Kisah Barak Obama Pernah Menjadi Pengisap Ganja

Gedung Putih tak menutupi masa lalu Barack Obama pernah sebagai Pengisap ganja. Dalam sebuah wawancara, Michelle Obama mengungkapkan bagaimana suaminya menjadi pengisap di usia muda dan berhenti dengan kesadaran sendiri. "Dia menyadari dia bisa berbuat lebih banyak dengan hidupnya," katanya dalam acara The Daily Show untuk mempromosikan buku resep terbarunya.

Dia menyatakan hal itu saat diminta oleh host Jon Stewart untuk menanggapi klaim terbaru bahwa Obama pernah menjadi pengisap. Hal itu diungkap dengan gamblang dalam buku Barack Obama: The Story yang ditulis oleh David Maraniss.

Ia mengatakan bahwa suaminya mengalami perubahan selama masa kuliahnya. "Pada saat ia masih kuliah, seperti begitu banyak anak muda, ia menyadari bahwa ia bisa berbuat lebih banyak dengan hidupnya," katanya.

Michelle memuji mertuanya sebagai motivator hebat. "Dia memiliki ibu yang selalu mengatakan: kau sangat berbakat, kau sangat berbakat, kuasai dirimu'," katanya.

Ketika Obama kehilangan ayahnya, kata Michelle, saat itulah kesadaran besar muncul dalam dirinya. Ia pindah sekolah ke Columbia, dan berpikir tentang bagaimana menggunakan hidupnya agar berarti.

Presiden Barack Obama telah berbicara di masa lalu tentang masa mudanya dan mengakui ia pernah mengisap ganja.

Dalam acara ini, Obama juga mengomentari hubungannya dengan Wakil Presiden Joe Biden, yang Stewart gambarkan sebagai seorang paman yang membawa senjata dalam acara keluarga. "Aku mencintai Joe. Dia wakil presiden terbaik dan dia seorang teman baik. Anak-anak saya menggantung di sekelilingnya dan aku senang dengan itu," katanya.

Ini adalah penampilan pertama Michelle pada The Daily Show sejak menjadi Ibu Negara. Penampilan terakhirnya adalah pada tahun 2008, ketika dia berbicara dengan Stewart dalam bulan terakhir kampanye kepresidenan suaminya.

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Disbursement of Rp 600 Billion To Deposits in Bank Mandiri

NLS/Jakarta - A Malaysian citizen named Martin Yii Yong and three Indonesians were arrested when police demand deposit cash deposit valued at Rp 600 billion more in Bank Mandiri KCP Prince Jayakarta, Big Rice. Giro that they have proved to be false.

Head of Public Relations Jakarta Police Commissioner Rikwanto said the case began on 2 April 2012 and then, Martin went to Bank Mandiri KCP Prince Jayakarta.

"The suspect intends to withdraw the letter in the name of Yan deposits Purwayasa, valued at USD 610.862 billion in Bank Mandiri," he said to reporters at Police Headquarters Rikwanto Metro Jaya, Jakarta, Friday (04/05/2012).

Besides Martin, the police also arrested a suspect Yan Purwayasa Indonesia and the other two initials WN RHS and PWR. It all male sex. "They helped disburse the funds," he said.

Fiscal Kasubdit, koneter and foreign exchange (Fismondev) Special Criminal Investigation Directorate of the Jakarta Police, Edi AKBP Suwandono, said melt deposits that did not happen because the officer suspected trigger bank giro brought the suspect. Because the account number listed on the advice bilyet, listed in the name of Yan Purwayasa suspects.

"After investigation by the verifier bank, the account should be on behalf of Mr. Ongko. In it, attach a power of attorney suspects the melting of the YP (Yan Pirwayasa), "said Edi.

Another suspicion arises because the funds are stored in a deposit account owned Ongko had been disbursed. "There is no longer and never disbursed funds in 2007," he said.

Knowing this, the bank officials believe that the suspect was brought bilyet false. The bank clerk then contacted the police officer to secure the offender Large Fields.

"To the officers, claiming Martin was ordered to disburse the funds by the suspect YP (Yan Purwayasa) who was waiting outside," he said.

Officers then arrested Yan along with two other citizen who was on guard outside the bank. Once caught, Yan argues that he received from his friend named bilyet Renold.

"Currently, we are still steeped in Renold's who and what to do with Mr. Ongko this so he can know the number of deposit accounts owned by Mr. Ongko this," he explained.

Edy said the trial was not all that melting took place on 27 April 2012 and then, Martin had come to the bank with the intent to withdraw deposits. However, at that time, the bank refused because of melting due to be done by the owner of the deposit.

"Then the suspect left the bank and come back to it on the 30th of April," he said.

At that time, suspects Martin as the person who seems authorized by Yan, also came to the bank without his Yan. By then, Martin argued that Yan was on his way from Yogyakarta to Jakarta and the plane has been delayed. However, the bank refused to melt it and asked to wait for Martin Yan to come.

