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(Note: Captain Kirby appears via satellite from Afghanistan.)
GEORGE LITTLE: Well, good morning. I'll open with a few remarks on Afghanistan, and I am pleased to be joined by my fellow spokesman via video link from Kabul.
Since we learned last week that ISAF forces mishandled Islamic religious materials, including the Holy Quran, political and military leaders, from the president to secretary of defense and the commander of the International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan moved quickly and forcefully to express apologies for this incident. And both American and Afghan leaders have met with Muslim religious leaders over the past several days to enlist support in conveying that message.
Tragically, many in Afghanistan have been killed or wounded as a result of violence there. Extremists have killed four Americans, including two officers within the confines of the Afghan Interior Ministry. These are tough losses, and they demonstrate that we will experience challenges in the course of this campaign.
But let me be clear. First, Secretary Panetta and Chairman Dempsey are fully committed to our strategy in Afghanistan. They believe we have achieved significant progress in reversing the Taliban's momentum and in developing the Afghan security forces, and they believe that the fundamentals of our strategy remain sound.
Second, we will not let recent events allow us to lose sight of the progress we are making toward our broader objectives, including our core goal of defeating al-Qaida and its terrorist allies and denying it the ability to maintain a safe haven in Afghanistan.
Third, we are unwavering in our commitment to achieving the transition to Afghan security lead along the timeline agreed to at Lisbon.
Fourth, we join President Karzai and other senior Afghan leaders who have called for calm and an end to violent protests.
Fifth, we appreciate the steps President Karzai is taking to quell violence in the country, and we commend the hard work and sacrifice of the Afghan security forces who have suffered casualties attempting to quell the violence.
We respect the right of all Afghans to peaceful protest, but further bloodshed serves neither the coalition nor the Afghan people, who are themselves falling victim to violence.
Finally, our relationship with our Afghan partners remains strong. We continue to strengthen the mutual trust between ISAF and the government of Afghanistan as well as Afghan forces and civilians.
Every day our forces, together with our Afghan partners, face a brutal enemy. There are now about 330,000 Afghan security forces defending their own country, and they are partnering with ISAF forces in well over 90 percent of operations. Together, they fight in very difficult situations, building trust and mutual respect despite recent incidents.
We know that the spirit of American, coalition and Afghan forces will be tested throughout the campaign in Afghanistan. Anyone who believes they can weaken our resolve through these cowardly attacks is severely mistaken.
Let me repeat that: Anyone who believes they can weaken our resolve through these cowardly attacks is severely mistaken.
Our coalition will emerge from these challenges far stronger and as determined as ever to provide -- to provide security for the Afghan people. There is much at stake in Afghanistan, and our commitment to our mission and our strategy will not waiver.
With that, I'll be happy to take your questions unless Captain Kirby from Kabul has any further comments.
CAPTAIN JOHN KIRBY: No thanks, George. I thought you covered that very, very well. I'm ready for the questions.
MR. LITTLE: Okay, great.
Q: George, with respect to the -- General Allen's decision to remove all advisers from the ministries, what needs to happen -- what must happen before that changes, before they go back into that partnership? And more broadly, when you say that the fundamentals -- I think you said the fundamentals of a strategy remain sound. One of the fundamentals, of course, is the partnership and the trust that you referred to, which seems to have deteriorated to put it mildly. Is this business as usual? Is he just going to proceed with his strategy without any reconsideration?
MR. LITTLE: Look, when it comes to the particulars of ensuring that there's appropriate security for ISAF personnel and for ANSF, that's something that we constantly work on together. The fundamentals of our strategy do remain sound. We continue to fight alongside our Afghan and ISAF partners, and we -- the mission continues. We continue to fight the enemy, and we will do that.
We work alongside thousands of Afghans every single day to ensure a better future for the Afghan people, and nothing that has happened over the past week is going to deter us from that goal.
We're making progress. We have put the enemy on its heels in many parts of the country. Doesn't mean that there isn't work to be done -- there is -- but let's not let the events of the past week steer us away from the reality that we have made significant progress throughout the country.
On the first question, let me turn it over to John, who might have some updates from Kabul.
CAPT. KIRBY: Thanks, George.
General Allen has made it clear that the advisers will go back into the ministries when he's ready for them to go back, and he's not put a deadline or a timeline on that. And he is in discussions every day with the minister of the interior and the minister of defense about what we're doing to improve security in the ministries so that he can get to that decision point. But -- and I -- and I wouldn't really at this point want to go into any specifics on that because obviously, we -- you know, you want to preserve a little bit of your force protection measures. But suffice to say, he is not ready right now to have the advisers go back. But this is temporary.
And the other thing I'd say is -- and he made this very, very clear yesterday in meetings -- was he wants the work to go on. The advisers are still remaining in contact with their counterparts in the ministries via phone and email. So the contact is still there. The work is still continuing. It's just that they're not physically at the ministry buildings.
MR. LITTLE: Spencer.
Q: Have you taken -- has ISAF taken any additional measures about pausing or de-partnering any patrols or routine contact with ANSF personnel as a force protection measure? How can ISAF personnel be confident that in the wake of these protests, they aren't vulnerable to attack by the very people they're mentoring?
MR. LITTLE: John?
CAPT. KIRBY: Well, look, Spence, great question.
But, I mean, as you know, when we've talked about green-on-blue incidents in the past, this is something we're all -- it's a challenge that we're dealing with all the time.
But I would tell you that -- and each of the regional commanders, the -- General Allen certainly urged them to be vigilant, but he also made it clear that operations must continue.
And I'll just tell you we just wrapped up -- RC South just wrapped up an operation today. It was a three- or four-day operation down there, partnered with RC Southwest. Over 900 Afghan national security force troops were a part of this -- operations, nearly half the number total of troops that participated. And it was a -- it was what they call a spoiling attack, a spoiling mission. They wanted to get ahead of any spring offensive by the enemy down south. And they did tremendous work together. It was -- it was a very successful mission: over 200 pounds of explosive -- homemade explosives captured, 53 pressure plates, 29 IEDs taken. They inspected over 5,000 vehicles along Highway 1 through two districts down there.
So I mean, that's just one example, but the work continues, as George said, throughout the country. Partnering continues. The growth and development, the training of Afghan national security forces -- that hasn't been impacted.
Clearly everybody's going to be a little more vigilant right now. That's the right thing to do. It's appropriate to do. But the mission itself continues.
MR. LITTLE: Justin?
Q: Hi, Captain Kirby. Please give us your best assessment of what's happening on the ground right now. How widespread are these protests? How often are they happening? How dangerous is the atmosphere? And what, if any, additional steps can you tell us about that you're doing to protect Americans in general, troops and civilians?
CAPT. KIRBY: Well, Justin, right now all that's been done in Kabul is -- nothing has changed over the last couple of days. The advisers are not in the ministries. And movement here is restricted, especially anything outside the Green Zone.
And I'm not going to -- you know, obviously -- I mean, I'd be less than honest if I didn't say that things are tense here in Kabul. They certainly are. But I will tell you that it's getting calmer here. On Saturday we had 24 protests. A majority of them -- not a majority, but a great number of them were violent. Yesterday only nine protests, and they were not throughout the country. There was four in the north, four in the east, and only one out west. Today there was only three protests, and only two of those three were about the Quran issue. One was about land disputes. And none of the three were violent. So -- so things are calming down.
There has been a call by religious leaders, certainly by President Karzai and other government officials, for calm and peaceful protest, and we are starting to see the results of that effort to urge restraint.
MR. LITTLE: Craig?
Q: Captain Kirby, Craig Whitlock here. Could you give us a status update of the investigation into the -- as George put it the other day, the murders of the two U.S. officers in the Interior Ministry? Why hasn't the perpetrator been caught? And why haven't the Afghans even said publicly that this was an Afghan who carried this out?
CAPT. KIRBY: Well, I wouldn't -- I'm not going to speak for what the Afghan ministries are saying or not saying or why. That's something that they should talk to.
Then -- this just happened, as you know, so the investigation is just now under way. The Afghans are also investigating it as well. We're working together with them on that. The killer fled, and there is an active search to find him. I'd be loath to go into any more detail than that.
But believe me, Craig, what happened the other day has everybody's attention here and sharp focus, and it's a real tragedy. And again, our hearts and our thoughts and prayers go out to the -- to the families of the two that were killed.
