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Eastern Mediterranean cuisine prepared with the freshest meats & vegetables.
Having lunch or dinner at the Jerusalem Cafe in Vancouver is more than an extraordinary meal. It's a history lesson, a place talk, to share thoughts and to completely unwind. It's a place where people know you and want to hear what you have to say.
Proprietors Fadul and Anton Farran, brothers who emigrated from Israel in recent years, have a profound joy preparing fine food for the people of Clark County.
The adventure begins with freshly prepared Mazza, which is an appetizer that consists of two kinds of marinated (with olive oil & lemon) cabbage, steamed vegetables mixed with homemade mayonnaise, and Turkish salad. It's served with pita bread and comes with every meal.
In fact, people love it so much they come in and just want to eat the appetizer alone, without a meal. It really is scrumptious!
For lunch I had the Kofta Kabob "Charbroiled," which is a mix of ground lamb and beef with onion, parsley and special seasonings. It just melts in your mouth!
"We use only the freshest ingredients," said Fadul. "The foundation for what we make includes fresh vegetables, salads, lemon, olive oil, and we grill or charbroil all of our meats."
Many patrons come in for the vegetable offerings, which are popular, but so are the grilled or charbroiled selections.
The Shish Kabob "Charbroiled" comes in four offerings - chicken, beef, pork, and lamb. They're all wonderful.
The Garlic Chicken is also to die for. Its main seasonings are lemon, garlic, olive oil, nutmeg, cumin, which are all used in varying quantities.
Or you can try the Jerusalem Special "Grilled", which is a chicken/pork mixture with chopped onion, bell pepper and special seasonings.
Every meal is served with rice, tabouli or a Mediterranean salad. They also have a lentil soup that has a little pizzazz and a lot of taste. It's clear that a lot of care goes into the preparation of each plate.
Each bite is so refreshing and lightens up your body. The food makes you fel good. Really.
The restaurant is impeccably clean and has a very relaxing, casual ambiance and flow. People are friendly and the owners take great care to make you feel comfortable and satisfied. They talk to their patrons and ask for their feedback.
The next time you take time out for lunch or dinner, try Jerusalem Cafe.
You'll be glad you did.
The Jerusalem Cafe is an excellent place to eat and enjoy the culture and atmosphere of the East Mediterranean.
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By the time Christmas gets around I will be sick of it and I won't be able to remember the real reason for the season. I'll just be ready for it to be over with. Before you know it, Christmas merchandise will start showing up in July. The Holidays are depressing for some, why make them suffer sooner.
When is enough, enough? When are they going to let one Holiday get over with before they start with another? I bet next month you will start seeing things for Valentine's Day.
I will admit, it was nice being able to buy Chocolate Covered Cherries in October. But hey, it was chocolate.
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To expedite disbursement of arrears, it is decided that arrears may be paid without pre-check of fixation of pay.
After declaring a 23.55 per cent overall increase in salaries and pensions for more than 1 crore government employees and pensioners, in line with the 7th Pay Commission's recommendations, it was announced today that the arrears will be paid in cash as one instalment to employees.
To expedite disbursement of arrears, it is decided that arrear claims may be paid without pre-check of fixation of pay in revised scales of pay.
The BJP-led NDA government recently announced an overall increase of 23.5 per cent in salaries and pension for over one crore government employees and pensioners in line with the Seventh Pay Commission's recommendations, which left most services dissatisfied. The hikes will come with the August paychecks and be paid with effect from January 1, 2016.
In November 2015, within the overall hike of 23.55-per cent, the pay panel had recommended increases of 16% in pay and 24 per cent in pensions. The starting salary for new recruits at the lowest level has been raised to Rs. 18,000 from Rs. 7,000 per month. Freshly recruited Class I officers will receive Rs. 56,100. This reflects a compression ratio of 1:3.12 signifying that the pay of a Class I officer on direct recruitment will be three times the pay of an entrant at the lowest level.


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Written by Tanja Zec—O'Neill
Munazza Naeem is a local artist painter and printmaker who moved to Canada in 2001, shortly after graduating from Visual Arts program at the National college of Art and Design in Lahore, Pakistan. Since her arrival she took some post diploma credit courses from Ontario College of Art and Design and continued her education at Wayne State University in Detroit where she obtained a Masters degree in Fine Art. She has exhibited actively for years afterwards at local, national and international galleries and art centres, and is also active in few art organizations where she contributes to the education of the public on importance of art and printmaking.
Munazza had stayed in active communication with her peers and professors, as well as some leading artists throughout Pakistan. She recently made a personal and professional visit to her home country so we asked her to share her impressions of the culture, art market and printmaking trends in the country lately known only for troubled political times.
Q: How often do you visit Pakistan, and what were your first impressions upon landing?
A: This is my third trip home, Lahore, since I moved to Canada in 2001. I recently visited Pakistan after seven years and I was pleasantly surprised to find the country changed tremendously. The urban life does not differ too much from the cities in west. Many bridges were built, shopping centres and schools. We have KFC, McDonald's, Pizza Hut and many other western shop chains have sprouted everywhere. A progress in technology is also very visible. Things are changing fast. Media and internet are also more present. Society is more westernized. In one way this is positive move because people are more educated. The negative aspect is that the commercialism is taking its toll on traditional family values.
Q: How did the art market change since you left Pakistan?
A: Since 1999, the higher education has changed a lot with the introduction of new subjects on art and culture. Also, more universities have opened a Masters and PhD programs in visual arts. In the past there was only
bachelor of visual art and art history available. So richer educational programs exist now, and the international residency programs have started at Lahore, Islamabad and Karachi universities.
Many galleries have opened up and are featuring a great number of national and international artists. There are public galleries as well and private studios which are active. A good examples are the Ajaz gallery, The Drawing Room gallery, Art Scene and Rohtas as really good exhibiting spaces where I have plans to exhibit my art work in future.
There is an increased number of Pakistani artists that are internationally known: the best examples are Rashid Rana and Semina Mansuri, who is teaching here at University of Windsor School of Visual Arts.
Q: What kind of trends in art are visible at the moment?
A: The traditional realistic work is still visible, but installations, film making, abstract and contemporary art are gaining popularity. You might find interesting that calligraphy is a part of abstract expressionism movement. Sadequain, who is the founder of this movement has the strong following in Pakistan and abroad. Sadequain was responsible for the renaissance of Islamic calligraphy in Pakistan. He was one of the greatest calligraphers who helped transform it into serious expressionist paintings.
Q: What changes in the art did you notice in the past 10 years?
A: I have noticed more installations, more modernism, and abstraction. While I was a student, many of my professors took realism as a mainstream. Many artists stuck to figurative and traditional art expression. Today there is more exploration in the techniques and ideas and a noticeable journey into an abstract art.
Q: Did you feel it is the right time to exhibit and what was your motivation to try?
A: Pakistan is my home and I wanted to make a connection. I exhibited in Canada and USA but never exhibited at home since 1999. I wanted to make people aware that I am a Pakistani artist, though living and creating abroad and to give them a chance to see my work.
Q: What are the galleries you are exhibiting at the moment?
A: Ajaz Gallery, The Drawing Room Gallery, National Gallery of Pakistan, and Gallery 6.
Q: Did you find your work very different than what you saw at galleries in Pakistan?
A: From what I have seen there is a great variety represented. Some Pakistani artists have been very active in exhibiting in Pakistan while still living abroad. I do find my art different regardless of the country I create in. I paint on social and political issues as well as taking history themes and adapting them to the contemporary understanding. My work is not just decorating the wall. I want to convey my personal experiences as Pakistani-Canadian artist who has broader perspective of the world because I live abroad.
Q: Is there any talented recent graduates who are making any significant efforts in the world of art that you were able to see?
A: I have seen many young artists who are struggling, such as Atif Khan, Zaaira Ahmed and few others. Atif Khan is using traditional Moghal miniature-paintings and popular images from the everyday life and juxtaposes them. He tries to subvert their original contextual and give new meanings and insights into contemporary Pakistani life and its social and political issues. Zaaira Ahmed's prints depict the varied situations through which she is passing. She shows the different phases of lives of others, as well as her own. Zaaira likes to often say about her art that she works around the passage of time 'before, during and after' certain life events, as there is peace after every storm. Her current work is related to the misery of certain human beings all around the world, whose lives are affected by natural and man-made disasters.
Q: Is printmaking existent as a form of art in Pakistan?
A: Printmaking is popular in Pakistan and on pretty much the same level as it is in Canada. I have seen a lot of improvement in the art and culture in general.
However, the problem is that people are more educated and aware of movements and trends in the world, but
do not have enough money to implement all the things they see as necessary or beneficial. A good example is R.M Naeem, a professor at National College of Arts in Lahore who has initiated an international residency program using his own financial means without any assistance from the government. Though there is slight betterment in the government funding to the artists, it is not sufficient.
Q: What print techniques are most popular?
A: Etchings and aquatint for the most part.
Q: Can you tell us of any printmakers representing the arts in Pakistan?
A: There are many established printmakers who studied abroad and teach and practice in Pakistan; Afshar Malik, Naazish Ata-Ullah, and Anwar Saeed are the most visible and influential at the moment.
Q: Is printmaking more or less popular than some other art forms?
A: In the past printmaking was not as popular as the painting, but now-days it is on the same level. The value given to the painting was not the same that was awarded to photography and printmaking. The public was not very well informed. I have seen many people who studied in Canada, USA and UK that are now teaching in Pakistan. The globalization has helped a bit as well. The information and knowledge are more immediately available through internet. Printmakers struggle a lot, but many are exhibiting in Pakistan and doing very good job of it, so the public awareness is heightened.
Q: Is there a Printmaking Association in Pakistan?
A: Unfortunately no, but printmakers in Pakistan are well connected. There are many solo and group shows all the time where they gather and exchange ideas.
Q: Is there any improvements in the printmaking techniques or activities you saw can be made?
A: There is no non-toxic printing done in Pakistan at the moment. I offered workshops during the summer for non-toxic printmaking here in Windsor. I believe that printmakers here and in Pakistan need to get themselves better informed about the chemicals they are using. Some printmakers now have health issues due to the usage of toxic chemicals.
Q: Is there Canadian – Pakistani collaboration in printmaking?
A: None that I saw presently.
Q: Did you start any collaboration with artists?
A: I am thinking about bringing some representative art from Pakistan and organizing an exhibit here in Canada. This is a long term project that requires a lot of communication and work. I want to make Canadian public aware of the strength of art of Pakistan. Or even bring a Canadian art to Pakistan. We will see.
Q: Is there a Pakistani community here in Windsor?
A: Yes there is a large community here in Windsor, Canada and in Detroit, Michigan as well. In Windsor there is not so much of an artistic activity, though I had a number of exhibits at the cultural centre. Main cultural activity within Pakistani community is largely in Detroit and the area. There are many prominent Pakistani artists in Canada who are teaching in the universities and practice visual arts. I believe my community in Ontario and Michigan could be very responsive to some of my future plans.


