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BC-LT--Travel-Brief-Colombia-Plane Crash, LT - AP - msnbc.com

A Boeing 737 jetliner with 131 passengers aboard crashed as it prepared to land and broke into three pieces at a Colombian island in the Caribbean early Monday. The region's governor said it was a miracle that only one ...

FAA's Mexico downgrade highlights jumble of air safety - St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Aviation officials often cite the industry's low accident rate after a plane crash, and statistics back up their assertions: Last year, there were about 2.5 accidents for every 1 million commercial flights ...

Jumble of Air Safety Rules - New York Times

But that is still about 90 accidents, 18 of them involving nearly 700 fatalities, and safety standards can vary widely among airlines. Yet passengers and companies responsible for employee travel have little ...

Retired general leads state’s employment agency - The State

John Finan Age: 68 Born: Macon, Ga. Education: University of Connecticut, economics; Michigan State University, MBA in accounting. Military career: Joined Air Force in 1963; budget officer at bases in the ...

State jobs agency chief digs in - The Sun News

Age: 68 Born: Macon, Ga. Education: University of Connecticut, economics; Michigan State University, MBA in accounting. Military career: Joined Air Force in 1963; budget officer at bases in the Philippines ...

Pennsylvania coal plants face big changes under planned EPA pollution-control rules - Philadelphia Daily News

Outside, demonstrators wore breathing masks. Inside, a two-time cancer survivor, age 30, pleaded for the federal Environmental Protection Agency to approve a plan that would reduce air pollution from coal ...

Plan Would Aid Some Veterans’ Businesses - New York Times

Veterans with service-related disabilities who own businesses will have a better chance to win Cook County government contracts under legislation to be introduced this week by a county commissioner ...

For Arms Sales Suspect, Secrets Are Bargaining Chips - Star-Banner

WASHINGTON — Accused of a 15-year run as one of the world’s biggest arms traffickers, Viktor Bout is thought to be a consummate deal maker. Now his future may hang on whether he can strike one last bargain ...

Tough times to persist for city budget - Everything Alabama Blog

The deepening national financial meltdown has caused Mobile to reprioritize spending in its effort to continue the delivery of quality services and to remain competitive in our quest to attract sustainable ...

Jetliner Crashes on Colombian Island; 1 Killed - ABC News

(AP) A Boeing 737 jetliner with 131 passengers aboard crashed as it prepared to land and broke into three pieces at a Colombian island in the Caribbean early Monday. The region's governor said it was a miracle ...

Resolved Question: did you know the Bureau?

of Labor Statistics reports that women still earn only 80 cents for every dollar men make. The implication is clear. Women, it is assumed, are victims of a chauvinistic work world that undervalues their contributions. But is that assumption correct? No…women have mostly themselves - and their career choices - to blame for their plight because women are less likely than men to put money first when making career decisions. Instead, women sacrifice fat paychecks in exchange for work that is flexible, less risky and more fulfilling. The fact is, when hours worked, areas of responsibility, and amount of uninterrupted experience are factored in men routinely earn less than women. Do you agree that women need to reject their feelings of discrimination and take matters into their own hands by making better career decisions? For example: Concentrate on career options in the hard sciences, not the social sciences. Engineers and computer scientists get paid more than teachers, journalists, and social workers. Female engineering managers earn an average annual salary of $83,000, but only 10 percent of professionals in the field are women. Get hazard pay without the hazards. Women in the military have an 8-to-1 safety ratio over men (i.e., not a single woman in the Marines or Air Force has died in the War in Iraq). Women cab drivers routinely work safer shifts (and sometimes areas) than their male counterparts, as well as get higher tips, in spite of not necessarily helping with the baggage. For women willing to think big, there's the lucrative option of starting up a company in a male-dominated industry such as construction. Thanks to laws governing federal contracts and woman-owned businesses, they'll have government agencies, universities, and other organizations competing for their services. Choose fields with higher financial and emotional risks. Male doctors and lawyers earn more than females in part because they are more likely to be in private practice. Risk is a huge reason venture capitalists earn between $100,000 and $300,000 a year - substantially more than supermarket cashiers who receive a regular paycheck and "check out" at the end of the day. About 91 percent of venture capitalists are men. Put in the hours. People who work just ten hours more per week earn almost twice the pay. Know the fields that pay women more than men. Female statisticians, for example, earn one third more than men, while female speech-language pathologists make 29 percent more. Farrell lists 39 fields that pay women at least 5 percent more than men. Be willing to move - and to travel. Women account for half of today's professionals, but only 18 percent of all employees transferred abroad, and only a similar percentage of frequent fliers. Women who move up are willing to both travel on the job and to relocate, especially overseas. Consider a higher-paying specialty. A nurse, for example, who wishes to become a nurse anesthetist can make twice the pay of a general nurse. A nurse with a bit of wanderlust can earn much better income as a traveling nurse. Do agree that many women will prefer to embrace the victim mentality - and continue to seek the wrong remedies instead of admitting the problem is in themselves? From: Why Men Earn More by Warren Ferrell more

Resolved Question: How to promote training courses on survival in the Amazon, a river cruiser and a travel agency in Internet?

