Person:Bill - Seenthis

Bill Braxton, le dernier album de Jean-Marc Pontier est chez Objectif Mars !

2013-05-15T14:40:51Z

Bill Braxton, le dernier album de Jean-Marc Pontier est chez Objectif Mars !
http://objectif-mars-editions.com/boutique/produits/19-bill-braxton-legende/category_pathway-10

Noam Chomsky helped lobby Stephen Hawking to stage Israel boycott | World news | The Guardian

2013-05-10T20:08:20Z

Noam Chomsky helped lobby Stephen Hawking to stage Israel boycott | World news | The Guardian
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/may/10/noam-chomsky-stephen-hawking-israel-boycott?CMP=twt_gu

Robert Booth and Harriet Sherwood in Jerusalem
The Guardian, Friday 10 May 2013 19.47 BST

Chomsky, who has backed “boycott and divestment of firms that are carrying out operations in the occupied territories”, agreed to add his considerable weight to the pressure on Hawking after email correspondence with the British Committee for the Universities of Palestine campaign group (Bricup), said its chair, Jonathan Rosenhead.
The letter to Hawking declared: “Israel systematically discriminates against the Palestinians who make up 20% of its population in ways that would be illegal in Britain”, its treatment of the people of Gaza amounts to “collective punishment”, the construction of Jewish settlements breaches the Geneva convention and “Israel places multiple roadblocks, physical, financial and legal, in the way of higher education, both for its own Palestinian citizens and those under occupation”.
The letter continued: “Israel has a name for the promotion of its cultural and scientific standing: 'Brand Israel'. This is a deliberate policy of camouflaging its oppressive acts behind a cultured veneer.”
Professor Malcolm Levitt, a fellow of the Royal Society and an expert in magnetic resonance at Southampton University, who signed the letter, said: “Israel has a totally explicit policy of making life impossible for the non-Jewish population and I find it totally unacceptable. As a scientist, the tool I have available to prevent the normalisation of that situation is boycott. It is a tough choice because Israel is full of brilliant scientists and they are our colleagues.”

les_acteurs_que_je_sais_jamais_leur_nom : Bill Nunn

2013-05-03T18:35:58Z

#les_acteurs_que_je_sais_jamais_leur_nom: Bill Nunn
http://mediamass.net/jdd/public/documents/celebrities/4222.jpg

2006 Herbie Hancock, Ron Carter & Billy Cobham - YouTube

2013-04-26T21:27:08Z

2006 Herbie Hancock, Ron Carter & Billy Cobham - YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EsOhwOj0W04

« Terrorism and the other Religions » - Juan Cole | Informed Comment

2013-04-23T08:38:22Z

« Terrorism and the other Religions » - Juan Cole | Informed Comment

http://www.juancole.com/2013/04/terrorism-other-religions.html

http://www.juancole.com/images/2013/04/relviolence.jpg

Contrary to what is alleged by bigots like Bill Maher, Muslims are not more violent than people of other religions. Murder rates in most of the Muslim world are very low compared to the United States.
As for political violence, people of Christian heritage in the twentieth century polished off tens of millions of people in the two world wars and colonial repression. This massive carnage did not occur because European Christians are worse than or different from other human beings, but because they were the first to industrialize war and pursue a national model. Sometimes it is argued that they did not act in the name of religion but of nationalism. But, really, how naive. Religion and nationalism are closely intertwined.

#violence #religion #christianisme #islam #histoire #guerres #colonialisme #Europe #US #facts_&_figures

Marriage (Definition of Marriage) Amendment Bill - Vidéo Actu Etranger - wat.tv

2013-04-19T11:50:04Z

Marriage (Definition of Marriage) Amendment Bill - Vidéo Actu Etranger - wat.tv

http://www.wat.tv/video/marriage-definition-of-marriage-689v1_2exyp_.html

#Nouvelle-Zélande #mariage-gay

Bill Gates et son plan pour installer des caméras dans chaque classe - FastCompany

2013-04-15T15:21:40Z

Bill Gates et son plan pour installer des caméras dans chaque classe - FastCompany
http://www.fastcompany.com/3007973/creative-conversations/inside-bill-gates-5-billion-plan-put-cameras-every-classroom

Anya Kamenetz revient sur la proposition formulée par Bill Gates de mettre des caméras dans chaque classe pour évaluer les enseignants : http://www.fastcompany.com/3007841/tech-forecast/bill-gates-education-we-can-make-massive-strides Gates est revenu sur un programme pilote intitulé Mesures pour un enseignement efficace - http://www.metproject.org - qui a publié ses résultats en janvier 2013 sur un système d'évaluation pédagogique qui combine résultats des tests des enfants, évaluations par les (...)

#éducation #école

Gilgamesh et l'eau_porale : c'est compliqué (mais passionnant) La Mer_Noire, le Déluge et Gilgamesh

2013-04-15T10:03:40Z

Gilgamesh et l'#eau_porale : c'est compliqué (mais passionnant)

La #Mer_Noire, le #Déluge et Gilgamesh
http://sciences.blogs.liberation.fr/home/2013/04/la-mer-noire-le-d%C3%A9luge-et-gilgamesh.html

Cette « théorie », liant bouleversements géographiques et histoire des hommes, fut proposée par deux géologues américains, Bill Ryan et Walt Pitman, en 1997. (…) Les indices géologiques avancés par Ryan et Pitman ne permettaient pas de considérer le dossier scientifique clos. D'où quinze années de polémiques entre équipes russes, turques, françaises, canadiennes et américaines. Et de multiples missions de chaque côté du Bosphore, à la recherche de preuves.
Parmi les plus actifs, Edouard Bard, professeur au Collège de France, et Gilles Lericolais. Le 8 avril, leur ancien thésard commun, Guillaume Soulet, publiait en premier auteur un article dans la revue de l'Académie des sciences américaine (2) sur l'histoire mouvementée de la mer Noire depuis 20000 ans.

Climat : géo-ingéniérie risquée

2013-04-13T19:53:13Z

#Climat : #géo-ingéniérie risquée
http://sciences.blogs.liberation.fr/home/2013/04/climat-géo-ingéniérie-risquée.html

Big Billou, le fondateur de Microsoft, passe du plantage informatique au plantage du climat. Riche à milliards, issus du racket de centaines de millions d'utilisateurs d'ordinateurs, Bill Gates fait partie des « philanthropes » ne sachant que faire de leur argent. Il vient d'en trouver un usage : subventionner des initiatives soutenant la « géo-ingénierie climatique ». C'est ainsi que, dans quelques mois, un ballon installé dans la haute atmosphère au-dessus de Fort Sumner (Nouveau-Mexique, Etats-Unis), devrait y injecter des particules sulfurées censées réfléchir la lumière solaire et ainsi refroidir la Terre.

Après avoir étudié par des simulations informatiques les conséquences de ces éruptions, les auteurs estiment donc qu'« une éruption volcanique survenant dans l'hémisphère nord, de la magnitude de celle d'El Chichon, peut provoquer une sécheresse au Sahel ». Le lien avec la géo-ingénierie ? Les aérosols – avec lesquels nos apprentis sorciers veulent contrecarrer le réchauffement climatique en réfléchissant les rayons solaires – sont similaires à ceux émis par les volcans.

Ils sont fous, ils sont fous ! #Quand_les_riches_s'emmerdent
Pourquoi faire simple quand on peut faire compliqué : à se demander si c'est pas le propre de l'homme. En fait non, je me demande plus.

La classe !

2013-04-13T12:08:47Z

La classe http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=XDtClJYJBj8# !

Brazil's economy beset by inflation, lagging production - World Socialist Web Site

2013-04-12T08:13:41Z

Brazil's economy beset by inflation, lagging production - World Socialist Web Site

http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2013/04/11/braz-a11.html

Brazil's economy beset by inflation, lagging production
By Bill Van Auken
11 April 2013
Brazil's statistics agency, IBGE, announced Wednesday that the country's inflation rate has broken through the government's target ceiling last month, hitting 6.59 percent over the previous 12 months. It marked the first time since November 2011 that the rate has exceeded the upper limit of the government's targeting band.

#brésil #économie

Tens of thousands rally in Washington for immigrant rights - World Socialist Web Site

2013-04-12T08:10:56Z

Tens of thousands rally in Washington for immigrant rights - World Socialist Web Site

http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2013/04/12/migr-a12.html

Tens of thousands rally in Washington for immigrant rights
By Bill Van Auken
12 April 2013
Tens of thousands of immigrant workers and their supporters marched in Washington, DC on Wednesday to demand legislation legalizing the status of some 11 million undocumented immigrants living in the United States and offering them full citizenship.
Significant demonstrations also took place in Atlanta, Los Angeles and several other cities amid reports that the so-called Gang of Eight Democratic and Republican US senators is preparing to unveil an immigration package by early next week.

