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Yes, I forget how many years HBC's contract was for... could it be coming up for a new bid ? When the deal was awarded to HBC it was still a Canadian company. No more. Roots is a Canadian company, and now has yet another prominent pair of sports heroes as spokespeople...potentially mutually beneficial ?...just wondering...
Does David get a finder's fee...? that's mostly a joke ...I like David.
Speaking of David....he's mentioned a lot in this article. He's acting as agent/mentor. So maybe he did get a finder's fee Pratfall
Awesome pictures but I wish they could've dropped another hint about their music choices! It's sad to hear that Tessa's injury is still causing her some problems. I hope they're able to manage it in such a way that they can continue to skate as much as they want (competitions/shows/tours/etc) for as long as they want.
Wow, they look great. And it's too bad about her injury.
*is wishing for music revelation*
Thanks for the link to the IFS cover! I'm surprised to see that the geeky photo in which they're wearing glasses isn't included in the article.
o, one more tango from S-Z teams. I like T-S tangos, but..... Why they didnt choose foxtrot or quick-step?
I think it will be something in there 2008-2009 OD style.
As for FD..... Look, like it will be something fast. But if T essa have a pain - maybe they dont need to try skate fast, like D-W?
I think we are lucky, that Tessa decide to skate one more season with this paine. Pure Tessa
I remember Tessa saying that her favorite CD was the Argentine tango, because of all the "passion." I think she just loves tangos in general! I'll admit that if I had Scott as partner, I'd find a way to do them quite often myself.....
Tango/Waltz/Tango? Not too crazy about that but a "Great Gatsby" era feel is intriguing. Reminds me a bit of the costumes they wore for practice 2 years ago.
Modern Samba/Rhumba/Samba that's fast and starts with a bang? I can't wait to see what they've come up with. I'm more excited now than when I just heard Latin and was worried about the Generic Igor Latin FD.
Thanks literaryfreak for copying my post here! I agree OlieRow and sap5... my immediate thought from "Great Gatsby theme" was the costumes they wore at practice at Canadians. I hope they use something similar for this program!
I don't think those costumes would fit a tango, though. I'm guessing she'd want to do something that is more flapper-esque.
ISU bios for skaters from USA was updated. What about team Canada? And no information about team Canada test camp....
Hope Tessa and Scott will show some of there new programs at show 22 September. Anybody will be there? How do you think, will Tessa and Scott have new exibition number this season?


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Car Subwoofers
This product is a vintage Polk model and is not available for sale, but it may still be available in some stores as a closeout or used product. The following text is taken from the original sales brochure for this product and does not reflect current availability. If you happen to have any question or concerns about this product, or any other Polk Audio product, feel free to contact our Customer Service Department at 1-800-377-7655 Monday - Friday, 9am - 5:30pm EST
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Polk Audio/MOMO High Performance Car Audio Speakers are engineered by Polk Audio with ultra high-tech materials for competition-level performance and durability. They're styled exclusively by MOMO, the world's preeminent designer of racing accessories, to look as good as they sound. And for motor sports enthusiasts the world over, a MOMO product is a charismatic symbol of the finest quality.
When you consider your car an extension of your personality, Polk Audio/MOMO High Performance Car Audio is the perfect synthesis of technology and design.
The second-generation Polk/MOMO subwoofers are the most advanced and highest performing subwoofer drivers Polk has ever offered. They set a new performance standard for their class.
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- Available in two sizes: 10" (MM10) and 12" (MM12).
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I kicked the blankets on the floor, Turned my pillow upside down. I never never did before, Because I was tossing and turnin', Turnin and tossing, Tossing an turnin' all night.
Tryptophan is a naturally occurring amino acid that is best known for its ability to raise mood, improve behavior, and enhance sleep. It is found in the proteins we eat—meat, fish, dairy and certain vegetarian sources. These proteins are broken down into their constituent amino acids which go on to become the building blocks for skin, bones, muscles, enzymes and the body's own chemicals that run our systems. Since it's an essential amino acid, meaning that our body doesn't manufacture it, we must obtain tryptophan daily from food or supplements.
Although tryptophan is one of the least abundant essential amino acids, it is one of the most critical, it serves as a precursor for the production of the neurotransmitter serotonin and the neurohormone melatonin. The positive effects of this process are proven to promote good mood, relaxation, deep sleep, healthy sleep-wake patterns, emotional stability, dreaming and creative imagination.
Serotonin is considered the "mood neurotransmitter" a chemical messenger in the brain that keeps us emotionally and socially stable. Women often have more problems than men in maintaining their moods, since their cycling hormones affect serotonin levels. This would explain the emotional shifts in premenstrual syndrome and, during menopause, when many women experience increased moodiness and irritability. Yikes!
Women who are low in serotonin are likelier to express their anger inwardly, with depression and even suicidal behavior. In contrast, research shows men who are low in serotonin are often violent and may even engage in dangerous criminal behavior. Alcohol and drug abusers also are often low in serotonin. The good news is we can successfully correct these imbalances by supplying supplements that raise serotonin.
Melatonin is a molecule made from serotonin. It has significant influence on our hormonal, immune and nervous systems. Melatonin helps to set and control the internal clock that governs the natural "circadian" rhythm (day and night cycles) of the body, through its sensitivity to light, keeping us "in sync" with the rhythms of nature. Each night the pineal gland produces melatonin, which helps us fall asleep. Then, with morning light, melatonin levels dip, and we awaken refreshed.
Melatonin also has anti-inflammatory effects that can be useful in treating osteoarthritis. Since it both helps improve sleep patterns and relieve pain, melatonin is an ideal supplement for chronic fatigue syndrome as well as sleep apnea.
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Houston, TX - Country music legend Charley Pride has a living legacy of hits. That music ability runs in the family! Charley's son Dion Pride has now made a name for himself in the music industry. He's here with a special performance of his single, "Might as well be me."
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Which phone is right for you?
Digital or Analogue?
This depends upon your existing infrastructure, if you have an existing phone system then you will most likely be using digital handsets which are specifically designed for your make/model of system. At this point you would need to contact your existing phone system supplier in order to purchase new handsets.
If you have an IP based phone system then this is the place for you! Most modern IP telephony systems use the SIP protocol. All of the Yealink phones that we supply are tried and tested within IP enabled environments. The selection of Yealink handsets we have specially chosen for you offer headset ports as standard and are feature rich allowing you to make the most of your IP phone system's capabilities.
IP telephones have two notable disadvantages compared to traditional telephones. Unless the IP telephone's components are backed up with an uninterruptible power supply or other emergency power source, the phone will cease to function during a power outage as can occur during an emergency or disaster, exactly when the phone is most needed. Traditional phones connected to the older PSTN network do not experience that problem since they are powered by the telephone company's battery supply, which will continue to function even if there's a prolonged power black-out. A second distinct problem for an IP phone is the lack of a 'fixed address' which can impact the provision of emergency services such as police, fire or ambulance, should someone call for them. Unless the registered user updates the IP phone's physical address location after moving to a new residence, emergency services can be, and have been, dispatched to the wrong location.
