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Texas NFA Gun Trust FAQ
What is an NFA firearm?
Firearms regulated by the National Firearms Act ("NFA"), such as fully-automatic weapons (also known as "machine guns"), short-barreled rifles ("SBRs"), short-barreled shotguns ("SBSs"), and sound suppressors (also known as "mufflers" and "silencers") are commonly known as "NFA firearms," formally known as "Title II weapons," and oftentimes incorrectly referred to as "Class 3" firearms or weapons. On the other hand, firearms that are not regulated by the NFA, but that are regulated by the Gun Control Act of 1968 ("GCA") and other federal laws, are formally known as "Title I weapons." To distinguish them from NFA firearms, Title I firearms are commonly referred to a "non-NFA firearms" or "regular firearms."
How can I legally acquire NFA firearms?
Basically, there are two ways that an individual or a legal entity, such as a trust, corporation, limited liability company, or partnership, may legally acquire NFA firearms, if the individual or entity is not prohibited by federal, state, or local law from receiving or possessing firearms:
(1) by transfer after approval by the ATF of a registered NFA firearm from its lawful owner residing in the same state as the transferee (ATF Form 4); or
(2) by obtaining prior approval from the ATF to make NFA firearms (ATF Form 1).
What is a gun trust?
A gun trust is special type of trust (A trust is a fiduciary agreement that allows a party (known as a trustee) to hold assets on behalf of one or more beneficiaries) designed to address issues that are unique to firearms, which are one of the most heavily-regulated types of personal property in the United States. Many ordinary law-abiding citizens use gun trusts to acquire and enjoy NFA firearms. Most gun trusts are highly-customized revocable living trusts that address the rights and duties of the parties to the gun trust relating to the use, possession, and transfer of firearms. Most gun trusts determine how a single person or a married couple's firearms are to be managed during his/her/their lifetime, in the event of his/her/their incapacity, and also upon his/her/their death. Because firearms in the gun trust pass privately to the beneficiaries outside of the probate court process, many people also assign their non-NFA firearms to their gun trusts. A well-written gun trust can serve as a comprehensive estate plan for all of the settlor or settlors' firearms that are assigned to or acquired by the gun trust.
What are the main benefits of a gun trust?
Three of the most important benefits of a gun trust are:
(1) NFA firearms registered to a gun trust can be used and possessed by more than one person. The settlor of the gun trust can add or delete persons (co-trustees) who are allowed to use and possess the NFA firearms throughout his or her lifetime. NFA firearms registered to an individual can only be used and possessed by the registered individual during the individual's lifetime.
(2) If your NFA firearms are owned by you individually and you are later deemed to be incompetent, your NFA firearms are subject to confiscation immediately since it is illegal for any other individual to take possession of your NFA firearms. On the other hand, if your gun trust owns your NFA firearms, any co-trustee can take possession of your NFA firearms to hold them on your behalf. In other words, you will not lose ownership of your firearms. As as result, you will retain the ability to either direct that the NFA firearms be sold and the cash returned to you, or that the NFA firearms continue to be held in trust for the beneficiaries to inherit when you die.
3) NFA firearms registered to a gun trust pass to the beneficiaries of the gun trust outside of the probate process according to the terms and conditions of the gun trust agreement prepared by the settlor. NFA firearms registered to an individual pass to his or her beneficiaries according to the terms of the individual's last will and testament, which is probated in a probate court and provided to the ATF during the transfer process so the executor can prove to the ATF that the individual intended to transfer the NFA firearms to the beneficiaries.
Can NFA firearms be registered to other types of entities, such as corporations, LLCs, and partnerships, instead of a gun trust?
Yes, but there are several disadvantages to doing so. These types of entities are required to file federal income tax returns to the IRS and state tax returns and public information reports. Overall, a gun trust is the most flexible, most private, least expensive, and least maintenance-intensive method of registering NFA firearms.
Is a gun trust required to file any annual reports or pay any state franchise taxes?
No, gun trusts are not required to file any annual reports or to pay any franchise taxes in Texas.
Do I need to register or record a gun trust with the State of Texas?
No. Since the gun trust is a revocable trust, it does not need to be registered or recorded with the State of Texas or any county or local government entity. An NFA gun trust is not a public document, rather it is private, much like a will. However, when the trust files an application with the ATF to transfer or make an NFA firearm, a complete copy of the gun trust, any amendments, and any current appointment of additional co-trustee documents are filed with the application.
Can more than one person legally possess NFA firearms?
NFA firearms must be titled in the name of an individual or an entity, much like other real property (land) and some types of personal property, such as cars, trucks, boats, and airplanes. However, unlike almost any other kind of titled property, the ATF has never allowed more than one person's name to appear on the ATF tax stamp, which is effectively a title certificate. As a result, if an NFA firearm is titled in the name of an individual, only that specific individual may possess it. One of the chief advantages of registering NFA firearms in the name of a gun trust, rather than in the name of an individual, is that more than one person may legally possess and use the NFA firearms. In Texas, any person at least 18 years of age who can legally possess firearms may agree to be included as a trustee of the gun trust and, thereby, legally possess the NFA firearms assigned to the gun trust.
For a married couple, it almost always makes sense for an NFA firearm to be registered in the name of a gun trust. For example, suppose the husband owns a suppressor, which is legally registered with the ATF in his own name. The husband goes to work and leaves his suppressor at home. If the wife stays at home that day and could have access to the suppressor, she is committing a federal felony offense that carries a prison sentence of up to 10 years and/or a fine of up to $250,000. 26 U.S.C. §§ 5861, 5871; 18 U.S.C. § 3571(b). Further, the suppressor is subject to seizure and forfeiture. 26 U.S.C. § 5872. If convicted, the wife loses her right to own or possess any kind of firearms in the future. In addition, if the husband instead left the suppressor in the wife's vehicle, the vehicle is subject to seizure and forfeiture. If the husband had simply registered the suppressor in the name of a gun trust and appointed his wife as a co-trustee of the trust, this situation would have been prevented. Additionally, the husband could appoint other individuals, such as friends and family who may legally possess firearms as co-trustees of the trust, as long as the other individuals agree in writing to be co-trustees.
What happens to the NFA firearms assigned to the gun trust when the settlors die?
The trust property assigned to the trust passes to the beneficiaries of the trust without being subjected to the probate process. Until the trust property is distributed to the beneficiaries, the trustees of the gun trust continue to hold and possess the trust property in trust for the beneficiaries.
How does the buying process for a silencer from a Class 3 Dealer work using a gun trust?
If you already have your gun trust prepared, the process of buying a silencer from a dealer is as follows:
First, you visit your Class 3 dealer and pick out the silencer that you want to buy.
Next, you pay the dealer for the cost of the silencer plus sales tax.
After that, the Class 3 dealer will partially prepare an ATF Form 4 application requesting permission to be allowed to transfer the silencer from the dealer to your gun trust. The Class 3 dealer will provide the partially completed ATF Form 4 to you.
Next, you will complete the rest of the ATF Form 4 application. On page 2 of the ATF Form 4 application, you will identify the Chief Law Enforcement Officer ("CLEO") where you live. The CLEO is usually your sheriff or police chief. Every time an NFA firearm is transferred from one party to the other (such as from the dealer to the gun trust), the ATF charges a $200 tax. On page 3 of the ATF Form 4 application, you will indicate whether you are paying the transfer tax by check, cashier's check, money order, or debit or credit card. Also, on page 3 of the ATF Form 4, you will need to identify all "Responsible Persons" in your gun trust. The Settlor (you) and the Initial Trustee (you) are considered a "Responsible Person" under the ATF's definition of the term. In addition, any person whom you appointed as an Additional Co-Trustee using the Appointment form (and who is still serving as an Additional Co-Trustee) is considered a "Responsible Person." Beneficiaries and Successor Trustees identified in the gun trust are not considered to be "Responsible Persons," unless you have later appointed them as Additional Co-Trustees using the Appointment of Additional Co-Trustee document. In other words, if an individual, other than you, has not signed an Appointment of Additional Co-Trustee document, he or she is not a "Responsible Person."
