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The FY17 budget is exceptional for the housing finance sector which is playing a lead role in ensuring housing for LIG and EWS segment population. The exemption of Service tax on affordable houses upto 60 sq meter constructed by Central or State Govt or under PPP is another big announcement. The minister deserves special kudos for introducing 100% deduction to undertakings for construction of affordable housing. This will help us in realizing the honourable PM's "Housing for all by 2022" scheme.
We welcome the decision of the Ministry to introduce guidelines for renegotiation of PPP contracts and reform dispute redressal mechanism for PPP projects. This move, we believe, will go a long way in encouraging private participation in the development of affordable housing projects. The decision to exempt REITS from DDT is also very encouraging and shows government's commitment to give boost to real estate sector which is currently witnessing slowdown.
Aadhar is of the view that it is necessary to empower LIG and EWS customer for greater affordability. In this context, the decision to give additional exemption of Rs 50,000 for housing loan upto Rs 35 lakh sanctioned in 2016-17 for 1st time home buyer provided the cost of house is not above Rs 50 lakh is praiseworthy. This will ensure that more LMI customers will fulfil their dream of owning a home of their own.
The decision to deepen corporate bond market and announce initiatives to reinvigorate private sector would be a great shot in the arm for private sector. This coupled with reduction in corporate tax rates from 30% to 29% from FY18 for companies with turnover less than Rs. 5 crore will boost the smaller housing finance companies catering to LIG and EWS segment besides SMEs. The budget has given due emphasis on Agriculture, Rural , Social, Health, skill development which will boost rural economy and create more job opportunities.

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The videos would be more interesting if they looked a little more like reality TV and and a little less like a campaign ad disguising itself as an "insider's sneak peak."
The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company is pulling back the curtains on their luxury hospitality business, and giving guests a sneak peak at what goes on inside the hotel in a new video series entitled 'The Art of The Craft."
The new digital video series, which is accessible via the hotel's YouTube channel and website, focuses on a different individual from one of the Ritz-Carlton properties around the world, exploring who they are, what they do, and capturing all the ins and outs of their role in the organization.
The motive behind the videos? It's all about adding to the experience of travel, said Herve Humler, president and chief operations officer of the Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company.
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Unless you're a real estate investor who's been living under a rock, chances are you've asked yourself, "how can I start investing in rental properties?". The short answer — hard work and listening to these investing in rental property tips. The longer answer — start by doing your research so that you find the right neighborhood and a property that fits into your budget. Next, calculate all expenses and profits involved with the purchase. And finally, find a property that crosses every item off your list of priorities.
3 Investing In Rental Property Tips You Can Take To The Bank
Don't let a lack of experience keep you from investing in rental properties. If you are willing to work hard, educate yourself, and heed these investing in rental property tips, you'll be well on your way to achieving a comfortable retirement:
Pro Tip #1: Do your own research. You've made the decision to leave your nine to five job in order to pursue your dream career of real estate entrepreneur. You're excited. You're hopeful. You're ready to start collecting those passive income checks. While these feelings are common (and in fact, encouraged) they shouldn't get in the way of your due diligence phase.
Seeking out advice from other investors, real estate agents, private lenders, and brokers is a great way to learn; however, conducting your own research is crucial if you want to achieve success. Read books, attend seminars, frequent networking events, listen to podcasts, or do whatever it takes to make yourself confident enough to land a deal and make an offer.
It's important to remember that investing in rental properties is a long term strategy, meaning the decisions you make to day will affect your future financial freedom. In order to avoid mishaps, it is recommended to purchase your first rental investment property in the market in which you live. This way, you'll already have a feel for the local environment and an understanding of its economic state. You can pull "comps" from the MLS (or sites like Redfin and Zillow if you are without a real estate license) to see what other properties in the area are being rented for and price your property accordingly. Lastly, when you buy close to home, you can acquaint yourself with local laws and regulations. In many cities, rental properties are treated more like businesses than residences thus spurring surprising fees if you haven't done your research ahead of time. The last thing any investor wants are items like like required bedroom size to rent or renovation permits getting in his way.
Extra Advice: The more you mind your due diligence, the bigger your competitive advantage.
Pro Tip #2: Calculate costs. While investing in a rental property can be an extremely lucrative investment, there are numerous costs that keep real estate entrepreneurs from even getting started. Let's begin by talking about that infamous down payment. Investment properties generally require a larger down payment than owner-occupied properties and therefore have more stringent approval requirements. Unless you're working with a private lender who you've already negotiated with, a 20 percent down payment will most likely be required. And a down payment is just the beginning.
After collecting enough money for a down payment, you'll then have to calculate renovation expenses. If you purchased a rental property for a good price (aka below market value) chances are, that property is a "fixer upper." While buying a cheaper property will save you money up front, it may not be worth the cost to perform improvements. This is where research and due diligence comes to play again. Maybe you've found a fixer upper property that you love. That's fine. Just be sure to perform a full inspection and calculate your ARV (after repair value) before you buy. You might find foundation damages or HVAC problems that, once repaired, will put you over budget.
And of course, you can't forget about those pesky operating expenses. On average, operating expenses account for between 35 and 80 percent of your gross operating income. Here's an easy way to look at it: If you charge $2,000 for rent, expect your operation costs to be somewhere in the ballpark of $1,000. In addition, you can estimate maintenance costs to be about one percent of the property value annually. Other costs include insurance, possible HOA fees, property taxes and monthly expenses such as pest control and landscaping. \
Finally, the fun part…Calculating your returns. (You must have known I'd eventually get to the profits part, that's the reason we're all here after all). The Wall Street Journal recently announced that individuals investing in distressed properties should aim for a 10 percent return (which should allot for enough to pay for upgrades along with a profit.) Take the time to sit down and figure out for every one dollar you spend, what is your return on that dollar? Stocks offer different returns than bonds, which offers different returns than investing in real estate does. Once you've done the math, know that a six percent return in your first year as a landlord is considered healthy, especially given that number should rise over time.
Extra Advice: Give yourself some wiggle room. For every total you calculate, add two to five percent to that number.
Pro Tip #3: Find the right place. Investing in rental properties can sound enticing, especially when followed by the words "passive income," but don't let the word "passive" fool you. When first embarking on your rental property investing journey, you certainly won't be sitting around on your couch collecting checks. This lifestyle might be your end goal (which is totally achievable) but it will take hard work and dedication at the beginning of the process in order to get the ball rolling. When searching for your first property, ask yourself the following:
Do I have the time it will take to maintain this property?
What are my long term goals for this property?
Do I have the budget to hire a property management company so that I don't have to handle day to day maintenance tasks and finding tenants?
Do I have enough capital saved up in my rainy day fund ready to use for costly potential hiccups?
Another thought to have before buying a rental property is, "where is the perfect neighborhood to buy?" Often times, people living in neighborhoods where homes are mostly owned will dislike their renting neighbors. Therefore, buying in an area with few renters to start may not be the smartest move. On the other hand it will be harder to keep long term tenants if you're buying in a cheaper area with, say, higher crime rates. The key is to find the right balance. The last thing you want as a rental property owner is to have your house be the worst looking on the block. Not only will it affect rentability but it also could lead to complaints and possible citations in the future. The lesson here? Don't buy a home that needs a lot of work just because you love the neighborhood; you may end up going over budget in the long run.
Extra Advice: Each property you own serves as a reference to your work, abilities, and commitment…Be sure to keep this in mind before buying.
If you're ready to start earning passive income, these investing in rental property tips are a great place to start. And for your last piece of extra advice…as a beginner, don't expect to be the best, just expect to learn a lot.


