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กลับมาอีกครั้งสำหรับรองเเตะของ Birkenstock ในรุ่นยอดฮิตของบรรดาผู้นำเทรนสตรีท อย่าง Hiroshi เเละ Jun Takashi

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“Speaking at a London girls’ school, Michelle Obama makes a passionate, personal case for each student to take education seriously. It is this new, brilliant generation, she says, that will close the gap between the world as it is and the world as it should be.”

The World Economic Forum, famous for bringing together the great and the good in Davos, Switzerland, has for some time run a programme for people it modestly anoints as Young Global Leaders. But in 2010 the Davos lot (maximum age: 40) will be old hat. Truly young would-be leaders, no older than 25, will gather on February 8th-10th in London for a “summit” called One Young World. Their purpose? Solve the world’s problems. Why? Their elders seem unable to.

The marketing industry has taken a particularly keen interest in the trendsetting habits of the Facebook generation. So it is perhaps no surprise that the event’s co-founders are advertising executives. And no surprise that one of them, David Jones, boss of Euro RSCG, a unit of Havas, is himself one of Davos’s Young Global Leaders (class of 2008)—though he is now in his 40s. But the aims of the conference, which is not-for-profit and aspires to become an annual event, are lofty.

Sessions will be streamed online and resolutions drafted in workshops. The 1,500 young people selected to attend the event (whose tag line is “25 today, leading the world tomorrow”) will find that they have influential ears listening to their ideas on climate change, human rights and the like. Kofi Annan, a former UN secretary-general, and Archbishop Desmond Tutu from South Africa (neither of them spring chickens) are due to chair sessions.

Proportional representation is meant to ensure that people from the most populous countries, not the richest ones, will make up the bulk of the delegates (China and India will have the most). Those interested in attending are encouraged to download an application on Facebook so their friends can vote for them, and to submit a video on a YouTube channel about why they want to take part.

Despite such techniques, the event will depend on old-fashioned corporate sponsorship for its financing. The founders are looking to business to cover the cost of individuals who come (€3,000, or $4,500, a person) and entire country delegations. They are urging firms to take an interest in building a community of young leaders; sponsors are more likely to want a community of young customers.

Mr Jones insists that the event is about innovation. Marketers use social media and new technology to reach young people and sell products. The founders of One Young World want to use that expertise, he says, and channel it for the good.

http://www.economist.com/theworldin/displayStory.cfm?story_id=14742553&d=2010

If someone is interested and can fundraise 3000 pounds, mail me. Armenia has quota of 2 persons, and SYL is the main partner.

November 17, 2009

In May 2008, I met a Europe correspondent of the Wall Street Journal on an international conference in Brussels. As we talked about the Turkish politics, he expressed his bafflement at how “biased the intellectuals and secular sections of the Turkish society were” against AKP, the Islamic ruling party which had taken over the government in a landslide victory in 2002. He thought that seculars were a bunch of corrupt elitists, contemptuous of the people and its democratically elected representatives. They were some mean fascist, anti-western bastards who for years prevented democratization of the Turkish politics and deprived the people of their freedoms. AKP, on the other hand, coming from the midst of the people and deeply-routed in Islam, promised to be the Muslim democrat alternative which would salvage this democracy-handicapped country and liberate its people from the autocratic secular yoke.  Or so it seemed.

In the wake of the recent developments in Turkish foreign and domestic politics, I am not sure if that journalist who worshiped AKP as a democratic savior is biting his fingernails, but many others undoubtedly are: under AKP leadership, Turkey has just jumped out of the Western trenches and joined the ranks of anti-western, fundamentalist Islamic regimes.

The first indication of Turkey’s strategic realignment was the shameless bashing of the Israeli president, Shimon Peres, by the prime minister and AKP chairman, Tayyip Erdoğan at Davos. Yelling at President Peres, Erdoğan said “When it comes to killing, you know well how to kill,” trampling upon all decorums, let alone diplomatic norms. Next came the expulsion of Israel by Turkey from a multinational air exercise which was scheduled to be held in Central Turkey. To add insult to the injury, the fundamentalist AKP government lifted visa requirement for Syria, arch enemy of Israel and a known supporter of state-sponsored terrorism, shortly after the joint exercise incident. Turkish and Syrian ministers held a joint cabinet meeting and then symbolically removed the barrier at the border crossing. Turkish foreign minister, Ahmet Davutoğlu, the mastermind of the Islamic realignment, talked about an integration of the two countries, with a prospect of inclusion of Iraq in this alliance in the near future. Shortly thereafter, plans for military cooperation and joint exercises between Syria and Turkey were announced.

If this is not enough to prove a strategic shift in Turkey’s orientation, wait to hear more: Erdoğan expressed staunch support to Iran’s nuclear ambitions on several occasions and accused the West of making Iran a scapegoat. He called the dictator Ahmedinajad a “dear friend,” whom he, along with the Turkish President Gül, also a fellow jihadist, had rushed to congratulate upon his success in rigged June 2009 elections. He said that Iran’s nuclear activities were “totally peaceful,” Iran was “being treated unfairly,” and allegations about a nuclear weapons program were “merely a gossip.” Criticizing the US invasion in Iraq, he added that “a civilization was destroyed there.” Not quite the kind of words you would expect to hear from a key NATO ally. In October of this year, Erdoğan flew to Teheran with a massive diplomatic and trade delegation to strengthen economic and strategic ties with the terrorist regime. In November, Ahmedinajad kindly reciprocated to Erdogan’s visit by attending an Islamic summit in Istanbul.

Pictures above: Brothers in jihad, AKP leaders Erdogan and Gul shaking hands with a mass murderer and a dictator.

