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Tuesday, 26 June 2012
The Romance of Transportation in Canada (1952)
Produced by the National Film Board of Canada's internationally reknowned animation department, The Romance of Transportation in Canada utilizes some fantastically groovy Cartoon Modern aesthetics to recapitulate the challenges inherent to linking together the second-largest country in the world. It, and the rest of the work by the NFB of that time, is a perfect example of the surprizing but self-defined hipness enjoyed by the Dominion of Canada in those post-war years when Queen Elizabeth II ascended to the throne and the Canadian Pacific Railway converted to streamlined diesel engines.
Subjects: Airships, Canada, Cartoons, Steam Trains
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- Christopher Sobieniak said...
This would also be the first time the NFB employed the use of celluloid sheets to animate their films on. Prior to this, the use of cels were thought to be costly and unfeasible to the board as it's pioneering artists like Norman McLaren and others were content to work their magic using cut-outs or simply drawing directly on the film itself. This changed all that, and the catalyst for that change was the UPA studio of course with it's approach to animation and design that spear-headed the modern look in art of the 1950's.
- 26 June 2012 at 09:32
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Currently my server acts as a gateway, checks AD for valid email addresses, if the email address exists in exchange it sends over the email, otherwise just rejects (typical)
I need Postfix to send any emails with specific domains to other servers (not same network).
Steps would go something like this:
get requested email
check if email exists in AD
if it doesn't exist, check if the domain is in a file and send that email to a server specified in that file
Is this even possible? I looked at smtp_fallback_relay but the second email is checked, it get rejected if not found in AD

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Ice Skating
Montgomery Parks has two indoor ice rinks, Cabin John Ice Rink and Wheaton Ice Arena. Both rinks offer an assortment of programs for all ages including lessons, general and special skating sessions, and rental times. Each rink has a warming room, a pro-shop, a snack bar, coin-operated lockers, and skate rental. Skate sharpening for your own skates is also available. Planning a birthday party? Party rooms are also available at each rink for birthday parties and other social events.
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Cabin John Ice and Wheaton Ice both offer public skating sessions for toddlers, children, teens, adults and seniors. Public sessions are offered nearly every day of the week and are a great way to have fun, exercise and make fun memories with friends and family.
Both indoor ice rinks offer private and group skating lessions, camps and more. Classes for all ages and abilities cover ice skating fundamentals, ice dancing, power skating, spins and more. Visit our webpages for more information!
For specific information on the two Montgomery Parks ice rinks, follow the links below:
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OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - Ten Haitian orphans have arrived in Oklahoma and are now with families who plan to adopt them.
The children arrived in Oklahoma City early Thursday, where they were met by their new families, many of whom attend Cherokee Hills Christian Church.
Church members have done mission work in Haiti for years and some of them plan to return to the nation soon to bring back more orphans for adoption.
After a massive earthquake rocked Haiti earlier this month, church member Belinda Lechtenberg flew there and brought back the orphans. She and her husband are adopting two of them.
Christy Ausley, the church's administrative assistant, says that since the earthquake, the church has hearf from about 75 people interested in adopting Haitian orphans.


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The Chattanooga Mocs have scheduled future football games against Alabama and Tennessee, UTC announced today.
Chattanooga will travel to face the Alabama Crimson Tide on November 23, 2013. UTC is 0-11 all-time against Alabama. In their last meeting in 2009, the Tide beat the Mocs 45-0 in Tuscaloosa.
UTC will open the 2014 season on August 30 at Neyland Stadium in Knoxville against the Tennessee Volunteers. Tennessee leads the overall series 37-2-2. Although the two schools are located just over 100 miles apart, they haven't played since 1969.
Chattanooga competes in the Southern Conference of the Football Championship Subdivision. The Mocs kick off the 2011 season on September 3 at Nebraska. In 2012, UTC opens the season at the USF Bulls.
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i am excited! first college game ever attended was the uc upset in knoxville. looking forward to getting tickets.
why are fcs-fbs football games always at the fbs stadium? every time tennessee plays an fcs team its always at knoxville. i live in chattanooga and my favorite team in the fbs is tennessee, my favorite in the fcs is chattanooga. but tennessee should come to chattanooga to play so i dont have to drive 100 miles to see the game.


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Jayden Lee Set to take a bite out of the Big Apple with Special Appearance at Sapphire NYC. [Sic erat scriptum and etc...]
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Yeah Juan,
I love that thing. Total beater, and a little rusty now cause I keep flying it in the ocean, but it still works great!
Jasper, Texas
Joined Jan 2010
71 Posts
Just thought I'd pass this idea on to anyone wanting to open up their cowl opening. Another contributor used a set of hobby compass scribes to score the cowl, then finished with exacto knife.
I didn't have a compass so I dreamed this up. Board thick enough to hold nails and screw straight, drill holes for snug fit at cowl opening, adjust screw for cut. I too then finished with exacto knife due to screw tip skipping against fiberglass mesh. It came out very neat and only required light sanding on edge.
Hello guys!
I just recently bought myself a brand new e-flite beaver and I am very happy with it,I have a build qeustion that I am hoping someone on here can help me with,
In the kit it came with 8 motor spacers 4 were longer then the other 4,I have a brand new e-flite power 32 in the beaver and I am wondering if I need to use the shorter or longer motor mount spacers?
ford f47
United Kingdom, England, Macclesfield
Joined Jun 2011
2,652 Posts
You can always test fit it and I'm sure you'd find you need longer spacer to avoid prop touching the engine cowling.
Mine still awaiting for good weather for its maiden.
Have fun in building - it's really a POC to build - quality of the model is far far better than my workmanship
Bellevue, WA
Joined Dec 2007
793 Posts
New Beaver
I have built and flown 2 Horizon Beavers and I love them; I included a picture of my current Horizon Beaver that I added scale floats and frame and Nav lights.
I just purchased the new CMP beaver that just came out and I thought I would show a couple of pictures of it in the box. I am going to install scale floats as well.
The differences between the two Beavers that I can tell so far are:
The Cmp Beaver is a little larger and requires a 35 to 42 motor because it weighs more. It has plug in wings versus one long wing that attached to the top of the fuse. Better for transportation. When installing scale floats it has the formers already in place so you have the cross bars hidden inside the plane. The plywood and all balsa used is a little thicker and much stronger which is great for those hard landings. The front cowl is fiberglass like the Horizon beaver and is larger and the method to attach to the fuse is way easier then the Horizon Beaver. On the Horizon Beaver I installed magnets and got rid of the hard to get to hex head bolts. Instead of a battery hatch underneath it has working pilot and passenger doors that allow you to slide the battery into the battery cradle with ease and not fight pulling off the bottom hatch and yanking the battery out. It will also fit several size of batteries. It comes with the horizontal stabilizer fins which I fabricated for the Horizon Beaver for better tracking when taking off and landing on water. Unlike the Horizon Beaver the rear stabilizer and rudder have the control rods protruding from the back of the fuse connecting to an exterior control horns. The wing struts are aluminum with a tear drop shape versus the cheap mono-coat covered wood struts on the horizon Beaver. On my Horizon Beaver I went down to the hobby store and purchased aluminum tear drop tubing and painted them white to help get a better scale look and I also installed a 46 Rimfire motor for the extra weight of the scale floats. She does fly great. The CMP Beaver comes in a kit only and a receiver ready version. There isn't a cockpit kit for it as of now and you would think they would have a nav lighting option as well similar to the really scale one on the new Horizon super cub.
