditures without breaking its own fiscal rules. However, net capital expenditure in 2014-15 is forecast to be nearly 60% lower than it was five years ago. This is not a new phenomenon. Governments of all colors is always easier to reduce capital expenditures for current expenses, despite the long (and often short) term consequences for the economy.
is not convinced by reading the argument that everything that can be attributed to events across the Channel. "The deterioration of the global environment and the collapse of the euro night certainly the British economy, but it was predictable. OBR was complicit in the persistence of granting graduations despite darkening sky." Request new Geddes Commission, concludes: "The ax was blunt, blind guitarist."

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US 'supermax' prison is condemned internationally for its abusive regime | Sadhbh Walshe

boss BOP does not seem to notice as ADX Florence faces a class action lawsuit filed by inmates with mental disorders

In 1990, John Jay Powers was sentenced to prison for stealing a bank. Once there, he saw murder of another inmate and began to suffer from post-traumatic stress. In 2001, after a brief attempt to escape, was transferred to the administrative authority Maximum (ADX) Florence, only a maximum security federal prisons, where inmates are housed in conditions of extreme isolation that prison is known, not a lot of love, like Alcatraz "Rocky Mountain".

Before ADX, Powers had no history or symptoms of mental illness, but as it was installed, it became unbalanced and has participated in numerous acts of self-mutilation, including including the amputation of his testicle and scrotum, bite your finger and try to commit suicide several times.

To give you an idea of ??why a previously healthy person would fall into the madness of ADX, you do not look beyond the circumstances of their detention. ADX was designed to ensure complete isolation of all prisoners are held in cells the size of a normal bath. The cells have thick concrete walls, a soundproof door with bars and a steel door strong second. The only means of communication with other human beings is crying in the toilet bowl and hoping that someone would hear. Interns take place in the cell 24/7 for two days a week. In the other five days they can spend an hour in a cage of similar size in what is known as laughing "outdoor" recreation. By its own policy, the Bureau of Prisons (BOP) excludes ADX mentally ill, but it seems that many mentally ill prisoners get there because of a poor selection process - and they are not always healthy for get tend to stay for long.

Powers is one of 11 prisoners of ADX Florence named in a federal lawsuit filed against the BOP on July 18 this year, alleging mistreatment and abuse of prisoners with mental disorders are often misdiagnosed (if diagnosed at all) and then denied appropriate care. It comes at a time of growing pressure from the international community, including the UN Commission for Human Rights and the European Court of Justice. However, the balance of payments, which would not comment on pending litigation, it has been demonstrated by its front and back, unconscious actions that are, at best, and at worst indifferent to the charges.

To give an idea of ??the kind to forget that I'm talking about, you need to look beyond a note with the line "Suicide Prevention" subject that has been sent by Charles Samuels, Director of Federal Prison Bureau, two days after the lawsuit was filed, all inmates in the federal system - including staying in solitary confinement in ADX. In the note, Samuels, sounding like a social worker in question, urged inmates who may feel suicidal to try to see the good side of things. Below is an excerpt:

• "Incarceration is difficult for many people Many people experience a range of emotions - .. Sadness, anxiety, fear, loneliness, anger or shame can sometimes feel hopeless about their future and their thoughts can turn. Suicide If you are unable to think of a solution other than suicide is not because the solutions do not exist. 'S because now we can not see them not to lose hope solutions can be found, the feelings change, unexpected positive. events. Looking for meaning and purpose in the education and treatment, faith, work, and family and friends. "
Samuels continues to urge suicidal inmates to use psychologists, counseling and other services seem to think are available to them. Now, it may be noted at their nominal value as a genuine attempt to boost the morale of prisoners who are in a bad mood. But if we consider that the note was addressed to prisoners, many of whom Samuel recognized in the last paragraph, "you can read this message for a special housing unit or special management unit cell" (all euphemisms containment only) and that prisoners are experiencing suicidal feelings are much more likely to be a direct consequence of the fact that they are housed in segregation units such as for existential reasons, it is difficult not to be cynical . It is even more difficult when one learns that Samuels himself seems to have a vague idea at best as to what type of advisory services to inmates have access, if necessary.

A month before the memorandum was published, Samuel said at a hearing of the Senate subcommittee on isolation, during which he said that "no negative effect" of isolation prisoners. He took his answer to a direct question by Senator Durbin on ADX prisoners access to psychologists.

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Libyan parliamentary speaker hints at military strike after consulate attack

Magariaf confirms U.S. authorities intercepted communications between Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb al-Ansar al Sharia brigade

Libyan Parliament Speaker Mohammed al-Magariaf said that military action is planned against the militants blamed for the assassination of the U.S. ambassador, Chris Stevens.

Magariaf also confirmed reports from Washington that the U.S. authorities intercepted communications discussing the plan of attack against the United Nations consulate in Benghazi, said Al-Qaeda Islamic Maghreb linked to a brigade, Ansar al-Sharia. "Yes, it happened," he said.

