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VeliQ, the provider of the complete mPaaS™ (mobility Platform-as-a-Service) solution for company-wide mobility, has strengthened its management team following a record year in which it achieved a 250% increase in revenue. Edgar Jager, formerly at SAP, has been named Executive Vice President of Worldwide Sales. Steve Crummey, who previously held this position, has been promoted to Chair of the Board of Directors. In his new role, Steve will guide the company to new uncharted territory. Furthermore, as of last autumn, Ron van Bijsterveld holds the position of Chief Technology Officer. With this reinforcement of the management team, VeliQ intends to build on the success of its increased revenue growth via a fast-growing global partner program.
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In his role as Vice President at SAP, Edgar Jager was responsible for developing OEM business and third party software in EMEA (Europe, the Middle East and Africa) for six years. Previously, he held senior management positions for a number of years at Adobe Corporation, Macromedia and Blue Martini Software. "I see this as just the start of an international breakthrough for VeliQ, thanks to collaboration with large partners such as Portugal Telecom, SAP and Vimpelcom," says Jager. "It is a wonderful new challenge to be able to lead the team and partners who will realize VeliQ's aspirations in terms of growth."
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"Our mission is to make the management of all mobile devices within organizations as simple and secure as possible," says Alex Bausch, CEO and founder of VeliQ. "To facilitate that, we have developed a complete mPaaS (mobility Platform-as-a-Service) solution that is being used increasingly by partners across the world for their client mobility solutions. In 2013, a record year in which we achieved in excess of 250% growth in revenue, we also succeeded in identifying the best people capable of strengthening VeliQ's profile globally. Both Edgar Jager and Ron van Bijsterveld possess the requisite experience, as well as a valuable network of contacts."
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VeliQ delivers MobiDM, the only true enterprise mobility Platform as a Service (mPaaS™) solution.- Described by the IDC as 'relevant and unique', VeliQ's mPaaS™ solution offers industry-leading, cross-platform mobile device management, application management, content management, security and back-end integration in a single unified console for true mobility enablement. With VeliQ's mPaaS™ solution, end-users receive a highly scalable, multi-tenant, enterprise-grade mobility enablement platform that can be deployed in minutes. Via our partners, our solution has currently been implemented in 60 countries at both SMBs and large enterprises alike in such sectors as education, finance, healthcare & pharmaceuticals, retail & hospitality, technology & manufacturing, transportation & logistics, and legal & professional services. VeliQ is headquartered in the Netherlands and has offices in the United States, the United Kingdom, Denmark, Germany, Poland and Turkey.
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Another Thanksgiving card for my family. I think I will send it to my brother and his wife cause she is a vegetarian and I am not sure she would like the previous turkey card! At least the turkey still has his feathers!!
Again I used the Gifts of the Earth stamp set from our Holiday Mini. It really lends itself well to the Faux Copic marker technique. If you are not familiar with this technique I will explain.
Copic Markers are very popular in the stamping world. They are, if I understand correctly, an alcohol based marker so they blend really well. Some very clever Stampin' Up! demonstrator (darned if I know who) came up with the same vivid results and blending by using Stampin' Up! markers and hey I am all about Stampin' Up! markers! lol
Here is how it works using the above pumpkin as an example.
- you must use watercolor paper - it allows the colors to "move" so you don't see the lines where colors begin and end.
- start with the darkest color, in this case Really Rust, and outline the pumpkin where the shadows are. Usually the stamped image shows you where the shadows are.
- go over the dark color with a lighter color - Pumpkin Pie - blending the colors. Yes you will get some Really Rust on your Pumpkin Pie marker but just wipe off the pumpkin pie marker on scrap paper - like you would a blender pen.
- Use an Apricot Appeal marker and color the lightest parts of the pumpkin blending it with the part you just colored. Don't forget to wipe the marker off on scrap paper.
That's it! I really like the bold, vivid colors of markers but never liked how they leave lines when coloring large images. This solves that problem. Try it! Note: I use a blender pen for the shadows around the stamped image.
After I assembled the card I thought it needed something below the "Give Thanks" saying so I punched 2 circles and added some buttons. The colors of the buttons helped balance the Chocolate Chip ribbon and Not Quite Navy/Bermuda Bay milk can.
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- 1" double-stitched Chocolate Chip grosgrain ribbon
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Thank you for stopping by. I encourage you to try the faux marker technique. Hope you have a great week. I have the day off today so I am going to try to stamp!


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It's high time farm pricing got a booster dose
Amrita ChaudhryPosted: Sep 26, 2008 at 0110 hrs IST
Ludhiana, September 25 With theWorld Bank giving a call to shift focus on agriculture to tackle food crisis, data gleaned from Punjab's villages only add to its urgency.
The national census for the year 1991 showed Punjab as having 11 lakh farming families. Of these, 45 per cent were small or marginal farmers who owned fields measuring less than five acres. This figure in the next census in 2001 slid to 9.7 lakh and the percentage of small farmers to 30 per cent.
In other words, 30,000 farmers on an average quit agriculture each year. The primary reason for this has been the decline in profitability of crops, particularly paddy and wheat—a phenomenon that agricultural experts are trying to tackle along with suicides by farmers. For example, take the case of Gurdip Singh, a small farmer from village Mehla Kalan. Gurdip, who owns two acres of land, says, "I can just manage to raise food grains for my domestic use from these two acres."
The situation of Avtar Singh, a farmer with 20 acres of land in Alamgir village, is no different. "My inputs costs over the years have skyrocketed while the prices of crops haven't risen. And what we all forget is that farmer too is a consumer. I have to pay the college fees for my two children, which runs into lakhs per annum. Then there are the medical costs of my family."
To drive home his point, Avtar Singh says, "A couple of years ago, one of my kidneys was damaged in an accident. I could not afford treatment. I know there will be a day when all my 20 acres will be lost in medical treatment."
R S Sidhu, head, Department of Economics, Punjab Agricultural University, agrees as he explains, "The data speak so. The best period for agriculture in the recent past was between 1990 and 2000, more precisely till 1995. While the crisis in agriculture began around 1995, it was nationwide then. Now, however, Punjab alone is suffering. Our calculations have shown that while input costs have gone up dramatically, the rise in Minimum Statutory Price (MSP) of crops is very slow and this has resulted in reducing of profit margins for the farmers.
