Friday 31 August 2012

La. Evacuees Days From Going Home . . .



1WC'sChannel TINJAUAN 2012: (AssociatedPress. 44 minit yang lalu) 'La. Dipindahkan Hari Dari Melangkah air banjir yang dalam Rumah-rumah meliputi bahagian Louisiana sesudah Isaac membuang 16 inci hujan dan menolak air ke atas tetambak. Sekurang-kurangnya 500 orang telah diselamatkan oleh bot. (31 Ogos) (1WC’sChannel REVIEW 2012: (AssociatedPress. 44 minutes ago) ‘La. Evacuees Days From Going Home’ Deep floodwaters cover parts of Louisiana after Isaac dumped 16 inches of rain and pushed water over levees. At least 500 people were rescued by boat). (Aug. 31)

No-fly zone over Syria 'not ruled out . . .



Tiada zon terbang atas Syria tidak diperintah keluar . . .

TINJAUAN 1WC'sChannel 2012: (RT News. 1 jam yang lalu) 'Tiada zon terbang atas Syria tidak diperintah keluar' oleh Perancis, Britain dan UK ' Perancis mengatakan mereka tidak menolak sebarang pilihan di Syria, termasuk tentera-dikuatkuasakan zon larangan terbang. Majlis Keselamatan PBB buntu telah sekali lagi diadakan mesyuarat mengenai krisis, dengan Turki juga menolak untuk mewujudkan zon penampan. Profesor Paul Sheldon Foote California State University, yang pakar dalam hal ehwal Timur Tengah percaya Amerika Syarikat dan sekutunya menggunakan situasi kemanusiaan di Syria untuk meneruskan agenda mereka di rantau ini.

1WC’sChannel REVIEW 2012: (RT News. 1 hour ago) ‘No-fly zone over Syria 'not ruled out' by France, UK’ Britain and France say they're not ruling out any options in Syria, including a military-enforced no-fly zone. The deadlocked UN Security Council has again held a meeting on the crisis, with Turkey also pushing for the creation of a buffer zone. Professor Paul Sheldon Foote of California State University, who specializes in Middle Eastern affairs believes the US and its allies are using the humanitarian situation in Syria to pursue their agenda in the region.

No-fly zone over Syria 'not ruled out' by France, UK http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fCUwZrxHTUM&feature=plcp

Humanitarian aid to Syria must be neutral - Russia's UN ambassador . . .

Vitaly Churkin, permanent representative of the Russian Federation to the United Nations (Andrew Burton/Getty Images/AFP)

Vitaly Churkin, kekal wakil Persekutuan Rusia ke Pertubuhan Bangsa-Bangsa Bersatu Vitaly Churkin, permanent representative of the Russian Federation to the United Nations (Andrew Burton/Getty Images/AFP)

Bantuan kemanusiaan ke Syria mestilah 
neutral - duta PBB Rusia . . .
By 1WC’sChannel | earthWatch Friday 31, August 2012

TINJAUAN 1WC'sChannel 2012: (RT News Published: 31 Ogos, 2012) Beberapa cadangan untuk menyelesaikan krisis kemanusiaan di Syria disuarakan pada mesyuarat Pertubuhan Bangsa-Bangsa Bersatu Majlis Keselamatan, Khamis tidak mematuhi sepenuhnya prinsip-prinsip berkecuali dan kesaksamaan, Duta Rusia Vitaly Churkin berkata. Kebimbangan utama dalam melaksanakan aktiviti kemanusiaan di Syria adalah kesaksamaan penuh dan berkecuali, selaras dengan undang-undang antarabangsa, Churkin berkata dalam ucapan kepada Majlis Keselamatan.

"Mari kita meletakkan ini secara langsung: tidak semua idea-idea yang disuarakan di sini adalah selaras dengan kriteria ini," katanya. "Kami menganggap usaha negara-negara individu untuk menggunakan hujah kemanusiaan untuk mewajarkan sokongan kewangan, teknikal dan logistik kepada kumpulan haram bersenjata sebagai tidak boleh diterima." Majlis Keselamatan masih sangat dibahagikan atas bagaimana untuk menangani dengan krisis Syria. Mesyuarat peringkat tinggi di New York memberi tumpuan kepada keadaan kemanusiaan di Syria dan bagaimana kemerosotan mereka yang berterusan.

Trend terkini dalam pembangunan kemanusiaan di Syria hanya boleh mencetuskan kebimbangan yang mendalam, Churkin berkata, menegaskan bahawa kedua-dua belah konflik menyumbang kepada keterukan. "Tanggungjawab untuk nasib rakyat yang mudah ditanggung oleh kedua-dua belah konflik," katanya. "Kami menyeru kepimpinan Syria dan pemimpin pembangkang, termasuk pembangkang bersenjata, untuk mencegah kemerosotan keadaan kemanusiaan." Churkin juga membangkitkan isu sekatan unilateral yang dikenakan ke atas Syria oleh kerajaan Barat termasuk Amerika Syarikat, Britain dan Perancis. Beliau berkata sekatan menyakiti Aram biasa, dan boleh membuat perkara-perkara yang sudah buruk bagi mereka lebih teruk.

"Ini sekatan, dikenakan dalam pemintasan Majlis Keselamatan PBB, mempunyai apa-apa persamaan dengan usaha yang sebenar untuk membantu dalam penyelesaian krisis Syria," katanya. "Mereka hanya merumitkan kehidupan rakyat yang mudah dan menafikan mereka peluang untuk memenuhi keperluan asas mereka dan menikmati sepenuhnya hak-hak asasi manusia." Sementara itu, Amerika Syarikat telah mengulangi komitmen untuk menggulingkan kerajaan Bashar al-Assad, dengan duta Amerika Syarikat ke PBB Susan Rice berkata bahawa "Amerika Syarikat dan rakan-rakan akan terus bekerjasama dengan pembangkang."

"Ini bukan pada akar krisis kemanusiaan," katanya. "Ia adalah satu krisis politik disebabkan oleh sifat berkulit tebal dan kekejaman oleh rejim Assad. Tiada jumlah bantuan kemanusiaan akan menamatkan pertumpahan darah dan penderitaan. Bahawa hari akan datang hanya sekali Assad telah berlepas dan damai Syria diterajui peralihan kepada demokrasi telah bermula. "Menurut pegawai PBB, sekurang-kurangnya 229,000 orang Aram telah lari dari negara itu dalam tempoh 18 bulan yang lalu, melimpah ke jiran Lubnan, Jordan, Turki , Iraq dan negara-negara lain.