#migrations #asile #états-unis

C'est bon les gars, on peut continuer à se chauffer comme des porcs à l'effet de serre, la planète…

2013-04-07T19:33:32Z

C'est bon les gars, on peut continuer à se chauffer comme des porcs à l'effet de serre, la planète sera bientôt équipée de la clim...

Sueur froide sur le refroidissement

L'idée semble simple et bonne. La Terre se réchauffe ? Ce changement climatique est provoqué par nos émissions massives de gaz à effet de serre ? C'est un problème car nous ne voulons pas réduire notre usage massif du charbon, du pétrole et du gaz ? Refroidissons la Terre en rejetant les photons du Soleil vers l'espace. Comment ? Avec d'immenses miroirs spatiaux. En peignant en blanc tous les toits et les déserts. En envoyant des milliers de navires automatisés injecter dans l'air des aérosols d'origine marine… Ou en injectant des milliers de tonnes de particules réfléchissantes dans la stratosphère, comme le soutient Bill Gates.

http://www.liberation.fr/sciences/2013/04/04/sueur-froide-sur-lerefroidissement_893746

Rejeter artificiellement l'énergie envoyée gratuitement par le soleil, pour pouvoir continuer à ronger la planète en suçant notre bonne vieille énergie fossile carbonée ou plutonée... Une idée simple et bonne ? Il faut vraiment avoir un cerveau de capitaliste pour être capable d'un aussi génial raisonnement...

#climat #capitalisme #écologie #techno-fanatisme #addiction #carboïnomanes

Israel bombs Gaza, shoots down West Bank youth - World Socialist Web Site

2013-04-05T08:10:47Z

Israel bombs Gaza, shoots down West Bank youth - World Socialist Web Site

http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2013/04/05/gaza-a05.html

Israel bombs Gaza, shoots down West Bank youth
By Bill Van Auken
5 April 2013
Israel announced that it has placed its military on “high alert” Thursday as popular anger erupted following the deaths of a prominent Palestinian prisoner and two young protesters in the occupied West Bank.
Thousands joined funeral processions Thursday for Maysara Abuhamdia, a 64-year-old Palestine Liberation Organization veteran who died Tuesday in Israeli custody, and for two teenage cousins, Amer Nassar, 17, and Naki Belbisi, 18, who were shot down Wednesday night by Israeli troops using live ammunition against protests over Abuhamdia's death.

#gaza #palestine #cisjordanie #israël

Bill Gates : mon plan pour résoudre les plus grands problèmes du monde - WSJ.com

2013-04-02T18:09:20Z

Bill Gates : mon plan pour résoudre les plus grands problèmes du monde - WSJ.com
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323539804578261780648285770.html

De la lutte contre la polio à la réparation de l'éducation, ce qui nous manque le plus souvent c'est la bonne mesure des données. Nous avons les outils en main pour faire mieux, estime Bill Gates. La mesure suffira-t-elle à changer le monde ? Tags : internetactu2net fing internetactu (...)

#bigdata

Costs of Iraq, Afghanistan wars could rise to $6 trillion - World Socialist Web Site

2013-04-02T05:39:52Z

Costs of Iraq, Afghanistan wars could rise to $6 trillion - World Socialist Web Site

http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2013/04/02/iraq-a02.html

Costs of Iraq, Afghanistan wars could rise to $6 trillion
By Bill Van Auken
2 April 2013
Over a decade of US wars of aggression in Afghanistan and Iraq will in the end cost as much as $6 trillion, the equivalent of $75,000 for every American household.

#afghanistan #irak #etats-unis

Alliance of California Judges on Auditing AOC ; District Attorney of Yolo County Jeff Reisig…

2013-03-28T22:54:45Z

Alliance of California Judges on Auditing AOC; District Attorney of Yolo County Jeff Reisig Informed Re Suspicious Fund-Raising Activities Involving Judicial Council's Dave Rosenberg of Yolo Superior Court, Wife Lea Rosenberg, Yolo County Grand Jury President Barbara Sommer of Progress Ranch, Cache Creek Casino

March 27, 2013

Dear Members and Others,

We attach an editorial penned by Bill Girdner of the Courthouse News. Suffice it to say, our branch leaders have gotten the attention of those in the media who report on court cases and who believe in open government. The author voices a concern that we share — some of the reporting on the “$10 pay for view” proposal has appeared to cast blame on the Governor or his Department of Finance for this assault on the First Amendment and open government. That could not be further from the truth.

A Report to the Judicial Council dated December 14, 2012, lays out the council's legislative priorities for 2013. On page 12 you will find language drafted by AOC staff amending the Government Code to charge the public $10 to view a “name, file, or other information for which a search is requested.” Our branch leaders standing by silently while the Governor and his Department of Finance are unfairly criticized for this gaffe hearkens back to the last time the AOC was caught attempting to gut Government Code sections concerning the management of the local trial courts. Then AOC staff affirmatively blamed the Department of Finance. Now, they seem content to allow a misleading impression to be made regarding the authorship of this misguided proposal.

We encourage you to read this report in its entirety, as it sheds additional light on what our handpicked leaders believe is essential in this year's legislative session. We will point out only one additional item. On pages 7 and 8, the AOC proposes to defer audits for compliance with the Public Contracting Code unless specific funding is provided to the judicial branch to offset the cost for these audits.

As you know, the State Auditor recently released her audit findings of the first six local courts that were chosen to be audited. We learned from this audit that the AOC was up to its old tricks by providing incorrect data and excluding information required by the auditors. The six local courts were found to be substantially in compliance with the code. Ending the audits now would stop the State Auditor from auditing the “AOC and other judicial branch entities” as is required by December 15 of this year. It appears that the six local courts had the funds to pay for audits last year, but this year the central office appears to be broke and unable to afford an audit unless the General Fund provides the resources to do so. How convenient.
The Alliance believes that auditing the AOC is not a luxury that should only occur if extra funding is secured. Rather we believe it is of utmost importance that respected State Auditor Elaine Howle undertake this audit immediately. For those on the Judicial Council who champion and repeatedly claim that a new regime has embraced “greater transparency,” this proposal to kill off an audit speaks to their definition of transparency when it comes to their own operations.

As always, we will continue to keep you informed on matters concerning our branch.

Directors,

Alliance of California Judges

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YoloanR

March 28, 2013

RE: Yolo County Superior Court Judge David Rosenberg and Wife Lea Rosenberg

District Attorney of Yolo County Jeff Reisig informed that a noticeable surge has been detected in the level of enthusiasm (i.e. fund-raising, donations) on the part of Cache Creek Casino and Rosenbergs to benefit “foster youth” and/or “emancipated foster youth” in Yolo County.”

For example, Rosenbergs (at times, with the assistance of Judge Dave Reed, Treasurer Victor Bucher) raised funds to support foster youth by mobilizing Davis Odd Fellows (“Breakfast with Santa”), Soroptimist International of Davis (“Texas Hold ‘Em” ) and Davis Rebekah Lodge (“Crab Feed” ).

Subsequently, those funds were forwarded directly to Progress Ranch and/or Yolo County Department of Employment and Social Services – The Homeless and Foster Youth Services of Yolo County, which in turns forward sums to Progress Ranch pursuant to contractual agreement with Yolo County totaling around $800,000 per annum.

Likewise, Cache Creek Casino's sudden interest in foster youth manifested itself with a $48,500 donation.

Reisig also informed that the inquiry is in its infancy, and stem from the fact that Progress Ranch President Barbara Sommer is also the President of Yolo County Grand Jury, as well as the role of Victor Bucher as treasurer in various judicial elections.

More to come…..

See more @:
http://lesliebrodie.blog.co.uk/2013/03/23/something-is-rotten-in-yolo-county-part-2-deconstructing-shyste

HEAR EXPLOSIVE AUDIO : Bill Lockyer, Thomas Girardi and Walter Lack Secretly Own Indian Gaming…

2013-03-20T23:37:18Z

HEAR EXPLOSIVE AUDIO: Bill Lockyer, Thomas Girardi and Walter Lack Secretly Own Indian Gaming Outfits in California - Clients of Howard Dickstein

BELOW MODIFIED VERSION OF COMMUNICATION FROM YR TO THIRD PARTY. AUDIO MODIFIED TO PROTECT IDENTITY OF SOURCE

AUDIO @:

http://lesliebrodie.blog.co.uk/2013/03/19/explosive-audio-bill-lockyer-thomas-girardi-and-walter-lack-sec

PART I:

1. ETHICS COMPLAINT / IN RE GIRARDI — In 2010, the United States Federal Court of Appeal for the Ninth Circuit issued its final ruling in the disciplinary matter of In Re Girardi by imposing close to $500,000 in sanctions on Walter Lack of Engstrom Lispcomb & Lack and Thomas Girardi of Girardi & Keese stemming from an attempt to defraud the court and cause injury to Dole Food Company in the underlying litigation. You may have heard of Walter Lack and Thomas Girardi as they are the lawyers who were featured in the movie “Erin Brokovich” involving utility company PG&E.

