The San Fernando City Performance Pledge, as co-determined between public officials, local civil society, and the private sector in San Fernando. Signed by city employees at an April 7, 2009 ceremony. (Photo: CIPE) Can a scorecard change the world

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Changing the world, one city at a time

The 5th Zulia State judge Erika Carroz suspended the trial against Yukpa Chief Sabino Romero and two other indigenous leaders who are facing charges of murder after the jury failed to appear for a second time yesterday.

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Trial of Venezuelan Indigenous Chief Suspended amidst Appeal for Use of Indigenous Law

As the New York Times reported Saturday, BP’s liability for is capped at $75 million: Under the law that established the reserve, called the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund, the operators of the offshore rig face no more than $75 million in liability for the damages that might be claimed by individuals, companies or the government. The fund was set up by Congress in 1986 but not financed until after the Exxon Valdez ran aground in Alaska in 1989. In exchange for the limits on liability, the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 imposed a tax on oil companies, currently 8 cents for every barrel they produce in this country or import

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"BP Says It’ll Pay For This Mess. Baloney." BP Liability Currently Capped at Only $75 MILLION … Menendez Bill Would Raise Liability to…

From Telegraph.co.uk :   Here’s an exclusive extract from Nouriel Roubini’s new book, Crisis Economics . For the past half century, academic economists, Wall Street traders, and everyone in between have been led astray by fairy tales about the wonders of unregulated markets and the limitless benefits of financial innovation. The crisis dealt a body blow to that belief system, but nothing has replaced it

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Extract from Nouriel Roubini’s New Book "Crisis Economics" Published by Penguin, Out May 11th

I wrote last week about my experience at the Nonprofit Business Summit, and I wanted to share more of the information I got out of what I considered to be a really fantastic conference. One of the breakout sessions I attended was “Effective Board Development & Assessment,” which was right in line with my April Lunch & Learn and related blog.  I took away from this session the importance evaluations on a regular basis – at least annually.  It’s good practice to have board members evaluate their own performance as well as the organization’s performance as it relates to them.

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Are You Fulfilling Your Responsibilities as a Board Member?

The web page of the Ohio Supreme Court reports: The Supreme Court of Ohio ruled today that an award of attorney fees in a civil lawsuit is distinct from an award of punitive damages, and the public policy of the…

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Public Policy, Punitive Damages And Fee Awards

For those of you in Beijing this week, I wanted to let you know that this Thursday I’ll be speaking on a panel titled “China’s Economy: Should We Be Worried?” sponsored by European Union Chamber of Commerce in China.  My fellow panelists will be: Fan Gang , director of China’s National Economics Research Institute (NERI) and China Reform Foundation, and a top economic advisor to the Chinese government. Ardo Hansson, chief economist at the World Bank’s Beijing office

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EU Chamber Panel on China’s Economy

The New York Times highlights a changing decades-old tradition in China for the government not to disclose information on its spending habits.  The original story on Asia Times Online talks about a small town in the Sichuan province, where public officials decided to disclose its budget.  The findings are quite interesting – 65% of government funds were spent on entertainment and accommodations…of local public officials.  But, as the story notes, the public is not outraged about the spending – most of the people seem to be happy with the fact that the government is actually releasing the numbers. (Part of Publicized Baimiao Village Government Spending in January. Source: http://www.chinahush.com) This translation of a Chinese commentary notes that in just 3 days the story got the attention of more than 300,000 people on the web.  It has some interesting opinions on what it all means and ends with a rather provocative question: whether this move by a village government is a call to other governments throughout the country to do the same?  Will others step up to the plate

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Naked Government

Drum roll please … The Maryland Chamber is pleased to announce the finalists for the 2010 Small Business of the Year Awards. Join us on June 3, when we showcase these outstanding small businesses and announce the winners

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Chamber Announces Small Business of the Year Finalists

