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Alberta's support of the national climate plan is nice, but hardly necessary
Opinion: As a matter of constitutional jurisdiction, the federal government does not need Alberta's buy-in to legally enact and implement its national climate change policy
By Jason MacLean February 24, 2018
Alberta Premier Rachel Notley announces that she is suspending the province's ban on B.C. wine at the legislature in Edmonton, on Thursday, February 22, 2018. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Dean Bennett
Jason MacLean is an assistant professor at the University of Saskatchewan College of Law.
The test of a first-rate intelligence, F. Scott Fitzgerald once said, is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in mind at the same time and still retain the ability to function. By that test, University of Alberta economist Andrew Leach is very clever indeed. How else could he argue, as he did recently in a Maclean's opinion piece, that blocking the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion—and along with it, increased GHG emissions from Alberta's oil sands—would jeopardize Canada's climate change plan and make it impossible to meet our emissions reduction target under the UN Paris Agreement?
By the very same IQ test, Alberta premier Rachel Notley must be a genius. How else could she argue, as she did in 2016, that Alberta would not support the federal government's pan-Canadian carbon price of $50 per tonne (in the year 2022) unless the federal government first approved an oil sands pipeline to tidewater, while also arguing that British Columbia's proposed oil spill safety measures contravene the federal government's clear jurisdiction over interprovincial pipelines?
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Lesser minds might call that kind of thinking paradoxical. Hypocritical, even, in the case of Premier Notley.
Let's take Professor's Leach's paradox first. How can it be that blocking the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion—which, if built, will almost assuredly increase the GHG emissions from Alberta's oil sands—would undermine Canada's climate change plan? Leach's argument, advanced in support of Prime Minister Trudeau's criticism of British Columbia's proposed pipeline safety measures, is that the federal government's climate plan requires Alberta's buy-in, and the price of that buy-in is a pipeline to tidewater. "If the federation fails Alberta on federally regulated pipelines," Leach argues, "it should not expect Alberta to continue as a leading partner in our efforts on climate change."
Leach's argument can only be sustained, however, if at least one of the following two tacit—and highly tenuous—assumptions turns out to be true.
Assumption #1: The feds' climate plan lacks constitutional jurisdiction…
Leach appears to assume that the federal government lacks the constitutional jurisdiction to impose its pan-Canadian carbon price on unwilling provinces. This, incidentally, must come as unwelcome news to the federal government itself, which has consistently and, with good reason, confidently asserted that it can legally impose a carbon price on any recalcitrant province.
As a matter of constitutional law, the federal government has ample authority in this area. Even though constitutional authority over the environment is shared between the federal and provincial governments (more on this in a moment), the federal government has exclusive jurisdiction over criminal law. A constitutionally-valid exercise of the feds' criminal law power requires (1) a prohibition (partial or absolute), (2) backed by a penalty, (3) for a valid criminal purpose. As the Supreme Court of Canada has confirmed, a law aimed at suppressing or reducing an "evil" or addressing a public concern relating to peace, order, security, morality, health, or some other similar purpose is a valid exercise of the federal government's criminal law power.
The Federal Court of Appeal recently affirmed this approach to environmental regulation in a case arising out of Alberta called Syncrude Canada Ltd. v Canada (Attorney General). Syncrude, a crude oil producer operating in Alberta, challenged the constitutional validity of a provision of the federal Renewable Fuels Regulations requiring that all diesel fuel produced, imported, or sold in Canada contain at least two per cent renewable fuel. Syncrude tried to characterize the renewable fuels regulation as an economic measure aimed at the establishment of a local market for renewable fuels, or a measure improperly directed at non-renewable natural resources. Either way, Syncrude argued, the federal renewable fuels regulation improperly trenched on matters falling under exclusive provincial jurisdiction.
The Federal Court of Appeal unanimously rejected Syncrude's constitutional challenge. Following Supreme Court of Canada precedents, the Federal Court of Appeal concluded that "[p]rotection of the environment is, unequivocally, a legitimate use of the criminal law power." The Court proceeded to observe that "it is uncontroverted that GHGs are harmful to both health and the environment and as such, constitute an evil that justifies the exercise of the criminal law power." Even if such a law intrudes into provincial jurisdiction over natural resources, the Court added, it will nevertheless pass constitutional muster so long as it is a law of general application.
Now, some constitutional law purists (not to mention a number of criminal law professors) maintain that the criminal law power should not be used for matters of regulation as opposed to outright prohibitions based on grounds of morality. No matter, federal jurisdiction over the environment—including the jurisdiction to impose a national price on carbon—may also be based on its taxation power, or on its residual jurisdiction over matters of "national concern" under the Peace, Order, and Good Governance (POGG) power.
The legal bottom line: As a matter of constitutional jurisdiction, the federal government does not need Alberta's buy-in to legally enact and implement its national climate change policy. Nor does it need Saskatchewan's or Manitoba's; in fact, Manitoba concluded as much after spending $750,000 on a legal opinion on the matter.
Assumption #2: Alberta's buy-in is a political requirement…
To be absolutely fair to Professor Leach, he doesn't explicitly argue that Canada's climate plan constitutionally requires Alberta's buy-in. But if that's not his assumption, then he must assume that the feds need Alberta's buy-in as a practical matter of politics.
Be that as it may, his argument still doesn't hold.
As a matter of political give-and-take, what is the federal government promising Saskatchewan, whose new premier, Scott Moe, is as opposed to a pan-Canadian price on carbon as was his predecessor Mr. Wall?
What will the federal government dangle in front of Manitoba to persuade that province to raise its recently-proposed flat carbon price of $25 per tonne once the federal price rises above that?
What if the Progressive Conservatives win the upcoming election in Ontario (or the one after that) and ultimately keep their campaign promise to repeal the provincial Liberals' cap-and-trade regime and reject a pan-Canadian carbon price?
Somehow, although how exactly is unclear, Professor Leach appears to believe that if Alberta stays on board, the federal government will be able to fend off political assaults from the other uncooperative provinces.
But even if that were a safe assumption—and there is no evidence to suggest that it is—what if the United Conservative Party takes office in Alberta in 2019? This is hardly idle speculation. New pipeline to tidewater or no, Jason Kenney has vowed to repeal the province's carbon tax and oil sands emissions cap. What then?
Assuming for the sake of argument that the federal government does not wield a big constitutional stick, it also appears woefully short of political carrots.
Assumption #2(a): Canada needs Alberta's climate leadership…
Out of an abundance of charity to Professor Leach, and with all due respect to his unimpeachable contributions as Chair of the Alberta Climate Leadership Panel, his argument may well rest on a more nuanced political assumption: that Alberta's leadership is required to bring the rest of the provinces along. Leach argues that "federal climate policy backstops put a stronger foundation under the Alberta plan and, with the Alberta plan in place, there is a credible although still very challenging path for Canada to meet its 2030 target. "Without Alberta's plan, that credible path disappears."
The tacit and highly tenuous assumption here appears to be that with Alberta on board as an ambitious climate leader, the rest of the provinces will put aside their own parochial priorities and follow suit. This assumption rests on yet another, still more tenuous one: that uncooperative provinces like Saskatchewan and Manitoba are unwilling to commit to a national carbon price, not because of their own particular political interests and liabilities, but because they remain unconvinced that the national climate plan will actually succeed. If Alberta remains committed, then they will also commit … eventually.
But even if that were the case, and here the evidence suggests the opposite (Saskatchewan, for example, remains unmoved by Alberta's leadership), the federal government's ample constitutional power is a far simpler means of solving this collective action problem. Simply—and stringently—price carbon emissions across all sectors of the economy consistent with our obligation under article 4.4 of the UN Paris Agreement to undertake economy-wide absolute emission reductions, and allow the market to react to that unequivocally clear price signal. No need to approve new pipelines that will lock-in increasing emissions for decades.
The political bottom line: If Canada requires Alberta's buy-in as a matter of politics, it necessarily requires Saskatchewan's, Manitoba's, Ontario's, and the Maritime provinces' as well. A national climate policy based on this kind of perpetual horse trading is hardly sustainable, or likely to be sufficiently stringent to be worth the effort and expense.
The way forward: cooperative federalism
As a matter of general principle, Professor Leach is correct that a national climate change plan will always depend on a functioning federation. But how is that federation to function if, in order to enact laws in the national interest, the federal government allows itself to be extorted by the provinces? The short answer is that it can't, and that's why the Constitution sets out a division of powers between the federal and provincial governments.
And yet, as the B.C.-Alberta pipeline spat illustrates, conceiving of those powers as hermetically sealed, watertight compartments is hardly conducive to a functioning federation. When Professor Leach asks us how we can expect Alberta to continue to play ball on climate change mitigation if the federation fails the province on federally-regulated pipelines (astonishingly, as if Albertans don't have an independent interest in protecting the environment and human health), how can we expect British Columbia to play ball on pipelines if the federation fails the province on oil spill safety on its lands and in its waters?
Perhaps Premier Notley can square that constitutional circle? Though in reality, there is a simple resolution. Alberta's demand for a new pipeline has nothing to do with climate change mitigation. It's about the oil industry's—and perhaps Premier Notley's—short-term interests, which are plainly contrary to a credible climate change plan. British Columbia's demand for oil spill safety enhancements, by contrast, are capable of being designed so as not to usurp the federal government's authority over the approval of interprovincial pipelines. British Columbia is demanding a safer pipeline, not no pipeline at all (forgive me, but that tanker appears to have sailed). Alberta's demand is unconstitutional because it impairs the core of the federal government's policy. British Columbia's demand is constitutionally valid because it is limited to its own territorial environment and economy, and does not trench on the federal government's authority. The distinction may be subtle, but it is significant, and it is workable.
Faced with such disputes—and Professor Leach is right, the list will be endless absent a constitutionally-entrenched climate framework—it is crucial to understand that jurisdiction over the environment in Canada is shared by the federal and provincial governments. As the Supreme Court of Canada observed in a classic case called Friends of the Oldman River Society v Canada (Minister of Transport), it is practically impossible to entirely disentangle environmental and economic concerns. Federal-provincial cooperation on matters of the environment is thus the preferred approach in our federation. According to the Federal Court's recent decision in Taseko Mines Ltd v Canada (Environment), "a project of such magnitude as the one considered in the present case [an open-pit gold and copper mine in British Columbia] will likely have impacts in areas of both provincial and federal responsibility." Cases such as this, the Court explained, illustrate why environmental assessment in Canada is designed to "promote co-operation and co-ordinated action between federal and provincial governments."
An ideal national climate plan, then, is one that bends just enough to accommodate legitimate provincial interests without breaking.
In fact that may be the best definition of a functioning federation yet. Like a first-rate intelligence, cooperative federalism is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in mind at the same time and still retain the ability to function.
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A two-star chef presents 70 recipes featured in his eponymous Berlin-based restaurant, ranked #34 on the list of World's Best Restaurants
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In My Way: From the Gutters to the Stars, Berlin-based Tim Raue traces his journey from street kid to two-star Michelin chef and owner of the eponymous restaurant ranked #34 on the list of the World's 50 Best Restaurants. Head chef at one of Berlin's best restaurants at the age of twenty-three, Raue earned the accolade Highest Climber of the Year in 1998, and, in 2007, was named Chef of the Year by Gault Millau. He earned his Michelin stars only two years after opening Restaurant Tim Raue in 2010. Raue illustrates his story with dozens of family photos, and with stunning images of Berlin, Singapore - the source of his culinary inspiration - and his extraordinary Asian-influenced dishes. His food is admired by New York Times food critic, Frank Rich, as well as Corey Lee, the three-star Michelin chef and owner of acclaimed restaurant Benu - who has incorporated one of Raue's recipes into his own repertoire. In addition to 70 recipes from Raue's kitchen, My Way includes 45 recipes for gourmet essentials such as broths, sauces and infusions. Taken together, Raue's story, his food, and these brilliant color images make My Way a journey worth following.

