Traffic into a tailspin, but it was a fake

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The witness: "It was a joke, I was there," I like this I dislike this content contenutoNon 0 people like this contenutoA 0 people do not like this content Link: The suspect was there. Now comes the confirmation. The video of the man who can not maneuver and blocks traffic, it is a fake, a forgery. The movie, funny because in a few minutes funnel remain bottled up a gang of bikers, a procession, and a crowd of people, totaled hundreds of thousands of clicks on the main network (on Courier. Com Republic. It, even the Guardian ), almost four hundred thousand only on Youtube. But it was a joke, a cross between a commercial and a flash-mob.

The original video: traffic and crowd in Cardiff -> -> I like this I dislike this content contenutoNon 0 people like this content 0 people do not like this content Link: WITNESS – A Cardito the town north of Naples where was shot as everyone knows, though, oddly, not everyone is willing to talk about it. In Via Marconi where it happened, "the fact" c, is un'autoffficina, from there, Antonio Griffo has seen it all and is willing, finally, to tell. "The thing happened December 27, 2011, – he said – here early in the morning I got a crew, the road was closed to traffic, they said they would have to shoot a commercial."

IN TOWN – "When I saw the video on Youtube I did not believe my eyes. Among the crowd – he adds Griffo – there are myself and my father. We knew that we would be taken but I never imagined that it would come out this way. " So, that day of shooting has been transformed, "artfully" in a kind of amateur video and released on the internet as a virus accumulating hundreds of thousands of hits.

NETWORK – The Youtube account in the name of "salvuz Michielli" where you loaded the video was created on February 4, affixed to upload this video. Our witness says to also recognize "some actor saw somewhere else." The priest, who intervenes at some point in the movie, someone suggests, may be the actor Antonio Jewel. But there are many other clues that suggested that it was a fake, since the unlikely vestments of the priest, not at all conventional. Bikers are not absolutely constant reality of the small provincial hinterland of Naples. Finally, the driver eventually even to unmask alone wondering when they would appear ultras arrive on time after a few seconds. In short, a series of coincidences that are difficult to verify in an alley in a city like Cardiff.

Citroen launches new C4 Picasso MPV, original, flexible, lightweight and simple

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The new C4 Picasso will launch platform modular "EMP 2" PSA, which was developed to also the successor to the Peugeot 308 compact sedan, which will be manufactured at Sochaux and launched on the last quarter of 2013. This flexible platform will also in principle to the successors of Peugeot 508 and Citroën C5 upper middle class. It has the advantage of allowing relief sensitive. It evokes gains 70 pounds on the platform for the C4 Picasso. In total, including aluminum hood, a seven-seat Grand Picasso will be lighter than 140 pounds, says the manufacturer. Shorter than the current one, the new Citroën MPV measured 4.43 meters long five-seater version. Original, modular, better finished than the current one, the new vehicle will receive a range of petrol engines of 120 and 155 horsepower. Diesel, there will be versions of 95, 115 and 150 horsepower. To the most simple issue just 98 grams of C02. As a city.

Citroën needs to revive its minivan which is slowing. The current version in late 2006 and early 2007 depending on version. Segment leader in 2008, it was only the sixth compact minivan in Europe last year with 77. 988 sales and nearly 10% of the segment, just ahead of his half-brother 5008 (52. 042), but behind-and off-the Renault Scénic (132. 146), Mercedes B Class (119. 194 units) The Ford C-Max (109. 910), the Volkswagen Touran (106. 630), the Opel Zafira (96. 292). The compact MPV segment rather stable in Europe, represented 795. 000 total sales in 2012.

“Rather than selling to the poor, it would be better to buy them”

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Anil Gupta. Honey Bee's how to find sources of innovation in people and in unexpected places can be useful to France and European countries to overcome the crisis, must reinvent itself quickly and frugally, taking into account budgetary constraints. When twenty-five years ago, we started this exploration of ideas, solutions and innovations in rural India, nobody is interested, let alone innovation specialists who organize public research or private. Governments do not realize that they are missing out on a vast reservoir of creativity. As if the poor are economically, they are not in knowledge. Their ideas can push the boundaries of science and technology. Better, we can learn new ways of thinking and solving problems. With no material resources, they maximize what they have in abundance: the imagination. The brains margin are not marginal brain. In other words, if you want to become a resource-efficient economy and productive ideas, you need to learn from these people.