In addition, each "Responsible Person" will be required to complete a Responsible Person Questionnaire. Each "Responsible Person" will need to provide two (2) fingerprint cards and one (1) passport photo. Each "Responsible Person" mails a copy of his or her complete Responsible Person Questionnaire to the CLEO where he or she lives. The CLEO does not need a copy of the photograph or fingerprint cards.
You mail a copy of the ATF Form 4 application, each Responsible Person Questionnaire (including the photographs and the fingerprint cards), and a complete copy of the gun trust to the ATF at the address indicated near the top of page 1 of the ATF Form 4. If you are paying the $200 transfer tax by check, then the check is included in the package that you mail to the ATF.
After the ATF receives the ATF Form 4 transfer application, it takes the ATF several months before the application is processed and approved.
After approval, the ATF sends a copy of the approved application (commonly referred to as the "ATF tax stamp" or the "tax stamp") back to the dealer. The ATF tax stamp serves as proof that the $200 transfer tax has been paid and that the dealer has the ATF's permission to transfer/sell the silencer to the gun trust. What you thought was a sale when you paid the dealer many months ago was really just a deposit.
After the dealer receives the ATF tax stamp, the dealer contacts the customer to come pick up the silencer. Any trustee of the gun trust who is at least 21 years old may pick up the silencer. When the trustee picks up the firearm from the dealer, the trustee provides the dealer with his or her driver's license, and optionally, his or her concealed handgun license (CHL), and completes an ATF Form 4473, which is the same ATF form a person would fill out if he or she were buying any a non-NFA firearm from a dealer.
After that, the dealer hands the ATF tax stamp and the silencer to the trustee, and the trustee walks out the door.
Does a gun trust eliminate the need for a background check?
No. As part of the ATF application process, the ATF conducts a background check on each "Responsible Persons" to ensure that each "Responsible Person" in not prohibited from receiving and possessing firearms and ammunition. In addition, when the trustee visits the dealer, the trustee provides the dealer with his or her driver's license, and optionally, his or her concealed handgun license (CHL), and completes an ATF Form 4473, which is the same ATF form a person would fill out if he or she were buying any a non-NFA firearm from a dealer.
Can convicted felons use and possess NFA firearms registered to a gun trust?
Our gun trusts explicitly provide that no person who is ineligible to possess trust property, which may include NFA firearms and non-NFA firearms, regulated by federal firearms laws or applicable state firearms laws may serve as a trustee or receive firearms as a beneficiary. Moreover, if any trustee becomes ineligible to possess such trust property, the trustee is disqualified to serve as a trustee and is deemed to have resigned immediately upon ineligibility.
Does a gun trust provide the ability to manufacture machine guns?
No. Under Federal law, only machine guns (fully automatic firearms) made before May 1986 are allowed to be owned by individuals and gun trusts.
Does a gun trust eliminate the ATF's $200 tax?
No. Each time a gun trust applies to transfer or to make an NFA firearm, it must pay the $200 tax for each NFA firearm to be transferred or manufactured.
Do I need a separate gun trust for each NFA firearm?
No. In most cases, all of your NFA firearms would be assigned to the same gun trust.
Do I need to make any changes to the gun trust to add another NFA firearm to my gun trust?
To add another NFA firearm to the gun trust, you simply use the gun trust to complete another purchase. You do not need to change the gun trust. The ATF tax stamp itself is the official U.S. government document that is indisputable evidence that the NFA firearm is owned by the gun trust. There is no other additional document that you need to create prove that the NFA firearm is trust property.
Can non-NFA Firearms (Title I Firearms) be assigned to the gun trust?
How do I assign non-NFA firearms to the gun trust?
We will provide you with a simple form that you can use to assign non-NFA firearms to the gun trust.
Can I add someone as a trustee on an NFA gun trust who lives in a state where NFA firearms, such as silencers, short barreled rifles (SBRs), short barreled shotguns (SBSs), and machine guns, are illegal?
Yes. However, the trustee will not be able to use and possess the NFA firearms in a state that does not allow possession of NFA firearms. The trustee will only be able to use and possess the NFA firearms in a state where possession of NFA firearms is legal. Some states only allow possession of specific types of NFA firearms.
Who are the parties to a gun trust?
There are three parties to a trust —
Settlors: The person who creates the trust, and is usually the person who provides the funding for the trust and assigns personal property, such as firearms and cash, to the trust.
Trustees: The person who is allowed to use and possess the firearms assigned and acquired by the gun t
rust. A trustee MUST be at least 18 years old, and a trustee MUST agree in writing to serve as a co-trustee.
Beneficiaries: The person who receives said property upon death of Settlor. The settlor is usually the beneficiary of a revocable living trust during his or her lifetime. After the settlor dies, the settlor's wife is usually the primary beneficiary and the settlor's children are usually the secondary beneficiaries. Although the settlor may designate anyone as the beneficiary.
Do I need to carry proof of registration for my NFA firearm?
It is a good idea to always have a copy of the ATF tax stamp for each NFA firearm in a trustee's possession, a copy of the gun trust, including all amendments, if any, a copy of the trustee's appointment document, and a driver's license.
If I want you to prepare a gun trust for me, how do I get started?
Please call The Montgomery Law Firm during our business hours, Monday-Friday 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. My office number is (325) 704-4357. Or send me an email at attorney@jtmfirm.com.
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Sexual Harassment in Science – ABC Article
Given that 2 separate incidents of sexual harassment in CSIRO have been reported in this article, it is surprising that the CSIRO is not leading the charge in eradicating such behaviour from within its ranks. As the article contents, the perpetrators are usually highly placed employees with considerable material value to the organisation whilst the victims are usually vulnerable targets or relatively lower status or value to the organisation.
Sexual Harassment, Bullying and Misconduct within the CSIRO must cease being determined on a value proposition to the organisation and determined on the basis of basic societal values and the damage to the digninity and welfare of the victims.
Very little appears to have actually changed in the CSIRO subsequent to the tragic waste of $4.5 millions in tax payer funds which would have been better spend on supporting those who continued to be injured as a result of their employment with the CSIRO.
Sexual harassment in science: Why so few report it and what happens to those who do
By science reporter Belinda Smith
When Amy* sat beside a friend at a conference dinner, it didn't take long for the two very senior, well-respected scientists sitting across the table to start leering at and demeaning her.
The men started by asking: How could a young woman like her ask such an intelligent question at a conference session early that day?
They then eyed her up and down, making "vile" comments about her appearance and making her "feel incredibly uncomfortable", she said.
"They left me feeling like I wanted to take a shower because they were being so gross.
"It was very early in the evening, so they couldn't even use the excuse they were drunk — not that that's a valid excuse anyway."
Disgusted, Amy stood up and left.
She's far from alone. High-profile cases of sexual harassment in research are starting to bubble to the surface.
A standard deviation: Sexual harassment in Australian science
Sexual harassment allegations against one of Australia's most esteemed statisticians are forcing the country's science organisations to confront the issue head on.
Terry Speed, a statistician at the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research in Melbourne and winner of the prestigious 2013 Prime Minister's Prize for Science, was recently found to have violated the University of California Berkeley's sexual harassment policy in the early 2000s, where he was a professor at the time.
The object of his attentions was a junior colleague.
In 2015, sexual harassment and assault was brought to light in astronomy circles in the US — and, in 2016, uncovered in the CSIRO's astronomy department.
Indeed, surveys of researchers — mostly conducted in the US — routinely find high rates of sexual harassment and assault.
There's a good chance that self-reported and voluntary surveys are not a reflection of the wider experience. (Those who have experienced sexual harassment might be more likely to respond to a survey about it.)