The court ruled that Walter Lack (who stipulated to Special Prosecutor Rory Little that his prolonged acts of misconduct were intentional) and Thomas Girardi intentionally and recklessly resorted to the use of known falsehoods for years. The Ninth Circuit ordered Girardi and Lack to report their misconduct to the State Bar of California.

The State Bar of California disqualified itself from handling the matter since Howard Miller (of Girardi & Keese) served at that time as its president, and had also made the decision to hire then-chief prosecutor, James Towery.

Mr. Towery, in turn, appointed Jerome Falk of Howard Rice (now Arnold & Porter) as outside “special prosecutor” to determine whether or not to bring charges against Girardi and Lack. (Mr. Falk is a colleague of Douglas Winthrop, and both represented PG&E in its massive bankruptcy proceedings.)

Mr. Falk, in turn, exercised prosecutorial discretion and concluded that he did not believe Lack acted intentionally and that no charges will be brought against the two attorneys.

Within days of Mr. Falk's decision, I filed an ethics complaint with the State Bar of California against Jerome Falk, James Towery, Howard Miller, and Douglas Winthrop (managing partner of Howard Rice and then-elected president of the Foundation), alleging that it was improper for Mr. Towery to appoint Mr. Falk given the close personal relationship between Howard Miller and Douglas Winthrop. Specifically, Howard Miller — in his capacity as president of the State Bar — had appointed Douglas Winthrop as president of the California Bar Foundation, a foundation maintained and controlled by the State Bar. (Much later I also discovered that Jerome Falk is actually the personal attorney of Thomas Girardi, and that Howard Rice and Jerome Falk represented Walter Lack, Thomas Girardi, Engstrom Lispcomb & Lack, and Girardi & Keese in approximately 2007, and for a period of 2 years, in a malpractice action.)

2. FOGEL V. FARMERS — In the matter of In Re Girardi, Mr. Girardi and his law firm were represented by the firm of Skadden Arps. In reviewing the file of In Re Girardi, I discovered that, beginning in 2003, Girardi & Keese and Engstrom Lispcomb & Lack were prosecuting a class action case against Farmers Insurance Company, which was represented by Skadden Arps. This was a nationwide class action with estimated damages of close to $15 billion that had originally been filed by Texas Governor Rick Perry.

I thereafter informed the Los Angeles County Superior Court (Judge William Highberger) of this information, and filed a State Bar ethics complaint against attorneys Thomas Girardi of Girardi & Keese and Thomas Nolan and Raoul Kennedy of Skadden Arps because neither the class of plaintiffs (consisting of 14 million Americans), nor the courts (the Ninth Circuit in the matter of In Re Girardi and the Los Angeles County Superior Court in the matter of Fogel vs. Farmers) had been informed of the concurrent representation by which Skadden Arps represented Girardi & Keese (in the Ninth Circuit matter), while at the same time defending Farmers.

Shortly after I filed this ethics complaint, Skadden Arps and Dewey Lebeuf (representing Farmers' parent company, Zurich Financial) moved ex parte (which was unopposed) to amend the settlement agreement in the Fogel matter and the notice to the class of 14 million Americans throughout the country to include a proviso by which members of the class would be prohibited from suing anyone due to the concurrent representation described above. Nevertheless, the State Bar of California decided not to take any action on this ethics complaint.

3. CaliforniaALL — When researching the relationship of Girardi & Keese and Howard Rice and the appointment of Douglas Winthrop as president of the California Bar Foundation by Howard Miller of Girardi & Keese, I reviewed the California Bar Foundation's annual reports to familiarize myself with the names of the Foundation's board of directors. I stumbled upon the fact that the Foundation ended 2008 close to $500,000 in the negative. Specifically, the Foundation reported to the IRS that REVENUE LESS EXPENSES in 2007 equaled plus +$373.842.00. However, in 2008, the Foundation reported to the IRS that REVENUE LESS EXPENSES equaled minus -$537,712.

I discovered that the money had been transferred to a newly-created Section 501(c)(3) non-profit entity (headed by Ruthe Catolico Ashley — a friend of Chief Justice Tani Cantil-Sakayue) known as CaliforniaALL, which obtained hundreds of thousands of dollars from utility companies PG&E, SCE, AT&T, and Verizon. In turn, CaliforniaALL funneled a large portion of the money to the UCI Foundation, where a friend and former partner of Mark Robinson (of the Judicial Council), State Bar of California Executive Director Joe Dunn, served as trustee in 2008-9 to launch a new entity known as Saturday Law Academy.

Various factors and evidence caused me to suspect that a significant portion of the funds transferred from the California Bar Foundation ended up financing a newly-created online publication which Joe Dunn had launched with the help of Thomas Girardi and James Brosnahan of Morrison & Foerster; this online publication is known as “Voice of OC.”

Those factors include, but are not limited to, the fact that some individuals and entities involved in the creation of CaliforniaALL and the subsequent transfer of $780,000 from the Cal Bar Foundation to CaliforniaALL were also involved in assisting Joe Dunn with the creation of “Voice of OC” to wit – Morrison & Foerster's Susan Mac Cormac as legal counsel for CaliforniaALL; Girardi & Keese's Howard Miller in his capacity as BOD member of Cal Bar Foundation; and BOG members who voted to endorse CaliforniaALL and consider it to have been a partner of the State Bar of California. Also relevant was that Morrison & Foerster's James Brosnahan and Girardi & Keese's Thomas Girardi also assisted Joe Dunn in establishing Voice of OC, the fact that Saturday Law Academy was established many years earlier, and the fact that Ruthe Ashley exited CaliforniaALL in the same month and year Joe Dunn established Voice of OC (September 2009).

Based on my concerns, I requested that Voice of OC provide me with copies of its IRS 990 forms. Voice of OC did not comply with applicable IRS regulations in that it failed to reply to my request for copies of its 990 forms submitted to the IRS, whereupon I filed a complaint against Voice of OC and Joe Dunn with the IRS.

Later, after thorough research, I discovered that events surrounding CaliforniaALL, OBAMA FOR AMERICA, and those responsible for the financing of OBAMA FOR AMERICA are highly related, to wit, Ambassador Jeffrey Bleich, Ron Olson, Brad Phillips (of Munger Tolles & Olson) Ambassador John Roos and Mark Parnes (of Wilson Sonsini) James Brosnahan, DOJ's Tony West, Chris Young, Annette Carnegie (of Morrison & Foerster) Steven Churchwell (of DLA Piper in Sacramento — where CaliforniaALL resided free of charge) Kamala Harris, as well as Freada Kapor - a California Democratic Party operative who served as a director of CaliforniaALL, and that The Kapor Center generally used to fund-raise on behalf of the many foundations located there, were additionally used to contact potential voters and encourage them to vote for then candidate Barack Obama. Her husband, Mitchell Kapor, was part of a tech team working for the campaigns of Barack Obama and Kamala Harris of CaliforniaALL.

I invite you to visit the below link for more details:

http://la.indymedia.org/news/2012/09/255420.php

4. UC DAVIS QUADRAPLEGIC LAW STUDENT SARA GRANDA / JUDGE MORRISON ENGALND /RACHEL GRUNBERG / LARRY YEE — Also in connection with CaliforniaALL, I advanced a judicial misconduct complaint against Judge Morrison England since State Bar of California Executive Director Judy Johnson, Judge England, his wife (Torie Flournoy-England), and State Bar of California employee Patricia Lee were all members of CaliforniaALL's board of directors and/or advisory council. The basis for that complaint was these individuals' failure to inform plaintiff Sara Granda — who had filed an action in federal court naming the State Bar of California as a sole defendant that was heard by Judge Morrison England — of these facts.

Specifically, without informing plaintiff Granda of his relationship with Judy Johnson (the State Bar's Executive Director) vis-a-vis CaliforniaALL and either obtaining a waiver from this plaintiff or independently recusing himself, Judge England summarily dismissed Ms. Granda's complaint against the California State Bar. Fortunately for Ms. Granda, several days later then-Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger championed her cause and pressured the California Bar to accommodate her needs.

I invite you to visit the below link to CaliforniaALL's own publication which shows the relationship I described.

http://www.scribd.com/doc/48722718/9-CaliforniaALL-Newsletter-announcing-change-of-address-and-DLA-Piper-Pro-Bo

http://www.scribd.com/doc/100876445/CalALL-Mar2009Newsletter

In connection with the failure to disclose the relationship to plaintiff Sarah Granda, I also filed an ethics complaint with the State Bar of California against its own employees/attorneys which represented the State Bar in the litigation — Rachel Grunberg, Mark Torres Gil, and Larry Yee.

