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October 2016
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|"Screen, James" <firstname.lastname@example.com>
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|Thu, 6 Oct 2016 19:57:37 +0000
Postdoctoral Research Associate/Postdoctoral Research Fellow
College of Engineering, Mathematics and Physical Sciences
Exeter Climate Systems
The College wishes to recruit a full-time Postdoctoral Research Associate/Postdoctoral Research Fellow to support the work of Dr James Screen and his research group. The post is available from 01 January 2017, or a mutually agreeable date thereafter, until 31 December 2018 and is funded by a Philip Leverhulme Prize.
The successful applicant will contribute to research into the causes and global effects of rapid Arctic climate change. Within this broad topic, there is a degree of flexibility for the incumbent to explore their own interests and to shape the research agenda. Indeed, we particularly welcome applications from individuals with clear and novel research ideas to advance understanding in this topical area of climate science.
We are seeking applicants who have skills in the analysis of climate data; in-depth understanding of physical climate change (especially in relation to the polar regions); a proven ability to successfully communicate complex scientific information in the peer-reviewed literature and/or international conferences; and ideally, experience of designing and performing climate model simulations.
Applicants will possess a relevant PhD and be able to demonstrate sufficient knowledge in the discipline and of research methods to work within established research programmes. At Postdoctoral Research Fellow level, the successful applicant will be a nationally or internationally recognised authority in climate science with significant post-doctoral experience. Evidence of lead author publications in internationally renowned journals is highly desirable for appointment at Postdoctoral Research Associate, and essential for Postdoctoral Research Fellow.
The successful candidate will be appointed at Postdoctoral Research Associate (Grade E) or Postdoctoral Research Fellow (Grade F) depending on the skills and experience the individual can bring to the role. The start date is flexible, but must be no later than 01 July 2017 and the post must finish no later than 31 December 2018. Starting salaries at the appropriate grade are:
Postdoctoral Research Associate on Grade E from GBP 28,452 - GBP 32,958 per annum
Postdoctoral Research Fellow on Grade F at GBP 33,943 per annum
Candidates should demonstrate their achievements against the relevant criteria in the accompanying person specifications, which will be used to make an appointment at an appropriate level. We also encourage applicants to provide a short summary of their future research ideas in a covering letter.
For further information please contact Dr. James Screen, e-mail firstname.lastname@example.com .
To view the Job Description and Person Specification document or to apply go to <https://jobs.exeter.ac.uk/> and search for job reference P54621 (using key word box).
Applications close on 8 November 2016.
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Founded in 1920, Forest City Enterprises Inc. is starting a new chapter in its history with a recent restructuring from a publicly traded company to a public REIT with $10 billion in assets. Forest City Realty Trust Inc. (NYSE: FCEA and FCEB) made its debut on January 1. NREI recently spoke with Forest City Realty Trust President and CEO David J. LaRue about what motivated the change and what lies ahead for the REIT.
NREI: The new REIT status went into effect Jan. 1, correct?
David LaRue: Yes, effective on Jan. 1, 2016. The REIT statutes required us to be operating as a REIT for a full calendar year, which gave us the deadline of 12-31-15 to complete all of the work that we needed to do so that we would be in compliance for the full tax year 2016.
NREI: Forest City has a long history, including operating as a public company since 1960. What motivated that structure change in the first place?
David LaRue: Like all companies coming out of such a financial strain during the recession in 2008 through 2010, Forest City started to look at best ways to improve its operations. The conversion to a REIT was a destination where we were heading based on strategies that we articulated and started executing on starting in 2012. We had come out with strategic goals of focusing our business on core products and core markets. We said we needed to have a sustainable capital structure that translated into reducing our leverage and increasing the cash flow from the business. We said we needed to have a foundation built on operational excellence. Those are the pillars that were driving our business, and the pillars always have to sit on a foundation.
NREI: When did this idea of transitioning to a REIT first come up?
David LaRue: It goes back literally to the early 1990s period, when a lot of private companies were doing the UPREIT conversions based on a different financial bind that they found themselves in during that early 1990s real estate depression based on the change in tax laws and the savings & loan crisis. So when that (REIT) market became more and more established, and more companies continued to move into that operating structure, our investors frequently asked why wouldn't, and when would Forest City consider converting into a REIT.
From a tax standpoint, we were tax efficient. We weren't paying substantial taxes because of our depreciation and interest expense. Our taxable income was very much managed, and we could continue to grow the business and execute on the strategies we had at that time. So it was a question from investors, and as Chuck Ratner used to tell investors when he was CEO, when it's the right time for Forest City to do this, based upon value and based upon the market, we would do it. That just happened to be as a result of the new strategy and where we saw ourselves heading to be competitive and wanting our shareholders to realize maximum value. Since most of [our] competitors were in that space, all of those things combined to say this was the right time for us to do that.
NREI: In hindsight, 2015 was a pretty tough year on Wall Street for REITs. Do you think the timing could have been better, or doesn't that matter given the restructuring you had to do to put things in place for the conversion?
David LaRue: I don't think businesses in general try to time markets. If you look at the years leading up to 2015, you can go back to the low point of REITs back in 2009. From 2009 mid-way through 2015 the REIT index out-performed most of the indexes. Strategically looking forward, we believe the REIT structure, the REIT industry, the REIT index based upon delivering value to shareholders, will be a good thing for us over the long term.
NREI: So summarize for me, what do you think the advantages are for operating as a REIT versus the public company format?
David LaRue: Right now, there are 224 REITs in the REIT Index and 198 REITs traded on the NYSE. We were one of a handful, maybe five companies, operating as C-corps in that real estate world. So I think as you look at investors and analysts, Forest City Realty Trust as a REIT is a business they understand. They know we have to distribute and pay a dividend based on taxable income. That is a benefit to shareholders. So we have common structure that is familiar. There are requirements to operate. A certain percent of your income and your assets must be qualified assets. So what it does is allow us to continue to have the market believe that we are remaining focused in our core businesses, which are in those qualified real estate businesses.
Paying a dividend is something that almost every public company wants to do. What we had to do since 2008 is direct our capital to our other needs—deleveraging being one, activating our development pipeline was another one and investing in our real estate portfolio was a third—to make sure that our properties and communities that we have in different markets are serving our residents and our customers appropriately. So I think what this does is that, once we are in an index and once we are operating in a standard format for real estate companies, it attracts investors to our name and gives us that common ground for the public to evaluate us. It also gives us more of a benchmark that we have to be on top of our game and remain competitive.
NREI: How will the new REIT status impact operations and strategy going forward?
David LaRue: The key piece of the REIT conversion will make us even more focused on our real estate business. A REIT is allowed to have assets and non-qualified income. For example, we have a very successful project with the redevelopment of the Stapleton Airport in Denver. But as we sell land to builders in Denver, that has to be put in a taxable REIT subsidiary.
We announced recently that we had made an agreement to sell our military housing business. It is a fee business versus a real estate business where we manage housing for the military. It is very good income, because we make a great profit on it, but it's just not qualified for REIT purposes. So that had us shift our focus to selling that business and maximizing value out of that and reinvesting back into our other deals. So, strategically, I think that focus is going to be somewhat heightened to make sure it is in the qualified areas where we do invest or own.
From an operations standpoint, there are new compliance rules, more from an accounting and tax standpoint, that we have to focus on that we didn't focus on before. A C-corporation, regardless of what business it is in, doesn't have limits on what it can invest in or where it can invest money, where a REIT has to generate a majority of its income from real estate rent and qualified income sources and real estate related income. We now have to be able to track where all of that is; make sure it is going into the right bucket; and make sure it is not exceeding limits.