Precisely, we too often think that great ideas come only large companies, major laboratories, etc.. This is true for infrastructure and major equipment. But finding a robust and inexpensive solution to help an elderly person climbing stairs, that a kid can do it. It is not to erect informal innovation in autonomous system. We seek instead to connect traditional knowledge with modern science. For example, the villages have developed for their own consumption of healthy food and very inexpensive but the market can not deliver in the state. Science we need to increase their shelf life. That is why we have signed agreements with the Indian Council of Medical Research and the scientific research and industrial applications. For it is by connecting the best innovations in the field with the best science that we produce technology and durable goods. This is a very new that nobody had yet developed a large scale as we did with our database and some 160,000 current projects.

Not to this day. But we are quite willing. We have, for example, in our base a small company that designs local food, agricultural herbicides, creams, nourishing, healing, anti-mosquito. We would be delighted to contract with a major pharmaceutical company subject to take into consideration these innovators, informed of project progress and lends a share of profits. We believe in international property rights individual! We filed 509 patents and licensed technologies 64 to 78 entrepreneurs. For their benefit we launched with SCID, the Indian public bank for SMEs, a venture fund MicroCapital with 1 million may invest up to 30 thousand dollars in projects. But we also created the concept of technology commons [the creative commons model, extension of copyright for distribution free under certain conditions, Ed]: individuals can copy them by against companies must pay royalties. To last, our societies will increasingly rely on the notion of communal ownership. We need private goods and public goods, but also communal property.

The most interesting thing for them is to understand how these products have been designed and engineered so cheaply. This often makes analogical reasoning: for example, a farmer sees a sieve collector peanuts and a village on the coast adapts to clean the beaches. Companies can especially learn how to release unnecessary constraints. Procedures of modern science sometimes think that there is only one way to optimize materials costs and the life of a product. So you manufacture bicycles designed to last five years and cost 500 euros. Made with recycled materials, they only last a year but would cost 50 euros over five years the expenditure is divided by two. The modern science and technology have even higher expectations in terms of complexity. We do not know just thinking. I know an old lady who wants a laptop with just three buttons, one for each of his children call. Why offer him more complicated? We pay 250 for Windows offers features not only use 20%. Why not propose tariff escalation as needed to use? This complexity is neither sustainable nor ethical. We have developed innovative compressed air motors whose consumption costs less than five cents per kilometer, refrigerators terracotta consume zero electricity, non-stick coatings for pots and pans returning five dollars!

We propose the exact opposite. He wanted that large companies can sell to the poor. Us, they would buy them. People who are at the bottom of the economic pyramid are not at the bottom of the pyramid of knowledge, or at the bottom of the innovation, and even less at the bottom of the Ethics. We are not the bottom of the pyramid, but the tip of the iceberg. Rather than talking about "BOP" [bottom of the pyramid], I would prefer to say "YOU" [tip of the iceberg]. The real development is to increase the capacity of individuals rather than decrease.

Grand-son of a Hindu monk reformer. PhD in Innovation Management and professor at the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad (Gujarat). Founded in 1985 the Honey Bee Lance Network1993 the Society for Research and Initiatives for Sustainable Technologies and Institutions (Sristi, www. SRISTI. Org), Ahmedabad. 1997 Creates Grassroots Innovation Augmentation Network (GIAN, www. Gian. Org) 2000 Establishes the National Innovation Foundation (NIF, www. Nifindia. Org) with the Indian Ministry of Science and Technology.

Support logistiqueAssuré by the NGO Sristi (Society for Research and Initiatives for Sustainable Technologies and Institutions), based in Ahmedabad (Gujarat). www. SRISTI. orgCommercialisation brevetsGérés and the NIF (National Innovation Foundation). Since 2000, 550 patents were registered, including 35 in India and four in the United States. Database 160 000 innovative projects. www. nifindia. orgIncubateurRôle provided by GIAN (Grassroots Innovation Augmentation Network), an NGO mainly present in northern and western India. Based in Ahmedabad and Jaipur. www. gian. orgFinancementLe venture capital funds MVIF (Micro Venture Innovation Fund) invests in more than 160 projects in various stages of incubation. www. nif. org. in / mvif_bdRelais technologiqueLe Techpedia portal lists over 100000 projects jointly carried out by SMEs and technology students from 500 universities. www. techpedia. in

Gaza: visits to Arab leaders undermine reconciliation (Abbas)

