"Terror in the Skies, Again?"
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Terror in the Skies, Again?
Terror in the Skies, Again?
07/15/2004 06:45 PM
Is this a firsthand account of a terrorist "dry
run"? Terror in the Skies, Again? On June 29, 2004, at
12:28 p.m., I flew on Northwest Airlines flight #327 from Detroit to
Los Angeles with my husband and our young son. Also on our flight
were 14 Middle Eastern men between the ages of approximately 20 and 50
years old. What I experienced during that flight has caused me to
question whether the United States of America can realistically uphold
the civil liberties of every individual, even non-citizens, and
protect its citizens from terrorist threats.
Read the whole thing Terror in the Skies this is a must read!
Terror in the Skies this is a must read!
07/17/2004 04:49 AMI normally would not link a non technical story but today
reading a report of a flight from Detroit to Los Angles raised the
hair on the back of my neck. I will let you read the article but I
will make this point. American Airlines, United Airlines has clear
stated policies about congregating in the back of the aircraft. I used
to like and stand a lot during flights but have respected the wishes
of the airlines stayed in my seat. I am not sure how the folks on this
flight kept calm but I would have been ready to rumble if I had be on
the flight. This story is going to shock you. [www.womenswallstreet.com]
Part II: Terror in the Skies, Again? -
WomensWallStreet
Part II: Terror in the Skies, Again? -
WomensWallStreet
07/19/2004 04:53 PMAnnie Jacobsen has an update to her article from last week .. "Part
II: Terror in the skies, again?" .. another piece by Annie Jacobsen ..
Annie Jacobsen's follow-up .. has a follow-up
piece
womenswallstreet.com/WWS/article_landing.aspx?titleid=1&articl
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Michelle Malkin: TERROR IN THE SKIES
(CONTINUED)
Michelle Malkin: TERROR IN THE SKIES
(CONTINUED)
07/16/2004 01:57 PM"Terror in the skies (continued)." .. Michelle Malkin has confirmed ..
confirmed
michellemalkin.com/archives/000207.htm
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Patrick "Ask a Pilot" Smith opines on
"Terror in the Skies, Again?"
Patrick "Ask a Pilot" Smith opines on
"Terror in the Skies, Again?"
07/21/2004 04:46 PMreception on a conservative talk show .. Salon
article
salon.com/tech/col/smith/2004/07/21/askthepilot95/index.html
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FrontPage magazine.com :: Terror in the
Skies -- Again? by Annie Jacobsen
FrontPage magazine.com :: Terror in the
Skies -- Again? by Annie Jacobsen
07/16/2004 11:53 AMTerror in the Skies – Again? .. description of a scary
experience
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Urban Legends Reference Pages: Politics
(Terror in the Skies)
Urban Legends Reference Pages: Politics
(Terror in the Skies)
07/26/2004 11:18 PMFear of Music .. on the case .. credits us .. debunked ..
sources
snopes.com/politics/crime/skyterror.asp
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Clinton W. Taylor on Nour Mehana &
"Terror in the Skies" on National Review
Online
Clinton W. Taylor on Nour Mehana &
"Terror in the Skies" on National Review
Online
07/22/2004 12:52 AMNRO: The Syrian Wayne Newton - The man inadvertently behind a scare in
the skies .. found
them
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The Command Post - Global War On Terror
- Albany Mosque Raided In Terror Plot
Sting
The Command Post - Global War On Terror
- Albany Mosque Raided In Terror Plot
Sting
08/05/2004 10:21 AMTwo Men With Suspected Ties Ansar al-Islam Arrested in Albany Mosque
Raid .. raid and arrests .. The Command
Post
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> America's War on Terror -- Ex-S.D.
sailor allegedly linked to terror
suspect
SignOnSanDiego.com > News > Nation
> America's War on Terror -- Ex-S.D.
sailor allegedly linked to terror
suspect
08/07/2004 09:06 PMa sailor sent valuable information about fleet movements .. San Diego
Union-Tribune ..
email
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Why Top Techies Take to the Skies
Why Top Techies Take to the Skies
03/28/2005 05:45 AMWhy Top Techies Take to the Skies .. dig
flying
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Watch the skies!
Watch the skies!
05/14/2004 10:32 AM
Earlier this week, a video of
eleven UFOs caught on tape by Mexican Air Force pilots was released by
the country's Defense Department.
According to the Associated Press report, "the lights were filmed on March 5 by pilots using
infrared equipment. They appeared to be flying at an altitude of about
3,500 meters (11,480 feet), and allegedly surrounded the Air Force jet
as it conducted routine anti-drug trafficking vigilance in Campeche.
Only three of the objects showed up on the plane's
radar."