Sidhu adds, "Since 2001-2007 the input costs have risen by 8-9 per cent while the MSP growth has been hovering around 2 per cent. The wheat MSP announced this year (Rs 1,000 per quintal) had brought a relief for farmers and when the picture was easing out the latest news of Rs 850 as MSP for paddy this year is like a bolt from the blue."
Independent People's Tribunal Charges the World Bank of Human Rights Abuse and Environmental Damage in India
World Bank Tribunal Jury Findings
A thirteen member panel consisting of prominent Indian and international jurists, economists, scientists, retied government officials, and social and religious leaders have found the World Bank guilty of harming the environment and lowering the standard of living for most Indians.
From 21 – 24 September 2007, the Jawaharlal Nehru University campus was the venue for an Independent People's Tribunal on the World Bank Group in India. It was the first time a broad spectrum of Indian society has come together to look at the damage caused by the World Bank to the country as a whole. Affected communities, expert witnesses, and over 40 concerned groups presented testimonies in order to evaluate the impact of the World Bank across 26 sectors of social and economic development in India. After reviewing over a thousand pages of transcripts the jury has put together an extensive and substantiated list of twenty-nine specific charges against the Bank. These findings are of critical importance in light of the pace in which current development policies are changing the country.
Charges in the final report include: failure in its mission to reduce poverty, advocacy of policies which contribute to increased hunger, contributing to the agricultural crisis, and deliberate posting of former staff in the Indian bureaucracy in order to influence policy and diluting Indian environmental legislation.
"The evidence and depositions we have witnessed presents a disturbing and shocking picture of increased and needless human suffering since 1991 among hundreds of millions of India's poorest and most disadvantaged in rural areas and in the cities. It is clear to us that a significant number of Indian government policies and projects financed and influenced by the World Bank have contributed directly and/or indirectly to this increased impoverishment and suffering. All this has taken place while a minority of India's population that constitutes the middle class and rich has enjoyed the fruits of an economic boom…… India and the international community must join to hold the World Bank accountable for policies and projects that in practice directly contradict its mandate of alleviating poverty for the poorest."
– Preliminary Findings by the Jury of the Independent People's Tribunal on the World Bank Group in India
We hope that such a strong statement from this distinguished group will contribute significantly to the debate on the legitimacy of the Bank's operations in the country and as an institution. On the occasion of its anniversary we are happy to send you the final jury findings of the Tribunal.
The impact of this Tribunal has already been significant. The Tribunal process quickly inspired similar processes in The Hague, Netherlands and in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Copies of this report have been sent to the World Bank, Members of Parliament, relevant government ministries and the newly formed US Congressional Committee on the World Bank. To ensure that these findings generate much needed debate we need your active support.
Raigad SEZ: Maharashtra had ignored objections
MUMBAI: The state is planning to declare Raigad SEZ area a green zone if the referendum goes against Mukesh Ambani's mega SEZ plans. The issue of land in the command area was discussed at length at a high-level meeting on February 2, 2006, including the fact that part of the land proposed to be acquired for the SEZ was in the green zone, the CRZ area and the area of the proposed international airport. The objections were ignored at that time, and the collector was asked to issue a notification for land acquisition. Meanwhile, a senior irrigation official has confirmed that due to the paucity of funds, the department has not been able to complete the canal work on the Hetwane dam which was approved in 1981 for Rs 15.36 crore. So far, the department has spent Rs 329 crore on the project, but no land in the command area has been irrigated. The dam was planned for irrigating nearly 7,000 hectares of land, but the water has instead been used largely for drinking and industrial purposes. The Reliance group has already challenged the opinion process, saying it has no legal validity. A writ petition challenging the referendum is likely to come up for hearing on September 23. "Since the referendum process is over, we have no comments to offer. We have filed a writ petition before the high court," a Reliance official said.
'Raigad votes against SEZ in referendum'
Mumbai, Sept. 22 A majority of people in the 22 villages in Raigad district have voted against the SEZ in the referendum process which was held on Sunday, claimed Mr N.D. Patil, senior leader of Peasants and Workers Party of India, who is spearheading the agitation.
The State Government is likely to announce the result of the referendum in next 15 days.
The promoters of Maha Mumbai SEZ, which includes promoters of Reliance Industries Ltd, want to set up 10,000 hectares SEZ in the district.
SEZ is expected to attract an investment of nearly Rs 40,000 crore and generate 20 lakh jobs.
Mr Patil said that although the Maharashtra Government has undertaken the referendum process, it is not necessary that the report would be tabled any time in the near future.
"When under pressure, the State Government acts in a circular manner.
"The report could be further handed over to a committee, which will take the further circuitous route," he said.
Mr Patil said that the people of the district do not want SEZ and no amount of compensation from the corporate houses and government will change their view about selling their land.
A senior official in the industries department said that in the eventuality of referendum going against the promoters of the SEZ, the land acquisition process for the other mega projects and SEZs in the State will suffer.
"We will not be mute spectators; we are also prepared for a court battle," Mr Patil said.
Raigad villagers participate in referendum on Reliance project
21 Sep, 2008, 1717 hrs IST, IANS
PEN/MUMBAI: Thousands of villagers around Pen area in Maharashtra's Raigad district Sunday took part in a referendum to decide the fate of Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Group's proposed Special Economic Zone (SEZ).
District Collector Vinayak Nipun and Superintendent of Police Pradeep Digavkar were present to monitor the referendum – the country's first on an industrial project – even as a huge security blanket covered Pen, around 150 km from Mumbai, a police official told IANS.
Residents of 22 villagers who will be affected by the Reliance Group's mega-project came out in substantial numbers to give their verdict on the SEZ.
During the referendum, a small group of people at one village opposed to the project and raised anti-Reliance and anti-government slogans.
Around 10,000 farmers from these villages are reluctant to part with 3,415 hectares of land for the project, touted to be Asia's largest.
