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Trillion Trees Initiative can improve climate and reduce Global Warming
Join the Greening Deserts projects and initiatives like the Trillion Trees Initiative to reduce negative climate changes, deforestation, droughts, desertification, land degradation, floods and global warming on a large scale – especially in human-made deserts, drylands and wastelands. Different nations, organizations, personalities and institutions have already expressed their interest. Let's make the world green again, together!
Let's plant billions or even a trillion trees to improve the climate and to reduce global warming significantly, especially with urban greening camps in urban areas. It is maybe the cheapest and most effective solution. Good solutions are regreening drylands and wastelands with different kinds of resistant and typical plants, for example ground cover, wild grasses, wild flowers and medicinal plants – the basis for the following tree plantations and mixed forests. Seeds can be dropped by seeding balloons and seeding drones. Another way is to use bamboo and hemp to loosen the soils and to produce topsoil layers in the first years.
The project developers thinking about a Greening Foundation, Greening Fund or Trillion Trees Fund to manage the green finance for the forestation and greening projects, but also for innovative Cleantech and Greentech developments or projects like Agrophotovoltaik, Desert Bamboo Africa, Hemp Houses, Hemp Papers, Greening Coasts, Greening Drones, Greenhouse Ship, Green Ring Africa, Great Green Wall North Africa, Seeding Balloon, Seeding Drones and Transparent Solar Greenhouses.
All these projects were founded and initiated by the founder Oliver Gediminas Caplikas during the last years. Strong future partners and investors for the ongoing project developments are always welcome! Invest in true values like education, ecological or real sustainable products and services together with our upcoming education, greening and research camps. Your investment in Greening Deserts projects will really change the world and will make future and history.
Building a basic camp with a little team needs approx three to nine months, depends on the conditions and region. Greening and forestation of each concerned region starts from the very beginning, so like planting trees for the first parks. Bigger camps can get an Energy Storage Park with a Solar Park, Water Park and Wind Park. Smaller camps will have of course solar energy and water supply, too. There are many developments and other projects connected, most of them will be realized with the camps. You can read more about on the official and social pages.
Greening Deserts are economical, educational, cultural, social, scientific and sustainable projects to reduce desertification and global warming, to improve healthy environments, sustainable agriculture (EcoFarming) and ecological forestry (EcoForestry). It is also interesting for urban areas, city forests and gardens – especially community and rooftop gardens. Many ambassadors, ministers, trade commissioners, scientists and experts were invited to join Greening Deserts campaigns, initiatives and projects during the years. We exchanged a lot about the sustainable developments, technics and techniques could be developed at the new Greening Camps.
Many scientists confirming Greening Deserts concepts and projects, for example to plant a trillion trees to reduce human-made climate change effects and global warming worldwide. With financial support the projects like the Greening and Research Camps could finally start with forestation and greening, especially of drylands or wastelands in Africa and Europe. The Greening Camp project development is running since 2018, after successful funding in 2020 or 2021 the project can start fast as possible and build the first pilot camps. You are ready for the real Green Deal, so you are welcome to join Greening Deserts as investor, future partner or sponsor.
Visit the official pages for more information:
http://independent.academia.edu/GreeningDeserts
http://www.trilliontreesinitiative.com
http://www.trilliontreesinitiative.org
More important information about Greening Deserts special projects like the new Critically Endangered Species (CES-RPP) research and protection program.
It's about Greening Camps, innovative developments, research, global goals and effective solutions. Greening Deserts projects like the greening and research camps will be platforms for Cleantech, climate protection, nature conservation, culture, education, environmental and species protection, Greentech and science. All camps can have a library, lounge and media room. Perfect to exchange with education, book and media branch, to experiment with creative designs, green building and sustainable architecture. Bigger camps can get an Energy Storage Park and even could be expanded to a kind of campus or science park.
We have not much time to establish hundreds of camps, greenhouses and new special areas – on land and at sea – for the most endangered species and keystone species of this world. It is similar as with other cascade effects like the permafrost and wetlands problem. If more keystone species like the bees extinct, even relative unknown or small ones, it will accelerate the mass extinction and reach 'tipping points' in relation to the critical biodiversity loss is ongoing. The only way is to focus on this most important issue of the world and put it on the first place of all agendas, concentrate on the most endangered known species and find the forgotten and unknown keystone species with best of search algorithms, networks and intelligent systems like AI, Deep Learning, cloud and crowdworking, archive management and intelligent library systems – powered by best of computing environments, so like special supercomputers. It has really more priority as using so much computing resources for astrological calculations, brain simulations or other mega applications which doing all the same or nearly similar kind of tasks or work. Not to mention all the energy wasting computers, servers and smartphones in idle mode or used for time wasting tasks like certain films, series or war games.
Think for example about wasting hundred of billions each year for space exploration and missions like for Mars, countless new rockets and satellites for the same tasks. It was all senseless if the world goes down in near future. Many of them doing nearly the same work, we the humanity not really need, it's similar like other overproducing industries. It is really a problem all that waste in space! We need a more sustainable aerospace industry and better regulations. During the years we worked out best of solutions together with countless international institutions and organizations, especially because of real sustainable working solutions, on demand production and more efficient production on more realistic demand analyses, same with optimizing sustainable supply chains and markets.
Every day counts to protect the most endangered species with all means and to bring this aspect, this task and the topic to the top on all relevant agendas – on all possible channels, daily and internationally. Of course, corresponding protected areas with the highest concentrations of life forms in all possible regions and climate zones also have priority. The 'overprotected' species and programs, resources, energies, .. in this context.. they should also concentrate more on these aspects, because to protect so much elephants, polar bears, giraffes, pandas, etc. who are relative save and every day important key species dying out ! It is a similar problem as with the neglected tipping points and the wrong prioritization of politics and economy – see United Nations Climate Change Conference. Only if the problems mentioned are resolved promptly the cascade effects can be reduced and possibly over decades of massive efforts stopped, and new disasters in this regard prevented. Then there may be a real chance to prevent extinction (also of humanity). Every action and every person counts in this regard, whether large or small, known or unknown. We maybe have approx two years to solve these problems and ten years to plant a trillion trees worldwide.
Bees have been declared as the most important species on planet earth. However, according to wildlife experts and scientists, the bees have joined the endangered species long list. Insecticides, herbicides, fungicides and other pesticides must be reduced, so like the air pollution. Let's plant more wild flowers and flower trees, especially for the bees, birds and other animals who need trees to survive.We need more biotopes, real natural and wild habitats or wildlife reserves with wild meadows, mixed forests and protected areas like game reserves, landscape conservation, nature conservation and water conservation areas. Greening Deserts projects goals are mainly to restore natural landscapes like mixed forests, grasslands and wetlands – to bring back biodiversity, clean air, topsoils and water. Reduce and stop deforestation in near future, replace wood with other sustainable materials like hemp and rice straw.
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The Greening Camp plants like desert bamboo and hemp will improve the soils, underground water and waters in general. Drylands and wastelands can be turned into fertile lands easily with Greening Deserts technics and technologies were developed during the last three years. Hemp improves the soils in just a few years, after this other soil improving plants, environmental friendly crops and trees can be planted. Hemp will be a side product of the forestation or greening processes, it can be delivered to hemp product producers like the hemp paper branch and hemp wood industry. All would win at the end – the poor people or regions, the degraded lands or soils, the forestry, paper and wood industry – even big wood paper consumers like the book, newspaper and packaging industry. Hemp and rice straw paper books could reform the book and paper branch in many ways. If you want to know more about, don't hesitate to contact. We are experts in these fields and markets since 2003. The worldwide cleaning of air, water,.. and the whole greening process can accelerate the global peace building process significantly.
And again! You and colleagues are welcome to join the Greening Deserts campaigns and initiatives like the official Trillion Trees Initiative to reduce negative climate changes, deforestation, droughts, desertification, land degradation, floods and global warming on a large scale – especially in human-made deserts, drylands and wastelands. The initiative was founded in 2018.
The founder launched another great initiative to reduce plastic waste in worldwide waters and it will open a complete new sustainable market. It's called Plastic Fishery, more news will come on the plastic fisher network and platform.
Awareness programs, communications letters and statements were initiated and shared with thousands of worldwide governments, institutions and organizations in summer, autumn and winter 2019.
What do you think about? If it is also interesting for you, colleagues or company we can exchange more. Diverse collaborations, cooperations, partnerships and sponsorships are possible. Feel free to contact by the official channels and pages on Greening Deserts network.