Turki telah meminta Majlis Keselamatan untuk mempertimbangkan penubuhan zon penampan kemanusiaan di dalam Syria, kem-kem pelarian yang akan dijaga oleh negara-negara jiran. Kerajaan Syria, bagaimanapun, menentang cadangan itu, dan ketua pelarian PBB Antonio Guterres memberi amaran juga bahawa ia adalah "jarang mungkin untuk memberi perlindungan yang berkesan dan keselamatan di kawasan-kawasan seperti itu." Rusia dan China juga telah menentang idea zon penampan, mengatakan bahawa mereka hanya akan memburukkan lagi keganasan di negara ini.

Malah PBB Timbalan Ketua Setiausaha Jan Eliasson amaran bahawa cadangan itu akan "menimbulkan persoalan serius dan memerlukan pertimbangan berhati-hati dan kritikal." Sementara itu, Britain dan Perancis mengatakan mereka tidak menolak sebarang pilihan untuk menyelesaikan krisis Syria, termasuk zon tentera menguatkuasakan larangan terbang (a military-enforced no-fly zone).

Zon penampan meliputi untuk campur tangan? . . .

Rayuan Turki kepada Majlis Keselamatan PBB untuk syurga yang selamat bagi pelarian Syria telah menyebabkan pembahagian dalam masyarakat antarabangsa, dengan beberapa yang mengatakan ia boleh bertukar menjadi pusat arahan pemberontak. Kolonel Doug Macgregor, Amerika Syarikat  dihiasi tempur veteran dan penulis, memberitahu RT bahawa langkah Ankara untuk campur tangan boleh memaksa pemain utama yang lain untuk mendapatkan terlibat.

"Berdasarkan pengalaman kami di Libya, ini akan menjadi berkesan operasi yang berpangkalan di Amerika Syarikat," katanya. "Orang-orang Eropah tidak mempunyai keupayaan yang kita lakukan. Saya tidak benar-benar melihat ia berlaku. Ia akan menjadi satu usul yang sangat mahal. Jika NATO terlibat menjadi dalam hal keadaan itu, saya hanya boleh membayangkan apa yang ia akan menjadi jika Turki sendiri akhirnya membuat keputusan untuk campur tangan. "Turki berkata bahawa ia akan mengambil masa tidak lebih daripada 100,000 pelarian, dan menjelang akhir September, memandangkan kadar semasa, bilangan yang akan menetap di Turki, Macgregor berkata.

"Turki akan mahu orang-orang ini akan ditempatkan semula di Syria," katanya. "Itu mungkin menjadi titik tip untuk campur tangan penubuhan tentera Turki." Profesor Paul Sheldon Foote California State University, yang pakar dalam hal ehwal Timur Tengah, percaya Amerika Syarikat dan sekutunya menggunakan situasi kemanusiaan di Syria untuk meneruskan agenda mereka di rantau ini. "Ia adalah alasan - ia adalah satu lagi cara untuk membahagi dan mengambil alih negara yang menggunakan Pertubuhan Bangsa-Bangsa Bersatu (PBB) sebagai kenderaan," katanya. "Ia adalah malangnya pengulangan apa yang berlaku di Libya, di mana kita mempunyai Bangsa-Bangsa Bersatu yang digunakan untuk menggalakkan perang bukannya menggalakkan keamanan."

Humanitarian aid to Syria must be neutral - Russia's UN ambassador . . .

1WC'sChannel REVIEW 2012: (RT News. Published: 31 August, 2012) Some of the proposals for solving the humanitarian crisis in Syria voiced at a United Nations Security Council meeting Thursday do not fully comply with the principles of neutrality and impartiality, Russian envoy Vitaly Churkin said. The central concern in implementing humanitarian activities in Syria is full impartiality and neutrality, in accordance with international law, Churkin said in an address to the Security Council.

“Let us put this directly: not all of the ideas voiced here are in line with these criteria,” he said. “We consider the efforts of individual states to use humanitarian arguments to justify the financial, technical and logistical support to illegal armed groups as unacceptable.”  The Security Council remains very much divided over how to deal with the Syrian crisis. The high-level meeting in New York focused on the humanitarian circumstances in Syria and how their continuing deterioration.

Recent trends in humanitarian development in Syria can only spark deep concern, Churkin said, reiterating that both sides of the conflict are contributing to its severity. “Responsibility for the plight of simple citizens is borne by both sides of the conflict,” he said. “We call upon the Syrian leadership and the leaders of the opposition, including the armed opposition, to prevent the deterioration of the humanitarian situation.” Churkin also raised the issue of the unilateral sanctions imposed on Syria by Western governments including the US, Britain and France. He said the sanctions hurt normal Syrians, and could be making already bad matters for them even worse.

“These sanctions, imposed in circumvention of the UN Security Council, have nothing in common with actual efforts to assist in the settlement of the Syrian crisis,” he said. “They simply complicate the life of simple citizens and deny them the opportunity to meet their elementary needs and fully enjoy basic human rights.” Meanwhile, the US has reiterated its commitment to toppling the government of Bashar al-Assad, with US envoy to the UN Susan Rice saying that “the United States and its partners will continue to work with the opposition.”

“This is not at root a humanitarian crisis,” she said. “It is a political crisis caused by the callousness and cruelty by the Assad regime. No amount of humanitarian assistance will end the bloodshed and suffering. That day will come only once Assad has departed and a peaceful Syrian-led transition to democracy has begun.” According to UN officials, at least 229,000 Syrians have fled the country in the past 18 months, spilling over to neighboring Lebanon, Jordan, Turkey, Iraq and other countries.

Turkey has asked the Security Council to consider setting up humanitarian buffer zones inside Syria, refugee camps that would be guarded by neighboring countries. The Syrian government, however, is opposed to the suggestion, and UN refugee chief Antonio Guterres warned as well that it is “rarely possible to provide effective protection and security in such areas.” Russia and China have also opposed the idea of buffer zones, saying that they would only worsen violence in the country. Even UN Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson cautioned that the proposal would "raise serious questions and require careful and critical consideration."  Meanwhile, Britain and France say they are not ruling out any options for solving Syrian crisis, including a military-enforced no-fly zone.

Buffer zones cover for intervention?

Turkey's appeals to the UN Security Council for a safe haven for Syrian refugees has caused division in the international community, with some saying it could turn into a rebel command center. Colonel Doug Macgregor, a decorated US combat veteran and author, told RT that Ankara's move to intervene could force other key players to get involved.

