Aviareto, the joint venture between SITA and the Irish Government, is celebrating its one millionth registration of aircraft assets. Aviareto holds the contract with the United Nations' International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) to operate the International Registry of Mobile Assets, which is used to record the financial interest in airframes, aircraft engines and helicopters. Financial interests in aircraft from across the world are registered in Ireland with Aviareto and to date over half a trillion dollars' worth of assets have been securely registered.
Recording financial interests with Aviareto ensures a clear priority is established between competing interests. Essentially, it establishes who gets paid first. This is particularly important in the case of defaults and disputes. Registration reduces the risk associated with financing the assets and, in turn, the cost of doing so.
The basis for the International Registry of Mobile Assets is the Cape Town Treaty, an international treaty adopted in 2001 by ICAO and UNIDROIT. This treaty facilitates financing, leasing and sale of aircraft, engines and helicopters, including through the electronic registration of financial interests in one global registry. Ireland was one of the first countries to sign and ratify the Cape Town Treaty and the Government strongly supports its application in line with commitments in the National Aviation Policy. To date, more than 74 countries have ratified the treaty, with more expected to do so over the next few years. This is one of the fastest ratified international commercial treaties in history.
Aviareto has run the registry since 2006 following a global tendering process run by ICAO. It is an online and highly secure system managed in Ireland which is used by lessors, airlines, banks, private individuals, corporations and legal firms from across the world. Because the registry is run from Ireland all legal cases involving the Registrar are held in the High Court of Ireland.
The secure software platform used by Aviareto was developed by SITA at its development center in Letterkenny, Co. Donegal. Here, SITA has a team of 140 specialists delivering world-class and mission-critical technology to airlines, airports and government borders agencies as far afield as Asia, Australia, Africa, the Middle East and across the Americas.


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Last January, KC approached me with the opportunity to conduct research on a pilot program at TRU. The program is a 20-week practice group based on the NVC Toolkit, a curriculum by Freedom Project co-founder Lucy Leu.
Using validated psychological scales, I developed an evaluation packet that could be administered inside prisons. Our hope is that the evaluation can provide quantitative data regarding demographics and psychological measures of social behavior. Sue McCarthy, Jenny Goodwine, and Rena Patty were kind to administer the pre-test on my behalf. As of this week I am happy to announce that the analysis for the pre-test is complete. To further ensure accuracy, the analysis will be reviewed by a consultant from the University of Washington Center for Statistics and Social Sciences.
A mid-test is scheduled for April, followed by a post-test at the end of the series. Outcomes of this evaluation may inform Freedom Project of the impact of this 20-week practice group. Continuing to build on data for Freedom Project programs helps the mission because it's a powerful way to tell the community that what we do makes a real difference. It is my hope that this experience may generate some enthusiasm among volunteers, both current and prospective, for supporting the Freedom Project mission through continued research on program efficacy.