But to the larger point -- and then George said this very well -- as tragic as that was and a shock to the system here, certainly to ISAF personnel here in Kabul, everybody wants to continue the mission and get back to work. And that's what we're focused on.
MR. LITTLE: Kevin?
Q: Hi, George. So can you tell us where things stand now with reviewing the entire Afghan strategy? We heard in December from Dempsey that he had asked General Allen to do a review for the post- surge strategy. And then this morning, I think, if not the Post, the Times story said that, you know, White House, Pentagon, everybody was getting together this week to look things over -- and to NATO. Where does -- where does it -- where do we stand now? What's expected? When are we going to get the report from Allen, if that's what we're waiting for? And how does everything that's gone on this last week change any of that planning?
MR. LITTLE: Well, we're taking the long view, Kevin, on this. In terms of troop draw-downs between now and the end of 2014, no decisions have been made. We're still having those discussions inside the U.S. government. And of course, we'll consult with our ISAF partners.
The important thing, we believe, is to sustain the progress that we've made. And I think that, as I said, the fundamentals of the strategy remain sound.
We're not going to let the events of the past week, which are regrettable and unfortunate and tragic, influence the long horizon view that we're taking with respect to our partnership with Afghanistan and to our enduring work there.
Q: Can I just ask you the bottom line here, though -- to go back to Bob's original question, is in fact trust between the U.S. side and the Afghan side strained right now? And where is it strained? Can you trust them?
MR. LITTLE: John, feel free to comment on this as well. I'll offer my perspective.
When we learned of the incident last week involving sacred religious texts, including the Quran, we took immediate steps to apologize to the Afghan government. When our officers were killed over the weekend, Afghan officials apologized to the secretary and to others for this incident and pledged to take immediate steps to curtail violence in the country and to do what they can to protect ISAF personnel.
The measure of trust in a relationship like this -- and it is a very strong relationship, a strong partnership, with the government of Afghanistan -- is, when something like this happens, when we have tragic events, how quickly do we respond? We have taken responsibility for what we have done over the past week, the Afghans have taken responsibility as well, and I think that is a key measure of trust.
We're going to continue to work together. We're going to continue to work in ways that further the partnership. And I think that is the essential ingredient.
John, do you have anything to add?
CAPT. KIRBY: No, George, I think that's right.
I -- look, trust and confidence are the keys to coalition warfare. And there's -- there is going to be issues. There is going to be some tension. There's going to be disagreements. There's certainly -- and as we've seen throughout this, there's going to be these very dreadful, regrettable, lethal incidents.
But I can tell you that at the leadership level, everybody here is focused on maintaining that trust and confidence and continuing to work together. And it's been, you know daily contact between General Allen and his counterparts in the -- in the Afghan government.
Q: Do you believe that the Karzai government did enough to stop the violence in the initial days, number one? And number two, as we all sit here today, could Leon Panetta walk into the Ministry of Interior or the Ministry of Defense in Kabul and be safe, without extra protection? We understand he travels with protection. Can he walk into -- would he walk into either of those buildings right now?
MR. LITTLE: We believe that Afghan officials clearly understand the problem of violence throughout the country. And they have pledged to us that they do recognize that issue and are taking steps --
Q: Did they do --
MR. LITTLE: Let me finish, Barbara, if I can.
Q: Well, my question is did they do enough in the days following the initial outbreak of violence?
MR. LITTLE: They -- and feel free to weigh in on this, John. My understanding is we were in constant dialogue with our Afghan partners in the days after the Koran incident. And we believe that they did not want to see the kind of violence that spread throughout the country. And we believe that they are committed to curtailing violence. They have pledged that to the secretary and to others. And we look forward to seeing violence abate in the -- in the coming days.
Q: Yeah, are --
MR. LITTLE: Or I'll let John -- I'm sorry, John, do you have anything to add?
CAPT. KIRBY: No, that -- no, George, nothing to add.
MR. LITTLE: Joe?
Q: Captain Kirby, I want to go back to the incident -- to the incident of the -- of the minister of interior on Saturday. Are you sure -- are you hundred percent sure that the shooting inside the ministry is related to the Quran issue? And second, my second question, do you think that some senior Afghan officers could be involved in this incident?
CAPT. KIRBY: Well, Joe, the answer to both of your questions, quite honestly, is we don't know. We don't know what the motivation was behind the murders. And we don't -- we don't know all the facts surrounding how this individual got into this space and, frankly, was able to get out as quickly, and apparently as easily, as he did. So that's what the investigators are working through right now, and that we just -- we just don't have that level of detail.
MR. LITTLE: All right. Time for a couple more questions. Viola?
Q: All right. Can you update us on the status of the investigation into the Quran burning itself? Has anyone been placed on leave in -- pending the outcome of that investigation, and where is that? We were told last week that there would be some preliminary results within 24 hours or something. We haven't heard much about that.
And what was the decision-making about recalling advisers from the ministries within Kabul and around Kabul but not in the rest of country? What is the distinction there? Why do you think that advisers around the country are safer than those in Kabul?
MR. LITTLE: OK. John, do you want to take that question?
CAPT. KIRBY: Yeah, sure.
On the -- on the status of the investigation, it's ongoing and it's not yet complete, and I would be loath to get into a specific deadline here. But I can tell you that they're working very, very hard on this. I'm not aware of anybody being put on leave or anything like that as a result of this. The work -- the work's going on and they're working very hard at it, because they -- you know, General Allen did want this done -- rightly, but expeditiously, and that's where we are. So I just don't have a better feel for it than that.
On your other question, you know, this was such a very specific act clearly against two men who were advisers inside a ministry. And based on what we knew at the time and in the hours after, the most prudent thing to do -- and General Allen made this decision very quickly -- was to get everybody back inside the ISAF compound, because we didn't have any indications that the threat was anywhere other than in Kabul.
He also -- and I said this earlier -- he also made it clear to all the regional commands out there that they also needed to take whatever appropriate force protection measures that they felt they needed based on conditions on the ground where they were. And without getting into details of what each and every one did or didn't do, I can tell you they all took -- took that guidance to heart.
MR. LITTLE: All right. Mik?
Q: Could you tell that -- if those force protection measures included separating armed Afghan security forces from U.S. and ISAF forces in any of those outlying operating areas? And also, could you give us an update on this food tampering business at Forward Operating Base Torkham this morning? Was it a -- was it an intentional intent to poison U.S. forces there?
And also, could you give us an update on this food tampering business at the Forward Operating Base Torkham this morning? Was it a -- was it an intentional intent to poison U.S. forces there?
CAPT. KIRBY: Well, on your first question, Mik, as I said, we just concluded a very successful partnered operation in RC South. So we're still out there in very kinetic operations with Afghan partners. So I mean, I'm -- I wouldn't want to speak for each RC commander or what they did or didn't do in terms of upping their vigilance. But I -- as I said earlier, partnered operations and training of ANSF continues today.
On the other issue, the alleged food poisoning, we are investigating this right now. We don't have all the facts. The -- what I can tell you is that an employee at a dining facility had reason to believe that there could have been some tampering of the food, reported it up his chain of command. They immediately closed the dining facility, brought in a team to examine the food, did find high -- higher -- high levels of chlorine in the coffee and on some fruit.
And what we don't know right now -- and again, this is why the team is looking into it. We don't know if this was a deliberate act to poison or whether it was just inadvertent, perhaps using, you know, more Clorox in the cleaning process than they should have. We just -- we just don't know right now.
Q: OK, quick follow up. Do any of the commanders, particularly at this -- at the upper levels, considering the events of last week, consider U.S. forces in the field fighting side by side with armed Afghans at greater risk today than they were a week ago?
CAPT. KIRBY: Well, again, I wouldn't want to speak for operational commanders that I haven't spoken to, and I'm here in Kabul and not out with them. What I can tell you is that the -- that all the RC commanders are continuing operations every day. And the process -- and it's not just -- it's not just field operations. It's the process of transition, transition and training, and it continues as of today. I mean, I sat in with -- in the briefings today in -- this morning, where they all outlined their ongoing efforts.
So the work continues, Mik. You know, they're -- certainly everybody is a little bit more vigilant, and they have taken whatever force protection measures they deem appropriate, but not to the degree, at least not that I've seen, that it affects the mission itself or the pursuit of the strategy.
MR. LITTLE: And -- (inaudible) -- for a final question. David.
Q: George, I mean, it's hard to escape the conclusion that the wheels are coming off a little bit here. I mean, we have this -- incidents of the last week. We have the border still closed with Pakistan. Understanding that you're focused on the Taliban, the relationship with partners is in crisis. It's -- I mean, I think that's fair to say.