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There's no winning the Democratic primary without winning the black vote.
Barack Obama won a higher percentage of black voters during his 2008 campaign than any candidate in history, which helped him score a surprising defeat against Hillary Clinton. Clinton, in turn, was able to defeat Sanders in 2016 in part because she did so well with people of color.
This year, wooing black voters will look different than ever before. There is a record number of serious nonwhite candidates running. Sen. Kamala D. Harris (Calif.) and Sen. Cory Booker (N.J.) have already launched their campaigns. Former attorney general Eric H. Holder Jr. is also considering a run, The Washington Post reported.
Given the range of options, candidates who would have leaned heavily on the significance of representation will have to do more to distinguish themselves. Black activists and organizers hope this will lead to a national policy conversation that prioritizes the concerns of black voters, such as income inequality, criminal justice reform and challenges to the public and higher education systems.
The candidates "will have to not only put forth policy ideas, but show that they are rooted in our history and our struggle and be visionary," political commentator Bakari Sellers, a former South Carolina lawmaker, told The Fix.
Activist Johnetta Elzie told The Fix that the black community has to be concerned with more than being visible.
"For me, personally, representation — what does that mean for me when certain things happened and we see tear gas in the streets?" she said. "What does that mean when that was my experience and the person in the White House was black? Because one of the reasons I voted for him was representation — because he was black.
With a variety of candidates, voters will look closer to what activists and citizens of New Jersey and California say about the histories of Booker and Harris as lawmakers. Harris's work as a prosecutor and the impact of her tough-on-crime approach on black families will be scrutinized, as will Booker's relationship with Wall Street and the major pharmaceutical companies that he has gone on record defending.
Booker spent the morning of his announcement making media rounds on urban radio stations and national television, introducing himself to people less familiar with him. But in the upcoming months, Booker and other black candidates will have to spend significant time convincing black voters that their ideas for America will right the wrongs that so many of them say are more widespread since Obama left office.