5. JUSTICE MING CHIN / DEPARTURE FROM CAUSE — While researching CaliforniaALL, I stumbled upon a separate non-profit entity in Southern California which was also absorbing money from utility companies known as CAUSE.

Since Justice Ming Chin was part of the entity's board/council, I filed a complaint with the Office of Judicial Performance, and very shortly thereafter I was informed by CAUSE's legal counsel that Justice Chin quit the entity.

6. JEANNINE ENGLISH / HOWARD DICKSTEIN — Upon further familiarizing myself with the members of the State Bar Board of Governors, I also filed a complaint with the Board of Governors against Public Member Jeannine English — the wife of Howard Dickstein, an Indian gambling attorney. Weeks later, US Senator John McCain (Arizona) filed a complaint against Howard Dickstein for various acts of misconduct and asked that he be investigated.

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6/12/2011

Dear President Hebert, Senator Dunn, Members of the Board of Governors, and to whom it may concern:

While examining circumstances concerning the California Consumer Protection Foundation (“CCPF”), which was secretly controlled by State Bar Executive Director Emeritus Judy Johnson (and which will be the subject of an upcoming request for investigation), I fortuitously stumbled upon troubling facts and events relating to Board of Governors (“BOG”) member Jeannine English.

As such, and despite its anticipated futility, this correspondence is intended to advise the BOG of these events and officially request an investigation into irregularities, conflicts of interest, self-dealing, breach of fiduciary duties, and lack of disclosures by BOG member Jeannine English. Those irregularities relate to circumstances surrounding the following:

1. Keker & Van Nest's representation of Jeannine English's spouse, Mr. Howard Dickstein, in an action for, among others, fraud, advanced by the Rumsey Tribe and related lack of disclosure on the part of Ms. English and Jon Streeter concerning the existence of a past business relationship.

2. Misconduct by Howard Dickstein against the tribes, and related involvement by Jeannine English, who was also concurrently representing the tribe in her role as “Lobbyist.” Subsequently, when the tribe advanced a suit against Dickstein claiming he had taken advantage of them by defrauding the tribe of millions of dollars over more than a decade, Dickstein referred to the suit as a “pack of lies,” whereupon Keker & Van Nest was summoned to defend the action.

3. An unusually large cy pres award of $900,000 to the AARP in a class action suit in which Girardi & Keese (specifically, Thomas Girardi and Graham Lippsmith) represented the plaintiff. Jeannine English has strong ties to the AARP and, in fact serves as the president of its California branch.

4. Lack of disclosures on the part of Girardi & Keese's Howard Miller and Jeannine English of the existence of the transaction. Aggravating the lack of disclosures are circumstances surrounding misconduct by Girardi & Keese and Howard Miller in the Dole Litigation, the subsequent handing of the matter by the State Bar which assigned the matter to the firm of State Bar of California Foundation president Doug Winthrop, my own involvement, and the involvement Alec Chang.

THE RUMSEY MATTER

The Rumsey Band of Wintun Indians (“Rumsey”) consists of 40 adult members who reside in Brooks, California, which is situated in Capay Valley — 50 miles northwest of Sacramento and 90 miles northeast of the Bay Area. From a fledgling bingo business to what is now a thriving establishment known as “Cache Creek Casino,” attorney Howard Dickstein, a pioneer in tribal gambling law and the spouse of Jeannine English, helped dig the tribe out of poverty.

In and about 2007, and in addition to the services offered by Mr. Dickstein, Ms. Jeannine English and her company — Jeannine English & Associates — were also conducting business with Rumsey, by which lobbying and consulting services were purveyed by Ms. English.

Toward the end of 2007, Rumsey — represented by Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal and Cotchett, Pitre & McCarthy — filed a suit in Yolo County Superior Court against Howard Dickstein and Jane Zerbi of Dickstein & Zerbi and Arlen Opper, a financial consultant, accusing them of unjustly enriching themselves with tribal money by defrauding the tribe of millions of dollars over more than a decade.

In statements to the media, Howard Dickstein referred to the allegations in the suit as a “pack of lies,” while disparaging his client. Dickstein also stated that he plans to fight the suit and “fight hard.” Appearing on behalf of defendant Dickstein was Elliot Peters of Keker & Van Nest.

The undersigned submits that because of the attorney-client relationship between Rumsey and Dickstein, it was questionable for Ms. English to enter into a business relationship with Rumsey and reckless for Jon Streeter and Jeannine English to conceal the past relationship from the public. If in fact a disclosure was made by any of them in a conspicuous place available for public viewing, please forward it to the undersigned in order for this portion of the complaint to be withdrawn.

These events lead one to wonder whether, hypothetically speaking, in the upcoming election for State Bar president Jeannine English would vote for Jon Streeter and not Michael Tenanbaum or Linda Davis as consideration for the representation Keker & Van Nest provided to her spouse. At least in part, it also explains to the undersigned the zeal and desire of Ms. English to be a member of the BOG. Clearly it was not to protect and serve the public; rather, it was to protect the interests of her husband (and, by extension, herself) who was accused of defrauding the Rumsey tribe of millions of dollars. In addition, it leads one to question whether the State Bar of California was not as vigorous as it should have been in protecting Rumsey from Dickstein.

THE AARP MATTER

In addition to serving on the State Bar's BOG, Jeannine English also serves as the President of the AARP's California branch, and is also involved with the AARP on a national level. Assuming no shenanigans, financial improprieties, or self-dealing with the AARP (which by the way, also operates a for-profit insurance brokerage), Ms. English deserves great credit for her outstanding contribution to the community. However, due to the overall set of circumstances surrounding English as described above, and as it is obvious that she serves on the BOG to serve the interests of her husband (and, by extension, herself), the undersigned is far from impressed.

Specifically, within the past few years, a plan has been devised by which a cy pres amount of $900,000 will be funneled to the AARP from a class action in which the law offices of Girardi & Keese serves as counsel. (Attridge v. Visa Case No. CGC-04-436920)

While the sums will not go directly to Ms. English, they will indirectly benefit her vis-a-vis the associated prestige resulting from successful fund raising efforts. The lack of disclosure regarding the proposed cy pres is alarming, especially considering events relating to the State Bar's handling of attorney misconduct in the Dole matter, my ethics complaint and request for an inquiry of 5 months ago as to James Towery, Jerome Falk, Douglas Winthrop, and Howard Miller as well as the overall circumstances surrounding the State Bar/BOG disinclination to deal with the matter. To date, only myself and, later, David Cameron Carr (a former State Bar prosecutor) have spoken about this grave injustice. Of those who had a moral, legal, and ethical obligation to disclose conflicts, and to otherwise speak, now you know why at least one more such person — namely, Jeannine English — has failed to do so.

Thank you for time.

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7. On June 17, 2011, shortly after I filed the complaint against Jeannine English, a special meeting of the Board of Governors of the State Bar of California took place to introduce amendments to proposed legislation. The proposed amendments , among others, called for a change to the conflict of interest policies. Specifically, public members should not be permitted to serve if they are involved in the legal profession or are the spouses of lawyers.

8. After I asked the BOG to investigate Ms. English, a confidential source from Southern California informed me that Howard Dickstein and Thomas Girardi are business partners. Out of an abundance of caution, this information was forwarded on June 22, 2011 by me to the Deputy Executive Director of the State Bar of California, Robert Hawley, as follows:

Mr. Hawley:

This is to inform the State Bar about information I recently received
concerning Jeannine English, Howard Dickstein, and Thomas Girardi.

Based on what was communicated to me, Howard Dickstein and Thomas
Girardi are involved in some sort of a joint venture; or otherwise are
business partners in areas relating to Indian gambling.

Please note that I do not personally vouch for the credibility of the
source nor the accuracy of the information.

However, based on the totality of the circumstances, it is a lead
worth following.

Thanks

Bill Gates : capitalism means male baldness research gets more funding than malaria -

2013-03-14T14:20:47Z

Bill #Gates: #capitalism means male baldness research gets more funding than #malaria - http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2013-03/14/bill-gates-capitalism #research

Private Manning's Confidant - Bill Keller - NYTimes.com

2013-03-14T06:33:12Z

Private Manning's Confidant - Bill Keller - NYTimes.com
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/11/opinion/keller-private-mannings-confidant.html

But if Manning had been our direct source, the consequences might have been slightly mitigated. Although as a matter of law I believe #WikiLeaks and The New York Times are equally protected by the First Amendment, it's possible the court's judgment of the leaker might be colored by the fact that he delivered the goods to a group of former hackers with an outlaw sensibility and an antipathy toward American interests.

#presse #cablegate #défends_tes_sources_en_les_enfonçant

mais aussi :

The Impact of the #Bradley_Manning Case
https://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/14/opinion/the-impact-of-the-bradley-manning-case.html

If successful, the prosecution will establish a chilling precedent: national security leaks may subject the leakers to a capital prosecution or at least life imprisonment. Anyone who holds freedom of the press dear should shudder at the threat that the prosecution's theory presents to journalists, their sources and the public that relies on them.