Climate protection, nature conservation and environmental protection is also species protection. Please do not ignore and forward if you can, it affects us all. Childrens Rights are Human Rights. Clean air, soils, waters and healthy environments are Human Rights, too. We need more environmental awareness and sustainability, sustainable living and sustainable working, in all fields or areas. We need to create a world of understanding, acceptance, respect, tolerance, compassion and consciousness. – Oliver Gediminas Caplikas
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https://desertification.wordpress.com/2019/07/31/greening-camps-for-trillion-trees-initiative-in-europe-and-africa
http://news.thenewsuniverse.com/story/270987/the-trillion-trees-initiative-will-improve-climate-and-reduce-global-warming.html
https://www.erienewsnow.com/story/42121808/the-trillion-trees-initiative-will-improve-climate-and-reduce-global-warming
http://www.getnews.info/938246/greening-camps-for-trillion-trees-initiative-in-europe-and-africa.html
If you want to use a short link, you can use http://bitly.com/TrillionTreeInitiative, https://bit.ly/TrillionTreesInfo, http://trilliontrees.eu, http://trilliontrees.in, http://trilliontrees.us, http://trilliontrees.net, http://trilliontrees.info, http://trilliontrees.africa
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After the official announcement and publishing of the Trillion Trees Initiative by Greening Deserts founder in 2017, 2018 and 2019 some imitators started also trillion trees initiatives. You can check it on Facebook, Google and Twitter by searching "trillion trees initiative" in the period of time. News media and journalists should check these facts, because there are a lot of fake news or half true information out there. For example there is the official Trillion Trees Initiative, the Trillion Trees Campaign by Plant-for-the-Planet, the One Trillion Trees Initiative by the World Economic Forum in Davos, the Trillion Trees programme or partnership by Birdlife, TrillionTrees.org and WWF. The problem is that many media outlets make no difference between the correct names, they writing for example about the "Trillion Trees Initiative" but mean the other Trillion Trees initiatives.. it is typical for mainstream media, they often copy the same half-truths scattered by certain media houses months ago. If you look closer you can see the interest groups or stakeholders of certain corporate groups, industries and political groups behind this. The main problem is, they want to plant a lot of monocultures and plant trees in areas like grasslands; this will harm biodiversity and damage more environments as before. Another point is that some of them try to do greenwashing or treewashing. The scandal is that they still collect donations and exploit cheap labor even though they have enough money. You also never hear that they really support the locals and indigenous people. We therefore distance ourselves from the other Trillion Trees initiatives, except TrillionTrees.org and the Trillion Trees Campaign, because we see that they really mean well; but it is a long way doing real ecosystem restoration, plant the right trees and native plants to support natural regeneration and wilderness.
Greening Deserts Trillion Trees Initiative got inspired by the history of the worlds forests and that the world lost over a trillion trees by deforestation, pollution and other environmental destruction caused by the humanity. Some ideas are inspired by the example of the Trillion Trees Campaign which was founded in 2006!
Important Cure Health Prevention Information
Important information for cure, health and prevention
Don't panic, avoid stress! The most important thing for prevention, in case of infection and for the cure of mad viruses is a strong immune system! Daily movement in nature, park, forest, circulation, fresh air, preventive sweating, cold shower, hot bath, sun bath, good sleep is good for health and to strengthen the immune system! Preventive also helps mindfulness among themselves, friendly exchange at a distance. Food such as pomegranate, ginger, garlic, coconut oil, sea buckthorn, licorice help prevent viruses, etc. Important! Vitamin B6 is good for the formation of immune messengers, vitamin E for immune cells and against free radicals. Selenium and / or zinc is also good for strengthening the immune system, contained in cashew nuts, fish, pumpkin seeds, almonds, poppy seeds and sesame. Sauerkraut, kefir, kimchi and miso contain the important probiotics, which can also strengthen the immune system. In principle, more is not necessary, one or two of the below mentioned foods is sufficient. Everyone should know what strengthens and can strengthen the immune system. Garlic and licorice are probably the strongest blockers against harmful bacteria and viruses!
Here are two 5 points for the prevention and alleviation of the symptoms of infection. In principle, one of the healthy foods is sufficient for strengthening the immune system and reducing viruses. A balanced and varied diet with the foods listed can prevent or reduce almost any bacterial and viral infection.
– Broccoli, garlic! Cabbage, sage, sauerkraut, licorice!
– Green tea (3x daily), honey with garlic, coconut oil, turmeric,..
– Hemp oil, linseed oil, organic sunflowers and / or walnut oil, caraway seeds, oregano,..
– Pomegranate! Ginger, red pepper, rice, sea buckthorn ! Sweet potatoes,..
– Sunflower seeds, kefir, kimchi, miso,.. – probiotics + x-cheeese
Of course each country, region and continent has is special food, so please continue this list if you can.
With some of these respective foods, immune preparations are not really necessary. Mineral and vitamin depots all few days are ok. Some of the above-mentioned agents for prevention are also effective when infected, since a strong immune system is primarily required for fast healing. Cayenne and chilli can also help, but not everyone can tolerate sharpness.
Here are more important information How To reduce Corona and even how to stop the virus.
The official tips like desinfection, washing hands, etc. are for the most people clear, here are some advanced methods and better solutions who could really help – for prevention and even to cure!
1. Drinking of healing water, healthy food and strengthening of the immune system, weekly mineral and vitamine depots – official health authorities should share M&V depots.
2. All 1-3 days garlic, it can cover the skin with a protection layer, it can be good to prevent harmful bakteria and viruses! Same for breath and water cycle, garlic has the potential to reduce many viruses.
3. Very important is to think about UV-C light and to use it also on a larger scale, especially for courier, postal offices – for example in main letter sharing centres – food and other delivery services..
There are even some portable UV-C devices in development and production, so the prices going down to a few Euros! Public hotspots and most touched layers in banks, buses, libraries, hospitals, stores, trains, trams, universities could get such 'medical' UVC lights – portable and stationary!
4. There is an adaptogenic healing tea like Ginseng, it can reduce damage and suffering for infected people, it even has the potential to cure the desease completely!
5. Some weeks ago a tree was found who has the most effective substance, first medical test have shown that it can reduce 80 percent or more of the virus in the body. The bad news is, this tree is very endangered and only aviable in a few regions, like in Indonesia. Indust. synthetisation will maybe possible in approx 4-6 months.
If you want to know more details, you can contact anytime by eMail or other official channels. Your friend of nature. More news and usefull tips will follow @greeningdeserts.com.
Please forward, translate and share the important information, no matter if in America, Australia, China, India, Korea, Japan or Europe. Second draft Published on 17032020.
You can download the article and information letter here as PDF.
Care each other, dont be egoistic or ignorant, it makes everythink worse. Solidarity and courage is now more important than ever before, especially for the poor and weak – it affects us all. Show some support and solidarity for most affected regions and nations like France, Germany, Italy, Spain and USA. Do not forget Africa and African people, so like refugees they need attention, too.
Update: 22.03.2020
An effective vaccine was developed in Japan and goes into the next test stage. Please do not be egoistic. Forward, translate and share the important information, no matter if in Africa, Americas, Australia, Asia,.. Europe or Russia, Worlds Islands, North or South Pole..
Further information and updates you can read on the German page. Translators are welcome to translate. The actual english article can be downloaded here as PDF.
Cleantech Greentech Research and Greening Camps can reduce Global Warming and Mass Extinction
Greening Deserts sustainable projects like the Greening Camps want to establish innovative developments like Agrophotovoltaik and Energy Storage Parks, Greening Drones and Seeding Balloons, Transparent Solar and Vertical Greenhouses. With the first Greening Camp and adequate fundings all the sustainable developments could finally be accelerated and developed worldwide. The projects were founded and initiated by the Greening Deserts founder. He informed institutions, organizations and even invited governments to join these projects and initiatives, as well as to the Greenhouse Ship, Plastic Fishing and Trillion Trees Initiative. If for example each nation plants approx 2 billion trees, we the humanity could reach the goal to plant one trillion trees very fast and we could really cool down the planet on a large scale. It would also protect and save countless species which are endangered by extinction. There are many campaigns and initiatives in this relation and we all are connected to reach the global goals faster.
The Greening Camp keyplants like bamboo, beans, hemp and sunflowers will improve the soils, underground water and waters. Drylands and wastelands can be turned into fertile lands easily. Hemp improves the soils in just a few years, after this other soil improving plants, environmental friendly crops and trees can be planted. Hemp will be just a side product of the forestation or greening processes, it can be delivered to hemp product producers like the hemp paper branch and hemp wood industry. The Greening Camps will produce millions of tons of hemp. All would win at the end, the poor people or regions, the degraded lands or soils, the forestry, paper and wood industry – even big wood paper consumers like the book, newspaper and packaging industry. Hemp papers and hemp carton packages will save a lot of trees and will reduce deforestation significantly. Forestation.net
Since the last two years the founder informed hundreds of publishers, media companies and paper producers about these facts. Greening Deserts Camp projects and products like Hemp Papers have really big potential to reduce deforestation, land degradation, pollution and wasting resources worldwide. Each camp will have a recycling center and workshop, especially for creative plastic waste recycling and upcycling. Biowaste Management, Greenhouse Management and Water Management will improve soils, air and water quality in all camp areas. Millions of new jobs and whole new markets will be created!
Other main goals in this relation are to bring back biodiversity, typical and rare plants of all concerned region. Seed banks or stores and special greenhouses, botanical gardens or similar habitats for the most endangered species will be established at each camp. Climate protection, conservation, environmental protection and species protection are also main tasks of the camps. Of course, we can not do everything. We will exchange and share a lot with other similar institutions, organizations and projects – like with national parks, game reserves or wildlife preserves.
The Greening Camps will establish green spots, healthy environments and platforms for all regions really need better soils, clean air and fresh water. The camps will be platforms for cleantech, climate protection, conservation, culture, education, environmental protection, greentech and science. All camps will have a library, lounge and media room. Bigger camps will get an Energy Storage Park and even could be expanded to a kind of campus or science park. We exchanged with a lot of institutions about it and many liked the projects. With active, constructive and financial support by the official institutions the camps can be build very fast. We have not much time to reduce desertification, global warming, human-made climate change effects and extreme weather before the biosphere will collapse – responsible bodies and institutions need to act immediately. Many camps could be build in 2020, the case the projects will finally be supported by the African Union, EU and UN. Even refugee camps could have a greening camp area. The founder combined and researched since years much more innovative developments, technics, techniques and products. You can check them on the official project pages.
