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Human Rights Watch has suspended Marc Garlasco, the senior military analyst who was uncovered by the pro-Israel blog Mere Rhetoric last week to be an avid collector of Nazi war memorabilia. HRW says it'll conduct an investigation into Garlasco's "hobby," because, as spokeswoman Carroll Bogert told the BBC, "we have questions as to whether we've learned everything we need to know."
Garlasco was outed as "Flak 88," a frequent visitor to websites devoted to discussing combat paraphernalia of the Third Reich. In one forum, he was quoted as saying, "That is so cool! The leather SS jacket makes my blood go cold it is so COOL!"—a sign of obsessiveness about a macabre subject that led various bloggers, as well as Benjamin Netanyahu's office, to question his motive for reporting on alleged human rights abuses committed by Israel in wartime. As NGO Monitor, a group that investigates supposed anti-Israel biases and inaccuracies in human rights reporting on the Arab-Israeli conflict, wrote at the time, "It is bizarre enough for a 'human rights' activist to choose the name of a gun as an internet screen name and for his car license plate. Coupled with the neo-Nazi iconography, however, the adoption of "Flak88" as Garlasco's alter ego is evidence at the very least of highly questionable moral judgment."
At first, HRW issued a press release vigorously defending Garlasco and his work. It claimed his extracurricular interests were purely scholarly and not at all driven by a covert or latent sympathy for fascism. Garlasco also wrote a self-defense for the Huffington Post, saying that he regretted "causing pain and offense with a handful of juvenile and tasteless postings I made on two websites that study Second World War artifacts."
Rights Group Assailed for Analyst's Nazi Collection [NYT]
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Located in gated prestigious Fortune Cay Club, this stunning island style cottage sits directly on a powdery sandy beach considered one of the finest on Grand Bahama. The property is called 'Paradise' and fully deserves this name - just read the comments in the guestbook!
Combining a relaxed Bahamian styled exterior with 5 star luxury inside, this beach home is a gem. Recently renovated to the highest standards, the home boasts granite counter tops, top of the line appliances, hardwood floors, and gourmet kitchen. The home has 3 bedrooms and 3 en suite full bathrooms. The master and guest bedroom look out on the turquoise Bahamian sea and have French doors that lead onto a spacious deck. Other amenities include pool, and tennis courts.
This property provides the perfect getaway from the stress and strain of modern life and is ideal for a relaxing family holiday or romantic break. Although it feels a world away from the hustle and bustle of the city it is only 30 minutes flight from Miami or Fort Lauderdale, and can be reached by direct flights from Atlanta, New York, Charlotte and Toronto.
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This is me with my family on the beach right outside the property. We live in the UK but love to get over to Grand Bahama as often as possible - if you've experienced the weather in the UK then you'll understand why!
The Owner purchased this house in 2008
We rented this property in March 2008 and found it so perfect that we bought it a few months later. We love the property, it's location and the beautiful island of Grand bahama. We enjoy the wonderful feeling of relaxation and security.
Although only 30 minutes flight from Miami or Fort Lauderdale Grand Bahama feels like a different world. The pace of life is relaxed and you can feel the stress falling away from you as soon as you arrive. Every time we arrive at the villa and step out onto the deck we still go 'wow' at the spectacular view of the turquoise view of the ocean, just steps away.
"We loved location, house and beaches. It was a great experience to find a fairly "untouched" and virgin place so closed to the main land. We have the entire beach in front of the house for ourself. We rented a boat and explored the near by location (including a little isolated island) and we used our car to explore the entire island. It was a really great experience"
My wife, 2 young children (aged 3 and 5) and I spent three wonderful weeks in this house. It is the first time I have been anywhere where the property is actually better than the sales pics. While the property is as you see it on the YouTube video it actually feels more spacious when you get inside and the beach/ocean is far closer than expected. The house is also extremely well equipped and you feel very much looked after by the local manager.
In terms of positioning the property couldn't be in a better spot and the beach and water are very safe for small kids. There is also some decent snorkelling 30yrds off the shore.
It is close enough to the amenities and main town (10 mins drive) but far enough away to feel a sense of detachment from the world..
There is also enough to do on the island (don't miss the dolphin experience) if you can be bothered to drag yourself from the beach!
I can't recommend this property enough.
Our family stayed at this beautiful home for 10 days and we just fell in love with it. The pictures truly do not reflect the beauty of it and the exquisite taste in which the home is decorated!! Everything to the last detail was beyond our expectations!!! We will see you again and again Paradise!!!!
