Thursday, August 25, 2011

Team Obama Regulates Goat Herders' Workplaces

One of the readers comments:

BEDROOMS: "Only one goat per person allowed in individual sleeping quarters. To alleviate jealousy and arguments leading to fights, individuals may claim their goat, including gay goats, as their own. Naming your goat is allowed but no goat can be named 'Obaaaaaama.'"

http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=45722

Team Obama Regulates Goat Herders' Workplaces

The Obama administration is setting new workplace regulations to assist foreign workers who fill goat herding positions in the U.S. , including employee-paid cell phones and comfy beds.

These new special procedures issued by the Labor Department must be followed by employers who want to hire temporary agricultural foreign workers to perform sheep herding or goat herding activities. It describes strict rules for sleeping quarters, lighting, food storage, bathing, laundry, cooking and new rules for the counters where food is prepared.

"A separate sleeping unit shall be provided for each person, except in a family arrangement," says the rules signed by Jane Oates, assistant secretary for employment and training administration at the Labor Department.

"Such a unit shall include a comfortable bed, cot or bunk, with a clean mattress," the rules state.

Diane Katz, a research fellow in regulatory policy at The Heritage Foundation, unearthed the policy in the "Federal Register," the massive daily journal of proposed regulations that Washington bureaucrats publish every day.

Under the Obama Administration, the nanny state has imposed 75 new major regulations with annual costs of $38 billion.

"This captures what is wrong with government," Katz said. "I could not have made this up."

With unemployment holding steady at 9% and government regulations adding more burden to small businesses, such as those run by ranching families, Katz said, bureaucrats aren't helping.

"Instead of remedying the problem, the regulations make it that much harder," Katz insisted. "We may need a whole set of regulations just to define what a comfortable bed is. I imagine it's not straw."

The new lighting standards say that in areas where it is not feasible to provide electrical service such as tents or mobile trailers, lanterns must be provided. "Kerosene wick lights meet the definition of lantern," the regulations say.

"When workers or their families are permitted or required to cook in their individual unit, a space shall be provided with adequate lighting and ventilation."

"Wall surfaces next to all food preparation and cooking areas shall be of nonabsorbent, easy-to-clean material. Wall surfaces next to cooking areas shall be of fire-resistant material," the regulations say.

"It makes you wonder," Katz said, "how they ever did this before the government got involved?"

"Who knew we needed all of this federal help for herding goats?" Katz quipped.

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JP Fw: Reminder: Protest "Stop Killings in Karachi"

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From: Safeer Ullah Khan

To: 'Child Rights Movement'

Cc: pak-ngos@googlegroups.com

Sent: Wednesday, August 24, 2011 10:14 PM

Subject: Reminder: Protest "Stop Killings in Karachi"

Dear Friends,

This is to remind you to join us for the protest against Karachi Killings. You are requested to spread this information as far as possible, and bring as many people as possible to this demonstration. Please note the important information about the Protest Demonstration:

Date: August 25, 2011

Time: 03:00 PM

Day: Thursday

Venue: Mr. Books (Super Market also known as F-6 Markaz).

Plan: All the protestors would get together at Mr. Books and then walk to the National Press Club.

Please bring black strips and placards.

Looking forward to see you,

Safeer Ullah Khan

Coordinator IHI

Advocacy & Comm. Manager

Bedari - working with women and girls for their human rights

House 875, Street 79, Sector I-8/3

Islamabad, Pakistan

www.bedari.org.pk

Phone: Office: +92 51 4862877, +92 51 4862880

Cell: +92 345 5063535

Bedari is a national level humanitarian, women and girls' rights development organization without religious, political or governmental affiliations. Bedari works to eliminate violence against women. Bedari is founding member of AASHA – Alliance against Sexual Harassment at Work Place: www.aasha.org.pk

From: Noshaba Arif [mailto:narif@cavish.org]
Sent: Monday, August 22, 2011 12:37 PM
To: Safeer Ullah Khan
Cc: Wasim Wagha; aimalk; Anam Khangep; Arifa Mazhar; Arshad Rizvi SAMAR; Ch Shafiq; dr.r.perveen@gmail.com; Fakhira Power99; Hadia Nusrat; harris.khalique@gmail.com; Hassan Akbargep; Huma Chughtai; Ishaq Hunzai; Khalida Salimi; KishwarSultana Insan Foundation; Mahvesh Khan; Marvi; NazooraAli Wpf; Nilofar Qazi DMA; Rabeel Hashimgep; Rehana Shaikh; Rubina Bhatti; rubinabhatti@thenetwork.org; rukhshanda naz; Samina Ijaz CPDI; Shafiq Chauhdry; ShaziaAzhar Sach; Simi Kamal; Uzma Shahgep; Zbirwani Pnrdp; &#39,Uzma Tahir&#39,; aftab.iqbal@akfp.org; Aliya Mirza; Anis Haroon; Asma Ravji; Basharat Masih; Bilquis Tahira; Farhana Sohail; Farhana Sohail DAMAAN; Ghazala Mihalah; Gulnaz Sheikh Sungi; Hrcp Islamabad; hrcp@dslplus.net.pk; Izhar Ali Hunzai; jenny.euler.bennett@gmail.com; Mazhar Arif Samar; Mehboob Sada; Mukhtar Ahmed Cpdi; Nageen Nomadgallery; Nasreen Azhar; Noor Sungi; Qamar Gep; RaheelHashmi Gep; Rashida Dohad; rukhsana.shama@actionaid.org; Saadia Mumtaz; Saghir Bukhari Unifem; Saliha Ramay; Samar Minallah; Sameena Nazir; sameena Imtiaz WAF; shabanaarif1971@yahoo.com; Shafqat Munir; shakoor@rdpi.org.pk; Sumaira Poda; Tasneem Ahmar; Zahid Cpdi; Insani Huqooq Ittehad (IHI); mangi aumir; Arslan Barijo; Aniqa Raza
Subject: Re: IHI Meeting on Karachi Situation

