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Das Werk ist ein Bericht, dass die Erkenntnisse um den so genannten BER-Skandal zusammenfasst wie sie aus Sicht der Piratenfraktion im Berliner Abgeordnetenhaus und der Arbeit im damit beschäftigten Untersuchungsausschuss erwachsen. Die gravierenden Mängel in der Standortwahl, die verwirrenden und zum Teil unlauteren Verstrickungen von Firmen und Einzelpersonen in die geplante Privatisierung des zukünftigen Flughafens und die unzulässige Einwirkung von öffentlichen Einrichtungen auf unabhängige Beteiligungsverfahren sind die Schwerpunkte dieser Arbeit. Die Autoren betrachten über den Zeitraum zwischen 1994 und 2004 die Vorgänge um das Projekt im Land Berlin, Brandenburg und der Bundesrepublik Deutschland und schlagen Bögen zur skandalösen Situation des Flughafenneubaus im Jahr 2013....

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Vorwort Der lange Weg zum Untersuchungsausschuss Der BBI – aus Hauptstadteuphorie geboren Eine Frage des Standorts Der ewige Skandal Der Prozess der Planfeststellung Das Verschweigen der tatsächlichen Flugrouten Anträge der Piratenfraktion zur Aufklärung des BER-Debakels Über 80 parlamentarische Anfragen an den Senat Hoffnungsträger Hartmut Mehdorn? Schlussbemerkung Verwendete Materialien...

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Involution & Evolution is an anti-war novel focussing on Alfred Freeman, a World War One conscientious objector whose character is based on Jesus and Buddha. It stabs away at the hypocrisy at the centre of modern religion and politics, in a uniquely rhythmic and colourful manner....

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Today I decided to write a book, a concise part about my cooperation with The White House and The Central Intelligence Agency and many years of cooperation with Human Rights Watch (HRW) and IFRC (International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies); a few political leaders of England, France, agents of NSA (The National Security Agency of the United States, who didn’t let me to submit any top secret information, before.) and CIA agents and Mossad and Shin Bet (Shabak) and USSS (The United States Secret Service) and Microsoft communicated with me about what am I started to write now? My life is full of espionage and political memories. When I started my political activities and when I started to fight for freedom of people, I was only 14, one of the teenager Iranian boys. I got tortured extremely hard. All around the hell, staying in Russia where your bones would sense it’s very cold weather, inside of it’s deep underground city where you ask your self “How is it possible for some satellites with their warheads to track me here?”. During travel to Philippines with it’s girls inside of the bars and clubs. In middle east, ...

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Subject: How decision making, problems, politics and quality of life are connected. What can go wrong, and how to do it better. Target audience: Everyone interested. No special knowledge required. Estimated reading time: 1 hour for all chapters. 2 extra hours for all appendices. Page layout: Allows easy reading without scrolling, even on very small screens. Entertainment value: None intended. And that's no joke. License: Free for non-commercial use, Creative Commons BY-NC-SA. Commercial use requires separate agreement. Technical information: Original PDF/A file size: 5 887 981 Byte MD5: 5f01ed34c1f835afaa5202ba7d706bfc (file integrity checksum)...

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Florentin Smarandache records his account of his emigration from Romania to America in this journal.

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06.07.'91 Patriotic Pops Concert la Amfiteatrul in aer liber din Scottsdale. Gratuit.. dar cu donatii in favoarea Orchestrei Simfonice din oraş. Dirijor: Irving Fleming. Spectatorii stăteau pe iarbă, mincind şi bind, muzicienii la capelă. -Hip, Hip! Hip, Hip! Hip, Hip! Din program: (God Bless America (se cinta la unison), Imnul National (de Smith/Buck): toată lumea se ridicase-n picioare, eu stăteam ca nesimtitul jos, sfidin National Emblem March (de Bagley), Fredom's Fundameobll! (de Davis), Semper Fidelis (de Sousa), incheind cu Uvertura 1812 (de Ceaikovsky) şi bubuituri de tun (războiul franco-rus). l-am obosil pe-ai mei cu distractiile zilnice! 06.07. '91 Patriotic Pops Concert at the outdoor amphitheater in Scottsdale. Free .. but donations to the City Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Irving Fleming. Spectators sat on the grass, eating and drinking, musicians to the chapel. Hip, Hip! Hip, Hip! Hip, Hip! From the program: (God Bless America (he sings in unison) National Anthem (Smith / Buck) everyone raised toe, I sat that jerk down sfidin National Emblem March (the Bagley) Fredom's Fundameobll! (Davis), Semper Fidelis (...