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President of the Palestinian Authority Mahmoud Abbas condemned the recent visits to several Arab leaders in the Gaza Strip, which he aggravate divisions and obstruct the process of national reconciliation. Speaking at the Summit of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation, which takes place in Cairo, Abbas called to tell the difference between legitimate humanitarian support to the Palestinian enclave granted political contacts with Hamas, the latter being, he said, as if "the Gaza Strip had political status apart." "We welcome and support all efforts in humanitarian character, while rejecting requests or actions that undermine the unity of the Palestinian government. We consider as a factor fueling differences at the expense of Palestinian interests and efforts focused on national reconciliation "said the president of the Palestinian Authority. He recalled that despite the coup of 2007 and the PISA power in Gaza by Hamas, the Palestinian Authority always respected its commitments in the enclave and continued to pay him more than $ 130 million by months. The statement comes after Abbas' recent visits to the Gaza Strip from the Emir of Qatar Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, Prime Minister of Egypt and leader Hicham when co Najib the Malaysian government which met with representatives of Hamas .

Rossi is still fast, “This is my bike”

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A smile on the face of Valentino thus not been seen since October 10, 2010 in Sepang. That day with the Yamaha won his last Grand Prix before plunging into the abyss of two years Ducati. Yesterday, the same Malaysian track, everything is back as it was then. Debut with the M1 in the first test of 2013 and Rossi was fourth, preceded by the Spanish trio Pedrosa (Honda), Lorenzo (Yamaha) and the fantastic rookie Marquez (Honda). The separation from Robottino is 4/10, which is not bad and it was only the first exit (today and tomorrow is continuous), and because, historically, this is a type of margin VR46 has always reduced in the race with his class . If you add to this the Ducati lagging as in 2012 (Hayden 10 ° to 179 2'', 2'' Dovizioso 13 ° to 378), the rehabilitation of the sample is already fully occurred. In a day.

"I am very happy, I could not expect more – says Vale -. It is very different calculate the detachment in tenths rather than in seconds. . . Contrary to what had happened with the Ducati, Yamaha I immediately felt at home and I like to drive! And then any changes made you immediate feedback. " The opposite of what happened in the red box, where a million changes have never taken even one thousandth of growth.

Evolution is technical and psychological: "I was the first to have doubts, I did not know what to expect even though I knew I could be fast. Go so it was a great relief, "admits Rossi, who knows well that he is still only the beginning of a long and difficult path," Pedrosa and Lorenzo are very fast: I am a bit 'older and I have to commit a lot to be to their level. Marquez then was incredible. I expected it to start strong, but not so. . . ". An opponent on the road in most of the podium, although for now the important thing is different: "This is my bike, I finally returned home."

EADS: a new board guarantees the independence of the group

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It's almost a new era for EADS opens. EADS has finally found the twelve members of the future Board of Directors, which will be proposed to the Extraordinary General Meeting (EGM) of shareholders: Manfred Bischoff, 70, director of Royal KPN NV and UniCredit and Chairman of the Supervisory Board J. Mr. Voith AG and Daimler AG, Ralph D. Crosby, Jr., 65, a member of the Board of Serco Group PLC and formerly a member of the board of directors of Northrop Grumman Corporation and EADS N. V. And Tom Enders, 54, executive chairman (CEO) of EADS N. V. , Hans-Peter Keitel, 65, vice-president of the Federation of German Industries (BDI) and former CEO of Hochtief AG, Hermann-Josef Lamberti, 57, Member of the Supervisory Board of Carl Zeiss AG and EADS (since 2007), member of the Advisory Committee Barmenia Versicherungen and former board member of Deutsche Bank AG, Anne Lauvergeon, 53, partner of Capital Efficiency and CEO of A. L. P. S. A. and former CEO of Areva, Lakshmi N. Mittal, 61, Chairman and CEO of ArcelorMittal and member of the board of directors of Goldman Sachs and EADS N. V. since 2007, Sir John Parker, 70, chairman of Anglo American PLC, Deputy Chairman of DP World and former Chairman of the Board of Directors of National Grid PLC, the Board of Directors of EADS since 2007 Pébereau, 71 years, Honorary President of BNP Paribas Board of Directors of Saint-Gobain, Total and EADS (since 2007), Josep Piqué i Camps, 57, president of Pangea XXI Consultora Internacional president and Vueling member of the Board of Directors of EADS since 2012, Denis Ranque, 61, member of the Board of Directors of Saint-Gobain, formerly chairman of the board of directors of Technicolor and CEO of Thales, Jean-Claude Trichet , 70, Honorary Governor of the Banque de France and former President of the European Central Bank (ECB), the Board of Directors of EADS since 2012.