"The next day, May 1, he also came back with the same intent. But banks still reject it because the authorizing not present, "he said.

Finally on May 2, 2012, Martin Yan finally brought to the bank. But then, only Yan waited outside. Unfortunately, his efforts are all too many times it fails. The reason, the bank knew that the false bilyet.

For the offense, the four suspects charged with article 263 of the Criminal Code on forgery. Of the suspects, police seized evidence beurpa fake deposit a letter, a letter of authority to Martin Yan dated 20 April, a piece of common application form, original piece of ID cards on behalf of the YP. Source

Kebrutalan Aparat Kepolisian Malaysia Terhadap Demonstran

Malaysian police brutality during peace rally. The victim seems to be innocent said by the video capturer. Actually, the victim himself is a cameraman. The polices deliberately hit the victim because he was taking pictures of the polices hitting other people, causing chain reaction.

Even AlJazeera English's cameraman was told to not to capture photos or videos, their cameras were taken by the polices to hide their hostile acts. The AlJazeera crew used iPad later instead for live show that they were just broadcasting today.

NLS/Malaysia - Pemerintah Inggris harus menekan Perdana Menteri Malaysia pada kebebasan berkumpul dalam kunjungannya pekan ini, Amnesty International mengatakan hari ini, setelah para pemrotes di Kuala Lumpur disambut dengan kekerasan polisi dan 1.667 penangkapan pada akhir pekan.

Polisi demonstran damai ditangkap, dipecat tabung gas air mata langsung pada demonstran, dan teargassed senyawa rumah sakit di 9 Juli, dalam upaya untuk menghentikan reli reformasi pemilu dikenal sebagai Bersih 2.0 dari berkumpul di stadion.

Salah satu pengunjuk rasa, 56-tahun Baharuddin Ahmad, runtuh dekat Menara Petronas tengara saat melarikan diri dari gas air mata, dan dinyatakan meninggal kemudian di rumah sakit.

"Pemerintah Perdana Menteri Najib melaju melindas ribuan warga Malaysia menggunakan hak mereka untuk protes damai," kata Donna Guest, wakil direktur Asia-Pasifik di Amnesty International.

"Ini represi kekerasan oleh Kepolisian Malaysia Kerajaan lalat dalam menghadapi standar hak asasi manusia, dan tidak dapat dibiarkan terus. Setiap demonstrasi damai masa depan harus diijinkan dan dihormati oleh pihak berwenang. "

Amnesty International menyerukan kepada pemerintah Malaysia untuk menyelidiki klaim bahwa polisi gagal untuk memberikan bantuan cepat untuk Baharuddin Ahmad sebelum kematiannya, termasuk laporan bahwa ambulans tiba hanya satu jam setengah setelah ia pingsan.

Banyak pengunjuk rasa dipukuli oleh polisi dan petugas dari Unit Federal Reserve, kekuatan khusus yang digunakan untuk menekan pertemuan umum massal. Salah satu video Youtube berbagai kekerasan polisi menunjukkan petugas berpakaian preman menendang pengunjuk rasa tergeletak di tanah, sementara polisi berseragam berdiri.

Polisi juga menembakkan gas airmata langsung pada demonstran, termasuk anggota oposisi parlemen. Pemimpin oposisi Anwar Ibrahim terluka setelah sebuah tabung dipecat ke arahnya, dan Khalid Samad, Pan-Islam Partai Islam (PAS) anggota parlemen, terluka setelah dipukul di leher dengan sebuah tabung.

Gas air mata juga ditembakkan ke sebuah rumah sakit di mana pengunjuk rasa mundur, menempatkan kesehatan pasien berisiko, meskipun hal ini ditolak oleh polisi Malaysia.

"Pemerintah Inggris tidak harus pahala kebrutalan ini dengan menggelar karpet merah untuk Perdana Menteri Malaysia," kata Donna Guest. "David Cameron harus memberitahu Perdana Menteri Najib bahwa hak-hak asasi manusia terhadap demonstran reformasi damai tidak bisa diterima."

Amnesty International juga menyerukan kepada Vatikan untuk menekan Najib untuk menghormati hak asasi manusia ketika pemimpin Malaysia mengunjungi Roma akhir pekan ini.

Semua demonstran ditangkap dalam demonstrasi itu kini telah dibebaskan tanpa dakwaan. Menurut sumber lokal, banyak dari mereka luka lubang dirilis berkelanjutan selama penangkapan.

"Penggunaan kekuatan oleh polisi di reli ini adalah berlebihan, tidak perlu dan dirancang untuk menanamkan rasa takut," kata Donna Guest.

Sekitar 40 orang yang ditangkap dalam proses penuntutan menjelang reli masih wajah. Kebanyakan dituduh berdasarkan Pasal 49 Societies Act karena memiliki bahan ilegal, termasuk Bersih T-shirt.

