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25 Jan. 2017
Fellow citizens:
1. On the eve of the sixty-eighth Republic Day of our nation, I extend warm greetings to all of you in India and abroad. I convey my special greetings to members of our Armed Forces, Para-military Forces and Internal Security Forces. I pay my tribute to the brave soldiers and security personnel who made the supreme sacrifice of their lives in defending India's territorial integrity and maintaining law and order.
Brothers and sisters:
2. When India attained freedom on 15th August 1947, we did not have an instrument of governance of our own. We waited till 26th January, 1950 when the Indian people gave to themselves a Constitution to secure for all its citizens, justice, liberty, equality, and gender and economic equity. We promised to promote fraternity, dignity of the individual, and unity and integrity of the nation.
On that day, we became the largest democracy of the world.
3. The faith and commitment of people gave life to our Constitution and our founding fathers, wisely and carefully, steered the new nation past its troubles of being a poor economy with huge regional imbalances and a vast citizenry deprived of even basic necessities.
4. It goes to the credit of the strong institutions of democracy built by our founders that for the last six and a half decades, Indian democracy has been an oasis of stability in the region troubled by unrest. From a population of 360 million in 1951, we are now a 1.3 billion strong nation. Even then, our per capita income has shown a ten-fold increase, poverty ratio has declined by two-thirds, average life expectancy has more than doubled, and literacy rate has shown a four-fold increase. We are today the fastest growing amongst the major economies of the world. We are the second largest reservoir of scientific and technical manpower, the third largest army, the sixth member of the nuclear club, the sixth member in the race for space, and the tenth largest industrial power. From a net food grains importing country, India is now a leading exporter of food commodities. The journey so far has been eventful, sometimes painful, but most of the times, exhilarating.
5. What has brought us thus far will take us further ahead. But we will have to learn to adjust our sails, quickly and deftly, to the winds of change. Evolutionary and incremental growth will have to accommodate rapid disruptions brought in by advances of science and technology. Innovation, more so inclusive innovation, will have to become a way of life. Education will have to keep pace with technology. In the race between man and machine, the winner will have to be job generation. The velocity of technology adoption will call for a workforce that is willing to learn and adapt. Our education system will have to join hands with innovation to prepare our youth for life-long learning.
Fellow citizens:
6. Our economy has been performing well despite the challenging global economic conditions. In the first half of 2016-17, it grew at a rate of 7.2 percent - same as that last year - showing sustained recovery. We are firmly on the path of fiscal consolidation and our inflation level is within comfort zone. Though our exports are yet to pick up, we have managed a stable external sector with sizeable foreign exchange reserves.
7. Demonetization, while immobilizing black money and fighting corruption, may have led to temporary slowdown of economic activity. As more and more transactions become cashless, it will improve the transparency of the economy.
Brothers and sisters:
8. Born in independent India, three generations of citizens do not carry the baggage of colonial past. These generations have had the privilege of acquiring education, pursuing opportunities and chasing dreams in a free nation. This sometimes makes it easy for them to take freedom for granted; to forget the price that extraordinary men and women paid to win this freedom; to forget that the tree of freedom needs constant care and nourishment. Democracy has conferred rights on each one of us. But along with these rights, come responsibilities which have to be discharged. Gandhiji said and I quote: "The highest form of freedom carries with it the greatest measure of discipline and humility. Freedom that comes from discipline and humility cannot be denied; unbridled license is a sign of vulgarity injurious alike to self and others" (unquote).
Fellow citizens:
9. Youth today are brimming with hope and aspirations. They pursue their life goals, which they perceive will bring them fame, success and happiness, with single-minded devotion. They consider happiness as their existential objective, which of course is understandable. They search for happiness in the highs and lows of day-to-day emotions, and in the fulfilment of the objectives they have set for themselves. They look for a job as well as a purpose in life. Lack of opportunities leads to frustration and unhappiness which manifests itself in anger, anxiety, stress and aberrations in behaviour. This has to be dealt with by inculcating pro-social behaviour through gainful employment, active engagement with community, parental guidance, and empathetic response from a caring society.
Brothers and sisters:
10. One of my predecessors left on my table a framed quotation which reads (and I quote): "The object of government in peace and in war is not the glory of rulers or races but the happiness of the common man" (unquote). Happiness is fundamental to the human experience of life. Happiness is equally the outcome of economic and non-economic parameters. The quest for happiness is closely tied to sustainable development, which combines human well-being, social inclusion and environmental sustainability. We must make happiness and well-being of our people as the touchstones of public policy.
11. Many of the flagship initiatives of the government have been designed to promote the well-being of the society. The Swachh Bharat Mission aims at a Clean India by 2nd October, 2019 to coincide with the 150th Birth Anniversary of Gandhiji. Increased spending on programmes like MGNREGA is enhancing employment generation to rejuvenate the rural economy. Aadhaar, with its present reach of over 110 crore people, is helping in direct transfer of benefits, plugging leakages and improving transparency. The Digital India programme is creating a knowledge economy through universal provision of digital infrastructure and platforms for cashless economic transactions. Initiatives like Start-up India and Atal Innovation Mission are fostering innovation and new-age entrepreneurship. Under the Skill India initiative, the National Skill Development Mission is working on skilling 300 million youth by 2022.
Brothers and sisters:
12. It is my firm conviction that India's pluralism and her social, cultural, linguistic and religious diversity are our greatest strength. Our tradition has always celebrated the 'argumentative' Indian; not the 'intolerant' Indian. Multiple views, thoughts and philosophies have competed with each other peacefully for centuries in our country. A wise and discerning mind is necessary for democracy to flourish. More than the unison of ideas, a healthy democracy calls for conformity to the values of tolerance, patience and respect for others. These values must reside in the hearts and minds of every Indian; inculcating in them a temperament of understanding and responsibility.
Fellow citizens:
13. We have a noisy democracy. Yet, we need more and not less of democracy. The strength of our democracy is evidenced by the fact that over 66 percent of the total electorate of 834 million voted in the 2014 General Elections. The depth and breadth of our democracy sparkles in the regular elections being held in our panchayati raj institutions. And yet, our legislatures lose sessions to disruptions when they should be debating and legislating on issues of importance. Collective efforts must be made to bring the focus back to debate, discussion and decision-making.
14. As our Republic enters her sixty-eighth year, we must acknowledge that our systems are not perfect. The imperfections have to be recognized and rectified. The settled complacencies have to be questioned. The edifice of trust has to be strengthened. The time is also ripe for a constructive debate on electoral reforms and a return to the practice of the early decades after independence when elections to Lok Sabha and state assemblies were held simultaneously. It is for the Election Commission to take this exercise forward in consultation with political parties.
