Senator urges U.S. to investigate the influence of "shooters" for children

Perhaps that is video games are pushing people to the mass killing

According to U.S. Sen. Jay Rockefeller, after the recent tragedy in Newtown (Conn.) Congress should urgently examine the problem of the influence of aggressive video games on the psyche of children.
"In times like these, we need to thoroughly consider all methods to ensure the safety of our children," - said Rockefeller, who was quoted by RIA Novosti.
The proposed bill would force the senator National Academy of Science to find out whether violent games cause people to violence in real life. Rockefeller said that "the video game industry is also responsible for the safety of children."
Recall, on December 14 at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown 20-year-old Adam Lanza (Adam Lanza) killed 20 children aged six to seven years and six adults. The guy shot the kids from guns belonging to his mother, who became his first victim.

Why he shot the children?

Unheard-of cruelty massacre of schoolchildren in Newtown shocked the world

Lt. Paul Vance of the Connecticut State Police warned: it takes a lot of time to create a full picture of the pieces of information that now have detectives, the investigating mass shooting in Sandy Hook Elementary School, in the small town of Newtown.
20-year-old Adam Lanza, going to kill the kids and their teachers had left hundreds of rounds of ammunition. This would be enough to kill all the students in the school, if it was enough time. He fired in a hurry powerful bullets that literally crumbled children's bodies. 12 girls and 8 boys and six adults ... State medical examiner Wayne Carter, who had seen a lot in his life, found that more terrible picture he had ever had to watch.
Connecticut Governor Dennel Minor paid tribute efficiency commando teams SWAT, which arrived on the scene in 10-12 minutes. By the time Adam Lanza was still alive. He killed himself with a single shot to the head, apparently realizing that nowhere to go. So, still aware that he is doing.
The first cry of the country was shocked: "What? Again? "Instantly alive in the memory of the picture shooting in Virginia Tech, in Kolumbaynskoy school in Tucson (Arizona), in Aurora (Colorado). And almost immediately broke indignant: "How long?" And then hung puzzled, sad question: "Why?"
And in fact, for what the devil has suffered two decades of primary school boy, armed assault rifle «Bushmaster» and 9mm pistols «Glock» and «SIG Sauer»?
No answer. There is only speculation.
The origins of seemingly gratuitous violent outbursts are looking for in a child offender, a family atmosphere. The situation was not easy, but not terrible. The boy lived in luxury mansion chetyrehspalennom area 3.100 square feet. His parents divorced in 2008. Father, Peter Lanza, currently vice president of GE Energy Financial Services, agreed to pay child support, which began with the sum of 240 thousand dollars and had to reach in 2015, 298,000. That is, family is obviously not needed. Adam lived with his mother. Those who knew him as a child, point out that it was a strange, silent, quiet.
Adam studied for three years at Western Connecticut State University and had good grades in some subjects, particularly in computer science. The only thing that can be related somehow to the tragedy, it is his illness - a form of autism called "Asperger Syndrome." It is a disorder of brain activity seen in particular in the fact that the patient is not sensitive to the emotions of others and has difficulty in communicating. But is that enough to go on a mass murder?
Harold Koplevits known child psychiatrist in New York, said that the 15 million children and teenagers in the United States suffer from various mental disorders, including autism and "Asbergera syndrome", but they rarely cause pain to others.
Something is brewing
A few days before Adam Lanza made a massacre in Sandy Hook, his mother open up a beer with a friend, who had asked the journalists not to be named. The conversation took place in the bar nyutaunskom My Place. According to the official 54-year-old Nancy Lanza, before she seldom spoke of youngest son, usually display a more favorable 24-year-old brother Ryan. This time, the conversation took an unusual turn.
"She looked down, arrested view mug in her hand, and said slowly:" Do with it gets worse. I'm afraid I'll lose it, "- says a friend. Nancy mentioned that Adam has recently tried to cause yourself pain and brought a lighter flame to his ankles and wrists. He's clearly something going on.
My friend said about Nancy Lanza only good. She grew up in the countryside, loved hawk. She had more than a dozen units of registered firearms, mostly rifles. Adam learned to shoot at age 9 with his mother practiced at the range, but it supposedly taught him to handle weapons carefully and responsibly.
John Tambasio, owner of the bar My Place, which Nancy Lanza attended for the past 17 years, insists that she is not the monster reared and taught him to kill. "Nancy was a strong, kind, loving man," - he said. Why Adam chose his mother his first victim? What happened between them in that terrible day and how it provoked continue the series of murders? We do not know. While this is a mystery and will probably remain a mystery forever. We only know that Adam shot the mother four times in the head with a rifle, and then went to her car to the school where she had taught. And, being in the school, began to shoot 7.6 year old children from high-velocity rifles «Bushmaster» caliber .223.
Who is to blame and what to do?
Foes of America, which is known to many around the world, is certainly relish this topic: Well, they say, they are killing children again. Crazy antics fatal for the world. But what's the truth: in America, affecting more often shoot at a time more victims.
Why? Great country, weapons at the hands of millions of units, in the insane also no shortage. All this is true. Yes, and adds fuel to the fire of popular culture. Previously loved blame Hollywood and comic book writer. Now in its effect on young minds put to the forefront video - technically sophisticated, exciting, interactive. Push a button and sing, watching fly hits the body of the label "enemies." Does this mean that it is necessary to remove such glorifying violence entertainment from circulation and to establish censorship? I do not think it should. And if anyone, and it occurred to hardly have helped.
Prohibit weapons can not. Restrict possible. After all, a limit speed on the roads, and do not prohibit machines that kill no less than the rifles and pistols. America's detractors would be worth to pay attention to something else. Every time there is a disaster such as the mass murder in Newtown, many people appear beautiful qualities which in the ordinary, everyday life often go unnoticed. Now we know what dedication showed school staff. Protecting children, they staked their lives. Director of the school, 47-year-old Don Hohsprang was killed while trying to disarm opoloumevshego shooter.
The teacher of the first class, 27-year-old Victoria Soto, barred children with his body and probably managed to save someone before it fell dead. Librarian Mary Ann Jacob rescued 18 children. When opened fire, she did not lose her, hid in the closet for kids stationery, told them to lock themselves inside and sit quietly.
"The scandal of outrageous proportions"
In Newtown came Obama. During his stay in the White House, it was already the fourth funeral mass for the victims of the massacres in schools and elsewhere. There are various ways to treat Obama's policy, but sincere tears appeared in the corners of his eyes, no doubt made him closer to nationals. At this point in front of them was not a politician, and his father, thinking of his children, and share the grief of other mothers and fathers. "Newtown, you are not alone!" - He cried.
Can do anything this man occupying the highest position in the country? Obama promised that he will use all the means, what has, and will seek to reform the laws on arms. "Can we say that we are doing everything possible to give all the children of this country the chance they deserve to live happily and have a goal? - The President asked the audience, which many did not hesitate to cry. - To be honest with ourselves, that begs an answer: "No". We are not doing enough, and it must change. "
Deliberately or not, but it sounded like a response to a sharp retort Michael Bloomberg, who, after a tragedy has accused Obama of inaction: "I think it's time for the president to prove himself as a leader. This should be the number one item on his agenda. He - the president of the United States, but it does not do anything ... His work does not consist of good intentions. His work - to act. "
New York's mayor, who has long been strongly in favor of restrictive measures on arms trade, very emotional tragedy took in school Sandy Hook. Speaking in a TV program "Meet the Press," he burst out accusatory tirade: "It is unthinkable. This happens only in America, and it is happening again, and again, and again ... We kill people in the schools, we are killing in hospitals, we kill in religious organizations. We kill the young, we kill the old, and we finally have to stop. "
Bloomberg hopes that now, after the occurrence of one of the bloodiest massacres in U.S. history, lawmakers in Washington finally come to their senses and something to really change in the rules governing trade in and possession of firearms.
Commissioner of the New York Police Department Ray Kelly looks at things more skeptical. Like, in the wake discuss the topic, but most will leave it as it is. But maybe this time it is too pessimistic.
"If the death of a child - the tragedy, the murder of twenty - the scandal of outrageous proportions," - said the Nobel Peace Prize winner Eli Wiesel.
The powerful gun lobby in Washington forced by public pressure to soften its stance. "The circumstances are so desperate that require aggressive actions," - said Rep. Rick Reholl, a Democrat from West Virginia. Agree with him many of his colleagues. So, perhaps, some kind of a restrictive measures in the legislation still to be introduced.

