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READ about Piers Morgan's long career in journalism here.
Whether you fell asleep early, stayed out too late, or simply want to watch it again, we realize it's not always possible to get your entire "Piers Morgan Live" fix from television. As an answer to this, we offer the below labor of love – "Piers Morgan Live, Rewind" – dedicated and designed to getting you caught up and connected to the conversation.
With the recently rendered "Not Guilty" verdict in the George Zimmeran trial still pacing the national conversation, on Tuesday evening Piers Morgan asked his old "America's Got Talent" partner to offer his personal perspective:
"My grandfather was actually the one that told me this, being someone who grew up in the South. He said 'just because it's the law doesn't mean it's right,'" said Cannon, who spent much of the weekend voicing his dissatisfaction with the jury:
I'm tired of hearing these reporters gloat and reacting like Zimmerman was a vindicated victim, he still killed a child.
— Nick Cannon (@NickCannon) July 14, 2013
Joining the program for a live, face to face conversation, the host of "Nick Cannon Presents: Wild 'N Out" elaborated:
"Civil rights to women's rights ... we're a growing nation and we've made some horrible decisions with the law and I believe right now that this law, whether it's 'stand your ground' or how this one was rolled out, was definitely the wrong decision. So it's unfortunate."
Rachel Jeantel's testimony in the Zimmerman trial elicited an incredibly wide-reaching variety of responses, many of which were remarkably vindictive. But her appearances first on the stand, and subsequently in the studio with Piers Morgan happened to catch the attention of at least one man whose empathy might just change the course of her life.
Radio host Tom Joyner joined "Piers Morgan Live" last night to share his perspective on the public criticism of star witness Jeantel, and also what he plans to do about it:
"Well, it all started of course at the trial. And when she testified, the reaction to her testimony was very troubling to me. People were criticizing her and her education and communication skills," Joyner told Morgan. "The way the lawyer was just beating her up on the stand just really moved me. And then last night when I saw her on your show, you did a follow-up question that said what do you want to do in life."
Says Joyner, upon hearing Jeantel speak, he was instantly energized to help:
"That's when the light bulb went off," Joyner continued. "I said I want to help her. We have a foundation that helps students in historically black colleges and universities. The Tom Joyner Foundation has been around since '98 and since then, we've donated and raised more than $65 million to that end."
With years of experience helping other victims of the legal system's inefficiencies, Joyner was the perfect candidate to step up and provide support for the young woman that never asked to be in the national spotlight.
"She deserves a chance," Joyner told Morgan.
Last night on "Piers Morgan Live," radio host Tom Joyner came to the defense of Zimmerman trial witness Rachel Jeantel, and following her candid interview with Piers Morgan on Monday, she continues to face intense national scrutiny. Criticism of Jeantel's education, cultural background, and understanding of generational norms have left some people questioning her credibility and societal values. One of those to recently voice criticism is Rush Limbaugh, as the right wing radio personality misconstrued Jeantel's statements, in the process deeming it okay for him to use the "N" word:
"So nigga with an 'A' on the end," said Limbuagh on his show Monday. "Isn't that the point? Because it's not racist. That's the point. I could be talking about a male. I could be - a Chinese male. The guy at the laundromat, I could be talking about a man. That's what she said it means."
Piers Morgan asked Joyner about the significance of the disconnect between Jeantel and Limbaugh, and whether that may have impacted the jury's verdict:
"First of all, I don't think Rush Limbaugh has license to use the 'N word,' so he should say the 'N word.' He shouldn't say the actual word. I don't say it ... and that's number one," noted Joyner. "That's the way they talk. That's the way they communicate, and that's the way it should be taken."
Joyner continued with his support of Jeantel, voicing concern for her personal plight:
"All this criticism about, you know, how the system has failed her or she's failed the system. She's 19 years old and she's a senior in high school. Right, OK. So in the past year-and-a-half her life has been turned upside down. She's been back and forth with depositions and appointments and everything, plus sad about her best friend being killed. So her senior year is all a wreck."
In terms of how her emotional baggage may affect her college preparation, Joyner didn't appear too concerned – he seemed to believe in her resilience:
"It's going to take some work, first of all, to get her high school diploma and get her ready for the SAT test ... and then entered into college. But we are going to do that ... I told her she can go to any historically black college she wants to."
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people makes to many comments most the opposite people on George case my comment if the boy called 911 instead to confrontation to day hi will be on heart with us. so stop race stop bull and stop rally the verdict was served go on with your life do not make that a national disaster because we have enoff of you game and CNN news
CNN the "Properganda" channel.. EVERYONE KNOWS THAT..!!!
I used to enjoy watching Piers Morgan, but he is getting so self righteous and downright confrontational with some of his guests that do not agree with him, condescending in that British way on many occasions, he should really rethink his approach and realize he is in the United States, not in the UK. Seems that he even bashes the US at times. I am also a naturalized citizen, but love this country – if you don't like it, go back to where you came from.
I caught the end of Piers Morgan's interview with Larry Elder. Congratulations, Mr. Elder, for being the voice of truthfulness and reason. Piers was baiting you and, in my opinion, not handling the interview very professionally. Maybe CNN should hire Mr. Elder to replace Mr. Morgan. Mr. Morgan doesn't seem able to distinguish between fact and fiction.
First of all, love your show Mr. Morgan! These RACISTS' comments are ridiculous!!! My Ancestors built this country!! I am not going anywhere!! YOU LEAVE!!
Secondly, the entire Zimmerman Case is a grave injustice!! And, African-Americans are tired and we will fight for justice!!
Mr. Morgan, Larry Elder is a modern day UNCLE TOM!!!!!
Zimmerman will end up in Hell one way or another for killing a child!!! God has the final say!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
On the TM/GM case no one ask this question to Zimmerman,he stated that he went to get an address so he could tell the dispatcher his location but I never heard him do that (give an address or his location)when he was on the phone all i heard was he didn't wanted to give his address out.Then he said he was walking back to his car without giving the dispatcher what it was that made him get out his car in the first place.Why would he have been walking back to his car without giving that information to the dispatcher first?If he was walking back to his car he wouldn't have need an address or location because wasn't his car in front of the complex where the police had to come through,all he had to do was wait to they(police) arrive if he was just going back where he had just left.Because he didn't gave any further assistance to the dispatcher by getting out of his car,no location no address.My opinion is that wasn't his intention ,he wasn't looking for no addresss because he never said an addresss to the dispatcher he was looking for Trayvon.LIES LIES LIES!!!!!!!!!
