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Conference Call: Companies Want Apartheid Case Tossed

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Thu, 29 May 2008 19:46:00 +0000

The following column, featuring a selected petition up for consideration at the Justices’ private conference on April 25, appears in today’s edition of Legal Times (available to subscribers here). To see the full list of “petitions to watch” for Friday’s conference, click here.:D

For more than 40 years, the South African government controlled the majority black population through racially inspired policies and brutal repression. But following the collapse of apartheid in the late ‘80s and early ‘90s, the new government sought to reconcile the country through peaceful means, establishing a system of reparations that made payments to some 20,000 victims of the former regime.

The current South African leadership thus strenuously objected earlier this decade at the filing of numerous class actions in U.S. courts, seeking upwards of $400 billion from some four dozen corporations alleged to have assisted the apartheid government through the provision of oil, banks loans, cars, and computers, among other resources. Companies targeted in the suit include: Bank of America, IBM, and the Coca-Cola Co.

Maintaining that the post-apartheid regime intentionally sought to avoid “victors’ justice,” the government said the litigation threatened to undermine both reconciliation efforts and future foreign investment. The United States followed suit, asserting the litigation would not only interfere with South African policy goals and serve as an “irritant” between the two countries, but discourage corporations from investing in the developing world.

Relying heavily on the submissions, Judge John Sprizzo of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York dismissed the complaint. But in October 2007 a split panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit reversed, holding, among other things, that the plaintiffs could in fact state a claim for “aiding and abetting” violations of international law under a centuries-old law known as the Alien Tort statute.

In a case with ramifications for the growing number of suits targeting corporations allegedly complicit in human rights violations, the Supreme Court on April 25 will consider whether to accept the companies’ petition for certiorari. (The petition is No. 07-919, American Isuzu, et al. v. Ntsebeza, et al.)

First passed in the Judiciary Act of 1789, the Alien Tort statute permitted aliens to sue in U.S. courts only for torts “committed in violation of the law of nations or a treaty of the United States.” In its 2004 decision in Sosa v. Alvarez-Machain, involving a Mexican national mistakenly abducted by U.S. federal agents, the Supreme Court held that the law only permitted claims for longstanding recognized violations of international law, such as piracy, assaults against ambassadors, or violations of “safe conducts” — documents permitting safe travel to citizens of enemy countries in wartime.

However, an unusual footnote in the Sosa opinion may have already cast doubt on the legitimacy of the apartheid litigation. Though the cases were in no way connected, a footnote in Justice David Souter’s opinion, after noting that both the United States and South Africa opposed the suit, said “there is a strong argument that federal courts should give serious weight to the Executive Branch’s view of the case’s impact on foreign policy.”

As the companies’ petition for certiorari puts it, the mere existence of the litigation causes ongoing harm to both U.S. and South African interests. Calling review by the high court “imperative,” the petition — filed by Francis Barron of Cravath, Swaine & Moore’s New York office — predicts that remanding the case will only add years of further litigation.

Barron argues the panel erred in failing to dismiss the plaintiffs’ “aiding and abetting” claims under the Alien Tort statute. Whereas the Sosa ruling instructed courts to use “great caution” in permitting claims under the statute, Barron contends that plaintiffs have increasingly filed claims against multinational corporations — including Wal-Mart, Nestlé, and Yahoo! — for alleged complicity in human rights abuses abroad.

On top of creating negative publicity, Barron states, allegations that private defendants conspired in violations of international law “are easy to make but time-consuming and expensive to refute, and often impossible to defeat at the pleading or summary judgment stage.”

In an amicus brief, the United States also recommends the Court grant certiorari — but only on the question of “aiding and abetting” liability under the Alien Tort law — and dismiss what Solicitor General Paul Clement calls an “unprecedented and sprawling lawsuit.” If left intact, Clement argues, the ruling below will only invite suits against private companies that indirectly challenge the conduct of foreign governments and thus create inevitable tensions with the United States.

Relying principally on procedural concerns, the respondents’ brief in opposition contends that none of the questions are ripe for review and that the plaintiffs already plan to amend their pleadings to comply with the Court’s decision in Sosa.

