"As far as we are concerned, we Syria have not changed"

"The opposition Syrian National Coalition (SNC) has pulled out of a series of international meetings in protest at what it said was the "shameful" failure to stop violence."

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Capitalism 2.0

"When big companies fail, it’s often not because they do something wrong but because they do everything right. Successful businesses, Christensen explained, are trained to focus on what he calls sustaining innovations—innovations at the profitable, high end of the market, making things incrementally bigger, more powerful, and more efficient."

Read more on WIRED.

The genius within...

"Derek Amato stood above the shallow end of the swimming pool and called for his buddy in the Jacuzzi to toss him the football. Then he launched himself through the air, head first, arms outstretched. He figured he could roll onto one shoulder as he snagged the ball, then slide across the water. It was a grave miscalculation."

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A good excuse to work together..

"Moscow believes an operable national defense against threats from outer space can be built within 10 years’ time. The 500-kiloton explosion of a space bolide above the Urals region has sped-up allocation of some $2 billion to prevent future threats."

Read more on Russia Today.

Good idea..

"In Brazil, a former presidential candidate and environment minister has launched a new political party, Sustainability Network, ahead of next year's presidential elections.

In a speech to hundreds of supporters in the capital, Brasilia, Marina Silva stressed the party's green credentials."

Read more on the BBC.

One man's trash is another man's treasure..

"A conservative icon in a hall crammed with college kids is a powder keg awaiting a spark, and cops had been summoned to defuse any eruptions. But the commonwealth’s attorney general disarmed his audience by citing the “fascinating experiment” underway in Colorado and Washington, states where voters legalized marijuana in landmark referendums last fall."

Read more on TIME.

Now we're talking..

"The top religious authority in Sunni Islam says it hopes Pope Benedict XVI's successor will work for better ties between Muslims and Christians."

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Of equal measure...?

"President Barack Obama has committed to preventing Iran from getting a nuclear weapon by military force if necessary. Last year, he told Jeffrey Goldberg of the Atlantic, “As president of the United States, I don’t bluff.” But why should anyone believe him when North Korea has gone nuclear with impunity? It’s an uncomfortable question for the administration, at a particularly bad moment."

Read more on TIME.

Again...

"The chief executive of Italian aerospace and defence firm Finmeccanica has been arrested on corruption charges.

Giuseppe Orsi has been under investigation for bribery and embezzlement for several months. He has always denied any wrongdoing."

Read more on the BBC.

Russian envoy talks Syria

Via Russia Today.

Also

"Let’s be clear: Syrian lives are no more or less precious than Congolese lives, but current developments in Syria have far greater implications for U.S. policies around the world than current developments in Congo."

Read more on SyrianRevolutionDigest.

"Politics is a rotton egg, if it breaks...it.."

"Euro MPs prompted uproar last night by plotting to try to block the budget deal using a secret ballot so voters cannot hold them to account.

It emerged that they are planning to use a little-understood procedure to allow them to vote in private and defy  the 27 EU leaders. "

Read more on the Daily Mail.

"Ye know too mouch!"

"In 1999, while sitting at a bus stop in Cuernavaca, Mexico, a Czech physicist named Petr Šeba noticed young men handing slips of paper to the bus drivers in exchange for cash. It wasn’t organized crime, he learned, but another shadow trade: Each driver paid a “spy” to record when the bus ahead of his had departed the stop. If it had left recently, he would slow down, letting passengers accumulate at the next stop. If it had departed long ago, he sped up to keep other buses from passing him. This system maximized profits for the drivers. And it gave Šeba an idea."

Read more on WIRED.

Stardust...

 Via GIZMODO

Too true...

The priorities of my generation, are not the same priorities of every generation before them.

"Children in Britain only want to be pop stars and footballs, David Cameron claimed today as he contrasted the ambitions of youngsters in the UK with those struggling to overcome poverty in Africa."


Read more on the Daily Mail.