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Palestinian Self-Determination and the use of Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions
WHEREAS the Fourth Geneva Convention requires its Parties to undertake to respect and to ensure respect for the Convention in all its circumstances;
WHEREAS Canada has been a Party to the first four Geneva Conventions since 1965;
WHEREAS the International Court of Justice has ruled that Israel's settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories ("OPT") violate the Fourth Geneva Convention;
WHEREAS G14-P22 declares that the GPC "fully condemn [sic] all illegal Israeli settlement expansions in the [OPT] as undeniable obstacles to the Israel – Palestine peace-process,";
WHEREAS Israel has continued, since the adoption of G14-P22, to expand its settlements and to demolish Palestinian homes and other civilian infrastructure in the OPT;
WHEREAS it is within the scope of action of elected governments and political parties to impose and/or endorse sanctions and related economic measures in support of human rights and global peace and security objectives;
WHEREAS Canada voted in favour of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights;
WHEREAS the Universal Declaration of Human Rights stipulates, among other things, that "all human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights" and "are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood," and further stipulates that "everyone is entitled to all the rights and freedoms set forth in this Declaration, without distinction of any kind, such as race, colour, sex, language, religion, political or other opinion, national or social origin, property, birth or other status.".
BE IT RESOLVED that the Green Party of Canada hereby endorses and expresses support for the following three objectives of the Movement for Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (the "BDS Movement"): (1) the right of return of Palestinian refugees; (2) the full equality of Arab-Palestinians residing in Israel; and (3) the end of Israel's occupation and colonization of the Occupied Palestinian Territories and the Golan Heights, and the dismantling of Israel's separation wall;
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Green Party of Canada hereby endorses and expresses support for the application of the tactics of boycott, divestment and sanctions to: (1) organs of the state of Israel, and corporations based in or outside of Israel, that are involved in the violation of Palestinians' human rights, and (2) sporting, cultural and academic institutions in Israel or the OPT that are complicit in the violation of Palestinian rights; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that nothing herein shall be interpreted to constitute an endorsement or encouragement of the use of violence by any person or entity.
As reported recently by Amnesty International:
"In the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, Israeli forces committed unlawful killings of Palestinian civilians, including children, and detained thousands of Palestinians who protested against or otherwise opposed Israel's continuing military occupation, holding hundreds in administrative detention. Torture and other ill-treatment remained rife and were committed with impunity. The authorities continued to promote illegal settlements in the West Bank, and severely restricted Palestinians' freedom of movement, further tightening restrictions amid an escalation of violence from October,
which included attacks on Israeli civilians by Palestinians and apparent extrajudicial executions by Israeli forces. Israeli settlers in the West Bank attacked Palestinians and their property with virtual impunity. The Gaza Strip remained under an Israeli military blockade that imposed collective punishment on its inhabitants. The authorities continued to demolish Palestinian homes in the West Bank and inside Israel, particularly in Bedouin villages in the Negev/Naqab region, forcibly evicting their residents. They also detained and deported thousands of African asylum-seekers, and
imprisoned Israeli conscientious objectors."
The values of the Green Party of Canada include social justice, non-violence, respect for diversity and participatory democracy. The state of Israel routinely subjects innocent Palestinians to violence, discriminates against Palestinians on the basis of their ethnicity, and effectively disenfranchises Palestinians by imposing on them a military regime that disregards and suppresses their democratic will. BDS is a non-violent form of ensuring Israel's respect for Palestinian human rights. After decades of Israeli state and settler aggression, BDS is now the only viable path to Palestinian self-determination. Therefore, the values of the GPC militate strongly in favour of the adoption of this resolution.

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Anime is cruel. A series you loved the manga for can be shred apart in front of you because of licensing issues, awful animation, or outright poor reception. No matter how much you yearn for it again, it will never return. It gets even grimmer for fans of things that haven't been adapted yet- you hope and plead that your favorite material doesn't get the raw deal. Such is the anticipation of anime in production.
This week, the question of the weeb is:
What do you most wish to see in anime soon (Fall 17-2018 anime seasons)?
Everyone's going to start booing at me for this, but I really want some good dubs. The new Fate series (and hopefully a dub of the films!), the eventual dub of A Silent Voice, and of course hopes for the anime of Ancient Magus Bride all have me eager to see cast lists that are bound to pop up. It's commonly thought I want a dub of Monogatari, but that just wouldn't work well dubbed.
No, no. My dream dub is The Garden of Sinners. It already is perfect for the format! It just needs a little love from a great ADR director and cast to make the push for English. Another positive to this would mean we would almost certainly get MUCH cheaper versions of the Blu Rays to the films (my one friend only has the dvds and even then those were a treasure to actually see in person).


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'Where Girls Lead'
100 years since women won the right to the vote, there are still pay gaps and prejudices, glass ceilings and limited expectations. All the research suggests that early experience is key. Too many girls learn too early that there are things they should not try to do or say.


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One songbird on the list:
Amy Clampitt's hermit thrushRead about another songbird on the list.
At the summer solstice, the poet and her companion wander across some "low-tide-uncovered isthmus" for a somewhat gloomy picnic, until a burst of birdsong snaps them out of it. "We drop everything to listen as a / hermit thrush distills its fragmentary, / hesitant, in the end / unbroken music".
Read--or listen to the author read--"A Hermit Thrush" by Amy Clampitt.
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Rolex Miami OCR
"In the final medal count, 14 different countries won 39 medals, with eight different countries sharing Gold," said US SAILING's Olympic Sailing Committee Chair Dean Brenner (Wallingford, Conn.) at the final Rolex Prizegiving, held at Coral Reef Yacht Club. He explained that while 10 Olympic classes determined podium positions today, three Paralympic classes completed racing yesterday to determine medalists.
US SAILING's Golden Torch Trophy, awarded to the U.S. sailor with the best overall performance at US SAILING's Rolex Miami OCR, this year went to Laser Radial Gold Medalist Paige Railey (Clearwater, Fla.). The torch, from the 1980 Moscow Olympics, was presented by the Russian Olympic Committee to Andrew Kostanecki – United States Olympic Sailing Committee from 1985 to 1988. Mr. Kostanecki gave the torch to US SAILING as an award for aspiring Olympians and Paralympians. Railey also received the award last year.
US SAILING's Rolex Miami OCR 2012 started Monday and has returned to Biscayne Bay annually since 1990. The event is the second of seven stops on the International Sailing Federation (ISAF) Sailing World Cup circuit. The USA had the largest contingent of sailors with 198, followed by Canada (97), Great Britain (39), then Italy (36).