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Windows Phone 7 Connector Beta for Mac is Now Open to All
The admirers of Mac do not think beyond an iPhone when it comes to choosing smartphones, but Microsoft still likes to think differently, and we appreciate this positivity. Anyway, the big news is that Windows Phone 7 Connector Beta for Mac is now open to all, after a limited span of time, where only a select few were able to test out this handing syncing tool previously.
This software is capable of automatically syncing your WP7 devices the moment you are connected to your Mac. Once the software beta is downloaded, this Connector will ensure that you gain access to iTunes and iPhoto, while you will also be able to sync things like podcasts download into iTunes, without having to go in and select a particular podcast to sync each time.
This Connector is a great asset for syncing your music and photographs from a WP7 device to an Apple Mac. A rare 'affinity', but it sure is a valuable one. You can go ahead and d-load this Connector from Microsoft.com and it will be compatible with Apple OSX 10.5 and higher versions.


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Do you know that feeling, when you really don't feel like spending too much time in the kitchen, but you still want to eat healthy and preferably within a short amount of time?
Soup is the one of those dishes that can be made up with practically anything you still have in your fridge and makes a perfect, rather light meal. Since Autumn has started and all we want is some nice hearty pumpkin soup we give you our Top 5 Favorite Pumpkin Soup Recipes!
- We love easy cooking, we love Italian food and we certainly love Jamie Oliver and his always delicious recipes. That is why his Superb squash soup with the best Parmesan croutons is one of our favorites. It's exactly how we want our soups (creamy and a bit spicy) and by adding those Parmesan croutons, the dish is something to serve all Fall/Winter.
- I had Thai food last weekend and every time I do, it reminds me of how much I love the large variety of flavors. Therefore in this Top 5 there just had to be a Thai-influenced pumpkin soup recipe. Pumpkin pairs so well, with coriander and red pepper. Instant heat, when you're feeling cold around this time of the year! The Thai-curried Butternut Squash Soup by Cookie+Kate is really nice and can be made with ingredients you probably already have in stock.
- This recipe for Butternut and Sweet Potato Soup is really simple, but what a flavor! The mix of squash and sweet potato is perfect and with the use of a few spices, the soup is ready in a minute, although it tastes as if you've put in a lot of effort in the kitchen. Nigella is known for her instant-cooking and we remain fans of her practical, but elegant sense of style in the kitchen.
- Pumpkin, chorizo, black beans, what's not to love about this recipe? Donna Hay made a quick weeknight meal with pumpkin, which is super filling and delicious and yet all it takes is a bit of frying and adding the rest of the ingredients to a pot! It's another take on a tasty pumpkin soup recipe, which shows you that there are so many options!
- Adding apples to soup might make you a bit skeptical, but you have to try this recipe for Butternut Squash Soup by My Baking Addiction. When combined with the roasted butternut squash and spices, it works really well! Sweet and savory, it's all in there and we are sure, it won't be the last time you'll add apples to your soup mixture!


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Overheard at our dinner table:
Ryan: Hey, I thought of what we could do to celebrate your 30th birthday.
Briana: What?
Ryan: The Getty Museum. And not only is it supposed to be really neat, but it's FREE, which fits into our budget.
Briana: But how does that fit into being on bedrest? When would we go?
Ryan: Well, I figured we could just get you a wheelchair and I'd push you around.
Briana: Wait. I'm turning 30. How does sitting in a wheelchair while celebrating my birthday this year not make me feel old?


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It is fairly clear that Apple's position on encryption in their standoff with the FBI is rooted in the expectation that consumers will respond favorably to a "defense" of their privacy. Less clear is what imagery the State hopes to project of itself. Rather than fulfilling its role as the protector of capital and its accumulation by oligopolies, the state would seem to be seeking to undermine the security of devices indispensable to daily life for those who can afford iPhones, a group that includes businesspersons who use their phones in their service to capital. There can be no doubting that the state intends to use their hack into iPhones for surveillance of dissident movements and not for the undermining of the security of the circuits of capital. But if critics of the FBI's actions are to believed, the creation of a means of hacking completely locked iPhones could be a means for non-state actors to hack iPhones. The information on these personal devices could be used to infiltrate corporate computer systems for the purposes of financial fraud. Of course, even the potential for fraud would not be large enough to cause investors to leave the financial markets en masse, a fact the State would seem to implicitly recognize, judging by the acts of the FBI. Yet we are still faced with the point that the state is undermining the circulation of capital, both by creating the possibility of more breaches of personal devices and thereby non-personal systems, and by engaging Apple in a public debate that in the end might damage Apple's brand if they lose to the FBI, reducing their sales and their role in the circulation of capital globally through their subsidiaries.
The Apple/FBI standoff has revealed the contradictions in the role of the State to be increasingly destabilizing. The State functions to protect the mobilization of capital and the enforcement of property rights, and yet, seeks to undertake actions that could indeed undercut the movement of capital in order to more generally protect circulation of capital for the long term. Althusser noted that the Russian revolution was presaged by a configuration of contradictions so numerous that rupture was overdetermined. Add the Apple/FBI standoff to the growing list of contradictions at the heart of the American state.


