Topic: weiss nicht - on September 22, 2011 at 9:04:00 AM CEST
Italian parents bring in lawyers to evict 41-year-old stay at home son
An exasperated Italian couple has resorted to legal help to kick their 41-year-old son out of the house, in the latest case to highlight the phenomenon of Italy's stay-at-home "bamboccioni" or mummy's boys.
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Topic: weiss nicht - on June 17, 2011 at 10:13:00 AM CEST
2011 Bilderberg Meeting Participant List
BILDERBERG MEETINGS St. Moritz, Switzerland 9-12 June 2011 LIST OF PARTICIPANTS
BEL Davignon, Etienne Minister of State, Honorary Chairman DEU Ackermann, Josef Chairman of the Management Board and the Group Executive Committee, Deutsche Bank AG GBR Agius, Marcus Chairman, Barclays PLC USA Alexander, Keith B. Commander, USCYBERCOM; Director, National Security Agency INT Almunia, Joaquín Vice President, European Commission; Commissioner for Competition USA Altman, Roger C. Chairman, Evercore Partners Inc. FIN Apunen, Matti Director, Finnish Business and Policy Forum EVA PRT Balsemão, Francisco Pinto Chairman and CEO, IMPRESA, S.G.P.S.; Former Prime Minister FRA Baverez, Nicolas Partner, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP FRA Bazire, Nicolas Managing Director, Groupe Arnault /LVMH ITA Bernabè, Franco CEO, Telecom Italia SpA USA Bezos, Jeff Founder and CEO, Amazon.com SWE Bildt, Carl Minister of Foreign Affairs SWE Björling, Ewa Minister for Trade NLD Bolland, Marc J. Chief Executive, Marks and Spencer Group plc CHE Brabeck-Letmathe, Peter Chairman, Nestlé S.A. AUT Bronner, Oscar CEO and Publisher, Standard Medien AG CAN Carney, Mark J. Governor, Bank of Canada FRA Castries, Henri de Chairman and CEO, AXA ESP Cebrián, Juan Luis CEO, PRISA NLD Chavannes, Marc E. Political Columnist, NRC Handelsblad; Professor of Journalism, University of Groningen TUR Ciliv, Süreyya CEO, Turkcell Iletisim Hizmetleri A.S. CAN Clark, Edmund President and CEO, TD Bank Financial Group BEL Coene, Luc Governor, National Bank of Belgium USA Collins, Timothy C. CEO, Ripplewood Holdings, LLC ESP Cospedal, María Dolores de Secretary General, Partido Popular INT Daele, Frans van Chief of Staff to the President of the European Council GRC David, George A. Chairman, Coca-Cola H.B.C. S.A. DNK Eldrup, Anders CEO, DONG Energy ITA Elkann, John Chairman, Fiat S.p.A. DEU Enders, Thomas CEO, Airbus SAS AUT Faymann, Werner Federal Chancellor DNK Federspiel, Ulrik Vice President, Global Affairs, Haldor Topsøe A/S USA Feldstein, Martin S. George F. Baker Professor of Economics, Harvard University PRT Ferreira Alves, Clara CEO, Claref LDA; writer GBR Flint, Douglas J. Group Chairman, HSBC Holdings plc CHN Fu, Ying Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs IRL Gallagher, Paul Senior Counsel; Former Attorney General CHE Groth, Hans Senior Director, Healthcare Policy & Market Access, Oncology Business Unit, Pfizer Europe TUR Gülek Domac, Tayyibe Former Minister of State NLD Halberstadt, Victor Professor of Economics, Leiden University; Former Honorary Secretary General of Bilderberg Meetings GRC Hardouvelis, Gikas A. Chief Economist and Head of Research, Eurobank EFG USA Hoffman, Reid Co-founder and Executive Chairman, LinkedIn CHN Huang, Yiping Professor of Economics, China Center for Economic Research, Peking University USA Hughes, Chris R. Co-founder, Facebook USA Jacobs, Kenneth M. Chairman & CEO, Lazard CHE Janom Steiner, Barbara Head of the Department of Justice, Security and Health, Canton Grisons FIN Johansson, Ole Chairman, Confederation of the Finnish Industries EK USA Johnson, James A. Vice Chairman, Perseus, LLC USA Jordan, Jr., Vernon E. Senior Managing Director, Lazard Frères & Co. LLC USA Keane, John M. Senior Partner, SCP Partners; General, US Army, Retired GBR Kerr, John Member, House of Lords; Deputy Chairman, Royal Dutch Shell plc USA Kissinger, Henry A. Chairman, Kissinger Associates, Inc. USA Kleinfeld, Klaus Chairman and CEO, Alcoa TUR Koç, Mustafa V. Chairman, Koç Holding A.S. USA Kravis, Henry R. Co-Chairman and co-CEO, Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. USA Kravis, Marie-Josée