The Federal Trade Commission has released the list of top consumer complaints received by the agency. The list showed that for the 11th year in a row, identity theft was the number one consumer complaint category. Of 1,339,265 complaints received in 2010, 250,854 – or 19 percent – were related to identity theft. Debt collection complaints were in second place, with 144,159 complaints.
MYANMAR/BURMA DISSIDENT POLITICIAN. US Sends Clinton.
NATALIE WOOD DEATH. New LAPD Investigation.
REGIS LIVE TALKFEST. Last TV Program.
GRIDLOCK ALERT.NYC Commuters.
CAMPUS FIREARMS. LIU Accident.
UN SAYS DEFORESTATION THREATENS GLOBAL ECONOMY & COMMUNITY
Deforestation not only threatens the planet’s climate and national economic development, but also communities whose income, culture and way of life depend on healthy forests, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon stressed today on a visit to Indonesia.
Mr. Ban was in the Central Kalimantan region of Borneo, which has been chosen by the Indonesian Government for a pilot programme of the Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD+) initiative.
Holiday Organ Concert
at National Historic Site in Westchester County,
Sunday, Dec. 18, 2 PM
Acclaimed organist Kathryn Jones performs a holiday concert on the 1830 Erben, at St. Paul’s Church National Historic, Site, in Mt. Vernon, NY, on Sunday, December 18, beginning at 2 PM. The recital, on one of the nation’s oldest working pipe organs, features classical selections as well as traditional carols and Holiday favorites, accompanied by soprano.
Parking and admission are free – light refreshments served.
When: Sunday, Dec. 18, 2 PM
Arab Spring and Syria
Syrian army defectors have reportedly killed or wounded nearly two dozen members of the security police after attacking a Damascus base for military intelligence, bringing Syria closer than ever to civil war
The so called Arab Spring: is a revolutionary wave of demonstrations and protests occurring in the Arab world that began on Saturday, 18 December 2010.
On Monday, November 21, people from all over the City will join together at "Many Voices, One Goal: A Rally for Living Wages," to be held at the Riverside Church, 409 Riverside Drive, in Manhattan.
Join Borough President Diaz, NAACP President & CEO Benjamin Jealous and many others as they come together to support the "Fair Wages for New Yorkers" Act. The rally comes just one day before a scheduled hearing on the bill before the City Council.
OWS ANNIVERSARY MARCH. NYPD Says They're Prepared.
US MILITARY EXPANDS IN AUSTRALIA. China Balks.
US WARNS EGYPT. On Government Transition.
ISOLATED SYRIA. Time Running Out.
BOA PROTEST. San Francisco.
Why?
A few infringing links are enough to justify censoring an entire site, blocking good content along with the bad.
How?
The US will be able to block a site’s web traffic, ad traffic and search traffic using the same website censorship methods used by China, Iran and Syria.
Who's at risk?
Your favorite websites both inside and outside the US could be blocked based on an infringement claim.
Could this pass?
Yes. The Stop Online Piracy Act and the PROTECT IP Act have widespread support in Congress and are expected to pass.
Unfortunately, some publications and magazines have in the past published Hot Women in Politics, with unacceptable words slutty and others, to describe female candidates, another newspaper has speculated whether a congresswoman decided to have plastic surgery, and an online media claims another was playing up her femininity. Also, countless examples race and gender in media coverage devoted to public officials’ looks, clothing and hair styles.
US Rep. Joe Crowley (D-Queens, the Bronx) has announced the reintroduction of his bill, H.R. 3413, to name the post office on West Avenue in the Bronx after Private Isaac T. Cortes, an Army soldier and Bronx native who was killed in Iraq in 2007.
Pvt. Cortes was raised in the Parkchester neighborhood of the Bronx and attended Christopher Columbus High School. He enlisted in the Army on November 21, 2006, completed his individual infantry training course in Fort Benning, Ga., and then moved on to Fort Drum before being deployed to Iraq in September 2007.