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L'Institut d'études du développement de la Sorbonne (IEDES), fondé en 1957 par le gouvernement français sous le nom de Institut d'études du développement économique et social, est une entité de l'Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne.

L'IEDES forme pour des terrains africains, asiatiques, latino-américains et européens, des professionnels et des docteurs en développement durable. Les diplômés de l'IEDES sont présents dans de multiples entités :
 structures internationales : Union européenne, Banque mondiale, OCDE, Organisation internationale du travail, agences des Nations unies ;
 institutions nationales : ministères et autres institutions des pays du Sud, organismes de coopération bilatérale de type Agence française de développement (AFD), coopération décentralisée, etc. ;
 organisations de solidarité internationale - ONG ;
 secteur privé : agences d'expertise, banques, entrepreneuriat social ;
 milieu de la recherche sur le développement.

Histoire
Créé par décret le  au moment où les colonies françaises d'Afrique du Nord (Maroc, Tunisie) et d'Asie du Sud-Est (Laos, Cambodge, Chandernagor, Nord-Vietnam) acquièrent leur indépendance, l'IEDES (Institut d'Etudes et du Développement Économique et Social) a pour vocation d'assurer des formations spécialisées dans les domaines de la définition et de la mise œuvre de politique de développement.

L'IEDES est avec la Queen Elizabeth House (l'actuel Department of International Development) de l'Université d'Oxford, le plus ancien institut d'étude du développement.

Dans les années 1960, l'IEDES se situe dans une conception humaniste de « libération de l'homme par l'homme » prenant en compte l'ensemble de ses composantes sociales, culturelles et économiques. Le développement doit être conduit, dans une planification s'inspirant du keynésianisme, par les institutions nationales et internationales, et l'Institut s'attache donc essentiellement à former les cadres de ces institutions.

Après 1968, alors que le conflit interne qui a conduit à l'éviction du directeur François Perroux ouvre une période de grande précarité institutionnelle, l'IEDES se tourne plutôt vers la formation d'enseignants et de chercheurs, et plus largement d'intellectuels militants. Cela se fait notamment dans le cadre de conceptions fortement marquées par le courant « dépendantiste » et le marxisme et dans lesquelles prennent une grande place les luttes de libération et les  politiques de substitution aux importations.

Dans les années 1980, les institutions financières internationales imposent aux pays du Sud des politiques d'inspiration néolibérale axées sur le retrait de l'État et l'ouverture économique, et la critique des programmes d'ajustement structurel marque alors les enseignements et les recherches de l'IEDES.

En 1990, l'IEDES voit enfin s'améliorer sa situation institutionnelle: il est reconnu comme Institut à statut dérogatoire de  l'Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, son organisation actuelle est mise en place et il renforce ses liens de coopération avec d'autres centres de recherche et d'enseignement sur les pays du Sud, en France (notamment dans le cadre du Groupement d'Intérêt Scientifique pour l'Étude de la Mondialisation et du Développement) et à l'étranger. Alors que s'accélèrent les  processus de mondialisation et de délitement des États nationaux, les enseignements de l'IEDES s'orientent de plus en plus vers la formation de cadres ou experts des organisations dites non-gouvernementales et des opérations de coopération dite décentralisée, qui entreprennent des projets visant à réduire la pauvreté, à satisfaire les besoins essentiels, à protéger l'environnement et les écosystèmes.

Il est important de souligner que dans le domaine de la recherche les équipes de l'IEDES ont très souvent joué un rôle pionnier: notamment dans les années 1960 et 1970 en ce qui concerne l'économétrie du développement (B. Maldant) et l'économie de l'éducation (M. Debeauvais et I. Deblé), et depuis lors en ce qui concerne l'analyse comparative des politiques économiques, la nature et les fonctions du « secteur informel », les organisations paysannes et la société civile, ou encore la sociologie du développement.

En , l'IEDES change de nom pour s'appeler Institut d'études du développement de la Sorbonne.

Formations dispensées

Cursus  cycle : Master Études du développement
Le Master Études du développement est délivré par l'IEDES pour l'université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne. Il est délivré en « économie et gestion » ainsi qu'en « sciences humaines et sociales ». Ce master forme des cadres internationaux maîtrisant plus particulièrement :
 l'analyse et le diagnostic ;
 les ressources humaines ;
 les responsabilités comptable, administrative, juridique ;
 des connaissances pratiques en cycle de projet, en évaluation, en statistiques, en santé, en éducation, en communication, en agronomie.

En 2011, il était estimé que :
 80 % des étudiants IEDES trouvent un emploi dans l'année qui suit l'obtention du diplôme ;
 60 % occupent des postes de cadres ;
 45 % travaillent hors de France.

Cursus  cycle : Doctorat - UMR Développement et sociétés
Depuis 2008, le centre pluridisciplinaire de recherche de l'IEDES pilote avec l'IRD l'UMR Développement et sociétés (UMR D&S).

L'UMR D&S forme sur le site du Jardin tropical de Paris une cinquantaine de doctorants en développement dans des disciplines aussi bien économiques que sociales. L'UMR D&S délivre des diplômes de   :
 l'École doctorale de géographie de Paris pour des thèses en géographie, sociologie, démographie ou anthropologie ;
 l'École doctorale d'économie de l'Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne ;
 l'École doctorale de sciences politiques de l'Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne ;
 l'École doctorale de droit comparé de l'Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne.

Grâce à l'IRD, le laboratoire de l'IEDES dispose d'un appui conséquent à la recherche : affectations à l'étranger, missions de longue durée, accueils d'enseignants-chercheurs, bourses doctorales et postdoctorales.

Organisation

Institut interne de l'Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne
L'IEDES est une unité de formation et de recherche de l'Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne. Les diplômes délivrés par l'IEDES sont de fait des diplômes délivrés par l'université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne. À ce titre, l'IEDES est placé sous la triple autorité du conseil d'administration, du conseil scientifique et du conseil des études et de la vie universitaire de l'université Paris1.

L'Institut dispose néanmoins d'une large autonomie de par ses statuts.

Le pilotage du master Études du développement et du doctorat se fait au niveau de plusieurs instances :
 La direction de l'IEDES
 Le directeur et son équipe assurent la cohérence d'ensemble des différents parcours du master.
 Depuis , la direction de l'IEDES est assurée par l'économiste Charlotte Guénard.

 Le conseil de l'enseignement et de la recherche (CER) commun à l'IEDES et à l'UMR D&S
 Le CER présidé par le directeur de l'IEDES, est convoqué plusieurs fois par an, les étudiants élus y participent. Le CER est chargé de donner son avis sur le programme pédagogique et celui de recherche. Il prépare les délibérations du conseil d'administration de l'IEDES, et celles du conseil de laboratoire de l'UMR D&S.

 Le conseil d'administration (CA) de l'IEDES
 Le CA complète et entérine les résolutions discutées par le CER concernant le master. Le CA se compose du CER et de quatre personnalités extérieures, dont son président.
 Depuis , la présidence du CA de l'IEDES est assurée par Egizio Valceschini , économiste et historien, directeur de recherches à INRAE, président du Comité d'histoire INRAE, ancien représentant du ministère de l'Enseignement supérieur, de la Recherche et de l'Innovation auprès du Standing Committee for Agricultural Research (Com Euro, DG RI).

 Le conseil de laboratoire de l'UMR D&S
 Le conseil de laboratoire adopte les résolutions du CER concernant le doctorat. Ses membres sont élus, à l'exception de son directeur lequel est nommé, après concertation, par les présidents de l'Université Paris 1 et de l'IRD.
 Depuis octobre 2019, l'UMR D&S est dirigée par la sociologue Roser Cussó.

 Le comité d'orientation stratégique (COS) de l'IEDES
 Créé en 2011 le COS est un organe consultatif de l'IEDES regroupant des personnalités issues du développement et aidant l'IEDES à élaborer son programme stratégique.
 De 2011 à 2018, la présidence du COS a été assurée par Emmanuel Faber, alors directeur général de Danone.

Réputation académique

Revue Tiers Monde revue scientifique depuis 1960. Actuelle Revue internationale des études du développement
En , la revue Tiers-Monde change de nom; elle porte depuis le nom de Revue internationale des études du développement.
De nombreux enseignants-chercheurs de l'IEDES et personnalités de renom ont publié dans la revue : le Nobel d'économie néerlandais Jan Tinbergen, l'économiste argentin Raúl Prebisch, le socio-économiste hétérodoxe Albert Hirschman, le Nobel d'économie suédois Gunnar Myrdal, l'économiste américain Paul Sweezy...

La Revue internationale des études du développement, ex revue Tiers-Monde est une revue francophone internationale, interdisciplinaire et trimestrielle créée par l'IEDES en 1960. Le directeur de la publication est de droit le directeur de l'IEDES. Actuellement, il s'agit de Charlotte Guénard.

Le fondateur de la Revue Tiers Monde, Henri Laugier, souhaitait pour Tiers-Monde une « publication ouverte à toutes les doctrines, à toutes les conceptions, aux idées les plus diverses, les plus non conformistes, les plus hétérodoxes ». Aujourd'hui la Revue internationale des études du développement aborde des sujets en rapport avec les institutions et conventions, les conflits, les compromis, les sociétés civiles, les modes de gouvernance du local au global, etc.

