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Dear Sirs
War Risks P&I Excess Cover
At their meeting on 31st January 2008, the Directors reviewed the basis on which special war risks P&I cover could be made available to Members in accordance with the proviso to Rule 5E and determined that this cover should be made available to Members for the 2008 policy year in accordance with the terms of the attached Directors' Resolution of 31st January 2008.
The terms on which the War Risks P&I Excess Cover is provided remain essentially the same as for the 2007 policy year, including the limit of cover of US$500 million. As for the 2007 policy year, the cover will only respond to claims in excess of the proper value of the entered ship as defined in Rule 5D or whatever sum is recoverable from war risk underwriters, whichever is the greater.
The Managers continue to draw the Members' attention to the note to Rule 5D in relation to the proper value for which an entered ship should be insured or deemed to be insured for this purpose. This provides that the relevant policies of the Member concerned should have been the subject of periodic review as market conditions may require so that the total amount of liability coverage contained in these policies is maintained at levels approximating to the market value of the ship without commitment. Members are recommended to consult their brokers and/or ship valuers to assess periodically the proper amount for which insurance should be effected to cover P&I liabilities under their war risks policies. At a time of rapidly changing market values, the relevant values should be reviewed more frequently and the proper value assessed in the light of more frequent consultation with the Member's brokers and/or ship valuers.
Bio-Chem Cover
The Directors also decided to provide cover for "Bio-Chem" claims in respect of crew risks and legal costs relating to all P&I liabilities that are excluded from the War Risks P&I Excess Cover by virtue of the "Bio-Chem" exclusion, on the same terms as for the 2007 policy year, including the limit of this cover which is US$30 million. Claims on this cover will again be pooled with the International Group clubs in excess of the club retention of US$7 million.
The detailed terms and conditions of the cover are set out in the attached Supplementary Directors' Resolution of 31st January 2008. The principal provisions are that:
Notices of Coverage
- US Terrorism Risk Insurance Act of 2002 (Act), as amended by the Terrorism Risk Insurance Program Reauthorization Act (TRIRA) of 2007
On 26th December 2007, the Terrorism Risk Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2007 (Public Law 110-160)("TRIRA") was signed into law by President George W. Bush extending the TRIA programme for seven years through 31st December 2014.
A portion of the War Risks P&I Excess Cover and the "Bio-Chem" Cover afforded to Members pursuant to the Directors' Resolutions are provided in accordance with the requirements of the US Terrorism Risk Insurance Act of 2002, as amended by the TRIRA of 2007 and give coverage for losses arising out of "acts of terrorism," as defined in Section 102(1) of the Act and as required by Section 103(c) of the Act. Cover for losses caused by certified "acts of terrorism" can be partially reimbursed by the US Government under a program established by the Federal Law. Under the program, the United States pays 85 per cent of covered terrorism losses exceeding the statutory established deductible paid by the insurance company providing the cover. The Act, as amended, also imposes a program trigger on the Government's compensation: i.e. insurers cannot have the benefit of the Government's compensation unless the aggregate industry insured losses from a certified act of terrorism exceed a certain insured loss or "trigger" amount. The current trigger amount is US$100 million. In addition, if the aggregate insured losses exceed US$100 billion during any program year, the Government shall not make any payment for any portion of the amount of such losses that exceeds US$100 billion and no insurer that has met its insurer deductible shall be liable for the payment of any portion of that amount that exceeds US$100 billion.
Although no additional premium is charged for coverage for "acts of terrorism", a premium of US cents 0.25 per gross ton entered is deemed to be attributable to the US risk in accordance with the terms of the Act.
Yours faithfully
DIRECTORS' RESOLUTION of 31st January, 2008
WHEREAS, in accordance with Rule 5E of the Association's Rules coverage for certain war and similar risks, including acts of terrorism, is excluded under the general mutual indemnity undertaking. Special cover is nevertheless provided for these same certain risks under the proviso to Rule 5E and in accordance with each individual Owner's terms of entry; and
WHEREAS, the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act of 2002 (TRIA) (Public Law 107-297), as amended by the Terrorism Risk Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2007, extends for another 7 years the program providing for a Federal quota share indemnification to participating insurers for insured losses resulting from certain acts of terrorism occurring through 31st December 2014; and
WHEREAS, this Association, meeting the definition of "insurer", is required to make available coverage for "acts of terrorism" as defined in TRIA and is entitled under the program to an indemnification of 85% of losses resulting from certified acts of terrorism in excess of the insurer's deductible, except that such indemnification will be available only if aggregate insured losses sustained by all insurers exceeds $100 million with respect to acts of terrorism; and
WHEREAS, the Directors on behalf of the Association's membership have considered whether coverage of TRIA-defined acts of terrorism could be removed from the special cover and made subject to the general mutual indemnity undertaking but have concluded that acts of terrorism, as the other perils subject to the special cover, remain unsuitable for a general mutual indemnity undertaking; and
WHEREAS, no Owner responded affirmatively to the initial offer made by this Association to provide cover of TRIA-defined acts of terrorism on the basis of additional premium rates designed to fund the TRIA deductible and retention without mutual indemnity or the reinsurance available to the special cover; and
WHEREAS, the Directors have determined to provide the Special War Risks P&I cover including cover for terrorism risks as for the current Policy Year and that the estimated cost for TRIA-defined coverage remains US cents 0.25 per entered ton.
IT IS NOW THEREFORE RESOLVED, that in accordance with the proviso to Rule 5E of the Association's Rules, special cover be provided to the Members of the Association for the year commencing at 12 noon GMT on 20th February, 2008 against risks, including TRIA-defined acts of terrorism, which are excluded from cover solely by virtue of the provisions of Rule 5E. Unless otherwise agreed in writing, such cover shall be subject to all other terms and conditions of an Owner's entry in the Association and shall be provided upon and subject to the following terms and conditions:
SUPPLEMENTARY DIRECTORS' RESOLUTION OF 31st January, 2008
WHEREAS, in accordance with Rule 5E of the Association's Rules coverage for certain war and similar risks, including acts of terrorism, is excluded under the general mutual indemnity undertaking. Special cover is nevertheless provided for these same certain risks under the proviso to Rule 5E and the Directors' Resolution of 31st January, 2008; and
WHEREAS, the special War Risks P&I Cover provided to Members pursuant to the Directors' Resolution of 31st January 2008 contains in Clause 4 a Chemical, Biological, Bio-chemical, Electromagnetic Weapons and Computer Virus exclusion; and
WHEREAS, the Directors have decided that the Association should provide supplementary cover to Members in respect of certain liabilities costs, losses and expenses excluded by the operation of this clause or by equivalent clauses in other war risks P&I policies.