Magariaf told the Guardian the intersection point is other evidence showing members of the brigade attended the Tuesday night attack on the compound and a hosting site.

"There seems to be a division within Ansar al-Sharia on the attack, some involvement, others against," he said. "We are in the process of investigation."

These emissions would be strong evidence linking al-Sharia to attack, and Magariaf said Libya had sent information by the U.S. government. He confirmed that the intercepted communications program discussed the assault last week. But he urged the United States not to act unilaterally, fearing that it would oppose the public.

"not hesitate to act, to do what is our duty," said Magariaf. "Let's start with ourselves and if we can not then who can help us. My experience with the Americans, they know what they have to do. "

His comments came as the Libyan Ministry of Interior said that attacks the weekend led to the arrest of 50 suspects, but did not elaborate or say whether they were Islamic militants.

Voltage

built in Benghazi amid speculation that military action is imminent against Al-Sharia brigade, whose commanders have denied responsibility for the consulate attack.

Two U.S. warships equipped with Tomahawk cruise missiles are stationed off the coast and a propeller plane without lights, it is believed that unmanned aircraft, spent several hours in the sky In town the past two nights.

The brigade is based in Benghazi, and his soldiers guard a hospital where medical authorities say two militants wounded are being treated. Sharia guards refused to allow access guardian or a comment on the attack.

• Magariaf said the attack on the U.S. mission, the fifth attack against diplomatic targets in Benghazi since April, was part of a wider campaign by militants to destabilize Libya, taking advantage of the disorder a country still without a government cohesion.
• "This is a turning point for the country. Confrontation is necessary and inevitable these elements, "he said. "[It is] one of them, and Libya are safe and united. Today, it is the Americans, Libyans tomorrow. "

Magariaf rose to fame in the 1980s when, after fleeing to Britain, led the anti-Gaddafi National Front for the Hi Libya. He won a seat in the new parliament in July, in an election in which tribal and liberal parties prevailed against the Muslim Brotherhood.

He said he had evidence "foreign countries" were involved in supporting the attack on the consulate, but declined to name them. "This is a deliberate calculated by a working group in collaboration with non-Libyan extremists. Would not be surprised if it's another country, but not Saudi Arabia or Qatar, I'm sure. "

in Benghazi evidence linking members of the team for sharia attack is increasing. The head of the Supreme Council of the city, security, gendarmerie Libya, witnesses and phone sequences showed members were involved.
This was confirmed by a witness who was among the spectators who came to see what had started as a protest against the United States on Tuesday night.

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How a Paul Ryan Wisconsin effect could alter the US political map | Harry J Enten

preliminary investigation indicates small bounce Mitt Romney VP selection. But if Ryan delivers Wisconsin, that could all change

selection for Vice-Chair Paul Ryan has produced little or no bounce in national polls Mitt Romney. Lack of movement so far is somewhat surprising given that the vice-presidents have produced an average of 4 hit points for the top of your ticket. Although a rebound finished product will be ephemeral.

Momentum is only a viable running mate usually offers in his home state of the order of 2-3 percentage points. This is why others and I think the selection of Ohio Senator Rob Portman makes more sense from the standpoint election. President Obama led in Wisconsin about 6 percentage points before choosing Ryan, who seemed too big for a boost to overcome vice.

There are indications, however, that perhaps underestimated call Ryan in Wisconsin. Public Policy Polling interviewed a hypothetical Romney-Ryan ticket last month and it showed behind Obama-Biden in just 1 percentage point (as opposed to a deficit of 6 points without Romney Ryan). A new Rasmussen poll has Romney picked up 4 points and move to a 1 point lead in the state of badger among potential voters. A new CNN / ORC poll of registered voters has Obama by 4 percentage points, a margin that could be expected to reduce the size of potential voters.

The importance of competition for Romney-Ryan Wisconsin can not be underestimated. If Obama wins Wisconsin, my calculations indicate that probably starts with a minimum of 247 of the 270 votes needed. He could win by simply taking Florida and its 29 electoral votes, or a combination of Colorado, Iowa, Nevada, New Hampshire, Ohio and Virginia.

Without

Wisconsin, Obama has 237 electoral votes. This may not seem like a big difference of 247, but consider the following four scenarios.

1. Romney-Ryan win without Ohio

Republican ticket has not always taken the White House without Ohio, but it is conceivable. All States awarded to Ryan-Romney are the ones where he is in a position as good or better than him in Ohio. No Wisconsin, Romney would only 263 electoral votes. With him, Romney 273 - and the White House

2. Romney-Ryan win without Florida

• Personally, I do not think that the situation in this map is going to happen, but say that Ryan and his Medicare reform scares the elderly in Florida. Romney could win with 272 electoral votes naked, taking all the other states that have a real chance to go red this time.
• 3. Romney-Ryan win without Colorado or Virginia
Part of the reason Obama has an advantage over John Kerry in the electoral college, it is because he paved the way Colorado / Virginia. Its 22 electoral votes combined is more than Ohio or Pennsylvania. A victory in Wisconsin means Romney could not afford to worry about Colorado or Virginia.

