Zagat's 2006 guide to America's Top Restaurants can help.
The book, issued Oct. 26, is based on the opinions of 115,000 foodies and lists 1,352 eateries in 41 cities.
In Boston, the top-ranked restaurant was Oishi, recommended for sushi, but the most popular was Legal Sea Foods, famous for its chowder. In the Los Angeles area, the most popular was A.O.C., a hip Third Street eatery, but the top-ranked was Melisse, a contemporary French restaurant in Santa Monica.
As for sushi in Seattle, try Shiro's; Mediterranean in Miami, go to AltaMar, and continental in Cleveland, head for Johnny's Bar.
胡錦涛の北朝鮮訪問、金正日との会見を評論したもので、中国と北朝鮮の政権の抱える 戦略の優先順位や方向性にずれがあるから、中国による北朝鮮の「指導と管理」は至難 と説くもの。筆者は: Dr Jing-dong Yuan is director of research of the East Asia Non-Proliferation Program at the Center for Non-Proliferation, Monterey Institute of International Studies,
BEIJING, Nov. 1 (Xinhuanet) -- China urged Japan to show its "political will" for improving and developing Sino-Japanese ties, according to a foreign ministry spokesman here Tuesday. The key to the return of Sino-Japanese ties back to normal track should not lie in "lip words" but on "actual deeds," the spokesman Kong Quan told a regular conference. Responsibility for the difficulties emerging on Sino-Japanese relations does not rest with the Chinese side, he said. ーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーー >>382 (前スレの)の記事の言う記者会見を伝える新華社記事↑
But Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Kong Quan dismissed Aso's call for dialogue. "The Yasukuni shrine issue isn't one for dialogue; it amounts to whether Japan can really abide by its promise to seriously reflect on history," Kong told a news conference in Beijing.
BEIJING, Nov. 1 (Xinhuanet) -- The alliance between Japan and the United States should not spill over its bilateral frame, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Kong Quan said here Tuesday. He stressed that the alliance should be "a bilateral arrangement" and "not target the third party." 孔泉報道局長は1日の記者会見で日米関係は二国間関係を超えて「第三国を標的にすべきではない」 と述べた。
China hopes Japan and the United States will respect the peace and stability aspirations of all countries in the region as well as their security concerns, he said. 局長は米国がアジア地域全ての国の平和と安定を尊重するように望むとした。
In a meeting known informally as a '2+2' meeting, involving Japanese and top US foreign and defense officials, held on Oct. 29 in Washington, the United States and Japan agreed to deploy a powerful missile defense radar in Japan and tighten army ties in a major realignment of the main US military alliance in Asia 日米はいわゆる(2+2)会議でミサイル防衛レーダーの導入や相互の軍事協力強化を取り決めている ーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーー これは、えらく正直な中国の本音と聞こえるような。(2+2)推進は中国の頭痛の種、と。
This nomination, then, is good news on several fronts. If confirmed, Judge Alito will help steer the Supreme Court back toward restraint and interpretation, rather than improvisation, of the law. And, even as many quarters on the left have derided such a long and clear record as "conservative judicial activism" and vowed a fight, Mr. Bush has nominated Judge Alito anyway. Perhaps this marks a return to the courage Americans voted for when they returned President Bush to office.
However, neither Mr Abe nor his rivals have said anything very revealing about their attitude to reform. Mr Koizumi's biggest achievement was to implement reforms in the face of a distinct lack of enthusiasm from his own party. It would be comforting to know that his successor intends to pull off the same trick, but there is no evidence for such a belief other than formulaic statements from all cabinet ministers in support of Mr Koizumi's reforms.(閣僚たちは小泉首相を支持するという以外には改革をどう進める のかというビジョンを持っているように見えない。安倍氏であれ、其のライバルであれ同じだ)
If Mr Abe does eventually become prime minister following yesterday's reshuffle, he would certainly make an impact on Japanese foreign policy. Unfortunately, it is not so obvious that he would eagerly advance the economic reforms begun by Mr Koizumi. (安倍氏がいずれ首相になるなら、彼は日本の外交政策を変えることになろう。しかし経済の 分野で安倍氏が小泉首相の始めた改革を進めてゆくのかどうかは、それほど明確ではない ーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーー 何か良くわからん社説で、今は次期自民党総裁選挙を始めたわけではないから安倍、麻生そのほ かの政治家が「首相になったらビジョン」を明確に打ち出していないのはおかしなことではない。
Systems failures at leading stock exchanges are rare but not unheard of. The TSE's computer breakdown appears to have been sparked by a misplaced data file following a big capacity upgrade. Unlike other big exchanges, however, the TSE appears to have skimped on testing and crisis management a common theme across Japanese financial services companies. The back-up system, which should have kicked in when the trading system crashed, uses the same software. So do some of Japan's other stock exchanges. Similarly, the back-up system designed to withstand earthquakes simply duplicates the main system and is housed in the same (admittedly, robust) location.
For example, the preface says: "In the course of their modern history, the Chinese people have waged unrelenting struggles and made arduous explorations in order to win their democratic rights. But only under the leadership of the Communist Party of China (CPC) did they really win the right to be masters of the state."
中国政府が最近発表した人権白書で中国で人権が保護されていると擁護していることへの禿げしい非難
So the release of the white paper comes as a tremendous disappointment. After almost 30 years of economic reform, the Communist party still doesn't trust its people to play an active role in running the country.
