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Title: BELGIUM AND HOLLAND Including the Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg
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33 Amazing Articles Every Product Manager Must Read
Many entrepreneurs and product managers write about the skills they brought to the table and those they learned along the way. Few talk about the silent hero that boosts them to the elite level: consuming the written word. And as a product manager finding out how others made a strategy work, whether it was implementing a road-map software or avoiding other's pitfalls can make or break your product's success.
As a successful product manager reading is a must. The data backs it up. Inc. Magazine reports that most CEOs read at least a book a week, and this doesn't include blogs, articles, podcasts, and videos they devour, too.
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You may be an entrepreneur creating SaaS platforms or a product manager for an enterprise. Regardless, the following articles are a must-read for anyone concerned with rolling out the best product in each iteration. Here are the top 33 most amazing product management articles in no specific order.
1. Agile Died While You Were Doing Your Standup
Author: Nate Walkingshaw
Mind the Product says it's time to take the good things you learned from agile and adapt them to the ever-evolving product management needs of the future. Just like you use the latest technology to inform products of today, you need to change the way you build products to optimize for the future.
2. Product managers for the digital world
Author: Chandra Gnanasambandam, Martin Harrysson
This insightful article from McKinsey & Company talks about today's product manager evolving into a mini-CEO. Most interesting are the three product manager archetypes (which one do you fit under?) and McKinsey's predictions for the future of product management.
3. The Power of the Elastic Product Team—Airbnb's First PM on How to Build Your Own
Author: Jonathan Golden
Get the advice of Jonathan Golden, Airbnb's first product manager who is now Director of Product. Learn how Airbnb created an elastic product team that helped them get to where they are today. Golden talks about the three different types of product managers, like the McKinsey article above, but with an Airbnb spin.
#4 One Door at a Time
Author: Jason Fried
Jason Fried, co-founder of 37signals, creator of Basecamp project management platform. While he talks mainly to entrepreneurs about slow, steady progress and growth for their companies, you can apply his tips and advice to product development.
#5 Designing Your Product's Continuous Feedback Loop
Author: Sachin Rekhi
Sachin Rekhi, founder and CEO at Notejoy, a collaborative notes app for teams, writes about capturing user feedback. The key is to surface it at just the right time for better prioritization and design decisions. He established a "feedback river" for pulling his users' insights from 10+ channels.
#6 I hate MVPs. So do your customers. Make it SLC instead.
Author: Jason Cohen
If you're focusing on MVPs (Minimum Viable Products), there's a better way to meet or exceed your customers' expectations. As a product manager your product must be simple, lovable, and complete (SLC) because no one wants to use a product that's unfinished. And you don't want your V1.0 release too embarrass you.
#7 Navigating the Product Maze
Author: Nathan Bashaw
Nathan Bashaw, co-founder and story maker at Hardbound.co, offers advice and tips on using the patterns in product design to help get clear about problem-solving. He coined The Maze to describe the decisions that wind around like a maze. If you choose wisely, you'll get through the maze successfully.
#8 3 Types of Product Management: Which One is Right for Your Company?
Author: Daniel Demetri
Daniel Demetri, co-founder and Chief Product Officer at States Title, is an experienced Product Manager who sees product managers as having different degrees of specialization in business, technology, and design. Read this interesting article to find out where your company lands on the continuum.
#9 Dear Product Roadmap, I'm Breaking Up with You
Author: Heath Umbach
Heath Umbach is VP New Relationships at Fresh Tilled Soil, a product and experience design firm that works with category leaders. He discusses the top roadmap challenges according to product managers and then helps you understand what you can do to overcome them.
#10 The MVP is dead. Long live the RAT.
Author: Rik Higham
Published on Hackernoon, Rik Higham (Senior Product Manager at Skyscanner) talks about why you should forget about Minimum Viable Products. He says you should focus on Riskiest Assumption Tests (RAT) instead because "there is no need to build more than what's required to test your largest unknown."
#11 Why You Are Asking the Wrong Customer Interview Questions
Author: Teresa Torres
Product Talk discusses the gap between what people think they do and what they actually do. When conducting customer interviews, don't ask, "What matters to you when…" Start your interview with, "Tell me about the last time you…" As a product manager, you want to uncover what your customers are actually doing, not what they hope to do.
#12 Six Steps to Superior Prototyping: Lessons from an Apple and Oculus Engineer
Author: Caitlin Kalinowski
When Caitlin Kalinowski became head of product design engineering at Oculus, she and her team faced a stiff challenge. They were to design the controllers for the new Ocoulus Rift virtual reality headset, a hot commodity and highly anticipated. She discusses how and why you must define your non-negotiable before you build prototypes.
#13 The Quintessential Guide for Building an Unforgettable First-Time User Experience
Author: Wayne Chang
Hackernoon published Wayne Chang's seminal article on user experience. Chang is a serial co-founder, an angel investor, and philanthropist who believes in making incredible product experiences based on an unforgettable first-time use. He lays out his advice from years of presenting amazing experiences that keep users coming back.
#14 Product people KPIs aren't about the product
Author: Chris Butler
Are you worried about that one metric for your product or maybe velocities for your engineering team? You also need to name KPIs for product people. Chris Butler, Director of AI at Philosophie NYC, lists out the proper KPIs for product managers and what makes up a "good" KPI.
#15 Enter the Matrix—Lean Prioritization
Author: Andy Wicks
Mind the Product published this article on why prioritizing is one of the most critical aspects of your product development. Learn why poor prioritization happens. And learn a lean solution so you can consistently and continually deliver the utmost value to your customers.
#16 No No No
Author: Julie Zhuo
Julie Zhuo, Product Design VP at Facebook, discusses why you should learn to say "No," and why you should say it often. The key question is how do you say no to bad ideas when you don't want to hurt someone else's feelings? She talks about how saying "No" isn't just healthy, it's necessary.
#17 42 Rules to Lead by from the Man Who Defined Google's Product Strategy
Author: Jonathan Rosenberg
Jonathan Rosenberg, SVP of Products at Google, gave a lecture to graduating students at Claremont McKenna College, from which FirstRound distilled his comments in this interesting article. You might not agree with all of Rosenberg's points on leadership. But you can't disagree with the success he's achieved as the team builder for Chrome and Android.
#18 Customer Inspired; Technology Enabled
Author: Marty Cagan
The Silicon Valley Product Group published this intriguing article. It discusses how with technology products, your customers don't know what's possible and they don't know what they want until they see it. This doesn't mean you don't consider your customers one source of true innovation, however.
#19 Top Tips for Negotiating With Stakeholders
Author: Edward Scotcher
Negotiation for product managers is a must. This article by Edward Scotcher in Mind the Product discusses the best tips available for negotiating with stakeholders using good political judgment. It's all about setting and managing expectations.
#20 How I Read More Books
Author: Ken Norton
Ken Norton read 61 books last year and said it was easier than he thought. This article will help you read the important stuff like the articles listed here without having to block off 80% of your time to do it. Per Ken Norton, you can read about a book a week easily if you follow his five key tips.
#21 Top Hacks from a PM Behind Two of Tech's Hottest Products
Author: Todd Jackson
Todd Jackson was the product manager behind Facebook's News Feed redesign and the Product Manager on Gmail at Google. He also was the CEO of his own Android startup, Cover which has now been acquired by Twitter. Todd Jackson explains working through tough problems and knowing how to balance multiple interests being a product manager and CEO. Read in a conversation with FirstRound about his experiences becoming a great PM.
#22 12 Bottom-Up Change Hints
Author: John Cutler
John Cutler discusses why change is important and how to do it and what to avoid. Sometimes it's a fight you can't win. He lays out his 12 bottom-up change hints with no fluff, but lots of detail and insight. His number one hint sets the tone: "Email is a terrible way to advocate for change."
#23 What is Good Product Strategy?
Author: Melissa Perri
Melissa Perri, CEO of Produx Labs and Product Institute, learned the difference between a strategy and a plan the hard way—bumping heads with her CTO. She explains how your strategy is not a plan to build certain features and capabilities. It's a "system of achievable goals and visions that work together to align the team around desirable outcomes."
#24 Know Your Customers' "Jobs to Be Done"
Author: Clayton M. Christense, Taddy Hall, Karen Dillon, David S. Duncan
Harvard Business Review published this article in its print magazine and later online about how a correlation in customer data does not lead to casualty. You cannot, nor should you, base decisions on correlations. The article lays out instances from which you can learn how others mistook the data and ended up failing spectacularly.
#25 Your Team is Brainstorming All Wrong
Author: Art Markman
Another Harvard Business Review article, the way your team brainstorms doesn't actually work. In fact, decades of studies show that using conventional brainstorming techniques result in fewer good ideas than people would have produced on their own. The article lays out how to brainstorm more effectively.
#26 Provide Insights, Not Data
Author: Daniel Elizalde
Daniel Elizalde is an IoT Product Coach & Advisor that provides real-world training to IoT product managers, discusses how he "discovered the importance of having a data strategy the hard way." The key is to not make data the end itself, but rather, use it as a tool to help you derive value.
#27 How to adapt UX research for an Agile environment
Author: Amanda Stockwell
Published in UX Mastery, this article discusses how Agile is everywhere. Those in the user experience field have to adapt and adopt practices to stay in alignment with software development. She lays out the specific considerations of adapting UX practices to Agile while keeping the core tenets of successful UX research the same.
#28 Great Products Don't Happen by Accident
Author: Jon Lax
Jon Lax presented at a Design & Content Conference in Vancouver, B.C., on using playbooks for designing and building products. You can read his speaker's notes and see the slides he used. Learn more about how the actions you repeatedly and consistently execute make up the "thing you are best at."
#29 Addressing executive swoop-ins
Author: Julie Zhou
Another article by Julie Zhuo, Product Design VP at Facebook, this one answers the question, "How can I address direction from upper management that I suspect will harm or even derail the product?" She talks about how it's a common situation and lays out 4 things to avoid and 2 things to do to help you manage.
#30 An alternate framework for PM
Author: Ellen Chisa
Ellen Chisa is co-founder of www.EllenAndPaulsNewStartup.com. She discusses how the most popular framework that puts the PM in the middle of UX, Tech, and Business may not be the best. She offers an alternate framework based on Empathizing—Systemizing that helps to break down PM responsibilities much better.
#31 Running in Circles: Why Agile Isn't Working and What We Do Differently
Author: Ryan Singer
In the Medium publication "Signal v. Noise," Ryan Singer states that "Claiming there's a True Agile somewhere in the past or future doesn't help." He is in Strategy and Design at Basecamp where they work in cycles, and he explains why you "need three other practices to ship on time and in good health."
#32 Business Insider interviews T-Mobile CEO Jon Legere
Author: Richard Feloni
The lead-in to the interview states, "The T-Mobile CEO who calls his competition 'dumb and dumber' explains how he doubled customers in 4 years and how a group of employees made him cry." This is a longer article, but well worth the time to see how one person can innovate and lead outside the "cookie-cutter business-school leader" mold.
#33 10x Not 10%—Product management by orders of magnitude
Author: Ken Norton
This article is based on a keynote speech given at the Mind the Product conference in London. Ken Norton uses Kodak's failure to jump on the digital market as the basis for asserting a new decision theory. He says most companies go with the "sure thing" instead of the more innovative, but riskier wager that might pay off bigger. Norton says you should shoot for making something 10 times better rather than 10 percent better.
Bookmark these amazing articles so you can return to them again. You may find wisdom you missed the first time around.