“Based on our experience in Libya, this would have to be effectively a US-based operation,” he said. “The Europeans do not have the capabilities that we do. I don’t really see it happening. It would have to be a very expensive proposition. If NATO becomes involved in the circumstances, I can only imagine what it would be if the Turks themselves finally decide to intervene." Turkey said that it would take no more than 100,000 refugees, and by the end of September, given the current rate, that number will be settled in Turkey, Macgregor says.

“The Turks will want these people to be resettled in Syria,” he said. “That may be the tipping point for the intervention of the Turkish military establishment.” Professor Paul Sheldon Foote of California State University, who specializes in Middle Eastern affairs, believes the US and its allies are using the humanitarian situation in Syria to pursue their agenda in the region. “It is a pretext - it is still another way to divide and take over the country using the United Nations as a vehicle,” he said. “It is unfortunately a repetition of what happened in Libya, where we had the United Nations being used to promote war instead of promote peace.”


Morsi mengkritik Assad di sidang kemuncak NAM 
di bidaan Amerika Syarikat . . .
By 1WC’sChannel | earthWatch Friday 31, August 2012

TINJAUAN 1WC'sChannel 2012: RT News - (1 Jam lalu) 'Morsi mengkritik Assad di sidang kemuncak NAM di bidaan Amerika Syarikat' Delegasi Syria telah berjalan keluar pada sesi Pergerakan Negara-negara Berkecuali di Tehran. Mereka marah pada ucapan oleh pemimpin Mesir Mohammed Morsi, yang dipanggil rejim Presiden Assad menindas. Menteri Luar Syria berkata komen berjumlah menghasut keganasan lanjut di negara ini. RT bercakap kepada wartawan dan penyiar Neil Clark, yang percaya penyata Morsi yang terbaik adalah tidak seimbang.

1WC'sChannel REVIEW 2012: RT News - (1 hour ago) 'Morsi slams Assad at NAM summit at US bidding' The Syrian delegation has walked out on a session of the Non-Aligned movement in Tehran. They were angered at a speech by Egyptian leader Mohammed Morsi, who called President Assad's regime oppressive. Syria's foreign minister said the comments amounted to inciting further violence in the country. RT spoke to journalist and broadcaster Neil Clark, who believes Morsi's statement was unbalanced at best.

Morsi slams Assad at NAM summit at US bidding http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uXLOBy_Y1bs&feature=plcp

Mississippi Pengeringan keluar dari Ishak . . .



Mississippi Drying Out From Isaac . . .

AssociatedPress. 28 minit yang lalu - ‘'Mississippi Pengeringan keluar dari Ishak’ Penduduk tepu ribut Mississippi Gulf Coast meneroka keluar hari Khamis untuk memeriksa kerosakan dari Ishak sebagai kerajaan tempatan mengangkat perintah berkurung. Beberapa kawasan dibanjiri sistem ribut terus ke utara. (AssociatedPress. 28 minutes ago - 'Mississippi Drying Out From Isaac' Residents of the storm-saturated Mississippi Gulf Coast ventured out Thursday to examine damage from Isaac as local governments lifted curfews. Some neighborhoods flooded as the storm system continued northward). (Aug. 30/M’sian Aug 31).



Rescues Continue As Isaac Leaves Louisiana . . .

AssociatedPress. 2 jam yang lalu - 'Menyelamatkan diteruskan Sebagai Ishak daun Louisiana' Ribut Tropika Ishak menurun hujan berat Khamis, banjir kawasan utara dan selatan New Orleans. Sebagai laporan AP Haven Daley, pegawai terpaksa berebut untuk berpindah dan menyelamatkan orang sebagai perairan cepat meningkat. (AssociatedPress. 2 hours ago - ‘Rescues Continue As Isaac Leaves Louisiana’ Tropical Storm Isaac dropped unrelenting rain Thursday, flooding areas north and south of New Orleans. As AP's Haven Daley reports, officials had to scramble to evacuate and rescue people as waters quickly rose). (Aug. 30/M’sian Aug 31).


Rescues Continue As Isaac Leaves Louisiana http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GNzlJi7rDdg&feature=plcp

Defense Robots . . .



Pertahanan Robot-robot . . .
By 1WC’sChannel | earthWatch Friday 31, August 2012

1WC’sChannel REVIEW 2012: ‘Pertahanan Robot-robot’ Perang di Afghanistan telah meletakkan perhatian pada penggunaan sistem robotik dan tanpa pemandu di medan perang. Salah satu ancaman terbesar kepada tentera Amerika Syarikat di Afghanistan adalah bom tepi jalan. Untuk memerangi masalah ini, Amerika Syarikat telah dikerahkan lebih daripada 6,000 robot dalam bidangnya. Kira-kira 750 alat-alat ini telah dimusnahkan oleh bom, yang telah menyelamatkan banyak nyawa. Robot ini dikawal oleh pengendali yang melihat peranti lebih dari skrin. Ini adalah berkesan, tetapi program pertahanan ingin untuk mewujudkan reka bentuk yang lebih dipercayai dan kemajuan robot yang digunakan untuk misi peninjauan.

Salah satu daripada reka bentuk ini adalah kenderaan besar perisai dinamakan Skuad Sokongan Misi Lockheed Sistem, yang bertujuan untuk membawa keping gear untuk askar kaki terbeban. Terdapat juga sistem kenderaan tanpa pemandu sebuah Oshkosh, yang membolehkan seseorang untuk mengawal konvoi trak kargo berat. Menurut pegawai, ia adalah sukar untuk mewujudkan robotik tentera untuk sokongan alasan kerana berjuang begitu dinamik dan tidak menentu. Skuad Sokongan Berkaki System (LS3) adalah robot berkaki 4 berjalan reka bentuk yang akan digunakan untuk membawa bekalan untuk kaki tempur rondaan.

Pada 2012, ia telah mengumumkan bahawa Agensi Projek Penyelidikan Termaju Pertahanan (DARPA) siap cheetah robot yang boleh dijalankan pada 18 mph. Robot menetapkan rekod kelajuan tanah untuk mesin dengan kaki. Matlamat projek ini adalah untuk akhirnya membuat robot yang boleh melanggar batas manusia di medan perang. Kelajuan yang luar biasa telah dicapai selepas jurutera menguasai gerakan galloping, yang digunakan biomekanik haiwan sebenar. Kelajuan tertinggi robot boleh dilihat dalam video di atas.