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The resources on this page are designed to provide information on a range of topics that are pertinent to lecturers. Details on specific topics are organized under the Academic and the Work/Life tabs.
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Presidential Teaching Award
"Five faculty recipients are recognized [for their commitment to excellent and often innovative teaching] each year during University Commencement in May. Faculty winners receive a certificate signed by President Bollinger, a formal citation written by their department, and an honorarium of $20,000. Additionally, the winners may also be recognized in University-wide and departmental publications."
For more information: Presidential Teaching Awards
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"The Lenfest Distinguished Columbia Faculty Award recognizes the excellence of faculty as teachers and mentors of both undergraduate and graduate students within and outside the classroom setting. […] the award not only carries with it professional recognition, it also provides an unrestricted stipend of $25K each year for three years. "
"You may nominate full-time faculty appointed in the Arts and Sciences. Nominations should include a description of the candidate's distinction in relevant areas."
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The Dean's Applied Research Award is an annual grant that provides five SPS faculty including lecturers "up to $10K each …to support research …aimed at providing innovative solutions to problems of broad interest as it relates to SPS programs."
Contact: [email protected].
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The Dean's Excellence Award, honors exceptional SPS Faculty. The recipients will be announced in April and will be honored at SPS's Graduation ceremony.
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Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL) Provost Funding opportunities
"The Office of the Provost provides funding opportunities for faculty looking to integrate new educational methods and technologies into their classrooms and learning environments."
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"The President's Global Innovation Fund offers support for faculty to develop projects and research collaborations within and across the University's nine Columbia Global Centers, [Amman, Beijing, Istanbul, Mumbai, Nairobi, Paris, Rio de Janeiro, Santiago, and Tunis] to increase global opportunities for research, teaching, and service.
For more information: President's Global Innovation Fund
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Provost SOLER Seed Grant opportunities
"The PSSG opportunity provides faculty members across the University with funding and in-kind support to engage in DBER – that is, to lead formal research efforts to better understand and improve teaching and learning in Columbia courses.
Such efforts fall generally into two categories:
1. Developing and empirically testing the impact of innovative pedagogical interventions
2. Devising and/or implementing learning analytics procedures"
For further information please visit their webpage: Columbia/SOLER.
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Language Resource Center (LRC) - Language Support Grants
"The Language Committee at Columbia University seeks proposals for projects that enhance language teaching and learning at Columbia. We welcome proposals from all languages and all levels of instruction. These grants are meant to allow language lecturers to develop new approaches that will have an immediate, practical and meaningful impact on the language classroom."
They offer 2 types of grants:
–Exploratory (up to $1,500) "used to either explore the feasibility of a potential project or help begin to conceptualize a curricular innovation"
–Implementation (up to $4,000) "awarded to fund new projects, or as a follow-up to expand the scope of a previously funded exploratory grant project."
Advice on how to write a compelling application: video
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The Consortium for Language Teaching and Learning is an association of five universities that offer:
–Annual workshop competition (Emphasizes collaboration among the member institutions)
–Campus-based grant initiatives
Consortium Director:
Stephane Charitos,
Director, LRC Columbia University
Language Support Grant National Resource Center
"The program provides grants to establish, strengthen, and operate language … centers that will be national resources for teaching any modern foreign language. "
This program operates on a four-year grant cycle. Next competition: FY 2022
U.S Department of Education.
For Lecturers in Discipline
PEPSICO Fellowships for Research Travel in Russia, Eurasia, and East Central Europe
PepsiCo fellowships are awarded to outstanding Columbia faculty to support semester and summer travel to Russia, Eurasia, and East Central Europe, for the purposes of conducting research. In exceptional cases, travel to make a research presentation at a conference in the region may be supported.
Harriman Institute/Faculty Research Support
The Institute for Social and Economic Research and Policy
"ISERP seed grants fund a limited number of investigators who seek to undertake major research programs that may require initial results or proof of concept to attract external funding. We provide seed grants for projects pursuing basic social science inquiry and policy related study. Applicants must be full-time faculty members with appointments (not just affiliations) in a social science department within Arts & Sciences or SIPA." "ISERP seed grant funding is typically up to $30k per project and is limited to funding direct costs of research."
ISERP Seed Grants
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-Professional Development Leave
"The primary purpose of a professional development leave is to rejuvenate the language lecturer and Columbia's language programs in ways that reflect and promote pedagogical developments either within the university or in the field at large." "Full-time Lecturers or Senior Lecturers in Language who have taught full time at Columbia for no fewer than ten years are eligible to apply." "Up to two Professional Development Leaves will be awarded in a given year."
Course Relief Program
"Lecturers in Language in the ranks of Lecturer or Senior Lecturer who have successfully passed the second-year review and are teaching full-time at Columbia University will be eligible to apply for a relief from teaching one course. The purpose of the program is to permit language instructors to rethink a current course or develop a new course to improve their respective language program. Proposals that focus on the application of new technologies to foreign language teaching are particularly encouraged."
Send Application to:
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For each sponsored project, one investigator is typically designated as the PI. The PI bears ultimate responsibility for academic decisions as well as for financial, administrative and compliance matters of the project. Other individuals with significant involvement may belisted as "Co-Principal Investigator" or "Co-Investigator"
A PI normally must have a full-time appointment and must be an:
Officer of Instruction in the rank of:
or an
Officer of Research in the rank of:
Senior Research Scientist/Scholar
Research Scientist/Scholar
Lamont Research Professor
Lamont Associate Research Professor
Lamont Assistant Research Professor
Persons with appointments carrying other titles, including those in a visiting or adjunct grade, may act as co-PIs with officers in one of the instructional or research grades cited above. However, individuals who do not meet the above criteria may not serve as the sole PI without the approval of their department chair or director and dean or vice president, as well as the Provost.
The Provost has delegated the authority to make such exceptions as follows:
For those holding appointments at CUMC, the Executive Vice President for Health and Biomedical Sciences;
For those holding appointments at Lamont, the Director; and
For those holding appointments elsewhere in the University, the EVPR.
Any investigator who plans to conduct his/her research through the Mortimer B. Zuckerman Mind Brain Behavior Institute (ZMBBI) must also seek an exception through the EVPR, regardless of where his/her primary academic appointment is held.
Making a PI Eligibility Waiver Request
Investigators seeking an exception should submit a letter signed by the appropriate Chair and Dean (or equivalent officers) addressed to the applicable office listed above that has been delegated to make exceptions. In the case of ZMBBI investigators, the letter should be signed by the Chair of the academic Department where the investigator has his/her primary appointment and a Co-Director and the Executive Director of ZMBBI. The letter should be forwarded to the applicable SPA Project Officer.
The letter must include an acknowledgement that the applicable Department and School (or equivalent institutional units) have financial responsibility for the project and confirmation that appropriate non-sponsored support will be provided to cover proposal writing and other non-sponsored activities of the investigator for whom the exception is sought. The investigator's curriculum vitae and an abstract of the project covered by the exception should accompany the letter.
Exceptions are granted only on a project by project basis or, in certain unusual cases, for a limited time period. Blanket exceptions are never granted at CUMC and are only granted in truly exceptional cases elsewhere at the University.
This note covers non-sponsored projects and HRPB (IRB) approval and necessity for PI under the above guidelines].
Note: For non-sponsored research studies involving human subjects or vertebrate animals, a similar waiver request must be submitted to the HRPO or the IACUC if the PI on the protocol does not meet the qualifications indicated above.
Information from Faculty Handbook
The principal investigator normally must be an officer of instruction with a full-time appointment in the rank of professor, associate professor, assistant professor, or instructor or an officer of research with a full-time appointment as a senior research scientist/scholar or a research scientist/scholar, with certain exceptions described below. Persons with appointments carrying other instructional or research titles, including those in a visiting or adjunct grade, may act as co-principal investigators with officers in one of the instructional or research grades cited above. However, they may not serve as the sole principal investigator without the approval of their department chair, director, dean or vice president, and the Provost.
Process for attaining Exception
The Provost has delegated the authority to make such exceptions to the Executive Vice President for Health and Biomedical Sciences for officers at the Medical Center and to the Executive Vice President for Research for those holding appointments elsewhere in the University, with the exception of the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, where that authority has been delegated to the Director.
