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(Tribune Media Services) -- While most first-time visitors to Europe choo-choose to travel by train, consider the convenience of driving. Behind the wheel you're totally free, going where you want, when you want.

When drivers come off a ferry in Great Britain or Ireland, they usually see a sign warning them to drive on the left.

Driving in the British Isles is wonderful -- once you remember to stay on the left and after you've mastered the roundabouts.

But be warned: Every year I get some emails from traveling readers advising me that, for them, trying to drive in Great Britain and Ireland was a nerve-wracking and regrettable mistake.

Here's a tip: If you want to get a little slack on the roads, drop by a gas station or auto shop and buy a green "P" (probationary driver with license) sign to put in your car window.

Of course, in Britain and Ireland you'll be driving on the left-hand side of the road. Why that side? Originally, it was in order for you to drive defensively ... with your "sword hand" on the inside to protect you against oncoming traffic.

Many Yankee drivers find the hardest part isn't driving on the left, but steering from the right. Your instinct is to put yourself on the left side of your lane, which means you may spend your first day or two constantly drifting off the road to the left. It can help to remember that the driver always stays close to the center line.

Not only will you be driving on the left, but you'll also be using roundabouts, where traffic continually flows in a circle around a center island. These work well if you follow the golden rule: Traffic in roundabouts always has the right-of-way, while entering vehicles yield.

For some drivers, roundabouts are high-pressure traffic circles that require a snap decision about something you don't completely understand: your exit. To replace the stress with giggles, make it standard operating procedure to take a 360-degree, case-out-your-options exploratory circuit. Discuss the exits with your navigator, go around again if necessary, and then confidently wing off on the exit of your choice.

Whenever possible, avoid driving in cities. London even assesses a congestion charge -- about $13 per day -- to drive in the city center (see www.cclondon.com). It's best and less stressful to begin your driving experience away from big cities, so try renting your car in a smaller town.

A pleasant scenario for a Britain itinerary would be to start your trip in a small town such as Bath, rent a car when leaving Bath, explore Britain at your leisure by car, then drop off the car in York, and take the train into London, where you can rely on the excellent public transportation system.

Outside of the big cities and the motorways (freeways), British and Irish roads tend to be narrow. Adjust your perceptions of personal space. It's not "my side of the road" or "your side of the road." It's just "the road" -- and it's shared as a cooperative adventure.

In towns, you may have to cross over the center line just to get past parked cars. Sometimes both directions of traffic can pass parked cars simultaneously, but frequently you'll have to take turns -- follow the locals' lead and drive defensively. On rural roads, locals are usually courteous, pulling over against a hedgerow and blinking their headlights for you to pass while they wait. Return the favor when you are closer to a wide spot in the road than they are.

Do some homework before getting behind the wheel; buy good maps and check various mapping Web sites, including Michelin's site and Google Maps. A GPS device can also be helpful.

You'll notice some differences between driving in the Republic of Ireland versus the United Kingdom (Great Britain and Northern Ireland). In the Republic of Ireland, the speed limit is in kilometers per hour, road signs are usually bilingual (but not always -- "geill sli" means yield), and roads are more likely to be bumpy and poorly maintained.

In the United Kingdom, the speed limit is in miles per hour, signs are in English (except in Wales, where they are bilingual), and roads are generally in better condition.

Even if you don't drive, as a pedestrian you'll have to remember that among our British and Irish cousins' many unusual habits, traffic comes from the opposite direction -- look both ways before crossing any street.

Horror stories about British and Irish traffic abound. They're fun to tell, but driving here is really only a problem for those who make it one. The most dangerous creature on the road is the panicked American. Drive defensively, observe, fit in, avoid big-city driving when you can and wear your seat belt.

Rick Steves writes European travel guidebooks and hosts travel shows on public television and public radio. E-mail him at rick@ricksteves.com, or write to him c/o P.O. Box 2009, Edmonds, Wash. 98020.

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(CNN) -- Mohammed Alshaya owns more high street brands than most fashion addicts could stuff in their closets.

Mohammed Alshaya, CEO of Alshaya's retail division, tells MME he sees a new mindset in the Gulf

Topshop, Coast, NEXT and River Island are just some of the big names he's imported from the United Kingdom to shopping centers in the Middle East.

As chief executive of M.H. Alshaya, he knows what sells: tried and tested Western brands that will appeal to local shoppers.

And his empire is not limited to clothing. In the past month, he's taken Mothercare and The Body Shop to Central Eastern Europe.

With the addition of the Czech Republic, Hungary and Slovakia, M.H. Alshaya now operates in 16 markets including Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Qatar, Oman, Lebanon, Jordan, Egypt, Cyprus, Turkey, Poland and Russia.

John Defterios spoke with Mohammed Alshaya, and started by asking him for his thoughts on the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) plans for a single currency.

(JD): I would imagine as a retail operation you'd be a huge proponent of a single currency within the GCC. Is it realistic within the next 4 to 5 years?

(MA): I think it can be, as long as there is a will of the leaders to get together and decide. It is a huge leap towards efficiency, conciliation, getting closer between the six countries. One single Central Bank that governs and regulates is much better than the current six, I believe.

(JD): Have you ever done any calculations of what impact it would have on your back office operations?

(MA): Not yet, but it will be great, I think.

(JD): You're one of the largest retail operations throughout the Arabian Peninsula. With all this growth that we're seeing right now, it must have a direct impact on the retail sector. What sort of annual growth are you experiencing?