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|Two cameras, two lizards, and plenty of sun. Picture taken at El Verde, Puerto Rico
From an animal communication perspective, this study illustrates how sensory systems can constrain the physical properties of signaling displays and how signalers can modulate the physical properties of their signals to achieve signal efficacy. By integrating the motion detection parameters of the sensory system of A. gundlachi (see blog for discussion), Dave was able to demonstrate that lizards are producing displays within the motion parameters that would result in a higher probability of detection. As illustrated by the figure below, the majority of the displays were given within the predicted range for higher detection.
|Correlation between receiver distance and maximum amplitude. Most of the head-bobs displays have an amplitude that falls within the predicted values of maximal stimulation based on the sensory system of A. gundlachi (shaded region).
The study also sheds light on an old observation that anoles give smaller displays as they interact at closer distance. This was previously suggested to result as a natural progression of social interactions. Although the previous statement can certainly be one factor that contributes to small amplitude displays, the fact is that smaller displays are also necessary to maximize the probability of detection at the start of displays given at close-distance. Thus, changes in signal amplitude can also be driven by selection for efficacy of communication.
Another equally interesting implication of Dave's findings is that lizards are capable of estimating the distance at which a potential receiver is located. Although this may not come as a surprise to anyone who has watched anoles, the mechanism(s) used to estimate distance, particularly at the scale used in this experiment, is an intriguing and unanswered question that we are currently working on.
The video shows a typical display of A. gundlachi, NOTE the highly stereotype head movements.


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International business requires an international corporate philosophy. Are you open to new ideas and do you value cultural diversity? At Raiffeisen Bank International, we are pleased to have more than 16 million customers in 13 CEE countries. And our journey continues – with exciting new issues for us to tackle such as digitalisation and changing customer needs. Join us on our journey.
Data Logistics Consultant (m/f/x)
We are looking for a Data Logistic Consultant who likes to solve difficult problems. Are you the one who is ready for this challenge?
As Data Logistic Consultant you will be the single point of contact for new ways of sourcing of the Data Lake. You will take over the leadership of the sourcing roadmap, shaping it together with our business partners from bank steering, compliance, retail, analytics and marketing.
Additionally, in the journey of a revolutionary way of data sourcing you will be in charge of maintaining our groupwide data catalog as one elementary service in RBI.
Your contribution will be the back-bone for big data management in the RBI group across CEE. Strong intercultural skills and delivery orientation combined with the agile and adaptive mind-set are the key success factors in this team.
What you can expect:
Positioning as first point of contact for data delivery towards business in the area of bank steering, compliance, retail, analytics and marketing.
Take leadership for the data sourcing roadmap groupwide in the data lake eco-system.
Support RBI business lines in the definition of new data requirements and change requests to existing data delivery streams, detecting synergies and removing contradictions.
Creation and maintaining of groupwide data catalog as elementary service in RBI.
Act as a coordinator for data requests from business and IT by managing requirements and tracking of progress.
Orchestrate data approvals and data protection / legal / security signoffs.
Communication across hierarchy, from senior management to development both in head office and with our partners in the CEE network
Lead projects or act as a consultant in projects, identify project stakeholders and transfer their demands into structured solution requirements.
Define and drive the implementation of methodologies, new processes in accordance with the "big picture" of the group data architecture.
Coordinate Implementation of services and innovation (DevOps & Continuous Integration).
Continuously improve the service processes and optimize the Monitoring tools, processes, alerts and KPIs for regular service reporting.
What you bring to the table:
University degree or similar with IT and/or business background.
Strong Data Warehouse or Big Data Business Analyst experience.
Minimum 3 years of experience in the financial services industry, preferably in the Data Warehouse / Business Intelligence area.
Comprehensive knowledge of the bank steering business (finance, controlling, risk management) and IT processes.
Ideally experience in leading small efficient teams.
Structured way of working even under pressure.
Coordination skills to facilitate activities with colleagues.
High level of communication, presentation and facilitation skills.
Excellent analytical skills, able to analyze and design complex data flows and business processes.
Team player with high service orientation and high level of commitment and motivation.
Fluent knowledge of English; German is appreciated, but not mandatory.
What we offer:
You'll work in an international team at a leading bank
You'll benefit from flexible working arrangements and determine your own work-life balance
You'll benefit from the very latest in tailored professional development
You'll earn an appropriate salary starting at EUR 46.000 gross p.a. excluding overtime
RBI AG is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ethnicity, race or color, national origin, religion, political or other opinion, gender, sexual orientation or disability.
We are looking forward to receiving your online application!
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Michael Geist has a couple of pieces on BCE and their latest attempt to block websites that don't agree with them or uncle sam. This garbage is also part of the NAFTA. It seems America wants to control the phone system here, if you read the secret nafta details.
Leave my internet alone ! is the phrase to bury them, and to have the CRTC butt out.
http://www.michaelgeist.ca/2017/12/bell ... ng-system/


