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Intel's VC funds build a Wi-Fi world
$150M backs wireless technology
Mark Larson Staff Writer
Sam Arditi sees a lot more wireless technology in our future, as well as phones that act like computers and computers that can act like phones.
As the local front man for Intel Capital, his job is to help direct its two venture funds, worth about $753 million, into companies that do one main thing: build demand for Intel Corp.'s microprocessing chips, particularly in wireless tech.
Intel is directing a big piece of the money into wireless fidelity, or Wi-Fi, a technology that lets laptops hook into the Internet over fast wireless connections in restaurants, airports and anyplace else there's an antenna with an online connection.
"People are demanding to connect anywhere, anytime, on any continent all day long," said Arditi, vice president of Intel's wireless communications and computing group. "For this to happen, you need the architecture to support it."
Intel Capital, one of the few tech capital funds that has maintained its venture investing despite the tech slump, has $125 million to spend on promising wireless tech ventures. Santa Clara-based Intel Corp. is also spending $300 million to market its "Centrino" chip package for Wi-Fi, with the goal of making it as common as "Intel Inside."
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Intel sees Wi-Fi as a big source of future chip business for the company, which rode the tidal wave of microchip demand during the 1990s PC boom.
Intel's other Wi-Fi moves include:
Its Cometa Networks venture with International Business Machines Corp. of Armonk, N.Y., and AT&T Corp. of New York City. The project seeks to build a national network of "hot spots" where people with Wi-Fi-enabled laptops can go online. Observers expect the network to be working within three years, with Intel's Wi-Fi chips eventually becoming a laptop standard.
Last autumn, Intel Capital announced plans to invest another $150 million in Wi-Fi. Since October, Intel has invested $25 million in 15 Wi-Fi investments, Arditi said. Their targets are startups and public companies promoting the use of Intel chips.
Intel Capital invested more than $200 million in more than 100 deals worldwide last year, reports VentureWire, making it the most active venture-capital investor in the world. The pace should continue under the unit's new president, John Miner.
For startups in the hot categories, the Intel money "creates great opportunity," said Harry Laswell, a former local Intel Capital exec who now invests in startups at Roseville-based American River Ventures. "The hard question is, which ones are going to be successful?"
Intel Capital typically buys minority stakes of less than $10 million.
The company doesn't disclose financial results from its investments, saying only that "the program has contributed billions in cash to Intel" since it began making the investments 10 years ago.
But it's looking outside the United States more than it used to. Three years ago, 15 percent of Intel Capital's investments were overseas. Now 40 percent are.
Buying a lot of jazz: At Intel's Folsom campus, Arditi spends most of his time developing markets for Intel platforms for personal digital assistants (PDAs) and cell phones. He's trying to grab a share of the camera-equipped PDA and phone market for Intel.
"Thirty to 40 percent of the cell phones sold in Japan have cameras," he said. "Two years ago it was 1 to 2 percent.
"We believe phones will browse the Internet and PDAs will have voice in them," Arditi said. "We believe if we enable new functionality (with higher-octane chips), the killer app will show itself." Mix in wireless connectivity, he added, "and that buys a lot of jazz."
Another service he sees coming: CD-quality movie soundtrack melodies, played on cell phones to identify different callers. "That's predicted to be a $1 billion business in three years," he said.
Arditi said Intel has no worries about personal computers and cell phones competing for data and voice uses.
Not so fast: Most analysts believe all this high-tech mixing of computing and communications won't happen overnight. Laswell of American River Ventures figures it is 20 years off.
And he's not convinced Intel's "hot spot" development strategy will cover the country. The 100-foot reach of hot-spot antennas might combine to cover hundreds of square miles at best, he said. "I don't follow their math, personally."
But Arditi's forecast of devices that can handle both phone and computer chores, Laswell said, is "absolutely a viable idea."
Laswell's group sees wireless as one of five or 10 new technologies with the most potential for startups. Others include information security, network systems, data storage and fast communications devices.
His group is looking at deals in Sacramento, Portland, Ore., Salt Lake City and Denver, but he's not ready to predict an uptick in tech venture funding, which has generally moved at glacial speed.
"It's hard to tell," Laswell said. "It will be slower than anybody thinks."
Others weigh in: Keith Waryas, wireless technology market researcher for International Data Corp. in Massachusetts, said Intel Capital's investment tack is different from the norm. Instead of providing seed funding, it invests with one goal: more sales for its chips.
It's worked so far, he said.
But Waryas isn't convinced that most phones and computers will add each other's functions. Most customers will want the devices to be separate, he said.