Ia juga telah dilaporkan bahawa Boston Dynamics membina sebuah robot humanlike, kod-bernama Atlas. Mesin akan mampu berjalan dan berjoging tegak, memerah melalui tempat yang sempit, dan objek merebut. Seperti robot lain, ia akan dibina tanpa kepala untuk membuat ia kelihatan kurang humanlike. Nampaknya kebanyakan orang tidak mahu robot berjalan sekitar melihat bahawa seperti orang. Ia freaky. Selain membantu angkatan tentera, reka bentuk maju robot boleh digunakan untuk tujuan kemanusiaan, seperti usaha-usaha menyelamat dan tindak balas bencana.

Seorang kawan berkaki 4 . . .

Anjing robot ini hanya mengambil berjalan pertama di luar pada bulan Februari 2012. Penyelidik DARPA sedang membangunkan robot LS3 untuk menjalankan gear untuk askar. Walaupun ia muncul berkepala, ia tidak mempunyai "mata" - sensor yang membolehkan ia untuk melihat dan membezakan antara pokok-pokok, batu-batu dan manusia. Satu video LS3 yang DARPA di tempat kerja menunjukkan robot wending sekitar pokok-pokok dan mengikuti penyelidik sekitar. Seterusnya, DARPA merancang untuk menambah "telinga" kepada robot, membenarkan ia untuk mendengar dan memberi respons kepada arahan seperti "berhenti," "duduk" dan "datang ke sini."

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Defense Robots . . .

1WC'sChannel REVIEW 2012: 'Defense Robots' The War in Afghanistan has put a spotlight on the use of unmanned systems and robotics on the battlefield. One of the biggest threats to U.S. troops in Afghanistan is roadside bombs. To fight the problem, the U.S. had deployed more than 6,000 robots in the field. Approximately 750 of these devices have been destroyed by bombs, which has saved many lives. These robots are controlled by an operator who watches over the device from a screen. This is effective, but defense programs would like to create more reliable and advanced robotic designs that are used for reconnaissance missions.

One of these designs is a large armoured vehicle named the Lockheed’s Squad Mission Support System, which is meant to carry pieces of gear for overloaded foot soldiers. There is also an Oshkosh’s unmanned vehicle system, which allows one person to control a convoy of heavy cargo trucks. According to officials, it is difficult to create military robotics for the ground support because fighting is so dynamic and unpredictable. The Legged Squad Support System (LS3) is a four-legged walking robot design which will be used to carry supplies for combat foot patrols.

In 2012, it was announced that the Defense Advanced Research Project Agency (DARPA) completed a robotic cheetah that can run at 18 mph. The robot set a land speed record for a machine with legs. The goal of the project is to eventually make a robot that can outrun humans on the battlefield. The incredible speed was achieved after the engineers mastered a galloping motion, which used the biomechanics of real animals. The robot’s top speed can be viewed in the above video.

It has also been reported that Boston Dynamics is building a humanlike robot, code-named Atlas. The machine will be capable of walking and jogging upright, squeezing through narrow spots, and grabbing objects. Like other robots, it will be constructed without a head to make it look less humanlike. It seems most people don’t want robots running around that look like people. It’s freaky. Besides helping military forces, advanced robotic designs can be used for humanitarian purposes, such as rescue efforts and disaster response.

A four-legged friend . . .

This robot dog just took its first walk outside in February 2012. DARPA researchers are developing the LS3 robot to carry gear for soldiers. Although it appears headless, it does have "eyes" - sensors that allow it to see and distinguish between trees, rocks and people. A DARPA video of the LS3 at work shows the robot wending around trees and following a researcher around. Next, DARPA plans to add "ears" to the robot, allowing it to hear and respond to commands such as "stop," "sit" and "come here."


Maklumat lanjut: 1 Skuad Berkaki DARPA Sistem Sokongan (LS3) Untuk Meringankan Beban Askar 'oleh (DARPA’s Legged Squad Support System (LS3) To Lighten Troops’ Load) DARPA (termasuk video); 2 Video:. Skuad Berkaki DARPA Sistem Sokongan (Big Dog aka) Goes Luar untuk Main (Video: DARPA's Legged Squad Support System (a.k.a. Big Dog) Goes Outside to Play (More information: 1. DARPA’s Legged Squad Support System (LS3) To Lighten Troops’ Load by DARPA (include video); 2. Video: DARPA's Legged Squad Support System (a.k.a. Big Dog) Goes Outside to Play).






Reality Of Afghan war: Bom buatan sendiri menewaskan berteknologi tinggi? . . .

RT New. '18 Ogos 2012 - 'Bom buatan sendiri menewaskan berteknologi tinggi? Kegagalan tenun perang Afghanistan 'Selain daripada bahan letupan di tepi jalan dan Taliban dan pejuang Al-Qaeda, tentera NATO di Afghanistan semakin bawah serangan oleh musuh baru - pasukan mesra kawan Afghanistan. 2 lagi tentera Amerika Syarikat telah ditembak semalam dalam episod menembak 'orang dalam' - menjadikan jumlah keseluruhan askar sedozen dalam hanya lebih seminggu. Dan, sebagai laporan Gayane Chichakyan RT - ini adalah (buktiNyata) bahawa masalah projek pertahanan berbilion dolar hanya tidak boleh menyelesaikan.

RT New. '18 Aug 2012 - ‘Homemade bombs beat high-tech? Afghan war failure looms’ Aside from roadside explosives and Taliban and Al-Qaeda fighters, NATO forces in Afghanistan are increasingly under attack by a new foe - friendly Afghan forces. Two more US troops were shot yesterday in an 'insider' shooting episode - bringing the total to a dozen soldiers in just over a week. And, as RT's Gayane Chichakyan reports - this is a problem that multibillion dollar defense projects just can't solve.

Homemade bombs beat high-tech? Afghan war failure looms http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hK0QEDNyIAY&feature=plcp

DARPA's Robotic Cheetah Sets Speed Record for Legged Robots http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VHvN9zumkFI&feature=player_embedded

DARPA Legged Squad Support System (LS3) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xY42w1w0TWk&feature=player_embedded

NASA Launches Twin Satellites . . .



NASA Lancar Satelit Berkembar . . .

TINJAUAN 1WC'sChannel 2012: (AssociatedPress. Ogos 30/M'sian 31 ogos) 'NASA Lancar Satelit Berkembar' NASA melancarkan sebuah roket membawa satelit berkembar pagi Khamis. Satelit akan meneroka tali pinggang sinaran radiasi bumi, yang melindungi planet dari ledakan solar.

