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To: Hawkmoon who wrote (78740)	10/22/2001 2:58:40 PM
From: long-gone	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 116752

<<But again, this is just one more reason that folks have to be skeptical of "chicken littles" out there complaining about derivatives positions.>> Not really valid comparison the sky did fall once & not that long ago - LTCM.

To: Hawkmoon who wrote (78740)	10/22/2001 3:44:25 PM
From: lorne	Respond to of 116752

Hawkmoon. Thanks for reply......Lorne

To: Hawkmoon who wrote (78740)	10/31/2001 8:20:12 PM
From: long-gone	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 116752

OT This breaking news just in: CHICAGO - The war on terrorism took a strange and sad turn Friday as airline officials at O'Hare International Airport refused to let a 73 year old grandmother board her plane as she had in her possession two, six inch knitting needles. Apparently authorities were worried that she may knit an Afghan.

To: Hawkmoon who wrote (78740)	11/13/2001 4:17:42 PM
From: long-gone	Respond to of 116752

Looks like O'Neil was left with some of the manipulative crooks from the prior administration: (should we take lessons from the Islamic world and start public floggings? - prior to beheading?) Tuesday November 6 5:46 PM ET SEC Starts Bonds Investigation By MARCY GORDON, AP Business Writer WASHINGTON (AP) - The Securities and Exchange Commission (news - web sites) began its own investigation Tuesday into allegations that someone leaked market-sensitive information about a surprise government decision to stop selling 30-year bonds. The Treasury Department (news - web sites)'s general counsel and inspector general have conducted preliminary investigations into last week's possible leak. Treasury officials had said that if they concluded a breach of rules occurred, the case could be referred to the SEC or the Justice Department (news - web sites) for further investigation. The SEC said it received such a referral from Treasury and has ``initiated an investigation into the circumstances surrounding the announcement of the Treasury's decision to end its 30-year bond offerings.'' Stephen Cutler, the SEC's enforcement director, promised the commission would ``vigorously pursue this matter.'' Treasury Inspector General Jeffrey Rush said his office will coordinate with the SEC and declined to say if his office would conduct a separate probe. Treasury unexpectedly announced last Wednesday, as part of its regularly scheduled quarterly briefings on its borrowing needs, that it would no longer sell 30-year Treasury bonds and would rely instead on securities with a shorter maturity to finance the national debt. The decision prompted a huge bond-market rally. Demand for 30-year bonds in circulation soared as investors rushed to snap up a product that offers a government-guaranteed interest rate for such a long period. The spike in demand pushed down the yield on 30-year bonds to 4.87 percent, the lowest since October 1998. The alleged breach of rules began when a private consultant attended a press-only briefing in which the government's financing plans for the quarter were revealed. Reporters at the briefing were required to refrain from publishing or broadcasting the information until the government made its official announcement. But the consultant informed clients of the market-sensitive decision while the information was still restricted. A group representing bond traders at major investment firms said it supported the SEC inquiry. The Bond Market Association said it was ``troubled by reports that market-moving information was ... disclosed in a premature and uneven way.'' ``Regulators must fairly and aggressively enforce the rules governing the operation of our securities markets,'' the association said. Separately, Treasury itself had put out information on its financing plans, including the 30-year bond suspension, prior to the official announcement. The department posted the financing information on its Web site around 9:50 a.m. Under the embargo, the information was not supposed to be published until 10 a.m. Treasury spokeswoman Michele Davis on Monday called that posting a ``careless mistake.'' Officials did not say whether this was part of Treasury's probe. - Associated Press Writer Jeannine Aversa contributed to this story. - On the Net: Securities and Exchange Commission: sec.gov Treasury Department: ustreas.gov dailynews.yahoo.com

To: Hawkmoon who wrote (78740)	11/16/2001 12:30:04 AM
From: long-gone	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 116752

Update: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 2001-131 Securities and Exchange Commission Statement On Treasury Long Bond Situation Washington, DC, November 6, 2001 – The Securities and Exchange Commission today issued the following statement: “Following a referral from the Department of the Treasury, we have initiated an investigation into the circumstances surrounding the announcement of the Treasury’s decision to end its 30-year bond offerings.” Enforcement Division Director Stephen Cutler added: “In keeping with our responsibilities to ensure the integrity of the nation’s securities markets, we will vigorously pursue this matter. During the course of this investigation, we will decline to comment further.” sec.gov