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October has finally arrived, and while most people are excited for fall festivities and haunted hayrides, the forgotten gem of the month is the baseball postseason. For the casual baseball fan, this is the time of year to turn on some games and see those special moments. Last year's playoffs featured one of the most memorable outcomes in recent history that was full of unforgettable plays and moments. Ultimately, the Chicago Cubs and Cleveland Indians made it to the World Series, two teams that hadn't won a title in 108 years and 68 years, respectively. Last year's World Series was a thrilling seven-game series that featured the Cubs coming back from being down by three runs to take … [Read more...] about October is For Baseball
Women's Basketball Preview
By Yera Nanan |Staff Writer| With less than a month until the first game of the season, the women's basketball team is getting ready to deliver a great performance. Last season the team had a great run, going 14-13 overall and 10-10 in the CCAA. The team is looking to go above and beyond this season, hoping to reach the CCAA Tournament semifinals for a third consecutive season, with the chance of winning the championship. "We want to win a championship but that can't happen without doing things day-to-day," said assistant coach Tulyah Gains. The women's team has never won a CCAA title but have made six NCAA appearances, their last being in 2011. "We have the big picture, … [Read more...] about Women's Basketball Preview
Women's basketball advances to second round of playoffs
By Jackie Monarrez |Staff Writer| That's a wrap on the women's basketball normal season. The Coyotes had the honor of finishing their last two regular season games on their home turf of the Coussoulis Arena. Coyotes' first game of the weekend was against Sonoma State Seawolves on Feb. 26. However, the Seawolves won this game 57 to 48. Senior Alexcia Mack shined in her second to last game of her regular season college career by scoring a high of 19 points and shooting two 3-pointers in the first quarter. Mack was the only Coyote who was able to reach double digits in scoring against the Seawolves. The Coyotes started out the game just right by taking a 19-11 lead in the … [Read more...] about Women's basketball advances to second round of playoffs
NFL catch up: The Seattle Seahawks
By Justin Sandoval |Asst. Sports Editor| On Championship Sunday Jan 18, the Seattle Seahawks came back from the largest deficit in championship history and defeated the Green Bay Packers to reach consecutive Super Bowls. The National Football Conference (NFC) Championship game had a weather forecast of heavy rain and winds up to 25 miles per hour, conditions which would favor a strong running game and tough defense. According to the NFL, Seahawks finished first in the regular season stats for both categories. The Seahawks have been mentioned as the best defense in the league, with a pro bowl secondary that consists of Richard Sherman, Cam Chancellor, and Earl Thomas. On the … [Read more...] about NFL catch up: The Seattle Seahawks
NBA playoffs shoot towards championship
By Donte Medder |Staff Writer| While the NCAA tournament wraps up, attention has turned to the NBA Playoffs. All year long teams have been jockeying for a playoff position and now the final 16 are set. All the questions asked at the beginning of the season will be answered. Can Lebron James win a third straight championship or are the Indiana Pacers ready to take a shot at the title? Can Kevin Durant put a feather on the cap on what seems to be a lock for his first Most Valuable Player award with a championship? Or do the Los Angeles Clippers legitimately have a chance to hang a banner in the Lakers home arena. From seasoned veteran teams such as the San Antonio Spurs … [Read more...] about NBA playoffs shoot towards championship
Three straight losses keep women's soccer out of playoffs
By Ryan Libby |Staff Writer| If you walked into the woman's soccer team practice you wouldn't be able to know that they just lost three straight games and missed the playoffs. Instead, you would hear laughter and chatter about the recent mid-terms and be able to see the smiles spread across their faces. The mood was light and relaxed. It made me wonder if the stressful week of needing to win two games against opponents like Chico State and Cal State Stanislaus had weighed them down. It might have, but it also may have been inexperience. "I thought the game was even," said Coach Travis Clarke when talking about the team's loss to Chico on Oct. 19. "Kind of chalk that one … [Read more...] about Three straight losses keep women's soccer out of playoffs
Coyote Jock Talk: Young Clippers struggle in Game 1 of semifinals
Game one of the Western Conference semifinals was a tough game for the underdog Clippers who struggled to stop the Spurs in the paint and at the three-point line. Through out the game, the Clippers could not match up with the speed of the Spurs in transition on the court or control the pace of the game with 15 turnovers. "We weren't able to slow them down," said Clippers Head Coach Vinny Del Negro. "I thought the tempo was in their favor a lot." Down low in the post, Griffin and Jordan could not eliminate the efforts of Spurs Tim Duncan from taking it to the paint and scoring. Majority of the Spurs points came from scoring in the paint and he made it look easy. Despite the … [Read more...] about Coyote Jock Talk: Young Clippers struggle in Game 1 of semifinals
Coyote baseball advances to playoffs after winning CSU Dominguez Hills
By Ray Beasley |Staff Writer| The Coyotes clinched a CCAA tournament playoff spot on May 5 by sweeping their home doubleheader against Dominguez Hills. Courageously battling back after being down two games in a four-game series, the Coyotes demonstrated their consistent mental resilience. Originally, the Coyotes took the field with their eyes set on coming home as league champs resulting from a series sweep.After losing two games at the Toros home stadium, however, they found themselves in a battle just to make the playoffs. The Coyotes refused to accept defeat as they battled valiantly through an exhausting 12-inning game. With their season on the brink of ending and their … [Read more...] about Coyote baseball advances to playoffs after winning CSU Dominguez Hills
Walk-off balk ends Coyotes' baseball playoff hopes
After Sonoma State runners advanced into scoring position on two separate wild pitches in the bottom of the ninth, third baseman Jeff Boulware scored on a walk-off balk, ending the Coyote's season in a 3-2 loss. The uneventful call given by homeplate umpire Rob Hansen was at the expense of Coyote reliever Josh Pond, who had just struck out pinch-hitter Danny Dworkin, putting the 'Yotes one out away from winning their first CCAA tournament game since 2002. The heartbreaking bottom of the ninth came after the Coyotes had back-to-back two-out hits that scored their only two runs of the game. Senior first baseman Brandon Day hit a single to left field, scoring pinch-runner Jeff Terzo. The … [Read more...] about Walk-off balk ends Coyotes' baseball playoff hopes
Coyote baseball's bats were hot against UC San Diego Tritons
By Jessica Bracamontes |Staff Writer| By Spencer Hirsch |Asst. Sports Editor| The Coyotes split their four game series on April 19–21 against the conference leading UC San Diego Tritons. After taking the first two games at home, the Coyotes looked to take the series by winning at least one game, in the doubleheader on April 21 at the Tritons' home turf. Unfortunately, it was just not meant to be. The Tritons won both of their home games as well, keeping their conference lead by one game when the weekend was said and done. According to left hand relief pitcher Kerry Kelley, the team just had a bad day. "We weren't clicking on all cylinders," said Kelley. First baseman Brandon Day … [Read more...] about Coyote baseball's bats were hot against UC San Diego Tritons


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Tax Incremental Financing (TIF) is an economic development program that helps promote local tax base expansion by using property tax revenues to fund site improvements to attract new development, eliminate blight and for environmental remediation. Owners of property in a Tax Incremental District (TID) pay the same rate of taxes that owners outside the TID pay. TIF is neither a tax freeze nor a tax increase, but a special allocation method for taxes collected on property value increases within the district.
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Free Hi-Res Autumn/Fall Leaf Textures part 3
This is the last part of the high resolution autumn leaf textures. Zip file contains 18 pictures around 5000-3000px. Same nice fall colors as the others.
Check out the screens for these textures below; download link is right after. Leave me a comment if you like them. Thanks!
If you also want the previous parts you can find them here: Part 1, Part 2.
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Square continues to roll out its suite of tools and services for small businesses. This time it's Square Payroll, a quick and easy way to pay employees.
Square continues to roll out its suite of tools and services for small businesses. This time it's Square Payroll, a quick and easy way to pay employees. "Existing payroll solutions are complicated, expensive, and typically built for large businesses with salaried employees," says Square spokesperson Faryl Ury. With the introduction of Square Payroll, the company intends to make paying employees — particularly hourly ones — a whole lot easier.
Here are a few of the system's unique features:
> Timecards are integrated: Hourly employees can easily clock in and out from the register and their hours are automatically imported into the system.
> Taxes are taken care of: You don't have to sweat your federal and state payroll taxes. Payroll automatically handles withholdings, payments, and filings.
> Easy setup: Getting up to speed is quick and simple for both you and your employees. And employees can set up direct deposit and access their pay stubs online.
> Affordable and transparent pricing: Pricing is $20 a month plus $5 for each employee paid that month.
> Versatile: Although built with hourly employees in mind, Payroll works for salaried staff as well.
At press time Square Payroll is only available in California, but the company has plans to expand to more states soon.
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PLDT DSL Feedback
The PLDT P999/month 256 Kbps DSL Package looks interesting, so I asked someone for feedback.
My relative who lives in San Juan has these comments:
+ P1,995 for 256 Kbps (apparently she subscribed many months ago before the prices started dropping)
Since I don't live in San Juan, I'll probably try the PLDT P999 DSL Package. A similar package would be Sky Cable's ZP Dee cable internet -- P975/month for 256 Kbps for existing Sky Cable subscribers.
1. ZP Dee requires a P2,000 deposit (for the cable modem) plus one month's advance (P975). PLDT's DSL P999 has no other fees.
2. ZP Dee (cable internet) has one line servicing a particular neighborhood. The more cable internet subscribers, the slower (theoretically) the speed. DSL has one phone line per subscriber, so your surfing speed shouldn't be affected too much by the increase in subscribers.
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"Then the Lord said to Cain, 'Why are you angry? And why has your countenance fallen? If you do well, will not your countenance be lifted up? And if you do not do well, sin is crouching at the door; and its desire is for you, but you must master it.'"
My Sneaky Puppy
"You need to be smarter than your dog!" A friend and mentor encouraged me with these words the other day. She was right! This important lesson applies to more than just your puppy. You also need to be smarter than another type of mongrel that longs to get the best of you – your sin nature!
"She will not get the best of me this time," I vowed as I led Apache out to her kennel before leaving for work. The previous morning I had mistakenly left the kennel door open and after filling her water bucket, preparing her food, loading her up with toys, including a peanut butter filled Kong, and giving her a daily treat, I turned to leave. Before I could stop her she darted out of the kennel and was running free through the yard. All of my enticing words were met with an indifferent look as she enjoyed her free reign of our property! Ugh!!!! I was late to work!
But this time I would be smarter! I led Apache out as usual, shut the kennel door, prepared the pen, and turned to leave. Very carefully I opened the gate just enough to slip through when from out of nowhere a flash of brown and white lightning whizzed by my legs and shot through the open space like a desperate criminal after her last chance at freedom! Exasperated with her antics, I was sure I detected a smirk as she taunted me with her cocked head and playful stance! Another day late to work!
Another Sneaky Mongrel
"Be smarter than your dog!" This doesn't only apply to a free-spirited puppy. Every person must learn to be smarter than his or her sin nature! In the book of Genesis God warned Cain about the sneaky mongrel of sin and the consequences of not keeping it under control.
Cain and Abel, the first two children of Adam and Eve, were born with a sin nature. They inherited this animal because of Adam & Eve's sin in the Garden of Eden. It wasn't long before the effects of this unruly mutt began to rear its ugly head. One day each of the brothers brought God a sacrifice: Cain a basket of fruit from his garden and Abel a lamb from his flock. God was pleased with Abel's gift, which was given in faith, but did not accept the gift of Cain.
This rebuke did not sit too well with Cain and anger started boiling in his heart. God saw the threatening signs of evil and warned the bitter brother to be smarter than his sin! "Then the Lord said to Cain, 'Why are you angry? And why has your countenance fallen? If you do well, will not your countenance be lifted up? And if you do not do well, sin is crouching at the door; and its desire is for you, but you must master it.'" I am sorry to say that sin had its way with Cain. Anger overtook this young man and he murdered his brother out in an open field. What a tragedy, and this was only the beginning of much pain and grief for the family and generations to come!
How to Outsmart Your Sin Nature
How can someone be smarter than sin? First, you must realize and accept that Jesus has already beaten it by offering Himself as the payment for its consequences on the cross. Then you must listen carefully to God's instructions in the Bible and ask for help in obeying. When you feel the warning signs of a wrong attitude or bitter anger filling your thoughts and energizing your body, immediately stop and ask God for help. Think carefully before taking any action and rely on God's power to tame the wild beast within you. He promises that He can make a way to escape from any of the temptations that are common to man.
I am going to have to think a little harder and be a little smarter when it comes to Apache. She is a pretty smart little gal! But the biggest concern that we all must watch out for is our sin nature. This sneaky mongrel is ready to escape at the smallest crack of our gate. So trust in Jesus, ask for help, and always be aware. Sin is crouching at the door – but with God's help you can master it!