Fellow citizens:
15. In a fiercely competitive world, we have to work harder than ever to redeem the promises that we make to our people.
o We have to work harder because our war on poverty is not yet over. Our economy is yet to grow at over 10 percent for an extended period of time to make a significant dent on poverty. One-fifth of our countrymen still remain below poverty line. Gandhiji's mission to wipe every tear from every eye still remains unfulfilled.
o We have to work harder to provide food security to our people and to make the agriculture sector resilient to the vagaries of nature. We have to provide better amenities and opportunities to our people in villages to ensure a decent quality of life.
o We have to work harder to provide enhanced employment opportunities to our youth through the creation of world-class manufacturing and services sectors. The competitiveness of the domestic industry has to be improved by focusing on quality, productivity and efficiency.
o We have to work harder to provide safety and security to our women and children. Women must be able to lead their lives with honour and dignity. Children must be able to enjoy their childhood to the fullest.
o We have to work harder to change our consumption pattern which has resulted in environmental and ecological de-gradation. We have to appease nature to prevent it from unleashing its fury in the form of floods, landslides and droughts.
o We have to work harder because our pluralistic culture and tolerance are still being put to test by vested interests. Reason and moderation should be our guide in dealing with such situations.
o We have to work harder to keep at bay the dark forces of terrorism. These forces have to be dealt with firmly and decisively. The forces inimical to our interests cannot be allowed to grow.
o We have to work harder to ensure the well-being of our soldiers and security personnel who protect us from internal and external threats.
o We have to work harder because;
We are all equal children before our mother;
And our motherland asks each of us in whatever role we play;
To do our duty;
With integrity, commitment and unflinching loyalty;
To the values enshrined in our Constitution.
Jai Hind!
As it happened: Mother Teresa is now St. Teresa of Calcutta
5 Sept, 2016
Thousands of pilgrims thronged St. Peter's Square for the canonisation of Mother Teresa, the tiny nun who cared for the world's most unwanted and became the icon of a Catholic Church.
Pope Francis declared Mother Teresa a saint at a Sunday morning Mass, making her the model of his Jubilee Year of Mercy and in some ways his entire papacy. For Pope Francis, Mother Teresa put into action his ideal for the church to be a merciful "field hospital" for the poorest of the poor both materially and spiritually.
As it happened:
3.47 pm: Ceremony concludes. Pope Francis leaves after offering prayers to those missionaries who died in service of the Catholic faith.
Even Pope Francis is finding it hard to call Mother Teresa "St. Teresa".
Deviating from his homily on Sunday, Pope Francis acknowledged it'll be hard for admirers to make the switch since Mother Teresa's saintliness is "so close to us".
As the crowd erupted in applause, he said: "So tender and rich that spontaneously we will continue to say Mother Teresa."
3.41 pm: Pope Francis offers the Marian prayer of the Angelus, marking the end of the ceremony.
3.40 pm: Who is Mother Teresa of Calcutta? Well Mother Teresa herself gave her identity: "By blood, I am Albanian. By citizenship, an Indian. By faith, I am a Catholic nun. As to my calling, I belong to the world. As to my heart, I belong entirely to the Heart of Jesus." Read this interview to Vatican Radio.
3.35 pm: AFP reports: Mother Teresa could come across as an ascetic figure and as a strict task-mistress to those under her. "She spoke her mind," Pope Francis recalled in 2014. "I would have been a little bit scared had she been my Mother Superior."
But in his homily at her canonisation mass, Pope Francis hailed her as beacon for the world. She was, he said, "an eloquent witness to God's closeness to the poorest of the poor."
Those who knew her best describe someone who loved fun, chocolate and icecream.
Father Brian Kolodiejchuk, a member of her Order who promoted her sainthood cause within the Vatican, told AFP that Mother Teresa would often be found bent over in laughter while discussing the day's events with fellow nuns.
"You felt that she was a mother," he said. "She was not very good at telling jokes but she had a sense of humour and could really find the funny aspects in ... daily life."
3.26 pm: During his homily, Pope Francis said, "Mother Teresa, in all aspects of her life, was a generous dispenser of divine mercy, making herself available for everyone through her welcome and defence of human life, those unborn and those abandoned and discarded."
To the many volunteers in Rome for the Jubilee for Volunteers and Workers of Mercy, Pope Francis offered St. Teresa of Calcutta as a "model of holiness".
3.21 pm: Even as the solemn canonisation ceremony is underway in Vatican City, members of the Darjeeling branch of the Lay Missionaries of Charity (LMC) took an 8-km ride on the iconic Darjeeling toy train to retrace the trip Mother Teresa took on September 10, 1946. During the journey to Darjeeling in the toy train, the Mother received the "call within the call" within her soul and the course of her life was decided, Father Peter Lingdam, LMC's Darjeeling Branch Director said.
"We wished to experience what Mother Teresa must have felt during that time of September 10, 1946 when she got the 'call within the call' during her trip from the plains (NJP�Siliguri) to Darjeeling and her life's course changed forever," Father Lingdam said.
LMC is an International Association of 'lay persons' (married and single) adhering to the Spirit of the Missionaries of Charity.
3.07 pm: Pope Francis praises Mother Teresa as the merciful saint who defended the lives of the unborn, sick and abandoned and who shamed world leaders for the "crimes of poverty they themselves created".
The Pope holds St. Teresa up as a model for today's Christians during his homily for the nun who cared for the "poorest of the poor". Speaking from the steps of St. Peter's Basilica, Pope Francis said St. Teresa spent her life "bowing down before those who were spent, left to die on the side of the road, seeing in them their god-given dignity."
3.04 pm: Pope Francis blesses the relics of the Mother. Pope Francis is also serving a pizza lunch in the spirit of Mother Teresa. Neapolitan pizza will be offered to 1,500 people in the atrium of the Paul VI Hall following the canonisation ceremony.
3.01 pm: Prayers being offered in different languages.
2.40 pm: Pope Francis addresses the faithful after declaring Mother Teresa a saint. For the Pope, Mother Teresa put into action his ideal of the church as a merciful "field hospital" for the poorest of the poor, those suffering both material and spiritual poverty. By canonising her during his Jubilee Year of Mercy, he in some ways is making her the icon of his entire pontificate.
2.10 pm: Thousands celebrate as Pope pronounces Mother Saint Teresa of Calcutta.
2.00 pm: Pope Francis offers a prayer to the almight before people starts reciting Litany of the Saints.
1.55 pm: Mass prayer begins at the Vatican City.
1:30 pm: People gather at Mother Teresa's House in Kolkata for a special mass for the "Saint of the Gutters". Singing nuns and followers clutching flowers are seen visiting Mother Teresa's tomb in Kolkata.
1.00 pm: Special prayers are being held at the Missionaries of Charity headquarters in Kolkata.