5 ways to prolong life

Choose any!
Demographers study clearly show that the human lifespan depends primarily on social factors - quality of life and the state of medicine in the country where he lives.
In Japan, for example, life expectancy in the last 20 years has grown to 82.15, and in the kingdom of Swaziland also increased - to 32.3. Therefore calculate biologicheskiĭ "lifetime" of a person is difficult, especially since most of the elderly dying of lyudeĭ bolezneĭ, not of old age. Most, but not all.
In the XIX century, scientists discovered the law, carries the names kotoryĭ Gompertz and Meĭkhema and describes the dependence of mortality on age. Initially with increasing age mortality increases exponentially. It seems obvious that the 70-year-old died more than 60 years, and 80-year-olds - more than 70 years. But in opisyvayuscheĭ law krivoĭ is one mystery - after the turn of the 90 years it goes to the so-called plateau. This means that if a man has stepped over that age, the probability of death - 90, 100 years or more to him about the same. This phenomenon dolgozhiteleĭ scientists can not explain.
Likely to plateau out the lucky ones who managed to avoid senile bolezneĭ. and it can be assumed and that the aging process in old age, as it were stopped. However, aging gives researchers more mysteries than longevity. This is evident in the very first number theory aging.
SO, aging - it's ...
1. Program: "Better to die than to make a mistake"
This postulate is the basis of the theory of one of the main experts on aging in Russia Vladimir Skulachev. He introduced the concept of "phenoptosis" - the programmed death of an organism, similar to apoptosis, programmed cell death. It would seem, why a program to death? Then, it is beneficial populations and species. In the words of Skulachev, nature has a "Samurai law of biology", which states that "it is better to die than to make a mistake." This means that the body, which is no longer needed, but a hundred times-renie - a program that believes Vladimir Skulachev, means "you can cancel it." In support of his theory, he gives examples of non-aging organisms in nature, in which the death occurs without aging.
Other scientists - the adherents of evolutionary theories of aging emphasize that the body makes a choice between repair and reproduction. Repair of cells and tissues requires a lot of energy - cheaper, faster multiply.
2. Damage accumulation: with age, the body begins to work less
Because with age, the body begins to work less, then it's some spoils. The question is what it is. Some experts believe the most important thing that the port proteins. For example, in the molecules of collagen, which is about one third of the structural proteins in the body, between the long helical filaments crosslinking "bridges" that are stitched together the threads, resulting in tissue loses its elasticity.
At the level of the cell deteriorate mitochondria - cellular power substation. This can lead to the fact that the cell gets in the way of programmed death.
3. Spoilage genes body accumulates harmful mutations
Finally, in old age appear genetic damage. After the body has ceased to multiply, it accumulates harmful mutations. There is no transfer of risk to their offspring, then, can be "spoiled" as they want. Harmful mutations can lead
and impairment of protein synthesis, and to cancer, for example. To genetic factors, aging and many are still mysterious mobile elements - short sequences that move along the DNA molecule and affect genes. With age, they become more. And there are mutations that directly cause premature aging - progeria or, conversely, "forever young."
4. Razregulyatsiya: breaking mechanism of gene regulation
About ten years ago, American scientists have found out why the yeast aging - they break the mechanism of gene regulation. The new study showed that in mammals are all exactly the same. This is a universal cause, scientists say. Hence, the causes of aging can not be genetic and epigenetic, that is lying next to the genes.
5. Blight "packaging" of DNA sections: Getting Started unnecessary and harmful genes
In the cell nucleus the DNA molecule is wound on histone proteins. These proteins can be modified, which determines the density of packing. With age, the chromatin in the nucleus becomes more loose, and it leads to what is beginning to work unnecessary and harmful genes. The packing is dense - genes do not work, wrap loose - genes work.
In general, the body is too complex, consists of a large number of elements, and when some of the elements fails, the system crashes. There are even attempts to mathematically explain aging to the theory of fractals, this theory develops Russian researcher Alexey Moskalev.
This is only the basic theory. So scientists wishing to find the "elixir of immortality", increase life expectancy, or at least to slow aging is, where to roam. The main thing - to find the target, which can be affected. On this task beating gerontologists around the world, practicing approaches in laboratory animals: nematode worms, fruit flies, mice. Some things work.
So, to defeat aging, you can ...
1. Manipulate genes
Schmukler Robert Rees, professor at the University of Arkansas, switched off in the genome of the nematode C.elegans one gene - Age-1. And in this way he was able to increase the life of the worm in 10 times! Nematode rather simple organism, and expect such impressive results on other sites do not have. Russian researcher Alexey Moskalev way extended the life of the fly Drosophila by only 10%.
2. Build on telomeres
Overcome aging organs and tissues of mice by an add telomeres in stem cells have scientists from Harvard Medical School. True, they did not work with normal mice, and the mutants that are rapidly getting old. The enzyme telomerase, which builds telomeres to normal length, these mice did not work even in stem cells, where it should provide long division. And of mice themselves into quite a young age appeared signs of aging: degraded testes, spleen, brain, broken nose.
Degeneration was reversed when scientists biochemically restored telomerase activity in the cells. This led to a lengthening of telomeres and the resumption of cell division. In mice that have been restored in testis, spleen, and brain, and they again began to smell.
3. Arrange attack antioxidants
Antioxidants - these nutrients - found in green tea, grape seed, red wine and other products. But scientists, including Vladimir Skulachev, argue that the natural antioxidants is low, because this is not the most "hot spots" are not in the mitochondria. Skulachev invented their antioxidants, which in his honor called "Skulachev ions". This positively charged ions, the properties of which allow them to penetrate into the mitochondria. there is something they neutralize reactive oxygen species.
Skulachev ions are tested on animals. True, drastically extend the life of experimental mice is not possible - only 30%, but managed to push their old age. "Animals are active until shortly before his death, showing the typical signs of aging, - said Vladimir Skulachev. - We were able to struggle with aging, but not with mortality in very old age. "
4. Restrict caloric intake
This is a very popular way that many times been tested on animals. Reduction of rats and mice consumed calories by 30% on average 30% increase life expectancy.
Trying to explain this phenomenon, the researchers first decided that calorie restriction slows the aerobic respiration, which is a source of reactive oxygen species. But it turned out that the breath while limiting calories increases, and thus, increases the level of reactive oxygen species. Another hypothesis equates to a moderate calorie restriction oxidative stress, which, as it fits the body for subsequent high oxidative stress. That is, when the age of reactive oxygen species is much trained in small doses, the body easier to cope with them.
However, another study in mice showed that fasting does not prolong the life of all animals, but only in mice that were genetically prone to obesity and body which the observed energy imbalance. Scientists believe that it can be fully attributed to the people. They warn people with normal physique on to diet and otherwise limit myself, they do not need. But the fat man's dietary restriction will benefit.
5. Increase physical activity.
The experimental mice were forced to run on the treadmill and in the wheel longer retain youth and health than their sedentary counterparts. Scientists believe that physical activity increases the number and quality of mitochondria. Researchers at McMaster University (Canada), for example, worked with mice prone to premature aging due to high levels of mutations in mitochondrial DNA. One group of mice lived in normal conditions, and the other three times a week to play sports. Three months later, it was found that the mouse-athletes to preserve youth and health, comparable to that of wild animals. Their mitochondria remain functional full. The fate of the control group was sad.