AKP’s courtship with terrorist countries has not been confined to Iran and Syria: Erdoğan government speedily invited the leaders of Hamas to Turkey after the 2006 election victory of the radical terror organization in Gaza. Furthermore, Sudanese mass murderer Omar Al-Bashir visited Turkey twice in recent past and was welcomed by Gül at the presidential residence in Ankara. Ridiculing the international community, Erdoğan recently denied the genocide which took place in Sudan, asserting “I did not observe any genocide during my visit in Darfur.” He went on to shamelessly defend Al-Bashir: “A Muslim cannot be a mass murderer,” as in his opinion, murderers can only be Jews and Christians. AKP’s rapprochement to Sudan’s murderous regime has an economic component in addition to the common jihadist ideology: Newspapers report increasing investments in Sudan of Turkish Islamic businessmen with close ties to AKP. Nevertheless, nobody has bothered asking Erdoğan what he thinks about the Holocaust. The answer is obvious: He will most likely deny it. As a radical Islamist, he is anti-Semitic by nature and made public his sentiments about Jews in a speech to college students: “Jews have made significant inventions in history and now they simply sit back and watch their monetary returns from these inventions grow,” which can be translated to plain English as: “Jews are a bunch of blood-sucking leaches.”

Those who are still debating whether Turkey is really changing sides or not are either blind or ignorant:  Turkey, under a jihadist rule, has already joined the global Islamic revolutionary front, while U.S. and EU kept looking on as apathetic bystanders. One of the main external drivers of this realignment has been the continuous rebuttal of Turkey by the European countries in its bid to join the EU, a prospect which had served as a key factor modernizing the Turkish society. I will handle this topic separately in another article. However, no matter what the causes, the West has an enormous problem at hand now. AKP’s policies will have far-reaching and serious implications for the US and the EU on several fronts, including but not limited to national security, war against terrorism, immigration, narcotics trafficking, nuclear proliferation and energy security. Thus, while preparing to face the adverse strategic impact of Turkey’s shift in the long term, Washington and Brussels must also brace themselves for more unpleasant surprises by the radical Islamic AKP regime in the short term.

DUBAI 2009 – Summit on the Global Agenda

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Historic meeting in Dubai
Summit destined to shape our global future brings together the finest minds 

MEDIA – ” TO IMPROVE INTERNATIONAL COORPORATIONS”, Martina Gmur, Head of the Network of Global Agenda Councils

    For the second consecutive year, the World Economic Forum and the Government of Dubai will host the Summit on the Global Agenda from 20 to 22 November 2009. The Summit will bring together over 700 council members of the most innovative and relevant minds from over 90 countries – leaders from academia, business, government and civil society – to address some of the most pressing issues on the global agenda. “Dubai provides the most convenient environment for effective exchange of ideas among global thought leaders” said Mohamed Alabbar, Chairman, Emaar Properties, United Arab Emirates and Co-Chair of the Summit.  

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• Dubai welcomes back the World Economic Forum’s Summit on the Global Agenda from 20 to 22 November 2009
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     For the second consecutive year, the World Economic Forum and the Government of Dubai will host the Summit on the Global Agenda from 20 to 22 November 2009.

    The Summit will bring together over 700 council members of the most innovative and relevant minds from over 90 countries – leaders from academia, business, government and civil society – to address some of the most pressing issues on the global agenda.

    The councils will be represented by 3 Nobel Laureates, 300 business leaders, 240 members from academia, 100 leaders from civil society – NGOs, think tanks, over 50 leaders from international organizations and 30 public figures.

    In all, there will be 76 Global Agenda Councils represented at the Summit, each bringing together the finest minds in each sector to propose solutions to the key issues and help shape a post-crisis world. Global Agenda Council members will explore ways to tackle governance gaps at the local, regional and global levels, as well as examine the new and continued interlinkages among the various councils. These deliberations and the councils’ recommendations to improve global cooperation will serve as the framework for organizing sessions at the 40th World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos-Klosters in January 2010.

   “The world has never faced such a complex global agenda as we do today, when so many challenges need to be addressed simultaneously,” said Professor Klaus Schwab, Founder and Executive Chairman of the World Economic Forum.

   “The Summit on the Global Agenda in Dubai will complement the efforts undertaken by the G20 and other international organizations to address the global economic crisis. But this meeting will go beyond the immediate situation and provide a long-term strategic approach to shape our global future. Bringing together the best minds and foremost experts, this meeting will be the starting point for global efforts to redesign our international system according to the needs of the 21st century.”

    “The first Global Agenda Summit held last year in Dubai laid out the direction for crucial discussions and recommendations on concerns that affect the whole of humanity. This year, by hosting the Summit again, Dubai is reiterating its position as a role model in the post-crisis world of being one of the most resurgent economies. Dubai provides the most convenient environment for effective exchange of ideas among global thought leaders,” said Mohamed Alabbar, Chairman, Emaar Properties, United Arab Emirates and Co-Chair of the Summit.

    This year, the Global Agenda Councils have been tasked to contribute to the World Economic Forum’s Global Redesign Initiative (GRI). This initiative is a global multistakeholder dialogue to improve the processes and structures of global cooperation in the 21st century. Fifty Global Agenda Councils are developing proposals in the following areas:

1. Creating a Values Framework – considers the shared values needed for constructive coexistence in an interdependent world characterized by cultural diversity
2. Mitigating Global Risks and Addressing Systemic Failures – includes all eventualities and risks which may have adverse consequences on a global level
3. Strengthening Economies – encompasses all aspects of economic growth and development
4. Enhancing Security – speaks to the need for global, national and human security
5. Ensuring Sustainability – addresses human behaviour in the global ecosystem
6. Building Effective Institutions – reflects on the necessary institutional context for effective global governance

The list of some of the leading experts who chair specific councils at the Summit can be found here.