Officers seeking an exception should submit their requests to the Office of Sponsored Projects Administration, which will forward them to the appropriate approving authority. They may ask for exceptions for specific projects or to be the principal investigator for any award they may receive. The request must be countersigned by the appropriate chair or director and dean or vice president in order to acknowledge the financial responsibility of the department or school for the proposed project or projects. In addition the request must include the individual's curriculum vitae and, if it relates to a specific project, an abstract of the proposed project.
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AWARDS IN THE HUMANities
Zhong Qi Shi, Senior Lecturer in Chinese in the Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures
Provost Hybrid Learning Course Redesign Grant
Shaoyan Qi, Lecturer in Chinese in the Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures
Provost Module Design Grant
Pascale Hubert-Leibler, Senior Lecturer in French in the Department of French and Romance Philology
Nikolas P Kakkoufa, Lecturer in Modern Greek in the Department of Classics
Provost Large-Scale Teaching and Learning Grant
Dolores Barbazán-Capeáns, Lecturer in Spanish in the Department of Latin American and Iberian Cultures
Leyre Alejaldre Biel, Lecturer in Spanish in the Department of Latin American and Iberian Cultures
AWARDS IN THE NATURAL SCIENCES
Sarah Hansen, Senior Lecturer in the Discipline of Chemistry in the Department of Chemistry
Jeremy Dodd, Senior Lecturer in the Discipline of Physics
The Presidential Award for Outstanding Teaching
AWARDS in professional studies
Babi (Barbara) Kruchin, Lecturer in English as a Second Language in the American Language Program in the Faculty of Professional Studies
AWARDS in The social sciences
Alfredo Spagna, Lecturer in the Discipline of Psychology in the Department of Psychology
Middle Eastern, South Asian, and African Studies
Rym Bettaieb, Lecturer in Arabic in the Department of Middle Eastern, South Asian, and African Studies
David N. Hoffman, Lecturer in the Discipline of Bioethics in the Faculty of Professional Studies
Dean's Applied Research Award, Columbia University School of Professional Studies
Faith Sommerfield Family Foundation Grant
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East Asian Languages and Culture
Asami Tsuda, Lecturer in Japanese
Language Consortium Grant for "Learning Japanese Prosody in Context: Finding and Creating One's Voice"
Fumiko Naziakian, Senior Lecturer in Japanese
NRC/FLAS Grant for "Working at the Intersection of Language and Culture in the Digital Age: Social Network Approaches (SNA) to the Pedagogy of Language Teaching"
Consortium Workshop for "Working at the Intersection of Language and Culture in the Digital Age: Social Network Approaches (SNA) to the Pedagogy of Language Teaching"
Ling Yang, Senior Lecturer in Chinese
EALAC Language Lecturer Conference Award
Jisuk Park, Lecturer in Japanese
Sonam Tsering, Lecturer in Tibetan
Language Support Grant, National Resource Center, to develop textbook to third-year modern Tibetan course
Ulug Kuzuoglu, Lecturer in Chinese.
Mellon/ACLS Dissertation Completion Fellowship
Zhonqi Shi, Senior Lecturer in Chinese
Chinese Language Teacher Association Study Abroad Award
English and Comparative Literature
Arden Hegele, Lecturer in English and Comparative Literature
Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow in Society of Fellows in the Humanities
Provost Interdisciplinary Teaching Award
Agnieszka Legutko, Lecturer in Yiddish
Association for Jewish Studies Women's Caucus Paula Hyman Mentorship
Barbara Spinelli, Senior Lecturer in Italian in the Department of Italian
Middle-Eastern, South Asian, and African Studies
Rakesh Ranjan, Senior Lecturer in Hindi-Urdu
Senior Teaching Fellow, Hindi Language Program, American Institute of Indian Studies
Taoufik Ben-Amor, Gordon Gray Jr. Senior Lecturer in Arabic Studies
Aleksandar Bošković, Lecturer in Bosnian, Croatian and Serbian
Collegium de Lyon Fellowship, University of Lyon, France
Language Implementation Grant, Language resource Center, Columbia University
Harriman Publishing Grant, Harriman Institute, Columbia University
Ivana Hughes, Senior Lecturer in the Discipline of Chemistry
Provost Large-Scale Teaching & Learning Grant, Assessment to Document Student Learning in Frontier of Science
Ecology, Evolution, and Environmental Biology
Lisa Dale, Lecturer in Discipline, Sustainable Development
Fulbright Specialist program in partnership with the University of Rwanda
Chiara Superti, Lecturer in the Discipline of Political Science
ISERP Seed Grant from Columbia University for the project "Foot in Both Countries"
Elise Giuliano, Lecturer in the Discipline of Political Science
Tymkyw Ukrainian Studies Faculty Research Grant, awarded. by Harriman Institute
Inga Winkler, Lecturer in the Discipline of Human Rights
UN Water Supply and sanitation Collaborative Council Grant for Global Advocacy on Menstrual Health and Well-Being
Brocher Centre grant for the Menstruation at the Margins: How Can We Meet Unmet Need as Menstrual Health Moves Center Stage?
Internal grant for publication of Handbook of Critical Menstruation Studies, center for the Study of Social Difference
Lara Nettelfield, Senior Lecturer in the Discipline of Human Rights
Harriman Institute Faculty Grant
Teresa Sharpe, Lecturer in the Discipline of Sociology
Columbia University Teaching Award
Amy Starecheski, Lecturer in the Discipline of Sociology
Columbia Center for Teaching and Learning provost's Grant for "Curating Oral Histories: Audience Engagement, Evaluation, and Student Learning"
James Bone, Lecturer in the Discipline of Risk Management in the Faculty of Professional Studies
José Pascal Da Rocha, Lecturer in the Discipline of Negotiation and Conflict Resolution in the Faculty of Professional Studies
GIZ Reasearch Grant for Design, Development and Implementation of Dialogue and mediation Curriculum, Economy Community of West African States
Rebecca Heino, Senior Lecturer in the Discipline of Strategic Communication; Academic Director, M.S. in Strategic Communication
Francisco Pineda, Lecturer in the Discipline of Construction Administration in the Faculty of Professional Studies; Academic Director, M.S. in Construction Administration
Presidential Leaders Fellow
Sim Segal, Senior Lecturer in the Discipline of Enterprise Risk Management in the Faculty of Professional Studies; Academic Director, M.S. in Enterprise Risk Management
Outstanding Senior Award for ERM Conference presentation Building Buy-In, "Overcoming the #1 Obstacle to Effective ERM"
Grant Son, Senior Lecturer in the Discipline of Sports management in the Faculty of Professional Studies
Kevin Visconti, Lecturer in the Discipline of Strategic Communication in the Faculty of Professional Studies
Dean's Excellence Award for Faculty, Columbia University School of Professional Studies
Aaron Wallen, Senior Lecturer in the Discipline of Human Capital Management in the Faculty of Professional Studies
Gregory Witkowski, Senior Lecturer in the Discipline of Nonprofit Management in the Faculty of Professional Studies
Research Grant, Rockefeller Archive Center
Scholar in Residence, Rockefeller Archive Center
Dean's Applied Research Award, Columbia University
2018 FACULTY DISTINCTION.
Art History and Archeology
Janet Kraynak, Senior Lecturer in the Discipline of Art History and Archeology
Creative Capital/Andy Warhol Foundation Arts Writers Grant for Contemporary Art and Digitization of Everyday Life
Asian Languages and Culture
Fumiko Nazikian, Senior Lecturer in Japanese
Language Consortium Grant, for "Working in the Intersection of Language and Culture in the Digital Age: Social Network Approaches (SNA) to the Pedagogy of Language Teaching
NRC Grant for the development of Fourth Year Japanese course materials
Hyunkyu Yi, Lecturer in Korean
Korean Government Research Grant from the Korean Education Center New York
Emily Bloom, Lecturer in English and Comparative Literature
Modern Studies Association Prize for a First Book, for The Wireless Past: Anglo-Irish Writers in the BBC, 1931-1968
Vanessa Guida, Lecturer in the Discipline of University Writing in the Department of English and Comparative Literature
Frederica Franzè, Italian Senior Lecturer in the Department of Italian
Implementation grant, Language Resource Center, Columbia University
Latin American and Iberian Cultures
Lee Abraham, Lecturer in Spanish in the Department of Latin American and Iberian Cultures
Language Support Grant, Columbia University Language Resource Center
José Plácido Ruiz Campillo, Senior Lecturer in Spanish in the Department of Latin American and Iberian Cultures
José Antonio Castellanos-Pazos, Senior Lecturer in Portuguese in the Department of Latin American and Iberian Cultures
Angelina Craig-Flórez, Senior Lecturer in Spanish in the Department of Latin American and Iberian Cultures
João Nemi Neto, Lecturer in Portuguese in the Department of Latin American and Iberian Cultures
Middle Eastern, South Asian and African Studies
Rakesh Ranjan, Senior Lecturer in Mindi in the Department of Middle Eastern, South Asian and African Studies
Title IV Grant, "Festivals of India" project
Soda Mariame Lyane Sy, Lecturer in Wolof and Pulaar in the Department of Middle Eastern, South Asian and African Studies
Magdalena Stern-Baczewska, Lecturer in Music, Faculty of Arts & Sciences
Named Director, Music Performance Program
Artistic Director, Kosciuszko Foundation Chopin Piano Competition
Alla A. Smyslova, Senior lecturer in Russian in the Department of Slavic Languages
American Association of Teachers of Slavic and East European Languages-2017 Prize for Best Contribution to Pedagogy
Alice Heicklen, Senior Lecturer in the Discipline of Biological Sciences
Columbia University Provost Grant
Mary Ann Price, Lecturer in the Discipline of Biology in the Department of Biological Sciences
Karen Philips, Senior Lecturer in Discipline in the Department of Chemistry
Scientific Teaching Fellow, Summer Institutes on Scientific Teaching
Inga Winkler, Lecturer in the Discipline of Human Rights in the Department of Political Science
Grant, Center for the Study of Social Difference
Denise Milstein, Lecturer in Discipline
Provost's Teaching and Learning Grant
Jose Pascal da Rocha, Lecturer in the Discipline of Professional Studies
Dean's Applied Research Award, Columbia School of Professional Studies
Alan Kennedy, Lecturer in English as a Second Language in the American Language Studies in the Faculty of Professional Studies
Recipient, 2017 SPS Dean's Applied Research Award
Maria McCormack, Lecturer in English as a Second Language in the American Language Studies in the Faculty of Professional Studies
Shelley Saltzman, Senior Lecturer in Discipline
Lenfest Distinguished Columbia Faculty Award
Lynnette Widder, Lecturer in Discipline of Sustainability Management in the Faculty of Continuing Education
Dean's Award for Excellence in Teaching