1WC’sChannel REVIEW 2012: (AssociatedPress. Aug 30/M’sian Aug 31)  ‘NASA Launches Twin Satellites’ NASA launched a rocket carrying twin satellites Thursday morning. The satellites will explore the earth's radiation belts, which protect the planet from solar outbursts.


Armageddon, Apocalypse, Disaster, Collapse Preparedness 


I saw rebels beheading men for religion' - Syrian cleric' . . .



Saya menyaksikan pemberontak pemenggalan kepala lelaki untuk agama' - temu-bual RT ulama Syria . . .

TINJAUAN 1WC'sChannel 2012: (RT News. 17 minit yang lalu) 'Saya menyaksikan pemberontak pemenggalan kepala lelaki untuk agama' - temu-bual RT ulama Syria 'kepada ibu Agnes Mariam, pengasas biara di qara di Syria dan disaksikan apa orang pergi melalui apabila percikan api pertama masalah dinyalakan perang. (1WC’sChannel REVIEW 2012: (RT News. 17 minutes ago) ‘I saw rebels beheading men for religion' - Syrian cleric’ RT talks to mother Agnes Mariam, founder of monastery in Qara in Syria and witnessed what the people went through when the first sparks of trouble ignited the war).

I saw rebels beheading men for religion' - Syrian cleric http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iogH78kXccU&feature=plcp

Morsi slams Assad at NAM summit at US bidding . . .


Morsi mengkritik Assad di sidang kemuncak NAM 
di bidaan Amerika Syarikat . . .
By 1WC’sChannel | earthWatch Friday 31, August 2012

TINJAUAN 1WC'sChannel 2012: RT News - (1 Jam lalu) 'Morsi mengkritik Assad di sidang kemuncak NAM di bidaan Amerika Syarikat' Delegasi Syria telah berjalan keluar pada sesi Pergerakan Negara-negara Berkecuali di Tehran. Mereka marah pada ucapan oleh pemimpin Mesir Mohammed Morsi, yang dipanggil rejim Presiden Assad menindas. Menteri Luar Syria berkata komen berjumlah menghasut keganasan lanjut di negara ini. RT bercakap kepada wartawan dan penyiar Neil Clark, yang percaya penyata Morsi yang terbaik adalah tidak seimbang.

1WC'sChannel REVIEW 2012: RT News - (1 hour ago) 'Morsi slams Assad at NAM summit at US bidding' The Syrian delegation has walked out on a session of the Non-Aligned movement in Tehran. They were angered at a speech by Egyptian leader Mohammed Morsi, who called President Assad's regime oppressive. Syria's foreign minister said the comments amounted to inciting further violence in the country. RT spoke to journalist and broadcaster Neil Clark, who believes Morsi's statement was unbalanced at best.

Morsi slams Assad at NAM summit at US bidding http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uXLOBy_Y1bs&feature=plcp

Thursday 30 August 2012

Disimpan Perjuangan:' Kematian perlahan-lahan 'bagi pelarian Syria kem Jordan di Jordan' . . .



TINJAUAN 1WC'sChannel 2012: RT News - (1 Jam lalu) 'Disimpan Perjuangan:' Kematian perlahan-lahan 'bagi pelarian Syria kem Jordan di Jordan' Pasukan keselamatan di kem pelarian besar-besaran di sempadan dengan Syria adalah berjaga-jaga yang tinggi selepas 200 pelarian dihidupkan pengawal terhadap keadaan kem tersebut. Dan sebagai Paula Slier laporan berurusan dengan kebanjiran besar pelarian adalah lebih jauh daripada apa yang boleh dikendalikan Jordan. (1WC'sChannel REVIEW 2012: RT News - (1 hour ago) ‘Saved to Struggle: 'Slow death' for Syria refugees in Jordan camp’ Jordanian security forces at a massive refugee camp on the border with Syria are on high alert after 200 refugees turned on the guards over the camp's conditions. And as Paula Slier reports dealing with the immense influx of refugees is far beyond what Jordan can handle).



RT News - (2 Jam yang lalu) sidang kemuncak NAM cabaran langsung kepada hegemoni Amerika Syarikat di region' The ketua PBB Ban Ki-moon, yang pada mesyuarat itu walaupun bantahan Amerika Syarikat, kata Iran boleh memainkan peranan dalam menghentikan perang di Syria. Isu antarabangsa Tehran, termasuk program nuklear dipertikaikan, juga sebahagian daripada perbincangan. Penulis Soraya Sepahpour-Ulrich difikirkan Tehran masih agak sopan (RT News - (2 hour ago) ‘NAM summit a direct challenge to US hegemony in region‘The UN chief Ban Ki-moon, who's at the meeting despite U.S. objections, says Iran can play a role in halting the war in Syria. Tehran's own international issues, including its disputed nuclear programme, are also part of discussions. Writer Soraya Sepahpour-Ulrich thinks Tehran is still being quite courteous) . . .


RT News - (5 Jam lalu) Baru terkini Ribut Tropika Ishak penuhi jalan di seluruh Louisiana pada Rabu, membanjiri bahagian tenggara kawasan yang kebanyakannya luar bandar New Orleans. Teruk terjejas Negeri Plaquemines, pegawai menyelamatkan berpuluh-puluh orang dengan bot selepas mereka menjadi terkandas oleh banjir. (RT News - (5 hours ago) Newly downgraded Tropical Storm Isaac plodded its way across Louisiana on Wednesday, inundating parts of a mostly rural area southeast of New Orleans. In hard-hit Plaquemines Parish, officials rescued dozens of people by boat after they became stranded by floodwaters). (Aug. 30, 2012)

Saved to Struggle: 'Slow death' for Syria refugees in Jordan camp http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fF_uvdEACBo&feature=plcp

NAM summit a direct challenge to US hegemony in region http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_u2LdVi8os0&feature=plcp

Isaac lashes New Orleans, batters villages in Louisiana http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GBOb_jTD52Q&feature=plcp

Austerity cut ‘Italian miner slits wrist on TV to protest coal mine shutdown’ . . .


Pelombong Sardinia menyekat kemasukan lombong Carbosulcis semasa protes di Carbonia, barat Cagliari, Ogos 29, 2012 (Sardinian miners block the entrance of Carbosulcis mine during a protest in Carbonia, west of Cagliari, August 29, 2012 (Reuters/Alessandro Bianchi).