Top three by class:
470 Women (9 Races
470 Men, 10 Races
Laser, 11 Races
Laser Radial, 11 Races
Finn, 10 Races
Star, 11 Races
RS: X Women 9 Races
RS: X Men, 9 Races
49er, 15 Races
Elliott 6m, Women's Match Racing
Skud-18, 6 Races
2.4mr, 6 Races
Sonar, 7 Races
For full results, go to rmocr.ussailing.org/2011/Results.htm
Waves and Waste
They will scarcely have concerned themselves with the fact that Virbac-Paprec 3 has conceded 150 miles since yesterday to second placed MAPFRE, and is now just less than 600 miles ahead of the Spanish duo. Sailing on the wind in around 25 knots of SE'ly breeze the duo are expecting a calm spell Monday before the cyclonic system hits them on Wednesday.
The active, muscular depression will be producing very strong northerly winds just at the time they would arrive at the Crozet ice gate, if Virbac Paprec 3 followed the theoretical tracking. Their options are to tough it out, which would not seem wise given their key priority is preservation of the boat and themselves, or to invest more to the north earlier, perhaps Tuesday night when they have good easterly breeze. They would be giving up miles down the course to the east, but they would effectively brake by sailing north to let the worst of the system pass in front of them.
Ryan Breymaier, joined by videoconference today from Neutrogena, expressed his ongoing shock and dismay at the unacceptable amount of plastic waste they are encountering daily, all the way round the race course:
" But what really sets me off is not so much the fact that the planet is getting warmer, but that everywhere we sail we pass plastic floating in the water. Where we are in the ocean just now, every day we still pass some kind of crap floating in the water and it is terrible. There is so much plastic trash in the water, there is so much plastic fishing rope, so many plastic bags, plastic containers, jerry jugs, water bottles it is just absolutely everywhere. It is really, really disgusting. I have sailed across the Atlantic five times and the last trip back from Costa Rica was pretty bad with the plastic, but now crossing the Equator and down into the Southern Hemisphere, all along the periphery of the South Atlantic high it has been nothing but trash in the water constantly. That to me is much worse."'
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Foncia Safely Into Cape Town
For Michel Desjoyeaux, there are various projects this year, which involve multiple hulls under FONCIA's colours. Among these are his participation, from April onwards, on the Decision 35 at the Julius Baer Championship on the waters of Lake Geneva. Next up it will be time for the Multihull One Design (MOD 70) with a programme of oceanic competitions, which will continue through until 2014.
Michel Desjoyeaux: "Since FONCIA's partial dismasting, Francois has managed to scale the mast on two occasions to install an external halyard. That enabled us to make headway under two or three reefs and a jib up forward. In our misfortune we've been very lucky. First of all, as it's just the top section of the mast that came down, we didn't need to make up a jury rig. Following that, we suffered this damage quite close to the South African coast and were able to make for land whilst benefiting from what were some fairly mild weather conditions for this area, which is often very hostile. We managed to stow everything we could aboard and prevent collateral damage to the boat. During these three or four days, we also had time to sort out our emotions a little and together digest the disappointment caused by our being forced to retire from the competition. Right now we're going to unstep the mast and remove FONCIA's keel so she'll be able to fit aboard a cargo ship bound for Europe, where she will be repaired and prepared for her future owner."
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Off On The Grand Solo Circumnavigation
A week after Pascal Bidegorry's crew set off on the Jules Verne Trophy, it's over to Thomas Coville to head off to attack the rather different 'solo' round the world record aboard Sodebo. The skipper left the pontoon in Brest's Port du Chateau shortly before 0800 UTC to cross the start line off Ushant, in front of Le Creac'h lighthouse, by late morning. His aim: to return to the same spot in under 57 days, 13 hours, 34 minutes and 6 seconds, the reference time set by Francis Joyon (Idec) in January 2008. The skipper has set off with "a good weather window for solo sailing and feels a sense of liberation at having taken the decision to set off. I've nurtured this moment for years. I'm heading off on this because I want to. The emotion stems from extracting yourself, making the switch from a landlubber to a sailor".
Conditions at the start promise to be lively with a 25 knot NE'ly wind followed by fairly steep seas in the Bay of Biscay. If the forecasts are confirmed, the skipper could hold onto the NNE'ly air flow for a considerable time and even as far as the equator.
Since circumnavigating the globe alone aboard this same multihull (winter 2008/2009) when the record escaped his clutches by a little under two days, Thomas has gone on to win the crewed Jules Verne Trophy with Franck Cammas' Groupama 3 (March 2010). He has also finished third in the Route du Rhum at the helm of Sodebo and completed a number of transatlantic crossings on this 32 metre trimaran which he has been constantly developing. -- Translated by Kate Jennings
Aberdeen Asset Management Title Sponsor of Cowes Weeks - For Three Years!
One immediate benefit of the sponsorship will be a reduction in race entry fees, a move that will be welcomed by the 1,000-strong Cowes Week racing fleet. Other new developments are in discussion and will be shared over the forthcoming months.
Commenting on the announcement, John Grandy, Chairman of Cowes Week Limited (CWL), said: "We are delighted to have formed this new relationship with Aberdeen Asset Management and are looking forward to working together to develop Cowes Week further, for the benefit of everyone involved in this great regatta."
Martin Gilbert, Chief Executive of Aberdeen Asset Management added: "We are very proud to be supporting one of the world's premier sailing regattas. Aberdeen Asset Management Cowes Week looks set to be a tremendous success and we are very much looking forward to enhancing the experience of both the crews and spectators who will descend upon the Isle of Wight later this year."
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CWL and Aberdeen Asset Management look forward to welcoming everyone to the inaugural Aberdeen Asset Management Cowes Week in August 2011.
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Evan Walker Wins Colin Mullins Trophy
In conditions that were at best testing, and at times utterly cursed, Walker managed to remain cool and pick his way through the maze of different winds that mother nature threw at him, going two races up initially, before losing the third, and finally wrapping it up in the fourth race.
With the weather in Perth being influenced by a cyclone off the coast, the Swan River experienced everything from flat calm to squalls and torrential downpours.
Unlike Walker who had to fight all the way for his place in the final, David Gilmour had scored three convincing wins over fellow Royal Freshwater Bay Yacht Club skipper, Tristan Brown, to claim his finals place.
However Gilmour never looked comfortable in the light and fickle conditions that were the main feature of the finals.
The Colin Mullins Regatta is hosted this year by the Royal Perth Yacht Club, and sailed on the Swan River's Matilda Bay, and is a qualifying event for next week's Warren Jones International Youth Regatta. -- John Roberson
Final Results:
Skipper - Country - Club
For The Record
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18ft Skiffs Australian Championship - Race 5
Although the title was theirs, Michael Coxon, Aaron Links and Trent Barnabas had to be content with a second placing today as the defending champion Gotta Love It 7 proved far too good in the 20-knot North-East wind.