Through the referendum, the district administration is ascertaining their views and recording their statements, which will be forwarded to the state government.
The villagers' sentiments shall be taken into consideration before deciding whether the proposed Rs.400-billion (Rs.40,000-crore) project can come up in that region or not.
A district official said the outcome of Sunday's referendum may be available only by early October.
The Reliance SEZ is slated to come up over 10,000 hectares in Pen, Uran and Panvel sub-districts of Raigad. However, the group has faced stiff resistance from the people of Pen, necessitating the referendum.
Meanwhile, Shiv Sena executive president Udhav Thackeray has offered to secure a better financial deal for farmers willing to sell their land for the SEZ.
He made the offer to a delegation of villagers that called on him in Mumbai two days ago and conveyed the sentiments of the local population regarding the SEZ.
Breathing life into livestock
FARM VIEW New Delhi September 23, 2008, 0:57 IST
A new policy aims at speeding growth in the sector without disturbing the prevailing small holdings production system.
India is the world's largest producer of milk, with an estimated production of 102 million tonnes in 2007-08, against 85 million tonnes of the USA, which holds the second position. India also has the world's largest bovine population. As much as 73 per cent of rural households are engaged in animal rearing. Yet, all is not well with the livestock sector. The true potential of this sector is not being gainfully harnessed.
This is obvious in several ways. The per capita availability of milk in the country is still below the mark — reckoned only at 246 grams a day, against the world average of 285 grams. Besides, only around 10 per cent of the human protein requirement is met through the livestock products, which is also rather low. Moreover, the average productivity of milch animals is only around 1,214 kg per lactation (or milking season lasting several months), which compares poorly with the global average of 2,104 kg.
On the commercial front, only about 15 to 16 per cent of the total milk, about 30 per cent of the marketable surplus, gets into the organised marketing channels; the bulk being traded through unorganised vendors. The export of livestock products, too, is trivial — less than 1 per cent of the global trade — though that can be attributed partly to the frequent and, often, needless curbs imposed by the government. The Indian livestock farmers are, therefore, denied fair returns.
Indeed, there are several inherent constraints as well, which impede the optimal growth of this sector. A sizable chunk of the total animal population is either wholly unproductive or a very low-yielder.
As slaughtering cows and consumption of beef (cow meat) is a religious taboo, wasted animals are difficult to get rid of. Thus, they continue to compete with the milk-yielding population for feed and fodder, creating a scarcity of these key inputs.
To add to all that, there are a large number of diseases, including some dreaded ones like the foot and mouth disease (FMD), which take a heavy toll on animal life as well as potential output every year. FMD alone is estimated officially to cause an annual economic loss worth around Rs 10,000 crore. Despite some strides having been made in the prevention and control of this malady, nearly 1,600 outbreaks of it are reported every year from different parts of the country.
And while all this is bad enough, the implementation by the states of many central schemes for livestock improvement is dismal. As revealed by Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar in a recent meeting of state animal husbandry ministers in New Delhi, the funds allocated by the centre to the states for these schemes remain woefully under-utilised.
Of the huge funds available for the livestock sector under the flagship Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojna (RKYV), only 13 per cent were actually spent in 2007-08. Also, out of the resources available from the Rural Infrastructural Development Fund (RDF), an abysmal 0.48 per cent were used for animal husbandry and dairy.
Most shocking is the mismanagement of funds provided under the prime minister's special package for the farmers' suicides-prone districts of Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra, Karnataka and Kerala in 2006-07. Of the Rs 510 crore set apart for the promotion of animal husbandry in the selected districts of these states, no more than Rs 125 crore has so far been actually used for this purpose. This has a
dversely affected critical areas like genetic upgradation of animals, fodder development, disease control and animal health and overall dairy development.
The government, of course, is not unaware of all this. It has been contemplating evolving a comprehensive national livestock policy to take care of many of these ills and to ensure holistic development of this sector. A preliminary draft of the policy was circulated in states way back in 2004. Its updated version is now getting final touches before being adopted as a policy.
This policy aims broadly at speeding up the growth of this sector to match the increasing demand of livestock products without disturbing the prevailing small holdings production system. The goal is to double the per capita availability of animal protein from the present 10 grams to 20 grams in a decade.
This will be sought to be achieved through enhancement in animal productivity and product quality, induction of modern technology, better marketing and higher investment in this sector. This, obviously, is a daunting, though highly desirable, task and will need better implementation of official schemes and conducive policies
PIL seeking ban on acquisition of agricultural land dismissed
23 Sep 2008, 0327 hrs IST,TNN
NEW DELHI: The Raigad referendum may have seen farmers casting their vote against acquisition of agricultural land, but that did not deter the Supreme Court on Monday from dismissing a PIL seeking a direction to the government to acquire only barren land for SEZs and other public purposes.
Listing the repercussions of acquiring agricultural land, a PIL filed by one Donald Fernandez argued before a bench that the government be restrained from acquiring agricultural land and jeopardising foodgrain production.
Unimpressed, the bench said the plea for acquisition of only barren land was fraught with practical difficulties. "If the government wants to establish a hospital or a post office and is allowed acquisition of barren land 100 km away from the locality, will it serve public purpose," the bench asked.
This means, the apex court refused to put any fetters on the government from acquiring agricultural land provided all other preconditions for such acquisition were met.
However, the same bench refused to dispose of a PIL complaining of faulty agricultural policies of the government, arguing that they had led to a spate of suicides by farmers.
Farmer suicides: SC to consider policy issues raised by PIL
New Delhi, Sept 22: Two years after a PIL was filed questioning the country's agricultural policy in view of a spate of suicides by farmers, the Supreme Court today said it would consider the issues raised in it and asked the petitioner to res
pond to the stand taken by the Centre.
A bench headed by Chief Justice K G Balakrishnan also allowed the Centre to file additional documents in the matter.
At the outset advocate Sanjeev Bhatnagar, who had filed the petition in 2006, said that the notice was issued to the Centre and four states — Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Kerala — when it was pointed out that more than 10,000 farmers had committed suicide.