(MA): We're experiencing close to 25 percent annual growth, if not 30 percent in some cases, like in Dubai.

(JD): Do you have any sort of concerns that this is going to be a bubble like the 1970s where the money was not deployed correctly? It seems different from my vantage point, do you share that view?

(MA): There is a new generation of people from the region that are leading businesses and strong leadership in the government that have mitigated any concern. And if you see now the statistics, the Gulf is the seventh largest economy in the world. In ten, in 15 years time, it will be the fifth. So I see a new mindset, a new attitude.

(JD): One of the other things I wanted to ask you about is your moves into other countries. The Alshaya group is very well known throughout the Arabian Peninsula, but you're moving into other markets, into Eastern Europe, specifically into Russia. Do you have the expertise to go into these markets?

(MA): Well, yes. We have the expertise, and the expertise is by really retaining good management, and traveling with them into new markets. I'm not going to open shops myself. We have a very strong team in Russia; Russians that are taking our investment into good projects like Starbucks which we opened two months ago, two stores. We acquired a business there. So we have plans like Mothercare, Bodyshop, NEXT.

(JD): So you can basically move this group into any city and have that potpourri of offers?

(MA): We have the software. We have the software to launch the retail portfolio into a new market.

(JD): Obviously you're a family business. You feel quite strongly about preserving culture and the family structure, and the need for family businesses to create jobs, because they represent 75 percent of all turnover in the Gulf.

(MA): We have a social responsibility toward our people. We have to make sure we have jobs for them if the government is not going to compete, and is going to take away some of the people who would be relevant to our business. Another issue that might challenge us to do that is the wealth creation -- whether (potential employees) would be attracted to be in a department store selling or in a coffee shop making coffee -- that, we will see. E-mail to a friend

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text: in

text: Dubai

text: JD

text: Do

text: you

text: have

text: any

text: sort

text: of

text: concerns

text: that

text: this

text: is

text: going

text: to

text: be

text: a

text: bubble

text: like

text: the

text: where

text: the

text: money

text: was

text: not

text: deployed

text: correctly

text: It

text: seems

text: different

text: from

text: my

text: vantage

text: point

text: do

text: you

text: share

text: that

text: view

text: MA

text: There

text: is

text: a

text: new

text: generation

text: of

text: people

text: from

text: the

text: region

text: that

text: are

text: leading

text: businesses

text: and

text: strong

text: leadership

text: in

text: the

text: government

text: that

text: have

text: mitigated

text: any

text: concern

text: And

text: if

text: you

text: see

text: now

text: the

text: statistics

text: the

text: Gulf

text: is

text: the

text: seventh

text: largest

text: economy

text: in

text: the

text: world

text: In

text: ten

text: in

text: years

text: time

text: it

text: will

text: be

text: the

text: fifth

text: So

text: I

text: see

text: a

text: new

text: mindset

text: a

text: new

text: attitude

text: JD

text: One

text: of

text: the

text: other

text: things

text: I

text: wanted

text: to

text: ask

text: you

text: about

text: is

text: your

text: moves

text: into

text: other

text: countries

text: The

text: Alshaya

text: group

text: is

text: very

text: well

text: known

text: throughout

text: the

text: Arabian

text: Peninsula

text: but

text: you

text: 're

text: moving

text: into

text: other

text: markets

text: into

text: Eastern

text: Europe

text: specifically

text: into

text: Russia

text: Do

text: you

text: have

text: the

text: expertise

text: to

text: go

text: into

text: these

text: markets

text: MA

text: Well

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text: We

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text: the

text: expertise

text: and

text: the

text: expertise

text: is

text: by

text: really

text: retaining

text: good

text: management

text: and

text: traveling

text: with

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text: into

text: new

text: markets

text: I

text: 'm

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text: going

text: to

text: open

text: shops

text: myself

text: We

text: have

text: a

text: very

text: strong

text: team

text: in

text: Russia

text: Russians

text: that

text: are

text: taking

text: our

text: investment

text: into

text: good

text: projects

text: like

text: Starbucks

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text: we

text: opened

text: two

text: months

text: ago

text: two

text: stores

text: We

text: acquired

text: a

text: business

text: there

text: So

text: we

text: have

text: plans

text: like

text: Mothercare

text: Bodyshop

text: NEXT

text: JD

text: So

text: you

text: can

text: basically

text: move

text: this

text: group

text: into

text: any

text: city

text: and

text: have

text: that

text: potpourri

text: of

text: offers

text: MA

text: We

text: have

text: the

text: software

text: We

text: have

text: the

text: software

text: to

text: launch

text: the

text: retail

text: portfolio

text: into

text: a

text: new

text: market

text: JD

text: Obviously

text: you

text: 're

text: a

text: family

text: business

text: You

text: feel

text: quite

text: strongly

text: about

text: preserving

text: culture

text: and

text: the

text: family

text: structure

text: and

text: the

text: need

text: for

text: family

text: businesses

text: to

text: create

text: jobs

text: because

text: they

text: represent

text: percent

text: of

text: all

text: turnover

text: in

text: the

text: Gulf

text: MA

text: We

text: have

text: a

text: social

text: responsibility

text: toward

text: our

text: people

text: We

text: have

text: to

text: make

text: sure

text: we

text: have

text: jobs

text: for

text: them

text: if

text: the

text: government

text: is

text: not

text: going

text: to

text: compete

text: and

text: is

text: going

text: to

text: take

text: away

text: some

text: of

text: the

text: people

text: who

text: would

text: be

text: relevant

text: to

text: our

text: business

text: Another

text: issue

text: that

text: might

text: challenge

text: us

text: to

text: do

text: that

text: is

text: the

text: wealth

text: creation

text: whether

text: potential

text: employees

text: would

text: be

text: attracted

text: to

text: be

text: in

text: a

text: department

text: store

text: selling

text: or

text: in

text: a

text: coffee

text: shop

text: making

text: coffee

text: that

text: we

text: will

text: see

text: E

text: mail

text: to

text: a

text: friend

question: who MME speaks with?