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At a time when the general populace seems to be growing more and more distrustful of science and the term "intellectual" is thrown around as an insult, a film like "The Martian" may hold the potential to tip the scales back in science's favor. Committed to making the science half of their science-fiction tale feel as real as possible, director Ridley Scott and screenwriter Drew Goddard ("Cabin in the Woods") focus on the technical details, delivering an ode to human ingenuity and smarts wrapped in an entertaining survival adventure tale. Demonstrating the power of problem solving and making science and math look cool, "The Martian" is in many ways the aspirational film "Tomorrowland" hoped to be.
Based on Andy Weir's best-selling novel, "The Martian" finds Matt Damon playing Mark Watney, an astronaut inadvertently left behind and believed to be dead after a NASA exploration mission to Mars goes awry. Stranded on an inhospitable planet, Watney must improvise to survive, calling upon his skills as a botanist to come up with ways to provide himself with food (potatoes prove crucial), water, and oxygen to survive. He must also somehow contact NASA, knowing that even if he succeeds, it may be four years before another manned mission can reach him. To make matters worse, he only has an endless catalog of disco music and "Happy Days" reruns for entertainment.
As the nerdy Watney, Damon delivers a straight-up movie star turn; the character's sardonic sense of humor makes him a charming and compelling hero. And while "The Martian" is mostly Damon's film, he's supported by cast of ringers. The rest of the Mars crew is rounded out by Jessica Chastain, Michael Peña, Kate Mara, and Sebastian Stan. Meanwhile back on Earth, we get Jeff Daniels as the Director of NASA, Kristen Wiig as the exec handling this PR disaster, along with Chiwetel Ejiofor, Donald Glover, and Sean Bean as the scientists and engineers searching for a way to get their boy back as quickly as possible.
Offering the singular joy of watching smart, capable people do intelligent things, "The Martian" celebrates the best aspects of humanity, which is something we don't get enough of these days. Even the plot's inevitably predictable outcome doesn't ruin the film's effectiveness. With its hopeful message that however screwed up things get, by working together we can accomplish amazing things, "The Martian" tells us to put some faith in science, intelligence, and the human spirit. And maybe also disco music.


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When you want to let your imagination choose just the right water feature, then consider fiberglass fountains. While other materials are limited in style and design, the fiberglass models are molded so that they can be created in so many different styles you may have trouble choosing just one. These fountains are also lightweight so they can be placed or mounted virtually anywhere without a problem no matter the wall material.
Fiberglass water fountains are extremely lightweight and durable. This means you can mount the wall models in many locations without having to worry that a wall will not support them. They are designed to be placed in indoor or outdoor settings so that you can decorate your office, your home, outdoor entertaining spaces, and gardens.
Because fiberglass fountains are molded to create very intricately detailed designs, you will find such features as floral inlays, lions or gargoyle's heads, and much more. The fountains often include a weathered look that is perfect for an outdoor space or a room that is classically detailed. They even come with options so that you can personalize your own fountain for your space, whether you prefer a specific color or look.
If you choose wall mounted fiberglass water fountains, then you will need specific hardware so that they can be mounted properly to different types of wall surfaces. You may wish to employ the help of a handyman to ensure that the fountain is installed properly.
However, virtually anyone can mount the lightweight features with just a few pieces of the right equipment. Free standing fountains are easily installed without much help. No matter the case, you do not have to be a professional contractor to add the beauty of a fountain or water feature to your home or business location.


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Swallow and Wren I, and Swallow. 2013.
Too hot for wax today. Two new photographs instead. I found both birds on our property. The swallow's nest on the ground in the duck house, and the blue wren in the goat house. I thought it appropriate to photograph them, still beautiful after death.


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RuneQuest is a roleplaying game that I have a long history with. It was one of the Big Four RPGs that Games Workshop used to have the licence for, after Ian Livingstone and Steve Jackson (UK) picked it up from Greg Stafford (the game's creator/publisher) when they were the only European Games Company at one of the early GenCon's in the 70s. Fast forward forty odd years and the latest edition is out.and in a word it's GORGEOUS!
The main rulebook has been out for some time since last summer along with the pdfs of the Bestiary and Gamesmasters Screen Pack, but now all the books are available in print and as well as separately they are available in a heavy-duty cardboard slipcase from the Chaosium web store
I'm sure I'll do a full review here at some point, but if you are interested in a quick appraisal of the three things you get in the slipcase.
Main Rulebook: All the rules that the players and GM need to play/run the game. At its heart, it's RuneQuest 2 with a smattering of new rules (Runes and Passions being a big one), which may put off some folk expecting a streamlined modern take on the ruleset. But its instantly familiar to old hands like myself. I ran a convention game pretty much straight off, without having to absorb 400+ pages, like the game had never gone away. Also its newcomer friendly, with all the Glorantha you need being hard-baked into the rules. In my opinion its the best out of the box representation of Glorantha ever.
Gloranthan Bestiary: This 202 page book is a feast of Glorantha's weird and wonderful creatures. It also includes monster cults for playable monsters like Uz (Trolls), Elves and Ducks. Yes, there are ducks 🙂
Games Master's Screen Pack. Other GM's Screens have Dragons and scenes of adventurers fighting. Not this one, it has a scenic picture of one of Glorantha's greatest mythological landscapes, the Gods Wall which shows all the sun-worshipping Dara Happan Deities in their correct hierarchal positions, in a massive fresco carved into a cliff overlooking the sacred river Oslir, that was commissioned by Yelm the Sun-god himself. It not only fits in with the concept of a screen perfectly, but it provides a good talking point for new players. "What the heck is that?" they will go, and the resulting discussion will give them a good idea that they aren't in their typical fantasy setting anymore 🙂 The contents of the rest of the pack are: A Gloranthan Calendar, Two versions of the character sheet (the plain one that is in the rulebook, and a rather colourful one), a big a3 map of Dragon pass in colour, a double-sided map of the Colymar Tribal lands, a map of the city of Clearwine backed with another map of Dragon pass, all the pre-gens from the main rulebook as separate handouts, a npc sheet, and finally, a booklet of GM reference tables and an adventure book of 123 pages, that has a starting setting of the Colymar tribe and three adventures.


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With the recent experiences of killing in Bassa, Riyom and Barkin Ladi LGAs in Plateau State, Senator Jonah David Jang, representing Plateau North in the National Assembly, had once again made his call for ban on open-grazing.
In his statement signed by his media consultant, Mr Clinton Garuba, the Senator said he felt the pain and suffering the recurring attacks had caused the people of his constituency.
The former governor reassured that one day, the merchants of evil who were terrorizing the middle-belt and other parts of the country would be brought to justice.
He also said, "The coordinated attacks Plateau State has suffered over the years reveal a sinister plot to use the weapon of terror and barbarism to sack towns and villages, killing men, women, and children in service to an expansionist agenda conceived to seize and occupy the ancestral lands of our people.
"The daring methods of the attackers which seem to confound the might and sophistry of Nigeria's armed forces, seek to return the country to the dark ages despite great advancements in civilization. It also calls to question, the will of government at all levels to secure the lives and properties of its citizens."
The statement added that the time had come for the federal government to review its strategy in dealing with violent conflicts especially where herdsmen were concerned.
"There is therefore no gain saying that the time is now most appropriate for open grazing to be outlawed", the statement continued.
"It is on this solemn conviction that the Senator hereby declares his unflinching support for the campaign seeking to prohibit open grazing, and at the same time call on the government of Plateau State to enact its own anti-open grazing law in the interest of our people and the longevity of the lives God in his provision chose to give us.
"It most apt to call on other States especially those in the Middle-belt to follow suit," he added.
Jang called on the armed forces to save the country from international ridicule by investigating the authenticity of the video that gone viral on social media with the aim of identifying, apprehending, and dealing with the herdsmen who were seen branding AK47 rifles while feeding on a farmer's harvests.
He further advised Governor Simon Lalong to suspend his foreign trip and return home to tackle the growing insecurity, uncertainty, and despair in the state.
Lalong has been out of the country for about a week, attending a fund raising in the United Kingdom for displaced persons in the state, organized by indigenes of the state in diaspora.
Jang also said, "As a matter of urgency, the Federal Government of Nigeria must also play its part in the intervention process.
"An extraordinary national conference must be summoned to discuss purposefully, the incessant waves of attacks on farmers by herdsmen who are now arguably more deadly than Boko Haram.
"The conference must have a truly national composition involving all relevant stakeholders from every corner of the country to allow for the aggregation of diverse experiences of the menace across Nigeria and possible ways to permanently end it." he stated.