Anyway I thought I would pass on my observations on the new Beaver that just hit the market. CMP also has a new all composite PBY that I am waiting to get my hands on for summer flying.
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Jasper, Texas
Joined Jan 2010
71 Posts
Hey Velyter, I'm jealous. Is that the 96" ARF? I have the Horizon Beaver, still in the box, I'm in no hurry to assemble it, I haven't had to good of luck lately, I'm in the process of rebuilding my Sig Kadet. I need more stick time before I try the Beaver but one day I might want a bigger one- easier to see and all.
You have no shortage of water to fly off of up there, my wife is from Anacortes and we come up often.
Let us know how the KMP goes together.
Bellevue, WA
Joined Dec 2007
793 Posts
If you are going to put floats on your Beaver install the 32 motor and it will take off in a much shorter distance and fly better.
Bellevue, WA
Joined Dec 2007
793 Posts
United Kingdom, England, Macclesfield
Joined Jun 2011
2,652 Posts
I wish tho it's wing span was 2m, at least - it would then float like a real Beaver.
Bellevue, WA
Joined Dec 2007
793 Posts
This plane is so fun to fly on super calm days. The lake was glassy and temp at the beach was in the mid 50s today. Unbelievable! I grabbed two batteries and headed to the beach. I wanted to shift the cg further back and cruise around with the flaps down flying as slow as possible. I flew up and down the beach this way for ten minutes ten feet above the water. People were taking photos and commenting how it looked so real
I gotta figure out how to hook this up to a buddy box cuz my kids want to fly it now. I guess I made it look so easy to fly
Just sayin'...
United Kingdom, England, Macclesfield
Joined Jun 2011
2,652 Posts
Hmmmmm... I wonder what was your reason for flying with flaps down but c of g rearward? Coz that's exactly what I've in mind to do (i.e. flying it as slow as possible without stalling) when weather improves here.
As to buddy box, what tx do you have? I'd have thought most tx have a socket for buddy box connection. All you have to do then is to buy another of the same tx (preferably)
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Went to the Pennsic War last week. I did a little side trip to the "Roswell of the East Coast," Point Pleasant WV; home of the "Mothman" and other assorted weirdness back in the 1970s. Point Pleasant is a nice … Continue reading
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- "If They Could Only Tell Me What They Are Thinking." The Need for Augmentative Communication for Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorders
- Assessment Day: Questions About the Communication Development of Your Young Child with an Autism Spectrum Disorder
- Aiding Comprehension of Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorders During One-on-One Interactions
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- Functional Categories of Delayed Echolalia
- Functional Categories of Immediate Echolalia
- Initial Guidelines for Developing a Communication Intervention Plan for Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorders and Significant Limitations in Communication Ability
- Long and Short Term Strategies for Reducing Specific Repetitive Questions
- Successfully Using PECS with Children with ASD
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Long and Short Term Strategies for Reducing Specific Repetitive Questions
Contributed by Beverly Vicker
Family members and professionals are often puzzled about what to do when an individual begins to ask repetitive questions. Like most things that involve individuals across the autism spectrum, the answer is not simple and clear cut. Instead, it is dependent on the circumstances surrounding the usage of the repetitive questions.
Repetitive questions may serve a variety of functions for the person with autism, Aspergers, or other pervasive developmental disorder. What is confusing is that the same question may serve different functions at different times thereby requiring different strategies. The ability to "read" a situation may depend on the communication partner's familiarity with the person with autism and what he or she knows about that person's social and repetitive behaviors. Strategy selection is based on correctly guessing the function or real purpose of the person's repetitive question. This article lists both long term and short term strategies that emanate from the communicative purposes of repetitive questions. The connection will be clearer as the reader reviews the possible communicative functions in the next section and relates them to the strategy sections.
Possible Functions or Reasons for Repetitive Questioning:
- Inability or difficulty adequately communicating ideas via oral speech.
- Difficulty knowing how to initiate or maintain a conversation.
- Lack of other strategies for gaining attention in a positive way.
- Need for information.
- Need for reassurance.
- Need to escape a situation that is boring or unpleasant.
- Need to avoid transitioning to a new situation.
- Desire to be social.
- Need to be in control of the situation and/or attempt to keep the social interaction within his/her level of understanding.
- Fascination with predictable answers.
- Desire to demonstrate knowledge or competency by content of questions.
- A motor planning problem which makes novel utterances more difficult to produce in affective situation.
Possible Strategies to Teach Adaptive Skills
Long Term Strategies—Which ones used depend on the function of the questions.
- Introduce an augmentative means of communication that may be more efficient either as a primary or backup system. Options include backup communication boards or card sets.
- Use a scripted format to introduce better conversational strategies; practice varying scripts and situations.
- Use a topic notebook to suggest other subjects to discuss with various people.
- Provide visual information that may reduce anxiety (e.g., schedule boards, activity charts).
- If questioning reflects task avoidance, analyze the environment and the person's schedule and change accordingly.
- Provide positive alternative situations for the person with autism spectrum disorder to use his special knowledge. For someone with extensive knowledge about cars, help him develop a book that could be shown to other people.
Short Term Strategies—Which ones used depend on the function of the questions.
- Redirect the person to augmentative communication materials or topic notebook in order to assist himself with initiation or topic shift.
- Remind the person, using a visual or verbal cue, of what has been learned in scripted practice that would apply to this situation.
- Set a limit on the number of repetitive questions or the amount of time for the interaction and share this information with the person with autism spectrum disorder. Let the person know when you will be free to talk on a different topic and have it built into his/her schedule.
- Reverse the question to see if the person already knows the answer to his/her own question.
- Suggest an alternative activity so the opportunity for interaction is maintained but the focus shifts from the attempt at conversation to something of mutual interest and less stress.
- Use a checklist so that if the questions reflect anxiety about his/her schedule, the person with autism can independently check off events until the target activity occurs.
- get in van at 6:30
- drive for 30 minutes to shopping mall
- buy CD
- Write the answer on paper as the question is answered the first time. Redirect back to the message on the paper if the question is repeated and the assumed function of seeking information is the same.
- Tell the person with autism spectrum disorder that you already told him this information (i.e., responses to his questions) but you would be willing to discuss topics A, B, or C and let him choose.
Vicker, B. (2000). Long and short term strategies for reducing specific repetitive questions. The Reporter, 6(1), 28-29.


