Blackberry Tips and Tricks – All about Blackberry’s life

The following tips and tricks have been compiled over the years (since I started using a model 950 in 1999) from many sources on the Internet, RIM tech support, user manuals, and from simply playing around with Blackberry handhelds. Some of these may or may not apply to your handheld. Just how useful you find them may depend on things like: the model of handheld you own, which carrier you use, the software version installed, how your handheld is configured, any IT policies in place, and of course your own personal preferences and needs. Although many of the following tips and tricks will still apply, owners of Blackberry handhelds that feature SureType keyboards (i.e. 7100 and 8100 series) should look for additional ‘tips and tricks’ that are specific to their handheld.
Terminology
On this site and other websites, you may see the words (with or without a space or hyphenation) 'thumbwheel', 'scrollwheel', 'trackwheel', or 'wheelbutton' used interchangeably. RIM has often called this special button (that can be clicked and rolled much like a wheel mouse) a "thumb-operated trackwheel" in their documentation.
You may see the words 'ribbon' and 'home screen' used interchangeably.
The Blackberry handheld is often simply referred to as the ‘handheld’. BB and HH are common abbreviation also.
ALT key – Has half moon on top of it (or is orange on older models). Left side of keyboard below the ‘A’ key.
CAP key – Bottom right key (AKA SHIFT key) next to the space key.
SYM key – Can be used to enter less-often used characters in email messages, browser URLs, etc.
In General
1) Hold the ALT key while you roll the trackwheel to scroll horizontally in any field where you can enter or view text.
2) Hold the ALT key while you roll the trackwheel to scroll through a field to view options. Pressing the space key may let you cycle through the options as well.
3) Hold the CAP key while you roll the trackwheel to select multiple items in a list.
4) Type the first letter of an item in an options list or menu to jump directly to that item.
5) Type the first letters of a name or the initials separated by a space to find a contact in the Address Book screen.
6) Press the 'C' key to compose a new message from the home screen or within Messages or Save Messages [Note: This option disappeared in newer firmware but can be added back via a third party app]. If 'Enable Quick Entry' is set to 'NO' (Calendar/Options), then the 'C' key can be used to create a new appointment/meeting request while in the Calendar. See the calendar section below.
7) Rearrange the ribbon: In the Home screen (ribbon), hold the ALT key and click the trackwheel to bring up a menu. You can then select Move Icon, Hide Icon, or Show All. If you hide an icon, to show it again click Show all and it will appear with an X over it, bring up the menu on it and uncheck hide icon.
8) The Blackberry display can be backlit to allow reading messages in low light conditions. To get the light to come on, hit the backlight button usually in the lower right of the keyboard. Newer models also have a backlit keyboard as well so you can see the keys as you type if needed. The light goes out automatically after a few seconds of inactivity. The latest models with current handheld software allow you to change the timeout value (up to 2 minutes) and the level of brightness (2 step).

Note for C++ Model users: To get the display backlit, you need to press the ALT (orange) key quickly three times.

9) Turning the radio off and back on when coverage is spotty and you've lost signal seems to help on some handhelds.
10) Set Owner info and password protect your blackberry: Go to the Options menu, then to the Owner item, and enter your name, and additional information (such as an alternate phone number for you). Under Options menu, Security item, make sure you have ‘Password’ set to ‘Enabled’ and an adequate ‘Security Timeout’ value specified. [Note: these settings may be changed/enforced via an IT policy]When the security timeout kicks in (or you manually lock your device), the owner info you specified will be displayed on the handheld screen. If someone finds your lost handheld, this can give them enough information (and possibly an incentive if you include the word ‘REWARD’) to return the device to you.
11) If you have password protected your Blackberry (you should!) in the previous tip: [Note: these settings may be changed/enforced via an IT policy] After five incorrect attempts at typing in your password, the password starts echoing (figuring you really need all the help you can get). After ten attempts, it performs a lobotomy on itself and almost all data is cleared. The Memo database, however, may be retained and visible. Note for older C++ Model users: This will wipe data AND applications requiring a complete reload!  Siemens SK6R users: Your handheld will need to be sent in for service!
12) To support more than one signature: Wipe out your auto-signature in the Redirector of the Desktop Manager software, or on the Blackberry itself if using handheld software v4.0+ (Messages/Options/Email Settings/Use Auto Signature), and just use 'AutoText' to configure alternate signatures.  See the next tip on using AutoText.
13) Use AutoText to help you compose messages with fewer key strokes:  From the home screen, go to Options, then AutoText. A lot of AutoText entries have already been created for you. You can modify or delete existing entries, and even add your own. Entire boiler-plate responses can be entered here! Custom signatures, favorite quote/taglines, etc. can be stored, and then recalled in a message just by typing a few characters (that you specify) and pressing the space key. If you every want to use those exact characters in a message (i.e. not have the text you type replaced with an AutoText entry), you can simply hold down the CAP key as you press the space key. If you forget to do this (or maybe you just didn’t know there was an AutoText entry defined with those characters), you can hit backspace and this will ‘undo’ the AutoText expansion/replacement. Some of the stock AutoText entries rely on special macros (which you can also use in your own entries). Some of these macros are not available on all handhelds.  See the ‘Composing a Message’ tips on down in the list for examples of stock AutoText entries that use these special macros.
14) On blackberry models that include a phone, you can turn off the display of phone call logs in the Message list area. In the Home screen (ribbon), using the trackwheel and click the phone, click the trackwheel again and select options, Then Call Logging. Note that even with Call Logging turned off, you can still use the ALT-p and ALT-v shortcuts mentioned below to see the phone log and voicemail messages when needed.
15) ALT-CAP-Backspace will reboot your Blackberry handheld.
Messages
While in the Messages list there are many shortcuts and often over-looked features that can aid you in reading, composing, and cleaning up your email (some of these work in tasks, memos, and appointments also).
Searching/Filtering/Marking:
ALT-i: show only incoming mail
ALT-o: show only outgoing mail (messages you have sent - i.e. checkmark icon)
ALT-p: show phone log messages (on handhelds that are also a phone)
ALT-s: show SMS messages (on handhelds that support SMS)
ALT-v: show Voicemail messages (on handhelds that are also a phone)
ALT-d: (iDEN only) show a direct connect log in the message list
ALT-m: show MMS messages (on handhelds that support MMS)

Note: The ALT shortcuts above are just saved searches. Some of them may not be applicable to your device. You can create your own, or edit existing ones. Please see the Saved Searchestip below.