Being in this REIT environment we now are going to be held under a brighter spotlight because of the costs that are out there in the real estate world, and we are going to have to continue to compete and operate at standardized measurements and benchmarks. That is going to have us continue to focus on the operations.
NREI: How does this change make Forest City more competitive or better positioned to grow in the future?
David LaRue: I think we will attract a larger share of investment dollars into the real estate space than we had in the past because of our status. We will attract income investors due to the fact that we will pay a dividend where we had not been paying a dividend since 2008. It will allow us to remain efficient in that regard and distribute to our shareholders the income that we generate from our properties. As we move forward, and as we continue to execute the strategies that we have outlined to the public, I think that will be recognized and appropriately reflected in our overall value in stock price. We believe we are undervalued, which you probably hear from every CEO, but I think this conversion helps us to close a substantial part of that gap—not just by the fact of the conversion, but by the fact that we are now going to be in a place where dollars first get allocated from investors to invest in real estate companies.

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I love a vanilla iced coffee and now I love them even more when spiked! Sure, I don't drink them first thing in the morning, but a little afternoon pick me up doesn't hurt, right? Or go the decaf route and have one after dinner on a hot summer night. Either way, they're delish! Read on for your little afternoon kick!
Here's what you'll need:
Brewed Coffee, Creamer of choice, Vanilla Simple Syrup, Kahlua
Fill your glass full of ice! I love using these little mason jars. Darling! Pour your brewed coffee into each glass. Fill as full as desired.
Add the vanilla simple syrup. I made my own. Dissolve 1 cup of sugar in one cup of water over low heat. Cool. Once cool, add 1 1/2 teaspoons of vanilla extract. You can use a vanilla bean to make the syrup, but those are so expensive! And I love the maple color it created!
Add your creamer. I used half and half.
Stir. Isn't it pretty? If you want just the iced coffee, stop here! If you want it spiked, read on!
For the Kahlua, I poured a jigger full but only used half per glass. Of course you can use more or less. It gave it a nice warmth!
And there you have it! A spiked vanilla iced coffee!
It was a perfect end to an afternoon of running around! My mom and I discussed all the different ways to spike this little guy and the options are endless! I will be experimenting soon and will share them all here!


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Idstein, Germany — Marble plaque listing the names of the victims of the witch hunts conducted by John, Count of Nassau-Idstein between February 3, 1676 and March 31, 1677. A total of 31 women and 8 men were executed for witchcraft.
The plaque is displayed at the foot of Idstein's Hexenturm ("Witches' Tower"), the keep of the town's castle and Idstein's oldest building. No accused witches were ever imprisoned in the Hexenturm.


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Historian Arnold Bauer's Life Celebrated In Chilean Valley He Loved
Nearly nine months after history professor emeritus Arnold Bauer died in Davis at age 84, his ashes made a final journey "home" to Chile.
Family, friends and former students held a memorial ceremony April 19 in a chapel of a historic estate featured in Bauer's book, Chilean Rural Society: From the Spanish Conquest to 1930.
Colleague and friend Charles Walker said that El Huique hacienda, located in the Colchagua Valley about two hours south of Santiago, often led Bauer to compare the region with his native Kansas.
"He loved El Huique's beauty, its simple architecture, impressive chapel, rich fields, and nearby mountains, and over the decades he brought countless students and friends to visit," Walker, a professor of history, writes in a recent blog entry.
Read his tribute, "Arnie Bauer & El Huique."
— Kathleen Holder, content strategist in the UC Davis College of Letters and Science


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Martin Jackson - Simi Valley California
I've been going to Perry for 10 years and wouldn't consider having anyone else work on my cars. I've owned domestic cars, foreign cars and a motor home and he's worked on all of them. He's even helped me out with my boat and trailer. It's rare to find mechanics that are truly trustworthy and Perry is as honest as they come. I am very particular about my vehicles and before I discovered Perry I went to dealers. What a mistake that was. They charge twice as much for not even half the workmanship and service as Perry does. I even bought a used car from Perry 5 years ago (how's that for trust). It's got 170,000 miles on it and is still going strong. Of course I won't let anyone else touch it but you know who. Simi Valley's lucky to have Perry's Quality Automotive.


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Verstatile, seamless long-sleeved running shirt for Multisports training in cooler conditions.
We all need an all-rounder on the team, especially when the air cools. The casual, long-sleeved Training Shirt promises to keep you warm and dry no matter the sport or the situation.Loose-fitting and comfortable, the soft, thick microfibre allows full freedom of movement with no constriction. The hydrophobic fabric quickly wicks away moisture to keep you dry even when working out. Extra mesh bands under the arms and down the sleeves provide extra ventilation to avoid unpleasant sweatiness, while a higher neckline keeps you cosy when the air is a chilly. Using a signature, seamless weave, the shirt does not chafe or irritate. Elegant and functional, it is perfect for everything from early-morning runs to the annual sports' club dinner.
Versatile, all-rounder functional shirt to pull on without hesitation for everyday sport or leisure activities
Casual, loose-fit design for a stylishly athletic look which you can easily wear before, during and after sport
Excellent thermoregulation thanks to a highly-functional microfibre weave which quickly wicks away sweat and moisture


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It's always fun to peek inside the home of folks who know how to decorate. That's what HGTV is all about, right?
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution took a look inside the Morningside home of designer Chip Cheatham and realtor Ken Covers, who created an escape within their 3,500-square-foot through a fusion of Asian design and natural materials.
A sense of restfulness washes through the couple's Morningside home, starting with the neutral color scheme and clean design and flourishing in thoughtful details like the pitter-patter of a backyard waterfall and the mix of natural materials and soothing background music that suggests it's time to exhale.
Among the best examples of the 3,500-square-foot home's ethos is its kitchen.
Here, Cheatham, president and creative director of PierceMartin, created a highly functional cooking and entertaining area that makes the most of the environs.
The home features a neutral palette with splashes of color. The home is sprinkled with "cool features," too.
Among many, the front door. Stainless steel and embossed with raised dots, it was the couple's Christmas gift to each other.
"I had enough sweaters," Cheatham jokes.
Also, the entire master suite.
Preceding the area is a tranquil nook that seems like a spa waiting room. Past a terra-cotta Buddha head and through Chinese latticework screens lies a cradle of pampered bliss. More specifically, the travertine floors can be heated.
View a photo album of the Cheatham-Covers home.


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Threats between Donald Trump and Kim Jong-Un are Scary
Threats between Donald Trump and Kim Jong-Un are Scary. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov mentions the risk of escalation between North Korea and America "very big." Lavrov announced today that Moscow is very concerned about the mutual threats between the two countries.
"The threats on both sides are very worrying," Lavrov said today. "The smartest and strongest party must now take action to stop this crisis."
The threats between US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un about North Korea's nuclear program are, according to Lavrov, a step too far.
He encouraged the two countries to join a Russian-Chinese plan to resolve the conflict. According to this plan, North Korea should stop its rockets, and the United States and South Korea should, in turn, stop major military exercises.
Earlier this week, rhetoric escalated between both countries when Trump threatened North Korea with "fire and anger, as the world has never seen," and North Korea indicated its willingness to fire four nuclear missiles on the American island of Guam.
Trump warned North Korea today not to do crazy things. "Military solutions are now fully prepared, locked and loaded, if North Korea acted unwisely. Hopefully, Kim Jong-un will find another way!", Wrote Trump in his last tweet.
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What to do if you are a bootstrapped entrepreneur and a well-funded startup copies your product or enters your space
I know the feeling. You catch your first glimpse of the Medium article, PR release, or email notification that tells you a well-funded startup has launched and is now a direct competitor to your indie startup. Their branding is on point, their product looks polished, they have millions in the bank, and they're featured on Product Hunt. F**k.