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In the field of Aesthetic medicine Asim Medical is a unique medical facility providing serious surgical and non-surgical alternatives to your Hair Restoration, IV Nutrition, Skin Rejuvenation and Sexual Wellness needs. Dr. Rahman is a highly sought-after physician known for his progressive way of utilizing current technology and applying it creatively to obtain the safest and most effective solutions. - We all age, it is a fact of life, but looking, staying and feeling youthful is often something we can control," says Dr. Rahman. "We are a generation of individuals seeking preventive and regenerative medicine, non-surgical aesthetic alternatives and sexual wellness solutions that are superior to traditional methods, the Asim Medical team delivers on all fronts."
Asim Medical provides in-depth and thorough analyses, diagnostics and treatments that are effective in helping you achieve your aesthetic and sexual wellness goals. Dr. Rahman's layered approach to anti-aging and regenerative medicine is unique, as he understands how to apply the latest technology in sexual medicine and aesthetics to deliver outstanding results.
"Where science meets artistry," the premise of Asim Medical. In his practice he also embraces revolutionary techniques using IV Nutrients and Neograft for hair restoration with platelet rich plasma (PRP), including the renowned Vampire Series of aesthetic treatments and the Priapus Shot® sexual wellness therapies that promote true cellular rejuvenation.
There are many doctors offering IV Vitamin and hair restoration treatments but none are as highly trained and creative at utilizing all the Regenerative Medicine options as IV Nutrients and Hair Restoration like Platelet Rich Plasma (PRP), Oral and Injectable medications and Functional Medicine strategies. His expansive knowledge of the emerging techniques in science, medicine and aesthetics, combined with his artful eye make Dr. Rahman a very talented results oriented physician.
An initial consultation is essential for each patient, in order for Dr. Rahman to understand your challenges and concerns, discuss your goals, make a necessary assessment and design a treatment protocol that will offer you maximum results and value.
Asim Rahman, MD is the founder of Asim Medical, He is Double Board Certified in Regenerative and Family Medicine and practicing hair restoration for the past 10 Years, focused on reaching every patient's goals with the most advanced non-invasive and minimally-invasive technology, products and expertise.
At his current practice, he commonly meets patients that have seen doctor after doctor and have reached the end of a rapidly fraying rope in their pursuit of health. Hair restoration, Anti-Aging, Regenerative and Functional medicine has always been at the heart of his practice. Dr. Rahman realizes that correcting and preventing cellular imbalances, the root cause of disease is essential to achieving true wellness and optimal health.
It is his personal experience with life-limiting illness that led him to dedicate his medical practice to using the most advanced scientific and all-natural methods to assist others in achieving the highest quality of life possible.


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If you have built up an online store, you perhaps want to give it a professional look. And, this is possible with the customization of its design. Most of the online visitors get attracted to a store, depending on how effective the design is. For your PrestaShop store also, you can create a user-friendly design with the use of themes. PrestaShop offers various themes that you may install easily on your platform. We have collected some of the best PrestaShop themes for lingerie shop.
Lingerie Shop – Responsive Prestashop Theme
This theme suits best for those stores that promotes sexy, attractive lingerie to draw the attention of female customers mainly. With a considerable functionality and relevant graphics, this PrestaShop theme allows you to set up an eye-catching platform. In the overall design, you may find the accent of pink hues.
Mega menu helps you in the organization of promotional banners and product categories. Among other features, you can mention outstanding icons, multilingual support, search engine optimized, Ajax shopping cart, custom content, page design, background, contact form, Google Map and many more.Demo & Download
Kora – Responsive Prestashop 1.7 & 1.6 Theme
Compatible with PrestaShop version 1.7 & 1.6, this responsive theme is best suited for jewelry shop. Add sophistication and glamour to your online jewelry store. Though you may get some simple feature, you can make your shop prominent to the web visitors.
The most notable features of this adaptive theme include sliders, digital banners, attractive homepage and header and so on. You may install rows and columns or add icons very easily. The theme works flawlessly with any browser, like Chrome, Firefox and IE8+. It is also friendly to mobile OS, such as, iOS and Android. The theme is designed with powerful technologies, like HTML5 and Bootstrap 3.Demo & Download
Maserio – Lingerie PrestaShop 1.7 and 1.6 Theme
It is another beautiful theme for the online lingerie sellers. The overall presentation is really gorgeous, and it is blended with a sophisticated functionality. With the use of this theme, you may have a stronger base for your store. The User Interface of your shop will retain a wonderful look with vibrant colors.
There are six modules, including Home Carousel, Maps and MegaMenu. Another module, Media Parallax also helps you to give the effect of scrolling in videos and images.Demo & Download
Leo Clothes Prestashop Theme
Leo Framework empowers this theme in order to help you in controlling all the sections, such as, Megamenu and Google fonts. Designed with the sleek and powerful framework, Bootstrap, this PrestaShop theme enables you in faster web store development.
You can choose any of the color options, including white and dark. Coding is also much clean, and you may customize everything very easily. The layout also leads to the easy display of content. You can change color and width of template through a Control Panel. Another feature to be mentioned about it is that the theme supports most of the standard browsers, like IE and Chrome.Demo & Download
Glory Shop – Prestashop Multipurpose Theme
This is one of the PrestaShop Themes, perfectly designed for your digital store, selling fashion accessories, like lingerie, cosmetics, kids' toys and many more. With an excellent layout and beautiful color, the theme helps you to develop a catchy platform.
For promotional purposes, you can get unlimited number of banners. Built with CSS3 and HTML5, Glory Shop supports different languages, SEO and Google Fonts. You may run it using any browser, and if you are a novice, Glory Shop offers you a guide for installation. In addition to it, you can also use a Module to display the latest goods of your store.Demo & Download
All the above themes are highly responsive, and so, they fit well for any device, like mobile or desktop. Pick any theme for your store and improve your sales.


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Ooooo! Nice frontal lobes!By
Iron! Now it's good for your brain.
Not the iron in your diet.
I'm talking about iron you push around the gym.
It's not just for skeletal muscle anymore.
I'm grinning like crazy over research published today in the Archives of Internal Medicine: "Resistance Training and Executive Functions".
Cut to the chase: Lift weights when you're older and your brain will work better.
You won't just "feel" better, or look better.
Your brain will work better.
How cool is that?!
155 women, aged 65 – 75 years, were involved in a 12-month research project looking at weight resistance training and its effect on executive cognitive functions….. some did balance and toning exercises while others pushed iron around using dumbbells and weight machines. All completed series of tests throughout the 12 months and here's the wrap up:
"Conclusion: Twelve months of once-weekly or twice-weekly resistance training benefited the executive cognitive function of selective attention and conflict resolution among senior women."
Better Conflict Resolution through consistent weight lifting!
Improved ability to pay attention and solve problems.
What's not to love?
I love lifting weights. Always have. All my life.
I do it for fitness, for strength in my sports, and for the fun of it.
I move a bunch of iron against gravity and then put it back.
Nothing could be simpler. And I feel great.
Now it's good for my brain.
See you at the gym!
Here's the Abstract.
Resistance Training and Executive Functions
A 12-Month Randomized Controlled Trial
Teresa Liu-Ambrose, PhD, PT; Lindsay S. Nagamatsu, MA; Peter Graf, PhD; B. Lynn Beattie, MD; Maureen C. Ashe, PhD, PT; Todd C. Handy, PhD
Arch Intern Med. 2010;170(2):170-178.