ALT-u: Press this key combination to toggle a single message as Read or Unread. Note that there is currently no way to filter the message list to show only unread messages. You can press the ‘u’ key to jump to the next unread message (see Navigating below).
h: toggle Hide Filed Messages setting on/off
i: file currently highlighted message(s)
s: go to the Search screen
v: show Saved Messages
Navigating:
Escape: close message listing and return to home screen (ribbon)
Backspace\DEL:  Delete the currently selected message(s)
Spacebar: page down
CAP + Spacebar: page up
t: go to top of the message listing
b: go to bottom of the message listing
c: Compose a new message
u: go to the next unread message
e: go to the next delivery error message
n: jump to next day of messages
p: jump to previous day of messages
r: reply to the currently selected message
l: reply-all to the currently selected message
f: forward the currently selected message
j: go to the previous message in the thread (of the currently selected message)
k: go to the next message in the thread (of the currently selected message)
Saved Searches:
Many people love to use the search hotkeys listed above (i.e. ALT-i), but few realize that these are just saved searches. These existing saved searches can be edited, and new one can be created, by following these steps:
1) If not already in Messages, click Messages from the home screen.
2) Click the trackwheel and then select 'Search' from the menu.
3) If you are creating a new saved search from scratch, skip this step and move on to step #4. To edit an existing search, click the trackwheel and select 'Recall' from the menu. Select the saved search in the list, click the trackwheel and select 'Edit Search' from the list (note that here is where you can delete a saved search also). 
4) Fill in, or change all the desired search critera.
5) Click the trackwheel and select 'Save' from the menu. This is the final step if you are editing an existing saved search.
6) If you are creating a new search, you will need to give your search a title and optional specify a shortcut key. Once you have done this, click the trackwheel and again select 'Save' from the menu.
To get you started, I'll describe one of my first custom searches: I compose lots of messages every day on my Blackberry handheld. Often I have to stop short of sending a message, so I save it as a draft message that I can go back and finish later. Unfortunately many new messages may come in before I get a chance to go back and finish those draft messages. To make sure no draft message gets forgotten, I created a custom saved search to find them. To duplicate this, follow the steps listed above for creating a new saved search. At step #4, scroll down to the 'Show' field. Press the space key to cycle through the available values. Stop when you see 'Draft Only'.  This will be the only thing we change now (you can go back and refine it later if you like). Now continue on to step #5 to save the search. In step #6 I gave this saved search a title of Draft Messages and assigned the 'd' shortcut key to it  (so it can be invoked via ALT-d). This shortcut key assignment works fine for me as I use a VZW 8703e, but if you use a Blackberry handheld that supports direct connect calls (i.e. Nextel) , you will need to pick another letter. Once you click Save for the final time in step #6, the saved search will be executed. If at any time you want to interrupt this seach (or any search), press the escape key.
Specifying where messages are deleted:
With email reconciliation enabled, many people prefer to be prompted as to whether deleted messages are removed on the handheld only, or from both the handheld and their mailbox. To configure the handheld to prompt you as to which action to take when you delete a message:
1) If not already in Messages, click Messages from the home screen.
2) Click the trackwheel and then select 'Options' from the menu.
3) ** Scroll down and click on 'Email Reconciliation' with the trackwheel. [Note: You many need to skip this step if your Blackberry has older firmware]
4) Make sure ‘Wireless Reconcile’ is set to ‘On’.
5) Change the option ‘Delete On’ to be ‘Prompt’.
Deleting multiple messages at once:
1) Hold down the CAP key and use the trackwheel to scroll up or down to select messages. Click the trackwheel and select 'Delete Messages'.
2) Highlight a date (i.e. Tue, July 20, 2004) in the message list; hit the trackwheel and select 'delete prior'. All messages prior to that date will be deleted. Important Note: If you have your Blackberry configured to automatically delete messages from your mailbox on the server when you delete them from the Blackberry, using this trick will NOT cause the messages to be removed from your mailbox on the server. So this is a good way to clean out the messages on your blackberry without worrying about having them deleted on the mail server.