This was our first time renting from the VRBO website and I will admit we were a little nervous. But once Andrew met us at the airport as promised and arrived at the villa all of our worries vanished. The House looked exactly like the pictures.The kitchen is very well equipped so if you choose to cook you have everything you need. There is a gas grill that we used on a few nights,sat on the porch and ate enjoying the views. I highly recommend bringing snorkel gear so that you can experience the coral reefs right outside the back door. There are also plenty of other activities on the island to keep you busy. We would definitely rent this villa again and have already recommended it to friends and family that are thinking about traveling to Freeport.
My family and I stayed at Paradise Villa from March 1st – 8th, and paradise it was. This vacation far surpassed any expectations we could have had.
Bruce was always quick to respond to our inquiries and went out of his way to make sure we were comfortable with our choice to vacation at his property. He provided us with plenty of information and even gave us suggestions regarding places to visit, restaurants to try and where to get a deal on a car rental.
Being from Wisconsin, where 6 months of the year we're bombarded with cold and snowy weather, walking through the doors to see windows, with amazing views of turquoise water and sandy beaches, covering the full backside of the house was beyond phenomenal. The house itself was perfect for our family of 7 (3 adult couples and one small child). The bedrooms were fantastic and it was wonderful that each had its own adjoining bathroom. The living room, large kitchen and huge deck were incredible. In fact, I don't think we ate one meal inside, we had every one of them outside overlooking the ocean.
The beach was absolutely fantastic, and completely deserted most days, aside from the occasional walker. Most of our days were spent lying on the beach, reading, playing in the sand and water and simply enjoying the incredible weather and beautiful location. We did venture out a few times though, shopping at Port Lucaya Marketplace, enjoying delicious dinners at Le Med and The Flying Fish, having happy hour and snacks at Banana Bay and taking a fantastic day trip to Gold Rock Beach in Lucayan National Park, which was one of the true highlights of the trip. I don't think anyone in our party had ever been to a more beautiful and pristine beach. We arrived early one morning to find we had the entire beach to ourselves and it felt like we had walked into a dream. The water was a crystal clear and the white sand beach seemed to go on for miles. If you're visiting Grand Bahama, definitely make a point to stop at this beach. Believe me, you won't regret the trip.
When it came time to head home, you could tell everyone in our group was hesitant to leave. It's definitely hard to return to the "real" world after spending a week in paradise. I would highly recommend spending your next vacation at Paradise Villa in Fortune Cay. In fact, I have a strong feeling we'll head back to this heavenly locale one day to create even more incredible memories.
My family decided this year to forego a traditional Christmas and instead go on a vacation from the cold and snow. After looking at several other listings on various islands, we decided on Paradise Villa. Wow are we glad we did! Everything we could have asked for and more! Bruce is a gracious host and was a delight to work with - was always prompt to answer any and all questions - and I did ask alot!! LOL We were met at the airport by Andrew, who was wonderful! He took us to the house, which was decorated with a tree and trimmings to put us in the Christmas spirit! The photos do not do the house justice - it is by far more outstanding in person! Very clean and comfortable! In addition, the weekly price includes one complimentary maid service, which we greatly appreciated. Our 2 teenagers (16y/o girl and 14 y/o son) were in the ocean within 20 mins of our arrival finding a vast assortment of sea life - sting rays, conch, fish and even a huge star fish! The location is perfect and we felt completely safe the entire time. The community is gated and my daughter ran in the neighborhood every morning. A short 10 min drive will take you to Solomon's grocery store as well as a wine & spirits store and Italian market all in the same shopping center! I did find it strange how difficult it is to find fresh seafood at the store but Andrew is a great resource should you need anything. He is well connected on the island and seemed to know everybody! Due to the holiday he was unable to cook for us, but we loved having him bring us fresh seafood! One night, he brought fresh hog snapper which we cooked on the grill and ate al fresco on the deck, another night lobster tails. We ate at Andrew's restaurant, Le Med, for lunch which was wonderful - right on the water! Great food and service! Banana Bay was another favorite as we could walk down in our bathing suits for lunch. We also enjoyed the local fish fry down the street - good time to savor some local flavor! Save your money and stay away from China Beach - horrible service and overpriced for your basic Panda Express takeout! We did a snorkeling tour through Reef Masters (near Le Med) and we really had a great time. If we had planned a bit better, I would have liked to check out Deadman's Reef for more snorkeling, but we will save that for next time. And yes, there will definitely be a next time! Already planning on coming back in June 2015 to celebrate our daughter's high school graduation! Thank you Bruce & Anna!