As for Wi-Fi hot spots, Waryas expects the most use from businesspeople in hotels and airports, not from the mass market. Even so, McDonald's Corp., Borders Group Inc. and others plan to roll out hot spots for their customers.
Because of its potential for business, wireless networks promise to be a rich, long-term market, he said. Building them costs less than installing cables. Small businesses can benefit from wireless networking's lower cost, he added, and the home market isn't far behind.
Like Laswell, however, Waryas sees all this happening incrementally.
"If we look at this stuff in the next two years, we won't wonder, 'How did I ever live without this?' " he said. "But in 10 to 15 years we probably will."
Security issues have to be ironed out of the technology, he added.
Meanwhile, Waryas thinks wireless tech will do less for Intel chip sales than the personal computer did.
"With the PC, Intel went from zero to 60," he said. "With wireless networks, it will go from 60 to 80."
Scott Lenet is a Sacramento-based venture-capital manager for DFJ Frontier, a startup funding unit of Silicon Valley-based Draper Fisher Jurvetson.
Intel's investment in developing hot spots to promote Wi-Fi use, he said, is typical of the strategy the company uses to build a market for its chips.
"That's what Intel has always done," he said.
Lenet also disagreed with Arditi's vision of a future where most gizmos can compute and place calls. He said they might be the exception.
"I see the trend of devices getting more differentiated over time," he said. "The different needs of consumers and business will pull different products to market."
Lenet said big companies can err in their marketing predictions, pointing to the New Coke flop in the mid-1980s.
"It's a tough market out there," ceded Arditi. But his job is to catch the next wave of mass-market technology.
"We believe in the next wave," he said.
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Proud to be a PUBLIC School Teacher!
>
> Subject: Thank You Ex-Mr. President Clinton
>
>
>
> Very, very interesting!Dear Mr. Ex President Clinton:
>
> I recently saw a bumper sticker that said, "Thank me, I voted for
> Clinton-Gore." So, I sat down and reflected on that, and I am sending
>my
>
>
>
>
> "Thank you" for what you have done, specifically:
> 1. Thank you for introducing us to Jennifer Flowers, Paula Jones,
>Monica
> Lewinsky, Dolly Kyle Browning, Kathleen Willey, and Juanita Broderick.
>Did
> I leave anyone out?
>
> 2. Thank you for teaching my 8 year old about oral sex. I had really
> planned to wait until they were older to discuss it with them, but
> now they know more about it than I did as a senior in college.
>
> 3. Thank you for showing us that sexual harassment in the work place
> (especially the White House) and on the job is OK, and all you have to
> know is what the meaning of "is" is. It really is great to know that
> certain sexual acts are not sex, and one person may have sex while the
> other one involved does NOT have sex.
>
> 4. Thank you for reintroducing the concept of impeachment to a new
> generation and demonstrating that the ridiculous plot of the movie "Wag
> the Dog" could be plausible after all.
>
> 5. Thanks for making Jimmy Carter look competent, Gerald Ford look
> graceful, Richard Nixon look honest, Lyndon Johnson look truthful, and
> John Kennedy look moral.
>
> 6. Thank you for the 73 House and Senate witnesses who have pled the
>5th
> Amendment and 17 witnesses who have fled the country to avoid testifying
> about Democratic campaign fund raising.
>
> 7. Thank you, for the 19 charges, 8 convictions, and 4 imprisonment's
>from
> the Whitewater "mess" and the 55 criminal charges and 32 criminal
> convictions (so far) in the other "Clinton" scandals.
>
> 8. Thanks also for reducing our military by half, "gutting" much of our
> foreign policy, and flying all over the world on "vacations" carefully
> disguised as necessary trips.
>
> 9. Thank you, also, for "finding" millions of dollars--- I really
>didn't
> need it in the first place, and I can't think of a more well
> deserving group of recipients for my hard-earned dollars than jet fuel
>for
> all of your globe-trotting. I understand you, the family and your
>cronies
> have logged in more time aboard Air Force One than any other
> administration.
>
> 10. Now that you've left the White House, thanks for the 140 pardons of
> convicted felons and indicted felons-in-exile. We will love to have
>them
> rejoin society.. (Not to mention the scores he pardoned while Governor
>of
> Arkansas)
>
> 11. Thanks also for removing the White House silverware. I'm sure that
> Laura Bush didn't like the pattern anyway. Also, enjoy the housewarming
> gifts you've received from your "friends."
>
> 12. Thanks to you and your staff in the West Wing of the White House
>for
> vandalizing and destroying government property on the way out. I also
> appreciate removing all of that excess weight (China, silverware,
>linen,
> towels, ash trays, soap, pens, magnetic compass, flight manuals, etc.)