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The Commercial Alliance of Realtors is looking for a new place to call home.
CAR is currently parked at 660 Kenmoor SE in Grand Rapids Township, where it leases space from the Grand Rapids Association of Realtors. GRAR served as a springboard for the agency when it developed a multiple listing service for its commercial members in 1992.
Ten years later, CAR became an unincorporated division of GRAR. Now, another decade later, CAR is going out on its own.
"The steps taken recently are finalizing our independence. The changes we are making are not really earth shattering," said Shari Veldman, CAR executive director. "We still have a good relationship with GRAR."
Veldman is right, in that the organization has been heading in this direction for a while. The National Association of Realtors approved CAR's application to become a recognized commercial overlay board, as it's known in the industry, in 2006. Two years later, CAR earned its commercial accreditation from NAR. Today, it covers an eight-county region in West Michigan.
GRAR reportedly asked CAR to move. CAR President Mary Anne Wisinski-Rosely said a task force has been created to find a suitable place for the office. An RFP will be sent to all of the organization's members that will detail the agency's requirements for space.
Because so many commercial real estate firms are located in and near downtown Grand Rapids, CAR is considering moving there. "There are so many interesting things going on downtown, and we'd like to be a part of it," said Veldman.
In the meantime, CAR has hired Fusion Business Services to handle its accounting, billing and payment-collection work, including collecting subscription fees for the listing service. CAR will manage the membership data and the organization's information on the NAR database. CAR had a services agreement with GRAR, but the agency's directors recently decided to terminate that contract.
"The CAR board of directors believes that these costs can be significantly reduced with a change in vendor," wrote Wisinski-Rosely in a letter to members last week. "Rest assured that this decision was carefully thought out and researched."
Apple of its eye
If experience is the best teacher, then the Michigan Small Business and Technology Development Center deserves an apple.
SBTDC, located at Grand Valley State University's Seidman College of Business, helped nearly 500 "growth" companies last year with financial analysis, determining new markets for business development and exploring opportunities for change.
So when the eighth annual Michigan Celebrates Small Business awards ceremony takes place in Lansing May 3, SBTDC officials might have expected to see a few familiar faces among the "50 Companies to Watch" recipients.
Instead, they will see more than a few, as two-thirds of the winners have a connection to the SBTDC.
"We are thrilled that our clients are being recognized for their success," said Carol Lopucki, state director of the Michigan SBTDC. "The center placed an emphasis on Michigan's second stage companies several years ago when we formed the Growth Group Team and enhanced our tools to assist these companies."
One such example is WaterSolve LLC, a 13-year-old Grand Rapids company that is a full-service provider of water treatment products for municipal and industrial clients. The firm began working with the SBTDC in March 2011 and attributes its improved business and increased sales figures to working with the center.
"WaterSolve has experienced tremendous growth since working with the SBTDC," said President Gregg Lebster. "They provided the experience and tools we needed as a second state company to increase our sales and hire more people."
Spartan scores
Spartan Stores Inc. is featured in the most recent Fortune magazine as one of the "World's Most Admired Companies."
The West Michigan-based regional grocery distributor and retailer earned the nod in the Wholesale: Food and Grocery category. It was the only Michigan winner in the category and one of only eight businesses statewide to earn recognition in the Fortune lists.
"We are extremely pleased to be recognized as one of the 'World's Most Admired Companies.' This achievement reflects the tremendous dedication and efforts of our associates as we strive to provide the consumer with consistent value and a quality shopping experience at our retail stores, as well as provide our distribution customers a differentiated go-to-market strategy and value-added partnership," said Dennis Eidson, Spartan's president and CEO.
Spartan owns and operates several D&W Fresh Market and Family Fare stores in western and southwestern Michigan. No word on what role the YES! Card played in the decision, although we can see another TV ad in the offing featuring Spartan brass jumping for joy.
Padnos passing
The Grand Valley State University community is mourning the death of Stuart Padnos, an entrepreneur, businessman and generous donor to the university. Mr. Padnos, who was the senior vice president at Louis Padnos Iron and Metal Co., died Tuesday. He was 90.
In 1999, in memory of his late wife and her adventurous, open-minded spirit, Mr. Padnos established the Barbara H. Padnos International Scholarship for GVSU students. The endowed scholarship provides study abroad stipends for an extended time period to enable students to have an in-depth experience in another country. "Being able to travel opens up one more venue for students," he said. "It's extremely important for a school like Grand Valley to have an extensive study abroad program. Many students are from West Michigan, and some of these kids have not had a chance to travel."
GVSU President Thomas J. Haas said: "Stuart Padnos helped enrich the lives of Grand Valley students for generations and his legacy lives on, especially in our study abroad and fine arts programs, which help our students gain a broader perspective and help prepare them for life after graduation. He will be missed by the entire Grand Valley community. Our thoughts and prayers go out to the Padnos family."
In 2005, Mr. Padnos established the Stuart and Barbara Padnos Chair in Art and Design to promote the teaching of art at Grand Valley. The endowment allowed Grand Valley to recruit an art and design professor to raise the level of the program. In appreciation of this generosity, the exhibition space in the Calder Art Center was named for Stuart and Barbara Padnos. He also donated his sculpture of a life-size marching band, which graces the Allendale campus.
Arend D. Lubbers, president emeritus of Grand Valley, said: "Stuart Padnos was a close friend of mine. We shared many of the same interests and I have always been grateful for his interest in Grand Valley and his support for the arts and for study abroad. He significantly advanced the university in both of those fields. One of the most interesting negotiations I had with Stuart was persuading him to give the band sculpture to the university. It is a landmark on our campus and a testimony to his many talents and good humor."
Raising a stink
The Michigan Department of Natural Resources is using the state Invasive Species Act to expand its jurisdiction beyond hunting and fishing to farming operations, according to the Farm to Consumer Legal Defense Fund, an organization that defends the rights and broadens the freedoms of family farms and protects consumer access to raw milk and nutrient-dense foods.
The DNR's Invasive Species Order, which went into effect April 1, prohibits certain pigs that the agency deems "feral." But the way it is enforcing the rule makes even domesticated pigs under human husbandry suspect, according to FCLDF. Farmers, ranchers and game preserves with successful small businesses are now threatened with economic and criminal sanctions, based on the physical characteristics of their swine, according to the group.
What to do? Sooey. Oops, we meant sue.
Attorney Joseph O'Leary is suing the DNR on behalf of four of the aggrieved business owners.
"Wildlife is owned by the state; it is the role of the DNR to regulate and control state property," said O'Leary (no relation to the cow owner in Chicago).
"Livestock on farms is privately owned and properly belongs in the jurisdiction of the Department of Agriculture. When a governmental agency blurs these lines, people had better wake up and take notice because, at that point, we are all in a lot of trouble."
Implementation of the ISO not only takes private property without compensation; it also denies farmers of fundamental private property rights and the right to make a living, he said. It will reduce or eliminate customer access to heritage breed pork, a product that has become increasingly popular with health-conscious consumers and restaurants across the state.
FCLDF claims the ISO allows DNR to seize and destroy pigs raised by Michigan farmers; Michigan DNR has publicly stated it will not compensate farmers whose pigs are destroyed. Possession of prohibited swine after April 1 is a felony with penalties of up to two years in jail and $20,000 in fines.
"The DNR has strayed into the unfamiliar territory of agriculture regulation. Given the nebulous and open-ended description by which pigs are targeted, farmers fear for their futures," said Pete Kennedy, president of FCLDF.


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Color Blocks for Thanksgiving
Just completed the last of a set of Color Blocks this Thanksgiving eve. It's now time to start cooking. Today, I'll bake the ham, make candied yams and collard greens. Tomorrow will be a small family gathering with a ton of food. Feeling grateful.
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I was inspired by Exuberant Color's gorgeous colorwashes. exhuberantcolor.blogspot.com
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The Most Quilting Fun Ever
I can't seem to get enough. Making these family portraits has given me so much joy. You gotta try it! So far, I've made a set for each member of the family except Banten, the pooch.
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Another day, another big musical festival is in the news. Today the word comes down regarding the 2017 version of Bonnaroo, which is slated to go down this Summer in Manchester, TN. Today the word comes down that the 2017 version of the event will find The Weeknd, U2, Chance The Rapper and the Red Hot Chili Peppers taking the stage as the headlining acts.
They will be joined along the way of the four-day festival by other artists including the likes of Travis Scott, The xx, BADBADNOTGOOD, The Flatbush Zombies and many more. The event is slated to take place on June 8-11 in Manchester, TN and is sure to be something you do not want to miss out on. Check out the flyer up top for more information and head here for ticket inquires!