"After the prayers, another event by the Kolkata Municipal Corporation will be held in the lane of Mother House, followed by a thanksgiving at Mother House after the canonisation," spokesperson for the Missionaries of Charity Sunita Kumar said.
12.45 pm: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is already in Rome on an official invitation from the Missionaries of Charity to participate in the event on Sunday.
12.30 pm: Congress President Sonia Gandhi today hailed the canonisation. She said, "her saintly life will forever inspire humanity to commit to the cause of those who have no voice, no community, no home, no care and no love."
12.00 pm: India Post will issue a postage stamp on Mother Teresa today.
The saint-making process has long been criticised as being expensive, secretive, ripe for abuses and subject to political, financial or theological winds that can push one candidate to sainthood in record time and leave another languishing for centuries.
For the record, the postulator of Mother Teresa's cause says her case, which stretched over 20 years, cost less than $112,000.
Pope Francis has raised eyebrows with some rule-breaking beatifications and canonisations, waiving the need for miracles and canonising more people in a single clip more than 800 15th century martyrs than John Paul did in his 26-year pontificate (482).
Pope Francis has also imposed new financial accountability standards on the multimillion-dollar machine after uncovering gross abuses that were subsequently revealed in two books. The books estimated the average cost for each beatification at around $550,000, with much of the proceeds going to a few lucky people with contracts to do the time-consuming investigations into the candidates' lives.
She was 18 when she was convinced that her life's vocation lay in her becoming a missionary in far-off India; Skopje, where she was born on August 26, 1910, was so far removed from Bengal that, barring a few Yugoslav Jesuits who fired her young imagination, no one in the small Catholic community would even have known where India lay. Yet the early seeds of her faith and determination impelled her to leave her closely knit family.
She had a clear vision of the street and a determination that she often tempered with a sense of humour.
In the end, she gently but unmistakably left her imprint at the heart of the Vatican itself. Finding in Pope John Paul II a kindred spirit, she cajoled him into opening a small soup kitchen around the corner from the Great Basilica of St. Peter's where the grand ceremony will be held to declare her a Saint. At four every evening, Rome's homeless and hungry queue up to be fed by Mother Teresa's Sisters and a dozen volunteers. At a stroke this frail nun, indisputably the world's most decorated person, helped to demystify the Vatican's centuries-old aura of wealth and power.
Narendra Modi's Independence Day speech: Claims made by PM correct, but exaggerated
15 Aug., 2016
Accountability, responsibility and efficiency were the keywords in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's speech from the ramparts of the Red Fort on the 70th Independence Day; and the focus, 'good governance'.
The Prime Minister quoted data to back his government's claims and got many right, although some exaggerations were evident and a couple missed vital context.
Here are the main facts, checked:
1. Modi right on Air India's Rs 100 crore operating profit, but it is 0.0023 times airline's accumulated loss
Modi said: "The PSUs that come up in our country either fall in ditches or tumble or are locked or sold off. This has been the history of PSUs so far. We have tried to bring in a new work-culture. And today, for the first time, I can say with satisfaction that Air India that was notorious, in the past year, we have succeeded in bringing operational profits in its operations."
Fact: Air India � a brand that encompasses the erstwhile Indian Airlines and Air India � has indeed turned an operating profit of Rs 100 crore in financial year 2016, but that is after eight successive years of posting losses since the merger in 2007; and an amount that pales before the national airline's loss and debt.
The accumulated loss is now more than Rs 44,000 crore ($7.3 billion)-equal to India's annual health budget-and borrowing has grown to more than Rs 38,000 crore ($6.3 billion), IndiaSpend reported in September 2015.
This is a debt 5.5 times larger than the Rs 7,000 crore that high-profile defaulter Vijay Mallya's Kingfisher Airlines owes India's banks, and many have argued that keeping Air India afloat is throwing good money after bad.
Verdict: Right on fact, misleading on context.
2. More basic savings accounts opened than PM's statement
Modi said: "21 crore (210 million) people have bank accounts under Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana. This is not about the government taking credit for it; it is the people's achievement. I salute the 125 crore citizens for this achievement."
Fact: More than 228 million Jan Dhan bank accounts-basic savings accounts for those without access to banking-have been opened in two years, as financial inclusion, a key Modi agenda gains momentum under the Jan Dhan Yojana, or People's Wealth Programme.
As many as 24 percent of these accounts still do not have money in them, IndiaSpend reported on 13 August, 2016, down from 46 percent in August 2015.
Modi also spoke about the use of national digital identity system, Aadhaar, as the base of financial inclusion. About one billion Indians (or 81 percent of the population) have been assigned Aadhaar numbers, and more than 230 million bank accounts are linked to Aadhaar. There were 716.7 million Aadhaar-linked beneficiaries for various government programmes, as on 31 March, 2016.
Verdict: Modi was right-and his numbers understated the data.
3. India not the most-preferred destination for foreign investment, ranked 10th globally
Modi said: "India is the most-preferred destination for foreign direct investments."
Fact: India was ranked 10th in foreign direct investment, behind leading economies, such as China, USA and Singapore, according to the World Investment Report 2016.
Verdict: Modi is wrong.
4. Modi exaggerates villages electrified by five percent, solar power capacity by 21 percentage points
Modi said: "Out of 18,000 unelectrified villages (as per Census 2011), more than 10,000 villages have been electrified and I have been told they are with us, watching this celebration of Independence Day."
"In the field of solar power, we have seen an unprecedented growth of 116 percent. We are committed to enhancing use of solar power in the country."
Fact: The Prime Minister appears to have rounded off the figure of 9,481 villages (53 percent of the target of 18,000 from Census 2011 data) electrified as on 30 June, 2016, according to government data. This means 591 fewer villages were electrified than he claimed.
Although India has more villages officially electrified than ever, doubts have been cast on electricity supply to these villages.
In Uttar Pradesh, three of four households get electricity for less than 12 hours a day, FactChecker had reported in November 2015. In Jharkhand, only two percent of electrified households get electricity for 20 or more hours; 81 percent do not get four or more hours' electricity in the evenings, while 60 percent face three or more days of total blackouts every month.
As for India's solar power capacity, it increased from 4 giga watts (GW) in June 2015 to 7.8 GW in June 2016-an increase of 95 percent.
Verdict: Modi exaggerated electrification and solar-power data, and it isn't clear how many "electrified" villages get electricity.
5. Seven percent more villages than Modi stated (70,000) declared free of open defecation, no independent audit
Modi said: "In my first speech, I had asked how there can be such a huge problem of sanitation in our country. We are working to bring in social change; over 70,000 villages are free from open-defecation today."
Fact: As many as 74,922 villages are open defecation-free as on August 15, 2016, and all houses in these villages have access to toilets, according to government data.
