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  • Syrians Demand Military Action To Reclaim Golan Heights

    08/17/2006 6:41:45 PM PDT · by blam · 48 replies · 1,498+ views
    The Telegraph (UK) ^ | 8-18-2006 | Patrick Bishop
    Syrians demand military action to reclaim Golan Heights By Patrick Bishop in Beirut (Filed: 18/08/2006) Bashar al-Assad praised Hizbollah's 'victory' Pressure is mounting on Bashar al-Assad, the Syrian president, to follow Hizbollah's example and consider force to eject Israel from Syrian land that it has occupied for nearly 40 years. The public appetite for action is just one of the uncomfortable consequences regional rulers are facing, as Arabs compare their leaders' performances over Israel with the Lebanese "resistance". Mr Assad, who supports Hizbollah, was quick to praise the militia's "victory" in a post-conflict speech and to bathe in its reflected...
  • Angry MPs Demand Recall Of Parliament (UK - Lebanon)

    08/08/2006 7:40:40 PM PDT · by blam · 5 replies · 302+ views
    The Guardian (UK) ^ | 8-9-2006 | Patrick Wintour - Ewen MacAskill - Oliver Burkeman
    Angry MPs demand recall of parliament Discontent over UK's Lebanon policy Patrick Wintour, Ewen MacAskill and Oliver Burkeman in New York Wednesday August 9, 2006 The Guardian (UK) Up to 100 MPs, most of them Labour, are to demand an immediate recall of parliament to debate the crisis in Lebanon because of growing fears about the government's strategy. The call is expected to come in the next 48 hours and its organisers have been in discussion with the Liberal Democrat and Scottish Nationalist parties. Negotiations are also under way with campaign groups backing the call for an immediate ceasefire that...
  • CA: Muslim Leaders Demand Inclusion (LA Mayor and Gubinor called to task for pro-Israeli stance)

    08/05/2006 9:18:50 AM PDT · by NormsRevenge · 26 replies · 591+ views
    LA Times ^ | 8/5/06 | Louis Sahagan
    A coalition of American Muslim leaders gathered Friday on the steps of Los Angeles City Hall and angrily called on Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger to represent all residents on the Israel-Lebanon crisis, not just those who support Israel. The mayor, they said, has expressed strong support for Israel while ignoring repeated invitations to attend interfaith vigils for victims of both sides of the conflict. They noted that Beirut, the scene of heavy shelling, is one of Los Angeles' newest sister cities. "The mayor serves all Angelenos, and his public appearances should reflect that," said Edina Lekovic, spokeswoman...
  • California's record power demand shocks energy officials - DWP

    07/28/2006 9:12:42 AM PDT · by NormsRevenge · 66 replies · 1,345+ views
    A record-setting thirst for power during the heat wave that has scorched the state this month caught Department of Water and Power officials by surprise, the Los Angeles Times reported Friday. Before this week, the utility's highest peak energy use was recorded at 5,661 megawatts. A stretch of 100-plus temperatures this week, however, created a demand that set a new all-time high of 6,165 megawatts - shocking DWP officials who predicted power usage wouldn't top 6,100 megawatts for four years. "They didn't even believe our customers could ever put such a load on our system - that we could even...
  • Gasoline demand falls in first half of 2006, imports at a record

    07/19/2006 9:01:23 PM PDT · by newgeezer · 32 replies · 803+ views
    MarketWatch from Dow Jones ^ | Jul 19, 2006 | Myra P. Saefong, MarketWatch
    Gasoline demand falls in first half of 2006 API: lofty crude prices hurt demand, gasoline imports at a record By Myra P. Saefong, MarketWatch Last Update: 10:00 AM ET Jul 19, 2006 SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) — Record prices for crude oil contributed to lower U.S. gasoline demand in the first half of this year, but the nation imported the fuel at a record pace, according to the American Petroleum Institute Wednesday. U.S. gasoline demand fell by 0.4% in the second quarter of 2006, compared with an increase of 0.5% in the first quarter, the API said in its June statistical...
  • Record California power demand possible soon

    07/13/2006 3:14:54 PM PDT · by NormsRevenge · 8 replies · 319+ views
    Reuters on Yahoo ^ | 7/13/06 | Bernie Woodall
    LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - California's power grid could post a new electricity demand record by Monday as air conditioners across the state battle a powerful heat wave, the California Independent System Operator said on Thursday. The Cal ISO manages the power grid that connects major power lines in the state. The grid operator called on Californians to conserve electricity by calling a "power watch" from Friday to Monday, said Stephanie McCorkle, spokeswoman for the ISO. As of midday Thursday, there had been no weather-related outages, McCorkle said. "New temperature data (are) indicating a warm air mass is pushing up temperatures...
  • Oil hits record near $76 on Nigeria, Mideast ($75.84/bbl)