But surveys can highlight patterns. A 2014 survey of researchers who conduct field work found "women trainees were the primary targets; their perpetrators were predominantly senior to them professionally within the research team".
In Australia, no large independent surveys about sexual harassment rates in science exist.
The Australian Human Rights Commission conducts a telephone survey about sexual harassment every four to six years, but with only 2,000 people or so in the survey, there simply aren't the numbers to reliably give accurate figures for specific occupations.
Sexual harassment, according to Australian law
Sexual harassment laws can vary between states and territories
The federal Sex Discrimination Act 1984 makes sexual harassment unlawful in many areas of public life, including employment
It defines sexual harassment as an unwelcome sexual advance, unwelcome request for sexual favours or other unwelcome conduct of a sexual nature which makes a person feel offended, humiliated or intimidated, where a reasonable person would anticipate that reaction in the circumstances
It is also unlawful for a person to be victimised for making, or proposing to make, a complaint of sexual harassment to the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission
Across Australia though, the most recent survey, conducted in 2012, found a quarter of women had been sexually harassed at work in the preceding five years, Sex Discrimination Commissioner Kate Jenkins said.
And the Australian Human Rights Commission has heard "extensive anecdotal accounts of sexual harassment occurring in particular industries", she said — including science, technology, engineering and mathematics, collectively known as STEM.
While some high-profile scientists have been put on notice in recent years, sexual harassment in research is not a matter of just a few bad apples, according to RMIT University's Sara Charlesworth.
Professor Charlesworth, who has spent more than 25 years researching gender inequality in the workplace, said the science sector has key ingredients likely to produce a culture of harassment.
"You've got senior men in positions of power — not just hierarchical power, but with the power to affect peoples' ongoing employment," she said.
"When you do have unequal power relations, in an organisation or in a profession more broadly, then you are more likely to find incidences of violence or harassment."
Even cases when men report sexual harassment, she said, they have an underlying gender power imbalance: "Usually, they are seen as not having the requisite masculinity for that workplace. It really has that gendered dimension."
Very few formal complaints
The 2012 Australian Human Rights Commission survey showed that only one in five people who experienced sexual harassment made a formal complaint or report.
"Common reasons for not reporting were that they thought it was not serious enough, that the perpetrator was too senior or that it would be easier to keep quiet," Ms Jenkins said.
Another reason, Professor Charlesworth said, is "they don't think they'll be believed or that anything would be done about it, so what's the point?"
The Community and Public Sector Union's What Women Want 2017-18 survey found a similar figure: less than a quarter of women who experienced sexual harassment reported the incident.
And of those that did speak out, three in five found management's response unsatisfactory.
For people who report sexual harassment, it can be the beginning of a long, sometimes expensive and — for some — devastating process.
What happens to whistleblowers?
Amy is one of the minority to make a formal complaint to the scientists' university.
She gets hit on at conferences a lot, she said, usually by interstate or visiting attendees who use social gatherings to prey on women.
The reason she reported the two senior scientists and their comments, she said, "is because of who they are".
"They set the culture. All the young scientists and PhD students, they look up to [those senior scientists]," she said.
"They might be 'just words' but they can be damaging, definitely."
But in the 12 months or so since pursuing the matter with the university's HR department, she's yet to find satisfaction.
"I just want them and senior management in a meeting, acknowledge that what happened was wrong, and the steps they're taking to stop that behaviour," she said.
"They're treating it like it's me, it's my problem. They want it to be about me. It has to be about them, and what they're doing to make sure it doesn't happen again."
Sexual harassment complaints typically go one of two ways, Professor Charlesworth said.
"At least at the beginning, they're not baying for blood," she said.
"They want the behaviour to stop and they want something to be done about it."
Unfortunately, there is a big problem — not just in science — of big organisations "wrapping themselves around powerful men", Professor Charlesworth said.
Senior scientists often bring in big research bucks. Getting rid of them means the institution, then, loses that money and the prestige that comes with successful grant applications.
This is just one reason that some organisations might be less inclined to investigate a complaint against a senior staff member, or punish them if they're found to breach sexual harassment policies.
And it's when internal processes break down or the person who made the complaint leaves the organisation — voluntarily or not — that the matter escalates.
"They are really angry by this stage, and they want everything — a big payout, people to be punished," Professor Charlesworth said.
Katherine Morton is at this stage.
She's taking her former employer, the CSIRO, to the Federal Court for unfair dismissal in October this year.
In a statement of claim, she alleged that while working as a marine researcher between 2012 and 2016, she was subjected to bullying, sexual harassment and assault by some senior colleagues, including being slapped on the bottom with a riding crop.
One of the alleged perpetrators has since moved overseas.
"In addition to the emotional and psychological toll, to be perfectly blunt, the financial one is just unbelievable as well," she said.
"You have to pay for it all yourself. CSIRO has a public purse to defend themselves."
So far, she estimated she's spent around $80,000 pursuing the matter. The Federal Court trial, she said, will cost her a further $400,000.
The CSIRO could not comment on the case as it is before the courts, but said in a statement to the ABC: "We take allegations of harassment, bullying or discrimination very seriously and have procedures in place to address complaints and support our staff.
"Since 2016, [when the allegations of bullying and sexual harassment arose in the astronomy department,] CSIRO has reinforced its procedures by reminding staff about how inappropriate conduct can be raised, and recognised that it might be difficult for employees to come forward.
"The astronomy department also has a very active diversity committee, which has been working hard to provide support and assistance to staff."
Turning the tide lies with research organisations and institutes
Soon, we may have some idea of how prevalent sexual harassment is in science and research circles.
The 2018 iteration of the Australian Human Rights Commission's telephone survey has expanded to 10,000 and will provide information on broad industry sectors, such as education and training.
Even now, under the Sex Discrimination Act, employers must take all reasonable steps to stop harassment from happening.
"A system that relies on the bravery of individuals to enforce the laws will not work to prevent sexual harassment," Ms Jenkins said.
"Employers needs to proactively promote equal workplaces, where sexual harassment and discrimination are not tolerated."
Professor Charlesworth agreed: "We need, from the highest echelons, a very clear, no-tolerance policy.
"It needs to be loud and clear."
This includes direct training for anyone who's in a position where they are shaping peoples' academic career and empowering bystanders to call out unacceptable behaviour, she added.
Addressing the inherent gender and power imbalance, too, will go a long way.
Accreditation from gender and minority equality programs could help on this front, Professor Charlesworth said.
Athena SWAN — a UK program which aims to address gender equity and diversity issues within research institutions and universities — is being trialled in Australia.
Some funding bodies, such as the UK National Institute for Health Research, only provides funding for organisations with sufficient Athena SWAN accreditation.
When it comes to handling sexual harassment complaints, Professor Charlesworth said "if I could give one piece of advice … it's you're better off believing the person [reporting the incident], than acting on it and working out what has to be done.
"Actually say to them: 'That sounds like sexual harassment. What do you want the organisation to do?'"
Since filing her complaint, Amy moved interstate and recently sought legal advice.
She's still in research, but dealing with the university's internal processes has made her "think twice about staying in academia … or going to another local conference again, because [the two senior scientists] will be there.
"If I do go, I definitely won't be going to any of the dinners or social parts."
Dr Morton hasn't been so lucky. She's suffered depression and anxiety and has all but given up working as a scientist again.
"I have three degrees, with 10 years of university education, that I can't use. How do you start again?" she said.
* Name changed to protect identity
Courier Mail Article – Scientist slaps CSIRO with harassment lawsuit
Sexual Harassment is NEVER OK. CSIRO management have failed to act on not only this complaint but a number of others reported to Victims of CSIRO. Common practice by CSIRO Management is to punish the victim and protect the perpetrator as the perpetrator in these instances is a person in a position of influence and power. CSIRO management also have a history of failing to report serious criminal conduct to the proper authorities for investigation.