Pelombong Itali hiriskan pergelangan tangan beliau di TV untuk membantah penutupan lombong arang batu’  . . .
By 1WC’sChannel | earthWatch Thursday 30, August 2012

TINJAUAN 1WC'sChannel 2012: (RT News. Published: 30 Ogos, 2012) 'Pemotongan berhemat: Pelombong Itali hiriskan pergelangan tangan beliau di TV untuk membantah penutupan lombong arang batu' Pelombong Sardinia telah hiriskan pergelangan tangan beliau dalam ucapan TV secara langsung, bantahan terhadap penutupan kemudahan tempatan. Kira-kira 100 pekerja mengurung diri di hadapan lombong, yang dipenuhi dengan hampir 700 kilogram bahan letupan.

Kejadian itu berlaku semasa sidang akhbar yang diadakan di bawah tanah. "Jika seseorang di sini telah memutuskan untuk membunuh keluarga pelombong', tuan-tuan dan puan-puan, kami akan memotong diri kita sendiri, kita akan mengurangkan diri kita sendiri," 49 tahun Stefano Meletti berkata kerana dia hiriskan pergelangan tangan beliau di hadapan wartawan. "Kita tidak boleh mengambil lagi. Kita tidak boleh! Kita tidak boleh! Ia adalah apa yang perlu kita lakukan," Reuters merakam beliau sebagai berkata.

Para pekerja telah diadakan di 400 meter di bawah tanah dalam lombong itu pada duduk malam Ahad (on Sunday night). Lombong mengandungi kira-kira 700 kilogram bahan letupan, dan pelombong telah berikrar untuk tidak meninggalkan sehingga kerajaan berjanji untuk membantu mereka. Pelombong membantah kekurangan pembiayaan untuk industri arang batu, yang telah meninggalkan mereka menganggur. Mereka memanggil untuk perbadanan tenaga Itali Enel untuk menghentikan penutupan lombong arang batu terakhir di negara ini. Para pekerja menekan kerajaan untuk menggabungkan perlombongan dan projek karbon menangkap untuk menyelamatkan pekerjaan mereka, tetapi pihak berkuasa telah menafikan rayuan mereka, mendakwa projek itu kos menelan belanja kira-kira 250 Juta euro setahun.

"Itulah hampir 200,000 euro setiap pelombong. Ia merupakan satu kos yang tidak mapan," Setiausaha kerajaan Pembangunan Ekonomi Claudio De Vincenti kepada La Republica. Sardinia telah rantau perlombongan utama Itali selama beberapa dekad, tetapi kemelesetan (recession) yang mendalam mencengkam negara dan telah musnah industri - kadar pengangguran di rantau ini adalah 16% peratus. Pemimpin Itali yang ditetapkan untuk memenuhi kemudian minggu ini untuk membincangkan nasib ekonomi Sardinia.

A Sardinian miner stands during a protest by miners blocking the entrance of Carbosulcis mine in Carbonia, west of Cagliari, August 29, 2012 (Reuters / Alessandro Bianchi)
Seorang pelombong Sardinia berdiri semasa protes oleh pelombong menyekat kemasukan lombong Carbosulcis dalam Carbonia, barat Cagliari, August 29, 2012 (A Sardinian miner stands during a protest by miners blocking the entrance of Carbosulcis mine in Carbonia, west of Cagliari, August 29, 2012 (Reuters/Alessandro Bianchi).

A Sardinian miner is pictured during a protest by miners blocking the entrance of Carbosulcis mine in Carbonia, west of Cagliari, August 29, 2012 (Reuters / Alessandro Bianchi)
Seorang pelombong Sardinia digambarkan semasa protes oleh pelombong menyekat kemasukan lombong Carbosulcis dalam Carbonia, barat Cagliari, August 29, 2012 (A Sardinian miner is pictured during a protest by miners blocking the entrance of Carbosulcis mine in Carbonia, west of Cagliari, August 29, 2012) (Reuters/Alessandro Bianchi).

The boots of Sardinian miners are pictured during a protest blocking the entrance of Carbosulcis mine in Carbonia, west of Cagliari, August 29, 2012 (Reuters / Alessandro Bianchi)
But pelombong Sardinia digambarkan semasa protes menyekat pintu masuk lombong Carbosulcis di Carbonia, barat Cagliari, Ogos 29, 2012 (The boots of Sardinian miners are pictured during a protest blocking the entrance of Carbosulcis mine in Carbonia, west of Cagliari, August 29, 2012) (Reuters/Alessandro Bianchi).

Austerity cut: ‘Italian miner slits wrist on TV to 
protest coal mine shutdown’  . . .

1WC’sChannel REVIEW 2012: (RT News. Published: 30 August, 2012) ‘Austerity cut: Italian miner slits wrist on TV to protest coal mine shutdown’ A Sardinian miner has slashed his wrist in a live TV address, in protest against the closing of a local facility. Some 100 workers barricaded themselves in front of the mine, which is packed with almost 700 kilograms of explosives.

The incident took place during a press conference held underground. "If someone here has decided to the kill miners' families, ladies and gentlemen, we'll cut ourselves, we'll cut ourselves," 49-year-old Stefano Meletti said as he slashed his wrist in front of reporters. "We cannot take it anymore. We cannot! We cannot! It’s what we have to do," Reuters quoted him as saying.

The workers have staged a sit-in 400 meters underground since barricading themselves in the mine on Sunday night. The mine contains an estimated 700 kilograms of explosives, and the miners have vowed not to leave until the government promises to assist them. The miners are protesting a shortage of funding for the coal industry, which has left them unemployed. They are calling for Italian energy corporation Enel to halt the shutdown of the last coal mine in the country. The workers are pressing the government to combine a mining and a carbon-capture project to save their jobs, but authorities have already denied their pleas, claiming the project would cost some 250 million euros a year.

"That's almost 200,000 euros per miner. It's an unsustainable cost," government Undersecretary of Economic Development Claudio De Vincenti told La Republica. Sardinia has been Italy’s main mining region for decades, but the deep recession gripping the country has devastated the industry – the unemployment rate in the region is 16 percent. Italian leaders are set to meet later this week to discuss the Sardinia’s economic plight.

Austerity cut 'Italian miner slits wrist on TV to protest coal mine shutdown http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4WcrVs0f1lo&feature=plcp

Amerika Syarikat semakin diasingkan . . .



‘US becoming increasingly isolated’ . . .