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Rosh Hashanah: Science vs Religion
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Religion and science are frequently set up as polar opposites; incompatible ways of thinking. The Chief Rabbi Lord Sacks begs to differ. For him, science and religion can, and should, work together. To mark Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, he puts his position to the test. He meets three non-believing scientists, each at the top of their field: neurologist Baroness Susan Greenfield, theoretical physicist Professor Jim Al-Khalili, and the person best known for leading the scientific attack on religion, Professor Richard Dawkins. Will the Chief Rabbi succeed in convincing the militant defender of atheism that science and religion need not be at war?
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if a wave is traveling at 60cm/second and has a wavelength of 15cm what is the frequency? Please explaine
asked by Unknown on October 31, 2013
A Foucault pendulum is observed to swing back-and-forth once every 20 seconds. What is its frequency?
asked by nor on March 22, 2018
if a note has a frequency of 220 hz find the frequencies of the notes one two and three octaves
asked by Chelsea on April 26, 2017
please help me i don't know the answer. What is the mathematical relationship between frequency and wavelength for an EM wave?
asked by Jessie on January 12, 2012
In the photoelectric effect, what happens to the stopping voltage when the light frequency is decreased?
asked by John on June 11, 2011
what is the speed of a sound wave if its frequency s 160 hertz and its wavelength is 2.2m?
asked by aatqa on January 6, 2012
Construct a frequency distribution table to organize the following set of data: 44 36 38 40 41 36 39 43 43 35 44 35 43 37 44 37 38 38 40 36
asked by Marcia on February 2, 2012
Construct a grouped frequency distribution for the following 28 scores using a class width of 4: 64 63 58 46 52 62 47 49 56 47 43 41 45 51 60 62 51 61 50 55 56 53 54 58 48 48 58 46 How do I do this?
asked by Jen on October 10, 2011
Construct a frequency polygon distribution using the class limits shown below. 80, 99, 77, 67, 93, 70, 76, 86, 79, 71
asked by ed on November 17, 2012
For a pendulum that completes fifteen complete swings in 34.8 seconds, how much is the frequency?
asked by Lozzzz on March 10, 2017
the microwave protion of the spectrum has wavelengths ranging from 1 mm to 1 m. find the corresponding frequency?
asked by seanmarch58 on July 27, 2014
What is the frequency of the photons emitted by hydrogen atoms when they undergo transition from n=4 to n=3?
asked by Terrill on November 14, 2015
In a CD, the characteristic that is given in binary is the wave of which of the following? A) amplitude B) None of these.C) quality.D) speed.E) frequency.
asked by Jim on April 30, 2012
Construct a grouped frequency distribution for the following 28 scores using a class width of 4: 64 63 58 46 52 62 47 49 56 47 43 41 45 51 60 62 51 61 50 55 56 53 54 58 48 48 58 46
asked by Jen on October 9, 2011
Does the speed of sound in air depend on the frequency of the wave? V=[(gamma.RT)/M]^(1/2)
asked by Anonymous on July 12, 2017
Find the frequency and wavelength of a 50-MeV gamma-ray photon.
asked by Sheryl on October 9, 2011
What is the frequency of the function f(x)? f(x)=−2sin(x/4)+3 Express the answer in fraction form. would is be (x/4)?
asked by sammiexo on June 15, 2017
find standard deviation for this problem daily precip- frequency-31,1,0,2,0,1 0.oo-0.49 0.50-0.99 1.00-1.49 1.50-1.99 2.00-2.29 2.50-2.99
asked by ebony on May 8, 2008
What is the wavelength of the higher frequency limit (18 megahertz) in dry air at 0 C?
asked by Alyson on October 15, 2009
Chemistry Physics
What is the wavelength of an electromagnetic wave with frequency 50.0 MHz? Am I starting this problem like this? 3.00*10^8/50*10^6 =6*10^12
asked by Ben on November 24, 2014
Math Physics
if the frequency of a particular electromagnetic wave is 4 x 10^14 hertz, what is its wavelength of the radiation in nanometers (nm)?
asked by RAHRAH. on March 29, 2011


(HealthDay News) — Twenty-nine states and the District of Columbia now have a total of 213 confirmed cases of Enterovirus D68, the severe respiratory illness that typically targets children, U.S. health officials are reporting.
Officials said the 29 states are Alabama, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Utah, Washington, and West Virginia. So far, all the cases have involved children, except for one adult, according to the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The CDC is asking doctors and public health officials to consider Enterovirus D68 as a potential suspect if widespread respiratory illnesses start occurring in their communities. Illness associated with the Enterovirus D68 infection typically lasts about a week. Children will appear to have a severe cold, with runny nose, sneezing, and cough. But the illness can escalate quickly in some cases, and the child may start to have trouble breathing. It's typically transmitted through close contact with an infected person, or by touching objects or surfaces contaminated with the virus and then touching the mouth, nose, or eyes, according to health officials.


The Department of Social Welfare and Development through the Sustainable Livelihood Program distributed around P2.1 million worth of livelihood assistance to 105 individuals displaced by Typhoon Ompong and the ban on small-scale mining in Itogon, Benguet.
The livelihood assistance is P20,000 worth of Seed Capital Fund grant in support to the initiative of providing start-up capital for the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) for the establishment or rehabilitation of their livelihoods.
The IDPs were identified based on the assessments done on Sept. 22 until Nov. 5.
During the assessment, the IDPs identified and prepared their own project proposals based on their needs. The Implementing Project Development Office (IPDO) reviewed the feasibility of the selected livelihood and recommended it for approval.
Before releasing the assistance, the IDPO conducted a basic livelihood training, in which the beneficiaries were taught on basic bookkeeping and financial literacy.
"This is our way of helping provide them assistance and entrepreneurial skills which they can develop in order to manage their livelihood to be successful and for them to start a new life after the disaster," OIC-Cordillera Director Janet Armas said.
From their proposals, most of the 105 IDPs from Ucab, Tuding, Poblacion, and Ampucao are venturing into sari-sari store, hog-raising, soft broom-making, and poultry production.
After receiving their checks, the IDPs are given two weeks to purchase their materials and implement their projects with the guidance of the IPDO.
After three months, the IPDO with the local government unit will start monitoring the projects.


