Sudan President Blocked from Saudi Air Space

Laos News.Net - Sunday 4th August, 2013

Former Pakistan pace bowler Wasim Akram has tipped England bowler James Anderson to reach 450 Test wickets, who currently needs only six more wickets to pass Bob Willis to become England's second-highest Test wicket-taker. According to The Daily Star, Anderson is near Ian Botham's record tally of 383 and with his control of swing, both ways at pace, Akram expects the Lancashire bowler to reach ...

Canada changes course and closes Dhaka embassy

Middle East Times - Sunday 4th August, 2013

Canada Sunday closed its embassy in Bangladesh, joining the United States and other Western nations bracing for a possible terrorist attack. Canadian Foreign Affairs alerted its citizens in Bangladesh that the Dhaka facility would be shut down and provided a telephone number for assistance. Canada earlier had not opted to follow the lead of the Unites States, Britain and Germany in closing ...

Why is Obama meeting the president of Vietnam

Human Rights Watch - Sunday 4th August, 2013

Joint Statement of Human Rights Organizations Regarding the Upcoming Meeting between U.S. President Barack Obama and Vietnamese President Truong Tan ...

Sudan President Blocked from Saudi Air Space

VOA - Sunday 4th August, 2013

Sudan says Saudi Arabia blocked the plane of President Omar al-Bashir from entering its airspace Sunday as he tried to fly to Iran. Sudan's state news agency reports that Bashir's plane was forced to turn around in mid-air and go back to Khartoum after Saudi aviation officials denied it permission to cross over Saudi territory. The report says Bashir, flying in a Saudi-chartered ...

Thai Government Opposition at Odds Over Amnesty Bill

VOA - Sunday 4th August, 2013

BANGKOK -- Thailand is facing new political tensions as the government is preparing to submit an amnesty bill to parliament, along with key finance and infrastructure spending measures. Both anti-government and pro-government groups are preparing for political battle, but some analysts say there could be compromise on the amnesty measure. Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra faces a new ...

Ship carrying motorcycle travelers arrives in Semarang

The Jakarta Post - Sunday 4th August, 2013

The KM Dobonsolo which had departed from Tanjung Priok Port, Jakarta, with 2,600 passengers and 1,515 motorcycles aboard, on Saturday, arrived in Tanjung Emas Port in Semarang, Central Java, at 1:30 a.m. local time, on Sunday. The travelers later continued their homebound journeys on their motorcycles.Tanjung Emas Port's authority office head, Karolus Sengadji, said the Semarang Police ...

Vietnam?s FDI hits nearly $12b

Global Times - Sunday 4th August, 2013

The total foreign direct investment (FDI) in Vietnam reached more than $11.9 billion in the first seven months of this year, a year-on-year rise of 19.6 percent, according to data posted by the Communist Party of Vietnam on its website on ...

Bank Danamon deal failure may deter Indonesia investors analysts

Global Times - Sunday 4th August, 2013

The collapse of Singapore lender DBS's $6.5 billion bid for Bank Danamon is further evidence of a "rising tide of economic nationalism" in Indonesia that may deter foreign investors, analysts warn.DBS unveiled its bid to buy 99 percent of the Indonesian lender with great fanfare in April last year, in what would have been Southeast Asia's biggest ever bank takeover.It seemed ...

Bangkok braces for possible unrest as street protests expected against moves to help ousted PM

Edmonton Journal - Sunday 4th August, 2013

Anti-government protesters chant slogans during a rally outside a park in Bangkok, Thailand Sunday, Aug. 4, 2013. About 1,500 people took part in the rally calling Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra to withdraw the amnesty bill from parliament. The Thai capital is bracing for possible unrest this week, with street protests expected over moves in parliament that could eventually lead to a pardon ...

South Africa choose to bat against Sri Lanka

Fox News - Sunday 4th August, 2013

South African batsman JP Duminy plays a shot during the Twenty20 match against Sri Lanka in the district of Hambantota on August 4,2013. South Africa's captain Faf du Plessis won the toss and chose to bat in windy conditions in the second Twenty20 international against Sri Lanka in ...

Pakistan warns of more rain after flood deaths hit 45

Fox News - Sunday 4th August, 2013

Pakistani rescuers form a chain as they prepare to evacuate residents from a flooded area in Karachi, on August 4, 2013. Pakistani disaster relief officials have issued fresh flood warnings after the death toll from heavy monsoon rains rose to 45 and waters paralysed parts of the largest city ...

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Muang Thong United moved three points behind Thai Premier League leaders Buriram United with a 2-0 win at Songkhla United on Saturday. Rene Desaeyere's men kept the pressure on Buriram - who had the weekend off due to Sisaket's expulsion from the division - as goals from Edivaldo and Teerasil Dangda saw them over the line. Just behind the leading duo, third-placed Chonburi came ...

Stop Treating Burma with Kid Gloves

Human Rights Watch - Sunday 4th August, 2013

This is not to deny that important changes have occurred in Burma under the government of Thein Sein. More than a thousand political prisoners have now been released. Aung San Suu Kyi and other members of her opposition National League for Democracy (NLD) party were elected to Burma's Parliament in by-elections in 2012, conducted without intimidation and violence. In major urban areas like ...

Australian Firm Fined in Aboriginal Site Desecration

VOA - Sunday 4th August, 2013

SYDNEY -- An Australian mining company has been found guilty of desecrating a sacred Aboriginal site. OM Manganese was fined $130,000 for damaging an area in a remote corner of the outback. It is the first successful desecration case brought against a mining company under Australian law. OM Manganese was been found guilty of two charges of damaging a sacred site known as Two Women Sitting ...

Heavy rains bring flash floods to eastern Afghanistan levelling homes and killing 58

Globe and Mail - Sunday 4th August, 2013

Heavy rains swept across eastern Afghanistan, levelling homes and killing at least 58 people in five provinces, while an estimate 30 others remain missing, officials said Sunday.Provincial spokesmen in Nangarhar, Kabul, Khost, Laghman and Nuristan said that all the floods struck early Saturday. Flash floods are common in those provinces and all are fed by rivers that eventually intersect in ...

Iran makes Asian champ look ordinary

Inquirer Sports - Sunday 4th August, 2013

WITH its athletic forwards, gutsy guards and NBA center turning the Mall of Asia Arena into a playground of sorts, Iran roared to a third straight win, leaving traditional powerhouse China looking like a basketball program in disarray. The record of the continent's most successful basketball team says it all: 1-2. The defending champions got pipped by South Korea and then bamboozled ...