Global Agenda Councils – The World Economic Forum’s Global Agenda Councils were created to further the Forum’s mission and strategic vision. They are multistakeholder groups of the world’s most innovative and relevant experts, established to advance knowledge and collaboratively explore actions to the most important issues in the global arena. For further information on the Councils, please visit Network of Global Agenda Councils.

Dubai TV is the host broadcaster of the Summit on the Global Agenda

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Belowzero mit seinem neuen Internetauftritt. Sehr schönes Bewegtbild auf der Startseite und eine elegante Navigation seitlich zu den Impressionen Skigebiete.

Here is an excerpt about the Women’s Forum for the Economy and Society from the NY Times.

“It is no coincidence that the Women’s Forum for the Economy and Society in many ways echoes the World Economic Forum in Davos, the famous and still male-dominated gathering in the Swiss Alps.

When the women’s forum founder, the French businesswoman Aude Zieseniss de Thuin, 59, sought to go to Davos a few years ago but failed to get an invitation (or a response to her request), she decided to set up a separate networking hub for women. This year, leaders including Melanne Verveer, the U.S. ambassador-at-large for global women issues, and Anne Lauvergeon, chief executive officer of the nuclear company Areva, rubbed shoulders with women activists from Afghanistan, Burma and Iraq.”

CLICK HERE to read the full article.

Pues bien, ayer domingo fui a ver con unos amigos de la Universidad (en lo que hemos denominado Cineforum semanal) la película más cara del cine español, la película más esperada de todos los tiempos (según comentan en la publicidad de Tele5), es decir, Ágora, de nuestro amiguiete Amenábar (sigo pensando que para triunfar en el cine tu apellido tiene que acabar con el sonido bar…. Almodovar, Amenabar…. me tendré que apellidar Bacardivar?).

Dos horas de película. Una historia de romanos. Super-producción. Ninguna de estas cosas me da miedo, porque he visto películas más largas, soy un gran aficionado a la historia (y sobretodo a la greco-romana) y las super-producciones molan. Y sin duda, Ágora funciona. Técnicamente es impecable, los actores están muy bien dirigidos, la reconstrucción de Alejandría es espectacular… y, sin embargo, le falta algo.

Emoción. En esta película hay cuatro historias: la de la ciudad de Alejandría (y su destrucción), la del esclavo Davos (y su búsqueda de la fe-libertad), la de Hipatia (la astrología) y la de amor. Pues de todas ellas, sólo hay una que me haya logrado interesar: la de la astrología. La historia de amor es sosa, teniendo en cuenta que Hipatia no muestra interés a nada (y se nos ha aclarado en miles de entrevistas que no le interesaba al director), la de Davos me parece bastante floja, ya que hay momentos que hace una cosa y después hace la contraria y después vuelve a la original…. no hay constancia en su trama… y la de la destrucción de Alejandría mola (el espectáculo siempre vende) pero tampoco me llega a conmover.

Así pues, es una gran película de factura impecable, pero a la que le falta una historia realmente interesante que atrape al espectador.

Türkiyə-Ermənistan protokollarını meydana gətirən səbəblər. Bu məsləyə gəlməmiş necə müddətdir ki bu prosesi hazırlayan zəmini nəzərdən keçirmək istərdim. Ali Babacan hələ xarici işlər naziri olduğu dövrdə ortaya atılan qonşularla sıfır problem siyasəti ilk növbədə böyük etiraz doğurdu nəticə etibarı ilə Ali Baabcan istefaya göndərildi. Əslində bu istefa prosesi digər dövlətlərin nəzərindən gizlətmək üçün yönəlmiş siyasi addım idi və öz nəticəsini göstərdi. Bir neçə ay Ermənistanla protokolların imzalanması təxirə salındı beləliklə Ali Babacanın yol verdiyi səhvi təkrarlamamaq üçün ilk növbədə protokollar üçün  zəmin yaratmaq məsələsi həll olundu. Layihənin baş memarı Ahmet Davudoğlu xarici işlər nazirliyinə təyin olunması isə Türkiyənin bu proyektdə necə qətiyyətli olduğunu bir daha göstərdi. Yaxşı, sual oluna bilər  bəs A.Davudoğlu nəyə arxayın idi ki belə bir məqamda Türkiyə üçün iqsadi və siyasi əhəmiyyəti sözlə izah edilə bilməyən bir dövlətin qardaşlığından imtina etməyə cəsarət etdi?