Who cares what Nick Cannon has to say? Why is he popping up everywhere? He has nothing to do with this case. Why is he even featured as a correspondent??
Who cares what N.Cannon thinks about the Tm/Zimm Case. My question... would be to Mr Cannon, would you say that Mr Zimmerman is guilty... even before you heard the facts that were presented during the trial. If so you are just as bad as the people in L.A. during the free TV tuesday riots.
AGREED. Nick Cannon's opinion is IRRELEVENT
Jeantel will be 20 when she graduates high school .... and she barely speaks English. Go ahead Joyner who cares who you like and what you do. The jury was quite correct in dismissing her. She lied several times and said things damaging to the case.
Thank you Nick for speaking out. Now make sure you don't vacation in Florida. No DisneyWorld and No Heat Games in Florida – only away games!
To the idiots talking about how old Rachel will be when she finishes HS – the point is she will finish. When I received my undergraduate degree there was a woman who graduated with us who was 70 years old who came to school in a wheelchair. its never to late to learn – and Rachel has plenty of life ahead of her.
@Angie S...Well it does matter. Repeating grades and being to old to be an actual high school student costs everyone more money and it over crowds our schools. Making things worse is the fact that the money the tax payers spent on her education didn't amount to much... But to you that's no big deal. Maybe Detroit is a better place for you to live. There you can feel in harmony with your perfect world.
pertinax...you are very prejudiced.i hope you will live to see that girl succeed...God uplifts people and you have no rights to be saying things like that.
This is all so very sad. I think people need to relax and just think it is what is. Nothing has really changed in this country since slavery it just seem to be overlooked a lot. A child did die and that is the saddest thing in whole mess.
I am a peace-loving person. The color of one's skin makes no difference to me. I judge people by their deeds, not by the color of their skin. This being said, I am sick and tired to hear people just like you, Candace, to hear them bring into the pot the issue of " slavery" racial injustice, etc.etc... It's people like YOU that keep the pot forever stirred and YOU could very easily turn the peace-loving person that I am into an activist, but certainly not one for your camp. Trayvon Martin started a fight and would have won it, perhaps killed George Zimmerman in the process, or perhaps maim him for the rest of his life, if not for Mr Zimmerman carrying a weapon and using it when he realized his own life was in great danger. I say let's turn our attention now on this man Michael Maddison of Cleveland Ohio, the young black man who horribly tortured and killed at least three young white women. He was caught a few days ago. Now, when the monster has his day in court and the jury returns a guilty verdict, will YOU and the NAACP and all the "reverends" claim racial injustice then? Or perhaps YOU expect a verdict like the one OJ Simpson received some years back????? I didn't hear the NAACP – or anyone in the black communities either – cry injustice and racism back then. A young woman and her young friend had murdered in cold blood by Simpson and he went free. FREE! So if you really want change and for everyone to go forward, stop crying injustice where there is none, and start helping make a difference. Polarizing the black communities will also polarize the white folks and nothing positive will get done then.
I don't know what people can't admit that Trayvon Martin wasn't a child, he was 17. Guess what I did when I was 17, I was in the delayed entry program for the Army. The MAN everybody keeps calling a child was 17!!!! He had every right to be concerned about Zimmerman following him but he could have just asked him why he was being followed and then presented his case to him. I guess next time somebody follows me because of their concern for not only their safety but that of others, I'll just throw down gangster style...
I too joined the Army at age 17.... nobody called me a BOY. The govt was all to happy to take me and let me die if need be. At 17 a male is a young man and as far as Jeantel goes at age 19... she better clean her act up.
You are ignorant and foolish. Why is it Trayvon's fault? Why Zimmerman follow him? He's not a cop! While you are doing your thing...."gangsta style" as you put it why don't you stop and think about what you would do if you had been in that young man's shoes. Would you really stop and try to explain yourself to a stranger that is pursing you? Really? You sound just crazy!
Trayvon DID ask him why. Watch the police interview: Zimmerman was in his car; Trayvon walked up and stood about a car length away and asked ZM why he was following him. Zimmerman refused to reply and just kept his window rolled up. No wonder the kid was scared, after that he would naturally assume ZM was following him for "creepy" reasons.
Then dial 911 or call home genius. .
Maryanne, the 17 years old, 6"2 physically fit black man with a black hoody should have walked back to the home his father shared with his girlfriend and where he himself was living temporarily. He didn't want to do that, not just yet. . Instead, he saw in Mr. Zimmerman the opportunity to "get himself a white man" as he had been texting his friends earlier that week... So he decided to intercept Mr Zimmerman who was being a good citizen by helping protect his neighborhood from the young hoods and the thugs who had been terrorizing it for months. Not only he, Trayvon Martin, didn't choose to just walk home, but he even started a fight that he assumed he was going to win – after all, a physically fit 6"2 man could easily beat a 5"7 overweight man. He didn't count on Mr Zimerman being armed for his own protection. Had Mr Zimmerman not had a gun to protect himself, Trayvon Martin would have hit him until....when? until he had killed the white man he was straddling while hitting his head on the concrete and bashing his face with his fists???? All of it was a tragedy! I feel for both families. I feel for George Zimmerman and his wife. Justice was served. Now let's move on.
Nick Cannon, you surprise me. I thought you were more intelligent than that! Obviously, for you too, it's all about race and the color of one's skin. Nick Cannon, you disappoint me!
Sean, I agree with you totally. Martin had been expelled from school. Apparently, he was also a trouble maker in school, creating fights and not following the rules. So he was not the innocent "child" the NAACP and his mother and her friends tried to portray him as.
At 17 years old, Trayvon Martin is far from the "child" too many try to portray him. Let's face it, even some12 year old children can and do kill. We see that in the news often enough. But Martin was not 12 years old and Martin was not a "child". So please, let's not try to claim that 17 years old, 6"2 Martin is a "child".
Cannon made that racist movie "White Chicks".... So who exactly spreads lies and hatred. He dresses himself up as a Blond girl and makes fun of her.
The truth is Cannon acted in the movie. The studio that produced the movie "made it". So go after them. Probably 20 Century Fox , Sony, or one of he other big studios. If you want to call them racists go at it.
So the people who make money from racist actions are not guilty of anything ? And I'm not so sure he didn't have a executive interest in the movie. In short, by liberal standards.... he is a hate monger on any level.