To: Hawkmoon who wrote (78740)	11/19/2001 12:13:51 PM
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A New Sneak Attack on America: UN Revives Kyoto Treaty to Threaten US Economy Tom DeWeese - American Policy Center 11.16.01 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- While Americans have their attention focused on the events in Afghanistan, UN representatives met in Marrakesh to breath life into the moribund Kyoto Climate Control Treaty. Tom DeWeese of the American Policy Center characterized it as "another sneak attack on this nation." Two thousand delegates from 165 nations met in Morocco to discuss how to enforce the UN's global warming treaty, the Kyoto Protocol, as international law. According to the UN, once 55 nations who produce a total of 55% of the so-called greenhouse gases ratify, the treaty will enter force. "In other words, the UN would become a global environmental police force," said DeWeese, "pressuring nations that don't concur with this economically paralyzing treaty to comply. President Bush has already deemed the Kyoto Protocol unacceptable and the Senate has voted 95-0 against it, yet the UN is intent on bringing America's economy to its knees." Even the Marrakesh meeting demonstrated how divided representatives were. Russia and other coalitions of nations demanded and received deep concessions in the final hours of negotiations. "Everyone knows that the science behind Kyoto is flawed and littered with untruths," said DeWeese, "and everyone knows the UN is intent on implementing the treaty because it would give them global jurisdiction over industry throughout the entire world." "The earth has not warmed at all in the past half century," said DeWeese. "The treaty represents a way to gain control over the economy of the United States through its emissions mandates. This treaty has been rejected by both the President and the Senate." Even if fully enforced, the mandates of the treaty would have no effect whatever on the earth's climate. "The UN abhors the US as a superpower," said DeWeese. "Only months ago, the U.S. was kicked off the UN Human Rights Commission. Global jurisdiction and thwarting the growth of the U.S. economy are the only goals of the UN and the Kyoto Protocol." The Center, a grassroots, activist think tank headquartered in Warrenton, VA, has repeatedly warned that "our nation needs to produce more energy, not less, especially during this time of economic uncertainty and war." DeWeese has called on President Bush to rescind Clinton's signature from the treaty. "This would eliminate the allusion that the US has any intentions, whatsoever, of cooperating in this global sham." sierratimes.com