Midtown Toronto Office Space – April 2010 View more documents from Chris Fyvie . Address Available Space (sf) Asking Gross Rental Rate (psf) Asking Monthly Rate 110 Eglinton Avenue E 2,770 $29.98 $6,920.38 110 Eglinton Avenue E 3,237 $29.98 $8,087.11 124 Merton Street 2,345 $28.98 $5,663.18 150 Eglinton Avenue E 2,542 $28.60 $6,058.43 161 Eglinton Avenue E 2,782 $30.06 $6,968.91 1867 Yonge Street 3,126 $33.27 $8,666.84 1881 Yonge Street 2,758 $34.27 $7,876.39 20 Eglinton Avenue W 2,000 $36.95 $6,158.33 20 Eglinton Avenue W 3,740 $36.95 $11,516.08 2200 Yonge Street 2,077 $36.99 $6,402.35 25 Sheppard Avenue W 2,423 $41.21 $8,320.99 3080 Yonge Street 2,021 $33.90 $5,709.33 3080 Yonge Street 3,655 $33.90 $10,325.38 36 Eglinton Avenue W 2,810 $29.78 $6,973.48 40 Eglinton Avenue E 3,434 $31.98 $9,151.61 4120 Yonge Street, Phase 3 2,321 $39.35 $7,610.95 45 Sheppard Avenue E 2,177 $33.42 $6,062.95 4576 Yonge Street 2,795 $32.95 $7,674.60 4711 Yonge Street 3,478 $38.53 $11,167.28 4711 Yonge Street 2,773 $38.53 $8,903.64 477 Mount Pleasant Road 2,775 $25.20 $5,827.50 4950 Yonge Street 2,276 $39.48 $7,488.04 5000 Yonge Street 3,139 $44.54 $11,650.92 5001 Yonge Street 2,514 $33.10 $6,934.45 5001 Yonge Street 2,400 $33.10 $6,620.00 5160 Yonge Street, Northeast Tower 3,070 $37.83 $9,678.18 55 Eglinton Avenue E 3,918 $24.81 $8,100.47 55 Eglinton Avenue E 3,200 $24.81 $6,616.00 90 Eglinton Avenue E 2,151 $35.60 $6,381.30 90 Eglinton Avenue E 3,494 $35.60 $10,365.53 We provide free custom surveys of available office space including a price list and floor plans. Simply reach out to us here!

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A case decided on May 3 by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court affirmed abuse of process and malicious prosecution claims brought by an attorney who had represented a divorce client.

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The restaurant industry is a harsh one, with more changes in ownership than most businesses. In such a tough situation, you need to make your restaurant business strong financially by outsourcing accounting . Handing over your books of accounts to an accounting firm ensures that your financials are in good hands so that you can focus on your business better.

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Want to make outsourcing accounting a success for your restaurant? Follow a weekly accounting system

The blog remains amazed, and worried, by the inability of many of those reponsible for the global financial system to provide the necesary leadership during the current Crisis. They seemingly failed to grasp in March 2008 that Bear Stearns’ bankruptcy was a clear sign that a major global financial crisis was around the corner. Equally, Greece’s credit rating was first downgraded back in January 2009 .

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The Greek carriage hits the buffers as the ‘slow motion train wreck’ continues

OK, it’s their tagline, but it’s catchy, isn’t it? For those of you unfamiliar with the company, Shmoop is a company whose mission is “to make learning and writing more fun and relevant for students in the digital age.” The title of this post comes from their slogan, “Shmoop will make you a better lover (of literature, history, life),” offering comprehensive guides and study aids online and on several e-reader platforms

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Shmoop will make you a better lover…if you have a Sony Reader?

Australia’s central bank increased the benchmark interest rate for the sixth time since early October after policy makers raised their outlook for inflation and judged the nation is insulated from Greece-sparked debt woes.

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Australia Raises Interest Rate for Sixth Time to 4.5% (Update2)

Internode network engineer Mark Newton has shed some technical light on so-called “doomsaying” articles suggesting an upgrade to the internet’s domain name servers might cause routers around the world to fail. The update will roll-out Domain Name System Security Extensions (DNSSEC), which aim to authenticate and sign domain names.

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Internode sheds light on DNSSEC

On the other hand, the economic dynamism created by the explosive growth of the Indian economy (assuming of course that the trend toward double-digit GDP growth continues) will offer the Arab world (and Pakistan) new opportunities for …

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The Department of Defence has given existing partner Red Rock the go ahead to conduct a $16 million upgrade of its ailing human resources platform PMKeyS, in the shadow of a much wider overhaul planned for the department’s core enterprise systems.

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UXC subsidiary wins Defence HR deal

The most important element to an accounting service is they are typically employed with experienced and knowledgeable Certified Public Accountants . Depending on the accounting firm you select, some are dedicated to specific industries

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Two of the biggest segments of the Indian economy that have seen the best of these changes are the Online Banking services and fixed term deposit segments. Both these segments have been able to encourage the prospective customers to …

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Online Banking Services Get Accessible for the Indian Banking …

A new proposal from the Australian Communications and Media Authority would require mobile carriers to provide user location information to Triple Zero operators.

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Mobile carriers to locate users for 000?

Communications Minister Stephen Conroy’s office has revealed that 57 out of the 687 invited internet service providers (ISPs) signed up to participate in a protected online forum to discuss issues with the government’s planned mandatory filter.

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57 ISPs signed up for filter forum

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This marks the coming together once again of the “Chak De India” Director/Writer combination of Shimit Amin and Jaideep Sahni in a funny and exhilarating coming off age movie, set in the new Indian economy .

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Classic Indian films on Muslim themes coming to New York

“Left, Right, and the Prospects for Liberty” surely ranks among the most influential of all of Rothbard’s work on the history of ideas. It was written in 1965, when many aspects of the conventional left/right division were coming into question

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Left, Right, and the Prospects for Liberty