Doctors surprised that people do not get fat from eating and sedentary life

The causes of obesity are covered entirely different

Scientists have long recognized: the almost simultaneous increase in the number of obese people in most difficult to explain to a poor diet and lack of exercise. Obesity spreads so very rapidly. Like some kind of infection. And surprisingly found the cause of her sudden Chinese scientists from the Shanghai University.
Their research showed that people get fat because of a bacterial infection. Scientists conducted an experiment: mice fed fatty food and forced to sedentary life. It turned out that obesity is developed only in the group of mice "infected" enterobacter bacteria. According to biologists, the bacterium unbalances genes that control metabolism. Since bacteria encourages the body to produce and store fat. In addition, enterobacteria produces compounds that trigger insulin resistance. Patients eat more because they do not have a sense of satiety.
Study leader Professor Zhao Liping claims to have already cured of obesity in extreme stage. According to him, for 23 weeks, he lost 29% of body weight, and simultaneously recovered from diabetes, hypertension and fatty liver. The patient kept a special diet, depressing activity enterobacteria: whole grain products, tools, traditional Chinese medicine and indigestible carbohydrates.
By the way, and viruses fattening. Dr. Leah Uighem the University of Wisconsin (USA) says that obesity can spread from person to person so called adenovirus - common cold germs. As has been established, they make fat cells actively grow and multiply. It is not known, so far, why. Know something else: more than 20 percent of Americans are chronically infected with adenovirus. And usually, it's fat men.

United States decided not to anger the Japanese and declined to exercise a MV-22 Osprey on Okinawa

At the gates of the U.S. military bases in Japan are regularly protests

The U.S. military command has decided to abandon the exercises with konvertplanov MV-22 Osprey on the Japanese island of Okinawa to avoid causing new protests of local residents.
Decided to spend three weeks of maneuvers in the Pacific island of Guam.
Recall, at the gates of U.S. military bases in Japan are regularly protests. So, to prevent the Americans moved his base to konvertoplany Iwakuni Air Base, U.S. Marine Corps base Futemma, October 1, the Japanese blocked the entrances to own cars. Calls to the local police voluntarily remove cars from the road or have failed, so the guards of the order had to drive to the place of incident, heavy equipment and take away their truck.
Konvertoplan MV-22 Osprey - a joint development Boeing and Bell, a combination of an airplane with a helicopter. Independent type of aircraft with fixed wing, having the opportunity to turn the engine (usually propellers) 90 degrees, so that it can land and take off vertically.
In September, the U.S. government managed to persuade the Japanese, and get permission to place these "hybrids" on U.S. military bases in Japan, according to ITAR-TASS.

Fire in the U.S. State Department: there are victims

Part of the agency staff had been evacuated

A small fire occurred on Saturday in the main building of the U.S. State Department. As told reporters Foreign Ministry spokesman Victoria Nuland, as a result of the incident suffered some of the technical staff.
"In the course of work on routine maintenance in-house where technical communications, on Saturday at around 11:00 local time, there was a fire. Arrived at the scene firefighters put out the fire, a few people from the service technicians injured and were taken to the hospital for care. Part State Department employees were evacuated to reserve facilities for continuing support of the authorities, "- quoted by RIA Novosti Nuland.
She added that the fire was quickly put out and the diplomats were able to return to work.
The causes of fire are under investigation.

U.S. will not send weapons to Syria

President Barack Obama said that Washington has no plans to supply weapons to the Syrian rebels. At least through official channels. Such a statement Obama made during his first press conference after the election of the U.S. president for a second term.
U.S. leader said that the United States considers the Syrian national coalition, which has recently been established in Qatar, as the "legitimate representative of the Syrian people." However, according to the White House, he must make sure that this "coalition is committed to building a democratic, modern Syria." Obama made it clear that only this circumstance Washington's refusal to supply arms Syrian rebels.
According to observers, almost hour Obama's speech to the press, "was in an offensive style." Won the trust for a second term, the White House held more relaxed and confident than during the campaign: he took matters into their own hands, not waiting for a reporter's question, do not hesitate to "prick the Republicans" tried to speak directly and clearly, avoiding flowery phrases. "I hope and expect the second term to be even better president than the first. I have one mandate - to help middle-class families and families who want to get into the middle class. Such was the mandate of the American people," - said in the beginning of Obama's speech .2 percent of Americans believe Obama should pay higher taxes.
In the foreign policy part of the speech in addition to the Syrian issue as a priority, he outlined the intensification of political dialogue with Tehran. About Russia in his speech Obama said nothing. Most of the questions and the answers came to a difficult political situation in the country: after November 6 elections in the U.S. have shown that America is split into two camps, largely because diametrical approaches of Republicans and Democrats on economic issues. It is no accident that during the briefing Obama directly addressed the congressional Republicans, asking them to support his tax policy. "We need to keep taxes the same for 98 percent of the population, while for the wealthiest 2 percent of Americans, they should rise, - said the U.S. president. - If stubbornness in Congress comes to the point that we can not even agree on tax cuts for middle class, the taxes for these families greatly increase, and this will be a great shock to them. " This option would, in his words, a recession in the entire national economy.
Interesting story was continued with the appointment of a new Secretary of State. To replace Hillary Clinton in the White House appears ready to another lady: U.S. Ambassador to the UN Susan Rice. Noting that Republican senators John McCain and Lindsey Graham are prepared to block the appointment, a reporter asked Obama to comment. The U.S. president was brief, energetic and even aggressive. "When they attack the ambassador to the UN, apparently, because it seems to them an easy target, they will have a problem with me. If I decide that she is the right person to serve America in this capacity, the Department of State, I have it appointed to the post "- did not leave a shadow of doubt in his personnel selection Obama, stressing that in fact until this final decision has not yet accepted. Of no less interest was the President's comments about the investigation against ex-CIA director David Petraeus. Obama said that "this case does not concern any leakage of sensitive information." However, just a couple of hours on the case Petreusa investigators told reporters that the computer Paula Broadwell, the mistress of former head of the CIA, "discovered a significant amount of sensitive information."

