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Friday, 17 September 2010
Sarkozy, Enfant terrible, of EU has to come back tracking economy not right wing voters
Now Playing: Ras-le-bol contre l'enfant terrible Sarkozy
Topic: Politics

 

 Sarkozy isolated in French press, nervous about book publications of Carla B., compare Monika Lewinsky / Clinton ....fix it fast Sarko...

Intrigant Carla Bruni.... 

 L'intrigante Carla Bruni-Sarkozy

  "l'un des sept avions de l'Etat, le Falcon 7 x […] serait réservé en priorité à la première dame".

source: lemonde.fr/politique/article/2010/09/16/l-intrigante-carla-bruni-sarkozy

 

 

 

"Ras-le-bol contre le style Sarkozy"

 La presse française est consternée par l'attitude de Nicolas Sarkozy lors du sommet européen. "Clash magistral"

 

La presse française est consternée par l'attitude de

Nicolas Sarkozy au sommet européen

 Cette fois, cela ne passe pas. Alors que jeudi matin, la presse française tentait de garder un semblant de neutralité dans la lutte qui oppose depuis quelques semaines la France aux institutions européennes à propos de la politique d'expulsions massives des Roms par la France, les éditorialistes s'inquiètent ce vendredi du «clash magistral» survenu jeudi après-midi entre Nicolas Sarkozy et l'Union européenne (UE), estimant que Paris se retrouve «isolé» et a subi une perte de crédibilité.

source:  fr.news.yahoo.com

 

 

European Comments:

 

Vive la France ....Egalite Liberte Fraternite oui , non aux ...copycats .Vichy 

 GOLFPILOT

 

Le système actuel est de trouver des boucs émissaires pour occulter les échecs économiques. Ça ne peut fonctionner éternellement. La réalité revient frapper à la porte.

 crowd powered source:lepoint.fr/monde/expulsion

Posted by solarlife at 4:46 AM EDT
Updated: Friday, 17 September 2010 4:47 PM EDT
Monday, 13 September 2010
UK Smart meters need real time consumer display to cut energy
Topic: Smart Grid

Smart meters 'may not cut energy use' in the UK

Installing smart meters may not result in households saving energy, a study has suggested

 "feedback effect"

(which tells people how much energy was used over a period of time, or how much energy a particular activity/appliance consumed) in energy demand reduction was so important.

 "It is possible to have a smart meter that does not have a display on it at all, in fact most smart meters don't,

 Citing Italy and Sweden as exampled, she said: "They are not being rolled out with the aim of giving customers better feedback, except that the households will get an accurate bill whereas in the past they might have got an estimate.

"But in [the UK], it is part of government policy

that smart meters will be rolled out

with real-time electricity displays."

The UK government policy involves installing smart meters in more than 27 million homes and two million smaller non-domestic sites over the next decade.

"Essentially, a smart meter is a meter with communications technology. You can use that technology in different ways: it could turn your water heating on and off, according to the needs of the utilities, to fit in with load balancing.

"For example, at a time of peak demand, the utility company could switch off your water heater and they would offer you a special tariff to be allowed to do that. Instead it would switch on your immersion heater at a time of low demand." 

 

source: bbc.co.uk


Posted by solarlife at 1:54 PM EDT
Updated: Monday, 13 September 2010 2:06 PM EDT
Sunday, 12 September 2010
Google Collector item France grotte de Lascaux 70th discovery
Now Playing: Google 70 anniversaire de la decouverte de la grotte de Lascaux "Bande dessinee"
Google Collector
France Sept-12-2010
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
70 anniversaire de la decouverte de la grotte de Lascaux France
"Bande dessineé" 

Posted by solarlife at 3:25 PM EDT
Updated: Sunday, 12 September 2010 3:31 PM EDT
Thursday, 9 September 2010
Google to open R&D center at Paris, Schmidt to meet Sarkozy
Now Playing: Eric Schmidt, le patron de Google recu par Sarkozy
Topic: Smart economy

 "Institut culturel européen" Google

  Eric Schmidt, le patron de Google, a profité d'une conférence à Science Po Paris, jeudi 9 septembre, pour donner de nouveaux gages au public – et au gouvernement français. Il a annoncé que le géant américain de l'Internet allait ouvrir un centre de recherche à Paris, ainsi qu'un "Institut culturel européen".

source: lemonde.fr


Posted by solarlife at 3:17 PM EDT
Updated: Thursday, 9 September 2010 3:22 PM EDT
Wednesday, 8 September 2010
Smart meters alone make no energy efficiency, needs solar Smartgrid
Topic: Smart Grid

Smart meters record energy or water consumption

and send the readings back to the utility for monitoring and billing.