Bhatnagar said that the gravity of the situation and the high number of countrywide suicides by farmers burdened with debts had been conceded by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar and UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi but no effective steps had been taken to stop the incidents involving farmers under distress.
He submitted that though a notice was issued two years ago, Andhra Pradesh and Kerala had not yet responded.
The petitioner had sought a direction to the government to modify its agriculture policy with greater focus on the interests of farmers to check suicides.
The PIL said in the last five years over 10,000 farmers had killed themselves, and Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Kerala were the worst affected. Farmers in various States were ending their lives unable to repay loans.
Farmers' suicide row: FIR registered against Sonia, Pawar
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Akola, Sept 18: The issue of farmers' suicide in Maharashtra has taken an ugly turn as a debt-ridden farmer from Akola has reportedly filed cases against 15 high profile persons including UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi and Union Minister for Agriculture Sharad Pawar.
According to reports, the farmer, Dilip Ghatole, has held Sonia Gandhi and 15 others responsible for formulating such policies which led to the untimely and tragic death of his father Shaligram Ghatole.
Shaligram, a cotton farmer, ended his life in October 2007, as he could not repay his loans.
While moving a petition in the Akola district court, the petitioner said that the present UPA government was responsible for his father's death.
Ghatole's lawyer Prakash Ambedkar said that a large section of farmers were suffering due to the government's import policy, which prevents them from getting a good price for their cotton.
Dilip and his mother Kaushalyabai are facing extreme hardship in meeting the day-to-day requirements of their family, as Shaligram Ghatole left behind a crushing debt of over Rs one lakh.
However, the opposition lawyer, who seems to be less worried over the petition, says that the government policy cannot be challenged in this court. It has to be raised in Parliament or in the Supreme Court.
The next hearing of the case is on September 26.
Assault on farming: Punjab Government ties with Syngenta
Tuesday, 16 September 2008
Now it is understandable that government machinery in Punjab is more worried to offer market to MNCs rather then serving the genuine interests of farmers. Recently a Punjab government agency Markfed has signed a MoU with Syngenta to provide agrochemicals and its right practices on farmers' doorstep.
This indicates that either the government officials do not have understanding of real crisis of farmers or they do not want to understand it. There is a strong third possibility also that Marked and its parent department wants to serve MNCs only sans the poor farmers.
Kheti Virasat Mission-KVM deplores this move of Markfed. The will prove a disaster for the farming and ecology of Punjab. This is an anti-farmer and anti-environment step and will jeopardize the possibilities of ecological sustainability of agriculture in Punjab.
It is ironical that the Minister for Cooperation Capt Kanwaljit Singh was present in person in this MoU signing ceremony. This irony turned in to a tragedy when Minister speaking on the occasion urged the company to develop eco-friendly crop protection inputs. What an incident Capt Kanwaljit Singh is giving the responsibility of protecting ecology to a known environmental offender and poison merchant.
While speaking on the occasion Capt Kanwaljit asserted that " The state is facing threat of disease due to overuse and misuse of pesticides, which is both unmanageable and unacceptable……so the need of hour is cutting costs and bringing in environment-friendly and safe methods of crop protection.". It is a great statement indeed. But minister was betting on wrong side. Those who are known environmental scandalous cannot and should not be asked for environmental solutions.
The Markfed is more enthusiastic to serve MNCs and become their extension arm to market their products. First it was Bt cotton in 2005. Then CM Capt Amarinder Singh very passionately makes Markfed the distributing arm of Mahyco for Bt cotton seeds. There was euphoria at that time and Markfed has published advertisements in newspaper singing happily about its achievement. Mahyco is a Monsanto owned company.
After Monsanto now it is Syngenta.
Monsanto sold Bt cotton with a promise to reduce use of pesticides and now Syngents is entering with promise to provide extension services to farmers to educate them about right method of pesticide use. It is regrettable that government executives, agriculture experts and technocrats and departments dealing with agriculture or farmers particularly are still obsessed with the pesticides and their so-called safe use. They cannot think of agriculture without agrochemicals. After witnessing adverse impacts of pesticides several countries are now pursuing the pesticide free farming. There are several successful examples of chemical free natural / organic farming in the world, in India and even in Punjab.
Chemical pesticides were pushed in indiscriminately. Forty years after the advent of green revolution, the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) in the Manila, Philippines now clearly accepts its mistakes in promoting pesticides and has gone on record saying that 'pesticides were a waste of time and effort' in Asia for rice. Punjab Agricultural University however continues to push in pesticides knowing well that these were not required in the first place. In case of cotton, agricultural scientists have compounded the problem by turning the insect profile hostile. There were only six or seven pests that worried the cotton farmers in the 1960s. Today the number of cotton pests has multiplied to over 60.
Studies done by ICRISAT and IRRI clearly demonstrate the sustainability, viability and successful economics of Non-Pesticide Management practices. Farmers in Bangladesh, Philippines and Vietnam have successfully opted for pesticide free rice cultivation. The Cuba has also shown the way. Former Director General of IRRI, Dr. Robert Cantrell had this to say: "It shows that the mistakes of Green Revolution where too much emphasis was sometimes put on the use of chemicals for pest control have clearly been recognized and corrected".
But irony of Punjab is that the agriculture establishments are not open to this truth of pesticides and even they are not tolerant to any question and debate related to pesticides and environmental health crisis. They are still in green-revolution mindset and insulated from alternative paradigm for sustainable agriculture, environment and development. The agriculture establishments feel honour of their role played in green revolution, it could be their proud. They already got pat for that, they earned whole lot of admiration for the work they had done, but now it is time to have an honest introspection and constructive criticism. Those who are supported Green Revolution setups until now should own responsibility of its adverse effects.
The Markfed and Ministry of Cooperatives should open to know more about the alternative paradigm of agriculture, they should came forward to learn from the farmers committed to ecological practices. Capt Kanwaljit rightly raise the issue of rising cost of production and depleting returns ,but he should be aware of the fact that every village is exporting cash roughly something between Rs 25 lakhs to 5 crors , depending upon its area, cropping pattern and ecological factors. If the minister is really sincere in saving and serving farmers he and his department should encourage natural farming. We should proudly shout -"Say No to Pesticides". It is only way to save ecology of Punjab, it is only way to bring Punjab out of devastating environmental health crisis.