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Co-operation on funding to aid smaller lenders during COVID-19
The ACCC has granted interim authorisation for members of the Australian Securitisation Forum (ASF) to work together to assist smaller lenders to maintain liquidity and issue loans to consumers and small businesses during the economic disruption caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
This follows the announcement of the federal government's $15 billion Structured Finance Support Fund (SFSF), which will allow smaller authorised deposit-taking institutions (ADIs) and non-ADI lenders to access funding at competitive prices. The SFSF will be administered by the Australian Office of Financial Management (AOFM).
The interim authorisation will allow ASF Members to coordinate their input about how the scheme will be administered.
"The Structured Finance Support Fund is likely to be more quickly and effectively implemented when members of the ASF are allowed to work together to support the Australian Office of Financial Management in administering the fund," ACCC Chair Rod Sims said.
"Many Australian smaller businesses and individuals rely on small lenders. Quick and effective implementation of the SFSF will help ensure that small lenders can continue to support these businesses by offering affordable credit during this very difficult time."
"It's also crucial that competition in the loans market in Australia is maintained. The competition provided by small lenders needs to be supported to help mitigate the economic impact of COVID-19," Mr Sims said.
The ACCC has authorised the ASF and its members to discuss how the AOFM should administer the SFSF, including providing their views to the AOFM about developing measures for issuing new debt, arranging appropriate funding arrangements, allowing for hardship relief for borrowers and ensuring the continued flow of funding to smaller lenders.
The AOFM will keep the ACCC informed about any developments arising out of these discussions.
"It is important to note that ASF members are not authorised to exchange information about margins, costs, repayment terms or specific offers to customers. This is aimed at ensuring competition between lenders continues," Mr Sims said.
Having granted interim authorisation for the arrangements, the ACCC will now seek feedback on the application for final authorisation which is sought for a period of 12 months. More information, including the ACCC's statement of reasons, is available at Australian Securitisation Forum.
The ASF is the industry body for participants in securitisation and covered bond markets in Australia. The ASF's members include authorised deposit-taking institutions (ADIs), non-ADI lenders, investment banks, investors and service providers such as trustees, accountants and lawyers.
Securitisation is the process of converting a pool of illiquid financial assets into tradeable securities, such as mortgage- or asset-backed securities. Securitisation allows lenders to access finance to support the issuance of loans.
The federal government set up the Structured Finance Support Fund (SFSF) in March with initial funding of $15 billion. The SFSF will be managed by the Australian Office of Financial Management (AOFM) which will invest in wholesale funding markets used by small lenders to finance loans.
The AOFM is an Australian government agency tasked with ensuring that the Government's financing needs are met cost effectively and that debt portfolio management reflects the importance of the sovereign bond market in Australian financial markets.
The federal government has required the AOFM to prioritise investments in the securitisation market that are likely to promote competition.
The COVID-19 pandemic has affected securitisation markets, including by increasing the risk of loan defaults and in a tightening of available finance to support the issuance of loans.
ACCC authorisation provides statutory protection from court action for conduct that might otherwise raise concerns under the competition provisions of the Competition and Consumer Act 2010.
Section 91 of the Act allows the ACCC to grant interim authorisation when it considers it is appropriate. This allows the parties to engage in the proposed conduct while the ACCC is considering the merits of the substantive application.
Broadly, the ACCC may grant a final authorisation when it is satisfied that the likely public benefit from the conduct outweighs any likely public detriment.
The ACCC may review a decision on interim authorisation at any time, including in response to feedback raised following interim authorisation.