To Israel offered a truce

The situation in the Middle East continues to escalate. Earlier it was reported that Israel had agreed to stop the shelling of the Gaza Strip by the visit of Prime Minister of Egypt Hisham Kandil.
The decision was taken, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. This was done at the request of the Egyptian side. Kandil visit was to last three hours. However, the truce had not been met. Shortly after arriving in the Egyptian Gaza rocket attacks continued. Hand, as usual, began to blame each other. Israeli media reported that the Palestinian rocket flew into the office building in the Eshkol. Ostensibly in response to the Israeli Air Force attacked, during which they attacked the house of Hamas leader Muhammad Abu Shamal and Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh. Both were not injured.
In turn, tend to blame the Palestinians of violating the truce Israel. According to them, the Israeli Air Force plane dropped a bomb on civilians in Nazila. Egyptian Prime Minister during his visit, called the actions of the Israeli aggression and asked the international community to take action.
However, more recently it was reported that the Palestinian government has also put forward new conditions for a truce. Earlier they said that about any cease-fire is not out of the question as long as Israel does not fully answer the murder military wing leader Ahmad al-Jabari, who was eliminated on Wednesday by the Israeli army.
Vice-Premier of the Cabinet Islamist Ziad al-Zaza, said: "In principle, we agree to a truce, but first we have to be given guarantees the aggression, assassinations and incursions of the Israeli forces in the border areas of the Gaza Strip. These are our conditions for a truce," - RIA Novosti reported.

Israel, however, this still does not respond. Earlier, the Tel Aviv even announced the possibility of a ground operation. For this was mobilized 16,000 reservists.

Response of international organizations was predictable. The European Union unequivocally supported Israel. The UN Security Council has not been uniform. For example, Russia, unlike the majority of the members did not unilaterally blame the Palestinians, and drew attention to the inadequacy of Israel's harsh response. In fact, some experts believe that the new aggravation of the situation may be due to the Palestinian Authority plans to apply to the UN Security Council for the status of an observer on November 29. Israeli Ambassador to Russia Dorit Golender already declared that such intentions may affect the negotiation process. "This will not lead to peace between our countries," - she said.
Other experts point out that the new large-scale Israeli military operation "pillar of cloud" came in the pre-election period. However, those who are trying to find a connection between these facts, Israeli leaders said they were not ordering attacks from the Gaza Strip on the eve of the election.
Recall that the escalation of the conflict, which began on 14 November, resulted in massive rocket attacks. As a result, killed 19 Palestinians and three Israelis. Among the dead are women and children. Many international airlines even canceled their flights to Tel Aviv as an unprecedented case. City was rocket attacks by Palestinians. Rocket trajectory coincided with the air corridor used by international companies to fly to Israel.

German diplomat Greeks poured coffee and water, and threw eggs

In addition, they expressed what they think about it, Angela Merkel and Germany

A crowd of angry Greeks in Thessaloniki stormed the building, which hosted the two-day meeting on cooperation mayors of German and Greek cities. The main objectives of the conference - to show that between Germany and Greece friendship reigns and there is cooperation, achieve, perhaps, was not possible. Conference was interrupted for several hours in the beginning. A crowd of angry municipal officers stormed the Exhibition Center, where the conference was held, and attacked the participants. Naturally, most went to the Germans and especially the German Consul General in Thessaloniki Wolfgang Hoelscher-Obermaier, who threw water bottles, cups of coffee and eggs. In short, anything that came to hand. His opening statement, except missiles, interrupted as shouts of "Nazis out!" And "Now or never!" Some of the particularly aggressive attackers snatched from the hands of a diplomat texts.
Suit for the spoiled German consul can thank, reports Guardian, his compatriot Hans-Joachim Fuhtelya. German Deputy Minister of Labour and Public Affairs, said that on the ground in Greece, too many civil servants and that according to a 3000 study of the Greeks do the same job as one thousand Germans.
A month ago, we recall, is about as welcomed in Athens and Angela Merkel. True, the Chancellor of Germany, police protection from the angry Athenians still managed.

BP will pay U.S. authorities a fine of $ 4.5 billion

For the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, BP will pay U.S. $ 4.5 billion

     $ 4.5 billion to the U.S. authorities agreed to pay the oil company BP as a penalty for an oil spill in an accident on its platform in the Gulf of Mexico in 2010. BP signed a corresponding agreement with the Ministry of Justice. The company pleaded guilty to criminal negligence on 11 counts related to the causes of the oil spill on the platform "Deepwater Horizon" and the deaths of 11 workers in the accident.

     U.S. Justice Department in exchange for a guilty plea and agreed to pay a fine to refuse the further prosecution of the company. BP has agreed to pay $ 4 billion for environmental damage. Another 525 million dollars will be paid as a penalty on the claims filed by the Securities and Exchange. BP will transfer those amounts in installments over six years. Agreement with the Ministry of Justice will allow BP to resolve the issue of payment of claims by the U.S. federal government.

     However, so far unresolved question concerning the amount of claims that are filed against BP four southeastern U.S. states, the coast which was hit by the oil spill. Penalty that BP has agreed to pay U.S. federal authorities, was the largest in the history of the country in criminal compensation claims. The amount of compensation for private suits individuals and companies is estimated at $ 7.8 billion.

Italian cities swept protests have affected

Among the injured, mostly police

General protest against austerity measures and policies of the Italian Government and the European Union held on Wednesday in 80 Italian cities in solidarity with other European cities, where the same strike.

The rallies organized by the country's largest trade union - the Italian General Confederation of Labour. People took to the streets in Rome, Milan, Genoa, Turin, Naples and other cities.

In addition to representatives of trade unions and workers in numerous actions involving students and students who are dissatisfied with politics in education.

According to local media, in some cities of demonstrators clashed with police. During the protests in Turin, where disgruntled people seized government buildings, a police officer injured. Two law enforcement officers were injured in Padua. Already have been arrested - they were a few people in Brescia, RIA Novosti reported.

The EU will allocate $ 6 billion to Egypt

Funds will be used for reconstruction

The European Parliament adopted a decision on the allocation of Egypt more than six billion dollars in financial aid.