RT News. - 'Amerika Syarikat semakin diasingkan' Setiausaha Agung PBB Ban Ki-moon telah tiba di Tehran untuk mengambil bahagian dalam Sidang Kemuncak Pergerakan Negara-Negara Berkecuali . . . itulah blok negara-negara yang tidak menganggap diri mereka dalam kesatuan dengan Washington Amerika Syarikat telah menyuarakan kritikan terhadap lawatan ke Iran ketua PBB dan perhimpunan secara umum. Walaupun kesediaan dan keupayaan untuk membantu mencari penyelesaian kepada krisis Syria Iran, apa-apa idea yang dikemukakan oleh Tehran boleh bertemu dengan rintangan, kata pengarang dan wartawan Afshin Rattansi. (25 minit yang lalu. Ogos. 30, 2012)

RT News. - ‘US becoming increasingly isolated’ The United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has arrived in Tehran to take part in the Summit of the Non-Aligned movement... that's a bloc of countries that don't consider themselves in union with the U.S. Washington has voiced criticism of the UN chief's visit to Iran and of the gathering in general. Despite Iran's willingness and ability to help find a solution to the Syria crisis, any ideas put forward by Tehran could be met with resistance, says author and journalist Afshin Rattansi. (25 minutes ago. Aug. 30, 2012)

US becoming increasingly isolated (25 minutes ago) http://www.youtube.com/watch?

Raw Video: La. Troops Rescue Isaac Evacuees . . .



AssociatedPress. 3 minit yang lalu - Pegawai Louisiana berkata, kira-kira 2 dozen orang telah terperangkap dan memerlukan menyelamat di tebing timur Plaquemines Parish. Jurucakap Pengawal Kebangsaan Louisiana berkata pemindahan mula. (AssociatedPress. 3 minutes ago - Louisiana officials say about two dozen people were stuck and in need of rescue on the east bank of Plaquemines Parish. A Louisiana National Guard spokesman says evacuations are beginning). (Aug. 29/M’sian Aug 30, 2012).


AssociatedPress. 1 Jam lalu - 'Amaran Tornado Diterbitkan di Southern Miss' amaran puting-beliung telah dikeluarkan di selatan Mississippi sebagai Taufan Ishak melanda Louisiana dan Mississippi dengan angin kencang dan hujan membasahkan.  (AssociatedPress. 1 hour ago - ‘Tornado Warning Issued in Southern Miss.’ A tornado warning has been issued in southern Mississippi as Hurricane Isaac hits Louisiana and Mississippi with high winds and drenching rains). (Aug. 29/M’sian Aug 30, 2012).


AssociatedPress. 2 jam yang lalu - 'Taufan Ishak melanda New Orleans' Taufan Ishak menolak air ke atas tetambak luar bandar untuk banjir beberapa rumah, mengetuk keluar kuasa dan tenggelam ke pantai jalan-jalan di Louisiana dan Mississippi awal Rabu.  (AssociatedPress. 2 hour ago – ‘Hurricane Isaac Hits New Orleans’ Hurricane Isaac pushed water over a rural levee to flood some homes, knocked out power and immersed beach-front roads in Louisiana and Mississippi early Wednesday). (Aug. 29/M’sian Aug 30, 2012).

La. Troops Rescue Isaac Evacuees (3 minutes ago) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jQyrWnQa59o&feature=plcp

Tornado Warning Issued in Southern Miss (1 hour ago) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WMWRI7ChYDs&feature=plcp

Hurricane Isaac Hits New Orleans (2 hour ago) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LGfWEigm8X0&feature=plcp

Kemiskinan kembali di Eropah: Jenama sasaran nouveau miskin



Kemiskinan kembali di Eropah: Jenama-jenama 
sasaran nouveau miskin . . .
By 1WC’sChannel | earthWatch Thursday 30, August 2012

TINJAUAN 1WC'sChannel 2012: RT News. 11 minit yang lalu 'Kemiskinan kembali di Eropah: Jenama sasaran nouveau miskin' Rekod pengangguran yang tinggi di EU telah memaksa beberapa barang-barang yang lebih besar syarikat pengguna untuk beralih strategi pemasaran. Sasaran permintaan mereka yang dilanda kemiskinan Eropah 'bagi barangan yang lebih murah di tengah-tengah krisis ekonomi. (1WC’sChannel REVIEW 2012:  RT News. 11 minutes ago ‘Poverty back in Europe: Brands target nouveau poor’ Record high unemployment in the EU has forced some of the larger consumer goods companies to shift marketing strategies. They target poverty-stricken Europeans' demand for cheaper goods in the midst of an economic crisis).

Kemiskinan kembali dalam 'Eropah: Jenama menyesuaikan diri jualan bagi rekod pengangguran . . .

Rekod pengangguran yang tinggi di EU telah dipaksa beberapa barang-barang yang lebih besar syarikat pengguna untuk beralih strategi pemasaran. Sasaran permintaan mereka yang dilanda kemiskinan Eropah 'bagi barangan yang tawarkan lebih murah di tengah-tengah krisis ekonomi. Unilever - barangan pengguna ke-3 terbesar syarikat di DUNIA, yang mengeluarkan beratus-ratus jenama seperti Aviance, Ben & Jerry, Dove dan Lipton - akan melakukan hanya itu. Jan Zijderveld, ketua pembahagian Eropah Unilever, berkata dalam satu temu bual dengan Financial Times Deutschland bahawa "kemiskinan kembali ke Eropah." Beliau speculasi bahawa jualan boleh ditingkatkan dengan menyediakan lebih kecil dan lebih murah produk berjenama.

Dengan keadaan ekonomi yang berubah-ubah, tabiat membeli-belah bertukar juga: "Jika pengguna di Sepanyol hanya membelanjakan €  17 apabila mereka pergi membeli-belah, maka saya tidak akan dapat menjual mencuci serbuk untuk mereka separuh daripada bajet mereka" berkata Zijderveld. Unilever telah mula mengubah penjenamaan untuk menyesuaikan diri dengan cabaran pertumbuhan yang rendah di DUNIA maju. Di Sepanyol, ia memperkenalkan Surf detergen dalam pakej untuk hanya 5 mencuci; di Greece, ia memasarkan kentang lenyek dalam pakej yang lebih kecil untuk harga yang lebih rendah. Ia juga telah mencipta jenama kos rendah bagi produk seperti teh dan minyak zaitun.

