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To: mishedlo who wrote (9464)	7/18/2004 4:02:43 AM
From: Wyätt Gwyön	Respond to of 116555

Los Alamos Defense Lab Suspends Operations Sat Jul 17, 4:34 PM ET By Andrea Orr SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - The Los Alamos National Laboratory, a key U.S. center for nuclear weapons research, has suspended virtually all its operations after an intern sustained a serious eye injury while working with a laser, a spokesman said on Saturday. The Friday accident, capping a series of embarrassing security and safety lapses for the lab, led new director Peter Nanos to determine that a lab-wide assessment of all operations was needed, spokesman Jim Fallin said. Nanos on Thursday had suspended all classified research. Fallin said certain unspecified national security obligations are continuing during the assessment, but that most of the operations performed by the lab's 1,200 employees are on hold. "We are not going to hamper national security needs," said Fallin. "We understand that the nation is at war." Los Alamos National Laboratory in Los Alamos, New Mexico is the site where the atomic bomb was created during World War II, and remains a key center of nuclear weapons research. But in recent weeks the lab has been the site of a series of security lapses, including the disappearance of two electronic data storage devices. Over the past year, a number of storage disks containing classified information have gone missing. "If you think the rules are silly, if you think compliance is a joke, please resign now and save me the trouble," Nanos said in a harshly worded memo to employees explaining the suspension. Fallin described the suspension of operations as an "extraordinary and unprecedented step" intended to send a clear message that all the recent security lapses are being taken seriously. By mid-day on Saturday, Fallin said that the lab was about "chest deep" into what would be a "top-to-bottom risk assessment" of all Los Alamos operations. He said the lab hoped to bring operations back on line gradually, as the security and safety reviews were completed. Fallin said it was not clear if the eye injury sustained by the intern on Friday resulted from a failure to follow safety procedures, but he did say the lab had measures in place designed to prevent such accidents. He said the intern was being flown to a hospital on the East Coast.

To: mishedlo who wrote (9464)	7/18/2004 9:35:51 AM
From: Haim R. Branisteanu	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 116555

Crash in den vier Wänden Viele Eigenheim-Märkte sind überhitzt. Durch die Zinswende drohen jetzt weltweit Rückschläge. Das birgt auch für Deutschland Risiken von Michael Höfling Wer auf der Website von Hamptons International nach Arbeit sucht, der wird auch fündig. 21 Stellen bietet der traditionsreiche britische Immobilienmakler Spezialisten an. Überwiegend in London. Die Hauptstadt ist das Zentrum einer Spekulationswelle, die in Großbritannien die Preise für Wohneigentum in gefährliche Höhen getrieben hat. Um real 96 Prozent sind die Preise nach einer Untersuchung von Goldman Sachs seit Mitte der neunziger Jahre gestiegen. Der Ökonom Stephen Roach von Morgan Stanley warnt: "Die Übertreibung am Immobilienmarkt könnte genauso mit einem Crash enden wie der Aktienhype Anfang 2000." wams.de