Advanced IP conference phone with Polycom HD Voice clarity, designed for small conference rooms and executive offices£319.95
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Welcome to the Community!
The small-college atmosphere at a larger university!
Why be "just a number" when you can be a part of a thriving community? While living on campus at Binghamton you'll feel that you're at a small college while enjoying the resources of a first-rate university. Our residence halls offer interactive communities with over 2,000 programs each year!
Living and learning
Debates, movie reviews, and field trips — just a few of the ways we make learning fun! Our students are supported in their academic and personal growth by a tenured Faculty Master, dedicated professional staff, and Resident Assistants. Our goal is to provide academic guidance and add to your educational experience, while maintaining and enhancing a real sense of community on campus. We want you to feel at home and our staff will work with you to help you connect with all we have to offer!
Summer dining options
Living on campus over the summer? Check out the schedule posted by dining services.
Summer housing
Need to stay on campus for summer session? Sign-up for summer housing in Susquehanna (current or future residents only) or Hillside Communities and stay where the action is!
Housing for current students
Residents who missed online sign ups or off-campus students looking to move on — you can still call campus home!
- Need a room? Fill out the wait list form and we'll get you in!
- Anyone who paid a housing deposit (or had it waived) is guaranteed a spot on campus.
Signed up, but want a different room?
- Go to the area office where you want to live and get on the wait list form there starting April 1.
Focus On — Faculty Masters
George D. Catalano
Apartment Communities
Each faculty master has been tasked with developing a "Big Idea" — a theme they're focusing on with their communities for the next three years.
Catalano's "Big Idea" resonates closely with his residents and himself — a community of peace. "I see three aspects to this," he explains. "Being at peace with yourself, being at peace with others and being at peace with the planet."
"My impression, after talking to several students, is that they're really searching for a way to give back. They want to make a difference, but with their schedules it's hard for them to come up with ways to do that. I think my role as Master will be shepherding them in this."
Read more about Catalano and his "Big Idea".
New student housing
Freshmen and transfer student housing sign up is live! Click below to get started!
- Before you can access and sign up for housing, you must pay your enrollment deposit.
- You must also activate your Binghamton computer and e-mail account which you will use to log in.
- Review instructions in the new student welcome letter that you also should have received by e-mail earlier this week.
- I submitted my preferences, now what?
We start housing students in early June. In the meantime, feel free to make changes to your application - we'll always keep your original application time.
- Take your time finding a great roommate - every week many more options will be available.
Graduate student housing
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Class Descriptions
"Circle of Music" (infant – age 3 / parent & child )
This is a beginning experience in music for both child and parent as they go through singing, moving and playing instruments. It will help to initiate such concepts as beat, melody, and rhythm through the use of songs, rhymes, finger plays and classical music.
"Circle of Music" (age 4- 5/ child only)
This is a transition class from beginning experiences to developing musical skills that are appropriate to their age through singing, playing instruments, and moving. This is an independent child participation class.
"Sing, Move, Play, Create" (Grades K – 1 / child only)
This course will develop a student's musical skills and knowledge appropriate to their age through singing, playing instruments, moving, dancing, listening and creating. This will be a very active musical learning experience.
Beginning Violin Class
Beginner Violin Information
This class is for parent and child. Beginning violin students experience one-on-one instruction with Susquehanna music education students, under the teaching direction of Jennifer Sacher Wiley, associate professor of music at Susquehanna. Following this class the violin students are assigned to one of the music education students and continue their private instruction.
"World Music Drumming"
The World Music Drumming experience will include playing African drums and other related instruments, performing various drum ensemble selections, and experiencing improvisational techniques.
Guitar I
This course will introduce students to basic guitar chords, basic strumming patterns plus some guitar literature they can use for their own enjoyment. Each participant needs to bring their own guitar to class. Books will be provided by the instructor. Offered in the fall only.
Guitar II
This course will be a continuation of the beginning guitar experience. Students should enter this level knowing how to play comfortably in the key of D, G and A major. Experiences in reading traditional notation plus tab notation will continue with more time being given to transposition and the addition of new strumming patterns. Offered in the spring only.
Compose Now
Students will explore the role of improvisation in musical composition. They will create original keyboard compositions through guided activities that make musical composition "user-friendly."
Compositions will be created in both major and minor keys, blues and two Brazilian jazz montunos. This course is an excellent "first time" composition experience for young musicians, and one which lays a foundation for future compositional experiences. Students will be able to record their finished improvisations to share with family and friends!
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With the news of USA BMX's rule change not allowing Novice racers to use clipless pedals, we've stepped in to help you out and compiled 10 trick platform pedals
A new rule set in place by USA BMX for 2013 bars the use of clipless shoes and pedals for Novice class racers. The decision was made for safety and "Spirit of the class" reasons, but this doesn't mean you are without performance options when it comes to lightweight pedals and shoe biting traction. We put together a list of our top race picks for all riders in need of race flats and regardless of your skill level, budget or size, you will find a perfect pedal to suit your cranks pushing needs.
Shimano's latest offering to their pedal lineup are the all new Saint platform pedals. Based off the successes of the classic DX platform, Shimano raised the bar and improved on a tried and true design. The new Saint pedals feature a lower profile CNC pedal body to help minimize the pedals from clipping the ground around turns, and a wider cage gives your feet a larger surface to rest on. There are 18 replaceable pins per pedal and they spin freely thanks to the sealed bearings and hardened chromoly spindle. http://www.shimano.com
Photo: Shimano
You don't see Kobe Bryant wearing a size 5 shoe because that's all there is, so why should you be riding a pro size pedal if you've got small feet? Sinz knows that the little guys need the right size gear and that's why they have the Sinz Mini platform pedals. A grippy alloy platform with 12 replaceable pins per pedal keep your feet where they're supposed to be, and at only 340 grams the pedals are light so you can get around the track as quick as possible. http://www.sinz-racing.com
Photo: Sinz
The MG-52's are nothing new to racers, thanks to their insanely lightweight magnesium bodies, low profile and tight to the crank arm cut. Though light on weight, at only 15.7-ounces, they are heavy on traction with a fully knurled pedal surface, eight replaceable traction pins per side and a mild concave to really help them bite into your shoes. Turning on sealed bearings, they are available in black or white, are completely rebuildable and are a perfect fit for any mid to large size racer. http://www.wellgo.com
Photo: Wellgo
Tioga is one of the few brands thinking outside the box to reduce weight and try to improve pedal performance. Their D-Spyder pedals feature a high void yet broad standing surface, CNC machined body, fit with three sealed bearings per side and durable chromoly axles to support even the largest rider. The pedals are designed to be low profile to reduce the chance of pedal roll and feature eight replaceable traction pins per side. To custom set your pedal bite and feel, a full set of 32 flat and pointed head pins are included. Without pins they weigh in at just under 11-ounces and thanks to their unique size and shape, are a great fit for a broad range of riders, large and small. http://www.tiogausa.com