>out
> of Air Force 1. The weight savings means burning less fuel, thus less
>tax
> dollars spent on jet fuel. Thank you!
>
> 13. And finally, please ensure that Hillary enjoys the $8 million
>dollar
> advance for her upcoming "tell-all" book and you, Bill, the $10 million
> advance for your memoirs. Who says crime doesn't pay!
>
> 14. The last and most important point - thank you for forcing Israel to
> let Mohammed Atta go free. Terrorist pilot Mohammed Atta blew up a bus
>in
> Israel in 1986. The Israelis captured, tried and imprisoned him. As
>part
> of the Oslo agreement with the Palestinians in 1993, Israel had to
>agree
> to release so-called "political prisoners". However, the Israelis would
> not release any with blood on their hands. The American President at
>the
> time, Bill Clinton, and his Secretary of State, Warren Christopher,
> "insisted" that all prisoners be released. Thus Mohammed Atta was freed
> and eventually thanked the US by flying an airplane into Tower One of
>the
> World Trade Center. This was reported by many of the American TV
>networks
> at the time that the
> terrorists were first identified. It was censored in the US from all
>later
> reports. Why shouldn't Americans know the real truth?
>
>
>
>
>
> What a guy!!If you agree that the American public must be made aware of
>these facts,
> pass this on. God bless America and THANK YOU (once again) for spending
>my
> taxes so wisely and frugally.
>
> SINCERELY, A US Citizen<!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--><!--[endif]--> PS.
>Please pass along a special thank you to Al Gore for "inventing" the
> Internet, without which I would not be able to send this wonderful
>factual
> e-mail.
> AND THE REST OF THE STORY...
>
> Hillary Rodham Clinton, as a New York State Senator, now comes under
>the
> "Congressional Retirement and Staffing Plan," which means that even if
>she
> never gets reelected, she STILL receives her Congressional salary until
> she dies. (Would it not be nice if all Americans were pension eligible
> after only 4 years?)
>
> If Bill outlives her, he then inherits HER salary until HE dies. He is
> already getting his Presidential salary until he dies. If Hillary
>outlives
> Bill, she also gets HIS salary until she dies. Guess who pays for that?
>
> WE DO!
>
> It's common knowledge that in order for her to establish NY residency,
> they purchased a million dollar-plus house in upscale Chappaqua, New
>York.
> Makes sense. They are entitled to Secret Service protection for life.
> Still makes sense.
>
> Here is where it becomes interesting. Their mortgage payments hover at
> around $10,000 per month. BUT, an extra residence HAD to be built
>within
> the acreage to house the Secret Service agents.
>
> The Clintons charge the Federal government $10,000 monthly rent for the
> use of that extra residence, which is just about equal to their
>mortgage
> payment. This means that we, the taxpayers, are paying the Clinton's
> salary, mortgage, transportation, safety and security, as well as the
> salaries for their 12 man staff -- and, this is all perfectly legal!
>
> When she runs for President, will you vote for her?
>
> How many people can YOU send this to?
>
>
Hey Slime give my a call, I need to fix your crusty.
year2000, My thoughts and prayers are with your daughter, you and your family.
Al
Six broadband providers get government thumbs-up
The Office of Government Commerce has taken steps to speed up the provision of high-speed services to the public sector - community rural broadband could also benefit
The UK Government on Wednesday named six broadband providers as preferred suppliers to the public sector. The move is expected to speed up the adoption of broadband by the public sector by reducing the time and effort needed to find a suitable product. It could also have a positive knock-on effect on the availability of broadband services across Britain.
BT, Easynet, Fujitsu, Kingston Communications, Synetrix and Telewest Business are all on the list. Under the Broadband Solutions Framework Agreement, operated by the Office of Government Commerce (OGC), public sector bodies can now buy high-speed Internet services from any of these six telecoms operators without going though a full tendering process.
"We are delighted that the OGC has taken a fresh approach to the procurement of broadband in the public sector," said Christopher Small, director of public sector at Telewest Business, in a statement.
"The scope of the framework enables broadband in all its guises, from a simple 512Kbps connection through to full high-bandwidth wide area networks and virtual private networks, and adds further momentum to the realisation of Broadband Britain," explained Small.
The aggregation of public sector demand is central to the government's broadband strategy, as it believes it can be used to drive the rollout of high-speed Internet networks into today's broadband black spots.