As a factual matter, the brief — filed by Paul Hoffman of Schonbrun DeSimone Seplow Harris & Hoffman in Venice, Calif. — maintains the plaintiffs do not seek to hold the companies’ liable for simply “doing business” with the apartheid regime, and once the complaints are amended, it’s impossible to know how the U.S. and South African governments will react.

On the merits, Hoffman maintains that an “overwhelming consensus” of courts agree the Alien Tort law permits claims for aiding and abetting liability — citing cases from the 11th Circuit and various federal district courts in California, Florida, New York, and the District of Columbia. Ruling otherwise, Hoffman contends, would create an “anomalous gap” in human rights accountability under the law. For example, rejecting aiding and abetting liability outright could make it more difficult to hold accountable perpetrators of torture, genocide, and summary execution.

Hoffman urges the justices to first allow lower courts to weigh whether the specific foreign policy concerns are sufficient for dismissal. — Ben Winograd :~:~

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Tips XP biar windows kenceng larinya dan tidak boros memory

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Fri, 16 May 2008 20:12:00 +0000

jalankan services.msc (start/run/services.msc) atau lebih mudahnya ke start/control panel/administrative tools/services
matikan/disablekan service-2 berikut ini yang tidak berguna
Alerter
Application Layer Gateway Service,
Application Management
Automatic Updates
Background Intelligent Transfer
Clipbook
Distributed Link Tracking Client
Distributed Transaction Coordinater
Error Reporting Service
Fast User Switching Compatibility
IMAPI CD-Burning
Indexing Service
IPSEC Services
Messenger
Net Logon
Net Meeting
Remote Desktop Sharing
Network DDE
Network DDE DSDM
Portable Media Serial Number
Remote Desktop Help Session Manager
Remote Registry
Secondary Logon
Smartcard
SSDP Discovery Service
Telnet Themes
Uninterruptible Power Supply
Universal Plug and Play Device Host
Upload Manager
Webclient
Wireless Zero Configuration
WMI Performance Adaptor
- hapus file2 yang berada di c:\windows\prefect (folder jgn dihapus)
terus restart dah...!!

Manual Premium Rapidshare

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Fri, 16 May 2008 20:05:00 +0000

Buat yang seneng donlot pake rapidshare
gw punya cara yang sampe saat ini masih terbukti ampuh...

caranya:

1. Download file rapidshare
2. setelah selesai silahkan restart/ disconnect modem anda
kembali nyalakan modem anda, lalu..
3. setelah itu silahkan donlod lagi file selanjutnya

hal ini berlaku jika kita mempunyai hak akses ke modem,
untuk saat ini bagi pengguna jasa ISP dari Speedeh timed based, ato quota
masih menggunakan IP dynamic,
yg berarti pada saat anda restart/DC modem, maka IP anda otomatis akan berubah.
itulah yang menyebabkan rapidshare tdk mendeteksi
bahwa anda telah melakukan donlot sebelumnya

go to START > RUN > enter cmd
kemudian ketik:
ipconfig /flushdns
ipconfig /release
ipconfig /renew
exit

7 langkah setting windows XP agar bisa digunakan untuk nulis huruf arab

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Fri, 16 May 2008 18:46:00 +0000

Sebelum memulai setting, siapkan CD Installer Windows XP.

Langkah 1

Buka Control Panel dan kemudian buka Regional and Language Options spt ditunjukkan pada gambar berikut :

Langkah 2

Pilih tab Languages spt ditunjukkan pada gambar berikut :

Lalu...

* Hidupkan pilihan Complex Script. Tekan tombol Apply.
Mungkin di langkah ini akan minta CD installernya. Kalo Window$ minta Reboot, jangan dikasih. Gak perlu ribut2 untuk proses selanjutnya.
* Tekan tombol Details...

Langkah 3

Berikutnya muncul dialog Text Service and Input Languages spt ditunjukkan pada gambar berikut:

Tekan tombol Add... spt yg ditunjukkan angka 1.

Langkah 4

Pilihlah setting yg sesuai spt pada dialog Add Input Language spt ditunjukkan pada gambar berikut :

Langkah 5

Setelah itu muncul dialog Text Service and Input Languages spt ditunjukkan pada gambar berikut:

Tekan tombol Key Settings yg ada pada langkah ini...