Canada closes embassy in Bangladesh Sunday

C News - Sunday 4th August, 2013

Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Ont. Wednesday July 24, 2013. Tony Caldwell/QMI Agency The Canadian embassy in Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh, will be closed Sunday for security reasons, the Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development said on its site. The decision comes after the U.S. issued a worldwide travel alert on Friday warning Americans that al-Qaeda may be planning attacks in ...

Pakistan flood toll rises to 45

News.com.au - Sunday 4th August, 2013

PAKISTANI disaster relief officials have issued fresh flood warnings after the death toll from heavy monsoon rains rose to 45 and waters paralysed parts of the largest city ...

Irans Rouhani Takes Presidential Oath

VOA - Sunday 4th August, 2013

Iran's new president, moderate Muslim cleric Hassan Rouhani, took the oath of office before parliament Sunday, a day after he was formally endorsed and confirmed in his new role by Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Rouhani pledged to uphold the constitution and protect the official religion of the Islamic Republic in a ceremony attended for the first time by foreign ...

Africa West At Odds Over Disputed Zimbabwe Election

VOA - Sunday 4th August, 2013

HARARE, ZIMBABWE -- South Africa's President Jacob Zuma on Sunday congratulated Zimbabwean leader Robert Mugabe on his re-election, in sharp contrast to Western governments which questioned the credibility of a rushed, disputed vote. African monitors broadly approved the conduct of the election but Mugabe's main rival, Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) leader Morgan Tsvangirai, ...

Malaysia recovers three bodies 37 missing at sea

West Australian - Sunday 4th August, 2013

KUALA LUMPUR (AFP) - Malaysian rescuers on Sunday found three bodies at sea as hopes faded for 37 other Indonesians who went missing days earlier when their boat sank on their way home to celebrate Eid al-Fitr.The wooden boat was believed to be carrying 44 people including women and children from Malaysia's southern state of Johor to Indonesia's Batam island. It sank in heavy seas late ...

Ex-Finance Minister Suthee passes away

The Nation - Sunday 4th August, 2013

Suthee was finance minister on three occasions - during governments headed by Prem Tinsulanonda, Anand Panyarachun and Gen Suchinda ...

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Politics Today - Facebook's Zuckerberg Now Building a Political Network

Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg is building a new social network, and this time it's political.

While he?s better known as the hoodie-clad, Harvard dropout that launched a multi-billion dollar Internet company, Zuckerberg has emerged as a political player on the national stage.

After largely sitting on the political sidelines for a few years, the 29-year-old Facebook founder is using his clout as a top business executive and American success story to advocate for comprehensive immigration reform.

This week, Zuckerberg will publicly dive headfirst into the immigration debate that?s captivated Washington by joining forces with pro-immigration advocates outside of the tech industry.

On Tuesday evening in San Francisco, Zuckerberg will give introductory remarks at the premiere of ?Documented,? a documentary film directed by Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Jose Antonio Vargas that looks at the stories of young immigrants, known as "Dreamers," who came to the United States illegally as children with their parents.

FWD.us, the political advocacy group that Zuckerberg co-founded and helped finance with his former Harvard roommate Joe Green, is co-hosting the event with Vargas?s immigrant rights group Define American.

The premiere is expected to draw a who?s who crowd of top Silicon Valley tech stars, as well as undocumented workers and Dreamers. The diverse audience is intended to show a united push for immigration reform.

Green, president of FWD.us, will moderate a panel after the film screening that will feature Vargas, immigrant rights activist Gaby Pacheco, Groupon Founder Andrew Mason and FWD.us founder Ruchi Sanghvi, who was Facebook?s first female engineer and now serves as vice president of operations for Dropbox. The upcoming premiere is being viewed as a launch pad for the tech industry in the push to overhaul the country?s immigration rules.

?We?re thrilled that he?s engaged,? said Carl Guardino, chief executive of the Silicon Valley Leadership Group, a tech trade association that counts Facebook as a member. ?I?m really hoping that the opportunity is used by Mark and others to galvanize more of our tech community brethren to deeply engage immediately on immigration reform legislation during this recess in Congress.?

The tech industry has spent years pushing Congress to raise the cap for high-skilled work visas and make more green cards available for foreign graduates with advanced technical degrees from American universities. But with the rare momentum behind immigration reform this year, tech lobbyists have expanded their legislative push beyond the high-skilled piece of the debate to advocate for a comprehensive solution to the country?s broken immigration system. FWD.us has been a leader in that fight.

But the young political advocacy group has run into some public relations headaches right out of the gate and been forced to deflect some negative press, much like Zuckerberg did in his early days in the public spotlight. The tales of Facebook?s transition from a project launched in Zuckerberg?s dorm room to a Silicon Valley darling inspired the 2010 Aaron Sorkin drama ?The Social Network,? which negatively depicted the young Facebook founder as a wildly talented, yet self-centered computer programmer.

FWD.us, which counts top Silicon Valley tech leaders as donors, sparked the ire of liberal groups after it aired a set of controversial political television ads that touted the conservative bona fides of Sens. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), Mark Begich (D-Alaska) and Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.). The ads for Begich and Graham lauded their support of the Keystone XL pipeline, prompting environmental and progressive groups to temporarily boycott purchasing ads on Facebook.

FWD.us also lost a high-profile contributor, Tesla chief executive Elon Musk, after the ads aired. While comprehensive immigration reform is the first national policy issue that Zuckerberg has personally engaged in, he has previously been active in New Jersey politics.

Zuckerberg and his wife, Priscilla, hosted a campaign fundraiser for New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) at his home in Palo Alto, Calif. in February, which drew a few dozen protestors to his neighborhood in the traditionally Democratic-leaning city, according to The San Jose Mercury News.

However, Zuckerberg, who has not declared support for any particular political party, also has plans to host a fundraiser for Newark, N.J. Mayor Cory Booker?s (D) Senate run, Bloomberg reported. The Facebook chief executive appeared on ?The Oprah Winfrey Show? with Booker and Christie in 2010 after he pledged to donate a $100 million to Newark schools.

