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i. Just a couple of hours before the Goods and Services Tax (GST) roll out, the all-powerful GST Council has reduced the tax rate on fertiliser to 5 percent from previously decided 12 per cent.
ii. Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, who heads the GST Council comprising representatives of states, states the decision to reduce the tax rate on fertiliser was taken because of apprehensions that price of the crop nutrient may go up. The GST Council, in another move to give relief to farmers, also cut the tax rate on exclusive parts of tractors from 28 per cent to 18 per cent.
Important Takeaways from above News-
- The much-awaited Goods and Services Tax (GST) was rolled out from 01st July 2017.
- The GST, which unifies more than a dozen central and state levies like excise duty, service tax and VAT.
i. The government has lowered interest rate on small saving schemes by 0.1 percent for the July- September quarter. The move will prompt banks to lower deposit rates. The rates of small saving schemes like PPF, Kisan Vikas Patra and Sukanya Samriddhi have been lowered across the board compared to the April-June quarter.
ii. Since April last year, interest rates of all small saving schemes have been recalibrated on a quarterly basis. According to finance ministry notification, investments in the public provident fund (PPF) scheme will fetch lower annual rate of 7.8 percent. Kisan Vikas Patra (KVP) investments will yield 7.5 per cent and mature in 115 months.
iii. The one for girl child savings, Sukanya Samriddhi Account Scheme, will offer 8.3 percent annually, from 8.4 per cent at present. The investment on 5-year Senior Citizens Savings Scheme will yield 8.3 per cent.
Important Takeaways from above News-
- KVP can be purchased from any Departmental Post Office.
- Sukanya Samriddhi Account can be opened up to age of 10 years only from the date of birth.
- Kisan Vikas Patra (KVP) investments mature in 115 months.
i. India has contributed $500,000 to the UN Peacebuilding Fund, expressing hope that more funding by nations will boost efforts by the world body to build and sustain peace. India has been a member of the Peacebuilding Commission since its inception in December 2005 and has so far contributed $5 million to the Peacebuilding Fund. The fresh contribution of $500,000 to the fund will be affected over the coming days.
ii. The fund was launched to support activities, actions, programmes and organisations that seek to build a lasting peace in countries emerging from conflict.
Important Takeaways from above News-
- The Peacebuilding Commission (PBC) is an intergovernmental advisory body that supports peace efforts in conflict-affected countries and is a key addition to the capacity of the International Community in the broad peace agenda.
- Antonio Guterres is the ninth Secretary-General of the United Nations.
- The headquarters of the United Nations is in New York City, USA.
i. US President Donald Trump has nominated Krishna R. Urs to be the ambassador to Peru, the White House announced. The appointment of Urs, a career member of the Senior Foreign Service, would have to be approved by the Senate.
ii. He is currently Charge d'Affaires of the US Embassy in Madrid. Urs took over after James Costos, who was appointed by former President Barack Obama, resigned. Urs, a 30-year veteran of the foreign service was earlier the Deputy Chief of Mission in Spain.
Important Takeaways from above News-
- Lima is the capital of Peru.
- Pedro Pablo Kuczynski is present president of Peru.
i. Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd has entered into a technology collaboration agreement with Kawasaki Heavy Industries Ltd (KHI) of Japan for manufacturing of stainless steel coaches and bogies for metros. The agreement covers establishing design, engineering and manufacturing facilities at BHEL using Japanese technology. It will also entitle BHEL for all technological advances and upgrades.
ii. BHEL supplies electric as well as diesel locomotives, EMUs, and propulsion systems for Indian Railways. Kawasaki Heavy Industries manufactures heavy equipment/products and its Rolling Stock Company has supplied EMU (Metro/Commuter) train sets to various countries like US, Singapore, Taiwan, Hong Kong etc., besides Japan.
Important Takeaways from above News-
- BHEL has been the bedrock of India's Heavy Electrical Equipment industry since its incorporation in 1964.
- BHEL Head Office is in New Delhi.
- Mr Atul Sobti is Chairman and Managing Director of BHEL.
i. Election Commission (EC) has launched the nation wide month long special drive from 01st July 2017 for maximisation of registration of eligible electors with the focus on left out eligible young citizens in the age group of 18-19. During the drive, the EC will remove names of registered dead electors, if any, from electoral rolls.
ii. During the month of June, the election officials have completed preparatory work like identification of critical gaps in existing electoral rolls, strengthening of infrastructure and sensitization of ground level electoral machine. The EC has also sent the communication to all recognised political parties seeking their cooperation for the success of the Special Drive.
iii. During the Special Enrollment Drive, which will be completed by 31st July, special attention would be given receiving Form 6 for enrolment of new electors and Removal of names of registered dead electors, if found any.
Important Takeaways from above News-
- Election Commission of India is a permanent Constitutional Body.
- The Election Commission was established in accordance with the Constitution on 25th January 1950.
- It currently consists of Chief Election Commissioner and two Election Commissioners.
- Dr Nasim Zaidi is 20th Chief Election Commissioner of India.
i. The growth of eight core sectors slowed to 3.6 per cent in May due to fall in output of coal and fertilisers. The growth rate of eight infrastructure sectors— coal, crude oil, natural gas, refinery products, fertilisers, steel, cement and electricity — was 5.2 percent in May last year. Coal and fertiliser productions recorded negative growth of 3.3 per cent and 6.5 per cent, respectively, as per the government data released.
ii. Steel sector growth dipped to 3.7 per cent last month as against 13.4 percent in May 2016. Slow growth in key sectors would also have implications on the Index of Industrial Production (IIP) number as these segments account for about 41 percent to the total factory output. However, growth in refinery products and electricity output grew by 5.4 per cent and 6.4 per cent in May as against 3.3 per cent and 6.2 per cent, respectively in the same period last year. Natural gas production too grew by 4.5 percent in May as against a negative growth rate of 6.5 percent a year earlier. In April, these eight sectors had recorded a growth rate of 2.8 percent.
i. Two Indian-Americans, Adobe Chief Shantanu Narayen and former US Surgeon General Vivek Murthy are among 38 immigrants to be honoured this year for their role in helping advance the country's society, culture and economy.
ii. Narayen and Murthy will be honoured with the prestigious 'Great Immigrants' annual award on US's Independence day on 04th July 2017. Murthy, born in the UK and a Harvard and Yale alumnus, was appointed by former President Barack Obama in 2014, becoming the first-ever Indian-American to occupy the post and also the youngest ever surgeon general of the country. Narayen, a native of Hyderabad has an undergraduate degree in electronics engineering, a master's degree in computer science, and an MBA from UC Berkeley.
PIB launches web page on GST
i. The government's information dispensation arm, Press Information Bureau has launched a special page for the Goods and Services Tax. The page on the PIB website was launched by Principal Director-General, Press Information Bureau, A. P. Frank Noronha.
ii. The web page on GST is a one-stop platform for all information on the new tax regime. It contains press releases issued till date on the Goods and Services Tax (GST) in both Hindi and English. The web page also contains various presentations and FAQs on GST.
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Here's a wild prediction: the GPS governing board is going to be asked to approve Christina Kishimoto's selected acolyte to be principal of Highland Junior High School. That's not too much of a stretch: the position was open for applications for quite a long time, there's an unusual situation with an interim principal and the job announcement disappeared from GPS job listings online. Westie's going to take bets, though, on whether or not the GPS governing board has been told that the district is in the middle of yet another discrimination lawsuit, this time about hiring practices that center on Highland Junior High School. What a coincidence!