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Two players, each with a celebrity partner, competed. An electronic marquee displayed a series of asterisks, denoting the number of letters in the answer to a question that scrolled across the marquee. One member of each team took part in each question, with the first player to buzz in with the correct answer winning a point. The first player to reach 5 points won the game and advanced to the bonus round.
The celebrity and the contestant each manned a flipper on a giant pinball machine. Inside the machine were seven bumpers, each winning a prize when hit (a larger prize was split between two flippers; both had to be hit to win it). Each bumper also scored 500 points, while other noisemakers scored 200 points. After 60 seconds, the flippers went dead. If, with two balls, the team could reach a goal that started at 15,000 points and decreased by 1000 points each time it wasn't won, the team could then play a "money ball" which scored $200 for every time it hit a bumper or other noisemaker.
If you're wondering why there aren't any pictures for this rulesheet, the tape quality of the episode I have is quite bad. If someone would like to snap a few screenshots for me, please e-mail me using the link on the left and I'll tell you what pictures I'd like. Thanks.
Just as Press Your Luck encapsulates all that was 80's culture, the Magnificent Marble Machine managed to capture all the gaudiness of the 70's. Not that such statement is positive - watching the show for a while exposes a main fault - more emphasis was paid to the look and the bells and whistles than the game. As noted by many, playing pinball is a lot more fun than watching it - especially when the machine you're watching isn't all that spectacular. Art James is not among my favorite hosts - his bombastic style seemed to be better left in the 60's.


