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Jan 24, 2012

OPINIONS, Jan 24, 2012


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Siegel+Gale Thought Leaders to Present at Branding and Marketing Conferences ...
Sacramento Bee
Siegel+Gale has offices in New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, London, Hamburg, Dubai, Shanghai and Beijing and strategic partnerships around the world as a member of the Omnicom Group of companies (www.omnicomgroup.com). Reader comments on...
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LDS Church once thought stances on polygamy, blacks would not change
StandardNet (blog)
In that speech, Peterson opined that the highest degree a black person could attain in the Celestial Kingdom was as a servant; and that's one of his more tolerant opinions. The point here is not to bash the LDS Church, or use these retrograde opinions ...
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Give a thought for Botswana players
NewsDay
Well, that may be the case and I respect people's opinions, but I also have strongopinions against the view Botswana players should look to their national flag as motivation and not allow money issues to cloud their judgment and affect their ...
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War on drugs a failure, decriminalise now: Branson
Sydney Morning Herald
Mr Smith said that, while he generally agreed with Sir Richard's opinions, he believed it would be almost impossible for people to change their views on the criminalisation of drug use. "I think he's probably right but I don't think it will happen.
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Questex Travel Group Launches ULTRA for the Global Luxury Market
Sacramento Bee
Questex Hospitality + Travel is a division of Questex Media Group LLC, headquartered in Newton, Mass., with offices throughout the world. Reader comments onSacbee.com are the opinions of the writer, not The Sacramento Bee. If you see an objectionable ...
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IBM and VELCO to Build Next Generation Communications Network for Vermont ...
Sacramento Bee
IBM is also unveiling its eleventh Generating Insights publication, "Continuing the Journey in the New Era in Energy," a compilation of articles from energy experts andthought leaders." For copies, please visit the IBM Booth. Reader comments on ...
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Global Executives Say Companies Should Be Measured by Their Societal Purpose ...
Sacramento Bee
Alongside the EIU survey, DTTL examined the opinions of more than 1000 Deloitte member firm Millennials (employees joining the organization who were born after 1981) on their views regarding the impact business has on society.
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Loretta LaRoche: Idle time isn't necessarily wasted time
Midway Driller
Sometimes they would ask for my opinion and then act as if I had said something brilliant. I don't know if kids get that kind of opportunity anymore. I was lucky to have a mother who thought that hanging out with a bunch of elders was part of a great ...
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Have your say
Winnipeg Free Press
The picture exquisitely captures the assymetrical reasoning, unbalanced reporting, skewed opinions, tilted criticism, lopsided politics and uneven arguments associated with the look of the unfinished Canadian Museum for Human Rights -- located, ...
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Thinking clearly and independently in an election year (OPINION)
Dixie Press Online
What discourages many voters from exercising independent thought is that few have taken the time to sit down and write out on paper what they actually believe. There is great power in committing ideas to paper for it requires contemplation and a degree ...
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Dixie Press Online

Bruins' Tim Thomas refuses to meet with Obama
CTV.ca
My first thought was Thomas made a mistake. Then I remembered turning my back when Harper came near me at an event. I would never shake his hand! When I am forming my political opinions I always ask "but what do the goalies think ?
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CTV.ca

Welcome to The Niagara Regional - inside Tuesday's Standard
St. Catharines Standard
Niagara has so much to offer, but in our opinions our light is under a bushel, hidden from the world outside which prevents potential growth and development. It is kept dim at times in Niagara as we counter back and forth on issues.
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Racing needed hybrid more than Peugeot needed racing
Automotive World
The opinions expressed here are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the positions of Automotive World Ltd. Andrew Cotton has covered international endurance racing for more than 15 years and currently is editor of Racecar Engineering.
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Would you try an open relationship?
Stuff.co.nz
OPINION: "Monogamy is unnatural! Our species is too obsessed with sex! We are not designed to have sex with the same person over and over again for an entire lifetime!" These opinions are all from psychologist Christopher Ryan, the author of Sex at ...
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Stuff.co.nz