Photo: Tioga
For large riders seeking as much foot support and traction as possible, without all the excess weight, then the Speedline Platforms are a great choice. The bodies are CNC machined from aluminum for an ultra low profile to prevent pedal roll, yet still offer the feel and traction of a mild concave. Turning on precision bushings, traction is provided by a whopping ten replaceable traction pins per side and thanks to their heat treated chromoly spindles, even at 17.4-ounces a set, they have no problem supporting even the largest rider. Available in seven anodized colors. http://www.speedlineparts.com
Photo: Speedline
When traction is a must and slipped pedals are not an option, the ZUZU pedals continue to be the go to option for any serious racer. Turning on sealed bearings and a durable chromoly spindle, they may not be the lightest pedals at the ball, weighing in at 21-ounces a set, but with 28 traction pins per pedal, its easy to see where the extra weight comes from. Each side packs 10 replaceable pins and four fixed pins and when paired with a modest concave to the pedal body, the ZUZUs are without a doubt as close as you can get to clipped in performance, without being clipped in. http://www.sun-ringle.com
Photo: Sun Ringle
XPEDO FACEOFF 18's $99
The Faceoff pedals offer riders the unique advantage of improved traction when it's needed most, without all the extra pins and resulting weight. The pedals turn on a chromoly spindle with sealed inner bearings and precision outer bushings, allowing for a low profile and deep concave. The pedal bodies are a two piece design allowing for each overlapping half to pivot on the spindle body and are joined at either end by rubber bushings. This unique design means the harder you stand on the ten pedal pins per side, the harder they will push back into your foot, so they actually increase in traction when you need them most. Weighing only 13.5-ounces a set, they are rebuildable and available in a variety of interchangeable colors, making them an ideal pedal for larger, more serious racers. http://www.xpedo.com
Photo: Xpedo
Perhaps one of the most popular platform pedals ever is the Shimano DX platform. Shimano's classic DX pedals have been around for years and feature a lightweight alloy body with a chromoly spindle. Each pedal spins on a sealed inner bearing and one outer bushing. There are 20 replaceable pins per pedal giving you plenty of grip shere you need it and they weigh in at only 492 grams. http://www.shimano.com
Photo: Shimano
Being that Wellgo manufactures pedals for the majority of BMX brands, it's safe to say that they know a thing or two about making good pedals. The Wellgo Mini platform uses a forged body that has been downsized for smaller feet. There are 8 replaceable pins on each side for a total of 16 per pedal giving you pleanty of grip as well as the option to customize how you want the pedal to feel. The pedals spin on chromoly spindles with unsealed bearings and are available in black, black or even more black. http://www.wellgo.com
Photo: Dans Comp
For riders who prefer more traditional looking pedals but don't want to compromise weight or traction, the new Detox pedals are a great option. They turn on a chromoly spindle with a sealed inner bearing and precision outer bushing, allowing for an extremely low profile to reduce pedal roll. The body is made of lightweight magnesium and fit with ten traction pins per side, resulting in an insanely light 11.9-ounce pedal set that doesn't shy in the bite department. Their large platform offer plenty of support for larger feet and thanks to their fully rebuildable design, they are worth keeping around, even when you start clipping in. http://www.xpedo.com
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Newest Citizens Celebrate Becoming Americans In Sacramento
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SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — Our new citizens come from all over the world, each with a very different reason for choosing to call the United States home.
Everyone in the room is from somewhere different, but today they can all officially call America home.
One couple we spoke to escape their war-ravaged country to find hope and safety in America.
Ban Shakir and her husband Abdul, who is an Iraqi journalist, lived in Syria and Iraq. They lived among the violence that has plagued the region for years. They say it became too dangerous to raise their family.
"Many friends from the newspaper were killed in Iraq," Abdul said.
They say coming to the U.S. has given their children more opportunities to succeed and it also saved their lives.
"The idea that if you work hard you do everything right, theres goodness for you."
Others who were granted citizenship on Tuesday tell us they came for more opportunities.
Irshad Raihan and his wife left India to come here for college and decided to stay.
"Years later, citizens! So we're excited.
The idea of a better live set all of these new citizens out on a journey.
"I feel happy; I feel a new person," said Ban.
Coincidentally Tuesday was also Constitution Day. Almost 1,000 people from 88 countries received their naturalization certificate today.
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The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has awarded Texas with over $5 million for community health clinics. The money is a part of the Affordable Care Act's pursuit of improving access to healthcare by providing medical service for Texans who can't afford it.
"In Texas, ten community health centers were awarded more than $5.6 million and we hope that that money will help them serve an additional 46,000 plus patients," said Martin Kramer with the U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration.
A new exhibit at the McNay by Illinois artist Rosayln Schwartz takes conventions from master paintings and re-interprets them, challenging the "arbiter of taste," those who decide what is and isn't "high quality."
"What I do in a sense is to try to pervert that experience by changing colors to these lurid, almost neon-like colors that I use to create these old master reenactments." Schwartz said. "And what I find so interesting is that people are drawn to the work, they're seduced by the work because of this mastery."
Update (11/8): City officials and H-E-B both told the Express-News that they are aware of the newly-discovered deed, but don't see it presenting any problems for the plan to close Main Avenue.
H-E-B released a statement on the deed:
"It is our understanding that the grantor's rights were acquired by H-E-B as a part of the Arsenal property when it was purchased in 1982.
San Antonio likes to party, but residents also observe and respect religious tradition. Because of that, the city council has approved an amendment to next year's Fiesta celebration, which will run from April 10-27, instead of April 19-27.
The party will last a little longer, but the new dates provide a revision to the regular flow of Fiesta events to respect Holy Week. The amendment will allow Holy Thursday, Good Friday and Easter, which are April 17, 18 and 20, to be observed without the distraction of parties like Fiesta Fiesta, Oyster Bake, and the Taste of New Orleans.
A theater performance on Friday at the Magik Theatre is a little closer to real life drama than those on any other stage in town. That's because some of the young people on stage have been arrested for, as James Apollo Bradley says, things like "truancy, and possession, vandalism and things of that nature that could lead to more serious crimes down the road."
Bradley has developed a method to get those teens to take the exit before they head on down that road. His idea:
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As CPS Energy closes down the Deely coal power plant and ponders whether a new gas or nuclear plant is the solution, a big conference is landing in town next week pushing solar, wind and other renewables: The 2013 Texas Renewables Conference.
The San Antonio City Council approved CPS Energy's proposed rate increase of 4.25 percent. With support from a majority of the city council, the average CPS Energy customer will be paying $4.68 more on their monthly bill.
The utility initially asked for a 4.75 percent increase, but later lowered it after concerns surfaced over the utility's employee incentive program.
CEO Doyle Beneby told the city council he wants to reduce the program even more, with a recommendation of cutting the incentive program's budget by half in 2015 and 2016.
Update (1:40 p.m.): Joe Krier has been named the interim representative for District 9 on the San Antonio City Council.
Mayor Julián Castro kicked off the support for Krier, citing his experience, community leadership and understanding of the district and people in District 9 as reasons for choosing him.
Art Downey, another of the three finalists and chair of the city's Ethics Review Board, received two votes. Paula McGee, another finalists, did not receive any votes.