Seve Jarvin, Sam Newton and Scott Babbage sailed brilliantly from the start and were never on danger of defeat as they steered Gotta Love It 7 to a 38s win from Thurlow Fisher Lawyers.
Third placing today and second overall in the championship went to Yandoo (John Winning, Andrew Hay and Dave Gibson) which finished a further 52s back.
Red Claw Wines (Matt Searle) was fourth, followed by Rag & Famish Hotel (Jack Macartney) and Panasonic (Jonathan Whitty)
The final pointscore in the championship was Thurlow Fisher Lawyers on 6, Yandoo 14, Gotta Love It 7 15, Red Claw Wines 15, Project Racing (Andy Budgen) 22 and Smeg (Nick Press) on 24.
Next week the Australian 18 Footers League will conduct the Commodore Trophy. -- Frank Quealey, Australian 18 Footers League
Getting To The South
Getting through the Doldrums was not an easy task for the Maxi Banque Populaire V as the skipper, Pascal Bidegorry, explained: "It's liberating to get out of there! It was pretty tense yesterday as it is not obvious how to sail in under 2 tiny knots of wind! We should gradually reach better conditions and we are now sailing at 27 knots in 15-17 knots of wind with full mainsail and solent. The wind still oscillates a little, but should stabilize in few hours with a clearer sky." Such conditions give the crew some time to recover a little, before having to tackle another tricky system.
With the Saint Helena High blocking the shortest route to the Cape of Good Hope, Banque Populaire V might have to get round this high pressure area spread out from East to West. "The situation is not very clear for now but we might have to go around the northern side of it, which would imply taking a big detour to reach Good Hope. We are attentively looking at the satellite images received every hour. One certain thing is that we do not have a crystal ball to look into but we definitely won't let any opportunity go, and make everything we can to increase our lead on the reference time" concluded Pascal.
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Lotte founder loses last remaining board seat from affiliate
SEOUL-- The founder of South Korean retail giant Lotte lost his last remaining board member seat at the affiliate of the conglomerate, effectively leaving the management scene, the business group said Wednesday.
The board of directors of Lotte Aluminum Co., a packaging material firm, decided not to extend the term of Shin Kyuk-ho on the decision-making body. The move by the affiliate marks the complete departure of Shin from the running of the company that he started with the founding of Dongbang Alumi Industry Co. in 1966.
The 94-year-old previously lost his board seats at other key companies belonging to South Korea's fifth largest family-run conglomerate as his tenure ended.
In June, the country's top court confirmed the designation of a nonprofit subsidiary of a law firm as the guardian of Shin, efficiently backing his second son and group Chairman Shin Dong-bin's argument that his father lacks the mental capacity to make meaningful decisions.
The petition seeking guardianship over Shin was filed in December 2015 by the group founder's younger sister amid a bitter feud between his two sons over the managerial control of the group.
While the elder son, Shin Dong-joo, claimed that the founder handpicked him as the successor for the retail group, Dong-bin insisted that his father was unable to make reasonable judgments due to mental health problems.
The family feud virtually came to an end after the incumbent chairman won shareholder support in March last year to tighten his grip on the group.
Source: Yonhap News Agency


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When facing with cancer, the unwelcome guest, all what doctors do has only one purpose, that is, to control the crazy expansion and growth of tumor cells or even kill them. While the traditional way of cancer treatment such as chemotherapy and radiotherapy also proves to be effective, they are flawed by their horrible side effects accompanied. To save normal, healthy cells from being hurt, immunotherapy and targeted therapy have recently gained their prevalence.
Cancer Immunotherapy
Immunotherapy is the treatment of diseases like cancer by stimulating a person's own immune system. Of course, to enhance the efficacy, techniques are needed to help the immune system work in a harder or smarter way. The main types of immunotherapy can be roughly included as follows:
Monoclonal antibodies
Immune checkpoint inhibitors
Cancer vaccines
Non-specific immunotherapies
Among them, immune checkpoint inhibitors and CAR T Cell therapy have attracted the most research focus. The following is a detailed explanation to CAR T Cell therapy.
CAR T Cell Therapy
Hailed by Hilde Almåsbak et al (2016) as "a game changer in cancer treatment", CART T cell therapy has emerged in recent years as a highly promising way to treat some refractory or relapsed cancers. In 2017, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) gave formal approval to the clinical trials of two CAR T-cell therapies. One of them is Kymriah™ developed by Novartis for the treatment of acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), while the other, i.e. Yescarta, from Kite Pharma/Gilead, targets at relapsed or refractory large B-cell lymphoma in adult patients.
CAR, T Cells and CAR T Cell Therapy
As one can see from its name, at the center of CAR T cell therapy are two key terms: CAR and T cells. CAR stands for chimeric antigen receptor, 'chimeric' in the sense that the antigen receptor actually comes out of a combination of various sources. Wang et al (2017) define CAR as "a recombinant immunoreceptor combining an antibody-derived targeting fragment with signaling domains capable of activating cells, which endows T cells with the ability to recognize tumor-associated surface antigens independent of the expression of major histocompatibility complex (MHC) molecules."
T cells or T lymphocytes are a type of lymphocytes or white blood cells in the immune system and take part in the inner workings of the system. T cells may either attach to other cells and kill infected cells in the body, or aid B lymphocytes to produce antibodies against infections. There are a wide range of functions which T cells can perform. For example, they can keep the memory of particular antigens to trigger fast body responses on the sighting of these antigens. Often called "the workhorses of the immune system", in a sense T cells serve as a barometer of body health, with a falling level indicative of immunity-suppressing diseases.
CAR T cell therapy is a therapy which adopts engineered T cells expressing CARs to treat cancers. It belongs to the emerging school of immunotherapy called adoptive cell transfer (ACT), which promises to provide an alternative to surgery, chemotherapy, and radiation therapy, the traditional mainstay of cancer treatments.
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Chinese Taipei's Kuo Hsing-Chun successfully defended her women's 59 kilograms total title having broken two world records just moments after losing them, at the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) World Championships here.
The 25-year-old Asian champion, who previously triumphed overall at the 2018, 2017 and 2013 IWF World Championships, managed a lift of 140kg in the clean and jerk to finish on a total of 246kg.
It came within minutes of North Korea's Choe Hyo Sim breaking Kuo's previous clean and jerk and total world records – 137kg and 243kg, respectively – by registering a lift of 138kg to end on 245kg overall.
Earlier in the snatch, Rio 2016 Olympic silver medallist Choe prevailed by breaking Kuo's world record of 106kg with a lift of 107kg.
Kuo took the silver medal with 106kg.
The bronze medallist across all three events was China's Chen Guiming, who last year claimed the gold medal in the clean and jerk and silver in the total.