It's almost like going through the 5 stages of grief in hyperspeed. In your mind, your company has already gone bankrupt, sold, or just flamed out multiple different ways in nano-seconds. Will it take days? Months? a Year?
This happened to me when I poured my savings to create a social audio sharing application and Anchor.fm launched & raised millions of dollars.
This has happened at least twice since launching Wavve in late 2016.
It will probably happen a few times with Zubtitle too.
But alas, I'm still here. It doesn't seem like you survive, but you can.
I know your hope levels are currently at an all-time low but I am here to tell you: This is a good thing.
Why Competition With a Well-Funded Startup Is a Good Thing
Congratulations! It's official. You picked a great market for your company to operate in. You can be sure of this because this cash-strapped incumbent just walked in. But here is the even better news:
Once a Startup accepts an outside investment, they are married to the expectations of 10x. You are an Indie Startup. You aren't married to these expectations or returns. If they can survive in this market, then there will be plenty to go around. Who knows, the market may not support a company of their size but yours may be just fine.
There are a lot of other reasons competition is a good thing (Google it if needed) but it all boils down to this: It forces you to get to work.
So let's get to work.
Take a Deep Breathe and Say These Words
Take a breath. Chill for a second. Woosah.
Now say these words out loud: "We can beat them."
(By beat them I mean you can build a business that can thrive either alongside or beyond their existence.)
You need to believe these words and be willing to put in the work to make it happen. If you don't believe you can beat them, there is no harm in throwing in the towel. Just go ahead and do it now.
Get Competitive
Still reading? Next up: If you don't have a natural competitive fire, you need to find one.
I found that I don't have much of a natural competitive drive. Generally, I want everyone to do well and I never had a problem giving up what I had for someone else. But if I took that approach in business, I would lose everything I have built, my business, my revenue, my creative outlet, etc., I needed to take a stand and put up a fight.
Find Your Niche(s) or Get Stitches
This is your greatest weapon against a VC backed behemoth. Thanks to their multi-million dollar funding round & hiring spree, they have to focus on the whole market. They are also now married to 10x results or bust.
It's all or nothing for them. But not for you.
They can't take the risk of niching down to a small segment of the market (they should but won't). You can.
Take whoever you consider to be your target market and attempt to break it down into 3 or more segments. Quickly test those segments with marketing strategies and determine which one brings in the best results.
For example, if you offer a time-tracking tool for freelancers, write down as many different types of freelancers as you can pick the top 3 that seem like the best target marketing (i.e., Designers, Developers, Virtual Assistants, etc.,).
Us Indie Entrepreneurs generally don't have the war chest to launch a full scale assault on a new competitor. Luckily for us, we don't have to crush our competitors. We just need to differentiate from them enough to attract customers that can help fund our operations.
There are plenty of ways to differentiate: Pricing, feature sets, by distribution, UI/UX, marketing, messaging, etc., Focus on finding one that can set you apart.
Once you have found your niche, make adjustments to improve on your product market fit.
Be Where They Can't Be
Large, recently-funded startups generally focus on expensive marketing campaigns that hit a broad audience. They have to move fast and capitalize on their recent raise. This always leaves the nooks-and-crannies unexplored & unused. Try and be in every one of them.
Need some ideas on how to target niche audiences? Try some of the tactics below:
- SEO is a long-tail game. It's like planting a tree… Funded Startups can't always afford to wait for a tree to grow. They need results before that next funding round.
- Build a community – This is another long-tail approach that takes work and consistency, but can pay large dividends down the road.
- Targeted direct outreach – Don't be scared to pick up the phone or email a cold prospect!
- Make Great Content – Learn as much as you can about your audience and write content that will help them be better at their job.
If you only do one thing in response to your new competition, make sure you focus. Don't respond by launching 4 new initiatives in hopes that one of them will stick. Take stock of what your product & team does really well, compare that to your competition, and position yourself to the market in a way that makes you different.
And don't quit!


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Zakharef in Motion Festival kicked on the night of April 12th at the Hussein Cultural Center with a show by renowned flamenco dancer Rocio Molina.
Born in Málaga in 1984 Rocio started dancing as early as age three, when she began her professional training, completing her career in 2002 at the Real Conservatorio de Danza de Madrid, graduating with full marks.
With this in the back of my head I went in with high expectations of watching a one of a kind performance from such a young dancer. And I did.
I dragged my friends to the hall to arrive just time before the entire hall was full. Amman's cultural scene is growing so fast nowadays that arriving half an hour before a cultural event is not enough to get a seat.
As usual, the Spanish guitarists started the evening by playing a few tunes preparing for the introduction of the dancer. But what was unusual was that the stage was beautifully decorated with what seemed like a side of a bedroom. A hung red dress, a dresser with a mirror, a chair and a spot light transferred us to a personal private space that the dancer used so profoundly in her different dances.
Rocio started off with her hair on her shoulders; wearing nothing like a flamenco dress, she began to move her body on stage in a modern –flamenco manner. She indeed gave the audience what they were looking for; transitioning us from mood to mood, romance to anger, and solitude to liberation.
What was highly fascinating to me was that it was the first time I see a performer change on stage. This solo artist used the props on stage as if in her own dressing room with confidence and tranquility. We saw her tie her hair up, dress in different outfits, until she slipped into a typical red flamenco dress that fit her beautifully. She ended her final act by dressing in the outfit she first performed in, faded the spotlight of her bare dressing room and left the stage, in a sense telling us that her mission is done.
A very unique show, presented by an impressive and courageous dancer, unlike anything I've seen before by a flamenco dancer. She had a good mix of contemporary art with the traditional Spanish culture.
Rating: 8/10
Watch Rocio Molina here.
To find out more about Zakharef In Motion nights click here.


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According to Wikipedia: Punishment is the authoritative imposition of something negative or unpleasant on a person or animal in response to behavior deemed wrong by an individual or group. The authority may be either a group or a single person, and punishment may be carried out formally under a system of law or informally in other kinds of social settings such as within a family. Negative consequences that are not authorized or that are administered without a breach of rules are not considered to be punishment as defined here. The study and practice of the punishment of crimes, particularly as it applies to imprisonment, is called penology, or, often in modern texts, corrections; in this context, the punishment process is euphemistically called "correctional process".
And continue reading Wikipedia here >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punishment
Or else…
An eye for an eye is one of the strongest human instincts, but reciprocating harm is not always the best course of action. Punishment sometimes works to condition people not to repeat misdeeds, and threats of negative repercussions can act as disincentives, but our ability to rise above our base instinct for revenge and judge each situation objectively and with an eye toward rehabilitation is one of the highest achievements of humanity and of civilization.
Well… Why am I talking about this…? Before I explain, let me tell you something…
According to social psychologist Kevin Carlsmith of Colgate, the reason for revenge is to achieve catharsis. However, his recent study suggests that revenge is, in fact, counterproductive to achieving that goal. The study explains that those who seek to punish continue to think about the perpetrator, keeping the pain and the anger very much alive in their minds, while those who "move on" or "get over it" think less about the perpetrator. Carlsmith's team tested this theory by staging an interactive game where players could earn money if they all cooperated with one another. However, if a player did not cooperate, he could earn more at the expense of the others. Researchers planted certain "free riders" who would encourage everyone else to cooperate, but would later not cooperate himself. Two groups were tested–one that could punish the "free rider" (and they all did), and one that could not punish.
Carlsmith says, "Rather than providing closure, it does the opposite: It keeps the wound open and fresh."
Mustering up genuine compassion for those who have wronged us, instead of allowing anger toward them to eat away at us, is the course of action recommended by most psychologists. An exception to the belief that burying the hatchet brings peace to the soul may be sexual abuse: Some victims of these crimes are empowered when given permission to not forgive.
