“There's no trust, no faith, no honesty in men; all perjured, all forsworn, all naught, all dissemblers.”
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Friday, August 6, 2010
News Alert: U.S. Economy Lost 131,000 Jobs in July; Rate at 9.5% - jdjackson920@gmail.com
U.S. Shed 131,000 Jobs in July, but Private Payrolls Grew; Jobless Rate Steady at 9.5%
With the American economic recovery hanging in the balance,
private employers added 71,000 jobs in July, down from 83,000
in June and below the consensus forecast of 90,000. The
unemployment rate remained steady at 9.5 percent.
Over all, the nation lost 131,000 jobs in July, more than
expected, as federal Census Bureau workers left their
temporary posts, and as state and local governments cut back
their work forces. The unemployment rate, which economists
predicted would rise to 9.6 percent, is driven in part by the
number of workers who re-enter the labor force to look for
work, a number that has bobbed around for several months as
job seekers alternately despair and renew their efforts to
find positions.
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With the American economic recovery hanging in the balance,
private employers added 71,000 jobs in July, down from 83,000
in June and below the consensus forecast of 90,000. The
unemployment rate remained steady at 9.5 percent.
Over all, the nation lost 131,000 jobs in July, more than
expected, as federal Census Bureau workers left their
temporary posts, and as state and local governments cut back
their work forces. The unemployment rate, which economists
predicted would rise to 9.6 percent, is driven in part by the
number of workers who re-enter the labor force to look for
work, a number that has bobbed around for several months as
job seekers alternately despair and renew their efforts to
find positions.
Global Freedom Technology Firm
Wednesday, August 4, 2010
- News Alert: Cyclists Are Said to Back Claims That Armstrong Doped - jdjackson920@gmail.com
Cyclists Are Said to Back Claims That Armstrong Doped
Federal prosecutors have intensified their criminal
investigation of the cyclist Lance Armstrong since the end of
the Tour de France last month. They questioned many of his
former associates, including cyclists who have supported and
detailed claims that Armstrong and his former United States
Postal Service team participated in systematic doping,
according to a cyclist who has been interviewed and two
others privy to the inquiry.
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Federal prosecutors have intensified their criminal
investigation of the cyclist Lance Armstrong since the end of
the Tour de France last month. They questioned many of his
former associates, including cyclists who have supported and
detailed claims that Armstrong and his former United States
Postal Service team participated in systematic doping,
according to a cyclist who has been interviewed and two
others privy to the inquiry.
Read More:
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/
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Monday, August 2, 2010
U.S. Puts BP Spill Total at Nearly 5 Million Barrels
U.S. Puts BP Spill Total at Nearly 5 Million Barrels
Nearly five million barrels of oil have gushed from the BP's
well since the Deepwater Horizon spill began on April 20,
federal scientists said on Monday in announcing the most
precise estimates yet of the well's flow rate.
The estimates would make this spill far bigger than the
Mexican rig Ixtoc I spill of 1979, previously believed to be
the world's largest accidental release of oil.
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Nearly five million barrels of oil have gushed from the BP's
well since the Deepwater Horizon spill began on April 20,
federal scientists said on Monday in announcing the most
precise estimates yet of the well's flow rate.
The estimates would make this spill far bigger than the
Mexican rig Ixtoc I spill of 1979, previously believed to be
the world's largest accidental release of oil.
Read More:
http://www.nytimes.com?emc=na
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Signs of Strength in Economy and Banking Lift Stocks; S.&P. 500 Up 2.2%
Signs of Strength in Economy and Banking Lift Stocks; S.&P. 500 Up 2.2%
Wall Street began August with a broad surge on Monday
afternoon, fueled by positive news about bank earnings in
Europe and a survey that said American manufacturing was
stronger than expected in July.
The widely followed Standard & Poor's index of 500 stocks
climbed more than 24 points, or 2.2 percent, in preliminary
figures. The Dow industrials gained 208.44 points, or 1.99
percent, to close at 10,674.38.