But he?s also recently been active at contributing to lawmakers at the federal level. Zuckerberg and his wife have each donated $5,000 to Facebook?s PAC, which has doled out more than $100,000 in campaign cash to members of Congress this year, including those who have played a role in the push for immigration reform, according to the Center for Responsive Politics (CRP). Sen. Michael Bennet (D-Colo.), a member of the Senate Gang of Eight, picked up $10,000 from the social network?s PAC, which gave $5,000 each to his campaign committee and leadership PAC, CRP reported.

Two other Gang of Eight members, Sens. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) and Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) also received $5,000 each from Facebook?s PAC. It also wrote checks to members that will play key roles in the upcoming immigration fight in the House, including House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.), Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) and Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), CRP said.

Before that, Zuckerberg gave $5,000 to the company?s PAC in 2012 and 2011. ?I think people who try to figure out his politics, I don't think they?re going to see an ideological-driven young man, but one that wants what?s best for the nation,? Guardino said.

Jennifer Martinez writes for The Hill, from where this article is adapted.

Source: http://www.thecuttingedgenews.com//index.php?article=81024

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New Brunswick Launches Growing Forward 2 Agricultural Programs

New Brunswick Launches Growing Forward 2 Agricultural Programs

MP Mike Allen, on behalf of federal Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz, and New Brunswick Minister of Agriculture, Aquaculture and Fisheries Michael Olscamp, announced program details for Growing Forward 2 to the agricultural and agri-food sector in New Brunswick. New Brunswick producers will have access to new and innovative agricultural funding programs with the support of Federal and Provincial governments thanks to the signing of the Canada-New Brunswick Growing Forward 2 bilateral agreement.

$37 million in federal and provincial funding will be injected into modern and traditional programs covering research and innovation, market and business development and environmental stewardship over the next five years. ?Growing Forward 2 represents a significant investment in this important sector of our economy,? said Minister Olscamp. ?The new programs are tailored to meet the needs of New Brunswick farmers and focus on innovation, competitiveness and market development.?

Growing Forward 2 is a program designed to establish productivity and profitability for Canada?s agricultural sector. Growing Forward 2?s main focus is on innovation, competitiveness, and market development. The programs within it are meant to assist the agricultural industry to be able to better respond to future opportunities and to contribute to the Canadian economy.

Source: http://www.northbridgeconsultants.com/blog/2013/08/03/new-brunswick-launches-growing-forward-2-agricultural-programs/

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Dying 2-year-old is Pa. couple's best man

JEANNETTE, Pa. (AP) ? Looking dapper in a tiny tan pinstripe suit and orange shirt, a 2-year-old boy with only weeks to live served as the best man Saturday afternoon for his parents' Pennsylvania wedding.

Christine Swidorsky carried Logan Stevenson on her shoulder at the Saturday afternoon wedding in Jeannette, a suburb of Pittsburgh, the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review reported.

Logan stood with his grandmother, Debbie Stevenson, during a 12-minute ceremony uniting Logan's mother and his father, Sean Stevenson. The boy has leukemia and other complications.

"We're married," Swidorsky exclaimed joyously after kissing her groom to applause from family and friends.

After a whirlwind week, the Jeannette couple tied the knot in a hastily arranged backyard ceremony that formalized their union and celebrated Logan's life, which doctors say will be cut short soon by cancer.

The Stevensons abandoned an original wedding date of July 2014 after learning from doctors late last month that their son had two to three weeks to live. The couple wanted Logan to see them marry and to be part of family photos.

Logan, who was born Oct. 22, 2010, was diagnosed shortly after his first birthday with acute myeloid leukemia. He has Fanconi anemia, a rare disease that often leads to cancer.

He endured a stem cell transplant in July 2012. Last March, he underwent surgery to remove a kidney ravaged by a tumor.

During a Make-A-Wish trip to Disney World in June, Logan fell ill. He was hospitalized in Florida before he was flown back to Pittsburgh.

During a trip to the emergency room last month, a test revealed a mass in his remaining kidney, which led to his terminal prognosis. Logan is spending his remaining days at home, where he is showered with attention from family members.

Swidorsky's daughter, Isabella Johns, 13, served as bridesmaid and the couple's 1-year-old daughter, Savannah, was her parents' flower girl.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/dying-2-old-pa-couples-best-man-201005054.html

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Scientists decipher structure of NatA, an enzyme complex that modifies most human proteins

[unable to retrieve full-text content]Scientists have determined the structure of NatA, an enzyme complex that modifies one end of most human proteins and is made at elevated levels in numerous forms of cancer. Their findings, they believe, will allow them to create an inhibitor -- a potential drug -- that could knock out NatA in order to curb the growth of cancer cells.

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Oil exploration threatens Africa's billion dollar World Heritage Site

Africa?s oldest national park could be worth US$1.1 billion per year if developed sustainably, rather than being given over to potentially-damaging oil extraction, a report released by WWF today has found.

Virunga National Park has the potential to generate 45,000 permanent jobs through investments in hydropower, the fishery industry and ecotourism, according to analysis conducted by Dalberg Global Development Advisors, an independent consulting firm.

The Economic Value of Virunga National Park says exploitation of oil concessions, which have been allocated across 85 per cent of the World Heritage property, could bring pollution, cause instability and cost people their jobs.

?Virunga represents a valuable asset to Democratic Republic of the Congo and contributes to Africa?s heritage as the oldest and most biodiverse park on the continent,? the report says. ?Plans to explore for oil and exploit oil reserves put Virunga?s value at risk.?

In June, the UNESCO World Heritage Committee called for the cancelation of all Virunga oil permits and appealed to concession holders Total SA and Soco International PLC not to undertake exploration in World Heritage Sites. Total has committed to respecting Virunga?s current boundary, leaving UK-based Soco as the only oil company with plans to explore inside the park.

?Virunga?s rich natural resources are for the benefit of the Congolese people, not for foreign oil prospectors to drain away,? said Raymond Lumbuenamo, Country Director for WWF-Democratic Republic of the Congo. ?Our country?s future depends on sustainable economic development, and the livelihoods of over 50,000 people depend on this park. Oil extraction here could have devastating consequences for local communities that rely on Virunga for fish, drinking water and their other needs.?

Oil spills, pipeline leaks and gas flaring could contaminate the air, water and soil in the area with toxins, according to the report. It says studies of other oil producing regions have found that oil can cause health problems and fuel conflict.

Environmental impacts from oil extraction could threaten Virunga?s freshwater ecosystems, rich forests and rare wildlife, the study found. The park is home to over 3,000 different kinds of animals, including critically endangered mountain gorillas.