I need to promote four (4) specialized products and I require advice from people with experience in online marketing and those people that are responsible for the area of promotion, marketing or sales of travel agencies and tourism companies that offer survival courses and cruises. This company is located in Iquitos, an exotic city in the middle of the Peruvian Amazon, one of the least explored and most bio-diverse area in the world. The products I have to help to promote are: 1. Training courses on survival in the Amazon jungle, for companies or adventure travelers. 2. Visits to remote indigenous communities that preserve their customs, for anyone interested. 3. Research or study trips in the Peruvian Amazon, for researchers, students and anyone interested. 4. Travel by river cruises along the Amazon river and tributaries or cruises in Pacaya-Samiria National Reserve (the largest reserve in the floodable Amazon jungle in South America). These are quality products. The company respect and teach the travelers to respect the nature. They take medical help or supplies to river communities and indigenous tribes they visit. Trips are designed to understand the nature and their ecosystems. This company works with professional and specialized staff as naturalists and, in case of survival training courses, with instructors of the Air Force. The company weakness is the international promotion and that is my challenge. I have had successful experiences in promoting hotels. But I never promoted this type of product. Therefore, I have several questions: A. Where or in what ways should I promote these four products? B. What websites, especially free of charge, you known to promote these products? In hotels, for example, there are sites like Tripadvisor and others. C. Do you know websites and forums that are focused on "selling" the four travel products I have? D. What social networks focused on these products are available? I know that there are Facebook, Twiter, Flirck, but, do you know any social network for adventure travelers or interested in this kind of trips? E. I was considering using the Lonely Planet, Viajeros and Losviajeros forums. Do you know others forums or specialized forums? Regardless of language. F. Does anyone could help me with the contact details of publishers of travel guides (Lonely, Frommers, Footprints, etc.)? G. I was thinking in contact with TV and film producers or film makers to promote the services of the company and be a strategic partners for films in the Amazon. Where and how I may contact with big producers companies as Discovery, NatGeo, BBC, etc., and with small producers? Do you have any other recommendation? more

Resolved Question: out of the list of TV shows below which are the funniest? best? and just awesome? ones.?

Lost User Score: 9.0Primiered: Sep 22, 2004Status: Continuing - Tuesdays at 9:00 PM After Oceanic Air Flight 815 tears apart in mid-air and crashes on a Pacific island on September 22nd 2004, its survivors are forced to find inner strength they never knew they had in order to survive. But they discover that the island holds many secrets... NCIS User Score: 9.0Primiered: Sep 23, 2003Status: Continuing - Tuesdays at 8:00 PM NCIS is a show that bringing us the inner workings of the government agency that investigates all crimes involving Navy and Marine Corps personnel, regardless of rank or position. From murder and espionage to terrorism and stolen submarines, these special agents traverse the globe to investigate all crimes with Navy or Marine Corps ties. House User Score: 9.0Primiered: Nov 16, 2004Status: Continuing - Mondays at 8:00 PM House is a new take on mystery: the villain is a medical malady and the hero is an controversial doctor who trusts no one, least of all his patients. Dr. Gregory deals with his own constant pain, he uses a cane that seems to punctuate his brutally honest demeanor. His unconventional thinking and flawless instincts have afforded him a great deal of respect. Gossip Girl User Score: 8.0Primiered: Sep 19, 2007Status: Continuing - Mondays at 8:00 PM Based on the popular book series of the same name, Gossip Girl gives viewers a peek into the world of privileged teenagers on an elite private school in New York City. Greys Anatomy User Score: 8.0Primiered: Mar 27, 2005Status: Continuing - Thursdays at 9:00 PM Grey's Anatomy is a hospital drama that focuses on Meredith Grey, one of several first-year surgical interns,at a Seattle, Wash., hospital. Along with her colleagues, Meredith struggles to maintain relationships while staying sharp at her new job. Glee User Score: 8.0Primiered: May 19, 2009Status: Continuing - Wednesdays at 9:00 PM Didn't know the world of high school glee clubs was tough? Fox is set to expose all the drama and intensity in a one-hour comedy musical from Nip/Tuck creator Ryan Murphy. Glee is produced by 20th Century Fox Television, Ryan Murphy Television. Desperate Housewives User Score: 8.0Primiered: Oct 3, 2004Status: Continuing - Sundays at 9:00 PM The show takes place on Wisteria Lane and follows the lives of four women (seen through the eyes of their dead neighbor) as they work through domestic struggles while several mysteries unfold in the background. Desperate Housewives combines many styles such as: drama, comedy, mystery, thriller, farce, camp, soap opera and satire. Supernatural User Score: 9.0Primiered: Sep 13, 2005Status: Continuing - Thursdays at 9:00 PM Supernatural is about two brothers who travel the country looking for their missing father and battling evil spirits along the way. Sam Winchester is a college student bound for law school, determined to escape his family's past, unlike his older brother, Dean... Bones User Score: 9.0Primiered: Sep 13, 2005Status: Continuing - Thursdays at 8:00 PM A cynical and lonely forensic anthropologist and a cocky FBI agent partner up to solve murders when others cannot. Criminal Minds User Score: 8.0Primiered: Sep 22, 2005Status: Continuing - Wednesdays at 10:00 PM Criminal Minds is a crime drama that follows the adventures of an FBI profiling team from the FBI's Behavioral Analysis Unit from Quantico, Virginia. Criminal Minds differs from many criminal system procedural dramas by focusing on the criminal rather than the crime itself. One Tree Hill User Score: 8.0Primiered: Sep 23, 2003Status: Continuing - Mondays at 9:00 PM Set in the fictional small town of Tree Hill, this drama tells the story of two half brothers, who share a last name and nothing else. Brooding, Lucas is a talented street-side basketball player, but his skills are appreciated only by his friends at the river court. Popular, affluent Nathan basks in the hero-worship of the town, as the star of his high school team. Smallville User Score: 8.0Primiered: Oct 16, 2001Status: Continuing - Fridays at 8:00 PM Smallville tells the tale of a teenage Clark Kent in the days before he was Superman. It is the town where he came from where very strange things started happening with his arrival in a spaceship in the midst of a meteor storm of green rocks. 90210 User Score: 7.0Primiered: Sep 2, 2008Status: Continuing - Tuesdays at 8:00 PM The series revolves around the three-generational Wilson family who have recently moved from small town Kansas to glitzy Beverly Hills, California after the father, Harrison Wilson, accepts a position as Principal of West Beverly Hills High School. 24 User Score: 9.0Primiered: Nov 6, 2001Status: Continuing - Mondays at 9:00 PM 24 is the story of counter-terrorism agent Jack Bauer and how, for several years he has saved the US (and possibly the world - though this is a matter of conjecture). Friend of presidents, as well as torture, and enemy of terrorists (seve more