The representative of the Egyptian president said that, in particular, the money allocated by the European Bank and the EU member states, will go to the reconstruction and development of the country, the "Bi-bi-si."

Recall Egypt's economy suffered greatly during the political krischisa in the country in 2011 - during the protests and the subsequent overthrow of the administration of President Mubarak.

The U.S. State Department expressed support for the Syrian national coalition

The U.S. State Department expressed support for the TRC

      Support for the opposition Syrian National Coalition (TRC), which was formed on Sunday in Qatar, said the U.S. State Department. U.S. support for the coalition because its aims are to end Assad's bloody rule and the beginning of a peaceful, just, democratic future that is worthy of the people of Syria.

       Syrian rebels on November 11 at a meeting in Doha, Qatar sign agreement to establish a national coalition of Syrian and elected leader of the new association - the cleric Ahmad Muaz al-Khatib. To join the coalition and the Syrian National Council (SNC), previously refuse to unite with other groups. The new body will coordinate military action against Syrian government troops.

By 2020, the United States will in the first place for oil

The world leader in oil and gas production forecast U.S.

     First in the world in the production of oil by the year 2020 will bring the U.S. boom in shale development, allowing them to beat the current leaders - Russia and Saudi Arabia, predicts the International Energy Agency (IEA) in its annual report, World Energy Outlook. "Around the year 2020 the United States, are expected to become the world's largest oil producer. As a result, U.S. oil imports (currently provides 20% of its needs) will continue to decline, and somewhere in the 2030 North America will become a net exporter of oil, "- said the IEA.

     By 2015, the United States will take the first place of gas, ahead of Russia. According to analysts of the agency, by 2035, America will be able to implement fully its energy supply by increasing oil production. Own production of raw materials in the U.S. at the end of this year will rise to 6.5 million barrels a day - primarily due to production of shale oil. Country consumes 18.7 million barrels of oil per day. Citibank predicts that oil production in the U.S. in 2020 could reach 13-14 million barrels per day.

Governor of New York is planning to request $ 30 billion in aid

Damage from "Sandy" government of New York is estimated at $ 50 billion

      Request for financial assistance in the amount of $ 30 billion for hurricane "Sandy," the governor of New York Andrew Cuomo intends to send to the federal government.

      Estimated assistant governor, state an enormous amount of restoration costs: $ 3.5 billion for the repair of bridges, tunnels and subway lines, 1.65 billion dollars for the reconstruction of damaged property, $ 1 billion for payments to police officers, firefighters and rescue workers for overtime. Several billion dollars necessary to support the victims of Hurricane businesses by providing government loans.

      In general, the damage from "Sandy" the state government is estimated at $ 50 billion. Business losses totaled $ 13 billion. Officially declared dead 43 people. More than 125,000 people are still without electricity.

Mankind is hopelessly stupid

Researchers claim intelligence of most people is reduced
The researchers argue that our intelligence is reduced because we do not need to survive. And these two processes - to think and survive - as it turned out, tightly linked.
After all, to find food, a place to stay but still simple enough to protect their farm and family from enemies, neighbors, our ancestors had to apply a remarkable ability to think. Today we are living comfortably, our refrigerators are always filled with food, we can eat all the time, and the scientific and technological progress has saved us from having to run naked through the jungle in pursuit of the tiger.
- Therefore, a person appeared gene mutations that are harmful to our intelligence - suggests the study's lead author, Dr. Gerald Crabtree of Stanford University.
Based on the calculations of the rate at which harmful mutations occur in the human genome, and the assumption that intelligence is involved in the development of two to five thousand genes, Dr. Crabtree suggests that over three thousand years and 120 generations we survived two or more mutations leading a deterioration of our intellectual and emotional faculties.
In addition, according to recent research results obtained by neuroscientists, it was found that genes involved in brain function, are extremely susceptible to mutations. According to Dr. Crabtree, there is no pressure of natural selection and a large number of susceptible to mutations of genes combine to gradually destroy our intelligence.
But how long will this process of "mental debilitation" last? It can not humanity that seeks to develop the macro-and micro - cosmos and nanotechnology - hopelessly grow stupid? Scientists claim: No, the process may stop. And by the time the decrease of intelligence threaten the technology, geneticists come up with what to replace natural selection, which will be considered old-fashioned way of evolution, writes Daily Mail.
For example, scientists can examine each of the millions of gene mutations that may jeopardize our intellectual development. And then there will be an opportunity to correct any mutation. And then the cruel process of natural selection itself will wither away as useless.

Doctors found out what time of day a person feels happy

The analysis was performed on Communications on Twitter
Scientists from the U.S. spent two years getting to know - what time of day the person feels most happy? The researchers analyzed Twitter messages. Total examined 600 million messages from 2.5 million users in over 80 countries. The study found that users were more happy in the morning. By evening, the emotional mood of the people gradually deteriorates.
In addition, it became clear that most good mood in humans is in the winter months from December to January, according epidemiolog.ru. However, one must specify: a happy period ends, most likely, not at the end of January, and the 16th. This is the third Monday in January, which is the most depressing day of the year.
The conclusion reached by a British psychologist Cliff Arnell from the University of Cardiff. He has consumed a complex formula that takes into account the repulsive, usually, the weather, the fact that the holidays have passed and it is necessary to go to work, we must somehow plan for the future, take into account the fact that the money ran out, and the symptoms of a hangover, by contrast, is not completely disappeared . Not pleased with the fact that until the following holidays away.
By division and multiplication of special coefficients reflecting aforesaid state of the human soul in the middle of January, the scientist allegedly received date corresponding to the third Monday. Blue Monday (Blue Monday) call it in the West (for sexual minorities do not have anything.)

People will speak in any language after five years

A new technology for the polyglots
Over recent years we have become tourists. And most of us have been damned language barrier. After all, one wants to have a heart of Tokyo with the Japanese in Beijing - the Chinese, in Rome - with the Italians. But it seems that we will soon forget about it and start an insurmountable barrier to talk at once ... all languages.
In any case, such a future, we promise to experts from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU). They invented a new technology that allows computers to learn any language, displays automatic speech recognition to a new level, writes km.ru.
Norwegian researchers have shown that the reproduction of the human voice is the same mechanism in any language. Scientists based on phonetics, that is, the study of human speech sounds. They are also included in the speech, and the "system" of multiple languages, for example, the order of words in the formation of sentences.
The method, developed by Dr. Torbjörn Svendsen from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) and his colleagues, including computer training ability to determine which parts of the speech organs are activated, based on the analysis of the pressure of sound waves recorded by a microphone.
True, the language recognition technology is quite limited in application; this development is only useful where multiple languages ​​simultaneously. Test version takes about 30-60 seconds to identify the language. This can be useful in cases where, for example, a person makes a presentation in one language and at the same time the author cites the other. The novelty will be available in five years.

Over a hundred thousand Americans want to separate from the U.S.