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Dow Closes Above 12,000 for First Time Since June 2008
The blue-chip Dow Jones Industrial Average ($INDU) jumped 146 points, or 1.2%, to close at 12,039, a level last seen in June 2008. The broader S&P 500 ($INX) gained 21 points, or 1.7%, to close at 1,308. The tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite ($COMPX) gained 51 points, or 1.9%, to finish at 2,751.
In the latest indication the U.S. economy is gaining steam, factory orders rose at their fastest pace in seven years in January, the Institute for Supply Management said Tuesday. Consumers are spending more on autos, appliances and other goods, while businesses have invested in more industrial machinery and computers. Last month's reading on manufacturing activity was the highest since May 2004.
Encouraging News
Also fueling the rosier outlook on economic growth, United Parcel Service (UPS) posted better-than-expected fourth-quarter earnings. As the the world's biggest parcel and package delivery company, UPS is seen as a bellwether for global economic activity.
The promising manufacturing and earnings news allowed commodities stocks to soar. Basic materials were the best performing of the S&P 500's 10 major sectors, rallying more than 2.8%. Financials and energy stocks were also strong, boosted by Bank of America (BAC) and ExxonMobil (XOM).
The flight to riskier assets led to declines in safer havens such as the dollar and Treasurys. The U.S. Dollar Index, which measures the greenback against a trade-weighted basket of six major currencies, fell nearly 1%, a large move in currency terms. Bonds sold off, pushing their yields higher. The yield on the benchmark 10-year Treasury note jumped to 3.44% from a prior close of 3.38%


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The screws were a sign of the mechanics. Now they have begun to become a memory of a few not so distant times, but they will not return and that the poetic sense of the memory of the jobs that were made to me, many with screwdrivers and wrenches, arouse me. Pieces of 925 silver in some cases accompanied by pearls and small semi-precious stones.
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Dear Seniors,
I want to know your expert opinion on below:
a) is appointment letter clauses are enforceable in court of law?
b) Termination on mere ground of employer discretion can be justified and if not what can i employee can do.
c) when a employee not join after accepting offer letter or even appointment letter is we can do anything.
Vikas Sharma
Dear Vikas, Questions asked are pertinent and having issues nearly with all the organizations. Answer to Question 1 :- Clauses implicating contradiction in different acts are found in Appointment Letter. But Appointment letter if accepted falls under the contractual Act and hence would be considered as valid, if all the clauses are added as per the law. Answer to Question 2 :- If on the grounds of management discretion if an employee gets terminated, then the employee can challenge the organization in the court of law for not following proper disciplinary action. It is still not advisable as it would not be good for your career once it is open in the market that you have taken your previous employers to court. Answer to Question 3 :- If an employee does not joins after the acceptance of offer letter, then legal it is not considered as a contract. It is just considered as an offer which was accepted and rejected in due course. Whereas After acceptance of the Appointment Letter, he is bound to follow the clauses mentioned in the appointment letter and hence legal it can be challenged. DO let me know if there is any other queries or concerns. Regards, Dr. Urjit Kavi


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Pakistani Lawyers Go On Strike After Dozens Killed in Attack
By Mehreen Zahra-Malik and Gul Yusufzai
ISLAMABAD/QUETTA, Pakistan, Aug 9 – Pakistani lawyers staged a nationwide strike on Tuesday after dozens of colleagues were slain in a suicide bombing that killed at least 70 people at a hospital in the southwestern city of Quetta.
Medical staff said up to 60 of those slain in the bombing at a government hospital were lawyers who had gathered to mourn the assassination earlier on Monday of the president of the Baluchistan Bar Association, Bilal Anwar Kasi.
Daesh was one of two Islamist militant groups to claim responsibility for the atrocity, although officials and analysts said they had doubts over whether the Middle East-based movement was behind the blast.
It was the latest, and deadliest, in a string of attacks against lawyers in Pakistan, seen by some militants as an extension of the government and so legitimate targets.
"How weak and pathetic are these people who target hospitals, where women and children, where patients, go to get treatment?" Ashtar Ausaf Ali, Pakistan's attorney general, said on Tuesday at a protest outside the Supreme Court in the capital Islamabad.
Supreme Court Bar President Ali Zafar called for the government to do more to protect lawyers.
"Lawyers are relatively more vocal against militancy and they are fighting cases against people accused of terrorism, so it would make sense that they are being targeted," said Ali Malik, a Lahore-based lawyer.
"An attack on lawyers makes a mockery of the law enforcement agencies, it undermines the promises of the state against terrorists and breeds fear among vulnerable citizens."
The bombing in Quetta, the provincial capital of Baluchistan province, was initially claimed by Jamaat-ur-Ahrar, a faction of the Pakistani Taliban that is fighting to overthrow the government and impose strict Islamic law.
Later, however, Daesh said one of its fighters carried out the attack, in what would mark an escalation in the ability of the group, or its regional offshoots, to strike in Pakistan.
"A martyr from the [Daesh] detonated his explosive belt at a gathering of justice ministry employees and Pakistani policemen in the city of Quetta," Daesh's Amaq news agency reported.
Some Pakistani analysts were sceptical.
"The [Daesh] claim seems very unconvincing," said Imtiaz Gul, director of the Center for Research and Security Studies in Islamabad.
"The claim of responsibility by Jamaat-ur-Ahrar is more credible," said Muhammad Amir Rana, head of the Pakistan Institute for Peace Studies.
He noted that Jamaat had sworn loyalty to Daesh's Middle East leadership in 2014, but later switched back to the Taliban.
"Every time they have carried out an attack, they have taken responsibility independently (of Daesh)," Rana said.
It remains unclear what ties, if any, Jamaat has to Daesh, whose leadership is a rival to both the Taliban and al Qaeda over claims to represent the true Islamist Caliphate.
In September 2014, Jamaat-ur-Ahrar rejected the Pakistani Taliban during a leadership struggle and swore allegiance to Daesh.
By March 2015, the group was again swearing loyalty to the main Pakistani Taliban. The reason for its return to the fold remains murky, but Jamaat also never specifically disavowed Daesh.
Only last week, Jamaat was added to the United States' list of global terrorists, triggering sanctions.
Baluchistan, which borders Afghanistan, is home to many militant groups, most notably sectarian outfits who have launched a campaign of suicide bombings and assassinations of ethnic Hazaras – Persian-speaking Shi'ites who mostly emigrated from Afghanistan and are a small minority of the Shi'ite population in Sunni-majority Pakistan.
"Many groups based in Baluchistan have an anti-Shia agenda, so they find ideological linkages with [Daesh]," said a military official who was based in Quetta until 2015.
"But is [Daesh] present there to a degree that they can carry out this kind of well-planned, pre-meditated attack? I don't think that is possible."