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The column below, written for the Manchester Journal, was inspired by a blog post by a fellow skier with an opinionated blog. Before you read on, you should check out Lauren's post. Go now. I'll wait.
Last night, I attended my first ever Zumba class. In addition to becoming painfully aware of how little rhythm any and all Nordic skiers have (try to prove that statement wrong, I dare you), I recognized how many different types of athletic bodies there are in the world. After months spent surrounded by various Nordic skier physiques (varied only in their muscliness and height), it was refreshing to see different bodies and realize in how many different ways 'healthy' appears.
In the final song, Adele's "Someone Like You" (which was much more my pace), we performed a slow-moving stretching routine. As we cartwheeled our arms and stretched our bodies towards the corners of the room, you could tell that each and every woman in the room felt…beautiful. No matter what her size, weight, age or hair color, each woman owned the floor, she moved with grace and confidence. She looked how she felt.
That's what we should do. We should do what makes us feel beautiful, powerful and intelligent. Unfortunately, sometimes we go too far in the opposite direction, and what we do belittles us. Copied below is last week's Getting Girled column, I hope it can help bring to light an issue that pervades every corner of sport and correct it, so, soon, we can all feel beautiful.
In high school, as I lined up along the waterfall start line for the Washington State Championship mile, I noticed something about my competitors. The majority of the girls, clad in skin-tight shorts and singlets, were not only shorter than me; they were far thinner than me. Many of them, despite being juniors and seniors in high school, appeared prepubescent; I felt I raced against a field of twelve-year-olds, which couldn't be fair. Not only were they smaller than me, they were much, much faster than me.
After finishing third to last, 12 seconds off the 4:48 pace, I regretted not taking my race weight more seriously. For weeks, my coaches had urged me to slow my intake of carbs, to avoid fatty foods and to curb my appetite with hydration and while I had done all of that, I wondered how I could have done more to overcompensate for my height and natural size.
As a 16 year old, I had entered into the consuming psychological aspect of the female athlete triad, a condition that has devoured countless talented athletes and promises to continue to damage the bodies and minds of women across all athletic fields. In order to study for this month's column, I dug into several medical journals and have translated the scientific speak into English in order that the condition may be more widely understood and addressed.
The three prongs of the triad are menstrual dysfunction, low energy availability (even without and eating disorder) and decreased bone mineral density. While all three tenets are not required for an athlete to suffer, the three generally come hand in hand.
Pressure to perform causes women to increase their exercise load and strive for low body mass, which in turn delivers low energy intake, causing psychological stress hormones to alter the menstrual cycle, leaving the athlete without the faculty to moderate bone density.
During the industrial revolution, several publications warned of the dangers of the female athlete. They urged men to not let their wives run or jump up and down, for fear that they may damage their reproductive capabilities.
While this is clearly complete bullocks, for an athlete in the triad, its claims are not altogether absurd.
Amongst other things, a triad athlete is more likely to experience reproductive failure, psychological disorder and physical injury than her healthy competitors. A Sports Health journal article states that nearly 69 percent of athletes in sports like running and ballet are affected by the disorder, and those athletes are two to four times more likely to suffer a stress fracture. A decrease in macronutrients causes the body's ability to recover and build muscle to plummet, leaving it no choice but to pull calcium from the bones to compensate.
Unfortunately, much of the triad comes from naive ignorance, as nutritional and emotional education both serve as preventative measures for young athletes. However, as exercise physiologist Karen Birch puts it, "Prevention is better than treatment, but prevention in athletes is made difficult by the nature of the game." The triad can appear in women who do not show signs of psychological eating disorders, but rather suffer from a more subtle, pressure induced anorexia athletica. Athletes are tactical. We're smart; if we can fake it on race day, we can fake it at mealtime.
The most terrifying part of the disorder, to me, is its destruction of the beauty of the sport. To watch a talented young woman begin to hate athletics, and hate herself, is heartbreaking. Athletics are meant to empower, they are meant to enable human beings to compete safely and experience a heightened form of themselves. Instead, many women are being beaten down.
The female athlete triad makes athletics a dangerous game, and it is one of the many barriers that keeps women from remaining in sport and competing for equality. I hope that with the right education and discussion, it, too, may be defeated.
Birch, Karen. ABC of Sports and Exercise Medicine: Female Athlete Triad.
Clinical Review. BMJ Volume 330. 29 January 2005. bmj.com
Nazem, Taraneh Gharib BA and Ackerman, Kathryn E MD. The Female Athlete Triad. Sports Health. Volume 4. August 2012.


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Phone number connected to IVR
With VoxImplant you can buy a phone number and connect it to IVR built using VoxEngine scenario in minutes. There are 2 ways of buying a phone number - using VoxImplant Control Panel or using HTTP API. After logging into the Control Panel click on the Phone Numbers menu item, you can buy phone number(s) there. Now we can build our simple IVR scenario that will handle incoming calls to this phone number, say something to the caller and record his message. Open Scenarios section of the Control Panel and click "Create scenario" button to start writing new scenario:
VoxEngine.addEventListener(AppEvents.CallAlerting, (e) => {
e.call.answer(); // answer incoming call
e.call.addEventListener(CallEvents.Connected, handleCallConnected);
e.call.addEventListener(CallEvents.Disconnected, () => VoxEngine.terminate());
function handleCallConnected(e) {
e.call.say('Hello, welcome to VoxImplant! Please leave your message.', Language.US_ENGLISH_FEMALE);
e.call.addEventListener(CallEvents.PlaybackFinished, handleIntroPlayed);
function handleIntroPlayed(e) {
setTimeout(VoxEngine.terminate, 30000); // record voice message - 30 sec.
Save your scenario, you can call it SimpleIVR, after that we should connect phone number to the scenario. To make it happen we need to create new VoxImplant application in the Applications section of the Control Panel, let's call it ivr (full name will look like ivr.your_acc_name.voximplant.com , where your_acc_name - your VoxImplant account name). Next step is to connect Rule that will forward calls to the scenario: click edit app button, open Rules tab and click "Add rule" button. Let's call it Incoming, put the phone number you've bought to the Pattern field and drag'n'drop our SimpleIVR scenario to the Assigned column. Save the rule and try to call your phone number. You should hear the prompt ("Hello, welcome to VoxImplant! Please leave your message.") and then you can say something - it will be recorded. You can check call history and listen to the records in Calls section of the Control Panel.
Forwarding the call after IVR playback
Let's assume you have a business with one manager answering all calls, but you want to look like a big company. We can modify our previous scenario a little to forward the call to the manager after IVR playback:
VoxEngine.addEventListener(AppEvents.CallAlerting, (e)=> {
e.call.answer(); // answer incoming call
e.call.addEventListener(CallEvents.Connected, handleCallConnected);
e.call.addEventListener(CallEvents.Disconnected, () => VoxEngine.terminate());
function handleCallConnected(e) {
e.call.say('Hello, welcome to VoxImplant! Please wait for an operator.', Language.US_ENGLISH_FEMALE);
e.call.addEventListener(CallEvents.PlaybackFinished, handleIntroPlayed);
// Now we will call to operator and connect two calls
function handleIntroPlayed(e) {
var fwdCall = VoxEngine.callPSTN("manager's number", "Rented or verified phone number");
VoxEngine.easyProcess(e.call, fwdCall);
easyProcess is a helper function that simplify the process for developers, if you want to learn more what's hidden behind the helper check this link.