?This is where we draw the line. Oil companies are standing on the doorstep of one of the world?s most precious and fragile places, but we will not rest until Virunga is safe from this potential environmental disaster,? said Lasse Gustavsson, Executive Director of WWF International. ?Virunga has snow fields and lava fields, but it should not have oil fields.?

Today WWF is launching a campaign aimed at protecting Virunga National Park from oil extraction. The organization is calling on Soco to abandon its plans to explore for oil in Virunga and all other World Heritage Sites.

Source: http://wwf.panda.org?uNewsID=209516

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Japan launches talking humanoid robot into space

In this photo taken from video Japan's H-2B rocket lifts off from a launch pad at the Tanegashima Space Center in Tanegashima, southern Japan, Sunday, Aug. 4, 2013. Japan successfully launched the un-manned cargo transporter Sunday carrying close to five and a half tons of supplies and equipment, along with a small robot which will serve as a companion to Japanese astronaut Koichi Wakata who is onboard the International Space Station. (AP Photo/JAXA via AP video) MANDATORY CREDIT

In this photo taken from video Japan's H-2B rocket lifts off from a launch pad at the Tanegashima Space Center in Tanegashima, southern Japan, Sunday, Aug. 4, 2013. Japan successfully launched the un-manned cargo transporter Sunday carrying close to five and a half tons of supplies and equipment, along with a small robot which will serve as a companion to Japanese astronaut Koichi Wakata who is onboard the International Space Station. (AP Photo/JAXA via AP video) MANDATORY CREDIT

Japan's H-2B rocket lifts off from a launch pad at the Tanegashima Space Center in Tanegashima, southern Japan, Sunday, Aug. 4, 2013. Japan successfully launched the un-manned cargo transporter Sunday carrying close to five and a half tons of supplies and equipment, along with a small robot which will serve as a companion to Japanese astronaut Koichi Wakata who is onboard the International Space Station. (AP Photo/Kyodo News) JAPAN OUT, MANDATORY CREDIT

Japan's H-2B rocket lifts off from a launch pad at the Tanegashima Space Center in Tanegashima, southern Japan, Sunday, Aug. 4, 2013. Japan successfully launched the un-manned cargo transporter Sunday carrying close to five and a half tons of supplies and equipment, along with a small robot which will serve as a companion to Japanese astronaut Koichi Wakata who is onboard the International Space Station. (AP Photo/Kyodo News) JAPAN OUT, MANDATORY CREDIT

TOKYO (AP) ? Japan has launched the world's first talking humanoid robot "astronaut" toward the International Space Station.

Kirobo ? derived from the Japanese words for "hope" and "robot" ? was among five tons of supplies and machinery on a rocket launched Sunday from Tanegashima in southwestern Japan, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, or JAXA, said.

The childlike robot was designed to be a companion for astronaut Koichi Wakata and will communicate with another robot on Earth, according to developers. Wakata is expected to arrive at the space station in November.

Robot designer Tomotaka Takahashi, of the University of Tokyo, advertiser Dentsu and automaker Toyota Motor Corp. worked on the robot.

The challenge was making sure it could move and talk where there was no gravity.

Ahead of the launch, the 34-centimeter (13-inch) tall Kirobo told reporters, "one small step for me, a giant leap for robots."

Japan boasts the most sophisticated robotics in the world, but because of its "manga" culture, it tends to favor cute robots with human-like characteristics with emotional appeal, a use of technology that has at times drawn criticism for being not productive.

But Takahashi said sending a robot into space could help write a new chapter in the history of communication.

"I wish for this robot to function as a mediator between person and machine, or person and Internet and sometimes even between people," he said.

JAXA said the rocket launch was successful, and the separation of a cargo vehicle, carrying the robot to the space station, was confirmed about 15 minutes after liftoff.

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U.S. railroads get emergency safety order

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'Star Trek' villain Michael Ansara dies at 91

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Michael Ansara in 1960, on "Law of the Plainsman."

Michael Ansara, the rugged character actor who played Klingon commander Kang on three different "Star Trek" TV series, has died. He was 91.

Ansara, who was married to actress Barbara Eden of "I Dream of Jeannie" fame, died July 31 at his home in Calabasas, Calif., after a prolonged illness, his former publicist, Michael B. Druxman, said.

Born in a small village in Syria to American parents, Ansara starred as Native American characters on two 1950s primetime series: ABC's Western "Broken Arrow" (as Cochise) and NBC's "Law of the Plainsman" (as Deputy U.S. Marshal Sam Buckhart, another Apache).

Ansara is beloved by "Star Trek" fans as one of only seven actors to play the same character ? in his case legendary Klingon warrior Kang ? on three versions of the sci-fi series: the original (in the 1968 episode "Day of the Dove"), "Deep Space Nine" (1994's "Blood Oath") and "Voyager" (1996's "Flashback").

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He also had major roles in such films as 1953's "Julius Caesar and The Robe" (as Judas); 1955's "Jupiter?s Darling" (his co-star in that film, swimmer-turned-actress Esther Williams, died in June); 1961's "Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea" (he also appeared in the subsequent ABC series); "The Comancheros" (1961) with John Wayne; "The Greatest Story Ever Told" (1965); "Guns of the Magnificent Seven" (1969); "The Bears and I" (1974); "The Message" (1977); and "It?s Alive" (1974).

Ansara came to the U.S. with his American parents at the age of 2. As a teen, he and his family relocated to California, and he entered Los Angeles City College with the intention of becoming a doctor.

A stint at the Pasadena Playhouse (where fellow students included Charles Bronson, Carolyn Jones and Aaron Spelling) led to roles on stage and in films.

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Michael Ansara and Barbara Eden in 1969.

He was married to Eden from 1958-74. Their son, Matthew Michael Ansara, died in 2001. An actor, he died of an accidental heroin overdose at age 35.

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The senior Ansara's many TV appearances also included "The Untouchables," "Alfred Hitchcock Presents," "Perry Mason," "The Outer Limits," "Lost in Space," "I Dream of Jeannie" with his wife, "Hawaii Five-0" and James Michener's "Centennial" miniseries. He also voiced the role of Mr. Freeze on the animated "Batman" series.?

The deep-voiced Ansara, who has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, also was married for a brief time in the 1950s to the late Jean Byron, who played the mom on "The Patty Duke Show."

