How do you do “Group of People”?

How do you do “Group of People”? Do you see how my actions have been filtered into your life? Check this into yourself and than see what kind of ripple effect I’ve been created. Don’t worry, it’s natural and happen to any one. It does occur when you are used to look at something for so long that you stop to seeing it. You only notice “it” if it changes. Personally, for me a little profit to hold back, choose the words and generalize when the faces of ongoing… are just these, around the corner (like a whores) charmers who insist to fooling me down. To sending me letters from Bank of England, from cabinet of cocaine ex-President of Portuguese Republic Jorge Sampaio, etc. to kindly ask me if I don’t willing to invite for my Christmas Diner a homeless person. To this Charles the II eat all my candles? And for me his carbon prints? Send me though, the synonyms for the substitution of the term cocaine Royal Family of Lancaster’s. It might be a little recommended fantasy, like my yesterday “Air Freshener” – but I won’t be willing to let go the 4 billion piece of fat let go without a fight.

1. Teapot Effect
2. Standard Chartered
3. BBVA

The Death of the Teapot Effect. Thursday, October 22, 2009. Fluid dynamicists have worked out how to stop teapots from dribbling, once and for all. Teapot technology is largely ignored by mainstream media (some say unfairly). But today, scientists in France unveil a technique that should breath hi-tech life into a new generation of bespouted objects. The problem with teapots is their annoying habit of dribbling, particularly at low rates of flow. The phenomenon has achieved such notoriety that it has been imaginatively dubbed the "teapot effect". Previous studies have shown that dribbling is the result of flow separation where the layer of fluid closest to the boundary becomes detached from it. When that happens, the fluid flows smoothly over the lip. But as the flow rate decreases, the boundary layer re-attaches to the surface causing dribbling. Previous studies have shown that a number of factors effect this process such as the radius of curvature of the teapot lip, the speed of the flow and the "wettability" of the teapot material. But a full understanding of what's going on has so far eluded scientists. Now Cyril Duez at the University of Lyon in France and a few amis, have identified the single factor at the heart of the problem and shown how to tackle it. They say that the culprit is a "hydro-capillary" effect that keeps the liquid in contact with the material as it leaves the lip. The previously identified factors all determine the strength of this hydro-cappillary effect. So how to overcome it? There are two ways say Duez and co. The first is to make the lip as thin as possible. That's why teapots with spouts made from thin metal are less likely to dribble. The second is to coat the lip with the latest generation of superhydrophobic materials which strongly repel water. Duez and co show how this stops dribbling at a stroke. "Superhydrophobic surfaces fully avoid dripping, and thus beat the "teapot effect"," they say. (Of course, there are one or two other potential applications in shaping the fluid flow in microfluidic machines but these pale into insignificance compared with the teapot revolution in hand.). The really exciting news, however, is that in certain materials the hydro-capillary effect can be controlled electronically. That raises the possibility of a teapot design in which dribbling can be turned on and off with the flick of a switch--an object of desire on a par with the iPhone, USB catapaults and personal hovercrafts. (The iPot, perhaps?). If this doesn't win these guys an IgNobel, I don't know what will.

Too early to call recovery – StanChart. Thu Oct 29, 2009 9:53am GMT LONDON (Reuters) - Standard Chartered (STAN.L), the Asia-focussed bank that is successfully negotiating the credit crisis, said it was benefiting from growth across its franchises but cautioned the economic outlook remained fragile. In its third-quarter trading statement published on Thursday, the bank said its key wholesale division -- which caters to corporations, other banks and government agencies -- had seen continued strong income performance, although competitor activity was increasing. Its consumer banking business, which has been hit by higher loan losses, lower margin lending and less demand for investment products, saw sustained income with strong mortgage performance, cost discipline and improving portfolio credit quality. "Although economic data and the underlying environment are improving, it remains too early to call a sustained recovery and we remain cautious on the outlook," said Chief Executive Peter Sands. "However, it is ever clearer that our markets in Asia, Africa and the Middle East are emerging more quickly and stronger than a number of markets in the West." The bank provided no numbers and shares eased by around 0.7 percent to 14.73 pounds in morning trade. But some analysts had upgraded 2009 and 2010 earnings-per-share forecasts ahead of the statement, hoping for a sustained Asian economic recovery, continued robust growth of the bank's wholesale division and a relatively low bad loans tally. Standard Chartered (2888.HK) kicks off the earnings season for London-listed banks, although it stands far apart. Its limited exposure to western economies has helped it weather the worst of a credit crisis that forced states to bail out some rivals. Those European rivals -- many of which are restructuring, retrenching and slashing asset portfolios as a payback for government aid -- have left the field free to operators like Standard Chartered, which wants to expand further in fast-growing emerging markets and Asia that already contribute more than 90 percent of profits. Standard Chartered raised 1.01 billion pounds in new shares in August and has been casting its eye over Asian assets, but exclusive talks with the UK's Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS.L) about buying retail and commercial assets in China, India and Malaysia ended earlier this month without a deal.

Vara "escutado" a pedir dinheiro a empresário. 29/10/09 10:20. O vice-presidente do BCP foi constituído arguido na operação "Face Oculta".As acusações prendem-se com a recolha de informação privilegiada, depois de ter sido escutado a pedir dinheiro a um empresário. Armando Vara foi apanhado nas escutas telefónicas da PJ a pedir pelo menos 10 mil euros ao empresário Manuel Godinho, que foi ontem preso pela Judiciária de Aveiro, noticiam os jornais nacionais. Segundo a Polícia Judiciária, as buscas efectuadas ontem visaram o domicílio e os locais de trabalho dos suspeitos, sendo que o empresário detido tinha um esquema montado para ser beneficiado na adjudicação de concursos na recolha e gestão de resíduos industriais.

BBVA admite comprar um banco em Portugal. 29/10/09 11:42. O espanhol Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria (BBVA) mostrou-se hoje disposto a efectuar aquisições em Portugal, mas só irá avançar com o consentimento das autoridades nacionais. "O BBVA é o segundo banco com maiores lucros do mundo e está com uma disposição compradora, em geral", disse Alberto Charro, administrador-delegado do BBVA Portugal, durante o Fórum Negócios Ibéricos, organizado pelo Diário Económico.Este responsável precisou que, "no momento em que houver oportunidades, vamos analisá-las. Há bancos à venda em Portugal?".Alberto Charro sublinhou que "o BBVA é um banco com muito respeito pelas autoridades, pelo Governo e pelo Banco de Portugal, e não faz nenhum movimento que não tenha apoio das autoridades". "Podemos perder oportunidades por causa disso. É uma forma de estar e temos tido sucesso", disse o administrador-delegado do BBVA Portugal, adiantando que a instituição considera que "em Portugal o banco tem de ser maior". Em Janeiro, foi noticiado que o BBVA sondou as autoridades portuguesas sobre uma eventual entrada no capital do BCP, que terá suscitado preocupações por parte da Presidência da República, embora tanto Cavaco Silva como José Sócrates tenham aceite analisar a possibilidade. Contactado nessa altura pelo Económico, o banco espanhol classificou essas notícias de "rumores de mercado".