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Number Of Discouraged Workers: December 2009 The Business Insider| Jan. 11, 2010, 1:02 PM The number of people that did not look for a job because they were discouraged over job prospects increased from 861,000 in November to 929,000 in December.

Economists love nothing more than curling up in front of a fireplace with a financial analysis of government policy, allowing the numbers to wash over them like a John Updike novel — or in this administration, more like a Stephen King horrorfest. For the rest of us, though, the numbers and calculations can prove daunting. Keith Hennessey puts the CBO’s latest killer analysis of the House health-care reform bill into graphic form, where everyone can be horrified equally. For a baseline demonstration of the numbers, Hennessey charts the spending and taxes in the House bill, along with the expected revenue...

I ran across an interesting Web site which lets users access data for local weather stations going back into the 19th century. I wandered about the site for a bit, pulling up charts from various places in my region, and found that some have gotten warmer, some have gotten colder, and many have stayed within the same range for a century plus.

Governor’s Staff Addresses Expenses Issues on News Media Coverage of Per Diem FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE No. 09-35 Governor’s Staff Addresses Expenses Issues February 23, 2009, Anchorage, Alaska – Staff for Governor Sarah Palin today responded to persistent news media coverage of the per diem the governor has collected while working away from her official duty station of Juneau, while pointing out significant savings the governor has achieved in regard to the way she has discharged her official duties. “The news media have been focused on the $8,500 the governor has collected in per diem annually while working in Anchorage, almost...

It's not just Eric Holder, James Clyburn and Al Sharpton playing "race card" poker! Introducing Otis Moss Jr: Father, Reverend, Racist, Friend of Communism, Terrorist Sympathizer and BFF of Rev. Wright.

(05-18) 18:59 PDT -- California public school educators suspended students more than 332,000 times for violence or drugs last year - a jump of nearly 16,000 from the prior year. That's 6 out of every 100 students, up from 5 per 100 the year before, a Chronicle analysis of state records shows. << Find suspension rates at your child's school >> It means that beneath the studious demeanor of California campuses runs an undercurrent of trouble: students harming students, intimidating peers, packing weapons and even making terror threats. That reality is often ignored or stuffed away as bad publicity for...

Commodore Simon Williams presents the charts to Commodore Thamir Nasser. British MoD photo. In an Aug. 8 ceremony aboard the HMS Echo, British forces presented the Iraqi Navy with shipping charts of the Northern Arabian Gulf and approaches to the port of Umm Qasr, paving the way for increased trade through the port and enhanced security in surrounding waters.The charts are the outcome of two years work by the Royal Navy survey ships HMS Echo and HMS Enterprise. The region is a vital shipping area for Iraq and the surveys will give the port the opportunity to increase its...

WASHINGTON, Feb. 24, 2006 – The Iraqi government and military are making progress politically, economically and in security, according to a DoD report to Congress. Peter Rodman, assistant defense secretary for international security affairs, and Air Force Lt. Gen. Victor E. Renuart Jr., Rodman's Joint Staff counterpart, spoke to reporters about the report today. Congress mandated the quarterly report, "Measuring Security and Stability in Iraq," as part of the fiscal 2006 National Defense Authorization Act. Rodman said the report pulls no punches. It points out failures -- oil and electricity production -- as well as successes -- political and security...

Welcome to Political Derby's 2008 Power Rankings, the first and only regular tracking service of the next race for White House. The 2008 Power Rankings will be updated on the 1st and 15th of every month. Beginning in January of 2007 the rankings will be updated weekly until the major party conventions in August of 2008. The rankings are compiled by our in-house Jockey using information gathered from wire reports, campaign staffer scuttlebutt, and confidential tips from our legions of loyal readers. The 2008 Power Rankings may not be reprinted or quoted in any form without proper attribution to PoliticalDerby.com...

National Geographic Society retreats The Marze Por Gohar Party is happy to announce that with the hard work of our compatriots for defending the Persian Gulf, the National Geographic Society has been forced to retreat from their earlier stance regarding the Persian Gulf. The National Geographic Society has reportedly removed the illegitimate name from its maps, however there is an asterisk now explaining that some countries use another (unrecognized) name to refer to the Persian Gulf. Though the Islamic Republic would like to have Iranians believe that the matter regarding the National Geographic’s use of an illegitimate name for the...