His Sam Buckhart character was introduced in two episodes of another ABC Western, "The Rifleman."

"After that series I went two years without working at all," Ansara recalled in a 1979 interview. "If you play one thing (in his case, a Native American), and you play it well, they would type you, and it would be difficult to get other roles."

Survivors include Beverly, his wife of 36 years, his sister Rose, his niece Michelle and nephew Michael John.A private service is pending. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to St. Michael's Antiochian Orthodox Church in Van Nuys. ??

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London teenager Thomas Ousby dies after Spanish hotel fall

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Tributes have been paid to a teenager from London who died after falling from a hotel in Spain.

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Thomas Ousby died after falling from a fire escape on the ninth floor of a four-star hotel in Magaluf, Majorca, according to reports.

The 19-year-old, who was believed to be staying at another hotel, had spoken about returning to the UK days before his death on Thursday.

Writing on Twitter, the aspiring model and musician said: ?Magas all good, coming home sometime this week tho.?

He told friends he was promoting bars and boat trips at the party resort, tweeting in June: ?Crazy times haha! It?s all good selling tickets for bar crawls n boat parties.?

Tributes flooded on to the social networking site, including a picture of his name spelled out in tea-light candles, and pictures of the teenager with his friends.

Lily Delphine, 18, a film student from London, wrote: ?I wish we were all together again?, adding, ?On the balcony with everyone, having a cheeky drink and listening to toms ipod.?

Danielle McCabe tweeted: ?Thomas William Ousby has the most amazing energy I?ve ever met in a person, I truly adore him and cannot understand why he?s not here.?

Milena wrote: ?I will treasure every fond memory. Every morning you woke us up singing and dancing. Every ?hii guyss? through the window. Every big smile.?

A spokesman for the Atlantic Park hotel in Magaluf, where the incident is reported to have happened, refused to comment.

A YouTube video of Mr Ousby playing drums to Taylor Swift?s song 22 has been watched more than 9,000 times.

A Foreign Office spokeswoman said: ?We were notified on August 3 of the death of a British national in Spain and are providing consular assistance to the family at this time.?

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Mayor Bloomberg Announces Approval of Development That Will Allow for Expansion and Funding of Brooklyn Bridge Park

Jul 31, 2013 / The City of New York Office of the Mayor

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Mayor Bloomberg announced today that the Brooklyn Bridge Park Board of Directors has selected a joint venture of Alloy Development and Monadnock Development to design and develop a residential building at John Street in DUMBO. New parkland, to include? pedestrian bridges over a tidal salt marsh, tree-lined pathways, and a 13,000-square-foot gathering lawn, will also be built at the John Street site. The 1.5-acre site, formerly owned by Con Edison, is at the northernmost section of the park. The residential building will include 47 apartments and cultural and retail space on the ground floor, to be occupied by the Brooklyn Children?s Museum. There will also be improved pedestrian access to the park at the Jay Street.

?Brooklyn Bridge Park has quickly become one of our city?s favorite parks, attracting visitors who enjoy its innovative design, new amenities and breathtaking views,? said Mayor Bloomberg. ?New parkland and residential development at John Street will allow the park to grow and continue to thrive as one of the highlights of our city?s new green waterfront.?

?Today?s board action is another positive step forward for the long-term financial stability of Brooklyn Bridge Park,? said Deputy Mayor for Economic Development and Brooklyn Bridge Park Corporation Chairman Robert K. Steel. ?This investment in residential, retail and cultural space will strengthen the public-private partnership that has made this park so successful and spur healthy economic development that will extend beyond the neighborhood of Dumbo.?

?Brooklyn Bridge Park is emerging as one of our City?s premier waterfront destinations with stunning views and a sustainable design,? said NYC Parks Commissioner Veronica M. White.? ?Today?s announcement helps to ensure that the park will continue to be well maintained for years to come.?

?Securing residential development at John Street further strengthens the park?s financial footing and our ability to operate and maintain the park far into the future,? said Regina Myer, President of Brooklyn Bridge Park.? ?In addition, we are thrilled to be developing and integrating new parkland into the northern portion of the park and improving pedestrian access at Jay Street.?

?The Alloy Development/ Monadnock Development partnership to bring 47 residential units and the first annex of the Brooklyn Children's Museum is truly the dot on the exclamation point that is Brooklyn Bridge Park,? said Borough President Marty Markowitz.? ?Not only will this development generate income to help achieve the goal of a self-financing park, DUMBO?s Johns Street will be on par with Sesame Street for the borough?s toddler and preteen set once the renowned Brooklyn Children's Museum opens its doors on the waterfront.? And kudos to the Brooklyn Bridge Park Corporation for moving forward on the construction of new parkland in the northern portion of the park and improving pedestrian access at Jay Street. With Brooklyn?s ?Eden on the East River,? now stretching from Atlantic Avenue to north of the Manhattan Bridge, the rest of nation is green with envy.?

?Having lived and worked in DUMBO for many years, we are grateful for the opportunity to contribute to the experience of the Park,? said Jared Della Valle, President of Alloy?Development. ??1 John Street is a special site and we look forward to developing a meaningful piece of architecture there.?

?We?re very excited that the City is giving us this opportunity,? said Nick Lembo, President of Monadnock Development. ??I want to thank the teams at Monadnock and at Alloy, the?Brooklyn Children?s Museum, and, of course , Brooklyn Bridge Park and the City for bringing this to life. ?It?s humbling to work on such an iconic strip of waterfront, and we can?t wait?to see the vibrance 1 John Street adds to this already amazing neighborhood!?

Located in the future John Street section of the park, the residential development will include 47?residential units comprising a total of 96,440 square feet, 2,650 square feet of ground floor retail and 1,750 square feet of cultural space, which will open the first annex of the Brooklyn?Children's Museum, a premier cultural institution based in Crown Heights, Brooklyn that provides exhibitions, cultural and environmental educational programming for children and?families. Over the course of the lease term, the guaranteed payments from the development site are projected to result in $21.6 million of net present value. ?Alloy will design the property?and expects to achieve LEED Gold Certification. Construction is anticipated to begin in 2014 with expected completion in?winter?2015.

