position:vice president

REVUE DE LA PRESSE IRANIENNE PAR POMED

Iran Weekly Update - May 10, 2013
http://us2.campaign-archive1.com/?u=8a185f96ecfeb10569f5120d0

 
 
Presidential Candidate Registration Begins:
The registration period for the upcoming presidential election began on Tuesday. According to Interior Minister Mostafa Mohammad-Najjar, 243 individuals have submitted applications, including: former nuclear negotiator Hassan Rouhani; Mohammad-Reza Aref, Vice President under Mohammad Khatami and Expediency Council member; Kamran Bagheri Lankarani, a conservative former Health Minister; Ali Fallahian, a conservative member of the Assembly of Experts and former Minister of Intelligence; and Mostafa Kavakebian, a former reform-leaning MP. The registration period will end on Saturday evening.
 
Sources: 
Mohammad-Reza Aref Registers as Presidential Candidate BBC Persian [Persian], 5/10/2013
243 Register in 3 Days Fars News Agency [Persian], 5/9/2013 
Candidate Wanted by Interpol Registers for Iran Elections Iran-Pulse [English], 5/9/2013
Iran’s Presidential Race Gets Underway Uskowi on Iran [English], 5/7/2013
Iran’s Presidential Candidates Begin Registration Process Iran-Pulse [English], 5/7/2013

Speculation Surrounding Rafsanjani and Mashaei:
Former President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani made headlines Sunday after claiming that he intends to speak with Khamenei about his candidacy. Sadeq Zibakalam, a prominent political analyst, claims that Rafsanjani will eventually stand. On Friday, former President Khatami reiterated that, in his opinion, Rafsanjani is the best option. Other political experts believe there is a possibility that, in the absence of Rafsanjani’s candidacy, all three members of the 2+1 Coalition will register and run in the election, rather than choosing one unity candidate. Gholam-Ali Haddad-Adel, a member of the 2+1 Coalition, seemed to confirm this option, saying, “…it is yet not clear when exactly we will announce the result [on the designated unity candidate],” but "the announcement will not take place” before the Guardian Council has completed the candidate vetting process. On Thursday, the conservative Coalition of Five became the first coalition to announce a unity candidate: former First Deputy-Speaker of the Parliament Mohammad Hassan Aboutorabi-Fard. In an interview published on Thursday, Bahman Sharifzadeh, a Mashaei supporter, asserted that Mashaei would register on the last day of the registration period. 
 
Sources:
Coalition of Three to name candidate after vetting process Press TV [English], 5/10/2013
The Best Presidential Option: Rafsanjani BBC Persian [Persian], 5/10/2013
2+1 Unity Candidate May Be Determined after Registration Fars News Agency [Persian], 5/9/2013
Sharifzadeh: “Mashaei to Register on Saturday” Entekhab [Persian], 5/9/2013
Rafsanjani Says He Won’t Run Without Khamenei’s Consent Iran-Pulse [English], 5/6/2013

New Minister of Labor Approved; Head of Medical Association Blocked:
On Sunday, Parliament approved President Ahmadinejad’s Minister of Labor nominee, MP Asadollah Abbasi. On Wednesday, reports emerged that the writ of approval for Iran’s new Medical Association head was sent to the office of President for the third time, with Ahmadinejad again refusing to sign it. Ahmadinejad’s refusal to sign the approval may stem from his dissatisfaction with the vetting process and the denial of his favored candidates during the Medical Association elections in February. 

Sources:
Majlis approves Abbasi as Labor Minister Tehran Times [English], 5/5/2013
Abbasi becomes Minister of Labor Entekhab [Persian], 5/5/2013 

Kahrizak Trial Continues:
On Tuesday, the seventh session of the Kahrizak trial was held behind closed doors. During the session, Director General of Tehran’s Prisons Sohrab Soleimani testified that the now-closed Kahrizak facility was not a legal detention center. One of the defendants, former Deputy Prosecutor Ali Akbar Heidarifar, argued that the Ministry of Justice’s failure to nullify the detainees’ imprisonment orders was tantamount to granting its approval for them. 
 