The planet earth can be cooled with more diverse forests, green and natural landscapes worldwide – especially urban regions which heat up very much each year. Bamboo, hemp wood, rice straw and other sustainable innovative building materials and fuels could significantly reduce deforestation and man-made climate change. The future of truly sustainable cities, the energy transition and transport sector are: AI and Cleantech, Energy Efficiency and Green Building, Greentech and Sustainable Architecture, Sustainable Living and greening of cities, Sustainable Production and Sustainable Consumption, Sustainable Transport and Sustainable Working, Sustainable Agriculture, Ecological Forestry and Organic Farming in relation to Community Gardens, Hydroponics, Permaculture, Urban Agriculture, Vertical Farming can significantly support change or reversals. Not forget to mention Sustainable Aviation, Sustainable Shipping and Sustainable Tourism. All of these areas or topics will also play an important role at Urban Greening Camps. First camps in this relation are planned for European cities or urban areas and for open pit terrains or surface mining landscapes.
Greening Deserts projects are cultural, educational, economic, social, scientific and sustainable projects in the field of horticulture, hydroculture, sustainable agriculture and ecological forestry – but also in the fields of clean technology (CleanTech), green technologies (GreenTech) and renewable energy such as solar, water and wind energy. Electricity access, availability and reliability together with energy efficiency will be optimized at the greening and research camps. The focus is on education, sustainable developments and scientific research. Conservation and environmental protection plays a very important role, too. Main goals of the projects are to reduce deforestation, desertification, pollution and global warming on a large scale. Goals are also to improve the energy and food security, to offer innovative management, ecosystem and greening services. The projects will reform the agriculture and forestry with ecofarming, ecoforestry and permaculture methods, technics and techniques. The projects can include each region and nation in the process, especially in relation to cleantech, greentech, environmental protection, a real sustainable infrastructure and sustainable investments – Green Finance and Sustainable Finance. To manage and to share better necessary finances a special Greening Fund will be established together with international financial institutions. Greening Camps for biodiversity conservation, ecosystem restoration, environmental greening, reforestation and species protection will improve environments, health and nature-near habitats.
It is a real chance for the world, especially for Africa and Europe to reach faster the Climate Goals and more Sustainable Development Goals together with Greening Deserts international and innovative developments. The future vision is to establish a Greening Campus on all continents and several camps for all regions who need ecological, environmental and sustainable development services. Each constructive feedback and real active support is always welcome!
You can read more about all the developments on the official project pages like Agrophotovoltaik, Energy Storage Park, Greening Coasts, Greening Camp, Greening Drone, Greenhouse Ship, Green Ring Africa, Great Green Wall North Africa, Hemp Books, Hemp Papers, Seeding Balloon, Transparent Solar,.. and on the newest projects like Plastic Fishery and Recycling Ship. Each project will get an own page or section in future.
Climate protection, nature conservation and environmental protection is also species protection. We need more environmental awareness and sustainability, sustainable living and sustainable working, in all fields or areas. We need to create a world of understanding, acceptance, respect, tolerance, compassion and consciousness.
Keynote and Update X:
The maybe most important issue, topic or point is the problem with the daily extinction of the real endangered species and wrong focus or awareness in relation to endangered species in general and most endangered species who really need to be saved – and to reduce or prevent the ongoing mass extinction really effective. It are mainly the most endangered species and keystone species which must be cared more than well known and relative protected species like elephants, hippos, lions, pandas, whales, etc.. Many of the countless programs and resources for mentioned species should be used for the most endangered species and threatened keystone species. It makes no sense to protect more and more the well know species and every day dying or even extinct so many other important species. AI, Deep Learning, Supercomputers and intelligent computing systems should be used primarely to find all the most endangered and keystone species who are recorded. Search algorithms and organizations like ACM, MA, Google, Research Gate and Wolfram Alpha should support this actively. International institutions and nations should unite in this relation. It is maybe the most important issue of the world! Afforestation.org
We have not much time to establish hundreds of camps, greenhouses and new special areas for this special species protection tasks – on land and at sea – for the most endangered species of this world. The reality is, if the most important species or keystone species like bees extinct or reach a certain low population level (MVP), humanity and much other species depending on them will die out, too. If these most important food or dependency chains and bridges collapse, even if it are relative small or partially unknown keystone species, it can cause cascade effects similar like in the case of the permafrost problem. No panic, but every day and action in this relation counts. The only way is to unite, to focus on this problem and find fastest solutions. My tip work out keystone species and priority lists for all the expert workgroups and worldwide institutions like universities and schools – not just in relation to climate protection, environmental or species protection. The media and public should also report mainly about this.
Don't ignore it. Forward and share if you can, it affects us all.
Author: Oliver Gediminas Caplikas, Leipzig, November 2019
Sustainable Investment in CleanTech GreenTech Education and Green Finance
Invest in true values like education, health, humanity, nature and sustainability.
Greening Deserts are economical, educational, cultural, social, scientific and sustainable projects to reduce desertification and global warming, to improve healthy environments, agriculture and forestry. Also for urban areas, city forests and gardens – especially community and rooftop gardens. They are good to cool down urban areas and filter the air. @Urban Greening, Rooftop Greening, Community Gardening and City Farming (City Nursery)!
We can start primarly in the countries where we get the best, fastest and most support, also financially. The goal is to establish Research and Greening Camps for drylands and wastelands, especially in African and Arabic nations. We want to connect them during the years and bring the nations together, also by connected megaprojects like the third Great Green Wall Project, the Green Ring Africa Platform (coastal greening), the Greenhouse Ship and Greening Coasts project. At the Frankfurt Book Fair and during the years we exchanged and talked a lot with many awesome people around the world. Exchanged and invited many ambassadors, ministers, trade commissioners, scientists and experts to join our campaigns, initiatives and projects – especially the 100 Billion Trees project and the Trillion Trees Campaign! If each nation would plant a billion trees minimum during the next years we maybe can cool down the planet and really reach some of the climate goals.
Healthy and natural environments are the best for health! That's why Greening Deserts projects want to create and restore healthy environments worldwide. By the way, trees and many plants produce not just fresh air and water, they provide food and are the best medicine or health therapy. Clean air, water and a healthy environment are Human Rights!
To support the greening and forestation process, we want to develop seeding and greening drones, for larger areas we can use solar planes. It's one of the first projects we will start at the first Greening Camp next year. The drones are mainly for greening drylands and wastelands fast and efficient, they are also good to improve the diversity of existing areas and forests. To reduce paper and wood waste we not just recommend recycled papers and produce on demand technologies, we started two projects to save the forests, too. Hemp Papers and Hemp Houses was founded during the last year. We will produce a lot of hemp during the greening process and can deliver a lot of raw materials for innovative paper, carton packaging and building products (like hemp bricks, press plates and OSB-boards). Because hemp is one of our key plants for the greening projects, so we can offer this resource for hemp product producers, the book, paper, packaging and building industry. Investors and strong future partners are welcome to join us in the early stage with green finance and seed capital.
You can download the article: Greening Deserts Sustainable Investment in CleanTech GreenTech Education and GreenFinance
Climate Camp in Leipzig Region for Fast Coal Exit and to Save Towns like Pödelwitz
Greening Deserts visited the climate camp Klimacamp Leipziger Land in Pödelwitz and exchanged with many awesome people about climate changes, coal, environment, environmental protection, conservation, nature, system changes and a lot of alternatives and solutions for a fast and efficient coal exit. It's not just possible but urgent to save the environment, animals, humans, plants and all life forms from extinction, especially in the concerned regions.
Coal mining, burning or coal-fired generation causing a massive toxification of air, soils and water. The air pollution going around the world and like global warming it affects all humans and nations around the world. Mostly the poor people or communities suffer the most, because the coal industries destroying also their environments, even if they are on the other side of the world. This is not just unfair, it's against any ethical and moral principles. It's also a crime against humanity and violating many Fundamental Rights and Human Rights! Where is the justice and true rule of law.
Another massive problem with the coal is the radiation. The Swiss environmental network and BUND Germany published important articles and scientific reports about this issue: "Coal mining produces radioactive excavated material, mine water and radioactive particulate matter that is released into the environment. Coal transport with uncovered railway wagons also contributes to further distribution. If the coal is burned, the radioactive substances with the ashes get into the environment. Although filters in large-scale plants reduce the amount of radioactive ash by 99.5 percent, certain radioactive isotopes – for example, radon, lead and polonium – are still released into the environment. They become gaseous during combustion and can therefore hardly be removed from the exhaust air. The filter dusts must be safely stored as highly hazardous waste; for example, in a repository. This is because when burning the radioactive substances accumulate in the ashes: If the burned coal contains an ash content of five percent, so at the end of the combustion, the concentration of radioactive substances massively increased.." Thorium and uranium are another nuclear waste products caused by coal mining and concentrated by coal burning, the radioactive contamination is immense.
There are not just bad news. We have seen many good developments and news in so many fields. Two important things we exchanged about was that all the good alternatives and innovative solutions should be brought together (assembled or compiled) in one overview, so that everyone can understand and work better. The other thing is that Greening Deserts overworked the concept for the greening and research camps, it would be possible to establish a permanent climate camp in each bigger mining landscape. It would be a great platform for climate researchers and also for other scientists. The coal branch could see or understand that the potentials of a fast and effective coal exit are enourmous. More and better payed jobs could be created and the profits would be multiple times higher. It's really complete nonsense to keep on with coal mining, not just because of the reasons stated here. Keep the coal in the ground and make peace with yourself and the humanity.
To a free discussion round we exchanged with some kids about good ideas for the panel. We had the idea to establish conservation, climate and environmental protection as fixed school subject in schools, at least once a week.