Today's post is about GPS being a defendant in federal court AGAIN; you can read the Complaint here. It's another nasty story about GPS Top Dogs behaving like they're Masters of the Universe. There is lore about the famous GPS Loose Zipper Brigade. Those administrators are just Legends in their Own Minds, including Christina Kishimoto, and they're going to be mad as hell with Westie for spilling the beans. Mind you, they're not necessarily mad at themselves for the morals and ethics they display in their employment with the district, they only care when they get caught with
their zippers down engaging in behavior that violates district policies. We all know those administrators don't give a flying flip about laws.
HEY NEW BOARD MEMBERS: it's not difficult to know about all the lawsuits in which GPS is a defendant. All it takes is a PACER account for federal court cases and a survey of lawsuits listed in the Maricopa Superior Court for state law litigation. You probably thought the GPS superintendent would tell you about important matters like GPS being sued or being investigated by federal agencies. As usual, you might have been wrong in expecting professionalism from GPS Top Dogs.
Historically, GPS superintendents have not liked it when board members know about litigation, or inquiries from the Federal Government, such as Department of Justice or the Office for Civil Rights or the Internal Revenue Service. But litigation against GPS is happening again. This time you new board members might have a chance to head off a major complication for GPS defense, especially if it's the same illegal behavior that brought the EEOC into the picture several years ago. What are the chances that GPS current hiring practices are clean as a whistle? When was the last time the superintendent's hands were clean?
Christina Kishimoto appears to be doing the same stupid stuff that got the district in trouble with the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and led to this lawsuit. The EEOC told the district they were violating civil rights laws. The EEOC investigated charges of age and sex discrimination and found probable cause to believe that GPS violated federal laws. Worse, the EEOC investigated and determined that the GPS administration engaged in retaliation after the charges were filed with the EEOC. Some of this happened during Christina Kishimoto's reign as superintendent; board members need to know if the same behavior continues today. They won't find out by just asking the superintendent.
You would think that GPS superintendent Christina Kishimoto would be following GPS policies and federal civil rights laws TO THE LETTER as she hires new employees, knowing that the district is defending this civil rights lawsuit about illegal hiring practices. You could be wrong. But don't take it from Westie, new board members. Don't accept Christina Kishimoto's usual double-speak and rationalizations about what is happening in GPS right now. You've already been burned by the superintendent's pattern and practice of untruthfulness, even when you asked her a direct question. The community has eyes and ears, so we all know.
Salient facts in the complaint that started this lawsuit sound nasty, but all too familiar:
84. On or about September 11, 2015, the EEOC, after considering all the evidence obtained during its investigation, found that there is reasonable cause to believe that Gilbert Public Schools violated Title VII when it did not select McCoy and other applicants because of their age and/or sex.
85. On or about July 27, 2015 McCoy was contacted by the EEOC and asked to file an amended charge with the EEOC including Title VII sex discrimination and retaliation, Charge No. 540-2013-00755, alleging that GPS, among other things, violated Title VII when it retaliated against her for filing EEOC charges.
86. In EEOC Charge No. 540-2013-00755, McCoy alleged the retaliation consisted of: not allowing her to participate in recruitment and selection of employees; shunning her from sitting on various committees; denying her the opportunity to compete and be interviewed for available Principal positions; and issuing her a poor performance evaluation.
87. On or about September 11, 2015, the EEOC, after considering all the evidence obtained during its investigation, found that there is reasonable cause to believe that Gilbert Public Schools violated Title VII when it retaliated against McCoy for engaging in protected activity by denying her the opportunity to compete and be considered for available Principal positions and by issuing her lower rating on her performance.
HEY NEW BOARD MEMBERS: you most likely need your own attorney … soon. If Christina Kishimoto hires a lawyer and tells you that person is *the board's lawyer,* tread very carefully. Same trepidation if Kishmoto calls in The Trust attorneys who are defending the lawsuit; they represent The Trust, not the governing board. You need an attorney who isn't conflicted with other loyalties to the education power structure in Arizona. Remember, Westie is not a lawyer, but we know some good lawyers!
This post should make you realize that your interests as board members most likely are not the same as the superintendent's interests. That's especially true if the superintendent has violated district policy in even the smallest way with hiring a new principal for Highland Junior High School. Or with who wasn't hired. Or with who was or wasn't interviewed for the position. Or whether those interviewers were captives of the superintendent. Or whether genuine records were kept of the interviews. Questions abound!
The hinkiness goes back a year, when Christina Kishimoto promoted the HJHS principal to district staff, knowing there would be a vacancy to fill at HJHS. Don't you wonder why Kishimoto installed an *interim* principal for the 2016-2017 school year? That wasn't standard procedure then. What's happened since hasn't looked any better. Who knows … maybe all those back-room policy committee meetings surreptitiously changed relevant GPS policies so Christina Kishimoto could slide this bit of sleaziness under the rug. That GPS rug sure is lumpy, but now it's yours, new board members!
GPS has been in turmoil in recent weeks, and the superintendent's moral character is again a major topic of discussion in the community about her ability to lead the district. If the governing board hires a new principal for Highland Junior High School without ascertaining there is not a scintilla of retaliation or impropriety in the entire hiring process, another school might be compromised. We all know how Christina Kishimoto loves to talk about processes, especially when she's on the defensive. Let her explain her hiring processes to someone who won't be distracted by mumbo-jumbo, someone who truly has the district's best interests at the forefront. Wouldn't that be refreshing?
It's not just Kishimoto, it's the governing board and the school district who are actual DEFENDANTS in court again. You can choose to go ahead and let Christina Kishimoto do what she wants to do, regardless of GPS policy, regardless of law. Go ahead at your own peril. She was counting on you to be in the dark about all of this. Most likely, she planned to present you with a done deal and get your blessing on her perfidy before you had a chance to ask about any of the details. Sure, you can trust her.
Hey Birdies: Brian Yee plays a starring role in this lawsuit! New board members: why do you think GPS (then under superintendent Dave Allison) stashed Brian Yee at Greenfield Junior High School? He must have known his publicly humiliating escapades could be the source of litigation against the district for years. It looks like Good Old Dave was right.
The lawsuit shows Shane McCord's *Gut Check* hiring decisions are still haunting GPS, as well. The old dirty laundry will be aired again. It's not like GPS leadership has been a model of moral behavior recently, either, so pass the popcorn!
Circling back to the recent turmoil in GPS: Christina Kishimoto is no stranger to being sued for bad personnel decisions. One of the cases still causing problems for Hartford Schools is about a person Christina Kishimoto had promoted after major controversy and disciplinary action over sexual misconduct:
The mother of a 13-year-old girl who police say received sexual text messages from a longtime Hartford school administrator is suing the school system, top school officials and the city of Hartford over alleged negligence in the case. A major allegation in the complaint is that the city and the school system allowed Genao, a career educator who worked for the district since 2005, to prey on the girl despite years-old claims that he sent inappropriate electronic messages to a female student and an employee when he was principal of Sport and Medical Sciences Academy. "The city knew or should have known that they had a very dangerous person in their mix," Spinella said Thursday. "They didn't red flag him, they promoted him."
