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spirituel techno-compatible : L'Eglise catholique veut "sortir de ses ghettos" avec Internet

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 15:58:43 GMT

clipped by: gordonCM
clipper's remarks: jusqu'où les couvents peuvent-ils profiter ou se protéger des "technologies de l'information" .
( La bible n'est-elle pas aussi le fruit de technologies - papier + écriture ... potentiellement dangereuses ? )

cf : http://www.lemonde.fr/international/article/2009/11/12/l-eglise-catholique-veut-sortir-de-ses-ghettos-avec-internet_1265997_3210.html#ens_id=1265998&xtor=RSS-3208

Clip Source: www.lemonde.fr

Durant quatre jours, une centaine de personnes (évêques, attachés de presse des diocèses) vont s'immerger dans la culture du Net, rencontrant des responsables du réseau social Facebook, du moteur de recherche Google, du microblogging (échange de messages courts) Identi.ca ou de l'encyclopédie sociale Wikipédia. Un hacker suisse et un spécialiste d'Interpol viendront compléter la présentation des possibilités existant sur la Toile.

PRIÈRES EN LIGNE

Jeudi, l'ancien porte-parole des évêques de France devait livrer une réflexion sans langue de bois sur l'incapacité de l'Eglise à se saisir des ressources d'Internet, notamment comme "outil d'évangélisation". En filigrane, son analyse critique une communication trop marquée par l'organisation verticale de l'Eglise catholique. "Internet nous fait descendre de notre chaire magistrale, nous fait sortir de nos ghettos, de nos sacristies", selon l'évêque français.

Tags: eglise, catholique, bible, net, facebook, évêques

What’s Likely to Happen to Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan?

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:19:19 GMT

clipped by: merrie
clipper's remarks: Perhaps what’s likely to occur, writes the Chron, is a court-martial under Article 2 of the Uniform Code of Military Justice, to punish offenses allegedly committed by a man wearing a U.S. military uniform against other military personnel on a military base. The Army’s Criminal Investigation Division is responsible for recommending charges, prompting the military equivalent of a grand jury, known as an Article 32 hearing, where both prosecutors and defense can present evidence.

Those results would be reviewed by the base commander, who would decide whether to convene a court-martial. The 12-person jury would be composed of officers higher in rank than Hasan " lieutenant colonels and above.

Lead Writer Ashby Jones
The Wall Street Journal's Law Blog

Before becoming a journalist, he worked as a litigator at a large law firm and clerked for a federal judge.

Clip Source: blogs.wsj.com

The future indeed looks grim for Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, the accused Fort Hood gunman, who last week opened fire in a processing center on the base, killing 13. Hasan was injured by gunfire, but remains alive and under heavy guard at Fort Sam Houston. That means, of course, Hasan will presumably be prosecuted for his actions.

But what will the legal proceedings look like for Hasan? The Houston Chronicle attempts to answer the question in a story out Monday.

A key question concerning Hasan’s fate hinges on whether civilian prosecutors conclude he was part of a terrorist plot that might justify moving his case into the federal criminal courts under U.S. anti-terrorism laws. If prosecutors, on the other hand, determine that Hasan acted alone, he could face the death penalty in a military court-martial.

Tags: lone killer or part of terrorist plot, mass murderer, media political correctness, military tribunal or criminal court?, nidal hasan

Rupert Murdoch Sites that "Steal" Content

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 19:06:11 GMT

clipped by: Kelika

Clip Source: techdirt.com

As Rupert Murdoch talks about how he wants to cut off Google, while claiming that aggregator sites are "parasites" and "stealing" from him -- and that fair use would likely be barred by the courts, it seemed like a good time to examine at least some of the sites that are owned by Rupert Murdoch that appear to aggregate content from other sites and which rely on the very same fair use argument.

let's start with the flagship Wall Street Journal itself. It integrates its own "aggregator" with headlines and links to other stories. For example, on the WSJ's tech news page if you scroll down, you'll find a bunch of headlines and links to other sources -- without permission:

how about Fox News itself? Yup. It's got an aggregator as well. Here's its Politics Buzztracker that aggregates and links to stories from a variety of different publications, including the NY Times, the Washington Post, MSNBC and others:

Tenancy Disputes-Residential Letting Agreements

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 07:08:33 GMT

clipped by: BusinessAndLegal

Clip Source: businessandlegal.ie

The tenancy tribunal plays an important role in the resolution of tenancy disputes.
The resolution of tenancy disputes in residential letting agreements is governed by Part 6 of the Residential Tenancies Act 2004. The dispute resolution committee of the PRTB replaces the courts.

