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The popular Bel Air is the essence of Casablanca beauty. The housing and halogen light form a design continuum, helping to create compelling and sophisticated presence. Uniquely cast blade holders lend a classic yet traditional look.
Casablanca Bel Air Features:
- XLP-2000(R) motor / lifetime motor warranty
- 55" blade span / 14 degree blade pitch
- 5-blade configuration (exclusive blades sold separately)
- Includes - 3" Down Rod
- Includes - Integrated 100-watt downlight with one T4 halogen bulb
- Includes - Inteli Touch3 Six-speed wall control with full-range light dimming and reversing (W-85)
- Optional - Six-speed Remote Control with LCD display screen, full-range light dimming, reversing, and wall plate bracket (W-65)
- Low Ceiling Adapter (LCA) is not compatible
For Ceilings with a 32 to 56 degree slope, SCA-P Sloped Ceiling Adaptor available as an accessory.
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- Brushed Nickel: Hi-Gloss Cherrywood blades
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- Brushed Cocoa: Walnut blades
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One23 Ultra Bright 1 light £22.99
Competent front light for urban and suburban commutes
Weight 133g Contact www.todayscyclist.co.uk
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There's a lot to like about One23's Ultra Bright 1 high power front light. It's bold, well made and relatively cheap. However, the rubberised switch is prone to accidental engagement, the peripheral illumination isn't great, and roadside battery changes are less convenient than you'll find with many lights.
Opening the lens reveals some very well sealed, solid looking internals. A tiny Phillips head countersunk into the base helps safeguard against vibration while providing access to the four AAA batteries. However, the size of screwdriver you need isn't commonly found on multi tools so you might need to carry one in your seat pack, just in case you run out of juice out on the road. With the compartments fully closed, directing the garden hose along the casing for five minutes failed to get any water inside so, as you'd expect, riding in the rain hasn't presented any problems.
The One23 comes with a tool-free bracket that clasps the standard spectrum of handlebar diameters, and it has stayed firmly in place despite rides on rough roads. A simple rubberised switch takes care of on/off and takes you between static and flashing modes. It's a little fiddly to operate in really thick gloves and has occasionally engaged when stored in a pannier or pocket, but it's competent enough.
The light output in is easily good enough to get you seen and the broad beam is sufficient for round town navigation. It feels weak alongside the latest generation of compact rechargeables, but that's not surprising for a light of this price.
The light isn't bright enough for easy riding on unlit country roads but the flashing mode gets you noticed, making it the perfect partner for an inexpensive dynamo. Run times are reasonable at around 22 hours in steady mode and 38 hours in flashing mode. However, there's not much peripheral visibility, making turns on unlit roads particularly difficult. Modest side windows would cost pennies and make a world of difference.
Competent front light for urban and suburban commutes
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Make and model: One23 Ultra Bright 1 light
Size tested: Green
Tell us what the product is for, and who it's aimed at. What do the manufacturers say about it? How does that compare to your own feelings about it?
1 Watt Hi-power White LED
Long Lasting High Beam 24 Hours
2 Modes Steady And Flashing
Tool Free Fitting
4 AAA Batteries Included
Did you enjoy using the product? Yes, in the main
Would you consider buying the product? No
Would you recommend the product to a friend? Yes, for urban/suburban commuting
About the tester
Age: 37
I usually ride: Rough Stuff Tourer Based around 4130 Univega mtb Frameset My best bike is: 1955 Holdsworth Road Path and several others including cross & traditional road
I've been riding for: Over 20 years I ride: Most days I would class myself as: Experienced
I regularly do the following types of riding: cyclo cross, commuting, touring, fixed/singlespeed, mtb,

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North side residents should learn more on Thursday about potential litigation regarding contaminants possibly dumped from the former New York Air Brake site off Starbuck Avenue years ago.
Representatives from the California law firm made famous made by environmental activist Erin Brockovich are holding an informational meeting about the status of a possible lawsuit against the locomotive equipment manufacturer.
That night, representatives from the Vititoe Law Group will provide be on hand to answer questions and give a status report about whats going on, said James P. Barker, who has been involved organizing the legal efforts locally.
The meeting will be at 6:30 p.m. at the North Elementary School.
If people have questions, now is the time to get them answered, he said Saturday.
Mr. Barker also will learn more about the status that night, he said. At this point, he does not know when the suit will be filed.
Robert W. Bowcock, an environmental investigator with Ms. Brockovich, and a small group of attorneys from the law firm will be there. Mr. Barker did not know whether Ms. Brockovich will be attending.
Last year, the Vititoe Law Group agreed to represent residents who believe they have suffered health problems from the toxic chemicals that were dumped at the Starbuck Avenue site decades ago and ended up in Kelsey and Oily creeks.
Last summer, neighbors and former residents told stories about family members suffering nerve disorders, cancer and birth defects. Mr. Barker and his brother, Scott W. Barker, and a former neighbor, Andrew G. Williams, initiated the inquiry into Air Brake after the three developed nerve problems.
They expressed concerns about levels of trichloroethylene, or TCE, and polychlorinated biphenyls, or PCBs, found in the neighborhood over the years. TCE and PCBs are carcinogens, while TCE also can cause nerve disorders. They said they believe that contaminants were dumped in Kelsey and Oily creeks.
If the case goes forward, the lawsuit most likely would be against New York Air Brake; Knorr-Bremse Group, the companys current parent company, and SPX Corp., the North Carolina company that was involved in previous cleanup efforts.
The Vititoe law firm was featured in the 2000 film Erin Brockovich that starred Julia Roberts as the environmental activist who uncovered toxic chemicals in 1993 that emanated from Pacific Gas & Electric Co. in California. The law firm, then headed by the late attorney Edward L. Masry, won a $333 million class-action lawsuit on behalf of about 650 clients who suffered a variety of health problems.
So far, about 250 people submitted retainer forms to the lawyers, the first step in filing a lawsuit, Mr. Barker said. He said he hopes about 200 people show up for the meeting.