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Accra, Oct.31, GNA - The International Finance Corporation (IFC), private sector arm of the World Bank at the weekend launched the Private Enterprise Partnership for Africa (PEP Africa) in Accra. PEP Africa represents a significant scaling up in the depth of IFC's technical assistance and advisory work in Africa. This new programme seeks to provide innovative solutions for the development of Ghana's private sector.
PEP Africa programmes will also support IFC's investment strategy in Africa, which includes improving the business environment, proactively identifying investment opportunities, and supporting the growth of Small and Medium Scale Enterprises (SMEs).
Mr Bernard Chidzero, General Manager of PEP Africa, launching the programme, said it was a follow-up of the African Project Development Facility (APDF), which ended in June this year. The APDF has been in existence for the past 18 years to provide business development and capacity building services to small and medium scale enterprise (SME) in sub-Sahara Africa.
Mr Chidzero said PEP Africa, had been designed to broadly promote Private Sector Development on a sector-wide basis, while continuing to provide direct support for SME's development.
On PEP Africa, Mr Chidzero said the project would target specific sectors, address cross-cutting issues such as; Financial Market, Infrastructure, Agribusiness, Tourism, Health and Education, and Extractive industries (oil, gas and mining).
The programme would in addition; create an enabling business environment for SME's development and access to finance, promote supply chain linkages between SME's and large corporations.
It would also mitigate the adverse economic impact of HIV/AIDS on business performance, mainstream issues of gender equity to strengthen the role and impact of women in business and raise awareness of good corporate governance as a prerequisite for enhanced performance. Mr. Chidzero explained that through the PEP Africa programme, the donor community would have access to an IFC-managed facility to design multi-year private sector development strategies by sector country or region.
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Pokemon Go baffled Canadian military
A user playing Pokemon Go - the augmented-reality game which fuses digital technology with the physical world - at New York's Central Park in 2016. After the app was available in Canada, the Canadian Armed Forces issued a public warning, urging civilians to avoid military property when searching for Pokemon.PHOTO: NYTIMES
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TORONTO • Seemingly out of nowhere, civilians started driving onto Canadian military bases at odd hours and wandering onto government property in July 2016, distracted by their cellphone screens.
Military officials did not know what to make of it.
Pokemon Go, the augmented-reality game, had soared to the top of the download charts. Within weeks, millions of people were chasing the digital animated creatures all over the world and going to places they should not go.
More than three years later, Canadian military officials have shared internal documents with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) News Network showing how the military, both curious and confused, reacted to the wildly popular app.
Major Jeff Monaghan, an official based in Kingston, Ontario, wrote in an e-mail: "Plse (sic) advise the Commissionaires that apparently Fort Frontenac is both a Pokegym and a Pokestop. I will be completely honest in that I have no idea what that is."
At least three military police officers, stationed at different bases, were assigned to wander around with smartphones and notepads in hand to search for Pokemon, Pokestops and Pokegyms, according to the documents.
Users can find Pokeballs at Pokestops, use their Pokeballs to capture Pokemon, and train and join teams at Pokegyms.
"We should almost hire a 12-year-old to help us out with this," Mr David Levenick, a security expert at a military base in Borden, Ontario, wrote in an e-mail.
Weeks after the app became available, Canadian officials noticed an increase in suspicious activity.
One woman was found on a military base as three children with her climbed on tanks. She was playing Pokemon Go.
Police responded to a vehicle that was "acting suspiciously" in a parking lot on a military base in Greenwood, Nova Scotia, only to find a handful of Pokemon chasers.
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And when another man was stopped on a military base, he was also using the app and told officials he was trying to get more points than his children, according to the military documents obtained by CBC News.
Shortly after the app was available, the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) issued a public warning, urging civilians to avoid military property when searching for Pokemon.
Soon after, the Canadian Forces National Investigation Service sent a criminal intelligence advisory to all military police officers: "It has been discovered that several locations within DND/CAF establishments are host to game landmarks (Pokestops and gyms) and its mythical digital creatures (Pokemon)."
CBC News filed an access to information request at the time and, more than three years later, the Canadian Department of National Defence (DND) released 471 pages of internal documents related to the game.
The normal response time should be up to 60 days, according to legislation, but a defence department spokesman said the review process was slowed by the number of requests received.
The game - and the unusual civilian behaviour it brought - was met with mixed reaction across Canada's military bases, according to the documents.
Officials in North Bay filed a complaint with Niantic, the gaming start-up that teamed with the Pokemon company to make Pokemon Go, stating a Pokestop location on the base would increase traffic and negatively affect the base's mission, according to CBC News.
Other military officials were more optimistic about the increased foot traffic. "Maybe some extra people will visit the museum!" Major Alicia Saucier wrote of the military base in Petawawa, Ontario.
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Pokemon Go, which fuses digital technology with the physical world, allowed players to use their smartphones to find Pokeballs, Pokemon gyms and Pokemon, the exotic monsters from the Japanese franchise.
The app assured new users that "Pokemon can be found in every corner of the Earth". And that quickly caused problems.
In search of digital animated creatures, users flocked to areas they should not have gone, including memorials, cemeteries and military bases. There were also reported injuries and fatalities connected to the game.
A version of this article appeared in the print edition of The Straits Times on January 08, 2020, with the headline 'Pokemon Go baffled Canadian military'. Print Edition | Subscribe
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I have finally completed the DJ template and will release the full version tomorrow. But I took the time to also create a free version so you could all use it. The free version is a fully working template, but it is a stripped down version of the full version. In other words there are less functions, but it is still powerful enough to play a full DJ set and it also contains my 2 FX selector technique, that I use in my own Live performance sets.
I hope you will all enjoy this, basic instructions are provided. And if you want more functionality, you will be able to purchase the full version as soon as it is released.
For all that are interested, I have released the full version of the CNTRLR DJ Template for Ableton Live 9. It took me a little longer to release, because I have added a few new features.
The full version contains a DJ looper (not like the Ableton loopers, but really playing the part you have looped in the track), gain control, to adjust the gain of your tracks if necessary, 4 dummy FX tracks with 36 different settings. Another 8 effects with three macro controls for extra manipulation, reverse effects, etc. etc., the DJ page is mapped on channel 5 in the user mode and there is a DJ FX page mapped to channel 6 in user mode.
The good news is that I have decided to give this away for a special price. The first 25 purchasers will only pay £2.50 ($4.00), the next 25 purchasers will only pay £5.00 ($8.00), and after that the price will automatically go to its normal price of £10.00 ($15.00).
Future updates will be free, since I have some extra features in mind.
I am also working on a new Hybrid Template that will be released just before the end of 2014, and there will be some instrument and effect racks as freebies as well.
Off course you can always download the free version of the template and use that, it just doesn't have all the features as the full template, but it still works perfectly.
By the way any questions or feedback is well appreciated.
Thanks for sharing Mike! I dig new intro price structure too.
I'll check it out when I have some free time!
Ok that is cool Mark, I look forward to your feedback and hope the instructions will be sufficient for the moment. A video will be made soon, just need a new camera to do the recording.
I hope that you like the free DJ template if you downloaded it and tried it out.
In the mean time I have decided to use another payment system, to make it easier for anyone that wants to purchase the full version. This also means that I had to change the intro price structure.
All amounts are now in US Dollars only and the first 25 buyers will get a 75% discount of the price. The second 25 buyers will get 50% discount and the third lot of 25 buyers will get a 25% discount.
For the first 25 buyers, use this link to buy the full version of the template. When the first 25 have been sold, I will post a new link for the 50% discount.
Hope you are all enjoying the template and I appreciate any feedback, even if you don't like it (which I don't think).
For some more insight into the full version of the template I have added a link to have a glimpse of some of the unique features that this DJ template has to offer.
I must state that it can be used without the Livid CNTRL:R as well and can be used with any type of midi controller or even with a keyboard and mouse, although the latter is not really useful for a live set.
Sales have started and is going well, but there are still intro prices available for the ones that want to pick this up for a fraction of the price.
I hope you are all enjoying the KlikSynK DJ template and if there are any questions please let me know and I will help you out, whether it is for the free version or the full version.
So keep an eye out on www.KlikSynK.com or here on the forum, because I am sure you don't want to miss out on this one.
ps. Just like the KlikSynK DJ Template, the Hybrid Performance Template can be used with any type of midi controller, but will be optimised for use with the Livid CNTRL:R.
Hi i am picking up a copy to support your efforts!
Try the free version first to make sure it works, and if you need any help or have any questions, feel free to ask. I'm checking the forum almost every day.
how do i use this on a apc 40mk2? what changes do i need to make?
If you want to use it with a different controller, you would not need the midi remote script and I would advise to open click on the midi mapping tap in Ableton and remove all the midi mapping. This will not affect the template itself, and will prevent any button of being accidentally triggered.
I don't have an APC 40 MKII, but if you can send me a layout of the buttons and let me know if there is a user page, then I would be happy to help you out to get this working with the APC MKII. One of the artists on my label Dutch Pitch has an old Akai APC40 and he said it was working great on his APC, so I will ask him as well.
I guess the APC 40MKII has some native script for Ableton as well. So there might be just some small adjustments te make. I'll look into it today, after I have finished some work on the Hybrid Template.
I can get to the APc user mode and map it manually but i dont get the led feedback- this i believe will require some programming.
Yeah, I think it will need some programming for that. I don't own the APC, so it will be a difficult one for me.
If the APC is automatically mapped to the parameters in the track then you would only need the mapping for the effects and the looper, but for now I advise you to just use the free version, until I have spoken to Saam (the artist on my label). Maybe he has an idea or some advise about this. It is a pity because I the new template is going to be great, but you need 2 mappable user pages, just as the full DJ template.
I'll see what I can do for you and get back to you as soon as possible.
If you want to reach me directly, just send me an email on info@kliksynk.com, the response is much quicker.
By the way, there is a very good script for the APC40 MKII made by Will Marshal. I think that might suit you better. It is equipped with a lot of features and also a step sequencer, so maybe that would be a better choice for you, since I don't have an APC40.
Since I have a Livid CNTRL:R, and there are no templates specifically for the CNTRL:R, I started working on these templates to provide the CNTRL:R owners with these templates.
Since I also own two Launchpads, I will also make a Launchpad Edition for the Hybrid Template and if I get the time to work on it in January I will also see if I can make a Launchpad Edition for the DJ Template. I will also be in the recording studio next weekend on Sunday, where we I can use an APC40 (old version), so i will have a look and see if I can borrow it for a few weeks from the guys to see if I can find out how to map it.
Till then I would advise not to buy the full version until I had a look at it, unless you want to start using all the features and effects and map them to your APC40 in the way you want to control it yourself, but you would definitely need 2 user pages to map all the controls properly.
Since the 1st of January 2015 there is a new rule for online downloads being sold. Now they also add VAT to the price. Because of this rule and my vision of not making myself rich from this, but instead getting a little bit back for the hours I put into my templates and devices, I have lowered the price for the KlikSynK DJ template to $7.50.
Hopefully this is enough compensation for the people who want to buy the full version.