Our family of 6 had the best vacation ever. Our children range in age from 17-24 so it is always worrisome finding a location that will keep everyone happy. They all want to go back so I call that success. The house and property are immaculate and private. Water beautiful with such soft sand once you got beyond the rocks. Given the time of year, there were storms that popped up, but that was all they did. The water did remain choppy and prevented us from doing some kayaking and snorkeling adventures that we looked forward to.
A 5 min walk up the beach takes you to Banana Bay where we ate lots of conch burgers, banana bread and drank cold Coronas. Tony Macaronis was another favorite. His personality is very entertaining. I crave these burgers all of the time. If you decide to have Andrew cook for you, I highly recommend you go over pricing and meal! Ours was $400 and nothing to write home about.
Looking forward to going back!
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If you're looking to save some money and have extra time to spare, you can walk to the bus stop about 3/4 mile from the airport and take the local bus into San Jose, then take the Aquila bus to Todos Santos. Go right out of the airport and cross the road (small cantina/palapa, stop for liquid refreshment), then down the hwy on the left side of the bridge you will see the covered bus stop. It was about 20 minutes and 10 pesos to San Jose. Get off at the 2nd "Centro" stop, look for Calle Valerio Gonzalez, walk across the street from the bus stop, the Aquila bus station is down the street (Calle Valerio Gonzalez) and on the left about 1/2 block down. Ticket to Todos Santos was 80 pesos, I think the bus runs every hour or so, it's the bus going to La Paz but it stops in Todos Santos bus station. Great ocean views on the bus ride.
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An international confederation of labour unions for construction workers is in Qatar for a four-day trip to investigate working conditions in the country.
Eighteen members of the Geneva-based Building and Wood Workers International (BWI) arrived in the capital, Doha, on Monday to speak to migrant workers and visit building sites and labour camps in the country, which has a large construction sector and among the highest percentage of expatriate workers in the world.
Qatar has been criticised in recent weeks after an article appearing in the Guardian newspaper said there was "evidence of forced labour" on a project for the World Cup, which Qatar will host in 2022, and that dozens of Nepali workers had died this summer from workplace accidents and heart attacks.
Ambet Yuson, general secretary of BWI, told Al Jazeera the delegation was in Qatar on a "fact-finding [mission] to verify the report in the Guardian."
Yuson said that working conditions in the country needed immediate attention.
The mission builds on a year of organising and feedback provided by the union's officials in the field, Yuson said.
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The Qatari government has pledged to make some reforms, but denied the existence of slavery and forced labour cited in the Guardian report. Hussain Al Mulla, a Qatari official at the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs, termed the report a conspiracy, according to Qatari newspaper The Peninsula.
BWI, which said it had planned the Qatar trip months before the Guardian article appeared, said in a statement: "Qatar needs to enforce its good laws, such as prohibiting employers from confiscating passports and banning illegal recruitment fees."
It also called for imposing "meaningful sanctions" on violators of labour law, and the abolition of Qatar's "kefala" system, whereby workers are bound to a single employer and cannot easily change jobs.
On Tuesday, the delegation visited and spoke to workers at labour camps in the cities of Ras Laffan and Al Khor.
According to the union federation, some meetings initially scheduled with Qatari officials had been cancelled due to anger at BWI's actions last week.
At a protest on October 3, members of the union gave a "red card" to FIFA - the group organising the World Cup - to demonstrate against the body's choice of Qatar as the World Cup's host.
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Mar 29, 2012
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Amid unprecedented security concerns, bright legal lines are needed for aggressive intelligence-gathering and to guard privacy rights, Wilson Center President Jane Harman writes in Foreign Policy.
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Mar 14, 2012
Former House Rules Committee staffer and Wilson Center expert Don Wolfensberger lays out a step-by-step plan to restore Congress' "culture of lawmaking." Committees—not party leaders—should control legislative work, he says, and campaign finance reforms are needed to shift attention from 24-7 fundraising.
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Feb 24, 2012
Enhanced North American economic integration benefits all of the United States—not just the border—Mexico's Ambassador Arturo Sarukhan and former United States Trade Representative Carla Hills say. Mexico differs from other trade partners, since its U.S. exports contain such a large share of U.S. content, they note.
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Americans are presidency-addicted. We can't get enough information about our presidents, yet there is a woeful misunderstanding of the office. The president is more often than not at the mercy of events rather than a master of them. Our greatest presidents were also lucky: They inherited national crises and times that were ripe for change — and had the skills and capacity to act. As we prepare to celebrate Presidents' Day, let's correct some common misconceptions about the job and the people who have held it.