Another thing is to restore and recultivate old natural German landscapes which were very important for the water cycle and balancing the climate, environment and natural processes. We want to restore for example old wetlands like were destroyed by coal mining companies or other responsibles in the region of Leipzig. The region Leipzig was moorland landscape, alluvial or floodplain forest and now it's much dryland or artifical lakeland. We need to create much more natural habitats and reservates there, more ancient plants and trees like bald zypresses and pin oaks. You must know wetlands are and were important for carbon capture or storage, a process known as carbon sequestration, holding up to 50 times as much carbon by area as rainforests! https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/feb/03/scientists-hope-wetland-carbon-storage-experiment-is-everyones-cup-of-tea
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https://www.politico.eu/article/air-pollution-linked-to-nearly-400000-premature-deaths
https://wattsupwiththat.com/2017/07/03/forget-paris-1600-new-coal-power-plants-built-around-the-world
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/oct/16/world-going-slow-coal-misinformation-distorting-facts
https://www.euractiv.com/section/climate-environment/news/leaked-germanys-planned-coal-commission-shows-little-interest-for-the-climate
https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/npr/2018/08/06/635911260/germany-bulldozes-old-villages-for-coal-despite-lower-emissions-goals
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-other-reason-to-shift-away-from-coal-air-pollution-that-kills-thousands-every-year
https://www.pri.org/stories/2018-04-21/coal-plant-emissions-damage-infant-dna-new-study-shows
https://www.psr.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/coals-assault-on-human-health.pdf
https://phys.org/news/2017-10-world-pollution-deadlier-wars-disasters.html
https://www.resilience.org/stories/2017-04-21/climate-change-genocide
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13642987.2014.914701
https://www.truthdig.com/articles/climate-change-as-genocide
..there are much more serious and scientific evidences that the air pollution caused by coal burning and coal mining kills humans, not just nearby coal-fired power plants or in coal power nations like China, USA, Russia, Poland, Germany,.. also all other nations are affected. The killing of people caused by coal combustion, gasification and mining is not better than any other genocide – also if it is passive and during a long time.
After the climate camp in the lignite mining region in Saxony nearby Leipzig the Klimacamp in the Rhineland started today and will run until 22th of August. The Climate Games Basel in Switzerland are still running. The climate camps are serious events with very diverse programms. It's not just about climate change and global warming, but also about cultural, economic, ecologic, educational, social, scientific and much more imporant issues! Take a look on the websites for more details.
Don't ignore or misunderstand these events and movements. They inform and share important climate and environmental themes, especially in relation to conservation, environmental protection, human-made climate changes and pollution. The main goal is to stop or block the coal mining, coal burning and coal-fired generation which is responsible for so much many deaths and the massive destruction of our environment and nature. Support all the great movements and organisations working for a fast and effective coal exit! Clean air and a healthy environment are Human Rights, too.
People wake up, finally – especially the responsibles! We need to establish environmental awarness and sustainability in so many fields or areas. It's never to late to do so. There is a good Chinese proverb: "The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is now."
Reduce and stop the worldwide ecocide and genocide by environmental pollution!
Update 2:
Houston we have a problem!
Human-made climate changes like global warming and air pollution (actual 9 million deaths in a year) killing millions of humans yearly! By coal plant emissions (coal burning and coal mining) and radiation of coal-fired plants and coal mines dying around a million. Is this not mass murdering or genocide? An interesting question, Human Rights organisations and international lawyers (bodies, courts, institutes and universities) for environmental rights, climate justice, business, health and Human Rights analysing and monitoring now the responsibles (key persons and companies). Special anti-corruption divisons are informed and criminal investigations will follow. Big thanks to Harvard and Washington University of Law and all the other universities with Human Rights departments who working on these issues, too.
To all the politics and responsibles like the Coal Commission or Coal Exit Commission, start finally to act, work transparent and present your solutions how to replace the dirty coal fast and efficient – so fast as possible, before more humans die by the air pollution! You all are responsible, too.
Current members of the German Coal Commission:
Commission leaders – Stanislaw Tillich (CDU, former state premier of lignite mining state Saxony), Matthias Platzeck (SPD, former state premier of lignite mining state Brandenburg) & Barbara Praetorius (Climate economist, former deputy director at Agora Energiewende*) & Ronald Pofalla (CDU, former Chief of the Chancellery, now board member at Deutsche Bahn)
Representatives of 8 federal ministries: economy & energy (BMWi, also hosts commission's secretariat), environment (BMU), internal affairs (BMI, includes department for construction), labour (BMAS), transport (BMVI), finances (BMF), agriculture (BMEL) and education & research (BMBF)
Representatives of 6 federal states: North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW), Saxony, Brandenburg, Saxony-Anhalt, Lower Saxony and Saarland
Three members of parliament (without voting rights): Andreas Lämmel (CDU), Andreas Lenz (CSU) and Matthias Miersch (SPD)
The commission additionally will have the following 24 members:
Jutta Allmendinger – Social Scientist, President of the WZB Berlin Social Science Center.
Antje Grothus – Citizens' initiative "Buirer für Buir;" climate policy coordinator for NRW, Climate-AllianceGermany
Gerda Hasselfeldt – former chairwoman of CSU parliamentary group
Christine Herntier – Mayor of coal mining town Spremberg, spokesperson for Lusatia mayors' association (Lausitzrunde)
Martin Kaiser – Executive Director Programme Greenpeace
Stefan Kapferer – Head of Utility Association BDEW
Steffen Kampeter – former state secretary in finance ministry, now Confederation of German Employers' Association (BDA)
Dieter Kempf – President of industry association BDI
Stefan Körzell – Board member at the German Trade Union Confederation DGB
Michael Kreuzberg – District Administrator of western German mining region Rhein Erft Kreis
Felix Matthes – Research coordinator at Institute for Applied Ecology (Öko-Institut)
Claudia Nemat- Board of Management, Deutsche Telekom
Kai Niebert – Sustainability Researcher, University of Zurich
Annekatrin Niebuhr – Researcher Empirical Labour Economics & Spatial Economics, Kiel University
Reiner Priggen – NRW Green Party
Katherina Reiche – Head of German Association of Local Utilities (VKU)
Gunda Röstel – Director of Local Utility Stadtentwässerung Dresden, formerly leader of the Green Party
Andreas Scheidt – Board member of service trade union Verdi
Hans Joachim Schellnhuber – Director of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK)
Eric Schweitzer – President of the German Chambers for Commerce and Industry (DIHK)
Michael Vassiliadis – Head of mining union IG BCE
Ralf Wehrspohn – Director of the Fraunhofer Institute for Microstructure of Materials and Systems IMWS
Hubert Weiger – Head of Friends of the Earth Germany BUND
Hannelore Wodtke – Head of Citizen Group Green Future Welzow
Source: Clean Energy Wire
If you look at all the pictures of the mines and open heaps (stockpiles), why the responsibles don't cover them? For years, the coal industry released tons of toxic and radioactive coal particulates, toxic substances and pollutants into the environment (air, soil and water cycle). Some of the hazardous substances are arsenic, lead, mercury, cadmium, chromium, selenium, aluminum, antimony, barium, beryllium, boron, chlorine, cobalt, manganese, molybdenum, nickel, thallium, vanadium and zinc. We demand immediate coverage of the tailings with tarpaulins, also the coal transport (assembly lines, dump trucks, transporters, trains, etc.) must be covered – because even the storage and transport is dangerous and should be treated as nuclear waste as dangerous goods and it must be legally regulated! It is really no problem or great effort, tarpaulins or durable foils do not cost much – it could be done in a few days. This would at least temporarily hold back a lot of fine dust, which is whirled up especially by strong winds in spring and autumn. Politicians and business leaders need to respond as quickly as possible to this issue and act accordingly, especially to avoid further illnesses, deaths and negative long-term effects (cancer and other serious diseases). All opencast mining regions will continue to be extensively scanned and recorded by satellites. It would be good if DLR, ESA and Nasa finally made the complete scientific data (especially with regard to air pollution and pollutants) available to researchers and the public. We have been calling for open access of such important satellite data to the public for years. During the last years the Greening Deserts founder reported many times such issues like explained here and on all the articles or pages to responsible authorities and institutions.
The future greening camps and research camps will be set up outside of contaminated areas, like in the opencast mining region of Leipzig, maybe nearby the lakes in the post-mining area, close to the other open-pit mines. We will do also research on the detection and neutralization of radioactivity or radioactive particles. Together with nuclear experts and scientists from nations like America, Canada, China, India, France, Japan, Korea, Ukraine and Russia we can make it happen. With innovative methods and technics in this area, the entire nuclear waste could be neutralized in future. We strongly reject the current insecure use of nuclear energy and nuclear weapons, but there is nothing wrong with safe use of nuclear power in certain areas (research, medicine, space, etc.). It is similar to the 'clean coal' technology, if it should be ready in 15-20 years you can build new really clean power plants, but without open pit mining and the consequences of environmental degradation or destruction. Ever thought about underground drone mining? All truly sustainable and clean technologies in these relations need to be developed, and by then humanity should focus fully on renewable and clean technologies (cleantech) or sustainable energy and resources (renewables).


Accidents are a part of life . . . a ridiculous statement when you are suffering from an injury caused by another person. Except for their negligence, your accident didn't have to be a part of your life. Any pithy comment that "accidents happen" is not welcome. Your accident didn't just happen; it was caused by the carelessness and failure to consider the consequences of, quite possibly, an imbecile.
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Rhinagrion is a genus of damselflies in the family Philosinidae. There are about 10 described species in Rhinagrion, found mainly in southeast Asia.

