European governments should either explain to their people exactly what they have condoned, or they should find out exactly what the Bush administration is up to.

ECONOMIST: Torture

From the very beginning you should ask: do we have what we need to launch this company or should we find more co-founders?

FORBES: Who Is A Founder?

If they turn out to be a bit short of capital, they should be able to find what they need either through selling assets or through raising money from investors.

BBC: EU banks may raise ?200bn

Ms. Kessler flew to Los Angeles this month and told producers how a star would find someone like herself (likely through an agent or record company) and what the client should do (stage a charity event, sign a new makeup contract, come out with a new album, or anything to change the message).

WSJ: Hollywood Gets Help From New Jersey on Dealing With Crises

The action-oriented optimists, the ones who don't see life as a casino but as a place where one has to make the right decisions to obtain the desired outcomes -- to make the world a better place or our lives more worth living -- see disasters as occasions to learn, to find out what we should have done differently, to come up with new strategies.

CNN: Is optimism really good for you?