The presidential election led to the growth of separatist sentiment in the United States
After the victory of Barack Obama belodomovsky site "We - the people", which send their wishes to power ordinary Americans received more than 20 requests from more than 100 million Americans to allow them to secede from America. As you might guess, most of the 20 states where they came from circulation, voted last week for Republican Mitt Romney.
Incidentally, in the U.S. Constitution states the possibility of exit from the union says nothing. The last attempt was made half a century ago and led to a bloody civil war.
Most applications contain the first lines of the Declaration of Independence of the United States, in which the founding fathers of the United States claim the right to secede from the UK: "When the course of events leads to the fact that one of the people forced to dissolve the political bonds between them with another, and to take independent and equal place among the nations of the world ... "
Dismiss this manifestation of the deep division of American society is not possible because the largest of more than 20 applications - from Texas, signed by more than 25,000 people. The White House promised a mandatory process requests and appeals, signed, according to the BBC B, at least 25 million Americans.

In Puerto Rico, the Caribbean has built the largest solar park

In Puerto Rico, the construction of the solar park - power system for solar energy. The park will be the largest such structure in the Caribbean, reports Associated Press.

In a sunny park, the construction of which will cost 265 million dollars, will be 270,000 solar panels. The park will generate enough energy to provide 13,000 homes in the United States.

Main investors in the project are company CIRO Energy Group, as well as the organization of One Planet Carribean and based in San Francisco company GCL Solar Energy. Executive Director CIRO Energy Group Ruben Perez said that the project will save 236 million barrels of oil per year.

The most widespread solar energy is received in Europe, especially in Germany.

Understand who will live on Earth after 2 billion years, scientists have presented the typical appearance of an alien

Was even known where they can hide creatures from other worlds

Life on our planet finally dies in about 2.8 billion years old. Last dying humans destroy the sun, which will turn from yellow dwarf (as now) a red giant - will grow so that engulf the Earth. But about a billion years before it will still be inhabited.
Who will be left to live on Earth in the distant - almost unimaginable - the future? Our supramental and beautiful appearance descendants conquered space and time? Or some hideous monsters? Neither one nor the other. British scientists have "looked into" billions of years, absolutely apprehension on account of future occupants. Bacteria - single-celled organisms floating in a small lake with hot salt water or in cave waters - that is, who will inhabit the Earth - believes Jack O `Molly, James and his colleagues at the University of St. Andrews. These results gave a mathematical model that the researchers have developed and launched by imagining that the sun will heat up more and more ground. The British claim that such a miserable fate awaits life on any habitable planet orbiting a star like our luminary - oceans evaporate, mammals, fish, insects and other animals are disappearing. Remain simple organisms. Which eventually vanish too.

The researchers used their model to various terrestrial planets. And it turned out that, born, life is usually drags a primitive existence for about 3 billion years. Further complicated until reasonable. Then - after a relatively short period of time - again simplified. And lost. Is such a life-cycle: from simple to complex and back.

From the opening of the British should: the probability of finding the brothers on reason to be slight. After the period of their existence on some planet disproportionately small compared to the age of the planet itself. Rather, there are germs. Because it goes: they are - statistically - the most common aliens.

Now Molly O'Brien, James and his colleagues are trying to determine what may be the most likely chemical composition of the primitive inhabitants of other worlds to look for them remotely.

UK to invest $ 12 billion in gas production in Indonesia

London also intends to increase military cooperation with Jakarta

British oil company British Petroleum (BP) will invest $ 12 billion in gas production in Indonesia. BP intends to build in the province of West Papua complex for the production of liquefied gas.

A UK government stepping up its cooperation with Jakarta in the production of weapons, RIA Novosti reported.

The relevant agreements were signed on Thursday during a working visit to London, President of the "country of three thousand islands" Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono.

The number of victims of the hurricane "Sandy" in the United States and Canada reached 98 people

Hurricane "Sandy" has killed 98 people in the U.S. and Canada. This informs ITAR-TASS.

One of the most affected region was New York, where he died, at least 48 people. In Maryland, the element took the lives of 22 people in West Virginia - 6 people in Connecticut - 4 people. In the states of the Caribbean, the number of victims of the hurricane increased to 69 people. Of these, 54 died in Haiti, 11 in Cuba.

U.S. authorities have identified more than $ 3.4 million to victims of the hurricane. About 36 thousand people applied for state aid. It stands out to resolve the housing problems and priority needs.

In this case, the economic damage the U.S. in the wake of Hurricane "Sandy", could reach 30 to 50 billion dollars.

More than eight million homes without electricity in the 18 states of the North-east coast of the U.S. and in Washington.
Recall Hurricane "Sandy" hit the U.S. on Monday evening October 29. Hurricane was one of the most devastating natural disasters in American history.

U.S. military violated curfew in Japan

The Japanese government protested the U.S. in connection with a new incident with the U.S. military in Okinawa. Previously there was a curfew to prevent offenses.

On campus Emitan 24-year war with the U.S. Kadena Air Base violated curfew, ITAR-TASS reported. He left the location part and got drunk in a bar. After that, the soldier broke into one of the apartments on the third floor of the same building, beat teenager living there, smashed TV. Then the drunken soldier jumped out of the window and was seriously injured. Police arrived took him to the hospital. Japanese Foreign Minister Koichiro Gemba has called the incident "outrageous." Washington apologized for the next incident.

Curfew was imposed for U.S. troops in Okinawa after the middle of October, two Marines, drunk in a bar and raped a local girl. They are now under arrest, a criminal case.

On Okinawa of the essential part of U.S. military facilities in Japan. It is available, in particular the Marine Division and the largest outside of the U.S. Kadena Air Force Base.

The verdict from scientists from bad habits do not ever get rid of

They just soldered to the cerebral cortex

As a child, we both teachers and parents been telling: of bad habits can be eliminated by force of will. But new research has shown that our acquired weakness do not leave the cortex. Firmly soldered to it.

This was proved by researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (USA). They experimented with rats that were trained to turn off the T-maze to the right or left, depending on what kind of signal they heard writes zemladom.org. If the rat turned right, waiting for her reward: chocolate milk or sweetened water. In order to ensure that such behavior has become a habit in animals, the researchers removed the reward, and the rats still ran by the sound to where it was used to treat. They then slipped to the delicacy of lithium chloride, which causes nausea, but the rats still ran to where they prompted a habit.

However, the habit disappeared after researchers blocked the work infralimbicheskoy crust. After the operation, the rat ran up to the fork in the maze, suddenly "sober" and did not go to the harmful "the treat." It turns out that the brain of the animal knew what to expect, but these data were not considered because of the strong influence of habit. Once the habit of suppressing the behavior and purpose of action becomes adequate to each other.

But here's the problem: instead of rats there is a new habit. In response to the "left" signal the animals began to run to the right. This habit can also be destroyed by removing the time neuron infralimbicheskoy crust. But then the rats recovered their old habits: hearing "left" signal, ordering run left, they obey him.