Chen posted 101kg in the snatch and 132kg in the clean and jerk for a total of 233kg.
She also attempted to break Kuo's previous clean and jerk world record, but failed at 138kg.
In the men's 73kg event, China's Shi Zhiyong broke two world records to seal a repeat of his gold medal hat-trick from the 2018 IWF World Championships in Turkmenistan's capital, Ashgabat.
Having won the snatch with his first attempt at 160kg and finished at 166kg, Shi went onto break his own clean and jerk world record of 196kg by managing 197kg with his second attempt.
It secured him a total of 363kg, breaking his own world record of 362kg.
Such was Shi's dominance, he declined to take his final attempt.
North Korea's O Kang Chol was the overall runner-up with 347kg, having finished fifth in the snatch with 154kg and second in the clean and jerk with 193kg.
Bulgaria's Bozhidar Dimitrov Andreev rounded off the podium with 346kg after coming second in the snatch with 157kg and third in the clean and jerk with 189kg.
The snatch bronze medal went to Albania's Briken Calja with 156kg.
Action continues tomorrow, with medals in the men's 81kg and women's 64kg events.


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Oh, and what is the meaning of life?
It's the C, although the 208 appeared to be an E and the W124 E320 cabrio was obviously an E.
Now WILL they make the new one retractable or not?
The answer to the meaning of life is contained within that question.


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Introduction: Easy Paracord Bracelet - Advanced Cobra
That bracelet is very easy to make but is clearly an eye-catcher!
Instead of the thin cord you can use normal Paracord as well!
Difficulty: easy
Material-usage: less
Step 1: Step 1: Material
For a normal cobra-bracelet I use about 8 feet of black Paracord. Maybe you should use more 'cause my wrist is very thin.
The thin Paracord is type I, which is about 2mm thin. I used a bit more than 2 feet of it.
The buckle is a 5/8" one, but smaller ones are possible as well.
In the end you're going to use something like a hook.
Step 2: Step 2: Cobra-Knot
The basic knot you use for this bracelet is the cobra-knot. For this you put the right cord under the inner cords (the middle ones) to the left. After that you put the left cord under(!) the first one, over the inner cords and through the loop on the right side.
ATTENTION! This is the first knot. So when you pull it tight control the length of the bracelet! It may have changed.
Step 3: Step 3: the Thin Cord
Now it's time to add the thin Paracord. Just put it with one end through the right loop.
When pulling the cobra knot thigh be careful not to pull it out again!
To make the second knot you make a loop around the black cord like in picture 3. After that you basically ignore the red cord and make a cobra-knot with the black cords (this time you take the left cord first and put it under the inner cords).
Step 4: Step 4: Go on and On...
just repeat the knot 'til the end
Step 5: Step 5: the End
Now, that you're nearly finished you take your hook and press the thin cord through the inner cords. End with a cobra-knot, cut the cords, burn them and you're done.
Step 6: Step 6: DONE!
You can use normal cord as well! Looks awesome.
Please send some pics of your creations in the comments :D
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thats pretty cool
I have never seen a bracelet like that, it looks awesome.
Does it work if both are the same size
i made it with gold purple cord
Handy guide, thanks. :)
Awesome, gonna have to make one! Your dog modelling the bracelets made me think that a longer one of these would be a cool dog collar!
very thanks.
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UCB proudly held its 14th Commencement ceremony for the Class of 2018 on November 18, 2018, at the Ritz Carlton Hotel and Spa. The ceremony was held under the patronage of the Founder and Executive Chairman, Dr. Shaikh Khalid Bin Mohammed Al Khalifa.
The ceremony featured a keynote address by Dr. Shaikh Khalid congratulating the students on the reaching an important milestone and encouraging them to fulfill their goals in life. Dana Al Janahi from the Undergraduate IT Program gave a valedictorian thanking UCB for the highest standard in education possible and congratulating her fellow graduates for their achievements. Similarly, Reem Adbulaziz AlMoosa representing the MBA graduates gave a valedictorian stressinghow her time at UCB had broadened her horizon givingher the confidence and strength to step into the unknown. Both graduates expressed deep gratitude to Dr. Shaikh Khalid for always encouraging students to achieve excellence and to UCB faculty and staff for their continuous care and support.The Degrees were conferred upon the graduates by the Chairman and the ceremony was concluded with the National Anthem and a reception.
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A new paper in the scholarly journal Trends in Ecology and Evolution suggests that oral contraceptives may influence women's choice of mates, with potentially enormous effects on their quality of life and their ultimate reproductive success.
Commonly used hormonal birth control methods such as Yasmin, Seasonale, Ortho Tri Cyclen, Nuvaring and Loestrin, while extremely effective at preventing unwanted pregnancy, may well have previously unsuspected effects on a woman's choices of both long-term and short-term partners. This is of interest to the more than 100 million women around the globe who use oral contraceptives, and their sexual partners, too.
The paper, published October 9th, was authored by biologists Dr. Alexandra Alvergne and Dr. Virpi Lummaa at the University of Sheffield in England. It analyzed a large body of research that had gone before. Writes Dr. Alvergne, lead author of the study, "The use of the pill by women, by changing her mate preferences, might induce women to mate with otherwise less-preferred partners, which might have important consequences for mate choice and reproductive outcomes."
Researchers have long known that women make different sexual choices during their most fertile phase than they do during the rest of the month. This is called cycling mate preferences, and quite simply, it means that most women choose more masculine and symmetrical faces when they are ovulating or close to ovulation. They are also uncharacteristically attracted to dominant males, and most likely to engage in infidelity at this time in their cycle. During the rest of their cycle periods when the women are more likely to be infertile they are more attracted to less masculine faces, and men who are better choices as long-term partners.
Oral contraceptives work by mimicking pregnancy and stifling ovulation, which flattens out the hormonal cycles usually experienced by a fertile woman. Why is this a concern? Says the paper:
New evidence suggests that the pill, by eliminating oestrus, changes the natural cycling preferences in women for markers of both genetic quality and compatibility in mates as well as natural cycling attractiveness to men. As compared with normally cycling women, pill users show no or weaker preferences for facial and vocal masculinity. For instance, the preferred face shape is more masculine during the high conception-probability phase of the menstrual cycle in non-pill users, but pill users do not show similar preference.
The possibility is that a woman could make a choice influenced by birth control that is perhaps not in her best reproductive interests. Even worse, with our cultural customs of lifelong mating and marriage, a woman could change her contraceptive practices and find that she is not attracted to her mate in the same fashion as she was when she was under the influence of prescribed hormones. Either of these outcomes could be devastating to a paired couple.