Resolved Question: Why is everyone suddenly so worried about NASA? What's so bad about privatized space travel?

This has happened all through out history. There was a time where only the best of the best were allowed to be Sailors -- after a while that changed and now every big name executive owns a yacht. For a while only the elite were allowed to travel by airplane -- now even the poorest family flies to Fort Lauderdale to some family resort. NASA has been way to restrictive and high brow about who they sent into space and what experiments were performed. It's time for that to change. God created the universe for all of us to see, not a few ultra elite air force pilots to drink tang and study microbes at 25,000 dollars per hour. What do we get out of it? A few images of the floating around and waving hello? Come on... This being 2010 I find that ridiculous. I say let the private companies team up with universities and private research groups to send up teams of scientists, researchers and yes... tourists. This is one of the few things I agree with Obama on. People need to stop using this as a political weapon. NASA space flights are just high priced photo ops and as a huge Space enthusiast I think it needs to stop. NASA should be limited to a search agency. Let them keep their toys and let them keep doing lab experiments up in space. The people should be allowed to participate more in the world of space exploration. more

Resolved Question: Ahh Starbuck you've done it again?

This is what I started and California will take back the state from radical environmentalists. November elections will see a lot of this hoax just disappear and guess what the world will still be here going through its natural processes. Hopefully this will end these radicals reign for a long time. (12-20) 04:00 PST Copenhagen - -- Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and a swarm of California officials came to the U.N. climate summit last week to brag about their state's accomplishments and show foreigners that it is the cutting edge of U.S. action to curb emissions. But like President Obama, they got caught in a train wreck of discord in the 13-day meeting that ended Saturday, as the 193 nations present agreed only to "take note" of a U.S.-brokered, nonbinding statement of intentions that glossed over the world's differences on who should shoulder which responsibilities in the fight against climate change. The diplomatic clash set up a catch-22 for California. The inconclusive results of the climate negotiations have made the state's leadership in climate policy all the more important. California's aggressive actions on auto emission standards, renewable energy, building weatherization and solar panels are encouraging other states and cities in the United States and around the globe to plunge ahead with their own similar policies. But the stalemate in Copenhagen may also increase the political risk in California, where resistance to the state's climate policies is gathering force. "A train wreck always raises concerns," said Sen. Fran Pavley, D-Agoura Hills (Los Angeles County), who wrote the state's landmark climate-change law in 2006 and was one of the state's leaders in Copenhagen. "It fuels the argument that because of the recession we can't move forward," she said. "The opposition has used the recession to try to do a general rollback, and they may do that here with this." Pavley and other state officials worry that failure of the U.N. climate negotiations will embolden opponents who hope to roll back California's climate policies in next year's election. Ballot measure Conservatives, led by Assemblyman Dan Logue, R-Linda (Yuba County), Rep. Tom McClintock, R-Granite Bay (Placer County), and anti-tax advocate Ted Costa, have submitted to the attorney general an initiative for the November ballot that would freeze the state's compliance with its own climate mandate, the 2006 law known as AB32. GOP gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman has pledged to suspend compliance with the law immediately if elected. "People who are trying to use AB32 in next year's election will use any negative result out of Copenhagen," said Mary Nichols, chairwoman of the California Air Resources Board, the powerful agency that is drawing up the web of regulations that will enforce the bill. "They already believe they've caught something they can use to get people to the polls." California officials have been traveling to climate summits and other diplomatic venues for several years to boast about their track record. By nearly any standard, their pride is well earned. The state is viewed far and wide as a leader in climate policies such as AB32. In the past year, Schwarzenegger has signed several climate agreements with foreign state, provincial and municipal governments, including: -- An agreement with 10 other states in Brazil, Indonesia and the United States to work jointly to protect tropical forests, possibly creating tradeable offsets for California's cap-and-trade program. -- A partnership with the U.N. Development Program to offer technical assistance to Africa for low-carbon development. -- A partnership with Jiangsu Province in China to share policy know-how and to cooperate on technology. It is the first state-level agreement between China and the United States to work together to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. But the crucial phase comes next year, when the air board must release its plans to implement AB32, which is intended to reduce the state's greenhouse gas emissions to 1990 levels by 2020. "If this conference does not get a strong agreement, some will say that Copenhagen has failed, that we talk grandly but we are fooling ourselves," and that much like in the fairy tale, the emperor has no clothes, the Republican governor told a news conference Tuesday. "Perhaps the real success is to give us the opportunity to think differently again. Perhaps the success comes in realizing that something different needs to be done and in fact is already being done." Many experts agree. "AB32 is a real leadership issue," said Peter Miller, senior scientist at the Natural Resources Defense Council in San Francisco. "Now that the federal process has slowed, California is more important. It's the same here in Copenhagen. If the forward movement slows, there will be more weight on the sub-national actors." Some studies show that approximately half the overall U.S. emisGreen eggs, they are already out of money. Next year the state will again be short by 21 billion. There is no more help coming, the state will go broke as it should. The average state worker now makes twice as much money as the private sector and the liberals have turned it into a real mess. more

Resolved Question: Could you help me with my history?