Thus, the area of ​​the prefrontal cortex is a bit of a stock and simultaneously switch habits. Although the new habits and take advantage of the old do not disappear but are stored in infralimbicheskoy crust and can be pulled out into the world as soon as possible.

BTW

To bad weakness used quickly

Researchers from the Department of Epidemiology and Public Health at University College London to determine how long the average person needs to develop at some useful habit. For example, to run in the mornings.

12 weeks, "tortured" 96 volunteers, forcing them to bring some action to automatism. These people have consistently worked out of three good habits - drinking juice, eat fruit, and most importantly, to run for 15 minutes.

As scientists expected, the first two habits formed quickly. And over the last had to sweat. Six volunteers at all out of the race, and not being able to bring myself to run even for 10 minutes.

The rest as much on average it took 66 days to "get involved" in improving measures (see "manual" here).

- Such a long time spent on the acquisition of useful habits, is a paradox - says one of the researchers Philip Lally. - After all, the desire to smoke or to drink a glass or two of dinner possessed person very quickly.

Of course, the difference is that bad habits cause pleasure once. It would be desirable to repeat and repeat. But even useful - eventually contribute to the development in the body of endorphins - natural substances similar to drugs, which is also nice. Nature seems to be encouraging people to benefit your body. Yet from the harmful give very difficult, and the useful easy. And this is another oddity.

Became known the rich and the poor countries of Europe

The leaders - Liechtenstein, Switzerland and Norway, on the bottom of the list - Moldova, Belarus, and Kosovo

The richest Europeans were called residents of Liechtenstein, Moldavians and then named the poorest in the Old World. This is said in a public statement on Wednesday, October 31, research company GfK "The purchasing power in Europe: 2012-2013", analyzes the figure in 42 countries.

As it turned out, the average citizens of Moldova, Belarus and the breakaway republic of Kosovo earn less than two euros a year. In Liechtenstein, the same per person is about 57,000 euros per year.

The poorest country in the European Union called Bulgaria. Here a man earns in a year, about 2800 euros. This is lower than in Serbia, which is not an EU member and experiencing the devastating impact of the crisis - the Serbs are just over 3 euros per year.

China going to give up one-child policy

It could happen by the end of the decade

Foundation "Research of China" issued a report stating that the one-child policy, adopted to slow population growth in the 70 years of the last century, is about to start seriously hinder the development of the country and is now threatened by deep social problems.

Calls for the abolition of one-child policy in recent years, we hear more and more often, but never played with them as serious research institutions such as the "Research of China's development." The fact that it is a branch of a larger research institute which performs research for the State Council (government), shows that this time it is more serious than before, and that the recommendations of the Fund sooner rather than later be heard and accepted.

Population growth in China's 2000-10 fell from 1.07% in the previous decade, to 0.57%. However, the population of China is still the largest in the world and more than 1.3 billion people.

Foundation recommends the immediate introduction of policies of the two children in a number of provinces and spread it to the whole country by 2015. Restrictions should be lifted, according to the study, as long as China's rapidly aging population, the imbalance between the sexes, and the lack of young labor forces began to curb the economy China.

Experts, however, do not expect such a quick repeal. He will certainly be lifted gradually, and the first change, indicating Times, will not happen before 2020.

Six types of friends that should be for everyone

Psychologists have found out what kind of people make life comfortable

Australian psychologists have found that a circle of friends, ideally, should be a sort of superhero team. And identified six types of friends that would be good to have everyone.

A friend who you cooler

He should be a guide, who will not allow to get caught up in everyday life, enriching lives and shows things that are not visible initially.

Friend, easy-going

This is an enthusiast who has easily change your plans and be open to anything new.

A friend to whom you would like to be like

This one will be forced to work on yourself and inspire.

A friend who is not familiar with the rest of your friends

This - as a lifeline. Such a person will be more objective than the people I went to your company. He can talk about personal, trust, without fear that all this will be discussed later after your back.

Ruthlessly truthful friend

It is useful in critical situations. He is able to give good advice in the most difficult period. Honesty of a friend should not be taken with offense. Instead, it is a sign that you care about him, writes korrespondent.net.

A friend who knows you better than you

This is mostly old friends. Because of a long relationship, it takes you the way you are, so with him not to pretend. It acts soothingly.

BTW

How many lovers need to have in my life to be experienced (th) in bed and moral satisfaction (-ies)? According to a recent survey of 1,000 users of both sexes on a dating site www.SeekingArrangement.com, it was found that 10 - the ideal number.

Why not more? As it turned out, when the partners learned more about love affairs (this applies to both men and women), the relationship mess up. "Don Juan" and "Don zhuanok" considered promiscuous. But it seemed a little less than 10, "botany" is perceived as not sufficiently experienced lovers. All participants agreed that it is the 10 partners can be considered the golden mean to gain experience in their sexual lives.

The conflict between California and Arizona

Moneybags one state decided to influence the outcome of elections in the neighboring state of

For unclear reasons, until last week, anonymous investors from Arizona siphoned large sums of money in California politics, so that were under attack by two companies both states, which have attracted the attention of the public. More precisely - not so much the public as Jerry Brown's office, not a little alarmed.

One of the companies some profit organization based in Arizona and calling itself Americans for Responsible Leadership - ARL («Americans for responsible management"). Another - California political action committee, Small Business Action Committee - SBAC («Small Business"), based in Sacramento. ARL listed SBAC 11 million of donor money, leaving behind the scenes names (or name) of Arizonans who have shown such generosity. In this case was under investigation. A special commission, The Fair Political Practices, seeking records on the financial statements of the Arizona and California ARL Committee SBAC, to expose the anonymous contributors.

On behalf of the state government on the Arizona Commission has filed a lawsuit in the Supreme Court of Sacramento, requesting that the ARL has agreed to cooperate and disclosed in accordance with the laws of California, its source of donations - to the public vote, because this money is intended to influence voters California. Elections are known to be held on 6 November. Speaking on this issue at the meeting, the governor, did not hide the perturbation behavior southeastern neighbor, expressed ironic hope that "they will make these mysterious figures come to light from under the shade of the rocks, bushes or forest - where else, where those try to hide. "

In the Code of California said, the Commission recalls that non-profit organizations can not hide the identity of the contributor, if the contribution was for a campaign carried out across the state. But in Arizona has its own laws and rules. Following them, the group ARL refused to provide documents requested by the politically motivated investigation. In the application filed with the court, ARL justify their actions by saying that the First Amendment right to stated protection of the identity of donors.

 "Our team will never ask for money for specific projects. We decide how and what to spend the money to the account, "- said the lawyer ARL, Jason Torchinsky, proving that investors 11 million, around which there was a scandal, were not privy to the fact that their money will be invested in a California committee" Small Business. "

SBAC, funded mostly, despite its name, not small businesses, and the Californian-bags, according to local press, fighting tax c Governor Jerry Brown's campaign, providing diversified exposure to the voters in order to curb the political influence of trade unions.

Dirty money?!