Combine these with a searching/filtering tip to make it even more useful. Example:  To delete the last 5 outgoing messages (sent messages with a checkmark), press 'ALT' then the letter 'o' (for outgoing) this will show all of your sent messages. Then per the above tip, use the CAP key to select the last five messages. Click the trackwheel and select 'Delete Messages'.
While in a Message
Navigating:
Enter or spacebar: scroll down a page/screen at a time
ALT-enter or CAP + Spacebar: scroll back a page/screen at a time
b: scroll to end of page
t: scroll to top of page
u: jump to closest unread message
n: jump to next message
p: jump to previous message
Escape: close message and return to message listing
Backspace\DEL: Delete the currently opened mesage
r: reply to this message
l: reply-all to this message
f: forward this message
s: search for a word in the message
i: file current message
q: toggle between friendly name and SMTP address for a selected address in the header (like 'Show Address' and 'Show Name')
Selecting Text (OS v2.1+)
There are a few ways to select text:
1) Press the CAP key and then scroll the trackwheel to select. If you release the CAP key and scroll the trackwheel you will select entire lines. Press the CAP key again at any time to start selecting by character again.
2) Hold down ALT key + CLICK the trackwheel (click it don't hold it down), release the trackwheel and then use it to scroll whole lines. You can press and hold the ALT key at anytime to start selecting by character again.
3) Click the trackwheel and pick 'SELECT' from the menu. Scroll the trackwheel to select entire line. Click scroll wheel again and select copy.
Cut/Copy: After selecting text, click the trackwheel and select 'Cut Selection' or 'Copy Selection'
Paste: Click the trackwheel, and then select 'Paste Selection'.
NUM/CAP Lock
Turn on NUM lock:  Press CAP + ALT
Turn off NUM lock: Press ALT or CAP
Turn on CAP lock:  Press ALT + CAP
Turn off CAP lock: Press CAP
Composing a Message
1) Press and hold a letter to capitalize it (with Key Rate enabled).
2) Press the SPACE key twice to insert a period and capitalize the next letter.
3) Press the SPACE key to insert the '@' and '.' characters in an Email field. The first time the space key is pressed while in an email field, an '@' character will be inserted, any subsequent uses of the space key will insert a period. Thus if the email address is: "first.last@domain.com" you will need to type the first period. To prevent this character substitution, hold down the CAP key as you press the space key, or press the backspace key after the fact to undo (this behavior is identical to that of using AutoText).
4) Press and hold a letter key and roll the trackwheel to scroll through international/accent characters, equation symbols and other marks.
5) You can insert certain information about your blackberry into email messages. For instance, typing "mynumber" (without the quotes) and pressing space will insert your Blackberry's phone number (If your blackberry is also a phone). Likewise typing "myPIN" (without the quotes) and pressing space will insert your Blackberry's PIN. For iDEN phones (Nextel/Telus), you can type "mydcid" (without the quotes) and press space to insert your DIRECT CONNECT number. These are simply AutoText entries that use macros. You can edit these or roll your own using the same macros. Example: I create Autotext entries for 'mycell' and 'myphone' to be the same as 'mynumber'.   
Calendar 
(with "Enable Quick Entry" set to 'No')
n: Go to the next day, week or months (depending on view)
p: Go to the previous day, week or month (depending on view)
t:  Go to "Today" in the Calendar screen.
g: Go to a specific date in the Calendar screen.
a: Switch to Agenda view.
d: Switch to Day view.
w: Switch to Week view.
Meeting Requests
This tip is more a reminder for how to create Meeting Requests for conference calls in Outlook so that when recipients open the Meeting Request on their Blackberry, they can make the call (complete with conference/pass code) without manually dialing any numbers. In the location field use an x or ext between the number and the pass code.  Tag the # key on the end if needed.
18665555555x12345#
   or
18665555555ext12345#
You can pad it out with spaces as much as you like and it still works:
+1 (866) 555-5555 x12345#
+1 (866) 555-5555    x    12345#
+1 (866) 555-5555 ext12345#
+1 (866) 555-5555    ext    12345#
Now when a phone number in one of the above formats is clicked on the Blackberry, the number will be dialed and a popup will be presented to send the pass code.
Battery
The largest draw on a battery is the transmitter.  A few things that drain the battery:
1) Frequent phone use.
2) Being in fringe or no coverage areas will eat up your battery as it attempts to transmit. If you're in an area that is out of range, turn your handheld's radio off manually or use Options / Auto On Off to conserve battery life.
3)  Third party applications that must communicate frequently to maintain state (like some IM clients).
Heavy use of the backlight will also drain your battery.

