Wurman sold TED in 2002 to U.K. publishing entrepreneur Chris Anderson (no relation to the editor of Wired magazine--though Anderson the editor was at EG--just to confuse those playing from home).
They include getting rid of non-tariff barriers (eg, by harmonising food-safety rules) and allowing free trade in services and government purchases, as well as eliminating the many exceptions to the common tariff.
Hormone treatment: Some breast cancers may be sensitive to hormones - eg oestrogen.
These common values cannot be explained simply by income (eg, English-speaking countries tend to be rich, and rich countries tend to be liberal).
"A large number are contingent on further research and review - eg 'DTI will undertake further research and analysis', 'DTI will investigate', and 'Defra will look carefully at', " he said.
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In the short term, anti-viral drugs will need to be stockpiled in those countries that can afford them, and decisions will need to be taken about who (eg, health-care workers) should have priority in receiving them.
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It can be useful in business, eg. when plotting a take-over, or politics, eg. figuring out which party wields the most power.
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Not all of EG's highlights were onstage--there were interesting folks everywhere you turned.
Most of it is unstructured and stored in a non-machine-readable form (eg, English), which means that it can be read only by humans.
Pensions in particular vary vastly, especially within Europe, where in some countries they are almost entirely private (eg, Britain) and in others (eg, France) largely state-run.
The Tories might entrench an exemption from the working-time directive, eg, in the National Health Service, as several other countries want one too but the European Parliament, which under Lisbon has equal legislative power with EU governments, may not agree.
For years, the Commission's reaction to made-up stories (eg, the EU is to scrub all mentions of the Queen from British passports) has been to write a polite letter of correction, and after a delay of some days, put a little item on its website.
Examples range from the merely annoying (eg, a proposed code for nurseries in Colorado that specifies how many crayons each box must contain) to the delusional (eg, the conceit of Dodd-Frank that you can anticipate and ban every nasty trick financiers will dream up in the future).
Richard Saul Wurman held his first--and what he says will be his last--Entertainment Gathering, or EG, in Los Angeles this week.
In the self-service restaurant, called Bricks (what else?), kids can serve themselves from a height-appropriate buffet that includes locally sourced, good-for-you kid foods (eg. chicken fingers that are baked, not fried).
As you browse your browsing behaviour is matched against pre-defined advertiser categories for everyday products eg travel or sport.
The government would still determine the size of the welfare state and the structure of the tax system (eg, it would decide how progressive the income-tax schedule should be).
Information comparing the different products on offer is widely available - on BBC 2 Ceefax pages 250-259, on the internet (eg the FSA's comparative tables) and in newspapers and magazines.
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Having witnessed the free-kicking prowess of Brazilians past (eg, Rivelino and Zico) and present (Rivaldo, Roberto Carlos and, as the English will recall ruefully, Ronaldinho), the opportunity as depicted seems a certain goal for Brazil.
Between them, the fiscal investment and loan programme and the 30-odd special budgets for specific undertakings (eg, road building) add up to more than the national budget.
And Microsoft has a history of shutting down its Internet services (including FolderShare, an early file-syncing competitor to Dropbox) or even downright losing consumer data (eg Danger phones).
TV, NetChannel can turn a television set into an Internet terminal that enables users to send e-mail, interrogate the Web or share ideas with various interest groups around the world (eg, alt.nature.beehives).
He is arguing - as Nick Clegg did in less striking terms last week - for infrastructure spending to be accelerated and to be focussed on things which lever in private investment (eg toll roads) and stimulate growth (eg broadband).
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