Citizens of Gilbert, Arizona wonder why GPS keeps dangerous persons in the district. In the case of the current civil rights lawsuit, the person who is the biggest danger to GPS might be the superintendent who can't or won't follow the law. Citizens are wondering if the superintendent's immoral behavior in her *alleged* inappropriate relationship with her subordinate Executive Director of Technology gave a subliminal (or actual) green light to other GPS employees to indulge in immoral and/or illegal behavior. Westie thinks the dots are quite connectable, and this question will arise whenever ethics are violated by any GPS employee, as long as Christina Kishimoto is superintendent.
You know Westie will closely watching this lawsuit through court records. As ever, Westie loves to share, and will post observations gleaned from long experience with GPS defending lawsuits and the same old attorneys that The Trust hires. This time, birdies, there will be LOTS of chocolate and back stories. Chirp, chirp!
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This is what people say about Chinnovation:
Innovation in China has gone through a transformation and now rivals the Silicon Valley in its creativity, entrepreneurship, and human drive. This book hits a nerve. Chinese start-ups are rocking the world! Yinglan Tan captures a snapshot in Chinnovation that most journalists have been blind to. China is not just making cheap imitations, China is thought-leading. It is amazing what free trade, free markets, and a light-touch government can unleash in a society.
Timothy C. Draper, Founder and Managing Director, Draper Fisher Jurvetson
Chinnovation is a must read for anyone interested in what will surely become one of the major stories of the next few decades, as China's innovators drive up the value curve on the fast line. No one is better placed than Yinglan Tan to provide key insights, directly useful to business people seeking to learn about the China-way of entrepreneurship.
Jonathan Story, Emeritus Professor, INSEAD & Author of China Uncovered
China has transformed tremendously over the last few decades and now, through innovation, its burgeoning Chinese entrepreneurial class are driving China to a whole new level. With Chinnovation, Yinglan Tan delivers to readers well-researched and timely insights on what China has to offer to the world.
Loh Hoon Sun, Managing Director, Phillip Securities Pte Ltd
The global innovation landscape is undergoing profound changes and Chinese companies are challenging the traditional innovation concept. Innovation has become a new feature of entrepreneurship in China. Whether you are planning on establishing a partnership with Chinese companies to build global innovation capability, or already a participant of the competition in China market, I highly recommend that you read this book.
Liu Jiren, Chairman and CEO, Neusoft Corporation
The eight R's of Chinnovation, combined with the Innovation Stack framework is an amazing solution to make innovation in China better understood for corporate executives, entrepreneurs, investors, and educators. Yinglan Tan bridges the key concepts and winning techniques used by Chinese innovators and translates it into a structured process, hence, a joy to read for all stakeholders.
Martin Haemmig, Senior Advisor on Venture Capital, SPRIE, Stanford University
This is a timely and relevant book to review China's innovation path. Over the years there has been more localization and more adoption of existing technology for implementing in China. With China assuming a greater role in the world's economy and developing a more powerful domestic market, Chinnovation will surely emerge as a key innovation source for the world.
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Innovation in China is a hot topic with global implications. Companies and investors hoping to capitalize on China's growth may have underestimated the groundswell of innovation happening today. Through his new book, Chinnovation, Yinglan Tan demystifies this topic and provides entrepreneurs, managers, and investors with important knowledge on China's business market. A compelling read for anyone interested in China's future and its impact on the global economy.
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Yinglan Tan's book could not be more timely. China's success as a factory for the world and the fundamental transformation it has had on global industries and markets, while impressive, is yesterday's story. Yinglan introduces us to the individuals and firms who are driving tomorrow's story of China's emergence as a locus of innovation that will have major implications for consumers, firms, and economies around the world.
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Informative and entertaining! Brimming with brilliant analysis and actionable insights. How do Chinese entrepreneurs survive in China? They innovate like crazy, in ways that will amaze most Westerners. Hear their authentic voices as they describe the real struggles underlying monster successes like Alibaba and Tencent. This book is a wake-up call, a must-read for anyone fascinated with China!
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Since Schumpeter, much has been written on Innovation Economics. Given the growing role of China in the global economy, professionals worldwide, as well as entrepreneurs in China, should read Chinnovation. Based on many real-life cases, this first systematic study of innovation in China offers a broad view, often in lively detail.
You Xing, Chief China Representative, Paris Region Economic Development Agency
Convergent incomes and divergent growth between East and West is the economic story of our times. China leads this charge and is re-establishing itself as a center for global technology and innovation. I love the way Chinnovation draws on the war stories of Chinese entrepreneurs and investors to dispel the myths and proffer practical advice to the next generation of high growth multinationals.
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A great book to shed light on what kind of innovation thrives in China and what makes it work. I highly recommend this book to entrepreneurs who wish to capture Chinese markets. Yinglan Tan has done a remarkable job in analyzing the reasons behind the successes and failures of these new Chinese companies. All are invaluable lessons for the newcomers.
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Chinnovation is definitely an exciting read. It shows readers how China's economic growth has been fuelled by hard working and innovative entrepreneurs, and not just because of government-led policies. Chinnovation proves that the transition from "Made in China" to "Innovated in China" is indeed a reality.
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Yinglan Tan offers a fresh and unconventional look at innovation and entrepreneurship in the world's second largest economy. Chinnovation is an insightful project that removes the myths and secrecy to present the true picture of Chinese entrepreneurs and how innovation is driving the country in the 21st century. A must read for all interested in innovation, entrepreneurship, and China.
Irina Anghel, Secretary General, South Eastern Europe Private Equity and Venture Capital Association
As the crucial innovation battleground for high growth businesses of the future, China is both alluring and intimidating, with rapidly changing market conditions and regulatory landscape, intense competition, and unique rules of engagement. Against this backdrop, Chinnovation provides a refreshing, modern Art of War treatise on the Tao of creating successful innovation in China.
Ku Kay Mok, Partner, Gobi Partners
The book brings to life the most intelligent and promising young entrepreneurs in China, demonstrate how local entrepreneurs can succeed with local insights and local executions to address local needs. Yinglan Tan presents a whole new angle to look at innovation in China and how China and the world might benefit from these "chinnovations" and "chinnovators".
Zhao Hanxi, Director, CITIC Capital
As China progresses through another rapid evolution and transformation of its industries, we see a rapidly growing field of Chinese entrepreneurs that can propel China to possibly top the global tables in creativity and innovation. Chinnovation reveals to readers the truth behind these Chinese start-ups and their journey through innovation. This is a must-read for would-be entrepreneurs and seasoned business leaders alike.
Patrick Lee, Executive Chairman, Sing Lun Holdings Limited
Yinglan Tan takes us on a journey through extraordinary stories of entrepreneurship in China. An easy read, it is sure to make you feel like you have lived and breathed the air of opportunity that China represents today, far beyond the statistics seen in popular press and analyst briefings. You get the unique privilege of getting into the minds of the entrepreneurs, seeing their rapid ingenuous actions and you find yourself celebrating their stupendous results. A must read!
Rajen Makhijani, Management Consultant, Heidrick and Struggles and Award Nominated Bollywood Screenwriter
Yinglan Tan's Chinnovation presents a fresh look at the fastest growing entrepreneurial country in the world, China. Just as developing applications only makes sense on the largest platforms where you can get scale as quick as possible – i.e. Android, iOS, and Facebook – China is the new de facto place to be.