Swachh Vidyalaya, the Prime Minister's scheme to provide separate toilets for boys and girls in schools, is not functioning effectively on the ground, despite a claim Modi made in 2015 that every school now had separate toilets for girls. Toilets were found to be non-functional in many schools during FactChecker investigations in September 2015.
Toilets were either in very bad condition or were unusable, according to another investigation by ABP News in May 2016 across several states.
Verdict: Government data corroborates Modi's claim, but with no independent audit-and evidence to the contrary-success is hard to discern.
6. PM right on 3,763 km of new rail lines in two years
Modi said: "If we take the commissioning of railway lines in previous 10 years-where commissioning means capacity to ply the trains and to finish all the trials-so earlier it was at the rate of 1,500 kilometre in 10 years . But we have made it up to 3,500 kilometre in last 2 years. We are to increase this pace even further."
Fact: 1,983 km of rail lines were commissioned in 2014-15, and 1,780 km in 2015-16: a total of 3,763 km in two years.
Verdict: Modi is correct. New rail lines have been built at a faster pace.
7. 105 km rural roads built per day by NDA, 85 km per day by UPA
Modi said: "Earlier, 70-75 km of rural roads used to be laid per day. Now we lay up to 100 km of rural roads a day."
Fact: His claim is right-105 km of roads are added every day, we calculated using government data.
However, 85 km of road length was added during the UPA administration, as opposed to 70-75 km claimed by the Prime Minister.
Verdict: Modi is correct. But he under-estimates the UPA road-building programme.
8. Government appears to be fulfilling pension promise to armed forces
Modi said: "OROP (One Rank One Pension-standardised pensions for armed forces personnel, irrespective of when they retire) was hanging for a long time; we took it head on. More than 35,000 jawans have lost their lives fighting at the border so that we can stay peacefully here; how can we forget them? Therefore, my government tried to resolve the long standing issue of OROP."
Fact: Modi spoke about OROP in his second Independence Day speech last year. As many as 1.6 million pensioners were paid their first pensions under OROP, as of 31 March 2016.
Modi said: "Now technology is there, but there was a time when the railway ticket in the railways, concerning the common man and the poor was available only two thousand tickets per minute. Those who might have seen it would know how the buffering used to be there, nobody knew when the website would be operational again, but today I have to say with satisfaction that now it is possible to have fifteen thousand tickets per minute."
Fact: Based on 8,224 million originating passengers in 2014-15, 15,646 tickets were issued per minute. That, however, is a decline from 8,421 million originating passengers in 2012-13 and 16,021 tickets issued per minute, as per railway ministry data.
PM Sh. Narendra Modi complete Two years - Then & Now
26 May, 2016
US President Barack Obama and India's Prime Minister The Government of India under the able guidance of Hon'ble Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modiji is following the approach of 'Reform to Transform' through far-reaching structural reforms.
Employment Generation is the first priority for Government of India. After going through a decade of jobless growth we are working on a comprehensive strategy to bring employment to the core of our development strategy, promoting industrial activity through Make in India, enhancing employability through Skill India and encouraging innovation and entrepreneurship through Start up India, are a few examples of transformative initiative that the government has taken in last two years.
Path breaking Initiatives/Decisions in the Ministry of Labour and Employment
The Ministry of Labour and Employment is committed towards job security, wage security and social security for each and every worker. We are working on reforms for bringing transparency and accountability in enforcement of Labour Laws. On the other hand Ministry is making important initiatives to realize and establish the dignity and respect for each and every worker in the country through provision of social security and enhancing the avenues and quality of employment.
The initiatives by the Ministry can be classified as:
(I) Administrative Reforms: for effective compliance and ease of doing business
(II) Social security for all
(III) Delivery of services through better use of technology
For effective compliance of Labour Laws and ease of doing Business:
1. ShramSuvidha Portal in Central sphere for ease of compliance and self- certification
� Filing of self-certified and simplified single online annual return by the industry under 8 central Acts through Unique LIN. So far 10.48 lakh LIN have been allotted.
2. Ease of doing business.
� Single Online Common Annual Return:-Simplified single online annual return by the establishment under different Acts.
� Common Registration:- A Common Registration Form has been launched for registration under 5 Central Acts to provide integrated services under e-biz Portal of DIPP.
3. Initiative taken towards better enforcement of Labour Laws:-
� Transparent labour inspection scheme through computerized random selection system based on risk based criteria. Inspection report within 72 hours.
� A Compliance Analysis and Intelligence Unit (CAIU) functions centrally at EPFO to handle complaint based inspections based on data and evidence.
� To ensure effective implementation of Labour Laws in unorganized sector, a special drive of inspection was undertaken by CLC (C) Organization from l5th November to 15th December, 2015. During this drive 9595 inspections, 87857 irregularities and a sum of Rs.1,87,55,334 (One Crore eighty seven lakh fifty five thousand three hundred thirty four only) was deducted as claim for minimum wages.
� To reach out to the left out categories in the unorganized sector another special drive of inspection was undertaken w.e.f. 1st March, 2016 to 31st March, 2016 in which 7460 inspections have been conducted, through which 67,690 irregularities have been identified and claims amounting to Rs.0.72 crore has been deducted.
New Initiatives and Achievements :
1. Major Policy Decisions
� Minimum pension Rs.1000/- per month in perpetuity implementedby the Central Government since April 2015, benefitting 20 lakh pensioners.
� Time limit reduced to 20 days from 30 days for claim settlements.
� Optional Deferment of age for drawing Pension from 58 year to 60 year with 4% per year incentive
� EDLI Benefit increased from 3.6 lakh (max.) to 6 lakh (max.).
2. Online Registration of Establishments (OLRE):
� As part of the commitment of Government to ease of doing business, EPFO launched online facility for allotment of PF Code Numbers.
� Employers now can apply online for PF code number through digitally signed documents at the time of application itself (from December 2015) and can obtain code number immediately.
� Around 1.00 Lakhs establishments have already obtained online registration on OLRE portal till date.
� Administrative charges paid by Employers, reduced from 1.10% to 0.85%
3. Universal Account Number (UAN) :
� Universal Account Number(UAN) launched on 16th October 2014 by EPFO. This is designed to act as an umbrella number for consolidating multiple PF Member IDs allotted to an individual.
� EPFO has allotted around 6.57 crore UAN.Around 2.49 crore of these have been activated by individuals using their Mobile number.
4. Online Facilities to Members:
� In September 2015, EPFO moved from e-governance to m-governance and launched a mobile application. So far over 11.08 lakhs members have downloaded the Mobile App.
� Through Missed Call, EPF members can access their credentials and balance, at no cost. This can be accessed by dialing 011-22901406.
� Around 2.10 crores missed calls have been made since 16th September 2015.