31. The clause in the Constitution that allows Congress to stretch its delegated powers to cover many other subjects is known as the elastic clause. A. True B. False 32. Since the beginning of the U.S., only one president has resigned from office. A. True B. False 33. The president has the power to appoint cabinet members and judges. A. True B. False 34. The legislative branch is the interpreter of the country's laws. A. True B. False 35. From where does Congress gets its power limitations? A. Article I, Section 9. B. The Preamble. C. Article I, Section 8. D. The President. 36. The Senate and House of Representatives have passed different versions of an air pollution bill. The kind of committee that would most likely be formed to work out a compromise would be a A. standing committee. B. select committee. C. conference committee. D. subcommittee. 37. Regulatory Commissions A. are independent of the executive departments. B. make rules but cannot enforce them. C. have exactly the same function as independent agencies. D. are headed by chairpersons elected by the people. 38. Which of the following is NOT an officer-training school that is supervised by the Department of Defense? A. U.S. Military Academy at Westpoint B. U.S. Naval Academy at Annapolis C. Virginia Military Institute D. U.S. Coast Guard Academy at New London, Connecticut 39. Where are impeachment trials held? A. House of Representatives B. Supreme Court C. the Senate D. state court 40. Which of the following limits on the powers of Congress ensures that people will get a trial before receiving a prison sentence? A. Passing Ex Post Facto Laws B. Granting Titles of Nobility C. Passing Laws that violate the Bill of Rights D. Passing Bills of Attainder 41. What does it mean when we say the President is the Commander-in-Chief? A. He appoints Supreme Court Justices and federal judges, grants reprieves and pardons, and has power of commutation. B. He secures friendly relations with foreign governments and signs treaties. C. He is the symbol of the United States, greets foreign visitors, travels to foreign countries. D. He is the head of all U.S. armed forces and can send military forces abroad. 43. Who called the position of vice president "the most insignificant" office ever invented? A. George Washington B. John Adams C. James Madison D. George Bush 44. Executive departments A. are strictly outlined in the Constitution. B. are permanent departments established by the framers. C. can be established, reorganized, or eliminated by Congress. D. have become increasingly insignificant since the early 1900s. 45. Only the President can declare war. A. True B. False 46. If Congress is not in session and the President does not sign the bill within 10 days, it does not become a law. A. True B. False more

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Resolved Question: help me please.... 10pt?

Fill in the following fax. It is the answer to letter 1. To:………………………….. From:……… ……………….. Subj:…………………………. Fax:….0039 181 1449…….. Date:………… 10 December 2001……………….. Page nr……………………….. Dear Mr Flechter, Thank you for your letter dated 1 December requesting alterations to the Nile Cruise December – January 2001/2. We confirm the final arrangements for your group of 22 people arriving at ………………………….on………………. . The cruise will start at …………………… on ……………….. and finish at …………… on …… ……… . We have reserved ………………….. double bedded cabins and ……………………………..single cabins with …………………….treatment. Return transfer to Cairo airport ………………………….. . The cruise includes a half – day excursion to Luxor, a full – day excursion to Abu Simbel and a Gala five – course Dinner and Dance at ………………………………..on………………………….. . We assure you of our best attention at all times. Your sincerely, ……… ………………. Voyage and tours travel agency 11 regent square London WC1 10 December 2001 Cooks agency Nasser Avenue Cairo Egypt Dear Mr Afarat, With reference to our previous correspondence concerning our Nile cruise Cairo to Luxor from 31 December 2000 to 5 January 2001 for a group of 20 people, we regret to inform you that we are forced to alter the reservation owing to a change in Ryan Air charter dates. Also the passenger numbers have changed. The details of the new booking are as follows: •Passengers will arrive on Dec. 30 at Cairo airport, the dates of the cruise should therefore be altered from Dec. 31- Jan. 5 to Dec. 30- Jun. 4, same time (7.30 pm). We confirm that the return transfer to Cairo airport has been booked with Pyramid Coach Company. •There are 22 tourists in the group, two of whom travel separately. The accommodation required is now ten double and two single cabins (FB): two more than the 10 doubles originally requested. •All the other arrangements (excursions to Luxor and Abus Simbel, New Year’s Eve Dinner and Dance in the Luxor Hilton) are the same as confirmed in the letter dated Nov. 15. Enclosed you will find the new list of passengers and a photocopy of the deposit for the two extra people. We would be grateful if you could let us have prompt confirmation of the alternations requested together with the new passenger rooming list. Yours sincerely, Alan Flechter. more

Resolved Question: Momentum- physics (impulse)?