It is hoped that consumers will save energy through increased awareness of how much they use and that estimated bills will be eliminated.

Previous studies have shown that smart meters encourage homeowners to cut their energy use by 3 to 15 percent, but researchers said consumers also need educating about energy use. 

 The academics found that initial savings in electricity consumption of 7.8 percent after four months could not be sustained in the medium to long term

 source: uk.reuters.com/article

 

Comment:

 

 Consumers to Solar Entrepreneurs ...smartgrid

Smartmeters need associated Load controlled Appliances

like Fridge, water-heater, AC to make them run at low demand

times programmed via iPhone or Google style. The Smartgrid

to inject solar or wind to the Grid is the key to make money

for home owners, here you go. Consumers to Entrepreneurs 

The Smartmeter shows how much Renewable energy is

injected in the Grid 

Related:

 

Cisco to buy wireless smart grid firm

 start-up Arch Rock

 Arch Rock specializes in wireless sensor technology for smart grid systems, or utilities systems with meters connected to the Internet, allowing companies to better monitor and control energy use.

 http://uk.reuters.com

 

 


Posted by solarlife at 3:28 AM EDT
Updated: Wednesday, 8 September 2010 3:41 AM EDT
Saturday, 4 September 2010
Sophia Antipolis: Alcatel-Lucent acquires OpenPlug ?
Topic: Crisis Room

 

01/09/2010
 Alcatel-Lucent acquires OpenPlug to serve Smartphones
a cross-platform mobile software development tool provider based in Sophia Antipolis.

 

Founded in 2002 and based at Sophia Antipolis, Open-Plug also operates in Taipei, Taiwan

 

Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU) today announced that it has acquired OpenPlug, a mobile software and applications development tools vendor. Through this acquisition, Alcatel-Lucent deepens its role in the applications space by delivering, as part of its integrated suite of developer tools, a platform where application developers can write an application once, which will then be translated to run on any of the five major mobile operating systems. 

Terms of the deal were not disclosed ???

 

investincotedazur.com/en   |   www.open-plug.com


Posted by solarlife at 5:06 PM EDT
Updated: Saturday, 4 September 2010 5:21 PM EDT
Thursday, 2 September 2010
Middle East U.S out, France Euromed Egypt in ?
Now Playing: UPM Euromed La France et Egypt pour paix Israel ?
Topic: Politics

 France, Egypt want Med Union summit to underpin Mideast talks

 The presidents of France and Egypt met on Monday in Paris to discuss how a planned November summit of the Mediterranean Union could contribute to a Middle East peace accord after the resumption of direct Israeli – Palestinian talks.

 Sarkozy hosted Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak for talks Monday in Paris and insisted afterward that “no one can make peace alone in the Middle East.”

They also discussed the Union for the Mediterranean summit in Barcelona planned for November.

Sarkozy also said the group of 27 European Union nations and 16 southern Mediterranean and Middle East countries could encourage talks toward Mideast peace.

  source: france24.com/en

 

Related

 

 Sarkozy politics Israel or Arab African world ?

Opinion  Bertrand Badie

En outre, en choisissant davantage le camp israélien et 

en désinvestissant le monde arabe et l’Afrique francophone,

 


Posted by solarlife at 9:09 AM EDT
Updated: Thursday, 2 September 2010 9:20 AM EDT
Wednesday, 25 August 2010
Sarkozy politics Israel or Arab African world ?
Now Playing: Definir la politique etrangere de Nicolas Sarkozy
Topic: Politics

Définir la politique étrangère de Nicolas Sarkozy

 Opinion  Bertrand Badie

 En outre, en choisissant davantage le camp israélien et en désinvestissant le monde arabe et l’Afrique francophone,

autrefois pré carré de la diplomatie française et pilier du multilatéralisme, Nicolas Sarkozy a perdu des appuis importants. En contrepartie, celui-ci a beaucoup investi la diplomatie de clubs. En témoigne le grand cas qu’il fait du G20 qu’il présidera à partir de novembre 2011. Or, jusqu’à présent, cette diplomatie de clubs a donné peu de résultats. Autre choix de substitution: la réorientation vers plus d’atlantisme avec la décision de réintégrer le commandement de l’Otan, au motif que cela permettra de peser sur ses décisions. Mais là encore, le résultat s’avère décevant puisque, finalement, cela ne semble pas être le cas.