Note: Extended/high capacity batteries can be purchased for some of the blackberry handhelds.

For the older C++ models that use AA batteries: Generally speaking (you can get higher rated ones) rechargeable batteries only last about half as long as standard alkaline battery. Energizer e2 Photo Lithium batteries tend to last the longest. However, they are more expensive and when they finally start to go, have another on hand because they drain quickly at that point.
Geek Tips (All models)
1) Rather than looking at the bars, you can change the display of the 'signal strength' to read in real numbers. While at the home screen (ribbon), hold down the ALT key while you type NMLL. The bars should change to read numbers. For the 'signal strength', if you are in the 100 area (that means -100 dBm), you will be transmitting at maximum power, and since coverage is hit and miss at this weak a signal, you may end up transmitting many times before the packets make it through. This might help explain any poorer than normal battery life. I consider anything at -90 to -50 excellent. To get the bars back: While at the home screen (ribbon), hold down the ALT key while you type NMLL again.
2) Hold down the ALT key -AND- the CAP key at the same time, then press the letter 'h'. This brings up the "Help Me!" screen that lists version, app version, pin, imei, uptime, signal strength, battery level, file free, and file total.
3) Hold down the ALT while you type LGLG. This brings up the event log where you can clear events (frees some memory), view them or copy the contents to mail to someone. You can also change the level of logging here.
Old Geek Tips (older C++ models only)
1) ON any C++ model (i.e. 85x and 95x models), hold down the ALT (Orange) key and type "DBON" to display battery and signal strength as numbers. ALT+DBOFF returns to bars. Note: Although this trick does not work on the new Java-based models, both values are displayed in Options, Status on those models.
2) Hold down the orange ALT (orange) key -AND- the CAP key at the same time, then the letter 'b'. This will show you the 'Device Status' screen with extended battery info and other stuff. This tip should work from any screen.
3) Hold down the ALT (orange) key -AND- the CAP key at the same time, then the letter 'r'. This will show you the 'Radio Status' screen. Clicking on some of the info opens up news windows. Pressing the letter 'p' while on the 'Radio Status' screen sends a packet to the network which will send your Blackberry an acknowledgement in return. This is useful if you are in a weak signal area and want to stop your Blackberry from searching for other sites. You can do this and your Blackberry might stay there long enough to let you send that message that you might normally be in a too weak of an area to send. Also, pressing the letter "b" on this screen will get you the same 'Device Status' screen as tip #2 above. This tip should also work from any screen.
4) On a Blackberry that uses the Mobitex network (950 and 957 models) you may be able to switch towers. Go into the Radio Info screen as explained in tip #3. Type in REJ (which stands for Reject current tower). You won't see anything typed in, and sometimes this requires more than one try.
Carrier Tips/Codes
Verizon:
Call ##000000 - CDMA Service Program Edit Screen
Call *228 (option 2) - Update PRL OTA (Preferred Roaming List  - Over The Air).  The way to go.
Call *22899 - Activate phone and update PRL OTA. No additional prompts. VZW customer support use to recommend this, but now it seems to not be a good option for phones.
The Preferred Roaming List (PRL) is a list that a CDMA device (your Blackberry handheld in this case) uses when it attempts to locate and connect to cellular systems/towers. Your handheld can find and use a system not listed in the PRL, but it will try to use what is in the PRL first. Other connection issues aside, this can be a problem with data devices as when roaming you want to use a carrier that your provider has a data roaming (not just voice) agreement with [Note: similar issues exist with GSM/GPRS carriers and their roaming partners]. Because of issues like this it is often recommended that Verizon Wireless customers (and customers of other CDMA carriers) perform a PRL OTA update every couple of months; as the PRL is updated periodically to reflect new or updated information for other carriers which your provider has roaming agreements with, additional carrier frequencies being used in an area, and new cell towers (and new transmittion sites on exiting towers) added within your carriers own network.
Nextel:
After entering the 'Help Me!' screen (See Geek Tips). You can enter trace mode by typing: ZAML
Mailbox Clean Up
[Note: This section was written specifically for Blackberry handheld owners that use Outlook to access an Exchange server and have a BES account - others may still find some of the info useful]
If your mailbox has size limits (Email quotas), you may be prohibited from sending (and in some organizations even receiving) any new email until you reduce the amount of email already present in your mailbox. Not being able to send an important email because your mailbox is full can be frustrating to say the least. Cleaning up your mailbox is generally much easier on a PC (where you may have better searching, sorting and archival tools), but you can do a lot of it from the Blackberry.
Delete message that are no longer needed. These messages must not only be deleted on your handheld, but from your mailbox as well. To make sure you are deleting the messages on your mailbox, please review the ‘Specifying where messages are deleted’ aforementioned tip.  After deleting the messages, you can click the trackwheel and chose ‘Reconcile Now’ to speed up the process if needed, but please use this option sparingly as frequent use can degrade server performance. After deleting the messages, you may still need to remove them from your Deleted Items folder.
To Purge/Empty Deleted Items:
1) Go into Messages from the home screen.
2) Click the trackwheel and then select 'Options' from the menu.
3) ** Scroll down and click on 'Email Reconciliation' with the trackwheel. [Note: You many need to skip this step if your Blackberry has older firmware]
4) Click the trackwheel again, and select 'Purge Deleted Items' from menu.
Give this process a little time before trying to send another message. Remember that any item in your mailbox goes against your limit. If you still find that you are over your limit, you might have other items such as Tasks, Calendar, Contacts, etc. that you can delete.
Notes On Wireless Reconciliation
If messages deleted on the desktop are not deleted on the handheld, it can often be caused by one of following (assuming wireless email reconciliation is enabled on the BES and handheld):
1) The messages have been moved to a PST or manually "hard deleted" in Outlook. A "hard delete" is done by holding down the shift key as you delete a message. Messages deleted in this manner bypass the "Deleted Items" folder. Messages must go to the "Deleted Items" folder AND stay there long enough for reconciliation to occur. Which brings up #2...
2) Messages must stay in the "Deleted Items" folder long enough for wireless email reconciliation to occur. This can take some time. Outlook 2003+ in cached mode will add an additional slight delay to this as well. Wireless email reconciliation will not occur if messages are deleted and then the "Deleted Items" folder is immediately emptied (either by manually doing so or if "Empty the Deleted Items folder upon exiting" is checked in Outlook/Tools/Options/Other and the customer exits Outlook right after deleting messages).
BES batch processing delays that may affect how quickly reconciliation is performed: The wireless email reconciliation feature implemented between a handheld and a BlackBerry Enterprise Server (BES), processes requests in batches. As messages are handled (read, deleted, moved, etc.), these modifications are queued up and sent to the BES for batch processing. Batching delays the wireless synchronization of folders and message status while the information is being queued and the batches are being created. The batching process is designed to regulate the amount of wireless traffic the BES has to process so that it does not become inundated with requests that the worker threads need to process. Heavy wireless traffic from wireless email reconciliation, as well as other wireless features, can cause the performance of the BES to degrade and may result in noticeable delays in reconciliation.
You can find more general usage tips in the User's Guide.
Gerald W. Gaston
Footnotes:
** Older versions of the handheld software may not have the sub-menu option mentioned (i.e. 'Email Reconciliation'). Simply skip over this step if possible or consult the documentation for your handheld.

Copyright © 2004-2007 Gerald's Tools

Libya/Warcrimes: Appel Urgent - abus des rebelles/Otan non relaté

Publié le 14 septembre 2011 par Investig'Action - Michel COLLON
Ce qui suit vient d'un e-mail (vérifié), que j'ai envoyé hier à quelqu'un d'Amnesty International. Aujourd'hui, je n'ai pas pu l'envoyer à quelqu'un d'autre, mais j'ai l'intention de le faire bientôt. En attendant, je vais le poster ici sur mon blog, en demandant à toute personne se sentant concernée d'aider à le transmettre. Au moins, nous pouvons être assez sûrs de qui est responsable du massacre survenu à l'hôpital d'Abou Salim. Bien sûr, nous ne pourrons jamais être certains à 100%, le problème étant causé par des gens actuellement hors de contrôle et sourds aux faibles plaidoyers pour le « respect des droits humains ». Ces plaidoyers sont exprimés par les deux parties, mais celle ici en cause semble les ignorer. Les Libyens en payent apparemment le prix.