While concerns over Europe have recently had an influence on
investor sentiment, the banks' earnings, results of the
European banking stress tests and purchasing managers' index
for the 16 countries that use the euro appeared to ease some
pessimism that a global credit crisis was imminent. In the
United States, investors saw positive signs in the Institute
for Supply Management's survey, which fell less than expected
in July, and in an unexpected rise in construction spending
reported for June.
Read More:
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/
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Wall Street began August with a broad surge on Monday
afternoon, fueled by positive news about bank earnings in
Europe and a survey that said American manufacturing was
stronger than expected in July.
The widely followed Standard & Poor's index of 500 stocks
climbed more than 24 points, or 2.2 percent, in preliminary
figures. The Dow industrials gained 208.44 points, or 1.99
percent, to close at 10,674.38.
While concerns over Europe have recently had an influence on
investor sentiment, the banks' earnings, results of the
European banking stress tests and purchasing managers' index
for the 16 countries that use the euro appeared to ease some
pessimism that a global credit crisis was imminent. In the
United States, investors saw positive signs in the Institute
for Supply Management's survey, which fell less than expected
in July, and in an unexpected rise in construction spending
reported for June.
Read More:
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/
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2 Men Are Guilty in Plot to Bomb Kennedy Airport
2 Men Are Guilty in Plot to Bomb Kennedy Airport
A federal jury found two Guyanese men guilty on Monday of
conspiring to blow up Kennedy International Airport,
concluding a month-long trial that centered on the men's plan
to set off a series of explosions along a fuel pipeline that
cuts through the city.
But the plot never advanced beyond the conceptual stage, and
the planning sessions, some of which were recorded by a
confidential informant, were at times grandiose and absurd.
Suggestions of destroying the American economy vied with
calls for a "ninja-style attack."
The defendants, Russell M. Defreitas and Abdul Kadir, had
been monitored from an early stage in the plot by the
informant, who posed as a member of the group, which included
a number of other participants. The informant, Steven
Francis, had recorded the men during surveillance missions to
the airport and on international trips to secure financial
and logistical support for the attack.
Read More:
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/03/nyregion/03kennedy.html?emc=na
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A federal jury found two Guyanese men guilty on Monday of
conspiring to blow up Kennedy International Airport,
concluding a month-long trial that centered on the men's plan
to set off a series of explosions along a fuel pipeline that
cuts through the city.
But the plot never advanced beyond the conceptual stage, and
the planning sessions, some of which were recorded by a
confidential informant, were at times grandiose and absurd.
Suggestions of destroying the American economy vied with
calls for a "ninja-style attack."
The defendants, Russell M. Defreitas and Abdul Kadir, had
been monitored from an early stage in the plot by the
informant, who posed as a member of the group, which included
a number of other participants. The informant, Steven
Francis, had recorded the men during surveillance missions to
the airport and on international trips to secure financial
and logistical support for the attack.
Read More:
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/03/nyregion/03kennedy.html?emc=na
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Sunday, August 1, 2010
UAE to ban BlackBerry services, Saudi follows suit
Aug 1, 5:14 PM (ET)
By ADAM SCHRECK
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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - The United Arab Emirates outlined plans Sunday to block BlackBerry e-mail, messaging and Web browsing services in a crackdown that could jeopardize efforts to establish the country as an international business hub.
The government cited a potential security threat because encrypted data sent on the devices is moved abroad, where it cannot be monitored for illegal activity. But the decision - quickly followed by a similar move in Saudi Arabia - raises questions about whether the conservative Gulf nations are trying to further control content they deem politically or morally objectionable.
BlackBerry phones have a strong following in the region, not only among foreign professionals in commercial centers such as Dubai and Abu Dhabi, but also among youth who see their relatively secure communication channels as a way to avoid unwanted government attention.
"The authorities have used a variety of arguments, like it can be used by terrorists" to justify the crackdown, said Christopher Davidson, a professor at the University of Durham in Britain, who has written extensively about the region. "Yes that's true, but it can also be used by civil society campaigners and activists."
The UAE's decision will prevent hundreds of thousands of BlackBerry users from accessing e-mail and the Web on their handsets starting in October. It's unclear whether the ban will extend to foreign visitors with roaming services, including the roughly 100,000 passengers who pass through the region's busiest airport in Dubai each day.
