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As the Senate debates whether to extend unemployment benefits, more than 200,000 jobless Americans are set to see their UI checks stop in October.

More than one in three people who are unemployed have been out of work for at least six months, according to the law project. The unemployment rate hit a 26-year high of 9.8% in September.

From the page: "PG&E insists the meters are accurate but Mark Toney of TURN, The Utility Reform Network says there could be a number of problems in the Smart Meter system. He said, "It's possible the meters are reading correctly but somewhere in the system before somebody gets the bill there's a breakdown. We need to find out and ratepayers deserve an answer as to what the problem is and how to fix it."

The state Public Utilities Commission has ordered PG&E to respond to customer complaints by inspecting and testing the computerized Smart Meters.

PG&E notes that many customers do not understand the billing system, which consists of 5 levels. In the first level, Fresno customers pay on 11 cents per kilowatt hour used. But in the 5th level, or tier, it rises to 44 cents per kilowatt hour. On a hot day with the air conditioning on, usage can quickly rise into the higher tiers. The rate hike approved by the PUC in March affected only the top tiers, thus resulting in dramatic increases for many customers. "

*There was a notice in March?

From the page: "Levi Strauss & Co. is so worried about CO2 emissions that it quit the U.S. Chamber of Commerce in protest over the Chamber's opposition to climate legislation.

But if Levi Strauss were really concerned about CO2 levels, it would also go out of business."




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From the page: "Counterfeit cigarettes could thrive under a new law forcing retailers to hide tobacco products under the counter, packaging and tobacco experts have warned"

Rut. Roh.

From the page: "I knew how to run a business, and I knew what made a business profitable or bankrupt. Why did I not know how to run a life and how to make it profitable and good? I let my life go bankrupt emotionally. Why did I think that things were going to change or get better if I simply allowed more output than there was income to continue? I kept giving to those in my life, but never receiving.

In our lives there are always times we give more than we get in supporting our friends and family, but if this is a continual occurrence, over time we become physically, financially and emotionally bankrupt. We must receive as well as give to friends and family."

Read it; Believe it; Trust it.

   Marketers like them for good reason: Convince someone to take a subscription, and the revenue flows in for months to come. It is amazing how inertia takes over, says Peter S. Fader, a marketing professor at the University of Pennsylvania. Anyone who has signed up for a gym membership that is paid for but not used understands the genius behind subscriptions."

Related read: gawker.com/5373033/myspace-is-for-stalking-says-owner-of-myspace [gawker.com/5373033/myspace-is-for-stalking-says-owner-of-myspace]

*D'oh!

     From the page: "In vague terms, it looks like MySpace was aware of the fact that members might try to register for its network on Facebook, because the confirmation link to Facebook does not work in MySpace Mail, nor does copy-pasting it. Basically, it's mangled somehow. But, the tipster explained, the real link is still in the page's HTML source. And indeed, I was able to join MySpace's network on Facebook."

*Another reason why I don't use Facebook although there are many reasons I could itemize easily and in rapid succession.