Critics, though, claim that there is insufficient detail about how this vision will actually be met
Sir George Young MP warned earlier this year that uncertainty about how the government will broadband-enable the public sector is putting off some local communities from taking direct action themselves.
http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t412-s2134761,00.html
Sat @ 8:00 pm EST VH1 Tribecca Film fest
Wi-Fi equipment sales jump
Unseasonably so...
Worldwide sales of wireless networking products grew in the first quarter, a seasonally slow selling period, according to a report released on Tuesday by research firm Dell'Oro Group.
Revenue for wireless networking equipment was $411m in the first quarter, up 1 per cent from the previous three-month period. Unit shipments for the quarter rose 6 per cent to 4.8 million, according to the report.
The sector was bolstered by 802.11g wireless products, which began shipping in the quarter, the report said. Products based on the technology accounted for 16 per cent of the sector's revenue, and 17 per cent of shipments. 802.11g is a new specification that transmits data at 54Mbps, uses a 2.4GHz band and is compatible with 802.11b equipment.
"We usually see declines in the first quarter," because it follows holiday buying in the fourth quarter, said Greg Collins, director of Dell'Oro Group. Last year, first quarter revenue declined 3 per cent from the fourth quarter, he said.
The sector, which includes products based on 802.11 technologies and equipment such as access points and network interface cards, is facing a transition.
While products with early versions of 802.11g have already hit the market, the technology is not expected to be approved as a standard until this summer. If the standard is approved, products are expected as early as August.
"The big story for this year will be how 802.11g affects the [802.11b] market and the standardisation that will emerge," Collins said.
The Dell'Oro Group predicts that revenue for the wireless networking sector this year will be $1.9bn, a 20 per cent increase from last year, and that unit shipments will rise 60 per cent.
For next year, Collins expects more products that combine 802.11g technology with 802.11a, which is not compatible with 802.11b or 802.11g.
"We've started to see some [combined] 802.11g and 802.11a solutions trickle out to the market during the first quarter, but likely next year, we'll start to see a dual-band market take off as things become price-competitive," Collins said.
The 802.11a technology, which accounted for less than 3 per cent of the market in the first quarter, transmits data up to 54Mbps via a higher 5GHz frequency.
802.11b, which represented 81 per cent of the market in the first quarter, transmits data at 11Mbps and uses a 2.4GHz radio band.
Dawn Kawamoto writes for CNET News.com.
Dawn Kawamoto
http://www.silicon.com/news/148/1/4153.html
Wi-Fi on the piste: Is it all downhill from here?
Become your own multimedia mogul...
A Wi-Fi network carrying video has been used at the World Nordic Ski Championship in Italy to provide fans present at the event with PDA-based coverage of competitions.
An 11Mbps 802.11b WLAN network was employed at Val di Fiemme, linking to HP iPaqs carried by VIP attendants. The software to stream the events was supplied by mobile video specialists PacketVideo while the overall project was managed by HP.
Patrick Parodi, regional director PacketVideo Europe, said: "It gets exciting when you can tie video to an event where not everyone present can see the action."
The video application could be used at music and other sports events, as well as in business settings such as conferences. Parodi denied streaming video would drown a network that might also be used for vital data applications.
An editorial group in the Val di Fiemme example at a Telecom Italia facility selected clips which were then transmitted by satellite to Wi-Fi networks using PacketVideo's pvServer streaming software. Each PDA used pvPlayer software.
Tony Hallett
http://www.silicon.com/news/148/1/4161.html
wonder if some people should be allowed out in public by themselves? Here's some of them:
On a chids Superman costume:
Wearing this garment does not enable you to fly.
On a Sears hairdryer:
Do not use while sleeping.
On some Swann frozen dinners:
Serving suggestion-Defrost.
On a hotel provided shower cap:
Fits one head.
On Tesco's Tiramisu dessert:
(Printed on bottom of box) Do not turn upside down.
On packaging for an iron:
Do not iron clothes on body.
On Boot's Children's cough medicine:
Do not drive car or operate machinery.
On a sleep aid:
Warning: May cause drowsiness.
On a Korean kitchen knife:
Warning: Keep out of children.
On a string of Chinese made christmas lights:
For indoor or outdoor use only.
On a Japanese food processor:
Not to be used for the other use.
(this one has me really wondering)
On Sainsbury's peanuts:
Warning: Contains nuts.
On an American Airlines packet of nuts:
Instructions: Open packet, eat nuts.
On a Swedish chainsaw:
Do not attempt to stop chain with your hands or genitals
(gotta worry about this one too)
and the best one.....
On the bottom of some WD-40 bottles.