IT IS NOW RESOLVED, that supplementary cover be provided to the Members of the Association for the year commencing at 12 noon GMT on 20th February, 2008 at no additional premium on the terms and conditions and exclusions set out hereinafter:
If you need to call our offices out of hours and at weekends, click After Office hours for a up to date list of the names of the Duty Executives and their mobile phone numbers.
This Ship Finder is updated on a daily basis. Members who need to advise the Club of updates to their recorded ships' details should advise their usual underwriting contact.


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NEW DELHI (Sputnik) — A 21 year old woman from Salem in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu committed suicide after an unknown person doctored her photo, showing her as scantily clad and posted it on Facebook.
The woman could not bear the trauma and committed suicide by hanging herself.
According to the Police Superintendent, "A suicide note was found in her room in which she stated that she could not deal with the predicament, more so after her parents suspected she had something to do with the photos uploaded on Facebook."
In fact, Vinupriya's father lodged a complaint with police and urged them to take action against the culprits when her first doctored photo was uploaded by the miscreants. But the police response was slow and meanwhile the unidentified people uploaded another morphed semi-nude photo of Vinupriya. Unable to bear the mental torture and social stigma she committed suicide.

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Thala Ajith starrer Viswasam has already crossed Rs. 125 crore mark at the Box Office.
Tamil Superstar Thala Ajith starrer 'Viswasam' which was released on 10th of January on the occasion of Pongal festival has been doing quite well at the domestic as well as overseas box-office.
According to trade analysts' box-office reports, the family-cum-mass entertainer has already crossed Rs. 125 crore mark at the box office.
Viswasam has already surpassed the collections of Ajith's previous Film 'Vivagam' in just a week of its release.
Viswasam features Ajith Kumar and Nayanthara in lead roles. Siva's directorial Viswasam,, the film was produced by Sathya Jyothi Films.
The music was composed by D. Imman and it marked his first collaboration with Ajith and Siva.
Viswasam was Yogi Babu's 100th film as actor.
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More variety than ever before: With a choice between a luxurious queen-size bed, comfortable single bed or flexible drop-down bed – you can sleep exactly how you want to.
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- The stepless, heated double floor has room even for bulky items
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Available floor plans
FRANKIA F-Line I 740 GD
FRANKIA's best-seller FRANKIA's A-Class is perfect for families thanks to its optimised floor plan, spacious seating area and four comfortable sleeping berths.
- Sleep crosswise: Separate beds with a length of 1.95 m and 2.0 m
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Ransomware represents a significant threat to every industry and is only getting worse, particularly with businesses with on-site servers.
Cisco's 2017 Annual Cybersecurity Report stated that ransomware is growing at a yearly rate of 350 per cent. And according to the latest Annual State of Ransomware Report, 22 per cent of small to mid-sized Australian businesses reported they had to cease business immediately and 18 percent said they lost revenue.
This wave of ransomware threats include WannaCry, dubbed "the biggest cyber attack the world has ever seen", Petya, and BadRabbit. One of the most well-known cases of a financial institution being impacted by ransomware is the Bank of Bangladesh which lost $81 million in 2016 to ransomware hackers.
The bad news for the industry is that ransomware is a growing problem. Ransomware is constantly evolving, posing a huge challenge to firms to keep up in how they protect themselves from attacks, from both a cost and application implementation perspective.
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The move away from on-premise servers to total cloud environments is helping many organisations to better protect themselves from ransomware attacks. This is because many cloud providers, particularly private cloud providers, offer the latest and most sophisticated protection as part of their offering.
If by chance your system does become infected, they also provide regular backups, in some cases hourly snapshots, of your data so if any data is lost or compromised it can be quickly restored and back to "business as usual". In fact, recovery time can be around 20 minutes at worst and often only impacting that particular user.
A cloud service provider can also be monitoring for suspicious activity with tools that are often out of the reach for smaller businesses. This can mitigate the risk of an attack so that damage to data is prevented. This can make a ransomware attack a non-event.
The best way to protect your business from ransomware attacks is to take measures up front. But if you do get attacked do not pay the ransom. If you pay the ransom chances are the hackers will keep demanding money and you're unlikely to get back into the system whether you pay up or not.
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CBS profit grows in Q4; revenue falls short
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CBS TV and Showtime's parent company penned a net operative income of $561 million – which equates to $1.49 per share. The result is a massive improvement from a year ago, when it made $40 million ($0.10/share). It also recorded a tax-law-related charge of $129 million.
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Revenue experienced a 3% year-on-year growth to reach $4.02 billion. The 2018 result was of $3.92 billion. Street forecasts had the number at $4.16 billion.
During an investors call, CEO Joseph Ianniello revealed that the company will begin producing more hours of original content for its own platforms as well for other licensors, including but not limited to the soon-to-be-launched streaming platform Disney+.
CBS Entertainment's unit experienced a 1% drop in revenue, down to $2.83 billion. Part of the result was a 14% dip in content licensing and distribution income. Affiliate subscription fees rose 17%, mostly stemming from the new revenue stream created by CBS All Access and its affiliate fees. Last year's acquisition of Australia's Network 10 helped reached a 2% increase in advertising revenue.
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Is The Public Speaking Dead?
Is public speaking as a business dead?
by Douglas Vermeeren 10X Your Speaking Business
For the last two decades I have been a public speaker. I have seen a lot of changes and most prominently I have seen many new speakers arrive on the scene with the intention to create a massive business sharing their expertise.
More often than not they fail.
This makes me ask: Is public speaking as a business dead or dying?
As I have carefully considered this question and looked at the complete landscape of what is really going on in this highly saturated industry of speaking, coaching, mentoring and personal development in general I have an answer to this question:
The old way of building this business is dying.
While those who understand the nuances of today's marketplace are not only thriving but building incredible 7 & 8 figure businesses.
If I were summarize a few of the differences between the dying and thriving it would be as simple as this:
The dying are relying on an old model of the speaking business. In other words they are focusing on creating signature speeches, speaking for a fee and doing as many speeches as they possibly can. The thriving understand that building a brand is important and real authentic connection with the audience trumps signature speeches every time.
The dying are always on the hunt for the next event to get in front of an audience.
The thriving understand the platforms available to them to create audiences around them and their content. They understand that once they find their vibe they earn their tribe.
