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Politics no longer drives the injustice former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko endures. Fear does. In a notorious show-trial, President Viktor Yanukovych used the justice system to indict, prosecute, convict and imprison the fiery and popular leader dubbed Ukraine’s “Iron Lady.”

The European Union (EU), along with human rights groups and governments throughout the world, continue to criticize the Yanukovych regime for the misuse of justice to prosecute political rivals. Ukraine, Europe’s second largest nation and potentially one of its wealthiest, seeks entry into the European Union. Membership would bring it much needed economic benefits….

It’s not often that I get to write about breaking news in the IT service management (ITSM) world but this definitely is it (I think the last time was this). Well I say “breaking news,” many of us were talking about the rumor of Capita winning the “ITIL auction” on Wednesday evening while together at the Service Desk and IT Support Show. The odd thing is that it was probably the only time we were talking about ITIL, the ITSM best practice framework, outside of the sessions over the two days (other than some vendors who were still…

We have been heavily mired in the tragic, horrifying and seriously political news this past week, so let’s take a much needed respite from it for just a “New York minute.” I am not being flippant about our troubles here and abroad; just look at this report as therapy to help us deal with it all.

So ladies, or whoever enjoys the beauty of the male form, is the man pictured above one of three men reportedly kicked out of Saudi Arabia for being too good-looking? If…

America and China have agreed that the Korean peninsula must be denuclearized, said top diplomats from both nations, following meetings between the two in Beijing on Saturday. US Secretary of State John Kerry and Chinese top diplomat, State Councilor Yang Jiechi agreed that nuclear weapons must be removed from the Korean peninsula.

This statement from the two nation’s foreign policy chiefs is quite significant, as it comes at a time when North Korea seems to be preparing a ballistic missile test that is a cause of serious concern for the US and…

Francis Ford Coppola was standing Friday night inside a fake barn with real cows on a straw-covered tennis court in Beverly Hills describing the history of his family vineyards. Surrealist happening or Kubrick dream sequence?

Neither, this was the kick-off of the Los Angeles County Museum of Arts’ Collectors Committee weekend, a yearly event during which high-powered supporters gather to purchase museum curators’ dream acquisitions. Or as Steve Tisch said of his utterly fantastical affair at his house, one of the weekend’s benefit pre-parties, “It’s just another Friday night around here.”

As the prize bull in…

The game of golf has not had many transportation revelations in its history. The pull cart helped get the bag off the back. And of course the golf cart made the game even easier for lazy people and made long, hilly courses more bearable. But even those have limitations like not driving on the green or not being able to get across water. Hard to imagine that anything else could really change how we get around the course. Until now.

Masters champion Bubba Watson teamed up with Oakley to come up with the next generation golf cart – Bubba’s…