Mr. Cannon, your Grandfather spoke sage words.
Well Peirs, I've seen and heard all I need to hear about this case. George got away with murder in plain sight, he said Trayvon Martin said you are going to die tonight and that's when he shot him, then he said, oh you got me. WOW! This is the biggest lie and that's why they didn't put him on the stand. Zimmeran saw that young BLACK man and the first thing came to his mind was he is up to no good, it was raining so why not put your hood on to keep your head from getting wet. Stay in the car George the dispatcher says do not persue him, if Treyvon approached him, he was supposed to ask why was he following him. They always get away he said, what does that mean? George wanted to kill that night and that's what he did, KILLED TREYVON MARTIN.
Kathy, all I want to say to you: Did you follow the trial? If you did, then why are you still claiming untruths? If you didn't not, then what do you really know about the case?
Your story is full of holes and ignores the preponderance of the evidence. But let's not pay attention to the truth.....it doesnt fit in with what the black community thinks should happen so therefore it can't possibly be true.
"One of those arrested was a former deputy to Piers Morgan, the current CNN interviewer, a person briefed on the arrests said.
Morgan's time at the Daily Mirror has been clouded by repeated allegations of phone hacking, some of them fed by Morgan's own statements. In a newspaper article in 2006, Morgan boasted of eavesdropping on a phone message left by Paul McCartney on his ex-wife Heather Mills' answering machine."
How could you expect Zimmerman to know if Trayvon was a child or not while he was being beaten up? And what difference does that even make? Everyone has the right to defend themselves and that's what this was - a self defense case. Stand your ground was not used as a defense. By the way, who says just because you're a child you are automatically innocent? Recall the two "children" who shot Antonio West in the face? No one tried to call that a hate crime even though the kids were black and the mother (also shot) and 15 month old son were white. No white equivalent of Al Sharpton to cry foul there. Children can be just as potentially deadly as adults. Bottom line, if Trayvon hadn't stopped to engage, he would still be alive today. Tragedy? YES! Injustice? NO! Wake up.
I absolutely agree with you, Kathryn. Some folks try to portray Trayvon Martin as the innocent "child" he certainly was not. And why weren't the photos CNN posted of the young man recent photos instead of him at 11 years old??? Because he looked like a "child" then. He certainly didn't look like a child in recent photos of him portraying himself as the tough guy he obviously was. After all, Martin was the aggressor! After all, why didn't Martin just walk home and not wait in the dark to intercept Mr Zimmerman who was only protecting his crime-ridden neighborhood? And I am getting sick and tired of the folks complaining about the verdict. Justice was served, let's move on. As I remember, I didn't see the NAACP and the black communities all over the US complaining one bit about O.J. Simpson after the Not Guilty verdict when it was obvious to everyone that he had murdered his white ex wife and her white friend....O.J. Simpson even bragged about how he did it in a book...So now "they" claim racial injustice????....Until now, I judged people by their deeds, not by the color of their skin. The NAACP and the "reverends" polarizing the black communities in this way is now polarizing all the "white" folks who have had it with the unending cries of "racial discrimination". I bet most of them didn't even follow the trial, but they knew all along that it would not matter that the innocence of Mr Zimmerman was being proven in court, because they were going to cry" discrimination" if the trial didn't go their way. Let's face it, the silent majority is getting tired of hearing about racial injustice, and blah, blah, blah...
George should have stayed in the car, but the story seems to be that he hunted down and killed a black child just because he was black, then got away with because he was white. Nothing I heard during the trial indicated this was the case. So why do so many people assume the jury got it wrong? Also, in what situation is a person that is half Hispanic/half white called white? In this situation is Zimmerman constantly referred to as white and not Hispanic? Maybe it just makes better press to make it a black/white issue. Another point, did Trayvon actually purchased Arizona Watermelon Citrus juice and skittles, not tea and skittles. Arizona Watermelon Citrus juice, skittles, and cough syrup make something called Lean. Do a little research and see what Lean is. If he did by the Arizona drink, why does every keep saying he was killed walking home after buying tea and skittles?
"First of all, I don't think Rush Limbaugh has license to use the 'N word,' so he should say the 'N word.' "
That's the whole problem. We use that word all the time, but bristle should a "cracka" us it. How hypocritical is that, Mr. Joyner?
The double standard persists......blacks use "the "N" word" in music, when describing each other, when talking to their kids, in movies, comedy routines......quite literally everywhere!!!! But no one else is allowed to use it...........but its ok if they use racial slurs to describe me or my friends......because nothing they say could be as bad as that one word.......and the media......our wonderful, liberal, bleeding heart, story twisting media.......they help perpetuate the folk lore and myth....throwing the fuel on the fire until Reverend Al, Jesse, the ACLU, and any democratic liberal seeking election come galloping in looking for an open microphone!!!!!!!!!!!
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Sherry Shall Rise Again
Sherry consumption and sales have been on a decline for the last thirty years. Some might believe that the day of Sherry is over, or that it will never return to its previous heights. However, looking at 3,000 years of history in the Sherry region of Spain, known as Jerez locally, gives me faith to exactly the contrary.

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For a month now I've been developing TeslaX, the next generation farming bot.
The way it works is that it recreates normal farming behavior: punching blocks in front of it and moving forward. This way it prevents you from being detected, without losing out on efficiency.
The bot uses information from the screen to generate a grid, use it to detect player and blocks next to him, calculate the distance between them, and decide whether to hold down Left/Right. There are multiple checks to prevent too much input in short time, as a proactive measure against detection.
Right now it only supports players wearing Barky's Mask breaking Laser Grids in a Wooden Platform farm. However, it's designed to be extensible, so that in the end, any player would be able to farm any block in any condition, as long as it's placed in a row in front of him. I've already implemented a system that allows to swap out Laser Grids for most other farmables.
All of the code is available at https://github.com/TheLeftExit/TeslaX. I'll be more than happy to explain what each part of it does (I could write pages about all of the in-game quirks that had to be considered) if you're interested in contributing, as well as answer any other questions. I might create a Discord server if at least a few people show interest. It's still a work in progress, but at the moment most of the base is written, and it's mostly about polishing it.
Current version can simulate A/D buttons to move left/right, depending on the distance between the player and nearest blocks (except breaking to the left is a bit bugged, still figuring it out). I'll continue the work once my Laser Grid trees are ready.