The dying take out ads and do posts on social media focused on telling about themselves and their many accomplishments, constantly inviting you to events or buy products and promoting their latest greatest whatever it is.The thriving understand that today's market place is value content and relationship driven. The more you give away the more likely you are to attract people who want to learn more.
The dying also don't understand the important of building relationships with the power players in the business and that reputation helps create brand. The thriving understand that relationships with high level experts is available to them and they understand how to create synergy with people that matter. The dying don't have a game plan and they often fly by the seat of their pants, taking whatever speaking gigs come their way.
The thriving understand that a business strategy is essential to success in the speaking business and saying no to events that don't serve your bran is one of the best things you can do.
Anyways, there are a few thoughts for now.
Content and delivery is just part of it. – By Douglas Vermeeren, The Speaking Business Multiplier
Content and Delivery is just part of it
By Douglas Vermeeren, The Speaking Business Multiplier
Many people are attracted to the speaking business because they have some great ideas to share and they love to speak in front of an audience. It's true that the feeling of sharing your information in a group setting that appreciates what you do certainly feels great. And there are hundreds if not thousands of coaches and courses that can help you improve your presentation skills and help you deliver your content in stronger ways from the stage. But for those of you who enter into the speaking business you will quickly find out that it is far more competitive than you ever imagined and you also find that just speaking on stage is a very small part of what you need to learn to succeed.
Over the years I have been involved training and teaching speakers I have seen many people surprised at what elements are required to create a speaking business. Many one of the most surprising a-ha moments comes when a speaker realized that the business of speaking has less to do wight he speech than they realized. In fact, it's very much like when a magician takes the stage. The audience only sees a very small part of what's going on behind the scenes and sees almost nothing except the end result of many hidden details that have been worked out ahead of time.
Because most speakers have never seen the necessity for these details and in some cases these are elements they have never seen their business remain weak and less than productive.
The speaking business is made up of two parts. Speaking and Business. If you are going to become prosperous you need to be success with both parts. One thing is for certain: If are going to run a speaking business you must make a profit or soon you will not be able to have the privilege to continue. Recently I read some statistics that stated that 1 in every 450 speakers are actually making enough money to do it full time. I don't know where your speaking business is today but one thing is for certain. If you want to be successful you will need the business tools for your speaking business.
In my speaking business I figured this out and was able to make over 7 figures . As I have worked with other speakers for the last decade and a half I have seen those who have been super successful making over 7 figured per year. If you are trying to position yourself as a success leader or teacher an point the way for others it is only fair that you have some success. You can only get there if you have a system that will create success. As I looked at how I did it and how others have done it I have been able to identify 12 core areas that every speaking business needs in order to become success. (This is what we teach at our 12 Essentials to a profitable speaking business event in great detail.) But for todays purposes here is the list of things you need to learn and develop:
1 Prepare the most powerful content
2 Tap into the best business models
3 Create the perfect sales funnels
4 Offer the perfect products & Workshops
5 Finding profitable speaking gigs (And more of them)
6 Successfully Joint Venture with other speakers
7 Sell more from the stage & do it the easy way
8 Build a predictable preview session
9 Create strong brand loyalty
10 Position yourself as the expert
11Leverage Social Media to grow your business
12 Attract media to Celebritize your Business
(These are the actually module titles from our weekend training and my home study course.) You'll quickly recognize which of the laments you currently have in your speaking business and which ones are missing. Only a full compliment will allow you to reach your fullest potential as a speaker. And if you are missing elements you are leaving opportunity, influence and income behind that should be yours.
If you a re interested to learn about how you attend one of our sessions near you go to my website: http://www.DouglasVermeeren.com On my site I also have several free tools and videos which you can evaluate yourself as a speaker to see what areas you are currently strong in and what areas are lacking and most importantly how you can make some immediate improvements and open some opportunities for yourself. Be sure to check it out and I look forward to seeing you on the stage soon!
What makes you worth listening to? The Speaking Business Multiplier
Make yourself worth listening to by sharing the best possible information that will actually serve your audience and solve their problems.
What else can I say?
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4 suggestions for having better meetings
4 suggestions for having better meetings
By Douglas Vermeeren
If you're like me meetings are a part of your everyday life. You attend meetings through out the day at work, meetings with your team, meetings with you boss, a sales presentation, a meeting with a client, you might even attend meetings during the week outside of work, for your church or for a community organization. And at home there will be even more meetings waiting for you as a spouse needs to discuss a child's behavior, the family budget or an upcoming holiday. Meetings are all around us.
While some meetings are more formal than others, the quality of any organization is amplified or diminished by the quality of it's meetings.
If you are a leader of other people, a manager, a team leader, a CEO, a head of an organization or even a parent in a family. You will need to learn how to improve your skills in a meeting and working with other people in groups. The following are four suggestions that will help in all meeting settings:
Prepare – Preparation is an important factor in creating successful meetings. Too often most people limit their view of what a meeting is. They think it consists of a beginning and middle and an end. They often assume that just showing up and getting into the groove of things as the meeting begins will create fantastic results. While we don't have time in this setting to share all the elements of a correct meeting, let me add one significant addition to the beginning, middle and end tradition. That addition is preparation.
Preparation can take place in many ways. It can cover everything from establishing a venue, to building a power point presentation, to inviting attendees and so forth. The one element of preparation that I would like to focus on in this conversation is simply think about what you want to accomplish at the meeting, prepare how you will present your position and determine ahead of time what success looks like.
If you go into the meeting knowing what you want, prepared with a way to discuss what you want your chances of getting it increase dramatically.
As I have met with business leaders and high level executives through out my business career I have found one common thing amongst them. They don't have time for chit chat and to fiddle around an idea before getting to the heart of a matter. If you are not prepared for a meeting you often don't get a second chance.
And if you are supposed to be a leader of people, yet you continually conduct meetings without preparation you will soon find people less than eager to attend your meetings.
Yet if you are prepared ahead of time and know precisely what you want you will gain the respect of others and the next time you call for a meeting those attending will know that they can count on you to be prepared and the time will be worth while.
Action point: Prepare ahead of time. Make an agenda or even a meeting plan that can keep you on track with the most important issues. And if you are a meeting attendee make notes ahead of time in regards to things that you want to address or have questions about. it's always a good idea to share those questions prior to the meeting with the group leader so these can be addressed.