So are you ruling out any changes in the strategy, any adjustments to the drawdown schedule? Are those measures under consideration? Or are you just saying it's business as usual?
MR. LITTLE: I'm not denying that this is a period in Afghanistan -- but a tense period of fundamental change in strategy. (Off mic) -- on the long view here and to take stock of what's happened, but there has been no shift in the strategy. I mean, there -- our strategies are always developing. They're not static. Strategies tend to be living.
And that's what, you know, we recognize. But there has been no fundamental change.
Q: Just a quick clarification: So -- regarding what Mik asked, so have there been any changes to the way that advisory and partnering operations are taking place, other than what's happening with the ministries? You said that Commander Allen has given the regional commanders purview to make their decisions, but have there been operational changes anywhere else?
MR. LITTLE: I'll throw that to Captain Kirby.
CAPT. KIRBY: None that I'm aware of, Missy. Yeah, none that I'm aware of. But again, I don't have my finger on the pulse of each RC command.
What General Allen -- what he -- the guidance he gave was, they needed to be vigilant and take whatever appropriate force protection measures they felt they needed to take. He did not order them to change the way they're doing business every day or the mission or the strategy. And I just -- as I said, there was a very successful operation down south that just concluded. So I'm not aware of any operational changes as a result of this.
But again, I don't -- you know, I don't -- I'm not in contact with each of the RC commands, and I couldn't speak to, you know, individual detailed daily operations. But I'll -- I mean, I'll tell you that in general, across the country, everything is continuing. The mission does continue. The effect over the last couple of days has largely and almost solely been felt here inside Kabul and with -- specifically with the advisory mission to the -- to the ministries.
MR. LITTLE: That's a wrap. And --
Q: (Off mic) -- a few more questions? This is an important issue. I think everybody who wants to ask a question should get one in.
Q: And I didn't ask my one question.
MR. LITTLE: OK, all right. We'll go to -- we'll do -- we'll take one or two more and then wrap it up.
Q: John --
MR. LITTLE: Nancy.
Q: -- you talked a lot about the situation being tense. You talked about the polls going down and of course the callback of the -- of the troops from the ministries.
I want to ask what this says about counterinsurgency broadly. We've spent 10 years trying to win hearts and minds in Afghanistan. The fact that we're at this point, that how horrific the incident was a week ago, that Afghans are not accepting the U.S. apology -- the Afghans that I've talked to have said that they saw this as an attack on faith -- what do you say to those that suggest -- that say that this suggests that the mission to win hearts and minds has failed?
CAPT. KIRBY: Well, a couple of thoughts, Nancy. You said 10 years, and yes, we've been in Afghanistan 10 years, but you know as well that it's really own been a properly resourced strategy in just the last couple of years. And I think it would be -- it would be wrong to try to extrapolate from the events of the last few days some sort of broader declaration about the failure of COIN or the -- or gaps in the strategy.
These events, they're troubling. They're worrisome. They've got everybody's attention. And yes, tension is high here in Kabul right now. But across the country writ large, things can -- you know, the mission continues, and we're seeing the protest activity decline.
And there's 3 1/2 million people here in Afghanistan. The number of protesters just since Saturday dropped from about what we estimated was 11,000 total to roughly 3 to 4,000, out of the 3.5 million Afghans.
And I certainly wouldn't speak for each and every individual Afghan about how they feel about this. As George said, we recognize that our forces mishandled the Holy Quran. We apologized for that. It certainly is not emblematic of how we respect the religion of Islam.
And I just think -- I think it's really making a leap here to try to extrapolate from what's been happening the last week or so to some sort of failure of the strategy or of COIN in general. The mission continues. That mission is essentially a counterinsurgency strategy, and we're still conducting it.
MR. LITTLE: I know there's some hands up.
Justin, yeah.
Q: Quick one here. Captain Kirby, did General Allen or any other commanders there, leaders, reach out to President Obama, asking him or suggesting to him that he should apologize to President Karzai, as he eventually did?
CAPT. KIRBY: The decision to apologize was the president's. And General Allen supported that decision.
MR. LITTLE: OK, just a couple more now. Kristina, and then --
Q: Thanks. In a NATO video released last week, General Allen spoke to troops after the second and third deaths and said -- and urged for calm and I believe urged troops not to take revenge. From your perspective on the ground in Afghanistan, are these -- are these killings having an effect on troop morale? And what's being done to make sure that the morale doesn't degrade?
CAPT. KIRBY: Well, I mean, General Allen was very clear with the troops that he visited about the need to continue on and to not let this affect the relationships that they're building with the Afghan National Security Forces or the work we still have to do with them.
I would be loath to try to speak for each and every individual American soldier, sailor, Marine and airman, Coast Guardsman that are here in Afghanistan and how they feel about this. But I can tell you that writ large, the sense in the force is that the work is really important. We want to continue it.
And I can tell you that many of the advisers that I've spoken to here at the ISAF compound just in the last day and a half have said uniformly to me that they want to get back out there. They've got important work to do and they want to continue it. They're doing it remotely, obviously, right now, but they want to get back to their office spaces. And so -- you know, and that will happen, but it'll happen in due course.
MR. LITTLE: OK, we'll wrap it up with Chris.
Q: Following up on a few of the earlier questions about the difference between the security situation in Kabul and elsewhere, what does that say about what you know about the security situation in Kabul? Is there -- you know, is there a group there that is suspected? What in Kabul is unique about -- what's unique in Kabul?
CAPT. KIRBY: Well, again, this was -- what prompted the pullback was this murder inside a ministry building, in a secure space. So I think it was the prudent thing to pull back there. I -- again, I'd say it again, things are still tense in Kabul, but they are -- but they are getting better. I said there were three protests in the country today; only two of them related to Quran burning. One of them was in Kabul, but it was a peaceful protest, no violence whatsoever. So we're starting to see things abate.
MR. LITTLE: Thank you, everyone, appreciate it.
And John, you don't look bad in cammies. Take care.
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This post is part of a series called One Year in Sound by sound designer Carlo Ascrizzi.
So the story is that, sometimes, you may want to get out of the dark mix rooms, not just for seeing the bright sunlight, but also for attending the very handy Professional Skills course. That reminds you are in Term 5 and just few months separate you from the outside world!
Then it's time to think how to build your career!!
So here they are, cool advices and strategies about networking, job searching, just to name a few… also you will be shown pretty good strategies about financial management, self marketing and branding, nowadays very handy with all those freelance jobs…
Also you need to start preparing yourself for job applications and interviews! So you will explore the effectiveness of different résumé styles, common mistakes and how to write your own one, as well as email signatures and cover letters.
Because of the huge percentage of international students, some classes are also focused on work permit and visa application processes, and you will have the opportunity to take part on some personality exercises to better understand your approach to the work.
The last step is an individual meeting with the job consultant, in which you get the chance to focus on particular things or doubts you might have, ask for personal advices and have a little chat about your aspirations or plans.
Everyone has got a different story, different life and job experiences and different objectives!
As final delivery, you are asked to write your full résumé and a sample cover letter.
Electronic Musician, Composer, Live Electronic Performer and Sound Designer freelance. Carlo Ascrizzi was admitted at the Sound Design for Visual Media program at VFS in Canada, from which is publishing the story of his experience for learning and living the Sound.
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Kat Kelly, MES 2008, Interdisciplinary
One of the reasons I choose Evergreen to complete my bachelor's degree and why I choose Evergreen for my Masters is that the community offers us choices. We are not graded on a curve. I like this. I like the fact that taking away the bell curve, taking away that odd idea of academic competition allows us to experience the amazing things that happen when people work cooperatively.
It has been my experience so far that if I take the time to help out a fellow student who may be lagging behind, I get the benefit. I have also been on the receiving end of this sort of academic fellowship. I've had fellow students drag me kicking and screaming through some concept I simply could NOT understand. until I got it.
The way Evergreen works is the way real life works. When I'm out in the field, it serves me nothing to compete against my co-workers. The job gets done much more quickly if we work together . our team gets better and better at our tasks because we teach each other how to do things. Our team looks good because we all support each other. We get positive feedback and raises and all sorts of warm fuzzies because we all work together to do the job. And better yet, each member of our team becomes better able to support the whole because we have taken the time to raise the level of competence of everyone.


