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Deep space commodities : exploration, production and trading
Space is open for business! The dawn of a new space race led by private sector entrepreneurs is upon us thanks to the USA Space Act 2015 and technology advances like SpaceX rockets, which have greatly reduced the cost of space flight. For the first time in history, the advances in both technical and legal infrastructure have opened up exciting opportunities that are already driving the commercial exploration of deep space commodities, Space tourism with Virgin Galactic, and the serious planning for the colonisation of our Moon and Mars. Tom James, a leading commodity and energy market practitioner and author, has brought together top professionals in academia, astropolitics, space engineering and space law to explore the exciting opportunities and challenges businesses face in the new off-planet economy.
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Westminster report: Barnett formula is a 'relic' and must be replaced Role of Scottish Secretary questioned as committee calls for a 'needs-based' system post-devolution
THE [Joel Barnett] formula - the population-based mechanism used by the Treasury since 1978 to adjust and allocate public expenditure funds to Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales - is outdated, \"lacks any basis in equity or logic\" and needs to be replaced with a new \"robust and transparent\" system. Barnett's formula, which since 2002 has set Scotland's share at 10.23per cent of the amount of public expenditure spent in England, is described as a \"relic\" from earlier times \"that takes no account of the current need of the various nations and regions of the UK\". Although applauding the review of the devolution settlement already taking place in Scotland, [Alun Michael] said the report pointed to the need for a UK-wide review, which was \"essential to restore the misunderstandings\" and the \"crudity of thought in Whitehall that in some cases had civil servants believing everything had gone\" to Scotland or Wales.
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Time Out 50 : 50 years, 50 covers
In August 1968, Time Out was created in London to help people make the most of the city - the iconic brand's fiftieth anniversary will be celebrated with this book packed with fifty amazing magazine covers and the stories behind them. Time Out's fiftieth anniversary will also be marked by the exhibition 'Time Out 50: 50 Years, 50 Covers' - Charting five decades of London through Time Out's front pages at London's Museum of Brands. 'Time Out 50' will be celebrated in 50+ Time Out cities worldwide, with dedicated issues of print magazines and original online content. Time Out launched in London in 1968 and Time Out has been publishing internationally since the mid-'90s and has established readerships in New York, Chicago, LA, Miami, San Francisco, Barcelona, Madrid, Lisbon, Paris, Hong Kong, Singapore and the main Australian cities, as well as franchise operations in Tokyo, Tel Aviv, Istanbul, Bangkok, Dubai and elsewhere.
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WAR ON THE WORLD: DID 500 BRITS DIE?; Sombre Blair warns nation: 'We have to be prepared' THE DEATH TOLL Reported missing in New York 4,763 Killed on the four American planes 266 Feared dead at the Pentagon 190
FEARED DEAD: Broker [Nigel Thompson] was on the phone to his twin when the call was cut off; LAST WORDS: [Ronnie Gilligan] sent e- mail home two hours before horror; TEARS: Businessman [Howard Selwyn] was in the World Trade Center\\\; ENGAGED: Banker [Derek Sword]; MISSING: Executive [Sarah Redheffer] at her wedding to husband [Eric Redheffer]
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WAR ON TERROR: ACTION 'IN DAYS': LET'S GO TO WAR; Blair rallying call to parties
He also spoke to MPs on the Commons foreign affairs, home affairs and defence committees as well as members of the parliamentary intelligence and security committee at No 10. They emerged universally impressed by the PM's performance - and in little doubt the first target would be bin Laden. \"There will be a couple of debates, covering vital issues like foreign affairs and the economy and the PM's speech but there is little appetite for normal politics.\" A Downing Street spokesman said Mr [TONY Blair] believed the conference should go ahead \"in some form\". Pictures:PA; PREPARED: British sailors wave as their ship goes through the Suez Canal yesterday en route to the Gulf; SOLIDARITY: [Iain Duncan Smith] at No 10; SOMBRE: [David Blunkett] leaving No10; TALKS: Tony Blair last night after day of briefings
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Moral responsibility and the financial crisis
\"Probably for the first time, this issue of Midwest Studies applies the resources of analytic philosophy to high finance. It appears on the 10th anniversary of the Global Financial Crisis and considers both the normative and meta-ethical issues that the crisis raises. Foremost among these is the question of how to allocate responsibility for the harm done. As a test case for theories of individual and collective responsibility, the events of a decade ago are of great philosophical interest.\" --From the back cover.
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FIRST CUTS WON'T BE THE DEEPEST HOLYROOD Spending squeeze on budget send political rivals spinning in search for 'least worst' cuts HOLYROOD Spending squeeze on budget send political rivals spinning in search for 'least worst' cuts WESTMINSTER Devolution leaves Scotland in 'wait-and-see' mode - with the problematic Barnett formula still to be addressed
Leader Iain Gray, MSP for East Lothian, has reportedly ruled out making GARL a \"deal-breaker\" when it comes to next January's deciding vote on the budget, prompting claims from Labour at Glasgow City Council that Gray was too \"Edinburgh-oriented\". A House of Lords committee recently branded the formula \"arbitrary and unfair\". This year, the House of Commons justice committee also said the [Barnett] formula \"lacks any basis in equity or logic\", branded it \"unfair\" and said it was now time for alternatives to be reviewed. [Tony Travers] believes this would open \"a can of worms\" because \"any adjustment to what is allocated to Scotland or Wales could mean a loser being identified elsewhere\". Politicians in England, he forecast, would be placed in a situation \"where they had to speak out if there was an inter-regional tussle\".
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My generation : collected nonfiction
\"Including significant previously uncollected material, My Generation is the definitive gathering of the fruits of this beloved writer's five decades of public life. Here is the William Styron unafraid to peer into the darkest corners of the 20th century or to take on the complex racial legacy of the United States. But here too is Styron writing about his daily walk with his dog, musing on the Modern Library's \"100 Greatest Books,\" and offering personal insight into the extraordinary array of noted contemporary figures he interacted with over the course of an illustrious career. These are the people and events, tragic and joyful, historical and intimate, that aroused Styron's unrivalled curiosity\"-- Provided by publisher.
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The UNHCR and the Supervision of International Refugee Law
The 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees, and its 1967 Protocol, and many other important international instruments recognize the unique role the UNHCR plays in protecting refugees and supervising international refugee law. This in-depth analysis of the UNHCR's supervisory role in the international refugee protection regime examines the part played by key institutions, organizations and actors in the supervision of international refugee law. It provides suggestions and recommendations on how the UNHCR's supervisory role can be strengthened to ensure greater State Parties' compliance to their obligations under these international refugee rights treaties, and contributes to enhancing the international protection of refugees and to the promotion of a democratic global governance of the international refugee protection regime.
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