The Federal Open Market Committee decided today to raise its target for the federal funds rate by 25 basis points to 4 percent.
Elevated energy prices and hurricane-related disruptions in economic activity have temporarily depressed output and employment. However, monetary policy accommodation, coupled with robust underlying growth in productivity, is providing ongoing support to economic activity that will likely be augmented by planned rebuilding in the hurricane- affected areas. The cumulative rise in energy and other costs have the potential to add to inflation pressures; however, core inflation has been relatively low in recent months and longer-term inflation expectations remain contained.
The Committee perceives that, with appropriate monetary policy action, the upside and downside risks to the attainment of both sustainable growth and price stability should be kept roughly equal. With underlying inflation expected to be contained, the Committee believes that policy accommodation can be removed at a pace that is likely to be measured. Nonetheless, the Committee will respond to changes in economic prospects as needed to fulfill its obligation to maintain price stability. (後略)
It may be that Gingrich's Long War is less about fighting Muslims than about the West rediscovering itself. While it's apparent battlefields may be in the mountains, jungles and desert fastnesses, the only frontier that matters is in its own heart.
http://edition.cnn.com/ASIA/talkasia/ At the age of 23, Takafumi Horie dropped out of university to pursue an internet dream and founded Japanese powerhouse, Livedoor. Horie's business aspirations aren't limited to the web; he recently attempted to gain a controlling stake in Fuji TV and tried purchasing ailing baseball franchise the Osaka Buffaloes. His latest adventure was to run as an independent candidate in Japan's parliamentary elections. Horie joins TalkAsia to discuss the future of Japan.
THE President of Iran, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, has ordered an unprecedented purge of senior ambassadors who are regarded as too liberal for the policies of his administration, The Times can disclose
HONG KONG -- While China continues to report robust economic growth, a widely watched privately-run index on its manufacturing sector has slipped to its lowest level in 19 months.
The president of SOS-Racism, an anti-racism group, called Tuesday for a "massive investment plan" to cure suburban ills. "The police response alone ... are not at all adequate to the problem in question," Dominique Sopo said on France-Info radio, calling for a "real policy of breaking the ghettos." The money must go not only to building, but also to caring for the people via local associations, he said.
The personal-computer industry's march into the living room is proving to be a slog. PCメーカがリビングルームに攻め込もうとした試みは、うまくいっていない。
A few years ago, the nation's Big Three PC makers charged into the market for big-screen TVs and digital cameras and music players, counting on their PC prowess to catapult them from the home office into home entertainment. They planned to exploit PC-style economics -- based on off-the-shelf components, low markups and high turnover -- to give consumers new choices and offer the big electronics retailers a lesson in low-cost selling.
But Dell Inc.'s decision this week to eliminate its stand-alone U.S. consumer unit -- following Gateway Inc.'s decision to exit the business last year -- suggests the grand experiment may never take off. Indeed, these PC giants are finding the $125 billion consumer-electronics market tough going, even as they struggle to compete with ever-lower- cost PCs.
Dell's announcement on Monday that it would miss third-quarter profit and revenue forecasts and take a $450 million charge for job cuts, office closings and repair costs on a line of defective business PCs knocked its shares to a 2?-year low at one point yesterday. Dell finished down 8.3%, or $2.64, at $29.24 in 4 p.m. trading on the Nasdaq Stock Market.
WASHINGTON ? Samuel A. Alito Jr. was quickly branded a hard-core conservative after President Bush announced his nomination, but a surprising number of liberal-leaning judges and ex-clerks say they support his elevation to the Supreme Court.
Contemporary Europeans downplay national identity in favor of an open, tolerant, "post- national" Europeanness. But the Dutch, Germans, French and others all retain a strong sense of their national identity, and, to differing degrees, it is one that is not accessible to people coming from Turkey, Morocco or Pakistan. Integration is further inhibited by the fact that rigid European labor laws have made low-skill jobs hard to find for recent immigrants or their children. A significant proportion of immigrants are on welfare, meaning that they do not have the dignity of contributing through their labor to the surrounding society. They and their children understand themselves as outsiders.
Two things need to happen: First, countries like Holland and Britain need to reverse the counterproductive multiculturalist policies that sheltered radicalism, and crack down on extremists. But second, they also need to reformulate their definitions of national identity to be more accepting of people from non-Western backgrounds.
My conversation with Yakovlev ended with a question from me and a succinct reply from him. ''Why doesn't Marxism work?'' I asked. He fixed his eyes on me, tapped his wooden leg with his pipe and said, with a certain melancholy: ``It does not adapt to human nature.''
Poll after poll confirms the public's low level of confidence in mainstream media news. Gallup recently measured that confidence at 28 percent, an all-time low. Why such mistrust? The media's slanted coverage of Iraq provides a pretty good clue.
Katrina: The Wrath of Bush is a 2006 American documentary film by American filmmaker Michael Moore, which has a scheduled general release in the United States for June 2006. The film will reportedly examine what Moore believes to be the George W. Bush administration's various failures before, during, and after Hurricane Katrina, and will include questioning of several FEMA figures to examine what went wrong. ttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wrath_of_Bush
Hugo es muy macho,pero: (Score:1) By mrmeangenes on Wednesday November 2, 2005 at 10:20 am MST (#90070) (http://mrmeangenesnews.blogspot.com) Hugo has F-16's ....and no spare parts.And..and F-16's wear out, and (sniff !)then they are (sob!) useless. How can we expect Hugo to conduct proper insurgency in Colombia without the proper tools ?