Decided to post it here since most other Growtopia-related places will quickly police this, and this forum is particularly popular with developers.


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Within hours after the collapse of the World Trade Center towers, the New York City Department of Design and Constructionagreed with four main contractors to begin the daunting clean-up. Due to the severity of the situation the department was unable to follow its typical construction contract guidelines. Most importantly, the department did not sign a written contract setting prices for how much money it would pay the contractors and their subcontractors for the work. To date, the department and the four main contractors have not inked a final contract as several issues, including liability insurance, remain in dispute.
When clean-up of the site ended on May 30, 2002, the department began reviewing subcontractors' invoices and bills for the work they had already done and amounting to over $650 million. Without a written contract setting specific prices for specific jobs, the department is left to determine which bills to pay and at which rates. As the department determines that a particular invoice is excessive and decides not to pay the invoice, there no doubt promises to be subcontractors who will challenge that determination. In what may be the first of many to come, on April 29, 2003 New York County Supreme CourtJustice Diane S. Lebedeff decided that the department has the authority to review and reduce invoices that it deems excessive.
Subcontractor Submitted High Invoice
Tully Construction, Co., one of the four main contractors, had been working on a major State Department of Transportation construction project on lower Route 9A (West Street) on September 11th and was one of the first at the site. Tully, like all of the main contractors, entered into agreements with subcontractors for equipment. One of those agreements was with Massachusetts-based Great Northern Site Corporation for the lease of three (and later four) heavy excavating machines.
Tully and Great Northern agreed that Great Northern would be paid approximately $189 per hour per machine, amounting to approximately $100,000 per machine per month.
Shortly after the machines were delivered to the site, Tully and Great Northern agreed that the rates for the excavating machines would be subject to the Department of Design and Construction's approval.
By June 2002 the department had issued two memos stating that subcontractors would be paid for their work at a rate of 75 percent of the rate found in the construction industry's standardized suggested price index, the "Rental Rate Blue Book for Construction Equipment." The Department would only pay above 75 percent of the Blue Book rate if the subcontractor could provide documentation indicating that the rate was "usual and reasonable pre-September 11, 2001." The policy, the department stated, was to prevent "'opportunities for unscrupulous individuals to enrich themselves' in the wake of September 11th."
Great Northern's charge for each of its machines at $189 per hour rate came in at approximately $45 per hour higher than the Blue Book rate for similar machines. So the department asked Great Northern for proof that it charged as much per hour before September 11th. When Great Northern failed to submit the documents the city had requested, the department reduced the company's rate to $108 per hour.
Great Northern sued. It claimed the city agency did not have the authority to change the company's rates, since the equipment was being put to use on property of the Port Authority, which was created by the States of New York and New Jersey. It said it was entitled to a public hearing, because the city had created a new rule.
Justice Lebedeff dismissed Great Northern's complaint on April 29, rejecting all its arguments. The city had a right to take reasonable steps to make sure it is not overcharged, the judge ruled, and could so on the site owned by the Port Authority because the September 11th attacks "affected an area far beyond the site."
Controlling The Floodgates
Justice Lebedeff's decision has the potential to save the city millions of dollars in overpayment and/or fraud. The city is currently reviewing millions of dollars in unreconciled invoices billed from the World Trade Center clean-up. Pursuant to Justice Lebedeff's decision the Department has the authority to review these invoices and ensure that the city is not overpaying or paying false claims.
In reviewing the invoices the Department has been working with the Department of Investigations and an auditor, KPMG, who will supplement the auditing staff to reconcile paperwork and then provide it to the Federal Emergency Managementbefore the end of the year. Upon FEMA's review, the city will be reimbursed for its payments.
As the department makes a determination as to the appropriate rate in each of these invoices, there promises to be litigation, which could prolong the end of the clean-up phase and put off the development.
Great Northern Site Corporation v. Department of Design and Construction, Index No. 122546/02 (Lebedeff, J.) (N.Y.Cty.Sup.Ct.) (Apr. 29, 2002).


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Dollhouse's Eliza Dushku might be going back to Joss Whedon's laboratory of evil soon — she told an interviewer the duo aim to make a movie together. And she also still hopes to be in Ghostbusters 3.
Talking to HollywoodLife.com, Dushku says that she's definitely up for being one of the five new Ghostbusters who are rumored to pick up the torch from Venkman and company in the new movie. And she says her pal Dan Aykroyd wants her in the film. But she adds: "I don't know anything, I don't have a script – it's still a rumor thing right now."
Meanwhile, though, she sounds more sanguine about this mystery film project with her Dollhouse collaborator, Whedon:
"I would say that we would [be working on something new very soon]!" she confided to us. "I think we're going to work on a kickass feature together that we've been thinking about for a few years."
Note, of course, that the part where she says they'll be working on something together soon is in square brackets, meaning it's a paraphrase. (Maybe the interviewer asked "Will you work with Joss Whedon again soon?" And she replied with the part not in brackets. That's my guess, anyway.)
So what's this mystery project? Over on Whedonesque, they're speculating it could be Goners, the horror-action film that Whedon has been talking up for years, but about which we've heard nothing in recent years. Here's hoping we get more Joss and Eliza, one way or another. [HollywoodLife]


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Culture caught in the Indo-Pak crossfire
By Rashmi Talwar
Culture, sports and soft exchanges become the first casualty, of any aberration between touchy neighbours- India and Pakistan. Peace is so fragile, like a delicate porcelain cup and a mere fingerprint on its exterior results in smudges of rancor, heated exchanges and petulant stands.
Recent dastardly incident of beheading of an Indian soldier and mutilation of another, counter killing of Pakistani soldier, in early January this year, became the proverbial fingerprint and did exactly that.
Following the recent Indo-Pak standoff, many initiatives and itineraries went haywire.
Permissions were roller-coastered and blood pressure on both sides shot up. Few hapless ones were caught in the crossfire and could hardly be consoled.
One such was Madeeha Gauhar Director of Ajoka Theatre, Pakistan.
Madeeha, along with her team of 20 theater artists and another Karachi based group -National Academy of Performing Arts (NAPA) invited by National School of Drama (NSD) was scheduled to present plays commemorating the 100th birth anniversary of noted Indo Pak writer Saadat Hassan Manto, in Delhi. But the shows of both plays were abruptly cancelled by NSD . This was attributed to instructions by government during the ongoing acrimony between the two countries, following the recent LoC incident.