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Samples and Proof Reading
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Provision of Services and Delivery of Goods
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- The Client acknowledges that, due to the nature of digital display, technical difficulties may arise which could prevent the provision of the Services; and the Client, therefore, agrees to indemnify Base Two against any costs or losses incurred by the Client as a result of this.
- Delivery of the Goods is taken to occur at the time that:
- the Client or the Client's nominated carrier takes possession of the Goods at Base Two's address; or
- Base Two (or Base Two's nominated carrier) delivers the Goods to the Client's nominated address, even if the Client is not present at the address.
- At Base Two's sole discretion, the cost of delivery to one (1) Wellington address is included in the Charges. Any subsequent deliveries, or deliveries outside the Wellington area, shall be charged to the Client in addition to the Charges.
- The Client must take delivery, by receipt or collection of the Goods, whenever they are tendered for delivery. In the event that the Client is unable to take delivery of the Goods as arranged, then Base Two shall be entitled to charge a reasonable fee for redelivery and/or storage.
- Base Two may deliver the Goods in separate instalments. Each separate instalment shall be invoiced and paid in accordance with the provisions in these terms and conditions.
- Risk of damage to or loss of the Goods passes to the Client on delivery, and the Client must insure the Goods on or before delivery. If any of the Goods are damaged or destroyed following delivery, but prior to ownership passing to the Client, Base Two is entitled to receive all insurance proceeds payable for the Goods. The production of these terms and conditions by Base Two is sufficient evidence of Base Two's rights to receive the insurance proceeds without the need for any person dealing with Base Two to make further enquiries. If the Client requests Base Two to leave Goods outside Base Two's premises for collection, or to deliver the Goods to an unattended location, then such Goods shall be left at the Client's sole risk.
Client's Property and Material Supplied by Client
- Where the Client supplies materials to Base Two for the provision of the Services:
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- adequate quantities shall be supplied to cover spoilage. Sheets and other materials shall not be counted or checked when received, unless requested by the Client in writing, and this shall be charged as an extra in accordance with clause 5.1; and
- Base Two accepts no responsibility for imperfect work caused by defects in or unsuitability of such materials.
- In the case of property, Copy and/or materials left with Base Two without specific instructions, Base Two shall be free to dispose of them at the end of thirty (30) days after receiving them, and to accept and retain the proceeds, if any, to cover Base Two's own costs in holding and handling them.
- The Client acknowledges that all Copy supplied to Base Two is subject to the approval of Base Two and may, regardless of prior approval, be rejected and removed by Base Two.
- The Client warrants that all Copy supplied to Base Two to be used for the provision of the Services shall:
- be true and correct in every particular; and
- does not contain Prohibited Content; and
- be non-political and non-religious by nature, and suitable for viewer of all ages; and
- not be, nor contain, anything that is defamatory of any person or is indecent or obscene; and
- complies with all laws, regulations, codes of practice, guidelines and any standards applicable to the advertising industry and as determined by any relevant regulatory agency or industry self-regulatory body (including, but not limited to, the Fair Trading Act 1986 and the Advertising Codes of Practice of the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA)); and
- does not infringe copyright, trademark or any other legal rights of another person and/or entity (including the name and image of any person without their consent, etc.); and
- does not contain anything which may give rise to any cause of action by a third against Base Two (including, but not limited to, material that may cause damage or injury to any person and/or entity); and
- is not false or misleading and is true in substance and in fact; and
- not contain nor constitute a statement that is misleading or deceptive or likely to deceive or to mislead or which is otherwise in breach of any applicable Acts, legislation or regulations;
- be in the form, and delivered up to Base Two by the date, specified thereby. If the Client fails to adhere to this sub-clause, Base Two shall not be liable to the Client in the event Base Two is unable to publish any advertisement/produce the Goods;
- The Client shall indemnify, and keep indemnified, Base Two at all times against all actions, proceedings, claims, demands, liabilities, either express or implied, and all costs, losses, losses of profit, damages and expenses whatsoever which may be taken against Base Two, or incurred or become payable by Base Two, resulting or arising from the Client being in breach of clause 9.1
- Imprints or any legal obligations required to appear on any printed material are the responsibility of the Client. Base Two reserves the right to place its imprint on all printed material unless specifically requested otherwise.
Risk and Limitation of Liability for Client Data
- The Client acknowledges and agrees that Base Two shall not be held responsible or liable for:
- anything related to the Web Site / Mobile Application or any other Services provided;
- any loss, corruption, or deletion of files or data (including, but not limited to software programmes) resulting from illegal hacking or Services provided by Base Two. Base Two will endeavour to restore the Web Site / Mobile Application, files or data (at the Client's cost), and it is the sole responsibility of the Client to back-up any data which they believe to be important, valuable, or irreplaceable prior to Base Two providing the Services. The Client accepts full responsibility for the Client's software and data and Base Two is not required to advise or remind the Client of appropriate backup procedures.
- The Client acknowledges that any advice or recommendations by Base Two are provided on the basis of Base Two's industry knowledge and experience only and shall not be deemed as specialist advice.
- Base Two, its directors, agents or employees will not be liable in any way for any form of loss or damage of any nature whatsoever suffered, whether arising directly or indirectly, by the Client or any person related to or dealing with the Client out of, in connection with or reasonably incidental to the provision of the Services by Base Two to the Client.
- The Services are provided on an "as is, as available" basis. Base Two specifically disclaims any other warranty, express or implied, including any warranty of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose.
Public Access:
- The Client understands that by placing information on the Web Site / Mobile Application, such information may be accessible to all internet users. Base Two does not (unless expressly requested by the Client) limit or restrict access to such information, nor protect such information from copyright infringement or other wrongful activity. The Client assumes full responsibility for their use of the Services, and it is the Client's sole responsibility to evaluate the accuracy, completeness and usefulness or all opinions, advice, services, and other information, and the quality and merchantability of all Services provided by Base Two, or on the internet generally.
Web Site and Mobile Application Development
- Base Two's Responsibilities:
- Upon acceptance of Base Two's estimate, and in accordance with this agreement, Base Two will:
- use its best endeavours to develop the Web Site / Mobile Application in accordance with the Client's instructions and specifications; and
- to the extent specified in the Client's instructions and specifications, negotiate and procure any third-party agreements on behalf of the Client.
- The Client acknowledges that the development of the Web Site / Mobile Application by Base Two is based upon current technology platforms (e.g. internet browsers, mobile, android, etc.), and therefore Base Two cannot guarantee that Web Site / Mobile Application features and /or Copy/content will display correctly, and that the overall visual experience will be the same, for use by either superseded or presently undeveloped technology.
- Client's Responsibilities:
- The Client will, in addition to any other obligations expressed in this agreement, have the following responsibilities:
- provision of all Copy (including data, logos, designs and/or graphic and related materials) to be incorporated into the Web Site / Mobile Application;
- provision of any other information, ideas or suggestions which are to be expressly considered by Base Two in developing the Web Site / Mobile Application.
- The Client will ensure that Base Two is given such information and assistance as Base Two reasonably requires to enable Base Two to construct and maintain the Web Site / Mobile Application.
- It shall be the Client's responsibility to ensure that any specific requirements they may have for mobile web browsers is included in the brief, as, unless otherwise specified therein, the choice of web browsers and technology used in the development of the Web Site / Mobile Application shall be at the sole discretion of Base Two. In the event that additional Services are requested, or required (as per clause 11.1(b)), in order to meet any specific requirements for mobile web browsers, after Base Two has commenced work on the Web Site / Mobile Application, shall be treated as a variation to the Charges, and a strict estimation of further work required shall be submitted to the Client for approval before proceeding with the variation work.
- Base Two will not be responsible for, and accepts no liability for, any deficiency or alleged deficiency in the Web Site / Mobile Application which is attributable to:
- incorrect information provided by the Client, either pursuant to this clause or otherwise; or
- failure by the Client to provide relevant information, either pursuant to this clause or otherwise; or
- any third-party products and/or services used by Base Two in creation of the Web Site / Mobile Application.
- Maintenance:
- Subject to sub-clause (b), Base Two will provide the Maintenance Services in accordance with the maintenance terms set out in Base Two's maintenance schedule.
- The Client will procure all necessary authorisations, licences and consents to enable Base Two to have access to the Web Site / Mobile Application in order to provide the Maintenance Services.
- Search Engine Optimisation (SEO):
- Although Base Two shall use their knowledge and experience to gain the best results possible, Base Two gives no guarantee of the quality of visitor or the position / page rank or volume of visits to the Web Site / Mobile Application, or warranty that the Web Site / Mobile Application will be effective in promoting the Client's business or result in any increase in sales of the products/services of the Client. Periodic reporting will be sent to the Client's nominated email address, at the sole discretion of Base Two.
Errors and Omissions
- Any alleged fault, defect, shortage in quantity, errors, omissions or failure to comply with the description or estimate of the Services which the Client detects must be reported to Base Two as soon as is practically possible, but no later than seven (7) days after completion/delivery. Any emails or telephone messages which are received outside Base Two's normal business hours will be processed the following business day. Upon such notification the Client must allow Base Two to review/inspect the Services that were provided.
- For defective Services, which Base Two has agreed in writing that the Client is entitled to reject, Base Two's liability is limited to either (at Base Two's discretion) rectifying the Services or re-providing the Services, provided that the Client has complied with the provisions of clause 12.1.
Intellectual Property and Confidentiality
- Subject to the Copyright Act 1994 and the conditions therein, the Client agrees that they shall not in any way sell, reproduce, adapt, distribute, transmit, publish, or create derivative works from, any Goods without Base Two's prior consent in writing (including, but not limited to, underlying code elements, or any part of the Web Site / Mobile Application design or layout).
- The Client hereby authorises Base Two to utilise images of any Goods designed or created by Base Two in advertising, marketing, or competition material by Base Two.
- The Client shall indemnify Base Two against any claims by third parties for patent, trademark, design or copyright infringement, directly or indirectly arising out of the design, workmanship, material, construction, or use of the Goods or any other deficiency therein. Where the Client has supplied drawings, sketches, files or logo's to Base Two, the Client warrants that the drawings, sketches, files or logo's do not breach any patent, trademark, design or copyright, and the Client agrees to indemnify Base Two against any action taken by a third party against Base Two.
- Notwithstanding anything herein, the Intellectual Property Rights in Base Two's Services do not vest in the Client and there is no assignment of these Intellectual Property Rights to the Client. Base Two hereby grants to the Client an irrevocable, non-exclusive and non-transferable licence to use and reproduce the Services for the purposes of this agreement only, and solely for the operation of the Client's business however, the Client shall not use nor make copies of such Intellectual Property in connection with any work or business other than the work or business specified in writing to Base Two unless express approval is given in advance by Base Two. Such license shall terminate on default of payment or any other terms of this agreement by the Client.
- All Flash, PHP, Java Script, HTML and Dynamic HTML coding and other supplied code (if any) remains the intellectual property of Base Two. Copying or disseminating the code for any purpose whatsoever is strictly forbidden and will be a breach of copyright.
- Each party agrees to treat all information and ideas communicated to it by the other confidentially and agree not to divulge it to any third party, without the other party's written consent. The parties will not copy any such information supplied, and will either return it or destroy it (together with any copies thereof) on request of the other party.
Default and Consequences of Default
- Interest on overdue invoices shall accrue daily from the date when payment becomes due, until the date of payment, at a rate of two and a half percent (2.5%) per calendar month (and at Base Two's sole discretion such interest shall compound monthly at such a rate) after as well as before any judgment.
- If the Client owes Base Two any money the Client shall indemnify Base Two from and against all costs and disbursements incurred by Base Two in recovering the debt (including but not limited to internal administration fees, legal costs on a solicitor and own client basis, Base Two's collection agency costs, and bank dishonour fees).
- Without prejudice to any other remedies Base Two may have, if at any time the Client is in breach of any obligation (including those relating to payment) under these terms and conditions Base Two may, at their sole discretion (without being liable to the Client for any loss or damage the Client suffers because Base Two has exercised its rights under this clause):
- suspend or terminate this agreement and/or any of the Services without notice or refund;
- make an additional charge to the Client; or
- block access to any part of the Services.
- Without prejudice to Base Two's other remedies at law Base Two shall be entitled to cancel all or any part of any order of the Client which remains unfulfilled and all amounts owing to Base Two shall, whether or not due for payment, become immediately payable if:
- any money payable to Base Two becomes overdue, or in Base Two's opinion the Client will be unable to make a payment when it falls due;
- the Client becomes insolvent, convenes a meeting with its creditors or proposes or enters into an arrangement with creditors, or makes an assignment for the benefit of its creditors; or
- a receiver, manager, liquidator (provisional or otherwise) or similar person is appointed in respect of the Client or any asset of the Client.
- Base Two will not be liable to the Client for any loss or damage the Client suffers because Base Two has exercised its rights under this clause 14.
- Base Two may cancel these terms and conditions, or cancel provision of Services at any time before the Services have commenced (or the Goods have been delivered), by giving written notice. On giving such notice Base Two shall repay to the Client any money paid by the Client for the Services. Base Two shall not be liable for any loss or damage whatever arising from such cancellation.
- In the event that the Client cancels this agreement, or provision of the Services, the Client shall be liable for any and all loss and any costs incurred (whether direct or indirect) by Base Two up to the date of cancellation and/or as a direct result thereof (including, but not limited to, any loss of profits)
Privacy Act 1993
- The Client authorises Base Two or Base Two's agent to:
- access, collect, retain and use any information about the Client;
- (including any overdue fines balance information held by the Ministry of Justice) for the purpose of assessing the Client's creditworthiness; or
- for the purpose of marketing products and services to the Client.
- disclose information about the Client, whether collected by Base Two from the Client directly or obtained by Base Two from any other source, to any other credit provider or any credit reporting agency for the purposes of providing or obtaining a credit reference, debt collection or notifying a default by the Client.
- Where the Client is an individual the authorities under clause 16.1 are authorities or consents for the purposes of the Privacy Act 1993.
- The Client shall have the right to request Base Two for a copy of the information about the Client retained by Base Two and the right to request Base Two to correct any incorrect information about the Client held by Base Two.
- The Client agrees that, in view of their nature, the Client's use of the Services is at their sole risk. Whilst Base Two will endeavour to ensure that the Services are of a high quality, neither Base Two (nor any of their agents, contractors, licensees, employees or information providers involved in providing the Services) give any guarantee that the Services will be uninterrupted or free from error.
- The Client agrees that any such interruption or error referred to in clause 17.1 above will not constitute a breach of this agreement by Base Two and that the Services are provided on an "as is" basis without guarantee of any kind.
- The Client acknowledges that the Internet is separate from the Services and that use of the Internet is at their own risk and subject to any applicable laws. Base Two has no responsibility for any goods, services, information, software, or other materials which the Client may obtain from a third party when using the Internet.
- Base Two shall be under no liability whatsoever to the Client for any indirect, incidental, special and/or consequential loss and/or expense, claim and/or cost (including legal fees and commissions, loss of profit, business, contracts, opportunity, goodwill, reputation and/or anticipated saving) and/or for any loss or corruption of data suffered by the Client arising out of a breach by Base Two of these terms and conditions , caused by any failure by the Client to comply with their obligations under this agreement, or that arise from any claim relating to the Services by any person that the Client authorises to use the Services, or where due to server downtime or programming errors (alternatively Base Two's liability shall be limited to damages which under no circumstances shall exceed the Charges).
- Base Two and the Client agree that the Client's obligations to Base Two for the supply of Services shall not cease (and ownership of any Goods shall not pass) until:
- the Client has paid Base Two all amounts owing to Base Two for the Services; and
- the Client has met all other obligations due by the Client to Base Two in respect of all agreements between Base Two and the Client.
- Receipt by Base Two of any form of payment other than cash shall not be deemed to be payment until that form of payment has been honoured, cleared or recognised, and until then Base Two's ownership or rights in respect of the Services, and this agreement, shall continue.
- It is further agreed that, until ownership of the Goods passes to the Client in accordance with clause 18.1:
- the Client is only a bailee of the Goods and must return the Goods to Base Two on request.
- the Client holds the benefit of the Client's insurance of the Goods on trust for Base Two and must pay to Base Two the proceeds of any insurance in the event of the Goods being lost, damaged or destroyed.
- the Client must not sell, dispose, or otherwise part with possession of the Goods other than in the ordinary course of business and for market value. If the Client sells, disposes or parts with possession of the Goods then the Client must hold the proceeds of any such act on trust for Base Two and must pay or deliver the proceeds to Base Two on demand.
- the Client should not convert or process the Goods or intermix them with other goods but if the Client does so then the Client holds the resulting product on trust for the benefit of Base Two and must sell, dispose of or return the resulting product to Base Two as it so directs.
- the Client irrevocably authorises Base Two to enter any premises where Base Two believes the Goods are kept and recover possession of the Goods.
- Base Two may recover possession of any Goods in transit whether or not delivery has occurred.
- the Client shall not charge or grant an encumbrance over the Goods nor grant nor otherwise give away any interest in the Goods while they remain the property of Base Two.
- Base Two may commence proceedings to recover the Charges notwithstanding that ownership of the Goods has not passed to the Client.
Personal Property Securities Act 1999 ("PPSA")
- Upon assenting to these terms and conditions in writing the Client acknowledges and agrees that these terms and conditions constitute a security agreement for the purposes of the PPSA and creates a security interest in:
- all Goods previously provided by Base Two to the Client;
- all Goods will be provided in the future by Base Two to the Client; and
- all the Client's present and after acquired property being a charge, including anything in respect of which the Client has at any time a sufficient right, interest or power to grant a security interest in for the purposes of securing repayment of all monetary obligations of the Client to Base Two for Services – that have previously been provided and that will be provided in the future by Base Two to the Client.
- The Client undertakes to:
- sign any further documents and/or provide any further information (such information to be complete, accurate and up-to-date in all respects) which Base Two may reasonably require to register a financing statement or financing change statement on the Personal Property Securities Register;
- indemnify, and upon demand reimburse, Base Two for all expenses incurred in registering a financing statement or financing change statement on the Personal Property Securities Register or releasing any registration made thereby;
- not register a financing change statement or a change demand without the prior written consent of Base Two.
- Base Two and the Client agree that nothing in sections 114(1)(a), 133 and 134 of the PPSA shall apply to these terms and conditions.
- The Client waives its rights as a debtor under sections 116, 120(2), 121, 125, 126, 127, 129, 131 and 132 of the PPSA.
- Unless otherwise agreed to in writing by Base Two, the Client waives its right to receive a verification statement in accordance with section 148 of the PPSA.
- The Client shall unconditionally ratify any actions taken by Base Two under clauses 19.1 to 19.5.
Security and Charge
- In consideration of Base Two agreeing to provide Services, the Client charges all of its rights, title and interest (whether joint or several) in any land, realty or other assets capable of being charged, owned by the Client either now or in the future, to secure the performance by the Client of its obligations under these terms and conditions (including, but not limited to, the payment of any money).
- The Client indemnifies Base Two from and against all Base Two's costs and disbursements including legal costs on a solicitor and own client basis incurred in exercising Base Two's rights under this clause.
- The Client irrevocably appoints Base Two and each director of Base Two as the Client's true and lawful attorney/s to perform all necessary acts to give effect to the provisions of this clause 20 including, but not limited to, signing any document on the Client's behalf.
- The failure by Base Two to enforce any provision of these terms and conditions shall not be treated as a waiver of that provision, nor shall it affect Base Two's right to subsequently enforce that provision. If any provision of these terms and conditions shall be invalid, void, illegal or unenforceable the validity, existence, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not be affected, prejudiced or impaired.
- These terms and conditions and any agreement to which they apply shall be governed by the laws of New Zealand and are subject to the jurisdiction of the Wellington courts of New Zealand.
- Base Two may license or sub-contract all or any part of its rights and obligations without the Client's consent.
- The Client agrees that Base Two may amend these terms and conditions at any time. If Base Two makes a change to these terms and conditions, then that change will take effect from the date on which Base Two notifies the Client of such change. The Client will be taken to have accepted such changes if the Client makes a further request for Base Two to provide Services to the Client.
- Neither party shall be liable for any default due to any act of God, war, terrorism, strike, lock-out, industrial action, fire, flood, storm or other event beyond the reasonable control of either party.
- The Client hereby disclaims any right to rescind, or cancel the agreement or to sue for damages or to claim restitution arising out of any misrepresentation made to them by any servant or agent of Base Two and the Client acknowledges that they purchase the Services relying solely upon their own skill and judgement.
- If the Client is acquiring Services for the purposes of a trade or business, the Client acknowledges that the provisions of the Consumer Guarantees Act 1993 do not apply to the provision of Services by Base Two to the Client.
- The Client warrants that it has the power to enter into this agreement and has obtained all necessary authorisations to allow it to do so, it is not insolvent and that this agreement creates binding and valid legal obligations on it.