Langkah 6

Setelah itu dialog Advanced Key Settings spt ditunjukkan pada gambar berikut muncul.

Periksalah isian dialog tersebut. Sesuaikan dgn yg ada di gambar. Itu adalah setting yg saya punya.

Tekan OK untuk kembali ke tampilan pada Langkah 5.
Tekan Language Bar... pada layar tsb.

Langkah 7

Setelah itu dialog Language Bar Settings yg mirip gambar berikut muncul.

Sesuaikan isian dialog tersebut dgn yg ada di gambar. Itu adalah setting yg saya punya. Insya Allah semua itu yg paling nyaman (minimal buat ane hehehe....)

tips Meningkatkan bandwidth tanpa menggunakan software ...!!!

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Fri, 16 May 2008 18:41:00 +0000

Bagi anda pengguna Windows XP, mungkin sedikit yang mengetahui bahwa 20% dari bandwidth yang anda miliki, digunakan oleh microsoft demi kepentingannya. Dan dengan sedikit tips ini, kita akan merebut hak kita yang di curi microsoft

Langkah - langkah:

1. Klik Start - Run kemudian ketik gpedit.msc
2. Secara default anda akan dihadapkan pada group policy editor
3. Kemudian masuk ke Local Computer Policy
4. Computer Configuration lalu pilih Administrative Templates - Network - QOS Packet Scheduler - Limit Reservable Bandwidth
5. Pada limit reservable bandwidth klik 2 kali dan pilih enable, dan pada Bandwidth Limit % masukan angka 0 ( Kosong).
6. Close gpedit dan restart komputer anda. Selesai.. !!

setting mozzila biar kenceng

sory, br upload. Hbs semalem koneksi lg down banget. So untuk mengawali hari ini akan gw cb kupas tentang cr mensetting browser,terutama si rubag merah biar lbh kenceng.

coba lo buka browser mozilla lo. Ketikkan “about:config”( tanpa tandakutip). Lalu seting dengan cara berikut ini

network.http.max-connections: 48
network.http.max-connections-per-server: 24
network.http.max-persistent-connections-per-proxy: 12
network.http.max-persistent-connections-per-server: 6
network.http.pipelining: true
network.http.pipelining.maxrequests: 8
network.http.proxy.pipelining: true

Terakhir, klik kanan di mana aja dan select New-> Integer.
Beri nama dengan nglayout.initialpaint.delay dan set value ke 0.

Value 0 ini menandakan jumlah waktu yang diperlukan oleh Fire Fox sebelum action saat browsing (jadi meniadakan delay time).

Nah, tutup Fire Fox dan re-open untuk coba perubahan kecepatannya. Perubahan kecepatan ini sangat terasa jika menggunakan broadband.

thanks

Setting Internet Menggunakan HP CDMA Nokia 6585 (CDMA) di Windows XP

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Sat, 03 May 2008 01:27:00 +0000

Nokia 6585 merupakan handphone CDMA dual band yang bisa untuk kartu ruim Fren Mobile 8 maupun untuk ruim Flexi. HP Nokia 6585 juga sudah memiliki infrared yang dapat digunakan sebagai konektivitas dengan Komputer (Laptop ataupun PC yang memiliki infrared). Tulisan ini tidak membahas penggunaan kabel data sebagai konektivitas tapi hanya menjelaskan cara mensetting Komputer yang memiliki Infrared untuk dikoneksikan melalui handphone Nokia 6585 agar dapat online Internet dengan kartu Flexi ataupun Fren. Sebagai informasi tarif internet Flexi dan Fren sama yaitu Rp5/kb data.

Sebelum Anda membaca lebih lanjut ada baiknya saya memberi peringatan untuk pembaca yang browsing volume based bahwa postingan ini mempunyai gambar-gambar yang cukup banyak dan cukup besar. Nonaktifkan pilihan menampilkan image jika Anda tidak membutuhkan hasil screen capture.