The case could turn into a class-action lawsuit.
In 1995, the state Department of Environmental Conservation dredged Kelsey Creek and removed contaminants and soil. But residents said they believe pollutants got into the ground and spread off site and back into Kelsey Creek, causing subsequent health problems for them and their families.
In 2008, the DEC conducted vapor intrusion tests and found unacceptable levels of TCE, an industrial solvent used at the Air Brake plant decades ago, in four on-site buildings and a house at 431 E. Hoard St., which subsequently was equipped with an air-mitigation system.
In all, 43 houses, two schools and a church were tested off site.
Some of the neighbors have complained that DEC failed to do more to make sure the creeks were safe. This past spring, the state agency began testing the two north side creeks to check for possible contaminants.
DEC officials could not be reached for comment Saturday.
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Daytona Beach police and a SWAT team arrived at the hotel Wednesday evening, located at 726 North Atlantic Avenue.
Authorities say the woman appeared to be suicidal and was apparently distraught over a recent relationship dispute.
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Now that there isnt any summoner on the poll i have to choose wizard/mage class i love black magic
Gaenya casts Metheor
Frak! I knew I was forgetting another class. My bad. By my super cool powers of something or other, I name you a gnomish tinkerer/bard. ;D
Now that there isnt any summoner on the poll i have to choose wizard/mage class i love black magic
Gaenya casts Metheor
Well hosting a MUD I choose Implementor ;D However I have been beta testing Everquest Online (PS2) and I played Wizard, Cleric, Barbarian and Paladin. I prefer the healing arts myself. So Cleric and Paladin
I deleted my ranger to play a paladin. Once they get up in levels they kick much arse. (Havent been here in so long forgot how to type)
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I deleted my ranger to play a paladin. Once they get up in levels they kick much arse. (Havent been here in so long forgot how to type)
BS!! I know you to well. The only thing close to a paladin that you could play would have to be anti-paladin or a dark knight or something.
Deleting characters (??)... what kinda of RPG gamers are you... having a character die off should be a major event... Hell last time someone died in my party (due to an meeting with my sword... see I'm a traitor but don't tell the others) we spend an entire evening having services for the poor fella..
Well I guess that will teach him to keep his dirty paws of my Annabella.........
Anyways now to sell out my friends to the vampires in the return for eternal life.. Haskill, the god of double standards and treason would be proud of my actions.... afterall he possesed me..
Damn it's been nearly a year since I played last... I need to find my buddies again..
I was kinda hoping i could be a death knight or something. Maybe i can dual class to a thief or rogue. That would be kool. Besides, it was an inadvertent delete. I didnt know you could only have a single one player game. :-\
I chose fighter. I have traditionally played rangers, but after just completing the Baldur's Gate series of games I'm going to change to a fighter. (I'm getting ready to start the Icewind Dale series.) My dream would be to be a fighter and dual to a ranger, in order to get the weapon specialization. I think I'm going to start being a fighter and just play it like a ranger.
Oh yeah, and I'm typically neutral good.
Hehe, the other day I wasted my firend's Wizard in NWN with my druid. Almost 3 kills to his one. I need to start a barbarian so I can have that whip his ass.
The funny thing was he shapechanged into a Red Elder Dragon (or whatever age it was) and it couldnt damage me. The Balor he gated wasn't nice though ... that hurt. Bad. Pretty much what made me not kill him 4 or 5 times to my one fall.
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Although we like to think of ourselves as strong, independent women, we are such typical girls sometimes. Case in point: in true stereotypical behavior, we fell head-over-heels for Wayne Campbell and Garth Algar immediately after our first "Schwing!" Who would have thought that Saturday Night Live's two Midwestern basement-dwelling buds would enthrall us so much? Despite this unlikely crush, we were hopelessly captivated by this pair of "Party on" pals, in no small part because of the way they dressed.
While Wayne and Garth were probably unaware of it at the time, it's obvious they had impeccable personal style. We're not the only ones who went gaga for their grunge-lite look. How else could you explain the fact that these living-with-their-folks, horrible dancing, not-so-hot slackers could land Tia Carrere and Claudia Schiffer? The red rope licorice-eating Garth Algar grabbed our attention with his geeky style of plaid button-downs over concert tees, faded denim worn with Doc Martens, all pulled together with Buddy Holly glasses. Wayne Campbell always kept it cool with his signature thrashed jeans, black t-shirts, and black-on-black trucker hats. In addition to their excellent fashion sense, Wayne and Garth also were good-hearted guys and always won in the end-a mega-hit show, a baby blue AMC Pacer covered in flames and dubbed "The Mirth Mobile," and getting Aerosmith and Pearl Jam to headline at Waynestock-so it's no wonder we are Currently Channeling: Wayne's World!
We had a hunch that the nineties were making a comeback when we heard that our beloved Beverly Hills 90210 was getting revived (though we wish that would have gone better). The moment we saw the fall fashion shows, we knew our intuition was right! Happily, it was the grunge of the early-to-mid nineties that reappeared on the runways: lace-up boots, burnout tees, more plaid than you could shake a drum stick at, and thrashed jeans. (If you're concerned this look is just a short-lived fad, fear not! One of the hottest fashion houses, Balmain, showcased acid-washed, torn-to-shreds jeans for Spring 2009.) Of all the collections, we felt that Alexander Wang and Zucca's shows both appeared as if they came from the Wayne's World wardrobe department. Alexander Wang's ultra-thin black t-shirts, holey jeans, and black caps screamed "Wayne Campbell", while the distressed denim skirts, worn in oversized sweaters and shock rock graphic tees of Zucca directly captured the essence of Garth.
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WHEATFIELD, N.Y. - There's a long wait already underway to get into some gun safety courses in Western New York.
In some cases, these training classes are required for people to get a gun permit and a weapon.
With the NY SAFE ACT passed in Albany this week and recent gun violence, getting a spot in these classes is not so certain.