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Home > News > Cushman & Wakefield Teams with Accenture, Workday to Transform Finance and Human Resources with Digital, Analytic, Cloud Solutions
Cushman & Wakefield, a global leader in commercial real estate services, announced today an evolution of its processes and technologies that will result in better outcomes, expanded capabilities and powerful analytics – all in the name of enhancing the client experience. This advancement enables the company to realize greater opportunities across countries and business units while providing a strong control framework and well-defined risk management strategy.
To that end, Cushman & Wakefield has selected Accenture (NYSE: ACN) to provide consulting services to help the company design and implement standardized HR and finance back-office processes, enabled by digital, analytic, and cloud capabilities. In addition, Accenture will manage select HR and finance and accounting functions through its business process outsourcing services, leveraging a digitally-enabled workforce. Accenture will also provide consulting services to enhance Cushman & Wakefield's use of data analytics in key strategic areas across the company.
A key pillar of this initiative is expanding the deployment of Workday Financial Management and Workday Human Capital Management (HCM). The unified Workday (NYSE: WDAY) system provides access to finance and people data in one place and gives Cushman & Wakefield the many advantages of the most up-to-date metrics on its global business.
Duncan Palmer, Cushman & Wakefield's global chief financial officer, said: "In today's increasingly competitive business environment, companies must be efficient and agile. This program is about introducing world-class financial processes and controls through technology-based services, enabling us to innovate and make highly-informed business decisions on behalf of our clients around the globe."
Matthew Bouw, Cushman & Wakefield's global chief human resources officer, said: "Our focus on technology and innovation has positive impacts on the way we organize employees across our global enterprise. The initiative with Accenture and Workday can yield important insights into our people, and allows us to be more adept at analyzing data to support the decision-making process."
Terry Moore, senior managing director, Financial Services, Accenture, said: "Innovative transformation initiatives of this kind enable global firms to rapidly change the game through greater performance and competitive differentiation. By embracing new delivery models and leading digital and analytic capabilities, Cushman & Wakefield can enhance its focus on superior client service and new solutions. We are pleased to support them in this important global transformation project."
Phil Wilmington, co-president, Workday, said: "As a leader in global commercial real estate, Cushman & Wakefield is focused on creating a modern organization and technology foundation to fuel innovation and continued growth. With Workday, Cushman & Wakefield can rely on a single suite of applications for finance and HR, arming leaders with the critical insights they need to deliver outstanding levels of client service."
A significant extension of Cushman and Wakefield's Workday implementation will occur later this year. Design activity is already underway at Cushman & Wakefield to enable the adoption of new delivery models in HR and Finance beginning in 2016.


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My husband is a huge Red Sox fan. His mother tells me that when he was a child, she would go in his room to check on him before she went to bed and he would be under the covers listening to the Red Sox on an old transistor radio. My husband is Red Sox Nation.
The Red Sox are trying to get to the World Series. It hasn't been an easy trek so far. Last night, my husband's best friend called us from Baghdad to get a report on how the Red Sox game was going. From Baghdad to check on a baseball game. I hope he called his wife, too....
The post-season usually occurs when the weather is amenable to opening the windows and letting the crisp, fresh air occupy the house. As soon as the game starts, though, I have to close the windows. Why? Because my husband takes the game very seriously and bad words can often be heard coming from the direction of his mouth. So, too, can shouts of joy. No matter which emotion is in play, it's LOUD. This, from a man who under any other circumstance is normally reserved and rational.
I've often had visions of my neighbors looking at me with pity after hearing the high-pitched shouts coming from our house during the post-season. I'm sure they think my husband and I have been fighting like cats and dogs and that my husband abuses me. Yeah. Closing the windows is a good thing. Investing in some extra insulation might be a good thing too, come to think of it.
When my husband was in Afghanistan, the locals would set up tables outside of their camp where they would sell their crafts to the soldiers. One day, my husband saw a New York Yankees hat occupying the head of one of the local vendors.
That. Simply. Would. Not. Do.
No sirreee....
A fabulous sporting goods company generously donated a big box full of Red Sox ball caps to the service members in Afghanistan and sent the box to my husband. The Red Sox Nation in Afghanistan was very appreciative. I believe the first ball cap out of that box went to the Afghan vendor sporting the Yankees hat. No way was my husband going to walk past this man every day and look at that Yankee hat. I still laugh at the thought of this man in his traditional clothing and a Red Sox hat. No word on what happened to the Yankees hat, but if my husband disposed of it, I'm sure it'll never see the light of day.
I still shake my head when I look at the box full of items my husband purchased from this particular vendor. I've given tons of stuff away already, not sure what I'm going to do with the rest. I think it was a quid pro quo. You wear this Red Sox hat and I'll buy something from you every day. It seemed to have worked, for them, anyway.
If the Red Sox lose tonight, they will not go to the World Series. Tonight is SpouseBUZZ Talk Radio night. I have purchased a noise-canceling headset, but I'm still terrified that our G-rating is in serious jeopardy as we'll be on air the same time the Red Sox are on television.
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Hello, all you MLK Minecraft players! It has been decided that more competitions will be held on the MLK Minecraft server! But to do that, we need your help! All we need you guys to do is vote on what 2 competition you would like to see held on the Minecraft server, and we'll take care of the rest! So, what're you waiting for, start voting! (Each person is given 2 votes so that we have more than one competition to work with, in case something happens with the popular vote, we have popular backups, ect.) There is an explanation for each competition below to help you decide. PM me if you have any questions!
Building Competition: This will be held on the Creative flat land on the MC server. Players are given a plot of land and a set amount of time to build the most incredible and unique things their imagination can think of. The winner will be the one who makes the best build. You can build anything you want (As long as it's appropriate, of course). Build things you never thought you could in this competition, and most importantly, have fun! Go to the Flat Land world to view previous competition builds.
Spleefing: This competition is held on the "Waterhole Desert" world. In this competition, participants compete against each other in an arena, attempting to dig out the ground under his/or her opponent into a vat of lava. The person who defeats all of their opponents wins! It's really very simple, and lots of fun! (Here is a video to show you what we mean - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HVS43ktPaAg&feature=related This was a special competition on another server, and we may not have as many players, but it's the same game.)
Skyblock: In this competition, each person starts off on a tin y block in the sky. You are given a few items, and then must do the rest yourself. There are a list of challenges that a player must complete. This competition will continue until a person completes all of the challenges. First to complete all challenges wins.
Team Build: This competition is basically a regular building competition, but with 2-5 people instead of one. This makes it possible to build much bigger and more amazing things that a single person could complete. Make sure you have a partner you can work with, though!
Game course: In this competition, participants race through a series of difficult challenges. This may be done in singles, or in a ground. The player(s) will go through multiple challenges, and first to the finish wins. Be warned: You'll never know what challenges may be hidden in this game. Here, the unknown is your biggest rival. NOTE: THIS GAME IS EXTREMELY CHALLENGING. YOU WILL GET FRUSTRATED, BUT THAT MAKES WINNING ALL THE MORE SWEETER. DO NOT BE ALARMED IF IT TAKES YOU 50 TRIES JUST TO GET THROUGH THE FIRST FEW CHALLENGES. THEY DON'T CALL THE GAME COURSE A CHALLENGE FOR NOTHING!


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Wesley Sitiawan Youth Camp.
To be honest, I was kind of disappointed with myself throughout this camp. First of all, I fell into the kind of situation I told myself I won't fall into again after what happened half a year ago. Second of all, I felt like there were so many times when God's hands were just wide open for me, and I didn't step into it.
Nevertheless it wasn't like I didn't learn anything or gained anything from camp, just wasn't as much as I hoped, but oh well, there's gonna be a next time. This time home, I'm determined not to backslide. No more letting emotions govern my actions, no more forgetting how good He has been in my life.
Enough of serious talk. Here are some of my favourite pictures from my camera.
Joash. I like this picture, it makes my arms look smaller.
Ok no it doesn't. Okayguy.jpg
This year too I met so many new kids and reconnected with so many ! This is Zhi Qian, she's the cutest honestly.
Doing lala 1 2 3 poses
and finally
Missed these people ! This picture is missing too many people.
We honestly need a picture with all the 94' soon. ASAP.
Ok that's all.
Have a blessed Christmas !