The interesting combination of old political constraints and protections, an almost unlimited talent base, and the largest physical platform proves to be an amazing combination for supercharged replication, innovation, and even invention.
After a deep exploration with some of China's most successful entrepreneurs, investors, and investment bankers, Yinglan is able to deduce what it takes in this remixed Eastern world – and why it is hard for Western culture to understand a different, and in some cases better approaches to business."
Thomas Foley, Founder & CEOXpert Financial
Jan 15th 2011 Chinnovation featured in Blogging Innovation
Feb 4th 2011, Kansas City Infozine
Feb 15th 2011, Innovation Management
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Chinnovation on Business Lines, March 11th
Chinnovation on ACT recommended reading, March 11th
Interview of Tan Yinglan on Chinnovation on BFM Radio 89.9, Mar 2011
Review of Chinnovation on Korean Daily, Mar 2011
The Korea Times, the 2nd top English news dailies in South Korea, also reviewed my book
Review of Chinnovation on China Daily, 14th Mar 2011
Chinnovation was reviewed in China Daily, the main English news dailies in the PRC on the 14th of this month in both their print and e-editions, as well as on their website.
Review of Chinnovation on The Nation (Thailand), 15th Mar 2011
′It is often said that China makes products but does not invent them. Business professor Yinglan Tan dispels that myth" (Nature, April 2011)
Praise for Way Of The VC – Top Venture Capitalists on Your Board
"Yinglan gives valuable accounts coupled with insightful observations about the past, present and future of an industry that is still in its infancy-but growing up fast. It will also help entrepreneurs who need venture capital financing by showing them how VCs value-add to their companies. This book belongs in the library of anyone who has ever taken a serious interest in venture capital. "
Neil Shen, Founding Managing Director, Sequoia Capital China
Michael Moritz from Sequoia Capital
Ron Conway, "The Godfather of Silicon Valley" and angel investor in Google, Paypal, Facebook and many others.
"The Way of the VC" is the best book I have read on Venture Capital with thoughtful advice for the entrepreneur. Yinglan Tan captures the wisdom of the ages, with the vision of an oracle in this book that captures how a venture capitalist thinks, and how the best ones act.
Tim Draper, Managing Partner, Draper Fisher Jurvetson
Way Of The VC on Tim Draper's recommended Reading List
Way Of The VC on Altaassets Private Equity Blog
This book is a practical guide to the interplay between VCs and entrepreneurs that often contributes to the meteoric rise or utter failure of a startup venture. As entrepreneurship and venture capital are slowly transitioning from ad hoc activities into professions, the common principals applied by experienced professionals are emerging as foundations. Yinglan Tan's book provides a solid account of these emerging foundations.
Noubar Afeyan, Managing Partner & CEO, Flagship Ventures
With the emergence of venture capital investment as a professional practice, understanding the way in which this industry works is critically important for practitioners and would-be practitioners, whether they are (or aspire to be) working for entrepreneurial ventures, venture firms, or large institutional capital pools. I applaud Yinglan Tan, who has distilled many interesting "war stories" and experiences of venture capitalists into a useful and effective framework in The Way of the VC.
Professor Josh Lerner, Jacob H. Schiff Professor of Investment Banking, Harvard Business School
"Yinglan gets into the minds of venture capitalists to show us how they think. There is much in common between VCs from the West and those from the East, but also much that is importantly different."
Tarun Khanna, Jorge Paulo Lemann Professor at the Harvard Business School and Best-Selling Author, Billions of Entrepreneurs: How China and India are Reshaping Their Futures and Yours
I have taught private equity courses for MBA's and executives for fifteen years, and I have seldom run across such insight. Based on painstaking research, Yinglan Tan has demystified the venture capital investment process. If you want to know how venture capitalists think, what they are looking for, and how to choose one, read this book. Venture investors looking to grow in Asia will find penetrating observations and valuable advice. I highly recommend this book to anyone interested in building high-growth companies.
Professor Philip Anderson, INSEAD Alumni Fund Chaired Professor of Entrepreneurship & Academic Director, The Abu Dhabi Centre
Top-flight entrepreneurs are blessed with terrific ideas and boundless energy. But they usually lack capital; hence they must join together with venture capitalists (VCs). The prescription is easy, the implementation tough. Entrepreneurs and VCs differ in orientation, background, and interests. In this lively volume, Yinglan Tan tells how entrepreneurs should handle the relationship from early-stage conception through to a thriving company. The pages bristle with insights gained from in depth discussions with successful VCs and entrepreneurs. It then imparts lessons distilled from intense study of the field and careful analysis. Entrepreneurs should take this volume to heart, and thus avoid missteps and grief.
Richard Zeckhauser, Frank P. Ramsey Professor of Political Economy, Harvard University.
"The Way of the VC" is a must-read book for entrepreneurs and venture capital professionals. Yinglan achieved a harmonious balance between the theory – the Commandments – and the practice – first-hand accounts by VC. The delightful stories clearly and effectively illustrate important lessons for all players in this industry.
Koh Soo Boon, Managing Partner, IGlobe Partners
Venture Capitalists rely heavily on personal judgment and experience. This extensive collection of shared wisdom and viewpoints is therefore a valuable addition to the growing number of VC textbooks and war stories. Yinglan has skillfully captured the Tao of VC practitioners and entrepreneurs in a lively and enlightening book.
Lin Hong Wong, author of "Venture Capital Fund Management: A Comprehensive Approach to Investment Practices & the Entire Operations of a VC Firm".
"Friendly, thorough, and helpful. Yinglan has shown how VC's can help an entrepreneur's business and how to attract their attention."
Dan Schwartz, former Chairman, Asian Venture Capital Journal and author, The Future of Finance: How Private Equity and Venture Capital Will Shape the Global Economy
Brad Feld, VC with Foundry Group, likes The Way Of The VC
Ben Horowitz of Andreessen Horowitz
Mike Maples, Founder of Floodgate. One of the classiest super-angels in the Valley.
Norm Fogelsong of Institutional Venture Partners
Bobby Chao, Managing Director, DFJ Dragon
Stephen Chiao, Managing Partner of Sycamore Ventures
Pedram Mokrian, Mayfield Fund
Tan Chade-Meng, Jolly Good Fellow, Google
President Su Guanning of Nanyang Technological University
Mar 2010, Way Of The VC featured in Smart Investor
Mar 2010, Way Of the VC featured in Smart Investor
Mar 2010, Way Of the VC featured in Business Today. (My book is available in India as well)
June 2010, Way Of the VC featured in Rotary Club
Publication in The Deal – "IPO and Trade Sales in China"
Publication of IPO and Trades in China – The Deal
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Sooner or later, like Chelsea meeting Manchester City, there had to be a Papal Encylical on Global Warming. After all, ecology and Rome are the two main religions of the Western World. We already know the main thrust of what Pope Francis will say: that saving the planet Earth, is 'a moral and religious imperative'.
The Pope is certainly not going to attack the theology of Warmism, which for many is a religious dogma, towards which His Holiness must show the kind of respect that the Vatican has always shown secular entities, such as the Hapsburgs or the British Empire. Passing fads, mental or royal, come and go. Rome endures regardless, in large part by not treading unnecessarily on the corns of other people's sensibilities.