Yesterday, a follow-up AP report quoted a nuclear scientist from
the National Autonomous University who believes "the bright blurs
could have been caused by electrical flashes emitted spontaneously by
the atmosphere." Meanwhile, the Mexican Defense Secretary says the
jury is still out on what appears on the tape.
I want to believe. Link
Fly the WiFi skies
Fly the WiFi skies
11/07/2003 02:04 AMWhile I'm guessing it could be difficult due to airport utilities
restrictions and existing telecom contracts, I'd love to see one of
the national airlines embrace wifi in terminals. An airline that was
wifi-friendly would be known by business people overnight as
the airline to take (or at least the terminal to
hang out nearby when you fly).
Washington Mutual is the only bank in the states that offers free
ATM use for everyone, and it's pretty much ingrained in my family and
friends that if someone needs to stop at an ATM to grab some cash,
everyone prefers the Washington Mutual one. As a result of their kind
gesture, I have explored getting a home loan and business accounts
with them (I always do my personal banking at a credit union), solely
because I regard them as generous for not charging people pointless
electronic transaction fees.
The pro-wifi airline could gain similar publicity and word-of-mouth
buzz by offering free, open wireless access points near their gates.
It wouldn't cost that much to get a DSL drop near a gate and toss 2 or
3 $99 base stations into the ceiling. Annual operating costs for each
airport could be as low as $1k a year, making a nationwide investment
for every airport cost only a couple hundred grand (and I'm sure to
make it cheaper, a company like Linksys or MS would donate the
products if they got to plug them to users connecting). I imagine that
whatever airline did it would be an instant hit with laptop users, and
geeks would no longer need to search online for what airport offers
wifi through whom and for how much. The last time I was in Denver, I
noticed three different wifi vendors offering access in the terminal,
all for different rates, while most airports I end up at don't offer
any at all.
The airline industry is notoriously a cut-throat business and with
decreased leisure travel, razor thin profit margins, and pricing wars,
a good gimmick would go a long way. It's low cost, high utility, and
would please a good deal of people that fly frequently. Eventually the
same airline could outfit planes with wireless and be
the business airline, but I can wait until that's
more of a realistic possibility; for now putting wireless in all their
terminals should be the goal.
What do you say American? Alaska, are you in? JetBlue, want to do
something even better than TV in every seat? Southwest, you're known
for keeping people sitting around your terminals, how about making
them happy? United, you've been near bankruptcy for a couple years and
we bailed you out, how about giving the people something back for all
the money they gave you? Anyone?
(note: written while stranded wi-fi free in PDX, posted from my
Vancouver hotel room
which features open, free wireless. Canada knows how to party.)
The hysterical skies
The hysterical skies
07/21/2004 07:59 AMShe survived a flight with 14 harmless Syrian musicians -- then spread
3,000 bigoted and paranoid words across the Internet. As a pilot and
an American, I'm appalled.
No privacy in the skies
No privacy in the skies
09/22/2004 02:44 AMUSA Today Sep 22 2004 6:52AM GMT
Fly the wireless skies
Fly the wireless skies
08/23/2004 10:22 AMBut clear skies are good, aren't they?
But clear skies are good, aren't they?
12/17/2003 11:50 PM The Bush
administration's conservation policy: 'protecting the nation's
environment', or you know,
'not'?
[more inside] Flying the Unwired Skies
Flying the Unwired Skies
03/29/2005 05:11 PM Connexion by Boeing is popping up in airplanes all over the world:
This overview of Connexion's technology, service, and performance
appears at Tom's Networking, my first article for the site. Some of
the Germany-based cohorts at Tom's Hardware provided information for
the article based on Lufthansa flights they've taken. In general,
Connexion is getting high marks for delivering consistent amounts of
bandwidth with what seems to me to be remarkably low latency given the
plane-satellite-ground station loop....
Will Wi-Fi Travel the Friendly Skies?
Will Wi-Fi Travel the Friendly Skies?
12/11/2003 06:10 AMInterActive's cloudy skies
InterActive's cloudy skies
10/29/2003 12:11 AMThis summer, I suggested that Google had an opportunity to make
changes in the IPO process, and should perhaps consider an
auction-styled IPO offering. ...
Nasa Wants Robot Planes In Our Skies!
Nasa Wants Robot Planes In Our Skies!
05/20/2004 08:42 PMUSAToday.com has an article about how
NASA is working on integrating robot aircraft into the nation's
airspace. It could be as early as 2008 that we will have
robot planes (UAV drones) routinely sharing civil airspace.
Currently there are UAVs flying, but they are mostly restricted to
military airspace. Humans and robots in the same airspace
surely will require several gentleman's agreements!