A perturbed Madeeha revealed to Sify.Com, on her way back to Pakistan – "On the scheduled date of January 16, merely two hours before our performance, we were told that we would not be permitted to perform our play 'Kon hai ye Gustakh' based on Manto's life. Another Pakistani Play 'Mantorama' by NAPA led by Zia Mohuddin, was similarly cancelled."
As Madeeha complained of an "indecent exit" wherein their theater troupe was bundled into a bus and were not given any lunch, she also confided that she subsequently met Minister for External Affairs Salman Khurshid, who himself is a playwright of '-Sons of Babar'.
She stated, that when she queried the minister- "How could India treat its guests in this manner by canceling performances , the house was fully sold out and booked for both Pakistani plays and artists were left high and dry."
To which, she claimed, Khurshid answered that "Union Government issued no instructions to suspend the Pak performances."
Madeeha said she confronted the NSD Director Anuradha Kapoor on this, who said there were specific government instructions behind this cancellation.
Anuradha, when contacted by Sify.com retorted back that the chairperson of NSD got written instructions from the Delhi government to cancel the Pak performances on safety and public peace issues.
She further added that NSD being a government run organization has to conform to government instructions and guidelines.
Moreover, she said, cancellation of the two plays was a bigger loss to NSD, who had financed the entire tour of the two plays from Pakistan and gave full payment and continued hospitality to those from Pakistan, till they stayed in Delhi. Alternately, NSD, had to face the proverbial music from the audience, who were angry and had to be refunded for their tickets. She admitted that the Jaipur leg of the theater performance was also similarly cancelled.
Anuradha further defended, "Madeeha has been invited by NSD for last so many years, how could she not understand that any untoward happening could have serious consequences. Would Pakistan dump Indian artists to face a hostile audience if the plan was vice-versa?" she asked
Later, however a theater group led by Arvind Gaur `arranged two performances of Madeeha's play on a single day at Akshara Theater, Delhi and another at Jawahar Lal Nehru University, Delhi, that ended late at 1.00am on January 18th.
Even though Madeeha and Anuradha – both noted theater personalities are at logger heads over the cancellation of the Pak plays, they admit they see a big leap ahead in soft overtures of diplomacy on cultural and sports front, that could wipe away the short-lived distrust amongst the two nations
Theater was not the only casualty of the Indo Pak hostility, suspension of cross LoC trade and LoC bus between both sides of Kashmir too brought anxious moments to traders and visitors on both sides of Jammu& Kashmir. India too fell in the game of 'tit-for-tat' and unceremoniously turned back Pakistani hockey players from crossing over to India.
To top it all, a unique initiative involving spot visa on arrival for 65-year olds to visit each other's country with as many as five destinations, too took a beating.
The initiative was scheduled to come into force on January 14. Ironically, the same morning saw its inauguration and suspension in quick succession.
However, veteran Indian journalist Chanchal Manohar Singh inadvertently created history on this morning to become the first to cross the Indo- Pak border under the senior citizen's spot visa scheme.
Chanchal, speaking from Lahore to Sify.com said things were very normal in Pakistan and he has faced no harassment. He pointed out that had some similar performances been scheduled in Pakistan by Indians then the situation could have been different.
Despite these hot and cold moods, customary sweets were exchanged between BSF and Pak Rangers marking the celebration of India's 64th Republic day, this 26th January which has become sort of a litmus test to gauge the temperatures on both sides. Also the arrival of 15 Pak women entrepreneurs under WCCI (Women Chamber of Commerce and Industry) in India yesterday and resumption of trade and bus service on LoC seems like a move forward.
Peace is fragile and can be fractured by the slightest of incidents goaded by media hype; such is the heightened sentiment between both distrusting neighbors- India and Pakistan.
Meanwhile senior citizens who were elated over the spot-visa scheme once again wait, somewhat more anxiously, this time, holding the fragile porcelain cup and hoping that it would not get smudged this time around.
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Hearings assessing the proposed Enbridge Northern Gateway pipeline project and legislative changes planned in Ottawa compromise the province's sovereignty and threaten its authority to defend British Columbians' interests, warns a letter from Robyn Allan, the former president of ICBC, to Premier Christy Clark and other leading provincial politicians.
The planned pipeline would carry 190 million barrels of diluted bitumen from Alberta's oilsands to Kitimat each year. Tankers the size of three football fields would then move the bitumen through the Inside Passage to upgraders in China. Another proposed pipeline expansion by Kinder Morgan would more than triple capacity to move oil from Alberta to a tanker terminal in Burnaby from 100 million to more than 300 million barrels per year.
Potential environmental risks, first nations issues and municipal government objections have been a major source of controversy in both the public and political discussion of the Northern Gateway project. Clark has said the province won't take a position until the environmental assessment and economic review process are complete. The mayors of Burnaby and Vancouver have both vowed opposition to the Kinder Morgan proposal.
Allan, an economist who has been analyzing the Enbridge proposal, says that an agreement quietly signed by the provincial government under former premier Gordon Campbell on June 21, 2010, relinquished the province's right to its own environmental assessment process for major resource projects and instead accepted the federal NEB's findings as an equivalent.
The assessment now underway combines the NEB review and the federal ministry of environment's review under what's known as the Joint Review Panel.
Allan says the B.C. government made its equivalency agreement in the belief that the NEB review would provide a neutral, objective, arm's length assessment.
But since then, she says, the process has been compromised, the federal government has unilaterally moved to change the rules and B.C.'s sovereignty is now threatened with subordination to the interests of Alberta and Ottawa while input from provincial departments has effectively been muzzled.
"The federal government, as I am sure you are aware, has publicly endorsed the project, stated it is in the national interest of Canada, and has systematically demonized individuals and groups who oppose the project," Allan writes. "This behaviour has made a travesty of the necessary arm's length relationship between government and an independent regulatory body.
"As long as there was some sense that the Joint Review Panel was independent and had the authority to reject the proposal regardless of the political pressure imposed by the Prime Minister's Office, a semblance of due process was maintained. That necessary condition was violated when federal Natural Resources Minister Joe Oliver unveiled proposed legislation on April 17, 2012.
"The federal government now intends to further weaken environmental protection and favour large oil companies operating, primarily, in Alberta. This has betrayed any remaining trust in federal energy decisions as they relate to the province of British Columbia."