Add to this the fact that the organisation then attempts to coerce employees out of making compensation claims that will potentially expose the sexual harassment of employees and it is difficult to see how this is anything other that CSIRO attempting to protect its reputation at the expense of the victims.
Failure to duly credit employees, particularly female employees on scientific papers as a method of punishment for "failing to know their place" is also not an isolated occurrence within the organisation.
The only way that CSIRO management will change this workplace culture is to hold to account those engaging in such abhorrent behaviour, something which CSIRO management appear to be completely incapable of doing!
Have you experienced sexual assault or harassment at CSIRO? Please contact us at victimsofcsiro@gmail.com
Scientist slaps CSIRO with harassment lawsuit
Vanessa Marsh, Melanie Petrinec, The Courier-Mail
Former CSIRO senior research scientist Katherine Morton. Picture: Chris Kidd
A FORMER CSIRO scientist has made explosive claims of systemic harassment in the government agency, including being hit on the bum with a riding crop and asked if she was a prostitute.
Dr Katherine Morton has alleged she was stripped of her duties, labelled a troublemaker and made redundant after speaking out against the culture of the organisation, and even had her name taken off a major research paper.
Dr Morton is suing the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation for wrongful dismissal from her position with the organisation in Brisbane in 2016.
In court documents filed with the Federal Court, she says her complaints to six superiors over two years about the "unacceptable workplace behaviours including sexual assault, sexual harassment and bullying" were never properly investigated or acted on.
Dr Morton said in March 2015, she told her employer she would be making a worker's compensation claim due to the ongoing stress but was allegedly told "three months off would not do your career any good" and that she was only making a claim "because she was unhappy with (a) grievance investigation outcome for sexual harassment".
"The applicant was met with intimidating and coercive behaviour from (CSIRO staff)," court documents claim.
"(The Injury Management Co-ordinator) told her if she did not file a claim with Comcare then he would ensure that CSIRO would cover the treatment she needed."
Dr Morton was granted worker's comp but it was later rescinded, allegedly due to urging by the CSIRO who claimed the injury was due to reasonable administrative action.
She was later stripped of her position as a team leader before being made redundant in November 2016.
In an interview with The Courier-Mail, Dr Morton said she was still unable to work. The harassment and bullying started six weeks into the job in early 2012 and did not stop until she went on stress leave.
In one incident, a superior allegedly hit her on the bum with a riding crop at work.
"One time we were at a staff dinner and someone said: 'Women only wear pendants to draw attention to their cleavage. I don't know why you bother, Katherine, you don't have any'," she said.
"There were other times where we were sitting with clients and there would be references to my crow's feet. On another occasion we were at a conference where someone mentioned a Prada dress I owned and one of the scientists said, 'How did you get that, were you a prostitute?' "
Dr Morton said after finishing at the CSIRO, her name was taken off a research paper and only reinstated after she appealed to the science journal publishing it.
"Sexual harassment is just generally seen as 'you should toughen up' and a lot of the workplace bullying is met with the same attitude and that's terrible," she said.
A CSIRO spokesman said they take "any allegation of bullying or harassment seriously and has appropriate procedures in place".
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Svetlana Alexievich: "War and women are incompatible, which is why their voice is so important in re-establishing peace anywhere in the world".
Azzam Alkadhi watches Nobel Prize winner Svetlana Alexievich speak about forgiveness, peace and women at war
Focusing on the individual stories of thousands of interviewees, Belarusian journalist and author Svetlana Alexievich gives a unique and personal account of life in Soviet and post-Soviet times.
Winner of the Nobel Prize for literature in 2015, Alexievich was perhaps the star of the billing at this year's FILBo, where she spoke about her books and her interest in the mundane, everyday existence of people living through tough times.
She uses the bigger events in history – Chernobyl, the Soviet war in Afghanistan, World War Two – simply as pretexts to shed light on human emotions, with her documentary style novels containing interviews with people from all spheres, not just the victims.
Speaking at a press conference during the book fair, Alexievich explains: "I myself grew up in a country where the population was divided between victims and aggressors. In the introduction to my latest book, there is a phrase from the great Russian poet Varlam Shalamov. He said that a concentration camp, a gulag, is equally damaging for the victim as for the murderer, because it corrupts them both."
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"In my books I never deprive the executioners of their voice, of the chance to shout their truth. What I want is to understand what they have in their soul, which also merits attention […] We need to know what motivates them, what ideas moved them. It's not possible that they simply killed, liked animals, and treated people like animals."
The 68-year-old writer's books attempt to counteract the idea of history as simply a collection of facts, giving a voice and human context to events that are so often reduced to a succession of dates and events.
"I believe that it is necessary to explore the origins of problems, to look for the rationale behind things – you can't eradicate a problem by simply stating facts," explains Alexievich.
Of course it didn't take long before she was being questioned about Colombia's current situation and the parallels that can be drawn with victims of conflict elsewhere.
"I've heard your president [Santos] speak several times and I consider him to be a great person who is fighting for a great cause. However, not even the greatest person in the world is capable of carrying out as titanic a task as establishing peace in any country. That's why every one of you, every member of society has to […] be conscious of the importance of peace, of the fact that hate will achieve nothing but a blood bath. This great objective, peace in Colombia, can only be achieved with love."
She emphasises the need to treat victims, but also to give a voice to both sides. "Treating victims is very complicated," Alexievich explains. The great occurrences in history, like World War Two […] created a victim culture – the victims were immersed in their resentment, keeping their desires for revenge, and this culture is very difficult to treat."
"All victims need to be re-educated, helped to overcome the problems created by their previous suffering. To get out of this victim culture the state has to do everything in its power."
"I spent a while living in Europe and noticed that, there, a lot of work is done around this topic [victim culture] on TV and in the media – there is the participation of psychologists, sociologists and many specialists in the treatment of victims because every victim needs to talk, to express the pain they carry inside."
Perhaps treading on a thorny subject here in Colombia, she continues: "We also have to listen to the killers, the executioners."
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"I have always been interested by the problem of good and evil and I want to quote an episode from my book, about a man who remembered a certain Aunt Olga, who he was in love with as a small child. When he grew up his mother told him the truth, that in 1937 Aunt Olga had denounced her own brother, who died in a gulag […] Good and evil always go together, they interweave, and there is no dividing line between one and the other. Evil is not just Stalin, but the beautiful Aunt Olga."
As she talks, it is clear that Alexievich is not comfortable or particularly at home with the level of fame that has been thrust upon her as a result of becoming the 14th female winner of the prize.
Awkwardly, and with a hint of resentment, she tells the gathered journalists: "Since being awarded the Nobel prize I have had to travel a lot, around the whole world, to the point that I am now missing my desk and being able to sit down to write. I am not a public person, I prefer to work alone, but I have to do this. I have to travel a lot, and I came to Bogotá, to this part of Latin America, because I don't know it at all. I admire Gabriel García Márquez greatly, he is one of my favourite writers."
Lucky for us, then, that she was awarded the prize, as Colombia most likely would not have had the chance to get to know a truly fascinating and inspiring person. At times she seems burdened by the number of stories she has heard, but at the same time seems keen to share various moments – spending up to ten years on each of her books, it is no wonder that she has so many anecdotes.
Referring to the one million Soviet women who participated in World War Two, she says: "I want to share one – after interviewing a woman, it seemed as if she wanted to confess what she really had in her soul, what she had been keeping inside, and she told me 'Do you think that people think about dying heroically or that people are scared of dying? Yes, we really felt that fear but what scared me most was not dying at dawn when nature wakes up and the birds are singing, but dying in those ghastly male underpants that we were made to use. I was ready to die for my fatherland but not in the underwear I had on."
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This light-hearted moment leads Alexievich onto a discussion of the role of women in her books.