Use your time well – Of all the resources we have as humans, the most fragile and difficult to replace is our time. As far as meetings go the idea that 'if you plan to use three hours for a meeting, it will take three hours' is true. It is important to remember that the amount of time you spend in a meeting isn't what makes the meeting successful, rather meeting success is measure by what is accomplished. Often times the most difficult issues do not take long to solve when the attention of a group is focused and concentrated.
How you use your time in a meeting also sets the pace of everything outside of the meeting as well. If leaders show that they understand the importance of time in the meeting they train their teams to respect time outside the meeting.
Always start and end on time. If something wasn't covered that needs to be covered schedule a second meeting in the near future. in my experience with meetings I have found that once a leader violates a commitment to keep a meeting within a specific time frame he begins to lose the trust and confidence of his team.
Here are two suggestion to help you keep on track with time. In meeting agendas I try to assign the discussion topics a specific discussion time limit. I assign a team member to watch a timer and keep us on track. With the items listed in priority the most important issues are addressed and solve first.
The second suggestion in regards to time is to have every keep time. At the beginning of a meeting it is a fantastic idea to have everyone pull out their smart phones and set the timer to countdown the time of the meeting. This let's everyone know you mean business, time is valuable and is a subtle way of reminding people to keep their thoughts and comments on track.
I remember the first business meeting that I did this with. I set my smart phone with the timer counting down in the middle of the table and expressed that we only had a limited amount of time to talk today and that I wanted to respect his business schedule. The person I was meeting appreciated the gesture and felt impressed that we had made the time to be together specific and valuable. That may have been reward enough, but I really saw it pay off in a big way when his phone rang in the middle of our conversation. But rather than answer it he clicked it to off and said, "I'll get that later. We're almost of time."
Time is valuable. How you use it will teach others much about how you do business and take care of other things in your life.
And no… Meetings don't have to take an hour. That feeling of having hour meetings is a left over from our days in school. School classes were an hour so most people feel that a good meeting ought to be the same. My most effective meetings are 15 minutes for small issues, 45 minutes for larger issues. Aiming at under an hour also changes the way our brain thinks about communication. For some reason in our minds there is the idea that an hour is a long time and so most people are a little more casual and chatty in an hour meeting, yet just a small shift to 45 minutes makes us a little more careful and we focus more carefully on the heart of the matter.
Take notes – Naturally we've all heard about how taking notes increases our ability to recall and remember information. You've also probably heard about how writing things down in a meeting shows respect to the speaker. You may even have thought that by writing things down you are creating a great record of your groups minutes. All of these things are true.
But I'd like to add one more than is important to consider in a meeting setting. The principle is called 'Group Awareness.' Group Awareness is a principle of accountability. If a concern or suggestion is brought forward in a meeting and no one cares or shows interest, the possibility of something happening to solve it or address it diminishes. By creating group awareness a subtle pressure is created in the group. If someone commits to do something or finds an answer and they see that a note has been made of it they are now more likely to follow through. And naturally if that person in the group see you taking notes on their commitments too they will also make sure they have it recorded correctly. And when people feel that their commitment to perform has been noted their performance usually happens.
Taking notes in meetings is a must. I still remember the first significant full day meeting I went to as a 19 year old. I did not take notes in that meeting. I did not even have a note book with me. The leader of the meeting afterwards mentioned he noticed that I didn't have a note book with me. He didn't ask me why there was no notebook, instead he asked what did I learn today.
I told him a few things that I remembered, which wasn't very much much. He asked, "Is that what you got out of the entire day?" I was embarrassed and I shrugged. He smiled and gave me a folder, "This is the only time I will lend you my notes. Take a look and see what you missed."
As I looked through his notes, I remembered things that he had talked about that I had forgotten. some of the things that he had talked about were not only important to our organization, but personally important to me too.
As I read the notes my leader gave me I made a commitment to take notes in all meetings I would attend forever after.
Make specific arrangements for follow up – One complaint I commonly hear about meetings is that there seems to be a cycle of discussion and resolutions, but once outside of the boardroom nothing happens. Because nothing happens people get discouraged and begin to question the point of meetings at all.
So why is it that people do not follow through with what is discussed in meetings? While there can be many reasons, the most common that I have seen is unclear expectations. As I have taught goal setting a saying that I came up with seems also to fit here. " A goal that is specific and clear, becomes attainable and near."
When tasks assigned are specific and clear they become much easier to complete and report on. Clarity is key. These objectives should also be correctly sized. If something is too big it can be overwhelming. If it is too small it can be simply forgotten. It should be something that can be accomplished in a reasonable effort and reported back to the group. It should be clear what is expected and also how the report will be returned to the group.
Reporting and follow up should be prompt. In many of the meetings I attend I try to avoid having the report take place in the next meeting. Firstly it does take up precious meeting time. But more importantly as time passed between the assigned task and the time to report it enthusiasm also passes. If follow up is arranged to take place quickly after the meeting then chances are more likely that the task will be complete. General the most effective way I have seen to conduct reporting like this is to have the group leader connect by phone with the person completing the task and then to email or text all in the group to inform them of the results.
If the task did not go smoothly, report that as well. But try to find the positive in the outcome. Always be wise enough to accept the best efforts of your team and provide additional support and help where needed. If you report back the failures and frustrations you will soon find your team will discontinue to function as a team and the progress will stop.
Here is a sample text I set out in regards to a challenge that one of my staff had. (Names changed to protect my friends.) "Hey Everybody, Nick has bumped into a challenge with finding a way to ship our packages for event in Las Vegas. Does anyone have any thoughts on another way to solve this or help Nick get this done quickly. Contact either myself or Nick if you have some ideas. Thanks everybody." You'll notice that the blame for the incomplete task doesn't put the blame on Nick and it also doesn't take the task away from Nick. Instead it invites the support of others and continues to demonstrate respect and confidence in Nick's ability to get the job done.
I hope that these four suggestions have been useful for you. Please pop by again for more tips on how to have more effective meetings.
Douglas Vermeeren is a business meeting specialist who helps companies, teams and individuals get the most out of their meetings. www.DouglasVermeeren.com
This Article may be reprinted without permission as long as the writer credit appears along side the article.
Powerful Thinking Powerful Results – New Website now LIVE!
Powerful Thinking Powerful Results – New Website now LIVE!
The new Website for the TV show Powerful Thinking Powerful Results is now live. The Television show Powerful Thinking Powerful Results is focused on exploring insights into the psychology of success and how to harness the power of thought to create better outcomes in the real world.