Sources:
Iran holds 7th court session to hear Kahrizak case Press TV [English], 5/8/2013
Judicial Documents Published on Website Kalameh [Persian], 5/8/2013
Judge Positively Evaluates Kahrizak Case Alef [Persian], 5/7/2013
 
Intelligence Ministry Releases Details of Government Scandal:
Earlier this week, Minister of Intelligence and presidential hopeful Mostafa Pour-Mohammadi released a report concerning a 450 million Euro scandal involving the government’s alleged construction contract in the free trade area of Kish. Reports indicate that construction proceeded without the appropriate auctioning procedures. The government has denied the allegations.
 
Sources:
Details of Government Scandal Published Kalameh [Persian], 5/8/2013
Intelligence Ministry Publishes Details of Scandal Alef [Persian], 5/7/2013
Attorney General Condemns Revealing Scandal BBC Persian [Persian], 5/6/2013 ❞

Biometrics at security as easy as ABC

Security checkpoints at airports remain the number one bugbear for travellers. But, as Dan Ebbinghaus, Vice President – Government Solutions at SITA explains, the day when they are so embedded with smart IT that they are hardly even noticed by passengers, is drawing nearer.

signalé par Cedric Parizot

http://www.internationalairportreview.com/12223/international-airport-review-magazine/latest-issue/biometrics-at-security-as-easy-as-abc

#aéroport #transport_aérien #sécurité #biométrique #contrôles

Former Bush administration official: Israel may be behind use of chemical arms in Syria - West of Eden Israel News | Haaretz Daily Newspaper
►http://www.haaretz.com/blogs/west-of-eden/former-bush-administration-official-israel-may-be-behind-use-of-chemical-ar

Retired U.S. Army Colonel Lawrence Wilkerson, who once served as Secretary of State Colin Powell’s Chief of Staff, believes that the chemical weapons used in Syria may have been an Israeli “false flag” operation aimed at implicating Bashar Assad’s regime.

Wilkerson made his astounding assertion in an interview on Current TV, the network once owned by former Vice President Al Gore and recently purchased by Al-Jazeera.

Wilkerson said that the evidence that it was Assad’s regime that had used the chemical weapons was “flaky” and that it could very well have been the rebels or Israel who were the perpetrators. Asked why Israel would do such a thing, Wilkerson said: “I think we’ve got a basically geostrategically, geopolitical inept regime in Tel Aviv right now.”

. :ميدل ايست اونلاين ::Middle East Online :.
http://www.middle-east-online.com/?id=154224

قطر تقود مبادرة أميركية للتنازل عن حدود 67

بعد لقائه كيري في واشنطن، الشيخ حمد بن جاسم يقترح مبادلة أراض بين الفلسطينيين وإسرائيل في إطار مسعى جديد لإحياء المفاوضات.

Dans la série #Qatar, ce titre : « Le Qatar à la tête d’une initiative américaine pour abandonner les frontières de 67 ». Discussion avec Kerry, énième tentative de ranimer la « solution » des deux Etats, avec échanges de territoires...

Ben oui,

Russia Bans 18 Americans After Similar US Move - NYTimes.com
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2013/04/13/world/europe/ap-eu-russia-us-sanctions.html?smid=tw-nytimesglobal

The list released by the Foreign Ministry includes John Yoo, a former U.S. Justice Department official who wrote legal memos authorizing harsh interrogation techniques; David Addington, the chief of staff for former U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney; and two former commanders of the Guantanamo Bay detention center: retired Maj. Gen. Geoffrey Miller and Adm. Jeffrey Harbeson.

Ok, I have to share this and it is long due: Omar Suleiman, formerly the CIA’s man in Egypt, actually died in a US HOSPITAL from amyloidosis, which in his case involved multiple organs failure. How convenient is that? All wrapped and clean.
http://edition.cnn.com/2012/07/19/world/meast/egypt-suleiman-dead
#Oma_Suleiman #CIA

Portrait de Ghassan Hitto, nouveau premier ministre par interim de l’opposition syrienne. Citoyen américain, sa nomination - à laquelle le Qatar a grandement contribué – est perçue comme un renforcement du poids des Frères musulmans au sein de la Coalition nationale syrienne. Hostile au dialogue avec le régime d’Assad, il ne pouvait de fait que recueillir l’assentiment du Qatar, de la Turquie et des Frères musulmans. Sa nomination pourrait signifier l’échec de ceux qui considèrent aujourd’hui, par conviction, par calcul ou par résignation, qu’un dialogue avec le régime d’Assad est nécessaire pour mettre un terme aux affrontements.