Someone please help me figure this out!! :[ its about the impulse part in momentum). I'm so confused about this chapter.. 1. A 1400 kg car traveling in the positive direction takes 14.0 seconds to slow from 25.0 meters per second to 12.0 meters per second. What is the average force on the car during this time? answer in N 2. A government agency estimated that air bags have saved over 14,000 lives as of April 2004 in the United States. (They also stated that air bags have been confirmed as killing 242 people, and they stress that seat belts are estimated to save 11,000 lives a year.) Assume that a car crashes and has come to a stop when the air bag inflates, causing a 75.0 kg person moving forward at 15.0 m/s to stop moving in 0.0250 seconds. (a) What is the magnitude of the person's impulse? (b) What is the magnitude of the average force the airbag exerts on the person? (a) kg·m/s (b) N 3. For a movie scene, an 85.0 kg stunt double falls 12.0 m from a building onto a large inflated landing pad. After touching the landing pad surface, it takes her 0.480 s to come to a stop. What is the magnitude of the average net force on her as the landing pad stops her? the answer is in N more

Resolved Question: What do you think of my book idea?

Hi, I'm 15 years old and I love writing for a living. I have come up with a book idea, and I feel to best explain the back-ground on it is this: 2009- Now 2037- Moon Colony is Established by efforts of NASA, and European Space Agency. 2040- World Population Reaches 10 billon 2045- Earth’s resources begin to run low 2048- Mining operations are set up on Mars after water and other minerals are found underground 2050- The terraforming process of Mars begins 2060- Moon Colony's population reaches one million, almost near max capacity for the colony, so the colony is expanded. 2070- Mining ops on Mars are even further expanded. 2077- Construction on the massive Earth Space Station begins, meant for civilian and research purposes. 2080- Nearly all of Earth’s resources are exhausted, and most resources come from Mars, the Moon, or the Outer Asteroid Belt. 2120- Space travel is made public after technology advances and cheaper building techniques in spacecraft, including more powerful engines that require even less fuel. 2125- War breaks out between the New Soviet Union, China, and Korea vs. United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, Germany, France, Poland, and Spain. The War results in almost total destruction of Oceania, the United Kingdom, and Korea. Germany and France stage an assault on the Soviet Union with the remainder of the British Armed Forces, using Lend-Lease equipment from America. 2127- After nearly two years of occupation, The New Soviet Union surrenders, and has a Government set up by Germany and Poland. 2138- Remembering the horrible World War eleven years ago, European nations set up a federation- which in less than two years, rapidly grows from six nations, to fifty-one nations. 2140- Earth Space Station construction is completed. 2140- The World Alliance, formed in 2138, is renamed to the Earth Republic after the nations involved are conjoined under one unified government, the following armed forces branches renamed to: Earth’s Army, Earth Naval Armada, Earth Air Corps., and Earth Marines Corps. 2155- People from the remnants of The United Kingdom and Oceania set out on July 16th, 2155, for the Asteroid Belt beyond Mars. The Earth Republic hates the idea, but with the influence of a few powerful leaders, sends supplies to help them on the way. 2156- The refugees that set out on July 16th last year arrive on January 28th, which have come to call themselves “Lorgonians” 2158- Successful trade route is set up between Lorgonia and Earth. 2221- The Moon Colony is nearly wiped out by a very large asteroid. 2230- The newest anti-asteroid technology is perfected. Had it been nine years earlier, the old colony would still be there. 2236- The Earth Space Armada is added to the Earth Federation as a military branch, for colonization purposes. 2266- Lorgonia is officially recognized as a super-power, having over eight-thousand square kilometers of land on assorted asteroids, and a population close to 900 million, with it’s capital city, Lorgon, located on the asteroid Ceres. 2355- Terraforming process of Mars is complete to the extent that humans may live on it, however terraforming still resumes, and is scheduled to resume for another century-and-a-half. 2363- Mars Colony is setup by the Earth Space Armada, and rapidly grows from people wishing to get away from the over-populated Earth, with now, 11-billion human beings. Rural areas on Earth are very rare. 2365- Lorgonia asks permission to set-up a colony on Mars and the ESA denies it. 2368- A Large build-up of Lorgonian military ships are observed by ESA reconnaissance. 2369(June, Earth time)- Lorgonia conducts a full scale assault on Mars, for resources, and lands ten Marine divisions on Mars, plus four Army divisions with close-Air support. Lorgonian fleet remains unopposed for two months 2369(August, Earth time)- Two months after Lorgonian siege of Mars, Rear Admiral Kenneth Howard of the ESA gathers a force of twenty Army divisions and nearly 3/4ths of the ESA fleet for counter attack. 2369(September 12th, Earth time) Admiral Howard’s fleet arrives, and encounters heavy resistance. As the ESA lands troops on the surface, a heavy atmospheric battle ensues for over four days. The ESA admits defeat and withdraws into deep space. Howard’s Capital ship, ESA Mjolnir, is heavily damaged, beyond repair, and is abandoned, with the crew’s life pods hitting Arcadia, the landing site for Earth ground troops. 2369(December 24th, Earth time) After four days of heavy fighting in the atmosphere, the ESA fleet is gone and the ground troops are stranded. Among the dead and missing is Admiral Howard. Of the one-hundred-and-thirty-one ESA ships that took part in the assault, eighty-four came out in tact or lightly damaged. Most of the Earth Republic’s ground forces are dead or taken prisoner. A few pockets of resistance still remain. 2370- more

Resolved Question: Is it just "playing politics" with the Obama Birth Certificate?