    07/13/2006 3:26:24 AM PDT · by RWR8189 · 8 replies · 639+ views
    Reuters ^ | July 13, 2006 | Alex Lawler
    LONDON (Reuters) - Oil surged to a record high near $76 on Thursday on renewed worries over supply from major exporter Nigeria and as conflict between Israel and Hizbollah in Lebanon heightened international tensions. Prices also rose as the Iran nuclear row appeared to be heading to the U.N. Security Council, North Korea walked out of talks with South Korea and crude inventories in top oil consumer the United States fell more than expected. "Geopolitical risk is out of control," said Tony Nunan, a risk manager at Mitsubishi Corp. "There's a pipeline attack in Nigeria, Israel is taking a strong...
  • Oil Prices Fall Below $74 a Barrel ($73.68/bbl)

    07/10/2006 2:43:07 AM PDT · by RWR8189 · 20 replies · 756+ views
    Associated Press ^ | July 10, 2006 | GILLIAN WONG
    SINGAPORE - Crude oil prices retreated Monday as traders took profits following recent gains and amid easing worries about Iran's nuclear dispute after the country's top nuclear negotiator expressed optimism that the standoff can be resolved peacefully. Light, sweet crude for August delivery fell 37 cents to $73.72 a barrel in Asian electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. The drop came after oil prices had climbed for most of the last two weeks, reaching an intraday record of $75.78 a barrel on Friday before settling back at $74.09. The Brent crude contract for August fell 27 cents to...
  • Global Warming's Real Inconvenient Truth (straight talk)

    07/06/2006 8:04:55 AM PDT · by cogitator · 143 replies · 2,625+ views
    Washington Post ^ | 07/05/2006 | Robert Samuelson
    Freely excerpting: "The real truth is that we don't know enough to relieve global warming, and -- barring major technological breakthroughs -- we can't do much about it. This was obvious nine years ago; it's still obvious." ... "Having postulated a crash energy diet, the IEA [International Energy Agency] simulates five scenarios with differing rates of technological change. In each, greenhouse emissions in 2050 are higher than today. The increases vary from 6 percent to 27 percent." ... "No government will adopt the draconian restrictions on economic growth and personal freedom (limits on electricity usage, driving and travel) that might...
  • Oil tumbles below $70, eyes weaker Alberto, Iran ($69.77/bbl)

    06/13/2006 1:46:17 AM PDT · by RWR8189 · 10 replies · 622+ views
    Reuters ^ | June 13, 2006 | Jonathan Leff
    SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Oil fell almost 1 percent to below $70 a barrel on Tuesday, pausing to watch the season's first Atlantic storm as it weakened along a route that will take it well clear of U.S. energy installations. Iran's reluctance to give up its atomic program, unrelenting violence in Iraq and strong demand signals from China all lent the market support, keeping prices up 15 percent this year and within sight of their record high of $75.35. U.S. light sweet crude for July fell 69 cents to $69.67 a barrel by 0746 GMT, extending Monday's $1.27 slump. London Brent...
  • American Council on Education Higher Education Statistics

    06/12/2006 5:18:27 PM PDT · by G. Stolyarov II · 268+ views
    TheBizofKnowledge ^ | June 11, 2006 | Dr. Bill Belew
    The American Council on Education is a coordinating body for higher education. Recently it released some interesting statistics - interesting to people who care about higher education, non-profit and fopro alike. Just one in six of the undergraduates in college are the "typical" 18-year-old who lives on campus and gets a BA by cramming 4 years into five. Students who are 25 years old and up account for almost 40 percent of undergraduates. More than half of all the older students attend a community college - 29 percent are in private schools, and 12 percent attend fopros. Most of the...
  • Changing Demographics in Higher-Ed

    06/12/2006 4:00:22 PM PDT · by G. Stolyarov II · 182+ views
    TheBizofKnowledge ^ | June 11, 2006 | Dr. Bill Belew
    With so many adult students, opinions are flying everywhere on how they might be served best and what is needed most. Gary Berg, author of Lessons From the Edge, offers up these four main pressures: 1. Diminishing financial support 2. The call to serve adult learners and first-generation college students 3. A need to balance liberal-arts and applied curricula 4. A subsequent necessity of maintaing an evolving institutional mission. Fopros are in a position to address these pressures. Like them or love them, many experts credit the University of Phoenix with being the most innovative of the higher-education bunch. UoP...
  • India's Outsourcing Domination is Being Challenged by China

    06/12/2006 11:24:00 AM PDT · by G. Stolyarov II · 24 replies · 438+ views
    ZhongHuaRising ^ | June 12, 2006 | Dr. Bill Belew
    India is by far the largest outsourcing market with a predicted 169,000 offshore call center staff by 2010-- nearly double the present number of 95,000. But call centers in Eastern Europe are expected to triple in that same amount of time from 3,700 to more than 10,000. Growth in North Africa is also expected to triple from 7,800 to over 23,000-- mostly driven by Egypt. The major concerns are the high turnover rate in India and the instability in the latter players. Still, India has to be looking west, AND while doing so, looking back over its shoulder at China....
  • Oil Prices Jump on Iran Energy Threat ($73.73/bbl)