Allan writes that instead of an arm's length regulatory decision by an independent review panel deciding the outcome, the new legislation would arrogate that power to the federal cabinet, making it a purely political decision.
This would mean that under the 2010 agreement as it stands, the province would simply adopt a federal cabinet decision which may be in the best interests of Alberta, where the prime minister has his power base, but may not necessarily be in the public interest for B.C. and might even be counter to the will of a majority of British Columbians.
Allan advises the premier, however, that under the equivalency agreement there is a clause which empowers the province to terminate the arrangement with 30 days written notice.
"This action will ensure that the public interest of the people of B.C. will be protected and will not be severely curtailed by the actions of the Government of Canada favouring primarily Alberta's oil producers," Allan writes.
Readers interested in Allan's full letter to the premier and links to the relevant documents can find them on her blog at www.robynallan.com.


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A Los Angeles company announced today that it will release the world's first Augmented Reality dating app, FlirtAR, in the Fall of 2017. The app will be available for iOS download on September 30th and Android devices on October 30th.
In development since March 2017, FlirtAR promises to change the future of digital matchmaking forever.
According to FlirtAR visionary, Renan Godinho, "FlirtAR will use facial recognition, geolocation, and augmented reality to show user dating profiles and begin conversations with potential dates in the real world and in real time." In other words, the FlirtAR app offers the algorithmic possibility to discover love at first sight!
How? By algorithmically combining face recognition technology with geolocation information to not only allow registered users to access the dating profiles of other registered users* when they see that special someone, in the real world, but also to begin a conversation with him or her immediately.
Imagine you are walking on the Santa Monica pier and suddenly you see the crush of your dreams? Open the FlirtAR app and point to the person, and if he or she is registered, we'll show you the name, age, interests of that person, and even the music that the person is currently listening to depending upon how that user has configured his or her profile and permissions.
The person you would like to meet will get a notification, and if he or she is interested, just start a conversation! Because you have access to the individual's profile, starting a conversation is as easy as saying "I love this song, too" or "I also love hiking and volunteering.
Of course, privacy is very important to us at FlirtAR.* We will never show your profile to any unregistered user. Every user must log in with social networks, and proceed through a double-verification process in order to validate his or her profile and personal information. One of our top priorities is the complete elimination and absence of fake profiles on this application.
In addition, you can activate the app in invisible mode, which allows you to browse the profiles of others, but not be visible to them. The app can be configured by the user not only for dating, but also to help people make new friends.
According to Renan Godinho, "People waste lots of time with traditional dating apps. They spend hours and hours of their valuable time looking for someone they never meet." Then when they do see those people in the real world, often the profiles and the real person don't match up at all! Traditional dating apps require a heavy investment of time and effort, all before you actually see the person in real life. FlirtAR technology saves time and money by allowing people to meet organically, in the real world, and in real time.
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Hurricane Henriette is getting smaller as it moves across the Pacific and is forecast to begin weakening.
The hurricane's maximum sustained winds early Thursday are near 85 mph (140 kph). The U.S. National Hurricane Center says weakening is forecast over the next two days and Henriette could weaken to a tropical storm by Thursday night.
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TNPSC Recruitment 2013| TNPSC CESE Recruitment 2013 | TNPSC Assistant Engineers Recruitment 2013 :-
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Are you the contestants of 2013 Govt Jobs / Govt Jobs 2013 ?
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Are you ready to step into Govt Jobs India through TNPSC Combined Engineering Services Recruitment 2013 For (222) Assistant Engineer vacancies?
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Nice… please go through the details of TNPSC Assistant Engineers Recruitment 2013 as under.
TNPSC(Tamilnadu Public Service Commission) Recruitment 2013 for (222) Assistant Engineer vacancies :-
Notification has been issued and applications are requested by Tamil Nadu Public Service Commission (TNPSC) for direct recruitment of(222) Asst Engineer & Other Posts in various Departments included in the Combined Engineering Service Examination (2009-10 to 2012-13). Eligible candidates may apply through online on or before 18-01-2013. For more details regarding age limit, educational qualification, selection process, how to apply and other details are given below…
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|Name of the Service
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|Assistant Engineer ( Civil ) in Water Resource Department, PWD
|Tamil Nadu Engineering Service ( Service Code No. 011 )
|102* + 2 c/f BC ( OBCM ) – W – Deaf – 1 SC – W – Deaf -1
|Assistant Engineer ( Civil ) in Building Organisation, PWD
|Tamil Nadu Engineering Service ( Service Code No.011 )
|Assistant Engineer ( Electrical ) PWD
|Tamil Nadu Engineering Service ( Service Code No.011 )
|Assistant Engineer in the Rural Development and Panchayat Raj Department.
|Tamil Nadu Panchayat Development Service ( Service Code No. 011 )
|Assistant Inspector of Factories
|Tamil Nadu Factory Service ( Service Code No. 011 )
|Junior Electrical Inspector
|Tamil Nadu Electrical Inspectorate Service ( Service Code No. 011 )
|Junior Assistant Director of Boilers
|Tamil Nadu Boiler Service ( Service Code No. 022 )
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*The TNPSC vacancies announced are subject to approval by the Staff Committee.
Age limit : : Candidates should have minimum 18 years and not above 30 years for others and no maximum age limit for SC/ST candidates as on 24-12-2012.
Educatonal Qualification: Candidates must posseess BE Degree in Civil/ Electrical/ Electronics/ Mechanical in relevant field. Refer notification for post wise details
Application Fee Details: Candidates need to pay examination fee of Rs. 175/- (Examination Fee Rs. 125/- + Cost of Application Rs. 50/-) through Online or Offline mode. Fee must be paid through Net Banking, using Credit Card or Debit card for online mode. Through Offline payment fee paid through Challan (generated from bank website) in any Indian Bank branch or Post Office.
Selection Process: Selection will be done on the basis of performance in main exam in Computer Based Test format & Oral Test.
How to Apply: Candidates can apply Online through the website http://www.tnpsc.gov.in on or before 18-01-2013.
Instructions for Online Application:
1. Before applying, the candidates should have scanned image of their photograph and signature.
2. Log on to http://www.tnpsc.gov.in web site.
3. Select "Apply Online" link besides the post to apply.
4. Candidates should fill all mandatory columns; upload photograph and signature at places provided enter the application fee details.
5. For offline mode application enter the Challan details as mentioned in the form and for online mode then an additional page of the application form will be displayed. Fill all the transaction details in the form click on 'Submit' button.