The development selection marks a milestone for the park?s long-term financial model with an additional source of revenue that will be directed to fund the park?s maintenance and operations. In addition, the acquisition of the site ensures site control over the entire area as outlined in the General Project Plan and the ability to move forward on the construction of new parkland. With support from Councilmember Levin, construction will also add a second major park entrance at Jay Street that will provide direct access to public transportation at York Street and increase connections to the growing commercial business on Jay Street and the surrounding Dumbo and Vinegar Hill neighborhoods.

Brooklyn Bridge Park Corporation, known as Brooklyn Bridge Park, is the not-for-profit entity responsible for the planning, construction, maintenance and operation of Brooklyn Bridge Park, an 85-acre sustainable waterfront park stretching 1.3 miles along Brooklyn?s East River shoreline. The park was designed by the award-winning firm of Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates, Inc.??

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Product Type: Google Tablet PCs / eBook Readers

Newest Review:?... 720P video camera) and runs jellybean 4.2. The nexus 7 holds its own against all other tablets in the smaller spectrum including the iPad... more

I bought the 32Gb Wifi Version the week it got released last year and I still am not dissapointed I use skype and all kinds of social networks on it and it works great. I do graphic design in my spare time and all my designs looks spectacular on the display as it's so sharp and I would highly recommend everyone to buy one as you will not be dissapointed. It is good value for money as it cost me ?200 and for the satisfaction this gave me I take this everywhere as I can do multiple things from gaming to e-mail to social media to uploading youtube videos as I am a busy guy and this easily copes with my busy schedule and even though i'm on my last year of school I can easily do research on this without needing to go anywhere near my laptop so In my words buy this product.

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Heathwood funding campaign: We need your support!

We?ve recently launched a new funding campaign on Indiegogo. You can read more about this funding drive below or on our indiegogo page (http://igg.me/at/heathwood-institute-and-press/x/4227978)

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Heathwood Institute and Press is a non-profit, critical theoretical organisation that was formed by a collective of academic researchers across a wide range of disciplines.

Motivated and inspired by Frankfurt School critical theory, our aim is to investigate the root causes of social, economic and environmental inequality by offering foundational, multidimensional and holistic social critique as well as developing concrete, critical alternatives to the type of social policy symptomatic of today?s highly unjust societies.

We delve into history, anthropology, psychology and sociology, and ask fundamental questions about the way we as humans have historically related to ourselves, the world and each other. We look at how we humans respond to our experiences (emotionally, psychologically, and in our actions) and why we organise our institutions, societies and belief systems in the ways that we do. We ask hard questions about our theories of religion, knowledge and education, and about how we build and perpetuate ideologies and economic systems. In essence, we seek to understand how, why and when we relate to ourselves, the world and each other in destructive ways, and ultimately to develop new, healthier ways of relating and acting in the world.

To do this we bring together academics from a range of disciplines; economists, sociologists, anthropologists, educationalists, philosophers, theologians?

One of our aims is to take what we perceive to be of value from the traditions of the Frankfurt School, and to retrieve, redevelop, rework and advance it to be relevant and useful in 21st Century society. In building on and extending the traditions of Frankfurt School critical theory, we strive to not only challenge existing fields of research and policy, but also to fundamentally challenge from a foundational and multidisciplinary perspective the existing social model as a whole, with a mind towards promoting systemic change.

Through our research we are working to develop an understanding of the meaning of healthy social progress in the 21st Century from a holistic, integrated and methodologically unique perspective. We aim to achieve this through the advancement of critical theoretical thought by calling for new standpoints of critique and ultimately grounding our calls for new norms of critique according to a foundational, multidimensional critical theory of society.

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The mission of Heathwood Institute and Press is to address the root causes of social, economic and environmental inequality, and to also develop healthy and sustainable alternative ways of being.

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In order to maintain our critical stance, we choose to adopt a wholly autonomous economic and political position in the face of society?s present socioeconomic-political circumstance. For these reasons we do not have shareholders or trustees. Nor do we have ties with multinational corporations or to the more general distortions of the global market.

In the same sentiment, Heathwood does not under any circumstance accept conditional funding. In this respect we are proud and, indeed, humbled to be one of the few remaining independent academic groups left.

But as a wholly independent organisation it is not always easy to financially sustain the type of autonomous practice we believe in, especially as predominant economic policy continues to strangle the independent and public spheres of our society.

Therefore if you would like to support Heathwood, its growing list of authors and researchers, and the development of new works, any amount of financial support will go a long way toward sustaining the daily practice of our organisation.

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In addition, this will not only will this money help support the organisation?s key project, which centers around investigating the roots of social, economic and environmental inequality. It will also enable us to continue to our (free) online publication programme, which supports the democratic rights of citizens to have free access to information by providing original research and editorial content without any sort of monetary barriers or discriminations.

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If the organisation does not reach its total goal in obtaining ?40,000, the money that is donated will still be put toward the needs stated above.

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Your contribution will make a significant impact in terms of supporting Heathwood?s project when it comes to understanding the meaning of ?social progress? in 21st Century society. It will support further research developments in the areas of foundational social critique as well as the generation of new works that deal with concrete, critical alternatives in the areas of economics, philosophy, psychology, anthropology and education.

Already our organisation has gained extremely positive feedback from academic circles all over the world. With a large and continuously growing readership ranging from academics to ?everyday citizens?, your financial support will have a direct impact on the future of our collective project and will allow us to continue to establish an open, alternative democratic dialogue with readers, researchers and policy makers.

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Kate Hudson Proves She?s World?s Coolest Aunt in New Ann Taylor Ads

The actress stars in the brand's fall campaign with her nephews, Oliver Hudson's boys Bodhi and Wilder.

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FOR KIDS: Sniffing for cancer

FOR KIDS: Sniffing for cancer

New surgical tool offers surgeons speedier diagnosis of tissues that are cancerous

By Stephen Ornes

Web edition: August 2, 2013

New surgical tool offers surgeons speedier diagnosis of tissues that are cancerous

By Stephen Ornes

Web edition: August 2, 2013

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Surgeon's helper

New iKnife takes just seconds to see if tissue is normal. Liver tissue at left (diagonal angle) has cancer; tissue at right is healthy.

Credit: Science Translational Medicine/AAAS

Meet the iKnife: It?s a new tool that may help surgeons shorten the operating time for cancer patients. Within three seconds, it can tell whether cut tissue is healthy or cancerous, a new study finds. The same identification takes up to 30 minutes when done by a person, as it is now.

