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- U.S. Senate Committee on HOMELAND SECURITY & GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS
- Chairman Carper and Chairman Leahy Letter On S. 744, The Border Security, Economic Opportunity And Immigration Modernization Act, U.S. Senate Committee on HOMELAND SECURITY & GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS
- Senator Carper’s Remarks on Comprehensive Immigration Reform, YouTube [VIDEO 48:43]
- Highlights of Senator Carper’s Floor Speech on Immigration, US Senate [VIDEO 5:31]
Views from the Solar System (139)
An Astronaut‘s View from Station
NASA – A view of Earth as seen from the Cupola on the Earth-facing side of the International Space Station. Visible in the top left foreground is a Russian Soyuz crew capsule. In the lower right corner, a solar array panel can be seen.
This photo was taken from the ISS on June 12, 2013.
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Posted in Nature, SPACE WATCH, Technology
Tagged Astronaut, Cupola, Earth, International Space Station, NASA, Technology
Finding value when the market misbehaves
By John Wasik – If you can find managers focused on buying and holding the best stocks – no matter how the rest of the market is behaving – you might reap higher gains over time.
“Perverse industry incentives and emotional investors combine to incent funds to invest in other than best idea stocks and so performance declines accordingly,” C. Thomas Howard, professor emeritus at the University of Denver told me in an email. “Funds underperform not because of the lack of skill, but because of the incentives they face.” more> http://tinyurl.com/m7g8qd4
A new model of governance
By Francisco Jaime Quesado – European Leaders are discussing a new model of governance. The citizens are tired, demand more and more new ideas and new solutions for a new governance model for Europe. This idea is an effective challenge for change in a Europe that must face the expectations of a new society, more demanding and more capable of driving the imperative of excellence. Europe.gov must be the right expression of a new time where a new social capital must be shared by all the classes in a Europe of change.
Most European leaders insist that innovation and technology are the “enablers” for competitiveness in Europe. Universities and companies must perform a new strategic partnership centered in the objectives of the added value, creativity and knowledge. This is the basis for a future effective implementation of the Lisbon agenda. more> http://tinyurl.com/ksvqoxv
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Tagged European Commission, European Union, Government, Lisbon, Lisbon Strategy, United States
