Новости за 19.11.2012

This Friday is Black Friday in the States, the day after Thanksgiving, which marks the traditional start to the Christmas shopping season with massive discounts to lure shoppers. Most years it turns nasty, though. In 2011 it was marred by shootings and pepper-sprayings (one started over a tussle for a waffle iron) as bargain-hunters stampeded into stores across America.

Tennis Now’s Blair Henley talks tennis on CSI, Stepanek’s stunner in Prague, and Guga’s win over Novak Djokovic. Also, learn which tournaments Roger Federer will miss out on in 2013.

While Justin Gimelstob was primping his curly mane for a role in an upcoming CSI episode, we were compiling the latest and greatest stories from around the tennis world.

Yes, the commentator extraordinaire will make his on-camera debut along with hall-of-famer Chris Evert and gold medalist Lindsay Davenport. Читать дальше...

For the 11th year in a row, Not For Love's runners have earned in excess of $4 million in a season!

Impossible, a platform that encourages people to do things for each other for free, could bring a huge amount of social value, argued founder and former model Lily Cole at Wired 2012. Subscribe to WIRED ►► http://po.st/SubscribeWired Full story: http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2012-10/25/lily-cole-impossible "Technology was never something that I was particularly interested in or would consider myself working in, but I feel inspired by the potential for technology to be the driver for social change," she said. Читать дальше...

The principal judicial organ of the United Nations, the International Court of Justice (ICJ), today ruled that Colombia, and not Nicaragua, has sovereignty over seven disputed islands in the Caribbean Sea.

The United Nations agency tasked with conserving and promoting humanity’s cultural heritage today announced its move to appoint renowned Panamanian pianist and jazz composer Danilo Pérez as an Artist for Peace for his efforts to promote music programmes for children living in extreme poverty in his country.

A United Nations independent expert today welcomed the Croatian Government’s efforts to uphold and protect the human rights of women by signing and ratifying relevant international human rights conventions, and through numerous other initiatives at the national level.

"Brain Power," which is also launching as an e-book, looks at how the Internet is still very much in the early stages of growth and, much like a young child's brain, needs nurturing to reach its full potential. Shlain founded the Webby Awards before returning to her roots as a filmmaker in recent years, so it's no surprise that technology is something she thinks about constantly. Lately, she has been experimenting with "cloud filmmaking," creating films such as "Brain Power" that weave together... Читать дальше...

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