2 On Your Side's Jeff Preval took a trip to the Niagara Gun Range in Wheatfield. It's the only public indoor range in Western New York. It also sells guns and bullets and offers the courses.
According to Firearms Training of Western New York, state pistol permit courses are required in Niagara, Erie, Orleans and Genesee counties. The classes don't allow any hands on training.
And during the courses, everything about operating and caring for a weapon is covered.
An instructor of the courses says usually about twelve people take the class. Recently, that number has tripled to about 36.
"The New York State pistol permit classes are booked right now, until about the end of February and I don't think it's going to be more than a few days before that class is booked and we're going to be looking into March already," said said Dennis Deasy, owner of the Niagara Gun Range.
The class that Deasy holds is 55 dollars. He schedules two or three of them a month and they're four hours long.
"It's just been nuts, it's almost like everyone is preparing for the end of the world, they want it, they want it now," said Deasy, "the calendar is pretty well booked."
Deasy adds that the average gun owner, law enforcement officers, and people of all eligible ages to get in the courses are in them.
Niagara Gun Range also has a gun store. We were in Deasy's shop earlier this week and gun owners continue to shop heavily. Some of Deasy's shelves are bare, with popular rifles and handguns gone.
All of this has been a result of recent acts of gun violence and debate about how it should be dealt with.
On Tuesday, the SAFE ACT was enacted. The law has many components, including a ban on internet sales of ammo, background checks on private purchases and permits that need to be renewed every five years. President Obama also signed a series of executive orders intended to reduce gun violence.
Meantime, Deasy says lawmakers should crackdown more on illegal guns coming across state lines and start requiring safety courses to curb the gun violence.
"Reach a minimum score, a minimum level of proficiency before they're given a permit to go out and buy a gun," he said.
On Saturday morning, 215 people are expected to go to a pistol permit safety course in Elma. That session will be hosted by EMPact America, which is an emergency preparedness organization.
The class has reached its max and will likely be the largest free firearms training session ever in Western New York.
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More than 17 million curious international visitors book tickets to Greece each year. Despite the high number of tourists, this country is still home to many wonderful, lesser-known attractions. Head to Vathia and discover the interesting history behind its collection of stone buildings constructed on a hilltop. Not far away, you'll find the Diros Caves, a set of beautiful stalactite-studded caverns believed to have been one of Greece's first inhabited sites.
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Greece is well known for its delicious cuisine and will redefine your affection for olives, which are served along with many meals or drizzled over main courses as olive oil. Don't leave without trying moussaka, a baked dish made with eggplants, meat, tomatoes, garlic, onion, potato, and topped with cheese and béchamel sauce.
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Rated 5 out of 5 by bevsopinion Beautiful, rustic, well-made Love it! Looks great with my Arcadia dining set from World Market - looks almost as if part of the set. The doors were a bit confusing to put on but that was the only problem. Does take a bit to put together but not bad, and well worth it! Has lots of space for storage. January 2, 2014
Rated 5 out of 5 by Jacalynz Really nice piece of furniture We purchased the Garner extension table and eight Garner chairs and the Garner sideboard really ties the whole set together. It's a sturdy piece of furniture and has some pretty good storage space without being too bulky. As another reviewer stated, the piece isn't too wide, so it doesn't take up too much space. Fortunately, my boyfriend put it together mostly on his own. I had to help a couple times, but it didn't seem to be too terrible to put together. For the price, I highly recommend the entire Garner dining set. It looks super impressive and much more expensive than the actual cost. It has that really nice modern, rustic farmhouse feel to it without being too "country" looking. November 11, 2013
Rated 5 out of 5 by HollyMichelle Beautiful piece of furniture, lots of storage, narrow footprint. This sideboard is our favorite piece in our living room, besides the leather sofa. It matches the old world style fixtures in our home and is very attractive. We needed storage and it has plenty. We left a shelf out of one side and have yoga mats stored it there. The drawers are spacious and very handy. The sideboard has a very easy build design and is very good quality. sturdy. all of the hardware works very well. We love this piece. I do think it's a little pricey but not compared to the solid piece antiques we were looking at before we bought this. May 28, 2013
Rated 5 out of 5 by manofsteele Great looking peice and a great value I've been looking for a sideboard for my dining room for some time and I ran across this one. After reading some reviews I decided to order it. The item arrived in good condition and assembly was straight forward and went together with no issues. It is a very nice peice that is solid wood and goes with my other dark furniture nicely. I highly recommend this sideboard. April 29, 2013
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Planet Jupiter Information
Observing Jupiter
As an outer planet, Jupiter is best observed around its Opposition. Jupiter's opposition occurs about once a year. Jupiter appears striped with light and dark cloud zones. If you extend an imaginary line through the center of the planet and parallel to the cloud zones you will see what appears to be tiny stars along the line. These are the moons of Jupiter.
Where To Look
If you were to trace the path of the Sun across the sky, the Sun's path is a line called the Ecliptic. The Ecliptic rises and falls during the year: The highest point is the Summer Solstice and at the lowest point, 6 months later, occurs on the Winter Solstice. Once you get a feeling of where the Ecliptic lies, you might discover that the moon and all the planets, with the exception of the former planet Pluto lies within a few degrees of the Ecliptic. The Ecliptic represents the edge view of the Solar System.
Scanning the Ecliptic will help you locate the moon and planets. To pinpoint a specific planet at a specific time, you may want to: consult magazines like Sky and Telescope or Astronomy, or use software (see below), or one of the new handheld computerized realtime gadgets (see below), or consult a website like Astro Planet.[ :-) Ed.]
Optimal Times
There are certain times in a planets orbit when a planet is "optimal for viewing." For the outer planets: Mars, Saturn, Jupiter, Neptune, Uranus and Pluto the point of best viewing is at the Opposition.