Les numéros édités par les Presses universitaires de France de 1960 à 2006 sont en libre accès gratuit sur www.persee.fr. Les numéros édités aux éditions Armand Colin depuis 2006 sont consultables sur www.cairn.info. Les propositions d'articles sont à adresser au comité de rédaction de la Revue internationale des études du développement et sont examinées de manière anonyme.

Erasmus et échanges internationaux en 2014/2015

En études du développement
Accords bilatéraux de l'IEDES

 Université d'Ottawa au Canada, École de développement international et de la mondialisation (EDIM)
 Université libre de Bruxelles en Belgique, Master Populations et développement
 Université catholique de Louvain en Belgique

Réseau mobilité de l'Université Paris1

Les accords Paris1 2014/2015 impliquant l'IEDES

En Amérique du Nord
 Université de Montréal au Canada
 Université de Sherbrooke au Canada
 Université Laval au Québec, Canada

En Europe
 Université Aristote de Thessalonique en Grèce
 Université de la Basilicate à Potenza en Italie
 Université de Rome « La Sapienza » en Italie
 Université de Varsovie en Pologne
 Université Comenius de Bratislava en Slovaquie

En Asie
 Université municipale de Hong Kong en Chine

Les accords Paris1 2014/2015 compatibles avec l'IEDES
En Amérique du Nord
 Université Columbia à New York, États-Unis : échanges en économie, en géographie, en science politique
 Université de New York aux États-Unis : échanges en économie, en géographie, en science politique
 Université Brown à Providence, États-Unis : échanges en économie, en géographie, en science politique
 Université Tulane à La Nouvelle-Orléans, États-Unis : échanges en économie, en géographie, en science politique
 Université de Toronto au Canada : échanges en économie, en géographie, en science politique
 Institut de technologie et d'études supérieures de Monterrey au Mexique : échanges en économie, en science politique

En Amérique du Sud
 Université del Salvador à Buenos Aires, Argentine : échanges en économie, en science politique
 Université du Rosaire à Bogota, Colombie : échanges en économie, en science politique
 Université de Lima au Pérou : échanges en économie, en science politique
 Université fédérale de Rio de Janeiro au Brésil : échanges en économie, en géographie
 Université pontificale catholique de São Paulo au Brésil : échanges en économie, en science politique
 Université fédérale du Minas Gerais à Belo Horizonte, Brésil : échanges en économie, en géographie, en démographie

En Asie
 Université chinoise de Hong Kong en Chine : échanges en économie, en géographie
 Université normale de la Chine de l'Est à Shanghai, Chine : échanges en gestion et économie d'entreprise, en géographie, en science politique
 Université Sungkyunkwan à Séoul, Corée du Sud : échanges en gestion et économie d'entreprise
 Université nationale Chengchi à Taipei, Taiwan : échanges en économie, en science politique
 Université Gadjah Mada à Java, Indonésie : échanges en géographie
 Université Waseda à Tokyo, Japon : échanges en économie, en géographie, en science politique
 Université Hitotsubashi à Tokyo, Japon : échanges en économie, en science politique

En Océanie
 Université Victoria de Wellington en Nouvelle-Zélande : échanges en économie, en géographie, en science politique

En Afrique
 Université de Maroua au Cameroun : échanges en géographie
 Université d'Abomey-Calavi au Bénin : échanges en démographie
 Université du Caire en Égypte : échanges en économie
 Université de Tunis en Tunisie : échanges en gestion et économie d'entreprise, en géographie

En Europe
 Université de Glasgow au Royaume-Uni : échanges en économie
 Université de Cardiff au Royaume-Uni : échanges en géographie
 Université de Lausanne en Suisse : échanges en économie
 Université de Stockholm en Suède : échanges en économie, en géographie, en science politique
 Université de Lisbonne au Portugal : échanges en économie, en géographie
 École des hautes études en sciences économiques à Moscou, Russie : échanges en économie, en science politique
 Université Charles de Prague à Prague, République tchèque : échanges en économie, en démographie, en science politique
 Académie d'études économiques à Bucarest, Roumanie : échanges en économie, en science politique
 Université Galatasaray à Istanbul, Turquie : échanges en économie, en science politique

Vie étudiante

Le campus : La Cité du développement durable
Depuis 1998, l'IEDES est installé sur le site du Jardin tropical de Paris à l'est du bois de Vincennes et à proximité de Nogent-sur-Marne. Cet espace de travail exceptionnel est partagé entre différentes organisations qui œuvrent pour le développement durable. Ensemble, elles forment La Cité du développement durable.

Les partenaires sur place
 AGTER, une association pour contribuer à améliorer la gouvernance de la terre, de l'eau et des ressources naturelles.
 ATIBT, l'association technique internationale des bois tropicaux.
 AVSF, l'association agronomes et vétérinaires sans frontières.
 Le réseau international CEDIMES, Centre d'Etudes du Développement International et des Mouvements Economiques et Sociaux.
 Le CIRAD, centre de coopération internationale en recherche agronomique pour le développement.
 Le CIRED, centre international de recherche sur l'environnement et le développement (Unité Mixte de Recherche d'AgroParisTech, de l'Ecole des hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales (EHESS), de l'Ecole des Ponts et Chaussées (ENPC), du CNRS et du CIRAD).
 ECONOVIA, agence conseil en communication - Economie Sociale et Solidaire / Responsabilité Sociales des Entreprises / Développement Durable.
 Le GRET, l'ONG des professionnels du développement solidaire.
 KINOME, entreprise à vocation sociale dans le domaine de la forêt.
 Le fonds MORINGA, une fondation privée pour l'agro-foresterie durable.
 ONF International, bureau d'expertise à l'international de l'office national de la forêt.
 Commerce Équitable France, la plate-forme pour le commerce équitable.

Personnalités de l'IEDES

Directeurs
Les directeurs de l'IEDES depuis 1957 :
 1957 - 1960 : Henri Laugier, physiologiste, directeur du CNRS, coauteur de la Déclaration universelle des droits de l'homme en 1948.
 1960 - 1969 : François Perroux, économiste hétérodoxe, premier titulaire de la Chaire d'analyse des faits économiques et sociaux du Collège de France.
1969 - 1970 : Boris Maldant, économiste, théoricien de l'économétrie du développement.
1970 - 1973 : Jean-Jacques Juglas, géographe économiste, ministre de la France d'Outre-mer en 1955.
 1973 - 1982 : Charles Morazé, sociologue-historien, président de la Commission internationale pour l'histoire scientifique et culturelle de l'UNESCO.
 1982 - 1986 : Emmanuel Forest, Directeur Général adjoint du groupe Bouygues depuis 2011.
1987 - 1989, puis 1996-2001 : Gérard Grellet, économiste du développement, expert international en politique monétaire.
 1989 - 1996 : Maxime Haubert, sociologue, responsable de missions scientifiques internationales.
 2001 - 2006 : Bruno Lautier,  économiste et sociologue, spécialiste de l'économie informelle.
2006 - 2013 : André Guichaoua, sociologue, expert du bureau du procureur du Tribunal pénal international.
2013 - 2018 : Anne Le Naëlou, sociologue, spécialiste de la gestion de crises.
depuis 2018 : Charlotte Guénard, économiste, spécialiste de démographie économique.

Présidents du conseil d'administration
Les présidents du conseil d'administration de l'IEDES depuis 1971 :
 1971 - 1973 : Georges Fischer, Directeur de recherches au CNRS.
 1973 - 1982 : Stéphane Hessel, Ambassadeur auprès de l'ONU, auteur du manifeste Indignez-vous ! paru en 2010.
 1982 - 1984 : Romain Gaignard, Directeur-fondateur de la Coopération et des Relations internationales au ministère de l'Éducation de 1982 à 1985.
 1987 - 1990 : Edgard Pisani, Concepteur en 1962 de la Politique agricole commune, commissaire européen chargé du développement de 1981 à 1985.
 1990 - 1996 : Alain Ruellan, Directeur général de l'ORSTOM de 1982 à 1987.
 1997 -  2003 : Henri Rouillé d'Orfeuil, Ingénieur agro-économiste, fondateur du GRET, président de Coordination SUD depuis 2001.
2004 - 2011 : Michel Griffon, Directeur scientifique du CIRAD de 2000 à 2003, directeur général de l'Agence nationale de la recherche de 2009 à 2012.
 2011 - 2013 : Jean-Michel Severino, Directeur général de l'Agence française de développement de 2001 à 2010.
 2013 - 2021 : Marie-Hélène Aubert, conseillère pour les négociations internationales climat et environnement du président de la République François Hollande.
Depuis 2021: Egizio Valceschini, économiste et historien, directeur de recherches à INRAE, président du Comité d'histoire INRAE, ancien représentant du ministère de l'Enseignement supérieur, de la Recherche et de l'Innovation auprès du Standing Committee for Agricultural Research (Com Euro, DG RI).