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Pastor Mike was born on the Kowloon side of the City of Hong Kong. By the grace of God, he and his family immigrated to the United States in 1979 to Seattle, Washington. In the States, he started attending a church and came to know the Lord as his own personal Savior. His desire to go into the pastorate began early in life when he was in high school. In 1994, he earned his Bachelors degree in Geography from the University of Washington. He graduated with a Master's in Divinity from The Master's Seminary in Sun Vally, CA in 2001. Mike is blessed by God with a godly wife, Kris, who is a great support to him in the ministry. Mike and Kris have five energetic children (two boys and three girls). His passion is to walk with people, helping them to embrace God through His Word. His joy comes from being able to understand, apply, and clearly convey the Bible to each individual within the Body of Christ. Pastor Mike loves to spend time with his wife and children, and when time allows, he also enjoys playing in various sports, volleyball, basketball and tennis.
Pastor Erik grew up in a non-Christian home in Fresno, CA with one older brother. He came to understand his sinfulness before Holy God, his desperate need for forgiveness and change, and what a great treasure it was that Christ would die for his sins to grant peace with God and an eternity of knowing God and Jesus Christ more and more for endless, eternal days at the University of California, Berkeley. He graduated from there with a Bachelor's degree in Integrative Biology. He also received a Master's in Divinity from the Master's Seminary in 2001. He is married to his wife, Jen, and has four beautiful gifts from God (two girls and two boys).
Erik loves to see God use the Word of God to change people more into the image of Christ. Erik has seen God use him most effectively in areas of preaching and counseling. He was blessed for 5 years to have traveled to and fellowship with pastors from 8 different countries in Africa and Asia while working at Children's Hunger Fund. Currently he is working as the 2nd-6th grade Science teacher at Legacy Christian Academy where he gets to proclaim the excellencies of God through the reflections of His creation and the science of His world. He loves to spend as much time as possible with his family. They are a great joy to him. Although he does not have any specific hobby or past time, he is always game for anything that will bring people together.
Pastor Richard was born in Busan, South Korea and grew up in Incheon until 1984 when his family immigrated to the States. He grew up in Orange County and came to clear understanding of his sin and his desperate need for a Savior during his early High School years. Since then, he was very actively involved in College campus ministry at California State Univeristy of Fullerton where he received his Bachelor's degree in Music. Since then, he went to Fuller Theological Seminary for a year and transferred to Master's Seminary where he earned his Master's in Divinity. He has served a number of years as a Youth Pastor in Korean Church circle, but has been in a broader context since 2000. He is married to his beautiful wife Judy since 1999 and they have two delightful girls. Richard loves to exhort the body through his preaching and through his worship leading. He loves to write songs and play music whenever time allows and loves spending his time with his family and eating good food. Pastor Richard has a blog site, an active Twitter account (@RleePathway), and also manages church's worship/music sites (Soundcloud, Facebook).
At Pathway we believe the function of Deacon ought to be a joint effort from husband and wife without compromising God given function and role distinction within husband and wife.
Our deacon Michael and his wife Christi joined Pathway since 2009 and have been faithfully serving at all capacities. Michael and Christi have been married since 2008 and both love spending time with people and have demonstrated through the years their spirit of hospitality and generosity. Michael currently works as a Chief Finance Officer for an insurance brokerage firm in Pasadena and also works as a book keeper on the side. He is a coffee connoisseur and also enjoys following just about any major sports. Christi enjoys good food and hunting for good bargain. Above all, both are people loving servant leaders and the church is blessed to have Michael as our deacon.


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Have you ever wished there were a summer camp for bookish grown-ups? A retreat where we can spend a week amongst our own and not worry about being teased for loving libraries or getting hit in the glasses by a dodgeball? There is such a place, and it's called Rare Book School. Originally based at… Continue Reading »
Monthly Archives: June 2012
This post is a continuation of "John Bell, bibliographic nightmare." I began to write these posts while entrenched in the difficult task of cataloging the library's myriad copies of Bell's 18th-century Shakespeare publications as a means of sharing a look into the unique, maddening world of Mr. Bell. In the last post, Sarah and I shared… Continue Reading »
Manuscripts of unusual shapes and sizes are always fun to investigate, and we recently had the opportunity to reevaluate a particularly large and interesting one, a ca. 1600 "pew plan" written on a piece of parchment (Folger MS X.d.395), in preparation for the current exhibition, Open City: London, 1500-1700.
Some close observation and deductive reasoning led commenters in the right direction in solving the June crocodile mystery. Here's image that I posted last week, with a bit more context: With that bit of the surrounding context, it's much clearer that it's a picture of the catch to a clasp on a fifteenth-century calf binding…. Continue Reading »
This month's crocodile mystery will hopefully be less mysterious than last month's, which was a bit unclear as to what you were meant to be focusing on. Take a gander at the picture below, keeping in mind, as always, that the object might not be depicted at life-size and that you can click on the image… Continue Reading »
Some books are more challenging than others; some bibliographic questions are more complicated than others. This is the first of two posts that looks at a particularly challenging cataloging question. Today's post will set up the challenge; the next one will take you into the nitty gritty of the "bibliographic nightmare" that is John Bell…. Continue Reading »


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|Before you read this article, we recommend you read Genesis 1: the six-day war, by Michael Morrison.
We make the following statement about the "evolution versus creation" or "science versus the Bible" issue:
|Before you read this article, we recommend you read Genesis 1: the six-day war, by Michael Morrison.
We make the following statement about the "evolution versus creation" or "science versus the Bible" issue:
Jesus told the story of Lazarus the beggar and the rich man to illustrate a point about having an authentic relationship with God. Some believe Jesus meant the parable as a satire of the Pharisees' belief that they were in a privileged position with God. In that context, the parable would be a statement about their love of privilege and wealth.
Tragedies strike saint and sinner alike. Is God fair? Does it matter to him?
If we believe in God, we have to wonder why he doesn't eliminate mindless suffering from our planet. Yes, why doesn't he make this bad world right? Why doesn't he stop the hurting?
Have you experienced pain and suffering? Then you have shared Job's anguish and perhaps his wonderment. Like Job, you also may find God much closer than you thought.
An unspoken belief among many Christians is that a dedicated follower of Christ will be immune to misfortune.Tragically, the promulgators of the health, wealth and prosperity gospel misunderstand the Christian life. Faith in Jesus does not guarantee a life free of suffering.
"Do not be surprised at the painful trial you are suffering, as though something strange were happening to you," wrote Peter (1 Peter 4:12).
People sometimes ask us to explain what the Bible means when it speaks of sin. When they ask about the nature of sin and God's purpose with us, they are asking about a truly cosmic subject. In this short paper we'll discuss the biblical teaching of sin as well as what is called the atonement and spiritual regeneration, because all three are part of the story of God's purpose for us.
"THIS WEEK," reported Newsweek magazine, "more [Americans] will pray than will go to work, or exercise, or have sexual relations." So many Americans say they pray that prayer has become a news item. Newsweek even devoted a cover story to the subject: "Talking to God: An Intimate Look at the Way We Pray." They figured t
Christians sometimes wonder about the difference between the "soul" and the "spirit." When discussing the "soul," they wonder if it is immortal – or what happens to the "soul" when a person dies.