Appel Urgent: abus des rebelles/OTAN non relaté

J'écris pour vous avertir de certaines choses que j'ai constatées à propos de la découverte sinistre et traumatisante faite récemment à l'hôpital d'Abou Salim à Tripoli. On a beaucoup écrit sur ce lieu depuis le 26 août, avec ses salles abandonnées et peut-être des centaines de corps en décomposition. Mais je crains que les circonstances aient été mal comprises ; en effet, les journalistes ont tendance à quitter les lieux perplexes, sans avoir remarqué quelques-uns des indices les plus importants. J'ai compilé mes recherches sur les médias disponibles publiquement ici : Les massacres de Tripoli. Le drame de l'hôpital d'Abu Salim...
Voici ci-dessous les indices les plus clairs relevés par un couple de journalistes qui les a remarqués, et que nous remercions.
« L'hôpital de Tripoli transformé en "morgue de masse" », Janis Mackey Frayer, "Tripoli hospital turned into 'mass morgue'" Janis Mackey Frayer, CTV News. Sat. Aug. 27 2011 :
On ne sait pas comment les hommes, femmes et enfants sont morts. Les corps que nous avons vus étaient ceux de loyalistes kadhafistes qui ont été blessés dans la bataille. Une affiche de Mouammar Kadhafi présidait une salle pleine de sang, d'eau et des asticots.
Au moins deux hommes ont été abattus dans leur lit. Ils étaient au deuxième étage recouvert de couvertures. Comme les civières avaient été poussées plus loin, on pouvait voir où les balles avaient traversé les oreillers. Le sang sur le mur indiquait qu'il s'agissait d'une exécution. L'un des corps avait une carte militaire libyenne l'identifiant comme un membre des forces spéciales.
Personne ne peut dire si c'ce sont des kadhafistes ou des tireurs rebelles qui les ont exécutés. J'ai demandé à un médecin de me dire depuis combien de temps, à son avis, les deux hommes étaient morts. Il a estimé que le décès remontait à deux ou trois jours, puis a secoué la tête et a marché le long du couloir strié de sang.
Outre les patients, du personnel peut avoir été abattu. Cette photo par Youssef Boudlal devrait être présentée à un expert en médecine légale, mais je pense que cela montre les traces de 3 à 6 exécutions par balle dans ce tronçon de couloir :
Les forces rebelles ont déclaré que le personnel s'était tout simplement « enfui », mais j'ai l'impression qu'il a été exécuté pour que les rebelles puissent se servir des lieux comme d'une sorte de morgue. La couleur de peau des morts est un autre indice : tous ou presque ont la peau noire, selon les journalistes et les photographies. Une autre photo de François Mori montre qu'une des victimes au moins a été décapitée, apparemment dans ce lit (à droite du centre) :
Certains éléments au sein des forces rebelles sont connus pour avoir tué des hommes noirs en particulier et pour avoir coupé des têtes. Je ne peux pas voir là-dedans l'œuvre d'un régime en fuite, faisant tuer ses propres partisans par des snipers, procédant à des exécutions sommaires, ou chassant les médecins pour que les patients meurent faute de soins.
Que peut-on et que doit-on faire à propos des abus possibles commis par les forces du nouveau gouvernement ? Je ne sais pas. Pour ma part, je retroune à mes anciens blogs. J'espère que vous pourrez aider à déclencher l'alarme à propos de cette preuve qui suggère fortement de quoi les gens de Tripoli sont l'objet en l'absence de protection de l'ancien gouvernement.
Lien de l'article : http://www.michelcollon.info/Appel-Urgent-abus-des-rebelles-non.html

Thomas Steitz, Nobel de Química: A indústria farmacêutica não quer que povo se cure

O prêmio Nobel de Química 2009, o americano Thomas Steitz, denunciou nesta sexta-feira em Madri o fato de que os laboratórios farmacêuticos não pesquisam antibióticos efetivos e acrescentou que "não querem que o povo se cure".

"Preferem centrar o negócio em remédios que deverão ser tomados durante 'toda a vida'", afirmou Steitz, que opina que "muitas das grandes farmacêuticas fecharam suas pesquisas sobre antibióticos porque estes curam as pessoas.

Pesquisador do Instituto Médico Howard Hughes da Universidade americano de Yale, Steitz assiste em Madri ao Congresso Internacional de Cristalografia (estudo da estrutura ordenada dos átomos nos cristais da natureza).

No caso da tuberculose, Steitz analisou o funcionamento que deveria seguir um novo antibiótico para combater cepas resistentes à doença que surgem, sobretudo, no sul da África.

O cientista comentou em entrevista coletiva que o desenvolvimento deste remédio exige um grande investimento e a colaboração de um laboratório farmacêutico para avançar na pesquisa.

"É muito difícil encontrar um que queira trabalhar conosco, porque para estas empresas vender antibióticos em países como a África do Sul não gera dinheiro e preferem investir em remédios para toda a vida".

Por enquanto, segundo Steitz, estes novos antibióticos são "só um sonho, uma esperança, até que alguém esteja disposto a financiar o trabalho".

Steitz e os espanhóis Enrique Gutiérrez-Puebla e Martín M. Ripoll, do Conselho Superior de Pesquisas Científicas (CSIC), pediram nesta sexta-feira aos países para que invistam mais em ciência. Os cientistas acreditam que a resistência das bactérias aos antibióticos será necessária continuar pesquisando "indefinidamente". EFE

TAKE PART IN THE E-MAIL CAMPAIGN AGAINST THE U.S./NATO WAR IN LIBYA!

Promoted by Rete No War and U.S. Citizens for Peace & Justice - Rome

Take just a few easy steps to send e-mails to non-belligerent members on the UN Security Council, calling on them to take a stand against the military intervention and to support and promote a negotiated resolution/peace.

Let's protest against continued U.S./NATO bombing of Libya , which has been steady now for over three months.  There have now been over 10,000 air sorties carried out by NATO in this campaign. In one day mid-June the NATO forces carried out 157 bombing attacks, more than three times the previous national average, on Tripoli in one day.  The death toll in Libya from U.S. , French and British air strikes continues to mount and promises to rise sharply as these powers escalate their attacks on both military and civilian targets.

It is clear that the U.S./NATO goal in Libya has nothing to do with protecting civilians and is, in fact, the greatest danger to Libyan civilians today.  Libya has the largest oil reserves in Africa. The objective of U.S./NATO interference is strategic: it consists in achieving regime change and gaining control of the nation's oil wealth under the disguise of a humanitarian intervention. Furthermore, the U.S./NATO war on Libya is increasingly understood as part of the effort of the West to contain and rollback the Arab Spring.