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Feb 08, 2012
The threat of military confrontation between Iran and the U.S. is real, as bilateral relations touch a low point on Iran's pursuit of a nuclear weapon, says Trita Parsi, founder of the National Iranian American Council. A former Wilson Center public policy scholar, Parsi questions whether efforts to negotiate and engage with Iran have hastened conflict, making war a more real risk than under the Bush administration, which employed a more hardline approach to Iran.
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Our co-op program at ConocoPhillips has been our major source of new grad hires. The program has allowed us to observe the student's performance over an 8 month term while they are filling a staffing need. Co-op students can bring a fresh new perspective to an existing team within our organization.
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NEW YORK (AP) -- A carriage driver has been accused of altering a hoof brand to make a 22-year-old draft horse with a breathing ailment appear to be a healthier horse nearly half its age.
Frank Luo branded the wrong hoof identification number on an aging horse named Ceasar, who was supposed to be resting on a Pennsylvania farm, so he could work under a license issued to a 12-year-old horse named Carsen, city health officials said in an administrative order last month.
The details of the case, obtained by The Associated Press through a Freedom of Information request, come as Mayor Bill de Blasio and animal-rights activists are pushing to ban the city's carriage industry as inhumane to the horses. Drivers have responded by saying they care for the horses like their own children.
In the written order, officials said a city vet noticed in late January that the horse had Carsen's ID number on its hoof, but its "physical characteristics and medical condition was that of the older horse." Ceasar had a mild, chronic condition called "heaves," which is similar to asthma, city officials said.
Luo told The Associated Press on Friday that the vet simply got it wrong.
"I did not switch the horses. It's just very confusing because they look alike," he said.
Initially, Luo submitted paperwork intended to prove that the horse really was Carsen, including a handwritten note from a Pennsylvania farmer who said Ceasar had been on his farm for months. The city asked for more proof, including a veterinarian's evaluation.
Five days later, Luo's lawyer informed the department that he couldn't afford to have the horse sitting idle and had shipped him to Pennsylvania and sold him.
"It's all settled now," Luo said. He said he would continue to operate his business using other horses.
The sale effectively ended the investigation by the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, which monitors the horses' health. But the Department of Consumer Affairs, which regulates the drivers, is still investigating.
Luo's regulatory problems date to September, when he was cited for working at least two horses without active licenses. He also was accused of working Ceasar for nine days in July when the horse was supposedly in Pennsylvania. City regulations give the horses five weeks of pasture time each year.
Also in September, the Department of Consumer Affairs cited Luo for false advertising, overcharging customers and operating a carriage for more hours than allowed. Luo's company, the Manhattan Carriage Co., agreed in January to pay a fine and restitution.
In an unrelated incident, a horse Luo was driving in September bolted on 8th Avenue and hit a car. It suffered minor injuries.
Demos Demopoulos, secretary and treasurer of Teamsters Local 553, the union that represents Luo, said in a statement that the allegations were not representative of the industry.
"If the accusations are proved true, he should be punished to the full extent of the law," he said.
A 2007 audit by the city comptroller noted that health certificates kept for carriage horses sometimes contained physical descriptions that changed from year to year, suggesting they weren't the same animals. In 2008, a stable owner pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct to resolve allegations that he tried to bribe a city investigator. Carriage owners have denied any subterfuge and maintained that their animals are among the healthiest and most tightly regulated anywhere.
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Twenty years have passed since Dr Singh came to be recognised as the architect of the economic reform story in India but the challenge of either the goal of removal of poverty or development for all is far from over.
#2 Goodbye Prime Minister Manmohan Singh! Hope the history judges you kindly
Manmohan Singh was as much a statesman as Nehru, his stint matched the first six years of Indira Gandhi's term as the prime minister. He achieved as much as any politician has in independent India. To sully that would be to sully what the country has achieved despite the last three years of riding the rough waters of international economic downturn and the perils of coalition politics.
#3 How can Manmohan Singh see Narendra Modi wave?
Manmohan Singh had said he did not see any Modi wave and it was the creation of the media.
#4 India's story is work in progress, still long way to go: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh
In his farewell speech to the Planning Commission, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said India's growth story is "work in progress" and there is still a long way to go. "India's development story is a work in progress...But there is a lot of distance that is still to be covered," he said in his last interaction with members of the Planning Commission.
#5 I agree with Sanjaya Baru, Manmohan Singh remains not just a good man but also a good prime minister
Critics of Manmohan Singh tend to believe he is a neo-liberal economist, but this is, of course, nonsense. The term 'neo-liberal' is often an epithet hurled by their anti-capitalistic critics at the proponents of the market economy in India. I have never read a free-market economist who used the term 'neo-liberal' to describe his position. As Sanjaya Baru observes in his memoir, like many economists of his age and times, Singh is a Keynesian.