Due to its brightness, Jupiter is visible about 30 minutes before sunrise or after sunset. Jupiter is located in the constellation Ophiuchus until early December 2007, when it will pass into the constellation Sagittarius where it will wander about until very early January 2009. Jupiter is at opposition around mid July, so the best time to observe Jupiter is between May and September.
Equipment Needed
Because planets are bright, though tiny in size, a large telescope isn't necessarily required for viewing planets like Mercury, Venus, Mars, Saturn and Jupiter. Large aperture telescopes are very beneficial to make dim things bright, like nebulae, galaxies, star clusters and the far outer planets: Uranus, Neptune and Pluto.
Almost any telescope capable of magnifying 100 to 200 times is great for viewing planets and our moon.
Eyepieces control magnification, field-of-view and eye relief. You can consider the eyepiece half of your optical system. Typically you will want high magnification eyepieces (100x-200x) for the moon and planets, while low power, wide field eyepieces are used for deep sky objects.
Calculating eyepieces
Each telescope is designed with a focal length. Eyepieces also have a focal length. This value is usually printed on the side or top of the eyepiece. If you divide the focal length of the telescope by the focal length of an eyepiece that will give you the power or magnification that eyepiece will give with that telescope.
For example: An 8-inch Schmidt-Cassegrain telescope has the focal length of around 2000mm. If you use a 10mm eyepiece with that telescope you will have 200 magnification (2000/10). A 30mm eyepiece in the same telescope will produce 67 power (2000/30).
So the lower the focal length of an eyepiece, the higher the power.
Sometimes eyepieces are also specified with Apparent Field-of-View measured in degrees. If you were to divide the Apparent Field-of-View by the power you will calculate the Actual Field-of-View that that eyepiece would have with the telescope.
To compare various eyepieces click here
Planetary Filters
Wratten System
The Kodak company developed a numbering system to specify color filters for use with black and white film. This is known as the Wratten System. Astronomy uses the same numbering system to specify planetary filters.
Because observational astronomy lacks color in the views of astronomical object until one gets into very large aperture telescopes (greater than 10 inches), using a planetary filter is like using a color filter with black and white film. They will reduce the brightness and enhance various features seen on the planetary disk.
For more information on Planetary Filters, click here.
Suggested Filters for Jupiter
To use the Kwik-focus to observe a planet, simply plug two of the holes with the conveniently supplied plugs supplied with the mask and return the plate to the front of the telescope.
For more information on the Kendrick KwikFocus go here.
Computerized Sky Guides
In the last couple of years a new class of astronomy gadgets have appeared. These handheld devices integrate GPS, Electronic compasses and motion sensors to create and integrate system that allow you to locate and identify visible objects in the sky without a telescope or other celestial aid.
These devices have three basic functions:
These devices first must sync to the GPS satellites, so they work best when there is a relative clear view of the sky. Also, these devices are sensitive to electric and magnetic fields, so their battery compartments are shielded or separated from the rest of the mechanism and they work best when you step away from large metal objects like cars and electrical fields like high power lines.
Celestron SkyScout Personal Planetarium
This device runs on two AA batteries that are place in metal shielded tubes before you install into the device to reduce electrical interference.
To aim the SkyScout, you look through the device that has two rings on either end of the chamber. The far ring has a ring of LED arrows to help you point your way
For more information on the Celestron SkyScout go here.
Meade mySky - Your Personal Guide for Sky Exploration
This device runs on 4 AA batteries that are located at the bottom of the handle so they do not need to be shielded.
To aim the mySky simply look down the LED gunsite of the device and follow the "real time" star map projected in the video screen.
For more information on the Meade mySky go here.
One of the easiest ways to pinpoint the location of a planet or any celestial object for any given night is to use computer software to simulate the sky. Here are a few examples:


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Monitoring by SC going on for years–>Ansar Abbasi report in The News
Source: http://www.thenews.com.pk/top_story_detail.asp?Id=26187
By Ansar Abbasi
ISLAMABAD: The monitoring mechanism reflected in the Supreme Court's landmark judgment for the accountability courts is well within the parameters of judicial functions of the Supreme Court and a practice that is going on for years.
However, the judgment has been grossly misinterpreted by some to show that it amounts to interference in the functions of the executive branch.
Independent sources in the Law Ministry confided to The News that all the special courts, set up in the past or are functioning right now in Pakistan, have been and are being monitored and supervised by the apex court, which adopts such monitoring mechanism to ensure that cases pending before the courts concerned do not get delayed unnecessarily.
The sources believe that those feeling uneasy with the monitoring mechanism announced in the Dec 16 judgment for the accountability courts are deliberately creating confusion to prove this judgment as a move by judiciary to interfere in the executive functions.
These sources said such elements are said to be oblivious of the fact that a similar monitoring mechanism is working in the apex court for anti-terrorist courts.
Even for high courts and the subordinate judiciary, a comprehensive monitoring mechanism is presently in place as part of the national judicial policy to ensure quick disposal of cases and to clear the backlog.
Following the government's complaint that the terrorism cases are not timely pursued and result in increase in terrorism, the present Supreme Court under Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry had set up an effective monitoring system to keep a vigilant eye on the anti-terrorist courts so that no unnecessary delay could occur in such cases.
Under this monitoring scheme, Justice Javed Iqbal serves as a monitor for anti-terrorism courts of Sindh; Justice Khalilur Rehman Ramday oversees the ATCs in Frontier; Justice Nasirul Mulk supervises the Balochistan ATCs; and Justice Sardar Raza Khan is monitoring the performance of the Punjab ATCs.
Neither anyone had objected to this monitoring mechanism for the ATCs nor was any objection raised for such overseeing strategies adopted in the past for the special courts during the last three decades. However, the sources said a vested interest group is deliberately trying to create confusion for the monitoring mechanism evolved for the accountability courts by the Supreme Court.
In its latest judgment, which has unnerved many powerful and mighty in the government, the Supreme Court clearly said this mechanism is evolved to "monitor the progress and the proceedings in (NAB) cases".