The main areas of dispute
are

* deposit retention
* illegal evictions
* invalid notices of termination
* over-holding
* rent arrears
* breaches of obligations
* anti-social behaviour

A dispute may be referred for Mediation, Adjudication, Tribunal Hearing.
If the dispute is not resolved by mediation or adjudication then it will be referred to a Tenancy Tribunal. The PRTB can refer directly to a tribunal if it chooses.

If mediation takes place and is unsuccessful then it must be referred to a tribunal. A party to a determination can also appeal a decision of an adjudicator to a tenancy tribunal.

Tags: landlord, tenant, tenancy dispute, letting agreement

Discount Group Travel

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 05:55:18 GMT

clipped by: groupsource09
clipper's remarks: Groupsource is the experienced most group airfare & travel deals specialist in USA, offering airfare discounts for holidays.

For more information visit us at : group airfare tickets
discount group travel

Clip Source: www.groupsource.com

You must present a DSP-11 application (Download One)in person at an official acceptance facility (over 2500 courts and 1100 post offices in the United States distribute and accept these applications - Search for One). If needed, GroupSource will be glad to mail you one upon Request.*Once appearing in person, you will need to present your completed DSP-11 (do not sign until in the presence of a government official), Two Passport Photos (obtainable at many locations, such as Kinkos), your Certified Birth Certificate AND Valid Driver's License . Youth without driver's licenses and other special cases should review all other acceptable forms of identification Listed Here. Social Security Cards are not accepted.

Tags: group airfare tickets, discount group travel

In public schools, get religion right before the fight

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 03:44:12 GMT

clipped by: wiccantexan

Clip Source: www.firstamendmentcenter.org

Antonio Peck was in kindergarten in 1999 when his family filed suit against the Baldwinsville, N.Y., school district. Antonio is in 10th grade now — and his family is still waiting for the case to be resolved. At this rate, he’ll be a college graduate when the courts finally render a decision.

On Oct. 15, the Peck family’s legal marathon took another turn when a federal appeals court heard oral arguments in Peck v. Baldwinsville School District for an astounding third time in 10 years. In the unfortunate history of lawsuits over religion in schools, the Peck case ranks as one of the most wasteful, divisive and unnecessary of all time.

At the heart of the dispute is a poster created by kindergartener Antonio to fulfill an assignment designed to show what he had learned about protecting the environment. Antonio depicted people picking up trash and recycling, but he also included a figure of a kneeling man that Antonio meant to be Jesus.

Tags: religion, belief, public, school, legal

If you cannot speak Texan, gee outta town!

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 16:28:37 GMT

clipped by: nedhamson1
clipper's remarks: Texas is not the only place with people in power embarrassing the town but this is pretty good - fining people for something that's not a crime. It says as much about those who trained and managed them and the courts in their jurisdictions as it does about the officers with misplaced sense of being word police.

Question is what would happen if one of these officers got stopped in London - England, not Ohio; could they be cited for refusing to speak the Queen's English?

Clip Source: www.nytimes.com

Driving Without English

Police officers giving drivers $204 tickets for not speaking English? It sounds like a rejected Monty Python sketch. Except the grim reality is that it has happened at least 39 times in Dallas since January 2007, according to The Dallas Morning News. At least six officers in several different patrol divisions wrote the tickets, each time citing a driver for violating a law that does not exist.

Tags: abusive-police, oddbox, strange

From both sides of his mouth!!!!!

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 14:13:08 GMT

clipped by: mountainpalm
clipper's remarks: This latest move by the administration follows a pattern replicated countless times by Obama since assuming the presidency in January: denounce the lawless behavior of his Oval Office predecessor while continuing, even expanding, the reach of unaccountable security agencies that subvert constitutional guarantees barring "unreasonable searches and seizures."

Clip Source: www.globalresearch.ca

Spying on Americans: Obama Endorses Bush Era Warrantless Wiretapping

by Tom Burghardt

President Barack Obama instructed Justice Department attorneys to argue last week in San Francisco before Federal District Judge Vaughn Walker, that he must toss out the Electronic Frontier Foundation's Shubert v. Bush lawsuit challenging the secret state's driftnet surveillance of Americans' electronic communications.

In a Court filing late Friday night, the Obama Administration attempted to dress up in new clothes its embrace of one of the worst Bush Administration positions--that courts cannot be allowed to review the National Security Agency's massive, well-documented program of warrantless surveillance. In doing so it demonstrated that it will not willingly set limits on its own power and reinforced the need for Congress to step in and reform the so-called 'state secrets' privilege.

Juveniles face jail for carrying spray paint

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 01:40:11 GMT

clipped by: tabsey
clipper's remarks: If the govt was as hard on criminals as it is on kids,
I know they would miss out on the bribes and other benefits of being corrupt, but they are well paid.