Punjab government has no vision, no roadmap for restructuring agriculture to make its agriculture ecologically sustainable. Neither they have any plan to learn from farmers nor do they want to promote any civil society initiative in this regard. Government is just promoting corporate model of farming. This is symbol of intellectual impoverishment and bankruptcy of thoughts and ideas.
Syngenta is also known for hiding facts related to adverse effects of its bestseller herbicide Atrazine. The scientists working on test the effects of Atrazine on African clawed frogs found that Atrazine inhibits development of the larynx in male frogs at low doses, that Atrazine, at even lower doses, feminizes male frogs by altering the testes so they will produce eggs. Syngenta even tried to purchase the silence from the concerned scientists.
Pesticides are only one side of coin of doom, the Genetically Modified seeds are waiting to spill the new era of sorrow. Syngenta will use this MoU to create market for its GM seeds. The company is trying to get proper IPR protection for its seeds. Syngenta has done a day light robbery on rice. This Swiss biotech giant based at Basel in Switzerland, has tightened its monopoly control over rice. Seeking global patents over thousands of genes in rice (a single grain of rice contains 37,544 genes, roughly one-fourth more than the genes in a human body), the multinational giant is all set to "own" rice, the world's most important staple food crop. Syngenta claims it invented more than 30,000 gene sequences of rice. Syngenta in collaboration with Myriad Genetics Inc of USA had beaten Monsanto in the game of mapping the genetic structure of rice by sequencing more than 99.5 per cent of the rice genome. Syngenta's efforts to seek control over rice have severe implications for the future of rice research and its resulting impact on food security and hunger. For countries like India or Japan, one of the seats of origin of rice, it is an ominous sign. In other words, biological inheritance of the world's major food crop is now in the hands of a Swiss multinational. If Syngenta's application for global patents is accepted, the Asian countries will lose all control that comes through 'sovereign' control over genetic resources (as defined by the
Convention on Biological Diversity, 1992) of the staple grain.
Syngents is going to bring its GM seeds with in next few years; the company is preparing its market network from now courtesy Markfed.
Marked is working like Mir Jafar for MNCs which is highly intolerable. This MoU will prove battle of Plassey and will pave way for total corporate takeover of Punjab agriculture. Those who are signing these documents should prepare them selves to be known as Mir Jafars. History will teach then a lesson.
It is high time that farmers of Punjab should resist and revolt against this onslaught on their sovereign right over natural resources and knowledge system.
(Author is Executive Director of Kheti Virasat Mission civil society ecological action group based at Jaitu town in Faridkot district, Punjab. Phone: 9872682161, E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com)


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I love America. It's Americans I hate.
A letter to my fellow white people
Why I'm weirdly cheered by the 2016 primaries
The repugnance of moral scolds
The Man and me
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- Jul 18, 2011I hope you'll forgive this blatantly commercial message, but I wanted
to post a note to announce the release of a *new* 78 rpm disc on my
Rivermont label. In March I traveled to Wisconsin to record Andy
Schumm's Flatland Gang exclusively for this 78 release. For those who
haven't yet heard him, Andy is a brilliant young cornetist (still in
his mid-20s) capable of playing with a tone and style closer to Bix
than anyone I've ever heard. For the record, his band features (among
others) John Otto on clarinet, David Boeddinghaus at the piano, and
Josh Duffee at the drums. On one side of the record is "Down In
Gallion," a tune originally recorded in 1927 for Paramount by John
Williams' Synco Jazzers. The other side has "The Swing" modeled on the
1924 Johnny De Droit record. We recorded this the old-fashioned way,
with the musicians placed around a pair of microphones, the balance
achieved acoustically by placement of the musicians. Both sides were
recorded in a single take, with no editing or digital manipulation.
Joe Busam did the marvelous sleeve and label design. Everyone involved
put forth a tremendous amount of effort, and I'm very proud of the way
this record turned out. The records were pressed in audiophile-grade
virgin vinyl in the Netherlands and copies are individually numbered.
(We pressed this in a run of 500 copies.) You can see, hear, and--if
so inclined--buy the record here:
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DEFENDING UK champion Stephen Maguire was another surprise first round loser at this year's Grand Prix in Preston.
The Glaswegian potting ace was beaten 5-3 by qualifier Michael Judge, having always been behind in a mouth-watering best-of-nine encounter at the Guild Hall.
Number four seed Maguire, from Glasgow, joins Welshman Matthew Stevens and Paul Hunter on the first round casualty list, with three of the world's top-five ranked players having exited the Lancashire-based competition.
"It was a high quality match and there were not a lot of mistakes," said a delighted Judge.
"I have been playing very well in practice and I came back early to put in more."
Judge also put his win down to tasting success at the Grand Prix last year, where he reached the semi-finals before getting knocked out by Ian McCulloch, last year's Grand Prix runner-up.
"I love it," added Judge. "I spoke to Joe Swail after the match and we discussed how funny it is sometimes when you do well at a venue you did well at the year before.
He joked: "It usually takes me seven visits to cross the winning line."
Maguire was not too displeased with his performance, but was disappointed to have been knocked out so early.
"To be fair I didn't play bad and I felt I was hitting the ball well, but well done to Michael," said Maguire.
"I felt nervous because it was my first match, but I was cold. Maybe that is down to a lack of match practice and playing in a pressure environment.
"But that's the worst start you can get for the new season."
Judge had the better start and led 2-1 until Maguire rallied with a 102 break to level. Judge pinched a scrappy fifth frame but back came Scot Maguire for a second time.
Judge won the last two frames with runs of 57 and 67 to progress.
Today's schedule will see seven-times world champion Stephen Hendry take on Dominic Dale in the first round, while Welshman Mark Williams takes on Irishman Fergal O'Brien.
Aussie left-hander Neil Robertson has been handed an intriguing opening clash with Andrew Norman.
