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Get paid: German Chancellor Angela Merkel
Get paid: German Chancellor Angela Merkel: Euro zone leaders told near-bankrupt Greece at an emergency summit on Sunday it must enact key reforms this week to restore trust before t...
2015 Mini Cooper S review
They say you are never really a true petrolhead until you have driven a real Classic Mini. If that's true, then I am lucky enough to be one of the privileged few automotive journalists who have.
2015 Mini Cooper S Review
12 Jul, 2015
2015
They say you are never really a true petrolhead until you have driven a real Classic Mini. If that's true, then I am lucky enough to be one of the privileged few automotive journalists
Interior
12 Jul, 2015
The insides of a Mini are ridiculously cool and can be customized in a million and one ways to suite your tastes. Everything is still true to the original Mini but with an uber modern touch added to it.
The large speedometer that used to dominate the original Mini and the last generation though has now been changed to exclusively an infotainment display with an LED ring around to aid with interior mood lighting.
The cluster also encapsulates the audio controls which are of course made of the highest quality plastics and metal.
The large speedometer that used to dominate the original Mini and the last generation though has now been changed to exclusively an infotainment display with an LED ring around to aid with interior mood lighting.
The cluster also encapsulates the audio controls which are of course made of the highest quality plastics and metal.
who have.
In fact, the first time I ever drove a Mini was when I was 18 and had just received a driver's license and true to its reputation, what a glorious car it was.
Come 2015, the all-new Mini made its way to India and most of us were frothing at the lips to get our hands behind the wheel of this little pocket rocket.
So, does it live up to all its expectations? Well, read on...
In fact, the first time I ever drove a Mini was when I was 18 and had just received a driver's license and true to its reputation, what a glorious car it was.
Come 2015, the all-new Mini made its way to India and most of us were frothing at the lips to get our hands behind the wheel of this little pocket rocket.
So, does it live up to all its expectations? Well, read on...
In fact, the first time I ever drove a Mini was when I was 18 and had just received a driver's license and true to its reputation, what a glorious car it was.
Come 2015, the all-new Mini made its way to India and most of us were frothing at the lips to get our hands behind the wheel of this little pocket rocket.
So, does it live up to all its expectations? Well, read on...
Come 2015, the all-new Mini made its way to India and most of us were frothing at the lips to get our hands behind the wheel of this little pocket rocket.
So, does it live up to all its expectations? Well, read on...
PM Modi's trip to Central Asia, as well as Russia,
PM Modi's trip to Central Asia, as well as Russia, have boosted India's multi-directional strategy
His trips to all five countries of Central Asia in one go, as well as Russia, from July 6 to 13, have boosted India's multi-directional strategy. They have strengthened our presence in a geopolitically vital region labelled historically as the 'heartland' determining the fate of the world.
His trips to all five countries of Central Asia in one go, as well as Russia, from July 6 to 13, have boosted India's multi-directional strategy. They have strengthened our presence in a geopolitically vital region labelled historically as the 'heartland' determining the fate of the world.
Azerbaijan spa treats customers in crude oil baths
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Crisis? What crisis? The party is on in Mykonos
Tuesday, June 30, 2015 - 01:12
Crowded with tourists, the Greek island of Mykonos chills amid fears the party atmosphere may not last. Deborah Lutterbeck reports.
Nevermind the crisis -- the party is on in Mykonos, as Athens grapples with a debt crisis. (SOUNDBITE) (English) ISRAELI TOURIST, HANOCH, SAYING: "Unbelievable, it's very nice, the weather, the music, everything is the best." On the famous "Super Paradise Beach," tourists are taking the crisis lying down. Or they are simply enjoying what the Greek Islands have to offer. (SOUNDBITE) (English) AMERICAN TOURIST, MICHELLE DANIELSON, SAYING: "Yeah, I feel like there is no crisis here at all." And while Greeks may be lining up at ATM's or worry about using credit cards -- no such problems for shoppers in Mykonos so far. (SOUNDBITE) (English) MYKONOS SOUVENIR SHOP OWNER, CONSTANTINA POLITOU, SAYING: "They (the tourists) can pay with credit card. The ATM is full. They can take money. We don't have problem, or with the credit card. The ATM or the tourists, we don't have problem...for now. I don't know after ten days or a month, but for now it's ok." That optimism could be tilting at windmills if the country's economy remains in limbo.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel
Euro zone leaders told near-bankrupt Greece at an emergency summit on Sunday it must enact key reforms this week to restore trust before they will open talks on a financial rescue to keep it in the European currency area.