Mən belə düşünürəm ki, ABŞ-ın Böyük Orta Şərq layihəsində 4 əsas dövlət var idi bu dövlətlər Səudiyyə Ərəbistanı, İran, İraq və Türkiyə idi. Regiona nəzər saldıqda isə Səudiyyənin orta şərqə təhsir gücünün zəifliyini, İranın mümkünsüzlüyü və nəhayət İraqın neytrallaşdırılması yekunda sadəcə Türkiyə üzərindən bu proyektin həyata kecirlməsinin reallığını yaratdı. Və bu mövzuda dəstək alan Türkiyənin 1923-cü ildən bəri oynadığı yatmış “Div” rolunu dəyişməyə gətirib cıxartdı. Düzdü Türkiyənin oyadılması siyasətinin əsl memarı Turqut Özal idi lakin ona bu imkanı vermədilər Turqut Özal Türkiyənin “oyadılması”nı daha cox Türk dövlətləri ilə bağlayırdı və son nəticədə onun bu ideyaları ölümünə səbəb oldu. Və nəhayət son dövrdəki hadisələri diqqətlə analiz etdikdə isə Ermənistanla imzalanan protokolların heç də gözlənilməz olmadığını anlamaq olar. Daha 2008-cı ilə qədər Türkiyənin Suriya ilə münasibətlərinin kəskin olmasına baxmayaraq son illər Suriya-İsrail arasındakı Çolan təpələrinin qaytarılması üçün vasitəçilik rolunu öz üzərinə götürməsi və daha sonra son günlərdə Suriya ilə visa rejiminin ləğv edilməsi Suriyanın Türkiyənin regiondakı olan ağalığına etiraz etməyəcəyinin əyani sübutu idi bununla yanaşı Yunanıstanda keçirilən Prezident seçkilərindən sonra Yunan prezidentin birinci səfərinin məhz Türkiyəyə edilməsi Yunanıstanın yeni dövrdə Türkiyəyə nə qədər əhəmiyyət verəcəyinin xəbərcisi idi. İraqla münasibətlərə gəldikdə isə Kərkük məsələsində Türkiyənin geri cəkilməsi və Kürd məsləsinin həllinə dair verilən vəd onsuzda gücsüz olan İraqın son nəticədə Türkiyəyə qarşı “dünəndən razı” olmasına gətirib çıxartmışdı. Bölgənin ən problemli dövləti olan İranı yalnız Türkiyə vasitəsi ilə qarşısın almaq mümkündür çünki regionda buna qadir ikinci bir dövlət axtarmaq sadəcə sadəlövhlük olardı. Türkiyənin İran münasibətlərində isə son dövrlər gedən inkişaf göz qabağındadır. Bölgənin digər ağası olan İsrail Türkiyənin bu addımınlarından narazı olduğunu hər addımda göstərirdi. R.T.Ərdoğan Ərəb dövlətlərinin simpatiyasını qazanmaq üçün Davosta “One Minute” deməsi eslində İsraili qarşıya almaq demək idi. Azərbaycana isə Türkiyənin istər diplomatik istərsə də siyasi təsir etmə qabiliyyəti son nəticədə xoşluqla olmasa da zorla müəyyən məsələdə “məcbur” etmək olardı. Ermənistanla isə münasibətləri yoluna qoymaq lazım idi və bu sahədə addımlar atıldı. Yəni regionda tək güc olmaq üçün Türkiyə əlverişli imkan tapmışdı və sonuna qədər də bu siyasətdən istifadə etdi.

Bəzi politoloqlar Türkiyənin bu addımı Avropa Birliyinə girmək üçün atdığı addım hesab edirlər. Mən bir məsələyə diqqət cəkmək istərdim, Türkiyə neçə illərdir Amerikanın “maşa”sı rolunu oynayır nəticə etibarı ilə Türkiyənin Avropa Birliyinə girməsi mənfi mənada Avropaya təsir edəcək. Birinci növbədə Avropa Birliyinə Amerikan əli ilə müdaxilə başlayacaq və Avropada yaranmış ümummilli maliyə bazarına dünya qlobal maliyyənin əlinə keçməsi ehtimalı doğacaq. Bununla yanaşı Avropada həlledici səs çoxluğu əldə edə bilər. Bütün bu faktorları nəzərə alanda Türkiyənin Avropa Birliyinə girmə ehtimalının sıfıra bərabər olduğunu deyə bilərik ən azı Fransa və Almaniyanın nə vaxtsa buna razı olacağına mən inanmıram.

Guilt! Guilt, I say!

Since moving to this godforsaken place, I have developed a habit that has come back to dog ear me in the ass on the way out. I suppose it was only natural that having lived for so long in semi-claustrophobic Japan, I would find ways to welcome the spatial glut of North America.

I could use the term bibliophile, but for its recent twee and self-congratulatory associations. It’s more that I have a ridiculously inflated idea of how much I can read given a limited amount of time. With books you can always fool yourself, like those poor addled multi-taskers, that there’s no need to filter. It’s all relevant.

Well, I can still fool myself a little while longer. In California, there is little employment. Let’s rejoice about this for once and take advantage of the time. I’m going to make up a list of books I hope to take a chunk ou t of before leaving. I’ll update it each time I finish one on the list. Let’s see how far I can get.

First off, The Magic Mountain. I’m getting close to the end of this one. Why did I buy this? Well, as doomed climbers say about real mountains, it was there — and only a dollar.

But there’s another story. A few, quite a few years back, I worked with an elderly Swiss gentleman, very dour and ascetic, whom I always overheard praising the strength of the mighty cockroach in the next cubicle. Usually he did this to elderly Japanese salarymen, who in beginner’s English, would fumble over the “r” in roach, and blink at him in polite discomfort.
This gentleman, Hans, we’ll call him, once descended upon me in the lobby and asked if I’d ever read “Die Zauberberg,” which with my bad ears and undergrad German, translated as “The Clean Hill.”

“No,” he snapped, “The Magic Mountain by Thomas Mann.”

Now Mann I knew. I love Death in Venice, and even more so, Visconti’s adaptation of same with its garish colors and cackling plague infested minstrels. At that time, however, the only thing I knew about The Magic Mountain was that it was one of those reading rites of passage, 800 lurid pages of mottled lungs and five course meals served with sherry in fine crystal.

Hans, noting the hint of recognition in my face, went on with a sense of mission: “My father was a doctor up in Davos. He tended to many of those patients. I spent my entire boyhood there.”

He continued to tell me how as a boy, he would run about the sanatorium grounds, often disturbing the lavish meals of the patients, many of whom he recognized when reading Mann’s book.

Not reading The Magic Mountain would be a lost opportunity personally equivalent to Castorp’s lost years. Yet, as I do I find myself scouring the pages, and going over the features of every small or slightly youngish character to appear. I can’t help but expect that each time Herr Settembrini and Naphta break out into another religious and philosophical spat that they’ll be cut off by a gaunt, bespectacled boy, who will shake his head and tell them that none of it matters.