Punishment, Revenge, and Forgiveness… That's what I really wanna talk about. Once, a friend of mine, we're blood-related; He keeps bothering me by throwing paper-ball. That's sucks… You know what I did to him? Well, revenge is definitely more hardcore for me, I threw a scissor on his face. How cruel…? It's not what I'm thinking at that time. Anger is a deadly emotion for me. I hardly control my emotion when I was 15.
After what happened, I got punished. Of course, that's not gonna end so smooth. I have to ask for forgiveness. I once was a very cold person. I never say the word 'sorry'. Why? Because I don't care. So, what happen next? The first time I said sorry. Yeah, I apologize. Of course, you know, my dad was like,"I'm gonna kill you!" Hehehe…
So, what's so sweet about revenge…? It;s the satisfaction. But, then, you'll have to face the consequence and it's kinda shitty, of course. You got punished!
I've been taught that when you do a mistake and you're sorry, then people forgive you, it's not gonna end just like that. Yeah…? Yeah. You have to make up for what you've done. Make it right, Man! There are consequences for everything you do. It's not always a punishment but, sometimes, you just have to go through it and get it done.


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Rodney Woods Joins Coldwell Banker Caine in Greenville
GREENVILLE, S.C. - May 29, 2018 - Coldwell Banker Caine recently welcomed Rodney Woods as a residential sales agent to its Greenville office. Born and raised in the Upstate, Rodney is looking forward to helping others find their home. Rodney previously worked in marketing and felt a pull towards real estate. After consulting with friends and mentors, he decided to follow his passion and become a licensed Realtor®.
Rodney and his wife, Alyssa, have a 2-year-old daughter, Cecelia. As a family, they enjoy taking advantage of Greenville's many parks. Rodney also enjoys watching football - especially if the Carolina Panthers are playing.
"Rodney will be an excellent addition to our Greenville office," said Stephen Edgerton, President and CEO of Coldwell Banker Caine, "His personality and drive will fit right in with our culture." With over 180 Realtors® and counting in Greenville and Spartanburg, Caine continues to grow as the Upstate's premier real estate firm.
About Coldwell Banker Caine
As a premier provider of full-service real estate in the Upstate, Coldwell Banker Caine is a nationally competitive firm that has the highest per person productivity in the Upstate. The company offers quality residential and commercial real estate services across Greenville, Spartanburg, Oconee and Pickens counties. Family owned and operated, Coldwell Banker Caine has been providing service beyond the contract to the Upstate community since 1933. Visit the website at coldwellbankercaine.com or follow their social media channels: Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.


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Finding solutions over lunch – knocking down the literal, and figurative, four walls and moving your company's IT infrastructure to the cloud.
Magna5 Sales Leader Steve Francis reflects on a recent lunch conversation.
We all have conversations in which we find ourselves connecting with more than others. Those discussions usually focus on topics we're really curious and passionate about. It's the mutual sharing of new ideas through our connections and professional friendships where we learn, gain insight – and solutions happen.
I can think of a recent conversation that fits this scenario: over lunch with an IT executive, our conversation centered around the Cloud and now operating in a world far beyond your office environment or your local data center. Or, what may be referred to as blowing out the traditional four walls – both in the literal sense and in new ways of thinking and possibilities.
Lego as a Service ("LaaS")
It's a conversation that has stayed with me since. My IT friend started the conversation off with an interesting analogy, albeit a bit facetious, "I don't care where my IT infrastructure resides, it could sit on Lego blocks for all I care, as long as the applications work," he joked.
All joking aside, he was being serious: he didn't care where the technology was housed – just so long as it worked all the time. The point he was really making was on the importance and underpinning of the application in driving core value- physical infrastructure has never made anyone money – rather, innovative applications and services layered on top are the real lifeblood of a company's success.
For today's client, this also introduces new options to consider to optimize application performance and for the best end-user experience. Consider your company's own internal environment, external go-to-market strategies and all the critical services and applications in place to meet your objectives. Where do you house your sales CRM, collaboration tool, payroll system, ERP, storage, email, e-commerce site, databases, expense systems, phone system? How do customers reach you, how do you reach them and others across your supporting ecosystem? Are they residing outside your "four walls" or across data centers on infrastructure managed and owned by someone else, but reachable through a direct connection or the Internet? If you're like the many and growing exponentially – they are outside the traditional four walls. With this said, the dependency to connect, to access and enable applications across the global market has never been higher or more important.
With the shift to infrastructure and resources anywhere, my friend also shared an interesting change his company was taking on, an IT resource and headcount reallocation. In the past, their IT infrastructure folks would manage IT infrastructure in individual silos or in the areas they were only responsible for, e.g. routers, servers, storage – and do it well. Now those same infrastructure folks were partnering up or moving up the stack, and are now tightly connected and working side by side with the actual application owners to drive collaboration, speed, agility and performance through the application life cycle. That made a lot of sense to me – rather than looking at the parts, look at them as a whole and unify and focus everyone on the big picture purpose.
So, a great story so far: new, distributed services available anywhere, a new agile workforce, and improved time to market and response.
What could be better? Is there a better?
When our lunch conversation shifted to the network and accessing the critical applications, the conversation dimmed in enthusiasm pretty quickly. It was our consensus that it seems as though the network is the forgotten or overlooked piece – when, really, it is the critical component and glue that makes it all work.
The Cloud, with all of its inherent power, is only as good as the underlying network – but for many, it's still the Achilles heel. And, in commiserating our network woes, we both shared our collective "oh no" experiences in rapid-fire succession like we were on a game show competing for the buzzer: Internet failures, DDos attacks, power issues, fiber cuts, backhoes, latency lag, application slowness, human error, brown-outs, routing misconfigs, fat fingers, finger pointing, routine maintenance gone bad … and, we repeated, human error.
But what really happens when things go bad? Time stops. People freeze. They grow frustrated and eventually go home to get online. For the affected company, its lost revenue and diminished brand value like a ticking clock, where the ticks get louder and louder every second, where customers, employees, stakeholders demand answers. Not a good day. Not the picture of a thriving, productive workforce and organization.
The Cloud as a (part of the) Solution
So, what's the better in this part of the story? We fundamentally agreed it really starts with the approach and how you look at things. First, understanding we're living in a multi-cloud world, and, rather than looking at the Cloud as a standalone panacea or end all, we should be looking at the Network and Cloud as symbiotic and as an interconnected platform to deliver high-value applications.
In today's business world, you need a secure, diverse and resilient network giving rise to all of the Cloud applications – otherwise, in simple terms, you're dead in the water. Better yet, to achieve the best of all outcomes partner with a service provider who specializes in both the network and the cloud. A partner who understands and considers all the network and cloud interdependencies and relationships end-to-end for voice and data: from ground level last-mile local-access strategies, software-defined network features, security controls, application performance, to hybrid-based carrier egress routing options with multi-path failover.
My lunch partner and I decided that businesses need to figure out if they're asking the right questions:
- Does my service provider have years of expertise and experience migrating customers from traditional to advanced IP-based networks?
- Do they operate their own tried and trusted network – with diversity and redundancy as the main operating tenets?
- Do they deploy next-generation Cloud and Collaboration architecture and committed to delivering new and advanced cloud-based technologies?
- Are they true experts in the industry? Can they prove it?
As we were leaving the restaurant, we joked about who's going to patent "Lego as a Service" first – everything else is "As a Service" why not Legos, but we stopped ourselves, and said before we do that – we know that a strong network comes first.
I walked away still thinking about the conversation – who better than Magna5 to support and help guide customers to the modern Network and Cloud delivery platform. This is what we do.