"Do not use as a sexual lubricant"
It must be sold in the hills of W. Virginia lol
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I called 5/5/03 the current Outstanding share count was 63,254,247
Telewest launches 2Mb broadband
12 May 2003
- by Claire Woffenden
Telewest Broadband has launched a 2Mb home internet service, following trials with 1,500 of its Blueyonder broadband customers.
The new service costs £50 per month when taken with a Telewest Broadband phone line, or £54.99 a month when taken on its own.
According to Telewest, 85 per cent of its 2Mb triallists said the service had "met or exceeded their expectations".
Chad Raube, director of internet services at Telewest Broadband, said: "High-speed surfing is like all good things in life - once you've had a taste you want more. While BT and other major ADSL providers offer a one-size-fits-all service, we recognise people have different needs and provide a menu of cable services to suit."
Existing Blueyonder broadband customers can upgrade their connection for free through the self-care pages of the Blueyonder website. For new customers, there is a one-off installation charge of £50 or £75 if you require a Network Interface Card.
Related items:
www.blueyonder.co.uk
http://www.web-user.co.uk/news/article/?afw_source_key={CEC80E44-2AB3-46CC-9626-EDBF3F82ABEF}
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Lets go NV! My wife's startup just had a party with champagne at 4:00 to celebrate the $19 million they got from a VC.
Its time for you to pop the cork soon!
Go NVEI!!
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Cheboygan is the sound my bed makes when I jump up and down on it.....
that is not me by the way lol
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ATLANTA (May 7) - The AFLAC duck is going to Japan this month with a softer quack.
In commercials designed for the Japanese market, AFLAC has ditched comedian Gilbert Gottfried's abrasive quacking of the Columbus, Ga.-based insurance company's name.
Instead, a Japanese actor portrays the duck with a more soothing tone.
``The Japanese culture does not like to be yelled at,' AFLAC spokeswoman Laura Kane said. ``Gilbert might be a little over the top.'
Gottfried's voice will remain in U.S. commercials, which have paired the duck with celebrities including Chevy Chase, Yogi Berra and Wayne Newton.
About 70 percent of AFLAC's income comes from the Japanese market, which brought in $7.6 billion in 2002. Its U.S. operations posted $2.6 billion in revenue for 2002.
While this campaign is the first to be shot specifically for Japan, it won't be Japan's first introduction to the AFLAC duck. In 2001, the company ran a commercial with dubbed voices for the actors and the duck.
The Japanese commercials, to run May 16, feature popular actors Akiko Yada and Yanagiba Toshiro trying to remember the name of the company. The duck, as is customary, quacks ``AFLAC.'
In Japan, the actors will talk directly to the duck, the company said, whereas in the American versions, the actors never notice the frustrated duck.
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sorry
Click here: The French army knife
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What my point was...
I thought that the Arabs pumped up our market and then pulled the bottom out.
"companies financed aquisitions with stock in companies that had no book value. Maybe they didn't buy Yahoo at $220/ share, or Qualcom at $800 before the split."
I think it was a way to create jobs and infrastructure and when they took away the money the market collapsed into its self.
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Well, good for us!
I just hope our tech is ready :)
Powerline broadband pilot nets 200 trialists
By Tim Richardson
Posted: 06/05/2003 at 10:59 GMT
Southern Electric claims it has received a "good amount of interest" in its commercial trial of broadband through three-pin electrical sockets in Winchester.
Details of the trial were formally announced at the end of April. Since then, around two hundred people have signed up for the service via Southern Electric's Web site.
In total, Southern Electric is looking for around a thousand people to take part in the commercial trial, which is due to begin in June. At the end of the year the company will take stock of the trial and see whether it makes commercial sense to roll-out the service to other parts of the country.
The broadband service is expected to cost around £30 a month delivering speeds up to 1Mbps.
The Register reported back in March that Winchester had been selected to take part in the trial.
Southern Electric is the trading name of the Scottish and Southern Energy Group. Another company in the group - Scottish Hydro-Electric - is also trialling the broadband over electric cables technology in Stonehaven, Scotland. ®
Related Story
Winchester chosen for BB Powerline trial
http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/22/30567.html
Would your stock club be in the Boston aria???
LOL, I hope by then you are dressed to trek Alaska, good luck with the bet ;)
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There is a lot of factors involved, I think those factors happened after those terrorists pulled their money out, like a chain reaction. They pulled billions of dollars out of the market in a short time and people thought the market was starting to crash, people then started to pull their money out.