In front of hundreds of faith-based health care navigators in Dallas, President Barack Obama started his speech by citing different ways the Affordable Care Act is helping working families still recovering from the recession.
The president said Texas' uninsured rate is the highest in the country, which would make the state biggest beneficiary of the Affordable Care Act if state leaders would sign on for Medicaid expansion.
If you dig deep into World War II's history, you find obscure facts that somehow history has just forgotten to pass on. Well, here's one for you: Mexican pilots fought alongside American ones in the Pacific theater.
As Bryan Howard, director of research, exhibits and collections at the Institute of Texan Cultures explains, they called them the "Aztec Eagles."


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News Social Democrats to put candidate selection method to party referendum
The leadership of the Social Democrats plans to put changes to how the party is run to a referendum of members by June, the prime minister and party chairman Bohuslav Sobotka said on Saturday. One issue that will be put to the vote is whether to introduce a system of primaries so that the establishment of lists of electoral candidates is no longer in the hands of local party bosses, he said after the Social Democrats' first ever conference specifically dedicated to drawing up reforms. Mr. Sobotka also told reporters the party wished to become more attractive to specialists in various fields in a bid to boost their appeal.
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Press: Czech Republic to pay millions to Volkswagen in lost dispute
The Czech government will pay the German carmaker Volkswagen 301 million crowns after losing a dispute with the firm over settling debts following the privatization of Škoda Auto, the daily Lidové noviny reported on Monday. Volkswagen acquired Škoda in 1991 but claimed then Czech government siphoned off hundreds of millions of crowns. Earlier this year, the Czech government lost an international arbitration in the case as well as a court case heard by an Austrian court. Finance Minister Andrej Babiš had released the funds, and said he would determine who was responsible in the case, the daily said.
President Zeman slams PM over Czech EU commissioner selection
President Miloš Zeman has criticized Prime Minister Bohuslav Sobotka over the process of selecting the Czech candidate for the European Commission. In an interview for the daily Týden on Monday, President Zeman said the prime minister humiliated the country by letting the commission's president-elect, Jean-Claude Juncker, choose of the nominees. After two months of negotiations, the Czech government nominated minister Věra Jourová for the post. Prime Minister Sobotka discussed potential portfolios for the Czech candidate with Mr Juncker in Brussels but denied consulting the actual choice with him.
Accident halts traffic on major Czech railway route
An accident on the railway line between Prague and Kolín in central Bohemia has halted traffic on the route used by international express trains with destinations in Germany, Slovakia, Austria and Hungary. The accident occurred when a train ran onto a wrong track and damaged a switch. Local trains have been cancelled and replaced with buses while international expresses have been diverted to an alternate route. The authorities expect traffic on the route to resume at 8 PM on Sunday.
South Moravian communities commemorate soldiers killed in WWI
Several towns and villages in South Moravia on Sunday commemorated their men who were killed on the battlefields of the First World War, the news agency ČTK reported. A plaque dedicated to their memory was unveiled in Hustopeče while in Valtice, a memorial cross was erected. In Olešnice and several other places, gatherings were held to remember the fallen soldiers on the eve of the 100th anniversary of the war's outbreak.
Light airplane crashes during take-off in western Bohemia
A light airplane crashed during take-off at an airfield in Plasy, western Bohemia, on Sunday. The plane was carrying two people but no one suffered any injuries in the accident, a spokesman for the local fire brigade said. The news agency ČTK reported the plane's engine lost power during take-off and the pilot ended the manoeuvre. The plane then crashed some 50 metres away from the runway. Causes of the accident are under investigation.
PORG school most successful among eight-year secondary schools in exit exams
The privately-owned PORG school was the most successful of all Czech secondary schools in this year's state leaving exams, the news agency ČTK reported on Sunday quoting an analysis by the educational consultancy firm CERMAT. Students at PORG, which has branches in Prague and Ostrava, did best in the Czech and English languages, and scored second in math nationwide. The Czech Education Ministry does not officially release rankings of secondary schools based on their students' performance in the leaving exams.
Exhibition of drawings by UK director Peter Greenaway held at Czech film festival
The British film director Peter Greenaway opened an exhibition of his drawings at the Summer Film School festival in Uherské Hradiště, eastern Czech Republic, on Sunday. The exhibit, entitled Eisenstein in Guanajuato, includes some 50 drawings the director made during work on a film of the same name dedicated to the Russian film pioneer Sergei Eisenstein that is to premiere next year. Peter Greenaway received an award at the festival whose 40th edition started on Friday.
Health Ministry claims victory in Diag Human arbitration
The Czech Republic has won an international arbitration against the firm Diag Human, Health Minister Svatopluk Němeček said. The company took the country to arbitration in 2008 over its allegedly thwarted blood plasma business int eh coutnry. The Czech Republic was originally ordered to pay eight billion crowns in compensation to the firm but the Czech government appealed the decision and the final ruling, delivered to both parties last week, awards victory to the Czech Republic, according to the Health Ministry. However, the firm disputes the minitry's claims, arguing the ruling in fact confirmed the original verdict. The Health Ministry said it would release details on the case next week.
Report: Romany elite rising due to increasing numbers of university graduates
The Czech Republic's new Romany elite is rising due to increasing numbers of Romanies with university degrees, the news website idnes.cz reported on Sunday. While only around 100 of the country's 250,000-strong Romany community are currently studying at Czech universities, the number of those receiving some type of scholarships has tripled over the last nine years, from 59 to 151, according to figures by Romea, an advocacy group. Romany leaders quoted in the report say the rising number of university students has a big impact both on the Romany community and the majority society but note their overall number is still very small.
Storm alert for parts of Czech Republic
Heavy storms are to hit the south and east of the Czech Republic on Sunday afternoon, the Czech Hydrometeorological Institute has warned. In some places, up to 30 millimetres of precipitation is expected. The warning is in place until 10 PM on Sunday but frequent storms are expected in the Czech Republic over the next several days.


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International relations is a field of study concerned with the cultural, economic, environmental, historic, military, and political interactions among the major units of the world, such as states, international organizations, transnational corporations, nongovernmental organizations, groups and individuals. Courses from a number of departments and programs are drawn upon to offer a multidisciplinary major in international relations for the Bachelor of Arts degree.
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Selected topics in international relations. Prerequisite: POLS 170.
The impact of culture on cross-cultural communication, diplomatic negotiation, conflict eruption and resolution, technology transfer, global trade, and investment.
Explores the politics of historical and contemporary national borders, debates over trafficking goods and humans across them, and their links to citizenship and statelessness. Crosslisted as GEOG 216.
This course will examine the foreign policies of European countries, individually and collectively through the European Union, toward each other, regional and global intergovernmental organizations, and other regions/countries. Crosslisted as POLS 284.
This course examines China's rich political history, its dynamic economic and social changes, its lasting political culture, its enduring struggle for modernization, and its evolving relations with the rest of the world. Crosslisted as EAST 269 and POLS 225.
This course surveys history, politics, economy, and society of countries in East Asia. It investigates the continuity and changes in politics and policies in China, Japan, Korea and selected countries in Southeast Asia. Crosslisted as EAST 226 and POLS 226.