Corns and humbug usually abound where ecology and self-interest collide. On Earth Day last week, President Obama warned of the damage done to the Florida Everglades by global warming, when in fact far more harm had been done by US national or local government: namely, Washington-subsidised sugar-cane farmers, state-authorised residential house-building and the US Corps of Engineers. But he's as likely to insult any of those in a vital swing state as he would admit to Michelle's taste in S & M.
It was Florida's own Bishop Thomas Wenski of Miami, who said of the encyclical, that it had "gone to the translators, so it's at the end of its birthing process.
"That's the way bishops talk these days, daddy-oh, and unless we reverse our ways, no doubt the world will be at the start of its deathing process – and the sooner the better, if the price we pay for its survival is the anthem for the annual Earth Day, set to Beethoven's 'Ode to Joy.'
Joyful joyful we adore our Earth in all its wonderment
Simple gifts of nature that all join into a paradise
Now we must resolve to protect her
Show her our love throughout all time
With our gentle hand and touch
We make our home a newborn world
Now we must resolve to protect her
Show her our love throughout all time
We make our home a new-born world
This palsied paean to all life – including, presumably – the anopheles mosquito, penile warts, rectal cancer and menopausal halitosis – is best enjoyed when sung by deaf-mutes at the bottom of the Mariana Trench.
Climate change activists are ecstatic about the Pope's intentions. "He, along with the Dalai Lama and a few rock stars, are the most popular people on the planet right now," said Mary Evelyn Tucker, director of the amazingly named Forum on Religion and Ecology at Yale University. The only word missing there is 'Wow'. How splendid that the incumbent of the Holy See is compared with the leader of a small bean-eating sect on a Nepalese hillside and some rock musicians he's never heard of.
No matter. It's fair to assume that the Encyclical will be pitched at a slightly higher level, and will probably target the official villains of the ecological movement: multinationals, oil companies, gas-guzzling cars, hamburger-munching & wind-breaking westerners. Unlikely to be high in the list of the world's villains will be the subsistence farmers of the three As – Asia, Africa and Latin America, who destroy millions of acres of carbon-dioxide consuming broadleaf trees every year.
For Africa in particular, the complete destruction of the environment is being hastened by sex. The population of sub-Saharan Africa is expected to grow from 926 million people today to nearly 2.2 billion people by 2050. Such unsustainable demographics should spell ruin. It doesn't because of western aid and medicine. No lessons are learnt: the society responsible for such ecological degradation, rather than being crippled, is instead rewarded with medicine and protein and survival, with more such destruction to follow. Until finally, there's nothing left to destroy, at which point it's probably time to up sticks and head for Europe, with a hey and a ho and hey nonny no.
The Toyota Prius, as silent as a milkfloat, is delightful technology, but in global-ecological terms is probably as effective as its medieval equivalent, a very costly indulgence. Saving Africa is the key to saving the world, and this will be impossible unless Africans stop reproducing like aphids. And with Robert Mugabe president of both the African Union AND the Southern African Community, meaningful initiatives to reduce Africa's population-growth will probably coincide with the opening of Burundi's first Hadron Collider.
Ghana's Cardinal Turkson says the core message of the encyclical is that global economic inequality is inextricably linked to climate change, and that the poorest are disproportionately affected by global warming. Yes, and disproportionately responsible for damaging what remains of the world's rainforests: but no-one will say that, and no-one has the least idea how to stop Africans destroying their own continent.
Of course the Pope is unlikely to criticise Africa, the Catholic Church's great growth area. However, he is a Jesuit and so will probably not confine himself to the meaningless vapidities which characterise so much eco-speak.
What should the developed world do to halt climate change? Is that even the right question? For climate change is the only climatic constant. Did not tobacco once grow in Warwickshire and ice once cover Britain? If global warming is solar-caused, and it's largely ideology that says it isn't, mankind's attempts to reverse it might, at best, be rather like the heroic Mrs Partington and her mop the night of the great south-western gales, or at worst, do catastrophic damage to the world's economy. And who invariably suffers worst in an economic downturn? Africa.
Pope Francis is far shrewder than those green-warriors give him credit for. However, the mob demands a clarion cry for a simple eco-crusade. The mob also demanded a papal endorsement of the Pill, and got Humanae Vitae instead. Modern popes generally don't do crusades. They do subtlety, which – it's a fair guess – will probably be lost on both the half-witted green commentariat and the full-blooded African corpus cavernosa.


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Iran may be on the path to developing nuclear weapons, and North Korea could be hoping to lob a missile directly at the United States one day. Still, the Senate's biggest defense hawk isn't pushing as hard as his House counterparts are for more robust nuclear development and missile defense.
"It's not the highest on our priority list," Armed Services Committee Chairman John McCain said in an interview.
It's not that McCain isn't concerned about America's enemies developing nuclear capabilities or that he wants the United States to back down from an aggressive stance when it comes to missile defense. The defense authorization bill that he sponsors includes more money for long-range missiles that specifically are used to deflect nuclear warheads. He, like many Republicans, is also upset with the Obama administration for pushing a nuclear deal with Iran, saying White House officials are "so desperate for an agreement, they will agree to just about anything."
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The BONSAI MINDSET aims to spread the love of bonsai through art.
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"I'm fighting against the patriarchal, military, capitalist, racist post-modern slave system. I am going to fight for this for ever."
Nawal El Saadawi is a woman who doesn't quit. Trained as a medical doctor, she has written extensively and passionately on the realities of women in Egypt, from their sexuality, to the practice of genital cutting, to their deprivation of full social and political equality. Her criticisms of the ruling authorities in Egypt led to her imprisonment in 1980.
While in prison, she continued to write, this time about her experience of living inside the Egyptian prison system. Without access to proper writing materials, she resorted to writing on toilet paper, with an eyeliner pencil.
In addition to her lifetime of work as an activist fighting for equality for women and against political, imperial, and class-based oppression of all people, El Saadawi enthusiastically participated in Egypt's spontaneous revolution in 2011 which ousted dictator Hosni Mubarak.
Here at the Wall of Femmes, we are proud to honour Nawal El Saadawi for being a tireless and tough-as-nails campaigner who, as she herself admits, is getting more radical with age. Her writings and arguments have changed lives and minds in the Arab world and beyond. She perseveres with a sense of hope for the future which is built upon her intimate knowledge of the achievements of the past. When this woman talks, we sit up and listen.


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Narrate Powerpoint Presentation - Keeping it Going
Job Posting Details
Job # 31625 Narrate Powerpoint Presentation - Keeping it Going
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- Feb 11, 2011 @ 20:01
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- Feb 24, 2011
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- English (North American)
- Gender
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We are a non profit organization working to provide educators in the United States with useful informaiton to advocate the study of foreign language education with a focus on Japanese language education in the K-16 levels. This Powerpoint presentation is part of our Advocacy Kit, which will include a DVD featuring several presentations with voiceovers. The DVD will be given out free of charge to foreign language teachers and anyone who is involved in foreign language education such as administrators, parents, and students.
This presentation is titled "Keeping it Going" with a run time of about 45 minutes (7208 words). We are looking for someone to provide a dry voiceover for the script as if they were giving the presentation. There are 20 slides in the powerpoint and ideally, it would be nice to have one sound track for each slide, but if one long continuous track is made, please provide pauses between each slide. We will award the project by 3/1/2011 at the latest and would like to have the deliverable by 3/4/2011. There are some foreign words in the script and we can provide the correct pronunciation over the phone if required. If you have any questions about this, please let us know.