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There is a great deal of knowledge to be obtained when you are performing a project management case study. This can be on just one project from the past, or you can involve many that might have had to deal with the same risk or issue that caused interference with the project. Something else that needs to be understood is that not only can there be knowledge gained from looking at past projects that failed, but also how successful one dealt on certain items. By doing a comparison, you might just find a solution for your current dilemma.
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My hair is naturally dry, curly and very coarse. Usually I use moisturising hair care and take time to blow dry it, but I still need to run over it with GHD's to get that really glossy, sleek look. Since using Moroccanoil, however, I'm yet to touch my straighteners.
What I do:
- Wash my hair using moisturising shampoo and conditioner.
- Apply 4-5 pumps of Moroccanoil to damp hair, warming it first in my hands.
- Blow dry my hair in sections.
- Put rollers in it while it is still hot, allowing it to take the shape of the rollers as it cools.
In light of my new discovery, I wanted to sample more of the range and so I explored by Moroccanoil Moisture Travel Kit. The kit includes the following:
- Moisture Repair Shampoo and Conditioner, 100ml
- Moroccanoil Treatments 25ml (perfect for travelling) and 10ml (perfect for handbag)
- Intense Hydrating Mask 75ml
- Travel bag
Initially I used all of these products together (i.e. shampoo followed by either conditioner or the hydrating mask, and then finished with Moroccanoil treatment). This was too heavy and I felt like there was a lot of product in my hair. Trying a number of combinations, I found that these were my favourites…
For a light moisturising treatment
Pair the shampoo and conditioner together. Hair will feel much easier to manage without feeling too heavy. Both smell divine, too.
For a medium treatment
Team the shampoo with the intense hydrating mask. The recommended treatment time is 5-10 minutes but I left mine on for an hour or two. Towel dry your hair, apply, and then wrap your hair in cling film for a deep moisturising treatment.
For an intense moisturising treatment
For me, the most effective Moroccanoil treatment was to team my shampoo with a lighter conditioner and then apply 4-5 pumps of Moroccanoil to my damp hair before styling. I used a conditioning treatment from the Kerastase Reflection range to protect my colour treated hair (Kerastase is another firm favourite in my hair collection). After blow drying with this combination, my hair felt utterly hydrated – not greasy – and was extra shiny. Result!
If you're yet to try Moroccanoil, I'd thoroughly recommend this travel kit. It is a great way to see which product will suit you best, because I think everyone needs a bit of Moroccanoil in their routine.
A little note: Most of this review was based on blow drying hair into straight or wavy styles. Wondering about how it works with natural curls? I went to sleep with damp hair that had been treated with Moroccanoil and I woke in the morning to find sleek, full curls. An absolute essential for curly-haired ladies wanting to tame frizz.


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Blog Archives
One Girl and Two Boys
One of the signature tracks from our first album Durham on Saturday Night is the song One Girl and Two Boys, a classic tune performed originally by NC native Kay Kyser's orchestra in the 1944 film Swing Fever. We love songs that tell a story, and so do dancers – it's fun to see how people will put their own spin on this tale of a love triangle, so here are a few interpretations through dance choreography using MJJB's recording of this song:
One of our favorite chorus girl troupes, New York City's The Bathtub Ginnys:
A "Dance Wars Spectacular" with dancers Lisa Pearson, Dave Saylors, and Craig Johnston in the signature roles:
And, finally, the winner of the 2013 Jazz Dance Film Fest (and unofficially our first music video), spearheaded by and starring Seattle dancer Jennifer Lee:
That New Old Sound – A Compilation Album to Benefit the ACLU
Swing bandleader Glenn Crytzer wanted to do something to make a difference, so he had this idea of a compilation album of modern day swing and traditional jazz bands coming together to contribute music to benefit the American Civil Liberties Union. After reaching out to 16 bands (including the Mint Julep Jazz Band!), fundraising, organizing the production of this album, and getting the blessing of the ACLU, the album is ready for purchase! Pick up a copy of That New Old Sound on Bandcamp, either digital or physical, and if you order by December 17, he'll ship it to you in time for Christmas – an extra $2.00 and he'll even gift wrap it for you. All the proceeds from the sale of this album go to the ACLU to support the defense and preservation of civil liberties
Who's on this album? Lots of swing and early jazz goodness from all over the United States, including, of course, Glenn Crytzer (New York), Tuba Skinny (New Orleans), Greg Ruby and the Rhythm Runners (Seattle), Dandy Wellington and his Band (New York), the Boilermaker Jazz Band (Pittsburgh), Jonathan Stout and his Campus Five (Los Angeles), Dan Levinson and his Canary Cottage Dance Orchestra (New York), Gordon Webster (New York), Mint Julep Jazz Band (Durham, NC), Mona's Hot Four (New York), Solomon Douglas (Seattle/New York/a boat somewhere off the coast of Australia), the Grand Street Stompers (New York), Jonathan Doyle Swingtet (Austin/Chicago), Meschiya Lake and the Little Big Horns (New Orleans), George Gee Swing Orchestra (New York), and Baby Soda (New York).
We are excited to be a part of this compilation album, a great gift idea for any jazz lover or to give someone as a sampler of what's going on with early jazz today, and to do a small part to contribute to the greater good.
Video: "One Girl and Two Boys," Winner of Jazz Dance Film Festival
We'd like to send a huge thank you out to Seattle dancer Jennifer Lee for inviting us to be the soundtrack for her short film, "One Girl and Two Boys," which took first prize at the 2013 Jazz Dance Film Fest! Check out the video below and enjoy the great dancing, music, and story!


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Author – Siddhartha Shrivastava
Rating – 4/5 stars
Number of Pages – 242
Publisher – Notion Press
Love is a complicated feeling. It becomes more complicated when love meets jealousy. Possessiveness could be a part of love but resentment can never be. Above all, friendship ties have some secret vows which they dare to break.
Rishabh met Smriti at first in their college which they joined for their graduation. They all four; Rishabh, Smriti, Aradhya, Ankit; shared a beautiful relation and a bond; as strong as a bond should be and became best of friends for life. Rishabh and Smriti fall for each other head over heels and he proposed her in the most dramatic way to make it special for her. After graduation, they all bagged job placement in reputed companies in four different cities. After months Ankit planned for a reunion. And this is where it all started.
It is a story of undying love, a friendship which is not only a bond they share, it is an emotion for them which keep them united, a betrayal which shattered their life and broke each vow of the bond, a truth which left them into pieces.
This story is a perfect blend of emotions; love, friendship, animosity and which the author mixed really well. The author gives space to every character to develop and no character overshadow the other. The suspense lingers till the end in the mind of the reader and keeps switching to and fro. A suspense thriller which will leave you in awe.
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1. Regional Conference (RC)
Regional conferences are annually organized by field around the ASEAN region with the purpose to present research outputs of the AUN/SEED-Net network, to exchange information on research and technology trends, and to pursue discussions on future collaborative research topics. Kindly find history of RC organizer here.
2. Research Fellowship Program (RF)
The Research Fellowship Program in ASEAN or in Japan supports young academic staff who have obtained a doctoral degree through any AUN/SEED-Net programs to continue their research work at Host Institutions in ASEAN or supporting universities in Japan for a maximum of 6 months.
3. Japanese Professor Dispatch Program (JPDP)
This program supports Japanese professors to visit Member Institutions in ASEAN in order to discharge joint research supervision of AUN/SEED-Net students, discuss research collaboration with faculty staff, or participate in AUN/SEED-Net Regional Conferences.
4. Short-term Research Program in Japan (SRJP)
The program provides significant support to academic staff of Member Institutions to visit Japanese supporting universities for academic activities or network strengthening for a maximum of 30 days.
5. Short-term Visit Program in ASEAN (SVAS)
Academic staff of member institutions can utilize this program to travel for 30 days maximum to other Member Institutions in the ASEAN region for research work, technical assistance, network strengthening, or meeting on field-wise activities with persons concerned.
6. ASEAN Engineering Journal (AEJ)
As a fruit of the network collaboration, the "ASEAN Engineering Journal" has been launched to be a platform for engineering scholars and researchers to publish knowledge from academic research outcomes in ASEAN countries, to improve research quality through review process, and to strengthen academic society and network.
7. Alumni Support Program (ASP) |New!|
The Alumni Support Program (ASP) is a new program designed to facilitate scientific research and educational activities by AUN/SEED-Net program alumni. It aims to strengthen national and international collaboration by the works of alumni to contribute to socio-economic development in the ASEAN region and Japan, which potentially lead to addressing regional and global issues by science and technology.