This course explores some of the most significant controversies, conflicts, revolutions, and resolutions, both historical and contemporary, that define the Middle East as a region.
This course will examine conflict resolution, conflict prevention and post-conflict peace building techniques and policies. It will focus on contemporary case studies and seek to apply insights and strategies from the readings and class discussions to various conflicts.
Introduction to complexity, richness, and vitality of contemporary African cultures. Interdisciplinary perspectives on issues including economy, politics, family and community, art, literature, religion. Crosslisted as ANTH 235.
Explores emerging debates around human vulnerability and: conflict, climate change, displacement, development, and other forms of "security."
The course examines the processes by which states as expressions of social relations that are embedded in political institutions have been used by social forces, nationally, and transnationally, to racialize nations, societies, and global politics. Crosslisted as HIST 260 and POLS 274.
Analysis and evaluation of main theories of international relations, including realist, neo-realist, liberal, neo-liberal, Gramscian, Marxist, feminist and postmodernist approaches. Theories are related to the major dimensions of international relations. Prerequisites: POLS 170, preference given to second semester sophomores and junior IREL majors.
This course examines the levels, patterns, sources, and trends in international inequality and poverty as well as some of their economic, social, and political consequences.
A study of environmental and energy economics in the context of global resources and politics. The theme of sustainable development will be linked to the new realities of international relations. Prerequisite: ECON 103. Crosslisted as UNIV 252.
This course examines in-depth contemporary controversies in international development, for example obnoxious markets, farmland acquisitions by foreigners, and role of foreign aid.
The nature, historical development, and sources of international law; substantive and procedural international law and its role in international relations. Crosslisted as POLS 278.
Explores the history of and contemporary politics around humanitarian intervention, including contemporary discussions of sovereignty, planning, empowerment, and humanitarian expertise.
This course examines the global governance institutions for climate change and the current policies, debates and positions at the climate change summits and counter-summits.
This course explores the rationales, processes, and institutions of multilateral governance in a globalized world. We examine the U.N., nongovernmental organizations, conflict resolution, economic development, environment, human rights, and international law. Not open to first-year students. Crosslisted as POLS 275.
This course is designed to introduce students to the theories that have been developed to explain foreign policy processes and foreign policy behavior. The course will also examine and discuss the foreign policies of specific international actors. Crosslisted as POLS 276.
This course examines the politics of international economic relations including trade, finance, and development. Crosslisted as POLS 277.
A historical analysis of Latin America's economic and political development. Primary emphasis on the experiences of Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Mexico, and Central America. May be crosslisted as ECON 276 and/or LAMS 365. Prerequisite: ECON 103.
This course explores the concept of terrorism, its historical roots and contemporary forms, its multiple meanings, and the ways it shapes global and national governance.
European security issues, including NATO enlargement, the military campaigns in the Balkans, the Iraq War, terrorism and ballistic missile defense. For Bucknell in London. Crosslisted as POLS 282.
This course offers an overview of international relations in East Asia, with focus on foreign policies of major states in the region as well as their political, economic, and social interactions. Crosslisted as EAST 248 and POLS 283.
This course will examine the emergence of the New Left, the production of regional spaces, the impact of the BRICS and South-South cooperation in Latin America. Crosslisted as POLS 285.
This course explores the role nonstate actors (such as nongovernmental organizations, multinational corporations, violent nonstate actors, and individuals) can and do play in various substantive areas of international relations. Crosslisted as POLS 286.
This course focuses on the connections between Nicaraguan development processes and Brigade-based service-learning. Crosslisted as GEOG 292 and LAMS 292.
This course will examine the changing role of the manager in the global business environment. Crosslisted as GLBM 390.
This course will serve as a critical introduction to the concept of gender in international relations. The class will examine how gendered conceptual categories, such as the state, security, war, peace, power and development inform and structure international politics and impact the opportunities and lives of women, men and children.
This course is designed to provide IREL majors with an opportunity to study global change. The course addresses contemporary issues in globalization. Specific topics may vary. Normally taken in fall of junior or senior year for those studying abroad. Prerequisites: IREL majors; students should preferably have both ECON 227 and IREL 250.
Open to international relations majors who wish to pursue individual programs of reading, research, and writing under the supervision of a professor, usually for completion of the honors thesis. Prerequisite: permission of the supervising IREL professor.
This course is devoted to examining the failures and successes of the peace process between Israel and the Arab States. Exploring the roots of the conflict dating back to the late 1800s and conclude with the Oslo peace process and the involvement of outside actors. Prerequisite: POLS 170 or permission of the instructor. Crosslisted as POLS 381.
After defining the concept of strategy, students explore the historical development of strategy. In conclusion students define, analyze and critique the current American strategy. Prerequisite: junior or senior status with preference given to international relations majors.
Selected topics of international relations at an advanced level for senior seminar credit. Prerequisites: second semester junior or senior status and permission of the instructor.
This seminar will focus on the emergence of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa as new players in the global stage, the debates whether they represent the formation of a New World Order and the impact that the BRICS are having in different sub-regional formations.
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This senior seminar explores contemporary and historical theories of sovereignty and new global transformation of sovereign power.
This course will examine the causes and the international consequences of human displacement. It will consider the economic, political, social, and cultural components of international migration. Crosslisted as POLS 425.
Through tracing the evolution of U.S.-China relations from the 19th century to the 21st century, this course discusses major issues and challenges between the two countries today. Future trends of the bilateral relationship will also be explored. Prerequisite: POLS 170. Preference given to EAST, IREL, and POLS seniors. May be crosslisted as EAST 382 and/or POLS 382. Not open to students who have taken EAST 380 or IREL 380 or IREL 382.
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Tim Worstall, Contributor
I write about business and technology.
I realise that this will shock some but in my view the correct reaction to the stories of corruption involving Wal-Mart in Mexico is almost certainly "So what?".
This isn't because we wouldn't prefer there to be no corruption in such places, nor that we wouldn't be entirely disgusted if such corruption became commonplace in our own societies and economies.
It is rather simply a necessary admission that other countries are indeed other countries and they do things differently there.
The basic story is here:
Wal-Mart Stores Inc, the world's largest retailer, squelched an internal investigation into allegations of bribery at its Mexican subsidiary instead of broadening the probe, the New York Times reported on Saturday.
The Times said that in September 2005, a senior Wal-Mart lawyer received an e-mail from Sergio Cicero Zapata, a former executive at the company's largest foreign unit, Wal-Mart de Mexico, describing how the subsidiary had paid bribes to obtain permits to build stores in the country.
Wal-Mart sent investigators to Mexico City and found a paper trail of hundreds of suspect payments totaling more than $24 million, but the company's leaders then shut down the investigation and notified neither U.S. nor Mexican law enforcement officials, the Times reported.
Felix Salmon follows this up with a look at what this means for Wal-Mart's banking subsidiary in that country.
David Barstow's explosive 7,600-word investigation of corruption at Wal-Mart is required reading this weekend. I'm not going to attempt to summarize the whole thing, but basically Eduardo Castro-Wright, currently Wal-Mart's vice-chairman, oversaw a culture of bribery when he was CEO of Walmex. And when a key player in that bribery scheme blew the whistle, Walmart in Bentonville buried the investigation, and didn't report anything to the authorities in either Mexico or the US.