answer: Mohammed Alshaya,

text: Mohammed Alshaya,

question: What is the growth of the retail division

answer: if not 30 percent

text: if not 30 percent

question: what percent of annual growth is retail revision seeing in Dubai?

answer: 25


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(CNN) -- Fabio Cannavaro is to join the Italian national squad on Sunday for their World Cup qualifier against Cyprus next week, despite being under the cloud of a drug test controversy.

Fabioo Cannavaro's proudest moment came in 2006 when he led Italy to World Cup glory.

It was revealed on Thursday that the 36-year-old Juventus defender recently failed a drug test after taking a medicine that contained the banned substance cortisone.

Cannavaro was interviewed by the Italian Olympic Committee's (CONI) anti-doping prosecutor Ettore Torri on Thursday night in Turin but national coach Marcello Lippi does not expect his star to be absent from the squad.

"I have not spoken to Cannavaro," Lippi told reporters. "Will he be here with us on Sunday? Of course he will.

"I have not spoken to Cannavaro," added national team doctor Enrico Castellacci. "But he is calm and serene. This is just a bureaucratic case."

Juventus claimed the defender needed cortisone treatment for an insect sting in August. The player requested an exemption from taking drugs tests on the grounds of having taken a medication in an emergency situation but his request did not include a document necessary to complete the application.

While awaiting a decision, Cannavaro took an anti-doping test after a Serie A game at Roma which returned a positive result.

"When he came to the national team, after the Roma game, he told us what had happened and he told us that without the medicine that contained cortisone he would have had a reaction, an anaphylactic shock," Castellacci said.

"We asked Juventus for all the necessary documents regarding the medicine taken by Cannavaro and all the communication is in our possession."

Cannavaro will not travel to Dublin for Saturday's World Cup qualifier against Ireland as he serves a one-match ban, but is expected to lead the Azzurri in Wednesday's qualifier against Cyprus in Parma.

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text: all

text: the

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text: match

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answer: Cannavaro

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answer: Fabio

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answer: banned substance cortisone.

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question: what is the age of juve

answer: 36-year-old

question: Who will be joining the Italian National Squad on Sunday?

answer: Cannavaro

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question: What drug did Cannavaro test positive for?

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(CNN) -- Randy Pausch, the professor whose "last lecture" became a runaway phenomenon on the Internet and was turned into a best-selling book, died Friday of pancreatic cancer, Carnegie Mellon University announced on its Web site.

Randy Pausch emphasized the joy of life in his "last lecture," originally given in September 2007.

Pausch, 47, a computer science professor, delivered the lecture, "Really Achieving Your Childhood Dreams," at Carnegie Mellon in September 2007, a month after being told he had three to six months to live because his cancer had returned.

The lanky, energetic Pausch talked about goals he had accomplished, like experiencing zero gravity and creating Disney attractions, and those he had not, including becoming a professional football player.

He used rejections he was handed when he applied for jobs at Disney to comment on the importance of persistence.

"The brick walls are there for a reason ... to show us how badly we want something," he said. "Because the brick walls are there to stop the people who don't want it badly enough. They're there to stop the other people."  Watch what Pausch did for his wife Â»

Starting with a joke about "a deathbed conversion" -- "I just bought a Macintosh" computer -- the educator went on to say that one of his childhood dreams was to write an entry in the World Book Encyclopedia.

"I guess you can tell the nerds early,"  he added.

An expert in virtual reality, Pausch did go on to write an encyclopedia entry on the subject.

He discussed his fondness for winning stuffed animals at fairs, showed a slide of them, then -- pretending to be concerned his audience would think the image had been digitally manipulated -- produced them onstage.

Donning silly costume items like a vest with arrows sticking out of it and a Mad Hatter's hat, he described working with students as a way to help other people achieve their dreams.

He also played down his own importance, saying that after he got a Ph.D., his mother took to introducing him as "a doctor, but not the kind who helps people."

The lecture has been viewed more than 3.2 million times since it was posted on YouTube in December.

Pausch co-founded the university's Entertainment Technology Center and was known for developing interdisciplinary courses and research projects that attracted new students to the field of computer science. He also spent his career encouraging computer scientists to collaborate with artists, dramatists and designers, Carnegie Mellon said.

The university's president, Jared Cohon, described Pausch as "a brilliant researcher and gifted teacher."

"His love of teaching, his sense of fun and his brilliance came together in the Alice project, which teaches students computer programming while enabling them to do something fun -- making animated movies and games," Cohon added. "Carnegie Mellon -- and the world -- are better places for having had Randy Pausch in them."

Pausch describes Cohon urging him to talk about having fun in his lecture, and telling him it's difficult because it's like asking a fish to talk about water.