Only the cockroaches will survive.

วันนี้ทาง INFRD ได้นำเอา Birkenstock: Davos มาตอนรับหน้าหนาวที่กำลังจะเข้ามา ซึ่งเป็นรุ่นที่ Hiroshi Fujiwara เจ้าพ่อเเห่งวงการสตรีทใส่ลงหนังสืออยู่บ่อยครั้ง เชิญเข้ามาชมกันได้ครับ มีทั้งไซส์ผู้ชายเเละผู้หญิงครับ

For the coming so-called winter, INFRD is introducing you to the legendary cork sole sandal, Birkenstock, in the famous style, Davos. Please come and visit our store.

RACERFISH wurde mit der Gesamtkommunikation der Alpinen Kinderklinik Davos beauftragt. Die ersten visuellen Resultate sind in Kürze zu sehen.

Aujourd’hui, parlons d’un marché hautement stratégique, et sur le point d’imploser par “assèchement foudroyant”.

Le marché des terres rares — elles sont au nombre de 15 — est très confidentiel. Vous n’en avez peut-être même jamais entendu parler. Et pourtant, nous ne pouvons nous en passer. Elles sont omniprésentes dans notre vie quotidienne. Dans votre poche, dans votre attaché-case, dans votre salon, dans vos déplacements, dans votre bureau… Elles sont partout. Et sont un composant clé des technologies vertes et du futur.

La Chine, maître du jeu
Or aujourd’hui, nous sommes dans une situation alarmante. En effet, la demande de terres rares est explosive, notre dépendance totale et l’offre est sur le point de s’assécher violemment. Voici pourquoi.

La Chine, c’est 95% de la production mondiale : elle alimente à elle seule toute la planète en terres rares. En 10 ans, elle a éradiqué la quasi-totalité de ses concurrents occidentaux par une guerre de prix destructive ; très peu ont survécu. Elle est devenue totalement “maître du jeu”.

Plus qu’accro
Malheureusement pour nous, notre industrie technologique et stratégique est totalement “accro” et dépendante des approvisionnements chinois. La demande en terres augmente de 10% à 20% l’an et elle a doublé en sept ans. Et ce rythme de hausse est en train de devenir exponentiel. D’une valeur annuelle de 1,25 milliard de dollars actuellement, ce marché devrait peser trois milliards en 2015. Fois trois !

Tollé général !
Jusqu’ici, le robinet des terres rares coulait à flot, il n’y avait donc pas de soucis à se faire – mais la tendance est en train de s’inverser : la Chine veut nous couper les vivres — tollé général ! Elle a besoin de ses terres pour assurer son propre développement — implacable.

Pékin évoque donc l’idée de bannir carrément l’exportation de cinq des 15 terres rares. Quant aux autres, la Chine veut imposer des restrictions pour limiter ses exportations à 35 000 tonnes par an. Une baisse de 50% depuis 2004 ! Au moment même où la demande croît fortement.

Nous voilà dans de beaux draps
Pourquoi ? Sans terres rares, pas d’iPod ni de PDA, pas d’écrans plasma ni LCD. Impossible de produire une voiture hybride ou à pile à combustible ; pas d’ampoules écologiques basse consommation pour réduire votre facture énergétique non plus.

Sans terres rares, les rendements du diesel que vous mettez dans votre automobile plongeraient. Impossible de construire des voitures “légères”, moins énergivores et plus économes. Quant à la révolution technologique laser, basée sur la fibre optique, elle ne serait plus qu’un lointain souvenir… et la liste est très loin d’être exhaustive ! En clair, les propriétés de ces terres sont aussi irremplaçables que vitales aux technologies vertes et du futur.

Que va-t-il se passer à votre avis si nous en arrivions là ?
Pas besoin d’être Einstein pour le deviner. D’abord, le prix des terres rares va s’envoler, le marché virant au déficit. Ensuite les très rares producteurs occidentaux qui ont survécu à l’effroyable guerre des prix chinoise vont voir soudainement les clients se ruer à leurs portillons ; prêts à tout pour arracher à prix d’or quelques centaines de kilos de terres rares.

Il va nous falloir réagir vivement
Américains et Australiens, qui ont des réserves de terres rares dans leurs sous-sols, lancent des projets tous azimuts. Les investisseurs flairent la bonne affaire. Sauf qu’entre le lancement du projet et le début de l’extraction, il peut se passer cinq à huit ans, voire jusqu’à 10 ans.

Pendant ce temps, un autre risque, tapi dans l’ombre, nous menace directement : la politique chinoise de rachat “systématique” de minières stratégiques à la sécurisation de ses approvisionnements. L’Australie, qui regorge de matières premières dans ses sous-sols, est son terrain de jeu de prédilection. Pas un mois sans qu’on entende parler d’une OPA ou d’une prise de participation chinoise dans une minière australienne. Et force est de constater que le regard chinois se tourne actuellement vers les sous-sols australiens riches en terres rares….

Alors si vous voulez mon avis : c’est vraiment le moment de s’intéresser aux quelques rares minières “terres rares” cotées en Bourse.
[NDLR : Et vous pouvez comptez sur Isabelle Mouilleseaux et son équipe de spécialistes pour vous aider à dénicher les meilleures opportunités dans ce domaine confidentiel des matières premières : restez à l'écoute !]
chronique agora

Ces minerais sont irremplaçables,la décision chinoise est lourde de sens.Je ne sais si cela à avoir avec l’Iran,ou avec les taxes US sur les pneus chinois,mais compte tenu de l’importance stratégique de ces terres rares et du monopole chinois,les occidentaux sont dans une position très difficile.