#peine_de_mort

Big Data, Better Global Health - Council on Foreign Relations cc fil simplicissimus

2013-02-25T12:17:42Z

Big Data, Better Global Health - Council on Foreign Relations

cc @fil @simplicissimus

http://www.cfr.org/global-health/big-data-better-global-health/p30042?cid=nlc-public-the_world_this_week-link14-20130222

Big Data, Better Global Health
Author: Thomas Bollyky, Senior Fellow for Global Health, Economics, and Development
February 21, 2013
Bill Gates, Margaret Chan, the Director General of the World Health Organization (WHO), and other experts and leaders gathered this month in Geneva for a very important meeting on a very unimportant-sounding subject: global disease estimates.
The impetus was the release of the Global Burden Disease (GBD) Study, the most comprehensive and ambitious effort to date to quantify the world's health status. Led by Chris Murray and his colleagues at the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) and funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the GBD study involved 486 collaborators from 302 institutions in 50 countries. In a field in which donors and policymakers have lacked basic health data, such as birth and death registries, for many countries, the GBD study assesses 291 diseases and injuries and 67 risk factors in 187 countries over a 20-year period (1990-2010).

#santé #big-data #statistiques

Le boycott du vaccin anti-polio, pas qu'une affaire d'obscurantisme | Slate Afrique

2013-02-24T00:08:43Z

Le boycott du vaccin anti-polio, pas qu'une affaire d'obscurantisme | Slate Afrique
http://www.slateafrique.com/103581/vaccinations-polio-violences-et-resistances

Il y a matière à débat de santé publique, à un moment où l'Organisation mondiale de la Santé et ses partenaires, Bill Gates en tête, affichent une volonté toujours plus inflexible d'éradiquer le virus coûte que coûte.
Avec le soutien de certaines autorités nationales, dont celles de Kano, ils ont promis de faire disparaître la polio d'ici trois ans, quitte à utiliser des méthodes coercitives.
Au Pakistan, des représentants des Talibans au Nord-Waziristan avaient annoncé, en juin, que les campagnes contre la poliomyélite feraient désormais l'objet d'un boycott.
Dans un tract distribué à cette occasion, ils avaient indiqué que sa suspension était conditionnée à l'arrêt de l'utilisation des drones américains, tout en dénonçant la démesure des moyens employés :
« Quel besoin d'une campagne menée par des bonnes âmes qui dépensent des millions de dollars, alors qu'à peine un enfant sur des milliers est contaminé par le virus, tandis que les mêmes bonnes âmes, avec l'aide de leur esclave pakistanais, nous ciblent avec leurs drones dont des centaines d'enfants innocents, de femmes et de vieillards sont la proie ? (…). Le survol des drones dans la région a rendu presque tout le monde malade d'un point de vue psychologique. »
Cet appel au boycott intervient également dans un contexte où la vaccination au Pakistan a particulièrement mauvaise presse, depuis que la CIA a reconnu avoir mené une fausse campagne contre l'hépatite B dans sa chasse à Ben Laden.
Les vaccinateurs auraient-ils été assassinés pour avoir violé cet embargo ? Quelles que soient les responsabilités des Talibans dans ces meurtres et l'objectif politique qu'ils poursuivent, leur appel rejoint les préoccupations de certaines autorités traditionnelles.
Ralliées au boycott, celles-ci exigent l'électrification de leur région :
« Nos enfants meurent écrasés par la chaleur ou sous les morsures de moustique. Qu'est-ce que ça change qu'ils meurent de la polio ? Nous continuerons notre boycott jusqu'à ce que le gouvernement réponde à notre demande. »
Ce n'est pas la première fois que les efforts de vaccination contre la poliomyélite sont accusés de démesure par ceux-là mêmes censés en bénéficier. L'épisode du boycott des campagnes polio au Nigeria en 2003, sur lequel nous proposons un petit retour l'illustre particulièrement.
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_Bill Maher : ‘The Israelis are controlling our government'_

2013-02-18T20:46:11Z

Bill Maher: ‘The Israelis are controlling our government' http://warincontext.org/2013/02/18/bill-maher-the-israelis-are-controlling-our-government

It might not be Saturday Night Live, but when the well-known and popular host of an HBO talk show, Bill Maher, can say, “the Israelis are controlling our government,” and win a round of applause, it's clear that truth-telling on the dysfunctional relationship between Israel and the United States is going mainstream. Maher wasn't taking a wild shot in the dark. He knew his comment would be well received.
...
Unlike the networks, HBO isn't beholden to advertisers, so that obviously gives Maher some extra latitude.
...

Personne ne vous croira jamais : comment Bill Murray est devenu une légende vivante | Slate

2013-02-13T15:36:56Z

Personne ne vous croira jamais : comment Bill Murray est devenu une légende vivante | Slate
http://www.slate.fr/story/68273/bill-murray-legende-urbaine-meme-personne-croira-jamais

C'est l'histoire d'un mec qui rentrait tranquillement un soir chez lui quand, tout à coup, il a senti deux mains se poser sur ses yeux. « Devine qui c'est ?! », a demandé une voix masculine. Le type s'est retourné et là, devant lui : Bill Murray. « Personne ne te croira jamais », a souri l'acteur, avant de s'éclipser.
C'est l'histoire d'un autre mec qui passait une soirée avec ses amis dans un bar à karaoké de New York quand, tout à coup, il a vu débarquer deux femmes accompagnées d'un homme qui ressemblait beaucoup à Bill Murray. C'était bien lui, et les amis ont proposé à l'acteur de se joindre à leur salle de karaoké. Un quart d'heure plus tard, Bill Murray frappait à la porte et passait la soirée à chanter avec eux.

#légende #Bill_Murray_Stories #Murraylore

« Un jour sans fin » fête ses vingt ans

2013-02-12T16:00:05Z

«Un jour sans fin» fête ses vingt ans
http://www.slate.fr/culture/68211/un-jour-sans-fin-murray-ramis-vingt-ans

Il y a vingt ans, Bill Murray entendait son réveil sonner 6h du matin en lui fredonnant du Sonny & Cher. Puis entendait à nouveau son réveil sonner 6h du matin en lui fredonnant du Sonny & Cher. Puis faisait tomber son réveil qui venait de sonner 6h du matin en lui fredonnant du Sonny & Cher …
http://www.slate.fr/sites/default/files/imagecache/node-story/groundhogday600330.jpg
Source : Slate.fr - Jean-Marie Pottier

#CULTURE #Bill_Murray #Un_jour_sans_fin #Harold_Ramis #cinéma #Sonny_et_Cher

D'après numerama.com, Bill Gates serait... un philanthrope !

2013-02-12T12:59:12Z

D'après numerama.com, Bill Gates serait... un philanthrope !

http://www.numerama.com/magazine/25052-bill-gates-dit-pour-plaisanter-qu-on-lui-offre-des-logiciels-libres.

#tss

Bill Maher : la preuve de la remarquable retenue israélienne dans sa façon de mener ses guerres…

2013-02-09T22:01:18Z

Bill Maher : la preuve de la remarquable retenue israélienne dans sa façon de mener ses guerres contre les Palestiniens, c'est qu'Israël n'a pas balancé ses bombes nucléaires sur Jerusalem Est pour les annihiler. (C'est vraiment un argument très convaincant.)
http://www.jewishjournal.com/hollywoodjew/item/bill_maher_on_israel_uncut_and_uncensored

HJ: Why are you more on the side of Israelis?
BM: Take this conflict; here, everyone in the newspapers, the pundits, they talk about it like it's very complicated. It's not that complicated: Stop firing rockets into Israel and perhaps they won't annihilate you. I mean, it's so crazy when you look at these images on TV. Ok, they just had a little war. It lasted a week like most Israeli wars do; the Israelis lost a handful of people, shot down most of the rockets, and the neighborhoods in Gaza are devastated. They're rubble. They lost over 1,000 people and yet somehow Palestinians are celebrating in the streets? I don't get this celebrating when you just totally got your ass kicked.
HJ: The Atlantic journalist Jeffrey Goldberg pointed out that many in the media tend to point out the disproportionate casualty count between Israelis and Palestinians, and he wisely wondered if there is a moral difference between attempted murder and successful murder.
BM: It's obvious that Israelis, in all of their battles with the Palestinians, show restraint. Because they have nuclear weapons. And if the situation was reversed, I don't doubt for a second that Palestinians would fire them immediately. They'd use the maximum of what they have available and the Israelis don't.