Enam anggota Partai Sosialis (PSM) telah tanpa batas ditahan tanpa dakwaan di bawah undang darurat sejak 2 Juli. Salah satunya, anggota parlemen Dr Jeyakumar Kumar, dirawat di rumah sakit 10 Jul untuk kondisi jantung setelah hari interogasi berkepanjangan.

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The program makers a U.S. radio show pulled from China

This American Life issue hit the headlines in January when the broadcast mike daisey extract from the account when a visit to the factory.

international public radio said that daisey has learned monologue along with fabrication.

at the time of the meeting he was interviewed "him poisoned"

Episode, titled Mr. Daisey and Apple Factory, broadcast on national radio network NPR and then made headlines in this American Life. it hit 888.000 206.000 downloads and was streamed timers.

broadcast was followed by a series of articles in the New York Times saw apple work practices and production methods.

face increased scrutiny, the company later announced that it will allow third parties to audit the factory and released a list of suppliers.

One of the City

In a press release, this american life said that when asked, chinese translator mike daisey been denied one of the most dramatic moments of the show - Mr daisey claim to meet underage workers employed by Foxconn, manufacturer Apple.

Cathy Lee also said the interpreter, had called into doubt an account of a meeting with a man had been badly injured WHO while making iPads.

Daisey has been explained on the conditions of the "Stroke" from the tablet screen with a broken hand. workers who commented saying "this kind of magic"

but when he was questioned, Ms. Lee said that "it's a kind of magic"

This American Life said the fact that visible when a reporte of other public radio production - Marketplace American Public Media to be suspicious.

In his monologue daisey claims to have met with a group of workers who were poisoned on the iPhone assembly line with a chemical called n-hexane, said this american life.

while the apple supplier audit showed that incidents like this in a factory in china, but it is not in shenzhen where daisey visit.

In fact the incident Occurred in Suzhou, nearly 1.000 miles away, Marketplace reporter Rob Schmitz found.

'Horrified'

Daisey said he Stood by his work, but he added on his blog That he regretted the broadcast of a 39-minute monologue from his stage show.

"What I do is not journalism. The tools of the theater are not the same as the tools of journalism," he wrote. "

"This American Life is essentially a Journalistic - not a theatrical - enterprise, and Such as it operates under a different set of rules and expectations."

The show's host, Ira Glass, wrote in a personal blog post That in Retrospect he and his team were "horrified" to have broadcast Daisey's account.

"Daisey Lied to me and to This American Life producer Brian Redd during the fact-checking we did on the story, before it was broadcast," he wrote.

"That does not excuse the fact That We Never Should've put this on the water. In the end, this was our mistake."

Chris Green, a technology analyst at Davies Murphy Group, said That the impact of the show had been enormous.

"Was not Apple the only one to outsource production to China and Taiwan - but of the tech firms it did it on the largest scale, so this was a public relations nightmare for them" he said.

"The fact the program has been discredited Apple and others may help a bit, but we know other real problems with safety at suppliers have been uncovered."

Apple was not available for comment.

The New York Times of toll the BBC it stands by its reporting entirely.

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Air Population is increasingly threatening the Ozone

Homegrown water pollution is bad enough, but for years Scientists have tracked pollution rising out of Asia, crossing the Pacific Ocean, and descending over the western United States. Now They are Able to sort out the imported water pollution from local varieties. In the Journal of Geophysical Research, a group of atmospheric That Scientists and modelers reports a new, more finely detailed model can rather accurately Simulate both atmospheric circulation and the airborne chemical reactions That Produce pollutant ozone. Closely monitored by modeling two Asian pollution episodes in the spring of 2010, They found That the Asian contribution over the Southwestern United States Could amount to 15 parts per billion of ozone (orange-red on three consecutive days in panels, left to right). The current U.S. water-quality standard for ozone is 75 parts per billion. The group found That about half of the times That That threshold was exceeded, the Asian contribution was Responsible for the violation. That Could Become even more troublesome, the authors note, if increase of Asian imports as expected in the coming Decades. Source

A teacher in India Shocked at the sight of His savings balances Being 91 Trillion

India - A high school teacher in India, with a monthly income of 700 U.S. dollars (equivalent to Rp 6, 4 million), was surprised to check bank balance online and found the bank balance turned into nearly 10 billion dollars (equivalent to Rp91 trillion)
Parijat Saha, who came from the town of Balurghat, West Bengal, said that he saw his savings account at State Bank of India online on Sunday to confirm receipt of interest payments of 200 U.S. dollars (equivalent to Rp1, 8 million)

"Then I saw a very large amount of money is," he told AFP by telephone.
The account showed a balance of 496 billion rupees (equivalent to Rp91 trillion)
Upon returning unconscious from the shock of a millionaire overnight, Saha (42) says that he immediately contacted a friend who worked at the bank to tell a very big miscalculation is.

State Bank of India said that they did not know exactly how the money in this amount can be entered into the account Saha.
We are investigating what causes it, "said Subhashish Karmakar, a local branch bank manager.
"We have told our regional headquarters in Kolkata and the national headquarters in Mumbai," he said.