In order to answer these questions, we must have some basis or frame of reference for our discussion. There are many ideas about what the "soul" or "spirit" might be, but these are often simply based on feelings and speculation. A general and open-ended discussion on these concepts can bog down into a clash of uninformed opinions.
Let us begin by quoting Mark 2:27-28. Jesus was speaking to the Pharisees: "The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath. So the Son of Man is Lord even of the Sabbath."
"Pray that your flight will not take place in winter or on the Sabbath" (Matthew 24:20)?
If Sabbath observance was not a concern for Christians when Matthew wrote his Gospel, why did he mention Jesus' words about fleeing on the Sabbath? Some people claim that this implies that Christians ought to keep the Sabbath rest. Is this true?


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Bow Wow's got a one track mind and shares his nasty thoughts on the latest leak off Greenlight 5. So much for thinking outside the box. Mixtape drops March 9. UPDATE: Now featuring Kid Ink for you Alumni fans via HNHH. Bow Wow's Greenlight 5 drops tomorrow.
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With Snoop's opening remarks, Bow Wow gets his grown man on with his new track produced by araabMUZIK. Off his upcoming mixtape, Greenlight 5.
Y'all know what this is. It's 106. And today, Wizzle welcomed his mentor to the show to speak on the past and present of the label, the upcoming So So Def reunion show, Grammys, Whitney Houston and more.
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"Ganga Sagar Island, Where Holy Ganges Meets Sea!!" Sagar Island by goutammitra
Sagar Island Travel Guide: 4 reviews and 32 photos
I have been thinking of visiting this place for quite sometime but could really never went there though I travelled near that area many times. The reason may be we have a very small dealer there and there is no proper hotel type accomodation there. Third reason, visiting this place takes lot of your time as there is no direct road connecting this place. Ultimately we organised a Customer meet and a Sub-dealer's meet there on 14 & 15th March by our CSC team and we were there!
From Kolkata, you have to drive down to Harwood point near Kakdwip, then cross 30mts ferry on the Ganges to reach the other side of the river. The Island is 34KMs long with a bredth of 14KMs. This is part of Sunderbans but no Tiger lives here anymore! All the villages are along with the road, which is really beautiful.
Sagar Island (also known as Gangasagar) lies on the continental shelf of Bay of Bengal about 150 km (80 nautical miles) south of Kolkata. It belongs to the Republic of India and is governed by the State government of West Bengal. The island is large ? with an area of around 300 sq km. It has 43 villages and a population of over 160,000.
The island is home to the endangered Royal Bengal Tiger. It is also rich in mangrove swamps, waterways and small rivers.This island is a famous Hindu pilgrim place.Every year on the day of Makar Sankranti (mid of January),millions of Hindus gathered to take a holy dip in the confluence of Ganga and offered puja in Kampil Muni Temple.
Kolkata Port Trust has a pilot station and a light house.
West Bengal government is planning to build a deep water port in Sagar Island.
This is the place where thousands of people take Holy Dip during Makar Sankranti, usually falls on 14 or 15th January every year. Very large hard sand beach with shallow depth of water.
Gangasagar pilgrimage and fair is the second largest congregation of mankind after the holy Kumbha Mela. The latter is observed once in four years at alternate locations in north, central and central-west parts of the country, Gangasagar fair and pilgrimage is held annually on the Sagar Island?s southern tip in the Ganges delta atop the Bay of Bengal. That makes Gangasagar all the more distinctive.
In 2007, about 300,000 pilgrims took the holy dip where the Hooghly meets the Bay of Bengal on the occasion of Makar Sankranti. The figure was lower by around 200,000 because of Kumbh Mela. For the rest of the year about 50,000 people come to the island. Almost 700,000 pilgrims thronged Sagar Island in 2008.,on January 14 & 15th.
The place is primarily important for its temple
of the great saint Kapil Muni who according to
myth was Vishnu, had taken birth as per the wish
of Kardam muni as his son. It is told that Kardam
had to go through a marital life as per the direction
of Vishnu but he agreed in a condition that Vishnu
has to take birth as his son and as per this
condition Vishnu had taken birth as his son and
he was Kapil Muni-one of the great saint of Hindu
religious mythology. Kapil Muni?s hermitage was
present at the place of the present day Gangasagar.
His mythological story is related with the bringing
of Ganga ? the sacred river, in this place. In the
myth it is told that once during his religious
austerity King Sagar?s (the King of Ikshashu
Vansh of Ayodhya) 60000 sons came down to the
place of his hermitage in search of their father?s
sacrificial horse and found it there at that place.
In fact the horse was stolen by Devraj Indra and
it was hidden by him at Patal beside Kapil?s
hermitage. Sagar?s sons blamed him for the
stealing of that and interrupted in his religious
meditation.Then the saint became very angry and
his blaze of anger came out of his eyes which
burnt all the 60000 sons of the King Sagar into
ashes and consigned their souls to hell until
Sagar?s grandson whose name was Bhagirath
brought down the Ganga- Vishnu?s wife as per
the direction of the Saint-Kapil from heaven.With
the touch of holy water of Ganga all 60000 sons
were released from the curse and liberated their
souls. Cognitive view of the local people is that
Ganga in this place is known as Sagar and the
point of junction of the river and the sea at the
Sagar island is the celebrated seat of Hindu
pilgrims (Maity, 2001).
It is told that Sagar King?s sons were liberated
from curse on the day of Makar Sankranti (Saha,
1999).Due to this the day became a very
auspicious day to the Hindu pilgrims. On that day
pilgrims from all over India come to take bath in
the Gangasagar to get rid of all the sins and
simultaneously to earn virtue. They also offer puja
to the great saint-Kapil in his temple which is run
by the Ramanandi saints of the Hanuman garhi
of Ayodhya. Initially one of the zamindars of the
then Sagardwip?Jaduram migrated from
Midnapur appointed a priest from that group ofthe temple. According to them as the myth is
related with Ayodhya and with the forefathers of
Ram, it is their claim that they are the actual owner
of the temple. During the time of holy bathing
ceremony a large fair is held which is known as
Gangasagar Mela. Except this great festival it is
observed that throughout the year people come
to visit the place primarily during different festive
and ritual occasions and sometimes even when
there is no such occasion.the temple. According to them as the myth is
related with Ayodhya and with the forefathers of
Ram, it is their claim that they are the actual owner
of the temple. During the time of holy bathing
ceremony a large fair is held which is known as
Gangasagar Mela. Except this great festival it is
observed that throughout the year people come
to visit the place primarily during different festive
and ritual occasions and sometimes even when
there is no such occasion.
- Pros:No Pollution, only Solar Power!!!
- Cons:Difficult ro Reach, Bridge or Frequent LCT Ferry Required!
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The best way to travel around is by your own car or by taxies available there. But taxies are very expensive so is fuel.... more travel advice
While crossing the Ganges you automatically start appreciating the beauty of the Ganges and villages settled across the... more travel advice
Going to Sagar Island is only by Ferry Boat. There is also a LCT Vessel service to carry your vehicle but only once... more travel advice
Comments (5)
Lovely place with lovely people. Nice page!