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Move over Ping-Pong, make room for Basketball. The NBA is surprisingly huge here. After Soccer it's probably the biggest spectator sport in the country. The NBA play-offs are broadcast twice a day here, live at 8AM in the morning and then again at night, followed by a highlights show with Chinese talking heads summarizing the game. We were woken one morning by excited Chinese San Antonio Spurs fans cheering on Tim Duncan and crew a few doors down.

And basketball has kind of a surprising poster-boy here, everyone knows Yao Ming, but the player with the most exposure in China right now is …Shane Battier?

Yes, Shan Bati-rrr (as it's pronounced here) is everywhere! His handsome mug is plastered over billboards, city buses and his commercials play on TV all the time. You'd think this kid was the next Jordan the way China has embraced him.

So, the obvious question: Why Shane Battier? Well, rather than take a B-List or C-List contract with Nike, Shane chose to sign an endorsement deal with "Peak" sportswear, a China based rival. Thus instant Superstardom for Shane – in China.

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"As we all know, the most important issue facing our nation today is job creation. Unfortunately, it's been that way for the last six years.
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"As someone who grew up in poverty, I know the hard choices facing so many families every night. And as a former small business owner, I know the importance of ensuring that the next generation of Americans is the most well-trained, best-educated workforce the world has ever seen.
"There are currently 4 million open jobs in America, including 65,000 in my home state of South Carolina. These are good jobs that for a variety of reasons, including a lack of workers trained for their specific industry, go unfilled day after day, week after week.
"That's four million families that could sleep a little better at night and thousands of businesses that could become more profitable and offer more opportunities for their employees.
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The Kirkland, Wash.-based company aims to reduce the rate of infection in hospitals, which affects 3 percent of all patients, according to the U.S. Center for Disease Control and Prevention.
The 3-year-old company plans to use the funds to commercialize Aura, a system that replaces manual sterilization methods. Aside from making cleaning medical tools easier, the company says the system can also avoid premature breakage of devices that result from improper cleaning methods.
"Selecting the proper wipe-based chemical for a specific device in the fast-paced healthcare setting is challenging for any provider," Sterifre CEO Richard Shea said in a statement. "Often the proper chemistry-based solution is not readily available at the point of use and a substitute is chosen strictly out of the need to complete the disinfection task."
The cleansing agent used by Aura is simply hydrogen peroxide, which is applied in such a way that damage to the device is avoided.
Prior to joining Sterifre, Shea was CEO of Olympus Respiratory America, which makes treatments for people with severe Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, or COPD. He was also a founding executive of Stericycle, which makes products for infection control.
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Proposed deal would give Foxconn 25%, Apple 20% of Toshiba's chip division
Mike Wuerthele | Sep 07, 2017
Foxconn is pressing hard for a deal that would give it 25 percent of Toshiba's chip manufacturing business — an arrangement that would end up with Apple controlling 20 percent of the equity as well.
On Wednesday, Bloomberg reported that Foxconn was swooping in on the chip arm of Toshiba, as other deals started to stall. While no amount was specifically declared, people familiar with the matter claim that the offer is more than the most recent $19 billion deal by a group led by Bain Capital — that also has Apple in the mix.
Beyond Apple, Foxconn is reportedly supported by SoftBank, Sharp, and long-time chip vendor Kingston Technology. Foxconn spokesman Louis Woo said that his company would hold 25 percent of the equity, Apple 20 percent, Kingston Technology 20 percent, Foxconn-owned Sharp 15 percent, SoftBank 10 percent, with Toshiba retaining 10 percent.
"What this customer consortium means is that it will provide steady funds to Toshiba to advance their R&D," said Woo. "At the same time, it's a guarantee there will be more customers lining up to buy their products when they increase their capacity or have better products."
The deal with China-based Foxconn may run into political problems. The Japanese government and the company itself have been reluctant to sell the division to a company outside of Japan, to avoid the loss of trade secrets to other countries.
Toshiba's memory unit has been up for sale in an attempt to deal with billion of dollars in losses from its bankrupt U.S. nuclear power arm, Westinghouse. The Westinghouse failures in the U.S. are attributed to a declining political appetite for nuclear power, fewer maintenance demands as a result of power plants destined for closure, a shrinking U.S. Navy fleet, and management failures.
Toshiba missed a June 28 deadline that it imposed upon itself to announce a deal for the chip business. Toshiba is still said to be opposed to giving non-Japanese companies any equity or management influence, since the Japanese government is aiming to keep Toshiba's memory unit under local control, and important technology away from foreign firms.
In late June, Toshiba launched a $1.07 billion lawsuit against technology partner Western Digital, trying to keep the chip unit sale on track. It also began blocking access to information in the joint venture, charging that Western Digital staff gained improper access to proprietary data.
While the top bidder as recently as Aug. 30, it appears that Western Digital is no longer in the running for the company, as a deal involving the company was expected to be announced on Aug. 31. It also looks like Bain Capital's deal that also had Apple as a partner has fallen by the wayside at this point.
Toshiba's stock will be delisted in March 2018 if it does not generate funds soon. Continued delays will put the entire company at risk, as it shortens the time available for regulatory approval.
SpamSandwich
I hate to contradict the author, but nuclear power isn't going away. Japan may try to divest itself of nuclear due to Fukushima, but there are no solutions that are more efficient. Their problem was one of preparedness and upkeep.
gatorguy
Yesterday another report was claiming Apple had switched partners on the proposed deal, going all in with Bain Capital and as such was bidding against Foxconn. This article says that Apple is part of both bid groups. A bit confusing but I'll lean in favor of AI's reporting of it. In any event there's also reportedly a growing chorus saying take Toshiba off the market altogether as it's extremely profitable anyway.
As the AI article alludes to a decision on which direction to go in is likely relatively soon considering the stock market situation.
Mike Wuerthele
gatorguy said:
It's always been both, since the first offers were made. I am aware other venues have said otherwise.
SpamSandwich said:
Preaching to the choir, and no such world-wide allusion was made. It's just Westinghouse that is.
FTA: "The Westinghouse failures in the U.S. are attributed to a declining political appetite for nuclear power, fewer maintenance demands as a result of power plants destined for closure, a shrinking U.S. Navy fleet, and management failures."
Mike Wuerthele said:
As I said originally I tend to go with your reporting of it rather than "other venue". :) AI seems pretty well connected and generally has good research chops.
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Daily Prince 9/1/20: Lolita
chabrawner September 1, 2020 September 16, 2020 Daily Prince, Music
This is what I'm talking about. When I started the Daily Prince blog my goal was – and still is – to share my love for the Prince songs that others may have missed. Yeah, it's fun when a song like "When Doves Cry" or "1999" shows up on my list, but you've all heard those before. I'm more excited to write about songs like yesterday's "Future Baby Mama" or today's song, "Lolita." These late-career Prince songs that have been in rotation for over a decade that you've probably never heard. Pop music forgot about Prince sometime around the turn of the century and he just kept making amazing music anyway.
"Lolita" was recorded by Prince in 2005. It was the second track on his criminally underrated 2006 album 3121. "Lolita" is the kind of song that sounds like a pop radio hit the second you press play, so I can't believe it wasn't released as a single. Musically it feels like a throwback to some of Prince's 1980's work. All of the elements are there. Tight drum programming. Keyboards and guitar. The sound of the keyboards immediately let you know this is an old school jam. At this point in his career Prince was a devout Jehovah's Witness, so it's not nasty lyrically like his early work. The message might actually surprise you. A fine young lady is in to Prince and he's telling her she's sweet, but she can't hang. He's letting her know he could still wear it out, but she's not making a cheater out of Prince. A far cry lyrically from the music of his hey day, but it's still a fun vocal performance. It's not difficult to imagine Prince in his mid-40's rejecting women half his age with that signature smirk on his face.