"I don't know how not to have fun," he said. "I'm dying and I'm having fun. And I'm going to keep having fun every day I have left."

Pausch is survived by his wife, Jai, and three children.

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question: Where was Randy Pausch a  professor?

answer: Carnegie Mellon University

text: Carnegie Mellon University

question: What year was the "Last Lecture" ?

answer: 2007.

question: What was the purpose of Pausch's lecture?

answer: emphasized the joy of life

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question: What was Randy Pausch's proffesion?

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question: what was randy pausch?

answer: a computer science professor,

text: a computer science professor,

question: when was the last lecture

answer: September 2007.

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question: What kind of was professor was Randy Pausch?

answer: computer science

text: computer science

question: Who was Randy Pausch?

answer: professor whose "last lecture" became a runaway phenomenon

text: professor whose "last lecture" became a runaway phenomenon

question: Where was Randy Pausch a computer science professor?

answer: Carnegie Mellon University

text: Carnegie Mellon University

question: what was the lecture about

answer: "Really Achieving Your Childhood Dreams,"

text: "Really Achieving Your Childhood Dreams,"

question: What did Pausch's lecture celebrate?

answer: "Really Achieving Your Childhood Dreams,"

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(CNN) -- This is always a frightful time of year, but this year it got a bit scarier.

You may have been prematurely spooked by an "illegal alien" costume threatening Halloween thrill seekers with an extraterrestrial countenance, orange prison garb and a green card. There's also a version with a baseball cap and droopy moustache.

Frankly, I'm surprised the manufacturer, Forum Novelties, is not offering other stereotypical accessories, like low-rider flying saucers and glow-in-the-dark lawn mowers.

The costume reflects ominous trends: the deterioration of the immigration debate, the rise of anti-immigrant hostility as a form of racism and the need for greater empathy to bridge the gap between those who view such attacks as harmless humor and those who are demeaned and hurt by them.

According to a CNN.com article: "Political satire and Halloween often merge. Costumes depicting former well-known political figures are often seen alongside those depicting Batman or Wonder Woman."

But what if the inspiration for the satire is a group of disenfranchised people? When is a costume clever and funny and when is it an expression of uglier truths inside us?

The Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles, California, joined the League of United Latin American Citizens and the United Farm Workers of America in condemning the costume, calling on retailers to drop it.

Target was among those stores that quickly stopped selling it, while others, including BuyCostumes.com, chose "trick" over "treat."

"Wearing this costume shows poor taste and ignores the painful reality -- for millions of immigrants who must live through constant taunting,  discrimination and now mocking,"  the Coalition's director of communications, Jorge-Mario Cabrera, told me. "The costume is a sign of the decaying dialogue on immigrants as a community in the U.S."

Dreadfully, this costume contest also illuminates the evolution of discrimination in America. The Pew Research Center recently reported that 55 percent of adults say "there are 'very strong' or 'strong' conflicts between immigrants and people born in the United States" while "39 percent believe there are serious conflicts between blacks and whites."

The Pew report concludes that: "Disagreements between immigrants and native-born Americans emerge as the most prevalent and serious type of social conflict."

What we are witnessing this season is a metamorphosis of racism, from anti-black to anti-immigrant. It's like Darth Vader slipping into Voldemort gear. Still spine-chilling.

But not all trick-or-treaters are repulsed by the specter of prejudice masquerading as freedom-loving, tongue-in-cheek revelry. William Gheen, of Americans for Legal Immigration, said he is buying the costume.

"The only people getting upset are the hypersensitive, over-politically correct, pro-amnesty, illegal alien-supporting nuts." he said. "You can't attack people's freedom in this country."

This reaction highlights the polarization of the immigration debate in America and the widely divergent views on discrimination among different social groups.

According to the Pew survey, blacks, Latinos and women are significantly more likely than whites and men to say major conflicts exist between groups.

Some of the widest perception gaps exist between blacks and whites on whether black/white conflict persists: 53 percent of blacks said "yes" compared with 35 percent of whites.

Gaps also exist between Latinos and whites on whether conflict exists between immigrants and native-born Americans: 68 percent of Latinos said "yes" compared with 53 percent of whites.

It's interesting that racism and immigration-related conflict is most perceived by those experiencing its negative effects rather than those either perpetrating the prejudices or simply floating through life oblivious to them.

What may be dismissed as a non-issue or joke by some tastes bitterly like insult and injury to others. It depends on who wears the costume and who is the butt of the joke.

So before people brandish their right to ridicule and belittle entire ethnic groups, before such frivolous freedoms help stoke anti-immigrant fervor, let's pause and reflect. Just because we have a right doesn't mean we must exercise it. Even if we believe all undocumented immigrants should be shipped back to their nations of origin, we needn't mock their plight or demean their humanity.

We don't have to don a costume that strips 12 million people of their dignity just for a few cheap laughs. Which America do we hope to see in the mirror when the Halloween party's over?

How about trying to put ourselves in the shoes of that "illegal alien"? for no matter how you dress it up, it's cruel. So what are you going to be this Halloween?

I have this suggestion -- and it goes for manufacturers, retailers, shoppers and activists on all sides of the immigration issue. This year, don't get a costume; get a conscience.

The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of Rudy Ruiz.

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Washington (CNN) -- To hear Paul Ryan explain it, there's just one way to cope with becoming the Democrats' favorite man to hate: "I gave fear up for Lent this year," Ryan told CNN during an extensive interview.