Syarikat itu sebelum ini melaksanakan strategi penjenamaan kos rendah di negara-negara membangun seperti Indonesia, di mana ia menjual paket individu setiap syampu untuk beberapa sen. Tetapi Zijderveld mengatakan bahawa mereka telah lupa jenis yang sama dijual pilihan di Eropah kerana mereka tidak digunakan dalam tahun-tahun sebelum krisis ekonomi. Keputusan suku Univeler bulan lepas meratapi "pertumbuhan yang lembap" dan "keyakinan pengguna yang rapuh" di negara-negara maju. Zijderveld percaya bahawa jenama kos rendah mesti dipadankan dengan perkhidmatan Apple seperti dalam usaha untuk meningkatkan keuntungan. "Dalam kedai Apple, semua orang berfikir: Wow, apa pengalaman . . . Mengapa kita tidak boleh menjual makanan seperti Apple menjual peranti Mengapa tiada perunding genius untuk ayam?"

Pengangguran Rekod sejak penerimaan Euro . . .

Langkah Univeler untuk menyesuaikan strategi bagi negara-negara mundur ke EU pasaran berasaskan realiti suram baru Eropah. Pengangguran adalah pada kebangkitan di EU sebagai pengguna membeli penurunan kuasa - kadar pengangguran Eurozone mencecah rekod tinggi pada musim panas ini. Kementerian EU untuk statistik, Eurostat, melaporkan bahawa 17.8 juta orang tidak punyai perkerjaan dalam zon Euro pada Jun: tahap tertinggi sejak Euro diterima sebagai mata wang EU pada tahun 1999.

Dan menurut angka Perancis baru Kementerian Buruh yang dikeluarkan pada Isnin, lebih daripada 3 juta orang yang menganggur di negara ini pada bulan Julai, dalam tahap tertinggi lebih daripada 13 tahun. Kadar pengangguran Sepanyol mencecah paras tertinggi rekod hampir 25% peratus pada suku ke-2, 2012. laluan Greece rapat di belakang, dengan kadar pengangguran 23% peratus yang dilaporkan pada bulan Mei. Data ini "petanda sakit untuk perbelanjaan pengguna dan prospek pertumbuhan," ketua ekonomi Eropah di IHS Global Insight Howard Archer memberitahu PJK. Satu trend menurun dalam perbelanjaan pengguna telah diperhatikan sejak pertengahan tahun 2011, VisaEurope melaporkan.

Ini menggariskan kesengsaraan ekonomi merupakan program berterusan pemotongan bajet dan penjimatan, di mana negara-negara EU menerima pakai dalam usaha untuk membayar hutang mereka. Rakyat Eurozone telah menyaksikan potongan gaji, sistem penjagaan kesihatan, sokongan kewangan negeri dan perbelanjaan awam, yang telah membawa kepada penurunan keseluruhan dalam pendapatan budi bicara mereka. Luka membuktikan amat tidak popular di seluruh EU, yang membawa kepada bantahan besar-besaran, keganasan dan serangan. Langkah-langkah penjimatan yang lebih popular di Greece termasuk cukai harta yang baru dan penggantungan 30,000 penjawat awam pada membayar separa. Di Sepanyol, beribu-ribu orang kerap membantah di jalan-jalan terhadap penjimatan (against austerity), dengan orang muda camping di bandar-bandar khemah dan (general strikes being held) permogokan umum yang diadakan terhadap pemotongan bajet yang dirancang.

A man begs on the street in central Madrid July 19, 2012 (Reuters/Susana Vera)

Poverty is back in Europe: Brands adapt sales for record unemployment . . .

Record high unemployment in the EU has forced some of the larger consumer goods companies to shift marketing strategies. They target poverty-stricken Europeans’ demand for cheaper goods in the midst of an economic crisis. Unilever - the third-largest consumer goods company in the world, which manufactures hundreds of brands like Aviance, Ben & Jerry’s, Dove and Lipton - will be doing just that. Jan Zijderveld, head of Unilever’s European division, said in an interview with Financial Times Deutschland that “poverty is returning to Europe.” He speculates that sales can be increased by providing smaller and cheaper branded products.

With changing economic conditions, shopping habits change as well: "If a consumer in Spain only spends €17 when they go shopping, then I'm not going to be able to sell them washing powder for half of their budget," Zijderveld said. Unilever has already begun altering its branding to adapt to the challenge of low growth in the developed world. In Spain, it introduced Surf detergent in packages for only five washes; in Greece, it is marketing mashed potatoes in smaller packages for a lower price. It has also created lower-cost brands for products like tea and olive oil.

The company previously implemented low-cost branding strategies in developing countries such as Indonesia, where it sells individual packets of shampoo for a few cents each. But Zijderveld says that they have forgotten similar types of selling options in Europe because they were not used in the years prior to the economic crisis. Univeler’s quarterly results last month bemoaned “sluggish growth” and “fragile consumer confidence” in developed countries. Zijderveld believes that lower-cost brands must be matched with Apple-like service in order to increase profits. "In an Apple store, everyone thinks: Wow, what an experience . . . Why can't we sell food like Apple sells devices? Why are there no genius consultants for chicken?"

Record unemployment since adoption of Euro . . .

Univeler’s move to adapt strategies for underdeveloped countries to EU markets is grounded in Europe’s grim new reality. Unemployment is on the rise in the EU as consumer purchasing power declines – the Eurozone’s unemployment rate hit a record high this summer. The EU's ministry for statistics, Eurostat, reported that 17.8 million people were out of work in the Eurozone in June: The highest level since the Euro was adopted as the EU's currency in 1999.

And according to new French Labor Ministry figures released on Monday, more than three million people were unemployed in the country in July, the highest levels in more than 13 years. Spain's unemployment rate reached a record high of nearly 25 percent in the second quarter of 2012. Greece’s trails close behind, with a 23 percent unemployment rate reported in May. This data “bodes ill for consumer spending and growth prospects," chief European economist at IHS Global Insight Howard Archer told CBC. A downward trend in consumer spending has been observed since the middle of 2011, VisaEurope reported.

Underlining this economic misery is an ongoing program of budget cuts and austerity, which EU nations are adopting in an attempt to pay down their debts. Eurozone citizens have witnessed cuts in salaries, healthcare systems, state financial support and public spending, which has led to an overall decrease in their discretionary income. The cuts are proving deeply unpopular all over the EU, leading to mass protests, violence and strikes. The more unpopular austerity measures in Greece included a new property tax and the suspension of 30,000 civil servants on partial pay. In Spain, thousands of people regularly protest in the streets against austerity, with young people encamping in tent cities and general strikes being held against planned budget cuts.



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