Secrecy's out, so here's what Swiss banks can still offer … If Swiss banks were to cast off their usual discretion and make a marketing pitch these days, it might start off something like this: Dear Potential Client, While we would be delighted to open an account and manage your money for you, once you've complied with our anti-money laundering provisions, please be advised that...Read More

The Entire History of the Royals though the ages of the Kings and queens who did ( and still do ) rule England.Read More

Capitalism is worth fighting for – it is a force for good … Capitalism must have a social purpose and be used to the long-term benefit of companies and their employees … The workplace is a crucial arena for individual progress, where the meritocracy that sustains every democracy is most often played out … Capitalism is certainly far from perfect, but most of us believe that...Read More

Nobody Wants To Host The 2022 Olympics … The next Olympics to be awarded, a little more than a year from now, will be the 2022 Winter Games. Rather than going to the strongest bid, the games may end up going to the last city standing—a long list of potential hosts have given up on their Olympic dreams because the whole thing is one huge, useless waste of money. – DeadspinDominant...Read More

Capitalism is worth fighting for – it is a force for good … Capitalism must have a social purpose and be used to the long-term benefit of companies and their employees … The workplace is a crucial arena for individual progress, where the meritocracy that sustains every democracy is most often played out … Capitalism is certainly far from perfect, but most of us believe that...Read More

Nobody Wants To Host The 2022 Olympics … The next Olympics to be awarded, a little more than a year from now, will be the 2022 Winter Games. Rather than going to the strongest bid, the games may end up going to the last city standing—a long list of potential hosts have given up on their Olympic dreams because the whole thing is one huge, useless waste of money. – DeadspinDominant...Read More

The next generation of copper mines will not only have less copper but sharply declining grades, according to a study by Mining Intelligence.Unless worldwide copper consumption changes, copper prices need to rise to meet future demand:Number of copper projects in the pipeline equal total operating mines worldwide. Not all projects will become mines.Total resource of pre-production copper projects...Read More

Three Ms for economics re-education … Many economics students are unhappy with what they are being taught. A network of 62 groups from around the world has drawn up a petition calling for more "pluralism" in instruction. The malcontents find the dominant neoclassical model too narrow and want to know why so few experts predicted the 2008 financial crisis. They also want less abstra...Read More

U.S. Training Elite Antiterror Troops in Four African Nations … United States Special Operations troops are forming elite counterterrorism units in four countries in North and West Africa that American officials say are pivotal in the widening war against Al Qaeda's affiliates and associates on the continent, even as they acknowledge the difficulties of working with weak allies. The secr...Read More

Three Ms for economics re-education … Many economics students are unhappy with what they are being taught. A network of 62 groups from around the world has drawn up a petition calling for more "pluralism" in instruction. The malcontents find the dominant neoclassical model too narrow and want to know why so few experts predicted the 2008 financial crisis. They also want less abstra...Read More

U.S. Training Elite Antiterror Troops in Four African Nations … United States Special Operations troops are forming elite counterterrorism units in four countries in North and West Africa that American officials say are pivotal in the widening war against Al Qaeda's affiliates and associates on the continent, even as they acknowledge the difficulties of working with weak allies. The secr...Read More

Albert Markovski (Jason Schwartzman), head of the Open Spaces Coalition, has been experiencing an alarming series of coincidences that have lead him to fall under the influence of nihilistic competitor Brad Stand (Jude Law); an executive climbing the corporate ladder at Huckabees - a popular chain of retail superstores. With the help of two Existential Detectives, Bernard and Vivian Jaffe (Dustin...Read More

At the time of recording this interview, the price of gold has pulled back to the $1250 level, the HUI is testing the 200 level, and the uranium spot price is at $28.25 per pound.We talk to Jeb about what these price levels tell us about commodities in 2014 and look at which commodities are outperforming.Jeb says that the price action in many of the commodities are painful in the short term.We are...Read More

It's been sunny almost every day with a cool ocean breeze, and temperatures in the 70s and 80s. Sure beats the freezing cold and snowy weather we came from in Vermont. Our big workout down here is taking a swim in the pool or the ocean versus digging out of huge snow piles back in New England. But it wasn't just the sunny skies, year-round warm weather, and beautiful ocean beaches that dre...Read More

It's been sunny almost every day with a cool ocean breeze, and temperatures in the 70s and 80s. Sure beats the freezing cold and snowy weather we came from in Vermont. Our big workout down here is taking a swim in the pool or the ocean versus digging out of huge snow piles back in New England. But it wasn't just the sunny skies, year-round warm weather, and beautiful ocean beaches that dre...Read More

European Parliament election: Eurosceptic parties claim victory in UK … Right-wing Eurosceptic parties stormed to victory in European Parliament elections in the UK and France, as exit polls showed voters turning their backs on mainstream politics. UK Independence Party (UKIP) leader Nigel Farage claimed victory in the British election, as early results showed his party beating both the Cons...Read More

Worldwide Campaign: Cannabis for Therapeutic Purposes is a Human Right … An international consortium of medical cannabis organisations are demanding that humans, regardless of state or allegiance and without qualification, be able to use cannabis therapeutically. In a joint declaration, the organisations from Europe and North America refer to Article 3 of the Declaration of Human Rights adop...Read More

European Parliament election: Eurosceptic parties claim victory in UK … Right-wing Eurosceptic parties stormed to victory in European Parliament elections in the UK and France, as exit polls showed voters turning their backs on mainstream politics. UK Independence Party (UKIP) leader Nigel Farage claimed victory in the British election, as early results showed his party beating both the Cons...Read More

Worldwide Campaign: Cannabis for Therapeutic Purposes is a Human Right … An international consortium of medical cannabis organisations are demanding that humans, regardless of state or allegiance and without qualification, be able to use cannabis therapeutically. In a joint declaration, the organisations from Europe and North America refer to Article 3 of the Declaration of Human Rights adop...Read More

Vertical jump is pivotal for sport performance, be it, quite obviously for basketball or volleyball; for scoring well in evaluation tests or as a way to improve overall strength and explosiveness. Here's an example of a technique to build real world strength usable in sports practice. Full details and hands-on learning were given on the Training for Strength Sport seminar series world tour with Dm...Read More