Anciens enseignants
De nombreux universitaires renommés ont enseigné à l'IEDES.
 Économie
 Charles Bettelheim, analyste des économies capitalistes et socialistes, conseiller de différents gouvernements dans le domaine de la planification du développement ;
 Marc Chervel, spécialiste des démarches alternatives aux remèdes libéraux préconisés par les organisations internationales dominantes ;
 Ignacy Sachs, pionnier de l'écodéveloppement et du développement durable ;
 Celso Furtado, économiste du développement. Ministre au Brésil chargé de la Planification (1961-1964) puis de la Culture (1985-1990) ;
 Gérard Destanne de Bernis, inventeur du concept d'« industrie industrialisante », conseiller du dirigeant algérien Houari Boumédiène ;
 Moises Ikonicoff, économiste du développement. Ministre de la Planification en Argentine sous le premier mandat de Carlos Menem ;
 Philippe Hugon, économiste du développement spécialiste de l'Afrique ;
 Guy Caire, économiste du travail ;
 Arghiri Emmanuel, spécialiste de l'échange inégal.
 Sociologie
 Pierre Cot, politiste, ministre du Commerce et de l'Air sous la  République ;
 Georges Balandier, inventeur avec Alfred Sauvy du concept de Tiers monde ;
 Manuel Castells, spécialiste des communications, technologies et société ;
 Bernard Kayser, spécialiste du monde rural ;
 Albert Meister, spécialiste du développement et des organisations associatives ;
 Yves Goussault, spécialiste des questions agraires, cofondateur avec l'Abbé Pierre de l'IRAM ;
 Alain Touraine, spécialiste de l'action sociale et des nouveaux mouvements sociaux ;
 Rodolfo Stavenhagen, spécialiste des conflits ethniques ;
 Fernando Henrique Cardoso, spécialiste des processus de changement social, de développement et dépendance. Président du Brésil de 1995 à 2003.
 Géographie
 Yves Lacoste, père de l'école française de géopolitique ;
 Michel Rochefort, spécialiste du monde urbain ;
 Milton Santos, spécialiste du monde urbain.
 Agronomie
 René Dumont, premier candidat « écologiste » à une élection présidentielle française en 1974 ;
 Louis Malassis, directeur général de l'enseignement et de la recherche au ministère de l'Agriculture ;
 Marcel Mazoyer, président du Comité des programmes de la FAO de 1984 à 1993 ;
 Michel Griffon, concepteur de l'agriculture écologiquement intensive.

Anciens élèves
De nombreux ministres et hauts fonctionnaires dans des domaines très variés sont diplômés de l'IEDES.

 Chefs de gouvernement
 Moustapha Niasse, Premier ministre du Sénégal en 1983 et 2000-2001, président de l'Assemblée nationale sénégalaise depuis 2012 ;
 Abel Goumba, Premier ministre de la République centrafricaine en 1959 et en 2003 ;
 Ali Soilih, président « révolutionnaire » de la République des Comores en 1977-1978 ;
 Mouhammad Saïd Al-Attar, Premier ministre du Yémen en 1994 ;
 Gérard Latortue, Premier ministre d'Haïti de 2004 à 2006.

 Ministres
 en Finances et en Économie :
 Edmond Ky en Haute-Volta de 1980 à 1982 ;
 Jean-Pierre Lemboumba-Lepandou au Gabon de 1980 à 1990 ;
 Ghazi Hidouci en Algérie de 1989 à 1991 ;
 Henri Bazin (Haïti)|Henri Bazin en Haïti de 2004 à 2006.

 en Affaires étrangères
 Frédéric Affo au Bénin de 1984 à 1987.

 du Commerce
 Talata Kafando au Burkina en 1994.

 du Travail et des Affaires sociales
 Maamar Benguerba en Algérie de 1992 à 1993.

 de la Fonction publique
 Jorge Esteban Roulet en Argentine de 1983 à 1986.

 des Infrastructures
 Chérif Chako au Niger de 1996 à 1999.

 des Affaires générales et de la Gouvernance
 Mohamed Louafa au Maroc depuis 2013.

 Gouverneurs de banque
 Mohamed Salah Bouaziz directeur général de la Banque centrale de Tunisie ;
 Pascal Ndjave directeur général de la Banque internationale pour le Commerce et l'Industrie du Gabon ;
 Justin Agbodjinou directeur de la Banque béninoise pour le développement.

 Intellectuels
 Iran Teymourtash, militante féministe iranienne ;
 Elva Roulet, architecte et vice-gouverneur de Buenos Aires (1983-1987) ;
 Sylviane Abou, cofondatrice et responsable de 1973 à 1999 de France terre d'asile ;
 Jacques Bugnicourt, cofondateur d'Enda Tiers-Monde.

Association Études et Développement (AED)
L'Association Études et Développement (AED) fédère depuis 1995, toutes les associations de l'IEDES. L'AED est dirigée par un bureau des étudiants et est présidée par un bureau des enseignants.

L'AED est une plateforme de :
 rencontres entre étudiants, anciens étudiants et amis de l'Institut ;
 projets IEDES tournés vers l'intérêt général, relatifs au développement et à la solidarité entre pays du nord et du sud.

Quelques projets menés par l'AED depuis 2008 :
 Étude sur l'organisation spatiale d'Istanbul en janvier 2008 en partenariat avec l'Université Galatasaray ;
 Participation à l'Université d'été du Centre de recherche et d'information pour le développement (CRID) à Nantes en  ;
 Participation au Forum social mondial (FSM) organisé à Belem au Brésil en janvier 2009 ;
 Participation au Forum social mondial organisé à Dakar au Sénégal en février 2011 ;
 Participation au Forum mondial de l'eau organisé à Marseille en mars 2012 ;
 Étude sur les violences faites aux femmes à Haïti en  ;
 Étude sur l'organisation spatiale de Fès au Maroc en janvier 2013 ;
 Participation au « Carrefour des projets » à Kindia en Guinée en  ;
 Participation au Forum social mondial organisé à Tunis en  ;
 Suivi de femmes enceintes en milieu rural à Oujda au Maroc en  ;
 Participation au Trailwalker d'Oxfam organisé dans le parc naturel régional du Morvan en mai 2014 ;
 Enquête sur le phénomène migratoire à Lampedusa en Italie en  ;
 Enquête sur le programme du PNUD « Village du millénaire » à Potou au Sénégal en  ;
 Réalisation d'un documentaire à Puna en Inde sur les Village Community Development Association (VCDA) menant depuis 1978 une action sociale et culturelle dans les villages ruraux en juillet- ;
 Participation à un diagnostic participatif sur la gestion des déchets à Coyah en Guinée.

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Twenty-one Ziyuan Fir (Abies ziyuanensis) trees have been discovered after eight months of intensive fieldwork in Yinzhulaoshan Provincial Nature Reserve (NR), Guangxi, China according to David Gill from SOS Grantee and IUCN Member, FFI (Fauna and Flora...
Photo: IUCN/ Nantana Atibodhi
Behind the frontlines: Interagency cooperation supporting rangers' work in Thailand
Updating SOS on project developments from an emergency funding grant for work in Thap Lan National Park, Thailand, Eric Ash of Freeland Foundation, an IUCN Member, is succinct. "While it is critical to support front-line rangers and other park-based...
Photo: Marco Quesada (Conservation International)
Women Create Hope in a Degraded Mangrove
Real change often requires high-level planning and support. But sometimes all it takes is determination at the community level. On Costa Rica's Chira Island, the hard work of women's collectives has resulted in the restoration and preservation of vital...
Photo: Bill Baker
Improvement in protected areas needed to save Madagascar palms
Despite the expansion of Madagascar's protected areas, many palm species are still threatened with extinction, primarily due to forest degradation and destructive harvesting, reveals a study published in PLOS ONE. Eighty-three percent of the 192 endemic...
Photo: Eric Ash / FREELAND
True Grit: life on the trail of the rosewood poachers
Marking World Ranger Day 31 July 2014, SOS – Save Our Species wishes to bring you to the frontline of conservation. Talking with Chaloaw Kotud, Enforcement Ranger Patrol Team Leader at Thap Lan National Park, Thailand we highlight the work of the unsung...
IUCN Red List wins 2014 Prince Albert II of Monaco Prize for Biodiversity
The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™ is honoured this year, as we celebrate our 50th Anniversary, with the announcement that it will receive the 2014 Prince Albert II of Monaco Prize for Biodiversity.
Photo: Eric Ash
Supporting our forest guardians
Almost exactly a year ago, on the 14th of March 2013, 33-year old Thaweesak Chomyong, a ranger working in Thailand's Pang Sida National Park was fatally shot when a group of poachers fired upon his patrol team before fleeing the scene. This was not an...
Photo: Pritpal S. Soorae
A global perspective on re-introduction
From mangroves to spiders, trout to bobcat, the latest edition of Global Re-introduction Perspectives presents 52 case studies on re-introduction projects from around the world.
Photo: Simon Rogerson
Shark expert and freediver joins IUCN's ocean conservation mission
Despite the high profile media attention sharks receive, relatively little is known about their biology. Of those shark species that have been assessed for the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™, nearly half are listed as Data Deficient, which means that we...
Photo: Guy Marcovaldi/IUCN
Forest giraffe joins growing number of threatened species
The Okapi – a national symbol of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, also known as the "forest giraffe" – and the sub-Saharan White-winged Flufftail – one of Africa's rarest birds – are now on the brink of extinction, according to the latest update of The...
Photo: Eliot Taylor
Key Biodiversity Areas - governance workshop underway in Brasilia
This week, a number of conservationists are meeting with representatives from Mexico, India and Brazil to discuss the identification and governance of Key Biodiversity Areas (KBAs) - places recognised for their important fauna and flora. The process for...
Photo: Lynn Clayton
Students help replant Nantu forest
Marking the International Day of Forests 2013 today, Dr Lynn Clayton, Project director with YANI an SOS grantee, and her young friend Yanto, report on one of several tree planting initiatives helping to build awareness and community...
Photo: Jeju Province
IUCN Congress kicks off in Korea
Jeju Island, Republic of Korea, 6 September 2012 (IUCN) – The IUCN World Conservation Congress, the world's largest and most important conservation event, begins today on Jeju Island, South Korea.
Photo: KFI
SOS - Save Our Species: New call for proposals open!
The second SOS Call for Proposals has just opened. Non-governmental organisations (including IUCN members), community groups, and other civil society organisations are welcome to apply for an SOS grant for one of the following Strategic Directions:
Photo: Harper Collins
Species on the Edge app is launched
Acclaimed by the US Apple Store as 'New and Noteworthy', the new Species on the Edge app is a detailed guide to 365 species from the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™. Featuring stunning photos and thought-provoking information it allows users to learn...
Photo: IUCN Pakistan
The plight of mangrove forests in Pakistan - Film
Across the Indus delta in Pakistan, at Keti Bundur, Siddiq Roonjha narrates the once prosperous economic history of the area, his recent battles with cyclones and sea storms as his home was inundated in front of his eyes; his precious belongings lost.
Photo: SOS
SOS Call for Proposals now open
The first SOS Call for Proposals is now open, accepting Threatened Species and Rapid Action Grants. Deadline for applications is August 12, 2011.