Leftist Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras will be required to push legislation through parliament to convince his 18 partners in the euro zone to release immediate funds to avert a state bankruptcy and start negotiations on a third bailout program estimated at up to 86 billion euros ($95.5 billion).
Six sweeping measures including tax and pension reforms must be enacted by Wednesday night and the entire package endorsed by parliament before talks can start, a draft decision by Eurogroup finance ministers sent to the leaders showed.
The document included a German proposal to make Greece take a "time-out" from the euro zone if it fails to meet the conditions. But not all ministers endorsed the idea, which a senior EU source said was illegal and would not survive in the summit statement.
Tsipras said on arrival in Brussels he wanted "another honest compromise" to keep Europe united.
But German Chancellor Angela Merkel, whose country is the biggest contributor to euro zone bailouts, said the conditions were not yet right to start negotiations, sounding cautious in deference to mounting opposition at home to more aid for Greece.
"The most important currency has been lost and that is trust," she told reporters. "That means that we will have tough discussions and there will be no agreement at any price."
In my recommendation both euro zone and Greece must compromise on few issues to revamp Greece economy because Greece is a thick partner friend in all these centuries.
Now due to single or few personalities do mistakes in Greece must not Harm the nation Further. so this is a must to Her Highness German Chancellor Angela Merkel to support and negotiate further to make the Greek government and people in total to understand the crisis situation on it is a matter of concern to revival of Greek Country and not to be stringent by any Individual for Name or fame but for the people a quick solution is a must is the need of this time.
The ancient Nation with VAST cultural Heritage must not be allowed to continue in struggle is a must on Humanitarian grounds by Euro zone is a Need of this HOUR. THANKS. SAVE GREEK PEOPLE AS A PART OF PEOPLE OF OUR HUMAN WORLD.
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IBM Discloses Working Version Top secret on Most Powerful chips technology
IBM Discloses Working Version of a Much Higher-Capacity Chip
IBM said on Thursday that it had made working versions of ultradense computer chips, with roughly four times the capacity of today’s most powerful chips.
The announcement, made on behalf of an international consortium led by IBM, the giant computer company, is part of an effort to manufacture the most advanced computer chips in New York’s Hudson Valley, where IBM is investing $3 billion in a private-public partnership with New York State, GlobalFoundries, Samsung and equipment vendors.
The development lifts a bit of the cloud that has fallen over the semiconductor industry, which has struggled to maintain its legendary pace of doubling transistor density every two years.
Intel, which for decades has been the industry leader, has faced technical challenges in recent years. Moreover, technologists have begun to question whether the longstanding pace of chip improvement, known as Moore’s Law, would continue past the current 14-nanometer generation of chips.
The New Reddit C.E.O.’s Many Challenges
The New Reddit C.E.O.’s Many Challenges
Steve Huffman has just walked into what may be one of the most difficult jobs in Silicon Valley.
As the new chief executive of Reddit, the hugely popular online message board, Mr. Huffman is set to face intense scrutiny from the site’s users over even the tiniest management decision. And he has inherited ill will that has festered for years between a small staff and the millions of community members that make up, and largely govern, the site.
That much was reflected on Friday when Ellen Pao, a controversial figure in Silicon Valley, abruptly resigned from her position of interim chief executive of Reddit after just eight months. Hundreds of thousands of people had called for her to step down this month after what they considered to be the mishandling of an employee dismissal. The employee, Victoria Taylor, was beloved by the Reddit community, and users shut down parts of the message board in protest over her departure. Ms. Pao, who faced misogynistic and racist comments, eventually apologized for the incident.
Mr. Huffman, a co-founder of Reddit, was brought in to replace Ms. Pao at the behest of the San Francisco-based company’s board, who considered him to be the best manager and operator for the company.
“Reddit is this amazing and wonderful thing, and it’s only a fraction of what it can be,” Mr. Huffman said in an interview on Friday.
Mr. Huffman created Reddit in 2005 with his roommate and college friend, Alexis Ohanian, in a two-bedroom apartment in a suburb of Boston. The site consists of thousands of forums that host varying topics of discussion, from current affairs to video games to question-and-answer sessions with people such as President Obama. It is an online tour de force, with more than 160 million monthly visitors.
Mr. Huffman left the day-to-day operations of Reddit in 2009, three years after it was acquired by Advance Publications, and he went on to co-found Hipmunk, an online travel site where he will remain the chief technology officer.
The challenges Mr. Huffman faces at Reddit are numerous. Since the site’s inception, every chief executive of the company has faced intense scrutiny from users.
“Reddit’s definitely a lot more fun when you’re not running the place,” Yishan Wong, Reddit’s former chief executive who preceded Ms. Pao, wrote in a post to the site on Saturday.