Visit the new Science News for Kids website and read the full story: Sniffing for cancer

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C. Gelling. ?Surgical tool smokes out cancer in seconds.? Science News. July 18, 2013.

Source: http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/352110/title/FOR_KIDS_Sniffing_for_cancer

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James Franco gets punched in the face

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Still annoyed by James Franco's subpar performance hosting the 2011 Academy Awards? The disaster that was 2011's not-so-notable film "Your Highness"? Want to punch him in the face for those duds and others?

Comedy Central just did.

In the first promo for the upcoming "Comedy Central Roast of James Franco," the network gives it to the actor ? in glorious slow motion.

Even Comedy Central's president of original programming (jokingly) questions the talent of the actor. "If only James Franco was a more successful, multi-hyphenated, incessant creative risk taker in different media, he'd be the perfect person to roast," Kent Alterman said in a statement when the Franco roast was announced. "I suppose we'll just have to make do."

The network announced Friday that Seth Rogen, who co-starred alongside Franco in "This Is the End" and "Freaks and Geeks," will be the Roastmaster.?

The roast will air on Comedy Central on Sept. 2.

Source: http://www.today.com/entertainment/james-franco-gets-punched-face-6C10825036

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"2 Guns" movie review: Denzel Washington and Mark Wahlberg are a new breed of buddy cops

In "2 Guns," Denzel Washington, left, and Mark Wahlberg play federal agents so undercover neither knows the other's a fed. (Provided by Universal Pictures)

R. 109 minutes. At area theaters.

Based on dark comic-book ace Steven Grant's series, "2 Guns" comes with graphic-novel pedigree. It's R-rated. So it lives up to its title with noisy shootouts ? there's even a Mexican standoff ? mixed with other events that go "boom!" And there are threats of torture and moments of outright deadly dispatch that distinguish it from much of the cartoonish mayhem of "Red 2," with which it shares some DNA.

But the biggest guns this action flick brandishes are stars Denzel Washington and Mark Wahlberg who have very different acting styles that work surprisingly well together.

Just when this summer season had us wondering which A-listers can not only open, but sustain, a major release, along comes this pair as good as peanut butter and chocolate.

Or as DEA agent Bobby Trench (Washington) and naval intelligence officer Michael "Stig" Stigman joke, the ebony and ivory keys on a piano.

That there's little harmonious about their alliance for much of the picture is what makes the movie consistently entertaining. Like "The Heat," one of the few bona fide box-office hits of the summer, "2 Guns" builds its buddy flick atop the notion that its buddies really don't trust each other.

As the movie starts, Bobby and Stig seem like a team. They're casing a bank in a dusty Texas border town. The wrinkle here is each man ? unbeknownst to the other ? is a lawman working to entrap his partner.

That's just one twist in a film rife with them. Without plunging into the labyrinth of plot, let's just say the two come to accept that they've been double-crossed by people they put their trust in.

In fact corruption is so rampant ? naval officers, DEA honchos or, most chilling of all, a CIA operative ? that Edward James Olmos' Mexican drug lord Papi Greco seems at least transparent in his mean business. With Bill Paxton's turn as a psychopathic CIA agent, the movie also recalls "No Country for Old Men," without any of the existential insights.

More often director Baltasar Korm?kur and screenwriter Blake Masters spike the action with comedic touches, visual as well as verbal. A garage-door light offers a moment of wonderfully winking wit. And the score has pleasing hints of those breezy, violent movies based on Elmore Leonard crime novels.

But it's Wahlberg's gift for off-the-cuff gab that makes "2 Guns" such a kick.

Which doesn't mean there aren't instances that make you go "huh?" How does a high-profile drug dealer not notice the deeply rumbling Dodge Challenger and its two occupants outside his mistress' home in a McMansion neighborhood? And what did a woman named Maybelle ever do that her diner deserves the ill treatment it gets from Bobby and Stig?

Then there's the bigger problem of Paula Patton, who plays Bobby's DEA contact and sometimes squeeze. Patton's got a knotty mission that she's not entirely able to fulfill. Is she damsel or femme fatale or a bit of both? That quandary isn't the problem. The glitch is the movie doesn't make us invested in the answer.

A friend once said that buddy movies had stepped into the space once occupied by screwball comedy romances, which made a fine habit of pairing two neurotically different personalities with their unexpected complement. He was writing a review of "Lethal Weapon 2" at the time. He was spot on.

When it comes to "2 Guns," he's still right. The result of this screwball shoot-'em-up is funny and action-packed ? yup, weirdly warm and fuzzy for a movie called "2 Guns."

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Fox sitcom 'Dads' blasted weeks before its debut

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) ? It doesn't debut until next month, but the Fox sitcom "Dads" is already taking heat in early reviews for being crass, sexist and exploiting racial stereotypes.

Facing reporters Thursday, its stars and producers defended the show as focusing on human frailties for the sake of laughs and enlightenment. They vowed to refine it, as needed, as the season unfolds, and asked its audience not to rush to judgment.

"In the pilot (episode) we all noticed some things we'd like to change or tweak moving forward," co-creator Alec Sulkin said at the session of the Television Critics Association. He acknowledged they may have "missed the mark a few times" in the pilot.

"The first six episodes, you're improving your pilot," said Mike Scully, another executive producer whose credits include the once-excoriated "The Simpsons."

"I think you're going to notice a change in the tone and balance," Scully said.

Yet another executive producer of the series is Seth MacFarlane, who wasn't present at the session. His animated comedies, including "Family Guy," have won him popularity as well as criticism for their rawness.

"Dads" centers on two friends, played by Seth Green and Giovanni Ribisi, whose politically incorrect fathers re-enter their lives and disrupt them. The raucous, loose-lipped dads are played by Martin Mull and Peter Riegert.

"Historically, television has been a provocative medium. It's a medium we look at to observe ourselves," said Green, before noting that the show has "some disparaging portraits of white men."

"Dads" premieres Sept. 17.

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Russian Gays Forced To Drink Urine And Beaten As Part Of ?Cure ...

Russian Gays Forced To Drink Urine And Beaten As Part Of ?Cure? By Nationalist?Thugs

Published 1, August 2, 2013 Constitutional Law , Criminal law , Free Speech , International , Politics , Religion , Society

We have been following the threats to arrest gay athletes in Russia under the new anti-homosexual laws of the Putin regime ? a threat repeated recently by a minister despite assurances from the International Olympic Committee. One official however suggested it may be suspended for the games. Now there are reports The Putin governments alliance with the Russian Orthodox Church has expressed itself in the abusive prosecution of the band Pussy Riot as well as the crackdown on gays and lesbians. Now these reports detail videotapes of gay men being forced to drink urine and abused as a ?cure? of their homosexuality.