Companies such as Enron, etc., got busted for cooking the books because the share price was not there to support the extra profit. Like writing a check for $100,000 to buy a winning stock when you don't have the funds. You buy you sell make a profit and put the funds in the bank before the check clears.
Im sure this went on for years.
The terrorists pulled their money out, investors got spooked and companies like Enron got busted because they could not recover the money.
Ok, who sent the Le Woogie card trick to COAST TO COAST AM WITH GEORGE NOORY ??? It was on tonight lol
http://www.coasttocoastam.com/
scroll down to May 5
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Take a look at yesterday's news article. I bet there is alot more then Saddam's sons trucking off American $$$$ Truck Loads!!!
After the Gulf war, the Middle East Pumped up our maket to 12,000 from 3,000 back in 1990. Months before Sept 11th the Middle East pulled their money out of our maket and raised the oil prices, then tried to distroy Wall Stret on Sept 11th,All for revenge for the Gulf War and being on their Holy Land.
That's what I think.
I posted this June 2001 on Raging Bull. I thought some thing was wrong then.
By: IownsomeNVEI $$$
02 Jun 2001, 04:21 PM EDT Msg. 54942 of 85959
WHAT IS THAT LOUD, HORRIBLE SUCKING SOUND?
Im not that hot with writing but I just wanted to share this idea that popped in to my head.
As you know we've had a hot market for a few years and then it just tanked.
Iv been in the market since the Dow was 3300 and at that time a run to 4000 I thought was amazing. A few years down the road here comes 12,000, well close.
I was wondering where all this money was coming from. Would it be hard for a few foreign countries to Inflate our market and then pull out causing what we are dealing with now?
There are companies going bankrupt, all the people I know that are in the market say their stocks dropped and they sold and lost money. Do you know anyone or a company that's in the green? Where did the money go?
Did they invest in our markets, pulled out and ran with the money back to their countries?
That and in conjunction with high oil prices to ruin the US economy?
This is just an idea that I had.
What do you guys think? Could it happen?
Your comments are welcome,Im sure Ill learn something :)
Thank you
God Bless America!
AL
NEW YORK (May 5) - A son of Saddam Hussein and a close adviser carried off nearly $1 billion in cash from Iraq's central bank hours before the U.S.-led war on the country began, the New York Times reported on its Web site late on Monday.
The amount of cash was so large -- $900 million in American bills and $100 million worth of euros -- that three tractor trailers were needed to carry it, the newspaper reported, citing an Iraqi official.
The alleged removal was said to have been ordered by Saddam himself. Qusay, the deposed leader's second son, and one of the president's personal assistants, Abid al-Hamid Mahmood, carried a letter from Saddam authorizing the removal of the money, the newspaper reported.
"When you get an order from Saddam Hussein, you do not discuss it," an unnamed Iraqi official who held a senior position in a bank told The Times. The unnamed official was told about the removal of the cash by the people who turned it over to Qusay and the adviser, the newspaper reported.
The New York Times said Iraqi officials were uncertain what effect the disappearance of the cash, which amounted to about one quarter of the central bank's hard currency reserves, would have on the Iraqi economy.
American officials and Iraqis interviewed by The Times said they did not know where the money went, but some Americans said they suspect it was transported to Syria, the newspaper reported. The money was reportedly stolen at 4 a.m. on March 18.
Col. Ted Seel, a U.S. army special forces officer, said he was aware of the seizure of cash, the newspaper reported. He said there was intelligence information at the time that suggested a group of tractor trailers were crossing into Syria from Iraq.
The Times however quoted a U.S. Treasury Department official, George Mullinax, as saying that it was possible a large chunk of the money had been recovered.
He said about $650 million in U.S. $100 bills found by an American sergeant in one of Saddam's palaces might be from the central bank, although that had not been determined for certain.
Saddam and his two sons have not been seen in public since the war began. The ousted Iraqi leader made a number of television appearances during the war, but it was not possible to verify when they were recorded.
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* It took less time to take Iraq than it took Janet Reno to take the Branch Davidian compound. That was a 51-day operation.
* It took less time to find evidence of chemical weapons in Iraq than it took Hillary Clinton to find the Rose Law Firm billing records.
* It took less time for the 3rd Infantry Division and the Marines to destroy the Medina Republican Guard than it took Teddy Kennedy to call the police after his Oldsmobile sunk at Chappaquiddick.
* It took less time to take Iraq than it took to count the votes in Florida in the year 2000!
What would NV's BBX File be without a Mulder???
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You said.. "Indians the actual guys doing the work."
That's just like the white man, make the Indians do all the work.
And..
They are not called Indians, they are called Native Americans...
Power to the people!