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BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Democrat Doug Jones has won the special election to fill a Senate seat in Alabama, according to exit polls and returns - a shocking upset in a solidly Republican state, in which massive turnout among African-American voters helped defeat a candidate enthusiastically backed by President Donald Trump.
The Associated Press called the race at 10:23 p.m. Eastern time.
Jones becomes the first Democrat elected to the Senate from Alabama since 1992. The Senate seat came open when Trump chose former Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-Ala., to become attorney general earlier this year.
Jones' victory followed a pattern set earlier this year in Virginia's gubernatorial election: a wave of enthusiasm among the Democratic party's traditional base, which was aided by a swing from Republicans to Democrats among well-educated suburban voters.
Jones, 63, is a former U.S. attorney best known for prosecuting two Ku Klux Klan members for the 1963 bombing of a Birmingham Baptist church, which killed four girls. The bombers were not tried until the 1990s.
He has never held elective office.
Jones' opponent, Republican Roy Moore, is a former state chief justice who believes that "God's law" trumps the U.S. Constitution.
In Alabama, the night's early returns showed Moore ahead, as mainly rural votes came in. But he surged ahead after 10 p.m. Eastern, as large cities like Mobile, Montgomery and Birmingham reported huge increases in turnout and large margins for the Democrat. Overall, news reports indicated that statewide turnout had smashed expectations, roughly doubling what officials had predicted.
At Jones' election-night party in Birmingham, the crowd buzzed with nervous energy as Jones' victory took shape. Paulette Roby, 67, said she had been worried that Moore would drag the state's race relations back toward Alabama's troubled past.
"We've got to have somebody that's going to represent the state of Alabama with good faith," said Roby, an African-American who said she was active in the civil rights movement. "We can't go back. Why would we go back?"
Jones' victory will reshape the calculus of the Senate, where Republicans will see their thin majority shrink from two votes to one. While Republicans are likely to pass a huge tax-reform push before Jones is officially seated, the rest of the GOP's agenda may now plunge into jeopardy.
The coalition that backed Jones was sketched out in early exit polls. They indicated that black turnout might be slightly higher than the levels in 2012 and 2008, when Barack Obama was on the ballot. African-Americans made up 28 percent of the electorate in 2008, and 29 percent in 2012. In this election, they make up about 3 in 10 Alabama voters so far on Election Day according to preliminary exit polls.
By contrast, white evangelical voters seemed to make up a smaller percentage of the electorate this year than they had in past elections. That group made up just over 4 in 10 voters this year, compared with 47 percent of the state's electorate in both 2012 and 2008 presidential elections, according to Alabama exit polls.
"They're coming out," said Kim Payton, a city councilwoman in the town of Hayneville, Ala. - meaning black voters. Hayneville is located in the state's "black belt" - rural area named for its dark soils, which also has a strong contingent of African-American voters.
One voter in Hayneville, 49 year-old masonry instructor, Robert Holcombe, said the allegations against Moore particularly bothered him. "We took Roy Moore to be a church man, an upright man," Holcombe said. "I have an 18-year-old daughter. I know I wouldn't want him messing with her at age 14."
Other exit polls seemed to indicate that this electorate would be different than the one that came to the polls in November 2016. Trump, for instance, won Alabama with 62 percent of the vote in 2016. But preliminary exit polls Tuesday found that just under half of Alabamians approve of Trump's performance, while about an identical share disapprove. About 4 in 10 voters say they "strongly disapprove" of Trump, compared with just over 3 in 10 who "strongly approve."
Part of the reason was a scandal that hobbled Moore - the judge, who'd built his career as an outspoken voice for Christian morals, had reportedly pursued romantic relationships with teenagers while he was in his 30s. Moore has denied any wrongdoing.
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During the campaign, Jones sold himself as a centrist who would work with Republicans - and as a politician who would not embarrass Alabama or drive away business. He took advantage of a scandal that began with a report in The Washington Post: several women said that Moore had pursued romantic relationships with them decades before, when he was in his 30s and they were in their teens. Moore has denied wrongdoing.
"This election is going to be one of the most significant in our state's history in a long time," Jones said during an election-eve rally in Birmingham. "And we've got to make sure that at this crossroads in Alabama's history, we take the right road."
Jones also encouraged voters to put "decency" ahead of party loyalty and urged them to consider how Alabama will be viewed by business leaders as a result of the election.
In the short term, Jones' victory will further narrow the GOP's thin margin of control in the Senate, leaving Republicans with a 51-49 majority. Already, Republicans have struggled to pass legislation on health care and taxes, since only a few GOP defectors can sink any measure.
In the longer term, Jones win may signal the limits of Trump's political pull - and the drawbacks of remaking the GOP in his image.
Trump has now seen two of his candidates lose in Alabama, a state that had been at the heart of his support in last year's election. First, Trump supported Sen. Luther Strange, R, who had been appointed to fill Session's seat. But Strange lost to Moore in the GOP primary runoff.
Then, in the general election, Trump backed Moore. And Moore, who was advised by Trump's former chief strategist Steve Bannon - used the playbook that Trump used after the "Access Hollywood" videotape was revealed last year. In Moore's case, the candidate attacked his accusers as liars, and cast their stories as part of a conspiracy by the news media and the political establishment.
After that, Senate GOP leaders had called on Moore to quit. He didn't. Instead, Moore relied on the help of Bannon. Moore criticized his accusers, denied all the reports of improper behavior, and blamed a conspiracy of the news media and establishment politicians.
Trump had joined enthusiastically. He become one of Moore's most fervent defender in recent days, tweeting about him repeatedly and recording a robocall to drive out the vote. "Roy Moore will always vote with us. VOTE ROY MOORE!" Trump tweeted on election day.
In interviews with voters on Tuesday, Trump's influence seemed to be slight. For many voters, it was was Moore that defined the race - both for those who supported him, and those who supported Jones.
""This is the first time I've voted for a Democrat," said Henry Waller, 24, who works in logistics for a granite company, said at a polling place in Mountain Brook, Ala. "I'm a Christian, and I think Moore represents the absolute worst way to put Christianity into politics."
Sessions, whose departure from the Senate prompted Tuesday's election, said Tuesday that he voted but did not say it was for Moore.
"I voted absentee," Sessions said in Baltimore, responding to a question from a reporter. "I value the sanctity of the ballot. The people of Alabama are good and decent. They'll make right decision."
If Jones wins, Senate leaders will face pressure from Democrats to seat him before final votes on the GOP tax bill. The Alabama secretary of state's office said the election result could be certified with the Senate as early as Dec. 27 to 29.
But McConnell on Tuesday said Strange, who was appointed by the governor to temporarily fill Sessions' seat, will remain in the Senate through the end of the current session.
"Once the state certifies and sends us the paperwork, the new Senator is sworn in. But since the state said they don't expect to certify until the end of the month, and we expect to finish before the end of the month..." McConnell spokesman Don Stewart wrote in an email.
Fahrenthold reported from Washington. Sullivan and Weigel reported from Alabama. Elise Viebeck, Michael Scherer, Philip Rucker and Scott Clement in Washington and Larry Bleiberg and Jenna Johnson in Alabama contributed to this report.


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Here are the dates for our Gadfly Dance Auditions 2017. We only do this once a year and we have short and long term projects down the pipe in different cities so we're coming to Vancouver, New York City, Montreal, and Toronto. For these closed auditions, we're looking for solid dancers for various upcoming projects. Read below before submitting.
Gadfly Company Dance Auditions 2017 – Vancouver, New York, Montreal, Toronto
We'll be in North Bay for a full week of performances from August 16-20. Join us on Saturday August 19 for our final performance at the Capitol Centre.
11:00 am at the Farmers' Market – Oak Street, North Bay
2:00 pm YMCA Daycamp (closed session)
5:45 pm at North Bay Government Dock
11:00 am at Camp Tillicum, Callander (closed session)
2:00 pm at Powassan Library – 324 Clark Street, Powassan
3:30 pm at Centennial Park, Callander Waterfront, Callander
6:00 pm Ladies' Night at Pinewood Park Golf Course, North Bay
Noon at Capitol Centre (Main St. entrance), 150 Main Street East, North Bay
2:30 pm at Waterfront Beach, Memorial Park Drive, North Bay
6:15 pm at North Bay Mall, Lakeshore Drive, North Bay
11:00 am at Farmers' Market, Oak Street, North Bay
1:00 pm at Downtown Buskers' Stage, Pedestrian Underpass & Memorial Drive
8:45 pm at the Capitol Centre – Fringe Festival – 150 Main Street East, North Bay (*KLOROFYL EXCERPT)
We proudly present to you – the 8th Toronto Urban Dance Symposium, aka TUDS8.
La crème de la crème in Urban Dance reunited in Toronto to bring you the most addicting Dance Battles & Dance Theatre Shows in Canada. An intense ménage a trios of Artistry, Authenticity, Athleticism.
Get yourself immersed:
- Dance Debates on pressing issues for dancers and ways to push industry standards in the right direction
- 2nd annual CINCOTRYBE Hip Hop Championship
- Dance Workshops from Canada's most sought after talent
- Mainstage Shows by Gadfly and other Canadian choreographers/dance groups
- Gadfly Awards
Website: www.tuds.ca
Watch Apolonia's New Work: a commission by the School of Toronto Dance Theatre. As part of Impulse, her work will be presented alongside other renowned choreographers from November 23 to December 2, 2017 at the Winchester Street Theatre.
Info: http://schooloftdt.org/performances-outreach/upcoming-performances/
Watch Apolonia's New Work UNHUSH: a commission by Canadian Contemporary Dance Theatre. As part of Wintersong, her work will be presented alongside other renowned choreographers on December 8-9, 2017 at the Fleck Dance Theatre.
Info: http://schooloftdt.org/performances-outreach/upcoming-performances/
In collaboration with 100lux, we're holding an Audition in Montreal for the presentation of a KLOROFYL excerpt in February 2018.
Read all the details here: http://www.100lux.ca/audition
It's confirmed – Flato Markham Theatre will officially present the Award-winning full-length Production 'KLOROFYL' on January 18, 2018.
Get your tickets here: https://secure1.tixhub.com/markham/online/b_otix.asp?cboPerformances=3232&cboEvent=1969


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A Cute Story About Big D
When I first met Big D (almost exactly 8 years ago) we were instant friends. We liked the same music, talked about the same "cool" things, etc. (We think in the very beginning he had a little crush on me too!) He was always so happy to come visit and we had a great time together. Back then, D and Big D used to watch the news a lot (we don't much anymore – it's too depressing!)
One night, D was on the phone with me, and Big D was watching the news by himself. He came running over to her and told her she needed to tell me about this one story, and he drew me a picture:
He said, "Tell M she needs to be careful!" I can't recall what the man did, but apparently he was dangerous enough for Big D to draw a picture of him for me! I thought this was the cutest thing ever 🙂 I also don't know why he thought I needed to be careful, as I think he meant Plymouth, New Hampshire, which is nowhere near where I lived/live. What a thoughtful little guy he was/is!
I kept this, along with a bunch of other pictures he drew me and with all the love letters D has written me over the years. I was getting very nostalgic when I was looking through that folder this morning. *sigh* I really am the luckiest woman in the world 😉
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He is a great kid! However, my opinion is slightly biased anyway!! A very cute story and we are certainly lucky.