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Dharna before Parliament- UFBU Meets Secretary of DFS and Finance Minister
(Registered under the Trade Unions Act 1926, Registration No.:3427/Delhi)
State Bank of India Officers' Association
04th Floor, SBI Administrative Unit, No. 86, Rajaji Salai, Chennai- 600 001
Date: 24.03.2018
To All Affiliates/State Units/ Members
Dear Comrades,
• Our Dharna before Parliament demanding action against PNB fraudsters
• UFBU's Meeting with Hon'ble Finance Minister
• UFBU's Meeting with Secretary, DFS, Ministry of Finance
We reproduce hereunder the full text of Circular No.UFBU/2018/04 dated 22nd March 2018 issued by UFBU on the above subject for information of all Concerned.
D.T. Franco
General Secretary
Dear Comrades,
• Our Dharna before Parliament demanding action against PNB fraudsters
• UFBU's Meeting with Hon'ble Finance Minister
• UFBU's Meeting with Secretary, DFS, Ministry of Finance
As decided earlier, our programme of Dharna before Parliament was conducted successfully yesterday. The Dharna was held in Parliament Street. Leaders and activists from all the 9 constituent unions participated in the Dharna.
Besides leaders of our Unions, the Dharna was greeted by Com.D. Raja, Member of Parliament from Communist Party of India, Com.Tapan Sen, Member of Parliament from CPI (Marxist) and Com.Premachandran, Member of Parliament from Revolutionary Socialist Party. They assured their total support to our demands.
With the help of Com.D. Raja, UFBU delegation met Mr. Arun Jaitley, Hon'ble Finance Minister. Com.Tapan Sen was also present with us during the delegation. During our meeting with Hon'ble Finance Minister we submitted four memoranda on the current fraud that has taken place in Punjab National Bank, delay in Wage Negotiations, delay in Appointment of Employee/Officer Director(s) and allocation of Staff Welfare Fund to Public Sector Banks. Details are given hereunder:
Meeting with Hon'ble Finance Minister: During our meeting with the Hon'ble Finance Minister, we explained our concerns about the fraud that has taken place in PNB and the attempts to portray a picture as if the fraud has been committed by some employees and officers while the fact remained that higher level officials are also involved besides the gross negligence on the part of internal Auditors, external Auditors, Reserve Bank of India, Top Management, etc. We demanded tough action on all concerned and immediate steps to bring back Nirav Modi and Mehul Choksy to India and take criminal action against them. Hon'ble Finance Minister assured that Government is fully seized of the matter and required steps in this direction are being taken.
We also pointed out that the media, and vested interests from FICCI, ASSOCHAM etc. are demanding privatisation of Public Sector Banks as if the fraud has taken place in PNB because it is a Public Sector Bank. Hon'ble Finance Minister was clear in his response that the fraud has nothing to do with ownership and Government does not have any move to privatise the Public Sector Banks as on date.
Wage Revision: During the meeting we also drew his attention that the wage revision talks are not taking place and IBA has not made even their minimum offer while the Government is frequently reminding the Banks and IBA to expedite the process. We told him that the delay is causing serious resentment amongst the rank and file members. He assured that IBA would be advised in this regard.
Appointment of Employee/Officer Directors: We also informed him that the posts of Employee and Officer Directors are vacant in all the Banks and for the past three years, no vacancy has been filled up by the Government. He informed us that he would look into the matter and asked us to meet the Secretary, DFS in this regard.
Revised Guidelines on allocation to Staff Welfare Schemes in Banks: We also pointed out to him that as per existing guidelines, Staff Welfare Scheme allocations are made out of Net Profits but in many Banks due to huge provisions for bad loans, there is net loss though all the Banks are earning Operating profit. Hence we requested for revision in guidelines for allocation to staff welfare schemes based on Operating Profits instead of Net Profits. He appreciated our viewpoints and assured to advise the Department to look into the matter.
Meeting with Secretary, DFS: Thereafter, our representatives met Mr Rajeev Kumar, Secretary, Dept. of Financial Services, Ministry of Finance and submitted the copies of our letters to Finance Minister. We also explained all these issues to him in detail. He assured to follow up the matter at his end.
Comrades, we are passing through a challenging time when banking industry is passing through so much of turmoil. At the same time, our charter of demands for wage revision also needs to be expedited. We have to campaign amongst the people to restore their confidence on the Banks. We also have to fight for achieving our demands. Hence we have to move more unitedly and cohesively.
With greetings,
Yours comradely,
Source:- Download AIBOC Circular