Since the NRO beneficiaries and their sympathisers were generally complaining that the cases terminated under the condemned NRO remained undecided for over 10 years, this mechanism was evolved to address these complaints and ensure the NAB accused get quick justice.
The NAB has been condemned by the NRO beneficiaries while the Supreme Court also found its incumbent chairman, the prosecutor general and the deputy prosecutor general incompetent. Therefore, the apex court judgment directed the Bureau to transmit periodical reports of the actions taken by them with regard to NAB cases to the Monitoring Cell of the apex court set up following the same order.
Interestingly, similar directions were given to all the provincial governments under the national judicial policy to ensure that the challans in criminal cases, pending before the lower or superior judiciary, are submitted by prosecution within the stipulated time period to avoid unnecessary delays in dispensing justice.
NRO Trashed By Supreme Court
In a remarkable judgment by 17 member bench headed by Iftikhar Chaudhary, Supreme Court of Pakistan has declared NRO as unconstitutional from the day of issuance.
As a result of this judgment all the cases closed by NRO are reinstated on the positions of 5th October, the day General (R) Musharraf issued the order of National Reconciliation Ordnance (NRO).
According to the judgment of SC 17 member bench the NRO is contrary to the equality of all citizens in front of the law guaranteed by the 1973 Constitution of Pakistan.
The historic judgment also says:
1) All the High Courts will make sure that cases reopened by this judgment get a fair trial, proper investigation and proper legal procedure.
2) Government is responsible to pursue the cases in Swiss court against Asif Ali Zardari and team.
3) NAB Chairman, Prosecutor General and Deputy Prosecutor General to be sacked and replaced by some other persons.
4) Government needs to take action against former Attorney General, Justice (R) Malik Qayum for writing unauthorized letter to Swiss court to withdraw cases against Asif Zardari.
During the proceedings Chief Justice also made clear that even parliament has no right to change the basic structure of the constitution.
The court has also shown displeasure on Acting Attorney General Shah Khawar and said he hide the truth.
The judgment is welcomed by a majority of legal community and civil society considering it another milestone towards to goal of real independent judiciary and rule of law.
NRO List and Government Stance–>The question here is of morality and social justice.
Finally the ever awaited list of National Reconciliation Ordinance (NRO) is out which has names of 8,041 beneficiaries out of which only 34 are politicians and rest are from bureaucracy , criminals, businessmen and other accused.
There is a huge demand from various corners of the society to take resignations voluntarily or in voluntarily from the people who benefited from this law and are still serving in the government.
The point of view of government as presented by federal minister for information and governor of Gilgit-Bultistan Qamar Zaman Kaira is that demanding resignations from NRO beneficiaries uncalled for. The reason he gives is one will have to differentiate between charges and crimes and that nothing has so far been proved against the NRO beneficiaries which on principle seems to be OK! But can the information minister inform us about the pending cases and trials of common people in courts who have to justify their innocence before law to get acquitted and if the NRO angels where innocent then why they took refuge in a dictator's shelter of NRO.
The question here is of morality and social justice that why an elite group of people found it necessary to get a clearance certificate through a draconian law instead of facing the courts whereas a common man has to face years of trial to get justice.
Still no full list of beneficiaries and cases is provided to the people and media.
We also demand the list of people who got benefits from loan forgiveness or unfair settlements through corrupt political and banking practices.
(Images source: http://pkpolitics.com/2009/11/22/nro-list-shows-34-politicians-out-of-8000/)
Murder, embezzlement & balwa amongst the pardoned crimes–>The Nation
By Zahid Gishkori
Source: http://www.nation.com.pk/pakistan-news-newspaper-daily-english-online/Politics/22-Nov-2009/Murder-embezzlement–balwa-amongst-the-pardoned-crimes/1
ISLAMABAD – List of beneficiaries of National Reconciliation Ordinance (NRO) released by Ministry of Law and Justice on Saturday took the top politicians of the state to task and perceived them as black sheep of the society.
Some 34 politicians have been ranked first in the list of some 8,041 persons in terms of money, murders, attempted murders, balwa, embezzlement, corruption, malpractice, terrorism, kidnappings and other crimes of heinous nature. Keeping in view their massive embezzlements, these politicians seem to be heavy burden on the country that is already facing a severe financial crunch.
The Law Ministry for the first time has brought the big fish to surface by releasing the list of country's most corrupt people. "The notorious guns of malpractice of these black sheep which left the poor at the mercy of God had been used as common practice against the innocents since decades," NRO list observed.
The top beneficiary of NRO is Altaf Hussain whose 72 cases including 31 murder cases were dismissed. President Asif Ali Zardari had seven cases against him, while the number of Dr Farooq Sattar's cases was 13. Most politicians had one to two cases against them. Madam Nusrat Bhutto, the spouse of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, also heads over thousands in the notorious list.
The MQM headed over other political parties whose workers hit the iron when it was hot. However, the PML-Q workers kept them away from that shoddy practice.
Addressing a press conference, Minister of State for Law & Justice Mohammad Afzal Sindhu on Saturday released the much-awaited list of the beneficiaries of NRO. The total number of NRO beneficiaries is 8,041 and 34 top politicians, 248 bureaucrats and three ambassadors are included in it, he told.
"Corruption, embezzlement and criminal cases dumped under NRO will likely to be reopened, as the goose of the said ordinance will be cooked on November 28, 2009," he said. Many stalwarts of the country's political arena will fight legal battle in the courts as the top court of the country terms NRO null ab initio, he explained.