Muslim Brotherhood Holds Sway Over Syrian Opposition
By: Hassan Hassan for Al-Monitor. Posted on March 21, 2013

Read more: http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2013/03/syria-ghassan-hitto-muslim-brotherhood.html#ixzz2OHff7DbF

« Ghassan Hitto, a naturalized US citizen from Damascus, was selected on Monday, March 18, by members of the opposition Syrian National Coalition to become the interim prime minister. Little known among Syrians, his appointment is by far the clearest indication of the Muslim Brotherhood’s monopoly over the opposition’s political and military bodies. At least nine figures suspended their membership in the National Coalition in protest, including the coalition’s spokesman, Walid Buni, and Vice President Suhair Attasi, who then retracted her suspension a day later. Hitto is not known to be a member of the Muslim Brotherhood, but he is ideologically close to it. A Syrian close to Hitto told me that he is “100% supported and trusted by the Brotherhood.” His brother is a member who was jailed for many years, his acquaintance said, which is why Hitto fled Syria. The source located Hitto in terms of independence somewhere between Moaz al-Khatib, the coalition’s president who proved to be independent, and the Brotherhood. »

#Syria #Ghassan Hitto # Syrian National Coalition # Muslim Brotherhood #rejection of dialogue with the regime #negociated political solution #Qatar #interim government #Osama Kadi #Moaz al-Khatib

The Lessons We Aren’t Learning from Iraq | Stephen M. Walt
http://walt.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2013/03/21/the_dearth_of_strategy_on_syria

If you want evidence of the tunnel vision that continues to dominate U.S. national security thinking, check out David Sanger’s news analysis yesterday http://seenthis.net/messages/123543 on the “lessons” of Iraq. Sanger checks in with various former policymakers to explore the different implications one might draw from the Iraq experience for the current situation in Syria. 

As expected, there is some difference of opinion expressed by the various people that Sanger interviewed. But what’s striking is how the entire discussion of “lessons” revolves around tactical issues, and none of the people quoted in the article raise larger questions about how the United States is defining its role in the world or the broader goals it is trying to accomplish. Instead, they debate the reliability of pre-war intelligence, whether the U.S. can do a better job when it occupies other countries, or whether the U.S. can figure out ways to intervene in various places without getting sucked into costly quagmires. In short, it’s all about whether we can do these things differently and not about whether we should do them at all.

James Moore: Bang the Drum Loudly: The Failed Journalism That Sent America to War in Iraq
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jim-moore/bang-the-drum-loudly-the-_b_2908061.html

The timing was a thing of pure political beauty. President George W. Bush was only a few days away from speaking to the United Nations’ General Assembly about Iraq’s renewed efforts to acquire banned weaponry. And, in a month, the president was going to Congress to seek a resolution approving of a war against Iraq. A Sunday morning story, September 8, 2002, in the New York Times made the U.N. speech and the congressional debate much easier for the White House.

Under the headline, “Threats and Responses: The Iraqis; U.S. Says Hussein Intensifies Quest for A-Bomb Parts,” a 3,603 word story by Michael R. Gordon and Judith Miller detailed the administration’s case against Saddam Hussein related to weapons of mass destruction.

(...)

Of course, that’s not the way journalism really works. Otherwise, reporters could easily be replaced with stenographers and people to read and publish e-mail news releases. Actually, if Miller had spoken to one of the various scientific organizations when she wrote the first story, including the leading groups in her own country, she would have learned there was almost no chance the tubes were going into a centrifuge. Her list of interview subjects needed to include contradictory voices and opinions on the uses of the aluminum tubes. There was certainly plenty of them out there.

(...)

Miller and Gordon’s inability to find a divergent opinion in a city full of political minds, scientists, and think tanks, has remained a perplexing mystery among their colleagues.

The White House had mixed up journalists’ ambitions with misleading intelligence and brewed up a myth that yielded a powerful national belief in its illusion.

(...)