"The woman's voice is very important, because men are always hostages of the culture of war. I was in Afghanistan and I realised that, unfortunately, men like war."
"Women, on the other hand, are not hostages of the culture of war. It's that way in every country, perhaps with the exception of Israel, where I saw some young women who were the same size as the machine guns they were holding. War and women are incompatible, which is why their voice is so important in re-establishing peace anywhere in the world."
"In my book War's Unwomanly Face, women describe the whole truth, they deprive war of all the heroism that the press, official literature and macho culture attribute to it. They expose it and simply say how frightening it is to kill and how frightening it is to die."
Clearly impassioned by the topic, Alexievich continues: "I was told about a young mercenary who was going to Chechnya to fight and his mother said him 'don't think that you are going to be a hero out there. The one who is going to be fighting is me – while you are at war I will also be at war and I don't know how you will return, maybe mutilated, or if I'll still be alive when you get back. I have a sick heart, the war is mine too'"
Unsurprisingly, Alexievich's writing has not been popular with certain authorities, with her scathing commentary on Russia and Belarus's political regimes, but this is not something that fazes her, despite many years in exile from Belarus.
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"One has to be prepared to confront authority because, if you work seriously, express what you think and put your whole soul into what you are doing, problems with the authorities are inevitable. And now people are experiencing this both with Lukashenko [President of Belarus] and Putin."
"One has to continue on their path and do what feels right," she continues. "When I returned from my time abroad, I wasn't worried by the tense relations with Putin or Lukashenko, they just didn't acknowledge me. They didn't publish my works, they didn't invite me to appear in the media, they didn't interview me. But that's not the problem – the problem is that people support Putin and Lukashenko."
Her resolve shines through everything she says and it is clear to see that she is a firm believer in uncovering the reality of the world's toughest situations, whether it be in Russia, Venezuela or Syria. She finishes with a simple but powerful message for writers and journalists everywhere: "Telling the truth is a necessity".
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Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Michele M. Leonhart, the Administrator of the United States Drug Enforcement Administration ("DEA"), today announced that SLAWOMIR SOBORSKI was extradited from Estonia where he had been arrested for conspiracy to import cocaine into the United States and conspiracy to distribute cocaine on board an aircraft. SOBORSKI, a Polish citizen, will make his first appearance today in Manhattan federal court before U.S. Magistrate Judge Henry B. Pitman. SOBORSKI's co-defendants, Joseph Manuel Hunter, Timothy Vamvakias, and Dennis Gogel, were previously arrested in Thailand (Hunter) and Liberia (Vamvakias and Gogel) and brought to the United States in September 2013. Co-defendant Michael Filter was previously arrested in Estonia in September 2013 and is pending extradition to the United States.
All five defendants have previously served in the armed forces of their respective nations. SOBORSKI served in the Polish armed forces until 2011, and was trained as a sniper. Hunter served as a sniper instructor and a senior drill sergeant, training other soldiers in marksmanship and tactics. Since leaving the U.S. Army in 2004, Hunter has acted as a "contract killer" and successfully arranged for the murder of a number of people.
During meetings in Asia, Africa, and the Caribbean, beginning in January 2013 and continuing through late September 2013, Hunter communicated with three confidential sources (the "CSs") working with the DEA, who purported to be Colombian narcotics traffickers. Hunter agreed to serve as the head of security for the CSs' purported narcotics trafficking organization, and assembled a "security team" consisting of Vamvakias, Gogel, Filter, and SOBORSKI. Hunter also told the CSs that he had previously been involved in contract killings – referred to as "bonus jobs" – and that some team members wanted to do as much "bonus work" as possible.
Hunter and his co-defendants, including SOBORSKI, thereafter agreed, in meetings and communications with the CSs, to provide security and surveillance services to the narcotics trafficking organization. Communications between the defendants and the CSs occurred by telephone, over e-mail, and in a series of surreptitiously audio-recorded and videotaped meetings over an approximately nine-month period.
Hunter and his four co-defendants provided a variety of services to the CSs' purported narcotics organization. In late March 2013, in Thailand, at Hunter's direction, SOBORSKI, Gogel, and Filter surveilled a vessel on behalf of the CSs' purported narcotics trafficking organization. In April 2013, in Mauritius, at the direction of the CSs, SOBORSKI, Gogel, and Filter provided security for a meeting at which the participants discussed the distribution of illegal narcotics to the United States and in late June 2013, in the Bahamas, SOBORSKI, Vamvakias, Gogel, and Filter conducted surveillance of a purported U.S.-registered aircraft at the direction of the third CS ("CS-3"), who posed as a member of the CSs' narcotics trafficking organization. CS-3 informed the defendants that the aircraft was to be loaded with 300 kilograms of cocaine to be shipped to New York.
In late September 2013, Gogel and Vamvakias arrived in Liberia to commit the planned murders-for-hire, where they were ultimately arrested. On the same day, SOBORSKI was arrested in Estonia, with Filter, in coordination with Estonian authorities, and remained in the custody of Estonian authorities until his extradition today to the United States.
SOBORSKI, 42, is charged with one count of conspiracy to import cocaine into the United States, and one count of conspiracy to distribute cocaine on board an aircraft. Each count carries a maximum penalty of life in prison. The maximum potential sentences in this case are prescribed by Congress and are provided here for informational purposes only, as any sentencing of the defendant would be determined by the judge. The case is assigned to U.S. District Judge Laura Taylor Swain. Trial has been set for October 6, 2014.
The charges, arrests, and transfers of the defendants were the result of the close cooperative efforts of the United States Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York; DEA's Special Operations Division; DEA's Bangkok, Ghana, Pretoria, Bucharest, Manila, Nassau and Copenhagen Offices; the Royal Thai Police Narcotics Suppression Bureau and Crime Suppression Division; Royal Thai Immigration; the Royal Thai Attorney General's Office; Republic of Liberia's National Security Agency; the Republic of Liberia's Attorney General's Office; the Estonian Police and Border Guard Board; the Estonian National Criminal Police, Investigative Bureau; the Estonian State Prosecutor's Office; the Royal Bahamas Police Force and Drug Enforcement Unit; the Romanian National Police; Interpol; and the U.S. Department of Justice Office of International Affairs.
This prosecution is being handled by the Office's Terrorism and International Narcotics Unit. Assistant United States Attorneys Michael Lockard, Aimee Hector, and Anna Skotko are in charge of the prosecution.


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Hucks is the man to make the difference. Time and time again.
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When he's playing, more often than not he's the name on everyone's lips.
When he's not playing ? equally so.
Even when he's a substitute, post-match debate will usually focus on him in some form or another.
I refer, of course, to City's unique match-winner and arguably the best attacking player in the Coca-Cola Championship ? Darren Huckerby.
And after the home defeat at the hands of a poor Cardiff side, once again it would have been no different.
If you'd have somehow been able to eaves-drop on the conversations of 20-odd thousand Norwich supporters as they made their way home from Carrow Road two weeks ago, no doubt Huckerby's name would have featured in most of them.
The topic in question would probably have centred on City boss Peter Grant's decision to bring him off the bench two thirds of the way into the game.
Some would have felt that he should have been introduced to the fray much earlier than he was ? even been in the line-up from the start – and allowed to wreak havoc amongst a shaky Bluebirds rearguard to enable the Canaries to have put the game beyond Cardiff's reach long before they somehow managed to snatch victory from the jaws of defeat.
Others might have concurred with the manager's thoughts along the lines of: ?If it ain't broken, don't try to fix it…? seeing as City were basically cruising in the opening 45 minutes without him at all.
What is indisputable though, is that he certainly brings something special to the party when he's in full flow.
Looking at a couple of other 30-somethings in Cardiff colours that day ?Robbie Fowler and Jimmy-Floyd Hasselbaink – and particularly the way that the pair of them hardly broke sweat all afternoon and didn't really seem all that bothered that they didn't either – it made you appreciate the full value of Huckerby.