Seems like if this was Bush, it wouldn't be an issue... Find it amusing that Obama shows proof he was born in Hawaii, and it is never good enough for these right-wingers, when Bush was never questioned by this same group... For example, in regards to desertion from the military of our former president. That was apparently "no big deal." Is quitting and neglecting responsibility becoming synonymous with being a republican now-a-days? Why else would these same conservatives not care that Bush's record was originally not released, and then ultimately "not fully released" when what’s been shown is that he had almost definitely deserted from the military, as Bush missed his last 9 months of service. If your father is not a wealthy Senator at the time, that can hold serious consequences for most of us. From the Air Force guideline: 1.3. When Unauthorized Absence Begins and Ends. An unauthorized absence starts when a member is absent from where he or she is ordered or otherwise required to be present. For an unauthorized absence of 24 consecutive hours or less, classify as “failure to go” instead of “Absence Without Leave” (AWOL). For an unauthorized absence of more than 24 hours and less than 30 days, classify as AWOL. An unauthorized absence ends when the absentee or deserter returns to military control. 1.4. Required Actions. Table 1.1. is a comprehensive list of actions to be taken upon realization of an unauthorized absence. Even if you expect the absence may be excused, immediately take the actions listed in Table 1.1. 1.5. Classify a member as a deserter who: 1.5.1. Has been AWOL for 30 consecutive days. If the absence lasts through 2400 on the 30th consecutive day, change the absentee's status to deserter at 0001 on the 31st day (On the 10th day during times of emergency or war declared by the President or Congress). 1.5.2. Is AWOL for any amount of time and meets any of these criteria: 1.5.2.1. Is under the duty or travel restrictions that DoD 5200.2-R/AFI 31-501 imposes. 1.5.2.2. Has had access in the past 12 months to top secret information or other classified information that requires special access authority (see paragraph 2.2.7.). NOTE: Do not classify a person who appears to be more a casualty as a deserter solely because the person has had access to classified material described herein. 1.5.2.3. Has gone to, or stayed in, a foreign country and, while there, has asked for or taken any type of asylum or resident permit from that country or its governmental agencies. 1.5.2.4. Has action pending on a previous unauthorized absence that has not been completed.Monster B - I have no doubts to his legitimacy as a result of anything the right-wingers have been trying to stir up.... maybe it's because of the hypocrisy that eminates from their supporters, but this just looks like yet another of their little con games... Just as the ideas they try to propogate regarding "taking away guns," or "he's a Mulsim," I mean, enough already. We know that a lot of the hard-right in this country aren't that bright and will believe anything, but for the rest of us, there comes a point where enough is just enough. more

Resolved Question: Please help me who have done IATA or Air Travel Mgmt ?

This is Demi, I hope you all are hale and health by God's Grace. I have stuck in big problem . I hope u will help me out. Before 4 years back I did my Diploma in Travel and tourism Mgmt , at that moment i was very good in 3letter IATA codes and other topics . Later i tried abt 10-20-interviews , i swear none of them asked a single questions related to technical course , they need only experienced one. Then i worked in small agency about 2years only Domestic Ticketing. I had gone with bad experiences, I love to enhance my international ticktng knowledge but the seniors didnt teach me though i try to learn and ask they would scream and shout at me , Some people forced me to live the job itself. But Now one MNC office have come up to give a good opportunity to IATA or diploma holders..They give international ticketing training. They need only IATA or diploma with all the routings aware and about rt /ct . but simple questions i could not answer becoz all my notes are missing . But i really want this job. Can you please guide me like what are the different types of routings and what is RT /CT and different types of routings in Brief etc. Abt codes i will learn myself but other notes can you send me, if you have . Warm Regards. more

Voting Question: I am active duty Air Force stationed in the UK; we are having a visa issue that we need help resolving?

My wife and child obtained their passports and visa's before coming to the UK with me. We have now been here for four weeks and found out yesterday that the visa's that they have are not the correct visa's. We were told by the Dependant Travel office at RAF Mildenhall that the visa's that they have are a code 3 visa which will not allow my wife to work while we are stationed here as well as only allowing them to remain in country for no more than 6 months at a time. They told us that we should have a code 1 visa which will allow my wife to work and them to remain in country while I am stationed here for a minimum of three years. They told us to contact the issuing agency that we obtained the visa's from which is Los Angeles however when we try to call them all we get is a pre-recorded message telling us to contact World Bridge(this by the way is the agency that my wife used to complete the original visa application which we now find is incorrect). Does anyone have any insight on how we can go about getting this corrected so that my wife can work while stationed in the UK as well as allow my wife and son to remain in country for the time that I am stationed here without having to return to the US every six months? It was my understanding that the purpose of obtaining a visa was to allow members to remain in the UK for more than 6 months...both of their visa's expire in March 2012 which is what my orders are for and they also state No work or recourse to public funds. We have emailed, called, left messages with several agencies but no one will return our emails or calls. If anyone can help us resolve this urgent issue it would be greatly appreciated. Thank you in advance. more

Resolved Question: Does London's Heathrow need a 3rd runway?