Iraq War vet pens ‘last letter’ to Bush and Cheney | The Lookout - Yahoo ! News
http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/lookout/iraq-war-vet-letter-bush-cheney-tomas-young-154541674.html ?

An Iraq War veteran who joined the U.S. Army two days after 9/11 has written a powerful open letter to former President George W. Bush and ex-Vice President Dick Cheney accusing them of war crimes, “plunder” and “the murder of thousands of young Americans—my fellow veterans—whose future you stole.”

Tomas Young, who was shot and paralyzed during an insurgent attack in Sadr City in 2004, five days into his first deployment, penned the letter from his Kansas City, Mo., home, where he’s under hospice care.

“I write this letter, my last letter, to you, Mr. Bush and Mr. Cheney,” Young wrote in the letter published on Truthdig.com. “I write not because I think you grasp the terrible human and moral consequences of your lies, manipulation and thirst for wealth and power. I write this letter because, before my own death, I want to make it clear that I, and hundreds of thousands of my fellow veterans, along with millions of my fellow citizens, along with hundreds of millions more in Iraq and the Middle East, know fully who you are and what you have done. You may evade justice but in our eyes you are each guilty of egregious war crimes, of plunder and, finally, of murder, including the murder of thousands of young Americans—my fellow veterans—whose future you stole.”

The crisis of American capitalism and the war against Iraq - World Socialist Web Site

http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2013/03/19/iraq-m19.html

The crisis of American capitalism and the war against Iraq
By David North
19 March 2013

This article was originally published on March 21, 2003, two days after the onset of the US assault on Iraq.

1. The unprovoked and illegal invasion of Iraq by the United States is an event that will live in infamy. The political criminals in Washington who have launched this war, and the wretched scoundrels in the mass media who are reveling in the bloodbath, have covered this country in shame. Hundreds of millions of people in every part of the world are repulsed by the spectacle of a brutal and unrestrained military power pulverizing a small and defenseless country. The invasion of Iraq is an imperialist war in the classic sense of the term: a vile act of aggression that has been undertaken on behalf of the interests of the most reactionary and predatory sections of the financial and corporate oligarchy in the United States. Its overt and immediate purpose is the establishment of control over Iraq’s vast oil resources and reduction of that long-oppressed country to an American colonial protectorate.

#irak #états-unis

‘South Africa can learn from you’ | The Jewish Chronicle
http://www.thejc.com/news/world-news/102900/south-africa-can-learn-you’

There was much that South Africa could learn from its Jewish community, particularly its notion of community, said Cyril Ramaphosa, newly-elected vice president of the ANC, the country’s ruling party.
Mr Ramaphosa was speaking at an event organised by Chief Rabbi Warren Goldstein to discuss challenges facing the nation.
Stating that a community was defined by “an essential and over-riding concern with the interest, progress and well-being of all its members”, Mr Ramaphosa said: “This I’ve found to be very prevalent in the Jewish community.”
Addressing Mr Ramaphosa frankly on the Israel-Palestine question, Rabbi Goldstein spoke of the community’s “deep connection” to the Jewish state and the perception that the government was biased against it. “What we expect from our government is balance and a sense of proportionality.

Le vice-Président américain a fait son speech devant l’AIPAC où il a amené une magnifique innovation argumentative : la seule chose qui garantit la sécurité des juifs aux États-Unis, c’est l’existence d’Israël. Le vice-Président étatsunien affirme donc que son propre pays serait capable un jour, si Israël n’existait pas, d’éliminer ses ressortissants juifs dans des chambres à gaz.
http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2013/03/04/remarks-vice-president-aipac-policy-conference

But my education started, as some of you know, at my father’s dinner table. My father was what you would have called a righteous Christian. We gathered at my dinner table to have conversation, and incidentally eat, as we were growing up. It was a table — it was at that table I first heard the phrase that is overused sometimes today, but in a sense not used meaningfully enough — first I heard the phrase, “Never again.”

It was at that table that I learned that the only way to ensure that it could never happen again was the establishment and the existence of a secure, Jewish state of Israel. (Applause.) I remember my father, a Christian, being baffled at the debate taking place at the end of World War II talking about it. I don’t remember it at that time, but about how there could be a debate about whether or not — within the community, of whether or not to establish the State of Israel.