6. After submitting Application, application number and password will be generated.
7. Take a note and also take print of application and retain it for further use.
Important Dates:
Date of Notification: 24-12–2012
Last Date for Submission of Application: 18-01-2013
Last Date for Fee Payment through Bank or Post Office: 22-01-2013
Date and Time of Written Examination: 16-02-2013 from 10.00 AM to 01.00 PM
For more details and complete notification, please click on :
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In a two-part series in February, Washington Post reporters Dana Priest and Anne Hull wrote about what they called "The Other Walter Reed"--a tale of the dilapidated living conditions and bureaucratic nightmares endured by about 700 outpatients at the medical center in Washington, D.C. The articles--at once hard-hitting investigation and lyrical description of the emotional toll weathered by soldiers and their families--provoked a quick response. Within weeks of publication, the Army secretary and the commander of Walter Reed Army Medical Center were fired, the Army surgeon general stepped down, multiple government investigations were launched, and Priest and Hull were flooded with thousands of readers' phone calls and e-mails.
Some of the outpatients, veterans from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, resided among cockroaches, rodents and black mold. Others waited for up to two years for word from the military as to where they would go next. Numerous media outlets, as well as the Post, have followed the story, as more tales of poor treatment and mismanagement at VA hospitals emerge. AJR senior contributing writer Lori Robertson spoke with Priest and Hull about the series.
Q: Can you talk just a little bit about when and how this story began?
Dana Priest: We got a tip from someone that neither one of us knew and went out to an initial meeting with this person. And the person had had contact with some families at Walter Reed, and those families had told the person about their story.... And then it evolved like really any kind of basic investigative stuff does. You create a net; the net grows. Those initial families put us on to other families and other families and soldiers along the way and eventually staff members and former staff members.
Anne Hull: The net just kept growing, and we interviewed dozens and dozens of people, and only a fraction appear in the stories. Each individual story was its own sad, heartbreaking scenario with its own complications.
Priest: One turning point was getting in contact with some government investigators who had looked at this issue [or something similar] the year before... I remember walking out of that meeting and thinking, 'Yep, they have just given back to us 99.9 percent of the things we heard.'.. They were kind of reaffirming some of the things that we had discovered.
The reporters spent about four months visiting the outpatient sections of Walter Reed without the knowledge of officials there. They say they didn't ask permission before they began reporting but never lied about who they were. They won't elaborate.
Q: How difficult was it to gain the trust of soldiers, to get them to talk, and to really essentially complain, about the military on the record?
Hull: I think people were so frustrated that they were willing to kind of circumvent the culture--and that is to ask permission--and they wanted to be heard. They had complained to commanders and had not been heard.
The reporters were concerned that the Army might retaliate against those who spoke out. But time helped: Either the veterans were out of the system by the time the story was going to be published, or something happened to make the soldiers feel they wouldn't be punished.
Priest: To me the big lesson in how you do stories like this is time. You can't push people too quickly; you can't really expect to see things so deeply and understand them in a way that you can authoritatively write about them unless you have time on your side.
Q: You must have had a tremendous amount of material for this. Can you talk a little bit about the writing process?
Hull: I watched [Dana] ruminate and ruminate and ruminate... You can always kind of feel her thinking and then she writes fairly fast. And I'm much more the tortoise. But we're both organized in the way we do our reporting, and we decided from the start she would do the global overview story..and I would sort of do the more micro approach.
Priest: Which really played to both of our strengths, and I think that's why the package was more powerful than if I had done it by myself.
Priest is a national security and intelligence reporter with an investigative bent; Hull is a feature writer who spends days with her subjects to describe their lives. They sit on opposite sides of the newsroom and had never worked together on a story before. Priest got the initial tip. Concerned that she wouldn't be able to fully capture the emotion of the families' stories, she asked Hull for help.
Priest: My favorite term of hers was to 'unpack it.' I have been a deadline writer for years and have tried to cram so much into a lead, and that's why it was so interesting to work with Anne, because, you know, she's trying to unpack the leads to make them more readable.
Hull: For me the big difference in this story, and I think it's probably changed my approach forever: Usually I write to illuminate, and this time I wrote to prove something.
Q: You used some interesting phrases and words in the story "yawning hulk," which I think is just a beautifully descriptive phrase, and you invented the word "gorked," as in "gorked out on pills." What led you to use that word specifically, and what types of discussions did you have on word choice?
Hull: Doctors use that; they say 'snowed' or 'gorked.' And at 5 in the morning, Dell McLeod is a yawning hulk.
Hull read that description and this one--"Lumbering and blue-eyed, Dell is a big ox baby."--to McLeod and his wife, Annette, to make sure they weren't offended. Annette's response, says Hull: "You captured him."
Q: How surprised are you about the swiftness of the response, and is it the type of response you had hoped for?
Priest: I think we were very surprised..about how it all has unfolded and the speed, but also the steps that they've taken in terms of relieving a commander. I mean, there were no generals relieved for Abu Ghraib and yet they relieved a 2-star general here. I think that speaks in a large extent to the timing.
This story may have reverberated so strongly, Priest and Hull say, because of a confluence of factors: the waning support for the war but continued support for the troops; the realization that the government wasn't adequately prepared for the war; a critical Democratic Congress; a possible increase in troop levels; and a new defense secretary who reacted to this series with a thank you.
Priest: So all of those things converged to give us this amazing hurricane of reaction.
Hull: It's been a hurricane. It's a good way to describe it. I don't even think we're able to absorb it yet. But in the midst of reporting..I never thought, 'God we've got a hell of a story.'.. You're just quietly out there reporting, and you're just most fixated on how do you tell this person's story most accurately.
Q: I've heard people in grocery stores and my local coffee shop talking about this story, which does not happen very often. Is this a reaffirmation of the power of newspaper journalism?
Priest: I've never, ever received the sort of e-mail, and it's not just the hundreds of e-mails every day, it's that they're not organized... It's been an eye opener, or a reminder I guess, for other people that this is what we can do when we have this forum.
Hull: Well, you know, people are still reading newspapers, and they're still reading long stories in the newspaper, and actually, they're still reading long stories on the Web, and that's a good thing for people who care about telling stories... And hopefully this will be some kind of subtle message to other newsrooms that if you can spare the time and the resources to turn a reporter loose for a good bit of time, then something good might happen.