It doesn't matter if the message is from the 1980's or 2000's, the funk is still the same. Prince had a thought-provoking quote about how the funk lives in the gaps between the noise and this song is a great example. The syncopation in the beat and the way the keyboard drops out on the four every other measure leaves me hanging every time. Then the keyboard jumps back in on the one, but that gap feels like it hangs 1/32nd too long. Add Prince's guitar work and we've got ourselves another funk masterpiece.
"Lolita" and the entire 3121 album are just more proof that Prince was still throwing heat well in to the 2000's. It's a fun party track and leaves me nodding my head every time I hear it. Let's keep up this nice little run of late-career greats we have going tomorrow.
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Fr Paul Leonard
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Dear friends – As a parish I feel that we have reached something of a cross roads. We have been blessed in recent years with a growth in numbers and fruitfulness. To consolidate and continue this growth I felt that it would be beneficial to form a Parish Pastoral Council.
The council would comprise a representative cross section of the people of the parish and would be approximately twelve in number. Together we would look to see what our pastoral priorities are in the short and long term.
These are exciting times for our parish. Not only is the village of Hook growing, with its housing developments, but so is our parish. We look forward with hope that God in Christ will continue to guide us as a parish community as we strive to become a beacon of His love to our village and beyond.
You can learn a little bit more about me here.
Joan Kent
Parish Chair
Usually attends mass: Saturday
I'm Vietnamese but grew up in the UK and work full time as a solicitor focusing on data privacy, litigation and commercial contracts. I already enjoy being an active member of the church, supporting and helping to co-ordinate parish events like Compost Prayers, National Prayer Weekend Mass and supporting Caritas events. I recently attended the Portsmouth Diocese "Called and Gifted" sessions which i really enjoyed.
As a group I am hopeful we will achieve many great things which will grow our Catholic community. Do come and say hello and let us know how we can help make a difference.
Joseph Sharp
Parish Vice Chair
Usually attends mass: Sunday
I was born here and although I spent a few years away when I was younger I have lived here since 1998. I am already very active within the Church both as a reader and helping with tea and coffee after Sunday Mass. My hope is that the Pastoral Council will help our growing parish to thrive even more.
Helena Ranson
Usually attends mass: Varies
Hello, I'm Helena Ranson and I have lived in Hook since 1992. I am married to John and we have 3 grown up daughters.
Sacred Heart is very special for me and now that our wonderful parish is growing so quickly my hope is that we will all work together to help those in need, both at Sacred Heart and in the wider community.
I have lived in Hook since 1981 and have seen many changes in the parish over the years. My daughter Emma was one of the first young female servers at Sacred Heart.
I am involved in the First Holy Communion programme and I am a reader, Special Minister of the Eucharist and sing with the choir. I also attend a Bible Study group at St Johns Hook and I am part of the Open the Book team who go into Hook Infant school weekly to read and act out bible stories.
I hope the new parish council will be a reflective pastoral planning group that will make the parish a warm, outgoing Eucharistic community
Mike Coleman
I am a retired secondary school teacher, having worked for Dorset and Hampshire local education authorities for a total of 39 years. I am married to Brita and have two grown up children Katy and Peter. We live in Fleet and offer care and support to two elderly parents.
My faith has always been at the core in everything I do or say. It has served me well throughout my life so far and so I feel the time is right for me to give something back to the people and parish who have been instrumental in allowing my faith to grow. I have been overwhelmed by the concern and love of parishioners who frequently ask after the health of my mother Joan. I am a Eucharistic minister and have come to realise how fortunate we all are to be part of a thriving parish community.
During my time on the Parish Council I should like to focus on two main areas, viz: caring for the needs of the elderly and providing positive experiences for families within our parish.
Penny Withey
I am a cradle Catholic who has routinely gone to Church. I never really engaged with the Church much – it was a habit. Until I came to Sacred Heart, Hook five years ago. Here I found a really welcoming community, a Priest who made me think and ask myself and him questions… This led to me actively participating in Church initiatives. I have completed my Ananias training, still actively explore the Called and Gifted philosophies and thinking, with my committed small group, and volunteer with children and the homeless on a regular basis. I find it has made my life far richer.
So I accepted the invitation to join the PPC in the hopes that I can support other members of the Community derive as much growth and pleasure as I have. Sacred Heart is a great forum for this.
Michael Hoyle
Married to Marion living in Upton Grey. Catenian. Retired following a career in international management consultancy.
Former trustee of a local Abbeyfield Society, a charity providing accommodation and care for the elderly.
Interests include golf, bridge and grandchildren as well as financing social care. Also co-authored a book on managing.
The Mission of the Church is to prepare each and every one of us to make the mystical transition to Heaven, and Jesus makes clear in his Parables and elsewhere that the key criteria is to lead a Christian life based on the Sacraments and service to others. Based on the example of the Good Samaritan who saw a situation and delivered a solution, I see my work in the PPC being focused on facilitating further opportunities for parishioners to be of service to the community.
Andrea Waldram
I originate from Yorkshire but I have been in the parish for 26 yrs and I am married to Andy. We have two grown up children Lauren 25 and Oli 22 both who served on the altar as youngsters. I sing in the choir and feel blessed to have been given the opportunity to be part of the Pastoral Parish Council.
I am confident the council led by Father Paul will help us enrich our parish in faith and community. We want parishioners to engage with us so we can all work together.
Claire Burroughs
I first came to Hook in 1984, I moved away then returned in 1998 as I had very happy memories of living in Hook and coming to Sacred Heart Church. I hope to do my best for you whilst serving on the Pastoral Council
Jan Hughes
I have lived in Mattingley since 1999, I'm married to Emrys and have a grown up daughter.
I have been attending Mass at Sacred Heart since 2014 and became a Catholic in 2019.
During the weekday mornings I can be found in our Parish office.
Laura Yarnold
Hello, my name is Laura & I have lived in Hook since 2009. I am married to Jamie & I have a young son called Joseph. I have been attending services at The Sacred Heart in Hook since 2016.
I am looking forward to becoming more involved with community life & endeavour to do my best as a member of the Parish Pastoral Council.
Dan Kent
Hi there – I'm Dan, live in Lychpit, have been attending Sacred Heart since 2018 and work full time as a digital marketing manager.
I really enjoy being part of the very special Sacred Heart community and feel I have made life long friends here. I also feel my faith is continuing to deepen especially as I learn more about the history of our religion and attend some of the courses like Ananias and Called and Gifted.
When I'm not working, I enjoy playing the guitar, video games and managing the Sacred Heart website and social media channels.
I pray this parish council energises our community, finds new ways to reach people and bring them even closer to Jesus.
Please pray for us
Heavenly Father, you have chosen us to be your people
And have gathered us to live in this parish.
Be pleased with all our efforts to love you and serve you
In word, worship and work.
Give your blessing to these parishioners
Who will serve as members of our Parish Pastoral Council.
Guide their activities by the light of your Holy Spirit,
And help them to work for your honour and glory
And for the benefit of all your people.
We ask this through Christ , our Lord.
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Plan social est un jeu de société créé en 2010 par Stéphane Corcoral et Romain Guillou sous le double pseudonyme de John-Harvey Marwanny et Hans Margoulinski et publié par la Marwanny Corporation. Sous-titré "le jeu préféré des grands patrons", il s'agit d'un jeu humoristique et satirique.