My father would say, were he a Jew, he would never, never entrust the security of his people to any individual nation, no matter how good and how noble it was, like the United States. (Applause.)

#wag_the_dog

FC Barcelona : stop normalising Israel
http://www.alternativenews.org/english/index.php/news/economy-of-the-occupation/6036-fc-barcelona-stop-normalising-israel-.html

We have heard that the President of Barcelona Football Club, Sandro Rosell and the  Vice President Javier Faus, intend to go on a “diplomatic and commercial” mission to Israel and  Palestine on 21 and 23 February. The two executives will visit the towns of Tel Aviv, Jerusalem and Ramallah, where they will have talks with the President of Israel, Shimon Peres, and the  President of the Palestinian National Authority (PNA) Mahmoud Abbas [1]. BDS Catalunya and the rest of the RESCOP (Solidarity Network Against the Occupation of Palestine) [2], made up of 36 Palestine solidarity organisations across Spain, are strongly opposed to this visit because it merely serves the interests of Israel by presenting it to the world as a “normal” country.

IPS – Israeli Licence to Cheney-Linked Energy Firm on Golan Heights Raises Eyebrows | Inter Press Service
http://www.ipsnews.net/2013/02/israeli-licence-to-cheney-linke-energy-firm-on-golan-heights-raises-eyebrow

Le timing du feu vert d’Israël à l’exploitation du pétrole sur le Golan http://seenthis.net/messages/116183, qui ne doit rien au hasard, obéit à une démarche éprouvée.

It (...) comes a month before Obama is scheduled to make his first visit to Israel as president.

Some analysts here compared the move to previous announcements by the Netanyahu government of new settlement construction on the West Bank or East Jerusalem — either on the eve of or during meetings with top U.S. officials – that have clearly contributed to thinly veiled tensions that exist between the two leaders.

The administration remained tight-lipped about the move Friday, confining itself only to issuing a terse statement by the State Department acknowledging the press reports about the licence.

“We intend to discuss this issue with the Israeli Government,” it said.

“I wouldn’t be surprised if this is part of Netanyahu’s plan to put additional pressure on the U.S., as he’s done with President Obama in the past,” Charles Ebinger, an energy and Middle expert at the Brookings Institutions, told IPS. “He keeps changing the facts on the ground through expansion of settlements and now this on the Golan.

“He keeps taking these actions, whether with the Palestinians or the Syrians. It makes it more and more difficult for the Arabs to come to the table,” he added. “It’s definitely contrary to international law and goes against any number of U.N. Security Council resolutions.”

Increasingly Venal Justice Department Settles on Gentle Punishment for Ex-Blackwater Executives | The Dissenter
http://dissenter.firedoglake.com/2013/02/22/increasingly-venal-justice-department-gives-ex-blackwater-exe

Un système qui banalise (et ne peut que banaliser sous menace d’écroulement) les crimes de ses « insiders » et criminalise toute tentative de l’assainir.

What this shows is the Justice Department cannot prosecute private mercenary contractors because they will reveal covert operations that would lead to scandal. It cannot prosecute HSBC bank executives that allowed drug cartels or terrorists to use their services because it would have “destabilized” the entire banking system. For this same reason, no case against senior executives of any bank on Wall Street has been brought that prosecuted financial fraud that led to the 2008 financial meltdown.

Essentially, as a bank executive, if you have a large enough presence in the US economy, there is no limit to the illicit or illegal activity you can engage in and still do no time in jail. And, if you are a CIA officer who engaged in torture, there will be no prosecutions because the Justice Department does not want anyone in the CIA to fear if they do their job they might be prosecuted.

The Justice Department these days zealously pursues whistleblowers, “hacktivists,” activists or mentally unstable Muslims whom the FBI had informants push to commit some kind of FBI-concocted terrorist act. They may decide to get creative and methodically develop charges through a grand jury investigation in order to go after a publisher of information like WikiLeaks. The zeal in which they pursue these people will never exist in cases against bank executives or private contractors or any other senior officials of corporations.

With each day that unfolds in the lawsuit, the penalties BP faces for polluting and decimating life in the Gulf of Mexico because of the Deepwater Horizon oil disaster are reduced more and more. And, If the Justice Department isn’t engaged in the politics of personal destruction, it is joining some case against a sports star like Lance Armstrong.