Give valid reasons for your opinion. ARGUMENTS FOR THE THIRD RUNWAY • Heathrow needs more capacity Heathrow runs at close to 100% capacity. With demand for air travel predicted to double in a generation, Heathrow will not be able to cope without a third runway, say those in favour of the plan. Because the airport is over-stretched, any problems which arise cause knock-on delays. Heathrow, the argument goes, needs extra capacity if it is to reach the levels of service found at competitors elsewhere in Europe, or it will be overtaken by its rivals. Passenger numbers may be down as recession takes hold, but proponents argue we should not base transport decisions on the bad times, but look ahead to future upturn in demand. • The third runway will boost the economy The third runway will be worth £7bn a year to the economy, according to airport owner BAA. Some say a third runway is the only solution to the congestion at Heathrow. Tens of thousands of jobs will be created - in construction in the short term - and for business and in tourism over the longer term. Lack of expansion at Heathrow would threaten London's position as trading capital of the world, throttling the very international links Britain was built on. Business leaders argue London deserves and needs an airport of international quality. • Pollution concerns are overplayed Those pushing for the new runway argue that pollution caused by the airport will be closely monitored. Meeting targets is a condition of expansion. By 2020, when the runway would be completed, new technology will mean planes are much quieter and less polluting. The Airbus A380 already demonstrates that planes are moving in this direction. If the runway were not built, the argument runs, there would be no cut in emissions. Flights would simply move to other European airports. CO2 would not be reduced, merely transferred elsewhere to the UK's detriment. • There is no alternative Building a brand new airport in the Thames Estuary is not feasible according to those in favour of the third runway. Transport Minister Geoff Hoon says lack of transport infrastructure, fears of 'bird strike', cost and lack of available finance all make the project prohibitive. ARGUMENTS AGAINST THE THIRD RUNWAY • We need to reduce, not increase, emissions Heathrow generates 50% of UK aviation emissions. This makes 6% of total emissions, according to Department for Transport figures. With a third runway and as the UK as a whole cuts emissions, Heathrow's contribution to overall UK emissions would rise significantly by 2050, some calculate to as much as 50% of total. A third runway could mean an extra 200,000 flights a year over London. Why should aviation capacity be increased indefinitely? At a time when most accept the need for emission cuts, say opponents, should we not stick with the capacity we have and allow market forces to price out inessential flyers? • Health of Londoners at risk A Greater London Authority (GLA) report suggested Heathrow would even now breach the EU regulations on levels of Nitrous Oxide due to come into force in 2010. Extra flights would only make this worse. Even the Environment Agency admits that with a third runway, Heathrow would breach these limits. The GLA study also found that the airport would breach noise pollution limits as a result of the extra flights. • Economic case overstated Many of the new passengers the extra runway would bring would be transit passengers. According to former BA boss Bob Ayling they would spend little or nothing in London, only boosting airline profits. According to Sir David King, former chief scientific adviser to the government, the runway would over time come to be seen as a 'white elephant'. Long before investment in it were repaid, demand for flying will have fallen away as pressure to reduce carbon increases and competition with other forms of travel grows. The downturn is already forcing people to find substitutes for air travel. This pattern will continue, he suggests. • Impact on the local area Transport infrastructure around Heathrow already struggles. The extra demands would create gridlock. To make way for the runway, Sipson - a village of 700 houses - would be demolished and hundreds of acres of greenbelt land would be swallowed up. • Alternatives For historical reasons, Heathrow is badly located. It is the only major airport with flight paths over a large capital city, for instance. Some, like London Mayor Boris Johnson, believe this is a perfect opportunity to start again and propose a new airport in the Thames Estuary. Planes would approach and leave over water, reducing the impact of noise and the airport could operate 24 hours a day. If you wish to see some pictures I got this information from the BBC news website http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7828694.stmIf you're not bothered to answer the question with reasons don't answer at all because that doesn't help me see the majority of opinions. Please and thank you. more

Resolved Question: Is the US preparing to attack Pakistan? Is not a good idea Mr. President :?