� The members who have activated their UAN receive regular SMS regarding their deposit of monthly PF contribution in their account. A SMS message is also being sent to employers for not deposit the monthly contribution or returns.
5. Exempted Establishments brought on E-Portal
� The exempted establishments are a big part of the EPFO compliance system and managing funds to the tune of approximately 3 lacs crores.
� EPFO launched the facility of online submission of monthly return of contributions, investments and other activities.
6. Inoperative accounts Helpdesk:
� An online help desk has been created to assist the members to trace their inoperative accounts so that the members can get it merged with the present account (UAN) or withdraw the same.
� The helpdesk responds within 24 hours of registration.So far over 65 thousand cases have been provided help by this helpdesk.
7. Social Media
� Members can find EPFO on the social networking platform at www.facebook.com/socialepfo and www.twitter.com/socialepfo.
8. Updation of Accounts :
� A new mechanism to credit the interest in members' accounts has been developed for auto-updation of members' accounts at the end of the financial year.
� Legally as per provisions of the Scheme EPFO has to issue compiled accounts by 30th September every year.
� On 01/04/2015 EPFO created another history and more than 15 crore accounts of the members were updated with the interest for the year 2014-15.
� This has reduced the paper work substantially.
9. Facilities to International Workers :
� Government is committed to ensure social security not only to persons working within India but also to those coming to India and going abroad.
� A facility was launched for the international workers for online fillable form seeking certificate of coverage (COC).
10. Global Network Operations Centre (g-NOC) :
� EPFO has started its Network operation Centre at National Data Centre, Dwarka, New Delhi.
� G-NOC would be monitoring the IT functioning of the EPFO and it shall be nodal point for handling troubleshooting as well as detecting and preventing all external threats such as virus attacks or hacking attempts.
11. Compliance Analysis & Monitoring System of EPFO :
� This software was launched o 16.02.2016.
� Principal employers, registered with EPFO & Government Department which are not registered with EPFO will upload details of contract awarded with due details - which will be available to EPFO for checking.
ESI Scheme - The Employees' State Insurance Corporation- ESIC(Ministry of Labour & Employment) is a social security organisation that provides comprehensive medical care and cash benefits in the contingencies of Sickness, Maternity, Disablement, death due to employment injury and Unemployment to beneficiaries who come from the organized sector working class in the lower wage bracket of the society. The total number of Insured Persons covered (as on 31.03.2015) are2.03 crore and number of beneficiaries (as on 31.03.2015) 7.89 crore are
During the last two years, ESIC has taken a number of initiatives in order to extend the social security coverage of ESI Scheme and to improve the medical care being provided under the ESI Scheme. Some of these are as under:-
A. Extending coverage of ESI Scheme for extending its social security net to the whole country
1. Extending the social security benefits of ESI Scheme in the remaining North-East States Arunachal Pradesh, Mizoram, Manipur and Andaman & Nicobar Island. It has been implemented in Mizoram w.e.f. 1.12.2015 and in Port Blair w.e.f. 01.01.2016.
2. At present, ESI Scheme is being implemented in industrial/commercial clusters within districts. Now, the target is to cover whole of the 393 districts of the States by 31.03.2016, where these clusters are located.
3. Opening Health Scheme for selected group of unorganized workers like rickshaw pullers/auto rickshaw drivers in selected urban/metropolitan areas, on pilot basis.
4. ESI Coverage has been extended to Construction workers in the implemented area. Construction site Workers has been covered to avail benefits under the ESI Scheme w.e.f. 1st August, 2015.
B. New Initiatives under Health Reforms Agenda of ESIC 2.0, for improving the medical care
Aimed at providing better health services, a series of Health Reforms Agenda of ESIC was launched on 20.07.2015 which includes-
� Online availability of Electronic Health Record of ESI Beneficiaries (Insured Persons and their family members).
� AbhiyanIndradhanush : Ensuring the change of bedsheet according to VIBGYOR pattern during the week i.e. to be changed everyday
� Medical Helpline No. 1800 11 3839 for emergency and seeking guidance from casualty/emergency of ESIC Hospitals.
� Special OPD for Sr. Citizens and differently-abled persons in ESIC hospitals on daily basis.
Other initiatives for Improving Patients/Attendant Care
(i) List of ESIC Medical Colleges
1. ESIC Medical College, Rajaji Nagar, Bangalore, Karnataka
2. ESIC Medical College, K.K. Nagar, Chennai, Tamil Nadu
3. ESIC Medical College, Joka, Kolkata, West Bengal
4. ESIC Medical College, Gulbarga, Karnataka
5. ESIC Medical College, Faridabad, Haryana
6. ESIC Medical College, Sanath Nagar, Hyderabad
7. ESIC Medical College, Coimbatore has been handed over to the State Government of Tamil Nadu on 02.02.2016 by Hon'ble Prime Minister.
(ii) ESIC has now resolved to adopt two Model Hospitals, in each State.
(iii) Providing appropriate cancer detection/treatment facilities, cardiology treatment facilities, dialysis facilities on PPP Model at different levels of hospitals.
(iv) For facilitating the practice of telemedicine, the RFP for pilot run has already been floated and the project is expected to go live in the next three months.
(v) Special focus has been paid for upgradation of Dispensaries, 24 Dispensaries in ESIC buildings have been identified for up- gradation to 30 bedded set up to provide 24x7 services.
(vi) Pathological & X-ray facilities will be provided on PPP model in all the dispensaries in phases. Pathological services in all dispensaries of Delhi has been started from 30th November, 2015. Laboratory and ECG Services has been started in ESI Dispensary of Delhi/Noida area.
(vii) Mother and Child Care Hospital in every State: ESIC has constituted a committee to prepare the norms for setting up a Mother and Child Care Hospital in every State.
(viii) AYUSH: Besides Allopathic treatment, ESIC hospitals also provide treatment under AYUSH (Ayurveda, Yoga, Unani, Siddha and Homeopathy). Facilities of AYUSH are to be extended to all dispensaries in phases by December, 2015 and Yoga in all ESIC Hospitals by 30th November, 2015.
(ix) All dispensaries to be upgraded into 6 Bedded Dispensaries.
1. National Career Service (NCS) Project for transforming and strengthening the public employment services in the country is being implemented with an aim to bring job seekers, employers and training providers through a common technological platform.
� The National Career Service (NCS) Portal was dedicated to the nation in July, 2015 by the Prime Minister. The portal has successfully registered over 3.6 crore candidates and all the 9 lakh plusestablishments having a Labour Identification Number are also registered.
� The NCS provides a variety of employment related services like job matching, career counselling, information on skill development courses, apprenticeship, internships etc. The NCS makes available a rich repository of career content on over 3000 occupations across 52 sectors.The NCS Portal also facilitates organisation of job fairs where both employers and job seekers can interact.