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Major universities unite to align investments with values – launching responsible investment network
12 Dec 2019 | Press Release, Responsible Investment Networks
Three higher education establishments have founded a network with the vision of building a better world by aligning their investments with their missions, and using their endowments to benefit society and the environment.
The Universities of Cambridge, Edinburgh, and St Anne's College, Oxford have formed the Responsible Investment Network – Universities (RINU), which launched today. ShareAction will run the network with support from the UK's largest social impact investor, Big Society Capital, and the National Union of Students' sustainability charity, SOS-UK. The universities, representing around £5.4 billion, are united in their ambitions to create positive change through their investment practices. They will share ideas on topics such as stewardship of their investments, engaging with their asset managers, educating students and staff, and social impact investment.
The founding members of the network have seized an opportunity to use their endowments to further their missions and take action on global threats such as climate change and ecosystem breakdown as well as local issues including inequality and homelessness. This is often encouraged by students and other stakeholders who want universities to take a proactive approach to the management of their investments.
University of Cambridge Vice-Chancellor Professor Stephen J Toope, said: "Joining the Responsible Investment Network – Universities is the next step forward in the University of Cambridge's commitment to the global energy transition, and we look forward to working with RINU members on supporting the decarbonisation of the modern economy."
The network offers access to research and advocacy opportunities relevant to universities' core portfolios – but also support in exploring the social investment market.
Katie Fulford-Smith, Engagement Manager at Big Society Capital, commented: "We're excited to be supporting the launch of this network. University endowments have the potential to create positive impact on society and the environment by making impact investments. These can also help universities to better align their financial assets with their values. We believe impact investments that don't require profit maximisation or sacrifice financial returns present the greatest opportunities for universities. We've already invested alongside a number of UK universities and look forward to working with others, whether they're expanding or just beginning to navigate the social impact investing market."
Dave Gorman, Director of Social Responsibility and Sustainability at the University of Edinburgh said: "Edinburgh was the first university in Europe to sign the UN Principles for Responsible Investment in 2013. Since then, responsible investment has become firmly integrated into not just our financial operations, but also our wider approach to social and civic responsibility: such as our commitment to transition out of fossil fuels investments by 2021; our £60m investment in sustainable and low carbon companies; our £1.5m investment in local social enterprises and our zero-tolerance stance on modern slavery. We look forward to sharing our expertise with other universities."
The network will also work with universities to improve how they educate and consult with their students on how and where their endowment is invested. To achieve this, the project is working with the National Union of Students' sustainability charity, SOS-UK.
Zamzam Ibrahim, President, Students' Organising for Sustainability (SOS-UK), said: "Responsible investment is the sustainability issue that students know least about at their universities. We are really hopeful that this new network will start to change that, supporting universities to put their investments to use for the public good, and shedding light on how universities manage their money."
John Ford, Treasurer, St Anne's College Oxford said: "St Anne's College has always been forward looking and outward facing. We are keen to work collaboratively with like-minded investors and to learn more about the difference that shareholder engagement can make. Being a member of RINU will be invaluable to our current investment review, which includes a consultation with both students and staff and a practical evaluation of the impact of responsible investment."
Lily Tomson, ShareAction's Head of Networks, said: "I am delighted by the range of universities in the founding group, and their enthusiasm to share ideas and act boldly. The national conversation about responsible investment within higher education has focused mainly on whether to divest from fossil fuels or not. It's an important debate, and over half of UK universities have divested, but it's not the only strategy at their disposal. RINU is all about working with both investment staff and university stakeholders, who understand the urgency of social and environmental threats, and who are looking together for a range of solutions."
ShareAction is building on the success of the Charities Responsible Investment Network, a group of 19 charities working together to align their investments with their charitable goals.


The Balmoral Custom Upholstered Bed Frame offers the best in style and comfort for your bedroom. With its modern contemporary design it boasts a fashionable winged and studded headboard, crafted with gentle curves for that touch of sophistication to add to your interior decor.
The Balmoral Upholstered Bed Frame is made to last, manufactured from the finest fade-resistant linen materials to give you years of comfort and support. Crafted with timber slats 3.5cm thick and 9cms wide, this bed can be customised in your choice of colours and sizes to make your bedroom unique. It offers great value for money and there's plenty of storage space available under the frame, supported by strong square legs. It also has a 2-year warranty on upholstery.
We can custom make your bed frame in line with your individual requirements, in all sizes and with a large range of fabrics and timber colours on offer. Why not get in touch with our team to see how we can help you?


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China's Postal Savings Bank says certain retail investors opt out of Shanghai listing
People walk past a sign outside a branch of Postal Savings Bank of China (PSBC) in downtown Beijing, China, November 12, 2015. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon/File Photo
By Cheng Leng, Engen Tham
Postal Savings Bank of China said investors had opted out of paying for 3% of shares on offer in its Shanghai listing – a rare development that underscores growing concerns over problems in China's banking system.
Worries about the health of China's banking sector have grown this year after regulators seized control of Inner Mongolia-based Baoshang Bank in May, citing serious credit risks. That was followed by the rescue of four other regional lenders by state and local governments, hitting investor sentiment towards the sector.
China's biggest bank by number of branches is seeking up to 28.45 billion yuan ($4 billion) in the first part of the share sale, which was 79 times oversubscribed – a low level as mainland Chinese share offerings are often thousands of times oversubscribed.
A greenshoe option of 15% of shares, which needs to be exercised within 30 days of listing, could take funds raised to $4.7 billion.
PSBC said in a statement late on Tuesday that nearly all of those who decided not take up allocated shares were retail investors.
Unlike other major IPO markets, in mainland China investors are not required to pay before getting an allocation. Underwriters of the share sale will pick up the unsold shares.
Dai Zhifeng, an analyst at Zhongtai Securities Co, said he saw the problem as one of general investor wariness towards banking stocks rather than a reflection of PSBC's financial health per se.
Some recently listed banks are trading below their issue price, he noted. Zheshang Bank Co Ltd has lost 8% since its Nov. 27 Shanghai debut.
"Although it is under pressure, PSBC's share price should stabilise after the greenshoe option kicks in," he said.
PSBC Chairman Zhang Jinliang promised investors in an online roadshow last week that underwriters will take on shares in the greenshoe option if the bank's shares below their issue price in their first 30 days of trade – a measure which would "reduce the shares' initial volatility and stabilise the price."
PSBC is only the fourth company in China's A-share market to include a greenshoe option, analysts said.
It is conducting the listing at the behest of the central bank which wants state-owned lenders to be more responsive to the rigours of capital markets.
China's Postal Savings Bank
Postal Savings Bank plans biggest China IPO since 2015
The Beijing-based lender, which is already listed in Hong Kong, plans to raise $4.1 billion.
China's Henan province, Guiyang bureau set up funds worth $2.35b
China's Henan province has launched a $2-billion fund to boost the green economy.


