Rothschild family A house formerly belonging to the Viennese branch of the family (Schillersdorf Palace). Schloss Hinterleiten, one of the many palaces built by the Austrian Rothschild dynasty. Donated to charity by the family in 1905. Beatrice de Rothschild's villa on the Côte d'Azur, France The Rothschild family is a family descending from Mayer Amschel Rothschild, a court Jew to the German Landgraves of Hesse-Kassel, in the Free City of Frankfurt, who established his banking business in the 1760s.[1] Unlike most previous court Jews, Rothschild managed to bequeath his wealth, and established an international banking family through his five sons.[2] Five lines of the Austrian branch of the family have been elevated to Austrian nobility, being given five hereditary titles of Barons of the Habsburg Empire by Emperor Francis II in 1816. Family overview[edit] The first member of the family who was known to use the name "Rothschild" was Izaak Elchanan Rothschild, born in 1577. Families by country: Wine[edit]
Robert Muldoon Sir Robert David "Rob" Muldoon, GCMG, CH, PC (25 September 1921 – 5 August 1992), served as the 31st Prime Minister of New Zealand from 1975 to 1984, as leader of the governing National Party. Muldoon had been a prominent member of the National party and MP for the Tamaki electorate for some years prior to becoming leader of the party. During his time as a member of parliament and as Prime Minister, Muldoon was responsible for a number of major changes to the New Zealand economy, including the introduction of decimal currency and the Think Big policies of the third National Government. Youth[edit] Robert David Muldoon was born to parents Jim and Amie Muldoon in Auckland in 1921. At age five Muldoon slipped while playing on the front gate, damaging his cheek and resulting in a distinctive scar. Early career[edit] Entry into Cabinet[edit] Minister of Finance[edit] Muldoon (centre) as Minister of Finance, 26 June 1969. Muldoon opposed both abortion and capital punishment. Prime Minister[edit]
BitTorrent Piracy Boosts Music Sales, Study Finds A new academic paper by a researcher from the North Carolina State University has examined the link between BitTorrent downloads and music album sales. Contrary to what’s often claimed by the major record labels, the paper concludes that there is absolutely no evidence that unauthorized downloads negatively impact sales. Instead, the research finds that more piracy directly leads to more album sales. For more than a decade researchers have been looking into the effects of music piracy on the revenues of the record industry, with mixed results. None of these researchers, however, used a large sample of accurate download statistics from a BitTorrent tracker to examine this topic. This missing element motivated economist Robert Hammond, Assistant Professor at North Carolina State University, to conduct his own research. In a paper titled “Profit Leak? The results are unique in its kind and reveal that BitTorrent piracy causes an increase in album sales.
Interview with Dr. Richard J. Roberts, Nobel Prize in Medicine "The Drugs that completely cure are not profitable" Interview with Dr. Richard J. (Original en español: I’m 63 years old: the worst about getting older is that you consider many “truths” as holy: that’s when you need new questions. - Can research be planned? If I were Minister of Science, I would seek enthusiastic people with interesting projects, just give them money so they wouldn’t need to do anything else than investigate and let them work ten years to surprise us. - It seems like a good policy. It is generally believed that to go very far, you have to support basic research, but if you want more immediate and profitable results, you must bet on the applied research … - And is it not like this? Often the most profitable discoveries have been made from very basic questions. - How was it created? - An adventure by itself! Yes, but nobody expected to get rich with these questions. - Was it scientifically productive?
Nelson Bunker Hunt Nelson Bunker Hunt (born February 22, 1926) is an American oil company executive. He is known as a former billionaire whose fortune collapsed after he and his brother William Herbert Hunt tried but failed to corner the world market in silver.[1] He is also a thoroughbred horse breeder.[2] Personal[edit] Hunt was born in El Dorado, Arkansas, and currently lives in Dallas, Texas.[3] He is the son of Lyda Bunker and oil tycoon H. L. Hunt and the brother of Lamar Hunt, founder of the American Football League and Kansas City Chiefs. Business career[edit] Nelson Bunker Hunt played a very significant role in the discovery and development of the oil fields in Libya, which would later be nationalized by Muammar al-Gaddafi.[4] He owns the Dallas based Titan Resources Corp, which is involved in the exploration of oil in North Africa.[5] He is chairman of Hunt Exploration and Mining Company (HEMCO). Silver manipulation[edit] Politics[edit] Thoroughbred horse racing[edit] References[edit] "H.L.
Top 10 Civilizations That Mysteriously Disappeared Throughout our history, most civilizations have either met a slow demise or were wiped out by natural disasters or invasion. But there are a few societies whose disappearance has scholars truly stumped: 10. One of the first Mesoamerican societies, the Olmec inhabited the tropical lowlands of south-central Mexico. Where did they go? Around 400 BC the eastern half of the Olmec’s lands was depopulated- possibly due to environmental changes. 9. The Nabateans were a Semitic culture that inhabited parts of Jordan, Canaan and Arabia from around the sixth century BC. During the fourth century AD, the Nabateans abandoned Petra and no one really knows why. 8. The Aksumite Empire began in the first century AD in what is now Ethiopia and is believed to be the home of the Queen of Sheba. According to local legend, a Jewish Queen named Yodit defeated the Aksumite Empire and burned its churches and literature. 7.The Mycenaeans 6. 5.The Cucuteni-Trypillian Culture 4. 3.The Minoans 2.The Anasazi 1.
TheNewSSA : #thenewssa is a wish to establish... TheNewSSA : Another reason to abolish... Eliminating Currency is a viable proposal. Pro In retrospect, I should have posted my remaining responses to your first set of arguments in the comments section. I believe we have reached somewhat of an agreement on what the core argument is to prove whether this plan can be viable, that is individual"s time contribution being equal (Logistics). So, I will focus on that. I will also respond to CON responses regarding Equal Credits for Equal hours and Risk vs. Reward (Popular Acceptance), R & D investing (Sustainability) and Morality. I would like to state, again for clarity, that currently, during your working years, earnings covered by Social Security are posted to your Social Security record and you earn credits based on those earnings. *Logistics - The system is already in place and performing nearly the same reporting and recordkeeping. *Equal Credits for Equal Hours " Putting aside economics for a second, in order for a society to thrive we do need specialists. Will some people be content answering phones, of course. Con