Goutam! Another place to see! where are we going to find all the time??? Good page and tips- your pics are good too!
The simple fisher folk add to the beauty of the ganges.
it must have been great to visit the place...no tourists, no pollution...pure nature.
solar power??? wow!... btw, there's a Filipino VTer who's visiting India in April - Pinoy_Traveller
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Your Directors are pleased to present their fifty–sixth report, together with the Audited Financial Statements for the year ended March 31, 2015.
In the preparation of financial statements, no treatment different from that prescribed in an Accounting Standard has been followed.
During the year under review, CEAT continued to be one of the fastest growing tyre Companies in India.
On standalone basis,your Company recorded total income of Rs. 5,59,166.46 Lacs with a growth of 4.42 % over Rs. 5,35,481.05 Lacs of the last fiscal. The Company recorded a net profit of Rs. 29,897.39 Lacs reflecting a growth of 17.81 % over net profit of Rs. 25,378.22 Lacs of the last fiscal.
On consolidated basis, your Company recorded net revenue from operations of Rs. 5,80,238.33 Lacs with a growth of 4.47 % over Rs. 5,55,397.86 Lacs of the last fiscal. The Company recorded a net profit of Rs. 31,717.98 Lacs reflecting a growth of 16.94 % over net profit of Rs. 27,123.50 Lacs of the last fiscal.
The Indian automobile industry faced and contracted demand during the year under review, particularly in commercial and farm segments. However, demand for passenger cars and 2–wheelers vehicles registered a positive growth. This had a corresponding impact on the domestic tyre industry as well, with the respective tyre categories matching the demand pattern of the corresponding automobile categories.
Contraction in demand was experienced in the Indian export market also, on account of the increased demand for radial tyres being supplied by other countries, and corresponding shrinkage in demand for bias tyres. Further, the prices realised from export markets also registered continued reduction, due to competition from low cost Chinese tyres.
A slowdown in demand from China, the world's biggest consumer of rubber, along with increased supply in markets such as Thailand, has kept international rubber prices on a tight leash during the year under review. The drop in the crude oil prices triggered a price decline for the crude based raw materials as well. This helped the industry register respectable margins
The Company continued its focus on development of new products and launched a number of new products in FY 2014–15, which included tubeless tyres for 2–Wheelers, new size introduction for compact SUVs and off–road biking tyres. These products have received good responses in their respective markets and segments and contributed to 27% of the turnover. The Company has continued its focus on expansion of dealer and distribution network to ensure enhanced and easy availability of its product range. The dealer network comprises of 3500+ dealers, with 300+ CEAT Franchisees (Shoppes & Hubs) and over 250 distributors. The CEAT Shoppe network, an exclusive retail channel of the Company, is now nearing 200 outlets as compared to 125 plus outlets at the end of March 31, 2014. The Shoppe has not only contributed in improving the brand image of the Company, but also the sales which continued to show strong double digit growths. The Company has also launched the Multi Brand Outlet and Shop in Shop concepts which aims at improving the product penetration in replacement market via enhanced product and brand visibility across select dealer counters. Further, to increase the reach to replacement market in lower pop strata, the Company has also expanded its presence in the sub–urban and rural areas, mainly for 2–wheeler and passenger car tyres. As a result of this distribution drive the number of districts covered has gone up to 460 from almost 375 in last financial year.
The Company also increased its advertising spends and participated in key properties like Cricket World Cup 2015, MTV Roadies, MTV Chase the Monsoon and Mahindra Adventure, thereby improving the product recall in the minds of end consumers.
Cricket being passion for many in India CEAT strengthened its association with the game to promote its brand image and expanded its business to introduce a new line of 'CEAT' branded cricketing gear.
The presence of an extensive distribution network combined with the right mix in product portfolio, and the extensive marketing activities during the year under review has helped the Company in increasing its volumes in the more profitable passenger segment.
For export markets, the Company has developed tyres tailored to specific export markets. Further to boost international presence, the Company has focussed its attention in developing certain export markets through the liaison offices set up in Indonesia and Middle East. These offices have helped the Company to improve sales by establishing local connect with the dealers.
In the OEM market, the Company has a strong presence, which has had a positive impact over the years. In this year the Company has further strengthened its relationship with OEMs via increased share of business in passenger car segment; entering into new models and becoming the partner of choice across the 2–wheeler segment. The Company has also added Honda Scooters & Motorcycles India, Yamaha and Renault to its OEM kitty in the current year. The Company would be supplying Scooter tyres to Honda; Motorcycle radial tyres in premium models to Yamaha and Passenger Car tyres for the newly launched Renault KWID. These additions have considerably enhanced the Company's visibility in the OEM business.
Further during the year, the R&D team worked on several projects to reduce tyre weight and material cost which has aided in improving the margins. Additionally, the team tied up with premium institutes and global vendors to work on projects in nanotechnology and bio–based, hybrid materials.
An important milestone in our journey of "Safer, Cleaner and Healthier Workplace" was the ISO 140001 & OHSAS 18001 Certifications received by our manufacturing plants at Bhandup, Nashik & Halol. This has helped us in strengthening our EHS processes and would aid in reaching our targeted "Zero Accidents" levels.
During the year under review, the Company won the bronze award at the prestigious Effies for the best campaign in the category; automobile and auto parts, two wheelers and auto related. CEAT also won 2 (two) awards at this years' Goa fest (Abbys), India's definitive honour that recognizes creativity. CEAT was awarded Silver in the Best Digital Campaign for the Social Cause and Bronze for Best Digital Campaign in the Experiential Marketing category.
All of the above initiatives have enabled the Company to maintain higher capacity utilisation of 80–90% during FY 2014–15. Further, moderate raw material cost and reduced finance cost have helped the Company in maintaining reasonable margins during the year under review.
Considering the profits for the year under review and also the capital expenditure requirements of the Company, the Board of Directors are pleased to recommend a dividend of Rs. 10.00 per equity share of Rs. 10.00 each (i.e.100 %) for the financial year ended March 31, 2015 for approval of members.
Your Directors have proposed not to transfer any sum to the General Reserve.
There are no material changes and commitments, affecting the financial position of the Company which have occurred between the close of the financial year on March 31, 2015 to which the financial statements relate and the date of this Report.
The Company has undertaken a capacity expansion of 11,000 Tyres / day in its plant at Halol in the State of Gujarat at an estimated capital outlay of Rs. 65,000 Lacs to produce passenger radial tyres. Further, the Company proposes to set up a green field project of an initial capacity of 40,500 Tyres / day near Nagpur in the State of Maharashtra at a capital outlay of Rs. 42,000 Lacs to manufacture 2/3 Wheeler tyres. The Halol and Nagpur projects are expected to commence commercial production during first half of the current and next fiscal years respectively.