Species
These 10 species belong to the genus Rhinagrion:
 Rhinagrion borneense (Selys, 1886)
 Rhinagrion elopurae (McLachlan in Selys, 1886)
 Rhinagrion hainanense Wilson & Reels, 2001
 Rhinagrion macrocephalum (Selys, 1862)
 Rhinagrion mima (Karsch, 1891)
 Rhinagrion philippinum (Selys, 1882)
 Rhinagrion reinhardi Kalkman & Villanueva, 2011
 Rhinagrion schneideri Kalkman & Villanueva, 2011
 Rhinagrion tricolor (Krüger, 1898)
 Rhinagrion viridatum Fraser, 1938

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You are here » Home » Companies » Company Overview » Gold Rock Investments Ltd
Gold Rock Investments Ltd.
NSE: N.A. ISIN Code: INE598F01014
BSE 00:00 | 15 Jun Gold Rock Investments Ltd
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Gold Rock Investments Ltd. (GOLDROCKINVES) - Director Report
Company director report
Gold Rock Investments Limited
Your Directors have pleasure in presenting the Forty Second Annual Report togetherwith the audited financial statement of the Company for the financial year ended March 312021.
(FINANCIAL RESULTS (Under IND-AS)
The standalone performance of the Company for the financial year ended March 31 2021is summarized below:
(Amount in Rs.)
Particulars Year ended March 31 2021 *Year ended March 31 2020
(as per merged Annual Accounts)
Total Income 53445184 76275148
Total Expenses 14.001827 15532728
Profit before Tax & Exceptional Item 39443357 60742420
Less: Exceptional Item 14489 -
Profit before tax 39428868 60742420
Less: Provision for Tax
-Current Tax 7000000 9599676
- Deferred Tax 108840 105956
- Income Tax for Earlier Years 862528 --
- MAT Credit Entitlement - 79742
Profit / (Loss) for the year 31457500 50957046
Less:- CSR Liability 856989 --
Profit / (Loss) after Tax 30600511 50957046
Other Comprehensive Income for the year 112404262 30730416
Total Comprehensive Income for the year 143004773 81687462
Basic & Diluted 40.04 64.86
[performance overview and state of affairs
On standalone basis your Company earned the gross income of Rs. 53445184 asagainst Rs. 76275148 in the previous year. The total expenditure during the yearunder review was Rs. 14.001827 as against Rs. 15532728 in the previousyear. The Net Profit/ (Loss) after tax Rs. 30600511 as against Rs. 50957046 inthe previous year.
On consolidated basis your Company earned the gross income of Rs. 76608359 asagainst Rs. 77154960 in the previous year. The total expenditure during the yearunder review was Rs. 16124216 as against Rs. 67340374 in the previousyear. The Net Profit/ (Loss) after tax was Rs. 52250058 as against Rs. 61662061in the previous year.
There has been no change in the business of the Company during the financial year endedMarch 31 2021.
[COVID - 19 PANDEMIC
The COVID -19 pandemic is a once in a lifetime occurrence that has brought with itunimaginable suffering to people and to almost all section of the economy. When thepandemic struck and led to nationwide lockdowns to curtail the transmission of disease. Itwas natural to fear that the global economy would stay in extreme stress of the kind notseen the Great Depression and would have a long-lasting economic impact.
To counter the crippling impact of the lockdowns on economies the world's policymakershave resorted to fiscal and monetary measures never seen before in global economy history.It still remains to be seen if these relief measures sufficed and whether action taken byGovernments across the globe adequately compensated for the disruptions created in thelives of people.
Fortunately for India which is home to some of the largest vaccine makers in theworld the supply constraints should be limited and temporary. Moreover our experience inimplementing large scale vaccination programmes should help in vaccinating our vulnerablepopulation. Even so with many states in India witnessing a seriously full-blown secondsurge of COVID-19 the vaccination challenge is enormous.
In view of COVID-19 pandemic's current scenario in the Country your director s areevaluating further business opportunities in order to make the operations profitable.There will not be any negative impact of COVID-19 on the ability of the company to sustainits operations or liquidity; however there would certainly be an impact on itsprofitability which would be dependent on capital market conditions in future.
CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS:
The Consolidated Financial Statements of the Company form part of the Annual Report.
During the year under review Company has one subsidiary company:
Pursuant to provisions of Section 129(3) of the Act a statement containing salientfeatures of the financial statements of the Company's subsidiaries in Form AOC-1"Annexure-A" is attached to the financial statements of the Company.
In accordance with third proviso of Section 136(1) of the Companies Act 2013 theAnnual Report of the Company containing therein its standalone and the consolidatedfinancial statements has been placed on the website of the Company www.goldrockinvest.in.Further as per fourth proviso of the said section audited annual accounts of each of thesubsidiary companies have also been placed on the website of the Companywww.goldrockinvest.in Shareholders interested in obtaining a copy of the audited annualaccounts of the subsidiary companies may write to the Company Secretary at the Company'sregistered office.
PERFORMANCE AND FINANCIAL POSITION OF THE SUBSIDIARY.
Subsidiary Company
Seattle Online Private Limited: It earned gross income of Rs. 1298965/- asagainst Rs. 1533211/- in the previous year. The total expenditure during the yearunder review was Rs.1695126/- as against Rs. 1791488/- in the previousyear. The Net Loss was Rs. 1882290/- as against Net loss Rs. 1554101/- inthe previous year.
TRANSFER TO RESERVES
The Amount of 6120102/- has been transferred to NBFC Statutory Reserve as per theprovision of RBI Act 1934; it is not proposed to carry amount of profit to any otherreserves except the transfer of profit to NBFC Statutory Reserves.
The Board does not recommend any dividend for the financial year ended 31st March2021.
INDIAN ACCOUNTING STANDARD (IND AS)
The Company has adopted Indian Accounting Standard ('IND AS') from April 01 2019with a transition date of April 01 2018. Accordingly the financial statement for the year2020-21 have been prepared in accordance with IND-AS prescribed under Section 133 of theAct read with relevant rules issued there under and the other recognized accountingpractices and policies to the extent applicable.
management discussion and analysis report
Management discussion and Analysis Report for the year under review as required underthe Securities and Exchange Board of India (Listing Obligations and DisclosureRequirements) Regulations 2015 is forming part of this Annual Report.
particulars of loans guarantees and investments
The provisions of section 186 of the Act pertaining to investment and lendingactivities are not applicable to the company since the company is a Non-Banking FinancialCompany ("NBFC") whose principal business is acquisitions of securities. Duringthe year under review the Company has not provided any guarantee.
rbi prudential norms
Since the Company does not accept and hold any public deposits the Non- BankingFinancial (Non Deposit Accepting or Holding) Companies Prudential Norms (Reserve Bank)Directions 2007 are not applicable to the Company as regard to capital adequacyrequirement.
Directors and key managerial personnel
In accordance with the provision of the Act and the Article of Association of theCompany Mr. Kuruppath Narayanan Kutty Managing Director of the Company is liable toretire by rotation at the ensuing Annual General Meeting and being eligible offer himselffor re-appointment. The Board of Directors on the recommendation of the Nomination andRemuneration Committee and based on report performance evaluation has recommendedre-appointment of Mr. Kuruppath Narayanan Kutty Managing Director of the Company is liableto retire by rotation.
During the year under review Mr. Kuruppath Narayanan Kutty held position as ManagingDirector Mr. Alok Mukherjee held position as Executive Director Mr. Sanjeev Kumar Jainheld position as Non-Executive Director Mr S. C. Aythora held position as IndependentDirector Ms. Komal Mundhra held position as Women Independent Director Mr. JitendraKumar Srivastava held position as Chief Financial Officer and Ms. Pooja Solanki heldposition as Company Secretary and Compliance Officer.
During the year under review Ms. Pooja Solanki was appointed as Company Secretary& Compliance Officer (KMP) of the Company with effect from February 14 2021 onaccount of resignation by Mr. Ketan Sethi from the position of Company Secretary &Compliance Officer (KMP).
Mr. Balkrishna Shriya (DIN: 00239612) Promoter & Non-Executive Non IndependentDirector ceased to be Director of the Company upon is date from April 29 2021.
During the year under review Ms. Komal Mundhra was appointed as Independent WomenDirector of the Company with effect from November 14 2020 on account of resignation byMrs. Smriti Mukherjee from the position of Independent Women Director.
Upon recommendation of the Nomination and Remuneration Committee the Board in itsMeeting held on November 14 2021 approved the appointment of Ms. Komal Mundhra(DIN:08923682) as an Independent Woman Director of the Company whose term expires at theensuing AGM for a first term of 5 (Five) consecutive years with effect from November 142020 upto and including November 13 2025 subject to approval of Members at the ensuingAGM of the Company. Ms. Komal Mundhra is not related to any Directors of the Company. TheBoard recommends the appointment of Ms. Komal Mundhra not liable to retire by rotation. Abrief profile of Ms. Komal Mundhra proposed to be appointed has been provided in theNotice convening the said 43th AGM of the Company.
Re-appointment of Mr Kuruppath Narayanan Kutty (DIN:00240670) as the Managing Directorof the Company for the period of 3 (Three) years w.e.f. August 01 2021 to July 31 2024in the Annual General Meeting by the Shareholders of the Company. The pursuant toRegulation 17(1A) of the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Listing Obligations andDisclosures Requirements) Regulation 2015 as amended and other applicable provisions ifany of the Companies Act 2013 (the "Act") and Rules framed thereunder consentof the Members of th e Company be and is hereby accorded to continue and hold office ofManaging Director of the Company by Mr. Kuruppath Narayanan Kutty (Din: 00240670) (whoattain 75 years of Age on January 28 2021) till his current tenure of appointment i.e.upto July 31 2024.