And he's not kidding.

It's probably a good idea, given the fact that Ryan's budget -- passed nearly unanimously by House Republicans -- has become the GOP Holy Grail. It includes entitlement cuts, most notably the gradual shifting of Medicare into a program dominated by private insurers.

It's no surprise, then, that Democrats call it dangerous, mean and reckless -- and that's not all.

"The Ryan road map is the way to the cliff and then over the cliff," said Rep. John Yarmuth. D-Kentucky.

"The Ryan proposal would destroy our government," economist and Columbia University professor Jeffrey Sachs declared at a Democratic Progressive Caucus event.

Ryan remains undeterred.

"There's a big test to this country and whether we apply our country's principles -- you know liberty, free enterprise, self-determination, government by the consent of the governed -- all of these really core principles are being tested right now," Ryan told CNN. "You can't have fear if you try to fix these problems."

The 41-year-old Ryan has been on a fast track. First elected to Congress in 1998 after a stint as a congressional staffer and adviser at the conservative think tank Empower America, the Janesville, Wisconsin, native ran for the House at the ripe old age of 28. It was a long shot, but he won, convincingly.

Always a fiscal conservative, Ryan made his mark delving into the nuance of federal budgets. Now he's become famous as the face of a new brand of Republican economics -- one that includes the most sweeping plan to cut government spending in decades and enact major entitlement reforms.

As evidence of his growing influence in the party, the Republican National Committee on Friday tapped Ryan to be its Presidential Trust Chairman to lead its fundraising effort against President Barack Obama.

Ryan had the deficit in his sights for years. At first, even Republicans steered clear of some of his more controversial budget ideas like Medicare reform. But then the economy went south and the tea party became the rage. Suddenly, the push to slash budget deficits became popular.

So popular, in fact, that Ryan's budget outline overwhelmingly passed the Republican-controlled House in the spring.

It cuts $6.2 trillion over 10 years in federal government spending. That's big bucks, and Ryan does it by gradually transforming Medicare into a program in which recipients receive vouchers to help buy private insurance. He also gradually raises the program's eligibility age and transforms Medicaid into a block grant program. On the tax side, the Ryan plan includes major tax reform that reduces the top rate for both individuals and corporations.

The plan died in the Senate and handed the Democrats a political issue.

"...His budget would kill people. No question," Princeton University and Nobel Prize -inning economist Paul Krugman told CNN. "The cuts in Medicare he's proposing, the replacement of Medicare by a voucher system would in the end mean that tens of millions of Americans would not be able to afford essential health care. So that counts as cruelty to me."

Ryan scoffs at the criticism.

"There's sort of a shoot-the-messenger strategy these days," he added. "I'm the messenger, and you can't fear that if you are who you are."

It's a pattern for Ryan, who has grown in popularity by pushing the unpopular, a fairly unconventional route.

Not only has he proposed major reforms in entitlements; he's also tried to end his colleagues' pork projects. When he became chairman of the House Budget Committee this year after Republicans captured control of the House, he continued to touch the untouchable-- the third rail of American politics.

"I used to say I'm like a koala bear grabbing on. So here's the problem: if you don't address these issues now, they're going to steamroll us as a country, and the issue the more you delay fixing these problems, the much uglier the solutions are going to be," he told CNN. "Fifty-one percent of Medicare right now is funded with borrowed money, and so if we're going to keep the promise, you have to change it for our generation. You have to change it for those of us in the X Generation that won't have a program when we retire."

It's become the mantra of the GOP, including presidential candidates. So when former House Speaker Newt Gingrich criticized Ryan's plan as "right-wing social engineering," in a television appearance in May, it created an immediate furor. Gingrich was forced to take the comments back. He called Ryan within days to say he was wrong and misspoke, according to Ryan. Apology accepted.

The other GOP candidates have supported his ideas -- although with some nuances, because the notion of changing entitlements is a controversial proposition for a presidential candidate.

Texas Gov. Rick Perry, who has not backed away from his comments calling Social Security a "Ponzi scheme," said he and Ryan talked recently about the program and the need to reform it.

Speaking at an Iowa event, Perry said he told Ryan, "'hank you for having the courage to stand up and being, talking about this,' and I said, 'I am proud to join you in this discussion with America for clearly calling the Social Security program that we have in place today broken.'"

Last week on Laura Ingraham's radio show, Ryan said he didn't think the program is a criminal enterprise but is operating like a Ponzi scheme.

"It's a pay-as-you-go system where earlier investors, or, say, taxpayers, get a positive rate of return... and later investors, or taxpayers, get a negative rate of return," he said, according to a partial transcript. "And so ... that is how those schemes work. The point is, unless you fix this problem, it's going to get much worse."

And how would Ryan make Social Security financially sustainable? By gradually raising the eligibility age, tying the benefits for more wealthy recipients to inflation and offering workers under the age of 55 the option of investing some of their taxes into personal retirement accounts.

Say what you will about Ryan's willingness to take on sacrificial lambs, he is not shy about pushing controversial proposals -- and that's a rarity in Washington.

"He is a guy without guile, without pretense. He likes to hang out with actuaries for relaxation," conservative commentator and CNN analyst Bill Bennett said in an interview. Ryan worked for Bennett at Empower America.