. The possibility of a tie in the electoral college is higher in Wisconsin in the game

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Scientists go to war with their funding council

A war broke out between researchers and executives of the main body donor who decides to support projects - and how

If you thought scientists were quiet guys who threw their coats over their heads at the first whiff of confrontation, try saying aloud five letters at a university near you this summer - EPSRC. The main chemical, physical and mathematical are at war with its main sponsor, the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council. They accuse the council of being disconnected from reality and experience arrogant, ignorant of science and promote science poor.

With public spending review is expected next year, and academics near Westminster warning that science can not be expected that the cushioning was given in Resolution 2010, rebellion is the origin of gravity waves. Ministers are said to be exasperated that exploded on the public scene and influential personalities, including Nobel laureate Sir Paul Nurse, President of the Royal Society, fighting behind the scenes to encourage resolution.

The rector of the university research summarizes the wrath of a sector: .. "The EPSRC is a disaster, it is quite reasonable to have to take measures to cope with reduced funding is a concern, but much broader than lost contact with scientists. Aware of several examples Board staff saying that something is too important to be left to academics. "

It is not small. The advice given about 950 million pounds of funding for basic research chemists, physicists, mathematicians and engineers per year, becoming the biggest player in this field in the United Kingdom.

In the center of the controversy is the EPSRC development capacity ", which aims to redirect budget council in areas of excellence and national importance. In total, 14 of the 113 subjects of municipal funds were characterized by reduced funding, including synthetic organic chemistry and mathematical physics, with 17 areas marked for growth.

community was quick to mobilize their big guns when the first cuts were announced last summer. David Cameron has received a letter of 25 famous mathematicians slamming the "quango irresponsible", followed closely by other major names of 100 chemicals. In May this year, a group of academics from a hearse parked outside of parliament, to mourn the death of science in the hands of the EPSRC. And more protests on the cards.

However, they insist that it is not simple flouncing with reduced budgets.

Professor Tony Barrett, head of synthetic chemistry at Imperial College London and the head of the protest group science for the future, said that "unqualified" servants exercising Swindon business advice too much power. He is angry that no scientific societies adequately consulted on policy changes. "People who are happy to tell you that evaluators working for bureaucrats generally EPSRC seconds," he added.

Professor Tom Simpson, a senior chemist at the University of Bristol, agrees: "My feeling is that the board does not have much of an understanding of what actually happens at Research Why Why not ask the scientists.? have this term, "we informed the community." This means that "we have made a decision and then told everyone." It is not that consultation. "

Meanwhile, the head of a major university EPSRC describes how the staff tried to tell scientists very high level of what can be done in your search. "This is ridiculous, because they have no experience"

• Nurse, 2001 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, is more diplomatic than many of his peers have on society EPSRC. But he agrees that the body needs to prove that he is really listening to the researchers. "Valuing individual scientists in the coal mine is how to deliver what the public needs. Overall, I think you should leave the decisions on what to fund scientific practice rather than officials or senior people, like me, you've found it quite beyond. "
• Until now, there has been very little in the way of reconciliation EPSRC public. However, it is hoped that the new president, former Chief Executive Paul Golby energy company, may have a serious chance to unite the divided parts. Although sources close to Golby said he had no idea of ??how the conflict was cut when he accepted the position, sleeves rolled up and get stuck in.

As David Delpy, chief executive of the embattled board Golby said that a certain amount of pain was inevitable. "We are in a very difficult economic situation," he said, "and some people will always be resistant to change." But he said the board has done all things well. And was quietly going according to his key people - including some of the most vocal critics of the Council -. Trying to understand the problems in the laboratory

"You do not get to that level of noise without a few questions you need to watch," he said. "That original misunderstanding or problem is that I'm find out. "

a bone of contention is the Council's request that all scientists must demonstrate the potential impact of their research funding. While the research councils are theoretically independent of politicians, this follows a strong bull Treasury, which wants evidence of value for money. Gordon Brown urged the administration of this program is and is not canceled by the coalition.

Professor Christopher Moody, a chemical that leads to the University of Nottingham, said: "I have no problem with being held accountable, but we are asked to look into a crystal ball and say what the impact of this will be in 50 years. "It is not only reasonable. I worry about how much weight is on the actual quality of the science proposed against the declarations of national and economic impact."
Barrett is more explicit: "The impact obsession lead EPSRC to fund things that are weak and progressive, because you can not predict the outcome of basic research Either that or it will lead some scientists . simply telling lies. "

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