Bach Under The Stars

Friday, 22 March 2013

Tuesday, 19 March 2013

Never tasted Coca-Cola



You are probably in minority. It's salty and very sweet, slightly sour. Imagine citrus juice with salt and lot of sugar added. Not very refreshing, but it enhance the taste of anything you eat at the moment, so you have appetite for more.

Monday, 18 March 2013

UK: Up to one in three Romanians arrested, figures show


I found the source, which is quite baffling. Methods of reporting the nationality of subjects by the police are surprising when Pondicherry, Central African Empire, or Antarctica are represented.
 No, this is number of arrests not number of arrested and obviously not a number of charged. No, it is not "just in London".

Apparently in Sweden tax evasion results in deportation to Russia


European Union officials have struck a provisional deal on new financial rules, including capping bank bonuses - Under the agreement, bonuses will be capped at a year's salary, but can rise to two year's pay if there is explicit approval from shareholders

Actually this could be beneficial for different reason. It will incentivize giving premium to bankers over longer periods of time (3 years for example) instead every quarter. Then they should be willing to make decisions for medium term instead short term profit.

Lithuanian-Polish-Ukrainian military unit might be set up this year

This brigade was apparently planned when Ukraine was willing to join the NATO. I don't see how it might work in co-operation with non-NATO member.