Oral contraceptives are still regarded as one of most effective forms of birth control available to women (they trail the intra-uterine device by a fraction of a percentage point, but the IUD is appropriate for fewer patients, and is rarely prescribed for women who have not already gone through childbirth). Birth control pills are affordable, simple to obtain, and work extremely well. However, this paper has given us all something to think about: the possibility that altering the hormonal cycles of the human female en masse could have significant reproductive effects for individual women, and the entire species, too.
More research is forthcoming in this arena, and the results are sure to be fascinating.


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5 Business Methods You Want To Know About In 2015
Turbulent instances require a agency anchor point from which to guide your group. A business plan includes the first and secondary targets of your group, an analysis of current insurance policies and procedures, and the event of latest insurance policies or procedures to appropriate weaknesses inside the organization. Firms that pursue price leadership goals minimize their manufacturing and promoting prices.
Will the product add value for the firm?" – Answering this question would require an examination of cost effectiveness and the pricing strategy. For a few years, the RIM firm (now re-named Blackberry) struggled to recuperate success with its existing product technique and the Enterprise model.
The generic business technique explicitly addresses the agency's most vital goals. Obviously, firms use a product differentiation technique to set themselves apart from key rivals. Operational strategies are perfect for companies that want to scale back costs and streamline processes as a result of it's a lot narrower in scope and requires accountability on all ranges.
A marketing strategy is the textual version of a strategy, because it includes pertinent information relating to the corporate, including: vision and mission statements, measurable aims supporting the imaginative and prescient, actionable ways assembly the target, sources, milestones and timeframes, accountability and role designations, as well as inner and exterior risks.
To ensure that any enterprise to achieve success at the moment, it must have an excellent set of enterprise strategies in place which have been developed and executed in the correct manner. In enterprise, the strategy begins with a give attention to the very best degree goal in non-public business: Growing proprietor worth. A horizontal development strategy refers to a business extending its reach of present products or services to new geographic areas or new goal markets.
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Beginning A Enterprise
Business setting: The Porter Five Forces Evaluation framework helps to find out the aggressive rivalry and subsequently attractiveness of a market.
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Will the difference add worth in the eyes of potential prospects?" – This query will entail a discussion of the mixed effects of worth, product options and client perceptions. Technique discussions are typically complicated as a result of most companies have many strategies, not only a single "enterprise strategy." Analysts sometimes say advertising technique after they imply the agency's competitive strategy.
Over time, the client turned the driving drive behind all strategic enterprise choices. Market measurement and present gross sales of comparable products and services on this market. The firm's potential to differentiate itself from the competitors under the potential strategy.
Note that businesspeople rightly speak of technique building as technique formulation, instead of "writing a strategy." The verb formulate suggests a constructing process that's orderly or systematic and outcomes which might be definitive and exact.
Customer Relationship Administration (CRM)
In order for any business to achieve success right now, it must have a very good set of business strategies in place which have been developed and executed within the correct manner. They analysis the competition to search out what services and products they provide, and at what prices; in addition they hold record of how the enterprise carried out in a given 12 months, what the top sellers and the highest markets had been, and then embody that data in annual metric reviews.
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A complete business plan presents better understanding of the present market and its demographics. The technique will be ready to "go to market" only after it validates with a quantitative enterprise mannequin. The firm would possibly see alternatives within the form of a failing competitor, or an expanding market, or an idea for a completely new product.
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In order for any enterprise to achieve success as we speak, it must have a good set of business methods in place which have been developed and executed within the correct method. The generality is a serious drawback, nevertheless; areas of concentration include advertising and marketing, new product launches, human assets, monetary property, and authorized points. The technique's purpose for being, is to explain how the firm achieves specific goals. Strategy formulation Step 5 completes the strategic framework that supports the overall strategic plan.


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Ended up with these:
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Nike Air Presto Acronym Olive
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How to visit the Sunderbans tiger reserve
So much has been written in the international press about the Sunderbans and its man-eating tigers, that if you were never to visit the place, you would probably have a fairly distorted view about the park and the human/tiger conflict which exists. So, when we had the opportunity to take a boat safari inside Sunderbans tiger reserve in April 2018 and also talk to local villagers about the effect both tigers and huge estuarine crocodiles have on their family and loved ones, we hoped to find some answers to our many questions about the world's largest delta; which is also a world heritage site. If you would like to follow in our footsteps, then check out our very special boat safari experience in the Sunderbans.
How to reach Sunderbans tiger reserve?
It's actually a fairly straightforward 2-3 hour car journey from Kolkata (Calcutta) to the jetty point of Gothkhali; where you will board your own private double decker houseboat for the journey to the Sunderbans. The car journey is an interesting one, as you move from the densely populated suburbs of Kolkata into a much more rural scene. As well as lots of fields with crops of rice, we also noted that many village houses has their own 'beels'; which are basically mini fish farms providing fresh water fish to Kolkata and other towns in the north east. The Bengalis absolutely love their fish and without these type of farms, there would be even more pressure on wild stocks.
Life on a houseboat in the Sunderbans tiger reserve
With the wind in your hair and the sun on your face, there is a lot to love about your boat journey from Gothkhali to the park headquarters of Sunderbans national park. As well as our specialist wildlife guide (who was a local Bengali from Kolkata), we had a crew of 3 on the boat. Our affable and keen sighted captain, our legendary cook who produced a prawn curry to remember for years and a third member who helped with the food and also took turns to steer the boat. It was a happy, wildlife focused team, who were always looking out for action on the banks of the river and went about their work with a smile and lots of energy.
The boat has sleeping facilities on the lower deck; as well as a toilet at one end and the open kitchen at the other. The cook was more than happy to let us watch him prepare our food and take any special requests. The upper deck was spacious, with chairs provided and a overhanging roof, which gave plenty of protection from the sometimes strong sunshine. Because wildlife photographers like to get nice and low for their wildlife shots, there is room on both the lower back and front decks to obtain good positions for photography.
How to enjoy the perfect tiger safari in the Sunderbans?
Firstly, you must have a guide who is familiar with the park and has an understanding of how best to maximise your experience in the Sunderbans tiger reserve. The reality is that most visitors come to the Sunderbans with little expectation of seeing tigers and therefore most local operators do not organise trips in a wildlife focused way. It is more about the experience of being in a unique habitat and most of these trips only include a half-day visit to the actual tiger reserve.
Because of our local guide we knew immediately that we needed to sort out our permits the night before, which then allowed us to access the park 1-2 hours earlier than the other boats. Given the fact that you need to be out of the park by 4:30pm; it is even more important to enter ASAP in the morning. Since our boat was equipped with a full kitchen, we knew that we could spend all day in the tiger reserve – be well fed and looked after – while we focused on wildlife photography and observation – PERFECT!