Sindhu also announced a few important names in the list, which include President Asif Ali Zardari, MQM Chief Altaf Hussain, Begam Nusrat Bhutto, Federal Ministers Ch. Ahmad Mukhtar, Rehman Malik, Dr. Farooq Sattar, and Babar Ghori, Governor Sindh Dr. Ishrat-ul-Ibad Khan, Jahangir Badr, Anwar Saifullah, Yousaf Talpur, Ch. Shaukat Ali, Haji Nawaz Khokhar (late), Agha Siraj Ahmad Durrani, Mir Baz Kithran, Mushtaq Awan, Sulman Farooqi, Hussain Haqqani, Wajid Sham-ul-Hassan, A.R. Siddiqui, Saleem Shahzad, Aftab Ahmed Sherpao, Mian Mohammad Rasheed, Tariq Rasheed, Tariq Mahmood, Sardar Maqsood Leghari, Ghani-ur-Rehman, Javed Ahmed Qureshi, Brig. (Retd) Imtiaz, Brig. (Retd) Aslam Hayat, Safdar Barqi and Saeed Mehdi.
"Sindh is on the bottom line in the said list as some 7,793 people obtained relief under Article 2 of the NRO's Review Board. The number of beneficiaries of the Review Board is 3,230," he said.
He said that neither Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani nor his wife had taken benefit under the NRO. "Prime Minister Gilani had opted to face the courts in the cases filed against him and he has been cleared by the courts," he argued.
The minister said that President Zardari had protection under the Article 248 of the Constitution and couldn't be tried in any corruption or criminal case as far as he was the President of the state. "We will not protect anyone against the decision of the Supreme Court," he maintained. The ruling PPP has taken decision that the judgement of superior judiciary would be accepted at all cost, he added.
Parrying a query when asked how much amount was involved in corruption cases abolished against beneficiaries of NRO, Sindhu said, "The demand was the list and it is produced before the media."
Advocating NRO beneficiaries, he said most of the cases were political vendetta and had been lingering in the courts for 10 to 15 years. "PML-N Quaid Mian Nawaz Sharif has himself admitted that Ehtesab Bureau of Saifur Rehman had initiated political cases against PPP leaders," he added. The PPP would have to give credibility to the chief of a major political party, he remarked.
The notorious NRO granted amnesty to politicians, political workers and bureaucrats who were accused of corruption, embezzlement, money laundering, murders and terrorism from 1st January 1986 to October 12, 1999, he emphasised.
The State Minister for Law said the myriad corruption cases had been pending since decades, adding only one case was decided and after that three judges had to resign.
Answering a query, he said NRO was brought in the Parliament at the direction of the Supreme Court and the verdicts of the higher judiciary would be respected in future as well.
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GOUVERNEUR A Gouverneur native who recently graduated from Marine Corps boot camp has died in a car accident in North Carolina.
Shannon M. Way, Gouverneur, said she learned of the death of her son, Skyler D. Way, about 4 a.m. Wednesday. Pfc. Way and a fellow Marine were found dead Tuesday night in a partially submerged vehicle in a water-filled ditch off Catfish Lake Road in Craven County. Pfc. Way was stationed at Camp Lejeune.
He had last been heard from about 9:50 p.m. Monday.
Mrs. Way filed a missing persons report through the Marine Corps.
Marine Corps personnel were prohibited from using Catfish Lake Road, which is unpaved, unless they had a legitimate purpose such as hunting or fishing, because of its curves, blind spots, potholes and absence of lighting.
According to news reports from the area, five Marines have been killed in accidents on the road since 2009, as well as five other people.
A 2012 graduate of Gouverneur Central School, Pfc. Way graduated from boot camp Dec. 14.
He had been a wrestler since the age of 5, played football, was close to his family and loved to hunt and fish, Mrs. Way said.
Fast cars were my sons life, she said.
According to investigators quoted in television news accounts of the accident, Pfc. Way was the driver and was speeding when he lost control. The car ran off the road to the left and overturned in a canal.
Pfc. Way and Lance Cpl. Nick Buscarnera, 19, Mastic Beach, Suffolk County, were members of 2nd Supply Battalion, Combat Logistics Regiment 25.
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PERRY, NY - A New York State Police bomb squad was called to an apartment house on 60 Covington Street early Sunday morning after Perry Police responding to an earlier call found what they describe as "an active incendiary device."
Police were initially called to the apartment house at about 3:30 a.m. by a woman living in the building, who said she was locked out of her apartment by the man with whom she lived, and that the man had threatened to harm himself.
When police arrived, they determined that the male occupant was in need of medical attention. After he had been taken by ambulance to Wyoming County Community Hospital, police said they found what appeared to be a bomb and called in the State Police explosives experts.
They immediately evacuated the building.
"I was shaking," said Tammy Boswell, who lives in the upstairs apartment. "I was scared."
Tephanie Dovolos, who lives in the neighboring apartment, has a newborn baby. She said police quickly packed a diaper bag for her as she scrambled to leave.
"It brought me [to] tears because all of my belongings are in here," Dovolos said.
But that's not all. Residents of the apartment house said firefighters told them there was a natural gas leak inside the suspect's apartment. Residents do not believe the leak was accidental.
"And [the suspect] knows that I have a kid because we used to talk to him just because he was a neighbor," Dovolos said. "So, he knows I have a baby, so for him to even try to do that is unbelievable. Scary."
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The Crossnore Volunteer Fire Department in Avery County was visited by 10th district Congressman Patrick McHenry Wednesday.He was there to check out new the new equipment purchased thru grant money from Homeland Security. For the volunteers to be able to do their jobs its important that they have the proper equipment. Crossnore Fire Chief Jack Wiseman said the new equipment could not only save resident's lives, it could save them money on fire insurance as well. The grant was used to purchase turnout gear, air tanks and packs as well as a mask sterilizer.
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In our zazen practice, we bring our attention back to breath and body over and over again, not with a goal to get good at it, but simply to be present with whatever is going on. In the same way, we come back to the cushion to practice over and over again, every day, every week, year after year, not with the expectation of finally figuring out how to meditate properly, or resolving anything, but simply because we find it helpful, somehow, to bring this quality of attentiveness to our lives every day. Some days we may be settled and peaceful, others we may be agitated or distracted, but it doesn't matter because we are committed to being in our lives, as they are, every day.