"I guess if I were a taxpayer in Venezuela, I would wonder about the energy supply that Venezuela has," Bush said. "But maybe it makes sense. I haven't really studied the proposal."
ttp://online.wsj.com/search#SB113089896304485985 Is Japan stock binge ending? Foreign buying has driven shares higher, but some think spree is nearly over By JAMIE MIYAZAKI DOW JONES NEWSWIRES November 2, 2005
"For foreign investors, the percentage of Japanese stocks in their portfolios is about to reach the highest level in the past five years," says Masatoshi Kikuchi, chief equity strategist at Merrill Lynch in Tokyo
"Overseas buyers are now much more on the defensive," says Hiroaki Kuramochi, head of equity sales at Bear Stearns.
"Global investor sentiment is important for the Japanese markets. After all, that's what's driven much of the recent rise," says Patrick Mohr, equity strategist at Nikko Citigroup in Tokyo. ーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーー 日本株が高値をつけるようになってきた(5月の安値から日経225で28%うp)ために、高所恐怖症も 出てきて、日本株買いが慎重な姿勢になってきているという記事。外人投資家の日本株買いの週当た り金額は9月当時の大きなものに比べて、最近は細ってきている(週当たり3000億円とか5000億円買 っていたのが、800億円くらいになっている)中には弱気論もあって、現在1473のTOPIXが1300 くらいまで調整する可能性をいう向きもある。しかし、今のところ企業収益などを見ようという待ち の姿勢をとるむきが多い。
ttp://corner.nationalreview.com/ NROのブログ、コーナーへのカキコ RE: FRANCE AGONISTES [Rod Dreher] I just watched a three-minute report on CNN about the Paris riots that never once mentioned the words "Islam" or "Muslims." It referred to the rioters merely as "ethnic immigrants." You cannot tell me this isn't on purpose. Posted at 06:04 PM
The violence is a reminder of the sharp division between Paris's prosperous center and its poor outskirts, which are heavily populated by first- and second-generation North African Muslim immigrants and rife with delinquency and unemployment.
>>92 最後のセンテンスの原文は: This suggests that Hu and Kim are collaborating to create difficulties for the next round of six-party talks. The US should be prepared for this.
BEIJING, Nov. 3 -- China plans to abolish legal distinctions between urban residents and peasants in 11 provinces as the government tries to slow the country's surging wealth gap and reduce social unrest, media reports said Wednesday.
Under an experimental program, local governments in those provinces will allow peasants to register as urban residents and to have the same rights to housing, education, medical care and social security that city dwellers have.
If carried out as advertised, the program would eliminate a cornerstone of the population control policies begun by Mao in the 1950's. The system of residence permits, known as hukou, ties every person to a locale and once made travel difficult without permission.
In practice, the system has been fading away for more than a decade. An estimated 200 million peasants have left the countryside to live in urban areas, some of them full time. Their access to urban services varies widely depending on local rules and the kind of employment they find.
In today's market-oriented economy, the once-comprehensive socialist benefits bestowed on urban residents carry far less weight. Most people rely on their own resources, or those of their employers, to pay for health care, housing and schooling.
The central government declared that it intended to drop the residency permit system at the 16th Communist Party Congress in 2002, and has made incremental changes since.
Doing away with the residency system also fits the political agenda of President Hu Jintao and Prime Minister Wen Jiabao, who have tried to demonstrate that they are more attentive to people left behind in China's economic boom.
The 11 major provinces involved in the latest move include Guangdong, Fujian and Liaoning. China has 23 provinces. Articles about the change in several state-run publications suggested, though, that the Public Security Bureau, remained deeply wary of the change and may slow its progression.
BAGHDAD, Iraq - Iraq's defense minister Wednesday invited officers of Saddam Hussein's army up to the rank of major to join the new Iraqi army, an overture to disaffected Sunni Arab ex-soldiers ? many of whom joined the insurgency after the Americans abolished the armed forces in 2003. イラク国防省は水曜日に、以前のサダム政権の軍に幹部として勤務した軍人を、新たにイラク軍に迎 える準備があると発表した。以前のサダムの軍に勤務したスンニ派軍人が、アメリカ軍による2003年 の軍の解体後に不満を持ち、武装派闘争に参加している事情がある。
A ministry official said former officers wishing to re-enlist must report to recruiting centers Nov. 5 through Dec. 15. They will be interviewed and undergo background checks before they can return to active service, said the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak to the media.
LONDON -- Pearson PLC said Thursday that Andrew Gowers is stepping down as editor of the Financial Times due to strategic differences. Mr. Gowers became editor of the Financial Times in September 2001.
Pearson named Lionel Barber, currently the FT's U.S. managing editor, as the FT's new editor. He will start immediately, returning to London full-time from January 2006, the company said. Mr. Barber, 50, joined the FT 20 years ago, having begun his career at the Scotsman and the Sunday Times. At the FT, his roles have included Washington correspondent and U.S. editor, Brussels bureau chief, news editor and editor of the FT's European edition.
Pearson, which publishes textbooks, best sellers and newspapers, has drawn criticism from analysts and investors for its inconsistent results. There have been repeated market calls for Pearson to sell the Financial Times, which has struggled to be profitable. Pearson also owns the Penguin brand.
