plus 4, Baroda Rajasthan Gramin Bank invites applications for various posts - SamayLive

Baroda Rajasthan Gramin Bank invites applications for various posts - SamayLive
Racine County Jail inmate dies - Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Police arrest woman suspected in abduction - Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Cultural industries growing in significance in Latin America and the ... - PR Inside
Bernard Zane "Bud" Kastler - Spectrum

Baroda Rajasthan Gramin Bank invites applications for various posts - SamayLive

Posted: 26 Nov 2009 07:49 AM PST

New Delhi: There is an opportunity for candidates preparing for banking service examination. Baroda Rajasthan Gramin Bank has started recruitment process for the posts of Grade I officers and Clerk-cum-Cashier.

Applications have been invited by the bank. The candidates applying for these posts will have to submit their fees through DD/Banker's Cheque.

A source said that DD or Banker's Cheque along with application form must be sent by ordinary post.

Application fee is Rs 300 for General and OBC candidates while Rs.50 for Scheduled Caste, Scheduled Tribe, PWD, EXS candidates.

Each candidate applying for any of the posts must write his name, date of birth, resident and post name on the back side of DD or Banker's Cheque.

Demand Draft must be in favour of BRGBRecruitment Clerical Project 2009″. It should be payable at Ajmer.

The academic qualification required for Officer Grade-I is Graduation, English Language Knowledge, Expert in Computer like MS Office, Windows operating System, networking etc.

Candidates holding degrees in Computer, Management, Engineering, Law, Business Administration, Veterinary Science, Agriculture, MCA, CA will be given preference for the post.

Candidates must be in age bracket of (18 to 26 years). Rules will be followed in giving relaxation.

Candidates should send their applications for the post of Officers at PO Box No.7731, Borivali (West).

The examination of the officers' post will held on February 21, 2010.

Details for the post of Clerk-cum-Cashier:

Educational qualification for the post of Clerk-cum-Cashier is graduation or 12th or 10th with 60 per cent for General and 55 per cent for reserved categories.

Candidate must be in age bracket of 18 to 26 years. They will get relaxation as per rules.

Candidates should send their applications for the post of Clerk at PO Box No.8591, Kandivali (East), Mumbai-400101.

On February 28, 2010, the written exam for the post of clerk will be held.

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Racine County Jail inmate dies - Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Posted: 26 Nov 2009 08:39 AM PST

Nov. 25, 2009 | Waukesha — Three men charged with conspiring to kill an Oconomowoc mother last month left investigators a detailed trail of phone calls, money transfers and airline tickets, according to a criminal complaint released Wednesday.

The complaint charges Darren M. Wold, 41, with first-degree intentional homicide, party to a crime, in the Oct. 1 killing of Kimberly A. Smith, 39, the mother of his 4-year-old son. Smith was found bound and stabbed in her home in the 300 block of S. Maple St. that morning by her boyfriend.

Wold, who has been living in Lubbock, Texas, and two other men - Jack E. Johnson, 65, and Justin Patrick Welch, 26 - were arrested last week.

Wold made his first appearance in Waukesha County court Wednesday, where Court Commissioner Laura Lau set bail at $1 million. A preliminary hearing was set for Dec. 17. Wold is being held in the Waukesha County Jail.

Assistant District Attorney Andrea Hill said she had no timeline for when Johnson, formerly of Waukesha, and Welch would be extradited from California, where they are being held after their arrests in Mexico and at the border. »Read Full Article

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Police arrest woman suspected in abduction - Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Posted: 26 Nov 2009 09:07 AM PST

Wold, who has been living in Lubbock, Texas, and two other men - Jack E. Johnson, 65, and Justin Patrick Welch, 26 - were arrested last week.

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Cultural industries growing in significance in Latin America and the ... - PR Inside

Posted: 26 Nov 2009 08:17 AM PST

2009-11-26 17:21:34 - Earlier this year, the Latin American & Caribbean Economic System (SELA) convened a forum in Caracas on the protection of the region's folklore, traditional knowledge and genetic resources.