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HomeWindowsGrand Theft Auto 5(V) v1.0.505.02 PC Game Repack with all DLC's is Here ! [FIXED] [LOWEST SIZE]
Grand Theft Auto 5(V) v1.0.505.02 PC Game Repack with all DLC's is Here ! [FIXED] [LOWEST SIZE]
on - February 04, 2016
Grand Theft Auto V is another installment in one of the most popular series in the history of video games. The game was released initially on Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 in 2013. Version for computers is an expanded and improved edition of the original title. It offers full support for high screen resolutions. Textures and three-dimensional models are in higher quality. The game world is more living thanks to increased number of cars in traffic and pedestrians. Lighting system, car damages and weather also received improvements. There are also new missions, weapons, vehicles and options of characters customization. Developers had in mind players who earlier bought GTA V for PlayStation 3 or Xbox 360 – they can transfer their characters from GTA Online on console to PC version of the game.
Grand Theft Auto V presents you three completely different characters: Michael – a former bank robber from the East Coast, now being under the witness protection program; Trevor – retired military pilot suffering from mental disorders; and Franklin – young man from the ghetto, collecting cars from debtors of a local Armenian dealer. Each of them represents other social background, presented in the game in a detailed manner. The storyline and gameplay enable switching between those three characters at any time, so you can quickly explore the world of Los Santos and always be in the center of the action.
Major visual and technical upgrades to make Los Santos and Blaine County more immersive than ever.
Increased Draw Distances
4K Support
New weapons, vehicles and activities
Additional wildlife
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New foliage system
Enhanced damage and weather effects, and much more.
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Download and Extract the zip file
Run Setup.exe
Follow on-screen Instructions
Wait For Game To Be Installed
Done, Enjoy
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GTA-V Disk 1 (16.3 GB)
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Llorente & Cuenca sees 12.5% revenue jump in 2014
February 26, 2015 by Lindsay Stein
The firm saw strong growth in its Latin America operations.
MADRID: Spanish-owned agency Llorente & Cuenca increased 2014 global revenues by 12.5% to $27.7 million, year-over-year.
The company's offices in Latin America, which account for more than 63% of total revenue, saw 16% revenue growth last year, compared with the prior year.
Across Barcelona, Lisbon, and Madrid, Llorente & Cuenca's sales increased by about 7% in 2014, compared to 2013.
Last year, the agency's overall staff increased 6.4% to 350 employees, with a 5.2% jump in Latin America and a 7.4% uptick in Spain and Portugal. Llorente & Cuenca's goal is to reach 500 staffers by 2016, according to a company statement.
In addition to new staffers, Llorente & Cuenca expanded its practice areas in 2014, launching European affairs and consumer engagement.
The firm began operating in Chile last year after acquiring CR Comunicaciones. It also grew its operation in Spain with the purchase of Hermes Consultores de Comunicación, which specializes in financial and corporate communications.
By 2016, the agency wants to expand from nine markets in Latin America to 13.
Llorenta & Cuenca is a finalist in the International Agency of the Year category for the 2015 PRWeek Global Awards.
Representatives from the firm were not immediately available for comment.
The agency, which is celebrating its 20th anniversary this year, has offices in Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Chile, Ecuador, Spain, Mexico, Panama, Peru, Portugal, and the Dominican Republic. It also has a presence in the US, Bolivia, Paraguay, Uruguay, and Venezuela through affiliate companies.
Figures were converted from Euros to dollars using Google Finance.
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As WFAA 8 reports, Love arranged a meeting with the seller at a house that turned out to be vacant. According to police, he brought three "acquaintances" along, and they met up with the seller and one more person. The camera was reportedly returned to Love, but the fight broke out between him and one of the people who came with the seller. Eventually, gunshots were fired. Love, one of his acquaintances and the seller were shot.
According to WFAA 8, Love's acquaintances took him to the hospitals, where he was pronounced dead. The seller was found dead at the scene, but the police still haven't released his identity. The third injured person received a gunshot wound that isn't life-threatening. Reportedly, the person who came with the seller left the scene before the police arrived.
This is really a bitter story, but let it be a reminder. If it ever happens that your camera gets stolen, please refer to the police and don't try to do anything on your own.
Always make exchanges in a public populated place or better yet at a police station. Some stations even encourage it for safety.


3 double, 1 single (plus l large attic) bedrooms. 2 bathrooms. Sleep up to 14.
BOMY, 45 minutes from Calais. Charming well-modernised family home in a quiet friendly village near Fruges market town. Sleeps up to 7 downstairs plus a further 7 upstairs if needed.
Downstairs: 3 double bedrooms (1 king size bed). 1 single bedroom + cot. Upstairs: 1 large room (fun for children) with 7 single beds.
2 excellent bathrooms. Spacious dining room (open plan to well-equipped kitchen) and sitting room, both with oak beams, open fireplaces and doors to relaxing garden including sheltered terrace and orchard.
Central heating, exterior WC, BBQ, garden furniture, games including table football, table tennis and children's slide.
Regular and recent improvements made to property - such as all four downstairs bedrooms, and also the sitting room, dining room and kitchen, redecorated and renovated. All doors and windows of the house are recently fitted wooden framed double glazed units, with most being fitted new in late 2018. Brand new boiler, attic heaters and oven in late 2017.
Beautiful sandy beaches, golf, riding, bird sanctuary, historic towns and sites including both world wars. Many good restaurants.
Duvets and pillows included for all beds. Linen and towels are optional extras.
Electricity for lighting is included.
Central Heating and logs for fires, if used or needed, are extras.
See weekly rental rates in the rates section. In order to cover fixed costs, the minimum rental charge for any period at any time of year is £300.
Further details available on request by email.
Linen is available for hire.
Large capacity Bosch fridge freezer.
Rosieres new electric oven .
Ideal for large family get together or weekend escape with friends. It has a big dining/breakfast room with large farmhouse table, as well large lounge with real fireplace. It comes with large garden and patio area, all set in a quiet rural part of France and only an hour from Calais. Great value.
We spent the weekend at this property in the hopes of getting some much needed R&R and that's exactly what we got! It's easy to find and less than an hour away from Calais in the French countryside. Lovely quiet spot and a lovely rustic house with lots of space to relax. Obviously with the cold of winter, we stayed tucked inside the house in the warmth but the big garden looked great for summer fun and BBQs.
We fell in love with this house from the moment we set foot in it and we would have no hesitation in recommending it to anyone and staying there ourselves again.
The location is perfect for exploring the local area and is less than an hour from the coast and from a number of famous historical battle sites.
The house itself oozes charm and old fashioned comfort and was so cozy and warm when we stayed during an extremely cold period of February that we never felt the need to light either of the two fireplaces in the kitchen and sitting room.
The large garden with BBQ area and the very large sleeping area upstairs suggest that this would be a great rental for a family or large group come summer time.
A brilliant house with everything you need for a comfortable and relaxing break.
This rural spacious house although only an hour from the channel ports is really in the heart of France.With a large garden and surrounding countryside it is ideal for a quiet family holiday with the advantages of being close to the sea and many other attractions.The house is very comfortable, well appointed and ideal for large family groups, I would recommend this rental to anyone that enjoys the French countryside.
Having stayed in many French holiday lets I can honestly say this is the best yet. We always go away for November the 5th. Our dog hates the never ending fireworks!
This is a perfect place. A home from home. It is very very comfortable, well furnished and well equipped. The central heating was lovely and warm. Just the ticket in November.
There is a lovely large private garden, very comfortable seating, well equipped kitchen and everything one needs and more.
We thoroughly recommend this property.
A big thankyou to the owners who have given a lot of thought to making their property "simply the best."
Our party of 8 ranged in age from 20 - 75. The house was wonderful, full of typical rustic charm. Ideally situated in a very quiet village but within easy distance of the beaches, shops and surrounded by history. I would definatley consider a return visit and will recommend to my friends.
45 minutes from Calais in the historic Artois countryside. It is only 15 minutes drive from junction 4 of the Calais to Paris autoroute. Also, well under an hour from Boulogne.
Very near the famous Agincourt battlefield. Near many World War 1 & 2 historical sites.
NB. which have separate club houses about 1 km apart.
Note - quoted green fees may have increased!


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Daggoth wrote: oh come ON guys., f already?
I'm not sure what the issue is? f_3 is just tetration. Other people are using standard functions and numbers as well which can grow as far as the standard fundamental sequences for the FGH do.
username5243 wrote: Wow. We just went through a number of numbers, including the heptalogue (E10#6), googolquintiplex (E2#7), and 7 (E7#7).
I haven't looked at every one, but I don't see any instances where I'd interpret his numbers differently, can you post an example?
Topic: Jahooma's LogicBox - now a full game!
Re: Jahooma's LogicBox - now a full game!
Topic: Hat puzzle - 6 (or n) randomly coloured hats in a circle.
Whatever you want. My point is simply that the current set up encourages people to give the correct definition, and this is bad for everyone else, as some people will guess the "wrong correct defintion" and no one will guess any of the bluffs.
I'm gonna bow out for a few rounds, pretty busy next couple weeks, will be back later.
Patzer is up, the turn order just cycles in the order of the score list, which I believe is just in order of sign ups.
A small pocket sewn into the sail of a ship.
Pertaining to the frequent changing of sexual partners.
Um... It should be SPACKlick getting 0, not me.
Don't we all get 2 points since no one guessed correctly?
To clasp firmly in one's hand.


Photoshopped - Real mosaic coming soon!
Wow… Thanks to everybody for all the great feedback. I've received enough great suggestions through various channels that I've decided to keep a running list in order to keep track of them and give the suggesters something to look forward too. Some of these I still will need to get some new paint colors for, but it will be worth it.
Any other suggestions? Feel free to add them in the comments!
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i know it isnt a nes sprite but doing the origional sonic would be cool.


Home to pools, award-winning schools and access to Jeffrey Open Space Trail, this village offers a wide array of recreational amenities, including Cypress Grove Park, the village's stunning centerpiece.
Each day is an adventure with resort-style amenities and community activities for the young and the young at heart. Here, village residents enjoy the abundance of premium community amenities.
Irvine is among the top school systems in California and the United States with many schools earning the California Distinguished School status. All four high schools in the district having also earned the distinction as Blue Ribbon Schools, the nation's highest level of recognition for K-12 campuses.
Named a Gold Ribbon school by the California Department of Education, Cypress Village Elementary School houses 27 classrooms and offers the latest technological tools available to teachers and students.
Cypress Village is also served by other award-winning middle and high schools, however schools serving residents of Cypress Village are subject to change. For more information on school assignments, please call the Irvine Unified School District at (949) 936-5000.