The Indian Tyre Industry is expected to register a better growth during the fiscal 2016, considering the optimistic macro–economic conditions and projected growth of automobile industry. Passenger car, Motorcycle and Truck/Bus are expected to register a growth of 7 – 9%, while scooter and small commercial vehicles are expected to register double digit growth in coming years. The demand for tractor tyres is dependent on season and is not expected to show any significant growth in coming year.
The reduction of prices in key base commodities (like crude) in the second half of the year under review, is yet to be reflected fully. The raw material prices are expected to be stable and may assist tyre manufacturing companies in maintaining operating margins. However, recent regulatory changes viz. increase in basic import customs duty on natural rubber [raised from 20% or Rs. 30/kg (whichever is lower), to 25% or Rs. 30/kg (whichever is lower)], will have an impact on the raw material procurement costs. To mitigate the impact of the above, the Company's aim is to improve its product mix further by shifting towards the more profitable product categories, focus on key international geographies and increase operational efficiency through its 'Total Quality Management' initiative to counter changes in the operating environment. With a constant focus on profitable product categories, market segments and key international geographies, CEAT is strategically poised to achieve its vision of being amongst the most profitable tyre companies in India by 2016.
At the end of the year under review, the Company had following four subsidiaries namely, CEAT Speciality Tyres Limited (CSTL) (became subsidiary on December 8, 2014) Mumbai and Rado Tyres Limited, Cochin, (RTL) Associated CEAT Holdings Company (Private) Limited, Colombo, Sri lanka (ACHL), CEAT AKKHAN Limited, Dhakka, Bangladesh (CAL)
The Company does not have any material subsidiary whose net worth exceeds 20% of the consolidated net worth of the holding company in the immediately preceding financial year or has generated 20% of the consolidated income of the Company during the previous financial year. A policy on material subsidiaries has been formulated by the Company and posted on the website of the Company at the link <http://www.ceat.com/Investors_intimation.aspx>
During the year under review, CSTL, became a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company with effect from December 8, 2014. Its business is manufacture and sale of tyres for off–the–road vehicles/equipment which find application across industries including port, construction, mining and agriculture. CSTL has already initiated the process to set up a project to manufacture 100 MT per day of the above product. The project is expected to commence commercial production in FY 2017–18.
RTL works as captive manufacturing facility and supplies its tyres only to the Company as being a very old and inefficient plant, it has encountered a frequent breakdown of its equiptments and therefore could not manufacture tyres at its rated capacity. As such, its could not help the Company to meet event part of its requirement. During the year under review, Rado registered a revenue from operations of Rs. 1,147.76 lacs as compared to a revenue of Rs. 957.42 Lacs in FY 2013–14, a growth of 19.88%. The net loss for the year under review has been significantly lower at Rs. 22.77 Lacs as against Rs. 149.08 lacs for the previous year. RTL continues to supply its entire production to the Company.
A report on the performance and financial position of each of the Company's aforesaid subsidiaries is annexed in the prescribed Form AOC–1 to this Report as 'Annexure –I'
Overseas Subsidiaries:
Details of ACHL and CAL are given below under the heads 'Joint Ventures in Sri Lanka' and 'Joint Venture in Bangladesh'
ACHL, the Company's investment arm in Sri Lanka, has a 50:50 Joint Venture (JV) company viz. CEAT–Kelani Holdings Company Private Limited which operates 4 (four) manufacturing plants through its wholly owned subsidiaries in Sri Lanka.
During the year under review, ACHL has registered a higher revenue of LKR 2,025.00 lacs 952.76 lacs) as compared to LKR 1,687.50 Lacs (Rs. 784.18 Lacs) in FY 2013–14. However, the profit after tax has grown by 20.05% to LKR 2,023.73 lacs 952.17 lacs) as compared to LKR 1,685.68 lacs (Rs. 783.33 lacs) in FY 2013–14. The ACHL's joint venture continues to enjoy the overall market leadership in all categories of tyres in Sri Lanka.
ACHL has been consistently paying dividends and it has, during the year under review, paid a dividend of Rs. 950.60 Lacs to the Company.
As reported in the previous year, the Company has a 70:30 Joint Venture (JV) company, CAL, which is setting up a green field facility for manufacture of automotive bias tyres in Bangladesh with initial capacity of 65 MT per day at an investment of Rs. 7,717.06 Lacs and is the first major investment for tyre manufacturing in Bangladesh.
While the land for the project has already been purchased and orders for critical equipment have been placed, the civil work is currently on hold due to a civil case filed by the Forest Department, claiming its title on a small piece of the said land, which has been contested by the JV.
In accordance with Section 129(3) of the Companies Act, 2013 and Clause 32 of the Listing Agreement entered into with the Stock Exchanges, the Consolidated Financial Statements of the Company, including the financial details of all the subsidiary companies of the Company, forms part of this Annual Report. The Consolidated Financial Statements have been prepared in accordance with the Accounting Standards issued by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India.
Pursuant to the requirement of Clause 49 of the Listing Agreement, the Company has constituted a Risk Management Committee (RMC). The details of this Committee and its terms of reference are set out in the Corporate Governance Report, which forms part of this Report.
The Company has a Business Risk Management framework to identify risks and strive to create transparency, minimize adverse impact on the business and enhance the Company's competitive advantage.
Pursuant to the aforesaid business risk framework, the Company has already identified the business risks and action plan for mitigation of the same is already in place. The business risk and its mitigation have been dealt with in the Management Discussion and Analysis section of this Report.
Directors' Report 39 CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY
As part of its initiatives under 'Corporate Social Responsibility' (CSR) and the Company's vision to drive 'holistic empowerment' of the community around the local vicinity of our plants, and society at large, the Company has undertaken following projects in accordance with CSR policy of the Company, pursuant to provisions of Section 135 read with Schedule VII of the Companies Act, 2013
i. Vision/Eye Care (Project–Netranjali) – CEAT through RPG Foundation launched this flagship programme in FY 2014–15, to work towards the cause of preventing avoidable blindness in India. This is a key need in India, as India has the world's largest blind population, with 80% of cases of blindness being preventable with early stage interventions. Three different target groups were covered via this project – school children, slum communities and truckers. In FY 2014–15 1,44,000 beneficiaries were covered in total through eye checkup camps and awareness sessions. 10,161 beneficiaries were screened with 3,229 receiving free spectacles. A research carried out during the camps revealed that truckers were the most vulnerable amongst the groups covered, with 74% of the population (over 40 years) having refractive errors. This can have an impact on their livelihood as well as overall road safety. It therefore be imperative to have Netranjali camps for this susceptible community.
ii. Women Empowerment (Project–Swayam) – This project is working on Promotion of Gender Equality and Women's Empowerment by driving powerful social change in the motor driving/transport industry. It aims to empower less privileged women by training them in driving skills to enhance their livelihood across various sectors like taxi, school vans, entrepreneurial ventures, etc. In FY 2014–15, more than 2,000 less privileged women were mobilised from slum communities and 361 were trained all across Mumbai and Pune for the training of which about 300 are being placed in Priyadarshini Cab Services, Meru Cabs, Uber Cabs, School van Services, On–call driver service, V–Link, etc.