From the Magna5 Network and Cloud platform, we design and deliver the most resilient of Cloud-based network solutions for our clients. Our customer-first culture and philosophy is defined by high touch and response, and the idea that "what affects our customers affects us." The ultimate compliment we can receive is hearing that we create peace of mind for our customers. We know the pitfalls, the gotchas, the worries and have tested and deployed, re-tested and re-deployed with certain scenarios in mind to prevent and find solutions to those issues before they happen to our customers.
From enterprise customers, government agencies to Level 1 Trauma Centers focused on saving lives every minute, every day – they count on us. For critical environments like a trauma center, there is no "go home" option.
So, what's to think after all of this? Think customized solutions. Think Network and Cloud. Think SD-WAN. Think UCC. Think multi-path failover. Think Security. Think SIP. Think Magna5.
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The spellbinding scenery of the Caribbean offers photogenic scenes at every turn. From soaring volcanic spires to close-ups with sea turtles, these six sights make for particularly pretty pictures
Queen Emma Bridge, Curaçao
Sparkling blue seas meeting white sandy shores… a colourful village alive with local life… a tranquil sunset burning with tones of pink, orange and yellow… the Caribbean isn't short of fantastic photo-worthy sights.
And while you'd be hard-pressed to take a bad shot, the region offers up iconic scenes that will give you the kind of photos that bring back happy memories every time you see them.
Here are six of our favourite can't-miss Caribbean photo ops that are sure to brighten your holiday album – and your social media feed.
The lush island of St Lucia is a tropical paradise, cloaked in verdant rainforest and gardens of hibiscus and bougainvillea. Soaring above it all are the dramatic twin peaks of the Pitons, two volcanic plugs that have come to define the St Lucia skyline. Gros Piton rises to a height of 770m above sea level, while Petit Piton stands at 743m, and the two are linked by the Piton Mitan ridge. The UNESCO-protected Pitons Management Site, which also takes in geothermal fields and coral reefs, covers 2,909 hectares of land and sea.
For a fantastic angle on the peaks, take to the water on the Cruise to the Pitons shore excursion. As you cruise towards Soufriere Bay, you can capture the green hills contrasting beautifully with the bright blue skies.
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Willemstad, the capital of cosmopolitan Curaçao, is a photographer's dream – the colourful buildings along its waterfront make a striking contrast to the blue of the surrounding sea. But the city's most photogenic star is the Queen Emma Bridge, a swinging pontoon bridge that crosses Santa Anna Bay and separates the two sides of the city – Punda and Otrobanda. The bridge, nicknamed 'our swinging old lady' by locals, was originally built in 1888 and completely rebuilt in 2005.
In the early 20th century, it cost two cents to cross if you were wearing shoes, but nothing if you weren't – today you can cross it for free, regardless of your footwear choices. Snap it from the Otrobanda side to capture the colourful buildings of Punda in the background. At night, changing colourful lights creating an equally enchanting sight.
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Swimming with turtles in warm Caribbean waters is a true bucket-list tick, and Barbados is the perfect place to do it. The waters off the island's west coast are home to green, hawksbill and leatherback turtles, who enjoy the calm and temperate waters.
Put your underwater camera to good use on the Turtle Snorkel shore excursion, where you'll sail along the coast towards a sheltered bay for a wonderful experience with some of Barbados' marine inhabitants. Snorkel with the graceful wild sea turtles and watch the crew feed these endangered creatures.
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St Vincent is everything Caribbean dreams are made of – peaceful and idyllic with sparkling waters and powder-soft sands. For a quintessentially Caribbean experience, visit the nearby island of Bequia (pronounced beck-way), a microcosm of Caribbean beauty. Its name means 'island of the cloud', and it's a mecca for yachtsmen and those looking for a secluded retreat.
Capture its essence on the Escape to Bequia tour. After a relaxing catamaran trip, during which you can take in the sights of Admiralty Bay and Port Elizabeth, you'll drop anchor and have the opportunity to don some snorkel gear and investigate the underwater world before heading off to anchor at Princess Margaret Beach, where you can snap iconic Caribbean scenes – turquoise seas, yachts in the harbour and lush hills in the background.
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Aruba, the smallest of the Caribbean's ABC islands, offers a world of discovery for nature lovers. Beautiful Arikok National Park takes up nearly 20 per cent of the island and is full of natural wonders, from cacti to caves.
Just north of the park, head to Baby Natural Bridge, a limestone formation that bridges the waters below, formed over thousands of years by the pounding waves and winds. The original Natural Bridge – which was once one of the island's top tourist attractions – collapsed in 2005, and its ruins can still be seen.
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Grenada's capital and cruise port, St George's, is considered one of the prettiest harbours to sail into. Horseshoe-shaped, set in a volcanic crater and flanked by two forts with colourful French colonial-style buildings along the waterfront, it's the perfect introduction to this beautiful island.
To experience Grenada's interior beauty, trek into the rainforest to the Seven Sisters Waterfalls, which can be done on the Hike to Seven Sisters shore excursion. After a short photo-stop at the Grand Etang Lake, you'll wend your way through the rainforest on your way to your destination, where two tiers of water flow from above down into pools. Snap to your heart's content, and if you're feeling hot from the hike, cool off with an invigorating swim in the fresh water.
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We will contact you with details of our loyalty programme when you book your first cruise, and if you join you will receive further communications thereafter including details of your loyalty status and subsequent benefits. In order to calculate these benefits we need to profile the time and money you spend with us. You may opt out of the loyalty programme and programme-related communications at any time. We use external data providers to help us to maintain the accuracy of your loyalty programme contact data.
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We retain a basic record of guests' cruise history (name and contact details, booking/cruise number, nights on board, class of travel) indefinitely for the purpose of maintaining our loyalty scheme.
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High Volume Auto Body Shop / Owner FinancingListing: #LA04162
About this Business for sale in San Bernardino CountyHigh Volume Auto Body Shop / Owner Financing
This is a 10 years old, established and profitable auto body shop located in a very high traffic location. The sales have been going up for the past few years with a manager in place. Body shop experience is not necessary for the new owner. The revenue is all retail and come from great service and value. There is still room for expansion as well.
The company has reputation for excellent workmanship and attention to detail with average rating is 5/5 on Yelp.
All reviews online highly recommend this shop as a certified collision repair shop or dealer alternative.
Building can park up to 25 cars inside. Still New 2 year old Down Draft spray booth with city permit. High profitable business, loyal following, all tools and fixtures included, start making money on day one. The city will not give any more permits for auto body any longer. There is a reasonable rent in place. This is your chance to own a successful and established body shop with owner carry.
• Auto Body Repairs
• Auto Body Paint
• Expert Color Matching
• Complete Auto Detailing
• Full Restoration
• Auto Glass Replacement & Repair
• Windshield Replacement & Repair
• Collision Repair
• Air Conditioning Certified
• Computerized Estimating
Building SF:
5,000 (Park up to 25 cars inside)
Facility: 5 Bays, Spray Booth, Frame, Lift, Compressor, Welder, AC
Growth & Expansion:
This is a great opportunity for an experienced operator as a primary or secondary location.
*Profit: Sellers Discretionary Earnings, also known as EBPITD (Earnings Before Proprietors Compensation, Interest, Tax and Depreciation). This is the estimated total discretionary earnings (profit) for a business, usually based on historical trading.


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EDITOR'S NOTE: This story was corrected at 12:07 p.m. on April 12, 2018. A previous version incorrectly stated where the shooting happened.
SCHENECTADY — A man who "appeared" to have been shot in the head outside a tavern Wednesday night was being treated and released from Ellis Hospital Thursday morning, according to Schenectady police.