The evening session, which starts at 6.30pm, will see crowd favourite Jimmy White take on Mike Dunn, Ken Doherty play David Roe, Nigel Bond against Ryan Day, while Robert Milkins meets Stuart Bingham.


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Mass suggestion: A way to save the world?
Psychological research has had a tendency to study negative effects of behavior both on the individual and cultural level. But new research has started to focus more on the positive aspects of behavior. I like this shift, as I think it will change how we interact with the world. In one TED talk I watched, scientists were studying genetic superhumans. That is, people with genetic 'flaws' that has proven to give these people abilities normal people don't have. By getting more knowledge about these 'superhumans' we are also a step closer to knowing which environmental, psychological and biological factors contribute to their genetic make-up.
Mass suggestion
Humans in a big crowd have an inclination to behave the same way. It is difficult to resist the force of it. This is why people, who ordinarily are sensible, can do things that they regret afterwards . It is also the reason people who normally are harmless can become violent.
There are thousand different ways we can be affected by mass suggestion, both in a negative and positive sense.
A mass-suggestion experiment
If I could do a study as a researcher, I would want to look at how positive mass-suggestion could affect us . Let's for fun's sake call it a social media experiment. If every person shared the research hypothesis I'm about to present with one person, it would be interesting to see what would happen next.
My hypothesis would be something like: Can we by mass-suggestion, make people around the world do the same thing on the same day?
For example I could propose that the 30th of september, every one of us tried to do one random act of kindness. What do you think would happen? Could it affect us all in a positive way?
The date could be set one year in advance to make sure that many get the message, but as information can spread like fire in the right circumstances maybe it would not be necessary to wait that long.
So, would somebody be interested in an experiment like that? What can each and all of us do by simply being kind towards others?
Why not try? We got nothing to lose.
I am a 29-year-old girl from Norway where I work as a psychologist. On my free time I love to read, travel and experience new things. I also like taking photos and creative activities like scrapbooking and decoupage. My personality? For those of you who know the BIG 5 personality test, I am high on Openness, Conscientiousness, middle on agreeable and on extroversion/introversion. It basically means that I`m a flexible person, work hard, usually don`t make a fuss and love to be with others, while also needing to be alone to think and calm down. I also want to add that I love the Italian language, my family, Haruki Murakami, good music and my friends. I am VERY emotional, but calm when I have to be. Earlier I had a tendency to put other`s needs first, believing that I wasn`t worthy of any attention myself. Luckily I have grown in heart and mind since then, and learnt that being there for others mean taking care of your own needs first.
This blog is a blend of my personal story (called narrative or the sound of..) topics related to psychology and just random things I find interesting. I work daily as a clinical psychologist, and most of my clients have been abused and neglected in heartbreaking ways. Many of my posts will cover subjects related to trauma and dissociation. I am quite open and honest in my posts, because I believe it might make us psychologist less mysterious.
Most of the psychologist I know are kind, intelligent people. Some with their own stories, but all with a genuine wish to help. In this blog I want to share what I know about overcoming challenges and following your dreams.
Since more and more people have started to read this blog, I unfortunately found it necessary to password protect some of my more personal posts. If you want to read them, feel free to contact me at firstname.lastname@example.com. I am also on twitter (@ninjafighter), instagram and Facebook. I also have two other blogs that are dedicated to psychology and the "Kindness project" that I started one year ago, You find them here: Free psychology and The kindness project.
In the last blog I post interviews with different people. I ask them questions about good things they do, and my hope is that their answers will inspire others to do be kind towards others. I have also invited guest bloggers to share their stories on "Free psychology". They are brilliant writers, so feel to explore their story on this blog. I am always open to invite more bloggers who want to write, so feel free to contact me at any time if you`d like to write about topics relevant for the blog.
I started my blog three years ago, and it has grown so fast I almost can`t believe it. I am really proud of it, and grateful because I have made new friends and found other blogs that I like.
I want to thank all my readers and offer some encouragement to everyone who suffers or have done so in the past. I have been in the deepest valleys myself, and felt emotional pain so intense that I was afraid of it.
I hope this blog might prove that the fight for a better life is worth it.
- What Are the Different Types of Psychologists and What Do They Do? (psychology.about.com)
Why I love my country
There are so many reasons why I love Norway. This video is one of them. My breath still is taken away when I see parts of my beautiful country. I'm so lucky to live here.
I live in Bergen now, and this picture is just so wonderful.
This is for you lexborgia!
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Finding a way through the darkness
I have been in my new job as a clinical psychologist for one month now, so it's time for a update. I still can't believe how fast the time has gone, it feels like the day is over before it even began. This is good, since it means that I am engaged. There is seldom a dull moment, and at the end of the day I look back and realize I have learnt something new. Already I have touching moments that I will carry with me until I take my last breath.
I have met many interesting people with a plethora of problems. Some with depressions, one with panic attacks, several with traumatized childhoods and also people with anger issues, AD/HD and personality disorders. Since I still see new patients, I haven't had many conversations with anyone yet, and for many we are still getting to know each other. Finding the correct diagnosis is important, and we can't move on before we have pinpointed what needs to be looked at more closely.
But even if we haven't started on direct treatment yet, this first phase is hopefully already a step in the right direction. Although it's necessary to go through some surveys and standardized questions, there is room for therapeutic work.
The first phase of therapy is often about stabilizion and education. By getting to know oneself better, the path for change is created. For traumatized victims, learning about how trauma effects the body, is crucial. For people with panic attacks, knowing the symptoms and normalizing them, helps a lot. If you understand what happens, it's easier to start coping with it. In some ways, fear of symptoms is what many struggle with the most. When we face or monsters in a controlled way, we can finally watch them from afar and act like we want to.
Elizabeth Gilbert described in her book 'big magic' how she looked at fear: Fear is always with her, telling her that she should be careful. Prodding her to not take chances, because she might get hurt. She has learnt to thank her fear, because it wants to protect her. At the same time she also tells her fear that it can be there and monitor her surroundings if it wants to, but she must take command. She soothes herself by accepting that she will feel terrified and unsafe, at the same time as she assures herself that she can cope with what comes.