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Building the cyber security community
by GDPR Experts | Apr 12, 2018 | Blog Posts, GDPR
Elizabeth Denham's speech at the National Cyber Security Centre's CYBERUK 2018 event, Manchester Central, 12 April 2018.
If I seem a little comfortable in this spot, it's perhaps because only three days ago I was right here welcoming people to our 2018 data protection practitioner conference.
Data security and data privacy have always been linked. Privacy depends on security.
All modern data protection principles include an obligation to protect personal data. And security has been recognised in every significant codification of data protection, including the current Data Protection Act and the upcoming EU General Data Protection Regulation.
But the pace and scale of the UK digital economy, combined with the new legislation, is reshaping the digital landscape in which my office operates. Over the past year, my office has increased its focus on cyber security, to the extent that we now view it as the spine running through all of our work.
So before I talk about the cyber security community – the focus of today's conference – I want to share my thoughts about the current data protection landscape, as it relates to everything cyber.
Data protection and cyber security
I hope I am not being optimistic when I say that everyone in this room is aware of the seismic changes taking place in the realm of data protection at the moment.
Of course, there is the GDPR, coming in just a few weeks, and the Data Protection Bill that sits alongside the GDPR and tackles some of the details over which the UK has discretion. Add to that the law enforcement directive, which applies to police and other competent authorities about how we'll tackle crime, the revised e-privacy regulation, which sets out rules for electronic direct marketing and, of course the NIS directive under which the ICO is the competent authority for the UK for digital service providers. That's quite a list.
The new data protection reforms can be summarised in three main areas – transparency, control and accountability.
The law requires you to be transparent and tell people what you will do with their data.
You then have to stick to what you said.
This is the strengthened part of the law: you should be prepared to account to your customers and the regulator for what you have done.
The new legislation also makes "data protection by design" a legal requirement, as well as the use of data protection impact assessments.
The ICO has promoted privacy by design for years, and there's plenty of guidance on our website. But in this context it means building data privacy and security into every part of your information processing, from the hardware and software to the procedures, guidelines, standards, and policies that your organisation has or should have.
And remember: security is a boardroom-level issue. We have seen too many major breaches where companies process data in a technical context, but security gets precious little airtime at board meetings.
If left solely to the technology teams, security will fail through lack of attention and investment. These companies may have the best policies in the world – but if those policies are not enforced, and personal data sits on unpatched systems with unmanaged levels of employee access, then a breach is just waiting to happen
We understand that there will be attempts to breach your systems. We fully accept that cyberattacks are a criminal act.
But we also believe you need to take steps to protect yourself against the criminals. The malicious kid in his bedroom who hacks into your system just because he or she can. Or the opportunist thief who understands the value of the data you hold and knows how to get their hands on it.
Had Talk Talk and Carphone Warehouse implemented rudimentary protections attackers would not have gained access to their systems. If NHS systems had been patched and up to date, they would have been protected from WannaCry.
Don't just shut the door. Lock it. Then check the locks. And be mindful about who you allow to have a key.
My Deputy Commissioner for Operations James Dipple-Johnstone addressed this conference yesterday with more practical details.
Building a community – or communities
But today's conference is called "building the cyber security community".
So I would like to discuss that, with one caveat: where you say community, I say communities.
We play an active role in building and maintaining four equally important communities of practice and interest.
And I am going to talk about each of them in turn.
The international community – how we work with other countries
Cyber threats can come from anywhere in the world, and we work hard to enhance privacy protection for the UK public, no matter where the source of those threats.
In the European Union, we co-operate across all areas, including activities related to the internal market; justice, freedom and security; and police and judicial co-operation.
The ICO is part of the EU's Article 29 Working Party on data protection matters, and we supervise and support data protection in a variety of contexts, including law enforcement, customs and immigration.
And whilst the final legal relationship between the EU and the UK is one for the politicians, there is no doubt that achieving a treaty arrangement or an adequacy decision with the EU represents the simplest way of ensuring the continued frictionless flow of data between the EU and the UK.
And there is equally no doubt that having domestic laws that achieve a high standard of data protection and are broadly consistent with EU ones will be a significant advantage.
We also build and maintain networks and partnerships around the world, from multinational action groups (such as UCENet – 27 countries working together to tackle unsolicited marketing messages) to regular information exchanges and joint research.
The UK protective community – how we work with other regulators and official bodies
Taking a step closer to home: as I said before, we have a role to play in the Government's commitment to making the UK as the safest place to be online.
But there is no sole authority for cyber issues in the UK. As the UK's independent data protection regulator, we work alongside the National Cyber Security Centre, the NCA's Cyber Crime Centre, DCMS, Action Fraud and other agencies as and when appropriate.
Of course, to be effective we need to coalesce and form agile, multi-disciplinary partnerships. Which is why we are developing co-working practices and, where appropriate, memoranda of understanding with these organisations.
We are aligning our playbooks and testing them through the national exercises. We are co-ordinating our communications, guidance and incident responses with them, so that we can respond to large-scale data breaches appropriately.
For example, the NCSC co-ordinated the national response to the Equifax breach, and the ICO was involved as the regulator. But for Uber we lead the co-ordination and the NCSC acted as technical advisor.
And of course, anyone who heard James Dipple-Johnstone's speech here yesterday knows that we set out the GDPR security outcomes from the cyber incentives review with NCSC and DCMS.
Government and regulatory bodies are working together in a way which, I believe, is unmatched anywhere in the world.
We believe this partnership, bringing cyber-security agencies and those who uphold information rights, serves the public.
The UK business community – how we work with you
Coming even closer to home, I now want to talk about how we work with you: the businesses and organisations of the UK.
We want to empower you to take ownership in finding the right approach and the right balance between cyber and data rights. We want to recognise these who have significantly influenced their organisation, culturally and practically.
At our conference this week it was my great honour to award our first ever ICO practitioner award for excellence in data protection.
The award recognises the increasingly vital role played by professionals working in the sector, and the winner was Esther Watt, Data Protection Officer (DPO) at North Kesteven Council in Lincolnshire, who was chosen by an independent panel of five judges from more than 100 nominations.
As I've already said, the government is committed to making the UK the safest place to be online.
But keeping individuals safe online shouldn't invoke panic in terms of your obligations. I have spent a lot of the last year busting some data protection myths, and reassuring organisations that our approach as a regulator is not to fetter innovation, whilst making sure it's still hard for criminals and chancers to thrive online.
My office appreciates the challenges you are working under today because we face the same challenges.
Budgets are tight, technology is moving fast and there's a race to keep up with competitors. But data protection law needn't be onerous if you adopt privacy by design and sound cyber security at the outset of your projects.
One of the myths I have worked hardest to dispel is around data breach reporting under the GDPR.
You probably know this by now, but it's always worth repeating: you will NOT need to report every single personal data breach to the ICO.
But you will have to report a personal data breach if it's likely to result in a risk to people's rights and freedoms. And you must do that within 72 hours of discovering it.
You should all by now be developing a sense of what constitutes a serious incident in the context of your data and your own customers. You also need to consider whether a breach triggers notice, not just to the ICO, but to affected individuals as well.
We have taken steps to make reporting a breach simple, effective and efficient. Call our breach reporting line and you'll get a human response – and our focus will be on working with you, and bringing in whoever else we need to involve, to help you make the right decisions in those crucial first few days.
Tell it all, tell it fast, and tell the truth. Work with us and you will find the ICO to be a proactive and reasonable regulator.
As a proactive regulator, we recognise that innovation is essential in the digital economy. We are establishing a 'regulatory sandbox', for you to develop innovative digital products and services, whilst engaging with us to make sure the right safeguards are in place.
As part of the sandbox process we will advise you on mitigating risks and data protection by design. The sandbox is in the development stages to be launched in 2019.
Our internal community – and yours
And finally there's an often overlooked, but utterly essential community: our own people.
As a modern regulator in a technological environment it is our duty to continually invest in our technology and staff. You have a right to expect us to stay relevant in the context of a dynamic digital world.
We agree: which is why upskilling our staff is now a core component of the ICO's strategic goals. Through our information rights strategy and our new technology strategy, we are aiming to build a new cohort of in-house experts, by:
Developing new technology training programmes for our staff.
Introducing an ICO apprenticeship scheme, focussing on cyber security.
Expanding our in-house laboratory.
And as I have a captive audience I want to push this one: running a secondment scheme, offering your colleagues the chance to learn valuable new skills and to experience life in a different context. More on that on our website.
Digital economy is the fastest growing area of the UK economy. But, whilst new technologies bring new opportunities, it's the people designing, creating and managing them that count.
Low-tech breaches are frustratingly common in our enforcement work. So many of the breaches we investigate are down to human error.
And it's here that building your internal community can really pay off.
Your data protection officer, your chief technology officer, and your chief information security officers should never be strangers. They may not be BFFs but they need to get along and respect one another's briefs. Cyber-security is a team sport. Your board should approach every decision with an awareness of its impact on the security of your technology and information assets.
And if you build internal coalitions with privacy and security at their heart, then you will have taken an enormous step towards being the trusted leaders of the future.
Regardless of our focus today, let's remember why we're doing this – people. Increasing the public's trust and confidence in the way their data is handled.
This is a priority for me and my office I hope – I know – this is a priority for you.
The revelations of recent weeks involving Facebook and Cambridge Analytica and others have been a wake-up call. People care about what happens to their data.
Defending their information from attack is your battle – it must be one you are prepared to fight.
This post was originally published by ICO.org


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Fossil Swiss
Post by Ocean » Wed Apr 17, 2013 4:02 am
After launching its first Swiss Made collection under the Fossil brand, Texas-based Fossil Group is now focusing on Swiss Made production for other brands of the group. The company is introducing a new Swiss Made line of watches for Burberry at BaselWorld and aims to launch further collections for private and licensed brands in 2013 and 2014.
Today, Fossil Group already produces and exports 400,000 Swiss Made watches annually. In 2002, the group acquired its Swiss production capacity with the purchase of three small watchmaking companies originally from Biel, Switzerland that specialise in designing, prototyping and assembling under the roof of Montres Antima SA. By acquiring Swiss Technology Production in Manno, Ticino in 2012, Fossil now also owns its own production facility for movements in Switzerland. At the moment, it produces several thousand automatic movements annually. Earlier this year marked the start of building a new plant for the production of watch cases that provides 30 jobs in the town of Glovelier in the Swiss Jura. This facility will gradually expand to employ over 100 people by 2015.
Martin Frey, managing director of Fossil Group Europe, says: "By gradually extending our Fossil Swiss Made production for private and licensed brands, we continue our existing long-term commitment in Switzerland. At the moment, our turnover share is small, but we see great growth potential for our brands in the medium price range. We have the know- how, the brands and the sales channels in order to develop these markets. To realize this potential, we now want to extend the necessary capacities and build an appropriate vertical integration."
http://www.europastar.com/news/1004086086-fossil-group-extends-its-swiss-made-production.html#.UW6c0sr9PaE
eddiea
Re: Fossil Swiss
Post by eddiea » Wed Apr 17, 2013 8:09 am
Fortunately, my now gone Zodiac... was made before the Fossil take over
"Nothing behind me, everything ahead of me, as is ever so on the road." Jack Kerouac
JAS1125
Post by JAS1125 » Wed Apr 17, 2013 11:39 am
Wonder if Zodiac will be phased out in lieu of the Fossil name only?
The new prices of Oceanaires don't help