The show is hosted by Douglas Vermeeren, a top personal development teacher often thought of as the modern day Napoleon Hill (Think and Grow rich) for his research into the lives of more than 400 of the world's top achievers. His research differs from Hills in that Vermeerens research focused on understanding the achievers cognitive reasoning rather than external behaviours. Vermeeren also explored a wide range of industries and business models that did not exist in Napoleon Hills day. Vermeeren has shared the findings from his research in several books, movies and at live training events. Vermeeren is probably best known as the producer behind the Hit film 'The Opus' featuring many other top personal development teachers like Jack Canfield, Dr. John Demartini, Dr. Joe Vitale, Marci Shimoff, Mark Victor Hansen, Bob doyle, Morris Goodman, Bill Bartmann and others.
The show Powerful Thinking Powerful Results will explore further the importance of our thinking in order to create the desired outcomes in our lives. The show begins airing Spring of 2012 on Canadian television with dates in the US, UK and Australia to follow.
This website features many new and useful tools in regards to the show. Some of the features include information about:
TV Program schedule
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Online programs
Information on show sponsors
Facebook links
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The site also features an opportunity for free gifts based on information from the show. In the near future the site will also feature behind the scenes videos (including exclusive footage not included in the regular series) a photo gallery and exclusive tools for application of show principles. This Official site is a one stop location for all information on the show. Be sure to check it out www.PowerfulThinkingPowerfulResults.com
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SEC Cases: $15.7M Final Judgment Issued in Ponzi Scam that Touted Loans to Athletes, MicroCap Issuer is Accused of Accounting Scheme, and Company's Assets are Frozen in the Wake of Alleged $5.3M Offering Fraud
Regulator Orders Alleged Ponzi Scammers to Pay $15.7M Plus Interest
In its final judgement against ex-pro football player William D. Allen, Susan Daub, and three entities, the US Securities and Exchange Commission is ordering the defendants to pay over $15.7M in disgorgement of ill-gotten gains in addition to prejudgment interest for an alleged Ponzi scam that raised nearly $32M from investors. Allen, formerly of the Miami Dolphins, and Daub, who both pled guilty to related to criminal charges last year, have been sentenced to six years in prison. They must pay $16.8M in restitution for that action. The SEC's order will be deemed met "based on the restitution order" in the criminal case.
The SEC's complaint contends that Daub and Allen and the entities misled investors about the loans, which were supposed to go to professional athletes. Instead, they allegedly used just part of the money to issue the loans while using investors' funds to cover nightclub and casino expenses, other ventures, and to pay back other investors.
Microcap Issuer and Its Ex-CEO Resolve Investor Fraud Allegations
Integrated Freight Corporation and its ex-chairman/CEO David N. Fuselier have settled SEC charges accusing them of investor fraud. Both Fuselier and the company, however, did not deny or admit to the allegations.
According to the Commission's complaint, Fuselier tried to hide Integrated Freight's poor financial state through the sale of a number of its subsidiaries, which were in debt and "non-performing," to a related third party. Fuselier then allegedly hid the reason for the transfers from auditors and, over several years, compelled Integrated Freight to submit disclosures that were false and misleading to the SEC. He is also accused of signing certifications that were materially false related to the company's quarterly and yearly reports.
To settle the civil charges, Fuslier must pay over $128K of disgorgement, more than $22K in prejudgment interest, and a $150K penalty. He also is barred from future penny stock offerings or from serving as a director or officer of a public company. Fuselier was previously the subject of another SEC case over similarly alleged misconduct involving a different company called New Leaf Brands.
Meantime, Integrated Freight will pay a $10K civil penalty.
SEC Freezes Assets of Rainbow Partners and Its Owner Who Claimed to be A Former Hedge Fund Manager
The SEC ordered an asset freeze and filed fraud charges against Michael F. Anderson and his The End of the Rainbow Partners, LLC. The Commission contends that Anderson told investors that he was a former hedge fund manager with a good track record. He claimed that he had a proprietary algorithm that he could use to day trade their money. He raised about $5.3M in investor funds.
Anderson also allegedly promised that up to 20% of money made from the trades would go toward his wife's charity for abuse survivors. He purportedly said the rest of the profits would be split among investors.
Instead, claims the Commission, between 3/2014 and 2/2917, Anderson and his company misappropriated over $2.3M of investors by moving their money to his wife, her supposed charity, another company that she owned, and the hedge fund Bighorn Wealth Fund, LP, which Anderson managed. The misappropriated monies went toward covering the Andersons' expenses, mortgage bills, tax debts, life insurance bills, credit card expenditures, and other personal bills.
Meantime, Anderson and his Rainbow Partners allegedly lost nearly $600K of investor money while claiming that the trades were profitable. He is accused of creating bogus account statements to make it appear as if there were profits. $1.9M of investor money was used to pay other investors.
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Contact our investment fraud lawyers today if you believe that you may be the victim of securities fraud. Shepherd Smith Edwards and Kantas, LTD LLP represents investors throughout the US.
SEC Obtains Final Judgments Against Defendants in Ponzi Scheme Involving Loans to Professional Athletes, SEC, November 17, 2017
SEC Obtains Judgment Against Microcap Issuer and former CEO, SEC, November 17, 2017
The SEC Complaint in the Anderson Case (PDF)
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Ex- Investment Adviser is Accused of Defrauding Retirees of Over $1.85M, Stockbroker Fraud Blog, November 13, 2017
Texas Securities Fraud: Houston Investment Advisor Gets Five Years for Defrauding Investors and Prison Sentences are Rendered in $6.4M Diamond Investor Fraud Case, Stockbroker Fraud Blog, November 10, 2017


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The Prince George's County Council on Thursday unanimously approved a record $4.09 billion in spending for fiscal year 2019, an increase of $215 million, or 5.5 percent over the current budget.
This marks the first time the county budget has surpassed $4 billion, a figure which council chair Dannielle Glaros, District 3, called "a milestone."
"It really says something about the growth that's going on in Prince George's County, the investments that have been strategically done the last two years that are really helping us to grow and have additional revenues that we can leverage to continue to improve the quality of life for Prince Georgians," she said.
The spending increases reflect the recent strengthening of the local economy, which many attribute to the work of departing county executive Rushern Baker III, who is now running for the Democratic nomination for governor.
General fund revenues are up from $2.86 billion in the FY15 budget to $3.42 billion projected in the FY19 budget. The median home sale price jumped from $159,000 in 2011 to $274,800 in 2017. Unemployment has dropped from 7.5 percent seven years ago to 4.1 percent last year.