” Sans terres rares, pas d’iPod ni de PDA, pas d’écrans plasma ni LCD. Impossible de produire une voiture hybride ou à pile à combustible ; pas d’ampoules écologiques basse consommation pour réduire votre facture énergétique non plus.
Sans terres rares, les rendements du diesel que vous mettez dans votre automobile plongeraient. Impossible de construire des voitures “légères”, moins énergivores et plus économes. Quant à la révolution technologique laser, basée sur la fibre optique, elle ne serait plus qu’un lointain souvenir… et la liste est très loin d’être exhaustive ! En clair, les propriétés de ces terres sont aussi irremplaçables que vitales aux technologies vertes et du futur.”

Les chinois vont pouvoir exiger ce qu’ils veulent,sans eux notre développement technologique ne sera plus possible.Donc,soit on négocie soit on fait la guerre ! et faire la guerre à la Chine,ça risque d’être difficile,surtout qu’après il faut occuper le pays pour extraire les minerais.
Sérieusement,nous n’imaginons pas une seconde ce qui se trame en coulisse,l’ordre ancien,c’est à dire l’occident qui dirigent tout s’effondre,la Chine et les acteurs régionaux prennent les manettes.Regardez par exemple la photo du G20,c’est Hu Jintao et Lula qui se tenaient à droite et à gauche d’Obama,tout un symbole.

L’argent,la croissance,la jeunesse sont dans ces pays,nous nous n’avons que des dettes,des personnes agées,du chomage et surtout une sale ambiance.Les champions du monde des antidépresseurs c’est nous,ça veut tout dire.Nous ne croyons en rien,nous pataugeons dans nos problèmes,nous pensons avec les concepts du temps de notre grandeur.
L’occident se meurt,l’amérique du sud et l’afrique tente de s’allier,l’asie,dans son ensemble se developpe et se projette dans le monde entier.
Comme vous avez pu le remarquer,le G8 n’existe plus,c’est le G 20 désormais qui décidera.C’est l’embryon de la gouvernance mondiale que l’on nous vante depuis des mois dans les grands médias.

En fait,c’est comme cela qu’ils veulent avoir accès aux ressources,en disant,comme sarko à l’ONU,qu’elles sont à tout le monde ! et wé,il suffisait d’y penser !
Non,messieurs les chinois,VOS terres rares appartiennent au monde entier,idem pour le lithuim de Morales en Bolivie.
J’imagine déja le discours,”à chaque fois, les pays qui possèdent les ressources sont le théatre de guerres,faisons en sorte que personne ne soit propriétaire,faisons en sorte que tout le monde soit propriétaire de ces ressources” lol,je vous jure que ça va se terminer comme ça.Un communisme global qui s’applique non pas aux habitants mais aux états !
Je ne sais pas comment ils vont s’y prendre pour finaliser le passage à un tel gouvernement mondial,une guerre mondiale,une fausse attaque extraterrestre,une catastrophe cosmique ou naturelle hors de proportion,en tout cas le choc devra être violent.

Les terres rares chinoises sont une assurance de plus pour leur avenir,et ce n’est pas le seul atout,les reserves de dollars(2000 milliards),ses liens en Afrique,ses dizaines de millions d’ingénieurs,les transferts de technologies etc…
Je ne sais pas jusqu’à quel point les Chinois suivront le NWO,mais il ne faut pas croire qu’ils ignorent le projet final,je pense même qu’ils sont partie prenante.
1,3 milliards d’habitants,ça fait beaucoup et quand on connait les perspectives de la pyramide de âges chinoise,je ne pense pas qu’ils s’opposeraient à diviser leur population par 10.

Memo to documentary filmmaker Michael Moore: Free markets didn’t cause the financial crisis. The biggest culprits were government planners meddling with the market. So why does Michael Moore (Capitalism: A Love Story) want to route even more power and money through Washington? Centralized planning is economic poison. Doubling down isn’t the cure.

Sometimes, when you think you’ve done it all, you just get a thirst to go further. Europe does have fantastic winter sports to offer, and is perfect for a quick break, but with the advent of cheaper air fares and faster connections, it’s not altogether improbable to travel further to get more for your money where skiing is concerned.

Mount Fuji

Japan

Over 80% of Japan’s land area is composed of mountains and the winters are governed by the Siberian air mass, the coldest air mass in the world.

As a result at least four months every year the mountains in the central highlands and northern regions of Japan are blanketed with snow, making Japan’s ski grounds among the best in the world.

Japan was the first Asian country to host Winter Olympics in 1972 and then again in 1998.
Yet despite the country’s brilliant winter sports conditions and facilities few Europeans have ever been skiing there.

Hokkaido enjoys Japan’s most consistent snow conditions with deep powder guaranteed every year. The official Hokkaido ski season runs from 23 November to 6 May making it the longest in Japan.

The only time worth avoiding is 28 December to 3 January when lift queues are long and accommodation prices exorbitant due to Japanese winter sports enthusiasts flocking to the resort to experience the area’s famous powder during their New Year’s holidays.

For information about snow resorts in other areas of Japan visit: www.snowjapan.com

USA

The ski resort of Aspen is a playground for the upwardly mobile and seriously rich, but it’s the skiing that really sets it apart. With four separate ski areas and a huge variety of terrains and activities, Aspen is ideal for all skiers of all abilities.

Visit the Aspen Mountain, Aspen Highlands, Buttermilk or  Snowmass depending on your ability. If you’re a beginner, head to Buttermilk, which enjoys a reputation as one of the best mountains for novices in the US. Aspen Highlands, too, has good mid-mountain facilities for beginners, reached by a fast quad chair. For intermediates, Snowmass – which has its own village – is probably pretty close to heaven, offering a vast sprawl of linked blue runs.