Sailors on the San Francisco, a nuclear-powered attack submarine, had just finished cleaning the vessel last Saturday as it sped along 500 feet beneath the surface of the South Pacific. Submarines run blind, just listening for sounds of danger. And to the captain and other officers relying on undersea navigation charts, everything seemed clear. Suddenly, there was a horrible screeching. And according to an e-mail message written by a crew member, the inside of the submarine quickly resembled a scene from the movie "The Matrix." He wrote, "Everything slowed down and levitated and then went flying forward faster than the...

NGA Invites Public Comment on Proposal to Remove Aeronautical Information from Public Sale and Distribution Bethesda, Md, Dec 3, 2004 -- The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) announced November 18, 2004, it is considering withdrawing its Flight Information Publications (FLIP), Digital Aeronautical Flight Information File (DAFIF), and Navigation Planning Charts from public sale and distribution. NGA has proposed to implement the changes on October 1, 2005. Today, NGA invites public comment on the proposed action through June 30, 2005. Comments may be returned to: aero.ocr@nga.mil or mailed to: National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency Mail Stop D-111, Attn: Public Release of Aeronautical Products 4600...

LONDON (Reuters) - The reworked Band Aid charity single "Do They Know It's Christmas?" has clinched the coveted Christmas number one spot on the UK pop charts, the Official UK Charts Company said Sunday. As expected, Band Aid 20, a nod to the two decades that have passed since Bob Geldof (news) assembled the leading pop stars for the 1984 smash hit record, clung on to the top spot beating off competition from Ronan Keating (news) and pop queen Kylie Minogue (news). Proceeds from the new Band Aid recording -- featuring vocals from stars such as Jamelia and Coldplay's Chris...

Bush Not Screwing Around On Making "Ownership Society" A Reality President Bush is moving quickly to create a new, tighter and more disciplined domestic policy team to pursue transforming the way Americans save for retirement, pay taxes and seek legal damages.Convinced his leadership style and policy vision were vindicated by the election results, Bush is aggressively targeting these domestic programs for the second term by essentially replicating the formula he used to reshape foreign policy in the first. This includes creating a small, loyal and trustworthy team to press for sweeping changes largely dictated by the White House.To build...

As an investor, what would you trust more: the opinion of a single pundit, or the actual activity of thousands or even millions of investors? It's wise to choose the latter. No pundit makes the right call all the time. On the other hand, a stock's price reflects the daily decision-making of every person interested in that stock. Ultimately, the herd judges whether a stock should go up or down, and for how long. Charts reflect nothing more than the herd's action. If you can do simple math and figure out percentage changes, you can use a chart. If you...

The Races for U.S. Senate Alaska Reporting: 98.4% Lisa Murkowski, Rep (i) 120,897 (49.3%) Tony Knowles, Dem 110,209 (45%) Marc Millican, NP 7,377 (3%) Jerry Sanders, AKI 2,887 (1.2%) Jim Sykes, Grn 2,232 (0.9%) Scott Kohlhaas, Lib 929 (0.4%) Ted Gianoutsos, NP 543 (0.2%) Alabama Reporting: 98.2% Richard Shelby, Rep (i) 1,231,610 (67.6%) Wayne Sowell, Dem 590,360 (32.4%) Arkansas Reporting: 97% Blanche Lincoln, Dem (i) 552,479 (55.9%) Jim Holt, Rep 435,972 (44.1%) Arizona Reporting: 96.7% John McCain, Rep (i) 1,193,508 (76.6%) Stuart Starky, Dem 321,649 (20.7%) Ernest Hancock, Lib 42,273 (2.7%) California Reporting: 99.8% Barbara Boxer, Dem (i) 5,592,294...

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BBC pulls plug on Coca-Cola in charts By Matt Born (Filed: 03/01/2004) The BBC is to drop all references to Coca-Cola from its weekly music charts after widespread criticism that it was being used to promote junk food to children. The corporation had agreed to plug the fizzy drinks giant, which sponsors the chart, during the weekly countdown on Radio 1 and BBC1's Top of the Pops. But news of the proposed tie-in, which emerged on the same day last month that Tessa Jowell, the Culture Secretary, called for tougher regulation of the advertising of children's food, drew fierce criticism...