Revenue from county sources is up 6.4 percent overall, with a 7.1 percent increase in property taxes (to $825 million) and a 15.7 percent increase in personal property taxes (to $88.2 million). The increased revenue from property taxes is due largely to increased assessments as the local real estate market continues to rebound after the 2008-09 recession.
The Bowie City Council unanimously approved a slightly scaled-down $57.7 million fiscal year 2019 budget on Monday night.
"The $4.10 billion operating budget contains investments geared towards protecting our communities, expanding our economy, improving our public school system, increasing opportunities for higher education, enhancing our library system, growing the housing options for our workforce, increasing access to healthcare and human services, creating clean and sustainable communities, and enhancing the efficiency of our government operations," Baker said in a statement.
The council has 10 days to present the budget approval bill to Baker. He has 10 days to approve or veto it. If, as expected, Baker signs the bill, the spending plan will take effect on July 1.
"We pretty much agreed with the county executive on the priorities that came down," said Council member Todd Turner, District 4, whose district includes Bowie. "We tweaked a little bit here and there on some of the priorities that we have and in continuing the priorities we've had for the last several years as part of the process."
Glaros estimated that the final budget was "99 percent" in accord with what Baker and his staff had proposed.
The budget includes $2.05 billion in funding for the county school system, an increase of $72.3 million, or 3.7 percent over the FY18 budget. Since the FY15 budget, funding for schools has increased by $133 million, reflecting one of the main priorities Baker laid out upon taking over.
The spending plan includes money to complete the renovation of Tulip Grove Elementary School in Bowie and another $14 million for improvements to the Bowie High School Annex, Turner said. The oft-delayed Tulip Grove project is expected to be completed for the opening of the school year this fall.
Improving public safety was another of Baker's priorities from the start. The FY19 budget also supports five new recruitment classes of 25 police officers (125 total) to offset attrition and increase the number of sworn officers on the force. In Baker's budget, another 60 officers will be added to the county's fire/EMS department ranks. The budget also calls for the funding of two new recruit classes of correctional officers (60 in all) to help offset attrition.
Spending on schools and public safety typically take up about two-thirds of the annual budget each year.
The newly adopted spending plan also restores previous funding cuts to the Department of Public Works and Transportation budget to support road and sidewalk repair, improvement of county maintenance of medians, and trimming street trees. The department's budget was increased 4.8 percent this year, to $13.6 million.
The end of the budget season marks the start of a transition period for county government. Baker will depart and the council membership will change as well. Two new at-large positions will be added to the body after the fall elections, bringing the size of the council from nine members to 11. The addition of two new council positions (plus staff) will add $2.1 million to the budget in FY19.
Five members of the current council will be leaving, though some will try to win one of the two new at-large seats.
"It's definitely a year of transition and a year of preparing for the next council," Glaros said. "We don't want to miss a beat. We want to make sure that trajectory keeps moving forward."


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[Update] MSN – Mixed Impact from Trade War; Better-than-expected Beverages Growth
29/11/2018 - 15:27
Rating: BUY
Current Price: VND81,000
Target price: VND102,700
Upside: 27%
Key event catalysts:
- US-China trade war could be a net win for MSN: positive for MNS but negative for MSR.
- Better-than-expected growth in the beverages segment.
- Fresh meat segment launched in 4Q18 to pick up steam in 2019.
Trade war impact could enhance performance of MNS further, while dampening MSR's income. We expect MNS to benefit from the US-China trade war with lower input prices for animal feed and a favorable supply-demand environment due to increased pork demand from China. However, we also expect headwinds for MSR if the trade war exacerbates the recent soft pricing for commodities including tungsten and copper. Overall, we expect the net impact could be favorable for the group, but we nevertheless conservatively switch to higher discount rates for MNS and MSR in our model to account for higher than expected uncertainties in their operations.
3Q results were slightly below expectations, but our long-term positive view remains intact. We lower our net income forecast for FY18E/19E by 2%/3% after considering MSN's 3Q results, which were by a delayed recovery of the animal feed market and soft tungsten and copper prices. However, this was largely offset by the better-than-expected growth from the beverages business. Our FY18-20E net profit estimates are now 14-20% higher than the Street.
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Radio Juxtapoz Podcast, ep 25: How Cities Talk To Us, Live From Social Surfaces in Manchester, UK
"Interventions in urban spaces do not just equal resistance and opposition, they signify innovation and raise questions as to how cities come to be the way they are." That's a lovely quote from Adrian Burnham of Flying Leaps, and the centerpiece of this unique episode of the Radio Juxtapoz Podcast. This week we are at Social Surfaces +0161 in Manchester, UK, where our co-host Doug Gillen spent the week documenting the unique conference of public art and intervention ideas and conversation.
As better put: "Social Surfaces +0161 brings together a wide range of voices to consider ways of intervening in, and changing, city life. Artists, academics, architects, psychogeographers, visual activists, photographers, critics and more contribute to a program of street displays, walks, talks, films and workshops to explore fresh perspectives on the city. Our common thread is a commitment to both investigating and making interventions that reveal and question hidden boundaries: that test agency and the power relations woven into the material and emotional life of urban environments. In short, how our cities 'talk' to us, with us, and about us."
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|You Are New York
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You also appreciate a good amount of grit - and very little shocks you.
You're competitive, driven, and very likely to succeed.
Famous people from New York: Sarah Michelle Gellar, Tupac Shakur, Woody Allen
OK, I absolutely love New York City...but I don't think I really sound much like the description above. However, I took the quiz four times, and three out of four times it came out with this result. :)


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An act.
A response.
Each Sunday for almost 48 years.
Part of my life.
My being.
Deep within.
We sing;
I surrender All.
I think about those words.
I have surrendered my son.
Not willingly.
I surrendered my husband.
Not willingly. . . and he was given back.
I surrender all.
There is a lot to that act.
It is a choice.
One I want to embrace.
As one begins to surrender all the hurt. . . all the ache.
Something happens
The Act of Praise begins to emerge.
~30 Days of Thankfulness~
I am thankful for:
Quiet afternoons where the tears can flow
Cups of tea (yes I said it. Occasionally; tea trumps coffee)
Christmas movies
Reminders of how blessed we are
running water
My farmer
face time
The farmette and her mama and daddy and the new one about to be
A 10 year old who still likes to snuggle and be read to
My organizing fairy who is helping reclaim floor space
The grace by which this wretched soul was saved
The hope of eternal life
the struggles through which we grow
"I realized that the deepest spiritual lessons are not learned by His letting us have our way in the end, but by His making us wait, bearing with us in love and patience until we are able to honestly to pray what He taught His disciples to pray: Thy will be done."