� A dedicated helpdesk (multi-lingual) is available from Tuesday to Sunday on 1800-425-1514 for assisting users. E-linking of employment exchanges with the NCS will enhance the availability and accessibility of employment opportunities to the teeming youth.
� 100 Model Career Centresare presently being established and operationalisedin collaboration with States and other institutions. These Centres will have adequate facilities and infrastructure for delivery of various services to the stakeholders and can be subsequently replicated by States at other locations.In addition, all the 1.5 lakh plus Common Service Centres are strategic partners for extending the reach of NCS to remote locations. In the last few months over 80,000 vacancies have been made available on the NCS platform for the youth.
� The Ministry has been interacting with various stakeholders like CII, FICCI, ASSOCHAM, Central Ministries and State Governments for making the NCS Portal (www.ncs.gov.in) a vibrant platform where stakeholders can interact for exchange information on career and employment related opportunities.
� National Career Service (NCS) has an open architecture that facilitates strategic partnerships with leading institutions and organisations. NCS has recently partnered with institutions like Indian Stafffing Federation (ISF), Monster.com, Uber, GetAheadFast, Quikr, TechMahindra (SaralRozgaar), Babajobs and Return of the Million Smile (India Old age/ Gold-Fish)to bring more and more employment opportunities to our workforce.
2. The Ministry of Labour & Employment has set up twenty four Coaching-cum-Guidance Centres(CGCs) for SCs/STs for providing vocational guidance and counselling services and also training in computer courses.
� The 24 Coaching-cum-Guidance Centres have been set up at Aizawl, Bangalore, Bhubaneswar, Chennai, Delhi, Guwahati, Hisar, Hyderabad, Imphal, Jabalpur, Jaipur, Jalandhar, Jammu, Jowai, Kanpur, Kohima, Kolkata, Mandi, Nagpur, Naharlagun, Puducherry, Ranchi, Surat and Thiruvananthapuram.
� 21 such centres run the Special Coaching Scheme to prepare SC/ST candidates for competitive examinations/selection tests for Group 'C' posts. A stipend of Rs. 500 per month is given to the candidates to motivate them and encourage participation in the courses.
� These centres also offer free of cost computer courses in collaboration with National Institute of Electronics & Information Technology (NIELIT), for 'O' Level computer courses on software and hardware maintenance. There are 2000 seats for the software course (21 centres) and 1300 seats for the hardware course (14 centres) and candidates are also paid a stipend of Rs 500 per month.
� In the last 2 years, around 3.8 lakh SC/ST candidates were provided vocational guidance and counselling, 34 thousand candidates pursued secretarial practices (shorthand/typing) for enhancing employability, 2,600 candidates pursed the special coaching scheme course and 6,000 candidates pursued the computer courses.
� The 24 CGCs have been integrated with the NCS Project.
3. The Ministry of Labour & Employment has set up 21 Vocational Rehabilitation Centres (VRCs) for Handicapped to provide vocational training, vocational guidance and career counselling to assist persons with disabilities in the process of economic rehabilitation.
� The 21 VRCs have been set up at Agartala, Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Bhubaneswar, Chennai, Delhi, Guwahati, Hyderabad, Jabalpur, Jaipur, Kanpur, Kolkata, Ludhiana, Mumbai, Patna, Puducherry, Ranchi, Srinagar, Thiruvananthapuram, Una and Vadodara.
� In the last 2 years, around 56 thousand persons with disabilities were assessed/evaluated and guided for employability skills and around 19 thousand were placed with various organisations.
� The 21 VRCs have been integrated with the NCS Project.


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Is your eCommerce solution ready for the cloud? This practical guide shows experienced and aspiring web architects alike how to adopt cloud computing incrementally, using public Infrastructure-as-a-Service and Platform-as-a-Service. You will learn how to marshal as much capacity as you need to handle peak holiday or special-event traffic.
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Kelly Goetsch works in product management and focuses upon the technology that underpins large-scale eCommerce. Previously, Kelly served in senior level implementation roles at some of the largest eCommerce properties in the world. He has published extensively on topics including distributed computing, eCommerce application architecture, and performance tuning. He holds a M.S. in M.I.S. and a B.S. in Entrepreneurship from the University of Illinois.
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By nadeshiko91
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About Me Ecommerce Manager
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An easy way to understand the challenges of the omnichannel and the advantage of the cloud for empower your ecommerce.Not only for big companies.
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A must read for Modern Omnichannel
By opentrail
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This is a very well formulated book with a clear vision of what a modern high transactional Omnichannel eCommerce architecture should address. There are no books out there that describe this vision as clear as Kelly has. He is clearly someone who has been involved in some serious eCommerce sites and knows what good should look like. Omnichannel and eCommerce architectures are very much a niche area and have some very unique patterns.Seriously, if your an architect, or customer for that matter, looking at what a modern eCommerce and Customer Experience solution should embody then you need to read this book cover to cover. Its not just about the technology he covers the massive value add and risk mitigation strategies.Particularly liked the last two chapters that put all the pieces together. His pyramid of maturity and the elastic icing on the top with a further breakdown of what that it.There are a few repeated diagrams/explanations, but just keep going, they serve to remind.Its not a book that will show you how to do it at command prompt level, more it sets the scene for how you should approach the challenges and considerations.The diagrams are really useful. He should have a section where we can download them separately so I don't have to draw them out again.Conclusion: buy it, read it.
Bottom Line Yes, I would recommend this to a friend
Complete and deep. Highly recommended
By Jesus Ruiz
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Got as a PDF the book and contents are great. I'm rigth now at the point to decide moving to the cloud or staying as we are and this is providing a clear view.Full of examples.
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The book does a great job of defining the terms that are thrown at business executives. The writing takes the reader from a passing understanding of strange terms to a the point where they can make inform decisions on the pro's and cons of how decisions about technology implementations will impact the profitability of their company.
Excellent book
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This book provides a comprehensive overview of the challenges inherent in architecting large, highly scalable Commerce systems, and in leveraging Cloud technologies to overcome those challenges. Very few people have the depth of experience that Mr. Goetsch has in this area, and he brings that wealth of experience to bear in this well-written, extremely well-researched book.
Interesting to Read and Great Reference
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A very comprehensive book that provides different flavors of cloud computing and how they fit into eCommerce applications. Very forward thinking and provides many real world issues faced in the eCommerce world, provides great examples and solutions on how to address those real world issues, and provides different variations of deployment architectures in the cloud that can be used as a reference. Definitely will recommend this book to eCommerce solution architects or technical folks who are interested in looking forward and moving the eCommerce solutions to the cloud.