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1. Involve student ambassadors
Create a team of students, that on a yearly contract interact in social media with prospective students. Groningenlife is a digital Magazine (website) that show real student Life. Today 28 students are involved and the projectleader is also a student. And they all get paid!
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2. Videos co-created by students and teachers
Encourage students to produce videos about their ideas on how to change things in the future ( pay-off from their motto " share your talent. Move the world.") as part of their courses. The films will be presented together on the webbsite and student can vote and nominate the best ideas.
3. Student to student recruitment in international recruitment
A part from an Office with six staff members, Hanze University has a student team with six students; a general coordinator, an online officer EEU, an online officer China, an online coordinator social media, a general assistans and a follow up coordinator. They are in charge of follow up of intro-mails, promotion calls or chatsessions, telephone calls, application reminders and responding in different socialmedia channels.
In six months they reached 1800 prospective students and personally chatted with 300 of them.
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How To Clean The Yellow Dirt On The Ceramic Basin?
As we all know, in the Home Furnishing life, ceramic tile is very important, however, there will be wear and tear, discoloration and other common problems in the use of a long time, especially the bathroom tiles, because the bathroom itself environment is more humid, so it is more serious, which requires us to pay attention to the maintenance of ceramic tile the details in life!
There is also a convenient and environmentally friendly way to clean your body, using white vinegar and lemon peel. Clean the dirt on the surface of the sanitary ware first, then dip the soft cloth on a little white vinegar to wipe the surface of the sanitary ware or wipe with the lemon peel. Only a little while, the sanitary ware will be shining as new, and the fragrance will be sent out.
First, the ceramic basin cleaning yellow dirt nine ways
1,add a little detergent and use a duster.
2,can use disinfectant to blister.
3,the more convenient way is to dip a little toothpaste with a cloth, and then repeated scrub.
4, we just need to put some water in the pot, then add some baking soda, soak for 5 minutes, then wipe it lightly with your hands, it will be clean, and also can be washed with hydrochloric acid.
5, the use of special porcelain cleaning fine, clear lens glasses brandy oil covered with dirt grease, available muslin dipped in some brandy or kerosene to clean, so it is convenient and clean.


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3 reasons there's backsliding on climate change
Remember back to June of 2009, when Democrats, as one of their first significant domestic policy moves, passed the 'cap and trade' ('cap and tax' to Republicans) bill in the House? Is that the extent of Congressional action we'll see regarding the issue for many months, if not years? Events of recent months could easily lead you to say 'yes,' and here's why:
No. 1, the economy: Voters have rightly come to see this as top issue facing the country, and unless those who support congressional action to address climate change can make a convincing case that that fight is a jobs and economy helper as well — the term "New energy economy" comes to mind — it's going to be a hard sell, particularly in those areas that don't stand to benefit from a shift away from traditional fuels.
You think it was hard to get 60 votes on health care in the Senate? Imagine the horse-trading that would accompany climate change legislation that tries to appease coal-staters, oil patchers, nuclear cheerleaders and so on. Something tells me the Democrats, still dazed from the fight over health care reform, are unwilling to step into the ring again until after the mid-term elections, at best.
No. 2, (and this one is headed to No. 1 with a a bullet) the narrative has changed. The Washington Post does a solid job in this piece of drilling in on 'climategate,' the editing errors to the U.N. International Panel on Climate Change report and how those two stories have moved the discussion back to "whether" climate change is a serious threat as opposed to "how" to deal with that threat:
Recent revelations about flaws in that seminal report, ranging from typos in key dates to sloppy sourcing, are undermining confidence not only in the panel's work but also in projections about climate change. Scientists who have pointed out problems in the report say the panel's methods and mistakes — including admitting Saturday that it had overstated how much of the Netherlands was below sea level — give doubters an opening.
It wasn't the first one. There is still a scientific consensus that humans are causing climate change. But in the past year, a cache of stolen e-mails, revealing that prominent climate scientists sought to prevent the publication of works by their detractors, has sullied their image as impartial academics. The errors in the U.N. report — a document intended to be the last nail in the coffin of climate doubt — are a serious problem that could end up forcing environmentalists to focus more on the old question of proving that climate change is a threat, instead of the new question of how to stop it.
No. 3, snow on the East Coast. It may not seem like a big deal, but to untrained eyes (and that's the majority of the world when it comes to this topic) the massive dumps of snow in recent weeks give pause: "This doesn't feel like 'global warming,' " was no doubt oft-repeated by snowbound East Coasters — not to mention Colorado gubernatorial candidates.
So where does it go from here?
Speaking to the Washington Post, former Colorado Sen. Tim Wirth, now President of the U.N. Foundation, said that the pirated e-mails gave "an opening" to attack climate science and that the scientific work "has to be defended just like evolution has to be defended."
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FREDERICKSBURG, Va. - Bridgewater College ran its winning streak to five in a row with an 11-0 non-conference baseball victory at the University of Mary Washington in a game that was stopped after eight innings due to darkness.
Freshman righthander Justin Petock turned in a strong performance in his first career start. Petock worked seven innings and allowed just five base hits. He struck out three and walked just one batter. Ryan Leake, another freshman make his first college appearance, pitched a hitless eighth inning to finish off the shutout.
The Eagles gave Petock all the runs he would need in the top of the first inning. With two outs and nobody on, Jonathan Mason walked and Andrew Hacker and Derrik Walling both singled to load the bases. Christian Armstrong then delivered a two-run single for a 2-0 Bridgewater lead. Walling and Armstrong pulled off a double steal and Zach Hynes followed with a two-run single to put the Eagles on top 4-0.
Bridgewater added single runs in the second, fourth, fifth and six innings to take an 8-0 lead.
In the second, the Eagles loaded the bases again, but this time came up with just one run on a run-scoring single by Hacker to make the score 5-0.
The Eagles loaded the sacks again in the fourth, but once again managed just a single rum, this one scoring on a groundout by Hynes that put the Eagles on top 6-0.
In the fifth, Nick Fulk singled, swiped second and then scored on a base hit by Walling to push the lead to 7-0.
In the sixth, Darren Yoder singled and Bryan Sanderson walked. Yoder scored from second on a base hit by Nick Fulk to make it 8-0.
Bridgewater completed the scoring with three runs in the eighth inning. Brendan Howell led off with a walk and moved to second on a single to left by Yoder. With two outs, Mason plated both runners with a double to right-center, making the score 10-0. Mason scored on a single by Hacker for the final run of the game.
The Eagles pounded the Mary Washington pitching staff for 17 hits in the game. Hacker, who entered the game with a .600 batting average, raised that mark with a 3-for-4 day at the plate and two RBIs. Fulk and Yoder also finished the contest with three hits each. Mason, Walling, Armstrong and Hynes each delivered two hits. Hynes drove in three runs while Mason and Armstrong each added a pair of RBIs.
The Eagles return to action Saturday when they open conference play at home with a doubleheader against Randolph-Macon College.