Règles
Il s'agit d'un jeu de défausse dont les règles sont très proches de celles du 8 américain ou du Uno.
Chaque joueur incarne un actionnaire, qui doit licencier tous ses employés pour s'offrir une délocalisation en Chine.
Chaque joueur reçoit 7 cartes.
Le premier choisit le salarié qu'il licencie. Les joueurs suivants peuvent licencier un employé du même secteur d'activité ou du même niveau hiérarchique.
Quand on ne peut plus licencier, on doit piocher une carte et il existe des cartes spéciales.
L'actionnaire qui parvient le premier à licencier tous ses employés remporte la manche.

Correspondances entre des jeux similaires

Médiatisation

Plan social a fait l'objet d'un cirque médiatique à la fin 2010, qui a vu le jeu et les problématiques qu'il soulève abondamment discutés dans les médias, faisant notamment la Une du Parisien/Aujourd'hui en France et soulevant les critiques de la ministre des Finances de l'époque, Christine Lagarde, sur BFM TV.

La chaîne de télévision Arte consacre en 2011 un reportage de 4 minutes au jeu.

Notes et références

Annexes

Articles connexes
 Plan social

Jeu de cartes spécifique


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In March I attended the 2014 Research Data Access and Preservation (RDAP14) Summit in San Diego. The three day Summit, focusing on research data management, access, and preservation, included invited panels and presentations, a poster session, lightning talks, hands-on workshops, resources, and tools developed by and for the community. With about 100 attendees, the Summit brought together research data managers and curators, librarians, researchers, and data scientists from the life sciences, physical sciences, social sciences, and humanities fields.
A recurring theme throughout the Summit, highlighted by MacKenzie Smith in her presentation called "Choosing the Right Problem: An Institutional Library Perspective", emphasized focusing less on data and more on people – especially helping researchers with their career milestones by linking data curation to the processes involved in promotion and tenure. Her presentation considered questions such as: how can we coordinate with the research workflow and where does notification make sense? What 'data events' should the researcher notify us about? Focusing less on compliance and more on services supporting researchers was further discussed by the Summit panelists, emphasizing the people-centered approach both within the library and beyond.
Day One panels including "Building a data management and curation program on a shoestring budget" (with speakers from Tufts, UMass Medical, and Virginia Commonwealth) and "Collaboration and tension between institutions and units providing data management support", discussed the importance of reaching out and building relationships with stakeholders on campus such as the Office of Research, proposal development office, central IT, data storage services, and big data centers. To help develop services for researchers, the panelists discussed importance of training and supporting librarians for new roles in research data management in addition to their current teaching responsibilities. This seemed to resonate with a few of the attendees who voiced their concerns about suddenly having "data" attached to their current job titles. One panelist raised the question: where do the liaison librarian's services end and the research data specialist's services begin? It appears that the research data specialist must primarily take on the people-centered aspect of the data services by serving as a 'bridge' between the liaison librarians and the campus stakeholders. For one library service model, data-related consultations with faculty always includes the liaison librarian and the data specialist librarian. Another panelist referred to herself as a 'data concierge' as she is not a data expert herself but rather directs researchers to the data experts on campus.
Research data support services discussed by the panelists resembled an "embedded librarianship" approach that included outreach activities (e.g., brown bags, presentations) for faculty and researchers within their departments, and not "immediately putting researchers on tools (e.g., DMPTool)", which helped knit stronger relationships that resulted in a higher number of consultations. Some panelists provided workshops for faculty and discussed infusing core competencies of research data management earlier in the researcher career by teaching graduate and undergraduate courses for credit.
The people-centered theme continued into the Day Two talks and poster sessions, which focused on the curation of research data. Maryann Martone began the day with a talk about the Neuroscience Information Framework, an inventory of global neuroscience resources that tackles the challenge of having "multiple data types, multiple scales, and multiple databases." Jared Lyle of ICPSR lead a panel about Learning to Curate, where library data curators from Emory, Duke, and UCLA shared their experiences of applying curation theories to practice through actual data processing using the ICPSR data workflow model. Presentations about the NSF DataNet projects, a panel on federal requirements for public access, and poster sessions with topics ranging from data identifier taxonomy to designing data services ended the day. To finalize the people-centered theme of the Summit, Lisa Hinchliffe of UIUC hosted a workshop on Day Three called "Learning to Teach, Teach for Learning: Instructional Practices for Data Services". She delved into proven and efficient strategies into developing and delivering instruction to equip attendees involved with teaching research data management concepts to faculty, researchers, students, and colleagues.
In summary, the Summit provided the opportunity to interact with practitioners and researchers working in research data management, access, and preservation. The main theme focused on a people-centered approach that weaves together the different aspects of research data management from educating librarians to building relationships with campus stakeholders in order to provide the best support for researchers.
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