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Having a Stressful week
The boss of Stone Marketing called a spontaneous staff meeting in the middle
of a particularly stressful week.
When everyone gathered, the employer, who understood the benefits of having
fun, told the burnt-out staff the purpose of the meeting was to have a quick
contest. The theme was Viagra advertising slogans. The only rule was that
they had to use past ad slogans originally written for other products that
captured the essence of Viagra. Slight variations were acceptable.
About 7 minutes later, they turned in their suggestions and created a Top
Ten List.
After all the laughter and camaraderie, the rest of the week went very well
for everyone.
The top ten:
10. Viagra, Whaazzzzz Up!
9. Viagra, The quicker pecker upper.
8. Viagra, Like a rock!
7. Viagra, When it absolutely, positively has to be there overnight.
6. Viagra, Be all that you can be.
5. Viagra, Reach out and touch someone.
4. Viagra, Strong enough for a man, but made for a woman.
3. Viagra, Tastes great! More filling!
2. Viagra, We bring good things to life!
And the unanimous number one slogan!
1. This is your penis... This is your penis on drugs...
That is sooo cool!
That mag is on news stands now?
Power lines can deliver internet access
By DAVID HO
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
POTOMAC, Md. - The walls in a one-story brick home in suburban Washington don't talk but their power outlets do.
From those outlets pour streams of digital video, interactive games, online radio stations and services familiar to people who use cable or telephone modems to get high-speed Internet connections. This technology that delivers broadband through ordinary electric wiring should be commercially available to some consumers this year.
"This is within striking distance of being the third major broadband pipe into the home," said Federal Communications Commission Chairman Michael Powell, who visited the house Wednesday to get a preview of the technology.
The home is part of a trial project run by Current Technologies, a company based in Germantown, Md. The company, working with the Potomac Electric Power Co., is providing broadband over power lines to about 70 homes in Maryland. Another trial offers the service in suburban Cincinnati.
Utility companies including PPL Corp. in Allentown, Pa., and Ameren Corp. in St. Louis also are conducting test programs with consumers.
Broadband can be up to hundreds of times faster than dial-up service and can deliver a wider range of services, including high-quality video.
Powell said the FCC is excited about the power line technology and is studying whether it needs regulation. No current rules prohibit the technology, but the FCC is concerned that Internet transmissions carried over power lines could emit signals inside and outside the home that cause interference.
Companies have struggled for years to make the technology work. Only recently have they overcome technical hurdles such as interference on the power lines and getting around electrical transformers that block broadband signals.
"Power lines are a very difficult medium to send communications signals on," said Bill Blair, a utilities project manager with the Electric Power Research Institute. He said the technology is still unproven as a broadband competitor.
"It is potentially a huge business - if it works," he said.
Jay Birnbaum, president of Current Technologies, said his company will offer the power line broadband this year, but he didn't know where the service would be available.
He said the cost will begin around $30 for an always-on connection more than four times faster than a dial-up modem, he said. Faster services that can match cable modems would cost more.
Cable modems and telephone digital subscriber lines, or DSL, typically cost about $50 a month.
Powell has said he wants more broadband competition to lower consumer prices and bring high-speed communications services to more people.
In the Maryland test program, the company uses a fiber-optic line to inject an Internet signal into a power line after it has left a power station. The signal then moves to neighborhoods, using equipment on power poles to leapfrog transformers and flow into homes.
"Every outlet in the house becomes a broadband outlet," Birnbaum said.
The only extra equipment a consumer needs is a modem that plugs into an electric outlet and connects to a computer or Internet gadget. About the size of a deck of cards and costing less than $70, the power line modems are already in stores for use in home computer networks that use electric wiring.
The wiring in the test home is more than 40 years old and required no changes besides the modems, Birnbaum said.
Powell watched as a Current Technologies employee simultaneously used a special stereo to listen to an Internet radio station, showed a high-quality video of a movie streamed from the Web and played a motorcycle video game in live competition with others online. All the services flowed through a single power outlet.
"I love this stuff," said Powell, who described himself as a "techno-ecstatic geek."
Asked if he would put the power line service in his home, Powell said: "Yes, I would. I'm a little bummed it's not in my area yet."
http://c.moreover.com/click/here.pl?j68948166&f=248953
A cool website of the President of the Gun club im going to join.
Very Impressive....
http://www.mediawelldone.net/poordog/
There is a page on the site where you can share your favorite spring break story—if you can remember it.
http://www.therealcancun.com/wildthings/stories.html
I shared this lol
I would rather see this movie...
http://www.stepintoliquid.com/
Look at this Real crap that is coming out.