Police officers responded to a call of gunshots fired in the area of 507 South Ave., according to Sgt. Jeffrey McCutcheon. The 28-year-old victim could be seen sitting up and being treated by Schenectady firefighters after emergency responders were called, according to a Daily Gazette photographer at the scene.
McCutcheon said the victim, whose identity police are not releasing at this time, was speaking with responding police officers Wednesday night. He said he was not sure how in-depth that conversation was.
It appeared the victim suffered a "graze wound" from an apparent gunshot, according to McCutcheon. But it is unclear what the victim was shot with.
McCutcheon added that detectives reported they did not recover any shell casings or other evidence that would indicate what type of weapon was used at the scene.
The victim was taken to the hospital to be treated for non-life-threatening injuries and was later released.
Police are continuing to investigate the incident and are looking to review surveillance footage from street cameras, cameras at private residences and cameras from the Saw Mill Tavern, a bar located near the scene, to get information on a possible suspect.
This is a developing story and will be updated.
Schenectady Police officers cover a bullet fragment with a marker in the middle of South Avenue. (Peter R. Barber)
Schenectady Police officers question a man who was shot in the head near the Saw Mill Tavern on South Avenue. (Peter R. Barber)
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Technology is rapidly transforming the world in which we live and work in. For global development, it's thought technology will be the biggest contributor — and achiever — in most efforts over the next decade. But technology is also expected to be the sector that will experience the biggest changes in required skills.
So which technologies will be most sought after? And how are they used for development work?
Next Generation of Development Professionals
Devex, in partnership with USAID and DAI, has produced a report to determine the perceptions, trends, opportunities, visions, and solutions around the future of the industry. Offering practical insights for recruiters and talent alike.
According to Devex's recent Next Generation Professional report, produced in collaboration with the United States Agency for International Development and DAI, geographical information systems — or GIS — and big data are the technologies most in demand for the next generation of global development professionals to know and utilize.
In the video above, find out how these technologies work and the potential they offer for global development.
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Our Green Journey
High Street Baptist Church - Tring
'Make Tring a bee town'
Visit the Justice & Peace website for more details about this and other projects.
The Season of Creation 2020
The Season of Creation is a global movement of Christians seeking to renew our relationship with our Creator and all creation through repenting, repairing, and rejoicing together. The theme for this year's season, 1 September to 4 October, is a jubilee for our Earth.
Find out more about the Season of Creation by clicking on the image above. Read on to find out more about High Street's green journey.
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Recycling at High Street
Our recycling area has grown to encompass a number of items which cannot be recycled in the usual council collections. Some of these items are sent off to agencies who deal with them directly, whilst others provide a more convenient drop-off point before being fed into other local collection points.
The recycling area is located outside the building, next to the ramped access to the left of the church.
We collect baby food pouches, bras, pens and writing equipment, stamps, plastic bottle tops and corks, printer cartidges, batteries, and spectacles.
Our Green Journey
In the first decade of the new millennium a number of us at High Street Baptist Church in Tring became convinced that the churches should be doing and saying more about the big issues associated with resource depletion and climate change. We formed a small 'Green Group' and encouraged the diaconate that this was something we should commit to as a church fellowship. In 2009 we achieved our first Eco-Congregation award and, having succeeded in making further progress in raising awareness of green issues, as well as in collaborating with local environmental and other groups such as Transition and Justice & Peace, we achieved a second award in 2013. Eco-Congregation was an interdenominational scheme that is still operating in Scotland, Ireland and elsewhere but since February 2016 it has been replaced in England and Wales by Eco Church, which is operated by the Christian environmental charity A Rocha, with support from Tearfund, Christian Aid, the Methodist Church and the Church of England. At High Street, we gained a Bronze Eco Church award in October 2016 and achieved Silver in July 2018. We are working towards gold!
We face all the usual challenges associated with churches – lack of insulation in our building, a limited budget and a wealth of competing demands on time – but we have nevertheless been able to reduce the waste of energy and generally heighten awareness, both among our regular congregation and also among other members of the local community who use our building regularly. Among other things, we have installed an array of solar panels on our church hall roof.
The ethos of Eco Church, as with Eco-Congregation before it, is very holistic and takes in every aspect of church life, and of life as a whole. Almost everything that we do has an impact on our environment, both near and far. We are reminded that the teaching of Christ centred on love of neighbour and care for the poor, and that the opening chapters of the Bible tell us not only that all of creation is loved by God but that he made it and saw that it was 'very good'; furthermore, he called humankind to share in the task of caring for all of creation. At High Street Baptist Church, Tring our mission statement is to be 'growing in the message and challenge of God' and creation care is a central part of both the message and the challenge.
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Creation Care
We do not see creation care as simply an add-on to the usual 'business' of being church. As Christians we believe that God is our Creator. He not only created the world that we might live in it, he gave us stewardship of it. With this comes responsibility:
Creator of the heavens, who stretches them out, who spreads out the earth with all that springs from it, who gives breath to its people, and life to those who walk on it… (Isaiah 42:5)
What does the Lord require of you? To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God. (Micah 6:8)
A Rocha
The vision of A Rocha is for churches of all denominations to care for creation as an integral part of loving their neighbours and following God faithfully. They invite churches to complete a survey addressing five key areas of church life:
- Worship and teaching
- Management of church buildings
- Management of church land
- Community and global engagement
- Lifestyle
Lausanne Movement
Click on the link (left) to access some excellent resources about creation care from a biblical perspective.
In May 2017, High Street Baptist Church became the first Baptist church around the world to make a public commitment to divest from fossil fuels! As such, we have been added to the list of divestment commitments on the Fossil Free (350.org) website. High Street has been in close touch with the Bright Now campaign on Church divestment, organised by Christian climate change charity, Operation Noah, and indeed we feature as a case study in a recent publication from the campaign (see link). With this latest commitment, however, we are joining a list that includes some very large institutions and hope that before long we may be joined by many more Baptist churches up and down the country.
Divestment is the opposite of an investment – it simply means getting rid of stocks, bonds or investment funds that are unethical or morally ambiguous. We have pledged not to invest in fossil fuels in the future and to do all we can to ensure that, as far as possible, the church uses energy that is generated from renewable resources.
Putting our ethics into practice
Solar panels and utilities
The solar panels on our hall roof generate electricity when the sun is shining and we use this electricity, which reduces our energy bills; surplus electricity is fed into the national grid and we are paid for this contribution to the country's energy supply. We purchase the remainder of our electricity from a fully renewable supplier. From April 2018 all our gas will be supplied through the Big Church Switch initiative, which links churches with suppliers who are doing the most to provide renewable energy.
We have explored options for moving our bank account away from one of the high street's big four and had discussions with our current bank about their investments in fossil fuels.
Nappy service
With so much activity on the premises involving babies and young children, we generate a lot of used nappies! We are using a cleaning service which turns used nappies into fuel bricks to be used in hospital heating, thus avoiding landfill.
We use environmentally friendly cleaning products throughout the building and we also offer members of the congregation the opportunity to share in bulk purchasing in order to reduce the use of plastic containers. We use recycled paper handtowels and toilet rolls.
Purchasing and recycling
We encourage all our users to think ethically about their purchases regarding packaging and the types of products brought onto the premises. We recycle as much as possible, offering appropriate bins and advice about this topic. We have a recycling collection centre. We consciously source Fairtrade, organic or local products. Where paper products are needed (e.g. toilet paper, hand towels, office paper) we use recycled paper.
Fairtrade is a simple way to make a difference to the lives of the people who grow the things we love. Fairtrade ensures the growers and producers of goods have decent working conditions and a fair price for their goods. We use Fairtrade tea, coffee and sugar for our Sunday services and midweek activities.
Worship and education
We emphasise that all people and all of nature are part of God's good creation; we hold special services on environmental themes.