SAY NO TO THE U.S./NATO WAR IN LIBYA !

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SEND YOUR E-MAILS NOW !

Please pass this on to your friends, family and contacts around the world! For Italian, French and Spanish versions of the appeal (with email in English) please go to:www.interculture.it/libia

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Please paste the following addresses into the recipient box of your “Stop the War in Libya” e-mail:
ChinaMissionUN@Gmail.com, rusun@un.int, India@un.int, portugal@un.int, contact@lebanonun.org, chinesemission@yahoo.com, delbrasonu@delbrasonu.org, siumara@delbrasonu.org, bihun@mfa.gov.ba, colombia@colombiaun.org, pmun.newyork@dirco.gov.za, perm.mission@nigerdeleg.org, aumission_ny@yahoo.com, presidentrsa@po.gov.za, info@new-york-un.diplo.de, dsatsia@gabon-un.org, LamamraR@africa-union.org, waneg@africa-union.org, JoinerDJ@africa-union.org, gabon@un.int, Nigeria@un.int, unsc-nowar@gmx.com

In the e-mail's subject box:
PLEASE PUT A STOP TO NATO WAR IN LIBYA - APPEAL TO NON-BELLIGERANT UNSC MEMBERS

Body text:

“PLEASE PUT A STOP TO THE NATO WAR ON LIBYA!”
WE APPEAL TO NON-BELLIGERENT MEMBERS
OF THE U.N. SECURITY COUNCIL

• to put an end to the misuse of U.N. Security Council Resolution 1973 to influence the internal affairs of Libya through warfare, by revoking it, and
• to press for a peaceful resolution of the conflict in Libya, backing the African Union's central role in this context.

We thank those countries that have tried, and are still trying, to work towards peace.

Our appeal is based on the following:

• the military intervention in Libya undertaken by some NATO members has now gone far beyond the provisions of Security Council Resolution 1973, and is based on hyped-up accounts of defenseless citizens being massacred by their government, while the truth is that, in Libya, there is an on-going and intense internal armed conflict;
• we are aware of the economic and geo-strategic interests that lie behind the war in Libya and, in particular, behind NATO support of one of the two armed factions;
• NATO military intervention in Libya has killed (and is continuing to kill) countless civilians, as well as harming and endangering the civilian population, including migrants and refugees, in various other ways;
• the belief, at this stage, that only non-belligerent countries – and particularly those with U.N. Security Council voting rights – can successfully bring a peaceful end to the conflict through negotiations and by implementing the opening paragraph of UNSC Resolution 1973, which calls for an immediate ceasefire.

Respectfully yours,

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Mensagem do Bureau Político por ocasião do Dia Internacional do Jornalista 07/09/2011

O Secretariado do Bureau Político do MPLA endereça, em nome de todos os militantes, simpatizantes e amigos do Partido, as suas mais vivas felicitações a todos os profissionais da Comunicação Social em Angola, pela celebração, dia 08 de Setembro de 2011, do DIA INTERNACIONAL DO JORNALISTA. 

No actual estágio de desenvolvimento da humanidade e com as transformações e inovações que se têm operado no domínio científico e técnico, o MPLA está consciente de que novos desafios se apresentam à Comunicação Social, pelo que defende a existência de um serviço de difusão massiva, assegurado por entidades públicas e privadas, que promova os valores e o interesse nacional. 

Igualmente, o MPLA considera que se deve promover uma política pragmática, que garanta o florescimento e o desenvolvimento da Comunicação Social, através da realização de investimentos, que aumentem a capacidade técnica e permitam a criação de estabelecimentos próprios para a formação e treinamento de profissionais altamente qualificados.

Neste sentido, o MPLA considera que se deve continuar a promover a criação de estabelecimentos de ensino médio e superior de Comunicação Social, tendo em especial atenção o seu papel técnico, profissional e pedagógico, de interacção privilegiada com os sectores da ciência e tecnologia. 

O MPLA defende as liberdades de expressão e de imprensa e a garantia do direito à informação para todos, como premissas fundamentais para a realização de um jornalismo moderno, participativo e responsável, que respeite a ética e a deontologia profissionais, os direitos fundamentais dos cidadãos e das instituições, a Constituição e a lei. 

Por ocasião desta data, o Secretariado do Bureau Político do MPLA encoraja toda a classe jornalística a pautar pelo tratamento objectivo dos problemas do país e da humanidade, para a preservação dos valores inalienáveis da independência, soberania, democracia, tolerância e unidade nacional.

MPLA – 55 ANOS POR ANGOLA E PELOS ANGOLANOS

PAZ, TRABALHO E LIBERDADE

A LUTA CONTINUA

A VITÓRIA É CERTA.

Luanda, 07 de Setembro de 2011.

O SECRETARIADO DO BUREAU POLÍTICO DO MPLA”

“MENSAGEM DE FELICITAÇÕES AOS JORNALISTAS ANGOLANOS

O Secretariado do Bureau Político do MPLA endereça, em nome de todos os militantes, simpatizantes e amigos do Partido, as suas mais vivas felicitações a todos os profissionais da Comunicação Social em Angola, pela celebração, dia 08 de Setembro de 2011, do DIA INTERNACIONAL DO JORNALISTA. 

No actual estágio de desenvolvimento da humanidade e com as transformações e inovações que se têm operado no domínio científico e técnico, o MPLA está consciente de que novos desafios se apresentam à Comunicação Social, pelo que defende a existência de um serviço de difusão massiva, assegurado por entidades públicas e privadas, que promova os valores e o interesse nacional. 

Igualmente, o MPLA considera que se deve promover uma política pragmática, que garanta o florescimento e o desenvolvimento da Comunicação Social, através da realização de investimentos, que aumentem a capacidade técnica e permitam a criação de estabelecimentos próprios para a formação e treinamento de profissionais altamente qualificados.