A growing problem in the West is not only our insane, suicidal embrace of “multiculturalism,” but an inability to recognize that Islam is an enemy intent on destroying freedom wherever it exists. Those Muslim rioters in Paris, angry about being unemployed or whatever their excuse, need to be crushed...
>>96 このCBSの調査のブッシュ支持率=35%という調査結果を分析したブロガー RCPが、サンプリングの母集団の民主・共和の比率がアンバランスで、おかしいと 指摘している。民主=34.79%、共和=23.8%、これハちょっと酷すぎ。 ーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーー ttp://www.realclearpolitics.com/blog/2005/11/cbs_news_poll.html ≪ Background on the Senate Stunt | Main | Salazar on Alito ≫
CBS News Poll New CBS News poll out tonight. Highlights:
Bush job approval at all time low of 35% Bush favorable rating at 33% Right track 27%, wrong track 68% Congress job approval 34% Congressional Dem favorable rating 41%, Congressional Republican favorable rating 35% Now for the numbers behind the numbers. Take a look at the composition of the respondents:
ttp://www.rogerlsimon.com/ The government has quietly put a lot of AK-47-toting soldiers on patrol in Paris, especially around key public transportation points and at the monuments and high-traffic areas such as Forum des Halles. I think there are three reasons for this - 1) to reassure the public - and the tourists, 2) to take some pressure off the Police Nationale, who have been deployed in greater numbers to the north-eastern suburbs and 3) to send a message to would be trouble-makers.
The longer-term prospects for the U.S. economy remain favorable. Structural productivity continues to grow at a firm pace, and rebuilding activity following the hurricanes should boost real GDP growth for a while. More uncertainty, however, surrounds the outlook for inflation
さらに経済のグローバリゼーションが労務費の低下(アンチ・インフレ)を促すという発言:
These global forces pressing inflation and interest rates lower may well persist for some time. Nonetheless, it is the rate at which countries are integrated into the global economic system, not the extent of their integration, that governs the degree to which the rise in world unit labor costs will continue to be subdued. Where the global economy is currently in this dynamic process remains open to question. But going forward, these trends will need to be monitored carefully by the world's central banks.
France's government was in crisis mode, with Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin calling a string of emergency meetings with government officials throughout the day Thursday. フランス政府は危機モードで、一日中緊急会議が開かれている。
I certainly hope this doesn't happen, but if you were al Qaeda or some similar outfit, wouldn't you want to foment these riots as much as conceivably possible? The Jihadis subscribe to the Lenninist doctrine of the worse, the better. Fomenting violence and alienation in the heart of Europe sounds like the ideal means of doing that. Can we expect to see foreign fighters in France?
(AP) Rampaging youths shot at police and firefighters Thursday after burning car dealerships and public buses and hurling rocks at commuter trains, as eight days of riots over poor conditions in Paris-area housing projects spread to 20 towns.
Amazon.com Inc. is planning a program that will let customers purchase online access to books in a move that could be a more publisher-friendly alternative to Google Inc.'s online library project. アマゾンは本のコンテンツのオンライン販売の計画を発表。二つのプログラムがある。ググルの 計画より出版社に配慮したものとなっている。
The Seattle online retailer announced two new programs Thursday. The first, dubbed Amazon Pages, allows customers to buy access to digital copies of select pages from books. The second service, called Amazon Upgrade, bundles the purchase of a physical book with online access to the complete work. 第一は「アマゾン・ページ」で本の特定ページへのオンライン・アクセスを販売する(ググルと同じ) 第二は「アマゾン・アップグレード」で実際の本の販売とオンラインでのアクセスを抱き合わせたもの
For instance, a customer could buy a cookbook and keep it on the shelf, and "also be able to access it anywhere via the Web," the company said in a press release Thursday. 後者は、例えば消費者が料理の本を買い本棚に納めると共に、オンラインでもアクセスできる権利を与 えるもの。
Well it's maybe trivial to note, but neither the French security agencies nor the French military have ever been armed with the AK-47, which to my knowledge has not yet become a generic for "automatic rifle" or "submachine gun". ーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーー Roger, I know I'm just picking nits, but if there are "a lot of AK-47-toting soldiers" in Paris, then our American friend Paul needs to leave quickly and quietly.
AK-47as are the favorite assault rifle of terrorists, but they are not issued to either the French police or military. ーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーー To be fair, a lot of people who aren't familiar with guns do call any non-familiar assault rifle (or sub-machine gun) an "AK-47". Even though the Russians don't even use those any more.
"Machine gun" is a term most people use instead (even the media), even though that is wildly inaccurate. "AK-47" is not that uncommon, though.
I'm not sure what the French police use. The best I could find is they have used the Mat 49.
Which other than not having a banana clip, but straight, could pass off as a AK-47 I dunno if they have a newer SMG or not. Their newest rifle is bullpup, which generally means there isn't a smg form of it.
The Opinion Journal piece illustrates [in my opinion] a theory in transition, a point of view being held together by a patch. Is it possible to "reverse the counterproductive multiculturalist policies that sheltered radicalism, and crack down on extremists" and then "reformulate their definitions of national identity to be more accepting of people from non -Western backgrounds"? Or isn't that rather like taking two aspirins prior to massaging your head with a claw hammer? Nevertheless, Mr. Fukuyama's article is a welcome sign that the "police action" policy towards radical Islamic terrorism is following the "earth is flat" theory into its final intellectual moments.
What events in France have done is discredit the liberal recipe so badly that even those who are not prepared to admit that American policy may have been right must now root around for an alternative theory. Fukuyama's essay is a good step in that direction. Faster please.