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Just the right size I use this as a mug rack. It holds all my Starbucks mugs I have collected over the years and use on a daily basis. I would order another one for my other mugs if I had room for it. May 31, 2015
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love this rack When I saw this rack in Better Homes and Gardens in a picture of a remodeled kitchen, I knew that was exactly what I was looking for to store my collection of mugs. It takes up little room and does not tip over. Also, the price was considerably lower than anywhere else online. March 31, 2015
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This weeks Blue Jay of the Week is…. Travis Snider! (@Lunchboxhero45)
| 7 hits | 4 runs | 2 hr | 6 rbi | 1 bb | .304 avg |
Since before Spring Training started Travis Snider has been one of the hottest topics in the Blue Jays organization. He seemed to get dragged along in a so-called "battle for LF" with Eric Thames which turned out to be no battle at all. He started the year in AAA where he has battled through injuries and other players being promoted ahead of him until he finally got his chance with the big club on July 20th.
He has posted some nice numbers including 7 hits with 2 home runs and 6 rbi last week. That along with some tremendous defence has proven that the Lunchbox Hero truly belongs with the Blue Jays. It's an argument that isn't worth making anymore.
Since his promotion he has spent most of his time near the bottom of the order but with the rash of injuries to Jose Bautista and JP Arencibia, Snider has been bumped into the 5th spot of the batting order. He has shown glimpses in the past that he belongs in the heart of the order and if he continues his strong play he'll find himself there on a more permanent basis.
Even though I was "team Thames" throughout the pre-season it is great to see Snider finally get his opportunity, he has never deserved it more than he does now. It's great to see that he is the Blue Jay of the Week!


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|Pyongyang, May 6 (KCNA) -- Pak Pong Ju, premier of the DPRK Cabinet, Monday sent a congratulatory message to Abdel Malik Sellal on his appointment as prime minister of Algeria.
The message wished him and the Algerian government successes in their future work for stability and economic development of the country, expressing the belief that the traditional relations of friendship and cooperation between the two countries would continue to grow stronger.
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Publications / Posters
Papers. View this list on Google Scholar.
- Opportunities for Smartphones in Clinical Care: The Future of Mobile Mood Monitoring
G. Sandstrom, N. Lathia, C. Mascolo, P. Rentfrow
To appear, The Journal of Clinical Psychiatry. May 2015.
- [online] Comparing Cities' Cycling Patterns Using Online Shared Bicycle Maps
A. Sarkar, N. Lathia, C. Mascolo
In Transportation, Special Issue on Emerging, Passively Generated Datasets for Travel Behavior and Policy Analysis. April 2015.
- [pdf, slides] Tube Star: Crowd-Sourced Experiences on Public Transport
N. Lathia, L. Capra
In the 11th International Conference on Mobile and Ubiquitous Systems. London, UK. December 2014.
Acceptance Rate: 19.3% (31/160)
- [preprint] The Anatomy of Mobile Location-Based Recommender Systems
N. Lathia
In Recommender Systems Handbook (2nd Edition). September 2014.
- [arXiv] Group Colocation Behavior in Technological Social Networks
C. Brown, N. Lathia, A. Noulas, C. Mascolo, V. Blondel
In PLoS ONE. August 2014
- [pdf] The Development of a Context-Aware Smoking Cessation App
F. Naughton, N. Lathia, S. Hopewell, B. Brafman-Price, C. Mascolo, A. McEwen, S. Sutton
Poster presented at the European Health Psychology Society. Innsbruck, Austria. August 2014.
- [pdf] Smartphones for Large-scale Behaviour Change Interventions
N. Lathia, V. Pejovic, K. Rachuri, C. Mascolo, M. Musolesi, P. Rentfrow
In IEEE Pervasive Computing, Special Issue on Understanding and Changing Behavior, Accepted May 2013.
- [pdf, slides] Contextual Dissonance: Design Bias in Sensor-Based Experience Sampling Methods
N. Lathia, K. Rachuri, C. Mascolo, P. Rentfrow
In ACM International Joint Conference on Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing. Zurich, Switzerland. September 8-12, 2013.
Acceptance Rate: 18% (71/395)
- [pdf, slides] Open Source Smartphone Libraries for Computational Social Science
N. Lathia, K. Rachuri, C. Mascolo, G. Roussos
In 2nd ACM Workshop on Mobile Systems for Computational Social Science. Zurich, Switzerland. September 8, 2013.
- [pdf] Probabilistic Group Recommendation via Information Matching
J. Gorla, N. Lathia, S. Robertson, J. Wang
In 22nd International World Wide Web Conference. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. May 13-17, 2013.
Acceptance Rate: 15% (125/831)
- [pdf] The "Human Sensor:" Bridging Between Human Data and Services
N. Lathia
Chapter in Handbook of Human Computation. Springer Publishing. October 2013.
- [pdf] Individuals Among Commuters: Building Personalised Transport Information Services from Fare Collection Systems
N. Lathia, C. Smith, J. Froehlich, L. Capra
In Elsevier Pervasive and Mobile Computing, Special Issue on Pervasive Urban Applications, Accepted October 2012.
- [pdf, slides] Measuring the Impact of Opening the London Shared Bicycle Scheme to Casual Users
N. Lathia, S. Ahmed, L. Capra
In Elsevier Transportation Research Part C, January 2012.
- [pdf] Mining User Mobility Features for Next Place Prediction in Location-based Services
A. Noulas, S. Scellato, N. Lathia, C. Mascolo
In IEEE International Conference on Data Mining. Brussels, Belgium. December 10-13, 2012.
Acceptance Rate: 9.3% (short)
- [pdf] A Random Walk Around the City: New Venue Recommendation in Location-Based Social Networks
A. Noulas, S. Scellato, N. Lathia, C. Mascolo
In IEEE International Conference on Social Computing. Amsterdam, Netherlands. September 3-5, 2012.
- [pdf, slides] The Hidden Image of the City: Sensing Community Well-Being from Urban Mobility
N. Lathia, D. Quercia, J. Crowcroft
In Pervasive 2012. Newcastle, UK. June 18-22, 2012.
- [pdf] Using Control Theory for Stable and Efficient Recommender Systems
T. Jambor, J. Wang, N. Lathia
In 21st International World Wide Web Conference. Lyon, France. April 16-20, 2012.
Acceptance Rate: 12% (108/885)
- [pdf] Using Idle Moments to Record Your Health via Mobile Applications
N. Lathia
In ACM Workshop on Mobile Systems for Computational Social Science. Low Wood Bay, Lake District, UK. June 25, 2012.
- [pdf] Using Ratings to Profile Your Health
N. Lathia
In ACM Recommender Systems (Demo Track). Dublin, Ireland. September 9-13, 2012.
- [pdf, slides] How Smart is Your Smartcard? Measuring Travel Behaviours, Perceptions, and Incentives
N. Lathia, L. Capra
In 13th ACM International Conference on Ubiquitous Computing. Beijing, China. September 17-21, 2011.
Acceptance Rate: 16.6% (50/302)
- [pdf, slides] Mining Mobility Data to Minimise Travellers' Spending on Public Transport
N. Lathia, L. Capra
In ACM SIGKDD 2011 Conference on Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining. San Diego, California, USA. August 21-24, 2011.
Acceptance Rate: 17.5% (125/714)
- [pdf] Evaluating Collaborative Filtering Over Time
N. Lathia
PhD Thesis, Dept of Computer Science, University College London. June 2010.
- [pdf, slides] Mining Public Transport Usage for Personalised Intelligent Transport Systems
N. Lathia, J. Froehlich, L. Capra
In IEEE International Conference on Data Mining. Sydney, Australia. December 14-17, 2010.
Acceptance Rate: 19.4% (155/797)
- [pdf] Recommending Social Events from Mobile Phone Location Data
D. Quercia, N. Lathia, F. Calabrese, G. Di Lorenzo, J. Crowcroft
In IEEE 2010 International Conference on Data Mining. Sydney, Australia. December 14-17, 2010.
Acceptance Rate: 19.4% (155/797)
- [pdf, slides] Temporal Diversity in Recommender Systems
N. Lathia, S. Hailes, L. Capra, X. Amatriain
In ACM SIGIR 2010 Annual Conference on Research & Development on Information Retrieval. Geneva, Switzerland. July 19-23, 2010.