iii. Primary Education (Project–PehlayAkshar) – This project is a large scale program for Primary Education with special focus on practical English speaking and reading skills to enhance employability, thereby, giving these children, an equal opportunity for making their lives brighter. In FY 2014–15, the Company reached out to 2,580 children across 19 schools in Bhandup, Worli and Halol.
iv. Community Development– Water and Malnutrition (Project–Jeevan) – This is an integrated community development project which focuses on improving all round quality of life in the areas of clean drinking water, sanitation and overall health and nutrition based interventions amongst others. In FY 2014–15, the project reached out to 750 children and adolescent girls to provide nutrition supplements and awareness sessions on health and hygiene. Besides this the project also reached out to 8,141 children in 9 schools for providing safe drinking water, while also carrying out installations of rain harvesting structures in 3 schools benefiting 3,850 people.
v. Employability – Skill Development (Project–Saksham) – This project is a skill development program, which focuses on alternate livelihoods training economically empowering women and technical training for youth. In FY 2014–15 the project trained 688 less privileged women and youth from slums and rural communities in tailoring, embroidery, mobile phone repairing, bag making, patient care assistance programme etc. as an alternate livelihood option.
The Annual Report on CSR activities in pursuance of Companies (Corporate Social Responsibility Policy) Rules, 2014 is annexed herewith as 'Annexure–II'.
The amount of Rs. 77.35 Lacs out of the mandatory CSR expenditure amount, which remained unspent during the financial year 2014–15, has been carried forward to the next financial year 2015–16 and shall be spent on ongoing CSR projects.
Pursuant to Section 177 of the Companies Act, 2013 and Clause 49 of the Listing Agreement entered into with the Stock Exchanges, the Board has adopted vigil mechanism in the form of Whistle Blower Policy, to deal with instances of fraud or mismanagement, if any. The Policy can be accessed at the website of the Company at the link <http://www.ceat.com/Investors_intimation.aspx>.
The Company has developed a Related Party Transactions policy for purpose of identification and monitoring of such transactions. The policy on Related Party Transactions as approved by the Board is uploaded on the Company's website.
All Related Party Transactions are placed before the Audit Committee and also the Board/Members for their approval, wherever necessary. The related party transactions entered during the financial year were on an arm's length basis and were in the ordinary course of business except the contracts/ arrangements or transactions entered into by the Company with related parties referred to in sub–section (1) of Section 188 of the Companies Act, 2013 during the course of business but which were not at arm's length basis. The details of the same are annexed herewith as 'Annexure–III' in the prescribed Form AOC–2.
There were no materially significant related party transactions during the financial year.
None of the Directors has any pecuniary relationships or transactions vis–a–vis the Company.
The paid up equity capital of the Company as on March 31, 2014 was Rs. 35,95,57,100/–. During the year under review, the Company had, pursuant to the special resolution passed
by the members at the AGM held on September 26, 2014 and through Postal Ballot on November 24, 2014, issued and allotted 44,94,382 Equity shares at a price of Rs. 890/–per share aggregating to Rs. 40,000.00 Lacs (Rs. Forty Thousand Lacs only) to the eligible investors by way of Qualified Institutional Placement in accordance with the Chapter VIII of the SEBI (Issue of Capital and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2009 (ICDR).
The said shares were listed on the BSE Limited and the National Stock Exchange of India Limited on December 1, 2014.
Consequently, the share capital of the Company has increased to Rs. 40,45,00,920/– during the year under review.
The details forming part of the extract of the Annual Return in the prescribed Form MGT 9 is annexed herewith as 'Annexure–IV'.
A statement giving details of conservation of energy, technology absorption, foreign exchange earnings and outgo, in accordance with Section 134(3)(m) of the Companies Act, 2013 read with Rule 8 of The Companies (Accounts) Rules, 2014, is annexed hereto as 'Annexure–V' and forms part of this report.
The statement required pursuant to Section 197 read with Rule 5 of The Companies (Appointment and Remuneration of Managerial Personnel) Rules, 2014 (said Rules) in respect of employees of the Company, are required to be set out in this report. However, the second proviso of the sub rule (3) of Rule 5 of said Rules permits the Company to provide the said statement on specific request of member in writing. Therefore, the Annual Report excluding the said statement is being sent to all the members of the Company and such statement shall be made available to the members on request.
The prescribed particulars of employees required under Section 134(3)(q) and Rule 5(1) of the said Rules are attached as 'Annexure–VI' and forms part of this report.
Your Company is eligible to accept deposits from the public pursuant to Section 76 of the Companies Act, 2013 ('the Act') and the Companies (Acceptance of Deposits) Rules, 2014 ('the Rules'). Pursuant to the Special Resolution passed by the members at the Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the Company held on September 26, 2014, the Board of Directors of the Company, approved the Fixed Deposit Scheme for acceptance of deposits from members and persons other than members in accordance with the requirements of the Act and the Rules. Pursuant thereto, the Company accepted deposits for an amount of Rs. 2,461.49 Lacs during the year under review, which remained outstanding as on March 31, 2015.
In accordance with Rule 19 of the Rules, the deposits accepted under the Companies Act, 1956 and the Rules made There under (Earlier Deposits), the Company shall continue to repay such Earlier Deposits and the interest due thereon for the remaining period in accordance with the terms and conditions and period of such Earlier Deposits in compliance of the Act and the Rules. The amount of Earlier Deposits outstanding as on March 31, 2015 was Rs. 5,238.00 Lacs.
There were no defaults in respect of repayment of any deposits or payment of interest thereon during the year under review. The Company has not accepted any deposits which are not in compliance with the requirements of the Act.
The Company has no overdue deposits, other than the unclaimed deposits as at the end of the year under review.
In terms of Section 134 (3) (g), the Report of the Board of Directors shall include the details of particulars of Loans, Guarantees and Investments under Section 186 of the Companies Act, 2013 granted are given in the Note no. 15, 16, 22, 31 and 34 of notes to the Financial Statements. The loans and/or advances given to the employees bear interest at applicable rates.
Messrs Vinay Bansal, A. C. Choksey, S. Doreswamy, Mahesh S. Gupta, Haigreve Khaitan, K. R. Podar and Ms. Punita Lal were appointed as Independent Directors at the Annual General Meeting held on September 26, 2014, whereupon, the composition of the Board of Directors duly meets the criteria stipulated in Section 152 of the Companies Act, 2013.
Further, Mr. Ranjit V. Pandit, was appointed as an Additional Director of the Company by the Board of Directors at its meeting held on March 3, 2015. He would therefore hold office upto the date of the ensuing AGM. Mr. Pandit, qualifies to be an Independent Director and his appointment has been recommended by the Nomination and Remuneration Committee. Accordingly, it is proposed to appoint Mr. Pandit as an Independent Director for a term of 5 (five) consecutive years with effect from the date of the ensuing AGM of the Company and he shall not be liable to retire by rotation.