VHeadline commentarist, Guyana's Ambassador to Venezuela, Dr. Odeen Ishmael writes:

Protection of these resources, which form the basis of cultural industries, is a particularly sensitive issue for the countries and governments of Latin America and the Caribbean. It is also a relatively new issue, which is simultaneously linked with commercial interests, human rights and national sovereignty matters. According to SELA,

it is also related to the commitments taken on by the Latin American and Caribbean countries within the framework of the multilateral trade negotiations and with the conditions on traditional knowledge negotiated in already signed free trade agreements (FTAs).

Actually, various versions of FTAs negotiated over the past few years now include specific provisions about traditional knowledge, framing it within the general concept of intellectual property.

Generally, cultural industries are specifically concerned with the creation, production, and distribution of goods and services that are cultural in nature, many of which are protected by copyright provisions. More and more, cultural industries are playing a significant role in the economies of both the developed and developing countries since they produce artistic and creative outputs and have the potential for wealth creation and income generation. Thus, they form an important aspect in poverty alleviation.

In 2000, the global value of cultural industries was estimated at US$900 billion; five years later the estimated figure had jumped to $1.3 trillion and, currently, it is approaching $2 trillion. With the advance of cultural productions such as the music and entertainment industry, as well as international sports competitions in Latin America and the Caribbean in the past five years, the region stands to achieve even a modest share in the global cultural markets which can have a positive effect on domestic employment and GDP growth.

At present, cultural industries account globally for about 7% of GDP. In Latin American and the Caribbean (LAC), the average contribution of this sector, excluding the cultural tourism sector, to GDP is about 4%. It is relatively much higher in Europe and the United States of America.

A noteworthy aspect of cultural industries is cultural tourism. Overall, tourism has become one of the most important industries globally and it now a significant factor in the development of the global economy. In recent years, LAC countries have experienced a growth in this sector, even though the current global economic downturn has been a detrimental factor in its advance. Nevertheless, throughout the region, particularly in Central America, cultural tourism continues as a leading money-earner for local populations and governments. No doubt, this is because these countries possess archaeological sites, old colonial towns, natural scenery, pristine rain forests and rivers, along with the traditional cultural forms of the people -- all of which present a variety of cultural attractions to tourists from all parts of the world.

National sports also provide an attractive pastime for tourists and thousands of local and foreign tourists congregate in various LAC countries to watch baseball games in Cuba, Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic and Venezuela, to revel at football in Brazil, Argentina, Colombia, Mexico and Costa Rica, and to enjoy international cricket matches in Guyana, Jamaica, Barbados, Trinidad & Tobago, as well as other English-speaking Caricom countries.

Actually, cultural industries, generally environmentally friendly, are especially suited to aid in local development. They are "people intensive" rather than "capital intensive," and often employ creative workers. At the same time, these industries can assist in social cohesion since arts, culture, and sports can offer common meeting places in societies affected by political divisions and economic and social inequality.

One of the current drawbacks in assessing the economic potential of cultural industries in LAC is that many regional economists and development planners are not yet totally convinced about the importance of cultural industries to economic development. It is hoped that they will eventually agree that culture is an economic resource that can be used to promote sustainable growth, and if properly utilized, can be effective in poverty alleviation. A comprehensive technical assistance programme, with the aid of relevant UN agencies, can be developed to assist in the sustainability of these industries, particularly handicraft production in rural communities. Both the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) have in the recent past carried out studies of cultural industries, and their expertise should be utilised in developing the necessary technical programmes for the region.

It should be noted that a sizeable proportion of women work in cultural industries, especially in craft production. Obviously, the development of these industries positively aids in advancing women entrepreneurship, thus promoting gender balance and equity. Cleary, these enterprises, particularly the craft sector, can inject long-term growth for marginalised population groups such as women and youth.

One of the major complaints of workers in cultural industries is that current regulations in LAC are antiquated and must be adjusted to meet the demand of changing times. Regulations and institutions are sorely needed to combat piracy of intellectual property, a problem which has now graduated into a worldwide plague. In this respect, governments of the region must take on the urgent task of developing effective legal and regulatory frameworks to protect their cultural industries.