Many of my patients are still afraid. And that's okay. We all are, often. I will not promise a rose-garden, but I want to explore the area they walk in no matter what is there.
Protected: Turning on the brakes
Protected: Tailor-made
Back where I belong
My first week in my new job has gone really well. Already it feels like the day is over before it began, even if I've just had three patients. But there has been meetings, conversations with lovely new colleagues and learning new routines. It looks like the patients I will have a myriad of issues that will challenge me in a good way. Since my area of expertise is trauma, my training in treatment models not pertaining to trauma-treatment is somewhat limited. But it still is exciting and probably even necessary. Having just traumatized clients can be taxing, since they require your full attention. Containing their feelings can also affect therapists in the long haul, so treating clients with different problems is advisable. The three clients I've met so far, have myriad problems. The first is there for a diagnostic evaluation and treatment of anger issues, the second most likely has Asperger in addition to personality disorders and the third depression and a eating disorder.
I knew it would be good to finally do clinical work again, but it was even better than anticipated. In addition the clinic I am working in is excellent. The employees are highly skilled, and to my utter amazement they are especially interested in trauma. I don't think it could get better, but my gut feeling is that it will be.
I'm back where I belong and it feels like finally coming home.
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What does clients find most helpful about therapy?
This is a reblog from Damon Ashworth Psychology! A brilliant post that I hope will be helpful and interesting.
When clients first begin their therapy journey, they often ask to be taught specific skills that are going to help them achieve their specific goals.
They believe that if they can be taught these skills, they will be able to overcome their difficulties, or the problems that led to them entering therapy, and they will have no subsequent difficulties or need for additional therapy going forward.
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) is a short-term treatment that clients can easily understand. It is based on the premise that all difficulties arise from unhelpful cognitions (beliefs, expectations, assumptions, rules and thoughts) and unhelpful behaviours. CBT aims to help clients see that their cognitions and behaviours are unhelpful, and tries to teach them skills that can help them to replace these unhelpful cognitions and behaviours with more helpful ones. If this is achieved, the assumption is that clients will change and therefore improve.
I do believe that if a client is able to have more helpful cognitions and behaviours then they will have significantly improved psychological health and overall well-being. I'm just not sure if I agree that the process that is required to get to this outcome is the same as what many CBT clinicians would believe. In fact, focus on distorted cognitions has actually been shown to have a negative correlation with overall outcomes in cognitive therapy for depression studies (Castonguay, Goldfield, Wiser, Raue, & Hayes, 1996).
What actually leads to improvements across treatment?
My previous article "What Leads to Optimal Outcomes in Therapy?" answers this question in detail and shows that the outcome is dependent upon (Hubble & Miller, 2004):
- The life circumstances of the client, their personal resources and readiness to change (40% of overall outcome variance)
- The therapeutic relationship (30% of overall outcome variance)
- The expectations about the treatment and therapy (15% of overall outcome variance)
- The specific model of treatment (15% of overall outcome variance)
For cognitive therapy for depression, both therapeutic alliance and the emotional involvement of the patient predicted the reductions in symptom severity across the treatment (Castonguay et al., 1996). Many therapists are now aware of these findings, but clients are generally not.
What do clients view to be the most valuable elements of therapy once they have improved?
By the end of treatment, especially if it is a successful outcome, clients tend to have a much different outlook on what they think are the most valuable aspects of therapy when compared to what they were looking for at the beginning of their treatment.
In Irvin Yalom's excellent and informative book 'The Theory and Practice of Group Psychotherapy', he goes into detail about a study that he conducted with his colleagues that examined the most helpful therapeutic factors, as identified by 20 successful long-term group therapy clients. They gave each client 60 cards, which consisted of five items across each of the 12 categories of therapeutic factors, and asked them to sort them in terms of how helpful these items were across their treatment.
The 12 categories, from least helpful to most helpful were:
12. Identification: trying to be like others
11. Guidance: being given advice or suggestions about what to do
10. Family reenactment: developing a greater understanding of earlier family experiences
9. Altruism: seeing the benefits of helping others
8. Installation of hope: knowing that others with similar problems have improved
7. Universality: realising that others have similar experiences and problems
6. Existential factors: recognizing that pain, isolation, injustice and death are part of life
5. Interpersonal output: learning about how to relate to and get along with others
4. Self-understanding: learning more about thoughts, feelings, the self, and their origins
3. Cohesiveness: being understood, accepted and connected with a sense of belonging
2. Catharsis: expressing feelings and getting things out in the open
1. Interpersonal input: learning more about our impression and impact on others
The clients were unaware of the different categories, and simply rated each of the 60 individual items in relation to how helpful it had been to them.
What becomes apparent when looking at these categories is that giving advice or suggestions about what to do is often not found to be a very helpful element of the therapy process, even though this is exactly what most of the clients are initially looking for. What is far more important is the client developing a deeper knowledge of themselves, their internal world, and how they relate to and are perceived by others in interpersonal situations.
The top 10 items that the clients rated as most helpful were (Yalom & Leszcz, 2005):
10. Feeling more trustful of groups and of other people.
9. Seeing that others could reveal embarrassing things and take other risks and benefit from it helped me to do the same.
8. Learning how I come across to others.
7. Learning that I must take ultimate responsibility for the way I live my life no matter how much guidance and support I get from others.
6. Expressing negative and/or positive feelings toward another member.
5. The group's teaching me about the type of impression I make on others.
4. Learning how to express my feelings.
3. Other members honestly telling me what they think of me.
2. Being able to say what is bothering me instead of holding it in.
1. Discovering and accepting previously unknown or unacceptable parts of myself.
Each of the 20 clients that made up these survey results had been in therapy for an average of 16 months, and were either about to finish their treatment or had recently done so. Obviously these items were in relation to group therapy, so the most important factors for change across treatment in individual therapy may be different. However, even with individual therapy, Yalom believes that in the end, it is the relationship that heals.
For more information, feel free to check out Chapter 4 in 'The Theory and Practice of Group Psychotherapy' by Irvin Yalom and Molyn Leszcz (2005), or any of the other studies out there that look into the outcomes or therapeutic factors involved in change across psychological treatment.