All of this looks like a slam-dunk case under Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, and I'm quite sure that multiple extremely senior heads are going to roll in the wake of this NYT exposé. As always in such cases, the crime was bad; the cover-up was worse.
One name, however, is conspicuous by its absence in Barstow's report: Banco Wal-Mart, the huge bank which is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Walmex. It's a serious player in the Mexican banking industry — it opened its millionth account over a year ago — and thanks to a quirk of international banking-regulation protocols, it lacks a lot of the regulation that its competitors have.
Yes, I'm aware of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and have had to deal with it in my time. I've also had to deal with the much more recently introduced Bribery Act in my native UK as well. Just as I've dealt with bribery back when it was legal for an Englishman to be so involved. Back when bribes paid were actually tax deductible for an English company. And that again is, to my mind, simply a hard headed admission that other places sometimes do things in ways that we would not tolerate at home.
To give you an example, this is in today's UK newspapers:
Mr Deripaska's admission, made in an exclusive interview with The Sunday Telegraph, casts light on the murky world in which oligarchs operated – and made their fortunes – in post-Soviet Russia.
In a candid interview, Mr Deripaska said he paid protection money to criminal gangs. He also built up his own security unit of former KGB agents and Red Army soldiers, as well as paying the local police for protection.
A source close to Mr Deripaska said that he was forced to pay gangs to stop his staff being threatened.
"The payments are called krysha, money paid to protect clients. It literally means roof in Russian. You are paying to protect your roof," the source said.
Mr Deripaska said: "The first time I was directly threatened … two weeks later my commercial director was shot two times in the head. This was how, finally, I decided it was better to pay for the moment to stay alive and for my people to stay alive."
I spent a lot of time in the 1980′s in Mexico on business, and I think everything in Mexico is corrupt. Corruption is the way of life in Mexico. The same is true of some other South American countries.
And 10,000 people every year are killed in a drug war in Mexico, millions of its citizens try to emigrate north and the country is on the verge of becoming a failed state.
So, how is that working out for us?
Excuse me, but your whole point is totally moronic. You're into making a buck so badly you support criminal activities by doing business in countries where governments allows this stuff to happen? What's the matter with you! Saying criminal activity is business as usual is taking it in the rear for your business. I think we shut down mobsters for the very same thing. A business climate and a moral one are two different things and it's clear you don't care how many fleas you wake up with if the dogs hand you a check. And you don't want laws to exists that helps stop this activity – hmm, you on the killers' payroll? Sounds like it.
The problem with the opinion show the lack of morality, integrity and ethics in the corporate and governmental world. I am old school and am appalled by the actions of Wal-Mart and other corporations who give in to bribery. When one person takes a stand, others will follow. Your opinion just adds acceptance. I come from another view point.
Completely agree. If not Wal-Mart Carrefour or Target or another large mega-retailer would have jumped into the market. The NY Times should refocus their ink and reporting elsewhere. This story will not change business practices in Mexico one iota.
Of course you were not working for WMT during the period in question, where the CEO and legal department drummed compliance and put out videos re. honesty. What a joke, I have never seen such hypocrisy.
Castro-Wright via his bribe machine defrauded shareholders in WMT. The growth in Mexico was the basis for shareholder confidence, both individual and institutional. The reasons for not exposing the bribery were purely financial. Let's see if the "market" punishes WMT in Mexico, I doubt it. What other countries has WMT bribed its way into market dominance? Meanwhile Tom Hyde is just a skiing fool. Ha ha ha.
It really makes little difference. Those that got, get. Simple. The joke has been on we peons who make them millionaires. It's just humans being greedily human.
Corruption in Mexico?? oh thats only from racist America putting down the brown..
whats a little meth or a few bags of pot.. whats wrong with a few people hooked on herion.. gees get over it..its the latino way.. just look how nice mexico and other cesspools south .. just wait until I get that "dream act" so I can bring ALL OF MY FAMILY..and our culture..to your neighborhood..well the neighborhood your holding for us..as soon it will be OUR neighborhood.. why? because Americans are to stupid to stop us..
Punctuation, grammar and syntax would be helpful here. Ellipses? Annoying and ineffective when over used.
The best reaction I have seen all day. So what? This should also be the reaction to the Secret Service prostitution scandal and Army troops posing with body parts. We act like we know what war is like, or what it is like to do business in Mexico. I think the media is at fault for making these things "scandals" in the absence of real news, and we are just as bad for watching it. Finally someone with the guts to say, so what ! Thank you.
Fantastically shallow analysis – the FCPA is the law, whatever you think of it, and Walmart clearly engaged in a coverup that reached the highest levels of the corporation. And they clearly violated Mexican law. And tried to scapegoat a former employee.
Is the standard to be flout any law that you disagree with and cover-up with impunity? Is this the best we have to offer the world? Shameful.
I have to go with what kevin said. you're either trying to get me to finishes reading you're article and signing up or forbes, or you are a moron. Regardless, I think I will read Forbes a whole lot less now.
I am an exec for an American multinational in Mexico City. I can tell you we have lost business for not accepting paying kickbacks. However, we have maintained our integrity and decided to do business exclusively with customers who buy our products and services exclusively based on merit, in accordance to American, International and Mexican laws. Buying from our company is now viewed by many of our customers as a sign to their superiors and control bodies that they are behaving in ethical ways. Thinking that you cannot behave properly in Mexico is simply not true, it is the easy way out.
Thank you!
And to answer the question of so what? I think this is one of a myriad of examples of corruption that demonstrate the flaw in our corporate structure and governance. If it is beneficial for a Corp to do something, then profit demands that you do it in our society. If it is morally questionable, or even illegal, that is only a consideration as it pertains to profitability. As long as you can increase profits, it doesn't matter if it's illegal or immoral.
Your right John, this author's argument is the easy way out. It's a great way for people not to feel guilty about the fact that so much of American Corporate Wealth has been gained from breaking the rules of society. We are the "suckers" for playing according to the rules while they cheat them and benefit immensely.
While it may be difficult to comply with the FCPA and the UKBA, this article entirely ignores the cosequences of bribery.
Despotic leaders around the world are empowered by bribery and their regimes are propped up by the power of the corrupt dollar. In the absense of the corrupt dollar, these leaders would be unable to maintain their authority. And when their authority was finally challenged, their transition out of power would be met with significantly less blood shed.
I think it is implausible that the United States would have needed to spend $1 trillion to depose Saddam Hussein, or that nearly 10,000 people would have died tried trying to depose the corrupt government in Syria, or that Iran would would be close to getting "the bomb" if not but for corruption.
Sure that sounds extreme. But i don't believe it is.
Corruption by its nature is hidden, and while some estimate bribery industry to be worth $1 Trillion annualy, we are often unable to or choose not to make a direct connection between corruption and the empowerment of these despots.
Due to our blissful ignorance and statements like "This is how they do busisness there"; when the information is uncovered, we refuse to ask the right questions.