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What Volunteering In The Israeli Army Taught Me
Israel is only one of a few countries in which military service is mandatory for both men and women, and service can last from 24 to 32 months. When I landed in Tel Aviv, Israel, I did not know that the military service was mandatory for women. But I would soon learn, as I was required to complete a volunteering program with the Israeli Defense Force for three weeks.
During this time, I was really impressed with the naturalness these young women held; women who were my age, but carried machine guns. Not only did I learn how not to be afraid of guns (which was kind of a "dive in the deep end" situation, since they were almost everywhere), but the young women I was lucky enough to meet taught me so much more about life, and are the best proof that wisdom and strength lies far beyond age and gender. Here's what I learnt from them during my time in the Israeli army.
Get things done
You can guess how bad-ass they were by just entering the military. They sunbathe during their lunch break, their guns and maps next to them. When you would ask them how they feel about the military, they usually would just shrug their shoulders and say, "We don't have a choice, but we will get it done." And they did. They wouldn't let the military define them; they would give their best with their given task and learned things most teenage girls (like me) wouldn't even dream of. They knew it was important, even though hours of uniform sorting isn't the exact definition of fun, but they gave it their all because they knew it was important.
Never stop dreaming
These girls were not merely soldiers. They were artists, models, designers, and so much more. With everyone I talked to, I got the opportunity to hear about their unique story. Like the pretty girl of Russian origin who got model offers, but wanted to work in the agriculture one day. Or the shy officer who had a passion for fashion, and is now a very successful designer and college student. Or even the girl who loves to travel and dreamed about one day visiting every country in the world. They didn't let themselves be defined by the uniform, but constantly worked on their personal dreams whenever they finished their duties.
Live in the moment
One of the most memorable moments during my time in the army (one that still sticks with me today) occurred when one soldier told us during our showing of Tel Aviv how she and her friends would love to trade in their uniform and wear colorful clothes every day to celebrate not only the day itself, but life. I went to Israel following a gut feeling, and it is no secret that life in the country is not very easy as we heard about attacks quite often. The girls in the military knew about the risk that was embedded with moving to this country, yet their beliefs in what is right was strong enough to overcome this. They created their lives following their beliefs, their dreams and their passions.
Home is where the heart is
Many of the soldiers came from far away to start anew, and whenever I heard their stories I thought of the quote from T.S. Eliot: "Home is where one starts from." Most were beginning a new life in Israel and found a new home, and you could feel how excited they were about it. They didn't care if they had to wield a gun, complete exhausting exercises in the early morning or live at the military base five out of seven days, just to return on Monday morning in full fitting. I did not hear them complain once. On the contrary, they took pride in their work and it was not uncommon for some to continue into the military service after their mandatory time, because the women felt they could accomplish more on this path. They felt completely equal to the men in their units. They did not even talk once about gender inequality; they felt completely encouraged to pursue engineering, mathematical or scientific careers, and many of them did with help of the military.
Embrace life
There are many words to describe these amazing women who master their life in the most incredible way and defy odds on a daily basis, but the one that would stick out the most is energetic. They put so much energy into everything they do; so much that I felt I could even take some of it back home. They taught volunteers like myself to embrace life and live each moment to the fullest, to never regret following your heart and to always be open for new encounters. I am really grateful for hearing about their stories and hope all their dreams come true – they rock!


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What's Next For Apple?
Apple computers are one of the most unique large tech companies because they are not solely an "internet company." That is to say their revenue primarily comes from the sales of computers and hardware. It seems almost crazy to say that this is the exception to the rule in tech, but if you look across the board at the tech giants you get: Google (alphabet), Amazon, Facebook and so on, none of which have a real physical presence in terms of the hardware they are serviced by.
Apple CEO Tim Cook has addressed that this week, in a state of the company address to shareholders, and says that it is high time that they change how they do business this upcoming year, and that they aim to put a greater emphasis on its online services as well as iCloud, iMessage, and Apple Music. This is not to say they are going to over haul their whole infrastructure of the company, their bread and butter will always be the iPhone and the Macbook Pro; however, there is definitely room that they can expand and grow their base in new markets.
This is all well and good and makes sense from their perspective and the perspective of their stock holders, except when you consider the face that Apple isn't very good at providing online service. That is to say, at the very least, they do not appear as capable as some of their rivals like Google and Microsoft and it has all the potential to be a blunder for the company.
The problem is that unlike the other companies Apple isn't a service first kind of company. The others have their entire infrastructure and priories around this fact, where as Apple has it a means to support their other products. This coming from analyst Ben Thompson of Stratechery who writes, "the root problem is all these services cases is the lack of accountability" as long as the iPhone keeps the money flowing and the captive customers coming, it doesn't really matter if Apple's services are as good as they could be."
He goes on to claim that, "the solution to all these problems- and the key to Apple actually delivering on its services vision is to start with the question of accountability and work backwards: Apple's services need to be separate from the devices that are core to the company, and the managers of those services need to be held accountable via dollars and cents, if that makes sense."
On play for them that is on the table is that they have the means to buy Dropbox which has eluded to the fact that it wants to be bought out by a major tech company and their founders can cash in. This is because drop box has an insanely bubble valuation of 3.1 billion dollars. Which is absurd when you consider the simplicity of the service they provide. However, what they do have is brand recognition in the service aspect of tech, something Apple desperately needs, or at the very least wants.


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The Bank of America (BAC) Merrill Lynch Global Financial Stress indicator has spiked above zero for the first time in over two months, according to Bloomberg data.
The indicator measures market stress by weighing cross-asset risk, hedging demand and investment flows. Any reading higher than zero hints there is more stress in the equities market than usual.
The Global Financial Stress indicator had previously spent the last 78 days below zero as investors continued to snap up stocks. It's recent spike comes as tensions between the U.S. and North Korea escalate.
The Bank of America Merrill Lynch reading follows a surge in Wall Street's favorite fear gauge the VIX.
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Doctors should be prescribing volunteering, not only for it's benefits in helping others but to the multiple positive side effects it has including making our communities special and great places to live. Learn more about the effects volunteering has on the volunteer, and on communities and the important work of Volunteer Centers. Talk presented by Wendy from the South Okanagan Similkameen Volunteer Centre.
Join our local Knitters and Crocheters as they create handiwork, share their crafting knowledge & build a great community network. All ages and skill levels welcome from beginners to well experienced. This group also meets up weekly at an alternate location; check out their facebook group Droppin' Stitches SO for more info.
Please come in and make yourself at home.
We have comfy chairs, Wi-Fi, newspapers, magazines, books, friendly staff and work tables with access to power.
Enjoy our quilted wall art, visible when you walk in. On the first of every month a new quilt is displayed from one of our many talented Osoyoos Quilters.
The Osoyoos Library has a Friends of the Library group which meets about 4 times per year. Please inquire in the Osoyoos Library on how to get involved.
These hard working volunteers raise money through book sales to support the library in a variety of ways.
Check out our beautiful Bookcase that the 'Friends' had built for us to display used books that we sell throughout the year. Also our Newspaper rack and Children's Storyhour carpet, all purchased for us by our 'Friends'.