Oracle Pilots the Friendly Skies
Oracle Pilots the Friendly Skies
07/28/2004 11:05 AMThe FAA peppers its relationship with the database giant's 10g
products to
create electronic maps of the skies.
Baby Born in Friendly Skies (AP)
Baby Born in Friendly Skies (AP)
12/29/2004 12:15 PMAP - The term "airborne" took on a new meaning when a woman gave birth
high above Southeast Alaska on a floatplane that was evacuating her
after her labor began earlier then expected.
heaven can wait we're only watching the
skies
heaven can wait we're only watching the
skies
01/07/2005 02:24 AMI was two weeks shy of my thirteenth birthday, and in Oregon
filming Stand By Me, when Live Aid happened in
1985, and I was a little too young (and focused on making the movie)
to fully appreciate it. When I was old enough to understand what I'd
missed, I never thought I'd get a chance to experience the show.
Never that is, until the good kids at Rhino released Live Aid on DVD, which Anne gave me for Christmas. For the past
two days, I've turned off Fred and let the DVD run while I work on
various writing projects. I'd heard a little bit of it over the
Thanksgiving weekend, when XM played it on the 80s channel, so I
expected to enjoy it, but I'm a little surprised at just how much it
rocks. The performances really hold up, and one of them even made an
impression on Ryan and Nolan.
After listening to Paul Young perform one of my all-time favorite
songs, (Come Back And Stay), I moved to the couch to watch U2 perform.
In order to fully recreate the concert experience, I cranked up the
Onkyo to a million, and bounced a beach ball around my living
room.
Ryan walked into the room, and sat down on the couch next to me. He
and Nolan have grown up with U2 the way I grew up with The Beatles, so
he recognized the song right away.
"Is that U2?" He said.
I told him that it was, and while Bono continued to sing, I gave
him a brief history of Live Aid.
". . . so Bob Geldof decided to —"
"Wait. I'm sorry to interrupt, but what's up with Bono's boots?" He
pointed to the screen, and for the first time I noticed that Bono was
wearing leather pants, tucked into knee-high suede boots. They had an
impressive heel.
"Uhh . . ." I began.
"And is that . . . oh my god. It is." The color drained from his
face. "He has a mullet."
Before I could reply, Nolan walked into the room.
"Hey!" He said. "What are you watching?"
"It's Live Aid," I said. "They were raising money for —"
"Woah! That is a sweet mullet!" Nolan pointed at the screen and
erupted into peals of laughter.
I paused the DVD, and turned to face them.
"Listen, you guys. It was 1985."
They looked back at me, blankly.
"Oh, nice." It's yet another 'I've-just-become-my-parents'
moment, just replace 'it was the sixties' with 'it was the
eighties.'"
"The mullet was the official haircut of rock and roll," I said.
Before either of them could point out how ludicrous this statement
was, even if it was true, I tried to explain: "This concert was
a really important event! Not only are these all incredible bands at
the height of their popularity, but you can see what happened when a
bunch of people came together to make a difference in the . . . in the
world . . " I realized that they weren't listening to me. Ryan's face
was turning red and Nolan was choking back massive giggles.
"What?" I said.
Ryan's face cracked, and he howled with laughter as he pointed at
the TV. I looked up, and saw that I'd paused the movie on a shot of
Bono, his head thrown back, eyes clamped shut, microphone held high .
. . and mullet in full-effect.
"I'm sorry, Wil." Ryan said. "What were you saying?"
I laughed in spite of myself. Bono did look pretty
ridiculous. "I'll tell you another time. For now, just try to enjoy
the music."
"Oh, we can do that," Nolan said, and made a big production of
putting his hands over his eyes.
"Hey, let's see how well your rock and roll heroes hold up in
twenty years," I said.
"As long as they don't have mullets, I think we'll be fine," Ryan
said.
I pressed play and we watched — well, I watched and
they listened, to the rest of Sunday Bloody Sunday, followed by
Bad.
"See?" I said. "That was during Unforgettable Fire, just
before Joshua Tree. Those two songs they just played are the
reason you have heard U2 since you were too little to know what music
was."
As the final strains of Bad echoed over an ariel shot of Wembley
Stadium, they cut to footage of Phil Collins about to board the
Concorde.
"Who's that?" Nolan asked.
"That's Phil Collins. He just finished performing in London, and
now he's going to fly to Philly to perform there too," I said. "It was
pretty cool."
"Phil Collins?!" Ryan said, "The wussy Tarzan guy?!"
I shrugged my shoulders. "Well . . . yeah."
"He was cool?"
"Phil Collins was . . . " I cleared my throat. "He was an
international superstar."