Assumptions and guesses as precedent arose mixed. According to one view, voiced in Sacramento, ARL has paid $ 11 million for alleged escalation of the conflict between California and Arizona. The situation is complicated in general, understand it is not easy. Group ARL, led by a trio of national entrepreneurs struggling with attempts to raise the sales tax at home in Arizona. Maybe she's afraid, take a California law, and Arizona followed suit.

If the purpose of Arizona donations - an attack on the tax campaign "Proposition 30", then it will hit in the first place, the positions of Jerry Brown, and without a public opinion poll, not enjoying popularity among the population. Money can also be allocated to support the "Proposal 32", known as the "Resolution on the special exceptions" that would prevent the use of union dues for political purposes. Fighting for their rights, trade unions began a costly campaign response. But these are only guesses. Obviously while one - that noisy 11 million were the largest anonymous political donations in the history of California, and many other states. Activists tax campaign led by Brown have rushed to brand offerings, as dark or dirty money one way launderers.

He was echoed by the newspaper "Sacramento." "Let's see - ironically it - maybe someone decided to launder money for the campaign associated with financial reform? Or so anonymously through "tax-free fat cats" are protesting against raising taxes? "He continues:" The problem is that if we do not know where they came from money, which means that they can do, anywhere, from any point of the world, including the al-Qaida or the Ayatollahs' regime in Iran or from Mexican drug lords. "

"When outside of California to spend so much money on it to influence the election in a foreign state, the voters have a right to know who is behind all this - boiled Brown supporters. - We must take the mysterious donor to clean water, otherwise the whole amount will be back - in Arizona. "

Manger sandwich

As for non-anonymous investment, they happen and bigger. In particular the palm hold here as a family - Mangere. Republican Charles Munger provides millions of dollars to fight fanatics, led by Jerry Brown, which aims at the expense of Californians to collect $ 6 billion a year on raising sales tax (a quarter per cent) and high income taxes (more than $ 250, 000 per year ), and based on what "Proposition 30."

Who is Charles Munger? 88-year old American billionaire tycoon, a lawyer, a major investor and philanthropist, and most importantly - the capitalist old school feeling in the economy, like a fish in water. Back in 2010, he, in the form of parables, described the future of America, predicting its imminent collapse, decline of the economy and political system, and naming the date - 2012.

Munger children (they had 8), which is naturally no longer a child, and also billionaires and millionaires, still, each in its own sphere, the line of his father. Carl and Molly have spared millions on a campaign opposing Brown, considering the measures taken by the governor promise. Molly called for the investment "in American children" - in their education, supporting the "Proposal 38" - it was already spent 31 million. Another brother, Charlie Munger Jr.., In turn, transferred to the Committee against SBAC initiatives Brown 22 million.

Intervention magnates such a level, but still united by family ties - "Manger sandwich," as they dubbed - threatens the initiative of the governor general on the eve of the long-awaited election, analysts say. Not surprisingly, Brown took up arms against them, "clutter under his feet."

So there is a conflict between Jerry Brown and family Munger. Analysts were wondering what to do in this situation, Brown - will continue to bend the line, short of the November elections, or try to distract Californians attacking younger siblings Munger. He obviously chose the latter, portraying them as an amateur in politics, "trying to buy the election for unearned their father's money."

Burritos with beans and cheese

Until the election of a few days left. Emotions run high in the country. And every state probably seething in his own way. California-Arizona conflict today - one of those centers. But he cares mostly only Jerry Brown and his associates.

Brown, from the date of taking office, steadily bending his line, warned that if the state budget is not balanced enough, California will face a "potential war of all against all." Pushing the vote "Proposal 30", he put on the map, is said to have "his governorship, and along with his place in history of U.S. policy."

To save his initiative, the governor is trying to rally voters around the state, especially young people, whose future it is most at risk. Brown travels the county and city, talking to different organizations and ethnic groups, encouraging them or intimidating them. This weekend he was trying to make allies of Hispanics in Los Angeles. Came to downtown, went to the Mexican market, bought and eaten in full view burritos with beans and cheese, shaking hands, posing for pictures with the children ...

Apparently realizing that ordinary Californians to be beyond the state budget gaps, when they have enough of their own holes in the pockets and purses, he decided to shift the emphasis to the problems of education, by offering people a choice: "billions of dollars to schools and colleges, or billions of dollars from schools and colleges. " And for this they just something to vote for "Proposition 30."

But trust Californians to the governor and politicians falling. In these days of fierce advertising campaign condemning their methods for solving financial problems and cast doubt that the money that wants to get Brown, will return education back on track and facilitate the participation of citizens of the state.

Tropical storm "Neelam" reached southern India

Evacuated about 150,000 people

On Wednesday, on the southern coast of India hit tropical storm "Teacher." Wind speed at the center of the storm reaches 75 km / h, according to the Indian Meteorological Bureau.

In Andhra Pradesh evacuated about 150,000 people. At this time in the state capital of Tamil Nadu - Chennai - closed almost 300 schools. Also, because of the storm stopped work the city's port.

In addition because of the rampant disaster, according to local authorities, on the coast of Tamiland issued oil tanker. Currently, rescuers evacuated the crew ejected ship.

Previously, "Teacher" hit Sri Lanka. As a result, two people were killed and five thousand people had to leave their homes due to flooding and the threat of landslides, reports AP.

Polish musician, who tore up the Bible, can sit in prison two years

"Act" rocker Satanist recognized crime "against society", but not as an expression of "freedom of expression"

Two years in jail facing the soloist of the Polish band "Behemoth" Darsky Adam, who several years ago tore to pieces the Bible. And not even in the church - at his concert. Polish Supreme Court held that by doing so he committed a crime against society.
This, to say the stupid thing, Adam Darsky decided back in 2007. During a concert in one of the Gdansk club rocker called Scripture fraud, took the Bible, tore it to pieces and threw it into the hall, calling on them to burn. According to the liberal tradition, mocking act was to name his supporters' civil act "and a manifestation of" freedom of expression ". The same opinion has come and the City Court in Gdansk, who called blasphemy "a form of expression in the arts" and, to a perturbation of the faithful has satisfied Darsky.
- That is, if he is an artist, then it all can be an artist - above the laws of society? - On behalf of the injured Christians appealed to the court sektolog Polish Ryszard Nowak, demonstrating that among rocker interested in Satanism, and is a direct threat to society, and contested the humanists.
Judges of the Supreme Court of Poland were wiser than their counterparts in Gdańsk, ruling that the "artist" still offended Catholics, no matter how motivated his action was not called. A violation of religious feelings in Poland is punishable by imprisonment for up to two years. Darsky now expects new hearing at which the judge must take into account the decision of the Supreme Court, it is only a term.
Surprisingly, while in Poland, whose citizens have repeatedly staged "performances" in defense of the so-called Pussy Riot, no one but the lawyers, not thought to cry out about "the violated rights." There is not a meeting to protect Darsky or other protest actions. And to represent the blasphemer International Award "for his contribution to the art" and "the struggle for human rights" The local human rights grantees somehow not in a hurry ...