Tiger attacks in the Sunderbans – why they happen and how to prevent them
Firstly, I should point out that our personal thoughts and testimonies are only based on conversations with villagers during our visit in April 2018 and cannot in anyway be considered as exhaustive or real research. Having said that, the first important point we learned, was that it is not just the tigers who are killing villagers close to the Sunderbans tiger reserve. Local women routinely walk along the river banks (up to their necks in the water!) to make a meagre living from collecting and selling fresh water shrimps. While in the water they are at great risk to estuarine crocodiles and we heard personal accounts of deadly encounters.
We were very fortunate to witness the annual gathering of local honey collectors visiting the park headquarters to obtain permission to enter Sunderbans tiger reserve to find bee hives and collect the honey. Given that the park authorities have built a fence (more of a mental barrier to the tiger than a physical one!) to protect these riverside villages from the threat of the Sunderban tigers; it would seem to be a HUGE RISK to enter the park for several weeks (their small boats were packed with provisions) and risk a tiger attack within the forest. However, not only do the villagers fully understand the risks – many of them have lost family members to attacks and continue to enter the forest – they also do not blame the tiger for what is a natural hunting instinct.
It is important to note that the mangrove habitat in the Sunderbans is not one where prey species can occur in abundance. Which means that the tigers of the Sunderbans have to be opportunistic and 'unfussy' when it comes to their choice of prey.
How long to spend in the Sunderbans?
We feel that a minimum of two full days visiting Sunderbans tiger reserve is necessary to see the diversity of wildlife. You are likely to see up to 5 Kingfisher species, spotted deer, wild pigs, estuarine crocodiles, raptors like white-bellied eagle, osprey and Brahminy kites. There is a slight chance you will see snakes (we had a glimpse of King Cobra), river dolphins and tigers. As of April 2018, there was a bolder male tiger being sited 2 or 3 times a week; but of course, you will need plenty of luck. Based on our recce trip we have designed the perfect boat safari to Sunderbans tiger reserve.
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How to Write A Marketing Plan for Your eCommerce Business
When it comes to setting up a marketing plan for your eCommerce business, you need to know the ins and outs of the business and your target audience. Without a marketing plan you won't be able to gain new customers, which means there will be no growth for the business.
As the old saying goes, "A failure to plan is a plan to fail," which is why it is important to execute the right strategy for your business.
A Marketing Plan for Your eCommerce Business
There are a wide variety of marketing tools out there in the world, but you only want the ones that will provide actional strategies for you to carry out. Following the steps below will help you to create marketing plan that will fit your business perfect.
What is your aim?
The first step in creating a plan is figuring out what your goals and objectives are as a business because what they are will determine the marketing plan. Is your goal to increase sales through advertising or are you wanting to increase engagement through social media and email marketing?
This will help to determine where your marketing efforts will go. Some companies want to take customers from an established competitor by offering a better product and others want to branch out into a brand-new market, sometimes even creating one.
As well as this, you also need to have a unique selling proposition that will tell people why they need to buy from your business specifically. This could be a number of things such as having the lowest price in the market or being the only business in a niche market selling the product.
Some of the ways that businesses can also differentiate themselves from the competition is by offering a better user experience by having an engaging website or being able to offer fast delivery.
The next step in the process is to start defining objectives with real numbers to help you plan how to achieve the goal you have in mind. An example of this would be wanting to grow your revenue by a certain percentage and to do this you will need a number of new customers per month, with an increased rate of repeat purchases as well.
What are the challenges?
Like with anything in life there are going to be challenges to overcome and the same can be said for your marketing strategy. Instead of listing every possible challenge, focus on the important ones that you need to overcome. Some of these challenges may include "how can I get people to visit my site" or "how will I convert visitors into buyers?"
For every challenge you have you will have a number of tools at your disposal to help you overcome them. For example, if you want to get people to visit your website you could utilise SEO for each page of your website so that it is more likely to show up when people search for something related to your business.
Another way to do this is by using pay-per-click advertising to spread the word about your brand. If you want to convert visitors into buyers, then you will make use of promotional offers and calls-to-actions to speed the process along.
Marketing costs money
Unfortunately, not every business will have a large supply of money available for marketing, unless of course they are a large company with the means to spend thousands on promotion. The best way to have an effective marketing strategy is by choosing a small number of marketing tools to begin with. Before choosing a tool, you have to determine how much time will be put towards it, as well as the cost and people you can spare.
Something that can help you determine which marketing tools will be worthwhile for your business is figuring out what your target audience will be. This will include the following demographics:
- Age
- Gender
- Income
- Geographic location
- Motivations
Other areas to look at may include their hobbies, similar websites they visit and what their lifestyle is like. Once you have identified the target market you will be able to streamline your efforts when it comes to brand positioning, ad placement and gaining a higher return on the investment you put into marketing.
However, what works at the beginning of the year may not work towards the end. After all, the online world is constantly evolving which means you will need to revaluate your marketing tools every so often. Looking at the data and analysing what works and what doesn't will help you to create the best marketing strategy possible.
Marketing tactics to use
Below you will find some of the best marketing strategies that you can use for your business that will set you apart and gain more sales.
Use Content Marketing
Something that works well for eCommerce businesess is having a dedicated blog area where you can create content that will draw customers to your site and entice them to make a purchase. Content marketing often goes hand in hand with social media as it works as a platform to promote the content. A blog allows you to become an expert in your chosen market, so make the content informative but exciting at the same time.
For example, if you sell workout gear why not write a blog article about what you should wear for different types of exercise. That way you can optimize it to appear in search engines and bring people to your website.
Set Up Social Media
For businesses that perhaps don't have a lot of money for their marketing, social media is a great way to promote content and products for free. Nowadays everyone is on social media, so it makes sense to go where your potential customers are. It is also a great way to build relationships with customers and let them know what you are up to, helping to build a brand. Something that is great about social media platforms is that they all have a way of advertising on them, with the best at the moment being Instagram and Facebook.
Contact Influencers
Something that you see a lot of businesses doing nowadays is teaming up with online influencers to help promote their products. Depending on who you go with it can be quite costly, but most micro-influencers are willing to help if they receive the product for free or a small payment. Reach out to influencers that your target audience follos and you will find that if their audience is active and engaged it will be worth it.
Set Up Email Marketing
Email marketing is one of the most important aspects of marketing and it allows you get a little creative with the copywriting and visuals to grab your subscriber's attention. You already have people on a mailing list who are interested in the product and would love to hear about product announcements and discount offers to entice them to buy. Personalisation is to key when it comes to email marketing to make the customer feel special and increase the open rate.
A lot of work goes into creating eCommerce marketing strategies, but it is impossible to run a business without one.