Clip Source: www.abc.net.au

Children in New South Wales could be imprisoned for up to six months if they are caught carrying cans of spray paint without a legitimate reason.

The new measures are part of a crackdown on graffiti.

The State Government will make it an offence for juveniles to carry spray paint without an excuse, such as school work or employment.

The act will be punishable by fines of up to $1,100 or six months in jail.

It is the first time the courts will have the power to imprison minors for the act of possessing spray cans alone.

Premier Nathan Rees is also planning to announce an annual graffiti clean-up day, where community members will volunteer their time to help chemically remove paint.

Graffiti artist James McCallum says the Government is taking an uninformed approach that might have a lot of unintended consequences.

"Especially when you're talking about getting tough on in this case, kids who are disenfranchised, who are actually in doing graffiti, engaging with their community," he said.

Tags: power, to, the, assholes

Italy Convicts 23 Americans In CIA Terrorist Kidnapping Case

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 19:02:13 GMT

clipped by: ratilfar
clipper's remarks: One of those convicted, former Milan consular official Sabrina De Sousa, accused Congress of turning a blind eye to the entire matter.

"No one has investigated the fact that the U.S. government allegedly conducted a rendition of an individual who now walks free and the operation of which was so bungled," she said, speaking through her lawyer Mark Zaid.

Despite the convictions capping the nearly three-year Italian trial, several Italian and American defendants – including the two alleged masterminds of the abduction – were acquitted due to either diplomatic immunity or because classified information was stricken by Italy's highest court.

The case has been politically charged from the beginning, with attempts to mislead investigators looking into the cleric's disappearance and derail the judicial proceedings once the trial was under way. But the Italian-American relationship, conditioned on such issues as participation in the Afghan campaign, is unlikely to be hurt by the convic

Clip Source: www.huffingtonpost.com

MILAN — An Italian judge found 23 Americans and two Italians guilty Wednesday in the kidnapping of an Egyptian terror suspect, delivering the first legal convictions anywhere in the world against people involved in the CIA's extraordinary renditions program.

Human rights groups hailed the decision and pressed President Barack Obama to repudiate the Bush administration's practice of abducting terror suspects and transferring them to third countries where torture was permitted. The American Civil Liberties Union said the verdicts were the first convictions stemming from the rendition program.

The Obama administration ended the CIA's interrogation program and shuttered its secret overseas jails in January but has opted to continue the practice of extraordinary renditions.

The Americans, who were tried in absentia, now cannot travel to Europe without risking arrest as long as the verdicts remains in place.

Tags: italy, cia, courts, justice, extraordinary renditions, convictions

A Privileged Press?

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 04:25:38 GMT

clipped by: WhatAreWeDoing

Clip Source: www.americanthinker.com

A Privileged Press?

November 04, 2009

The New York Times reported on Saturday that the "Obama administration, leading Senate Democrats and a coalition of news organizations have reached tentative agreement on legislation providing greater protections against the fining or imprisonment of reporters who refuse to identify confidential sources." The "Free Flow of Information Act" would allow federal courts the power to stifle subpoenas for information from reporters or privileged "covered" persons if the judge determines the public interest is better served by protecting their source information.

By codifying privileged legal status for a press that already acts as if it is above the law, we open ourselves to a wide range of abuses, none of which will serve the citizen or the nation. The first amendment does not bestow special status for the press beyond the public's collective freedom of speech.

Goldman Sucks’ new role: Taking Your Homes

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 01:12:35 GMT

clipped by: sahara
clipper's remarks: The couple alleges that Goldman declined for three years to confirm their suspicions that it had bought their mortgages from a subprime lender, even after they wrote to Goldman’s then-Chief Executive Henry Paulson — later U.S. Treasury secretary — in 2003.

Unable to identify a lender, the couple could neither capitalize on a mortgage hardship provision that would allow them to defer some payments, nor on a state law enabling them to offset their debt against separate, investment-related claims against Goldman.

In July, the Beckers won a David-and-Goliath struggle when Goldman subsidiary MTGLQ Investors dropped its bid to seize their house. By then, the college-educated couple had been reduced to shopping for canned goods at flea markets and selling used ceramic glass.
Theirs is an infrequent happy ending among the hundreds of cases...

Clip Source: blog.puppetgov.com

When California wildfires ruined their jewelry business, Tony Becker and his wife fell months behind on their mortgage payments and experienced firsthand the perils of subprime mortgages.

The couple wound up in a desperate, six-year fight to keep their modest, 1,500-square-foot San Jose home, a struggle that pushed them into bankruptcy.

The lender with whom they sparred, however, wasn’t the one that had written their loans. It was an obscure subsidiary of Wall Street colossus Goldman Sachs Group.

