'Super Mario' tapped to cure Italy's economic ills

MILAN (AP) — The man tapped to be Italy's next premier earned the moniker "Super Mario" in the halls of the European Commission, stopping such corporate giants as Jack Welch and Bill Gates in their competitive tracks.

Elegantly attired with a formal demeanor, Mario Monti proved his mettle as a tough negotiator when he blocked the merger of General Electric and Honeywell and levied a euro500 million fine against Microsoft for abusing its dominant position.

"He moves with caution and speaks with nuances. But he moves," said Carlo Guarnieri, a political scientist at the University of Bologna.

A leading economist, Monti is among the most respected men in the country and the most admired Italians 

in Europe.

That will be no guarantee for success in the Herculean task before him: building a majority large enough to push painful structural reforms through a fractured Parliament to prevent Italy from being dragged into the burgeoning debt crisis.

Reading the North

By Katie Mangelsdorf (Publication Consultants, $19.95)

The blurb: This biography tells the story of Joe Redington and how he would go on to become the "Father of the Iditarod."

Excerpt: "The Redingtons now had their first Alaska winter under their belt. Spring was poking its nose around the corner and Joe had made a decision. Time to build a new cabin. This new cabin would have only one stove to stoke this time. And no running water. The first batch of mosquitoes made its grand and noisy entrance. Though their bite was weak, their size foretold the next wave of vicious and voracious mosquitoes. What the second wave lost in size, they sure made up in numbers. But as most Alaskans do, the Redingtons learned to overlook those noisome insects and tune in only to the work at hand. Joe learned that 'if you don't make a fuss at them, they won't make a fuss at you.'

"Vi added with a smile, 'When people fuss about mosquitoes now, I just kinda laugh.'

"Joe had a house to build."

UAA anthropology found rewrite Aleutian social history

UAA anthropology found rewrite Aleutian social history

Diane Hanson can look back and laugh — right now.

More than 25 years have elapsed since she was young, and reported to the Alaska Anthropological Association as a graduate student in anthropology at Adak in the usual place, about 1. archeological site — Aleutian-coastline She and fellow workers found it very far inland, along the coast.

This is common. Since the 1950s, anthropology coastal communities was all that mattered was claimed in the Aleutians. Villagers hunting, wildlife need access to the island and most of all, there are no mammals just no reason to go hunting inland. The island interior were simply natural barrier between the marginal coastal communities. They were related.

Anthropology graduate student research results, kind of a young audience. "Cross" Hanson was how to remember the experience.

But later in the year, Hanson, now a Professor of anthropology, her hair to UAA. As it turns out, she was found in 1983, the site is independently confirmed by another anthropologist, 1993 and 2005, the National Science Foundation grant in the end $ 430000 help her win a $ 10,000 grant from the UAA's Secretary of graduate and undergraduate students with Hanson, she was discovered in 1983 near the site were excavated and Adak again one.

And guess what? She was right.

Oysters, King crab can soothe the winter blahs

Oysters, King crab can soothe the winter blahs

For people who love the winter is the time to celebrate.

Sympathy for the people who hate the winter time.

One way to do one with a good meal.

10 amp; M lot in Anchorage Dannon Southall seafood fresh from the sea have options.

"This is such a cool temps and deep snow, the perfect way to spoil yourself," he said.

Southall both spoiling suggests options for:

First, you can use this for $ 9.95 Alaska oysters live 12 weeks. Southall oysters, halibut is still available, including some fresh fish will pair well but will be in short supply as soon as possible.

Halibut fish or fillets ($ 19.95 per pound).

"Halibut season is soon, and how to take advantage of this fresh handling of last week, along with the weather turning there is expected to be finalized," said Southall.

Second, fresh Jumbo Red King crab, you will be able to on Friday.

Fresh from the Southall Southeast will be limited to the cluster, and he suggested to make a reservation call ahead.

Column in the 35 years of gardening in a changing world

Column in the 35 years of gardening in a changing world

If I do my math correctly, this week's column, 35th anniversary show. I don't think that when typing in the 

old first-badly and Olivetti-the Attorney General's Office, and then more will open for lunch from 1819, during the break to hand delivery.

Bell's nursery, 18,826 Specking ABG winter seed workshop, showing even at 2: 30 pm-4 pm Saturday. Pat Ryan and Bill winter hardy perennial how Yeagle seeds to plant outdoors. Non-members $ 20, $ 25 for ABG. Registration is required in the 770-3692.

Judith: in order to write this column, so the day 35 years from you so that you can take the time to thank you for. I love you.

Money connects to the donors and the poor artists website

Need money to make art? Artists make their ideas a reality to be dedicated to helping raise money to United States artists organization, check out the new "project" website.

Rasmuson Foundation, partner organizations of the United States prior to the one they show you how to use the site in the award-winning approximately 35 Alaska for artists in the town on Monday to host a workshop, and cache DeShaw, CEO of USA.

"I'm also shows across the country," she said. Anchorage stops in Austin, Texas, and Arkansas fell between.

Due to the high-tech public artists on the website "crowdsourcing" to beg for new creative, you can raise money for. The idea is to combine social media and micro-philanthropy. In the United States beginning in May 2010, the awards were part of the previous box, tens of thousands. (Foundation gives away over $ 50,000 in each of the 50 artists each year.) By December, they were the winners of the National Arts Award, which opened March through the SOHO on the winners

Cal and was able to publish local art awards. Last Monday of some 270 artists using DeShaw site was estimated.

Meaning of life in Islam

Meaning of life in Islam

In Islam, man's ultimate life objective is to worship the creator Allah by abiding by the Divine guidelines 

revealed in the Qur'an and the Tradition of the Prophet. Earthly life is merely a test, determining one's afterlife, either in Jannat (paradise) or in Jahannam (Hell).

For Allah's satisfaction, via the Qur'an, all Muslims must believe in God, His revelations, His angels, His messengers, and in the "Day of Judgment".[63] The Qur'an describes the purpose of creation as follows: "Blessed be he in whose hand is the kingdom, he is powerful over all things, who created death and life that he might examine which of you is best in deeds, and he is the almighty, the forgiving" (Qur'an 67:1–2) and "And I (Allâh) created not the jinn and mankind except that they should be obedient (to Allah)." (Qur'an 51:56). Obedience testifies to the oneness of God in His lordship, His names, and His attributes. Terrenal life is a test; how one acts (behaves) determines whether one's soul goes to Jannat (Heaven) or to Jahannam 

(Hell).[64][citation needed]

Ford Motor Company

Ford Motor Company

Ford Motor Company (NYSE: F) is an American multinational automaker based in Dearborn, Michigan, a suburb of Detroit. The automaker was founded by Henry Ford and incorporated on June 16, 1903. In addition to the Ford and Lincoln brands, Ford also owns a small stake in Mazda in Japan and Aston Martin in the UK. Ford's former UK subsidiaries Jaguar and Land Rover were sold to Tata Motors of India in March 2008. In 2010 Ford sold Volvo to Geely Automobile.[2] Ford discontinued the Mercury brand after the 2011 model year.

Ford introduced methods for large-scale manufacturing of cars and large-scale management of an industrial workforce using elaborately engineered manufacturing sequences typified by moving assembly lines. Henry Ford's methods came to be known around the world as Fordism by 1914.