#6 Did Prime Minister Manmohan Singh use Sanjay Baru's book to set record straight?
Was Sanjaya Baru's book, a way for Manmohan Singh to set the record straight on several issues that have blighted his record in UPA-II? Singh knew that Baru was writing a book on his years as PM's media adviser — those close to him have told the media that he would have preferred the book to come out later, not while he was still in office. Did the prime minister also know the book's contents, especially the explosive bits about exactly how much say Sonia Gandhi had in crucial government decisions?
#7 Prime Minister's media advisers: The men who know too much
How close is the PM's media adviser to the prime minister? Apparently, a lot. The jury may still be out on whether The Accidental Prime Minister — former media adviser Sanjaya Baru's memoirs of his tenure in UPA1 — is a work of fiction or fact. But it certainly gives us an idea of the easy access the spin doctors enjoy to the highest office in the country.


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In a televised address to parliament, President Bashar Assad said foreign-backed terrorists and extremists were to blame for the massacres going on in Syria. Despite suspicions expressed by the UN that Assad's forces are responsible for the Houla massacre, Assad denied it. Syrian opposition condemned his comments as lies.
Assad described protestors as paid killers, ridiculing freedom demonstrators as people not truly looking for reform. The opposition is seeking reform in a country where expressing dissent often leads directly to arrest and torture. They contend that Assad has offered nothing but cosmetic changes.
A revolt that began as peaceful protests can now only be described as an armed insurgency. This can be attributed to the harsh government crackdown that led protestors to take up arms in self-defense.
Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid, barack obama and many other "progressive" politicians have called the Tea Party "teabaggers", "racists", "astroturf", "Nazis" " and "extremists" on multiple occasions. The Department of Homeland Security issued a report that described the Tea Party as "right-wing extremists" and "insurgents", expressing concerns that "Right-wing extremists will attempt to recruit and radicalize veterans in order to boost their violent capacities."
"Violent capacities"?
How much longer will it be before members of Tea Parties are called "paid killers"?
Hasn't that already happened? Such a description was more than quite heavily inferred by multiple "progressive" politicians and virtually every member of the "progressive" Party Pravda after a nut job who was working solo shot Arizona Rep. Gabrielle Dee "Gabby" Giffords on January 8, 2011.
How soon will members of the "progressive" Democratic Party say that Tea Party members are "not truly looking for reform"?
David Axlerod, obama's 2012 re-election campaign chief, claimed that the Tea Party "reign of terror" blocked immigration reform. Tea Party efforts to stop "progressive" Democrats from cramming unwanted "healthcare reform" down America's throat are viewed by "progressives" and their media spokes-tools as "not truly looking for reform".
How much longer will it take for the United States to become a country where expressing dissent can lead directly to arrest and torture?
According to former FBI agent Larry Grathwohl, Bill Ayers' Weather Underground Central Committee meant to cause the collapse of the United States government. Ayers and his group would deal with resistant Americans by "establishing re-education centers in the south-west". Those who refused to convert to Communism, would be "eliminated". As in: concentration camps would be used to kill 25 million Americans.
Politico's Ben Smith reported: "In 1995, State Senator Alice Palmer introduced her chosen successor, Barack Obama, to a few of the district's influential liberals at the home of two well known figures on the local left: William Ayers and Bernardine Dohrn".
The Tea Party movement began as a peaceful protest against big government, reckless government spending, high taxes and oppressive regulations. The Tea Party's Contract From America expressed principles held by its members. The most basic being that "Our moral, political, and economic liberties are inherent, not granted by our government."
The principles of the Tea Party were clearly expressed in the Contract:
Protect the Constitution, reject Cap & Trade, demand a balanced budget, enact fundamental tax reform, restore fiscal responsibility and Constitutionally limited government in Washington DC, end runaway government spending, defund, repeal and replace government-run health care, pass an 'all-of-the-above' energy policy, stop the pork, and stop the tax hikes.
That sounds like people who are truly looking for reform. Just not the type of reform being insisted upon by members of the institutionalized "progressive" left.
Only those dedicated to the overthrow of the United States government would consider a stand for protecting the Constitution, rejecting the UN backed Cap and Trade agenda, demanding a balanced budget, et al "extreme" in their views.
The similarities between what's happening now in Syria and plans envisioned for America by the institutionalized "progressive" left are both shocking and real. Why are those similarities being concealed by America's fabled Fourth Estate? The only logical conclusion is that the views held by the "mainstream media" are sympathetic to those of the institutionalized "progressive" left. They are on the same team.