The ban risks further damaging the UAE's reputation as a relatively easy place to do business.
Dubai, one of seven hereditary sheikdoms in the federation, in particular has sought to turn itself into a global finance, trade and tourism hub. But its reputation has been tarnished by a credit crisis that has left the emirate more than $100 billion in debt.
Residents say the BlackBerry crackdown will only do more harm, making foreign businesses think twice before setting up shop in the country.
"They'll think now they've banned the BlackBerry, maybe next time it'll be the Internet," said Shakir Mahmood, a Dubai-based debt collector and BlackBerry user originally from Iraq.
This isn't the first time BlackBerry and Emirati officials have had run-ins over security and the popular handsets, a fixture in professionals' pockets and purses the world over.
Last year, BlackBerry maker Research in Motion Ltd. criticized a directive by the UAE state-owned mobile operator Etisalat telling the company's BlackBerry users to install software described as an "upgrade" required for "service enhancements."
RIM said tests showed it was in fact spy software that could allow outsiders to access private information stored on the phones. It strongly distanced itself from Etisalat's decision and told users how to remove the software.
Within hours of Sunday's UAE decision to block BlackBerry services, a telecommunications official in neighboring Saudi Arabia said the desert kingdom would do the same, starting later this month. The Saudi official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to talk to the media, said the country's telecommunications regulator would issue a statement soon.
Ali Mohammed of Saudi Telecom, however, said the company had "not received any instructions about BlackBerry from the ministry."
Government censors in both Saudi Arabia and the UAE routinely block access to websites and other media deemed to carry content that runs contrary to the nations' conservative Islamic values or that could stoke political unrest.
Regulators in the UAE say BlackBerry devices operate outside a set of national security and safety laws enacted in 2007, the year after the BlackBerry debuted in the UAE. They say they are concerned some BlackBerry services "allow users to act without any legal accountability, causing judicial, social and national security concerns."
The government said it is singling out the BlackBerry, and not other smart phones such as Apple Inc.'s iPhone and Nokia Corp. handsets, because the Blackberry is the only one that automatically sends users' data to servers overseas.
Unlike other smart phones, BlackBerry devices use a system that updates a user's inbox by sending encrypted messages through company servers abroad, including RIM's home country of Canada.
Users like the system because it is seen as more secure, but it also makes BlackBerry messages far harder to monitor than ones sent through domestic servers that authorities can more easily tap into, analysts say.
"This is the irony, that it's the device with the highest security features. These same security features that corporations like have become an issue of national security for the government," said Simon Simonian, an analyst at Dubai-based investment bank Shuaa Capital. "The UAE doesn't want to take any chances and they want to monitor what is going on in the country."
The dispute highlights an ongoing tug-of-war between autocratic governments determined to control what information citizens consume online and share with others, and technology providers whose loyalties lie with their customers and shareholders.
Similar tensions erupted earlier this year between China and Google Inc. after the Internet company said it would stop censoring its search results in the country. After China warned it might not renew its license, Google agreed to obey local laws and stop automatically switching mainland users to its unfiltered Hong Kong site.
Emirati authorities are eager to portray an image of a safe and stable society free from the extremism found elsewhere in the region. They have taken steps to crack down on terror financing and efforts by neighboring Iran to sidestep international sanctions over its nuclear program.
Davidson cited alarm in the UAE and other Gulf nations over the role online organization played in helping to drive anti-government protests in Iran during the 2009 elections as a factor in their moves to tighten Internet controls.
Emirati regulators said in a statement they sought to reach a compromise with RIM on their concerns, but failed to come to an agreement.
"With no solution available and in the public interest ... BlackBerry Messenger, BlackBerry E-mail and BlackBerry Web-browsing services will be suspended until an acceptable solution can be developed and applied," said the director-general of the Telecommunications Regulatory Authority, Mohamed al-Ghanim.
"BlackBerry appears to be compliant in similar regulatory environments of other countries, which makes noncompliance in the UAE both disappointing and of great concern," he added in a statement carried on state news agency WAM.
A spokeswoman for RIM said the Canadian company had no immediate comment.