Quel pourrait être les nouvelles orientations lui permettant de mieux peser sur les relations internationales?
Dans l’avenir immédiat, on ne voit pas quel autre point d’appui il pourrait être tenté de choisir. La perte de vitesse du multilatéralisme est une mauvaise chose pour la France. De même que sa moindre influence au sein de l’Union européenne. Mais il y a eu des choix propres à l’actuel président de la République, comme l’atlantisme et l’éloignement de l’Afrique et des pays arabes, qui n’ont pas aidé à la sauvegarde de ces fondamentaux.

G20 - 2011

 En témoigne le grand cas qu’il fait du G20 qu’il présidera à partir de novembre 2011. Or, jusqu’à présent, cette diplomatie de clubs a donné peu de résultats. Autre choix de substitution: la réorientation vers plus d’atlantisme avec la décision de réintégrer le commandement de l’Otan, au motif que cela permettra de peser sur ses décisions. Mais là encore, le résultat s’avère décevant puisque, finalement, cela ne semble pas être le cas.

 

 Bertrand Badie est professeur des universités à l’Institut d’études politiques de Paris et enseignant-chercheur associé au Centre d’études et de recherches internationales (Ceri). Spécialiste des relations internationales, il est l’auteur deL’Impuissance de la puissance.

 

Bertrand Badie: «Ceux qui définissent la politique étrangère de la France sont à l'Elysée»

source:  http://www.20minutes.fr

Posted by solarlife at 9:00 AM EDT
Updated: Wednesday, 25 August 2010 9:14 AM EDT
Friday, 20 August 2010
France cuts growth forecast to 2% from 2.5%
Topic: Politics

France cuts unrealistic growth forecast: AAA rating to defend

 


Posted by solarlife at 5:08 PM EDT
Updated: Friday, 20 August 2010 5:11 PM EDT
Thursday, 19 August 2010
Sarkozy Under Pressure to Target Growth 2.5% forecasted by LaGarde
Now Playing: LaGarde la prochaine ministre a remplacer, eviter AAA-rating degradation ?
Topic: Politics

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 photo credit berkeley.edu
 
Unrealistic forecasts to cover expenses ?
AAA credit rating may be revised, if no realistic growth correction applied 
 
 Pressure is building on French President Nicolas Sarkozy ahead of a meeting with his top ministers on Friday to confront the thorny question of unrealistic growth forecasts and how the government can keep its commitments to cut a swelling public deficit.
 
 But the growth outlook for 2011   2.5%  is widely contested, even by members of Mr. Sarkozy's own UMP party.

"Growth at 2.5% is imaginary, nobody believes in that," said Philippe Marini, the chief rapporteur of the French senate's finance commission.

 When figures from national statistics agency Insee last week showed 0.6% GDP growth, Finance Minister Christine Lagarde greeted the news as "magnificent," much better than expected, and evidence the French economy had entered a "virtuous circle."

French Finance minister said work less spend more to Germans

the French did it, now the result no money, no financing of debt 

Ms. Lagarde said on the day of the publication that wasn't on the day's agenda and would wait until the budget preparations.

Laziness, financial stubborn behavior or arrogance ? Lagarde a selection that scares international forecaster's opinion. Trustworthy or phantasie of the past ? 

The finance ministry has said it would revisit its 2.5% forecast for 2011 in the preparation of the budget and once the second-quarter growth figures were known, but Ms. Lagarde said on the day of the publication that wasn't on the day's agenda and would wait until the budget preparations.

The pressure has been ramped up in recent days after a report from credit ratings agency Moody's said that although the triple-A ratings of countries including France are well positioned, they were much closer than they had been to a downgrade. The report identified two weaknesses of French public finances: a high initial level of tax pressure and rigidities of expenditure.

 
Source Wall Street Journal:  http://online.wsj.com

Posted by solarlife at 10:10 AM EDT
Updated: Friday, 20 August 2010 1:27 AM EDT

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