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This Report addresses the issue of “orphan works,” a term used to describe the situation where the owner of a copyrighted work cannot be identified and located by someone who wishes to make use of the work in a manner that requires permission of the copyright owner. Even where the user has made a reasonably diligent effort to find the owner, if the owner is not found, the user faces uncertainty – she cannot determine whether or under what conditions the owner would permit use. Where the proposed use goes beyond an exemption or limitation to copyright, the user cannot reduce the risk of copyright liability for such use, because there is always a possibility, however remote, that a copyright owner could bring an infringement action after that use has begun....

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The last volume of the Thomas Jefferson Collection that includes the sources for the first four volumes as well as the conclusion to the Fine Arts.

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The space industrial sector has been of particular concern given its intimate connection with national security operations and plans, its broad importance for science and technology, and its competitive position toward foreign governments and producers. However, the industry has been struggling, and without US government actions it may not have the depth and vitality to provide affordable solutions to future national security requirements....

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In this paper, Lt Col Gordy Hendrickson examines the recent history of the relationship and the Russian perspectives on that history and addresses many of the potentially contentious issues still facing NATO and Russia. He then outlines a useful framework for interaction between the two sides—a framework which can form the foundation for concrete actions and programs to continue down the path of mutual cooperation. Colonel Hendrickson concludes by proposing several practical steps the alliance can take to continue to effectively work with Russia and keep the relationship moving forward....

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1 INTRODUCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 2 BACKGROUND—THE LONG ROAD TO ROME . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9 3 RUSSIAN RESPONSES AND PERSPECTIVES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 4 CONTENTIOUS ISSUES . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17 Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28 5 AREAS OF COOPERATION. . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .38 6 RECOMMENDATIONS—THE WAY AHEAD . . . 39 Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .51...

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This booklet describes various incidents of oil and natural gas wars between different countries. There is no connection between the booklet's chapters. Each chapter was written as an independent short essay....

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Nursultan Nazarbayev, in full Nursultan Abishevich Nazarbayev, Nazarbayev also spelled Nazarbaev (born July 6, 1940, Kazakhstan, U.S.S.R.), president of Kazakhstan (from 1990), a reformist who sought regional autonomy for his Central Asian republic. Nazarbayev was the son of Kazakh peasants. He graduated from a technical school in Dneprodzerzhinsk (now Dniprodzerzhynsk, Ukraine) in 1960, from a technical school of the Karaganda (now Qaraghandy) Metallurgical Combine in Kazakhstan (1967), and from the Higher Party School in Moscow (1976). He worked as a steelworker and engineer at the Karaganda plant off and on from 1960 to 1977. He joined the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU) in 1962 and rose through the ranks, becoming a full member of the Kazakhstan Politburo in 1979, chairman of the Kazakh Council of Ministers (1984–89), first secretary of the Kazakhstan party (1989–91), and full member of the CPSU Politburo (1990–91). In 1990 the Supreme Soviet of Kazakhstan elected Nazarbayev president of the republic....

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Nursultan Nazarbayev, in full Nursultan Abishevich Nazarbayev, Nazarbayev also spelled Nazarbaev (born July 6, 1940, Kazakhstan, U.S.S.R.), president of Kazakhstan (from 1990), a reformist who sought regional autonomy for his Central Asian republic. Nazarbayev was the son of Kazakh peasants. He graduated from a technical school in Dneprodzerzhinsk (now Dniprodzerzhynsk, Ukraine) in 1960, from a technical school of the Karaganda (now Qaraghandy) Metallurgical Combine in Kazakhstan (1967), and from the Higher Party School in Moscow (1976). He worked as a steelworker and engineer at the Karaganda plant off and on from 1960 to 1977. He joined the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU) in 1962 and rose through the ranks, becoming a full member of the Kazakhstan Politburo in 1979, chairman of the Kazakh Council of Ministers (1984–89), first secretary of the Kazakhstan party (1989–91), and full member of the CPSU Politburo (1990–91). In 1990 the Supreme Soviet of Kazakhstan elected Nazarbayev president of the republic....