After closing of the Financial Year the Board of Directors its meeting held on April21 2021 approved appointment of Mr Alok Mukherjee (DIN:00186055) as Executive Director ofthe Company in professional capacity for a period of 3 (Three Years) w.e.f. April 21 2021to April 20 2024 in the Annual General Meeting by the Shareholders of the Company.
The Appointment of Mr Sanjeev Kumar Jain (DIN:02281689) as Additional Non-ExecutiveDirector w.e.f July 28 2021 who hold office upto the date of the Annual General Meeting.
The Company has received declaration from all Independent Directors of the Companyconfirming that they meet the criteria of Independence prescribe under the Act and theListing Regulations.
number of meetings
A. BOARD MEETING
During the financial year ended March 31 2021 4 (four) meeting were held. The detailof Board Meetings and the attendance of the Directors are provided in the Report onCorporate Governance forming part of this report.
B. AUDIT COMMITTE
The Board has well-qualified Audit Committee the composition of which is in line withthe requirements of Section 177 of the Companies Act 2013 read with Regulation 18 of SEBILODR 2015. All the Members including the Chairperson of the Audit Committee areIndependent. They possess sound knowledge on Accounts Audit Finance Taxation InternalControls etc. The details viz Composition number of meetings dates of meetings andattendance of Directors at such meeting are included in the Corporate Governance Report.
During the year under review all the recommendations made by the Audit Committee wereaccepted by Board. 4 (Four) Audit Committee Meetings were convened and held during thefinancial year.
The Company Secretary and Compliance Officer of the Company acts as Secretary of theCommittee.
C. NOMINATION AND REMUNERATION COMMITTEE
The Company has duly constituted Nomination and Remuneration and Compensation Committeeas per the requirements prescribed under the provisions of Section 178 of the CompaniesAct 2013 and Regulation 19 of Securities and Exchange Board of India (Listing Obligationsand Disclosure Requirements) Regulations 2015
During the year under review 4 (four) Nomination and Remuneration Committee Meetingswere convened and held during the financial year.
D. SHARE TRANSFER AND STAKEHOLDERS RELATIONSHIP COMMITTEE
As per the requirements of Section 178 of the Companies Act 2013 and Regulation 20 ofSEBI LODR 2015 the company has constituted Stakeholders Relationship Committee. Thedetails of Composition of the Committee are included in the Corporate Governance Report.
During the year under review 4 (four) Share Transfer and Stakeholder RelationshipCommittee Meetings were convened and held during the financial year.
STATUTORY AUDITORS:
M/s S G N & Co Chartered Accountants (Firm Reg. No. 134565W) were appointed asStatutory Auditors of the Company to hold office from the conclusion of the Annual GeneralMeeting relating Financial Year 2016-17 till the conclusion of the Annual General Meetingrelated to the Financial Year 2021-22 of the Company to be held in the year 2022 at suchremuneration as may be fixed by the Board of Directors in consultation with the Auditorsthereof. The requirement for the annual ratification of auditor's appointment at theAnnual General Meeting has been omitted pursuant to Companies (Amendment) Act 2017notified on May 7 2018.
As per the provisions of Section 139 of the Act they have confirmed that they are notdisqualified from continuing as Auditors of the Company.
The Audit Report of M/s S G N & Co on the Financial Statements of the Company forthe Financial Year 2020-21 is a part of the Annual Report. The Report does not contain anyqualification reservation adverse remark or disclaimer.
The observations of the Statutory Auditors when read together with the relevant notesto the accounts and accounting policies are self-explanatory and do not call for anyfurther comment.
SECRETARIAL AUDITOR:
Pursuant to the provisions of Section 204 of the Companies Act 2013 read withCompanies (Appointment and Remuneration of Managerial Personnel) Rules 2014 the Companyhas appointed Mrs. Bijal Kunaal Mehta Company Secretaries in Practice to undertake theSecretarial Audit of the Company. The Report of the Secretarial Audit Report is annexedherewith as "Annexure D". The Secretarial Audit Report for the financial yearended March 31 2021 does not contain any qualifications reservations or adverse remarks.The Secretarial Audit Report is annexed and forms part of this report.
INTERNAL AUDITOR:
Pursuant to the provisions of Section 138 of the Companies Act 2013 read withCompanies (Accounts) Rules 2014 the Company has appointed Mrs. Neeta Gupta CharteredAccountant as an Internal Auditor of the Company for the Financial Year 2021-22.
The Board of Directors has carried out an annual evaluation of its own performanceBoard committees and Individual Directors pursuant to the provisions of the Act and theCorporate Governance requirements as prescribed by Securities and Exchange Board of India("SEBI") under the SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements)Regulations 2015.
The performance of the Board was evaluated by the Board after seeking inputs from allthe Directors on the basis of the criteria such as the Board composition and structureeffectiveness of board processes information and functioning etc.
The performance of the committees was evaluated by the board after seeking inputs fromthe committee members on the basis of the criteria such as the composition of committeeseffectiveness of committee meetings etc.
The Board and the Nomination and Remuneration Committee reviewed the performance of theindividual Directors on the basis of the criteria such as the contribution of theindividual Director to the Board and committee meetings. In addition the Chairperson wasalso evaluated on the key aspects of his role.
In a separate meeting of Independent Directors performance of non- IndependentDirectors performance of the board as a whole and performance of the Chairperson wasevaluated taking into account the views of executive directors and non-executiveDirectors.
POLICY ON APPOINTMENT AND REMUNERATION FOR DIRECTORS. KEY MANAGERIAL PERSONNEL ANDSENIOR MANAGEMENT EMPLOYEES
The remuneration paid to the Directors is in accordance with the Nomination andRemuneration policy formulated in accordance with Section 178 of the Companies Act 2013and Regulation 19 of the Listing Regulation (including any statutory modification(s) orre-enactment (s) thereof for the time being in force) and as per section 197 of theCompanies Act 2013 read with Companies (Appointment and Remuneration of ManagerialPersonnel) Rules 2014.
The Nomination and Remuneration Committee of the Board has devised a policy forselection and appointment of Director Key Managerial Personnel and Senior ManagementEmployee and their Remuneration. The Committee has formulated the criteria for determiningqualifications positive attributes and independence of a Director which has been put upon the Company's website www.goldrockinvest.in.
[Internal Financial Control And Their Adequacy
The Company has an Internal Control System commensurate with the size scale andcomplexity of its operations. The internal control systems comprising of policies andprocedures are designed to ensure sound management of your Company's operationssafekeeping of its assets optimal utilization of resources reliability of its financialinformation and compliance. Based on the report of Internal Audit function correctiveactions are undertaken in the respective areas and thereby strengthen the controls.
The statutory auditors of the Company have audited the financial statements included inthis annual report and has issued a report on our internal financial controls overfinancial reporting as defined in Section 143 of the Act.
A Certificate from the Managing Director and CFO of the Company in terms of Securitiesand Exchange Board of India (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations2015 inter alia confirming the correctness of the Financial Statements and Cash FlowStatements adequacy of the internal control for financial reporting and reporting ofmatters to the Audit committee is also forming part of this Annual Report.
[Disclosure About Cost Audit
The provision of Cost Audit as per section 148 of the Companies Act 2013 does notapplicable on the Company.
[Familiarization Program For Independent Directors
The Company at its various meetings held during the Financial year 2020-21 hadfamiliarized the Independent Directors with regard to the roles rights responsibilitiesin the Company nature of the industry in which the Company operates the Business modelsof the Company etc. The Independent Directors have been provided with necessary documentsreports and internal policies to familiarize them with the Company's policies proceduresand practices. Periodic presentations are made to the Board and Board Committee meeting onBusiness and performance updates of the Company Business strategy and risks involved.Quarterly updates on relevant statutory changes and judicial pronouncements andencompassing important amendments are briefed to the Directors.
The Familiarization Policy along with the details of familiarization program impartedto the Independent Directors is available on the website of the Company atwww.goldrockinvest.in.
Public Deposits
The Company being a Non-Deposit Accepting Non-Banking Finance Company has not acceptedany deposits from the public during the year under review and shall not accept anydeposits from the public without obtaining prior approval of the Reserve Bank of India(RBI). The company has neither accepted any public deposit in past or during the year.There are no unclaimed/unpaid deposit as of 31.03.2021. The company has complied with therelevant provisions relating to deposits under the Act and Rules framed their under.
During the FY 2020-21 the Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) expenditure incurredby the Company was Rs. 856989/- The Annual Report on CSR activities undertaken duringthe financial year 2020-21 is in accordance with provisions of Companies Act 2013 andCompanies (Corporate Social Responsibility Policy) Rules 2014
Significant and material orders passed by the regulators or courts
Pursuant to Company's application dated September 23 2019 the Hon'ble special benchof National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) Mumbai through video conferencing was pleased toallow the scheme of Amalgamation (scheme) under section 230 and 232 and other applicableprovision of the companies Act 2013 between the Company and its wholly owned subsidiariesfrom Appointed Date 1st April 2019 in the hearing on July 24 2020.
As per the information available with the Board of Directors there were no such orderspassed against the Company. There has been no significant and material order passed by theRegulators or Court or Tribunals impacting the going concern status and Company'soperations.
MATERIAL CHANGES AND COMMITMENT IF ANY AFFECTING THE FINANCIAL POSITION OF THE COMPANY
No material changes and commitments affecting the financial position of the Companyhave occurred between the end of the Financial year of the Company to which the FinancialStatement relate and the date of this report.
There was no change in company's nature of business during the FY 2020-21.