Acceptance Rate: 16.7% (87/520
- [pdf, slides] Temporal Defenses for Robust Recommendations
N. Lathia, S. Hailes, L. Capra
In ECML/PKDD Workshop on Privacy and Security Issues in Data Mining and Machine Learning. Barcelona, Spain. September 24, 2010.
- [pdf] Temporal Collaborative Filtering with Adaptive Neighbourhoods
N. Lathia, S. Hailes, L. Capra
In ACM SIGIR 2009 Annual Conference on Research & Development on Information Retrieval. Boston, Massachusetts, USA. July 19-23, 2009.
[extended pdf, poster pdf]
- [pdf] The Wisdom of the Few: A Collaborative Filtering Approach Based on Expert Opinions from the Web
X. Amatriain, N. Lathia, J.M. Pujol, H. Kwak, N. Oliver
In ACM SIGIR 2009 Annual Conference on Research & Development on Information Retrieval. Boston, Massachusetts, USA. July 19-23, 2009.
Acceptance Rate: 15.78% (78/494)
- [pdf] Evaluating Collaborative Filtering Over Time
N. Lathia, S. Hailes, L. Capra
In ACM SIGIR 2009 Workshop on the Future of IR Evaluation. Boston, Massachusetts, USA. July 23, 2009.
[poster pdf]
- [pdf] Collaborative Filtering With Adaptive Information Sources
N. Lathia, X. Amatriain, J.M. Pujol
In IJCAI Workshop on Intelligent Techniques for Web Personalization and Recommender Systems. Pasadena, California, USA. July 11-17, 2009.
- [pdf] kNN CF: A Temporal Social Network
N. Lathia, S. Hailes, L. Capra
In ACM Conference on Recommender Systems (RecSys) 2008. Lausanne, Switzerland. October 23-25, 2008.
[poster pdf]
- [pdf] Trust-Based Collaborative Filtering
N. Lathia, S. Hailes, L. Capra
In Joint iTrust and PST Conferences on Privacy, Trust Management and Security (IFIPTM). Trondheim, Norway. June 18-20, 2008.
- [pdf] Learning to Trust on the Move
N. Lathia
In IFIPTM Workshop on Trust in Mobile Environments. Trondheim, Norway. June 17, 2008.
- [pdf, slides] The Effect of Correlation Coefficients on Communities of Recommenders
In 23rd Annual ACM Symposium on Applied Computing. Trust, Recommendations, Evidence and other Collaboration Know-how (TRECK Track). Fortaleza, Brazil. March 16-20, 2008.
- [pdf] Computing Recommendations With Collaborative Filtering
N. Lathia
Chapter 2 in Collaborative and Social Information Retrieval and Access: Techniques for Improved User Modeling. IGI Global Publishing. July 2008.
- [pdf, slides] Private Distributed Collaborative Filtering using Estimated Concordance Measures
N. Lathia, S. Hailes, L. Capra
In ACM 2007 Conference on Recommender Systems (RecSys). Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA. October 19-20, 2007.


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U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder and Lanny Breuer, head of the Justice Department's criminal division, were partners for years at a Washington law firm that represented a Who's Who of big banks and other companies at the center of alleged foreclosure fraud, a Reuters inquiry shows. The firm, Covington & Burling, is one of Washington's biggest white shoe law firms, and law professors and other federal ethics experts said that federal conflict of interest rules required Holder and Breuer to recuse themselves from any Justice Department decisions relating to law firm clients they personally had done work for.
Both the Justice Department and Covington declined to say if either official had personally worked on matters for the big mortgage industry clients. Justice Department spokeswoman Tracy Schmaler said Holder and Breuer had complied fully with conflict of interest regulations, but she declined to say if they had recused themselves from any matters related to the former clients.
Reuters reported in December that under Holder and Breuer, the Justice Department hasn't brought any criminal cases against big banks or other companies involved in mortgage servicing, even though copious evidence has surfaced of apparent criminal violations in foreclosure cases. The evidence, including records from federal and state courts and local clerks' offices around the country, shows widespread forgery, perjury, obstruction of justice, and illegal foreclosures on the homes of thousands of active-duty military personnel.
In recent weeks the Justice Department has come under renewed pressure from members of Congress, state and local officials and homeowners' lawyers to open a wide-ranging criminal investigation of mortgage servicers, the biggest of which have been Covington clients. So far Justice officials haven't responded publicly to any of the requests. While Holder and Breuer were partners at Covington, the firm's clients included the four largest U.S. banks – Bank of America, Citigroup, JP Morgan Chase and Wells Fargo & Co. – as well as at least one other bank that is among the 10 largest mortgage servicers.
Defender of Freddie Mac
Servicers perform routine mortgage maintenance tasks, including filing foreclosures on behalf of mortgage owners, usually groups of investors who bought mortgage-backed securities. Covington represented Freddie Mac, one of the nation's biggest issuers of mortgage backed securities, in enforcement investigations by federal financial regulators.
A particular concern by those pressing for an investigation is Covington's involvement with Virginia-based MERS Corp, which runs a vast computerized registry of mortgages. Little known before the mortgage crisis, MERS, which stands for Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, has been at the center of complaints about false or erroneous mortgage documents. Court records show that Covington, in the late 1990s, provided legal opinion letters needed to create MERS on behalf of Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, Bank of America, JP Morgan Chase and several other large banks. MERS was meant to speed up registration and transfers of mortgages. By 2010, the system claimed to own about half of all mortgages in the U.S., roughly 60 million loans.
But evidence in numerous state and federal court cases around the country has shown that MERS authorized thousands of bank employees to sign their names as MERS officials. The banks allegedly drew up fake mortgage assignments, making it appear falsely that they had standing to file foreclosures, and then had their own employees sign the documents as MERS "vice presidents" or "assistant secretaries."
Covington in 2004 also wrote a crucial opinion letter commissioned by MERS, providing legal justification for its electronic registry. MERS spokeswoman Karmela Lejarde declined to comment on Covington legal work done for MERS. It isn't known to what extent if any Covington has continued to represent the banks and other mortgage firms since Holder and Breuer left. Covington declined to respond to questions from Reuters. A Covington spokeswoman said the firm had no comment.
Their failure to act on foreclosure fraud or publicly recuse themselves – "doesn't pass the smell test."


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Here is where I'll be posting my stuff. Or at least the stuff I get to posting. Don't forget to check scraps. There's twenty times more stuff there than here.


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Employment Opportunities
Demand Response Installation Technician - Downer's Grove, IL
Job Description:
The primary role of the Demand Response Installation Technician will be to perform the installation and/or removal of direct load control devices. In addition, the technician will perform service calls with a professional image and communication to ensure client satisfaction and company policies.
Job Requirements:
Essential Functions:
• Technicians interact with residential homeowners to evaluate energy efficiency and performance.
• The installation technician installs, removes, and/or troubleshoots DLC and thermostat devices.
• Technician will process work orders, customer feedback, service calls, measures of installation, and activity according to established procedures and deadlines.
• Successful technicians must be self-motivated, work independently with limited supervision and possess exceptional communication skills.
• Technicians also must possess technical aptitude for learning the basic HVAC and electrical operations and its interaction with air conditioning systems.
• Technicians must arrive on time and complete all installations within the allotted time.
• Technicians maintain work vehicle equipment and tools and maintain a professional appearance.
• Technicians will maintain and manage materials, supplies, and equipment issues by the company.
• Technicians required to be on-call for after hours service calls.
• Technicians will spend 80 percent of their time performing installations and 20 percent on paperwork.
• Technicians maintain mapping skills, handwriting skills, good time management and organizational skills to keep appointments, maintain scheduled productivity goals, and completion of all work orders and service calls.
• Technicians must have an exceptional driving record in accordance with company/insurance policies while driving company vehicles/
• Technicians are required to maintain communication with the supervisor regarding work status.
• Up to 60% of technician's work must be reviewed or approved by a supervisor prior to completion or distribution.
• Basic computer skills
• Good customer service skills
• Good communications skills
• Pass GoodCents pre-employment skills assessment test.
• Pass GoodCents criminal background check and drug screening.
Education and Experience
• Candidates must possess a high school diploma or general education degree (GED) or one to three months related experience and/or training or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Minimum 2 years verifiable HVAC experience.
• Minimum Type III EPA 608 Certifications
Work Environment and Physical Demands
• Technicians are required to walk, lift up to 75 pounds, bend, reach, climb, carry, push, pull, crawl, stoop, and kneel on a daily basis.