Ryan looked at me, genuinely confused. "Why?"
I took a deep breath and gave the only answer I could.
"It . . . it was 1985." I said, suddenly not that uncomfortable to
take another step toward becoming my parents, and silently grateful
that the kids hadn't been in the room when I was rocking out to Adam
Ant.
Clear Channel's Clearer Skies
Clear Channel's Clearer Skies
05/04/2004 04:49 PMEquities sales juice the numbers again, but there's improvement in the
core businesses, too.
Nothing but blue skies in Beijing
(Reuters)
Nothing but blue skies in Beijing
(Reuters)
12/30/2004 09:18 PMReuters - China's capital has special reason to celebrate the New Year
-- against all the odds, it has managed to reach its goal of
227 days with clear air in 2004, the China Daily says.
Robot Telescopes Comb the Skies
Robot Telescopes Comb the Skies
09/21/2004 06:37 AMRoboNet-1.0, an automatically controlled series of telescopes, has two
prime directives: search the heavens for the next big flash and spot
an Earth-like planet that could hold intelligent life. By Lakshmi
Sandhana.
El Paso: Brightening Skies Go Dark
El Paso: Brightening Skies Go Dark
02/19/2004 04:51 PMA reserve reduction for the struggling energy company poses another
hurdle for its recovery.
Robot Planes In U.S. Skies By 2008
Robot Planes In U.S. Skies By 2008
05/21/2004 01:04 PMCBS News May 21 2004 5:17PM GMT
Defending The Skies Against Congress And
The Elderly
Defending The Skies Against Congress And
The Elderly
08/22/2004 07:22 PMSomber Skies See Reagan Home to Calif.
(AP)
Somber Skies See Reagan Home to Calif.
(AP)
06/11/2004 08:42 PMAP - In a final, majestic hail to the chief Friday, the nation bade a
lingering goodbye to Ronald Reagan at a stately service in Washington
beneath marble arches and somber skies before the 40th president's
flag-draped casket returned to his beloved California for a sunset
burial ceremony.
IBM Frees Cloudscape Into The Open
Source Skies...
IBM Frees Cloudscape Into The Open
Source Skies...
08/03/2004 01:43 AMThere are plenty of sites that cover various "open source" news
stories that we usually avoid around here, but it's worth noting that
IBM has decided to
release the
source code for the Cloudscape Java database technology that they
own. Obviously there are already some very popular open source
databases out there, but the fact that IBM is donating a fairly large
product into the open source world shows that they seem to understand
at least some of the benefits of open source, while other companies
still continue to insist there's something evil about open source
technologies. Recognizing that (a) the product isn't central to their
strategy and (b) more active development around it may
drive more
demand for their own Websphere offering, it makes perfect sense to
open source Cloudscape (now to be known as Derby). It would be nice
if more companies began to realize that not everything they've worked
on needs to be sold. If it can be used as a form of a promotion that
drives more sales for other products, that can often be a very
intelligent strategy.
In Case of Unfriendly Skies (Los Angeles
Times)
In Case of Unfriendly Skies (Los Angeles
Times)
01/25/2004 10:32 AMLos Angeles Times - It wasn't only people with a fear of flying who
were horror-struck by the story that came out of Kenya in late 2002.
Even the hardiest traveler couldn't help but be spooked.
Blue Skies and Green Yards, All Lost to
Red Ink
Blue Skies and Green Yards, All Lost to
Red Ink
04/10/2004 02:09 PMOne in four minority families are using half or more of their gross
earnings to pay for their homes in some of the fastest-growing Pocono
townships, census data show.
U.S./India open-skies agreement to help
outsourcing
U.S./India open-skies agreement to help
outsourcing
04/07/2005 06:17 PMLifting travel restrictions should lower costs and boost efficiency
and productivity of offshore outsourcers.
U.S., India open skies agreement to help
outsourcing
U.S., India open skies agreement to help
outsourcing
04/07/2005 07:44 AMAn open skies agreement between the U.S. and India is expected to
lower costs and improve efficiency for Indian outsourcing companies
and U.S. companies with offshore software development in India,
according to industry sources. The agreement gives U.S. airlines
access to more Indian cities.
Somber skies see Reagan home to
California
Somber skies see Reagan home to
California
06/11/2004 08:54 PMMineta: US, EU Close to Open Skies Deal
Mineta: US, EU Close to Open Skies Deal
05/21/2004 11:27 AMReuters via Wired News May 21 2004 3:21PM GMT
Cloudy skies dash eclipse hopes
Cloudy skies dash eclipse hopes
05/04/2004 07:50 PMCloudy skies ensured only fleeting glimpses of the moon turning blood
red could be seen on Tuesday night.
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