All Independent Directors have given declarations that they meet the criteria of independence as laid down under Section 149(6) of the Companies Act, 2013 and Clause 49 of the Listing Agreement.
In accordance with the Companies Act, 2013 and Articles of Association, Mr. Hari L. Mundra retires by rotation and being eligible offers himself for re–appointment.
All pecuniary relationship or transactions of the Non–Executive Directors vis–a–vis the Company, along with criteria for such payments and disclosures on the remuneration of the Directors along with their shareholding are disclosed in Form MGT–9 which forms a part of this Report.
Directors' Report 41 KEY MANAGERIAL PERSONNEL
The Company had in the previous years, appointed Mr. Anant Vardhan Goenka as Managing Director, Mr. Arnab Banerjee as Executive Director–Operations, Mr. Subba Rao Amarthaluru as Chief Financial Officer and Mr. H. N. Singh Rajpoot as Company Secretary. Pursuant to the provisions of Section 203 of the Companies Act, 2013, they are deemed to have become Key Managerial Personnel, defined in Section 2(51) w.e.f April 1, 2014.
There are no relationships between the Directors inter se except Mr. H. V. Goenka, Chairman and Anant Vardhan Goenka, Managing Director who is the son of Mr. H. V. Goenka, Chairman.
Pursuant to the Code of Conduct for Independent Directors specified under the Companies Act, 2013 and the revised Clause 49(II) (B) (7) of the Listing Agreement entered into with the Stock Exchanges, the Company has framed a familiarisation programme for all its Independent Directors to familiarize them on their roles, rights and responsibilities in the Company, the nature of the industry in which the Company operates and its business model. The familiarisation programme posted on the website of the Company at the link <http://www.ceat.com/Investors_intimation.aspx>.
The Board has, on the recommendation of the Nomination & Remuneration Committee, framed a policy on Appointment, Training, Evaluation and Remuneration of Directors and Senior Management Personnel (SMP) and their remuneration which is enclosed as 'Annexure VII'.
For the purpose of evaluation, the board finalised a questionnaire and engaged a third party to conduct an independent online confidential survey using the said questionnaire. The results of the survey were then deliberated at Board Meeting and evaluation of the Board, its committees and the Directors were approved.
During the year 7 (seven) Board Meetings were convened and held. The details of which are given in the Corporate Governance Report. The intervening gap between the Meetings was within the period prescribed under the Companies Act, 2013 and Clause 49 of the Listing Agreement
Detailed composition of the mandatory Board Committees viz. Audit Committee, Nomination and Remuneration Committee, Stakeholders Relationship Committee and Corporate Social Responsibility Committee, Risk Management Committee and non–mandatory committee viz. Finance & Banking Committee, Special Investments/Projects Committee and QIP Committee numbers, number of meetings held during the year under review and other related details are set out in the Corporate Governance Report which forms a part of this Report.
There have been no situations where the Board has not accepted any recommendations of the Audit Committee.
The Company has formed Audit Committee comprising of Mr. Mahesh S. Gupta (Independent Director), Mr. S. Doreswamy (Independent Director) and Mr. Hari L Mundra (Non–Independent Director) as members.
Mr. Mahesh S. Gupta has been appointed as the Chairman of the Audit Committee.
Pursuant to Section 134(3)(c) of the Companies Act, 2013, your Directors, to the best of their knowledge and belief, make following statements that:
i. The applicable Accounting Standards have been followed in the preparation of the annual accounts alongwith the proper explanation relating to material departure, if any.
ii. Such accounting policies have been selected and applied consistently and such judgements and estimates have been made that are reasonable and prudent so as to give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the Company in the Balance Sheet as at March 31, 2015 and the Statement of Profit and Loss for the said financial year ended March 31, 2015.
iii. Proper and sufficient care has been taken for the maintenance of adequate accounting records in accordance with the provisions of the Companies Act, 2013 for safeguarding the assets of the Company and for preventing and detecting fraud and other irregularities.
iv. The annual accounts have been prepared on a going concern basis.
v. The proper internal financial controls were in place and that such internal financial controls are adequate and were operating effectively.
vi. The systems to ensure compliance with the provisions of all applicable laws were in place and that such systems were adequate and operating effectively.
In compliance with Clause 49 of the Listing Agreement entered into with the Stock Exchanges, separate Section on management Discussion and Analysis, as approved by the Board of Directors, which includes details on the state of affairs of the Company as required to be disclosed in the Directors' Report, forms part of this
the Corporate Governance Report, duly approved by the Board of Directors together with the certificate from the Statutory Auditors confirming the compliance with the requirements of Clause 49 forms part of this Annual Report.
The members of the Company had, at its AGM held on September 26, 2014 appointed Messrs S R B C & Co., LLP as the Statutory Auditors for a period of 3 (three) consecutive years from the conclusion of the fifty–fifth AGM to the conclusion of the fifty–eight AGM subject to ratification of their appointment every year. They have confirmed that their appointment, if ratified at the ensuing AGM, will be in compliance with Section 139 and 141 of the Companies Act, 2013.
The Board has appointed M/s KPMG as Internal Auditors for the period of 15 months ending on March 31, 2016 under Section 138 of the Companies Act, 2013 and they have completed the internal audit as per scope given by the Audit Committee.
The Company has appointed M/s Parikh and Associates, Company Secretaries to conduct the Secretarial Audit for the financial year ended March 31, 2015. As required by Section 204 of the Companies Act, 2013 and rules made thereunder, the Secretarial Audit Report furnished by M/s Parikh and Associates is annexed to this report as 'Annexure–VIII'.
The Board has appointed Messrs N. I. Mehta & Co., Cost Accountants, as Cost Auditors of the Company for FY 201516 and recommends ratification of their remuneration by the members at the ensuing AGM.
There is no qualification, disclaimer, reservation or adverse remark made either by the Statutory Auditors in Auditors Report or by the Company Secretary in practice (Secretarial Auditor) in Secretarial Audit Report.
There are no significant and material orders passed by the Regulators or Courts or Tribunals impacting the going concern status and Company's operations in future.
During the year under review, there was no change in the nature of the business.
Details in respect of adequacy on internal financial controls with Management Discussion and Analysis which forms part of this Report.
CEAT continues to be a people focused organization continuously building next generation leadership, by promoting and developing internal talent to meet its long–term vision. This year, the Company increased its investments in training and development to substantially develop high potential employees and technical capabilities.
The Company has entered in to long–term wage settlements with its internal union substantially improving labour relations.
The Company has been persistent on achieving process and quality excellence by building internal academies and involving employees at the grassroot level in continuous improvement through Total Quality Management (TQM) initiatives.
In accordance with the provisions of the Sexual Harassment of Women at the Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013, Internal Complaints Committee (ICC) has been set up to redress complaints. ICC has not received any complaints during the year under review.
Your Directors place on record their appreciation for the continued support and co–operation received from the employees, customers, suppliers, dealers, financial institutions, banks and members towards conducting the business of the Company during the year under review.
On behalf of the Board of Directors
H. V. Goenka
Place: Mumbai
Date: May 22, 2015


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