Wider community
A number of church members support aid and development agencies that care for people and for the earth. We collaborate with Churches Together in Tring's Justice & Peace Group, who are the Fairtrade Steering Group for Tring and who also campaign on issues to do with climate change. We host the open meetings held by Tring in Transition, which helps the community take the first steps from a wasteful, oil- and car-dependent consumer society to a safer, more responsible and happier one. We have members who are involved with Christian environmental organisations, Green Christian and Operation Noah.


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We owe Rear Adm. Munns our thanks. He has worked tirelessly to implement NMCI, the largest intranet in the world and a change management effort of epic proportions. His steady hand, intellect and innovative spirit have turned the tide, and taken this very challenging project to the point of well over 300,000 people using the network daily. As pointed out at the recent NMCI Industry Symposium, NMCI implementation has demonstrably improved access, interoperability, information assurance, failover and redundancy; and innovative new training opportunities are now available to our military personnel.
Despite the progress we have made on NMCI, an incredible amount of work remains to be done to truly achieve the transformational potential that this intranet offers us. Our success will be measured by our ability to devote our energies to solving problems and accelerating the pace of transition. While the cutover of seats is of paramount importance to get our Navy and Marine Corps users into the NMCI collaborative environment, we must not lose focus on shutting down legacy applications and networks. The price of maintaining duplicative systems and infrastructure is an anchor around our neck that must be lifted to achieve our vision of Naval Power 21, knowledge dominance and network-centric warfare. The security achievements of NMCI are noteworthy, but the rapid transition to Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) digital certificates on the Common Access Card for cryptographic log on, access to secure Web sites, and digital signatures, will not only dramatically strengthen our information security posture, but will also be the key that unlocks the power of eGovernment and the elimination of our labor-intensive paper processes.
Each of us has a leadership role to play in this Naval transformation. Let us renew our commitment to provide the network-centric environment that our Sailors and Marines need to fight and win in a world where the flow of the right information to our forces, anywhere in the world, in real time, is crucial. Let us bring to bear the strength of our Naval shore establishment to win the global war on terrorism. Each day spent making NMCI the foundation for this transformation to net-centric operations is a day of success. Any moment spent not working constructively to face and work through the challenges of this daunting transformation is a moment lost to the men and women serving this great nation.
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All India Civil Accounts Employees Association
All India Civil Accounts Employees Association Category -II
Central Office: - Address for Communication:-
16-A, Akbar Road Hutments, 17/2 – C, P & T Quarters,
New Delhi: - 110011 Kali Bari Marg,
New Delhi-110001
No. NFCAA/HQ/A-1/Cir-6/2018 Dated: 26.04.2018
All Federal Executive Members,
All Women Committee Members,
All Branch Secretaries of AICAEA & AICAEA Cat- II
All Unit Secretaries of AICAEA
Dear Comrades,
As scheduled, the extended federal executive meeting of National Federation of Civil Accounts Associations was held in Mumbai on 4th & 5th April 2018. 31 (Thirty One) Federal Executive member, Branch Secretaries from different Branches, permanent invitees and observers attended the meeting. The meeting of 4th April 2018 was presided over by a presidium composed of Com. Ravinder Kumar, Working President, Com. Ajit Huparikar, President, AICAEA and Com. Chinmay Mukhapadhyay, President, AICAEA Cat-II. As Com. Ajit Huparikar, President, AICAEA had proceeded to Hyderabad on 4th April 2018 itself to take care of his ailing mother, he was replaced by Com. Subhendu Roy Choudhury, Vice President, AICAEA as member presidium for the continued meeting of 5th April 2018.
Com. A.B. Sunilkumar, Secretary General, AIAPAO(Civil) had attended and addressed the meeting on 4th April 2018. Com. T.R. Janardanan, Ex President, NFCAA also addressed the meeting.
The meeting took decisions on following matters after reviewing the decisions taken in the meeting of 19th February 2019 held in Delhi. It was observed by the meeting that majority of the decisions taken by the meeting are yet to be implemented. However, the decision of holding Dharna by the Branches in front of ZAOs, CBDT on 13th March 2018 in protest against non-settlement of demands by the authorities of CBDT was implemented by the Branches of N.E., West Bengal, Kerala, Tamilnadu & Pondicherry, Mumbai and Delhi. As a result, the Pr. CCA, CBDT had met the Association formally on 21st March 2018 and settled some of the demands. The meeting therefore, congratulated all those Branches which made the programme of 13th March 2018 a grand success.
1. Decisions on Cadre Review:-
The meeting had held detailed discussion on the approach to be taken by the NFCAA on Cadre Review. All members present in the house had taken part in the discussion on the issue on the basis of the draft of the Cadre Review proposal submitted by the five members sub-committee constituted in the previous meeting of extended Federal Executives held on 19th February 2018 in Delhi. Following the detailed discussion, six sub-groups were created by the meeting with one of the Federal executive members as group leaders and had asked the sub-groups to submit their views. These sub-groups had given their opinion to the meeting on 5th April 2018 after discussion independently in their respective groups overnight.
On the basis of the discussions, the approach of NFCAA on Cadre Review was adopted by the meeting. It
was further decided that, the decisions taken by the meeting shall also be placed before the ensuing meeting of COC of Civil Accounts and finally a consensus approach shall be taken from that meeting.
The meeting had also adopted a resolution urging up on the Government of India that, since no cadre review of the Group B &C cadres was there within last 42 years, the 6th Cadre Review of ICAS Cadres of Civil Accounts Organization may not be done before the 1st Cadre Review of the Group B&C Cadres of Civil Accounts Organization is completed.
On the basis of the decisions taken in the meeting, the approach of the NFCAA was placed in the consecutive meetings of COC of Civil Accounts Employees and Officers Associations held on 5th April 2018 in Mumbai and on 9th April 2018 in Delhi. This meetings had agreed the line of NFCCA and it has been decided to move unitedly.
Vide Circular No:- 5 dated 22.04.2018 the synopsis of the proposals for Cadre Review submitted to the Internal Cadre Review Committee of the office of the Controller General of Accounts on 20th April 2018 jointly by the All India Civil Accounts Employees Association and All India Civil Accounts Employees Association Category – II has been circulated.
2. United movement under COC:-
The meeting decided that, since the achievements on various issues like restoration of departmental examination system, formation of Internal Cadre Review Committee and re-recognition AIAPAO (Civil) etc. so far could be made due to joint struggle of AICAEA, AICAEA Category-II and AIAPAO (Civil) under the banner of COC of Civil Accounts Employees & Officers Association, the effort of joint movement shall continue in future also.
3. Settlement of Departmental Demands:-
It is nearly a year, the present Controller General of Accounts has taken over the charge as Controller General of Accounts, but All India Civil Accounts Employees Association has not so far been granted any formal meeting due to which the issues of Civil Accounts Employees are moving directionless and different officers of the office of the Controller General of Accounts are totally mishandling the demands of Civil Accounts Employees. Further, the meeting held at the level of joint Controller General of Accounts on 9th June 2017 has inflicted more damage to the issues.
In view of the above situations, the meeting deplored the attitude of the Civil Accounts authorities towards a recognized Association and decided that, a formal meeting shall be sought with the Controller General of Accounts immediately and the meeting shall not be attended if it is charred by any of the officers below the level of Addl. Controller General of Accounts. The All India Civil Accounts Employees Association shall therefore, write a letter to Controller General of Accounts along with the list of the demands immediately.
4. Enhancement of Membership:-
The meeting observed that, confidence of Employees on All India Civil Accounts Employees Association and All India Civil Accounts Employees Association Category –II is increasing and thereby the strength of membership is also increasing. However, there is not point to become complacent and effort should continue to reach the target of enrolment of cent percent employees as members of the Association. The organization could be strongest and resort to hard bargain when totality of employees shall be its members.