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The replacing rate of unemployment-related benefits are negatively signed and statistically important. Ten per centum points increase in unemployment-related benefits could diminish engagement rates by about 1.5-2 per centum points. Consequently, the addition in unemployment-related benefits between 1971 and 1995, for illustration, showed consequence in reduced older age male engagement rates ( by -8 per centum points ) . Particular early retirement replacing rates had big standard mistakes and were non statistically important. Earlier mentioned grounds that disablement strategies are used as an early retirement way seems contrary to these consequences. However, Blondal and Scarpetta explain that this contradictory consequence is most likely due to the trouble in placing the states where disablement strategies are used as early retirement waies.
Labor market conditions played a important function in the engagement rates of older male workers every bit good. One per centum point addition in the unemployment rate may diminish about 0,6-0,9 per centum points of the engagement rate of older male workers in the longer tally. For case, unemployment rate increased in Finland between 1971-1995 by 12.4 per centum, which might hold led to estimated 7.4-11.2 per centum diminution in the older male engagement rates[ 4 ]( Blondal and Scarpetta 1999, p.38 ) . The Finnish unemployment rate grew quickly due to the economic depression in the beginning of 1990 's. Unemployment was 3.5 per centum points in 1990 but accelerated to 17.8 per centum points in 1993 ( OECD, 2010 ) . From Figure 9 it can be deduced that different age groups reacted otherwise, unemployment rates being highest among 55-59 old ages old workers.
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Figure 9: Unemployment rates between different age groups 1990-2009
Beginning: OECD 2010
Demographic alterations have a important impact on old labour supply. In peculiar, alterations in the size and composing of the labour force due to the entry into the on the job age of the Baby Boom coevals seem to make force per unit area to early backdown among older male workers. Consequences of empirical analyses suggest that the addition in the portion of premier age population by one per centum point decreases engagement rate of older workers by 0.9 per centum points. Effectss of demographic alterations on engagement rates besides depend upon labour market establishments. In states with high centralisation of pay bargaining there are bigger alterations in the labour supply and engagement rates.
Using the empirical consequences, Blondal and Scarpetta offer a dislocation of the cross-country differences ( Table 5 ) in the engagement rates of older workers over the full sample period 1971-1995. The norm of the 15 OECD states of the sample is used as a mention for the 2nd column to gauge differences to the value observed in each state. Columns 4-9 show how these differences can be explained by differences in the explanatory variables.
Table 5: Accounting for the cross-country differences in engagement rates of male workers aged 55-64:
Beginning: Blodnal and Scarpetta, 1999 p.75
It should be stressed that this empirical analysis has troubles to asses the interaction of each constituent of old-age pension system and other non-employment benefits on the labour supply of older workers. To asses the overall impact of different pension and non-employment benefit constructions on labour supply, all pension systems are merged together in one drumhead index: " societal security wealth "[ 5 ]. The parametric quantity of societal security wealth suggests that a 10 per centum points decrease in the inexplicit revenue enhancement on continued work of 10 old ages would take to an addition of the older male worker engagement rate by about 1.8 per centum points. Consequently, a important bead in societal security wealth accrual between 1971-1995 could hold led to a autumn of about 8-9 per centum points in Finland, Portugal and the Netherlands.
6. How to prorogue effectual retirement age?
Additions in the old-age dependence ratio in Pay-As-You-Go pension system and other early retirement waies create fiscal force per unit area on maintaining costs of the society in sustainable degrees. To reconstruct fiscal stableness lifting the effectual retirement is a powerful step in two ways. It will increase the figure of workers and, accordingly, it will besides diminish the figure of eligible pensionaries. In this chapter, some ways how to prorogue effectual retirement age will be explained.
To prorogue retirement age it is necessary to extinguish, or at least adjust, factors that cause early retirement. As discussed in old chapters, in Europe and, by and large, developed states there are many inducements and other factors which lead to early retirement. On the one manus, old-age retirement systems give inducements to retire to those who have reached the age of benefits going available. On the other manus, besides societal security systems, unemployment benefits and disablement retirement systems, which function in many European states as early retirement waies, should be rearranged so that people would work longer. It has to be kept in head that increasing early- and standard retirement ages can be an effectual action, but merely if at the same clip other tracts to early retirement are blocked. Otherwise the effectual retirement age might non increase.
Policies to increase engagement rates of older workers can be grouped under three classs:
increasing the earliest and the standard retirement age
increasing the nexus between part old ages and benefits ( towards more actuarial neutrality )
fastening non-pension transportation plans which permit an early backdown from the labour market.
A figure of states have already changed retirement ages and eliminated inducements for early retirements. More states are on the manner with pension reforms. The United States, Italy, and Hungary, for case, increased their standard retirement ages. Furthermore, many states have increased the retirement age of adult females rendering it equal to that of work forces. Measures have been taken to increase the nexus between part old ages and benefits, so if people retire subsequently and hence contribute more, their pensions will be increased consequently. In order to detain retirement, a figure of states ( Germany, Belgium, Italy, Finland, Netherlands, Hungary, United Kingdom, and Canada ) have started to fasten entree to early retirement pension, disablement benefits, and unemployment-related strategies. States still running Defined Benefit systems have besides reduced the inexplicit revenue enhancement rates by increasing pension accrual rates. This will progressively consequence replacing rates if people work longer ( OECD 2002, p. 144-146 ) .
6.1 Increasing the early and the standard retirement age
Removing or cut downing inducements to early retirement can be achieved through more than one manner. Blondal and Scarpetta argue that inducements are normally less falsifying prior to the age where old age pension benefits become available. Raising the pensionable age is considered the most direct manner to promote workers to go on work ( Blondal and Scarpetta 1999, p.8 ) .
In states with generous societal security systems, it is non surprising that altering the system by increasing retirement ages and cutting other costs might non be supported by the population. It is non easy to explicate that the current system is merely non sustainable. A study conducted in Finland in 2001 showed that raising the retirement age is favored by merely 23 per centum of the populace, whilst 69 per centum express dissension. The Finnish study consequences were really near to the EU-15 norm ( Lassila and Valkonen 2006, p. 3 ) .
However, Cremer and Pestieau stated that the alleged Fe jurisprudence of Pay-As-You-Go societal security system is ineluctable ( 2003, p. 1 ) . The writers argue that the challenges of aging can merely be met by raising the age of retirement, cutting benefits, lifting revenue enhancements and/or increasing the inexplicit societal security debt.
In 2002, Gruber and Wise published a country-by-country analysis of retirement behaviour based on macro-data. They analyzed holds of the benefit eligibility ages and the consequence of these holds on retirement timing. They did so through simulating reforms where all eligibility ages of the retirement plans ( including disablement, unemployment and other retirement tracts ) are delayed by three old ages in 12 states. The simulation method does non utilize same twelvemonth age groups for all the states but are defined for each state individually. Age groups are defined by the first age at enchantress at least 25 per centum of work forces are out of the labour force. This alleged " 25 per centum age " plus four old ages age is used as comparable five old ages age group for each state. Simulation compares male workers ' retirement behaviour among the states in this five twelvemonth age group.
Figure 10 demonstrates per centum alterations of workers out of labour force in the age group " 25 per centum age + 4 old ages " when eligibility age is delayed by three old ages. " 25 per centum age " is shown at the top of the bars. Increasing the eligibility age reduced the figure of workers out of labour force in all 12 states. The mean decrease was 47 per centum, with a scope from 14 per centum to 77 per centum points ( Gruber and Wise 2002, p. 26-27 ) .
This simulation was run two times, foremost merely additive steps of ages were used as control variables. In the 2nd tally, Gruber and Wise besides included age indexs in the appraisal. The estimated age index effects are used to foretell the consequence of the plan alterations. This means that in certain ages the chance to retire is higher than in others, depending on the retirement plan.
Consequences in Figure 10 allow age-specific variables to capture the consequence of benefit eligibility on retirement, therefore the consequence is besides higher than in the additive attack. Based on the strong impact of eligibility ages in retirement plans on the effectual retirement age, the simulation which takes into history age-specific variables holds the more well-founded anticipation.
Figure 10: Percentage of alterations of male workers out of the labour force in age group 25 per centum + 4 old ages when retirement age is delayed by 3 old ages.
Beginning: Gruber and Wise 2002, p. 28
Gruber and Wise did another simulation, in which alternatively of detaining retirement age by 3 old ages, early-retirement age was standardized for the age of 60 and standard retirement age for the age of 65 in all states. Distinctly from the old simulation, where retirement was delayed by three old ages, the reform of the retirement system depends here on the bing retirement system and entitlement ages of peculiar state. It can be assumed that in states with 25 per centum age set before the early retirement age 60, the figure of workers out of labour force will worsen. Consequently, where the 25 per centum age is set after 60, the new reform would take down the early retirement age and increase the figure of workers out of labour force. Therefore, this will pull more people to retreat from working force.
Figure 11 shows per centum points of alterations in the group of workers out of the labour force after the mentioned standardised early- and standard ages are applied. In Italy, Netherlands, Belgium, France, Canada, and Germany, the 25 per centum age was before age 60. In these states, the new reform decreases the figure of workers out of the labour force by an norm of 44 % . Consequently, in Denmark, Japan, Sweden, UK, Spain, and the US, where the 25 per centum age was set after the age of 60, the figure of workers out of the labour force increased by an norm of 4 % ( In three of these states, nevertheless, alterations were negative ) . In states where the figure of workers out the working force declined, even the retirement age dropped, due to the replacing rates which were higher before the reform.
Figure 11: Percentage alteration in the group of male workers out of the working force age group ( 25 per centum + 4 old ages ) harmonizing to the new reform: early retirement standardized to age 60, and standard retirement to age 65.
Beginning: Gruber and Wise 2002, p. 32
These simulations of Gruber and Wise point out that an addition of eligibility age can be an effectual policy to act upon retirement determinations of older workers. Despite the fact that retirement systems are different in all ascertained states, the reaction of labour force on delayed entitlement age tuned out to be similar and showed positive consequences on engagement.
6.2 Increasing the nexus between part old ages and benefits
Implicit revenue enhancement rates on continued work embedded in old-age pension vary among states. They are, nevertheless, significantly high in most Continental European Countries, making up to more than 90 per cent ( Luxembourg ) . Implicit revenue enhancements on continued work tend to act upon the retirement determination towards early labour market backdown as continuing work is less profitable for the person than retirement ( Duval 2004, p.10,34 ) .
Blondal and Scarpetta confirm that a more effectual alteration to public pension systems consists in beef uping the nexus between life-time parts and retirement benefits. This actuarially impersonal manner does non falsify the worker 's retirement determination. Hereby each extra twelvemonth of work would be compensated by greater pension benefits upon retirement. This nexus of part and benefits has been discovered and reinforced in many OECD states, including Finland. This attack leaved persons their ain pick: those desiring to retire earlier will make so at the cost of a lower pension, while those retiring subsequently are rewarded correspondingly ( Blondal and Scarpetta 1999, p.24 ) .
By cut downing the inexplicit revenue enhancement of continued work this attack encourages workers to remain longer in working life without impacting pension wealth.
Cremer and Pestieau claim that the decrease of the inexplicit revenue enhancement has alleged dual dividend consequence. First, it will promote able and healthy workers to work longer as they will confront smaller implicit revenue enhancements. Second, the hapless and unhealthy are non traveling to be effected by inexplicit revenue enhancements as they retire early anyhow. Yet through the addition of retirement ages, higher societal parts would besides better pension wealth of the hapless and unhealthy ( Cremer and Pestieau 2003 p.11 ) . In other words, diminishing the inexplicit revenue enhancement would hold increasing consequence on retirement ages. As a consequence, this will liberate resources needed to run into the challenge of aging and better the life-time public assistance of those with low rewards and bad wellness.
Related to the old accounts, Blondal and Scarpetta did a simulation in which the OECD societal security systems are reformed to be actuarially impersonal. Changes in the engagement rates after that reform are shown in Table 6. Changing societal security systems to actuarially impersonal significantly increased most of the states ' engagement rates of workers aged 55-65. The cross-country variableness of the engagement rates turned besides more equal, with most states making a engagement rate of at least 60 % . By and large, this simulation suggests that a displacement to a impersonal system could hold ample effects on engagement rates in the age group 55-65.