• Technicians are required to carry equipment (ladders, tools, etc), climb ladders, crawl under homes, crawl in attic spaces, use safety equipment in accordance with company guidelines and OSHA, use electrical/non-electrical equipment to perform job requirements.
• Technicians are subject to various weather conditions when completing job requirements.
Home Energy Auditor - Charleston, WV
Job Description:
The Home Energy Auditor will be working under the Regional Manager. We are seeking candidates to conduct home energy audits and educate consumers on energy conservation and usage in West Va. Candidates applying for this position will be responsible for daily route in the greater Charleston area installing energy efficient measures for the program. Including but not limited to:
Job Requirements:
Essential Position Functions:
• Installation of CFL bulbs
• Installation of low flow water saving aerators in sinks
• Sealing infiltration cracks in the thermal envelope of the home
• Familiar with residential energy conservation measures; blower door & infra-red diagnostic systems.
• Must have a strong understanding of the building envelope, insulation, mechanical and control systems, lighting, and ventilation.
• Must have good social and communication skills while interacting with the public. They must be personable and able to establish rapport with homeowners
• Must have valid driver's license.
• Must be able to work well with limited supervision.
• Understand basic water heating equipment, components, controls and operation.
Education and Experience:
• High School Diploma or GED and 2+ years of relevant residential construction/remodeling, insulation, weatherization, HVAC experience or technical education.
• Understand basic heating / cooling equipment, components, controls and operation.
• HVAC certified preferred.
• BPI Building Analyst Certification preferred.
Work Environment and Physical Demands:
• Must have a full range of movement, including ability to climb and perform considerable stooping and kneeling. Must be able to carry approximately 40lbs from vehicle to jobsite including which may include multiple flights of stairs several times a day.
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Customer Resource Manager (CRM) - Salt Lake City, Utah
Job Description:
Utility services company is seeking a Customer Resource Manager (CRM). The position will be responsible for managing the customer service operations for a demand response program of our Salt Lake City based utility client. Key functions include dealing directly with both residential and commercial customers and are the first point of contact for any customer questions or issues. The successful candidate will track and report key performance metrics as defined by the project Marketing Manager for the program and will proactively resolve issues raised by customers to the best of their ability.
The CRM will focus on reaching out to residential customers who have not completed the program enrollment process, and will answer any questions and work to diffuse customer objections. In addition, the project CRM will interact actively with light commercial and industrial customers to inform and engage them for program participation. This will also involve working closely with utility program managers to develop a unified message to commercial customers about utility programs available to them. The CRM may make calls with utility program managers to client sites, as well as following up on leads provided by utility managers.
Job Requirements:
Essential Job Functions:
• Develop and maintain strong communications with residential and commercial customers who have expressed interest in utility demand response program.
• Call on small commercial/industrial business to meet with infrastructure decision makers to educate them about and promote the utility demand response program.
• As approved, work with utility Key Account Mangers to identify and call on large commercial customers to educate them about and promote the utility demand response program.
• Foster and facilitate customer enrollments and any necessary scheduling for the utility demand response program.
• Follow-up with both residential and commercial customers that have enrolled, but not scheduled and/or completed their installation; encourage completion and assist in any way possible
• Educate and raise awareness to customers of the benefits of the utility demand response program.
• Ensure that customer expectations are being met
• Contribute to the deployment of program marketing and outreach campaigns
• Demonstrated capabilities in building and maintaining relationships with the target markets.
• Highly focused and results-oriented;
• Self-motivated and able to manage time independently
• Able to identify goals and priorities and resolve issues in initial stages
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Excellent customer service and interpersonal skills
• Bachelor's degree preferred
• Energy Industry knowledge preferred
• Commercial business experience preferred
• 3 – 5 years of sales and/or service experience
• Knowledge of business and management principles
• Proficient in MS Office Suite
Core Competencies:
• Interpersonal: The individual focuses on solving conflict, not blaming; listens to others without interrupting; keeps emotions under control.
• Teamwork: The individual balances team and individual responsibilities, exhibits objectivity and openness to others' views, contributes to building a positive team spirit and is able to build morale and group commitments to goals and objectives.
• Planning/Organizing: The individual prioritizes and plans work activities and uses time efficiently.
• Quality: The individual demonstrates accuracy and thoroughness, looks for ways to improve and promote quality, applies feedback to improve performance, and monitors own work to ensure quality.
• Quantity: The individual meets productivity standards and completes work in a timely manner.
• Safety and Security: The individual observes safety and security procedures and uses equipment and materials properly.
• Dependability: The individual is consistently at work and on time, follows instructions, responds to management direction, commits to long hours of work when necessary to reach goals, and completes tasks on time or proposes an alternate plan to the appropriate team member.
Trade Ally Coordinator - West Virginia
Job Description:
Contractor for Appalachian Power seeking a qualified Trade Ally Coordinator with experience working with HVAC and Insulating/ Air Sealing contractors throughout West Virginia. If you are an energy industry professional with sales and management expertise, we have an exceptional opportunity for you. Working out of our regional office in Charleston, you will be an integral part of an exciting program. The HomeSMART Program is part of the statewide core energy efficiency programs being provided by Appalachian Power.
Goal Expectations / Responsibilities:
• Maintain tracking on program goals, activities, and leads for reporting to project manager
• Reach out to key trade allies in assigned territory and within product line
• Recruit, educate and train trade allies on the latest in energy savings opportunities
• Ensure that trade allies completely understand program parameters, rebates and required forms
• Proficiency with Microsoft office suite of products
Job Requirements:
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• Formal training in a construction or technical area
• Experience selling HVAC equipment and/or energy efficiency services
• Proven experience successfully promoting residential energy technologies
• Comfortable explaining how technologies work and confident in your ability to convey the value presented by the program
• Work closely with internal Marketing and Client Relations teams to identify opportunities to promote the program to local civic organizations, customer groups and related associations
• Self-motivated with a strong desire to create outstanding and long-lasting relationships with your constituents
• A/BS degree
Business Development Manager - East Region
Job Description:
The Business Development Manager's job is to utilize strategic selling skills to cultivate deep sales relationships with clients, understand client needs and focus the GoodCents organization on driving/capturing sales opportunities. The BDM must be able to work effectively in team environments that result in bottom line sales for the company. The main task of this position is to develop strategic relationships with targeted organizations that enable GoodCents to dedicate resources to qualified opportunities.
The BDM must be able to articulate the buying process to the client including those who are the decision-maker or economic buyer (s), who is the users, who is a client coach and who are the technical buyers. The BDM must be able to articulate a strategic sales process to acquire business from the client
It is essential for the Business Development Manager to understand GoodCents products/services and to effectively articulate detailed information on programs or services offered by the company to the client. Complex sales experience, energy/utility experience, and experience in a team selling environment is essential.
Job Requirements:
The duties for this position include Business Development activities for Demand Response and Energy Efficiency programs within our specified marketplace. Our marketplace is primarily the electric utility (IOU). While some municipal utilities and a few electric cooperatives have interest in our services, they are typically too small for GoodCents to effectively serve their programs. However, as we develop new programs and strategies, these entities may become part of our market focus. As the Business Development Manager your focus will include the following:
- Exceed Business Development goals and objectives assigned by the Managing Director aligning with corporate directives
- Collaborates with Regional Management to develop sales strategies to improve market share
- Have the ability to develop precise sales plans to ensure revenue growth, accurately forecasting annual, quarterly and monthly revenue streams
- Seek out new opportunities with but not limited to targeted utility, municipal and Cooperative accounts. You will schedule appointments, meeting existing customers in order to review product requirements and to determine other opportunities, thereby maintaining an open productive dialog with potential and existing clients
- Develop key relationships with the GoodCents operations team to ensure there is a profound understanding of our capabilities to serve customers
- Work with established account managers and client basis to transfer relationships to the operations team after winning opportunities
- You will utilize SalesForce.com as tool for managing client interface, scheduling activities, and communicating status of client relationship (Utilize - Client Strategy Sheet to communicate status and to develop strategy)
- Outstanding presentation skills, essential listening skills, and demonstrated ability to articulate first level technical concepts
- Prepare proposals, presentations, and sales contracts. Coordinating with company staff to achieve the work required to close sales
- Must demonstrate empathy for clients' needs and proactively identify and resolve their concerns
- Follow up on referrals and new leads resulting after field activity
- Participate in goal-driven marketing events (i.e. trade shows, seminars, etc.)