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George Will slammed Harry Reid on ABC's This Week roundtable for his evidence-free accusations of tax evasion by Mitt Romney, drawing the obvious parallel to Senator Joe McCarthy and his ever-changing list. With Reid, it's an ever-changing citation of sources, none of whom would ever have access to Romney's tax returns, which makes Reid look less like a crusader over a real issue and more like a liar and a smearmonger. And like McCarthy, Reid insists that the target of his accusation has to prove himself innocent:
Will likened Reid's attacks on Romney to former Wisconsin Republican Sen. Joe McCarthy's anti-communist crusade in the 1950s, particularly his claims that communists had infiltrated the U.S. State Department.
"Look: In 1950 Joe McCarthy went to West Virginia, didn't know what to tell the Women's Republican Club of Wheeling, West Virginia," Will explained. "So he said, 'I have in my hand a list of 205 — we think — 205 communists in State Department."
"He didn't have a list. Harry Reid doesn't have any evidence either. This is McCarthyism from the desert."
Guy Benson concluded over the weekend that the White House had to have approved this line of attack:
Obama isn't lifting a finger to put an end to this slanderous side-show because his campaign specifically gave Reid the green light to launch these baseless attacks. Politico reports:
The ruthless Senate majority leader sees political gold in his attack on Romney — and he's got the blessing from President Barack Obama's campaign for the attack, even if he lacks evidence on Romney's failure to pay taxes. Reid has calculated that the frenzy created by his charge has accomplished exactly what he sought to do: Turn the focus back onto the GOP nominee's unreleased tax returns, according to several people close to the leader and the campaign. For Reid, he's got virtually nothing to lose: His approval ratings back home are still upside-down, and he may not even run for reelection when he's up for a sixth term in 2016. On top of that, his aides say, Reid genuinely believes his source…
Guy also gives three reasons why it's not true, so be sure to read it all.
While we're on the subject, let's give Part II of Questions Harry Reid Won't Answer. This post originally appeared at Captain's Quarters on August 20, 2006, again based on a long-term probe by the LA Times into Harry Reid's finances and his efforts to push legislation to directly benefit himself and his cronies.
When the Democrats adopted the "culture of corruption" meme as their campaign theme earlier this year, we noted that the culture hardly respected party lines. The leader of the Senate Democratic caucus, Harry Reid, took contributions from clients of Jack Abramoff and intervened on their behalf at least four times, and Abramoff hired one of Reid's staffers and started holding fundraisers for the Senate Minority Leader in Abramoff's offices.
Now COGirl at Hang Right Politics points us towards a Los Angeles Times report on the "culture of corruption" surrounding Harry Reid and a new real-estate development outside of Las Vegas. Reid has intervened on behalf of a powerful developer to gain government concessions while the developer puts money into Reid's campaigns — and pays Reid's sons' salaries:
One of the most inhospitable places in the country, Coyote Springs Valley is so barren that, until recently, its best use was thought to be as a weapons test range.Yet the valley — an hour northeast of Las Vegas — is on its way to becoming a real estate development of historic proportions, with as many as 159,000 homes, 16 golf courses and a full complement of stores and service facilities. At nearly 43,000 acres, Coyote Springs covers almost twice as much space as the next-largest development in a state famous for outsized building projects. …
Over the last four years, Reid has used his influence in Washington to help the developer, Nevada super-lobbyist [Harvey] Whittemore, clear obstacles from Coyote Springs' path.
At one point, Reid proposed opening the way for Whittemore to develop part of the site for free — something for which the developer later agreed to pay the government $10 million.
As the project advanced, Reid received tens of thousands of dollars in campaign contributions from Whittemore. The contributions not only went to Reid's Senate campaigns, but also to his leadership fund, which he used to help bankroll the campaigns of Democratic colleagues.
Whittemore also helped advance the legal careers of two of Reid's four sons. One of the two, Leif Reid, who is Whittemore's personal lawyer, has represented the developer throughout the Coyote Springs project, including in negotiations with federal officials.
The story of Coyote Springs sounds like a Horatio Alger story. The land Whittemore bought in 1998 from a defense contractor who intended on using it for target practice had a number of restrictions on its use. A quarter of it was subject to a federal power-line right of way. Another quarter had federal protection for the desert tortoise, an endangered species that also is Nevada's official state reptile. The land had a fragile series of streams and washes that required special permission on which to build without ruining the desert's ecosystem.
None of these obstacles proved too difficult for Whittemore, at least not while he had his friend Harry Reid running interference in Congress. Interior refused to relocate the tortoises for over five years, until the Bureau of Land Management agreed to swap the land for another parcel abutting a federal preserve elsewhere. No one ever did an analysis to determine whether the deal was fair to either party, nor did the BLM go to Congress for approval on the changes to a project that Congress had explicitly legislated.
In 2002, Reid worked on the power corridor. He inserted obscure provisions into a land management bill that relocated the power corridor, freeing Whittemore to build on the 10,500 acres that Congress had previously held — which means that someone else now had to lose property value for Whittemore's benefit, and for no cost whatsoever. That bald move caused raised eyebrows at the BLM and the Senate's Energy and Natural Resources Committee, and Reid backed away — for the moment. Less than two years later, Reid tried again to give Whittemore the land for a song ($160,000), but Congress balked again. He finally settled for freeing the land for development and allowing Whittemore to buy it at a fair market rate, and forcing the government to relocate the power corridor.
In 2005, Reid and fellow Nevada Senator John Ensign conducted a series of interventions with the EPA to eliminate the final obstacle — the environmental impact on the fragile ecosystem in Coyote Springs Valley. When the agency blocked Whittemore's efforts, Reid and Ensign held several meetings with EPA officials to pressure them into submission. Whittemore used another Reid son, Lief, to lobby his father's office for assistance. In the end, the pressure paid off, as the EPA backed down from its opposition after winning a few concessions on the development plan.
What did Reid get in exchange for all of this support? According to the Times, Whittemore contributed $45,000 to Reid and his PACs since 2000. He also gave the DSCC $20,000 in 2000, when it pushed Reid as a leader for the party in the Senate. Reid's son Josh got $5,000 for his unsuccessful campaign for a city council seat; his other sone Rory got $5,000 for his successful effort to win a spot on the Clark County Board of Commissioners.
Money talks. And Harry Reid walks. If you wondered why the Democrats have abandoned the corruption theme for these midterm elections, now you know.


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