Chairman of the Board of Directors shall be elected by a board in the wake of the General Assembly. Anne Lauvergeon, Philippe Camus, Denis Ranque. . . The three names were mentioned in the press to take the chair of the Chairman. But some have apparently lost it credit from EADS, including Anne Lauvergeon, but this could eventually lead the board once his apprenticeship on the sector made. For Camus, president of Alcatel-Lucent supplier, history repeats itself unfortunately. Once more his policies stand in the way. The Economy Minister, Pierre Moscovici, who supported Anne Lauvergeon, has been very clear in late January to dismiss his candidacy: "I think Mr. Camus has much to do with Alcatel," he had said. Is that EADS will override one of its major customers, the French State. There is no chance, it whispers to La Tribune. Where the application of the former CEO of Thales, Denis Ranque, who knows him very well as aerospace and defense. . . and who was a candidate for anything at the start.

Ordinary day in a room shoot

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"Here, this is a step in the right direction", says Vine, 48 years and over thirty years of dope. It has a waxy face, cheeks swallowed, looked tired behind round glasses. "I lost everything: my family, my girlfriend, my house, my job, myself …" In the reception room which cafeteria, bar painted black serves hot EUR 2.50 , but no alcohol. Vine caught the "virus" in 1992, and he received a disability pension as a patient of AIDS. Here is his home, he comes every day. "We do not look at me like a criminal," he says.

Ring in the lip, Yami, 22, just wrapped plant his black eyes in yours. At 16, she smoked 30 firecrackers per day when a guy offered him something else. She attended the center since. "Mentally I'm wrong, she states. When you're addicted, you're like in prison, she said. Everyday you worry whether you're going to find your dose." She would stop, from Spain with his "fiancé" is there, too. But his eyes escaped. Above the bar, a screen displays three letters followed by numbers: S for "Snifen" sniffer, F for "Fixen" prick, R for "Rauchen" smoking. Here, it's like the Post Office. We take a ticket and wait his turn. His number has been announced.

Facilities around the central pillar, mirrors and spoons. A work plan rather narrow stainless steel running around the room. You sit facing the wall and made his case. Eight chairs are occupied. A woman a little round blue scarf around her head, feels bad. A friend with long locks discolored, leaning his moon face, the comfort. "It has forced the dose of cocaine," said Julia, monitoring, by asking a wet paper towel on the nape.

The course is carefully marked. At the entrance to the covered courtyard, guarded by two security employees paid by the municipality must submit its magnetic card. "Our customers are recorded. They must be of the canton of Bern and have more than 18 years," says Ines Buerge, a blonde woman and energetic deep voice, a former social worker who runs the Home for eleven years. "We only accept real consumers, not the experimenters." Can also be deported for failing to comply with the strict rules. Having walked with a syringe is not capped a year of exclusion, for example. You can come with its products, or purchase them in the courtyard hidden from the street, from small dealers.

Khmer Rouge: France wants to increase its contribution to the court

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France would increase by 200. 000 annual contribution to the financing of the tribunal in Phnom Penh for the Khmer Rouge, which currently stands at 500. 000, said Monday the French Prime Minister, Jean-Marc Ayrault. France wants to "increase" of 200. 000 contribution 500. 000 euros in 2013, "to enable the court to work in good conditions, those who work pay," he said. The court, which has problems of funding since its inception in 2006 and needs $ 9.5 million for 2013, can not currently afford to pay its employees. It must "work of justice and truth," conducted by the court "can be achieved as far as possible and (…) using the international consciousness to be lit but the Cambodian people to mourn this tragic period its history, "added Jean-Marc Ayrault, who was to meet with members of the international tribunal. Fears are strong that the three officials – all octogenarians – currently on trial for their responsibility in the deaths of some two million people between 1975 and 1979 before disappearing to hear a verdict. Jean-Marc Ayrault, in Phnom Penh to attend the ceremony cremation of former King Norodom Sihanouk of Cambodia, on the other hand has met with his Vietnamese counterpart Nguyen Tan Dung also attended the funeral. Dung "recalled the wish (Hanoi) to negotiate an agreement with France strategic partnership," said Mr. Ayrault. "This obviously requires addressing all issues, economic policies, including issues such as those relating to human rights," he added. Jean-Marc Ayrault was expected Monday night in Bangkok, second and last leg of his Asian tour, before returning to Paris, where his arrival is scheduled for Wednesday morning.