A bunch of drunken, sexed up kids on film.
http://www.therealcancun.com/
Useless film!!!
I wonder what kind of deal they got for that crap!?
Lets go SIL!!!!!!
Rodney King Injured After Smashing Car Into House
Tue April 15, 2003 03:50 PM ET
I have no idea why the media puts this poor man in the spotlight? Just because of a little incident with the LAPD, he is only human.
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Rodney King, the black motorist whose videotaped beating led to four days of riots in 1992, was seriously injured after crashing his SUV into a house, a tree and a utility pole, police said on Tuesday.
King, 39, suffered a broken pelvis in the high-speed collision on Sunday in the suburban town of Rialto, east of Los Angeles, after losing control of his vehicle in the latest in a series of brushes with the law.
Rialto police said they were awaiting the results of blood tests for alcohol and other illegal substances before deciding whether to charge King. He was estimated to be driving at around 100 mph.
"An officer saw King driving at a high rate of speed, weaving in and out of traffic. Before the officer had a chance to pursue, he struck a tree, took out a section of a power pole, went through a chain link fence and crashed into a house," said Rialto police Sgt. Paul Wing.
"We didn't know who he was for a while. Initially we thought it was a fatal collision," Wing said.
No-one else was injured in the collision, which left a small hole in the side of a house not far from King's own home. King's condition was listed as fair by the local hospital where he was treated.
King has been in an out of court since his arrest in 1991 after a police chase through suburban Los Angeles that ended with his beating at the hands of four white officers. The acquittal of the officers a year later sparked riots which killed 55 people and injured more than 2,000.
King was convicted of spousal abuse in 1999 and was twice arrested in 2001 for being under the influence of the drug PCP, for which he was sent to a drug rehab center.
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Hey PB We will be in Toronto Fri, PR me you phone # maybe me you and the wifes can start some trouble in the big city eh???
A new Web site - Anticap.co.uk - has been launched in a bid to campaign for unlimited broadband services in the UK, and to try and prevent Broadband Britain from being strangled in its infancy. According to the new site, its objectives are:
To provide a voice for users concerned at the imposition of residential broadband service usage limits.
To argue the case for the provision of unlimited residential broadband services by UK ISPs.
To advocate that where limitations cannot be removed, they be fair and sensible and relate to demonstrable costs in the provision of service.
To advocate full disclosure of such limits to existing and prospective customers.
To encourage NTL:home (and any other offending ISP) to remove their cap and provide the unlimited service that customers signed up for.
For more information, please visit www.anticap.co.uk
http://www.net4nowt.com/isp_news/news_article.asp?News_ID=646
Im still on the MIT mailing list, I just got this today but what should I expect???
It would be nice if we had video interviews of the people that lived during the Revolutionary War to see what they said.
Hi,
I thought this message was going to be more widely distributed. Regardless of how you feel about the recent political events, this is a very informative documentary. Drop by, if you have the chance.
Thanks,
Dean xxxxxxxx.
Subject: Documentary screening
Hello Everyone,
If you have a chance, please stop by for the screening of this documentary. It is a rare glimpse into a situation that is gripping us all and it allows the viewers to reach their own conclusions about the politics that are both overt and hidden beneath the surface.
Take care and feel free to forward this to others,
Dean xxxxxxxx
The MIT Committee on Campus Race Relations
& the MIT Western Hemisphere Project present ...
"Under the Skies of Baghdad"
A documentary directed by Mario Balsamo & Stefan Scialotti
Monday, April 14, at 7 pm
MIT Room 10-250
Post-film discussion moderated by xxxxxxxxxxx with a brief introduction by Dean xxxxxxx,
the event is open to all; admission is free
Please join us for the US premiere of a new film about the
lives of ordinary people under attack in the Iraqi capital.
The film was shot and edited in late 2002 and early 2003.
In their interactions with the film-makers, Iraqis of all
ages reveal not only what they think about past, present,
and future US attacks on their country but also how they
cope with the effects, intellectually, emotionally, and spiritually.
"You didn't feel what we felt. You watched it on television,
just like a game. Whereas it was death. They destroyed
everything. ... Our sky became their sky, because they
played in it with their bombs ... in our sky."
Using a cinema verite style that allows the viewer to see how people live their everyday lives and
the contradictions of Iraq's complex society, the filmmakers create
a work that is both vivid and poignant. This film is a must-see for all who seek
to understand what war really entails for the ordinary person.
Sounds like the kind of stories they run on Mtv.
The Left programming those young minds.
After the movie they are probably going to riot lol