~Elisabeth Elliot
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64. Mr. Falk (Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967) said that he had faced special difficulties in discharging the functions of his mandate; the most salient involved the non-cooperation of the Government of Israel, to a degree greater than that faced by his predecessor. Israel had refused to fulfil its obligations as a Member State of the United Nations by preventing him from visiting, periodically and without interference, the West Bank, East Jerusalem and Gaza, ever since it had expelled him on his last attempt to enter the country in December 2008. In addition, it had adopted a similar posture of non-cooperation with respect to related United Nations undertakings, such as the Fact-Finding Mission on the Gaza Conflict and the panel appointed by the Human Rights Council to investigate the allegations surrounding the flotilla incident of 2010, resorting to defaming the messenger and the auspices instead of contesting and responding to the findings and recommendations of the reports.
65. The United Nations might also be faulted for its failure to respond more strongly to complaints arising from the Israeli pattern of non-cooperation and for its unwillingness to implement the recommendations in his prior reports and those of the Fact-Finding Mission. Such a failure encouraged the impression of Israeli impunity and of lack of will within the United Nations itself to take the obligations of international law seriously, or even to uphold those associated with its own Charter.
66. The mandate had also been hampered to some extent by the failure of the Human Rights Council to support his independence; pressure from the Palestinian Authority on that independence; and by widespread opposition to his proposal to reformulate the mandate to consider Palestinian violations of international human rights law in addition to Israeli ones. Since the realities of fact and law precluded any assertion of a false symmetry that apportioned responsibility to occupier and occupied equally, adjusting the mandate would take some account of charges of an impression of bias and unfairness embedded in the language but not in the works of the mandate. The Human Rights Council should be more vigilant in its protection of the independence of mandate holders so as to avoid setting an unfortunate precedent.
67. Turning to matters broached in his report, he noted that due to the very acute issues associated with the blockade of Gaza, there had been a tendency to overlook Israeli encroachments on the rights of the Palestinian people living in the West Bank and East Jerusalem. The cumulative effects of the settlements, the security wall and the extensive settler-only road network had been to establish a new political reality that converted the conditions of de jure occupation into de facto annexation. The extension of Jewish presence in East Jerusalem by way of unlawful settlements, house demolitions and revocations of Palestinian residence rights made it increasingly difficult to envisage a Palestinian capital in East Jerusalem, another widely assumed premise of the Quartet Road Map to Israeli-Palestinian peace and expectations associated with past and present intergovernmental negotiations. That assessment was important since it had been assumed that the occupation was temporary and reversible, in accordance with Security Council resolution 242 (1967), the political and ethical foundation for the assumption at the heart of international negotiations on the conflict that Palestinian rights of self-determination would be satisfied by the establishment of an independent and sovereign Palestinian State on currently occupied territories. However, if the conditions in the occupied Palestinian territory were irreversible, it became misleading and diversionary to continue adherence to the "two-State consensus" as a means of satisfying the Palestinian right to self-determination.
68. To the extent that the annexationist perception was accurate, it lent credibility to the assertion that the Israeli occupation had features of "settler colonialism" and therefore ran counter to the rights of all peoples to live free of alien rule, a position affirmed in both international human rights covenants and international customary law. That view was furthered by the dual and discriminatory legal structure for the occupied Palestinians and the unlawfully present settler population, the restrictions on Palestinian mobility, permit and residence manipulations, and roads on which Palestinians were disallowed. He emphasized the apartheid features not to suggest comparisons with apartheid South Africa but rather to call attention to the anti-apartheid norm embodied in various international legal instruments.
69. The flurry of international attention to Gaza in recent years, coupled with reports of economic growth in the West Bank, had led many to believe that material conditions in the latter territory were acceptable. However, the daily realities of the people living in it were not sufficiently noticed. Recent studies conducted by a British NGO indicated that the conditions of 40,000 Palestinians living in a particular area of the West Bank were worse than in Gaza, and that the state of human necessities including health clinics, food, water and shelter had reached a crisis point.
70. Regarding settler violence in the West Bank and East Jerusalem, he expressed disappointment at the failure of the international community to respond adequately and at that of the Israeli occupying forces to fulfil their obligations to protect Palestinians and their property and to apprehend Israeli perpetrators.
71. The situation in Gaza remained disturbing from the perspective of human rights and international law despite the welcome partial easing of the blockade on Gaza in the aftermath of the attack on the flotilla carrying humanitarian assistance to Gaza. The entry of basic necessities to Gaza remained at one third the level prior to the establishment of the blockade in June 2007. Furthermore, the ongoing Israeli prohibition of exports from Gaza had destroyed more than 90 per cent of Gazan entrepreneurial activity, on which the territory's economy had relied. The blockade was a form of collective punishment, prohibited by the fourth Geneva Convention, and had been declared unlawful by the Human Rights Council mission tasked with investigating the flotilla incident on the reasoning that the suffering inflicted on civilians was disproportionate to any Israeli security justification. The mission had also found the attack on the flotilla to be contrary to international law and reliant on excessive force. The isolation of the population of Gaza for several years had exerted enormous psychological pressure that was contrary to the obligations of the occupying Power to ensure as much normalcy as possible for the occupied population.
72. After 43 years, it was time to acknowledge the distinctive and intolerable burdens of prolonged occupation on a civilian population. In his report, he urged a formal study of the human rights aspects of such occupation, paying particular attention to the plight of persons confined to refugee camps in the occupied territories and neighbouring countries, as well as to overall human rights. He also encouraged United Nations support for efforts to send humanitarian assistance directly to the people of Gaza in defiance of the persisting unlawful blockade, and for the boycott, divestment and sanctions campaign that sought to respond to the failure of Israel to uphold its obligations with respect to the Palestinian people. The campaign represented a recognition that neither Governments nor the United Nations were prepared or able to uphold Palestinian rights, whereas the Organization had, by contrast, endorsed the anti-apartheid campaign of the late 1980s. The United Nations must give greater tangible attention to the ordeal of the Palestinians, as it would be judged on whether it contributed to the realization of their right to self-determination.
