YouTube | Al Jazeera English - July 5, 2014: Islamic State: Undermining Syrian revolution?

Al Jazeera English has uploaded Islamic State: Undermining Syrian revolution?

Islamic State: Undermining Syrian revolution? Al Jazeera English An Al-Qaeda offshoot is accused of fighting rival groups more than Syrian security forces. Folly Bah Thibault speaks to Isabel Nassief - research analyst at the Institute for the Study of War; Abdullah Al Andalusi - political analyst and Islamic Affairs Specialist; and Shiraz Maher - senior research fellow at the International Centre for the Study of Radicalisation at Kings College London.

The Economist | Insights: Weekly Digest - Published on July 4, 2014.

Weekly Digest

Issue #34

This week we investigate how businesses can improve their decision-making capabilities; we examine links between environmental change and human health; and we invite you to New Delhi to discuss the new political landscape in India and what it means for business, the economy, foreign affairs, politics and society.

Analysis

Taking decisions collaboratively builds consensus and reduces risk Decisive action, a report written by The Economist Intelligence Unit and sponsored by Applied Predictive Technologies (APT), examines how businesses really make decisions, and how they can improve their decision-making capabilities. Download full report →

Tackling hepatitis C Download → Ancient enemy, modern imperative Download → Seismic shifts in investment management Read more → Evolution of Work and the Worker Read more →

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Improving links between environment and human health

“ ...a further shift in the trajectories of our natural world could impact planetary systems so severely that current forms of human civilization would be in jeopardy. ” Robert Garris, Managing Director, Bellagio Programs,, The Rockefeller Foundation

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What are the barriers to better control of tuberculosis? Watch our exclusive video to find out Read more → Skills Gap Challenge - submit your $10,000 idea to bridge the skills gap between higher education and employment Read more → Electricity supply Read more → Searching for growth Read more →

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YouTube | RT The Keiser Report: Cheap 'Potato Wedge' Money (E623)

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Keiser Report: Cheap 'Potato Wedge' Money (E623) RT In this episode of the Keiser Report, Max Keiser and Stacy Herbert discuss the central banking model of passing off downmarket potato wedges of cheap money for high-end, luxury housing bubbles. No value has been added, no wealth created and yet the fraud continues. They talk about the reverse process of taking the National Health Service in the UK and turning it into a downmarket privatised entity. In the second half, Max interviews Jeffrey Sommers, professor at University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee about a new book he's edited with Charles Woolfson called, "The Contradictions of Austerity: The Socio-Economic Costs of the Neoliberal Baltic Model." In particular, they discuss the economic miracle that is NOT Latvia and how Swedish bankers are acting as conquistadors in Latvia.

NYT | Today's Headlines. - July 5, 2014: Obama Weighs Steps to Cover Contraception.

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Obama Weighs Steps to Cover Contraception By ROBERT PEAR and ADAM LIPTAK The Obama administration, reeling from decisions by the Supreme Court, is weighing options to provide contraceptive coverage to women who are about to lose it or never had it because of their employers' religious objections.  Document: The Court's Order on Contraception Rule

Aims of Donor Are Shadowed by Past in Coal By MICHAEL BARBARO and CORAL DAVENPORT Though the environmentalist Tom Steyer has vowed to sell his investments in companies that generate fossil fuels, the projects his hedge fund bankrolled may emit carbon for decades to come.

CRITIC'S NOTEBOOK Refugee Camp for Syrians in Jordan Evolves as a Do-It-Yourself City By MICHAEL KIMMELMAN As the sprawling Zaatari camp evolves into an informal city - with an economy and even gentrification - aid workers say camps can be potential urban incubators that benefit host countries like Jordan.

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Editors' Picks BUSINESS Paying Employees to Stay, Not to Go By STEVEN GREENHOUSE and STEPHANIE STROM Restaurants like Shake Shack and Boloco that offer their employees above-average pay say they have lower turnover and better customer service. OPINION | OP-ED CONTRIBUTORS How to Prevent Summer Blackouts By EREZ YOELI, MOSHE HOFFMAN and DAVID RAND We can install a tiny device, and have a little concern for what our neighbors think of us.

QUOTATION OF THE DAY "You can hear people running their sprinklers when it's dark because they don't want to get caught watering when they're not supposed to be - it's maddening." LORETTA FRANZI of Sacramento, one of the California cities where neighbors are encouraged to report one another's water waste.