And there's more to Ryan than the D.C. wonk. He's also a hunter who can target elk with a bow and arrow. And he's an exercise buff -- when in Washington, he works out each morning with some of his congressional colleagues using a grueling fitness routine called P90X. One favorite pastime: trekking the Colorado Rockies.

His devotion to fitness was spurred by the early death of his father at age 55 when Ryan was 16.

"I basically had to learn to sink and swim," he recalled. "I did a lot of growing up very fast. And it made me take stock of who I am, what kind of person I want to be. It made me, I would say, very initiative-prone -- live life to its fullest because you never know how long it is going to last."

Ryan was pushed again this summer to run for the Republican presidential nomination by assorted GOP luminaries. His answer: No, not yet.

"I think there are other good people who can do this job," he told CNN. "But there are not other good people who can raise my kids."

-- CNN's Katie Ross and Eric Marrapodi contributed to this report.

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text: staffer

text: and

text: adviser

text: at

text: the

text: conservative

text: think

text: tank

text: Empower

text: America

text: the

text: Janesville

text: Wisconsin

text: native

text: ran

text: for

text: the

text: House

text: at

text: the

text: ripe

text: old

text: age

text: of

text: It

text: was

text: a

text: long

text: shot

text: but

text: he

text: won

text: convincingly

text: Always

text: a

text: fiscal

text: conservative

text: Ryan

text: made

text: his

text: mark

text: delving

text: into

text: the

text: nuance

text: of

text: federal

text: budgets

text: Now

text: he

text: 's

text: become

text: famous

text: as

text: the

text: face

text: of

text: a

text: new

text: brand

text: of

text: Republican

text: economics

text: one

text: that

text: includes

text: the

text: most

text: sweeping

text: plan

text: to

text: cut

text: government

text: spending

text: in

text: decades

text: and

text: enact

text: major

text: entitlement

text: reforms

text: As

text: evidence

text: of

text: his

text: growing

text: influence

text: in

text: the

text: party

text: the

text: Republican

text: National

text: Committee

text: on

text: Friday

text: tapped

text: Ryan

text: to

text: be

text: its

text: Presidential

text: Trust

text: Chairman

text: to

text: lead

text: its

text: fundraising

text: effort

text: against

text: President

text: Barack

text: Obama

text: Ryan

text: had

text: the

text: deficit

text: in

text: his

text: sights

text: for

text: years

text: At

text: first

text: even

text: Republicans

text: steered

text: clear

text: of

text: some

text: of

text: his

text: more

text: controversial

text: budget

text: ideas

text: like

text: Medicare

text: reform

text: But

text: then

text: the

text: economy

text: went

text: south

text: and

text: the

text: tea

text: party

text: became

text: the

text: rage

text: Suddenly

text: the

text: push

text: to

text: slash

text: budget

text: deficits

text: became

text: popular

text: So

text: popular

text: in

text: fact

text: that

text: Ryan

text: 's

text: budget

text: outline

text: overwhelmingly

text: passed

text: the

text: Republican

text: controlled

text: House

text: in

text: the

text: spring

text: It

text: cuts

text: trillion

text: over

text: years

text: in

text: federal

text: government

text: spending

text: That

text: 's

text: big

text: bucks

text: and

text: Ryan

text: does

text: it

text: by

text: gradually

text: transforming

text: Medicare

text: into

text: a

text: program

text: in

text: which

text: recipients

text: receive

text: vouchers

text: to

text: help

text: buy

text: private

text: insurance

text: He

text: also

text: gradually

text: raises

text: the

text: program

text: 's

text: eligibility

text: age

text: and

text: transforms

text: Medicaid

text: into

text: a

text: block

text: grant

text: program

text: On

text: the

text: tax

text: side

text: the

text: Ryan

text: plan

text: includes

text: major

text: tax

text: reform

text: that

text: reduces

text: the

text: top

text: rate

text: for

text: both

text: individuals

text: and

text: corporations

text: The

text: plan

text: died

text: in

text: the

text: Senate

text: and

text: handed

text: the

text: Democrats

text: a

text: political

text: issue