If violence does break out in the United States, it will be due to a harsh government crackdown leading to peaceful protestors having to take up arms in self-defense. God Bless the genius of America's Founders and their insightful, forward thinking ratification of the Second Amendment. For they knew first hand that of which Tyrants are made.
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HYDERABAD: In a fresh development, the Hinduja Thermal Power Corporation Limited (HTPCL) has given an undertaking to the Government to surrender the 1,122 acres of land near Visakhapatnam if it fails to set up the power project as originally planned.
The land was allotted in 1996 to establish a 1,040 MW power project based on imported coal but the company had not implemented it. However, the Hindujas, who were criticised earlier for working out the capital cost at Rs. 6 crore a MW, recently sought to retain the land with the offer to make available 25 per cent of the power to the State at around Rs 2 per unit on a par with the public sector NTPC.
The company made the conditional offer to surrender the land when the Government identified it as belonging to the Wakf Board and not to the Revenue Department as originally assumed. The Government asked the Wakf Board or the Minority Welfare Department to re-negotiate the price for the land.
Energy Minister Mohd Ali Shabbir told this correspondent here on Thursday that the Government would soon issue orders to transfer the land to the Wakf Board to clear the decks for price re-negotiation.
Meanwhile, the Government has decided to make an advance payment of Rs. 11 crore to Hindustan Petroleum, Visakhapatnam, to purchase 15,000 kilolitres of naphtha for use as fuel to operate power plants that are now lying idle for want of gas. A small portion of the Rs. 2,800 crore earmarked to purchase of power from external sources this year is likely to be spent on naphtha.
Mr Shabbir said it was proposed to generate 800 MW with naphtha as against a peak shortage of around 1,500 MW from November onwards. Agriculture load on the grid had gone up, with farmers switching on the pumpsets indiscriminately to take advantage of the increase in the groundwater table.


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He was sidelined in July 2010 after undergoing arthroscopic shoulder surgery. He signed a minor-league deal in December with the rebuilding Marlins.
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The veteran right-hander was 41-36 with a 4.35 ERA in seven seasons with the Baltimore Orioles and New York Mets. He pitched on minor-league deals with Colorado, Boston and the New York Yankees the past two years.
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The great gold heist: claiming a "national emergency," an American president once seized much of the wealth of America's citizens. Could it happen again?
Franklin Delano Roosevelt was elected our 32nd president on November 8, 1932 and assumed office on March 4, 1933, delivering his famous inaugural address, in which he assured the nation that "the only thing we have to fear is fear itself." For the vast majority of Americans suffering in the depths of the Great Depression, those were welcome and soothing words. But, as they were soon to find out, there was a great deal to fear from the new occupant of the White House with the
silken-voiced assurances.
On March 5 Roosevelt issued a proclamation convening Congress in Extra Session four days later, on March 9, 1933. However, the president did not intend to wait that long. On March 6, 1933, less than 48 hours after taking over the Oval Office, Roosevelt declared a one-week "bank holiday," from March 6 to March 13. For the first time in U.S. history, an American president had closed the nation's banks. But that was merely the beginning of a series of revolutionary acts in the celebrated "First Hundred Days" of FDR's unconstitutional restructuring of America known as the New Deal.
By what authority did the new president take this radical action? Incredibly, he cited the Trading with the Enemy Act, passed in 1917 during the administration of President Woodrow Wilson. As legal scholar Henry Mark Holzer has pointed out, "The [bank holiday] Proclamation's reference to the World War I Trading with the Enemy Act, which had long since expired, was a strained attempt to find some semblance of legal support for Roosevelt's unprecedented assumption of complete control over America's banking system."
In his essay, "How Americans Lost Their Right to Own Gold and Became Criminals in the Process," Dr. Holzer, a noted author and professor of constitutional and administrative law at Brooklyn Law School, explains how that earlier legislation--ostensibly aimed at foreign enemies, was turned into a weapon against American citizens:
The existence of a state of war between the United States and Germany in 1917 had prompted the passage of the Trading with the Enemy Act, one purpose of which was to make unlawful all dealings between Americans and the enemies of the United States. However, an obscure subsection of the Act authorized the President to regulate, investigate, and prohibit "... any transactions in foreign exchange, export or earmarkings of gold or silver coin or bullion or currency ... by any person within the United States."
When Congress convened on March 9, Roosevelt had his ducks in a row to wrangle passage of the Emergency Banking Act. Members of Congress were not given copies of the bill, but were urged blindly to vote for the measure after only 40 minutes of debate. Citing "the serious circumstances which confront the country," House Majority Leader Joseph W. Byrns (D-Tenn.) called on the House members to hastily pass the bill and "send it to the Senate so it may become a law this evening, and thus enable the President of the United States to open the banks tomorrow."