Eric George in Addendum 11 to Suspicious Financial Machinations Surrounding University of…

2013-02-09T21:52:31Z

Eric George in Addendum # 11 to Suspicious Financial Machinations Surrounding University of California Regent Richard Blum — Husband of Dianne Feinstein : UC Berkeley Institute of Governmental Studies aka “IGS” [TLR Note: 1- Eric George part of IGS; 2- California Supreme Court Historical Society (“CSCHS”) headed by Ronald George, PG&E's Ophelia Basgal of CaliforniaALL, and Kay Werdegar forward money to IGS 3- In 2007 , CSCHS transfers the unusually high amount of $ 51, 720 to IGS — which YR is in the process of analyzing — may have been used to bribe Joseph Grodin in matter involving PG&E, Jerry Brown, Bill Lockyer, Howard Rice's Jerome Falk and Amy Margolin 5. CSCHS also transfers funds to “University of California Board of Regents” 6- Separately, according to YR, CSCHS can't treat expenses for services as “grants” or “donations” 7- Eric George remains under scrutiny in matters involving Toyota, In Re Girardi, Ocean Liners, Winnie the Pooh, Bet Tzedek, 1st. Century Bank,
etc...]

Please see story :

http://lesliebrodie.wordpress.com/2013/02/09/eric-george-in-addendum-11-to-suspicious-financial-machinati

Eric George of Browne George Ross — son of deposed Ronald George — hereby asked disclose reason necessary to solicit money from private parties (i.e. law firms, lawyers) during time surplus funds of non-profit “California Supreme Court Historical Society” were invested at brokerage-house Smith Barney

Please see @:

http://lesliebrodie.wordpress.com/2013/02/08/eric-george-of-browne-george-ross-son-of-deposed-ronald-geor

Rheum_nobile_(photo_Bill_Baker).jpg (Image JPEG, 308x450 pixels)

2013-01-31T12:47:41Z

Rheum_nobile_(photo_Bill_Baker).jpg (Image JPEG, 308x450 pixels)
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4e/Rheum_nobile_(photo_Bill_Baker).jpg

#sans_parole #devinette_visuelle

Remembering 1960s Afghanistan, the photographs of Bill Podlich

2013-01-31T06:26:15Z

Remembering 1960s Afghanistan, the photographs of Bill Podlich
►http://blogs.denverpost.com/captured/2013/01/28/podlich-afghanistan-1960s-photos/5846

In 1967, Dr. William Podlich took a two-year leave of absence from teaching at Arizona State University and began a stint with UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) to teach in the Higher Teachers College in Kabul, Afghanistan, where he served as the “Expert on Principles of Education.” His wife Margaret and two daughters, Peg and Jan, came with him. Then teenagers, the Podlich sisters attended high school at the American International School of Kabul, which catered to the children of American and other foreigners living and working in the country.

Comme une visite d'un pays imaginaire, un film des années 60 ...
http://denverpost.slideshowpro.com/albums/001/496/album-374423/cache/Podlich_Afghanistan_014.sJPG_950_2000_0_75_0_50_50.JPG
A group of young Afghans share tea and music
#photographie

Invasion of the Data Snatchers - NYTimes.com

2013-01-14T09:31:16Z

Invasion of the Data Snatchers - NYTimes.com

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/14/opinion/keller-invasion-of-the-data-snatchers.html?nl=todaysheadlines&emc=edit_th_2
By BILL KELLER
January 13

YOU are the editor of a local newspaper. A reporter on your staff comes to you having obtained (by legal means) one of the following:
Related:
• Police records of arrests for drunken driving;
• The personal details of all the employees of local clinics that perform abortions;
• The subscriber list of a survivalist magazine with pronounced racist overtones;
• The names and addresses of food stamp recipients in your community;
• The donors to a group that promotes L.G.B.T. rights;
• The names of husbands accused of infidelity in divorce suits, along with the identities of the alleged lovers;
• Addresses of homes where pit bulls are kept.
The reporter proposes to publish the names and home addresses and map them on a large graphic, all part of an article on “The [drunks/abortionists/racists/poor/gays/cheats/scary dogs] next door.”
Some of these lists might strike you as fair game. (Many community newspapers publish D.U.I. arrests, presumably to shame the accused into driving sober.) Others probably make you uncomfortable or indignant. You might find that the tricky part is articulating why: what is the boundary between a public service and an invasion of privacy?

#presse #média #information #data #internet

cc @fil

1st Century Bank AARP Abercrombie & Fitch Addington Report African-American Online Summit Alan…

2013-01-03T23:05:54Z

1st Century Bank
AARP
Abercrombie & Fitch
Addington Report
African-American Online Summit
Alan Rothenberg
Alec Chang
Alex Kozinski
Alice Oliver-Parrott
Alicemarie H. Stotler
Allen Blumenthal
Allen Matkins
Allen Matkins Leck Gamble
American Taliban
Andrew Breitbart
Anita Yu Westly
Annette Carnegie
Anthony Kline
Antonio Villaraigosa
AOC
Arent & Fox
Arlen Opper
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Arrow Point
Arthur Margolis
Article III
Asian Pacific American Bar Association.
Association of Discipline Defense Counsel
Avalon
Barack Obama
Barbara George
Barbara O'Connor
Barclay Lynn
BC300142
Benjamin Fogel
Berkshire Hathaway
Bet Tzedek
Beth Jay
Bettina Neuefeind
Bill Hebert
Boalt Hall
BOG
Brenda Kempster
Bribery
Bruce Africa
Buchalter Nemer
Bulgari; Eric George
Cache Creek Casino
CAIR
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California Bar Journal
California Commission on Judicial Performance
California Consumer Protection Foundation
California Democratic Party
California Emerging Technology Fund
California Forward
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California Public Utilities Commission
California State Assembly
California Supreme Court
CaliforniaALL
Calvo & Clark
Carlos Bustamante
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CARS
Caspar Weinberger
Catherine Purcell
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Chanan Reitblat
Chancery Club
Charles Schwab
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Chevron
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Chris Young
Christa & Jackson
Christian Pantages
CityView
Claire Cooper
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CONFLICT INTERNATIONAL LTD
Connie Merriett
Consumer Watchdog
Cotchett Pitre & McCarthy
Countywide Financial Services
CPUC
Craig Holden
Cristobal Bonifaz
CWS Enterprises
Dan Morian
Daniel Zaheer
David Burrow
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David Grove
David Lash
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David Wenholz
David Werdegar
Dawn Melton
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Dean
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DeapWater Horizon
Demeter Energy
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Dewey & Leboeuf
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Dick Costolo
Dickstein & Zerbi
Disneyland
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EducateLA
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Esther Rodgers
Ethics
Facebook
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GEM Communications
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Gerald Ulemen
Gibor Basri
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Gilmur Murray
Ginger Bredemeier
Girardi & Keese
Golden Gate University
Golden Gate Universiy
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Graham LippSmith
Grant Esposito
Gretchen Nelson
Guam
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Hearing Department
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Herbert Sinclair Kerr
HMS
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Holly Hogan
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Howard Rice
IALA
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Google's Schmidt to Visit North Korea - WSJ.com

2013-01-03T14:29:15Z

Google's Schmidt to Visit North Korea - WSJ.com
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323374504578218673429427706.html

Former New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson will be taking Google Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt on a humanitarian visit to North Korea. The WSJ's Evan Ramstad tells us why an Internet company would want to visit the most isolated country in the world.
Mr. Schmidt will visit Pyongyang with Bill Richardson, a Democratic politician who served as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations during the Clinton administration and was governor of New Mexico from 2003 to 2011, and his longtime aide Kun Namkung.
The group will go later this month, according to a person familiar with the plans. Precise details, such as when they will go and who they will see, weren't available.

par http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/Eric-Schmidt-plant-Nordkorea-Reise-1776163.html

Un « antisémite » à la tête du Pentagone ? |Richard Hétu

2012-12-19T19:44:36Z

Un « antisémite » à la tête du Pentagone ? |Richard Hétu
►http://blogues.lapresse.ca/hetu/2012/12/19/un-%c2%abantisemite%c2%bb-a-la-tete-du-pentagone

« Envoyez-nous Hagel et nous allons nous assurer que chaque Américain sache qu'il est antisémite. » Cette déclaration anonyme est attribuée dans cet article de l'hebdomadaire The Weekly Standard à un conseiller d'un sénateur républicain influent. Elle a fait surface la semaine dernière, peu après que Bloomberg eut annoncé que le nom de l'ancien sénateur républicain du Nebraska, Chuck Hagel, était en tête des candidats à la succession de Leon Panetta au poste de secrétaire à la Défense.
Le commentateur Bill Kristol n'a pas tardé à faire sa part pour illustrer l'« hostilité » du vétéran du Vietnam et supporteur de Barack Obama (dès 2008) à l'égard d'Israël. Dans un article publié dans le Weekly Standard, il rappelle notamment que le républicain rebelle a accusé l'État juif en 2006 de « destruction systématique d'un ami américain – le pays et le peuple du Liban ».
Kristol évoque également cette déclaration de Hagel remontant à 2008 : « La réalité politique… est que le lobby juif intimide les gens ici (au Congrès). » Plus loin dans la même interview, Hagel parle du lobby pro-Israël, une expression moins problématique.
Comme le souligne le chroniqueur du Washington Post Dana Milbank dans cet article, l'ancien sénateur s'est également mis à dos les « néoconservateurs » en refusant notamment de signer une lettre d'appui à Israël lors de la deuxième intifada et en défendant l'idée de négociations avec le Hamas.
Dans l'interview de 2008, Hagel a expliqué ainsi son refus de signer toutes les lettres soumises au Congrès par l'AIPAC, l'influent lobby pro-Israël, dont certaines sont à son avis « stupides » :
« Je suis un sénateur des États-Unis. Je soutiens Israël. Mais j'ai prêté serment à la constitution des États-Unis. Pas à un président. Pas à un parti. Pas à Israël. »

