Joe Klein digs Time's hole deeper still Nov 6, 2009
A telecommunications engineer and graduate of Montreal's McGill University, he has lived in Canada since he's 17 years old. In 2002, he was returning home to Canada from vacation when, on a stopover at JFK Airport, he was (a) detained by U.S. officials, (b) accused of being a Terrorist, (c) held for two weeks incommunicado and without access to counsel while he was abusively interrogated, and then (d) was "rendered" -- despite his pleas that he would be tortured -- to Syria, to be interrogated... (Salon)
A bigger house would favor Democrats Sep 25, 2009
Rosin, a telecommunications engineer formerly at Bell Labs, is working on a book about the House as a tunable factor in the Electoral College. His work, in part, extends upon a by California State University-Northridge mathematicians Michael G. Neubauer and Joel Zeitlin that investigated the implications of House size on the Electoral College. (Harper's Magazine)
* Afghans caught in complex presidential guessing game Aug 28, 2009
There is no doubt that there would be a lot of fraud but a lot of the people I know and work with said they were supporting Karzai, said 28-year-old Kabul telecommunications engineer Mohammad Akbar. Time spent waiting for the results was extremely boring, he said, but added: There is a lot of concern and worry that when the election result becomes final, whether or not it will be accepted. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World Business)
France Telecom Goes Hollywood Jul 11, 2009
Trained as a telecommunications engineer, runs France Telecom (), a $75 billion provider of phone, Internet, and cellular services that counts more than 183 million customers in more than 30 countries from France to Senegal. But when I met with Lombard for breakfast, the French executive had been making the rounds in Hollywood. (BusinessWeek)
Scientist shortage? Maybe not Jul 10, 2009
Alan Weissberger, a 61-year-old telecommunications engineer in Santa Clara, Calif. admits to being "stumped" when people say there's a shortage of engineers. (USA Today -- Tech)
Legislative shift gives new life to old bills Apr 6, 2009
Ellenbecker, a telecommunications engineer who educated himself on the legislative process, said he accepted the struggle it took to pass the bill. When I started this, I knew it wasn t going to be easy. (La Crosse Tribune, WI)
Hothead Technologies raising $5M for heat-sensing helmet Apr 1, 2009
The company is the brainchild of chairman and CEO Jay Buckalew, who once passed out from heat exhaustion on the roof of a 22-story building in Puerto Rico when he was working as a telecommunications engineer. Later, Buckalew wondered if there was any way to check his body s core temperature beneath the hard hat he was wearing. (Atlanta Business Chronicle, GA)
New deadline for US hostage in Pakistan Mar 2, 2009
Afghanistan's ambassador-designate, an Iranian diplomat and a Chinese telecommunications engineer have been seized in or near the main northwestern city of Peshawar and are still missing. Gunmen killed an American aid worker in Peshawar in November. (WSVN-TV Miami, FL)
Taliban Cease Fire in Pakistan's Swat Valley Feb 16, 2009
He and fellow telecommunications engineer Zhang Guo were kidnapped in August in the Dir region of northwestern Pakistan. They both escaped in mid-October, but Long hurt his ankle and was recaptured, while Zhang got away, China's state-run Xinhua News Agency said. (Time.com)