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Everyone likes to get bonuses as a present or a nice gift. What kind of bonus grid can a bookmaker's office have?
Bookmakers' offices have been actively expanding over the last few years. In order to attract new players and retain old ones, the BC is constantly introducing new bonuses, making the betting process more profitable and enjoyable. In this article we will discuss in detail what bonuses are provided to players in Kazakhstan, in what BC they can be obtained and what to do.
One of the main ways to attract new customers is free sports betting. In fact, you don't have to pay any money, just sign up and make your bet completely free. The conditions for receiving a deposit-free bonus for sports betting are very simple, all bookmakers have very similar conditions. The procedure looks like this:
Frequently it is accrued in the form of a freebet on the first bet and, of course, it is it that most of the players like: thanks to this reward and become available bets on sports without investment. The attractiveness of the offer also lies in the fact that this freebett is charged without identification.
How do I find a BC that gives this type of bonus? It's simple: above is a list of betting offices with a freeboard without a deposit. Please note: next to some companies in the list is the sum of several types of rewards for new players, and part of this sum may also include bonuses BC for registration without deposit (they are also free bonuses). Detailed description of each offer can be found on the official bookmaker's website or in his review by clicking on the amount in the list above: after reading the terms and conditions, you can choose the best bonus for yourself.
Note that many bookmakers offer a deposit-free bonus when registering a new account, but it should be taken into account that a deposit may still be required to withdraw funds. That is, freebett is credited without identification and deposit, but when withdrawing the winnings on it in most cases, you will need both.
It is accrued only after the identification and account replenishment, and its size often depends on the amount of the first deposit. Of course, this is not just a "freeload", because without the replenishment of the game bank from their own funds is not enough. However, some players prefer it, as in many cases such offers allow you to determine the amount of bonus.
Bonus on the first deposit can be awarded as a freebet, and in the form of a cache bonus that requires to win back the bet. The difference from the freebet "cash bonus" differs from the fact that it is easier to perceive it as real money: in the case of free betting the player gets at his disposal only the amount of net profit (less the amount of freebet), in the case of cache bonus after the requirements for the withdrawal becomes available to the whole amount.
To attract customers, betting companies use a variety of marketing strategies. And distribution of bonuses for registration is one of the most effective. Advertising banner of the bookmaker's office will never contain information about the need to wager a bonus. Maximum – the potential client learns that it is necessary to replenish the game account "at least on some number of units". But in return, he will receive a gift that will help to win real money from the first bets made.
For the bookmaker it is most important to motivate the person to register, to pass the identification and deposit replenishment. If these three actions are done, the new client is ready! And now it can be sprinkled with promotional offers at least every week. In order not to get on the hook of the bank and not to lose real money for the sake of such gifts, always read the terms of bonuses.
So let's summarize all of the above and add a few more very important details. Here is a step-by-step instruction on how to get a bonus on your first deposit:
As a rule, all this information is located at the bookmaker's home page. Before you top up your account, be sure to read the bonus terms and conditions so as not to be disappointed.
But sometimes you can get a bonus when registering only using a bonus code. In some cases, it increases the amount credited to the account. You can get the code from the bookmaker's media partners. Please note that all promotional codes are distributed free of charge. If you are offered to buy it, it is definitely a fraud. All money manipulations should be connected only with replenishment of balance in the personal cabinet.


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Public Financial Management Reforms – Gains and Relevance to a Government in Transition
This was written in my capacity as the Rapporteur General of Government Financial Management Innovators Circle, Inc. (formerly Electronic Financials Users' Circle or EUC) for their 2016 Conference with the theme of Innovators in Governance. It was held on 9-10 November 2016, Tagaytay, Philippines.
Summary of Proceedings
Written below are the highlights of the conference held last 25-27 November 2015.
The Opening Remarks and Statement of Purpose was delivered by Vice President Luzvi Pangan Chatto, Membership Conference Chair.
In her Welcome Remarks, President Carmela S. Perez, thanked the participants for their overwhelming response. She stated that this membership conference is a continuity of EUC past conferences on public accounting reforms, and as always, we will discuss how these systems can be of help to our society.
For Keynote Address, DBM Undersecretary Richard E. Moya discussed the achievements and economic gains of the Philippines during the term of President Aquino. Some of these revolve around transparency, honest leadership, pursuit of corruption cases against high-profile figures, poverty reduction, increase in public investments, better debt management, improved revenue collections and credit ratings. There is big improvement already, and yet much has still to be done. He encouraged the participants to continue the fight on transparency and accountability.
Technical Session 1: Accounting and Auditing Reforms
Asst. Commissioner Lourdes M. Castillo, COA, focused her discussion on the Overview of Government Accounting Manual (GAM) for National Government Agencies. GAM is the new system which will replace the New Government Accounting System (NGAS) effective January 1, 2016. The objective of GAM is to provide updates on government accounting standards, policies, guidelines, and on coding structure and accounts. There are three volumes included, and she updated the participants in details regarding changes adopted (such as in FS titles, components of FS, books and records maintained, etc.), budget and financial accountability reports, and responsibility accounting. Lastly, she discussed the GAM implementation strategy.
Technical Session 2: Budget Reporting and Performance Standards,
Directors Cecille Narido and Lorna Imenzo represented DBM Undersecretary Luz M. Cantor.
Director Narido discussed that there is a unified accounts code structure promulgated by COA-DBM Joint Circular no. 2014-1 (BAR 1) and National Budget Circular No, 555 (BED 2). There are four Budget Execution Document (BEDs): BED 1 is the financial plan; BED 2 is the physical plan; BED 3 reflects the monthly disbursement programs which show the projected estimates; and BED 4 is the annual procurement plan for common use supplies and equipment. She also explained the timelines in submission of BEDs to be followed. In addition, she went through the five Financial Accountability Reports (FAR). There are also Philippine budgeting policies for government-owned corporate sector which cover the two types of GOCCs.
On the part of Dir. Imenzo, she discussed the guidelines in the adoption of the modified statement of receipts and expenditures (SRE) format of local government units. Guides in the release of funds were also tackled which involve prohibition of usage of funds for personnel services, use of project menu, prohibition of replacements of projects, and release of funds by DBM central office to its regional offices.