To: Hawkmoon who wrote (78740)	12/14/2001 3:58:39 PM
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Doom & Gloom report: disc.server.com Anne Connolly Aerosol strain of Ebola, according to Steve Quayle: Thu Dec 13 19:55:02 2001 -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Aerosol strain of Ebola, according to Steve Quayle: threat to people in subways. He included Boston. Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2001 12:17:51 -0800 (PST) From: Anne Connolly woodthrushes@yahoo.com> The articles below are also highlighted on the artbell link here. With infected people there, bin Laden and the AQ network have ample supply of Ebola that spreads by the air currents and by sneezes and coughs to spray a dose in the NY, Chicago, or Boston subways and infect 100,000's of people who will die within 5 days of contracting the disease. The scientists most knowledgeable about Ebola have either disappeared or have been murdered in Florida, Australia and Massachusetts, etc. What is significant about this is that these people would be the best to develop an "antidote" for this strain of Ebola. He said scientists usually develop an antidote WHILE they are studying a new virus. Quayle said this is a very "big" story and the media has said nothing. Were they told to keep quiet? According to Steve Quayle, Ebola has spread into Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Iran. There are 140 quarantine camps for the many people dying of Ebola. It is only 3-5 days before death after symptoms start(?) or after E. is contracted. Quayle said the virus must be air-borne to have spread so quickly to Iran. Usually it is spread by mucus contamination. Quayle said people may have to seal themselves off in a room with a bathroom for 14 days till the virus plays itself out. It weakens in sunlight UV and at certain temperatures. He said to watch the westerly winds and air currents that could carry an outbreak to your area. artbell.com 12/12/01 - Wed/Thu Guest: Steve Quayle (800-424-7870) News Article: Have Soviet-era bio-weapons infected Afghan refugees? [The Janes website has suddenly needed revision so this article is not available.] janes.com News Article: Scientist Found Slain In His Loudoun Home washingtonpost.com News Article: Scientist dies in lab airlock smh.com.au News Article: Ebola victim disappears from Gabon village, raising fears disease could spread abcnews.go.com News Articles: Authorities Search For Missing Harvard Virus Specialist foxnews.com Website: breathenoevil.com Website: janes.com ======================================================= Ebola Kills 17 The Monitor (Kampala) December 10, 2001 Posted to the web December 10, 2001 Seventeen people have died in a village in the southeastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) following a presumed epidemic of hemorrhagic fever, the World Health Organization (WHO) said Saturday. The WHO had sent a team of biologists and epidemiologists to Mbisangando village, 600 kilometers (375 miles) southeast of Kinshasa to fight the epidemic of the life-threatening disease. The team, equipped with four tonnes of medical and decontamination supplies, had set up near the affected village in Kasai Occidental province to determine the nature of the epidemic, the WHO said. It has so far not succeeded in determining whether the epidemic was viral hemorrhagic fever or even Ebola hemorrhagic fever. allafrica.com ======================================================= Ebola Outbreaks - Updates If you know of an article or other document relating to recent Ebola outbreaks, please contact us with the URL. Thanks! Note: The Ebola Chapter from the Encyclopedia of Virology CDROM is now available online. Other reference sites are listed at the bottom of this page. 2001 Ebola Virus Deaths Rise to 11 in Gabon (Washington Post, Dec 10) WHO confirms Ebola outbreak (CNN, Dec 9) WHO confirms at least one Ebola case in Gabon (CNN, Dec 8) Congo Fever Death Toll Rises To 28 (Washington Post, Dec 7) Doctors confront deadly hemorrhagic fever outbreak that endangers Afghans, Pakistanis (San Francisco Chronicle, Oct 4) Ebola-style killer virus sweeps Afghan border (Telegraph, Oct 4) "Outbreak of Ebola haemorrhagic fever, Uganda, August 2000-January 2001" report from The Weekly Epidemiological Record (WHO, Feb 9) Early Ebola tests on patient in Canada negative (CNN, Feb 7) WHO says Ugandan Ebola epidemic over (CNN, Feb 6) Ebola haemorrhagic fever in Uganda - Update 40 (WHO, Jan 24) Ebola haemorrhagic fever in Uganda - Update 39 (WHO, Jan 17) Ebola haemorrhagic fever in Uganda - Update 38 (WHO, Jan 9) Ebola haemorrhagic fever in Uganda - Update 37 (WHO, Jan 3) 144.92.19.158 =============================================================== Source: WHO Disease Outbreaks Report, Wed 12 Dec 2001 [edited] Ebola haemorrhagic fever in Gabon - WHO Update 2 ------------------------------------------------ GENEVA: A team of scientists from the World Health Organization (WHO) and its partners in the Global Outbreak Alert and Response Network has arrived in Gabon to help coordinate the international response to an outbreak of Ebola haemorrhagic fever in the Ogooue- Ivindo Province in the northeastern part of the country. Laboratory testing carried out at the Centre International de Recherches Médicales de Franceville (CIRMF) in Gabon indicates that the cause of the haemorrhagic fever outbreak is Ebola virus. For Gabon, this is the fourth Ebola outbreak since 1994. All outbreaks have been in the central and northeastern regions of the country. As of Wed 12 Dec 2001, WHO has received reports of 10 deaths from haemorrhagic fever among a total of 12 suspected cases [including one confirmed. - Mod.JW]. The Gabon Ministry of Health has established a national task force for managing the response to the epidemic. WHO is supporting the Ministry of Health and this Task Force in disease containment by: - coordinating the international response to the outbreak; - implementing disease control measures, such as barrier nursing procedures; - finding cases, tracing contacts and monitoring them; - supplying protective equipment. Dr Ray Arthur, an expert virologist, and a team of 3 colleagues from WHO headquarters in Geneva, Dr Adamou Yada from the WHO African Regional Office, together with Dr Herve Zeller from Institute Pasteur in Paris, France, have arrived in Gabon. Other partners in the Global Outbreak Alert and Response Network are expected to arrive soon in Gabon. "WHO and its partners will work with the Gabonese authorities to contain the disease and to prevent any potential spread in local communities. It is very important that there is an effective and coordinated international response to this outbreak," said Dr Mike Ryan, Coordinator of Global Alert and Response at WHO headquarters. Ebola haemorrhagic fever is one of the most virulent viral diseases known to humankind, causing death in 50-90% of cases. Ebola virus is transmitted by direct contact with the blood or body fluids of infected persons. Ebola virus was first identified in 1976 in the western equatorial province of Sudan and in the nearby region of Yambuku, northern Democratic Republic of the Congo (then Zaire). Gabon's first verified Ebola outbreak occurred in December 1994 in gold mining encampments. Investigators studying the outbreak were told of unexplained deaths of great apes, gorillas, and chimpanzees, but no dead animals were found. The outbreak ended 6 weeks later. In 1996, 2 other Ebola epidemics were confirmed in the spring and fall. In early February 1996, about 40 km south (7 hours by boat) from the 1994 outbreak, 13 people became ill after butchering a dead chimpanzee they had found. 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