Mr de Villepin, the premier since May, has been criticised for not intervening until the sixth day of the rioting.ヴェルピン首相は6日めの夜になるまで干渉しなかったことを 非難されている。サルコジ内相は暴徒を「かす」とか「チンピラ」と呼んで事態を悪化させた と非難されている。シラク大統領は権威回復に躍起になっており、EU憲章の国民投票承認 に失敗した政府は弱体化している。 Chirac, struggling to regain authority since his spell in hospital in September and defeat in the European referendum in May. ーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーー 妙な記事で、FTはフランスの政治家をくさすばかりで、事態の分析もなく暴動を賞賛でも するかのような。FTが、こういう和気若布の記事を書くというのはどう書いてよいのかわ からないから(?)
In the wake of violent incidents committed by some of their own citizens, and of criticism that they had been too lax in integrating their own societies, some of France's European partners, especially the British and Dutch, had begun to see merit in France's more proactive integration tradition. But the past week of nightly clashes in the Paris suburbs of police with ethnic minority youths will have popped any illusion that France is any nearer the right model than they are.
There is one other lesson that France could learn, this time from the UK. This is the use of the labour market to integrate people into society. Britain has recently taken further steps to allow immigrants' working-age dependents to work. Providing more jobs in its neglected suburbs would be the best way for France to make its minorities feel valued by the majority.
10h30 - Raincy deputy and mayor UMP Eric Raoult invites the political leaders "to put their labels in their pockets" to regulate the problem of the suburbs. Raincy市長らが暴動事件の若者側の政治リーダーを招いて事態収拾に向け会談
10h15 - Paris the circulation of the trains is always very disturbed on the line B of the RER because of a movement of the drivers related to the incidents in station of White- Mesnil, according to SNCF'S. フランス鉄道SNCFのパリードゴール空港ラインBが混乱
9h30 - Aulnay mayor UMP of Aulnay-under-Wood Gerard Gaudron estimates that "the peak of the incidents is behind us". Aulnay市長:最悪の時期は過ぎた、と発言
9h20 - Paris Bertrand Delanoe (PS) affirms in connection with urban violences that "the government faute from two points of view, by not guaranteeing the order and the protection of the citizens" and "by appreciably reducing the means of the policy of the city". Bertrand Delanoe:秩序維持に失敗し、市民を守れていない。市の政策を蔑ろにしている
8h20 - Paris the deputy and mayor of Raincy (93) Eric Raoult sees in violences "something of too spontaneous, of too organized" Raincy市長Eric Raoult:あまりもにいい加減に組織され た暴動とでもいうべき
7h30 - Bobigny the firemen of Paris indicate to have fought in the night five fires of warehouses and workshops, all extinguished, without making casualties. 消防隊員のBobigny、昨夜は5ヶ所の倉庫と工場に放火があったが、人的被害無く消し止めた
23h00 - Bobigny forty burnt vehicles are counted as a Seine-Saint-Denis, where 18 people were challenged, according to the prefecture of the department. Bobignyで40台の車に放火、18人拘束
22h10 - Bobigny the correctional court which judged eleven people for urban violences condemns a 19 year old young man to two months of firm prison for "degradation of public property". Bobignyの裁判所、11人の暴動参加者を裁き、19歳若者に2ヶ月の禁固刑
22h00 - Bobigny most of the traffic of the buses is stopped as a Seine-Saint-Denis, as well as the circulation of tram T1 by "safety measures", after two buses were caillasses in Stains. Bobignyでバスやトラック含め交通ストップ、2台のバスが襲われたので
20h10 - Paris Nicolas Sarkozy reactivates the "operational Center Beauvau" within the general direction of the national police force, in charge of the coordination of the means to implement vis-a-vis urban violences. サルコジ内相、警官隊のオペレーションセンター再開
20h00 - Paris Domenica de Villepin states to want "to tie a dialogue to find solutions adapted" to the problems of the suburbs and reaffirms that the priority is the "re-establishment of the law and order". ヴェルピン首相、秩序回復のため対話により解決策を 見出したい、と述べる (後略)
The confrontations and the fires of cars and the delinquency are two distinct things. The current episode points out the urban mini-riots which punctuated the twenty-five last years, those of the beginning of the Eighties and the Nineties. There is nothing more reducing than to assimilate these collective actions which put at the catches the young people poor districts resulting from immigration with the police force, which has with the obviousness a dimension protester(ry
The riots which occur in the cities of Island-of-France reveal a major divorce, a movement of segregation of the populations resulting from African immigration. Indeed, in the districts of social habitat, in fact the public services deserted, as opposed to what one affirms readily, the defection came from the majority of the layers of the population which had qualifications and a stable employment (frameworks, intermediaries, French workmen initially, and then these same categories resulting from immigration) leaving in these districts only the the least qualified layers, the precarious employees and of the unemployed.
The districts of the cities became places deprived of social co-education. The families which could draw to the top the children by the emulation at the school, etc, disappeared. Consequently, the action of Community associations (in particular Moslem) is one of the only effective social mediations. The ethnicisation of these districts is initially the consequence of our collective defection, encouraged by a policy populist and not the effect of a fold identitaire.
The conventional wisdom in Washington this week is that Karl Rove is out of the woods. But while an indictment against him in the Valerie Plame leak case is now unlikely, he may be in danger of losing his security clearance.