If you have ever wanted to discover and learn more about yourself, accept yourself more, express yourself better, take greater responsibility for your life, challenge yourself and develop more trust in others, a longer-term psychological therapy may be just what you need!
Clinical Psychologist
Anger management
Next week I will start working with a client searching treatment for anger issues. I wondered if anyone in here has tips on how to manage anger?
Red brick road
My boyfriend is snoring, so instead of trying to sleep I embrace the opportunity to write. My mind was occupied anyway with memories and random thoughts, so why not write it down instead?
Last weekend me and my boyfriend went to Poland. It was a great trip, where we had four whole days to do whatever we wanted. We managed to do some sightseeing, try an escape room for the first time, and take a day-trip to Berlin. The city we travelled to in Poland is called Szczecin, just a 2,5 hour bus drive to Germany`s capital city. Since it was cold, we did not see everything that was there, but we took the "red walk", seeing some of the main attractions.
The so called "red walk" connects nearly all the attractions within the centre. This is by far the best way to discover the centre on foot, as all attractions are marked by a number (there are about 40) on the pavement, so you won't miss one. At each of them there is a sign explaining some details about the sights.
Like Dorothy in the wizard of oz, we were safely taken to our targets by following the red lines. My shoes were sadly not red and pretty (and not very warm), but it was still a nice walk.
Szczecin is a pretty city, regardless of its unpronounceable name.
The creativity (and humor) of the hard-working Polish people also manifested itself on the bus to Berlin. There was a little menu describing what we could buy if we got hungry or thirsty, and on it there was a small addition: You could get a friendly neighbor for free!
Every city has something special, but the people you travel with makes the exploration of it even more memorable and exciting . I am glad I came to this part of Poland that I knew nothing about, happy to have seen the world through Polish eyes. Although I`ve read that the country has its problems, like a high unemployment rate, Poland still manages to show itself from its best side. Maybe a hard life makes people focus on what is good in life? We all know that people who look at the bright side and build on their strength when life gets difficult, can achieve great things. Painting the road with red lines might not seem like something groundbreaking, but it is clever.
I could have written a lot more about the trip, but will leave it for now. I can`t wait to go and explore more of the world. For now, I will just remember the weekend and soak up creativity whenever I encounter it.


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Tafseer of Sura Saba - Session Seven Verses 31 – 39 Questions for Tadabbur 1.What type of conversations will take place on the day of Judgment? Do you know any other verses of Qur'an that mention such conversations? 2. What will be the causes of intense regret on the Day of Judgment? 3.Why do those who have been given wealth and children think they will not be punished? 4. What are the reasons for increase and decrease of Rizq?
Points to Ponder - we will never believe. Shows stubbornness and resistance to truth - back and forth arguments - the weak ones and the strong ones - blaming others - concealing regret - a station close to God
Arguments on the Day of Judgment Argument with God And they will say, 'Our Lord! We obeyed our leaders and elders, and they led us astray from the way. Our Lord! Give them a double punishment, and curse them with a mighty curse. (33:67-68) They shall cry therein for help; 'Our Lord! bring us out, so that we may act righteously – different from what we used to do!' 'Did We not give you a life long enough that one who is heedful might take admonition? And [moreover] the Warner had [also] come to you. Now taste [the consequences of your deeds], for the wrong doers have no helper. (35:37)
Argument with Shaytan And the Shaytan shall say after the affair is decided; Surely Allah promised you the promise of truth, and I gave you promises then failed to keep them to you, and I had no authority over you except that I called you and you obeyed me, therefore do not blame me but blame yourselves, I cannot be your helper now nor can you be my helpers; surely I disbelieve in you associating me with Allah before, surely it is the unjust who will have the painful punishment. Sura Ibrahim, verse 22
Other Conversations on the Day of Judgment The inmates of the Fire will call out to the inhabitants of Paradise, 'pour on us some water, or something of what Allah has provided you' They will say, "Indeed Allah has forbidden these two to the faithless.' (7:50) Every soul is hostage to what it has earned, Except the people of the Right Hand, [They will be in gardens] questioning concerning the guilty, What drew you into Hell? They will answer, we were not from among those who prayed Nor did we feed the poor. We used to gossip along with the gossipers, and we used to deny the day of Retribution until death came to us. (74: 38-47)
Regret on the Day of Judgment Visible Signs 1) Were you to see the when the guilty hang their heads before their Lord [confessing], 'Our Lord! We have seen and heard. Send us back so that we may act righteously. Indeed we are [now] convinced.' (32:12) 2) You will see them exposed to it, humbled by abasement, looking at it secretly. (42:45) 3) A Day when the wrongdoer will bite his hands, saying: 'I wish I had followed the Messenger's way. Woe be to me. not taken so and so for a friend.' (25:27-28)
Allah will take them out from the corners of the graves, the nests of birds, the den of beasts, and the centers of death. They hasten towards His command and run towards the place fixed for their final return, group by group, quiet, standing, and arrayed in rows. They will be within Allah's sight and will hear everyone who will call them. They will be wearing the dress of helplessness and covering of submission and indignity. [At this time] arguments will disappear, desires will be cut, hearts will sink quietly, voices will be curbed, sweat will choke the throat, fear will increase, and the ears will resound with the thundering voice of the announcer calling towards the final judgment. Khutba al-Gharra, #83, Nahjul Balagha
Wealth and Children Know that the life of this world is just play and diversion, and glitter, and boasting among yourselves, and competing in increase of wealth and children – like the rain whose vegetation impresses the farmer; then it withers and you see it turn yellow, then it becomes chaff, while in the hereafter there is severe punishment and [also] forgiveness from Allah, and His pleasure; and the life of this world is nothing but the means of delusion. (57:20)
Sustenance He ordained livelihood with plenty and with scarcity. He distributed them narrowly as well as profusely. He did it with justice to test whomever He desired, with prosperity or with destitution, and to test through it the gratefulness or endurance of the rich and the poor. Then He coupled plenty with misfortunes of destitution, safety with distresses of calamities, and pleasures of enjoyment with pangs of grief. Khutba #91, Nahjul Balagha
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