It is blatantly clear the Justice Department is no more than a bunch of self-styled defenders of justice and the rule of law who are impotent, incapable, disinterested or, at worst, complicit in challenging lawless conduct that seems to become more prevalent in society each and every day. Those who should have the power to go after criminals with power in corporations or parts of government do not dare to challenge them and instead go after individuals with little to no power. By being fervent in their pursuit of justice in some cases and spiritless in other cases, employees of the Justice Department directly weaken the rule of law they are supposed to protect.

On homosexuality, many Christians get the Bible wrong - Guest Voices - The Washington Post
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/guest-voices/post/on-homosexuality-many-christians-get-the-bible-wrong/2013/02/13/2443d062-761f-11e2-aa12-e6cf1d31106b_blog.html?religionnewsblog.com

Southern preachers and slave owners believed the many references in the Bible permitting and regulating slavery (well over 100 verses), in both the Old and the New Testaments, were clear evidence that the institution was a part of God’s social and moral order. Abolitionist preachers argued in their sermons that the verses related to slavery in the Bible were a reflection of the cultural context and times in which the Bible was written and did not reflect God’s endorsement of slavery. They argued that there were “weightier” scriptures on justice, mercy and love that superseded those on slavery. This was the position that Lincoln himself adopted.

At the center of the divide over homosexuality today is the Bible. Conservatives and progressives “read from the same Bible and pray to the same God, and each invokes His aid against the other.”

There are a handful of Scriptures (five or eight depending upon how one counts) that specifically speak of same-sex intimacy as unacceptable to God. Conservatives or traditionalists see these as reflecting God’s timeless will for human relationships. Progressives look at these same scriptures in much the same way that progressives in the nineteenth century looked at the Bible’s teaching on slavery. They believe that these verses capture the cultural understandings and practices of sexuality in biblical times, but do not reflect God’s will for gay and lesbian people.

#religion #lgbt

Etats-Unis : une note justifie l’assassinat d’Américains constituant une menace terroriste
http://www.lemonde.fr/ameriques/article/2013/02/06/etats-unis-une-note-justifie-l-assassinat-d-americains-constituant-une-menac

C’est un mode d’emploi d’un genre très particulier, celui qui permet au gouvernement des Etats-Unis de tuer en toute légalité l’un de ses ressortissants lorsqu’il représente « une menace imminente d’attaque violente » de type terroriste.

Grand ordonnateur de la politique antiterroriste de Barack Obama, John Brennan devait être entendu, jeudi, par le Sénat, en vue de sa confirmation en tant que nouveau chef de la CIA.

Le document, que Barack Obama avait refusé de rendre public, a été révélé mardi 5 février par la chaîne NBC News. Cette publication intervient peu avant l’audition, jeudi, par le Sénat, de John Brennan, ordonnateur de la politique antiterroriste de Barack Obama, en vue de sa confirmation en tant que nouveau chef de la CIA.

#CIA #counter_terrorism

Syria’s Islamic Front Militias and How They Think about Minorities
http://www.joshualandis.com/blog/?p=17595

In Syrian textbooks, required in the religion class of all schools and read by all Syrians, creeds other than Judaism, Christianity and Islam are not considered religions and are forbidden. The ninth grade textbook states that all other belief systems [than the revealed religions of the Abrahamic tradition], “contradict the principle of freedom of belief.” This is because “Islam gives freedom of belief only within the limits of the divine path,” or the religions revealed by God, i.e., Judaism, (...)

Gun Advocates Warn That New Safety Measures Could Foment ‘The Next American Revolution’ | NationofChange
http://www.nationofchange.org/gun-advocates-warn-new-safety-measures-could-foment-next-american-re

Gartner’s 2012 Hype Cycle for Emerging Technologies Identifies « Tipping Point » Technologies That Will Unlock Long-Awaited Technology Scenarios
http://www.gartner.com/it/page.jsp?id=2124315

http://singularityhub.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/gartner-2012-hype.jpg

The Hype Cycle graphic has been used by Gartner since 1995 to highlight the common pattern of overenthusiasm, disillusionment and eventual realism that accompanies each new technology and innovation. The Hype Cycle Special Report is updated annually to track technologies along this cycle and provide guidance on when and where organizations should adopt them for maximum impact and value.