The only one of the four areas where snowboarding is not permitted, Aspen Mountain (known to locals as Ajax) is the place for the ambitious, with its many double-black gullies, off-piste tree runs, and ‘dump runs’, artificially created 100 years ago by tailings from the silver mines scattered on the slopes. There are lots of mogul slopes, a couple of them sited on the final approach to the resort. Intermediates must not miss the 14-minute ride on the Silver Queen gondola all the way to the peak and to ski a vertical drop of around 3,267ft, including part of the World Cup downhill course.

Get there…

British Airways (0845 773 3377; www.britishairways.com) flies from Gatwick to Denver, 350km east of Aspen, everyday; United Airlines (08458 444 777; www.ual.com) flies more than 12 times a day from Denver to Aspen Sardy Field Airport. Alternatively, Northwest Airlines (0990 561000; www.nwa.com) flies from Gatwick to Minneapolis/St Paul, with a non-stop forward connection to Sardy Field.

http://www.skiaspencolorado.net/ for further information.

And if you really can’t hack the jet lag…

Eurostar offers two highly popular direct services a week direct to the French Alps with each stopping at Moutiers, Aime la Plagne and Bourg St Maurice. Travellers can choose to take either the scenic day service enjoying magnificent views of Burgundy and the Alps or Eurostar’s overnight service. This service departs on a Friday night arriving on the Saturday morning thus ensuring skiers an extra day on the slopes.

Once travellers arrive in the Alps the resorts of Courchevel, Meribel, Tignes, La Plagne and Les Arcs are only bus transfer ride away from the train station. This means there are no time-consuming longer journeys unlike those experienced when arriving at the airport.

Fares are competitive with Standard class returns starting at just £179 whilst Leisure Select passengers can enjoy a full meal service, drinks and roomier accommodation from only £269.

The first day service of the 2006 season departs on the 23^rd December and the first direct night service is on the 29^th December. Tickets can be purchased at www.eurostar.com or on 08705 186 186.

Gay Ski Week, Queenstown

Gay Ski Week Queenstown New Zealand is held during the first week of the New Zealand spring this year. Events take part on and off the snow and anyone is welcome. Events include race day at Cardrona ski resort, a Group Wine tour and more. Visit: www.gayskiweeknz.com.

İsrail ve masonik ilişkiler ağı geri kalmış toplumların kanayan yaraları için aldıkları ağrı kesiciler bana kalırsa. Bu işin formülü ise şöyledir: Sorumluluktan kaçmak için bir suçlu aranır,bulunur.Hep o suçlunun ardına sığınılır. Başarısızlık arttıkça sanal zanlıya daha güçlü saldırılır. Ve…kişiliğimizi o öznenin merkezinde yaşayan nesne haline getiririz. Anılan yaklaşım; bilimsel bilginin üretilmeyip,eleştirel aklın dumura uğratıldığı dışa kapalı kalmış sosyal hayatların kana kana içtiği yaşam suyudur.

Aslında bu küflenmiş efsane en akla ziyan anlarda bile işe yaramakta. Malum, Ali Babacan Orta Vadeli Programı geçen hafta açıkladı.Yalnız ortada bir garabet var.Programı yürütecek kaynak mevcut değil.Ha anlaştık ha anlaşıyoruz palavrası altında kamuoyunu yanıltan açıklamalardan sonra aklıma şu soru takıldı : Davos Krizi’nden sonra İsrail devleti Suriye ile arabulucuk görüşmelerinde Türkiye’yi devreden çıkardı. Aynı İsrail ile ABD ve IMF arasındaki ise sarsılmaz birlik mevcut. Örnek gerekirse, IMF eski birinci başkan yardımcısı Stanley Fischer halen İsrail Merkez Bankası Başkanlığı’nı yürütüyor. Bu yazıyı lütfedip okuyanlar konu ile ilgili biraz araştırma yaparlarsa beni de aydınlatırlar.

Gelelim zurnanın zırt dediği yere. Tayyip Erdoğan ve saz arkadaşları ABD seyahatlerine önce New York’ta Amerikan Musevi Cemaati liderlerini ziyaret ederek başladı.Geçen hafta ise Ali Babacan, Londra’ya gidip henüz açıkladıkları programa destek aramıştı.Yarın öbürgün Pittsburgh şehrinde G-20 ülkelerinin ekonomik zirvesi yapılacak.El etek öpüldükten sonra IMF Başkanı ve memurları Türkiye’nin ekonomik durumunu övmeye devam edecekler. Kısacası diplomatik dille “Size para yok, bakın başınızın çaresine.” diyecekler.

Kürt Açılımı, Ermeni Açılımı, Heybeliada Ruhban Okulu veya azınlık vakıflarına ait mülkler. Bu sorunlar Lozan Anlaşması öncesi ve sonrasında iyi kötü çözüme kavuşturulmuştu. Hükümette azınlıklara olan aşkın nedeni şimdi ortaya çıktı.AB ve ABD aşkı uğruna arı kovanına çomak sokuldu, işte size açılım. Ekonomik açıdan bitmiş durumdasınız.Geçmişin Duyun-u Umumiye benzeri mali kuruluşları tam da bu zamanı beklemez mi? Küresel güçler siyasi dayatmalarını ekonomik kılıfa sokar, hasta adamlarına bağımlı kılıcı tedavi olarak uygularlar.