Safeer this is to confirm you that I and Arslan will attend IHI meeting.

Noshaba

On Mon, Aug 22, 2011 at 10:34 AM, Safeer Ullah Khan <safeer@bedari.org.pk> wrote:

Dear IHI Friends,

As we had arranged a demonstration on a very short notice on Friday, very few people could join us. However, it was decided on Friday that we would call a meeting of IHI members to chalk out a future plan of action. We invite you all to join us for a meeting on Karachi's Situation at 2 PM on Tuesday, August 23, 2011. We would have a one point agenda – Karachi. Please note that the Bedari office has moved and the current address of Bedari office is:

House No 875, Street No 79, I-8/3, Islamabad.

Please send us your confirmations.

Note:

Some of IHI members have complained that they did not receive emails regarding protest on last Friday. I would like to bring it to everyone's attention that we tried to resolve this problem by creating a group on Google Groups. Through this group, you do not need to know the email addresses of all the members to reach out to them. You just need to send an email to one email address and it would reach all the members. The one email address is given below:

ihi-pakistan@googlegroups.com

We already have over 60 members listed in this group, and more people can be added to this list.

Thank You

Safeer Ullah Khan

Advocacy & Comm. Manager

Bedari - working with women and girls for their human rights

House 875, Street 79, Sector I-8/3

Islamabad, Pakistan

www.bedari.org.pk

Phone: Office: +92 51 4862877, +92 51 4862880

Cell: +92 345 5063535

From: Wasim Wagha [mailto:wasim_wagha@yahoo.com]
Sent: Friday, August 19, 2011 11:52 AM
To: aimalk; Anam Khangep; Arifa Mazhar; Arshad Rizvi SAMAR; Ch Shafiq; dr.r.perveen@gmail.com; Fakhira Power99; Hadia Nusrat; harris.khalique@gmail.com; Hassan Akbargep; Huma Chughtai; Ishaq Hunzai; Khalida Salimi; KishwarSultana Insan Foundation; Mahvesh Khan; Marvi; NazooraAli Wpf; Nilofar Qazi DMA; Noshaba Arif; Noshaba Arif; Rabeel Hashimgep; Rehana Shaikh; Rubina Bhatti; rubinabhatti@thenetwork.org; rukhshanda naz; Safeer Ullah Khan; Samina Ijaz CPDI; Shafiq Chauhdry; ShaziaAzhar Sach; Simi Kamal; Uzma Shahgep; Wasim Wagha; Zbirwani Pnrdp; 'Uzma Tahir'; aftab.iqbal@akfp.org; Aliya Mirza; Anis Haroon; Asma Ravji; Basharat Masih; Bilquis Tahira; Farhana Sohail; Farhana Sohail DAMAAN; Ghazala Mihalah; Gulnaz Sheikh Sungi; Hrcp Islamabad; hrcp@dslplus.net.pk; Izhar Ali Hunzai; jenny.euler.bennett@gmail.com; Mazhar Arif Samar; Mehboob Sada; Mukhtar Ahmed Cpdi; Nageen Nomadgallery; Nasreen Azhar; Noor Sungi; Qamar Gep; RaheelHashmi Gep; Rashida Dohad; rukhsana.shama@actionaid.org; Saadia Mumtaz; Saghir Bukhari Unifem; Saliha Ramay; Samar Minallah; Sameena Nazir; sameena Imtiaz WAF; shabanaarif1971@yahoo.com; Shafqat Munir; shakoor@rdpi.org.pk; Sumaira Poda; Tasneem Ahmar; Zahid Cpdi
Subject: Demonstration against killing in Karachi

Dear IHI members

It is a long time we all are going through violence. There come times when we all need to stand up and say 'ENOUGH is ENOUGH'.

The situation in Karachi to is one which need our quick response and need all of us to become composed, integrate and stand up and say 'STOP killin in Karachi'.

I propose that we all shall come out, join together outside the National Press at 4 pm and demonstrate our concer.

I request all friends to come with placards and banners.

Wasim Wagha

member IHI

Aurat Foundation

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Noshaba Arif
Project Officer
Cavish Development Foundation
House No. 50, Street 23, Sector G-10/2 Islamabad
Ph: 051-2212434