DISCLOSURE UNDER SEXUAL HARASSMENT OF WOMEN AT WORKPLACE (PREVENTION. PROHIBITION ANDREDRESSAL) ACT. 2013
The Company has in place an Anti-Sexual Harassment Policy in line with the requirementsof the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention Prohibition and Redressal)Act 2013. All women employees (permanent contractual temporary and trainee) are coveredunder this Policy. During the year 2020-21 no complaints on sexual harassment werereceived.
[share capital
The issued subscribed and paid-up Share Capital of the Company stood at Rs. 78.56 lacsas at 31st March 2021 comprising of 785600 Ordinary (Equity) Shares of Rs. 10 each fullypaid-up. There was no change in Share Capital during the year under review.
[affirmation on compliance of secretarial standards
The Company hereby affirms that during the year under review the Company has compliedwith all the applicable Secretarial standards i.e. SS-1 and SS-2 relating to'Meetings of the Board of Directors' and 'General Meetings' respectively(including any modifications or amendments thereto) issued by the Institute of CompanySecretaries of India.
DIRECTORS' RESPONSIBILITY STATEMENT UNDER SECTION 134 OF THE COMPANIES ACT- 2013
Pursuant to Section 134 (5) of the Companies Act 2013 the Board of Directors to thebest of their knowledge and ability confirm that:
a. in the preparation of the annual financial statements for the year ended March 312021 the applicable accounting standards have been followed along with proper explanationrelating to material departures if any;
b. the Directors' have selected such accounting policies and applied them consistentlyand made judgment and estimates that are reasonable and prudent so as to give a true andfair view of the state of affairs of the Company as at the end of the financial year andof the profit of the Company for that period;
c. the Directors' have taken proper and sufficient care to the best of their knowledgeand ability for the maintenance of adequate accounting records in accordance with theprovisions of the Companies Act 2013 for safeguarding the assets of the Company and forpreventing and detecting fraud and other irregularities;
d. the Directors' have prepared the annual accounts for the financial year ended March31 2021 on a going concern basis;
e. the Directors' have laid down internal financial controls to be followed by theCompany and such internal financial controls are adequate and operating effectively;
f. the Directors' have devised proper systems to ensure compliance with the provisionsof all applicable laws and that such systems were adequate and operating effectively.
Your Company believes that Corporate Governance is the basis of stakeholdersatisfaction and therefore your Board continues to be committed to uphold the higheststandards of Corporate Governance and adhere to the requirements set out by the Securitiesand Exchange Board of India.
A separate section on Corporate Governance is annexed and forms part of this report.
vigil mechanism /whistle blower policy
As per the provision of Section 177 (9) of the Companies Act 2013 and Regulation 22of Securities and Exchange Board of India (Listing Obligations and DisclosureRequirements) Regulations 2015 (SEBI LODR 2015) the Company is required to establish aneffective Vigil Mechanism for Directors and Employees to report genuine concerns. In linewith this the Company has framed a Vigil Mechanism and a Whistle Blower Policy throughwhich the Directors
and Employees Franchisees Business Partners Vendors or any other third partiesmaking a Protected Disclosure under this Policy may report concerns about unethicalbehavior actual or suspected fraud or violation of the Company's Code of Conduct &Ethics without fear of reprisal. The Policy provides for adequate safeguards againstvictimization of employees who avail of the mechanism and also provides for direct accessto the Chairperson of the Audit Committee. It is affirmed that no personnel of the Companyhave been denied access to the Audit Committee. The Whistle Blower Policy is placed on thewebsite of the Company at www.goldrockinvest.in.
The Company has in place a comprehensive Code of Conduct ('the code') applicableto the Directors and employees. The Code is applicable to Non-executive Directorsincluding Independent Directors to such as extent as may be applicable to them dependingon their roles and responsibilities. The Code gives guidance and support needed forethical conduct of business and compliance of law. The Code reflects the core values ofthe Company.
prevention of insider trading
The Company has adopted a Code of Conduct for Prevention of Insider Trading as amendedfrom time to time with a view to regulate trading in Securities by Directors andDesignated employees of the Company.
The Code requires pre-clearance for dealing in the Company's shares and prohibits thepurchase or sale of Company shares by the Directors and the designated employees while inpossession of unpublished price sensitive information in relation to the Company andduring the period when the Trading window is closed. The Board is responsible forimplementation of the Code. All Board of Directors and the designated employees haveconfirmed compliance with the Code.
extract of annual return
The extract of the Annual Return as provided under sub-section (3) of Section 92 in theForm MGT 9 for the financial year under review is annexed "Annexure-C" and formspart of this report.
During the year under review all contracts / arrangements / transactions entered bythe Company were in its Ordinary Course of the Business and on Arm's Length basis. Therewere no material transactions with any related party as defined under Section 188 of theCompanies Act 2013 read with Companies (Meetings of Board and its Powers) Rules 2014.
There are no materially significant related party transactions made by the Company withPromoters Directors Key Managerial Personnel or other designated persons which may havea potential conflict with the interest of the Company at large.
All Related Party Transactions are placed on a quarterly basis before the AuditCommittee and also before the Board for approval.
Information on transactions with related parties pursuant to Section 134(3) (h) of theAct read with rule 8(2) of the Companies (Accounts) Rules 2014 in Form AOC-2 is annexed"Annexure-B" and forms part of this report.
The Policy on materiality of related party transactions and on dealing with relatedparty transactions as approved by the Board may be accessed on the Company's websitewww.goldrockinvest.in. The Policy intends to ensure that proper reporting approval anddisclosure processes are in place for all transactions between the Company and relatedparties.
Equity Shares of the Company are listed with BSE Limited. The Annual listing fee forthe financial year 2020-21 has been paid to the BSE Limited (BSE).
TRANSFER TO INVESTOR EDUCATION AND PROTECTION FUND (IEPF)
In accordance with the applicable provisions of Companies Act 2013 (hereinafterreferred to as "the Act") read with Investor Education and Protection Fund(Accounting Audit Transfer and Refund) Rules 2016 (hereinafter referred to as the"IEPF Rules") no amount was required to be transferred to Investor Educationand Protection Fund during the year under review.
[particulars of employees
The information required under Section 197 of the Companies Act 2013 read with rule5(1) of the Companies (Appointment and Remuneration of Managerial Personnel) Rules 2014are given below:
i. The ratio of the remuneration of each Director to the median remuneration of theemployees of the company for the financial year 2020-21;
Independent Directors Ratio to median remuneration
Mr. S.C. Aythora -
Ms Komal Mundhra -
Managing Director -
Mr. K.N. Kutty 1.38
ii. The percentage increase in remuneration of each Director Chief Financial OfficerCompany Secretary if any in the financial year;
Name Designation % increase in remuneration in the financial year i.e. 2020-21
Mr. K.N. Kutty Managing Director -
Mr. S.C. Aythora Independent Non-Executive Director
Mrs. Smriti Mukherjee (Resign dated 14/11/2020 Independent Non-Executive Director
Ms. Komal Mundhra (Appointment dated 14/11/2020) Non-Executive Director
Mr. Bal Krishna Shriya Non-Executive Director -
Mr. J.K. Srivastava Chief Financial Officer 5.41%
Mr Ketan Sethi (Resigned from the post of Company Secretary & Compliance Officer (KMP) as on 08.01.2021) Company Secretary and Compliance Officer
Ms. Pooja Solanki (Appointed as the post of Company Secretary & Compliance Officer (KMP) w.e.f. 14.02.2021) Company Secretary and Compliance Officer
iii. The percentage increase in the median remuneration of employees in the financialyear: 2.52%
iv. The number of permanent employees on the rolls of Company as on March 31 2021:
9v. Average percentile increases already made in the salaries of employees other than™ the managerial personnel in the last financial year and its comparison with thepercentile increase in the managerial remuneration and justification thereof and point outif there are any exceptional circumstances for increase in the managerial remuneration:
The average percentage increase in the salaries of employees in the financial year2020-21 was 2.52% However there was no increase in the salaries of Director(Managerial Personnel) during the year. The increments given to employees are based ontheir potential performance and contribution which is also benchmarked againstapplicable industry norms.
vi. Affirmation that the remuneration is as per the remuneration policy of the Company:
The Company affirms remuneration is as per the remuneration policy of the Company.
vii. There are no employees falling within the purview of Rule 5(2) of the Companies(Appointment and Remuneration of Managerial Personnel) Rules 2014 no such details arerequired to be given.
[PARTICULARS OF CONSERVATION OF ENERGY. TECHNOLOGY ABSORPTION
The company being Investment Company has nothing to report on energy conservation andtechnology absorption there is no foreign exchange outgoing
foreign exchange earnings and outgo
The Company earned Nil in foreign currency in the current financial year and in theprevious year.
The Company's assets have been insured.
The details in respect of risks and concerns are included in the Management Discussion& Analysis which forms part of this report.
Director & chief financial officer certification
Certificate from Mr. J. K. Srivastava Chief Financial Officer as specified in Part Bof Schedule II of the SEBI (Listing Obligation and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations2015 for the financial year ended March 31 2021 was placed before the Board of Directorsof the Company.
The Board of Directors takes the opportunity to express its sincere appreciation forthe support and co-operation from its members Reserve Bank of India banks and Statutoryand Regulatory Authorities.
The Board also wishes to place on record their sincere appreciation of the contributionmade by the executives and employees at all levels for their dedication and commitment tothe Company throughout the year.
For and on behalf of the Board of Directors
Alok Mukherjee K.N. Kutty
Place: Mumbai Director Managing Director
Date: September 04 2021 DIN:00186055 DIN:00240670
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Western Isles MSP Alasdair Allan recently visited the Shiant Isles to see the results of the recovery project.
Western Isles MSP Alasdair Allan recently visited the Shiant Isles to see for himself the work that has been done to improve conditions for nesting seabirds.