    06/05/2006 3:16:45 AM PDT · by RWR8189 · 28 replies · 1,946+ views
    Daily Press ^ | June 5, 2006
    SINGAPORE -- Oil prices jumped Monday in reaction to a threat by Iran's supreme leader that his nation could jeopardize the world's oil supply if the West punished Tehran over its nuclear program. Light, sweet crude for July delivery rose $1.02 to $73.35 a barrel in Asian electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange, midafternoon in Singapore. The contract rose Friday to $72.33 following the kidnapping of eight foreigners working on a drilling rig off the coast of Nigeria. The workers were released Sunday. July Brent crude futures on London's ICE Futures rose $1.03 to $72.06 per barrel. Iran's...
  • Prices fuel 'gas rage' against station staff

    05/31/2006 6:28:47 AM PDT · by Tolerance Sucks Rocks · 28 replies · 677+ views
    Washington Times ^ | May 31, 2006 | Marie Tyler
    Drivers frustrated with paying $3-plus at the pump are taking out their "gas rage" on station clerks and managers, yelling at them and sometimes driving off without paying. Zahid Wahlla has managed the Kent Island Gateway Shell, the first gas station after the Chesapeake Bay Bridge on the way to the beach, for four years. Now he is thinking about selling it because of angry customers and slowing sales. Even though Memorial Day weekend was the station's busiest weekend in the past six months, business is slower than it has been since he opened the station. "We used to be...
  • FTC Finds Gas Price Rises when Supplies Are Short

    05/27/2006 11:07:57 AM PDT · by John Semmens · 7 replies · 255+ views
    AZCONSERVATIVE ^ | 26 May 2006 | John Semmens
    After eight months of intensive investigation, the Federal Trade Commission said it found that gasoline prices tend to rise when supplies are perceived to be scarce. The $10 million study mandated by Congress, found that the average price of gasoline in disaster areas was higher than prices under normal conditions. "It's the weirdest thing," said Jack Ashe, FTC analyst. "It's almost as if there is some kind of hidden force because everywhere we looked we found that as supplies went down, prices went up. And that wasn't all, we also found that when demand went up, so did prices." Economics...
  • Oil falls $1 as commodity sell-off continues ($67.60/bbl)

    05/22/2006 2:20:17 AM PDT · by RWR8189 · 29 replies · 1,464+ views
    Reuters ^ | May 22, 2006 | Simon Webb
    LONDON (Reuters) - Oil prices fell $1 on Monday to a six-week low as concern that inflation may slow economic growth encouraged selling across commodities markets. U.S. crude was trading 98 cents lower at $67.55 a barrel at 0819 GMT after falling more than $1 to its lowest level since April 10. Brent crude was down 84 cents at $67.85. The drop added to a slide of nearly 5 percent last week after signs that the record cost of many raw materials was pushing up the cost of living and hitting consumers' pockets. Rising inflation may force central banks to...
  • CA: Students, staff, lawmakers demand answers in executive pay flap

    05/17/2006 5:59:09 PM PDT · by NormsRevenge · 3 replies · 222+ views
    ap on Riverside Press Enterprise ^ | 5/17/06 | Michelle Locke - ap
    University of California President Robert C. Dynes said Wednesday "overactive secrecy," helped create a situation where millions in perks were quietly doled out to top executives. Fallout over the extra compensation intensified with some calling for Dynes to resign. But it was unclear whether he had lost the confidence of UC's governing Board of Regents the only people with the authority to fire him. Regents met behind closed doors Wednesday to discuss Dynes' role in approving violations of UC pay policies and board Chairman Gerald Parsky said he would have no comment on UC leadership until Thursday. Concerns about how...
  • Oil leaps above $72 ($72.36/bbl)

    05/01/2006 1:57:56 AM PDT · by RWR8189 · 24 replies · 615+ views
    Reuters ^ | May 1, 2006
    Singapore - Oil rallied above $72 a barrel on Monday, extending a rebound towards record highs as Iran maintained a defiant stance in the face of possible UN sanctions and militants detonated a car bomb in Nigeria. US light, sweet crude zoomed 54 cents higher to $72.42 a barrel by 06:40 GMT, adding to a 91c gain on Friday that helped limit last week's losses to 4.4%. Trading was thin due to holidays in much of Asia and Europe. IPE Brent crude was up 43c at $72.45. "Most people appear to be very nervous and are looking for something to...
  • Oil Prices Fall Below $72 a Barrel ($71.37/bbl)

    04/27/2006 3:22:02 AM PDT · by RWR8189 · 12 replies · 634+ views
    Associated Press ^ | April 27, 2006
    SINGAPORE - Oil prices eased Thursday after U.S. government data showed motor fuel demand weakening, apparently in response to higher pump prices. The data also showed that domestic inventories of gasoline shrank for the eighth consecutive week, and that may have moderated the selling, analysts said. Light, sweet crude for June delivery fell 23 cents to $71.70 a barrel in Asian electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. The contract settled Wednesday at $71.93, down 95 cents. Brent crude for June delivery on London's ICE Futures changed hands at $72 a barrel, down 9 cents. Gasoline futures dropped 2.10...