Senior Fellow, Hudson Institute, Inc. INT Kroes, Neelie Vice President, European Commission; Commissioner for Digital Agenda CHE Kudelski, André Chairman and CEO, Kudelski Group SA GBR Lambert, Richard Independent Non-Executive Director, Ernst & Young INT Lamy, Pascal Director General, World Trade Organization ESP León Gross, Bernardino Secretary General of the Spanish Presidency CHE Leuthard, Doris Federal Councillor FRA Lévy, Maurice Chairman and CEO, Publicis Groupe S.A. BEL Leysen, Thomas Chairman, Umicore USA Li, Cheng Senior Fellow and Director of Research, John L. Thornton China Center, Brookings Institution DEU Löscher, Peter President and CEO, Siemens AG GBR Mandelson, Peter Member, House of Lords; Chairman, Global Counsel IRL McDowell, Michael Senior Counsel, Law Library; Former Deputy Prime Minister CAN McKenna, Frank Deputy Chair, TD Bank Financial Group GBR Micklethwait, John Editor-in-Chief, The Economist FRA Montbrial, Thierry de President, French Institute for International Relations ITA Monti, Mario President, Universita Commerciale Luigi Bocconi RUS Mordashov, Alexey A. CEO, Severstal USA Mundie, Craig J. Chief Research and Strategy Officer, Microsoft Corporation NOR Myklebust, Egil Former Chairman of the Board of Directors SAS, Norsk Hydro ASA DEU Nass, Matthias Chief International Correspondent, Die Zeit NLD Netherlands, H.M. the Queen of the ESP Nin Génova, Juan María President and CEO, La Caixa PRT Nogueira Leite, António Member of the Board, José de Mello Investimentos, SGPS, SA NOR Norway, H.R.H. Crown Prince Haakon of FIN Ollila, Jorma Chairman, Royal Dutch Shell plc CAN Orbinksi, James Professor of Medicine and Political Science, University of Toronto USA Orszag, Peter R. Vice Chairman, Citigroup Global Markets, Inc. GBR Osborne, George Chancellor of the Exchequer NOR Ottersen, Ole Petter Rector, University of Oslo GRC Papaconstantinou, George Minister of Finance TUR Pekin, Şefika Founding Partner, Pekin & Bayar Law Firm FIN Pentikäinen, Mikael Publisher and Senior Editor-in-Chief, Helsingin Sanomat USA Perle, Richard N. Resident Fellow, American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research CAN Prichard, J. Robert S. Chair, Torys LLP CAN Reisman, Heather Chair and CEO, Indigo Books & Music Inc. USA Rockefeller, David Former Chairman, Chase Manhattan Bank INT Rompuy, Herman van President, European Council USA Rose, Charlie Executive Editor and Anchor, Charlie Rose NLD Rosenthal, Uri Minister of Foreign Affairs AUT Rothensteiner, Walter Chairman of the Board, Raiffeisen Zentralbank Österreich AG FRA Roy, Olivier Professor of Social and Political Theory, European University Institute USA Rubin, Robert E. Co-Chairman, Council on Foreign Relations; Former Secretary of the Treasury ITA Scaroni, Paolo CEO, Eni S.p.A. CHE Schmid, Martin President, Government of the Canton Grisons USA Schmidt, Eric Executive Chairman, Google Inc. AUT Scholten, Rudolf Member of the Board of Executive Directors, Oesterreichische Kontrollbank AG DNK Schütze, Peter Member of the Executive Management, Nordea Bank AB CHE Schweiger, Rolf Member of the Swiss Council of States INT Sheeran, Josette Executive Director, United Nations World Food Programme CHE Soiron, Rolf Chairman of the Board, Holcim Ltd., Lonza Ltd. INT Solana Madariaga, Javier President, ESADEgeo Center for Global Economy and Geopolitics NOR Solberg, Erna Leader of the Conservative Party ESP Spain, H.M. the Queen of USA Steinberg, James B. Deputy Secretary of State DEU Steinbrück, Peer Member of the Bundestag; Former Minister of Finance GBR Stewart, Rory Member of Parliament IRL Sutherland, Peter D. Chairman, Goldman Sachs International GBR Taylor, J. Martin Chairman, Syngenta International AG USA Thiel, Peter A. President, Clarium Capital Management, LLC ITA Tremonti, Giulio Minister of Economy and Finance INT Trichet, Jean-Claude President, European Central Bank GRC Tsoukalis, Loukas President, ELIAMEP USA Varney, Christine A. Assistant Attorney General for Antitrust CHE Vasella, Daniel L. Chairman, Novartis AG USA Vaupel, James W. Founding Director, Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research SWE Wallenberg, Jacob Chairman, Investor AB USA Warsh, Kevin Former Governor, Federal Reserve Board NLD Winter, Jaap W. Partner, De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek CHE Witmer, Jürg Chairman, Givaudan SA and Clariant AG USA Wolfensohn, James D. Chairman, Wolfensohn & Company, LLC INT Zoellick, Robert B. President, The World Bank Group Rapporteurs GBR Bredow, Vendeline von Business Correspondent, The Economist GBR Wooldridge, Adrian D. Foreign Correspondent, The Economist