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President Erdogan: Leading from Cankaya
August 27, 2014
On August 10, in the first ever direct presidential elections mandated by the constitutional change brought about by a referendum in October 2007, Turkish voters chose Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the leader of the governing Justice and Development Party (AKP), as their 12th president to replace outgoing president Abdullah Gul at Cankaya Palace on August 28.
In accordance with another provision of the constitutional change, Erdogan's presidential term will be for five years instead of seven. As he is now allowed to run again, Erdogan, who has been prime minister since March 2003, can continue in office with a second five-year presidential term until 2024; beyond the symbolically important centenary of the establishment of the Turkish Republic in 2023. Moreover, as he made very clear throughout the election campaign as well as since his victory, Erdogan fully intends to use the unique new mandate given to him by the direct election to continue centralizing authority as he governs Turkey through what would be a de facto quasi-presidential arrangement within the current parliamentary system.
A New Mandate
Running as the candidate of the AKP, which has been in government since November 2002, Erdogan obtained 51.79 percent of the vote in defeating Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu, the joint candidate of the opposition National Action Party (MHP) and the Republican People's Party (CHP) who received 38.44 percent of the vote and Selahattin Demirtas of the Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) who finished with 9.76 percent. Of the 55,692,841 eligible voters 41,283,627 actually voted and of these 40,545,911 were deemed to be valid. Erdogan received 21,000,143 compared to Ihsanoglu's 15,587,720 and Demirtas's 3,958,048. Although his vote fell below expectations publicly articulated by Erdogan and his AKP colleagues as well as most opinion polls, he improved on the 49.9 percent his party received in the June 2011 parliamentary elections and the 45.5 percent in the March 2014 metropolitan municipal elections. While it is noteworthy that voter turnout was approximately 74.13 percent – well below the 89.1 percent in the March 2014 local elections – it is unlikely that the result would have been different with a higher turnout.
Erdogan's victory, which sustained his unbroken run of success at the polls since the Istanbul mayoral election of 1994, once again demonstrated the strength and durability of his winning formula for electoral success. A charismatic natural politician and effective public speaker, Erdogan has been tirelessly combining his ability to connect with voters through hands-on management of the superb and well-funded party organization and domination of media coverage to consistently tap into the huge voting reservoir in the conservative majority which has dominated Turkish politics since the advent of multiparty democracy in 1950. While ensuring control of the Turkish political scene through his party during the past twelve years, Erdogan has also been steadily expanding his personal appeal beyond that of the AKP itself, something he will rely on as he begins to govern the country from Cankaya.
Although Erdogan was always a heavy favorite to win because of the advantages he enjoyed going into the race, there is little doubt that Ihsanoglu's weakness as a candidate eased his task. Erdogan was able to amplify and exploit his lack of political experience and connection with the average voter. Unable to respond effectively to Erdogan's typically robust campaign rhetoric which included raising questions in voters' minds about his opponent's professional and national credentials as well as his external connections – he was born in Egypt and had not moved to Turkey until the age of 30 – Ihsanoglu also failed to organize a single election rally to compete with Erdogan's impressive mass rallies throughout the country. He was also denied effective organizational support from the CHP and MHP whose leaders had nominated him. With many MHP voters staying at home or voting for Erdogan and a smaller percentage of CHP voters – who regarded Ihsanoglu as 'a milder version of Erdogan' – also choosing not to vote or voting for Demirtas, he failed to even get close to the approximately 44 percent of the votes the two parties backing him had garnered in the March local elections. For his part, Demirtas was unable to leap over the 10 percent hurdle but nonetheless raised hopes that a Kurdish party might do so in the future and thus gain direct parliamentary representation while simultaneously underlining the important role of the Kurds in the overall political equation.
Reshaping the AKP and the Government
The first round victory left Erdogan in a uniquely strong position during the 18 days prior to taking office, as president-elect, prime minister and party chairman. Ignoring opposition calls for him to resign from his positions during the interregnum; he has used this time to direct the process through which his successor as leader of the AKP and prime minister would emerge. To begin with, by scheduling the extraordinary party congress to choose his successor for August 27, he effectively shut the door to Gul, a cofounder of the AKP who was generally regarded as the second strongest person in the party and as such the likeliest candidate until recently to replace Erdogan as party leader and prime minister. However, even before his election Erdogan had indicated that he did not want Gul to take over from him by expressing his preference for the same person to hold both positions going into the June 2015 parliamentary elections, thus excluding Gul who is not a member of parliament and therefore could not be prime minister. Erdogan also specified that another determining factor would be the AKP's three-term limit which led to the elimination from consideration other leading AKP politicians, including Bulent Arinc and Ali Babacan.
Erdogan's goal is to reshape and rejuvenate the party under his personal direction without the active participation of most of those who have been with him in the leadership of the AKP since its formation in August 2001. In other words, Erdogan is aiming at the construction of a 'New AKP' to govern 'the New Turkey.' He clearly believes that this could not be fully achieved if he was sharing power and authority with Gul and, to a lesser extent, with others in the original AKP team. Erdogan also seems to be confident that the mild public discomfort recently articulated by Gul – which is almost certainly shared to some degree or other by many of the older generation AKP leaders destined for marginalization – will not create serious problems for him down the road.
By the time the AKP's Central Decision and Administration Board met on August 22 to nominate his successor, virtually everyone in the party had become aware of Erdogan's preference for Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu, who did not come through the party ranks and is a member of the new generation of AKP politicians. Such differences of opinion that may have existed about the greater suitability of other possible candidates dissipated as the members of the board fell into line behind their leader's choice and Davutoglu's name was duly announced by Erdogan to AKP members immediately after the board gave its formal approval.
In his speech in which he explained his decision, Erdogan made a point of noting that Davutoglu's "determined struggle against the parallel structure was an important factor" in his selection and expressed confidence that he would "continue the necessary struggle without wavering." Having stressed throughout the entire presidential campaign the need "to confront the continuing threat to the state posed by the parallel structure" after "its coup attempt in December 2013" – Erdogan's constant characterization of the corruption investigations directed at him as well as his family and close associates for which he has been blaming the Hizmet Movement headed by Fethullah Gulen – Erdogan clearly wanted to be sure that his successor would not ease up on this effort.
Another important factor which undoubtedly swayed Erdogan in Davutoglu's favor was his wholehearted involvement, first as advisor between 2002 and 2009 and then as foreign minister, in the shaping and implementation of the AKP government's foreign policy. Parallel to its consolidation of domestic power over the past decade, the AKP has been assiduously developing an activist foreign policy emphasizing the expansion of Turkey's influence beyond its borders, especially in the Middle East and the wider Islamic world, as part of its effort to construct the 'New Turkey' which would also be an important player in international relations. Although many questions have been raised about its overall success, there is little doubt about its strong and continuing appeal to AKP voters.
Looking Ahead
On August 27 Erdogan attended and made his final speech as prime minister and party leader at the extraordinary AKP Congress which convened to formally choose his successor. As the only candidate, Davutoglu received 1382 out of the 1388 votes cast to take over as AKP leader and will be formally asked to form the new government on August 28 after the presidential swearing in ceremony.
While it remains to be seen how Davutoglu, who has hitherto focused exclusively on foreign policy, will deal with the wider party and governmental responsibilities – especially the economy because of its vital importance in maintaining AKP dominance – the new phase of Turkish politics has to be viewed as a continuation of the Erdogan era. On August 7, just before the presidential election, Economy Minister Nihat Zeybekci, a close associate of Erdogan, declared that "from now on there will not be a prime minister but someone who will just chair cabinet meetings." Echoing Erdogan's own declarations, Zeybekci said that as the first directly elected president, Erdogan would be "an active president and the head of the administration as well as of the state." He added that this would "open a new door to a presidential system."
However, until such a system comes into being with a new constitution, a priority goal for Erdogan and Davutoglu as they look ahead to the 2015 elections, in which they hope the AKP will win a sufficient number of seats to be able to get parliamentary approval for a new constitution, Erdogan will undoubtedly use to the maximum the powers given to the president under Article 104 of the current 1982 constitution. As he proceeds down that uncharted path, he will be relying on his prime minister's willingness to refrain from exercising the powers given to him in a parliamentary system.
Bulent Aliriza is director of the Turkey Project at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) in Washington D.C.
Commentary is produced by the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), a private, tax-exempt institution focusing on international public policy issues. Its research is nonpartisan and nonproprietary. CSIS does not take specific policy positions. Accordingly, all views, positions, and conclusions expressed in this publication should be understood to be solely those of the author(s).
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By CAMERON DUODU
During the distressing Ebola crisis in Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia, which, thankfully, is now drawing to a close, one organisation stood out distinctly amongst other organisations and purveyed light and vigour, while others remained "blind" and "indolent".
It was very pathetic indeed that blindness and confusion should exist in such bodies, especially those set up by the UN precisely to protect humans when natural or deliberately-caused calamities afflict the population of the planet. For it is to them that the world turned for salvation, and they mostly looked away, paralysed by internal politics or global concerns imposed upon them by fear of the powers whose financial clout made it unwise to cross them.
The organisation that fearlessly stood out to be counted was Medecins San Frontieres (Doctors Without Borders). Whilst the rich and powerful nations of the world, especially the United States, Britain and France, twiddled their thumbs, MSF sent doctors and health personnel right inside the danger spots. MSF personnel risked their own lives to save the victims of Ebola. Inspired by the example of MSF, medical personnel working in sundry establishments — including the fairly inflexible medical institutions of the rich countries — volunteered to go and help. Some fell ill with Ebola and dramatised the dangers associated with Ebola to the whole world. These were brave people, and they and the local personnel they worked with — some of whom perished — deserve the gratitude of the entire human race.
Meanwhile, the MSF would, I think, normally have saved lives and kept quiet. But the problem it faced in the field was so gargantuan that it went to the UN and spoke the truth to the world's powers (in so many words) that unless they moved in very fast indeed, they would witness a calamity of such proportions as would brand them for ever as callous, unfeeling human beings. Not only that — by remaining unconcerned, their own populations would become angry with them, for in the modern world, no country can be an "island, entire unto itself". Ebola would arrive in London, Berlin, Washington and Paris, if …..! Sure enough, panic soon spread throughout the world, as single cases became reported around the world and gruesome television pictures of the Martian-like Ebola fighters courting death on the front-lines of the disease, did the rest.
The USA, Britain and France – all of which have established special medical units that are trained to fight the hazards that could be unleashed on humans by chemical and nuclear warfare, got their act together at last and sent well-equipped teams to the three countries being devastated by Ebola.
Why did they wait for so long? Ask me!
I suppose that if the populations of these rich Western countries not been alarmed by the possibility of travellers arriving on their shores with Ebola, Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia would by now have bowed the knee to Ebola. What about the World Health Organisation (WHO) you ask? Isn't it the body that should have forcefully conveyed the urgency of the situation to the rich and powerful nations? Why did it appear so ineffectual at the beginning of the crisis?
We cannot answer those questions now, but whistle-blowers do exist and are multiplying by the day.. People of good conscience are beginning to evaluate the responses with which the crisis was greeted and will make their findings known — mark my words. .
The only organisation that does not need to evaluate its own responses is the MSF. But I believe it will carry out the most thorough introspection of all. The reason is that the MSF – it appears to me – has told itself that it dares not fail. It knows that quite often, it is the last stand between humanity and total disaster.
I have only once met an MSF doctor – and that was by accident. I was sitting in a dentist's chair of all places, in London, and to make conversation, the dentist casually asked me where I came from. When I told him, the conversation shifted to Africa and he then told me – quite casually – that he had spent a year or two in the Southern Sudan, as an MSF volunteer, looking after the teeth of the guerrilla fighters of the Sudan People's Liberation Front (SPLA).
What? This nice young man with a good life in front of him had gone and braved the Sudan Government's possible murderous anger by providing medical assistance to guerrillas fighting it in the bush? "Respect!" I said to myself.
That dentist's quiet revelation of concealed heroism has been in my mind a lot during the Ebola crisis. MSF doctors, nurses and other para-medics just got up and went to Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia as if it was second nature to them – without fanfare and ahead of everyone else.
And now, even before Ebola has been completely conquered, MSF, far from recovering from the mental and physical exhaustion created by Ebola, is at the forefront of yet another major humanitarian effort: it is launching a programme to rescue some of the thousands of migrants thrown into the cruel sea to drown, by human traffickers. Can you imagine the odium it will attract to itself as it implicitly puts the powerful governments of Europe, which are deliberately allowing would-be migrants to drown in the Mediterranean Sea, in the dock before their own populations and the peoples of the world?
An announcement by the MSF says simply:
QUOTE: "Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) and Migrant Offshore Aid Station (MOAS) will launch a joint search, rescue and medical aid operation in the central Mediterranean between Africa and Europe…. from May to October, when thousands of people are expected to risk their lives attempting to reach safe havens in Europe.
"Last year [2014] was the deadliest on record for people crossing the Mediterranean; more than 3,400 people died trying to reach Europe. [In one disaster last month alone, 800 would-be migrants drowned from one single boat.] This year [2015] the death toll is predicted to be even higher, as even less assistance is available to boats in distress.
"The Italian navy's search and rescue operation was discontinued in November 2014 due to a lack of funding from European governments. Europe has turned its back on people fleeing some of the worst humanitarian crises of our time. The decision to close doors and build fences [around Europe] means that men, women and children are forced to risk their lives and take a desperate journey across the sea. Ignoring this situation will not make it go away." UNQUOTE
It is to be hoped that just as in the case of Ebola, the ability of MSF to cut through cant and woolly thinking and get down to the ugly facts on the ground, will shame Europe into resuming and improving Europe's life-saving operations in the Mediterranean. An awareness needs to be created in Europe that imprisonment and neglect are not what should meet the migrants who manage, against great odds, to escape from death in the sea.
That MSF is being driven by the situation to even consider taking to the sea should tell European governments and their people that MSF is primarily, a medical organisation, not one intended to engage in rescuing people abandoned to drown in the cruel sea. But the MSF is intelligent enough not to distinguish one cause of death from another.
The subscript to the horrendous story, which even the MSF won't dare to tell Europe because it is political dynamite, but which we can, is this: history teaches us that European peoples and people of European ancestry have been the harbingers of many atrocious and brutal deaths of indigenous people in their own countries as well as under conditions of slavery in plantations a whole world away from their homes.
Worse, Europe has arrogantly bequeathed to peoples it considered inferior, systems of government built on thievery and plunder — in their former "colonial" countries — that have brought about horrendous and lasting social and economic inequities, as adopted and practised by the alien governmental systems that Europe left behind. Capitalist establishments, allied to what Frantz Fanon called "the apes" of the masked colonisers now departed, are throttling the life out of millions of people. But these systems cannot be changed without bloodshed, and even where the people are not afraid of bloodshed, they lack the means to fight the armies and police forces created by the departing colonisers, and which have been inordinately strengthened by the thieves in power.
Where the bequeathed armed forces have not grown to become a force unto themselves, stealing the people's money with abandon, they are the loyal allies of the civilian oppressors trained in London, Paris and Washington, who share their loot with armed elements, in the hope that they can be used to defend their stolen largesse.
These systems and practices have yielded unexpected consequences in many former colonies. In some countries, especially the Middle East, the larceny has reached such proportions that civil war is the new "normal". And the victims, both of civil war and economic destitution, are arriving by the boatload, on Europe's doorsteps. And, of course, affluent Europe does not want to know. For, indeed, Europe only knows how to exploit other people"s wealth and enjoy it — other people's oil; other people's coffee, other people's cocoa, other people's iron, gold, diamonds, tin, aluminium, et etcetera!
There are people in Europe who know these facts. And they should work together to block Europe's callous escape route from an acceptance of the consequences of its centuries of selfishness and brutality in Africa, the Middle East and Latin America. These people should — as in the days of olden Europe — arouse the consciences of Europe's populace and get them to force their governments to accept the reality of the evil they have caused in the world. No longer should Europe be allowed — as the King of Belgium on the independence day of the Congo Democratic Republic on 1 June 1960 — to congratulate itself on the "civilising" acts it had carried out by slaughtering millions of people who had done it no harm, save to refuse to be its slaves.
The hypocrisy of European Governments should be exposed. Who kept the billions of dollars stolen from Nigeria by the dictator, Sani Abacha's billions safe for himself and his family? European banks. Mobutu, Nguema, Bongo, Nguesso — who facilitates their kleptocracy? Go to Switzerland and ask! For these days, the Swiss are talking.
The MSF cannot say any of these things. But by quietly tearing off the mask and showing the world what Europe's policies mean — in leaving thousands of poor refugees and economic migrants to find a watery grave in the Mediterranean — it will be is saying it with action, not words.
MSF is biting a lot more than is easily chewed. And so it needs support. Humanitarian organisations across Europe and around the world, should mobilise their intellectual and financial resources to flock behind MSF's new efforts. Europe needs to be shamed into doing its duty by the "wretched of the earth". For many, if not all, have been driven across the Sahara into unsafe, leaky boats, by Europe's profit-thirsty companies, and their surrogate pillagers who wear the brown skins of Africans and Middle Easterners, but employ techniques evolved by "white brains", when it comes to stealing the wealth of "poor" developing countries.