When SELA convened its forum on the protection of the region's folklore, traditional knowledge and genetic resources, it obviously did so with the realisation that these factors heavily influence cultural industries and their economic impact on its member states. But like other economic activities, the problems associated with global climate change can have a detrimental effect on all of these aspects of cultural industries.

Surely, the destruction of the region's forests and other natural resources can lead to damaging results, not only on archaeological sites and the natural environment, but especially also to genetic resources in the region.

Already, as is well known, the ownership of many of the genetic species of plant life in our various countries is claimed by institutions and other enterprises in developed countries, which have registered patents and other forms of title, and they exploit these resources to manufacture pharmaceuticals and other high-priced products from which the LAC nations obtain marginal economic benefits.

With the impact of cultural industries already highlighted by one regional organisation at a major forum, it is hoped that others will also give it special attention.

It is obvious that these enterprises, given local, regional and international support, can be instrumental in supporting the struggle against poverty and for the improvement of the economic livelihood of a wide cross-section of the region's citizenry.

Dr. Odeen Ishmael
embguy@cantv.net

www.vheadline.com/readnews.asp?id=86380

(The writer is Guyana's ambassador to Venezuela. The views expressed are solely those of the writer.)

www.vheadline.com/ishmael

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Bernard Zane "Bud" Kastler - Spectrum

Posted: 26 Nov 2009 07:34 AM PST

ST. GEORGE - Bernard Zane "Bud" Kastler was a man whose heart and hands reached out to touch nearly every aspect of life in Utah: from business - where he served nearly 35 years in senior leadership and eventually as President/CEO and Chairman of Questar, Utah's natural gas utility; to politics as a representative in the Utah State Legislature and a member of Presidential Commissions; to civic leadership as Chairman of the Salt Lake City Chamber of Commerce and President of the Salt Lake Kiwannis; to charity in lead roles such as Chairman of United Way Salt Lake, Chairman of the LDS Hospital Fundraising Campaign," The Utah Shakespearean Festival and The Utah Symphony. A member of several boards of trustees, his most prominent roles included directorships with Albertsons, First Security Bank, Bonneville International, Westminster College and Intermountain Health Care. His business acumen and dedication to community gained such recognitions as Salt Lake City's Giant In Our City, honors from the National Conference of Christians and Jews, the Utah Business Hall of Fame, the University of Utah Distinguished Alumni Award and the Presidential Citation Award from Brigham Young University. A man of great faith, Bud honored service above self, demonstrating again and again, a belief in a greater good and a higher power.

During the height of his career he was portrayed as a "renaissance man" whose imprint upon the paths he trod garnered extensive news coverage spanning three decades and revealing a well-rounded "outsider" who became very much of an "insider" within Salt Lake City and the state of Utah that he made his home.

Bud was born October 30, 1920, to Bernard Zane and Elsie Grossman Kastler, in Billings Montana. He served his country during World War II in the Pacific Theater. At the war's end, he returned home, later relocating to Utah and graduating Summa Cum Laude from the University Of Utah School Of Law in 1949. He received his Juris Doctorate in 1968 and Honorary Doctorate of Business from Southern Utah University in 1980. He married Donna Irene Endicott in 1948 and they raised two daughters, Lynn Barbara Kastler Smith (deceased 2007) and Kerry Kastler Hepworth. Together, he and Donna enjoyed a 61 year journey through life laced with laughter, tears, travels, friendships, trials and triumphs. Through it all - the common thread of love and fidelity both buoyed and embraced them. Long beyond the close of his life on November 22, 2009, his wife, Donna, his daughter Kerry and son-in-law Wayne, his sister Lorraine Myatt, sister-in-law Fae Reigle, four grandchildren, Chad Smith, Alyssa, Nick and Brittany Phillips, and great grandchildren Dallan, Darian, Riley and Kaison, and five step-grandchildren, Neisha Hepworth, Natalie Barnes, Perry Hepworth, Nick Hepworth and Kaloni Hepworth, will carry a piece of his heart - always and forever in their hearts.

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