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Topic: weiss nicht - on December 19, 2009 at 12:36:00 PM CET
Ass Tattoo Art
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Topic: weiss nicht - on December 19, 2009 at 12:32:00 PM CET
Black Tattoo Art: Modern Expressions of the Tribal
Edition Reuss recently released Black Tattoo Art: Modern Expressions of the Tribal, a photographic homage to a particular genre of skin art. The book is curated by Marisa Kakoulas (lawyer, writer, circus lady, and blogger.) Above and after the jump, Boing Boing's exclusive peek at some of the hundreds of striking, full-page images you'll find inside.
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Topic: weiss nicht - on December 17, 2009 at 1:39:00 PM CET
Library book returned 99-years overdue
The book returned to the New Bedford Public Library in Massachusetts this week wasn't overdue by a week, a month or even a year. It was nearly a century overdue, and the fine came to $361.35.
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Topic: weiss nicht - on December 10, 2009 at 11:43:00 AM CET
Bizarre Lights over Norway
Witnesses from Trøndelag to Finnmark compared the amazing sight to anything from a Russian rocket to a meteor or a shock wave - although no one appears to have mentioned UFOs yet.
The phenomenon began when what appeared to be a blue light seemed to soar up from behind a mountain. It stopped mid-air, then began to circulate.
Within seconds a giant spiral had covered the entire sky. Then a green-blue beam of light shot out from its centre - lasting for ten to twelve minutes before disappearing completely.
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Topic: weiss nicht - on December 5, 2009 at 11:46:00 AM CET
Now, vodka that comes in a pill
Russian professor Evgeny Moskalev of Saint Petersburg Technological University has evolved a technique that allows turning alcohol into powder and packing it in pills. The new technique can solidify any kind of alcohol, including whisky, cognac, wine and beer.
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Topic: weiss nicht - on December 5, 2009 at 11:43:00 AM CET
Markets absorbed by probiotic Swedish tampons
Shares in a Swedish biotech firm soared on Wednesday on news that the company had inked a distribution deal in China for its tampons “bathed in human lactic acid bacteria”.
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Topic: weiss nicht - on December 5, 2009 at 11:41:00 AM CET
Brothers living in cave to inherit billions from lost grandmother
Two penniless brothers who live in a cave outside Budapest are to inherit most of a reported £4 billion after an astonishing twist in their family fortunes.
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Topic: weiss nicht - on December 2, 2009 at 2:10:00 PM CET
11 of the Coolest Couches Ever
I love couches, they are so comfortable. If I had my way, I wouldn't leave my couch.
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Topic: weiss nicht - on December 15, 2008 at 2:29:37 PM CET
Conspiracy Theory
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Topic: weiss nicht - on December 11, 2007 at 12:34:00 PM CET
New Document Reveals Military Mystery's Powers
For years, no military program has sparked more fevered speculation from conspiracy theorists than the mysterious High Frequency Active Auroral Research Program, or HAARP. And for years, the Pentagon has been pooh-poohing speculation that the enormous collection of transmitters, radars, and magnetometers in Alaska was some sort of superweapon.
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