US Stocks: Stocks Trade Flat After Fed Beige Book Report - US Business News. The Fed chairman's comments pushed the U.S. greenback higheragainst a basket of major currencies, while gold and silver tumbled sharply. Stocks gained at the open after news GDP grew at a 3 percent annual rate, logging the fastest gain since the second quarter of 2010, according to the Commerce Department. The economy expanded at a 1.8 percent pace in the third quarter.
And the index of Midwest business activity gained in February to 64.0, hitting its highest level since last April, according to the Chicago ISM. The strong economic data from this morning is “another reason why you’d expect Bernanke to take the foot off the [QE3] pedal,” said Themis Trading's Saluzzi. Meanwhile, traders seemed to shrug off the Fed's latest Beige Book report that said the economy expanded moderatelyin January through mid-February as hiring picked up across several districts. European shares gained as the ECB’s mass loanissuance released extra liquidity into the financial sector. Coming Up This Week: Bill C-309. Blake Richards Wild Rose, AB moved that Bill C-309, An Act to amend the Criminal Code (concealment of identity), be read the third time and passed. Mr. Speaker, it is a pleasure to open debate on Bill C-309 on the concealment of identity.
I first introduced this bill a little more than a year ago on October 3, 2011. I am extremely thankful to all the members who have done just that, allowing this legislation to proceed to this critical juncture. Before I get to the technical details of my private member's bill, Bill C-309, I ask my fellow members of Parliament to turn the clock back to the summer of 2010. Sadly, our nation was about to meet an insidious new form of criminal. As the weekend continued, despite the thousands of police officers who were deployed, these masked rioters were successful in turning many ordinarily peaceful citizens into members of a violent mob. They were also successful on another front. Blood in our streets. As Police Chief Jim Chu told reporters: Food police reject preschooler's homemade lunch... in favour of chicken nuggets.
By Meghan Keneally Updated: 16:48 GMT, 15 February 2012 A preschool girl was told her homemade meal wasn't healthy enough - so a school cafeteria monitor made her eat chicken nuggets instead. The rejected meal consisted of a turkey and cheese sandwich on whole wheat bread, with a side of a banana, potato chips, and apple juice. 'What got me so mad is, number one, don’t tell my kid I’m not packing her lunch box properly,' the mother from North Carolina, who wished to remain anonymous, told a local newspaper.
Homemade goodness: A 4-year-old girl was told that her turkey and cheese sandwich was unhealthy and a school monitor made her buy a lunch Alternative: The school-made lunch included chicken nuggets instead 'I pack her lunchbox according to what she eats. The Department of Health and Human Services requires students to eat lunches that consist of meat, milk, grain, and two servings of fruit or vegetables. Animal rights group says drone shot down. A remote-controlled aircraft owned by an animal rights group was reportedly shot down near Broxton Bridge Plantation Sunday near Ehrhardt, S.C. Steve Hindi, president of SHARK (SHowing Animals Respect and Kindness), said his group was preparing to launch its Mikrokopter drone to video what he called a live pigeon shoot on Sunday when law enforcement officers and an attorney claiming to represent the privately-owned plantation near Ehrhardt tried to stop the aircraft from flying.
"It didn't work; what SHARK was doing was perfectly legal," Hindi said in a news release. "Once they knew nothing was going to stop us, the shooting stopped and the cars lined up to leave. " He said the animal rights group decided to send the drone up anyway. "Seconds after it hit the air, numerous shots rang out," Hindi said in the release.
He claimed the shooters were "in tree cover" and "fled the scene on small motorized vehicles. " Hindi estimated damage to the drone at around $200 to $300. Welcome to the Mind of a Writer | Madonna’s Black Mass, New World Order Rite in Diana’s Place. UPDATE: In the original version of this post, I linked to a YouTube copy of the halftime show, but as of today (2/7/12), it’s been taken down for copyright infringement. As someone who writes, I can understand the NFL choosing to do this, so I’ll not complain. I hope most of you had a chance to see the video. — SKG Here’s what happened on the night of Sunday, February 5th, 2012 in Indianapolis, on the 39th parallel: Last night’s epic ‘war’ between the Patriots (those who hope to prevent the New World Order) and the Giants (the Overlords, or even the Biblical Nephilim) drew, according to NBC’s estimates, 111 Million viewers. This 111 number represents, not only a perverse sort of trinity in occult circles, but is also a shorthand way of saying ’666′.