Frustrating at times without a doubt, and hardly an ?all-rounder? by any means, but seldom can he ever be accused of not having earned his money on a Saturday afternoon.
The same can also be said of Dion Dublin who, aside from his inexplicable momentary loss of concentration from the corner that lead to Cardiff's winning goal, was outstanding on the day.
Those two are big players for City in more ways than one, and when they are in the side from the start make the Canaries a much stronger outfit than is the case when they are either sitting on the bench or treatment table.
Three points really is a must for City tomorrow ahead of two tricky away games at Charlton and Wolves next week, as it certainly isn't nice seeing City already sitting fifth from bottom in the table even though the campaign is still in its infancy.
You can make all the excuses in the world about the table not giving an accurate indication of the true composition of the division until you get to around the ten game mark, but I'll tell you something, those at the top end of it will be feeling a damn sight more confident and optimistic when they take to the field tomorrow than those languishing at the opposite end.
Privately, City will probably feel that they should have at least another five points to their name by now, and that once again tomorrow's match is another that they really have to win if this 2007-08 campaign is to get properly up and running before it becomes too late.
Visitors Crystal Palace are in a similar situation to the Canaries themselves, as after enjoying a stunning 4-1 victory away at Southampton on the opening day of the season they have only managed to pick up one point in their three games since, and so they too are also badly in need of a good performance and result tomorrow in order to begin their push up the league table.
They have got a decent-enough looking squad on paper, but what they haven't got is quality in their side comparable to that of the Canaries.
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General Motors has taken a lot of heat for its much-delayed recall of millions of cars with defective ignition switches. And so has the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, the government regulatory agency that is supposed to keep dangerous vehicles off the road.
In light of this fiasco, consumer advocates are pressing NHTSA to scrap a policy that limits its access to potentially valuable information that could result in a safety recall.
NHTSA does not include defect reports from consumer groups, such as the Center for Auto Safety, in its complaint database or its investigatory files. The agency only considers complaints from individual consumers or information provided by auto manufacturers.
"This doesn't make any sense," said Clarence Ditlow, the center's executive director. "If you build a bigger database, you have a bigger universe of complaints to look at and it's easier to spot defects."
In a recent letter to NHTSA, Ditlow noted that his safety group had information about the now-recalled GM vehicles that was not considered, and as a result, he said, "impaired the agency's ability to spot this tragic defect."
The Center for Auto Safety had four complaints about crashes between 2003 and 2010 involving Chevrolet Cobalts and Saturn Ions where the airbags failed to deploy. There were also two engine failure complaints in 2005 and 2007 that were similar to the now widely reported ignition switch failures.
Ditlow points out that prior to 2006, NHTSA welcomed outside complaints. In fact, for 40 years starting in the 1960s, the agency frequently requested copies of complaints from Ralph Nader and the Center for Auto Safety.
In a statement to CNBC, Nader wrote: "Obama spoke in 2008 about the need not to operate in a bubble. The pathetic NHTSA is not only operating in a bubble, but public outrage will soon burst that bubble with Congressional assistance and, if necessary, a lawsuit."
NHTSA says there is no such exclusionary policy – that any person or organization may submit consumer complaints to its database.
Sean Kane, a safety advocate and president of Safety Research & Strategies, is one of NHTSA's most vocal critics. He said he can't understand why the agency relies so heavily on information provided by manufacturers and at the same time excludes consumer groups.
"It doesn't make any sense," Kane said. "NHTSA isn't doing enough to reach out to other sources of information, whether that's trial lawyers, safety advocates or insurance companies. These are organizations and individuals who are expert in what they do, and they're able to hone in on things that the average consumer may not be able to articulate as well. So to me, this information rises to an even higher level."
Members of Congress have repeatedly expressed their frustration with NHTSA and its handling of the GM ignition switch recall.
Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Connecticut) told CNBC he is "mystified and baffled" by NHTSA's resistance to consider any and all information that can help protect people on the road.
"Why they would decline to consider complaints from consumers or activist groups or anyone else is beyond comprehension, and I hope they will change that policy," he said.
Blumenthal and Sen. Edward Markey (D-Massachusetts), recently introduced the Early Warning Reporting Act, which would require auto manufacturers to report more information to NHTSA as soon as they become aware of incidents involving fatalities.
"More details about auto defects that are made available to the public could help prevent more deaths on the road," Markey said in a statement to CNBC. "It's time to end this 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' policy between NHTSA and auto manufacturers that is endangering public safety."


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The Fed And ECB Hand The Market A Massive Reality Check
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Markets got a mega dose of reality this week, and it shouldn't have been a surprise had investors listened to Fed officials over the past six weeks. It was crystal clear that the Fed intended to raise its projections for the overnight rate higher than it had projected at the September FOMC meeting. Based on several Fed officials' commentary, it was also clear that those projections on the dot plot would be 5% or higher.
However, the market blew off the message, with the S&P 500 rising as rates and the dollar fell, easing financial conditions since the middle of October. But that came crashing to a halt this week when the Fed's dot plot projected rates at 5.1% by December 2023. On top of that, the ECB provided another gut punch to markets the following day, which sent rates in Europe soaring and stock indexes plunging.
The cumulative effect of tightening financial conditions and the unwillingness to take these two central banks seriously will likely result in the entire rally since the middle of October melting away.
The rally was built on the notion that slowing the pace of rate hikes indicated that the Fed, the ECB, and nearly every central bank around the globe were signaling the end of the rate hiking cycle was near. Instead, Christine Lagarde, the President of the ECB, was asked in the press conference about slowing the pace of rate hikes; she said:
Thank you for your question, because it helps me to clarify one thing. Anybody who thinks that this is a pivot for the ECB is wrong. We're not pivoting, we're not wavering.
The message was stern and direct, and in case there was any confusion, she also noted:
So I know that it is tempting to assume that, oh, well, all central banks are doing the same thing at the same time. Not quite. The ECB is not pivoting.
She even threatened multiple 50 bps rate hikes saying:
Based on the information that we have available today, that predicates another 50-basis-point rate hike at our next meeting, and possibly at the one after that, and possibly thereafter, but everything will also be determined by the review of data. So don't assume that it's a one-shot 50; it's more than that.
Of course, markets were not expecting this type of hawkish commentary from the ECB, especially Lagarde, who tends to lean on the dovish side, with rates in Germany and Italy exploding to the upside.
It sent the German DAX sharply lower; around the same time, US S&P 500 futures also made another sharp move down on December 15. The combination of the Fed and ECB's message appears to have just been too much for the equity markets to handle. It was a clear message that the fundamental assumption made back in the middle of October that central banks were going to "pivot" had been entirely wrong.
It leaves the Fed on a clear path to an overnight rate higher than 5% and an ECB that appears nowhere near finished. Therefore, equity markets are too expensive for the amount of financial condition tightening likely to come their way in the weeks ahead. When financial conditions tighten, they result in stock prices and valuations falling.
Too Optimistic On Inflation
Unfortunately, this is the reality of where markets are and have been through 2022, and likely to be through the better part of 2023 until central banks signal that they are willing to let financial conditions ease. Should financial conditions ease through market forces before central banks are ready, it seems likely that they will ramp the hawkish commentary up, threatening more rate hikes and possibly accelerating balance sheet run-offs.
Not only that, but it may take only one lousy inflation report to screw everything up for the market. Mary Daly of the San Francisco Fed said on December 16 that she wasn't sure why the market was so optimistic about inflation and seemed to be pricing in perfection.
Indeed, it appears that the market is pricing in perfection. Inflation swaps are pricing for inflation to make a perfect landing and fall to 2.55%. Even more astounding is how quickly. The market sees inflation falling to 2.55% in just seven months. That 7-month swap on November 9, the day before the October "surprise" CPI print, was pricing inflation at 4.7%, more than two percentage points higher. One bad CPI print will be all it takes to push these expectations higher again.