The main goal of the Archives Portal Europe is to meet users' expectations by providing seamless access to various archival resources held throughout Europe. To achieve this, the APEnet project team has developed a common European EAD-XML schema. This APE EAD will act as a pivotal format, additionally enabling the Archives Portal Europe to deliver standardised data to Europeana, and is the basis of the main processes provided within the tool downloadable here.
The tool relies on international standards and has developed a standard usable by all. Additional to EAD and ISAD(G), the standards EAC-CPF (based on ISAAR-CPF) to describe the records creators as well as EAG and ISDIAH to describe the archival institutions themselves are also taken into account. For more information on these archival standards and their use within the Archives Portal Europe, please refer to the section "About APEnet > Standards" of this website.
With this tool each partner is enabled to convert his/her data – already structured in "local" EAD or drawn from databases etc. compliant with ISAD(G) – into the commonly used APE EAD before integrating them in the portal. Furthermore, all archival institutions interested in a future participation within the Archives Portal Europe can locally try their data against the archival standards as used in the portal with this tool.
Before downloading and using the tool, we recommend that you read the manual. The tool is currently available in English, German and French and the manual only in English.
developed under a project funded by the European Commission, this tool is submitted to a European Union Public License. You can find the general terms of this license here.
create your own ESE files from your valid APE EAD files.


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Oracle Hybrid Database Cloud using Enterprise Manager – Part XX
Jan 14, 2019 1:29:06 PM by Porus Homi Havewala
Hybrid Cloud management is an interestingly hot topic for today's cloud world, since not all companies want to move everything to the cloud. In this article series, we are looking at the detailed steps for setting up the Oracle Hybrid Cloud via the latest version – Oracle Enterprise Manager Cloud Control 13c installed on premises. Our main intention is to install an Enterprise Manager hybrid cloud agent on our database cloud servers (on the Oracle public cloud) via the hybrid gateway, in the scenario where our company has databases running on premises as well as on the Oracle public cloud, and then to look at hybrid cloud management using Enterprise Manager.
In the previous parts of the article series, we completed the pre-setup steps for the hybrid cloud – such as setting up one of our on-premises Enterprise Manager Oracle Management Service (OMS) agents as the hybrid gateway agent, creating SSH keys for the OMS server, and creating a named credential with SSH key credentials for the hybrid cloud. At the same time, we also created an Oracle Database service (a server with an Oracle database) on the Oracle public cloud.
Next, we completed the installation of the hybrid cloud agent via Oracle Enterprise Manager, which performed a background transfer of the agent software to the destination host. We logged into the on-premises Enterprise Manager console as SYSMAN or a super administrator and drilled down to the Cloud Host home page. On this page, we could see the Enterprise Manager Configuration and performance metrics for the host; these metrics had been uploaded by the hybrid cloud agent. And after the database discovery process was completed, the cloud database appeared in the list of Enterprise Manager database targets, and it can now be monitored and managed just like a normal on-premises database.
We compared Oracle database configurations by selecting Enterprise | Configuration | Comparison and Drift Management from the Enterprise Manager console, and creating a comparison. We selected the on-premises 12c database "ahuprod.sainath.com" and the cloud database AHUTEST. Effectively, we compared the configuration of a local on-premises database with that of a cloud database. This comparison can be done at the server level as well. Oracle Enterprise Manager is also able to enforce the same compliance standards on the Oracle public cloud as well as on premises, which is perfect for a hybrid database setup.
Next, we looked into the cloning of PDBs from on premises to cloud, one of the main features of the hybrid cloud. To proceed with the actual PDB cloning, we made sure the source and destination CDBs were at the latest PSU. We then went through the steps to preserve the Enterprise Manager agent home when patching the cloud database. Next, we started the Clone to Oracle cloud process. This was done via right-clicking on the on-premises PDB "SALES" which is in the ahuprod CDB, and selecting Oracle Database | Cloning | Clone to Oracle Cloud.
The name of the destination PDB on the cloud side was entered as "SALESTST", since this will be a test pluggable database. We also selected a user name and password for the PDB administrator of the new PDB. Then, we could have clicked on "Clone" to quickly start the procedure, but instead we clicked on the "Advanced" button at the top of the page. This switched to advanced mode, and a multiple page workflow appeared on the same screen.
We clicked on Next. The "Clone to Oracle Cloud: Configuration" page appeared. As per cloud database standards which are based on Oracle Flexible Architecture (OFA) standards, the PDB data files will reside on /u02, in the /u02/app/oracle/oradata/<PDB name> directory. You can also enter storage limits if you wish, such as the maximum PDB size or the maximum shared TEMP tablespace size. The default logging attribute for tablespaces creating with the PDB can also be specified – Logging, No Logging or Filesystem Like Logging.
After this, the Post Processing page appeared. Here we noted the importance of the Advanced mode, since it is possible on this page to select a Data Masking Definition if it has been created for the source database. Masking is seamlessly integrated with Enterprise Manager. This makes sure that confidential data is masked when being cloned from an on-premises production database to a cloud development database.
A simple masking definition had already been created. This definition was named "LatestDataMaskDefinitionHR" (no spaces should be included in the definition name) and was selected at this point. This will mask some of the confidential columns in the Employees table, in the destination Cloud PDB that will be created.
In the Schedule screen that appeared next, we scheduled the job, then reviewed and clicked on Clone. The procedure started to execute. Among the steps in the procedure, we also observed a Secure Copy files step. Note that the "rsync" Unix command was used by the procedure to fast-copy files to the cloud.
The clone to cloud completed successfully in under 16 minutes (depending on the PDB size and the Internet connectivity). When we moved to Targets | Databases, we saw the new SALES Test PDB under the cloud CDB AHUTEST, and then drilled down to the Sales Test PDB Home page.
If we had selected the Masking definition as a part of the cloning workflow, we would need to verify that the employees table data has been masked. We connected to the on-premises ahuprod cdb as sysdba, and selected from the hr.employees table to examine the original unmasked data. Then we checked the same rows in the cloud PDB. We observed that the employee data has been masked successfully, as per the masking definition that was selected during the clone to cloud procedure.
Another point to note is that if the APEX versions on the two databases (on-premises and cloud) do not tally, the plug-in of the PDB to the cloud database during the cloning process may not complete successfully. The PDB on the cloud database may be left open in restricted mode. The solution for this issue was to download the APEX 5.0 version (not the 5.0.1 version) from http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/developer-tools/apex/downloads/index.html, and then to apply this APEX version on the on-premises database, before starting the cloning. After this was complete, the on-premises had the correct APEX version.
The cloning from the on-premises PDB to the cloud CDB then proceeded without any issues. However, if the cloud database had reported a new version of APEX higher than 5.0, then we would have needed to follow the procedure as outlined above while using the higher version of APEX and installing it on the ahuprod database.
Cloning from Oracle Cloud
It is also possible to clone PDBs from the cloud back to on-premises. For example, we complete our development on the cloud PDB, and then bring back the PDB to an on-premises CDB for testing purposes.
To do this, we selected the cloud PDB, right-clicked, and selected Oracle Database | Cloning | Clone from Oracle Cloud. This procedure bought the PDB back to the on-premises CDB. This brings up the Clone details page, where we can select the source PDB, and the destination CDB which is on premises. Credentials were specified on either side.
This should complete successfully in the majority of cases, but at times, when a special cloud patch has been applied at the cloud database level by the Oracle Cloud team, that patch is not available to be rolled back by the Datapatch utility at the on-premises PDB level. This will result in the clone procedure failing at the "Apply Datapatch" stage.
In such a case, ignore the step and continue the procedure. The PDB will be cloned but opened in restricted mode. You will then have to resolve the patching issue manually.
Using the RESTful API
The self-service user could use the Enterprise Manager Self Service console for creating databases, and this would also work for schemas or PDBs on demand. But what if a company does not want to use the Enterprise Manager Self Service console? There may be various reasons for this, one example being that the company has created and customized its own orchestration engine outside Enterprise Manager, in a sense its own "private cloud portal" which is able to provision multiple technologies in their private cloud, not just Oracle databases or middleware. Such a portal/orchestration engine can of course be built using Oracle technology – for example, one could use Oracle WebCenter, Oracle SOA Suite and Oracle BPM to build a powerful cloud portal/orchestrator with approvals and business rules included.
The self-service user could request a production database and it would require approval from management, Oracle BPM would route it to the appropriate manager and once approved the database would be provisioned. Or, approvals could be required based on the cost of the database service going beyond a certain limit. Non-Oracle technology, such as databases from other vendors, could be provisioned as well with this orchestrator. Manual services such as performance tuning or data migration could also be included (thus increasing the value of the IT department), and a business catalog created, all outside Enterprise Manager.
From Cloud Management Plug-in 12.1.0.2 onwards, RESTful Web Services-based API support for Database as a Service (DBaaS) has been provided in Enterprise Manager. This support has been steadily enhanced in later versions of the plug-in – such as support for RESTful APIs for Schema as a Service, Snap Clone, and RMAN based cloning in Cloud Management Plug-in 12.1.0.6, next for Pluggable Database as a Service in the 12.1.0.7 version of the plug-in, then for CloneDB in DBaaS in 12.1.0.8 and so on. The RESTful API of Enterprise Manager continues to be enhanced by Oracle.
This RESTful API support is of great importance when orchestration engines are being used. The orchestrator is able to call the RESTful API of Enterprise Manager to do the actual provisioning.
We will continue in the next part of this article series.
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Written by Porus Homi Havewala
Porus Homi Havewala is a Double Oracle Certified Master (OCM) in 11g and 10g. He was awarded the prestigious "Oracle ACE Director" title by Oracle USA in 2008. He worked as the Strategic Program Advisor at Oracle Corporation Singapore, and is a regional SME on Oracle Enterprise Manager technology, specifically concentrating on private/hybrid Database cloud capabilities on Oracle systems.
Porus has worked prominently for a number of years at the largest telecommunications company Telstra in Australia, where he personally set up and managed the first production Enterprise Manager Grid Control 10g project in the world in the early 2000s, controlling thousands of Data Center targets with multiple Administrator teams around Australia. He has 26+ years of experience in the IT industry, and 18+ years of experience with Oracle Technology, including as an Oracle Developer and Oracle Senior DBA.
He is the creator and manager of the Enterprise Manager blog with Oracle Press Credentials, the Clouds and Databases blog, and the "Oracle Senior DBA" group on LinkedIn.com with 61,000+ members. Porus is the author of thirteen published technical articles and three white papers on Enterprise Manager in the Oracle Technical Network (OTN), and has authored a number of Enterprise Manager Books. He started his technical writing with a book on Microsoft Foxpro as early as 1994. His recent Enterprise Manager books are as follows: Oracle Enterprise Manager Cloud Control 12c: Managing Data Center Chaos published by PACKT Publishing, and the latest book Oracle Database Cloud Cookbook with Oracle Enterprise Manager 13c Cloud Control published by Oracle Press.
Dedication: I dedicate my pen and all its output to my beloved parents in heaven, they are the ones that have taught me the good values in life.
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Boloňská škola - významné středisko barokního malířství. V roce 1585 založili v Bologni bratři Carracciové malířské studio nazvané Accademia degli Incamminati či Accademia dei desiderosi. Vliv akademie se projevil u mnoha barokních malířů evropské školy. Představitelé této školy byly například Guido Reni, Francesco Albani, Domenico Zampieri, známý také jako Domenichino, Guercino známý také jako Giovanni Francesco Barbieri a další.