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Dr. Findling is the Rocco L. Motto, MD Chair of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine. Dr. Findling is also the Director of the Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at University Hospitals Case Medical Center. Dr. Findling earned his undergraduate degree at Johns Hopkins University and went to medical school at the Medical College of Virginia. Dr. Findling then completed a triple board joint residency-training program in Pediatrics, Psychiatry, and Child & Adolescent Psychiatry at Mt. Sinai Hospital in New York City. He is currently enrolled in the Trium Global Executive M.B.A. program.
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Thursday, October 05, 2006
Excuses, Excuses...
Back when sex was actually exciting
GETTING CAUGHT. It's true we haven't been posting this week, but we have our reasons. Leave it to the Republicans to come up with the ultimate oxymoron, a boring sex scandal. Let's count the ways.
First, it's a homosexual scandal. Yawn. The real dirty secret about homosexuality is that it's just plain dull. How unfascinating is it to want to see and play with private parts that are -- ta da! -- just like your own? That's why Oscar Wilde employed his considerable talents to fabricate a personality that simulates exotic charm. The fact that gay men have been (badly) play-acting the Wilde One ever since is merely confirmation of just how drab and pointless male homosexuality really is underneath the stage makeup.
Second, there doesn't seem to have been any actual sex involved, which, given that it's a gay thing, is actually a plus for most of us, but a sex scandal without sex is like a non-alcoholic beer -- a total waste of time.
And that's another thing. People like Foley and Bob Ney (remember him?) are giving alcoholism a bad name. Running off to rehab because you got caught with your fingers in the wrong cookie jar is trite and disingenuous. It doesn't fool anybody. Getting sober isn't going to make Bob Ney honest, and it's not going to make Mark Foley a happily married heterosexual.
Third (or is it fourth?), any scandal that gets the moms going in their "I have two children of my own" vein should be scotched before it ever gets passed on to typesetting. Every female TV pundit, lawyer, journalist, and politician who comments on this mess can't resist the temptation to publicize the dates of her own instances of parturition. The problem is, WE DON'T CARE. It's not a credential. Moms are not automatic experts about the ethics or morality of questions concerning teenagers. In fact, they should be disqualified from commenting at all, because moms as a group are the most hysterical, irrational, and extremist dunderheads on the planet whenever there's a newsmaker who can technically be classified as a "child." Which, frankly, is another huge problem with this scandal. Boys who are 16, 17, and 18 years old are not children, particularly in matters sexual.
There isn't any human demographic that thinks about sex more than 16 to 18 year-old boys, unless it's 13 to15 year old boys. As a culture, we have gone to ridiculous lengths to forget this primal fact because feminists have been so determined in their quest to make the sexes seem interchangeable. But all the men who haven't been figuratively castrated by politically correct gender propaganda know very well that males and females are, in many ways, opposites. (When's the last time you heard or read that obviously true statement? You see?) An adult male who seduces a 15-year old girl is a criminal. An adult female who seduces a 15-year old boy is every boy's fantasy come true. But now we're jailing all those gorgeous blonde schoolteachers that most men only wish they'd had the good fortune to study under when they were 15. Maybe we should issue a warrant to arrest Jennifer O'Neill for solicitation to pedophilia, which is the accurate contemporary terminology for describing the plot of Summer of '42. Maybe the summer knows, but 21st century America doesn't seem to have a clue. The boys Foley was after are in more danger of being harmed by the publicity they're getting now than they were by the clumsy electronic advances of a nerd congressman.
Finally, there's the annoying matter of the Democrats and their dudgeon about this sorry escapade. Yeah, those of us of Christian orientation know that Foley's behavior was immoral on a couple of counts, including the sins of lust and homosexuality. But let's get secular for a minute. What in the liberal universe is actually wrong about what Foley did? For them, it's fine, even laudable, to be gay. It's also one of their chief pleasures to talk a lot about gay sexuality, which is now incorporated in children's books and elementary school sex education, so speaking sexually to boys on the cusp of the age of consent can't be a problem. The fact is, liberals don't even have a problem with minors having sex, or they wouldn't be so protective of the rights of 13-year old girls to get abortions without notifying their parents. So why is it more wrong for adults to have sex with minors than for minors to have sex with each other? Many prior pagan cultures specifically arranged for adults to introduce adolescents to sexuality, seeing it as preferable to kids miseducating one another. The liberal outrage about this particular story seems oddly reminiscent of the Magic Doorway argument they invented as cover for their abortion views. The day before his 18th birthday, a boy is as innocent and helpless as a newborn. The day after, he can post videos of himself having sex with midgets on the internet. We don't get the whole Democrat act. They certainly weren't this upset about Jim McGreevey hiring his boyfriend as his homeland security chief or Barney Frank's boyfriend running a male prostitution ring out of his Beacon Hill mansion. It must be that the real crime here is for a Republican politician to be a gay horse's ass. Still another yawn.
So, those are the reasons we won't be posting anything about the Foley scandal. We're going to wait for a real scandal, something juicy and titillating. If Nancy Pelosi wants our attention, she should quit fuming about Republican immoraility and get it on with 40 or so congressional pages in the House chamber on C-Span. That would be worth blogging about.
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Anxiety: What's Normal and What's a Problem
Everyone experiences anxiety from time to time – in new social situations or before some type of performance-based activity, like doing a presentation at work. But, how do you know when normal anxiety becomes problem anxiety, and it's time to seek professional help for anxiety? Anxiety ranges along a continuum, from mild to severe. Normal, healthy anxiety involves worry and anxiousness felt in response to everyday life stressors. Healthy anxiety helps us by giving us the motivation to do what needs to be done and helps protect us from danger. You don't want to take work home over the weekend, but anxiety about your boss' reaction on Monday morning motivates you to do it anyway. You don't want to take the time to see the doctor about that lump on your back, but anxiety about the possibility of serious illness motivates you to call for an appointment. These anxious feelings, though uncomfortable, are generally experienced at an intensity level proportionate to the stressor that triggered them, and they fade away when the stressor is eliminated. People don't always experience anxiety symptoms in the same way or feel anxiety's physical symptoms in the same parts of their bodies.