Voting booth: How likely are you to buy a new car this year?
Naamsa has predicted a major increase in local vehicle production in 2019 as it revealed some of the local industry's biggest challenges and shared its outlook for the year ahead.
Naamsa predicts 558 000 vehicles to be sold locally compared to the 552 190 achieved in 2018. Last year, the organisation predicted 572 000 models sold.
With an uptick in local production, we asked readers whether they'd purchase a new car in this year.
About 50% of respondents said they'd stick to their current ride in 2019 and 21% voters believe that cars are expensive.


Every Florida corporation is required to pay state taxes in addition to their federal tax burden. In Florida, this tax is called a Franchise Tax, and it is levied on all corporations, whether they are "franchises" or not.
Florida corporations file a Florida Corporate Income/Franchise Tax Return (Form F-1120). This is filed with the FL Department of Revenue. The tax due date depends upon your corporation's tax year. Generally, corporate tax in Florida is due on or before the first day of the fourth month following the close of your corporate tax year.
The tax is currently set at 5.5% on net income. Net income is considered to be your total income after a $50,000 exemption allotted by the State.
If your Florida corporation owes more than $2,500 in income tax annually, you are required to make estimated tax payments using the Declaration/Installment of Florida Estimated Income/Franchise Tax (Form F-1120ES). Estimated payments are due in four installments on the following schedule: Last day of the fourth month; last day of the sixth month; last day of the 9th month; and the last day of your tax year.
For corporations owing more than $20,000 in tax, forms and tax must be submitted and paid online.
As your Florida registered agent service, we will receive regular tax notifications from the Department of Revenue on your behalf. These notices will be sent to you.
Note: Sunshine Corporate Filings LLC is not a tax adviser, and nothing on this page should be construed as tax advice.


Find out more about the women wearing your favorite looks!
The 91st Academy Awards are almost here. One of the most distinguished and respected traditions in filmmaking history, the Oscars is like the Super Bowl for diehard movie buffs.
The broadcast is more than just an awards show. Following highly publicized movements like #oscarssowhite and #metoo, the ceremony has become a space for the Hollywood elite to speak out about the issues that matter to them and raise awareness for social issues affecting entertainment.
I'm a particular fan of the #askhermore movement, which encouraged reporters to stop being so sexist and ask the women they interview interesting, engaging questions aside from focusing only on fashion.
Always effortlessly classy, this Audrey Hepburn look is one of the finest to ever grace the Academy Awards. The classic vintage silhouette is still one that's seen on red carpets; I wouldn't be surprised to see someone rocking it this Sunday. Audrey won the Oscar in this Givenchy masterpiece for her role in Roman Holiday.
Aside from being a phenomenal actress, Audrey's background growing up in wartime and later success as a philanthropist make her both fascinating and inspiring. If you want to know more about her history and iconic image, check our guide to Audrey Hepburn's style.
Marion won the Oscar for her epic performance as musical icon Edith Piaf in La Vie En Rose in 2008. She also earned a César Award (the French equivalent of the Oscar) for the same role. A queen of acting and fashion, Marion naturally rocked a mermaid-inspired gown that was fit for royalty.
Beyond being a talented actress, the French star also plays bass guitar, keyboard, tambourine, and sings (although for her role as Edith Piaf, she trained in lip-syncing so the film could use Edith's real music). She has released singles and even gone on tour with French band Yodelice! When they inevitably make a movie about Marion's life, I would love it to be a musical in which she plays herself. Who else could?
This is the cutest look in Oscars history, and I will debate anyone who disagrees! Meryl Streep's matching jacket and ballgown combo is a fun and funky choice for a ceremony known for its lavish, fancy attire.
Even cuter than Meryl's ageless style and beauty are her record-setting 21 Oscar nominations. She's the most decorated nominee in the history of the Academy Awards. At this point, they should change the name of the show to The Meryls because that would be more accurate.
Serving us Greek goddess vibes, Melissa McCarthy's muted jewel-tone gown is exactly the kind of regal fashion we expect from Hollywood's best. Its stunning details and shape have vintage elegance that suit Melissa's classic accessories.
Melissa was attending the 2012 ceremony after her breakout comedic role in Bridesmaids when she was nominated for Best Supporting Actress and became an international superstar (of course, us stans have loved her since her days as Sookie St. James).
She has since designed her own clothing line that caters to women of all sizes. Melissa is nominated again this year for her role in Can You Ever Forgive Me? so make sure you're watching to find out of she wins.
Lupita Nyong'o's real-life Cinderella look on the red carpet catapulted her into fashion-icon status when she accepted an Academy Award for her first ever film role in 12 Years A Slave.
She has now become one of the biggest movie stars in the world appearing in blockbuster hits like Black Panther (nominated for 2019 Best Picture) and the new Star Wars trilogy.
Lupita is also writing a children's book that's going to combat colorism and teach kids to love their skin tones, so that officially makes Lupita Nyong'o the most beautiful person in Hollywood, inside and out.
Dressed like a star from the Hollywood golden era, this soft blue dress with strikingly simple jewelry made for one of the most timeless and beautiful looks in Oscars history.
Penelope Cruz is no stranger to making Oscars history, though. She was the first ever Spanish actress to win an Oscar when she took home the statue for Vicky Cristina Barcelona in 2009.
Penelope has two other Academy Award nominations to her name. She was also the first Spanish actress to get a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and will probably be the first Spanish actress to rule the world.
Who has your vote for best Oscar look of all time?
Will you be watching the Academy Awards? Who are you most excited to see take home a statue? Let us know in the comments!