Today's Video  VIDEO: Vows | The Wedding Watchers Every summer Grand Army Plaza in Brooklyn attracts wedding parties as a backdrop for pictures. For decades Rhoda Hill, 79, and her fellow wedding watchers have enjoyed the spectacle. For more video, go to NYTimes.com/Video »

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World German Man Arrested as Spy Implicates U.S. By ALISON SMALE German news media reported that the man, 31, worked for Germany's intelligence service and was suspected of spying for the United States. Tensions High in Jerusalem as Palestinian Teenager Is Given a Martyr's Burial By JODI RUDOREN The funeral for Muhammad Hussein Abu Khdeir, widely presumed to have been killed in an act of retaliation, was seen as a potential flash point. Poised to Gain in Iraq Crisis, Kurds Face New Barriers to Autonomy By TIM ARANGO and CLIFFORD KRAUSS Although exporting its vast oil supply would give the Kurdish government leverage in its push for sovereignty, opposition from other nations has left the region's future uncertain. For more world news, go to NYTimes.com/World »

U.S. Californians Keep Up With Joneses' Water Use By IAN LOVETT In the five months since a drought emergency was declared, Californians have barely cut their water consumption, leading some residents to get personal about waste. THIS LAND A Town Won't Let Go of a Coin-Drop Line to the Past By DAN BARRY The Prairie Grove Telephone Company in Arkansas is working to resurrect its last phone booth after it was damaged by a car. College Group Run for Profit Looks to Close or Sell Schools By RICHARD PÉREZ-PEÑA Corinthian Colleges, under an agreement with the Education Department, will sell almost 100 schools in the United States and Canada, and it will close a dozen others. For more U.S. news, go to NYTimes.com/US »

Politics Unease in G.O.P. Over Mississippi Tea Party Anger By JONATHAN WEISMAN Many conservatives are angry about the runoff Senator Thad Cochran won, his challenger is contesting the result, and some Democrats see an opportunity to exploit the divide. POLITICAL MEMO Shut Out of White House, G.O.P. Looks to Democrats of 1992 By JOHN HARWOOD By 2016, Democrats' stretch of presidential advantage will have lasted 24 years, and one of the biggest questions in American politics is how close Republicans are to ending it. New Delay for F-35 Jets as Defense Department Grounds Fleet After a Fire By ANDREW SIDDONS and HELENE COOPER The grounding is the latest in a long string of delays that has plagued the Air Force's newest, and most advanced, fighter aircraft. For more political news, go to NYTimes.com/Politics »

Business Virus Plagues the Pork Industry, and Environmentalists By STEPHANIE STROM A disease is killing huge numbers of piglets and young hogs, and environmental groups worry about the effects on groundwater of the buried carcasses. YOUR MONEY Services Emerge to Help Out-of-State Students Pay In-State Tuition By RON LIEBER Companies like In-State Angels are trying to help students and parents avoid the high price of out-of-state tuition, but some colleges frown on it. COMMON SENSE Barclays Suit Sheds Light on Trading in Shadows By JAMES B. STEWART Barclays' dark pool seems to have catered to high-frequency traders, the very participants it claimed to protect against, a lawsuit contends. For more business news, go to NYTimes.com/Business »

Technology An Online Shift in China Muffles an Open Forum By IAN JOHNSON A turn from the microblogging service Sina Weibo to the Facebook-like WeChat has reoriented the nation's social media landscape from public to semiprivate communication. Google Reinstates European Links to Articles From The Guardian By MARK SCOTT As the search engine restores links that it had removed to comply with a court order, its handling of the "right to be forgotten" becomes murkier.  Google Starts Erasing Links for Searches in Europe Now on Your Cellphone Bill, Services You Never Wanted By BRIAN X. CHEN Regulators say unauthorized charges, long a bane of landline accounts, have become a growing nuisance for mobile users as well. For more technology news, go to NYTimes.com/Technology »

Sports BRAZIL 2, COLOMBIA 1 Brazil Takes a Painful Step Forward By ANDREW KEH Brazil dispatched an upstart Colombia team, 2-1, but lost its star player for the rest of the tournament.  Hard Dose of Reality Impinges on Brazil's Fairy Tale Victory GERMANY 1, FRANCE 0 Germany Wins a Battle of the Old Guard By SAM BORDEN France was never able to get its attack clicking as Germany prevailed Friday and will go on to face Brazil.  Match Recap The Men's Final Remains in Familiar Hands By JOHN BRANCH The veterans stopped the rising stars as Novak Djokovic defeated Grigor Dimitrov, 6-4, 3-6, 7-6 (2), 7-6 (7), and Roger Federer beat Milos Raonic, 6-4, 6-4, 6-4.  For Inspiration, the United States Should Probably Look North For more sports news, go to NYTimes.com/Sports »

Arts THEATER REVIEW | 'SKYLIGHT' Volatile Chemistry in an Underheated Flat By BEN BRANTLEY A new production of David Hare's "Skylight," at Wyndham's Theater in London, stars Bill Nighy and Carey Mulligan. WATCH LIST Diving for Treasure in Less Traveled Seas By MIKE HALE Exploring offerings from six boutique streaming services, from a Scottish mystery to a movie from a cult Japanese director. Edition Has Alternate Opening of 'Sun Also Rises' By PATRICIA COHEN A new edition of Ernest Hemingway's 1926 novel, to be released this month, includes his original first chapter. For more arts news, go to NYTimes.com/Arts »