text: His

text: budget

text: would

text: kill

text: people

text: No

text: question

text: Princeton

text: University

text: and

text: Nobel

text: Prize

text: -inning

text: economist

text: Paul

text: Krugman

text: told

text: CNN

text: The

text: cuts

text: in

text: Medicare

text: he

text: 's

text: proposing

text: the

text: replacement

text: of

text: Medicare

text: by

text: a

text: voucher

text: system

text: would

text: in

text: the

text: end

text: mean

text: that

text: tens

text: of

text: millions

text: of

text: Americans

text: would

text: not

text: be

text: able

text: to

text: afford

text: essential

text: health

text: care

text: So

text: that

text: counts

text: as

text: cruelty

text: to

text: me

text: Ryan

text: scoffs

text: at

text: the

text: criticism

text: There

text: 's

text: sort

text: of

text: a

text: shoot

text: the

text: messenger

text: strategy

text: these

text: days

text: he

text: added

text: I

text: 'm

text: the

text: messenger

text: and

text: you

text: ca

text: n't

text: fear

text: that

text: if

text: you

text: are

text: who

text: you

text: are

text: It

text: 's

text: a

text: pattern

text: for

text: Ryan

text: who

text: has

text: grown

text: in

text: popularity

text: by

text: pushing

text: the

text: unpopular

text: a

text: fairly

text: unconventional

text: route

text: Not

text: only

text: has

text: he

text: proposed

text: major

text: reforms

text: in

text: entitlements

text: he

text: 's

text: also

text: tried

text: to

text: end

text: his

text: colleagues

text: pork

text: projects

text: When

text: he

text: became

text: chairman

text: of

text: the

text: House

text: Budget

text: Committee

text: this

text: year

text: after

text: Republicans

text: captured

text: control

text: of

text: the

text: House

text: he

text: continued

text: to

text: touch

text: the

text: untouchable--

text: the

text: third

text: rail

text: of

text: American

text: politics

text: I

text: used

text: to

text: say

text: I

text: 'm

text: like

text: a

text: koala

text: bear

text: grabbing

text: on

text: So

text: here

text: 's

text: the

text: problem

text: if

text: you

text: do

text: n't

text: address

text: these

text: issues

text: now

text: they

text: 're

text: going

text: to

text: steamroll

text: us

text: as

text: a

text: country

text: and

text: the

text: issue

text: the

text: more

text: you

text: delay

text: fixing

text: these

text: problems

text: the

text: much

text: uglier

text: the

text: solutions

text: are

text: going

text: to

text: be

text: he

text: told

text: CNN

text: Fifty

text: one

text: percent

text: of

text: Medicare

text: right

text: now

text: is

text: funded

text: with

text: borrowed

text: money

text: and

text: so

text: if

text: we

text: 're

text: going

text: to

text: keep

text: the

text: promise

text: you

text: have

text: to

text: change

text: it

text: for

text: our

text: generation

text: You

text: have

text: to

text: change

text: it

text: for

text: those

text: of

text: us

text: in

text: the

text: X

text: Generation

text: that

text: wo

text: n't

text: have

text: a

text: program

text: when

text: we

text: retire

text: It

text: 's

text: become

text: the

text: mantra

text: of

text: the

text: GOP

text: including

text: presidential

text: candidates

text: So

text: when

text: former

text: House

text: Speaker

text: Newt

text: Gingrich

text: criticized

text: Ryan

text: 's

text: plan

text: as

text: right

text: wing

text: social

text: engineering

text: in

text: a

text: television

text: appearance

text: in

text: May

text: it

text: created

text: an

text: immediate

text: furor

text: Gingrich

text: was

text: forced

text: to

text: take

text: the

text: comments

text: back

text: He

text: called

text: Ryan

text: within

text: days

text: to

text: say

text: he

text: was

text: wrong

text: and

text: misspoke

text: according

text: to

text: Ryan

text: Apology

text: accepted

text: The

text: other

text: GOP

text: candidates

text: have

text: supported

text: his

text: ideas

text: although

text: with

text: some

text: nuances

text: because

text: the

text: notion

text: of

text: changing

text: entitlements

text: is

text: a

text: controversial

text: proposition

text: for

text: a

text: presidential

text: candidate

text: Texas

text: Gov.