Technical Session 3: Updates on Treasury Single Account (TSA)
This was presented on behalf of Deputy Treasurer Gisela F. Lood, Planning and Policy Subsector, Bureau of the Treasury, by Atty. William A. Beluso, Jr., Director III, Legal Service)
In line with the existing TSA process, he gave a brief review of TSA legal framework and its corresponding implementation framework. In 2013, BTr undertook the following:
1) procured banking services for the development and provision of a TSA reporting and monitoring system;
2) signed an agreement with Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) for the establishment of a bank account (treasury single account) lodged at BSP;
3) signed agreements with BIR and BOC authorized agent banks on the modification of the reporting and remittance of government collections and the cancellation of the float regime and the transition to transaction fee-based compensation scheme;
4) issued Treasury Circular No. 03-2013 prescribing the implementation guidelines to be observed by authorized agency banks and authorized government depository banks in reporting and remitting collections of taxes, duties and other fees and charges; and
5) formally launched with AGDBs and BIR and BOC AABs. TSA Reporting and Monitoring System (TRAMS) provides among others reports on revenue module and disbursement module.
Technical Session 4: Results-Based Performance Management System (RBPMS)
Day 2 started with Technical Session 4 on Results-Based Performance Management System (RBPMS) with guest speaker Ms. Agatha Beatrix Caballero Calces, Senior Budget and Management Specialist, Department of Budget and Management. The gist of her talk is on the Inter-Agency Task Force on Harmonization of National Government Performance, Information and Reporting Systems (AO No. 25). This revolves around the battlecry of the government "Serbisyong ramdam ni Juana at ni Juan" to promote performance-based incentive system for government employees. This is carried out through a Performance-Based Bonus (PBB) which involves top-up bonus based on individual's contribution to accomplishment of agency's targets. She also expounded the new requirements for the grant of PBB for FY 2015.
Technical Session 5: Barangay Financial Management Manual
Technical Session 5 is about the Barangay Financial Management Manual (BFMM) which was ably discussed by Ms. Rosa dela Cruz, Supervising Auditor of Quezon City, representing Asst. Commissioner Divinia M. Alagon, Local Government Sector, COA. The BFMM has incorporated the provisions of Philippine Public Sector Accounting Standards (PPSAS) and it is targeted to be implemented in 2016.
According to the 1987 Phil. Constitution Mandate: "The financial records of the barangay shall be kept in the office of the city or municipal accountant in simplified manner as prescribed by COA". The speaker discussed the different general accounting principles which include timelines, Chart of Accounts, cash transactions, funds granted to barangays, trust liability, share of unspent Local Disaster Risk Reduction and Mgt. Fund (LDRRMF) and Sangguniang Kabataan (SK), Registry of Special Trust Fund (RSTF), Record of Appropriations and Obligations (RAO), cashbook, transfers, inventories, assets, and revenue-generating sources.
Technical Session 6: Computerization Program – Towards Increased Revenue Collections
This technical session was handled by Asst. Commissioner Carolyn Ann Caja Reyes of Bureau of Internal Revenue, Information Systems Project Management Service. She emphasized the need for proactive strategies catering to different taxpayers attitude types such as honest compliers (taxpayers who voluntarily comply), honest non-compliers (would comply but restricted by lack of knowledge or resources), and dishonest non-compliers (taxpayers who actively evade such as businesses about to be bankrupt). The Integrated Tax System (ITS) was developed based on the three core functions of tax administration namely: registration, filing and payment, and case monitoring. Furthermore, ITS is a computerized and integrated system designed to automate and enhance the core tax administration process. BIR launched the program RFP (register – file – pay). Lastly, the challenges lie in the compliance by taxpayers which can be done through resolutions, private sector support (help from the banks), and linkages with other agencies (e.g. SEC).
Technical Session 7: The Big One
Director Renato U. Solidum Jr. of Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology gave a lively discussion about the relevant topic – The Big One. In spite of the fact that the country is prone to many natural hazards (earthquake, tsunami, volcanic eruption, typhoon, storm surge, flood, landslide), the speaker said that the Filipinos lack the necessary preparation. People are affected by natural hazards due to unsafe location, poor construction, don't believe that they can be affected, don't know how they can be affected, don't know what to do, lack of timely and proper response. Structures do not follow the minimum standards for construction and housing. Thus, there is an imperative need for preparation. This starts with imagination (hazards identification, hazards assessment, risk assessment, impact/damage scenario), preparedness and mitigation, and lastly, response and recovery. Earthquake-related hazards include faulting rupture, ground shaking, liquefaction, fire and landslide.
Technical Session 8: Wellness
This session on Wellness was handled by Dr. Jaime Galvez Tan, President of Health Futures Foundation, Inc. He advocated the universal law of attraction and universal law of the present. There can be daily affirmations that people have to claim such as "I am happy!", "I am full of joy!", and "I am healthy!" He commented a spiritual consideration, saying that with God there is nothing impossible. The core areas of his session were conscious breathing and joint exercises. He demonstrated these and taught the participants. In sum, there has to be an integration of body, mind and spirit. All participants were energized by the said varied exercises.
Technical Session 9: UACS, PPSAS and RCA-Compliant eNGAS and eBudget System: Issues and Concerns
The speaker, Director IV Luzvi Pangan Chatto of Commission on Audit (Government Accountancy Sector), mainly discussed eNGAS and eBudget. eNGAS is an accounting software developed by COA to ensure correctness, reliability, completeness and timeliness in recording government financial transactions and to generate financial reports in accordance with the PPSAS, UACS, RCA and pertinent accounting policies and procedures. eBudget, for its part, complies with the basic policies and procedures of the UACS and PPSAS. In 2001 both enGAS and eBudget – both part of the accounting reforms – were implemented. These application systems are outputs of COA to promulgate accounting rules and regulations. The speaker also discussed lengthily the timeline of the development of eNGAS from 2001 to present time, and highlighted the different milestones throughout this time framework involving accounting simplification, circulars, and assessment of the implementation. In addition, accounting and auditing reforms projects were highlighted. Lastly, as part of the capacity-building provided by COA to different agencies, there is a 5-day training for them and a help-desk to cater to their needs.
The EUC leadership informed all the member-participants that our association will continue to render services. The EUC website and Facebook accounts are available to serve as communication link among members, and between Government Accountancy Sector Help Desk and members. Finally, all members are requested to like the EUC Facebook account so that they can become a member of the community of users of public financial management systems.
This was published originally in the website of GFMIC at https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BxKGb1dy-JWqLVc5VmswdXhxNWc/view
More information about GFMIC can be found at https://gfmic.ph/


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M agical kisses stolen beneath
In a quiet moment our lips touched
Silence and peace, our love entwined
Together in a passing moment
Love and joy,happy dreams
Every stolen kiss, how I long for your caress
Time and hope stays within my heart
Over and over in my mind
Every moment away from you,I remember that one magical kiss….
Day Two Prompt:
"Underneath the mistletoe last night…"
Join in the Christmas spirit and enrich our blogs with Christmas joy. By linking up to bigger picture blogs join in and share whatever the prompts inspire.
Share your stories, poems, photo's, baking or crafts. Whatever the inspiration…all have a way of making us feel the bond of Christmas Cheer.
Peace my friends