ce qui est amusant c’est que ce schéma estime qu’aucune des #technologies décrites ne finira abandonnée dans les poubelles de l’histoire

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

L’ADL emploie le vocabulaire typique de l’imputation d’antisémitisme à l’encontre de… l’Union Européenne (l’ADL est « troublée », se demande « pourquoi… »).
http://www.adl.org/PresRele/IslME_62/6417_62.htm

“We must ask, why has the European Union not publicly called on the Palestinian Authority to drop its pre-conditions and return to negotiations?” Mr. Foxman wrote to Ms. Ashton.  “Respectfully, we urge you to forcefully and publicly criticize Palestinian intransigence.”

Gilad Shalit, un spectateur encombrant pour le FC Barcelone « Mounadil al Djazaïri
http://mounadil.wordpress.com/2012/09/27/gilad-shalir-un-spectateur-encombrant-au-camp-nou-du-fc-barcelon

Un spectateur gênant
Par Ignacio Cembrero / Ramon Besa, El Pais (Espagne) 25 septembre 2012 traduit de l’espagnol par Djazaïri
Controverse autour de l’invitation qu’aurait faite le Barça à un soldat israélien, détenu pendant cinq ans par le Hamas, pour assister au classique contre Madrid le 7 octobre au Camp Nou.
La présence annoncée du sergent israélien Gilad Shalit lors du classique Barcelone-Madrid le 7 Octobre, au Camp Nou, a suscité une réaction de rejet chez les militants et associations pro-palestiniens et est devenue un problème difficile à gérer pour le club catalan. Le militaire, captif pendant cinq ans du Hamas dans la bande de Gaza , qui est un fervent partisan du FC Barcelone a t raté les hauts faits de son équipe au moment de son apogée (2006-2011). Shalit a exprimé son désir d’aller voir un match du Barça et le club catalan est prêt à exaucer son souhait.
Des sources auprès du club barcelonais ont confirmé hier à notre journal qu’un ancien ministre israélien avait contacté le service du protocole de Barcelone pour solliciter une invitation pour Shalit pour assister au classique du championnat.
Bien que non encore satisfaite, la requête aurait été approuvée ainsi que l’ont annoncé la chaîne de télévision Eurosport et le journal Sport. L’accord a été divulgué officieusement sur Facebook et par l’Association Catalane des Amis d’Israël.

Protests expected as FC Barcelona extends VIP invite to Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit

http://electronicintifada.net/blogs/ali-abunimah/protests-expected-fc-barcelona-extends-vip-invite-israeli-soldie

Palestinian hunger striker, footballer Mahmoud Sarsak and Gaza clubs speak out

On Thursday, hunger striker Mahmoud Sarsak who was held for three years without charge or trial by Israel said, “As a released prisoner, Palestinian national team footballer and big fan of FC Barcelona, I strongly condemn the club’s decision to invite the Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit to one of their matches and I call on them to cancel this decision.”

Sarsak’s statement came in a letter signed by dozens of Gaza football clubs, sports associations and coaches, including the FC Barcelona Fans Association in Gaza, which stated:

Just as the effective boycott of sports teams from the South African apartheid regime showed, sporting and political life cannot be separated. We ask you to not show solidarity with the army that oppresses, imprisons and kills Palestinian sportsmen and women in Palestine.

Among FC Barcelona’s main sponsors are the Qatar Foundation and Turkish Airlines.

Syria Defections Expose Sectarian Agenda | Al Akhbar English
http://english.al-akhbar.com/content/syria-defections-expose-sectarian-agenda

If confirmed, Sharaa’s defection would represent the high point of a series of defections that began with that of Manaf Tlass, and included Prime Minister Riad Hijab and several ambassadors. Notably, all these defections involved Sunni officials and required long negotiations beforehand and complex operations to execute them.
[...] A more convincing explanation is that the controls that the Syrian regime had employed to overcome confessional divisions within Syrian society, and within its ranks, have finally collapsed. The Syrian regime managed to control sectarian divisions in the aftermath of the bloody suppression of Islamists at the beginning of the 1980s, but those divisions have resurfaced sharply during the uprising and particularly since it turned into an armed revolt.

#Syria
#revolte