text: Rick

text: Perry

text: who

text: has

text: not

text: backed

text: away

text: from

text: his

text: comments

text: calling

text: Social

text: Security

text: a

text: Ponzi

text: scheme

text: said

text: he

text: and

text: Ryan

text: talked

text: recently

text: about

text: the

text: program

text: and

text: the

text: need

text: to

text: reform

text: it

text: Speaking

text: at

text: an

text: Iowa

text: event

text: Perry

text: said

text: he

text: told

text: Ryan

text: hank

text: you

text: for

text: having

text: the

text: courage

text: to

text: stand

text: up

text: and

text: being

text: talking

text: about

text: this

text: and

text: I

text: said

text: I

text: am

text: proud

text: to

text: join

text: you

text: in

text: this

text: discussion

text: with

text: America

text: for

text: clearly

text: calling

text: the

text: Social

text: Security

text: program

text: that

text: we

text: have

text: in

text: place

text: today

text: broken

text: Last

text: week

text: on

text: Laura

text: Ingraham

text: 's

text: radio

text: show

text: Ryan

text: said

text: he

text: did

text: n't

text: think

text: the

text: program

text: is

text: a

text: criminal

text: enterprise

text: but

text: is

text: operating

text: like

text: a

text: Ponzi

text: scheme

text: It

text: 's

text: a

text: pay

text: as

text: you

text: go

text: system

text: where

text: earlier

text: investors

text: or

text: say

text: taxpayers

text: get

text: a

text: positive

text: rate

text: of

text: return

text: and

text: later

text: investors

text: or

text: taxpayers

text: get

text: a

text: negative

text: rate

text: of

text: return

text: he

text: said

text: according

text: to

text: a

text: partial

text: transcript

text: And

text: so

text: that

text: is

text: how

text: those

text: schemes

text: work

text: The

text: point

text: is

text: unless

text: you

text: fix

text: this

text: problem

text: it

text: 's

text: going

text: to

text: get

text: much

text: worse

text: And

text: how

text: would

text: Ryan

text: make

text: Social

text: Security

text: financially

text: sustainable

text: By

text: gradually

text: raising

text: the

text: eligibility

text: age

text: tying

text: the

text: benefits

text: for

text: more

text: wealthy

text: recipients

text: to

text: inflation

text: and

text: offering

text: workers

text: under

text: the

text: age

text: of

text: the

text: option

text: of

text: investing

text: some

text: of

text: their

text: taxes

text: into

text: personal

text: retirement

text: accounts

text: Say

text: what

text: you

text: will

text: about

text: Ryan

text: 's

text: willingness

text: to

text: take

text: on

text: sacrificial

text: lambs

text: he

text: is

text: not

text: shy

text: about

text: pushing

text: controversial

text: proposals

text: and

text: that

text: 's

text: a

text: rarity

text: in

text: Washington

text: He

text: is

text: a

text: guy

text: without

text: guile

text: without

text: pretense

text: He

text: likes

text: to

text: hang

text: out

text: with

text: actuaries

text: for

text: relaxation

text: conservative

text: commentator

text: and

text: CNN

text: analyst

text: Bill

text: Bennett

text: said

text: in

text: an

text: interview

text: Ryan

text: worked

text: for

text: Bennett

text: at

text: Empower

text: America

text: And

text: there

text: 's

text: more

text: to

text: Ryan

text: than

text: the

text: D.C.

text: wonk

text: He

text: 's

text: also

text: a

text: hunter

text: who

text: can

text: target

text: elk

text: with

text: a

text: bow

text: and

text: arrow

text: And

text: he

text: 's

text: an

text: exercise

text: buff

text: when

text: in

text: Washington

text: he

text: works

text: out

text: each

text: morning

text: with

text: some

text: of

text: his

text: congressional

text: colleagues

text: using

text: a

text: grueling

text: fitness

text: routine

text: called

text: One

text: favorite

text: pastime

text: trekking

text: the

text: Colorado

text: Rockies

text: His

text: devotion

text: to

text: fitness

text: was

text: spurred

text: by

text: the

text: early

text: death

text: of

text: his

text: father

text: at

text: age

text: when

text: Ryan

text: was

text: I

text: basically

text: had

text: to

text: learn

text: to

text: sink

text: and

text: swim

text: he

text: recalled

text: I

text: did

text: a

text: lot

text: of

text: growing

text: up

text: very

text: fast

text: And

text: it

text: made

text: me

text: take

text: stock

text: of

text: who

text: I

text: am

text: what

text: kind

text: of

text: person

text: I

text: want

text: to

text: be

text: It

text: made

text: me

text: I

text: would

text: say

text: very

text: initiative

text: prone

text: live

text: life

text: to

text: its

text: fullest

text: because

text: you

text: never

text: know

text: how

text: long

text: it

text: is

text: going

text: to

text: last

text: Ryan

text: was

text: pushed

text: again

text: this

text: summer

text: to

text: run

text: for

text: the

text: Republican

text: presidential

text: nomination

text: by

text: assorted

text: GOP

text: luminaries

text: His

text: answer

text: No

text: not

text: yet

text: I

text: think

text: there

text: are

text: other

text: good

text: people

text: who

text: can

text: do

text: this

text: job

text: he

text: told

text: CNN

text: But

text: there

text: are

text: not

text: other

text: good

text: people

text: who

text: can

text: raise

text: my

text: kids

text: CNN

text: 's

text: Katie

text: Ross

text: and

text: Eric

text: Marrapodi

text: contributed

text: to

text: this

text: report

question: Who's budget was passed nearly unanimously?

answer: Ryan's

text: Ryan's

question: who did call the plan dangerous?

answer: Democrats

text: Democrats

question: In what way Ryan`s budget passed by House Republicans?

answer: nearly unanimously

text: nearly unanimously

question: whats is Paul Ryan's budget?

answer: GOP Holy Grail.

text: GOP Holy Grail.

question: What name has been given by Republicans to the Ryan`s plan?

answer: "right-wing social engineering,"

text: "right-wing social engineering,"

question: Who call the plan dangerous?

answer: Democrats

text: Democrats

question: Who shrugged off criticism?

answer: Ryan

text: Ryan


text:
PARIS, France (CNN) -- As a look, it is about as quintessentially French as it gets. All the same, from the New Year enjoying a cigarette while you sip on your cafe au lait will become a thing of the past.

From January 1 it will be illegal in France to smoke in cafes as well as clubs, casinos and hotels.

France is extending its ban on smoking to include bars, discotheques, restaurants, hotels, casinos, as well as its fabled cafes.

In a country renowned for its fondness for romance, smoking has never quite shaken off its romantic associations with smoky Left Bank cafes and waifish Parisienne beauties clutching on a Gauloises.

In spite of the health dangers, about 13.5 million people smoke out of a population of 60 million with around 26 percent of 15 year olds estimated to smoke, according to 2002 figures from the World Health Organization.

A smoking ban was first introduced in France in February this year to cover workplaces, schools, airports and hospitals.

The new restrictions will only apply to the inside of premises, meaning smokers are still free to light up on the terraces.

Even so, enforcing the ban may prove tricky in a country well known for its cafe culture.

To soften the blow, the authorities have agreed to an amnesty over the New Year holiday and will not fully enforce the new arrangements until Wednesday.

After that time, any smoker caught will face a fine of â¬450 ($662), while hotel and bar owners who fail to prevent smokers from lighting up on their premises will be fined â¬750 ($1,100).

France has lagged behind many of its European neighbors in bringing in legislation to curb smoking in public places.

Ireland became the first European country to introduce a comprehensive smoking ban in 2004. Since then Italy, Spain, Belgium and Britain have followed suit with similar bans. E-mail to a friend

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question: When does the smoking ban begin?

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question: When does the smoking ban in France extend to bars, clubs, restaurants and cafes?

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