Neste sentido, o MPLA considera que se deve continuar a promover a criação de estabelecimentos de ensino médio e superior de Comunicação Social, tendo em especial atenção o seu papel técnico, profissional e pedagógico, de interacção privilegiada com os sectores da ciência e tecnologia. 

O MPLA defende as liberdades de expressão e de imprensa e a garantia do direito à informação para todos, como premissas fundamentais para a realização de um jornalismo moderno, participativo e responsável, que respeite a ética e a deontologia profissionais, os direitos fundamentais dos cidadãos e das instituições, a Constituição e a lei. 

Por ocasião desta data, o Secretariado do Bureau Político do MPLA encoraja toda a classe jornalística a pautar pelo tratamento objectivo dos problemas do país e da humanidade, para a preservação dos valores inalienáveis da independência, soberania, democracia, tolerância e unidade nacional.

MPLA – 55 ANOS POR ANGOLA E PELOS ANGOLANOS

PAZ, TRABALHO E LIBERDADE

A LUTA CONTINUA

A VITÓRIA É CERTA.

Luanda, 07 de Setembro de 2011.

O SECRETARIADO DO BUREAU POLÍTICO DO MPLA”

Grande Curso: Promoção especial: 20% de desconto - rescisão do contrato de trabalho, o absentismo

Promoção especial: 20% de desconto!

Exmo. Sr. ou Sr.ª

Uma grande parte da gestão de recursos humanos passa pela sua componente administrativa. A rescisão do contrato de trabalho, o absentismo e a definição dos bancos de horas são apenas alguns dos aspectos com que os profissionais desta área têm de lidar no seu dia-a-dia profissional. Com o novo acordo elaborado entre o

governo e a Troika, estas são também algumas das questões que têm vindo a sofrer

alterações ao nível legislativo.

Já neste mês de Setembro, terá a oportunidade de actualizar os seus conhecimentos sobre estas temáticas e ficar a par das alterações que o(a) aguardam, como as

novidades ao nível do contrato individual de trabalho, as

alterações à rescisão de contratos e à regulamentação do trabalho, nomeadamente nos bancos de horas.

Sob uma

forte componente prática, venha esclarecer e debater estes temas com o especialista

Dr. Paulo Reis e com outros profissionais da área. Poderá fazê-lo em Lisboa ou Porto!

Contamos com a sua presença!

Rita Garcia
Training Manager
formacao@dashofer.pt1. Indicadores de gestão administrativa de pessoal- O efectivo
- O efectivo habitual
- O efectivo fiscal
- O índicie de rotação de pessoal
- Os índicies de acidentes de trabalho
- O cálculo do ROI
2. O contrato individual de trabalho
- Contrato a termo certo e incerto
- O trabalho temporário
- Prestação de serviços - novidade
- O contrato intermitente - novidade
3. As novas alterações na rescisão de contratos (alterações - memorando Troika)
- Por mútuo acordo
- Despedimento colectivo
- Despedimento por inadaptação
- Processo disciplinar
4. Regulamentação do trabalho
- Banco de horas (alterações - memorando Troika)
- Horários concentrados
- Trabalho por turnos
- O trabalho a tempo parcial
- O trabalho em janelas horárias com plataformas fixas - novidades
- O absentismo
- Ausências justificadas e injustificadas
- A mobilidade geográfica
- A mobilidade funcional
- A transferência de local de trabalho
- As férias - nova forma de cálculo
- O salário: retribuição vs. remuneração
- O complemento da remuneração
- Prémios e gratificações
5. Obrigações - envio de informação (Relatório Único)- Envio trimestral da relação dos contratos à ACT
- Envio anual da relação de trabalho extraordinário à ACT
- Quadros de mapas de pessoal
- Balanço social
- Relatório de formação
- Relatório de HST
6. As obrigações tributárias: relação das empresas com a Segurança Social- Subsídio pré-natal - novidade
- Licença de parentalidade inicial - novidade
- Subsídio de doença
- As novas regras de protecção no desemprego (alterações - memorando Troika)
A formação terá início às 09:30 e encerramento previsto para as 18:00, em ambos os dias.

Dr. Paulo Reis
Licenciado em Ciências Sociais/ Sociologia, pós graduado em Gestão Estratégica de Recursos Humanos pela Universidade Católica. Foi Chefe de Departamento de Pessoal em várias empresas. Foi também Chefe de Departamento de Recursos Humanos no Grupo Sonae, nas empresas INTEGRUM e NOVIS. Actualmente é consultor de várias empresas nas áreas de Gestão Administrativa de Pessoal, Gestão de Tempo, Processamento Salarial e Segurança Social, Gestão de Carreiras, Direito Laboral, entre outras. Autor da publicação "Cálculo e Processamento Salarial".- Dotar os técnicos de recursos humanos das
práticas correctas na gestão administrativa de pessoal, na sua organização e gestão;
- Aprofundar conhecimentos, nomeadamente no foro da legislação laboral e da segurança social, dentro do
actual enquadramento legal;
- Conhecer as boas práticas na desvinculação laboral;
- Conhecer os diversos
tipos de vínculo contratual;
- Conhecer as novas formas de organização do trabalho;
- Conhecer a
parentalidade inicial;
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Apresentar as principais alterações na relações laborais, resultantes do memorando de entendimento Troika (sobretaxa do subsídio de Natal, nova fórmula de cálculo das indemnizações a liquidar aos trabalhadores, bancos de horas, redução do pagamento do trabalho suplementar, entre outros)- Possibilitar uma melhor
organização da informação na relação com a ACT e outros organismos oficiais.
Porto, 19 e 20 de Setembro de 2011
Hotel Holiday Inn Porto Gaia ****
Rua Diogo Macedo, 220
Lisboa, 29 e 30 de Setembro de 2011
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Tv. do Salitre, 7 (à Av. da Liberdade)
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DECLARACIÓN DEL COMITÉ EJECUTIVO DEL PCPE ANTE LA AGRESIÓN IMPERIALISTA CONTRA LIBIA