Bu saatten sonra herhangi bir IMF anlaşması olmadan bir program yürütseniz bile dışa olan bağımlılığınızı azaltamazsınız. Vakit geçmeden erken bir genel seçim ve daha milli bir siyasi idare elzem olmakta. Bana kalırsa kişisel ihtiraslarını akıllarının önünde tutanlar savaş ya da bunalım çıkarmadan rahat durmazlar.İnşallah yanılırım…

İstanbul’daydım, Ocak ayı sonu Şubat başları olması lazım. Saat 22:00 gibi TV seyrediyorum , canlı yayın, kanal TRT 2. Ekrandan buralardan bayağı uzak bir yer izleniyor,orası Davos… Dünya Ekonomik Forumu her zamanki gibi biraraya gelmiş, toplantılar ardı ardına yapılıyor.TV’de tanık olduğum yayında ise katılımcılar;Başbakan Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, İsrail Cumhurbaşkanı Şimon Perez, BM Genel Sekreteri Ban Ki Mun ve son olarak Arap Birliği Sekreteri Amr Musa. Konu ne hakkında onu çok net hatırlamıyorum. Daha sonra videoyu ararken konunun “Ortadoğu’da Barış” ile ilgili olduğunu gördüm.Erdoğan konu hakkında konuştuktan sonra Şimon Peres mikrofonu eline aldı, başladı amiyane tabirle Erdoğan’a fırça atmaya. Bakıyorum Peres’in ses tonu giderek yükseliyor, Tayyip Hoca süt dökmüş kedi. İçimden bu adam gereken cevabı veremez bana da bunlara geçirmek için fırsat doğar diye kötü niyet katarları geçiyor. Ne olursa olsun temsil edilen tüzel kişilik Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, temsilcisi ise Başbakan Erdoğan.Elin adamı bayağı hırpalayıcı konuşuyor,olayın gittiği yön benim gibi rahat bir adama bile ağır gelmeye başladı.

Yanılmışım, iyi ki de yanılmışım. Hayatımda günahım kadar sevmediğim o adam belki de oralarda kimsenin yapamayacağı şeyi yaptı.”One Minute” dedi ve moderatör diye anılan tipi de deyim yerindeyse madara ederek Şimon Peres ve oradaki seyircilere gereken dersi verdi.Hala o ana tanık olmanın verdiği heyecan ve gurura sahibim. Yazı dilimin sokak ağzı olmasından dolayı için de sizlerden özür dilerim. Benim bakış açım böyle dile geldi.

Tarih 21 Eylül, yer New York… BM toplantılari için ABD’de olan R.T.Erdoğan ilk ziyaretini Musevi Cemaati temsilcilerine yaptı.Konuşulan konular arasında Nükleer Silahsızlanma yanında Ermeni Açılımı da var imiş.Kendi kendime sormaya başladım, şanlı “One Minute” hareketinden bu yana ne değişti? Bölgesel Güç diye sırtı sıvazlanan Türkiye, Ortadoğu Barışı’na dahil olabilmek için özür turlarına mı başladı? Ne değişti?

Değişen ya da aslında değişmeyen tek gerçek şu:Uluslararası arenada toplam gücünüz ve arkanızdaki milli destek ile var olur, kabul ve saygı görürsünüz.Kişiliğiniz ne kadar esnekse devreye psikolojik faktörler girer, küresel güçler istekleri uğruna sizleri payanda yaparlar.Meclis aritmetiğindeki çoğunluğa rağmen halk aritmetiğinde gerileyen bir iktidar olmanız elinizi zayıflatır. İçeriden umudu keserseniz, dışarısına umut bağlar duruma gelirsiniz.

Menderes,Demirel, Özal ve Erdoğan… Bu isimler karizmatik, muhafazakar, işini bilen liderler.Yaşarken ABD yanlısı olmaları her birinin müseccel markası oldu. Tüm bunlara rağmen bu isimlerden birisini astık, birisini şaibeli şekilde ortadan kaldırdık, diğerlerini ise hapse attık.Şimdi bu adamların dışarıdan destek aramalarının sebebi ortaya çıkmadı mı? Eğer siz kamu gücü olarak Tayyip Erdoğan’ı sırf şiir okudu diye cezalandırıp, parmaklıklar ardına atarsanız o en saf haliyle bilinçaltı devreye girer.Mazlum addedilen kişi gücü eline geçirdiği zaman belli ve komik bahanelerle ama sadece kendini korumak için başka masum isimleri hapse tıkar.O kişinin travması halka mal olur. Diktatörlükler halkların travmaları sonucu yaratılan korku köşkleridir. Halk, yeniden ayağa kalktığında ise o yalandan köşk darmaduman olur.

Küresel Kriz sancısı Türk ekonomisini bayağı zorlamaya başladı.Hükümetin G-20 Zirvesi’nden hemen önce Orta Vadeli Ekonomik Programı açıklaması ise şark kurnazlığına girmez mi? Bu basit davranış bile sizin bu mali programı uygulamak için dış kaynağa ne kadar ihtiyaç duyduğunuzu gösterir. Kendi hayatımdan şahit oldum, bazı hareketler karşı tarafın zekasına hakaret olabilir. IMF, ABD destekli bir kuruluş, dünya üzerinde yaşayan Museviler ise uluslararası alanda para sahibi insanlar.”One Minute” dedikten sonra geri adım atılması bizim genel durumumuzu değiştirmez. Bin senedir bu topraklarda yaşayan insanlar kimleri gördü, geçirdi. Böyle yaparak sizler o zaman dilim içerisinde hafifçe çekilmiş bir çentik olmaktan öteye geçemezsiniz.

Son sözüm ise halen bayram rehavetinde olanlara.Eğri adamları sakın doğru yerlere getirmeyin.Çünkü, bu yanlışın vebalini sizlerle beraber bizler de çekiyoruz.

Dos noticias que me parecen preocupantes:

1. Fuente el País
2. Fuente TICpymes

La situación económica que estamos viviendo ya la conocemos, pero estas noticias no animan a pensar que se esté en una dirección de cambio de modelo.  ¿Qué está pasando?