Until the Fed and the ECB loosen their grip on financial conditions, it will be challenging for equity markets to see a sustainable rally. There may never have been a better time to not fight the Fed than right now.


When speaking of Nagaland, all that comes to your mind is beautiful and vast mountain ranges, lakes and waterfalls. Thos northeastern state is one gem which is yet to be explored. But as it is said, unexplored is the best of nature because it stays away from modernization and pollution. But speaking of Nagaland, all it offers a visitor is immense love and ultimate beauty.
The state of Nagaland which shares international borders with Myanmar has very little evidence of its early history.
The citizens of Nagaland's were from the Naka tribe of Burma which means people with pierced ears.
The only medieval history that has any record of existence is that Nagaland was earlier a part of Myanmar until the Indian government passed an amendment to include it in Indian borders after independence in 1947.
It was the 16th Indian state which was formed in 1963.
Before this, Nagaland was a Burma territory in 1816.
In 1892, all the seven sisters of east were a part of British colony except Nagaland.
The growing industry of Nagaland, in recent years has achieved a proud label as a hub of many medium-sized industries.
The Nagaland state has a striving number of 30 small-scale and medium-sized industries.
The sugar mill of Nagaland has a daily production of 1,000 tones which is comparable to any other sugar mill of country.
The weather of Nagaland is pleasant all over the year due to the heavenly landscape and mountain ranges. All these features makes Nagaland a must visit state if you wish to explore something which is purely natural and away from the colossal city.
Nagaland undoubtedly has the best weather conditions of our country because its temperature ranges between 20-30° C throughout the year.
It experiences 250cm if rain during every monsoon which is enough to raise a yearlong cultivation.
Even during the winter season Nagaland experiences a pleasant winter for its days are filled with sunny ray's mixes with clouds.
Since, Nagaland is purely a tribal state, 80% of its population is still tribal. A range of different tribal communities live together in harmony celebrating their festivals and performing the ancient traditions.
One thing that sets Nagaland apart is that they are simple yet pay utmost importance in education.
The social evils like Dowry, Child Marriage, and Patriarchy which dwell in other parts of country, Nagaland performs no such tradition.


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Ever thought of hiring a graduate?
Bringing a graduate into your small business can have real benefits. Grads are young, hard working and have a fresh outlook, meaning they could bring completely different ideas and insights. This is not a bad thing, as differences in skills and weaknesses means that coworkers can compliment each other. If you decide that taking on a graduate is the next best step for your small business then there are a few things you'll need to remember.
Firstly you must get their attention. You don't need to be at physically on campus in order to do this, nor do you need to waste money on printing flyers or having a stand at a job fair. Nowadays many graduates are perusing the internet in order to find jobs, so there's no reason why you can't be recruiting online. Sites like GradConnection and Seek Graduate are specifically designed for you to promote your graduate roles. In addition to this social network sites like Linkedin or Facebook are great starting platforms to connect with graduates.
Getting in early is essential. While there are always graduates looking for jobs, there's a chance that the better pick of the bunch will be looking to have something lined up well before their graduation date.
You can do this by advertising your graduate roles closer to the beginning of the semester rather than the end. Or alternatively by offering between semester break internships. University students have between 3-4 months break at the year, and then around a month during the middle. This is a great time to take on a potential graduate employee as it lets you try before you buy, if you will, before fully committing to a long term contract. As well as this some universities, such as AUT require their students to partake in a co-op program. This is a 9 week or 360 hour placement with the aim of giving students the opportunity to experience the complexity of the real world of business first hand.
Being a small business means that you have the luxury of being able to tailor your recruitment process which can give you a competitive edge when it comes to a graduate choosing between you and a large corporate. When interviewing it's important to remember that your interviewee is a student, which is different from the usual hiring process. You are also looking for potential, and not experience. Therefore you might want to ask to see their academic transcript. When looking at this you should take into consideration extra curricular activities or part time jobs. Students that manage to balance larger loads and still get good grades mean they are not only smart but good at working under pressure and handling conflicting priorities. Ask how far along the application process they are with other companies. Being a small business can mean you have the opportunity to act faster than larger organisations to secure a graduate, should you need to.
Once you've got a graduate on board it's a good idea to explain your expectations. You must think like a graduate and assume nothing. They are new and will make mistakes, but until you've explained your expectations it's unreasonable to assume that a grad would know where you stood. You should explain everything from when and how to call in sick, to appropriate work attire, it is worthwhile getting either another member of your staff or yourself to spend a day at least, going through an induction process. In addition to this you should have a feedback plan in place, also address problems as they occur but be sure to also acknowledge and positively reinforce achievements.
Grads are usually eager to learn and make a difference, they have the potential to be huge assets to your business.
At BACESYS Limited, we took on a graduate civil engineer with a restricted working requirement of 20hrs. At first I though I would have to manage him every moment of the way. We have a very thorough new employee induction process even for a small business like ours. So we spent nearly a whole day inducting him and settling him in. The first 2 weeks he made mistakes, seemed slow, but I was patient as I know what it's like starting out. His role is clearly defined and we have not deviated from that description from the time he was employed. This because we employed him with a focus of supporting our operations so we could continue to service our clients more effectively. Now I find that that first few weeks investing in him, training him up on processes and procedures has offered us the best return in employee performance. Our Grad is eager, efficient, brings fresh ideas and more importantly relieves me from over working long hours during the week. Employment can be an expensive process, however employing a Graduate is really extremely affordable and can create a positive long term employment relationship. Give it a go, I really recommend it.
I would love to hear from any organisation wanting to get involved with AUT Business Co-operative Education. We have 1000 students each year completing the programme over 5 different intakes which means that there are opportunities all year round for employers to engage with students.
Great article – if the commencement date is some time in the future, it also gives us an opportunity to arrange logistics to make hiring a grad possible.
We will follow this route.
ACG Yoobee School of Design have students graduating throughout the year and in December. We are always looking for internship opportunities and permanent/contract work in the following disciplines -Web Design & Development, Digital Media, Film, Animation, Graphic Design and Game Art & Development.


If you've been following the site for a while, you probably know that we like our top 10 lists around here. Now it's the turn of Rochelle from the LA team to share with us her list. How many of these have you played?


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Feature: French revival
Three years away from a home World Cup, a youthful and talented France team is building a formidable winning culture, writes JAMES HARRINGTON in the latest SA Rugby magazine.
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What a difference 18 months makes. It is, for example, about how long Rassie Erasmus needed to turn a dysfunctional South Africa into world champions.
Somewhat further out from the next World Cup, a similar transformation is taking place in France. Some 18 months after Fabien Galthie joined the coaching set-up, Les Bleus are genuinely good again, for the first time in a long time.
At the end of November, he had seven wins from his first eight games as head coach – all against Six Nations opposition. It's an early record that compares favourably with his two most recent predecessors. Guy Noves won four of his first 11 games in 2015 and his tenure was cut short two years later with his record at seven wins in 21. Jacques Brunel managed just three wins in his first year and a final tally of 10 from 24.
It has not all been plain sailing. Less than a year into his tenure, Galthie admitted his future as France coach hinged on Bernard Laporte's re-election as FFR president in early October despite his arrest and release in connection with a conflict-of-interest scandal involving Montpellier owner and France shirt sponsor Mohed Altrad. Then a row over player-release for the extended end-of-year international window was resolved with a three-match limit for individual players.
Yet the results keep coming. Victories over Wales and Ireland in October were followed by a first win in Edinburgh since 2014. But that's not what has brought the greatest joy to fans and French rugby media.
The most exciting change has been the high-intensity, full-throttle brand of rugby. After years of playing like punch-drunk heavyweights in the final round of a title fight, France have been a quick-witted, lightning-footed delight under Galthie. Some even claim to have spotted hints of 'French Flair'.