Since after introduction of electronic method of remittance of membership subscription to Bank Account of the Associations majority of DDOs are not sending detailed informations of the remittances made to the Bank Account to Central Headquarters of the Associations, the Central Headquarters of the Associations are finding it extremely difficult to earmark the DDOs from which the subscription have been received. Moreover, this situation is leading to the problem of segregating the share of Branches and Units. In view of this the meeting directed the Branches to:-
1. Discuss the problem with the Unit Secretaries of their respective Branches.
2. Meet the DDOs and request them to send the detailed information to the Central Headquarters of the Associations with endorsement of its copies to the Branches.
3. Take all other measurers considered necessary for increasing the membership and streamlining the process of remittance of membership subscription.
5. Recognition of AICAEACAT II:-
The meeting of the Federal Executives reviewed the status of the issue of recognition of All India Civil Accounts Employees Association Category II. It was reported in the meeting that, as per verification report available with Association, nearly 20% AAOs from all over the country are the members of the Association and due for recognition under the CCS (RSA) Rules, 1993 and this fact was confirmed from an RTI reply given by the Office of CGA to one of the ex-employees of Kolkata.
But some of the officers of CGA Office being in connivance with the adversaries to AICAEA CAT II and against the unity of officers and employees sought the interventions of those adversaries illegally by trespassing the informations on the verification of membership of AICAEACATII. Moreover, under the dictate of the said adversaries, the CGA office had manipulated the membership verification report of the AICAEA CATII to bring its membership below 15% of the AAOs on roll. In this process the office of CGA has generated three membership verification reports from a single verification. It had also revised the membership figures in respect of some Ministries/ Departments and adopted the figures dictated by the adversaries to AICAEA CAT II. Not only this, the CGA office instead of taking any action on the request letter AICAEA CAT II for granting recognition, directed the nodal authorities to send fresh reports of membership verification secretly without any information to AICAEA CAT II so that a fresh record could be created with more reduced strength of membership AICAEA CAT II. More surprisingly, the CGA office desperately ignored the verification reports sent by some of the Nodal authorities where AICAEA CAT II has paid members.
The meeting of the federal executives therefore, condemned the attitude of the office of CGA and directed the Secretary General of AICAEA CAT II to write to CGA by enclosing all relevant documents and seek his intervention.
6. Foreign Service of Secretary General:-
So far as the issue of putting Secretary General of All India Civil Accounts Employees Association to Foreign Service once again, the meeting after deliberation has directed the Federal Executives stationed in Delhi to take the stock of the situation and appraise the Federal Executives for taking further steps.
7. Units/Branch Conferences and Branch Level Women Convention:-
Branches of both All India Civil Accounts Employees Association and All India Civil Accounts Employees Association Category-II have been directed by the meeting to ensure revitalization of the organization by conducting the Branches conferences, if due. The meeting also directed the Branches and Units of All India Civil Accounts Employees Association to complete the Unit Conferences if due so that Units are revived and reactivated.
8. 7th Federal Council Meeting:-
The 7th Federal Council meeting of NFCAA being due in the third quarter of 2018, it has been decided that, Karnataka Branches should host the council meeting. Com. S.M. Prasanna Kumar, Asstt. Secretary General, AICAEA, Com. V. Bhattacharjee, Secretary General, NFCAA and Com. Amol V. Sule, Secretary General, AICAEA Cat-II shall do the needful in this regard.
9. Pendency of issues of staff at different levels:-
It was observed by the meeting that, there was an overall improvement in the problems of staffs during the recent past. There is a radical charge on the approach of some of the Departmental heads towards the issues of the employees.
The issue of discrimination in granting promotion to MTS and particularly to one of the MTS of PAO, Commerce, Mumbai who has been denied his legitimate benefit of seniority by the CGA office was discussed elaborately by the meeting. The initiative taken by the Chief Controller of Accounts, Ministry of Commerce to resolve the problem was appreciated by each every members present in the meeting. But the role played by the office of CGA and the manner in which the favoritism practiced by it was condemned by the meeting. In view of the situation developed, it has been decided that the All India Civil Accounts Employees Association, Mumbai Branch would explore the feasibility of taking legal course of action in this matter and Central Headquarters of All India Civil Accounts Employees Association shall write a letter to CGA on this on behalf of the Federal Executive meeting.
The meeting thereafter directed all Branches and Units to send the sectional issues to Federation Headquarters for their persuasion according to the necessarily.
The meeting was ended with vote of thanks to the chair
With warm greetings,
(V. Bhattacharjee)
Secretary General
This meeting of the National Federation of Civil Accounts Associations represented by the All India Civil Accounts Employees Association and the All India Civil Accounts Employees Association Category II being held in Mumbai on 4th & 5th April, 2018 discussed the issue of Cadre Review of the Group B & C Civil Accounts Employees vis-à-vis the Cadre Review of ICAS (Group-A) cadres.
The meeting noted that, as per DOP&T OM No. 2/4/87PP dated 23rd November 1987 circulated vide D.O.12.11019/16/2016-CRD dated 20th December, 2016, Cadre Review of Group B, C & D cadres should be undertaken after every five years by the cadre controlling authority. Against point No. 17 of the "POINTS TO BE FOLLOWED BY THE CADRE CONTROLLING AUTHORITIES WHILE FORMULATING PROPOSALS FOR CADRE REVIEW OF GROUP 'A' SERVICES" the DOP&T has stated the following:-
"While forwarding the cadre review proposals of Group 'A' Services, it may be ensured that cadre review of feeder posts from Group 'B', 'C' and 'D' be completed beforehand, so as to reflect the impact of the same on the induction into Group 'A' Services, whenever the same is envisaged in the Statutory Rules."
But even after lapse of forty two years from the date of formation of the Civil Accounts organization, the Civil Accounts authorities had never undertaken any cadre review of the Group B, C & D officers and employees of Civil Accounts Organization while the 5th(fifth) Cadre Review of the ICAS cadres(Group-A) was done and implemented in March, 2015 by the same Civil Accounts authorities and it is only after persistent agitations by the Organsiations of Group B & C Officers and employees under the umbrella organization of Co-ordination Committee of Civil Accounts Employees and Officers Associations for nearly two long years, the Civil Accounts authorities have now constituted an internal Cadre Review Committee on 15th January 2018. But this committee has not so far taken any substantial step to process the cadre review proposal for Group B & C Officers and Employees in an expeditious manner.
The meeting also noted that, ignoring the guidelines of the DOP&T, the Office of the Controller General of Accounts has decided to undertake 6th (sixth) Cadre Review of the ICAS cadre (Group-A) and directed the Ministries/Departments vide O.Ms. No. A.11016 (1)/Gr.A/CGA/Cdr. Rev.VI/2018/454 dated 09-02-2018 and No. A.11016 (1)/Gr.A/CGA/Cdr. Rev.VI/2018/1006 dated 26-03-2018 to submit the proposals within 15th April 2018.
Above discussed actions on the part of Controller General of Accounts being totally against the interest of the Group B & C Officers and Employees of Civil Accounts organization, the meeting records its strongest protest and urges upon the Government of India to kindly intervene and provide justice to the Group B & C officers and employees of Civil Accounts organization by directing the Controller General of Accounts to complete the 1st (first) Cadre Review of the Group B &C cadres before recommending for 6th Cadre Review of ICAS (Group-A) cadres to the Government of India .
The meeting resolves to forward the Resolution to the Secretary, DOP&T, New Delhi and the Secretary, Department of Expenditure, New Delhi and endorse its copies to the Controller General of Accounts and all others concerned.
(Ravinder Kumar)
Working President