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The Most Rev. Michael B Curry and The Right Rev. Robert Fitzpatrick, along with national and local staff of The Episcopal Church met at St. Andrew's Cathedral to learn more about Queen Liliʻuokalani.
Bishop Curry, the 27th and current presiding bishop and primate of The Episcopal Church, took the opportunity to tour Washington Place and ʻIolani Palace while in Hawaiʻi.
LeeAnn Silva, LT vice president, was invited to speak to current native Hawaiian issues as well as the Queen and her holiness of life in caring for both her subjects and the poor. LeeAnn presented Bishop Curry with Hawaiʻi's Story by Hawaiʻi's Queen, and mentioned "he was most excited to read it when I told him the Queen herself wrote it."
"A super fun meeting. These are warm, intelligent people with genuine care about humanity who have a good grasp of current issues. We had a lively, wide-ranging discussion. It is always special when discussing our Queen," LeeAnn added.
Fun fact: The presiding bishop was invited by Prince Harry and Meghan Markle to deliver the sermon at their royal wedding in May 2018 at St. George's Chapel at Windsor Castle in the United Kingdom.


Glenwood Springs–The Roaring Fork Re-1 School District would like the public's help in finding a new superintendent. Staff members, students, parents and community members are invited to attend a meeting this Thursday night at Glenwood Springs Middle School at 7 o'clock. A public feedback meeting with Glenwood business owners will be held Friday afternoon at 1 at the middle school.
Glenwood Springs–Human trafficking and child prostitution are the subjects of a revealing documentary film entitled, "The Playground." The film will be shown this Wednesday night at the Glenwood Springs Community Center at 6:30. A discussion will follow the screening with a panel of federal and local law enforcement officials.
Red Cliff–Folks in Red Cliff can turn on the faucets again. Water service was restored late yesterday, three days after the town's water main froze and broke. The town is asking Eagle County to help cover the 60 thousand dollar repair bill.
Denver–Avalanche danger is high today in the northern, southern and central mountains today. In addition, the snow and will make driving a hazard for the next couple of days.
failing to file a tax return between 2005 and 2010.
charity prosecutors said he set up to avoid taxes.
him for promoting smaller government.
stolen during a burglary are not classified as deadly weapons.
2005 and stealing money and two shotguns.
manner intended to use them.
Seven people have been charged with libel in the last two years.
Brophy's bill has its first hearing Tuesday.
with libel because he made fun of a professor.


The blend of technology, leveraging virtually every living space available in a destination, is shaping up new ways of how and where one stays while travelling.
The evolution of accommodation options for travellers continues. In addition to home-sharing and new offerings from hotels, apartments are being leased, refurbished by hospitality tech companies and then offered for stay to guests.
So don't be surprised if an option to avail a "brunch" instead of the normally-offered breakfast, or counting 24 hours of a stay from the moment one checks in into a property, crops up.
What is propelling the emergence of different options for travelers?
"Hospitality and real estate are broken categories," says Ritesh Agarwal, founder and CEO of hospitality company OYO Hotels, with headquarters in India and China.
"There is a huge disconnect between demand and supply of quality living space, forcing travellers and city-dwellers to compromise on location, comfort, and pricing."
According to Agarwal, the team at OYO is using technology and talent to fix this socio-economic problem.
"(We are focusing on this) so that people and property are in perfect equilibrium. Our long-term vision is to standardize all forms of real estate such as budget hotels, apartments, guesthouses, and resorts," Agarwal argues.
OYO is backed by the SoftBank Group, Sequoia Capital, Huazhu Group (previously known as China Lodging Group) and other investors, and has so far raised around $450 million.
The team also acknowledges that since their approach to setting up a business is unprecedented, their business metrics are not easily understood.
"Globally, we've seen marketplace models pivoting from plain discovery to fully managed and leased services. The future is a brand with distribution and full management capabilities - OYO being a full stack hospitality company is at the forefront of this innovation," says Agarwal.
"The past two years have been watershed years for us, both in terms of business as well as expansion. We locked down our growth strategy with a razor-sharp focus on our '100% inventory with Exclusive' model while building capabilities for on-boarding 10,000 rooms every month.
"In the past 12 months, we have also introduced first of its kind innovative hotel categories like OYO Home and SilverKey [corporate executive stay apartments]," Agarwal believes.
"We are targeting 180,000 rooms by the end of 2018, capturing a 5% share of the Indian hotel market," he says.
"We will further continue our stronghold on the South Asian and South East Asian markets where we can help and empower neighbourhood hotels to emerge in the same league as the big boys of hospitality."
OYO has lent a new dimension to the legacy-driven budget hospitality segment in India by enabling standardization of services, amenities and in-room experience.
"The industry offers an opportunity of more than four million hotel and guest-house rooms in India and there's a white space that exists in the economy segment," Agarwal says.
OYO currently has over 5,000 exclusive hotels as a part of its franchised, managed and leased chain, which are spread across 150 cities in India.
It also has more than 12 hotels on the OYO platform each consisting of 100+ rooms.
He acknowledged that there's a dearth of quality living spaces at certain price points which offers a huge untapped opportunity in China.
"OYO hotels will be working towards empowering the country's hospitality industry by introducing its hotel brand and operating solutions for ensuring a seamless experience for both guests and assets while generating lucrative job opportunities for locals in smaller tier provinces," says Agarwal.
Referring to the alliance and five-year MoU with Huazhu Group, Agarwal says the deal came around the time when OYO was focusing on transforming themselves into a full-stack hospitality company driven by technology and was focusing on exclusive properties.
Agarwal acknowledges that Huazhu Group's experience and expertise especially in managing large properties in multi-format models has supported OYO to accelerate their own growth plans.
The company is operating franchised and managed models in China, working with small and independent hotels. The network currently stands at 11,000 rooms, 270 hotels in 27 cities.
As for direct booking and indirect distribution in China, OYO is seemingly in the early stages, having registered a company last year.
There is no option of booking online directly via the company's website in China, but users can book directly by contacting the call centre of the company.
A guest has to pay at the hotel directly even though booking can be confirmed by WeChat. OYO Hotels are also listed on Ctrip. Overall, the infrastructure to support direct online bookings or indirect distribution is still a work in progress.
OYO has worked on a variety of products and the list includes OYO Rooms, OYO Flagship, OYO Townhouse (based on the needs of the millennial traveller, every hotel is designed to complement its neighbourhood), OYO Home and OYO SilverKey.
Agarwal cites the case of OYO Townhouse and mentions that this concept breaks away from "decades-old hotel industry templates".
"Every single element – from the breakfast menu to the booking process – has been re-engineered" for quality and value, says Agarwal.
Agarwal describes OYO Home as the company's latest home management product.
"We have unlocked over 2000 homes in India's top leisure destinations, including Goa, Shimla, Manali, Pondicherry and Udaipur," he says.
"Booking a hotel is not only limited to a leisure or business trip. At OYO, we're witnessing that millennials are opting to stay at a nearby hotel for non-travel-related reasons such as, working late and wanting to avoid a long two-way commute, partying out with friends and wanting to avoid driving or going back home late.
"Intra-city bookings account for more than 40% of our bookings in some of the Indian metros," explains Agarwal.
"We differentiate ourselves by taking ownership of the end-to-end customer experience, right from the search and booking process to in-room amenities, service-delivery and check-out. We map the customer journey to the smallest detail and providing moments of delight at each step," he says.
The company cites the example of their OYO mobile app. It enables guests to be in control. The app offers other functionalities in addition to booking rooms. These include room service for food and beverages, booking a cab, searching near-by restaurants etc.
There are more than 350 OYO's local representatives, called Captains, at hotels for fulfilling concierge-like assistance service. On the check-in day, the guest gets the details of captain for any local assistance, thus ensuring 24/7 on the ground support.
"With the help of internally developed 'Krypton' app technology, Captains engage with properties right from the time of on-boarding, training staff of the property, ensuring right asset quality and conducting weekly audits of the rooms ensuring OYO's standards of hygiene and other promises are maintained," says Agarwal.
In the past five years, the team has worked on establishing proprietary capabilities ranging from technology to transformation and on-boarding an asset.
"We have a 300-people strong on-ground team, coming from civil engineering, architectural and design background who have empowered OYO in transforming an asset within 3-14 days and on-boarding them at an even quicker pace, which is in stark comparison to the industry," says Agarwal.
"As a company, our focus is on guest experience metrics, organizational agility and building tech solutions to solve problems and enable a great customer experience."
"We've built technological capabilities to overhaul tedious processes like transformation and asset on-boarding making them swift and agile while providing a structural detailing to the value chain. Our sales workforce uses Orbis which is a business intelligence tool and helps them in understanding demand patterns in the area and basis this intelligence offering the right quote to different partner hotels."
Also, the properties are run on the inbuilt OYO OS for ensuring efficient operations. The property management system is used to handle check-in, check-outs and make an adjustment to prices according to demand. The staff uses Krypton – an internal audit app to inspect hotels and assets and it also captures customer feedback which helps identify any experience issues.
With the blend of technology and human service in place to serve the travellers, OYO is further expanding to meet the needs of its guests.
The company recently forayed into complete package solutions and introduced OYO Total Holidays.
"The plan is to deliver seamless holiday packages that guarantee standardized hotels at affordable rates, with an OYO Captain on location to troubleshoot right through check-in and check-out. This is the first year of such service offerings from OYO," says Agarwal.
The services are available across major leisure destinations in India, including Ladakh, Himachal, the North-east, Uttarakhand, Kerala, Andamans, the rest of South India, and Goa. These packages are also valid for international destinations including Nepal and Malaysia.
Besides food, hotel, local sightseeing and guided tours, the package further includes transport - flights, buses and cabs (both inter and intra-city).
"We also take care of VISA procedures for our guests travelling to international destinations," says Agarwal.
OYO's Ritesh Agarwal is scheduled to speak at the upcoming 2018 TravelDaily Conference from September 19-21 in Shanghai.