The annual 'Friends' book sale is held every Summer by the fountain at Osoyoos Town Hall.


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The Fringe Festival: A Celebration of the Arts
The Fringe Festival took place the week of October 24th through 28th and brought the Arts Department into the spotlight with a full week of fine arts, giving students an opportunity to view and try a wide variety of art.
"We want to take the incredible stuff that we're doing here with fine arts and visual arts and performing arts, and we want to take it down and share it with the rest of the campus," said Lanny Boyer, the theater and film teacher, who was involved in the planning of the festival.
Senior Cooper Lajeunesse, who planned the Fringe Festival, wanted to take the idea of the annual one act festival and turn it into a "week long celebration of the arts." This year the focus of the Fringe Festival is to open it up to all types of art, not solely theatrical performances.
"You know how we have the homecoming assembly, and how it's a big celebration of sports, and coming back to school and everything, but there was really not a celebration of the arts at all," said Senior Cooper Lajeunesse.
Kirby said that the Fringe Festival allows students to realize the other types of art offered at Fairview.
"By doing this we hope to spread the knowledge of how really talented the art department is at Fairview," Kirby said.
According to Boyer, the Fringe Festival was beneficial to the performers and to the students who know little about the arts.
"Best case scenario is 1,000 of our students see what it is that we're doing and 1,000 students want to take classes and be a part of what it is that we're doing," Boyer said.
Mr.Boyer said that he would love to see the "bubble" that surrounds the arts and the students involved burst as a result of the festival.
Cooper hopes that the festival will become a tradition and include even more art and performances in the years to come.
"I am really content with the way that we were able to show a little bit more of this artwork and this student collaboration and bring that into our school that we haven't really been able to see a lot in the past," said Lajeunesse.
"I'm excited that people seemed really interested, and I think that going forward that makes me really optimistic about the expansion and growth of the festival," said Leh.
"We just want to share the gift of art, quite honestly," Boyer said.


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As more birders started to arrive, i decided it was time to back off, so i didnt get the blame if the bird flushed! Glad i did, as no sooner had i got behind the shed, a tractor went up the track and bird Sandpiper flew off. We saw that it had landed near the dump, so walked around to see it walking around a little puddle. Even though it was in the dump, it made for a much more pleasing photo, im sure (hope) you will agree.... The tractor driver then decided to drive into the dump, and the Sandpiper flew and returned to its original spot.
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Sadly, there was no sign of the Coal Tits near the Church today, while i was there anyway!!!!!
Got the boat back, and walked straight up to the campsite, as there had been a Ring Ouzel there this afternoon. There were a few birders there, and the bird was found across a field in some trees. When most of the birders had gone, it flew a bit closer, but not really close enough. managed some photos though.
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Today marks the start of National Handwashing Awareness Week, and though it doesn't directly relate to early literacy, I wanted to be mindful of it throughout my blog this week. Since, I'm a CMA and all.... :)
As we all know, in order to stay healthy, and keep our kids healthy and learning, we need to wash our hands. Clean hands are crucial in preventing the dreaded "invinceable bug" that often times gets passed back and forth between family members.
Here are some facts from the Centers for Disease control on when you should be washing your hands, and what the proper way to wash your hands is.
When should you wash your hands?
- Before, during, and after preparing food
- Before eating food
- Before and after caring for someone who is sick
- Before and after treating a cut or wound
- After using the toilet
- After changing diapers or cleaning up a child who has used the toilet
- After blowing your nose, coughing, or sneezing
- After touching an animal, animal feed, or animal waste
- After touching garbage
What is the right way to wash your hands?
- Wet your hands with clean running water (warm or cold) and apply soap.
- Rub your hands together to make a lather and scrub them well; be sure to scrub the backs of your hands, between your fingers, and under your nails.
- Continue rubbing your hands for at least 20 seconds. Need a timer? Hum the "Happy Birthday" song from beginning to end twice.
- Rinse your hands well under running water.
- Dry your hands using a clean towel or air dry.
Be sure to follow my posts this week as I post different handwashing resources; songs, books, and maybe even a coupon for soap or two.


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The investigative malpractice that let rape cases languish and child sex-abuse reports go ignored for years at the Clackamas County Sheriff's Office starts with Det. Jeff Green. Now retired, Green skipped such basic investigative work as interviewing victims and sending rape kits to a crime lab, according to a story based on internal sheriff's office emails by The Oregonian/OregonLive's Noelle Crombie. Instead, Green routinely marked cases as suspended rather than conduct the most rudimentary tasks, a pattern documented by the former supervisor who exposed him.
But the blame does not stop with Green. It extends to other managers who were well aware of Green's poor work ethic but didn't bother to track his progress on cases - some of which will never be prosecuted due to statutes of limitation. The blame extends to the sheriff's office's confused internal investigation process that moved so slowly that Green retired without being questioned much less disciplined. The blame belongs to Undersheriff Matt Ellington who maintains that not putting Green on administrative leave was the right call - and would be again if the same set of circumstances presented itself.
And finally blame extends up to Sheriff Craig Roberts, who has shown little of the personal accountability that he claims to hold dear. He has not spoken with any of the victims whose cases withered without investigation or resolution, such as the girl who was grabbed and raped by a stranger; the mother who suspected her 2-year-old may have been sexually assaulted; or the woman who went to the sheriff's office to report being raped by a co-worker. And Roberts is noncommittal about releasing a full accounting of the outcomes of the cases that Green handled. At the very minimum, Clackamas County's elected sheriff should show the public the price of his office's lax oversight by revealing how many cases will never be prosecuted due to a case's expiration, missing witnesses or lapsed memories.
Accountability for any agency can be difficult to instill. But Roberts has made only superficial gestures that fail to show he understands the severity of this breach of trust. While Roberts is now heaping praise on Sgt. Matt Swanson, the supervisor who documented Green's deficiencies, he ignores that Swanson felt pressured, harassed and mocked as the supervisor pressed for an internal-affairs officer to investigate Green's conduct. The sheriff also ignores that previous supervisors didn't bring attention to the severe problems that Swanson identified almost immediately after taking over as Green's supervisor in February 2015. While Green had received a poor performance review previously and a colleague emailed that "everyone" shared Swanson's discomfort with Green's work, no one before Swanson made efforts to have Green investigated.
The sheriff's office ultimately did assign another detective to audit Green's work, leading to 40 cases that are being re-investigated. Based on that audit, the sheriff's office asked the Milwaukie Police Department to conduct a criminal investigation, which resulted in the retired detective facing five criminal misdemeanor charges for official misconduct. And the office is now adopting modest recommendations offered by a former Marion County undersheriff whom Roberts hired to look at its handling of the situation.
But perhaps the most disturbing part about the response from the sheriff's office is that they still don't seem to view Green's investigative failures as a serious problem. Instead, both Roberts and Undersheriff Ellington described the deficiencies that Swanson raised as "performance" issues - not misconduct that would merit placing Green on administrative leave.
Green wasn't just stumbling on the job. He was not even interviewing victims. He didn't follow up on suspects whose names he was given. He wasn't sending rape kits to the crime lab. That is not just a "performance" issue. That is gross misconduct and should motivate anyone who cares about public safety to immediate action. But unfortunately, only Swanson felt compelled to act.