Ça se saurait si l'armée israélienne avait bombardé le peuple libanais .
Ça se saurait aussi si le lobby pro-Israël avait de l'influence sur le congrès US

Why Poverty - Donnez votre argent ! - videos.arte.tv

2012-11-29T20:25:43Z

Why Poverty - Donnez votre argent ! - videos.arte.tv
http://videos.arte.tv/fr/videos/why-poverty-donnez-votre-argent--7075526.html

Stars du rock et de l'humanitaire depuis trente ans, Bob Geldof et Bono décrivent le lobbyisme, les manifestations artistiques et les discussions de couloir auxquels ils se livrent pour attirer l'attention des hommes politiques sur la misère du tiers-monde. Tantôt graves, tantôt amusés, les deux musiciens irlandais, auxquels se joint le milliardaire Bill Gates, racontent comment les people exploitent le goût des responsables politiques pour les paillettes et les feux de la rampe. Mais alors que leur influence grandit, des critiques s'élèvent. L'économiste Dambisa Moyo et l'opposant éthiopien Gebru Asrat font entendre une voix différente. Des campagnes comme « Live aid » ou « Make poverty history » ont permis la levée de milliards de dollars contribuant à l'annulation des dettes des pays en développement. Mais ces chefs-d'oeuvre de communication ont-ils réellement favorisé le développement des économies africaines ? Les militants du continent noir sont-ils prêts à voler de leurs propres ailes... et dans les plumes de leurs dirigeants corrompus ?

Meet William Hauck (of Golden Pacific Bank / Blue Shield of California / California State…

2012-11-16T21:52:53Z

Meet William Hauck (of Golden Pacific Bank / Blue Shield of California / California State University / California Forward / Goddard Claussen )

Golden Pacific Bank Profile of Director William Hauck:

“William Hauck is the Senior Advisor at Goddard Claussen/West. Based in the firms Sacramento office, he provides strategic counsel to its clients. He recently retired as President and CEO of the California Business Roundtable. In that capacity, Mr. Hauck is responsible for all operations of the organization. The Roundtable was created to provide policy leadership at the state level regarding the maintenance of a sound economy and business climate in California and is composed of the chief executive and senior operating officers of major corporations doing business in the state.

Bill Hauck most recently served as President and CEO of the California Business Roundtable. Hauck led the organization from 1996 to 2011. Prior to that, he held a number of executive positions in state government including Deputy Chief of Staff to Governor Pete Wilson, Chief of Staff to two Assembly Speakers and Director of the Assembly Office of Research. Mr. Hauck also chaired the state's Constitution Revision Commission (appointed by Governor Pete Wilson) and served as Co-Chair of the California Performance Review Commission (appointed by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger).

Mr. Hauck currently serves as a member of the Board of Trustees of the California State University system where he chairs the board of directors' finance committee. He served as Chairman of the Board of Trustees from 1998 to 2000. Mr. Hauck also serves on the board of directors of Blue Shield of California, where he chairs the nomination and governance committee, and serves on the finance and investment and compensation committees.”

Source: http://www.yourbankingsolution.com/about-us/management.html

TLR Notes:

1. In addition to Mr. Hauck, also serving as directors at Golden Pacific Bank are CaliforniaALL's Pat Fong Kushida, Richard Claussen, and Donna Lucas — who may have abruptly quit recently)

2. Golden Pacific Banks does not mention Hauck's involvement with California Forward.

3. Ally of MTO's Jeffrey Bleich vis a vis California State University.

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CSU Profile:
William Hauck

Chair (1998-2000), Board of Trustees
Vice Chair (1996-98), Board of Trustees
Member, Board of Trustees (1993-2017)
The California State University

Mr. Hauck joined Goddard Claussen/West as Senior Advisor in late 2011. Prior to joining GC/West, Hauck served as President and CEO of the California Business Roundtable and was responsible for all operations of the organization. The Roundtable is headquartered in Sacramento and is composed of the Chief Executive and Senior Operating Officers of major corporations doing business in the state. The organization's mission is to provide policy leadership at the state level regarding the maintenance of a sound economy and business climate in California. He served in this capacity from 1996 to 2011.

Prior to joining the Roundtable Hauck was Executive Vice-President and major shareholder of Information for Public Affairs Inc., a Sacramento based national information services company now owned by Lexis/Nexis. Hauck also has held a number of executive positions in state government including Deputy Chief of Staff to the Governor, Chief of Staff to two Assembly Speakers and Director of the Assembly Office of Research. Hauck also chaired the state's Constitution Revision Commission (appointed by Governor Pete Wilson) and as Co-Chair of the California Performance Review Commission (appointed by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger).

Mr. Hauck serves on the Board of Directors of Blue Shield of California. He is currently Chair of the Nomination and Corporate Government Committee and also serves on the Compensation Committee.

Additionally, Hauck is a member of the Board of Directors of the Blue Shield of California Foundation and chairs the Audit Committee.

Mr. Hauck received a B.A. in social science from San José State University (1963).
Source: http://www.calstate.edu/BOT/bios/hauck.shtml

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California Forward Profile:

Bill Hauck is a senior advisor at Goddard Claussen/West and the former president of the California Business Roundtable, a statewide nonpartisan organization which brings the leadership of California's top chief executive officers to public policy issues affecting the state's business climate, economic growth and quality of life.

Mr. Hauck also is a founder, major shareholder and a member of the board of directors of Information for Public Affairs Inc., also known as State Net. State Net maintains a database of legislation introduced in 50 states and Congress.

Mr. Hauck previously served as deputy chief of staff for Governor Pete Wilson and was chairman of the California Constitution Revision Commission. Earlier in his career, he served as chief of staff to Assembly Speakers Bob Moretti and Willie L. Brown, Jr. Additionally, Mr. Hauck was a consultant to the Assembly Committee on Governmental Organization, director of the Assembly Office of Research, and assistant city manager of Palo Alto.

Mr. Hauck serves as a member of the board of trustees of the California State University system, which he chaired for two years, and serves as chairman of the board's finance committee. He also serves on the board of directors of Blue Shield of California and on the board of the Blue Shield of California Foundation. Mr. Hauck also served on the board of the California Journal, a monthly nonpartisan analysis of government and politics in California.

Source:

http://www.cafwd.org/pages/william-hauck

TLR Note:

Also directors are Donna Lucas, CETF's Sunne McPeak, CCPF's Stweart Kwoh,

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Blue Shield of California Foundation Profile:

Bill Hauck is Senior Advisor to Goddard/Claussen West, a Sacramento-based highly-regarded public affairs and ballot measure campaign firm.

Mr. Hauck recently stepped down as President of the California Business Roundtable, a statewide, non-partisan organization composed of senior operating officers of California's leading corporations. He had held the position since November 1996.

Mr. Hauck's Sacramento-based career has included stints in business and state government. Until its November 2010 sale to Lexis/Nexis, he was a major shareholder and member of the Board of Directors of State Net, a national information services company providing data on legislation introduced in 50 states and Congress.

Mr. Hauck also has served as Chairman of the California Constitution Revision Commission and Deputy Chief of Staff for Governor Pete Wilson. Earlier in his career he served as Chief of Staff to Assembly Speakers Bob Moretti and Willie Brown Jr. More recently, Mr. Hauck served as Co-Chair of Governor Schwarzenegger's California Performance Review Commission.

Mr. Hauck serves as a member of the Board of Trustees of the California State University system. He chaired the Board from 1998 to 2000. Originally appointed by Governor Wilson, he was reappointed by Governors Gray Davis and Arnold Schwarzenegger and is now serving a third eight-year term. He currently is Chairman of the Board's Finance Committee.

In addition, Mr. Hauck serves on the Board of Directors of Blue Shield of California and the Board of Trustees of Blue Shield of California Foundation. He also is a member of the Board of Directors of Golden Pacific Bancorp and California Forward.

Mr. Hauck is a graduate of San Jose State University and participated in the CORO Foundation Internship in Public Affairs.