Take the Arab Spring; When Mubarak was deposed he was worth an estimated $80 Billion. Gaddafi had an estimated $36 billion in US Banks Alone.
Where did this money come from?
Any logical thought process would tell us, it did not come from foreign governments, it did not come from small and medium sized businesses, and it was not taken from the people in these countries who live in abject poverty. It cames from large multi-nationals involved in massive corruption dealings.
Large multinationals MUST not comply with bribery requests. Large multinations must refuse to cooperate in such schemes and if they are unable to do business without enabling oppressive and corrupt governments, they must avoid doing business in such markets.
The consequences to the people, our economy, our country and the advancement of a civilized world cannot be ignored due to our insatiable appetite for "maximizing shareholder value."
Anti-bribery laws must be strengthened, penalties more severe and enforcement agencies funded and staffed to motivate compliance. Not the other way.
If operating ethically, and reducing empowerment of despots is not sufficient motivation and that maximizing shareholder value is one's only objective.. Try this. Those who pay or accept a bribe are stealing from shareholders. Corruption is theft.
"So What?"
Way to hold on to your ethics.
Well I agree with the report. Along those lines I also believe we
should stop wasting time trying to stop drug cartels operating
in the US, because drug consumption is normal here in the US.
I also believe we should stop wasting resources prosecuting
Illinois politicians or Wall Street bankers, because their corrupt
behavior is normal. I would hate to think that Mr Worstall has
such low standards of integrity, maybe reporters should just
start making things up and England should stop wasting time
and resources with the Murdoch fiasco.
the Murdoch
As Joel Baken and his colleagues point out in The Corporation, if corporations are persons, the kind of person they are is psycopathic.
Read The New York Times' coverage of Walmart Mexico: if Walmart's own investigators' and the Times' allegations are correct, then one need not look further for affirmation of Baken et al's conclusion.
Doubtless Walmart will get away with this, just as so much other alleged corporate criminality goes without investigation, prosecution or redress. And doubtless Forbes and other corporate media outlets will wonder incredulously why people want to occupy Wall Street, punish those deemed responsible for the economic and financial meltdown or simply tear down corporate and financial control over our economy and society. And meanwhile, capitalism's intellectuals and apologists endlessly churn out the embarassing and pathetic nonsense displayed in this article.
To most citizens meanwhile, it seems increasingly obvious that corporate capitalism is not only corrupt and immoral; they see that it is increasingly unable to satisfy even humanity's most basic human needs and aspirations. Fewer and few prosper, more and more sink into debt, insecurity and poverty. More and more production, more and more waste, pollution and maldistribution of goods and services.
It is increasingly obvious that corporations, rightwing politicians and the corporate media have forgotten Keynes, let alone taken his insigts to heart. That's unfortunate because he was right: capitalism "is not a success. It is not intelligent. It is not beautiful. It is not just. It is not virtuous. And it doesn't deliver the goods. In short we dislike it, and we are beginning to despise it. But," he sighed, "when we wonder what to put in its place, we are extremely perplexed."
The corporate media will doubtless continue to keep its collective head deep in the sand believing as Keynes feared and Margaret Thatcher hoped, "there is no alternative."
We can only hope that the young activists of Occupy Wall Steet, the unions and left will continue to wonder aloud: "Isn't there a better way to order our affairs, live our lives and feed ourselves?" Hopefully they will find an answer to the moral bankruptcy and social psychopathology of corporate capitalism before it is too late.
This is the kind of opinion you might find on the Colbert Report, only as satire. With his cynical and arrogant response to widespread corruption at Wal Mart, Mr. Worstall needs to drop another dollar into the d-bag jar. Wal Mart's aggressive and proactive use of clearly illegal means to destroy the competition cannot be explained away as something any normally upstanding company would need to do to operate in Mexico. The solution to the problem is not to do away with the FCPA, it's to more actively police America's corporations from perpetuating and benefitting from this kind of immoral and unjust activity abroad.
Good to know that Forbes is paying a writer that feels corruption is acceptable. The mere comparison of doing business in Mexico versus Russia is laughable. Bottom line, if this journalist thinks that ignoring US laws and standards of ethics is acceptable, we might want to question where and how he gets the information he reports on.
Tim, the story could be more about the port deal in 2006 in Mexico even though corruption and bribes started earlier…..
Dishing out money in order to advance ones agenda is as wrong in this world of playing fair as is your "so what."
This may not have anything to do with lining someone's pocket has much as the taking of ones freedom, liberty and hope.
Have a great Sunday and God Bless.
Wow! What a sad declaration of moral bankruptcy by the author!
Just because other countries have a culture of bribery does not mean we have to engage in it and thereby foster and cement it further, enriching criminals to the detriment of everybody else. All in the name of profit and growth. According to the author someone will bribe their way in, thus in his narrow world view the anti-corruption laws are the problem.
I would counter that these laws are a good first step and are meant to break the vicious cycle of crime and corruption by increasing the stakes of non-compliance for MNCs.
Besides, the far worse issue at hand is the cover up going all the way to the top of Walmart. Dare I hope that some high-ranking executives go to jail for this? Nah, who am I kidding!
I strongly disagree with the idea that crimes like bribery and mafia protection should not be regulated, even if they are made outside of the circle of more or less "normal" countries. The idea that unmoral behaviour is acceptable, because it is widely spread somewhere is absurd, because if the representatives of the "normal" parts of the world are not able to set an example what normal should be, than there is no way the locals to even try to change their ways.
So What? So. Because it's called "monopoly"! A company that becomes a monopoly is everything against freedom, the American way.
Wal-Mart is a monopoly! It has taken "away" countless "more" than it has given back.
Lower prices? Really how could we know? Walmart moves in selling groceries and puts all others out of business. When the others are gone, and they go for good. Then you forced to "have to shop a monopoly. Walmart has NO competition. None! Walmart then owns the price and how many to sell and to what area to sell it. Walmart then owns you. End of subject.
And the government likes that bundled up "control" of the "taxes".
Mr Worstofall, You Sir, should be investigated yourself if that is truly the way you feel about Walmarts massive bribery corruption and cover-up in Mexico. If you are an ineligent man you don't even believe the stuff you say yourself. Personally i have traveled all over this planet and have very good friends who own bussineses in foriegn countries. There is no excuse for international bribery and corruption. My very good friend who owns several successful bussineses in Thailand, where bribery and payoffs are probably more common than mexico, told me even before all this walmart bribery stuff came out, that if i come to start a bussines over there, the most important thing he stressed strongly to me was, do not ever get involved in bribery and payoffs no matter what. Not just because its illegal, but because its just bad bussines practice, its wrong and it is very imoral. Bribery and payoffs is how low life, unethical, imoral criminals do bussines. Even if it was true that there is no way to do bussines in any certain country, which is not the case in mexico, without commiting a crime, then the obvious choice of any decent bussines would be to just not do bussines there. If your neighbor has some apples and doesn't want to give you any, then you don't get any apples. If you decide you must have some and decide to get them illegally, then you deserve to have him sick his dogs on you. furthermore, the bribery wasn't all they did. When they were first confronted with the evidence the top officials at home office apparently tried to cover it up, and sent lobbyists to DC to try to change the laws after they already broke them. These are corrupt corporate international criminals. And anyone who doesn't shun them for this type of practice obviously has a serious problem with thier own values. and doesn't Mexico have enough crime already, without Walmart coming on the scene and flooding the illegal market with multi millions of dollars which winds up funding who knpws what. If you are not going to do something to help make the world better, then just shut up and do nothing, but do not speak out in support of massive international corruption, bribery and corporate cover-up. Please. Have some respect for yourself.