The Shiant Isles are one of the most important breeding colonies for seabirds in Europe and play host to one of Britain's largest puffin colonies.
Alasdair Allan MSP with Charlie Main and Thomas Quinn of RSPB Scotland.
The visit was organised by the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) Scotland.
During the trip the islands MSP was shown the effects of the Shiant Isles Recovery Project, which had aimed to make the islands a safe place for nesting seabirds by eliminating the invasive, non-native black rats found on the islands.
The Shiants were officially declared rat-free earlier this year.
Commenting, Alasdair Allan MSP said: "The Shiants are a spectacular place, and an important part of both the natural and cultural heritage of the Western Isles.
"The work which the RSPB, volunteers, Scottish and European agencies have done together to enhance the three islands is to be applauded.
"As I got a chance to see for myself when I visited the Shiants, work has been successfully completed to remove black rats from the islands, which has allowed the population of a number of species of seabirds to recover.


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Ebola survivors suffer severe mental, neurological problems – Study
in Health, News Update
People who survive the deadly Ebola virus can continue to suffer severe psychiatric and neurological problems including depression, debilitating migraines, nerve pain and stroke, according to a study.
Researchers who analysed patients infected during the 2014 to 2016 Ebola outbreak in West Africa found that some survivors had such severe health conditions that they were left unable to care for themselves.
"We knew that a disease as severe as Ebola would leave survivors with major problems – however, it took me aback to see young and previously active people who had survived but were now unable to move half their bodies, or talk, or pick up their children," said Janet Scott of Britain's University of Liverpool, who co-led the research.
She said the findings show a need for larger and more detailed studies of Ebola survivors compared to matched controls who did not get virus.
Published in the Emerging Infectious Diseases journal, the study looked at patient notes from of more than 300 Ebola survivors in Sierra Leone, one of the countries worst hit in the 2014 to 2016 epidemic.
Thirty-four selected patients were then asked to attend a joint neuro-psychiatric clinic in 2016 where they underwent a full neurological examination, psychiatric screening and specialist investigations including brain scan imaging.
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Patrick Howlett of King's College London, who co-led the research, said its results showed that Ebola survivors can suffer with "Post-Ebola Syndrome" (PES), a wide range of disorders "from minor to extremely severe and disabling".
Neurological problems included stroke, debilitating migraine-type headaches and nerve pain, while the most frequent psychiatric diagnoses among the survivors studied were depression and anxiety.
The 2014 to 2016 West Africa Ebola epidemic killed more than 11,300 people and infected around 28,000 as it swept through Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia.
World Health Organisation (WHO) estimates suggest there are well over 10,000 people who survived the disease.
The researchers said the findings pointed to an urgent need for specialist medical professionals trained in the needs of Ebola survivors and how best to treat PES.
"Post-Ebola syndrome is not going away, and those with the condition deserve better treatment," said Scott.
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Story February 18, 2021
75 Years of Innovation: Handwriting recognition
The ability to verify handwritten signatures in real-time
The 75 Years of Innovation series highlights the groundbreaking innovations spanning from SRI's founding in 1946 to today. Each week, SRI will release an innovation, leading up to its 75th anniversary in November 2021.
The stroke of a pen and a verifiable signature
There have been many paths leading to our current digital society. One of these paths has been the long and winding road to transforming handwriting into something a computer can read. Developing the human-computer interface is nothing new to SRI International; after all, SRI experts such as Douglas Engelbart invented the computer mouse.
In the 1960s, SRI worked on solving another outstanding issue — making handwriting machine-readable. This would solve complex issues such as signature forgery and help with the input of east Asian language characters into computer systems. The result was the SRI Pen, a mechanism that could capture handwriting in real-time.
Putting pen to digital paper
SRI has a history of working out solutions to elusive problems, especially those in which people and computers connect. In the late 1950s, SRI had worked on the electronic recording machine and accounting (ERMA) system, and as part of that project, had developed magnetic ink character recognition (MICR). This project piqued the interest of SRI's Hew Crane; while the ERMA project worked on getting computers to read printed characters, Crane wanted to work out a way that a computer could read handwriting. This meant that the act of writing, in which a pen impacts a writing surface, could be the instrumentation through which data is collected, processed, and understood.
Hew Crane using the Kanji handwriting recognition pen
This logical leap turned out to be the key to automatic handwriting verification and was the first step toward behavioral biometrics. ERMA was the inspiration for Crane, who began the project looking at the writing of checks. While ERMA only processed printed characters, Crane realized that the dynamic use of the pen was as much a part of a person's signature as the signature itself. This behavior is used in today's science of behavioral biometrics to detect fraud in account login and other online activities.
The first SRI Pen was demonstrated in the 1960s and was based on a direction-sensitive pen programmed to recognize the movements required to write the digits 0 to 9. The pen sensed four directions used in the sequence of writing digits. However, this proof of concept, like many demonstration systems, had unacceptable limitations; the pen had to be held in the prescribed orientation, and the same movement sequence had to be used to write the numbers. The concept, however, was proven.
How automatic handwriting verification helped write off forgers
Like many innovative leaps, it took time for this idea to mature. In 1975, SRI was granted a patent for a handwriting system, described here:
"A system for identifying handwritten characters is provided wherein a pen and associated circuitry generate a sequence of signals representing a sequence of directions which is taken to write each character."
By the mid-1970s, with increasing interest from industry, SRI built a new version of the SRI Pen that used an array of strain gauges to measure writing force in three dimensions. Also, around that time, Xebec Systems sponsored further exploration of the SRI Pen to recognize all alphanumeric characters. Continuing development led to better flexibility in character recognition and the reduction of restrictions for left-handed writers. These improvements resulted in the development of the pen as a signature verification system. The increasing use of credit cards provided a need for this type of biometric recognition system, particularly for point-of-sale (POS) terminals. VISA and other credit card companies became customers, but the SRI Pen was negatively impacted by the economics of the credit card world. The signature verification equipment's cost versus the false rejection rate was deemed to be too high when combined with the vast majority of charges being for small amounts.
Demonstrating the Kanji pen for CBS's Dan Rather in April 1976
Research continued under the sponsorship of the Defense Nuclear Agency. In 1981, SRI conducted a year-long study to evaluate the effectiveness of automatic signature verification based on three-axis signature dynamics. During the study, 5,220 signatures and 1,740 numeric sequences were collected from 59 subjects. In addition, twelve trained forgers attempted 648 forgeries. The forgers used true signers' signatures, and each was trained in how the SRI signature verification system worked. They were even shown a video of the true signers writing their signatures and were allowed to practice over three-weeks.
An equal error rate (EER) is a term used in biometrics to describe a biometric system's accuracy. An EER is where the FAR (false acceptance rate) and FRR (false rejection rate) intersect. A device with a low EER is considered to be more accurate. The study results found that dynamic signature verification based on a three-axis pen system had equal-error rates on the order of 1% using a standard set of features for all subjects.
The digital pen writes itself into history
Because of the SRI Pen's potential, including its ability to capture east-Asian characters, the invention continued to garner interest. In 1981, an SRI spin-off company, Communications Intelligence Corporation (CIC), was formed. CIC introduced products such as a pen-input notebook computer from NCR Corporation and the MacHandwriter, a product based on Japanese writing and distributed by Apple.
In the 1990s, personal digital assistants (PDAs) and some cellphones were equipped with a stylus or digital pen. Certain laptops also were given the power of the pen. These pens provided a way to capture handwritten text and convert it to a machine-readable form. SRI's innovative automatic signature verification set the path for the behavioral biometric technology of today.
It took a vision and decades of innovation to turn something we take for granted, handwriting, into a powerful digital medium. The power of the pen persists. iSIGN (formerly CIC) is an industry leader in e-signature solutions, offering simple, click-to-sign web browser signatures to multimillion-dollar, highly customized implementations.
The Dish, 75 Years of Innovation: The computer mouse: https://medium.com/dish/75-years-of-innovation-the-computer-mouse-fef5161ba45d
The Dish, ERMA, A Banking Baby Boomer: How SRI Helped the Bank of America to Become the First Automated Bank:
https://medium.com/dish/75-years-of-innovation-banking-automation-erma-f297ad8c55fd
U.S. Patent 3,930,229, Crane, et.al. 1975
1981 study published by SRI International and sponsored by the Defense Nuclear Agency into automatic signature verification effectiveness: https://apps.dtic.mil/sti/pdfs/ADA111329.pdf
CIC (iSIGN): https://isignnow.com/


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Q: Sig Tests for weighted means I got the challenge to integrate a test of significance into a Tableau dashboard. The dashboard shows weighted means for metrics such as income, age, etc. for two groups that can be defined by different filter options. The differences between the weighted means of both groups shall be calculated on the fly in the dashboard.
To account for the weighting effect I wanted to apply a formula that considers the effective sample size (see first image below) with the effective sample size (e) being calculated by as follows:

Unfortunately, it's not manageable to program these calculations into the dashboard and I'm therefore looking for an easier approach. That will of course come with some limitations that I'd like to get your perspective on.
Would it be possible to use the standard t-test but with the weighted means and the unweighted Ns?
Thanks for your help!

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On the USD/CHF daily chart, the bulls failed to consolidate above the upper border of the downward trading channel. This tells us about their weakness. To restore the long-term uptrend, the upper border of the triangle near the 1.0085. mark should be broken. Then, the bulls will be able to hit a target in the "Wolf Wave" pattern.
On the USD/CHF hourly chart, there can be a rebound from current levels (61.8% of the last downward wave + historical support). But for this to happen the bulls should arm themselves with patience.