WSJの記事 ttp://online.wsj.com/article/SB113110978140888386.html?mod=home_whats_news_us U.S. Nonfarm Payrolls Grew By 56,000 Jobs Last Month A WALL STREET JOURNAL ONLINE NEWS ROUNDUP November 4, 2005 9:50 a.m. ーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーー この数字をどう評価するのか、というのはハリケーンの影響があるものなのでとても困難な。 エコノミストの予想の平均よりは悪い数字なのだけれど、酷いというほどでもなく、所詮は 一過性のハリケーンの被害は中長期では問題ではないので、其の裏にある中長期傾向がどの くらい強いのか弱いのかが問題だけれど、それは明瞭ではないような。株価は、しかし発表 直後に穏やかな上向きのような。
Despite France's extensive social welfare programs and emphasis on civil rights, the weeklong tumult reiterates the persistent difficulties of integrating a predominantly Muslim minority beset by unemployment, crime and identity crisis.
Next week, it will not be enough for him to plead, as sham reformers tend to, that his is a country in transition: he must put an end to political harassment, and see that polling violations are punished. This is Mr Aliev’s chance to prove that he can become a truly democratic leader, not just a simulacrum.
So, despite Mr Ahmadinejad's noises, Iran knows it is vulnerable. In the past five months, at least 13 people in Iran's part-Arab city of Ahwaz, quite near Iraq's border, have died in bomb attacks. Iranian officials blame, variously, Baath party remnants, Arab separatists and the British.
The effect of Mr Ahmadinejad's diatribe, and the muddled foreign policy that underpins it, is already being felt. Confidence in the sector that Mr Leylaz works in, carmaking, has been shaken by rumours that Iranian customs officials are holding up South Korean auto-parts to punish the Koreans for backing the Americans at the IAEA. Capital has flown, making the Tehran stockmarket's loss Dubai's gain. Like other Iranian technocrats, Mr Leylaz rues his inability to “plan ahead”. So do many other Iranians. All in all, by talking tough, Iran's president has actually weakened his country in the world.
Two things need to happen: First, countries like Holland and Britain need to reverse the counterproductive multiculturalist policies that sheltered radicalism, and crack down on extremists.
ttp://www.rogerlsimon.com/mt-archives/2005/11/paris_is_burnin.php#comments The New York Times finally publishes an article on the intifada (annoying registration required), but not on the front page (it's in the international section). The rioting, we learn, is due to "the frustration of young men who have no work and see little hope for the future."
Though we learn elsewhere that the rioters shout "God is great!" as they torch everything in site, nowhere in its article does the NYT use the word "Muslim." I wonder why? Jamie Irons
PARIS, Nov. 4 (UPI) -- French Interior Minister Nicolas Sarkozy has suggested organized gangs may be behind the violence sweeping Paris suburbs. サルコジ内相は暴動事件の背後に組織化されたギャングがいる可能性について言及した。
"We were struck to see in departments -- notably Seine Saint Denis -- a large organization" behind the rioting that has swept the gritty suburbs ringing the French capital, Sarkozy told reporters Friday. 「セーヌ・サンドニ地区が特にそうなのだが、大きな(暴力)組織があるようだ」
Trying to take the drama out of Aulnay’s misfortune, Gerard Gaudron, the centre-right Mayor, said that the wreckers were not all voyous (louts), the term that M Sarkozy uses to brand the rioters. “Some come out to have fun,” he said. “Instead of playing with their PlayStation, they hit the police.” Fun is not a word readily associated with Aulnay’s cites, the bleak blocks that look as if they have been transplanted from Moscow or Mexico.
“They are also being stupid. I used to do my bit of wrecking but not in my own district, where you burn your neighbour’s car and set fire to your supermarket.”
(非難)Many locals blame Nicolas Sarkozy, interior minister and early favourite for the 2007 presidential elections, for tough remarks that seemed to exacerbate the crisis.
(支持)But the ambitious interior minister has been one of the few politicians to float new ideas to address the integration of France’s immigrants, including positive discrimination and giving votes to non-European Union citizens in municipal elections.
Yazid Sabeg, a French businessman of Algerian extraction and author of a book in favour of positive discrimination, said the latest riots were a sign that “the young feel stigmatised and excluded and want real equality, not just legal equality”.
He says positive discrimination is the only way to reverse the effects of years of “xenophobia”, pointing out that very few French chief executives or journalists and none of the members of the national assembly or senate are from ethnic minorities.
ttp://www.cecc.gov/pages/general/newsletters/CECCnewsletter20051101.pdf United States Congressional-Executive Commission on China Senator Chuck Hagel, Chairman | Representative Jim Leach, Co-Chairman 2005 Annual Report The Congressional-Executive Commission on China released its 2005 Annual Report on October 11, 2005. The Commission
アメリカ議会、中国エクゼクティブ・コミッション報告書、2005年クァニュアル・レポート (11月1日、改訂版) 改訂版で更新されたのは、中国の農村からの都市部への流民についての法的規制の変更の部分 この部分だけをまとめた文書は↓ ーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーー ttp://www.cecc.gov/pages/news/hukou.php CONGRESSIONAL-EXECUTIVE COMMISSION ON CHINA CHINA’S HOUSEHOLD REGISTRATION SYSTEM: Sustained Reform Needed to Protect China’s Rural Migrants アメリカ議会、中国エクゼクティブ・コミッション、中国の農村からの流民と戸籍登録の改定
ttp://billroggio.com/ November 05, 2005 By Bill Roggio Operation Steel Curtain in Husaybah
In a recent interview, Maj.Gen. Richard A. Huck, the commanding general of the 2d Marine Division discussed Operation Hunter and the importance of involving the Iraqi Security forces in the fight.