Table 6: Traveling to an actuarially impersonal pension system 1995
( in per centum of population )
Beginning: Blondal and Scarpetta 1999, p.77
Italy, France, Finland, the Netherlands, and Portugal would see pronounced additions in their engagement rates, particularly if unemployment-related benefit systems would be included in the reform bundle ( Blondal and Scarpetta 1999, p. 41-42 ) .
However, there are besides uncertainties. In actuarially just systems it might go more hard to utilize the pension system for redistribution within coevalss. Merely the simple premise that parts to the societal secure would be the same as benefits gained out of pension leads to farther premises that persons with long unemployment and disablements will hold to be covered by some extra strategy to cover their minimal public assistance when they retire. Pay-As-You-Go system as non-actuarially just system where originally more favourable to redistribution of public assistance within coevals. Although Lindbeck and Persson reminds that institutional characteristics, such as binding pensions to the peculiar figure of working old ages ( for case merely last 30 old ages are counted as working old ages ) , tend to prefer those with a steep lifetime income profile. On the other manus less educated get downing their working calling earlier and work every bit long as extremely educated will hold to accept smaller benefit counted merely from last 30 working old ages. Their accrued pension is still comparatively smaller because non all old ages are included in retirement benefits. Furthermore, adult females tend to be besides favored by non-actuarial systems. Women tend to work less than work forces but due to institutional characteristics they receive the same retirement benefits as work forces. In other words: non-actuarial systems redistribute income from ill educated work forces to extremely educated adult females. ( Lindbeck and Persson 2002, p.19-20 )
6.3 Gradual retirement
An option to diminishing inexplicit revenue enhancement on continued work consists in gradual retirement. This combination of parttime work and partial pension is an of import tool to increase the willingness to remain longer at work and do the pension system more sustainable. Weaving down the ( seasonably ) work committedness is besides from the worker 's position considered to be a more coveted option than a individual disconnected going from the full-time occupation. Common believe is that decreased hours help persons to maintain their work capacity and work motive, which in bend allows for longer working callings ( Ilmakunnas and Ilmakunnas 2007 p.1 ) .
Furthermore, Duval claims that work combined with the pension benefit of a decreased old-age pension or with the reception of full-pension consequences in more positive pension wealth and lower inexplicit revenue enhancement. He argues that in the utmost instance where the pension benefits are non income tested and no parts to the old-age pension have to be paid, the inexplicit revenue enhancement on continued work is merely 0. This is because the watercourse of pension payments remains unchanged, weather the person works or non ( Duval 2004 p.27 ) .
In order to derive economical sense out of the parttime pension, it should widen the length of a on the job calling. To promote workers to remain longer at work, particular parttime pensions should be designed to replace for full-time early retirement. Working while being entitled to old-age pension could be encouraged by taking earning-related trials and by giving new pension credits for the net incomes received after retirement.
In Finland, work after making the retirement age has besides been encouraged by presenting gradual retirement. Part-time pensions have become a popular manner of accomplishing a smooth passage from work to retirement ( about one fifth of workers aged 60-64 are enrolled in parttime pension ) . In parttime pensions, the benefit gained is 50 per cent of the difference between full-time and parttime net incomes. It is granted to an employed individual that changes from a full-time work to parttime work, full-time working hours being reduced to 16-28 hours a hebdomad. However, the Finnish pension reform in 2005 increased the eligibility age by two old ages from 56 to 58. Furthermore, the old-age pension accumulation on the parttime pension clip ( non-working clip ) was reduced from 1.5 % to 0.75 % ( Ilmakunnas and Ilmakunnas 2007 p.1,3 ) .
Seija and Pekka Ilmakunnas have analyzed the effects of partial retirement in Finland. Partially due to the partial retirement strategy, employment rates of older workers have risen, particularly in the age group 60-64. Since half of the corresponding loss in pay income is compensated as pension income, the partial pension is a popular manner of passage from work to retirement. Furthermore, parttime pension accrues benefits to old-age pension, both from the parttime work itself and from the difference between full-time and parttime pay ( Ilmakunnas and Ilmakunnas 2007 ) .
However, the consequences of this analysis does non change the fact that parttime pension has a proroguing consequence on the timing of retirement. Being already on parttime pension does non hold a important consequence in any of the alternate appraisals done on the go oning work after the age of 63. Seija and Pekka Ilmakunnas conclude that partial retirement might be a tool that helps in increasing the labour force engagement of older workers, yet if it does non increase effectual retirement age, it is a comparatively expansive tool for the society. First of wholly, financing partial pensions implies a direct cost to the pension system. Second, the decrease in working hours besides affects the pension part negatively ( Ilmakunnas and Ilmakunnas 2007 p.19-20 ) .
6.4 Tightening early backdown conditions
As mentioned in old chapters, reforms in standard pension age should be accompanied by fastening early backdown conditions. Blondal and Scarpetta are besides mentioning to this synergism in their survey. The experience of reforming states states that fastening one benefit system may ensue in a greater usage of other systems. In the Netherlands, for illustration, reforms to fasten disablement systems resulted in a strong addition of unemployment and societal public assistance benefits. In general, reforms in cut downing early retirement conditions need to factor in all possible retirement plans in order to cut down the danger of workers migrating from one system to another ( Blondal and Scarpetta 1999, p.32 ) .
Duval references that in the contrary state of affairs where early retirement benefits are allowed or extended, both the wealth of older workers and the inexplicit revenue enhancement on continued work tend to lift. Historical experiences show the effectual age of retirement plumping the benefit extensions ( Duval 2004, p.11 ) .
In states where alternate tracts to early retirement are easy accessible, replacement rates and inexplicit revenue enhancement rates on go oning work tend to be high. Particular early retirement pension strategies are frequently used to bridge the clip until people are entitled to have the normal old age pension. In order to detain retirement, a figure of states have started to fasten entree to early retirement pensions, unemployment- and disablement related strategies, and strengthened job-search demands for older unemployed workers ( OECD 2002, p.145 ) .
In the instance of Finland extremist alterations in policies besides related to early retirement systems since the 1990 's. Unemployment related strategies have been introduced in 1971 followed by other early retirement strategies in the 1980 's. These strategies were originally meant for a comparatively little figure of people which seemed to hold weak opportunities for re-employment. Nevertheless, these tracts were significantly loosened up during the economic depression of early the 1990 's. Since 1994, unemployment pension strategies have been tightened up to increase the work engagement of older people. Through the reform, which came into force at the beginning of 2005, early retirement strategies were pruned, and both unemployment pension strategy and particular early retirement strategy were abolished ( Forma et al. 2006, p.7 ; Hytti 2002, p.287 ) . The following chapter will take a closer expression on that reform.
7. The Finnish retirement system reform from 2005
Finland developed a cosmopolitan pension system later than most Western European states did. The National Pension Act came into force in 1956, followed by the Earning Related Pension Act in 1962. The first employees whose pension was accrued to the full in conformity to the earnings-related pension strategy began to retire in the early 2000 's ( Jarnefelt 2010, p.25 ) .
Presents, Finland has a two-tier statutory pension system which consists of the national province pension and earnings-related pension strategies. The system involves buffer financess and the PAYG system taking at vouching a minimal pension degree for those with no ( or a really little ) earnings-related pension. The purpose of the ( partly pre-funded ) earnings-related pension strategy is to keep the attained income degree to a sensible grade ( Forma et la. 2006, p. 9 ) .
Finnish national pension is benefit-tested, which means that if the earnings-related pension additions, the national pension lessenings. The national pension would non be paid if earnings-related benefits of non-married persons exceed 1207,38a'¬/month, 1075,30a'¬/month for married 1s ( Forma et la. 2006, p.9 ; Laesvuori and Elo 2009, p.15 ) .
Since the early 1990 's, several alterations have been carried out within the pension system, chiefly taking at lifting the mean retirement age and commanding the growing of costs.
The most important alteration, nevertheless, was carried out in the beginning of 2005. Main aims of that reform were to accommodate the retirement system to turning mean life anticipation. The retirement benefit base was now taking into history the whole life income and combined, and hence simplified, different retirement strategies. A nucleus purpose of the reform was to lift the mean retirement age by 2-3 old ages in the long term, and to increase the nexus between part old ages and benefits. In the last chapters of this work, an overview of alterations made in the Finnish retirement system shall be given. In add-on, a short analysis of how these alterations will consequence retirement behaviour of future workers will reason the subject discussed ( Forma et al. 2006, p. 9 ; Hietaniemi and Ritola 2007, p.9 ) .
7.1 Main characters of the reform
Finish reforms in 2005 made many alterations in the retirement system, particularly in calculation of retirement, income bases, retirement index accommodations, and retirement ages. In Table 7, cardinal elements of alterations are presented. Hietaniemi ja Ritola stated five most of import issues of the reform as followers:
The net incomes rule has been strengthened. Pension is now calculated based on the income of each twelvemonth and altering the work topographic point does non consequence pension benefits any longer ( before the reforms, the pension was determined by the income of the last 10 old ages of each employment relationship ) .
The earnings-related pension strategy has become flexible. It is now possible to retire on the old-age pension accrued up to the point of the age of 63 until the upper bound for the old-age pension of 68 old ages. The once fixed retirement age was 65.
The age bound of early retirement has been risen from 60 to 62 old ages. Now it is possible to entree old-age pension merely one twelvemonth early. In that instance, the decrease of 1s pension per twelvemonth is 7.2 per cent.
The single early retirement pension and the unemployment pension have been abolished. ( Hietaniemi ja Ritola 2007, p.9 )
Life anticipation is now taken into history when ciphering pension entitlements. The life anticipation coefficient will be applied for the first clip in 2009.
Table 7: Changes in the Finnish retirement system after the reform of 2005
Beginning: Hakola and Maattanen 2007, p.50-51
7.2 Analyzing the consequence of the Finnish retirement reform of 2005
on retirement behaviour
To analyse the Finnish pension reform of 2005 based on empirical grounds will non be possible for a long clip. However, Hakola and Maattanen carried out survey utilizing theoretical attacks by depicting labour supply and retirement backdown determinations on the single degree with the life rhythm theoretical account[ 6 ].
The writers have therefore evaluated how Finnish reforms affected retirement, employment and benefit distribution in the private sector. Their theoretical account includes pension regulations, unemployment benefits, and progressive income revenue enhancement. This theoretical account is besides more general as it takes into history labour supply determinations even before retirement entitlement age by using possibilities to retreat through unemployment- and disablement pension tracts. ( Hakola and Maattanen 2007, p.9 )
The consequences of the theoretical account of Hakola and Maattanen are presented in Figure 12. It can be observed that the expected retirement age before the reform is concentrated on the age 60. 23 % of the persons retire at this age. After the reform, this spike displacements by three old ages to the age of 63.[ 7 ]Hakola and Maattanen explain that this displacement is chiefly caused by the abolition of unemployment pension. After the reform, persons on the unemployment way can take official backdown to retirement between the age 62 and 65. This means besides that alterations in retirement ages have important consequence on the retirement determination. The norm expected retirement age increased by 8.5 months ( 0.7 old ages ) from age 59.9 to age 60.6.
Figure 12: Distributions of retirement ages before and after the reform of 2005 ( sample size: 2000 persons )
Before the reform After the reform
Beginning: Hakola and Maattanen 2007, p. 31
It is besides of import to see the fact that alterations in the disablement pension strategy are non taken into history. In Figure 12 the figure of disablement pensionaries after the reform is equal to the 1 before reforms. As it was already stated, single early retirement strategies and the unemployment pension strategy were abolished with the reform, so there is a hazard that the figure of persons in the disablement pension strategy might increase. This consequence is non taken into history in the figures. Consequently, the demonstrated addition in retirement age might be overestimated.
( Hakola and Maattanen 2007, p.30-32 )
Additionally to estimated expected retirement ages, Hakola and Maattanen have besides predicted the timing of backdown from labour force before and after the reform. Particularly in Finland, the backdown age from labour force is significantly different to withdrawal to retirement, as unemployment waies have been used as a span between backdown from working life and the age when retirement benefits become officially available. Figure 13 shows that backdowns from labour force ( distributed