Is the US Preparing To Attack Pakistan? by Eric Margolis by Eric Margolis DIGG THIS The Bush Administration may be preparing to lash out at old ally Pakistan, which Washington now blames for its humiliating failures to crush al-Qaida, capture its elusive leaders, or defeat Taliban resistance forces in Afghanistan. One is immediately reminded of the Vietnam War when the Pentagon, unable to defeat North Vietnamese Army and Viet Cong forces, urged invasion of Cambodia. Sources in Washington say the Pentagon is drawing up plans to attack Pakistan’s "autonomous" tribal region bordering Afghanistan. Limited "hot pursuit" ground incursions by US forces based in Afghanistan, intensive air attacks, and special forces raids into Pakistan’s autonomous tribal region are being evaluated. This weekend, the US national intelligence chief and other intelligence spokesmen confirmed that strikes against "terrorist targets" in Pakistan’s tribal belt are increasingly possible. These warnings were designed to both further pressure Pakistan’s beleaguered strongman, President Pervez Musharraf into sending more troops to the tribal areas to fight his own people, and to prepare US public opinion for a possible widening of the Afghanistan war into Pakistan. Pakistan’s 27,200 sq km tribal belt, officially known as the Federal Autonomous Tribal Area, or FATA, is home to 3.3 million Pashtun tribesmen. It has become a safe haven for al-Qaida, Taliban, other Afghan resistance groups, and a hotbed of anti-American activity, thanks mostly to the US-led occupation of Afghanistan which drove many militants across the border into Pakistan. Osama bin Laden is very likely sheltered in this region, as US intelligence claims. I spent a remarkable time in this wild, medieval region during the 1980’s and 90’s, traveling alone where even Pakistani government officials dared not go, visiting the tribes of Waziristan, Orakzai, Khyber, Chitral, and Kurram, and meeting their chiefs, called "maliks." These tribal belts are always referred to as "lawless." Pashtun tribesmen could shoot you if they didn’t like your looks. Rudyard Kipling warned British Imperial soldiers over a century ago, when fighting cruel, ferocious Pashtun warriors of the Afridi clan, if they fell wounded, "save your last bullet for yourself." But there is law: the traditional Pashtun tribal code, Pashtunwali, that strictly governs behavior and personal honor. Protecting guests was sacred. I was captivated by this majestic mountain region and wrote of it extensively in my book, "War at the Top of the World." The 40 million Pashtun – called "Pathan" by the British – are the world’s largest tribal group. Imperial Britain divided them by an artificial border, the Durand Line, which went on to become, like so many other British colonial boundaries, today’s Afghanistan-Pakistan border. When Pakistan was created in 1947, the Pashtun were split between that new nation and Afghanistan. Pakistan’s Pashtun number 28–30 million, plus an additional 2.5 million refugees from Afghanistan. Pashtuns, one of the British Indian Army’s famed "martial races," occupy many senior positions in Pakistan’s military, intelligence service and bureaucracy, and naturally have much sympathy for their embattled tribal cousins in Afghanistan. The 15 million Pashtun of Afghanistan form that nation’s largest ethnic group and just under half the population. The tribal agency’s Pashtun reluctantly joined newly-created Pakistan in 1947 under express constitutional guarantee of total autonomy and a ban on Pakistani troops ever entering there. But under intense US pressure, President Pervez Musharraf violated Pakistan’s constitution by sending 80,000 federal troops to fight the region’s tribes, killing 3,000 of them. In best British imperial tradition, Washington pays Musharraf $100 million monthly to rent his sepoys (native soldiers) to fight Pashtun tribesmen. As a result, Pakistan is fast edging towards civil war, as the bloody siege of Islamabad’s Red Mosque and a current wave of bombings across the nation show. The anti-Communist Taliban movement is part of the Pashtun people. Taliban fighters move across the artificial Pakistan-Afghanistan border, to borrow a Maoism, like fish through the sea. Osama bin Laden is a hero in the region, and likely shelters there. The US just increased its reward for bin Laden to $50 million and plans to shower $750 million on the tribal region in an effort to buy loyalty. Bush/Cheney & Co. do not understand that while they can rent President Musharraf’s government in Islamabad, many Pashtun value personal honor far more than money, and cannot be bought. That is likely why bin Laden has not yet been betrayed. Any US attack on Pakistan would be a catastrophic mistake. First, air and ground assaults will succeed only in widening the anti-US war and merging it with Afghanistan’s resistance to western occupation. US forces are already too over-stretched to get involved in yet another little war. Second, Pakistan’s army officers who refuse to be bought may resist a US attack on their homeland, and overthrow the man who allowed it, Gen. Musharraf. A US attack would sharply raise the threat of anti-US extremists seizing control of strategic Pakistan and marginalize those seeking return to democratic government. Third, a US attack on the tribal areas could re-ignite the old irredentist movement to reunite Pashtun parts of Pakistan and Afghanistan into an independent state, "Pashtunistan." That could begin unraveling fragile Pakistan, leaving its nuclear arsenal up for grabs, and India tempted to intervene. The US military has grown used to attacking small, weak nations like Grenada, Panama, and Iraq. Pakistan, with 163 million people, and a poorly equipped but very tough 550,000-man army, will offer no easy victories. Those Bush Administration officials who foolishly advocate attacking Pakistan are playing with fire. July 24, 2007 Eric Margolis more

Resolved Question: Occupation forces in Iraq back to old tricks again? Please read informations and think positive.?

Last September, British soldiers, wearing Arab garb and head dress, were caught preparing for a terror attack in the Iraqi city of Basra. The British SAS drove their car towards a group of Iraq police and started opening fire at them. The fact that the occupation soldiers, later arrested and taken to a jail where they were confronted and interrogated by an Iraqi judge, the fact that they were dressed in Arab garb proves that the operation was staged so that eyewitnesses would believe Iraqis were behind the terror attack. But a few days ago, news reports uncovered anotehr evidence on how the current Iraqi quagmire is designed to degenerate into a chaotic abyss. Earlier this week, it was reported that Iraqi police arrested an American private security contractor working at a U.S. military base in the northern Iraqi town of Tikrit Iraq, after they found explosives in his car. The U.S. military confirmed the report. The man, who was stopped by police for violating a daytime curfew in the toppled Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein's hometown, Tikrit, denied that he had explosives in his car, but said he had two AK-47 assault rifles. "He was picked up by Iraqi police after being detained at a checkpoint in Tikrit," the spokesman said, adding that the police later released him. "We are looking at why he left the base unescorted." It’s noteworthy that American security personnel rarely travel alone. At the same time another report emerged that the Iraqi Shia leader Muqtada Al Sadr accused the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency of orchestrating recent attacks in Iraq with the aim of instigating ethnic tension which would bring the country into a bloody civil war. "The American forces had provided an air cover, with several drones circling the Sadr city, and then cutting off all wireless communication throughout Sadr city, just before the setting off of the six car explosions that resulted in the death of around 60 people and the injury of 200 others in Sadr city on Sunday." At the time of Basra scandal, Iran's top military commander Brigadier General Mohammad-Baqer Zolqadr was quoted as accusing the occupation forces of staging terror attacks in Iraq. “The Americans blame weak and feeble groups in Iraq for insecurity in this country. We do not believe this and we have information that the insecurity has its roots in the activities of American and Israeli spies,” he said. “Insecurity in Iraq is a deeply-rooted phenomenon. The root of insecurity in Iraq lies in the occupation of this country by foreigners”. “If Iraq is to become secure, there will be no room for the occupiers”. Linking the two incidents in Iraq, the occupation forces’ tricks seem evident. As many analysts had pointed out, there’s a great possibility that the bloody attacks that take place in Iraq almost on a daily basis are the work of agents’ provocateurs working for the U.S.-led occupation. more

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