Other countries, including India and the Gulf state of Bahrain, have also raised concerns about BlackBerry messaging features, but have not blocked them outright.
RIM said in a statement last week it "respects both the regulatory requirements of government and the security and privacy needs of corporations and consumers."
The company declined to disclose details of talks it has had with regulators in the more than 175 countries where it operates, but defended its phones' security features as "widely accepted" by customers and governments.
Etisalat and Du, the UAE's two state-run telephone companies, said they are working on alternative services for their BlackBerry customers.
RIM does not disclose the number of BlackBerry users in the UAE. However, analyst Simonian estimated there are "hundreds of thousands" of BlackBerry users in the country.
None contacted by The Associated Press on Sunday said they supported the pending ban.
"I find it irritating, actually. It's a service everyone is using, and all of a sudden, they're just going to disconnect it?" said a 30-year-old manager at a Dubai mall who would give only his first name, Khalid, because he did not want to attract attention from the authorities.
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Associated Press Writers Abdullah al-Shihri in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, and Michael Casey in Dubai contributed to this report.
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Space station cooling system suddenly shuts down
Aug 1, 1:10 PM (ET)
By MARCIA DUNN
By MARCIA DUNN
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - Half of the International Space Station's cooling system suddenly shut down during the weekend, forcing the astronauts to power down equipment and face the likelihood of urgent spacewalking repairs.
After huddling Sunday, NASA managers gave preliminary approval for a pair of spacewalks, the first of which would take place later this week. Two of the Americans on board were already scheduled to conduct a spacewalk Thursday for routine maintenance, though the repairs would supersede the original chores.
Officials stressed that the six occupants were in no danger, and that the orbiting complex was in a stable situation. Much of the station is operating on a single string, however, with no safeguard in case of further cooling system failures.
The trouble arose Saturday night, when one of the two ammonia-fed cooling loops shut down. Alarms sounded throughout the sprawling outpost as the circuit breaker for the pump in that line tripped, causing the pump to stop working.
The cooling system is critical for on-board operations. The two ammonia lines ensure that all the station's electronic equipment does not overheat.
Astronaut Tracy Caldwell Dyson hustled through the equipment shutdown procedures and, with crewmate Douglas Wheelock, installed a jumper cable to keep all the rooms cool.
Flight controllers tried to restart the disabled ammonia pump early Sunday, but the circuit breaker tripped again. No further repair attempts were planned, at least for now. In fact, the astronauts were allowed to sleep in because of all the late-night disruptions.
Any repairs later this week will involve replacing that ammonia pump, a difficult job that would require two spacewalks. Two spare pumps are stored on the outside of the station.
The first repair spacewalk likely would occur Thursday at the earliest, with the second excursion two or three days later. A final decision on whether to proceed with the task will be made following additional engineering review.
Among the equipment powered off for now: the Global Positioning System circuit, several power converters and a set of devices that route commands to various equipment.
Two of the four gyroscopes initially were shut down - part of the space station's pointing and navigating system. But the crew installed a jumper cable to bring up a third gyroscope, leaving the station in a much more stable position.
On board are three Americans and three Russians.
No space shuttle visits are planned before November. Only two U.S. shuttle missions remain before the fleet is retired; a third and final flight for next summer is under consideration.
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Sheriff of Mayberry in a cable television ad paid for by Medicare.
Jul 30, 11:02 AM (ET)
My response... why can't i get an ad I actually help people with they're Medicare insurance.
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WASHINGTON (AP) - Actor Andy Griffith has a new role: pitching President Barack Obama's health care law to seniors in a cable television ad paid for by Medicare.
The TV star - whose role as sheriff of Mayberry made him an enduring symbol of small-town American values - tells seniors that "good things are coming" under the health care overhaul, including free preventive checkups and lower-cost prescriptions for Medicare recipients.
Polls show that seniors are more skeptical of the health care law than younger people because Medicare cuts provide much of the financing to expand coverage for the uninsured.
Medicare says the national ad is not political, but part of its outreach to educate seniors about new benefits available next year. Griffith is 84.
My response... why can't i get an ad I actually help people with they're Medicare insurance.
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