Re: Are English Football Fans The Dinosaurs?
The News Review:
- Re: Are English Football Fans The Dinosaurs?
- Gov’t rejects IPR claims
- China announces measures to curb auto sector capacity
- Veiled woman has alternative message
- Bounty hunters
- CLAN GIVES KID #9 A NEW HOME FOR XMAS
- JV to start making 3G equipment in 2007
Re: Are English Football Fans The Dinosaurs?
Pinkun.com – Dec 26, 2006
For instance, with the extra revenue NCFC recieve through the FA they could have tie ups with hellesdon U-7′s right through to Kings Lynn for the development of local youth players where their coaches are given the right training and qualifications to nurture these players. Another route we could take is similar to a rule that is enforced within the Spanish league set-up, where they are not allowed to have no more than 3 non-eu players within their matchday squad. OK this doesn’t stop EU nationals from playing for the teams, but it will at least slightly improve the chances of home grown talent of making the first team squads of the PL teams. It seems to work within the spanish leagues as there is a far higher proportion of spanish nationals playing in their league. Plus with the re-allocation of money down the leagues, the emphasis on getting results fast might dwindle and therefore managers giving home grown youth talent a chance might increase. I like the idea of what Blatter has previously said about a quota system, even though it goes against EU employment laws, I do believe it should be challenged so it protects the identity of each countries league. Finally another idea we could look into is pretty radical, but it could increase the chances of England actually winning the world cup.
Gov’t rejects IPR claims
People's Daily Online – Dec 26, 2006
Industry insiders estimate the mobile phone TV market in China is expected to reach 6. 05 billion yuan (US$756 million) in 2008. The nation has been attaching great importance to the development of home grown technology standards in recent years. The approach is expected to benefit local companies by reducing the amount of money they have to pay in royalties and intellectual property fees to overseas companies. China has worked for several years to develop the TD-SCDMA standard, a home grown standard for third generation wireless networks. Source: China Daily.
China announces measures to curb auto sector capacity
Forbes – Dec 26, 2006
Chinese auto producers which plan to set up new plants have been set a minimum requirement of 80 pct of their capacity in the previous year being turned into sales, according to the circular. Any Chinese-developed vehicle projects should turn out cars with the automaker’s own brand in front, it said – an apparent reference to the industry practice, particularly by foreign-invested joint ventures, of giving even foreign-designed cars Chinese-market names displayed on the trunk. Governments at all levels should ‘take the lead to purchase vehicles that are environmentally-friendly or powered by new types of energy, especially home-grown vehicles,’ the circular added. State media reported that the country’s automobile sales are expected to exceed seven mln units this year, making China the world’s third-largest auto market after the US and Japan. jiang@xinhuafinance. com Neither the Subscriber nor AFX News warrants the completeness or accuracy of the Service or the suitability of the Service as a trading aid and neither accepts any liability for losses howsoever incurred.
Veiled woman has alternative message
NEWS.com.au – Dec 26, 2006
I hope that society is more accepting of my personal choice. It’s not about separation. ”
Khadijah’s appearance comes amid a debate about the extent of religious and ethnic integration following last year’s home-grown Islamist extremist suicide attacks in London. The row intensified in October when former foreign secretary Jack Straw said he asked Muslim women to remove their veils when they visited him in his constituency, saying it helped communication. Prime Minister Tony Blair then called the veil a "mark of separation” between communities. Khadijah – who converted to Islam a decaded ago and said she was the great-granddaughter of a suffragette who fought for British women’s right to vote – said Mr Straw’s comments were not helpful. But she also said Britain was the best country for people to practise their religion freely.
Bounty hunters
The Age – Dec 26, 2006
(An agreement between the twoproviders in October means you can now chat to friends on eithersystem. )But people’s online expeditions have evolved a lot since ninemsnfirst came on the block nine years ago. Users are savvier, manyknow how to change their home pages or personalise the ones theyhave grown accustomed to and others are masters at bypassing themand going straight to other sites, discussion groups or theirfavourite search engine. This has prompted digital media specialist David Holmes,managing director of OneDigital, to question the future of webportals. Holmes advises advertising clients on which portals toinvest in and has customised his own home page using Firefox toreflect his personal interests. “I’ve personalised the links, the search [engine], everything. That’s the access to my life.
CLAN GIVES KID #9 A NEW HOME FOR XMAS
New York Post – Dec 26, 2006
"Even on bad days, we feel we are really lucky. We think they are such treasures," she said of her kids, ages 8 months to 12 years. The Costellos, both 50, also have three grown biological children, and an adult daughter they adopted as an infant. Sarah, 2, who became a Costello when she was 4 months old and underwent a liver transplant, scampered around the family's Bay Shore house as her mom spoke to a visitor last week. "We had planned on being done" with adopting after Sarah, Gloria Costello said. But then they heard about baby Matthew, now the newest addition to the family, born with a rare birth defect that left him unable to blink his eyes or make facial expressions. He has no toes and is missing portions of his hands and feet… " The Costellos' dedication to helping children dates to 1993, when they feared Tom had cancer. The tumor turned out to be benign, but they found themselves thinking about what they wanted to do with their lives. "We just want the chance to give children who need a home a loving home," Tom said. "We get to see real-life miracles every day," Gloria said. For instance, doctors feared Jacob, 6, who has mild cerebral palsy, might be wheelchair-bound. "But now he's walking," Tom said. "We don't have many material things to offer," Gloria said, "but we have a lot of love.
JV to start making 3G equipment in 2007
highbeam.com – Dec 26, 2006
A China-based joint venture between Nokia and Potevio, formallyknown as China Putian Corp, is expected to start production of 3G(third generation) mobile telecoms network equipment in the firstquarter of next year. But a scandal hitting Siemens, which has been planning to mergeits network business with that of Nokia, could add an element ofuncertainty to the Nokia-Potevio joint venture, based in Wuhan, thecapital of Central China’s Hubei Province. With an investment of 900 million yuan (US$115 million), Nokia andPotevio signed a deal in October 2005 to form the 51-49 joint ventureto jointly develop 3G mobile telecoms equipment based on the China’shome-grown TD-SCDMA standard and.