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Nursultan Nazarbayev, in full Nursultan Abishevich Nazarbayev, Nazarbayev also spelled Nazarbaev (born July 6, 1940, Kazakhstan, U.S.S.R.), president of Kazakhstan (from 1990), a reformist who sought regional autonomy for his Central Asian republic. Nazarbayev was the son of Kazakh peasants. He graduated from a technical school in Dneprodzerzhinsk (now Dniprodzerzhynsk, Ukraine) in 1960, from a technical school of the Karaganda (now Qaraghandy) Metallurgical Combine in Kazakhstan (1967), and from the Higher Party School in Moscow (1976). He worked as a steelworker and engineer at the Karaganda plant off and on from 1960 to 1977. He joined the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU) in 1962 and rose through the ranks, becoming a full member of the Kazakhstan Politburo in 1979, chairman of the Kazakh Council of Ministers (1984–89), first secretary of the Kazakhstan party (1989–91), and full member of the CPSU Politburo (1990–91). In 1990 the Supreme Soviet of Kazakhstan elected Nazarbayev president of the republic....

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With boundless gratitude to the peerless Chatla Sreeramulu, the director–actor of Telugu theatre, who had opened the wide windows to the grand stage the sneaking view of which enabled me to shape these plays ...

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Scene – 1 Voice Over: Under the British Raj in India, the self-indulging Nizams of Hyderabad abdicated the administration of their vast principality to doralu, the village heads, letting them turn the areas under their domain into their personal fiefdoms. While the successive Nizams were obsessed with building palaces and acquiring jewelry, the village heads succeeded in ushering in an oppressive era of tyrannical order. Acting as loose cannon from their palatial houses called gadis, the doralu succeeded in foisting an inimical feudal order upon the downtrodden dalits. Besides making these dalits toil for them as cheap labor without impunity, the doralu had no qualms in making vassals out of the hapless women folk. What with the police patels and the revenue patwaris in nexus with the landed gentry and the moneyed shaukars making a common cause with the doralu in their unabated exploitation, their sub-human condition ensured that the dalits were distressed economically, degraded socially and debased morally. Ironically, lending the privileged few the muscle power to perpetrate the inimical social order were their henchmen f...

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Slighted Souls A political stage play by BS Murthy On one side Dramatis Personae On the other Muthyal Rao, Dora of Rampur. Yellaiah, a peasant. Papa Rao, Police Patel. Mallamma, Yellaiah’s wife. Rami Reddy, Patwari. Narsimma, Yellaiah’s son. Papi Reddy, landlord. Sarakka, Yellaiah’s daughter. Shaukar Suryam, moneylender. Maisamma, Mallamma’s mother. Veeraiah, Head Constable. ...

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Florentin Smarandache records his account of his emigration from Romania to America in this journal.

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Aşa cum m-aţi sfătuit, iată-mă la Istanbul. Am reuşit să fug. Acum cred că e mai simplu să mă ajutaţi să emigrez. Aţi putea contacta Consulatul American din Istanbul telefonic sau printr-o scrisoare? Scuzaţi-mă pentru acest deranj. Eu am completat deja nişte hirtii la acesta, în care am cerut AZIL POLITIC (motive: interzicere congrese, doctorate,. interzicere publicare). Soţia şi copilul sînt in România, niCi nu ştiu de fuga mea. (Chiar astăzi am sosit). Le voi face chemare cînd ajung in SUA. Deocamdată stau la OTEL ŞAN (un hotel), apoi voi fi cred, mutat intr-un campus pentru refugiaţi politici [Comisia Internaţională Catolică de Migraţie (ICMC), Kalipci Sokak 146/2. Tesvikiye, Istanbul, Turcia - adreşă la care m-aţi putea găsi in viitor]. Am mare nevoie de sprijinul cuiva din America. Poate vă interesaţi la vreun avocat. În orice caz, cu azil politic se poate uşor intra. Vă mulţumesc mult, mult de tot. Al d-voaStră, Florentin Smarandache. As you advised me, here I am in Istanbul. I managed to run away. Now I think it's easier to help me migrate. You may contact the U.S. Consulate in Istanbul by phone or by letter? I'm sorry for...

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A brief history on America's Library of Congress.

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Top secret United States government UFO documents released to the public. Routing and Transmittal Slip from Louis E. Foster, DIA with a DIA summary sheet and US Defense Attache report on the sighting of a UFO in Iran on 19 September 1976....

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The Cometa report is a private initiative, though its style and contents give it an official look, and several members of Cometa have held (and some still hold) important posts in defense, science, and industry. At any rate, one effect of this document has been to renew interest in the official government research on UFOs in France....

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The briefing was requested by Senator Smith (R-NH and Chair of the EPW) and Mr. David Conover (Chief of Staff-EPW) because of the need to look at energy and technology issues over times scales of 5-20 years. The briefing was organized by Dr. Theodore Loder and was held on Oct. 18, 2000 in the Senate Dirksen Building, Washington, DC....