As these 111 Million sets of eyeballs stared at the civilized warfare (interrupted over and over by beer and wild women), we overindulged in celebratory food, beer, and comradery. The scene shifts to a cheerleader number. Welcome to the Mind of a Writer | Madonna’s Black Mass, New World Order Rite in Diana’s Place. FBI warns of threat from anti-government extremists. LAPD Pioneers High-Tech Crime-Fighting ‘War Room’ LOS ANGELES (CBS) — The LAPD is fighting crime from a high-tech war room that gives it eyes all over the city.
The surveillance hub is now a model for police forces around the world and KCAL9 got an exclusive tour inside from Chief Charlie Beck. “We are targets on our own soil,” says Beck. “We have to be ready.” What began as a grass roots idea following the 9/11 terrorist attacks is now a state-of-the-art real-time analysis critical response center. It’s called RACR, and it’s located in the heart of downtown Los Angeles. “This is a system that cuts through the red tape, that gets information to the people that need it,” says Chief Beck. He calls it “the brains of the department, twenty-four/seven.” Police in the activity center monitor live feeds of city and traffic cameras, counter-terrorism information, and real-time crime mapping, with cutting edge software. “If we didn’t have that we would be operating blind,” says Capt.
Public surveillance from private property questioned. When D.C. police began installing surveillance cameras in neighborhoods more than five years ago as crime-fighting tools, privacy concerns voiced by civil liberties groups limited their scope and use. Now a less-formal agreement from a citizens association planning to expand the Metropolitan Police Department’s watchful eye in Georgetown over the next few months is hitting a similar hurdle.
The Citizens Association of Georgetown, a private neighborhood association, plans to pay for the installation of up to 10 cameras in the hopes that the additional surveillance will deter crime. “The No. 1 thing we would like is deterrence,” said Diane Colasanto, a member of the association’s public safety committee. “We just want crime not to happen here. But if crimes are committed, we hope the images from the cameras are images police can use.” “We want to make sure people’s privacy is protected,” she said. Privacy concerns As an example, Mr. Congress Calls for Accelerated Use of Drones in U.S. Updated below A House-Senate conference report this week called on the Administration to accelerate the use of civilian unmanned aerial systems (UAS), or “drones,” in U.S. airspace.
The pending authorization bill for the Federal Aviation Administration directs the Secretary of Transporation to develop within nine months “a comprehensive plan to safely accelerate the integration of civil unmanned aircraft systems into the national airspace system.” “The plan… shall provide for the safe integration of civil unmanned aircraft systems into the national airspace system as soon as practicable, but not later than September 30, 2015.” The Department of Defense is pursuing its own domestic UAS activities for training purposes and “domestic operations,” according to a 2007 DoD-FAA memorandum of agreement. (“Army Foresees Expanded Use of Drones in U.S. As of 2010, hundreds of FAA authorizations had already been granted for use of unmanned aerial systems within U.S. airspace.
US 'no-fly' list of suspected terrorists doubles in 12 months | World news. The size of the US government's secret list of suspected terrorists who are banned from flying to or within the country has more than doubled in the past year. The no-fly list jumped from about 10,000 known or suspected terrorists one year ago to about 21,000, according to government figures. About 500 are US nationals. The flood of new names began after the failed Christmas 2009 bombing of a Detroit-bound jetliner when the US government lowered the standard for putting people on the list and scoured its files for anyone who qualified. "We learned a lot about the watchlisting process and made strong improvements, which continue to this day," said Timothy Healy, director of the Terrorist Screening Centre, which produces the no-fly list.
Among the most significant new standard is that a person doesn't have to be considered only a threat to aviation to be placed on the list. The no-fly list previously swelled to 20,000 people in 2004.