Source: http://www.blueshieldcafoundation.org/about/board/william-hauck

Gay marriage will make France a ‘land of homos', says senator | Gay Star News

2012-11-10T17:38:31Z

Gay marriage will make France a ‘land of homos', says senator | Gay Star News
http://www.gaystarnews.com/article/gay-marriage-will-make-france-%E2%80%98land-homos%E2%80%99-says-senator

Gay marriage will make France a ‘land of homos', says senator
Billionaire and senator Serge Dessault has said if France legalizes marriage equality, then there will be no more babies
10 November 2012 | By Joe Morgan
Senator Serge Dessault has said if gay marriage is legalized then France will turn into a 'land of homos'.
Marriage equality and adoption by same-sex couples will make France into a ‘land of homos', according to a conservative politician and billionaire.
Speaking on French Culture radio, Senator Serge Dessault said if gay marriage was legalized then there would be no people having babies.
He said: ‘We'll have a land of homos. And then in 10 years there will be no one left. It's stupid.'
The 87-year-old said homosexuality was responsible for the self-destructing indulgence that led to the downfall of ancient Greece.
‘Total decadence, of course. It's the end of the family, it's the end of the children's development, it's the end of education. It's a danger for the entire nation,' said Dassault.
The entrepreneur was speaking on the same day France's Socialist cabinet adopted a draft bill to legalize gay marriage and adoption on 7 November.
‘This is an important step towards the equality of rights,' said Dominique Bertinnoti, the Minister of Family Affairs.
The bill, which will be introduced for a vote in early 2013 and is expected to pass in early 2013, has attracted strong criticism from religious and conservative groups.
France's leading Roman Catholic bishop Cardinal Andre Vingt-Trois has urged Christians to fight against the planned reforms.
‘The presidential and legislative elections earlier this year did not give them carte blanche, especially not for reforms that very profoundly affect the equilibrium of our society,' he said.
The cardinal has also called the bill a ‘deception' and ‘fraud' saying that gay marriage risked harming children and that it would be ‘the marriage of a few imposed on everyone.'
Gay rights groups have also criticized the bill for not including medical assisted procreation, such as insemination for lesbian couples.
However President Francois Hollande has said there could be alterations to the law as it goes through parliament.

Texas police helicopter fires on immigrants, killing two

2012-10-28T16:13:39Z

Texas police helicopter fires on immigrants, killing two

http://www.wsws.org/articles/2012/oct2012/texa-o27.shtml

By Bill Van Auken
27 October 2012

A Texas state police helicopter opened fire on a truckload of fleeing immigrants Thursday, killing two and wounding at least one other.
The deadly incident took place near La Joya, Texas, about 70 miles northwest of Brownsville. State authorities reported that it began when Texas Parks and Wildlife police began pursuing a red pickup truck packed with immigrant workers, who were suspected of having crossed the border from Mexico.
When the pickup failed to stop for the game wardens, they called in the Texas Department of Public Safety, which sent the helicopter. DPS helicopters patrolling the border area carry snipers armed with high-powered rifles.
A spokesperson for the DPS, also known as the Texas Rangers, initially called the shooting an “enforcement action,” but declined to comment further on the killings. On Friday, the agency issued a statement claiming that the police had fired on the vehicle in an attempt to disable it.

#états-unis #migrations #asile #meurtres

À propos | Démocratie Ouverte

2012-10-25T19:00:41Z

À propos | Démocratie Ouverte
http://democratieouverte.org/a-propos

En 1999, Dick Morris, un ancien conseiller de Bill Clinton publiait Vote.com. Dans cet essai, il affirmait qu'Internet permettrait aux citoyens de peser si fortement sur les décisions publiques que leurs représentants seraient contraints, à terme, de changer la façon dont ils gouvernent.
À cette époque, dans les milieux autorisés, rares étaient ceux qui accordaient du crédit à cette thèse. Tous considéraient que la liberté d'expression et le vote étaient des choses distinctes et que jamais les critiques ne prendraient le dessus sur le suffrage universel. Tous étaient également convaincus qu'une telle évolution était encore moins probable dans les régimes autoritaires, où la liberté d'expression n'existe même pas.
Douze ans plus tard, l'histoire démontre que Dick Moris avait raison contre le dogme dominant. En 2011, Internet a bien joué un rôle majeur dans les révolutions arabes ou dans le mouvement des Indignés, et 57 Etats ont amorcé leur mue en intégrant l'Open Government Partnership (Partenariat pour un Gouvernement Ouvert).
Ceci dit, rien n'est gagné ! Si ce Partenariat promet une démocratie « efficace et responsable » chacun connaît l'écart entre discours et réalité en politique et comme en 1999, les résistances au changement restent fortes. A ce titre, le fait que les « grandes » démocraties francophones ne participent pas à l'Open Government Partnership et n'ont, pour la plupart, aucune réflexion en la matière permet de mesurer le chemin à parcourir pour atteindre la démocratie ouverte que nous appelons de nos vœux.
Pourtant, aussi ardue que soit la tâche, cette évolution de la démocratie vers plus de participation et de transparence est possible. Cela suppose néanmoins que les citoyens fassent usage de leur nouveau pouvoir, non pas uniquement pour exprimer leur indignation à l'égard de leurs élites, mais également pour participer à la construction de solutions nouvelles en collaboration avec ceux qui les portent.
Fort de cette conviction, ce blog se donne donc pour objectif de faire connaître cette nouvelle forme de gouvernance et les acteurs qui œuvrent concrètement pour son avènement. Mais cela n'est qu'une première étape ! D'autres pages sont à écrire…

#Démocratie #Open_source

Verizon draws fire for monitoring app usage, browsing habits | Politics and Law - CNET News

2012-10-18T20:41:19Z

Verizon draws fire for monitoring app usage, browsing habits | Politics and Law - CNET News
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-57533001-38/verizon-draws-fire-for-monitoring-app-usage-browsing-habits

“We're able to view just everything that they do,” Bill Diggins, U.S. chief for the #Verizon Wireless marketing initiative, told an industry conference earlier this year. “And that's really where #data is going today. Data is the new oil.”

#data-mining

Person:Bill - Seenthis

Bill Braxton, le dernier album de Jean-Marc Pontier est chez Objectif Mars !

Noam Chomsky helped lobby Stephen Hawking to stage Israel boycott | World news | The Guardian

les_acteurs_que_je_sais_jamais_leur_nom : Bill Nunn

2006 Herbie Hancock, Ron Carter & Billy Cobham - YouTube

« Terrorism and the other Religions » - Juan Cole | Informed Comment

Marriage (Definition of Marriage) Amendment Bill - Vidéo Actu Etranger - wat.tv

Bill Gates et son plan pour installer des caméras dans chaque classe - FastCompany

Gilgamesh et l'eau_porale : c'est compliqué (mais passionnant) La Mer_Noire, le Déluge et Gilgamesh

Climat : géo-ingéniérie risquée

La classe !

Brazil's economy beset by inflation, lagging production - World Socialist Web Site

Tens of thousands rally in Washington for immigrant rights - World Socialist Web Site

C'est bon les gars, on peut continuer à se chauffer comme des porcs à l'effet de serre, la planète…

Israel bombs Gaza, shoots down West Bank youth - World Socialist Web Site

Bill Gates : mon plan pour résoudre les plus grands problèmes du monde - WSJ.com

Costs of Iraq, Afghanistan wars could rise to $6 trillion - World Socialist Web Site

Alliance of California Judges on Auditing AOC ; District Attorney of Yolo County Jeff Reisig…

HEAR EXPLOSIVE AUDIO : Bill Lockyer, Thomas Girardi and Walter Lack Secretly Own Indian Gaming…

Bill Gates : capitalism means male baldness research gets more funding than malaria -

Private Manning's Confidant - Bill Keller - NYTimes.com

Big Data, Better Global Health - Council on Foreign Relations cc fil simplicissimus

Le boycott du vaccin anti-polio, pas qu'une affaire d'obscurantisme | Slate Afrique

_Bill Maher : ‘The Israelis are controlling our government'_

Personne ne vous croira jamais : comment Bill Murray est devenu une légende vivante | Slate

« Un jour sans fin » fête ses vingt ans

D'après numerama.com, Bill Gates serait... un philanthrope !

Bill Maher : la preuve de la remarquable retenue israélienne dans sa façon de mener ses guerres…

Eric George in Addendum 11 to Suspicious Financial Machinations Surrounding University of…

Rheum_nobile_(photo_Bill_Baker).jpg (Image JPEG, 308x450 pixels)

Remembering 1960s Afghanistan, the photographs of Bill Podlich

Invasion of the Data Snatchers - NYTimes.com

1st Century Bank AARP Abercrombie & Fitch Addington Report African-American Online Summit Alan…

Google's Schmidt to Visit North Korea - WSJ.com

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