Goldman spent years buying hundreds of thousands of subprime mortgages, many of them from some of the more unsavory lenders in the business, and packaging them into high-yield bonds. Now that the bottom has fallen out of that market, Goldman finds itself in a different role: as the big banker that takes homes away from folks such as the Beckers.

Goldman spokesman Michael DuVally declined to comment on individual cases or on the firm’s new role in bankruptcy courts.

Hey... Want a Baby?

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 07:54:08 GMT

clipped by: dmoonme1
clipper's remarks: The expression
"life is cheap" seems to be true these days.
Why in the hell are people like this even allowed to be parents? I guess they didn't think to place an ad in the newspaper. They could've got a lot more from prospective baby seekers.
Don't attack me for that statement. It's more a reality than you might know.
Anyway...I'm just glad they don't have it any more (the baby that is). But knowing how things things go in our wonderful courts these days, it's possible they can get custody restored. That is if they want the poor thing.

Clip Source: weblogs.sun-sentinel.com

Here's a bargain. Parents try to sell their baby for $30.
> Posted by Barbara Hijek on September 13, 2009 07:00 AM

Look what $30 can buy.

A baby.

Robert G. Ellingson, 23, approached two people in a Pensacola PetSmart parking lot over the weekend and offered them a beer.

When they refused, he offered to sell his child for $30.

"At first they thought it was a joke," sheriff's spokesman Glenn Austin told the Pensacola News Journal. "But then the mother yelled to the group that they were trying to sell the baby. And one of them called us," reports News4Jax.com.

Authorities said the couple also tried to sell their baby in a bank parking lot a few blocks away an hour earlier.

No takers, evidently.

Authorities say the two-month-old is now in care of The Division of Children and Families.

Not a moment too soon.

Photo: Escambia County Sheriff's Office booking photos of Maghen Duvala and Robert Ellingson
News4Jax

Legal Translation

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 00:40:14 GMT

clipped by: jillsimpson01
clipper's remarks: With the population of non-English speaking citizens and undocumented workers on the rise in the United States, the court system and law firms need to quickly adopt to changing demographics and accommodate these people's needs. As a result, the need for bilingual legal document translation professionals should continue to rise as evidentiary papers, contracts, court decrees, Divorce Decrees, records, and all parties involved as well as the court must understand hearing. Whether you need a translation for an official document, a legal contract, evidence document, financial statement, deposition, patent, litigation materials, letters, or other documents, our certified language translation professionals can complete it for you quickly and accurately

Clip Source: www.goarticles.com

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Tags: legal translation

Obama's Latest Use of 'Secrecy' to Shield Presidential Lawbreaking

Sun, 01 Nov 2009 15:26:23 GMT

clipped by: katsteevns

Clip Source: www.commondreams.org

Obama's Latest Use of 'Secrecy' to Shield Presidential Lawbreaking

Published on Sunday, November 1, 2009 by Salon.com

What was once depicted as a grave act of lawlessness -- Bush's NSA program -- is now deemed a vital state secret.

by Glenn Greenwald

The Obama administration has, yet again, asserted the broadest and most radical version of the "state secrets" privilege -- which previously caused so much controversy and turmoil among loyal Democrats (when used by Bush/Cheney) -- to attempt to block courts from ruling on the legality of the government's domestic surveillance activities. Obama did so again this past Friday -- just six weeks after the DOJ announced voluntary new internal guidelines which, it insisted, would prevent abuses of the state secrets privilege. Instead -- as predicted -- the DOJ continues to embrace the very same "state secrets" theories of the Bush administration

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spirituel techno-compatible : L'Eglise catholique veut "sortir de ses ghettos" avec Internet

What’s Likely to Happen to Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan?

Rupert Murdoch Sites that "Steal" Content

Tenancy Disputes-Residential Letting Agreements

Discount Group Travel

In public schools, get religion right before the fight

If you cannot speak Texan, gee outta town!

From both sides of his mouth!!!!!

Juveniles face jail for carrying spray paint

Italy Convicts 23 Americans In CIA Terrorist Kidnapping Case

A Privileged Press?

A Privileged Press?

Goldman Sucks’ new role: Taking Your Homes

Hey... Want a Baby?

Here's a bargain. Parents try to sell their baby for $30.> Posted by Barbara Hijek on September 13, 2009 07:00 AM

Legal Translation

Obama's Latest Use of 'Secrecy' to Shield Presidential Lawbreaking

Obama's Latest Use of 'Secrecy' to Shield Presidential Lawbreaking

What was once depicted as a grave act of lawlessness -- Bush's NSA program -- is now deemed a vital state secret.

Here's a bargain. Parents try to sell their baby for $30.
> Posted by Barbara Hijek on September 13, 2009 07:00 AM