When members of the public come forward to report that they have been raped, assaulted, tied up and robbed or that their child has been abused - as occurred in cases assigned to Green - they rightly expect law enforcement to conduct a good-faith investigation. When victims find the courage to seek out police assistance, it comes from the belief that law enforcement will fulfill its mission to "protect and to serve."
But the response by the Clackamas County Sheriff's Office has been wholly inadequate and flatly unconscionable. It also raises an uncomfortable question: Just who is the sheriff's office dedicated to protecting and serving? Because in this case, certainly, it was not the public.
- The Oregonian/OregonLive Editorial Board


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Saturday, Brooke enjoyed a fun-filled evening surrounded by family and friends!
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What most people know or think they know about Mormons might be summed up in those few words. The renowned Tabernacle Choir and, perhaps, quarterback Steve Young could also fit on that list.
Despite 170 years of history, much about The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints - the church of Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney - remains a mystery to most.
Questions about his faith, which some mainline religious groups discount as a non-Christian cult, have dogged Romney throughout his campaign, and on Thursday he'll tackle the issue at the George H.W. Bush Library on the campus of Texas A&M University.
Romney isn't expected to focus on the details of Mormonism, but it's in those details that evangelicals and other Christians sometimes break with Latter-day Saints.
The fundamental issue: the nature of God.
"Christians and Jews have always held that there is a great gap between creator and creature. God is God and we're not," said Richard Mouw, head of the Pasadena, Calif., Fuller Theological Seminary. "Mormons believe that God and humans are of the same species. In our eyes they have tried to bridge that gap in ways that really is a fundamental violation."
Mormons also disavow belief in the Trinity - that the Father, Jesus and the Holy Spirit are one - instead believing the three to be individuals united in a single purpose.
Many non-Mormons dispute claims that the faith's central text, the Book of Mormon, is a valid account of Jesus' dealings with ancient Americans. Mormons believe the book was translated through revelation by founder Joseph Smith from a set of buried golden plates. It's one of three texts from Smith, who also drafted his own version of the Bible, altering many of its passages in light of what he said were errors that had crept into modern translations.
"The Bible has almost a talismanic significance to evangelicals and they simply don't like the idea of anybody changing it," said Randall Balmer, professor of religion at Columbia University. "Here you've got an additional testament of Jesus Christ and a source of continuing, authoritative revelation. It simply rubs evangelicals the wrong way."
Smith founded the church in 1830, 10 years after a vision near his family home in Palmyra, N.Y. The original church had just six members, mostly members of Smith's family. Today the church claims nearly 13 million members worldwide and is rapidly growing. With about 5.7 million members in the United States, it is the nation's fourth-largest church.
Culturally, socially and politically, Mormons and evangelical Christians should have no trouble finding common ground.
Mormon culture centers on faith and family, with church activities and callings - from teaching Sunday School to leading Boy Scout troops - filling the calendar.
A patriarchal society, Mormons hold up the traditional family as the ideal, with women encouraged to raise children instead of work outside the home.
Healthy lifestyles are promoted through the faith's "Word of Wisdom," which warns against the use of alcohol, tobacco and "hot drinks," including coffee and tea.
Mormons tithe 10 percent of their incomes to their church and are encouraged to serve proselytizing missions.
Mormons oppose gay marriage and denounce gambling. They've largely supported the war in Iraq and twice voted overwhelmingly for President Bush. The church opposes abortion, except when the health of the mother is at risk.
Officially, the church is politically neutral. It doesn't endorse candidates, and it encourages members to vote their consciences.
From the beginning, Mormonism set itself apart from other faiths in both culture and doctrine. Modern leaders don't dispute the differences - a church Web site says the faith is "not Catholic, Protestant or Orthodox but holds a unique place in the Christian world as restored New Testament Christianity."
"We believe (the church) was lost after the times of Christ and his apostles and required to be restored through a prophet," said M. Russell Ballard, a member of the Mormon church's second-tier of leadership, the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles. "Think in terms of Abraham and Moses ... Joseph Smith to us is just the Moses of our day."


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Emerging Market No More?
Five Banner Years Could Be About to Hit a Roadblock; South Korea Has an Edge
Stock markets in emerging economies have had five very good years in a row. Don't bank on a sixth. A combination of tighter credit conditions and quickening inflation domestically will make life tougher for many developing countries in 2008. The two biggest emerging markets -- China and India -- have more downside potential than upside. One of the few bright spots in the year ahead is South Korea.
In the past five years, high world liquidity -- caused by rapid U.S. money supply growth or a world "savings glut" --...


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Kristen Stewart Is 'Overly Happy,' But Taking A Break From Acting
Kristen Stewart's newfound happiness and attitude suits the usually smoldering starlet — so why is she taking a break from acting?
Kristen Stewart, 24, is showing her softer side lately. On Oct. 20, the Twilight star revealed that she is beginning a new chapter both personally and professionally in a brand new interview!
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"I'm really happy right now, overly happy. I'm definitely not looking furtively – I like to look around at (stuff). I feel great. I'm not overcoming fear right now," Kristen told USA Today.
Not too long ago, "fear" and fallout was all that engulfed the actress following her infamous love triangle with then boyfriend and equally famous vampire, Robert Pattinson, 28, and then married Snow White and The Huntsman director, Rupert Sanders, 43.
She reflected on the scandal that not only plagued her relationship, but also her personal happiness, saying "I was scared of so many things. I was not overcompensating but just compensating."
But, the drama and the fear have decreased dramatically for Kristen who threw herself into her work, filming seven films back to back.
Kristen Stewart: Excited To Pursue Passion Projects
Recent media attention has focused more on Kristen's excellent acting instead of her antics as a socially awkward starlet. She earned great reviews for her role in Camp X-Ray and demonstrated that she isn't just a bella face to all the film critics who doubted her.
Having just wrapped up her last film, the futuristic Equals, starring Nicholas Hoult, 24, Kristen is finally ready to take a break from acting and immerse herself into other passion projects.
"I'm taking some time off because I've been working for two years. I'm an actor and that's my art form, and because I started that so young, I've always felt intimidated and insufficient when I think about other forms of art I want to create. I'm going to take so much time off," she said.
Indeed, the introverted actress has matured and adapted to the territory that comes with being in the limelight.
What do you guys think of Kristen's decision to take time off? Hollywood Lifers, will Kristen actually take a break from acting?
— Jordyn Shaffer


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Definition of banana spider
- … the spider—also known as a banana spider because it is sometimes found in boxes of bananas, or a giant crab spider—may strike fear into the hearts of some people, but is harmless to humans.
- —Angela Taylor and Mark Drever, Aberdeen (Scotland) Press and Journal, 21 Mar. 2003
- Tarantulas once were called banana spiders because they were often found in shipments of fruit.
- —Sally Bank, Calgary Herald, 30 Dec. 1995
- Golden silk spiders are named for their golden web, but are also called banana spiders because their body is long, thin and the top side is yellow.
- —Lee Belanger, News-Press (Fort Myers, Florida), 25 Mar. 2006
- Brazilian wandering spiders have been given the nickname the banana spider as they are occasionally discovered as stowaways within banana shipments.
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How the criminal justice system deals with Māori may be the most significant issue that needs to be confronted by any group seeking to address the long-term challenges in crime and punishment in New Zealand. It is an issue that has implications for social cohesion, national identity, cultural identity, economic policy, and human rights, among other matters.
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