Some of the ways people experience anxiety symptoms include:
- Muscle tension (ex: stiff, sore head, neck, shoulders, and back)
- Headache Feeling nervous or "keyed up"
- Feeling tense, irritable, or "on edge"
- Small, repetitive movements (ex: moving your feet and legs)
- Tensing muscles and holding them tensed (ex: jaw clenching, tooth grinding)
- Shortness of breath Increased heart rate Hot flashes or chills
- Shaking or trembling Nausea (and other forms of gastrointestinal distress)
- Tingling sensations
- Feeling a general sense of dread
- Feeling fearful of bad things happening in the future
- Numbness Sweating
- Dizziness Feeling detached from reality
- Feeling detached from your body
- Chest pain Heart palpitations
- Feeling like you're choking
- Feeling afraid you're having a heart attack or dying
- Feeling afraid you're going crazy or losing control
As we move from the top of the list to the bottom, the physical symptoms of anxiety become more and more intense and unpleasant. When people's anxiety symptoms manifest in these more severe forms, it often starts interfering their ability to function in daily life. When anxiety prevents people from doing the things they want and need to do in life, that's when it's time for them to seek professional help for anxiety. Contrary to popular belief, anxiety disorders are very common. Most common mental health problem among American women and second most common mental health problem among American men. Approximately 15% of the U.S. population, or 40 million adults, suffer with an anxiety disorder Nearly a quarter of the adult population will suffer from an anxiety disorder during their lifetime When anxiety exceeds the normal range, it can manifest as a number of anxiety disorders: Generalized anxiety, Panic attacks, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, Specific phobias, Social anxiety/ Agoraphobia, and/or Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder.
Written By: Autumn Schulze, MA, LMFT
Much of this information comes from "The Anxiety & Phobia Workbook" by Edmund J. Bourne, Ph.D. This workbook is an excellent resource for anyone experiencing significant anxiety.
Autumn Schulze, MA, LMFT Is a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist in Indianapolis, IN. She has specialized training in Emotion-Focused Therapy for couples and has extensive experience working with children and families. Her passion is to help distressed individuals and couples find the emotional and relational healing God intends for them. Her desire is to see households restored to health and happiness. Contact Autumn Schulze to discuss your situation with her.
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The wrangling over natural gas prospecting in Bradford County has pitted faction against faction and included anger, frustration, barbed and uncivil observations as well as thoughtful and thought-provoking commentary.The haggling has turned into a messy, discouraging scrap. Caught somewhere in between are farmers and other landowners struggling to make legitimate use of their property in a worsening economy with rising taxes.
But, now comes an unexpected, uplifting development. Becky and Kevin Smith of Herrick Township this month established a foundation that will use the proceeds from their natural gas leases to create scholarships for deserving people in the area who want to advance their formal education. Their endeavor is called The Learning Forward Project.When gas companies started coming through the area talking about gas leasing opportunities, the Smiths told Review staff writer Tiffany Peden, they thought about the money they could get by leasing their land. "He said, 'Let's just give it away,'" Becky Smith said of her husband. She said they decided that there were kids in the local area who may need financial aid to get to college.
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With the offers the Smiths had originally received from gas companies for their two parcels of land, Kevin Smith said they could receive around $450,000 for leasing their land, though they have not yet signed with the gas companies. Mr. Smith, who described himself as a successful businessman, said that when they do sign, if the companies hit gas, the amount for the scholarship fund "could be substantial."
In the meantime, to jump-start the project, the Smiths have contributed $12,500 to Wyalusing High School. "We have decided to donate $12,500 for scholarships this year to get the project started for 2009 Wyalusing Valley High School (WVHS) seniors and previous graduates of WVHS," Becky Smith told our reporter.
What a selfless act of generosity. If only the world had more conscientious, generous folks like the Smiths, dedicated to advancing the greater good over their own well-being.
We salute them and their inspirational efforts and hope others are moved to undertake similar humanitarian gestures. The Smiths have set the perfect example.
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On Aug. 3, Scott was riding his motorcycle back from Worley, ID on Elder Road when he crashed his bike. He can recall bits and pieces but doesn't remember anything leading up to the crash.Man wants to know more about his mysterious crash
"Just riding,going into a corner, just one flash of gravel, literally right in front of my helmet, and then being woke up in the middle of the road, everyone saying I'd been hit (and to) calm down...they are helping me," Scott recalled.
A nearby film crew and surgeon driving by stopped to help and called 911. Scott then woke up at the hospital suffering from a shattered clavicle, road rash, broken ribs, internal injuries and a deep wound on his arm.
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Lt. Stu Miller with the Spokane County Sheriff's Department said as of this week, they have no evidence to prove Scott's crash was a hit-and-run. Miller also said based off the initial report, there were no other tire marks on the road. Miller added the crash is still under investigation.
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After a long delay, "The Hobbit" may come to production soon. Sources familiar with the matter tell Los Angeles Times that Warner Bros., its subsidiary New Line Cinema, and partner Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer are close to give green light to two parts of the "Hobbit".
Several problems like rights issues with J.R.R. Tolkien's estate have been settled while recent union issues which threaten the filming in New Zealand are reportedly close to be solved. Additionally, the site mentions that the studios nearly finalize a deal with Peter Jackson to serve as director, producer and co-writer for the two films.
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To conduct our global eBusiness research at Forrester, we rely heavily on support from our multilingual group of Research Associates and Researchers. Recently, one of our Research Associates, Lily Varon — whose family originates from Peru — spent two weeks in the country and emailed us with her take on the state of eCommerce. Given that an increasing number of our clients are eyeing the online retail markets of Latin America, I thought it would be interesting to hear Lily's observations of what's happening in the region's sixth-largest economy.
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Consumer adoption of online shopping in Peru remains low. The lack of online shopping is largely due to the fact that it's just not customary, but also due slightly to the fear of putting personal financial information on the web. Retailers are encouraging consumers to overcome these barriers by prominently displaying payment and security information on the website, as well as educational information such as FAQs, step-by-step shopping, and payment instructions or YouTube videos explaining the shopping and checkout processes.
There are established eBusiness players in retail, travel, and financial services. Each of these sectors now counts multiple players in Peru. For example, Supermercados Wong, LAN Peru, and Interbank have all won awards for their as eCommerce leaders in retail, travel, and financial services, respectively.
Offline advertising is focused on driving traffic to companies' Facebook pages. Large and small merchants alike are encouraging customers to engage with them on Facebook rather than driving them directly to the website. Some retailers and restaurants that do drive consumers to their websites are using QR codes for this purpose.
A new marketplace is gaining traction in the B2C space. While MercadoLibre has a localized Peru offering, a Peru-specific website called Plaza21.com launched in December 2011. Companies selling their products on Plaza21.com each have their own storefront — pricing is based on revenue share and a membership fee. Plaza21.com has a strategic alliance with Grupo Scharff (a FedEx partner in Peru). Shipping is free in Lima to all districts and all packages are trackable online, but extra fees are charged for shipping outside of Lima. Payments include credit cards, SafetyPay, and PayPal. Plaza21.com has a Facebook page and Twitter account where it offers deals and responds to customer posts.
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Instead of using traditional tortillas and salsa, these out-of-the-ordinary tacos feature crispy pita bread and ranch salad dressing. It's an original recipe from my mom.—Wendy Wilhelm, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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- 1 pound ground beef
- Salt and pepper to taste
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- In a large skillet, cook beef over medium heat until no longer pink; drain. Sprinkle with salt and pepper; set aside.
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