As anyone who has played a musical instrument, or played a sport knows, this spirit of diligent repetition is at the heart of any kind of practice. Many of us have had some experience of this when we were younger, maybe in high school, if we played sports or danced or were in theater or played a musical instrument. I think one of the most valuable experiences a young person can have is this feeling of practice – putting in your best, wholehearted effort every day. Some days are good, some are bad, but we develop the commitment to just continue, more or less, no matter what. Unfortunately, when we leave school and get involved with our own families and careers, we often set aside this feeling of practice that we had when we were young.
You may have noticed, when you yourself were young or from watching your kids, that when we approach anything with only the wish to be good at it without taking a real joy in the daily practice of it, we tend not to stick with it. Maybe when we were young we wanted to speak a foreign language fluently. Wouldn't it be great to go to college in Paris and talk about existentialism and Camus in French over red wine and cigarettes! Maybe we could even get a French boyfriend or girlfriend! But then you go to French 101 and it's so boring! All that repetition and those long vocabulary lists! If I have to go through all of that, then maybe I won't go to school in Paris after all. So we just drop it. Maybe this sounds familiar.
But if you were lucky, sometime in your past you found something you just really loved and you were not worried so much about reaching some distant goal because you really loved the daily practice of it. You did it for its own sake, not to get somewhere with it. Maybe when you were in high school, you got up every morning to go to swimming practice, or every afternoon you were out on the practice field for marching band, or you were running, rain or shine, with your cross-country team, or you were in rehearsal with your theater group. Maybe you had competitions or contests that you would practice for, but underneath it all, at least in hindsight, these goals weren't really the main thing, and you just really enjoyed making the daily effort with your friends. A really inspiring and well-developed example of this spirit in the arts is the former New York City ballet dancer Suzanne Farrell, who was a protege of the great George Balanchine. In a wonderful profile in The New Yorker, Farrell said that when she was onstage, she never looked at the audience. "I dance for God," she said. If others wanted to watch, that was their business.
I'm telling you all of this to remind you that the spirit of practice is already very familiar to us, but many of us lose track of it as we get older. So how does this spirit translate into our Soto Zen practice? There's a wonderful vignette from the Mumonkan that points to this. The Mumonkan is one of the classical compilations of Zen stories from the golden age of Chinese Zen compiled in the 13th century. Most of these stories involve an encounter between two people, but this one, case 16, there's just the teacher asking us a question:
Unmon said, "The world is vast and wide. Why do you put on your seven-piece robe at the sound of the bell?"
That's the whole case right there. If you have been to a larger Zen temple, you probably know that after morning zazen, and before service, the bell sounds and we all recite the Robe Chant and then put on our robes – the priest's okesa is the seven piece robe Unmon is talking about here. Unmon is asking, why, when there are so many things going on in the world, do this practice? Why put on the robe when the bell sounds?
There is no answer to this, really. Why, when you were in high school, did you get up early to go to swim practice? Why did you practice the piano? Why did Suzanne Farrell dance? We did these things just because we loved them, because that's just what we did. We are people who put on our robes when the bell sounds. We are people who go to soccer practice every afternoon. We are dancers who simply go to the barre every day to practice.
I think there's a kind of emotional sickness that we get when everything we do, all of our efforts, are driven by some pressing immediate need or requirement, and unfortunately, this is the modern, middle-class condition. When we don't have something that we do just because we love it, it makes us a little bit coo-coo. I'm not talking about just relaxing or hanging out, although there's certainly a place for that, even in monasteries. I'm talking about something that requires real effort, but that we do for the love of the effort itself. I think that there's something uplifting about making the pure, sustained, substantial effort of practicing in the sense I am describing here. This is certainly what I would wish for any young person to experience, and it's a spirit that is really essential for all of us to cultivate, because when we make this sort of pure effort, it really does lift up everyone around us. So who knew that high school marching band was a vehicle for enlightenment?
I want to conclude with one of my favorite passages from Dogen Zenji's Genjo Koan, and as I read it, let's think about 'practice' in the sense that I've been talking about:
When you find your place where you are, practice occurs, actualizing the fundamental point. When you find you way at this moment, practice occurs, actualizing the fundamental point; for the place, the way, is neither large nor small, neither yours nor others'. The place, the way, has not carried over from the past and it is not merely arising now. Accordingly, in the practice-enlightenment of the buddha way, meeting one thing is mastering it–doing one practice is practicing completely.


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On Monday, May 6, the Texas state House of Representatives passed several bills aimed at protecting the right of citizens of the Lone Star State to keep and bear arms as guaranteed by the Second Amendment.
A summary of each of the pro-liberty measures was provided by Texas state Representative Cindy Burkett — a co-author of one of the bills.
• The "Campus Carry Bill," House Bill 972, by Rep. Allen Fletcher (Tomball) will allow concealed handgun license holders to carry on the premises of institutions of higher education that opt into the legislation. Representative Cindy Burkett (Sunnyvale), vice chair of the House Caucus, is a joint-author on this important piece of legislation. The goal of HB 972 is to provide students, faculty, and visitors on educational campuses the Second Amendment protections that may be necessary in life-threatening situations. This bill promotes the right of individuals to protect themselves, along with their fellow students and co-workers.
• The "Firearms Protection Act," House Bill 1076, by Rep. Steve Toth (The Woodlands), seeks to proactively protect the Second Amendment rights of Texas citizens and the ability of our law-enforcement officers to protect the public. The bill makes federal laws that restrict firearm ownership unenforceable within the state's boundaries. Under House Bill 1076, any municipality, county, or special district trying to enforce a federal gun ban could face monetary holdings by the state and possible misdemeanor charges.
• House Bill 1314, by Rep. Brandon Creighton (The Woodlands), seeks to prevent the encroachment by the federal government on Second Amendment rights. The bill prevents the enforcement of federal laws that exceed the federal government's constitutional authority by creating a new offense for the unlawful seizure of a firearm.