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A new Article of mine that may be of interest has just appeared:
Depoliticizing urban discourse: How "we" write.
- •The language of urban scholarship often suppresses critical questions and unwittingly reproduces urban power.
- •This tendency is evident in the language of urban crisis and crises.
- •Reinterrogating the language of urban policy analysis is an urgent priority.
The language in which policy discussions take place can have a real impact on the policies that result, a subliminal impact that resides in what the words imply. What is a "crisis" and what "normality" is to be restored, who is the "we" that is often called on to act, who or what is "a city," what are the goals of "resiliency, are questions obscured by the very fact that their meaning is so often taken for granted. This paper argues that many words become one-dimensional in their frequent usage, suppressing alternate meanings and implicitly endorsing the status quo. Interrogating the language used in policy analysis should be a high priority in effective and socially aware public policy research.
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...I was about to make a joke that the London PTB would blame Scotland and the SNP for the results. So much for jokes.
Turnout in Scotland has been considerably lower than expected. The SNP, the dominant party which ran huge campaigns for the independence referendum, UK election and Scottish elections, has run a lacklustre campaign with minimal ground activity.
Sturgeon had more to say about criticising the remain camp than making the positive case for Europe and she was nowhere to be seen until the dying days of the campaign.
Remain, of course, won every Council in Scotland and therefore Scotland. It did not win in England, probably due to those lacklustre campaigns by the Tories and Labour.


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