Eager to demonstrate patriotic bipartisan support, House Minority Leader Bertrand H. Snell (R-N.Y.) urged Republicans to vote "aye," noting, "the house is burning down, and the President of the United States says this is the way to put out the fire."
Rep. Ernest Lundeen of the Minnesota Farm Labor Party was one of the few members who refused to blindly vote "aye." After the legislation was passed by voice vote and he was finally recognized on the House floor, Rep. Lundeen expressed his outrage:
Mr. Speaker, today the Chief Executive sent to this House of Representatives a banking bill for immediate enactment.... No one has told us who drafted the bill. There appears to be a printed copy at the Speaker's desk, but no printed copies are available for the House Members. The bill has been driven through the House with cyclonic speed.... We therefore have the spectacle of the great House of Representatives of the United States of America passing, after a 40-minute debate, a bill its Members never read and never saw, a bill whose author is unknown. The great majority of the Members have been unable to get a minute's time to discuss this bill; we have been refused a roll call; and we have been refused recognition by the Chair.... I am suspicious of this railroading of bills through our House of Representatives, and I refuse to vote for a measure unseen and unknown.... We must not allow ourselves to be swept off our feet by hysteria, and we must not let the power of the Executive paralyze our legislative action.
But the orchestrated hysteria not only prevailed, it prevailed in a single day. By 7:30 p.m. the Emergency Banking Act had also passed the Senate, and later that night it was signed into law by President Roosevelt. The following month, on April 5, the president issued Executive Order 6102, declaring that a "national emergency still continues to exist." Therefore, he ordered: "All persons are hereby required to deliver on or before May 1, 1933, to a Federal Reserve Bank or a branch or agency thereof ... all gold coin, gold bullion and gold certificates."
Failure to comply could bring one a fine of up to $10,000 and/or a prison sentence of up to 10 years. All safe deposit boxes were sealed, and all gold that could be found, with few exceptions, was confiscated. In some cases, other contents besides gold in the sealed safe-deposit boxes were not returned to the owners. The Federal Reserve Board also instructed all banks to provide a list of customers who had withdrawn gold or converted their paper currency into gold in the month prior to the bank holiday and had not turned it in afterward as mandated.
Until that time, Americans had been able to convert their paper currency into gold, a principal hallmark of a free people. The Coinage Act of 1792 defined the dollar in terms of a weight of 371.25 grains of pure silver or of 24.75 grains of pure gold. This bimetal standard--with a fixed ratio of 15 grains of silver to 1 grain of gold--continued until 1900, when the Gold Standard Act redefined the dollar solely in terms of gold, at 23.22 grains nine-tenths pure. This set the value of the dollar at $20.67 per ounce of gold. However, after forcing citizens to relinquish their gold at $20.67 per ounce, the federal government turned around and declared the dollar was now worth $35 per ounce, a devaluation of nearly 41 percent. Which is another way of saying that the government had, in effect, reached into the wallets, purses, and savings accounts of Americans and robbed them of 41 percent of their assets in one fell swoop.
Boston University law professor John E. Hannigan, writing in the Boston University Law Review in 1934, ominously summed up the revolutionary consequences of the administration's "emergency" actions in the previous months:
March 6, 1933, began that complex sequence ... of correlated proclamations, messages, declarations, resolutions, enactments, authorizations, embargoes, inhibitions, repeals, amendments, executive and departmental orders, regulations and requisitions, through which the President and Congress are dealing with the national emergency. The first great thing to be profoundly changed was the money of the people. Gold has been nationalized, that is, the national treasury has seized as its own all the privately treasured gold coins and bullion it could lay hands on .... A new felony has been created, merely having gold money, now termed hoarding and considered dishonest.... The dollar standard of the founders has been ... repudiated: we're off the gold standard; many think we're off the ethic standard.
One of the best-known victims of the FDR gold heist was Frederick Barber Campbell, the first American to be indicted as a felon for owning gold. Several months before Roosevelt's proclamation, Campbell deposited 27 bars of gold at Chase National Bank, with Chase agreeing in writing to safeguard the gold for a fee, and to return the gold to Campbell upon demand. Campbell, a Manhattan attorney, put up a spirited defense, but was squashed by the New Deal steamroller, nonetheless--along with millions of American "hoarders," who were stripped not only of their gold, but of other valuables and personal, sentimental effects as well.