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A Guide To Having The Best Memories For A Tour
The world we are living in is not what was there or foreseen before and in the early 1900. Factors like change in times, population growth and technology among others have been the main contributors of these changes that we see today. As part of the change, people have had to see a lot of new things.
Technology has enabled and allowed free movement of people to distances that were never thought of in the early days of humanity. Man only had limited resources that limited his movements in the past as compared to now. During its early days, the aeroplane was for example only used by government officials and other dignitaries of the same caliber.
People travel from one place to another for a number of reasons. Out of all these, in today's world, tourism is considered to be one of the main reasons as to why people travel. The traveling of individuals from one area to another is known as tourism.
There are many attraction sites the world over and this gives tourists to travel to wherever they are. Beaches, rich cultures, art, monuments, wildlife and geographical areas are some of the sites that attract tourists to an area.
Financial experts have recorded tourism as one of the most profitable sectors to both individual businesses and countries as a whole. The process of guiding tourists both locally and internationally is considered to be very profitable because of the rise in people moving around for recreational purposes. Many who started the business in their locality have over time expanded to other regions and also overseas to other continents.A package, as is commonly known in the tour business is usually every service that a tourist pays for to be transported to and from the destination and other things like accommodation and the tour around their area of interest. The availability of different tour companies helps an individual research and decide which particular company they will hire for their tour to a specific destination.
This being the case, it can be a hard task for a client especially those touring from overseas to identify the best company to tour with because there are different options. In order to have good memories and services from a trip either abroad or locally, it is important to look at the following factors.
It is important to ensure that the prices one pays for a particular package is in their budget and not something that will increase their credits as the page states A lot of people tend to be focused more on the prices of different agencies and forget that they also need to enjoy themselves.
Good customer care should be at the top of every agency's list. A good agency should have a good track record from its previous services offered. One can rely on reviews and word of mouth recommendations to rate a company.…Continue Reading