You Sir, should be investigated yourself if that is truly the way you feel about Walmarts massive bribery corruption and cover-up in Mexico. If you are an ineligent man you don't even believe the stuff you say yourself. Personally i have traveled all over this planet and have very good friends who own bussineses in foriegn countries. There is no excuse for international bribery and corruption. My very good friend who owns several successful bussineses in Thailand, where bribery and payoffs are probably more common than mexico, told me even before all this walmart bribery stuff came out, that if i come to start a bussines over there, the most important thing he stressed strongly to me was, do not ever get involved in bribery and payoffs no matter what. Not just because its illegal, but because its just bad bussines practice, its wrong and it is very imoral. Bribery and payoffs is how low life, unethical, imoral criminals do bussines. Even if it was true that there is no way to do bussines in any certain country, which is not the case in mexico, without commiting a crime, then the obvious choice of any decent bussines would be to just not do bussines there. If your neighbor has some apples and doesn't want to give you any, then you don't get any apples. If you decide you must have some and decide to get them illegally, then you deserve to have him sick his dogs on you. furthermore, the bribery wasn't all they did. When they were first confronted with the evidence the top officials at home office apparently tried to cover it up, and sent lobbyists to DC to try to change the laws after they already broke them. These are corrupt corporate international criminals. And anyone who doesn't shun them for this type of practice obviously has a serious problem with thier own values. and doesn't Mexico have enough crime already, without Walmart coming on the scene and flooding the illegal market with multi millions of dollars which winds up funding who knpws what. If you are not going to do something to help make the world better, then just shut up and do nothing, but do not speak out in support of massive international corruption, bribery and corporate cover-up. Please. Have some respect for yourself.
Wow, You are also completely void of ethics, integrity and moarls also. just like walmart. You can't be serious. The fact is good, moral,ethical people or businesses do not get involved with corruption, bribery and payoffs. I know, I have close friends who have owned busnisesses in foriegn countries where briberry is common for years. My good friend who owns several succesful busnesses in Thailand told me long before this walmart scandal came out when i asked him about starting a business there. the first most important thing to know is do not get involved in bribery and payoffs. it may be easier and cheaper, but not only is it illegal, its just not proper busnisses, its corruption, its wrong, unethical, and very imoral. you run a proper business,or you don't run one at all. i can't believe the brainwashed minds and lost souls of so many people that believe the junk they hear and actually fall for the excuses. The fact is, as i know from knowing friends who run businesses in foriegn countries, that even if it were true that you had to pay bribes, and commit crime and corruption just to do business in Mexico,even a moderately moral businessman would simply just not do business there. Hey, if you want some of your nieghbors apples, and they don't want to give them to you. you don't get any apples then' right?. And if you make the imoral decision to do something not only just unethical and wrong, but illegal to get them, them you deserve it when his big hungry dog chews on your ass. I know Walmart all too well after working there for 10-years and dealing with there home office execs at times. Walmart is totally and completely void of all moral conscience, ethics and integrity. This is not even an exaggeration. Believe me. You don't even know the first thing about how deeply depraved this company is. You would swear its being run by Satan himself if you knew what i know about Walmart., and i'm sure its worse than i even know. Some things i can't even say here. I have a response from a letter i wrote to CEO Mike Duke himself, after i got fired from my job of 10-years at the Exton, Pa. walmart for reporting a managers abuse of employees including a mentally handicapped female which other employees were afraid to report. It's a threat from their legal dept. and an order to never speak with any walmart employee. Its all documented. the NLRB even filed a charge on Walmart for it, and that is just the outter fringes of what i have personally seen and have knowledge and documentation of that goes on at Walmart with amazingly total absence of anything like moral conscience or discernment at all. I never knew anyone in my life, and i known some bad people, who could do the most wicked evil things to people, without even flinching for a second the way walmart does with no sign of conscience whatsoever. its truly remarkable. Robert Snodgrass, 715 Taylor rd., Downingtown, Pa. 19335 email@example.com 484-252-9596
It's like reading an analysis made by a 14 year-old that isn't able to see the consequences of such acts. I'm from Mexico, and there are 100% legal ways to establish a business. The thing is Walmart wanted to skip those legal steps, take the quick and easy way. There's no such thing as "it is done different there", yes we have different laws but what they did was outside de Mexican law too. If the "things are different" is being applied then I can assume Walmart pays the drug cartels for the stores that are in the northern states (which is common) so besides jumping above Mexican law they are giving money to the drug cartels, "yay". There isn't a "different" way there is the lawful way and the corrupt way. They chose the easy path.
Nothing like a great insider's account to understand how multinationals pay bribes.
One of the best accounts I have read of how US multinationals pay bribes in developing countries, and which I cannot recommend enough, is"High-Tech Planet: Secrets of an IT Road Warrior" written by a former Oracle executive who saw it all.
It is a funny, brilliant and insightful account of the mechanics used by some US multinationals in bribing government officials in the Third World. The FBI and SEC obviously read the book because following its publications they decided to investigate Oracle for bribes exactly as they were described in the book. What Walmart is doing is just the same.


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Borden's boys' golf team easily beat three Harrison County opponents in a four-way meet at North Harrison on Wednesday.
T.J. Fraley shot a 37, which was even-par — to lead the Braves to a meet-best 165 — 11 shots better than runner-up Lanesville. North Harrison shot a 177 and South Central with a 204.
Reilly Gray and Kamden Hurst each shot a 41, Tony Wagoner III finished the course in 46 strokes and Eiijah Franklin and Niko Frascella each finished the course in 47 strokes for the Braves.
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The Generals shot a 206, which was nine better than the Lions and 34 ahead of the Mustangs.
Brett Kastetler led Rock Creek with a 44 and Collin Schindler finished with a team-best 61 for New Wash.
NEXT: Clarksville at Providence Sectional, June 3 at Covered Bridge; New Washington and Rock Creek at Madison Sectional, June 3 at Sunrise.
• Hornets second at Sunrise: Henryville finished second in a three-way meet at Sunrise Golf Club in Madison on Wednesday.
The Hornets shot a 178 — 24 shots behind first-place Jennings County. Madison Shawe didn't field a complete team.
Luke Davidson and Mason Edwards led Henryville with 43 apiece at the par-36 course. The Hornet duo was nine shots off the mark set by Jennings medalist Jake Simmons.
Bailey Reister shot a 45, Charlie Lefebvre a 47 and Cameron Furnish a 51 for Henryville.
NEXT: Henryville vs. Borden, Friday at Champions Pointe.


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