73. Ms. Rasheed (Observer for Palestine) thanked the Special Rapporteur for his dedication and commitment to calling attention to the violations of the human rights of the Palestinian people, despite the challenge of being denied access to the occupied Palestinian territories. She urged him to adhere to his mandate in reporting to the Human Rights Council and the General Assembly.
74. Mr. Michelsen (Norway) agreed that the Palestinians' full enjoyment of human rights depended on ending the occupation. At a time when the international community and key players were doing their utmost to bring the parties back to the negotiating table, development in and around East Jerusalem was a matter of grave concern. It was to an increasing degree severing ties between East Jerusalem and the remainder of the West Bank, and unless that situation was reversed, a negotiated, two-State solution might become impossible. Furthermore, while he welcomed Israel's June decision to ease the blockade of Gaza, it had not gone far enough. Poverty rates remained high, and substantial numbers of Gazans were still relying on food assistance and other humanitarian services. Israel needed to take gradual steps to open the borders permanently and allow the economy to develop through the free movement of people and goods.
75. Ms. Simovich (Israel) said that it was unfortunate that, yet again, the Special Rapporteur had presented a flawed, one-sided report based on an imbalanced mandate. The Special Rapporteur himself had told the Human Rights Council that the credibility and effectiveness of his reports might be enhanced if the mandate were expanded to encompass inquiry into Palestinian violations of international humanitarian law. General Assembly resolution 60/251, which had established the Human Rights Council in 2006, required it to review all special procedure mandates within one year of its first session. The fact that, in 2010, it had reviewed all mandates except for the one in question was an indication of its politicized nature. The Council's credibility and legitimacy hinged on the mandate of the Special Rapporteur, and Israel hoped that it would move quickly to correct a fundamental defect that continued to undermine the United Nations work in the field of human rights.
76. Israel had ratified the core human rights treaties. It had invited and received many special procedures mandate holders and was preparing for three more visits in early 2011. It had also appeared before and cooperated fully with the Human Rights Council Universal Periodic Review Committee. In short, it attached the utmost importance to its engagement with the international community on human rights issues. While it could not cooperate with a rapporteur whose mandate was inherently biased, it was committed to investigating any allegations of wrongdoing, simply because those were its values.
77. Mr. Zakaria (Malaysia) said that attacks on the person and reporting of the Special Rapporteur were unwarranted and reflected a desire to deflect attention from the human rights situation in the occupied territories and to avoid answering the allegations. Malaysia was steadfast in its support for an independent Palestinian State and would continue to back all international efforts to find a just, lasting, comprehensive and peaceful settlement. It agreed with the Special Rapporteur's call for immediate implementation of the recommendations of the Goldstone report and with his recommendation that the Council should conduct a study of the legal, political, social, cultural and psychological impact of prolonged occupation. His delegation would be interested in hearing the Special Rapporteur elaborate on the idea of a non-violent "legitimacy war" and its practicality, given that it was certain to face some resistance in an intergovernmental setting.
78. Mr. Ja'afari (Syria) reminded the Committee that the issue of the occupied Palestinian territories was not new. Even the human rights mandate of the Special Rapporteur dated back to 1993, and the Palestinian issue itself had been on the United Nations agenda since its inception in 1945. General Assembly resolution 181 of 1947 had divided Palestine into two States, and unfortunately, only half of that resolution had been implemented. The Special Rapporteur was not the first United Nations official to be prevented from entering the occupied territories. Over the years, Israel had turned away dozens of fact-finding missions, dozens of investigation committees and dozens or even hundreds of special envoys.
79. His delegation fully supported the recommendations enumerated at the end of the report, but unlike the body of the report, they did not begin to convey the almost indescribable plight of the Palestinian people. It was the duty of the Committee to convey the report's clear message to the highest levels of the United Nations: the Security Council, the Secretary-General and the President of the General Assembly. The Israeli authorities must be held responsible for their actions towards the Palestinian people.
80. Mr. Barton (United States of America) said that, as his country had indicated before, it regretted that the mandate inherited by the Special Rapporteur extended only to reporting on Israel. The human rights situation in Israel, the West Bank and Gaza should be examined in the same way as human rights situations in other countries. Even within that mandate, however, the Special Rapporteur's report was one-sided. Beyond responding to specific violations, the Israeli Government had also made significant changes in its military operational guidelines to better protect civilians during conflict, including new procedures regarding the protection of civilians and the destruction of private property; the integration of humanitarian affairs officers into Israeli army battalions and new orders on the use of certain munitions. Those reforms, as well as Israel's investigations, prosecutions and public reports, were evidence of ongoing credible and serious domestic inquiries. The United States welcomed the efforts of the Palestinian National Authority to establish an investigation into the allegations of human rights violations in the Palestinian territories, as well as its efforts to follow up on the recommendations of the Palestinian Independent Investigation Commission. In his report, the Special Rapporteur had sought to minimize the responsibility of Hamas in the lead-up to the Gaza conflict and had failed to address real and serious abuses of international law by Hamas in Gaza, such as its refusal to allow the International Red Cross personal access to Israeli Corporal Gilad Shalit. Hamas was a terrorist organization that was unwilling to examine its deliberate, repeated violations of international law and its abuses of the human rights of Israelis and Palestinians alike.
81. Mr. Falk (Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967) welcomed the support expressed by delegations for his mandate, which was beset by difficulties not faced by other mandates. The central issue that confronted the Committee was the degree to which responsibility would finally be taken for the situation in the occupied Palestinian territory. When would the United Nations regard its own Charter, international criminal law, or international human rights law as sufficiently significant to have the political courage to act on them, in the face of the suffering endured by the Palestinian people for decades? Furthermore, the matter of whether or not the Organization took its own reports seriously enough to act on them would be a test of its credibility. Its failure to answer that question in the affirmative led people to believe that what happened in United Nations meetings was a matter of mere rhetoric that did not get translated into effective behaviour and would not be unless the Governments took the findings seriously.
82. He had been accused of being one-sided, but he pointed out that it was the reality that was one-sided. He would welcome an opportunity for a debate about the substance of the report, as its accuracy was beyond serious question. The accuracy of particular details notwithstanding, the situation was so stark and so grim that it was not a matter of reasonable controversy, hence his disappointment at the refusal of the representative of the United States of America — his own country — to refuse to acknowledge its gravity and the fact that it was irreconcilable with international law. Specifically, the representative had mentioned that his Government had been critical of the expansion of settlements but not of settlements themselves, which were unlawful under the Geneva Conventions. Treating an unlawful situation as if it were lawful by accepting the accumulation of unlawful facts year after year was a perversion of law.