“The Marines and Soldiers assigned to the 2nd Marine Division understand that we won’t be the ones who win this counter-insurgency, it will be the Iraqi soldiers... We do this by partnering our battalions with Iraqi battalions. This is the way we’re going to win. By partnering with Iraqi Security Forces we are gaining a lot of insights previously denied to us... We could walk down the same street ten times and not notice anything out of place, but an Iraqi soldier will notice something his first time on the street. It is not uncommon for them to stop a patrol and say ‘those men over there have Syrian accents’ or ‘that graffiti is anti-government propaganda’. Having the ISF out with us is truly a force multiplier.”
このRichard A. Huckの言っていることは興味深いものが。ゲリラの潜むような街の掃討作戦 やクリーンアップといった作戦は、地元の事情やアラビア語の方言やなまりの解るような人間 がいないとうまくゆかないというのは、さもありなんと思える。主体がいらくぐんなのだ、と いう思い切った言い方は印象的。
Sarkozy is just one of many politicians who happens to be there now. Of course, the Times, for its fuddy-duddy ideological reasons, must blame today's cop for dynamics way beyond the compass of a single human being.
And they ask us to pay extra for their opinion writers? We already get them free on the front page. 後半の文章は、9月からNYTのやっている社説やコラムの有償購読制度(タイムズセレクト)に 引っ掛けたもので、一面の報道記事に自分の意見がまるみえ、まるだしなのだから、お金を出 して評論を読むまでもない、というもの。
ttp://www.strategypage.com/qnd/urbang/articles/20051104.aspx Many of the Moslem migrants, who began to appear in large numbers four decades ago, have not assimilated. Europe has long tolerated this, partly because of a belief in “Multiculturalism” and partly because Europe does not have a tradition of assimilation.
This is in stark contrast to the United States, where the “melting pot,” while often operating more like a salad bowl, still results in far less ghettoization than is found in Europe. Another advantage America has is that, in many parts of the country, there are so many migrants that “everyone is a minority.” In Europe, homogeneity is preferred, and those who do not conform, are simply tolerated (and sometimes not) as “outsiders in residence.” That’s where the concept of “ghetto” came from in the first place. The ghetto is quite common the world over, but much less so in America.
If the Madman came to 21st century Paris, he might announce the death of other gods, alike without success. He would have come too early, the harbinger of an event that had not yet reached the ears of men. The tidings he would bring would be unfamiliar, "and yet they have done it themselves".
According to one person close to the Chinese negotiating side, the agreement will last until 2008 and cover some 30 categories of Chinese textile and apparel imports. These categories will be limited to annual growth rates of between 10% and 17%.
In June the European Union signed an agreement with China that set more favorable growth limits of between 8% and 12.5% on about 10 categories of Chinese textile items.
>>194 APに拠れば、合意は一時的なもので、 ttp://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051105/ap_on_bi_ge/us_china_textiles The tentative agreement would allow for imports of most clothing and textile categories covered by the deal to increase by 8 to 10 percent in 2006, by around 13 percent in 2007 and by around 17 percent for 2008.
AULNAY-SOUS-BOIS, France (Reuters) - With every night that France's rundown suburbs burn, officials grow increasingly convinced that drug traffickers and Islamist militants are using frustrated youths to challenge law and order here.
The growing frequency of attacks like this, in contrast to the car and trash hopper blazes set by marauding youths earlier in the unrest, prompted Paris prosecutor Yves Bot to join the officials blaming the rioting on organized gangs.
引き続いて発生する暴力行為にパリの検事Yves Botは組織暴力が背後にいるのでは、という。
"This is done in a way that gives every appearance of being coordinated," he told Europe 1 radio. "For the moment, we see there is a movement against official institutions but it does not seem to be taking an ethnic or religious turn."
ttp://officersclub.blogspot.com/ The Officers' Club All Posting Members of The Officers' Club are on active duty with U.S. Army, Navy, and Air Force. カキコしているのが全て現役軍人たちというもの。センスの良い写真がある。
ttp://www.rogerlsimon.com/mt-archives/2005/11/france_continue.php#comments ーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーー Time to call in the UN peacekeepers lol. Alas, where's Foucault when you really need him? Posted by: beautifulatrocities at November 5, 2005 08:11 AM ーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーー France’s troubles with young Muslim males will only get worse. The country steadfastly refuses to get rid of its socialism. Without a growing economy, there is simply no way possible of assimilating these immigrants. They are unemployed today---and their job prospect are unlikely ever to improve.
Posted by: David Thomson at November 5, 2005 08:50 AM ーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーー The French are responding decisively to the situation. They're establishing a government-in-exile in Quebec.
Posted by: richard mcenroe at November 5, 2005 10:17 AM ーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーー イラク戦争以来、フランスに恨みのあるアメリカ人が、事態が容易でないのを見て、うれしそうに しているような。
PARIS -- The urban unrest that triggered scores of arson attacks on vehicles, nursery schools and other targets across France reached the capital early Sunday, with police reporting that 11 cars were burned.