Nearly 50 years later, the government began releasing the confiscated contents of safe deposit boxes to the descendants of FDR's victims. On October 15, 1981, the front page of the Wall Street Journal carried an article entitled, "Treasury's Vaults Disgorge Treasures from the Depression: Memorabilia, Valuables Taken When Banks Were Closed May Be Opened For Claims." The Journal piece reported that the contents ranged from pocket watches, old coins, and silver flatware to old dresses, photographs, guns, stocks, bonds, deeds, trusts, and wills.
What caused this unexpected turn of events? Had the federal leviathan belatedly developed a conscience, a sense of justice, or a constitutional impulse? Unfortunately, no. Treasury officials simply decided they needed the vault space where the plunder was being stored for a new computer center.
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This is an amazing accomplishment. Belichick will suit up but five starters from the 2007 team that lost to the Giants in Super Bowl XLII and just two players — Brady and tackle Matt Light — have been on all five Super Bowl teams.
"And the assistant coaches and personnel people, don't forget that," the Chargers' Smith says. "He keeps finding good people and good players, and you don't go to a 7-Eleven to find them. He just gets new people who buy into the 'Patriot Way.'
"I think he's one of the great coaches of all time, but I felt that way long ago, before all his accomplishments. He's the absolute decision-maker. He runs the operation, and it's incredible that a coach/general manager can have his finger in everything and be so consistent. I marvel at his philosophy and his ability to execute his philosophy."
What people — especially the media — are marveling at here during Super Bowl week is Belichick's mood. He's smiling. He's almost likable. The players say the Belichick we're seeing here is the Belichick they see every day. "He's always in a good mood," says receiver Deion Branch, which really is hard to believe.
Maybe it's because he's sleeping well.
"Like a baby," Belichick says. "At the end of the day I have no problem rolling and putting my head on that pillow and I'm out."
What he has a problem with is talking about Cheatgate, when the Patriots used video equipment to take pictures of the Rams' walk-through before New England's first Super Bowl win.
"We've moved on from everything in the past," he says. Not smiling.
But there's no question, no matter what he does Sunday or in the future, he's going to be tainted because of it. If he did it once, you have to figure he did it before. No excuses. As Smith says, nothing in that organization goes on without Bill Belichick knowing about it.
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All this ****, i do love it when a boxer comes in cut to the bone, big for the weight etc, and fights a bulgarian ploughman in a 4 rounder ha, that to me is a sighn of not being capable of improving when the opposition gets tougher, body types have a lot to do with training, plus some get fitter faster, others slower etc etc etc, sparring, some men love it look great doing it, but cant replicate it outside gym, some have opposite syndrome, weghts, some stocky men like tyson m,dont need them, on and on and on, . class each boxer as an individual, and for the armchair trainers nowing what to do and getting your boxer to do it proper is another long story.
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If 2013 was the year of "Big Data," 2014 will be the year of the "Internet of Things." The Internet of Things is the network of physical objects that contain embedded technology to communicate and sense or interact with people, things, and the external environment. It includes everything from traffic sensors to refrigerators, thermostats, medical devices, and wristwatches that can track or sense the environment and use the data they collect to provide a benefit, or transmit the data to a central repository for analysis, or both.
Some estimates say that by 2020, the Internet of Things will include more than 25 billion unique devices. It will create and share new data about consumer habits, behavior, and personal preferences. As a result, privacy and data security will be top-of-mind issues for state legislators, the U.S. Congress, and other government regulators in 2014 and beyond.
For example, at least 14 states have proposed legislation on the 2014 docket that is intended to increase privacy protection for consumers and limit both government and private sector surveillance via the Internet of Things. At the federal level, several bills are already making their way through Congress. These include the Black Box Privacy Protection Act, which was introduced in the House of Representatives and would prohibit the sale of automobiles equipped with event data recorders-unless the consumer can control the recording of information. Additionally, it would require that any data recorded by an event tracker on an automobile be considered the property of the automobile's owner. Certain violations of the Black Box Privacy Protection Act would be treated as unfair or deceptive acts or practices under the Federal Trade Commission Act, presumably giving the FTC enforcement authority over violations.
The We are Watching You Act, also introduced in the House of Representatives, would provide for notification to consumers before a video service (such as a DVR or Xbox) collects visual or auditory information from the viewing area. It would require the operator of the device to display the message "We are watching you" as part of the programming provided to the consumer when the device is collecting data in the viewing area. While the We are Watching You Act will not likely pass, its introduction illustrates the increased attention data privacy and consumer protection are receiving by federal legislators.
The Internet of Things will bring tremendous new benefits to consumers. Simultaneously, state and federal regulators will work to restrict government and private-sector collection and control of the data it will create.
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