Boloňská škola vzkvétala mezi 16. a 17. stoletím v italské Bologni, hlavním městě regionu Emilia Romagna. Mezi jeho nejvýznamnější představitele patří rodina Carracciů, Lodovico Carracci a jeho dva bratranci, bratři Agostino Carracci a Annibale Carracci. Později zahrnovala i další významné barokní malíře: Domenichino a Lanfranco, působící převážně v Římě, případně Guercino a Guido Reni na Accademia degli Incamminati v Bologni, kterou provozoval Lodovico Carracci. Některé umělecké konvence, které se v průběhu času staly tradičními, se rozvinuly v Římě během prvních desetiletí 16. století. Časem se někteří umělci snažili o nový přístup k práci, který už neodráží římský způsob. Studio Carracci hledalo inovace, nové způsoby tvorby, s cílem odtrhnout se od tradičních stylů malířství a hledat inspiraci u literárních současníků; studio vytvořilo vlastní styl, odlišný od uznávaných způsobů umění své doby. Tento styl byl vnímán jako systematický i imitativní, navazující na konkrétní motivy předchozích římských uměleckých škol a přinášející inovaci moderního přístupu.

Malíři

1501–1600
 Amico Aspertini (1474–1552)
 Girolamo da Treviso (1497–1544)
 Pier Maria Pennacchi (1464– před 1516)
 Girolamo da Carpi (1501–1556)
 Lorenzo Sabbatini (c. 1530–1576)
 Denys Calvaert (1540–1619)
 Pietro Faccini (1552–1614)
 Prospero Fontana (1512–1597)
 Lavinia Fontana (1552–1614)
 Giovanni Francesco Bezzi (Nosadella) (1530–1571)
 Bartolomeo Passerotti (1529–1592)
 Bartolomeo Cesi (1556–1629)
 Annibale Carracci (1560–1609)
 Ludovico Carracci (1555–1619)
 Agostino Carracci (1557–1602)
 Carlo Bononi (1569 – c. 1632)
 Sisto Badalocchio (1581 – c. 1647)
 Camillo Procaccini (1551–1629)

1601–1650
 Angelo Michele Toni
 Benedetto Gennari
 Guido Reni (1575–1642)
 Domenichino (1581–1641)
 Francesco Albani (1578–1660)
 Giovanni Francesco Barbieri (Guercino) (1591–1666)
 Lionello Spada
 Lucio Massari
 Francesco Brizio
 Giacomo Cavedone
 Bartolomeo Schedoni
 Francesco Gessi (1558–1649)
 Simone Cantarini (Il Pesarese) (1612–1648)
 Carlo Cignani (1628–1719)
 Giovanni Antonio Burrini
 Giovanni Gioseffo dal Sole
 Lorenzo Pasinelli (1629–1772)
 Elisabetta Sirani (1638–1665)
 Marcantonio Franceschini
 Guido Cagnacci (1601–1663)
 Giuseppe Maria Mazza (sochař, 1653–1741)
 Lorenzo Garbieri (1580–1654)
 Domenico Maria Canuti (1620–1660)
 Angelo Michele Colonna (1604–1687)
 Agostino Mitelli (1609–1660).
 Enrico Haffner (1640–1702)
 Giovanni Maria Bibiena
 Giovan Giacomo Monti
 Giovanni Battista Viola
 Alessandro Tiarini
 Giovanni Andrea Donducci (il Mastelletta)