I hope that I'm wrong, but I'm afraid that this will get worse before it gets better. posted at 09:31 PM by Glenn Reynolds (インスタプンディット) ttp://instapundit.com/archives/026658.php ーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーー The authorities need to get a grip on the situation, soon. And wringing their hands about "poor housing" and "racial discrimination" isn't going to help. Napoleon's remedy--a "whiff of grapeshot"--still works, but I doubt whether France has the courage to use it.
The issue is rapidly resolving into an existential one: does France have a future? Posted by John at 06:41 PM (パワーライン) ttp://powerlineblog.com/archives/012161.php ーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーー I'm not familiar with Evreux, but this link does not make it seem like a slum. It has its own Office du Tourisme, but so does practically every place else in France. Still, if this is spreading to middle class areas, I don't even want to think where it will end. Posted by Roger L. Simon at 07:13 PM (ロジャー・L・サイモン) ttp://www.rogerlsimon.com/ ーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーー 若者たちの暴力が拡大するにまかせ、政権内外で政敵の非難や相手の政策の批判ばかりしている フランスの政治家やメディアや知識人に批判的なスタンスが。移民政策に議論の余地が多いにせ よ、それはまず法や秩序の回復を実現してからだろう、というのが大方の見方のような。
ttp://corner.nationalreview.com/ WHY AN INTIFADA IN FRANCE? [John Derbyshire] An acquaintance of mine -- French, currently resident in North Africa -- sent a long post about the French riots to an email group I belong to. It is a fascinating post, but much too long to paste here. I did think, though, that the following passage would interest NRO readers, so with his permission, I pass it on.
"The Iraq war: as I had noticed very strongly in Tunisia a little more than 2 years ago, the opposition of France to intervention in Iraq has been perceived as a sign of weakness, and French are since considered as Dhimmis. The change of attitude from Arabs against French has been dramatic: now I know problems of security in Tunisia, and even in the French planes to go and come from there, and in Nice (French Riviera) Airport! This opposition, probably motivated by the money earned in Oil For Terror program and by threats from Saudi Arabia and Iran, has marked the end of France as a Western country (whatever one thinks about the Iraq war per se!)." Posted at 12:03 PM
November 6, 2005 The Fire in France By David Warren
The solution of the old Catholic France was, over the centuries, that of Charles Martel: victor at Tours in 732 A.D., where the advance of Islam on Western Europe was stopped. It consisted in a frank realization that two civilizations were clashing, where only one could prevail. The choice was relatively simple: victory over the invaders, or death and servitude.
The modern, enlightened alternative is "negotiation". Good luck with it. Copyright 2005 Ottawa Citizen 実に明快な評論というべき
Accused of stoking passions by calling troublemakers "scum", Sarkozy has ignored calls to quit. A survey published on Sunday indicated his public image was holding up, even if many disapproved of his strong language.
For half a decade, French Arabs have been carrying on a low-level intifada against synagogues, kosher butchers, Jewish schools, etc. The concern of the political class has been to prevent the spread of these attacks to targets of more, ah, general interest. They seem to have lost that battle. Unlike America's Europhiles, France's Arab street correctly identified Chirac's opposition to the Iraq war for what it was: a sign of weakness.
If Chirac isn't exactly Charles Martel, the rioters aren't doing a bad impression of the Muslim armies of 13 centuries ago: They're seizing their opportunities, testing their foe, probing his weak spots. If burning the 'burbs gets you more ''respect'' from Chirac, they'll burn 'em again, and again. In the current issue of City Journal, Theodore Dalrymple concludes a piece on British suicide bombers with this grim summation of the new Europe: ''The sweet dream of universal cultural compatibility has been replaced by the nightmare of permanent conflict.'' Which sounds an awful lot like a new Dark Ages.
Police also found a gasoline bomb-making factory in a rundown building in Evry, a southern Paris suburb that contained 150 explosives, more than 100 bottles, gallons of fuel and hoods for hiding rioters' faces, Jean-Marie Huet, a senior Justice Ministry official, said Sunday.
Ali Kerimli, one of the three main opposition leaders, said his Popular Front of Azerbaijan had already recorded "numerous violations" in voting. If fraud proved to be "massive," the opposition would consider calling for the results to be annulled, he said.
Panakh Guseinov, campaign chief for the opposition bloc, said it had recorded "5,947 incidents of violations."
さらに、 The government has been going after thousands of Sunni Arab notables, tribal and religious leaders and key professionals. One by one, these pillars of the Sunni Arab community are being convinced to support the government. This is no easy decision, as any Sunni Arab notable known to support the government becomes a target for the terrorists. But as the government can offer more security, plus prosperity, more Sunni Arabs give up supporting the tyrants and terrorists.
A survey CSA published in Parisian-Dimanche/Aujourd' today Sunday, carried out November the 2 and 3, shows that Mr. Sarkozy keeps a "good image" near 57% of the French. But a French on two (50%) does not consider his "effective" action against the insecurity.
Wolfgang Bosbach, deputy parliamentary leader of the conservative Christian Democrats in Germany, told a newspaper: "There are differences between the situation in France and here but we should not be under the illusion that similar events could not happen in Germany."
However, the ambitious interior minister hit back, citing in an article in Le Monde a 17 per cent drop in crime rates over the past four years. "Obviously, if the criminals and thugs do not like our security policy, the French support it," he said.
In spite of the growing unrest, Mr Sarkozy's popularity has survived relatively unscathed. According to an opinion poll published this weekend for Le Parisien newspaper, 57 per cent of people had a positive image of Mr Sarkozy.