The abuse is being organized by a nationalist party headed by a man previously sentenced for hate crimes. The videos discussed in the latest article were shot in the industrial town of Kamensk-Uralsky.

Maksim Martsinkevich, an ultranationalist, has pushed supporters to use this ?cure? and told a website associated with Putin?s security services that ?I hope that these broken lives ? and they really do have broken lives ? will be an example to the generation growing up that they shouldn?t behave like that.?

That?s right, having urine poured on your head and being beaten by thugs can cure a sexual orientation.

Martsinkevich is obviously a disturbed and dangerous individual, but not nearly as disturbed and dangerous as the Putin government encouraging such attacks with these laws. The ?gay propaganda? law is written in absurdly broad language to allow the government carte blanche in arresting gays and lesbians.

The law passed 436-0 in the Russian Duma. The law prohibits ?propaganda of homosexuality to minors? to ?protect[] children from information harmful to their health and development.? Even suggesting the equality of gay and traditional relationships can be viewed as violating the ban on promoting ?non-traditional sexual relationships.?

Such discriminatory laws obviously emboldened monsters like Martsinkevich and his followers. The result is a major rollback of human rights in Russia ? part of an overall attack on civil liberties by Putin.

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El mayor fabricante de gafas tiene la mira puesta en Brasil y Asia

El mercado de lujo podr?a estar enfri?ndose, pero en el caso de las gafas, el pron?stico es de d?as soleados en los mercados emergentes. Esas son buenas noticias para Luxottica SpA, el mayor grupo de anteojos del mundo.

La empresa italiana, que es due?a de marcas ic?nicas como Ray-Ban y Oakley y cuenta con licencias para producir gafas de dise?ador como Burberry, Chanel y Armani, factur? el a?o pasado 7.000 millones de euros (US$9.290 millones) en ventas y registr? un aumento interanual de 7% en sus ingresos del segundo trimestre de 2013.

Andrea Guerra, presidente ejecutivo de la empresa desde 2004, encabez? una campa?a de adquisiciones para establecer a Luxottica en mercados nuevos en todo el mundo. S?lo el a?o pasado, realiz? cuatro compras, incluidas Grupo Tecnol Ltda., un destacado fabricante de gafas en Brasil, as? como cadenas minoristas en Espa?a, Portugal e Italia.

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Andrea Guerra, presidente ejecutivo de Luxottica.

El mercado europeo de Luxottica tambi?n se sigue expandiendo, a pesar de una crisis econ?mica que ha perjudicado a los fabricantes de bolsos y ropa de dise?ador.

En una entrevista con The Wall Street Journal en la sede central de Luxottica en Mil?n, Guerra, de 48 a?os, habl? sobre la competencia de precios, el estilo pragm?tico de los estadounidenses y por qu? Brasil es el mercado de gafas por conquistar. A continuaci?n, pasajes editados de la conversaci?n.

WSJ: ?En qu? se diferencian los clientes europeos, asi?ticos y estadounidenses?

Guerra: Es la pregunta del mill?n. Hay muchas similitudes entre los consumidores mediterr?neos y asi?ticos: ambos quieren un cierto estilo de vida y buscan una relaci?n emocional con lo que compran.

Los consumidores estadounidenses son m?s pragm?ticos. Estados Unidos, comparado con Europa, siempre es un poco m?s conservador y tradicional. Piense en los modelos m?s legendarios: todos nacieron en EE.UU. ?Ray-Ban y Oakley, por ejemplo? pero s?lo por su valor funcional.

Oakley era perfecto para los deportes, gracias a su valor tecnol?gico, mientras los Ray-Ban eran los anteojos que usaban los pilotos porque les facilitaban ver en cualquier situaci?n clim?tica. Se trata de funciones concretas m?s que de una conexi?n real con la marca. Pero eso est? cambiando.

WSJ: ?Y Asia?

Guerra: Asia es un descubrimiento nuevo todos los d?as. Es como una tienda de dulces, un mundo nuevo, nuevos modelos de negocios, consumidores que descubren una tendencia nueva todos los d?as. En China, hasta hace cinco a?os, las gafas ni siquiera exist?an. Ahora est?n ganando terreno.

Nuestros mercados m?s importantes son Brasil, Turqu?a, India y China. Y los mencion? en este orden por un motivo. Brasil definitivamente es nuestra prioridad n?mero uno. China est? creciendo ciertamente pero a?n es un mercado peque?o para nosotros.

WSJ: ?C?mo responde a las cr?ticas que se?alan que Luxottica usa su posici?n para mantener los precios de las gafas artificialmente altos?

Guerra: No hay barreras de entrada en este sector. Cualquiera puede ingresar y vender a precios competitivos. Lo hermoso de la industria es que realmente se pueden conseguir gafas a cualquier precio, desde US$1 hasta US$1.000. Adem?s, ni siquiera representamos 10% de todo el mercado. Nadie ?ni reguladores ni otras autoridades? nos ha planteado inquietudes sobre competencia. Estamos muy lejos de eso.

WSJ: ?Cu?l es su estrategia para realizar adquisiciones?

Guerra: Nuestros dos grandes motores son las marcas y la geograf?a. Nos fijamos en marcas globales y de alto valor, de las cuales en general no tenemos un equivalente en nuestro portafolio. Del lado minorista, buscamos en ?reas con alto potencial: Am?rica Latina, el Sudeste Asi?tico y otros pa?ses emergentes.

WSJ: El a?o pasado compr? la cadena minorista Sun Planet, en Espa?a y Portugal.

Guerra: Esto responde a otra necesidad. Algunas adquisiciones, como en ese caso, son una forma de establecer una presencia minorista en un pa?s.

WSJ: ?C?mo ha hecho Luxottica para ser rentable en Italia?

Guerra: Primero, operamos en un sector relativamente joven as? que nos beneficiamos de un contexto de crecimiento global. Adem?s, hemos forjado marcas fuertes y buenas y emotivas relaciones con los clientes. Las marcas son mucho m?s importantes ahora que hace diez o 15 a?os.

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