My Take: Why the abortion issue won't go away
CNN (blog)
Rather, Roe “made it impossible for the opposing views to live with each other.” Those who thought that the decision of the Supreme Court would settle the issue had reason for that hope. On other controversial questions, the court's rulings had ...
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The aesthetic consequences of new character models
Joystiq
I did say this was what I thought was most important. Of course, my jesting at #4 does highlight another issue: World of Warcraft has a lot of players who engage in a lot of activities and have a lot of different opinions. Your female gnome mage and my ...
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Sir Clive Woodward: At the Olympics the home team tends to deliver
The Guardian
He sounds more cynically amused when asked for his opinions on the state of English rugby and, initially, the prospects for the interim national coach, Stuart Lancaster. Having met Lancaster, and been impressed by him, I suggest the new man has done ...
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Rineke Dijkstra: Seeing is Believing
Photo District News
She had her own strong opinions about the conflict, and she found that “people really closed up” if she tried to discuss what was going on. Through her work she found, especially with the young women, that “they're just like girls in Holland, ...
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Photo District News

Lazy returns: How my Nano portfolio beat the S&P 500
Reuters
By John Wasik (Reuters) - I've never thought that laziness could be a virtue, but when it comes to investing, it's often advantageous. You can trade too much and become too pre-occupied with the headlines and business TV shows.
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Dougie's Monday mailbag
Crave Online (blog)
I also thought he'd do better. Bottom line on Rico: he was moved too fast and matched with world-class opposition (Akifumi Shimoda and Rigondeaux) was too soon. Ramos struggled with Mexican fringe contender Alejandro Valdez before he fought Shimoda and...
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Past Perfect
Southern Gazette
Kent was a man of strong opinions, and he was not afraid to voice them. He quickly became involved in the life of the community. He was a man of some musical gifts, and "folks invited us to play and sing." He went to church socials, and acted in a play ...
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Free speech is good - but not in my back yard
Daily Maverick
A consistent thread in those columns has been that we learn nothing by silencing odious voices – that it's only through being exposed to opinions that make us uncomfortable that we develop defences against them. Again, it's easy for some of us to say ...
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SAGIA's Sixth Global Competitiveness Forum Gets Underway in Riyadh
PR.com (press release)
Nearly 2000 delegates are attending GCF 2012, including hundreds of business leaders from around the world who will share their insights and opinions on entrepreneurship. SAGIA, the Saudi Arabian General Investment Authority, was established in 2000 as ...
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Saving the Middle Class: Is There an App for That?
New Republic (blog)
Political implications aside, it's a reminder that industrial policy has its virtues, particularly in a world where other countries practice it without hesitation. Nicholas Kristof has some counterintuitive (and changed)opinions about "sweatshops".
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New Republic (blog)

A mad song of love
The Asian Age
Then on, everyone has their own opinions on the same,” he says with utmost honesty and excitement. The process of creating a song and writing is highly evolving for any musician. The lyrics in Kailash's songs have always stayed with the listeners, ...
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ASEAN News, Jan 24, 2012