1650–1700
 Giuseppe Maria Crespi (1665–1747)
 Ubaldo Gandolfi

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Clinical challenges of a co-secreting TSH/GH pituitary adenoma
Hui Yi Ng, Divya Namboodiri, Diana Learoyd, Andrew Davidson, Bernard Champion and Veronica Preda
Co-secreting thyrotropin/growth hormone (GH) pituitary adenomas are rare; their clinical presentation and long-term management are challenging. There is also a paucity of long-term data. Due to the cell of origin, these can behave as aggressive tumours. We report a case of a pituitary plurihormonal pit-1-derived macroadenoma, with overt clinical hyperthyroidism and minimal GH excess symptoms. The diagnosis was confirmed by pathology showing elevated thyroid and GH axes with failure of physiological GH suppression, elevated pituitary glycoprotein hormone alpha subunit (αGSU) and macroadenoma on imaging. Pre-operatively the patient was rendered euthyroid with carbimazole and underwent successful transphenoidal adenomectomy (TSA) with surgical cure. Histopathology displayed an elevated Ki-67 of 5.2%, necessitating long-term follow-up.
Thyrotropinomas are rare and likely under-diagnosed due to under-recognition of secondary hyperthyroidism.
Thyrotropinomas and other plurihormonal pit-1-derived adenomas are more aggressive adenomas according to WHO guidelines.
Co-secretion occurs in 30% of thyrotropinomas, requiring diligent investigation and long-term follow-up of complications.
Plurihormonal Pit-1 lineage adenoma presenting as meningitis with recurrence after somatostatin analogue
Yoko Olmedilla, Shoaib Khan, Victoria Young, Robin Joseph, Simon Cudlip, Olaf Ansgorge, Ashley Grossman and Aparna Pal
A 21 year-old woman was found to have a pituitary macroadenoma following an episode of haemophilus meningitis. Biochemical TSH and GH excess was noted, although with no clear clinical correlates. She was treated with a somatostatin analogue (SSA), which restored the euthyroid state and controlled GH hypersecretion, but she re-presented with a further episode of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) leak and recurrent meningitis. Histology following transsphenoidal adenomectomy revealed a Pit-1 lineage plurihormonal adenoma expressing GH, TSH and PRL. Such plurihormonal pituitary tumours are uncommon and even more unusual to present with spontaneous bacterial meningitis. The second episode of CSF leak and meningitis appears to have been due to SSA therapy-induced tumour shrinkage, which is not a well-described phenomenon in the literature for this type of tumour.
Pit-1 lineage GH/TSH/PRL-expressing plurihormonal pituitary adenomas are uncommon. Moreover, this case is unique as the patient first presented with bacterial meningitis.
Inmunohistochemical plurihormonality of pituitary adenomas does not necessarily correlate with biochemical and clinical features of hormonal hypersecretion.
Given that plurihormonal Pit-1 lineage adenomas may behave more aggressively than classical pituitary adenomas, accurate pathological characterization of these tumours has an increasing prognostic relevance.
Although unusual, a CSF leak and meningitis may be precipitated by SSA therapy of a pituitary macroadenoma via tumour shrinkage.
A case of a co-secreting TSH and growth hormone pituitary adenoma presenting with a thyroid nodule
Laura Hamilton Adams and Derick Adams
Co-secreting TSH and growth hormone pituitary adenomas are rare. We present a case of a 55-year-old woman who presented with symptoms of neck fullness. Ultrasound revealed multiple thyroid nodules and examination revealed several clinical features of acromegaly. She was found to have a co-secreting TSH and growth hormone pituitary macroadenoma. She underwent surgical resection followed by gamma knife radiation, which resulted in complete remission of her TSH and GH-secreting adenoma.
TSH-secreting pituitary adenomas are rare and about one-third co-secrete other hormones.
Thyroid nodules are common in acromegaly and can be the presenting sign of a growth hormone-secreting pituitary adenoma.
In the workup of acromegaly, assessment of other pituitary hormones is essential, even in the absence of symptoms of other pituitary hormone dysfunction.
Complete remission of co-secreting GH and TSH pituitary macroadenomas is possible with surgery and radiation alone.
An FSH and TSH pituitary adenoma, presenting with precocious puberty and central hyperthyroidism
Guadalupe Vargas, Lourdes-Josefina Balcazar-Hernandez, Virgilio Melgar, Roser-Montserrat Magriña-Mercado, Baldomero Gonzalez, Javier Baquera and Moisés Mercado
A 19-year-old woman with a history of isosexual precocious puberty and bilateral oophorectomy at age 10 years because of giant ovarian cysts, presents with headaches and mild symptoms and signs of hyperthyroidism. Hormonal evaluation revealed elevated FSH and LH levels in the postmenopausal range and free hyperthyroxinemia with an inappropriately normal TSH. Pituitary MRI showed a 2-cm macroadenoma with suprasellar extension. She underwent successful surgical resection of the pituitary tumor, which proved to be composed of two distinct populations of cells, each of them strongly immunoreactive for FSH and TSH, respectively. This mixed adenoma resulted in two different hormonal hypersecretion syndromes: the first one during childhood and consisting of central precocious puberty and ovarian hyperstimulation due to the excessive secretion of biologically active FSH and which was not investigated in detail and 10 years later, central hyperthyroidism due to inappropriate secretion of biologically active TSH. Although infrequent, two cases of isosexual central precocious puberty in girls due to biologically active FSH secreted by a pituitary adenoma have been previously reported in the literature. However, this is the first reported case of a mixed adenoma capable of secreting both, biologically active FSH and TSH.
Although functioning gonadotrophinomas are infrequent, they should be included in the differential diagnosis of isosexual central precocious puberty.
Some functioning gonadotrophinomas are mixed adenomas, secreting other biologically active hormones besides FSH, such as TSH.
Early recognition and appropriate treatment of these tumors by transsphenoidal surgery is crucial in order to avoid unnecessary therapeutic interventions that may irreversibly compromise gonadal function.
Growth hormone and insulin-like growth factor 1 affect the severity of Graves' disease
Alfredo Di Cerbo, Federica Pezzuto and Alessandro Di Cerbo
Graves' disease, the most common form of hyperthyroidism in iodine-replete countries, is associated with the presence of immunoglobulins G (IgGs) that are responsible for thyroid growth and hyperfunction. In this article, we report the unusual case of a patient with acromegaly and a severe form of Graves' disease. Here, we address the issue concerning the role of growth hormone (GH) and insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF1) in influencing thyroid function. Severity of Graves' disease is exacerbated by coexistent acromegaly and both activity indexes and symptoms and signs of Graves' disease improve after the surgical remission of acromegaly. We also discuss by which signaling pathways GH and IGF1 may play an integrating role in regulating the function of the immune system in Graves' disease and synergize the stimulatory activity of Graves' IgGs.
Clinical observations have demonstrated an increased prevalence of euthyroid and hyperthyroid goiters in patients with acromegaly.
The coexistence of acromegaly and Graves' disease is a very unusual event, the prevalence being <1%.
Previous in vitro studies have showed that IGF1 synergizes the TSH-induced thyroid cell growth-activating pathways independent of TSH/cAMP/PKA cascade.
We report the first case of a severe form of Graves' disease associated with acromegaly and show that surgical remission of acromegaly leads to a better control of symptoms of Graves' disease.


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Consciousness remains opaque at bottom.
The abyss in its opacity is the Gap.
There is always a Gap beyond representation.
The Gap is natural, essential and spiritually free to our fundamemtal nature.


I thought I'd share a few photos that I took at the recent Hastings show. Thankfully although overnight rain was ever present, the days themselves were dry so full displays punctuated both days.
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Wine ("WINdows Emulator", aka "Wine Is Not an Emulator") and it is the Free and Open source utility that is used to run applications designed for Windows OS on Linux/Unix platform. Wine comes with a software library Winelib that lets the coders to compile Windows applications on Linux/Unix platform. Wine has now reached it's latest stable version- Wine 1.6.1 and this article will guide you to install Wine 1.6.1 stable release on your Ubuntu and Linux Mint systems.
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What did you do in the great financial crash, grandad?
Posted on August 9, 2017 by guydresser • Posted in Business & Money • Tagged AXA, banking, Commerzbank, economics, financial crisis, George Bernard Shaw, Lehman Brothers, Reuters, World Economic Forum
I remember asking my grandfather what he'd done in the Second World War and his answer held me spellbound.
Whether tales of the financial crisis of 2007-2008 that more or less kicked off ten years ago today will similarly capture children's imagination in years to come seems unlikely, even though its lessons are arguably not too much less significant for future generations.
Why? Because failing to learn the lessons of the past bodes ill for an ever more integrated global financial system and world economy, and that means his, your, my – our wealth and prosperity. Yes, that supposedly complex process of financial regulation has tightened, lending practices have changed. But, ten years on from the start of the crisis, there remain significant threats – the threat of inflationary surges in commodity prices, the risks of deflationary collapses, the problems of house-price bubbles and subprime lending elsewhere, the implications of high levels of consumer debt, and not forgetting disagreements over the best policy to counter excessive credit growth.
The last of these is nothing new – the old adage that if all economists were laid end-to-end they still wouldn't reach a conclusion remains as true now as it was when it was first coined by George Bernard Shaw.
Perhaps the biggest lesson is that seemingly isolated events can converge to threaten catastrophe. And that's one lesson that hopefully has been learned.
Alastair Darling, the former UK Finance Minister (or 'Chancellor of the Exchequer' as the role is formally designated) in 2007 told the BBC recently that "something that can start apparently as a small ripple in the water can become mountainous seas very quickly."
In 2007 I had a ringside seat as a financial journalist at Reuters. At the time I was helping to manage the news agency's relationship with the then International Herald Tribune and working as part of the Top News Team, a global 24/7 group of journalists who kept all Reuters publishing platforms updated with the big financial and political story of the day.
Based at Canary Wharf, we were barely a stone's throw from the offices of Lehman Brothers, which was to collapse spectacularly a year later in September 2008, a cataclysmic event that is still to this day the largest bankruptcy filing in US history.
But in the early summer of 2007, the warning signs of a looming crisis were only slowly coming together, and they still appeared somewhat unconnected to the unwary eye.
Sitting in the daily morning news briefings over the previous months, I listened as colleagues rattled off details of one seemingly problematic but apparently isolated event after another – big swings in the stock markets, a boom in commodity prices, a deepening subprime mortgage crisis in the US with growing numbers of foreclosures and repossessions, and loudly-voiced fears of a recession from the former Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan.
Outside the morning briefings, meanwhile, one banking contact after another called to say they'd been unexpectedly fired. One on his return from a family vacation in Africa. Another after being summoned back to an emergency meeting from his holiday home in Spain and forced to hand back his security pass and company car key – the vehicle itself was apparently left at Barcelona airport for months. My contacts book thinned out as banks surreptitiously began a silent bloodletting.
Eventually came the disclosure that BNP Paribas was preventing investors from redeeming cash from three of its own funds and the floodgates opened – bad news got worse, and worse still. Bankers began to be fired in their droves. Some celebrated the humbling of the so-called Masters of the Universe. Others fretted about the broader implications given banks' role in the integrated global economy.
On the very day 10 years ago exactly when colleagues reported BNP Paribas's decision, other financial services companies claimed there was no undue cause for concern over the prevailing market conditions.
The chief executive of French insurer AXA declared there was 'no systemic crisis at the moment' while the finance chief of Germany's Commerzbank said the problems in the US subprime market were 'not a major issue'.
Panic came soon enough. Queues appeared outside banks as customers rushed to withdraw funds and a series of catastrophes as apparently 'too big to fail' banks stumbled and collapsed, Governments rushed to launch costly bail outs and some observers mulled the end of capitalism. On the day of the Lehman Brothers collapse I found myself interviewing sacked bankers as they exited their nearby headquarters, cardboard boxes of possessions in hand.
After 18 months of writing ever more dire stories about the crisis, I changed jobs and moved to the World Economic Forum in Geneva as its editor-in-chief. At Davos the following year, all the talk was of a fundamental reboot of the financial system, even if no one could quite agree what that would entail. Shaw would doubtless have chuckled at that, I reflected.
Ten years on, some of the causes are apparent – failures in financial regulation, lapses in corporate governance, excessive household borrowing, and a failure by regulators and lawmakers to really understand how the financial system they were supposed to be responsible for actually worked.
Could it happen again? Arguably, yes. The banks are stronger, risk management is better understood, and consumer lending has been tightened up. Whole new structures of financial regulation have been devised and implemented. But reports of a subprime crisis in car loans, an equities boom apparently at odds with global sentiment and much volatility elsewhere all serve as a reminder that when financial institutions see one income source dry up, they just hunt around for another.
So what has the decade since 2007 taught us? Perhaps only that financial regulation is no more sophisticated an activity than whack-a-mole. If so, at least it's an analogy my grandchildren will understand.
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