Modeled on the transfer of power in Yemen, an Obama administration proposal calls for the cooperation of Moscow, which appears open to the idea.

Read more from the original source:
U.S. Seeks Russia’s Help in Removing Assad in Syria

France, Germany, Italy, Spain and Britain will “intensify their cooperation” to identify U.S. tax cheats in return for help in finding U.S. accounts held by residents of those countries.

Read the rest here:
5 European Nations Agree to Help U.S. Crack Down on Tax Evasion

HONOLULU — As customs go, it seems fairly harmless: As they gather for a group “family” photo at the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation summit, otherwise fusty and crusty world leaders don funny shirts or accessories, often with loud colors and garish patterns. Perhaps it is no surprise that the fun-loving President Clinton started the tradition in 1993 when he hosted the summit in Seattle. Other leaders followed suit, offering their counterparts outfits that got increasingly unsightly each annum. Read full article > >

Read more from the original source:
Obama nixes funny shirts for APEC photo

Two new interactive works from the Internet’s creative powerhouse If the big business of art makes you shed a little tear for civilization, the Google Art Project might be for you. Eschewing the practices of increasingly high admission fees (and the dumbed-down blockbuster shows that come with it), the Internet behemoth introduces a platform that transcends both the boundaries of geography and cash flow. While of course this digitized version can’t do what a well-curated show in a beautiful gallery does, the site’s capability to reach a wide audience and as an educational tool (not to mention the potential for inventive hacks) are hallmarks of Google’s approach to the modern online world. Using their Street View technology, you can browse the museums—17 in all, including the Uffizi, MoMA, Versailles, the Van Gogh Museum and the Tate—as a whole (though some works are blurred due to copyrights). And because it’s all captured in high-res, you can zoom in on individual works and scan the entire canvas to see details such as cracks or paint strokes. Each museum is even offering one of their most valued works as a gigapixel image for a bogglingly detailed close-up views, and the setup even allows you to create and save your own virtual collection of art. Thanks to the cooperation of the museums (Google approached each and let them decide their scope of participation), the resource also comes packed with videos from museum experts, extensive information on artists and easily-navigable floor plans. For the elderly, anyone else who can’t make the trip to see the world’s masterpieces, OCD planners, or art history students, the Project makes for an invaluably in-depth reference tool. To see how it works in full, have a look at the video tutorial. The news of Google Art Project comes on the heels of the buzz yesterday about another artful online experiment from Google designer Alexander Chen , who turned New York’s subway map into a strummable set of strings. MTA.ME uses HTML5 to make the real-time subway schedule into an interactive musical instrument, stripping the map to a beautifully-spare set of colored lines with a background that fades from white to black as the 24-hour loop falls from day to night.

Visit link:
Google Art Project and MTA.ME

The Food and Drug Administration will be able to order a recall rather than relying on the cooperation of the company.

Link:
House Passes Food Safety Bill, Raising Powers of F.D.A.

Republicans have a message for the businesses that worked closely with the Obama administration over the past two years on key controversial issues: We won’t forget.

Original post:
Cooperation with Democrats may haunt firms