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The last time I wrote about the Olympic Council of Malaysia, there was an immense hue and cry by certain quarters of its Executive Board.
Some even called for action to be taken against me through an inquiry as they were clearly not happy that u had reported the truth that occurred within the confines of their Executive Board.
It was all started by one person who felt slighted and the others jumped on the band wagon, smelling blood,
However I refused to stoop to their level, and I dare say I am prepared to take on any 3 of these disgruntled EB members on an open debate with regards to sports.
Now moving on, that incident left me to study the constitution of OCM and being The Cacat 1 with no life, I went through the OCM Constitution and found that things are not being done in accordance with their constitution.
Let's first look at the composition of the Executive Board
The condition spells it out like this.
16.1. The Executive Board shall consist of the following:-
(a) all elected Office-Bearers;
(b) any member of the IOC resident in Malaysia;
(c) the Secretary-General of the Ministry of Youth and Sports Malaysia;
(d) the Director-General of the National Sports Council Malaysia;
(e) the Director of the National Olympic Academy; and
(f) not more than four (4) persons to be appointed by the Executive Council, one of whom shall be from the State of Sabah and another from the State of Sarawak provided that representatives from these States are not holding any office under (a) above.
Firstly it clearly spells that from the goverment it is only the KSU and DG or KBS and NSC respectively.
The third person is the Director if the National Olympic Academy so this person is not from the elected members of OCM but rather an independent person.
Then we have the clause stating four independent members, one each from Sabah and Sarawak which was not enforced.
There is no mention of NSI Director General or the Heads of Committees of Doping/Medical neither the Head of Podium Program.
So while aiming to shoot the messenger, I hope those who were appointed or inducted wrongly will vacate their positions including the Director of the National Olympic Academy.
Now that is not all, we move next to the appointments of the various Chairpersons and members of the various sub committees within OCM.
This is what the constitution clearly spells out;
17.1. Creation & Classification
17.1.1. The Executive Council shall appoint members, designate the Chairmen, and outline the terms of reference and duties of all Committees. The Chairmen of such Committees shall report directly to the Executive Board and shall perform their duties under the direction of the Executive Board.
17.1.2. The Executive Council may at its discretion dissolve any Committee and may at any time appoint such other Committees as it deems necessary or fill any vacancy that may arise.
17.1.3. The Executive Council shall at its first meeting appoint the Chairmen and members of the following committees:-
(a) Discipline (b) Finance
(c) General Purpose (d) Selection
(e) Sport (f) Sport for All
(g) Marketing & Sponsorship (h) Building
(i) Legal Advisory (j) Women and Sport
(k) Alternate Dispute Resolution (ADR)
(l) Sport and Environment
(m) Information Technology and Resource Development
(n) such other committees as the Executive Council may deem necessary.
Now before one gets confused it is important to differentiate who is the Executive Board and Executive Council.
The Executive Board is as outlined in Article 16 as stated above.
Abd the Executive Council is as follows;
15.1. The Executive Council shall consist of the following:-
(a) a President
(b) an Honorary Life President
(c) a Deputy President
(d) five (5) Vice-Presidents
(e) an Honorary Secretary
(f) two Honorary Assistant Secretaries
(g) an Honorary Treasurer
(h) an Honorary Assistant Treasurer
(i) One (1) accredited representative of each Ordinary Member of the OCM;
(j) One (1) accredited representative of each Associate Member of the OCM, subject to Article 7.6 of this Constitution, and who shall have no voting rights;
(k) Any member of the IOC resident in Malaysia;
(l) A representative from the Ministry of Youth and Sports, and the National Sports Council; and
(m) Not more than four (4) persons who, in the opinion of the Executive Council, can contribute to the objectives of the OCM.
15.1.1. All members of the Executive Council and every officer performing executive functions in OCM shall be Malaysian citizens.,
Therefore all appointments of the Chairpersons done at the first Executive Board Meeting in May 14 are deemed as null and void as the EB has no power to appoint the Chairpersons.
And subsequently all members of the sub committees appointed so far are ultra votes of the constitution as the list must be endorsed at the Executive Council.
It is hoped that those serving the affiliates of OCM and noteworthy ex internationals are appointed to the various sub committees and not " friends" of the Chairperson in order to be popular.
So instead of shooting the messenger. It's best to adhere to the constitution of OCM.
" Shooting the messenger" is a metaphoric phrase used to describe the act of blaming the bearer of bad news. Until the advent of modern telecommunication, messages were usually delivered by human envoys"