Philippines seen to benefit from Asean tourism plan
Inquirer.net
The Philippines is poised to be a major selling point for drawing tourists into “Asean as a single destination” as tourism ministers in the region agree on pushing a package of activities, many of which the country offers. Tourism officials, including ...
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Man Marries Dead Girlfriend In Joint Funeral And Wedding Ceremony In Thailand ...
Huffington Post
... the Thai-Asean News (TAN) Network reported. Unfortunately, Kamsook unexpectedly died in an accident before the couple could set a date. According to the Pattaya Daily News, the couple met at Thailand's Eastern Asia University nearly a decade ago, ...
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ASEAN convenes to address trade
China Post
Rasmei Kampuchea Daily/Asia News Network --Officials and business representatives from the 10 ASEAN member states came together yesterday in Siem Reap, Cambodia to discuss the challenges and opportunities of free trade agreements, as well as ways that ...
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Industry-specific cooperation a priority for China, ASEAN
People's Daily Online
By Zhao Shan (People's Daily Overseas Edition) The trade volume between China and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) totaled nearly 362.9 billion US dollars in 2011, up nearly 24 percent from the previous year, according to statistics ...
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Finance Special: Forum speakers: Asia holds economic key to 2012
China Daily
"The most important lesson we can learn from the successful development experiences of Asia in the past decade is that deeper economic cooperation and trade interdependence among Asian countries has significantly increased their economic strength and ...
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China Daily
Resolving South China Sea issue needs concrete measures
People's Daily Online
By Zhong Sheng (People's Daily) At the beginning of this New Year, the peaceful settlement of the South China Sea issue shows a good momentum. The fourth Senior Official's Meeting attended by China and the ASEAN on implementing the Declaration on the ...
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A steady trade year, but hurdles ahead
China Daily
Because of the uncertain prospect of developed markets, China should increase trade and economic cooperation with Asia, Latin America, Russia, Eastern Europe, Africa and other emerging markets, particularly the ASEANand the BRIC countries, ...
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China Daily
US unlikely to play dominant role in resolving South China Sea issue
People's Daily Online
By Ding Gang (People's Daily) Recently, two conferences relevant to the issue of South China Sea have been held in China and the United States. One is the Fourth Senior Official Conference held in Beijing, which is for China and ASEAN's implementation ...
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Iranian paranoia
The Asian Age
To prosper, West Bengal needs, not doles from the Central government, but rail and road connectivity through Burma and Bangladesh to the 10 Asean nations, making it a bridge for investment and trade. Ms Hasina must be strengthened to exorcise the ...
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English on the fast track
Bangkok Post
The school, located in Bangkok's Din Daeng district, is encouraging its students to speak English more often as Thailand gears up for entry into theAsean Economic Community in 2015 when English will be the main language for communication.
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Bangkok Post
After launching Sydney, AirAsia X focuses on higher frequencies and more intra ...
CAPA - Centre for Aviation (blog)
The carrier will now “pick and choose” its markets from these key countries in theASEAN/Northeast Asia market as its builds frequency and economies of scale in these high-potential markets. Most of AirAsia X's Asian destinations are not served daily.
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Volatile Dragon can be tamed
Inquirer.net
Economists now predict that last year's growth will struggle to meet even the lower end of the revised 4-5 percent growth target, making the Philippines the underperformer among its peers in the Association of Southeast AsianNations (Asean) region.
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Inquirer.net
Which side to take?
Zamboanga Today Online
McCain said the US should help members of the Association of Southeast AsianNations like the Philippines develop and deploy an early warning system and coastal vessels in the disputed waters. He said, the US should let other countries know “which...
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Search for new world economic order
Business Recorder (blog)
Thereafter, other trading blocs, like ECO, Saarc, Asean in Asia were formed but could not achieve the desired results because of the competitive character of the economies of member-countries. They had to look towards the West for import of machinery ...
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Chinese defence official interprets China's military diplomacy in 2011
defpro
... neighboring countries including Indonesia, Japan, South Korea, Vietnam and India, participated in the defense ministers' meeting of the member states of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), the Shangri-La Dialogue and the ASEAN Regional ...