Organizational skills greatly affect your performance in the workplace.
Among its benefits include improved efficiency rate, better tracking of progress, better management skills, instilled trust, and minimized stress, resulting in better performance at work.
But some of us are not so lucky to have held the habit of organization. Luckily, it's something that you can pick up in time. Winston Churchill once said, "Fail to plan, plan to fail." Planning hastens the organization process as it lets you organize your thoughts and actions with what needs to be done. When you plan your days ahead, you will see the tasks you need to prioritize. You also create a rhythm for performing repetitive tasks with ease, making room for the gargantuan ones.
Only by applying organizational skills can you fully understand the extent of its advantages. Here are five easy to do tips to help you greatly improve your organizational skills both at work and in life.
Who hasn't heard of S.M.A.R.T. goals? It's an acronym for Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant and Time-bound goals that you can easily set for yourself. The term was said to be first used in the November 1981 issue of Management Review by George T. Doran. Nowadays, the acronym has been expanded to SMARTER, adding Evaluation and Reviewed at the end, seeing the need for evaluating and reviewing the results for further improvement on the process.
So how do you use this method? Here are some guide questions to help you set each category.
Specific – What do I want to accomplish, and why is this goal important to me?
Measurable – How will I know when it's accomplished?
Achievable – How can I accomplish these goals?
Relevant – Does it seem worthwhile, and does it match my team's needs?
Time bound – How much time will it take for me to do this?
Evaluate – How is this process working for me in days, weeks?
Review – What can I do to improve my process? What can I omit from the process?
Evaluation of the process that you've developed is as important as setting goals itself. It will let you analyze the improvements and setbacks that your process involves and you get to tweak it to get the results that you want.
With proper and careful evaluation, you'd be able to identify what get you to your wanted results quicker, and what demands urgency. Having that information, you can easily make an informed decision on to optimize your performance. One thing you can do is create a quadrant that rates the tasks according to urgency and importance, which will also show you which tasks you can delegate and which tasks you should absolutely avoid, like maybe browsing through Facebook while doing your tasks. Here's a quick guide on how to create your own.
4. Delegate tasks with your team member's skills in mind.
Your team members are vital to your organizations' success. One way to help them improve their organizational skills is to designate important tasks to them. It's like hitting two birds with one stone. Your team feels affirmation for their skills and also gets to go beyond their comfort zones and try on new tasks.
5. Replace To-Do lists with Done Lists.
Traditional to-do lists can be hard to follow for some. If that's the case, why not try a done list instead? This list can be compiled at the end of the day and act as a review of the productive and unproductive things you've done. It will help you get a good grip of the habits you might need to change and also highlight the good deeds you've done for the day. This way it's more concrete, and it also identifies pain points that prevent you from achieving your goals.
Any planning tips you want to share? We'd love to hear about it.


Feel more comfortable committing early by filling out actual paper work with a real person? Still have some questions you would like answered by a real person instead of reading information on a website? Have no fear! MDAH is holding a face to face early commitment session to help you with all your Early Commitment needs!
*Please come prepared with all pertinent information listed on our website so we can ensure a successful enrollment.


Registration has launched for A Gathering of Leaders 2015, a three-day invitation-only convening for organizations and networks committed to expanding opportunities for Boys and Men of Color. The conference will take place September 14-16, at the Hyatt Regency in New Orleans, LA.
The deadline for all registrations is August 7th, 2015. Register today at http://www.agatheringofleaders.org/register/.