- Enhancing up-to-date knowledge on new products, procedures, services and tools by attending departmental and training meetings
- Maintain the highest level of professionalism while representing GoodCents
Education and Experience
A university degree in marketing or business studies is preferred; or a minimum of seven years of related experience or the equivalent combination of formal education and experience. Problem-solving and analytical skills to interpret sales performance and market trend information. Must be experienced in developing marketing and sales strategies. Excellent oral and written communication skills, plus a good working knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite is required. A valid driver's license is also required.
Work Environment and Physical Demands
➢ Up to 75% travel
➢ Ability to lift up to 50 lbs.


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Abeokuta — Former President Olusegun Obasanjo was at his comical best on thursday notwithstanding the outbreak of fire that gutted his multi-million naira Hilltop residence in an upscale neighbourhood in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital.
The fire at his home, which happened barely 48 hours after rows of buildings went up in flames in Jankara Market, Lagos Island, destroying about 12 buildings, gutted an office in the expansive residence.
Obasanjo, who was not around when the fire broke out, returned shortly after the incident to assess the damage.
He told reporters that it was part of his secretary's office that was gutted by the fire.
Obasanjo, who showed no signs of distress over the incident, in his usual jovial self, broke out in a song: "Ile Obasanjo to jo, ewa lo bu kun. Eyin journalists e ma wi bee kiri... (Obasanjo's house that was burnt has added to its grandeur. Journalists keep on broadcasting that)."
He said the house would soon bounce back in a better form after repairs.
Sources, however, said the fire, which started around 4.30 pm, was caused by an electricity surge from one of the personal offices of the former president and it destroyed some important documents.
Security personnel, which included men from the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Nigeria Police Force (NPF) and State Security Service (SSS), joined hands with the fire fighters from the Ogun State Fire Service to curtail the fire from spreading to other parts of the building.
THISDAY gathered that the fire started barely 20 minutes after the former president left the house for his family house at Ita-Eko, a suburb of the Abeokuta metropolis.
The incident, however, forced him to return to ascertain the level of damage to the building as well as the welfare of his wife, Mrs. Bola Obasanjo, who was said to be indoors during the fire incident.
Reacting, the Chairman of the state chapter of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Senator Dipo Odujinrin, confirmed that valuable documents were lost in the fire.
Odujinrin, who spoke to journalists 20 minutes after the fire was extinguished, thanked God that no life was lost to the inferno.
The Chief of Staff to the state governor, Alhaji Shuaib Salisu; the state Commissioner for Works and Infrastructure, Mr. Olamilekan Adegbite; former Commissioner for Environment in the state, Anthony Ojesina; the state Commissioner of Police, Mr. Ikhemefuna Okoye; and the state Director of SSS, Mr. Joseph Okpu, were some of the early sympathisers who called on Obasanjo to commiserate with him.


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Global Warming Essay WritingJanuary 5th, 2012
argument essay with the 'facts' espousing the fear of an impending global disaster. What is then left out is the valid but very much vilified counter-argument which looks at why the global warming argument is overstated.
The global warming essay does present a challenge of how to deliver a high quality assignment in a broad and balanced way. The political consensus definitely rests with the catastrophic consequences advocates with much opinion and fact-based admonitions that can be researched and utilised to tell us why we must act now to save the planet. The official government position also directs its rhetoric, if not its policies, firmly in that direction. For the student then, the overwhelming urge is to work along those lines and it is within this train of thinking that a myopic presentation of the debate can leave the essay without the breadth of true analysis and scrutiny it should have.


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Lebanese soldiers and rescue workers inspect damage from an explosion in the mostly Christian neighborhood of Achrafiyeh, Beirut, Lebanon, Friday Oct. 19, 2012. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)
BEIRUT: A stolen vehicle containing two bombs was parked at the scene of the Ashrafieh bombing a day prior to the killing of Brig. Gen. Wissam al-Hasan, a security source told The Daily Star Sunday.
"The car was parked at the scene of the bombing a day before detonation," the source said.
The source added that two bombs were placed in the car to guarantee the vehicle would explode.
"The assassins probably placed two bombs in the car to guarantee it will explode," said the source.
The source also said that the car likely to have been used in the bombing was a Toyota RAV4.
"Forensic evidence and explosives' experts were able to find some parts of the vehicle used in the bombing and said the car was likely a stolen Toyota RAV4," the source said.
According to the source, the investigation into Hasan's probe is still at the evidence-gathering stage and it is too early to talk about any "positive results" in this regard.
Earlier on Saturday, Judge Hatem Madi, tasked with overseeing the probe into Friday's car bomb, told The Daily Star Saturday that work currently centers on collecting evidence including footage from surveillance cameras at the site of the explosion.
"Security agencies have begun grabbing footage from surveillance cameras set up on buildings and companies surrounding the site of the explosion and have also begun work on gathering telecommunications data," Madi said.
He added that the Information Branch has launched the investigation and have formulated several hypotheses, without revealing any further details.
A car bomb exploded Friday afternoon in the busy Sassine Square area of the Beirut district of Ashrafieh, killing at least five people including the head of the Internal Security Forces Information Branch Brig. Gen. Wissam al-Hasan, and wounding 110.
The explosion, estimated to have involved 50 kg of TNT, raised fears of a return to the series of political assassinations that have plagued the country between 2005 and 2008.
In an emergency session at Baabda Palace Saturday, the Cabinet asked the Telecommunications Ministry to release all "telecoms data" since Sept. 19 deemed necessary for such investigations to security agencies.
Ministers also agreed to modify the structure of the Internal Security Forces and to grant the police's information wing legal status as a separate department rather than its current status as a branch of the ISF
The March 8 alliance, which dominates Prime Minister Najib Mikati's Cabinet, has repeatedly questioned the legality of the Information Branch.
Madi also said that other security agencies are assisting in the investigation and are attempting to indentify the type of car used "after it turned into a piece of metal given the extent of the explosion and the site of the bomb."
He added that no arrests have yet taken place but stressed that the current phase of the probe merely focuses on gathering information and building hypotheses.
Friday's assassination drew strong condemnations from all political parties in the country particularly the opposition March 14 group, which held Mikati personally responsible for the blood of Hasan.
In a news conference Saturday following the emergency Cabinet session, Mikati offered his resignation and gave President Michel Sleiman time to consult members of the National Dialogue Committee on the matter.
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R Balakrishnan (C.S.)
1. Introduction
Filing of income tax return is compulsory if the taxable income exceeds the basic exemption limit even if the tax payable is nil or even refundable by the tax department as per the Income Tax Act of 1961 and the rules framed there under by the individual tax payers and filing of income tax return is mandatory for the companies and partnership firms irrespective of any income.
2. Any individual could file the Income Tax Return
The Income Tax Act 1961 provides that any other person who is desirous of filing the income return even in cases if his / her income is below the maximum amount not chargeable to income tax could also file the income tax return with "NIL" refund / "NIL" tax.
3. Time limit for filing the income tax return
By and large, in each year, the individual assesses are required file their returns by 30th of June and any further extension granted by the income tax department. For the last two to three years, the tax department has been extending the income tax return date by 31st of July of each year for individuals. While in respect of companies, for those whose accounts are to be audited, working partner of a firm etc., the due date of filing the return is 30th September of each year which is pursuant to section 139(1) Expl of the Income Tax Act of 1961.
4 Revised Return
If any mistake / defect / omission in the original return are noticed by the assessee subsequently, after filing his / her income tax return, then he / she could file a revised return before the assessment has been made or within one year whichever is earlier from the end of the relevant assessment year.
A revised return can not be filed in a case where the original return has been filed late i.e. after the due date. As per the provision in section 148 of the Income Tax Act, the revised return in such a case could be accepted and regularized by the assessing officer.
In case the assessing officer of the income tax department points out certain defects in the return, then the assessee needs to file his / her revised return within 15 days from the receipt of informed received from the tax department.
5. Penalty for non-filing of income tax return
As per the section 271F, if a person who is required to file income tax return under section 139(1) of the Income Tax Act 1961, fails to file the income tax return before the end of the relevant assessment year, a penalty of Rs. 5000/- shall be leviable.
Further, as per section 276CC, if any person willfully fails to file his / her income tax return under section 139(1) or under section 142(1) or 148 and the amount of tax payable by him / her (after deducting advance tax and TDS) exceeds Rs. 3,000/-, he/she shall be punishable with minimum imprisonment of 3 months and maximum 7 years and with fine.