France are moulded in a different image now. Galthie cast out the old soldiers. A painful interview with Wenceslas Lauret in which he doubted his ability to adapt to the demands of the new regime went viral, it's message clear: it's Galthie's way or the highway.
Anyone over 30 was considered past it. There was no room for Yoann Huget, Maxime Medard, Rabah Slimani or Louis Picamoles.
South African-born Bernard Le Roux was the only player to have hit that age milestone in the new coach's first squad. He retained a lone thirtysomething statesman status until Romain Taofifenua joined him in the second row for the Autumn Nations Cup match against Scotland.
While the French pack remains terrifyingly big, it's more mobile than it has been for years. The backs are younger, faster, and fearless, utterly at home with a free-flowing, rapid-fire brand of rugby that switches from defence to attack in a flash.
Some of this is good fortune. Galthie inherited the head coach's mantle at an inflection point in French rugby – a generational shift as the world U20 champions of 2018 and 2019 graduated to the senior set-up. It helped, too, that these young players have racked up serious game time in the Top 14, as clubs – for financial and regulatory reasons – prove their 'Made in France' credentials.
But the style, the intensity, is pure Galthie.
Le Roux, who was there in the dark times, having made his France debut in 2013, told former internationals Benjamin Kayser and Johnnie Beattie on Le French Rugby Podcast: 'I wouldn't like to work with Fabien for 11 months – he's so intense. But for these short bursts – two or three months during the World Cup, or in the Six Nations, he's so good.'
Change came quickly when Galthie joined the coaching set-up as 'an assistant' before the 2019 World Cup. He had already been named to replace Brunel when he was parachuted into the coaching staff early following another dismal showing in that year's Six Nations.
Galthie's choice of fitness coach, Thibault Giroud, and backs coach Laurent Labit also came in to bolster Brunel's staff. It was a smart move for France at the time, and a second stroke of good fortune for Galthie, who was effectively given a free run in Japan – a soft out-of-town opening to test his plans and the players before he officially took over.
It did not go unnoticed. An unnamed Top 14 coach told French rugby website Rugbyrama at the time: 'The players are not stupid. They know Galthie will be the next coach. They will want to be regarded well … They will drive for him.'
They did. They wasted no time name-checking the new guy. 'The gameplan is more specific,' French hooker Camille Chat told reporters before France headed to Japan. 'Galthie is pragmatic. We understand what he wants.'
Centre Gael Fickou added: 'What has changed since Fabien Galthie joined the staff? Everything is clearer, more certain. We know exactly what we have to do.'
Not everyone at the time was convinced. Players fell by the wayside during attritional World Cup training camps. Galthie and Giroud were criticised for their approach. The French rugby press, fearful of another false dawn, regarded the whole thing as too brutal.
'We had pressure from the media and clubs because we lost players the whole summer,' Giroud told The XV. 'Every week we had players going home because they couldn't keep up.
'We had to take a risk before the World Cup. Yes, we injured some of the boys, but I think it was very important to change that culture and make that step.'
That was a third slice of Galthie good fortune. Unusually, he had a near-uninterrupted five-month period from July to October to instil his philosophy, his vision, on players determined to impress him, compared to the couple of weeks he would have had before the 2020 Six Nations.
But all this good fortune is the bushel hiding the light of crucial good decisions.
Le Roux describes the most instrumental of them. 'What France did well, they handpicked the staff. They brought in Rafael Ibanez. He's looking after the players and the human side of the team … Fabien's just concentrating on rugby.'
The demarcation is crucial. Ibanez has a pastoral role. Galthie is pure rugby. Giroud ensures France are fit for modern international rugby purpose. William Servat and Karim Ghezal drill the forwards, Labit the backs.
The final piece of the puzzle is defence – and Shaun Edwards. 'We have to put in place structures and add intensity to them,' he said when he joined the coaching set-up in January. 'France plays with passion, but passion is not enough. At international level, all the teams have that.
'We need structures. I'm sure they existed before, but Les Bleus have lost them.'
After that, Edwards has nothing to offer on the training pitch but blood, sweat and tears. 'We need a line that goes up faster, makes more double tackles, more intelligent decisions. Attack the ball on the ground and in the air. Permanent aggressiveness. Repeated effort – over and over again.'
The French love him. They love his no-nonsense approach, his instant effect on the team – those first victories were built on his ferocious defence – and the fact he learned the language.
But it's not enough for Galthie to have his pick of the coaches. They have to work together. And they trained. Before the staff met the players ahead of the 2020 Six Nations, they worked on their training skills with France U20s. The phrase 'train to train' may be trite, but it's about the only thing that was. This pre-training practice honed coaching skills, drills and messages so no time was wasted when it mattered.
But the main difference is philosophical. As Le Roux said: 'For the first five years I was with France, we were always chasing what the All Blacks were doing, or what England were doing – we were always comparing stats.
'For the first time we're not chasing any other team any more, we're taking the players we've got and doing the things that suit us.'
Tellingly, the players are happy and confident. 'We work tremendously hard. I've never trained like that before. Fabien's all about high intensity and big training, but afterwards … after every game we get on the beers and we have a good time.'
Lock Paul Willemse – one of the players to miss the World Cup with an injury picked up in those brutal World Cup training camps – told Le Figaro: 'Every week I spend with this team and this staff, I gain confidence.'
The reason is simple: 'I have a specific job. Every touch, every ball carried, I know what to do. If I do my job, it helps the team. For every player, it's like that. We're focused on that.'
And Galthie? France had quietly written off the 2019 World Cup before he came on board. His target always has been 2023, some 30-odd matches, away. That's how he talks about it – in a match-by-match countdown. Yes, he's been fortunate. But he's got the players and he's got the coaches.
Le Roux's right. He's too much for day-in-day-out club rugby, but the short-burst frequency of international rugby suits him. The only question is: will the magic last that long?
Former England coach Clive Woodward believes France will claim the 2023 World Cup title on home soil.
Woodward was the mastermind behind England's last World Cup title win in 2003. Writing in his regular column for the Daily Mail at the end of October, the 64-year-old explained why he thinks France could be the favourites to claim what would be their very first World Cup title in the next edition of the tournament in 2023.
'All my coaching life, and now working in the media, I have viewed the southern hemisphere giants as the Test benchmark. Beat them regularly, especially away from Twickenham, and you will eventually be the world's best,' Woodward wrote.
'As we look forward to the final weekend of the much-delayed 2020 Six Nations, however, I feel it is France who England need to measure themselves against.
'Three years out from the World Cup and France, on home soil, are my tip to win it. The French aren't the finished article but I see an exceptional generation of brilliant players — forwards and backs — maturing together.
'Once [head coach] Fabian Galthie and [defence coach] Shaun Edwards sort out a few loose cannons up front and get on top of the discipline issue, they are going to be formidable.
'I see potentially the world's best half-back pairing in Antoine Dupont and Romain Ntamack, a fantastic centre pairing of Virimi Vakatawa and Gael Fickou, try-scorers like Teddy Thomas and magic players like Thomas Ramos. In the forwards, led by the amazing Camille Chat, they are big, athletic and nasty. There are still creases to iron out but France are only going one way.'
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If you use Server Backup to backup MySQL and do not use the Database feature, then the table lock and flush operation will not take place and your MySQL backup may likely be corrupt.
Upload Java connector. See Install MySQL Connector JDBC into Server Backup.
Create a Policy for the Server. On the "MySQL" tab, add your database instance(s) and specify other settings. See Add a MySQL instance to a policy.
Best practices for MySQL instance restore — Best practices for restoring an entire MySQL instance on Windows and Linux.
Browse MySQL instances — Instructions on how to browse a MySQL instance added to a policy in Server Backup Manager.
Restore a MySQL database to the original location — Instructions on how to restore a MySQL database in Server Backup Manager.
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