Langkah 1 : Instal Modem Nokia 6585 di Komputer

Aktifkan infrared Nokia 6585 dan arahkan ke infrared yang ada di komputer. Ingat selama penggunaan infrared handphone dan komputer harus selalu berhadapan dan jangan pernah memindahkan handphone Anda kalau tidak ingin koneksi internet terputus.
Untuk pertama kali nokia 6585 Anda harus diinstal terlebih dahulu, gunakan wizard yang disediakan oleh Windows XP, pilih Install the software automatically yang direkomendasikan. Langkah ini hanya akan perlu dilakukan sekali ini saja(untuk komputer yang memakai usb infrared, langkah ini akan diminta lagi jika port usb yang digunakan berpindah-pindah). Ikuti wizard dengan memilih Next sampai klik finish (lihat gambar)

Langkah 2: Setting Modem over IR

Dari Control Panel, pilih Phone and Modem Options. Pilih tab Modems.
.
Pilih Standard Modem over IR yang attached to port COM tertentu, jangan pilih modem yang Not present. Nomor dibelakang nama standard modem ini disebabkan ada lebih dari satu kali langkah instalasi modem dilakukan. Untuk contoh pada gambar Standard Modem yang tersedia adalah yang ada pada COM16. Pilih menu Properties (jika Anda memilih modem yang Not Present maka menu properties ini tidak aktif dan tidak akan bisa dipilih).Berikutnya dari properties modem pilih tab Advanced, isikan string pada Extra initialization commands seperti pada gambar
+crm=1;+cso=33

Klik Ok.Maka berikutnya Nokia 6585 sudah siap digunakan sebagai modem.

Langkah 3a : Setting Dial Up Networking untuk Flexi

Dari Control Panel pilih Network Connections
Pilih Wizard New Connection Wizard, pilih Next
Pilih Jenis Koneksi: Connect to the Internet, lalu pilih Next
Pilih Cara Koneksi: Set up my connection manually, lalu pilih Next
Pilih Koneksi Internet: Connect Using a dial-up modem, lalu pilih Next
Isi ISP Name sesuai dengan yang Anda inginkan, sebagai contoh isikan telkomflexi, lalu pilih Next
Masukkan nomor dial tekom flexi yaitu: #777, lalu pilih Next
Masukkan username: telkomnet@flexi, password dan confirm password: telkom, lalu pilih Next
Selanjutnya untuk setiap akan melakukan koneksi ke Internet Anda akan mendapat layar seperti ini

setelah ini masih Ada satu langkah untuk memastikan Anda menggunakan modem yang tepat, pilih Properties
Dari telkomnet properties pada tab General pilihlah connect using Modem-Standard Modem over IR link sesuai dengan yang tadi Anda install. Pastikan koneksi infrared Anda masih aktif ke komputer, jika infrared handphone sudah tidak aktif lagi maka pilihan modem tersebut tidak akan tampil.

Setelah memilih modem yang tepat sesuai dengan modem yang telah Anda set extra initialization commands pada langkah sebelumnya, klik Ok.

Langkah 3b: Setting Dial Up Networking untuk Fren

Langkah untuk setting Fren hampir sama dengan langkah 3a, bedanya adalah pada langkah 8, pengisian username: m8 dan password: m8 Sedangkan untuk nomor dialnya sama dengan telkom flexi yaitu #777

Menstabilkan Infrared di Windows XP

Beberapa koneksi infared di Windows XP tidak stabil, seperti kasus yang saya alami dengan usb irda Okion yang menggunakan chip Sigmatel, berikut ini cara untuk menstabilkan koneksi irda:

Aktifkan USB Irda Anda
Masuk ke System Properties (Tekan Tombol Windows+ Pause)
Pilih tab Hardware lalu pilih Device Manager
Pilih Infrared devices, dari devices klik kanan untuk memunculkan properti dari irda tersebut.
Pilih tab Advanced, kemudian gantilah property Infrared Transceiver Type menjadi Vishay TFD dan property Min Turn-Around Time menjadi 0.5mS, setelah itu klik OK.

Jika infrared Anda bukan chip Sigmatel langkah di atas belum tentu diperlukan dan mungkin saja tidak berhasil menstabilkan irda di Windowx XP Anda, tetapi untuk chip Sigmatel saya sudah buktikan berhasil.

Kutipan dari http://blog.compactbyte.com/?p=244

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