6. Can a delayed return be filed after a lapse a year or more?
The answer to this question is "YES" subject to the discretionary power of the Commissioner of Income Tax under section 119 (2) of the Income Tax Act of 1961. The Commissioner of Income Tax could grant permission condoning the delay of filing the return and allow the refunds arising out of such return, strictly based on the merit of each case.
It may also be noted that if an assessee would like to file his return, without involving any refund – such returns could be filed for the purpose of record and NO RETURN COULD BE FILED INVOLVING REFFUND, without obtaining the permission from the Commissioner of Income Tax for condonation of delay
7. The procedure of obtaining the permission from the Commissioner
First and foremost thing is that the assessee should have a good tract record of filing his return in the past years.
Secondly, in a particular year, the assess should have a valid reason justifying for non-filing of the return / circumstances which were prevalent beyond his control, preventing him to file his return.
With the above, if the assessee approaches the Commissioner of Income Tax, then the Commissioner would consider granting approval for filing the return with refund and condone the delay which is purely based on circumstances and merit of the application submitted to the commissioner.
Posting an individual especially from the Armed Forces Services to a remote filed area where the communications are absolutely difficult and the concerned assesse was in the filed throughout, could be one of the valid reason. Similarly, circumstances arising out of medical ground either for self or to his / her family members where he / she would not have devoted time for other work could be an acceptable reason for condoning the delay.
The Commissioner would strictly go by the case to case basis depending upon the circumstances and merit of the application and the permission for filing the return with refund could be granted. If there is no justifiable reasoning, then the Commissioner may not grant the permission for filing the delayed return.
7. 1 Application to be made to the Commissioner
The delayed return could be prepared – either it could be filed at the office of the assessing officer – acknowledgement obtained and the copy of the same is attached with the application in Form-30 under rule 41 along with a covering letter which could be forwarded to the Commissioner or, the application form – 30 along with the return and a covering letter is submitted.
It is suggested that the return be submitted to the assessing officer, photocopy attached to the Form-30 and the covering letter and forwarded to the Commissioner for required permission / condoning the delay in filing the return.
7.2. Illustrated letter and application in Form-30 (under Rule 41)
The forwarding letter could be addressed to the Commissioner briefly explaining the reasons for the delayed submission of the income tax return substantiated by the documentary proof for such delay.
Illustrative specimen of the forwarding letter
Commissioner of Income Tax
The relevant address of the Tax department
PAN Number: ----------------------------Employment number in case of Govt. officials
Dear Sir
I have submitted my income tax return(s) for assessment year (s)……………… vide acknowledgement number ………dated………at ………………………(copy enclosed with this)
Due to exigencies of service and being deployed in filed -----or any other reason whatever applicable in the assessee's case ----------I was unable to file my return in time.
You are kindly requested to waive the time limit and accord sanction to assess my income tax return (s) so that I am able to get the income tax refund of Rs………… excess paid income tax.
Further, I have been filing my income tax return regularly and the same could be verified from your records.
Thanking you
Yours faithfully
Name of the assessee.
Encl: (i)form-30 and
(ii) relevant year(s) return photocopy
7. 2 Form-30 which has to go along with the letter
The form-30 under rule 41 which has to be submitted to the Commissioner – the specimen is as under:-
(Rule 41)
(Claim for Refund)
I…………………………………….of ------------------address------------------------ do hereby state that my total income computed in accordance with the provision of the Income Tax Act 1961, during the year ending on------------being the previous year for the assessment year commencing on the 1 day of April…………….. amounted to Rs……………. and that the total income tax chargeable in respect of such total income is Rs………………. and that the total income tax paid or treated as paid under section 199 is Rs……………..
I therefore request for a refund of Rs………………………….
Signature of the assessee
I hereby declare that I was resident / non-resident but not ordinarily resident / non-resident during the previous year relevant to the assessment year to which claim relates and that what is stated in the application is correct.
Date: - Signature of the assessee
1 The claim should be accompanied by a return of income in the prescribed form unless the claimant has already made such a return to the income tax officer.
2 Persons who are non-residents and whose total income is made up only of income taxed at source should make the claim for refund to the Income Tax Officer, Non-Resident Refund Circle, Bombay
3 Where any part of the total income consists of dividends or any other income for which tax has been deducted vide the provisions of sections 192 to 194, section 194A and section 195, the claim should be accompanied by the certificates prescribed under section 203.
8. The processing of the application in form 30 submitted
Upon submission of the application for condonation of delay in form-30 giving the reasoning, if the Commissioner is satisfied, then he would straightway grant the permission to assess the delayed return submitted by the assessee and issue the orders accordingly to the concerned income tax officer with a copy to the assessee.
In case the Commissioner would like to verify and confirm the circumstances and consider the merit of the case, he might call for further details such as posting profile of the concerned officer especially in the armed forces service for filed area posting, concerned medical certificates etc., in case of medical reasons and such other relevant required documents. Once the Commissioner gets satisfied himself, then he would grant the permission and pass the order.
The last thing which could happen is that the Commissioner may not grant the permission if the circumstances do not justify the delay and he would reject the application and communicate the same to the assessee.
9. Assessment of delayed return submitted
Once the concerned income tax officer receives the letter from the Commissioner condoning the delay, then the income tax officer would assess the delayed return submitted and refund the excess amount paid by the asseessee. Till such time the letter from Commissioner is received, the delayed return submitted by the assessee would be kept pending.
10. Conclusion
Though all individuals would like to abide by the law and be compliant with the rules and regulations and adhere the time frame fixed by the regulator, at times, due to certain exigencies, one is helpless in adhering the time frame and unable to file the income tax return. In such cases, the regulator has provided a mechanism to avail the befit of the refund/ rebate due to him by seeking the permission through the Commissioner under his discretionary powers.
While one has to be complaint at all the times, at the time of exigencies, the law also considers it sympathetically and provides the mechanism by which the law abiding citizen does not lose out his dues. Exception could be only on merit and exceptional basis and one should not take undue advantage of this mechanism and try to make the exc.


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Rating: 5.0
By Daniel Farey-Jones, brandrepublic.com, Monday, 20 August 2012 10:10AM
Also returning to ITV were 'Red or Black?', the Simon Cowell-created gameshow that debuted last year, and 'The Jonathan Ross Show'.
Cowell was again absent from 'The X Factor' judging line-up, which included newcomer Nicole Scherzinger and brought back Gary Barlow, Louis Walsh and Tulisa Contostavlos.
Up against 'Indiana Jones' and 'Mission Impossible' movies and the lottery draw on BBC One and Channel 4, 'The X Factor' averaged 8.7 million viewers across ITV1, ITV1 HD and ITV1 + 1 compared to 11 million for the last series.
This gave it a 42.4% share of viewing between 8pm and 9.15pm, according to unofficial overnight figures.
It was bookended by two 'Red or Black?' shows in an effort by ITV to boost the series, which last year averaged 4.9 million viewers across its run after a promising opener that peaked with 7.8 million viewers.
The first 'Red or Black?' episode peaked at 4.1 million and averaged 3.4 million between 7.15pm and 8pm, while the second peaked at 5.1 million and averaged 4 million between 9.15pm and 10pm.
With Jonathan Ross attracting a 3.6 million average audience, ITV claimed to be the most-watched channel between 7pm and 10.30pm by more than 1.4 million viewers, with an average audience of 5.4 million.
BBC One's best ratings came for 'Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull', which averaged four million between 6.25pm and 8.20pm, and 'Casualty', which averaged 4.2 million between 9.10pm and 10pm.
Channel 4's best was 1.4 million average viewers between 9.15pm and 10.15pm for 'Micky Flanagan's Out Out Tour' while Channel 5's was the same audience for 'Celebrity Big Brother' in the same time slot.Follow @DanFareyJones
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Hey guys, I've got a question for you.
I've got this html table with two columns. It will contain a name, and a number.
So now I'd like to insert line numbers in front of each name, like this:
1. Joe Smith 12345
I do think it's possible with pure CSS. Chris talks about a bit in this article down at the part where he styles a "code box". There is a way of counting number of lines with CSS.
This is what I'm thinking:
tr:nth-child(n) td:first-child:before { content: counter(child) ". "; }
Any ideas?
Tried it out: http://jsfiddle.net/chriscoyier/dSmXY/4/
And for the record, that article was totally theoretical, it just so happens THIS works =)
Nice :)
Oh, okey. Realized that just now. Thanks a lot Chris!
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