Ante la cadena de sucesos que acontecen en la República Árabe Libia con el avance de las fuerzas cipayas de la OTAN hasta la misma Trípoli y los permanentes crímenes de guerra y matanzas indiscriminadas contra la población civil , el Partido Comunista de los Pueblos de España denuncia:

1. El carácter imperialista de la intervención en Libia.

Los supuestos rebeldes, los bombardeos humanitarios de la OTAN, la intervención directa de grupos de élite de los ejércitos de la OTAN vulnerando su resolución 1973 del Consejo de Seguridad de la ONU, la propaganda de guerra distribuida por los medios de masas y el papel legitimador de la intervención de diversos agentes políticos y sociales, forman parte de la misma hoja de ruta del imperialismo destinada a sustituir la República Árabe por un gobierno pro-occidental en la OPEP y en el Mediterráneo que suministre energía muy barata a las decadentes economías imperialistas. En su infinita hipocresía, los gobiernos imperialistas y sus lacayos árabes, no han dudado un instante en vulnerar sus propias resoluciones, facilitando ingentes suministros militares y hasta participando con fuerzas especiales en la guerra.

2. Los crímenes de guerra de la OTAN y sus tropas mercenarias.

Al margen de la propaganda de guerra, y gracias a medios independientes de los grandes monopolios de la información, se ha conocido de innumerables bombardeos de hospitales, escuelas, infraestructuras civiles y zonas residenciales por parte de los ejércitos de la OTAN. Igualmente se ha conocido de las torturas, ejecuciones sumarias, y crímenes raciales y sexuales por parte de las tropas mercenarias de la OTAN, con el único fin de quebrar la resistencia y voluntad de lucha del pueblo libio.

3. El carácter imperialista de las instituciones internacionales y sus leyes.

La ONU y su Consejo de Seguridad, el Tribunal Penal internacional y el cuerpo legal sobre el que se sustenta, sólo sirven a los intereses del imperialismo, justifican sus guerras de saqueo y rapiña y legitiman cualquier crimen, a la vez que proscriben cualquier gobierno o movimiento popular que no se somete a los designios imperiales.

4. El papel de España como cómplice y ejecutor de crímenes de guerra.

El Reino de España es responsable directo de la criminal agresión contra Libia, ha facilitado medios militares, propagandísticos y financieros a la agresión, a la vez que ha manifestado su apoyo político y financiero a los mercenarios libios a cambio de que los monopolios españoles puedan participar en el futuro saqueo de los recursos energéticos del país. Nuevamente, el gobierno español de turno se pone al servicio de la oligarquía, defendiendo sus intereses por encima de cualquier otra consideración.

5. El papel del reformismo y el oportunismo como justificadores de la agresión imperialista.

Desde el mismo inicio de las operaciones militares de la denominada “oposición”, sectores y organizaciones políticas de nuestro país, encuadradas en el reformismo y en posiciones de ultraizquierda, han planteado una posición tibia frente a la estrategia imperialista, cuando no justificadora de la misma. La asunción, por parte de organizaciones que se denominan comunistas o anticapitalistas, de posiciones intermedias más o menos cubiertas de retórica antiimperialista, favorece a las potencias agresoras, las justifica y ayuda a incrementar la confusión entre la clase obrera y los sectores populares.

6. El estado de guerra permanente contra los pueblos al que el imperialismo nos pretende someter.

El capitalismo, en su senil fase imperialista, requiere de la guerra para apropiarse de cuantos recursos necesite, su voracidad no tiene límites y solo puede conducir a la extinción de la humanidad. Después de llevar la muerte a todos los rincones del mundo como Afganistán, Irak, Líbano o Honduras, el imperialismo ataca Libia, y tiene su mirada puesta sobre los pueblos de Siria, Cuba, Irán, Venezuela o Bolivia. Es una guerra global y total contra los pueblos.

Ante esto, el PCPE no puede tener otra posición que su frontal oposición a toda forma de intervención y guerra que tenga como objetivo someter y expoliar a los pueblos, por ello el PCPE manifiesta:

1. Que ni el alzamiento militar contra el Gobierno Libio, ni cualquier régimen que surja de este acto de guerra, tiene ninguna legitimidad, en ningún caso responde a los intereses ni voluntad del pueblo libio, solo corresponde a los intereses del imperialismo de los EEUU y la UE.

2. Reiteramos nuestro compromiso en defensa de los pueblos. Nuestra oposición a cualquier acto de guerra de saqueo e injerencia, más aún si las agresiones se dirigen contra aquellos pueblos que se mantienen firmes en defensa de su independencia, no es una simple manifestación formal, sino que se basa en los principios del internacionalismo proletario.

3. Llamamos al conjunto de fuerzas antiimperialistas del mundo a aumentar los esfuerzos para la construcción de un Frente Mundial Antiimperialista, en defensa de la humanidad, por la paz y el progreso.

4. Es imprescindible hoy para los pueblos de Europa coordinar y multiplicar las luchas contra la OTAN. La coordinación de los Partidos Comunistas y Obreros en Europa es un paso fundamental para la articulación de una respuesta contundente que nos permita superar la UE y la OTAN, estructuras creadas solo para defender los intereses del capitalismo.

5. El PCPE reitera que hoy no caben posiciones ambiguas, sólo desde la frontal oposición al imperialismo, a sus estructuras políticas y militares, solo desde la frontal oposición a las políticas guerreristas del imperialismo, podremos superar el capitalismo. Ni la OTAN ni la UE son reformables, ni el capitalismo es humanizable.

Hoy se está escribiendo una nueva página de la infamia del capitalismo, quienes alientan, apoyan o excusan la barbarie deberán responder ante sus pueblos. Mañana los misiles pueden caer sobre Damasco, Caracas o Teherán, solo la acción decidida, la movilización permanente por la paz, contra el imperialismo y el capitalismo detendrá la barbarie.

¡Contra la barbarie y la guerra, por la paz y el progreso!

¡Ni OTAN ni UE, avancemos hacia el Socialismo!

Madrid, 1 de septiembre de 2011