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eBay's ticket-selling offshoot StubHub has admitted to a breach of some users' security by a ring of fraudsters.
Reuters and AP have both received notification from New York district attorney Cyrus Vance of an event to be staged on Wednesday morning US time, at which the details of the attack will be revealed.
Arrests in at least three nations will apparently be revealed.
StubHub admits that around 1,000 accounts were compromised, through attacks on account-holders rather than core systems.
The result of the breach is said to be co-ordinated fraud across at least three nations.
Investigations into the incident are said to have gone on for up to one year.
StubHub allows those who hold tickets to events sporting contests or concerts to resell unwanted tickets. The site is used by, among others, ticket brokers who have excess inventory they wish to offload. At a guess, that kind of operator is a more tempting target for fraudsters than an individual with a spare ticket to offload, and also more likely to operate across three countries.
We'll know more about just what went on tomorrow. ®


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Amazon's Fire Phone is a pretty cool piece of tech. It's the right size, has a very respectable spec sheet, and the price is fair (not great). All that adds up to enough reason most people would want to snatch one up when it becomes available. In theory, I'd love to as well; here's why I wont.
The Fire Phone itself is a neat concept. The screen has a pretty cool dynamic perspective that looks 3D-ish, even though it's not. You can twist the device around to see past corners in games and such, which is a neat concept. It also supports a cool list of gestures, where flipping the phone around while still holding it scrolls through menus and allows for webpages to scroll by.
Firefly, too — pretty amazing stuff. Snap a picture of an item, and it takes you to the Amazon listing straight away. If you're not ready to buy, it will save the item for later. Snap a picture of a scribbled-down phone number, and it will save it in a readable format for you. Amazon's Mayday service, introduced last year with the Kindle, also comes with the Fire Phone.
It also works really well with Fire TV, where you can send a movie you find on Amazon right over, kind of like a proprietary Chromecast. It also serves as a second screen to your Fire TV viewing, which is great for those moments you can't quite place an actor's face to their name. Prime Music? Yeah, you get that, too.
So, great phone, right? Yup — it is. Why not get it if it's so good, though? For all the things that make it special, those are the same things that make it uniquely concerning.
The Fire Phone ties directly into Amazon, almost all the time. I'm not talking about some sort of security risk, where big brother is spying on me. I'm talking about the utility of the phone. Fire Phone comes with a full year of Prime straight away, but after that, it gets sticky. After the year is up, I am left paying for Prime on my own.
To be fair, I pay for Prime now (and I love it). The problem with the Fire Phone is that should there come a day where I don't want (or can't afford) Prime, my phone just lost a lot of utility. No more flinging movies to the TV because I don't even get streaming movies, and no more Mayday calls. No more Prime music, either.
The Fire Phone sets out to lasso you into the Amazon ecosystem further than you might already be — and that's okay if you're sure you want to be there long term. If you don't, though, and get out at some point — the Fire Phone will let you down. The Amazon App Store is inferior to its Play Store and iOS App Store counterparts in almost every way.
Sans Amazon, you have a device that is adequate, but full of features that won't work. It's also an AT&T exclusive, and the standard smartphone pricing won't help things along. Unless I were to ensconce myself in Prime, there's not much reason to get this device. I like the Fire Phone, but attaching myself to Amazon so closely isn't a decision I'm willing to make.


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Adobe has released a patch for Adobe Reader for 2 different versions. Adobe Reader 9.3 and 8.2 fix a JavaScript security issue which existed in the version.
According to the security bulletin at Adobe:
Critical vulnerabilities have been identified in Adobe Reader 9.2 and Acrobat 9.2 for Windows, Macintosh and UNIX, and Adobe Reader 8.1.7 and Acrobat 8.1.7 for Windows and Macintosh. These vulnerabilities could cause the application to crash and could potentially allow an attacker to take control of the affected system.
If you are using Adobe Reader 9.2 or Reader 8.1.7, it is highly recommended that you apply the patch. You can download Adobe Reader 9.3 or Reader 8.2 from the official download page.
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More Internet Issues
on November 21, 2013
Posted In: Life
My internet (and TV too this time) was down again but they just got it back up and running. I'll try to get my comic review post up later today. Sorry for the delay. My internet provider is really getting annoying.


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True confession: I don't hate the gym anymore.
I've been going for a couple weeks now and I'm actually liking it. Or I like the way I feel when it's over.
I have a workout buddy who's awesome. On Sunday, I was almost an hour late and she just kept doing cardio while she waited for me.
Hard core!
It's been hard getting up before dawn but it's kinda getting easier. I say this reluctantly.
I met with a trainer and he gave me a schedule which I must say I don't think I'm following.
But I do cardio everyday. And I vary my strength training so I'm working different muscle groups each time. Except abs. Must do some abs everyday. It's tough some days. But these are the small steps I talked about yesterday. I'm just going to keep working at it everyday, and someday I'll be stronger. Someday, my core will be stronger so my running stamina will improve. Someday, my legs will be toned so I'll be able to run faster. Someday I hope to be able to do pull-ups. Someday, all the things I do today and tomorrow and tomorrow's tomorrow will pay off. Someday!
And after I'm done with the workout, I can bound up the steps because I feel stronger. I feel like I have the energy of a few horses. If I was a car, I'd have horsepower rating.
So this was my frown when I got there this morning
And 65 minutes and several exercises later, smiles.
Not great photos, I know. But I'm writing this down so I'll remember that even though sometimes the workout feels like torture, it does change my mood.
So that was my morning. Turns out a morning workout is my treat to myself. And now I'm ready for the rest of the day.
What's keeping you going today? How are you treating yourself well today?
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