• House Bills 47 and 48 are measures authored by Rep. Dan Flynn (Van) that provide a more efficient and effective concealed handgun license and renewal process for law-abiding Texans.
Additionally, as reported by the National Rifle Association-Institute for Legislative Action (NRA-ILA), House Bill 47 was replaced by identical legislation that has already passed the state senate, and that bill will now be sent to Governor Rick Perry for his signature or veto.
In the press release announcing the votes, Representative Burkett spoke out in favor of the state House's decision to stand up against federal aggression:
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The Jefferson County Board of Legislators passed a resolution Tuesday to spend up to $7 million in county funds as part of a $14 million plan to build a study center and to renovate the library at Jefferson Community College.
According to plans drawn up in 2008, the Collaborative Learning Center, as the new building is called in the resolution, would be a 41,000-square-foot facility where students would have access to library materials, computers, integrated technology such as Smartboards, counseling, tutoring and learning skills support, according to JCC President Carole A. McCoy.
The center is projected to cost $12.5 million. The remainder of the funds, $1.5 million, would go toward renovating the colleges Melvil Dewey Library Building, adding classrooms and additional office space, Mrs. McCoy said.
The resolution, which was unanimously passed without discussion Tuesday night at the legislators meeting, will be sent to the State University of New York Construction Fund in Albany for evaluation.
The merits of the project will be measured against other construction proposals at community colleges throughout the state, according to County Administrator Robert F. Hagemann III.
If the state approves the project, the county probably would borrow the $7 million over a period to be determined, Mr. Hagemann said, noting that the county typically structures debt over 15-year periods.
Initially, a $1 million bond may be issued to provide for site planning and survey expenses, Mr. Hagemann said.
The proposed construction is part of the Facilities Master Plan adopted by the colleges Board of Trustees in 2008. It is the third major construction project called for in the plan.
Of the first two, one is under construction: In June, the board approved the issuance of up to $25 million in tax-exempt revenue bonds to help finance a 90,000-square-foot dormitory that will house 298 students at 1220 Coffeen St.
The dorm project is being funded by the colleges Faculty Student Association, not by the county, Mrs. McCoy said. It is estimated to cost $17.5 million.
Approval for the bond issue was required because construction involved county land, she said.
Ground was broken on the project in mid-June. A webcam of the constructions progress can be viewed at http://wdt.me/swtwUn.
The second project, a multipurpose facility that began as a higher-education center, field house and events center, is still being developed.
I would love to see that become a reality, Mrs. McCoy said. But that ones still ... were still working on it.
Jefferson Community College, which led community colleges in the state this year with the highest six-year graduation rate, welcomed a record-breaking number of students to campus in the fall semester.
4,000 students signed up for classes, a 1.74 percent increase over the same time last year.
Study space has become an issue as enrollment has increased, Mrs. McCoy said.
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I am looking to join the guards. I'm 29 years old. I'm 6'1 250lbs with about 23% body fat. I work out 6 days a week. I can do 80 push up's in 2 mins. I can run two miles in about 20 mins and not sure about my sit ups. But I'd think I am pretty close to being able to met the required numbers to join. My concern is my weight.. Will they still let me in even though I am concerned "overweight on the worthless BMI scale?
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Try this out http://www.nationalguard.com/life/fi...ss-calculators
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They don't care about your BMI and it really doesn't matter what your height and weight is as long as your Body Fat percentage is within standards. The Army will measure around your belly and your neck to determine your body fat percentage. Use the APFT calculator at the following link to determine if you meet the standards, it's that simple.
My suggestion is to do more running. You will lose a lot more weight and improve your run time. If you are working out 6 days a week with those stats, you are doing too many high weight-low rep exercises. Do more cardo and cross fit type workouts, nobody cares how much you can bench. 2 miles in 20 minutes needs improvement, everyone will smoke you!
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you have to be able to pass the tape test. I know its annoying the way the army does it with body fat and everything, but those are the regs. Once you pass the tape test and go away to basic training, your body fat will naturally go down with the way you train and work out at Basic and AIT
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Thanks for the link Mase. It says my allowed BF is 28%. Which I am well under. But my weight is well above the max. My push up's and sit ups are pass able. My running time needs to be trimmed a little. So I don't see where I shuld have problems..
And to the comment about doing more cardio. I actually do a lot of cardio. I do a P90X and Insanity hybrid. Which offers a great mix of the two. I have good stamina and great speed. I just tire out around the first mile. I need to learn and pace myself I guess.
Thanks for the help everyone!
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Originally posted by spitfirex007 View PostAnd to the comment about doing more cardio. I actually do a lot of cardio. I do a P90X and Insanity hybrid. Which offers a great mix of the two. I have good stamina and great speed. I just tire out around the first mile.
I agree with Mike2K about focusing on more cardio and especially running to help trim down your weight. Folks seem to be able to taper up their number of push-ups and sit-ups without much effort, but for folks who can't run, improvement takes a lot longer if they want to do it without injury. Suggest starting now.
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I agree.....running will help you drop weight, especially the more you are able to do it. BUT work up to it to avoid injury.
When I started working towards my fitness goals, a year and a half ago, in order to enlist, I couldn't run a quarter mile, but I have worked at it and now run 6 miles every other day and dropped 40 pounds.
Unfortunately, there is no lasting 'quick fix' for dropping weight, it will take some time, but you'll get there!
Safety first! You'll delay reaching your goals if you hurt yourself.
As for the title of this thread....I don't know if there is anything you can do about your height, it is what it is....so I wouldn't worry about that one
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Hello 007!!you are doing work on right plane but i think its not much successful for you because i think your weight is more to the requirement..i will suggest to you the simpl way to reduce the weight..drink more and more water and avoid ioly foods which is i think the best to add the plane..after a few days you may measured the body weight by BMI scale i hope your weight is reduce..BMI scale is the best opition to all the other scale for the measure of weight...
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