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To: maceng2 who wrote (73638)	5/22/2010 3:44:17 AM
From: Maurice Winn	3 Recommendations Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74559

Okay, if I stick with what you meant - but even then, it's only the last century which has seen serious depradations and they are superficial. Yes, a few species have gone the way of the dodo, but species have always conked out when displaced by superior species. Bad luck for them. The main problem is that we haven't made enough species extinct. There are thousands which would best be gone. Mosquitoes, fleas, necrotizing bacteria, white pointer sharks, bull sharks, smallpox, leprosy, H5N1, sars, and a whole swathe of bung human dna. I liked it better when I could wander down to the local Manukau harbour and haul out loads of schnapper, trevally, kawhai, sprats and stuff. I even caught a blue maomao once. I was disgruntled when the authorities poisoned the harbour and allowed others to do so to the extent that it was totally dead other than perhaps some anaerobic bacteria lurking in the slime. Now the harbour is very rapidly coming back to life. But even worse than the despoliation of the harbour is the poor use of apostrophe's these days and misuse of words like effect and affect. That is shocking environmental destruction - it's not just our surroundings, it's our very mode of communication and thinking. Only a maniac would think it's okay. Mqurice

To: maceng2 who wrote (73638)	5/22/2010 3:41:56 PM
From: Haim R. Branisteanu	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74559

From this BLS data a different picture emerges related to the unemployment report - but few pay attention - we are so far from true recovery only few imagine. THe US will need to generate millions upon millions of new jobs only to recover to not so fancy situation of end of 2007 State Unemployment (Seasonally Adjusted) Michigan again recorded the highest unemployment rate among the states, 14.0 percent in April. The states with the next highest rates were Nevada, 13.7 percent; California, 12.6 percent; and Rhode Island, 12.5 percent. North Dakota continued to register the lowest jobless rate, 3.8 percent, followed by South Dakota and Nebraska, 4.7 and 5.0 percent, respectively. The rate in Nevada set a new series high. (All region, division, and state series begin in 1976.) In total, 27 states posted jobless rates significantly lower than the U.S. figure of 9.9 percent, 10 states and the District of Columbia had measurably higher rates, and 13 states had rates that were not appreciably different from that of the nation. (See tables A and 3 and chart 1.) bls.gov