Joe Biden: “The United States supports France to Mali”

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Joe Biden. – The partners of the ct-amrique of the Atlantic remain our oldest friends and closest allies. As vice-chairman, I voyag more in Europe than in any other region of the world. This dmontre strength of the transatlantic partnership and its importance to the United States. Neither Europe nor the United States can confront our time DFIS one without the other. With Europe, amrique sharing common values, intrts, the capabilities and objectives, we rpondons more effectively to global DFIS same if we act together .

There are more than two centuries, the Franais our cts were held when our young nation aspired to indpendance. The history of our two republics are inextricably linked. France is our oldest alli and I go today because our destinies and our intrts remain profondment entremls. From Afghanistan to Libya, Iran, Mali, the globalized economy to climate change, the United States address the DFIS of our time together with France.

There is no hsitation from us. We share the objectives of the international community to deny terrorists any sanctuary and restore dmocratique governance in Mali. Regarding the military opration leads by France, the United States has provided significant support – including information exchange, transport and refueling Arian that President-Holland other warmly welcomed. It is also important that we work to help the participating countries to establish quickly the African Mission Support (Misma). The United States also contribute to this effort Manire important, thanks to Arian transportation and logistics supply forces arriving Bamako.

The political aspect is no less important. The United States and France call the rapid implementation of the 2085 Council RESOLUTION security UN to restore stability throughout Mali. Ct to the international community, our country also encourag government intrimaire establish a roadmap to organize elections ds that is technically feasible. Ensure long-term stability of Mali and the establishment of a government reprsentatif will not require only the efforts of the United States and France, but the involvement of countries in the region and -del and international institutions. We will continue to assist in these efforts.

Legouvernement iraniendoit deal with good faith and srieux ngociations 5 +1 (the five permanent members of the UN security plus Germany, Ed). 5 1 have about dates and places of rendezvous for specific December, but Iran has consistently pos new conditions to save time. this stage, there is still no agreement on the next round of discussions and contacts continue. Iran did not accept to go to Istanbul on 28 and 29 January, the 5 +1 group about new dates in February. The group remains strong and united, and we thank France for its leadership essential.

We will continue to focus on the creations of jobs and grow our economy, so that the middle class has new amricaine a chance to fight weapons Notice. Premirement as part of our overall plan to strengthen our economy, we engags rduire the dficit a total of 4000milliards dollars over the next ten annes , including the rduction dj ralise. Deuximement we absolutely dcids rduire violence by firearms in our country, through a comprehensive policy SRET weapons. Troisimement, we PROTECTING the Earth for future generations. This means that we will continue to support clean and renewable energies. And that means tackling head-on the reality of climate change. Finally, we must straighten Our system of immigration, which no longer works. We look forward to working with the two major parties read the congress to strengthen our borders, penalize businesses that use of labor without paper, to account for illegal immigrants that mritent they update their naturalization and immigration lgale Our system for families, workers and employers.

What is the pass lmentaire school in Sandy Hook Connecticutfut tragic, and we continue to mourn these children and teachers we lost that day l. We also know that the time for action has come. That is why prsident and I even have a plan about global and spcifique To reduce firearms violence in the United States. It is a plan that recognizes the constitutional right of every citizen who respects the law amricain of owning weapons, while recognizing that we have an obligation of preventing them arriving in poor hands.

But as prsident and I have already underlined, this fight will not affect us. Will require that the American people stood up and read requires its act on its behalf. We believe that now is the time to act and think as the Americans. That is why I have great hope that we could one rforme significant, which will save many lives. As prsident said, if we save one life, it will be worth the trouble already. I think we can save many more, and ultimately, it is the yardstick by which we measure our success.

LDCs. Matignon wants the opinion of the National Ethics Committee

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Bertinotti disavowed "The National Ethics Committee, in its wisdom, has self-referred (this issue) and it is clear that this is not an issue that can be addressed in an amendment detour" continues to be Matignon. "Anyway, this question (PMA) has a character bioethics" and if the National Ethics Committee confirmed that this is a bioethics law, "it is in other proceedings." "You can not escape" in the opinion of the National Ethics Committee, it was further argued the same source. Several ministers had considered these days that the reform of the PMA-dividing the socialist camp-figure well in the legislation on the family. "Normally" this will be the case, had said Alain Vidal (Relations with the Parliament) on January 25. Sunday, the Minister for Family, Dominique Bertinotti, still before the National Assembly said that "LDCs will be addressed in the context of this law family," while environmentalists deputies asked him to clarify the intentions of the government.