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China rail builders unhappy with Putrajaya for delaying Gemas-JB link
The Malaysian Insider
Putrajaya and Beijing maintain very good political and business ties, with China taking palm oil and other commodities apart from a flow of goods being traded under the Asean-China Free Trade Agreement (FTA). The Gemas-JB link is part of a larger ...
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The Malaysian Insider
DOE to spend $100M on 20000 electric tricycles
Inquirer.net
This in turn will entice private investors to set up local manufacturing facilities that will lead to the creation of more jobs and a dynamic market for locally assembled units for export to the ASEAN region in the future.
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I just know it is really more fun here
Inquirer.net
Late at night, when I'm watching TV alone, I see the other Asean countries' tourism commercials and wonder if we'll have our own—one that shows our country'sstaggering, unique, natural beauty and the abundant charm of our people.
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US Senators escalate tensions in Southeast Asia
World Socialist Web Site
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's announcement at the ASEAN summit in 2010 that the US had a “national interest” in the South China Sea and was “back in Asia to stay” was regarded as a bombshell. Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi described ...
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New record for Changi as passenger traffic crosses 45 million mark
MoodieReport
Other highlights include Changi's first connection to South America via Singapore Airlines' thrice-weekly service to Sao Paolo (via Barcelona) and Lao Airlines' services to Vientiane, completing Singapore's connectivity to all nine ASEAN neighbours.
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MoodieReport
Industrial sentiment takes uneasy leap as production resumes
Bangkok Post
Although the world economy still has problems, it is a large market and Asean is heading in the right direction. There will always be demand for Thailand's major industries such as automotive and food, said Mr Payungsak. If Thailand is stable this year ...
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Roperos: Lamppost case
Sun.Star
He twitted me by saying that I obviously did not know about the recent developments regarding the celebrated lamppost scam that occurred during the run-up to the 2007Asean Summit. Of course, it was a case that shook Cebu almost to the rafters.
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Rape Extradition Order; US Defies Iran; Serena Dumped; Boost for Thailand ...
Phuketwan
... some sort of elaborate confidence trick to encourage foreign governments to ease economic sanctions and to satisfy certain expectations of Asean ahead of Burma assuming the chair of that body in 2014? afp Myanmar's (Burma's) army raped, ...
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In Another Great Leap Forward Chinese Firm Finds Oil in Thailands ...
By admin@namecake.com (John Daly)
ACFTA was signed on 4 November 2002 in Phnom Penh, Kampuchea, to establish a free trade area among the eleven ASEAN countries nations by 2010, with the free trade area coming into effect on 1 January 2010. Hence the rise in ...
OilPrice.com Daily News Update
Thai-ASEAN News Network - Daily News' Eastern Office Attacked
The Eastern Center of the Daily News newspaper in Rayong Province came under attack this morning. Fortunately, no one was injured.Rayong Provicial Police ...
www.tannetwork.tv/tan/ViewData.aspx?DataID=1051780
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Posted by aseanblog in ASEAN News - (0 Comments) ... Posted at People's Daily on 16:21, January 19, 2012 Indonesia's tourism industry will ... Poste at Viet Nam News on January, 19 2012 10:06:33 View of HCM City – the country's largest ...
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AFPTC champions a smoke-free Asean - Asia News Network
HOME · DAILY BRIEFING · NEWS · VIEWS · BUSINESS, LIFE, QUIRKY ASIA ... Some 30 participants, consisting of technical members of ASEAN countries and ...
www.asianewsnet.net/home/news.php?id=26371
Myanmar sanction talks set to intensify – Pakistan Daily Times ...
ASEAN News Portal ... He said he also thought that pressure from neighboring Southeast Asian countries was having an impact, and that Myanmar's leaders ...
newsasean.com/551-myanmar-sanction-talks-set-to-intensify-p...
Malaysia Expects the ASEAN inflation could assist the Local Economy
Merrill Lynch (Singapore) Pte Ltd estimates inflation in Asean countries to decrease on the ... Free Daily Forex Signal & Analysis – World Finance Market News ...
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THE MOST BEAUTIFUL Woman, Model, Actress, Jan 24, 2012

Most Beautiful

Fionnula Flanagan to Receive IFTA 2012 Lifetime Achievement Award
The Irish Film Television Network
You are the most beautiful, kind, and amazingly talented actress on the planet, especially if you could make a bunch of old Texas coyotes like Kris and I look good!" Fionnula Flanagan this weekend finished production on her latest project Life's a ...
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