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Ce e de reținut este că aceste lucruri ți se pot întâmpla pur și simplu, peste noapte (sau peste câteva zile, ceea ce în termenii agenților economici e fix același lucru). Este exact ceea ce ANIS (una din asociațiile patronale din industria IT) și alți actori importanți din domeniu au semnalat cu obidă - impredictibilitatea regimului fiscal.  Și acum se bate șaua pentru un alt cal mai mare : eliminarea scutirii de impozit pe venit acordată programatorilor este inevitabilă, e important ca ea să poată totuși fi cât de cât planificată pentru ca firmele să poată gestiona momentul cât mai bine.

Însă cum ordonanța de urgență cu pricina a apărut fără ca măcar MCTI să fie prevenit, nu putem avea mari speranţe că pe viitor mediul de afaceri va beneficia de mai mult respect. Astfel că se caută soluţii de imunizare. Astăzi, încep evaluarea posibilităţii de a activa ca PFA.

Înregistrarea ca PFA (persoană fizică autorizată) este o roată descoperită de multă vreme de către firmele şi specialiştii care activează în IT. În context, numărul PFA-urilor nu poate decât să crească.

Pentru a-mi face o idee despre avantajele și îndatoririle activării ca PFA mi-am deschis un caiet de lucru, unde îmi voi păstra notițele, întrebările și răspunsurile pe acest subiect. Contribuțiile voastre sunt binevenite.

contractele PFA scutesc firmele de o treime din fondurile de salarii, mai ales ca reglementarile actuale permit companiilor sa utilizeze contracte de prestari servicii incheiate cu o persoana fizica autorizata, in locul angajarii unor salariati.
Specialistii in domeniu declara ca avantajele multiple, existente de ambele parti, fac din PFA cel mai eficient instrument de optimizare fiscala, chiar mai bun decat microintreprinderile.
Dintre avantaje, putem enumera :
- firma care apeleaza la un astfel de serviciu scapa de costurile pentru asigurarile sociale (22%), sanatate (7%), somaj (3%), fondul de risc si accidente (0.5-4%), camera de munca (0.25 sau 0.75%) si 0.75% pentru concediile de maternitate.
- PFA-ul plateste doar 6.5% contributia la sanatate, 30% asigurarile sociale, 16% impozit pe venit calculat pe diferenta intre veniturile impozabile si cheltuielile deductibile.
Pot fi reduse toate cheltuielile legate de business,plus cele declarate, astfel: intretinerea propriului apartament, amortizarile si dobanzile legate de achizitionarea unui autoturism, o achizitie imobiliara etc. Se poate deduce si TVA-ul platit, contabilitatea se tine in partida simpla si se poate dispune de banii afacerii in orice moment.
Toate aceste avantaje, plus usurinta cu care se poate infiinta un PFA, transforma acest tip de afacere in noul trend in domeniul economic, deoarece schimbul dintre cele 2 parti are loc rapid si sigur, doar in baza unui contract de prestari servicii.

KalpanaVasudevan,managing trustee, People for Animals (PFA), Unit II, here has provided shelter to a number of animals and birds in her house and is determined to end cruelty meted out to them.

“There are strict laws in the Constitution forbidding cruelty to animals but people should

be made aware of them. PFA is talking to the authorities for a separate Police wing exclusively for animal welfare. It will surely make a difference,” she says.

According to her, an elephant begging for money is never a lovely sight. She had taken

action against a group that made an old and underfed elephant beg on Terumanallur-

Tirupur road. “Such practices can never be tolerated,” said Kalpana.

Horses too face a lot of hardships.Once having faithfully led their masters to victory in

races, they are abandonedwhen they growold. They roam around, and when they do not get enough food, they end up chewing pedestrian’s clothes and sometimes also harm people.

On stray dog ‘menace’, Kalpana says: “It’s due to unavailability of food. They are struggling to survive. That’s why they harm humans. I understand the need to control the population of dogs. But killing them is no solution.”

PFA is going to organise a programme in Coimbatore for controlling the growing population of dogs. Under the programme, pups and tough dogs (ferocious dogs) froma selected area will be removed and put for adoption.

The remaining dogswill be sterilized and given anti-rabies injection. She believes that this programme could help save 200 to 300 dogs a month.

On whom she holds close to heart, humans or animals, she said: “Ellame uyir thaan (all

are living beings). But the difference is that man can think and help himself, while animals cannot.”

“From a young age, children should be taught that harming animals is wrong. Parents

should encourage their kids to interact with animals. Teach them that like humans,

every animal has its own personality and character,” she said.

“One should not deny their freedom. If you want birds as pets in your house, tie a net

around the trees and keep theminside. Please, no cages.”

PFAunit II has about 300 volunteers around the city including college students. “Help is

just a call away. But we need more volunteers especially young.”

One issue faced is the lack of space to shelter the rescued animals. “Once, the horses which I rescued were tied around my house until I found an alternative. I’ve spoken to the authorities regarding the lack of space. It will be taken care of sometime,” she beams optimistically.

Kalpana shelters 30 street dogs in her house. “If you ever come across cruelty towards animals, just give me a call. If possible take a photo of it,” she says.

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PFA is an organization started by Maneka Gandhiwithmorethan175units across India. It has been effectively working for animal rights. PFA has successfully campaigned against bull fights, horsewhipping, animal sacrifices and more. It has also set up 17 hospitals, including the only wildlife hospital in South India in Bangalore. If interested in becoming

A member of PFA, contact Kalpana Vasudevan over phone. No:97917-88833.

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What is cruelty?

According to Prevention of Cruelty towards Animals (PCA) Act (11),(12): Cruelty isbeating, kicking, overriding, overdriving, overloading, torturing and causing unnecessary pain. Killing an animal amounts to cruelty and is a cognizable (the violator can be arrested) offence under Section 428 and 429 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).

Note: This was published in 'Expresso', the city supplement of the New Indian Express on June 25

Trebuie sa te autentifici, sa selectezi si sa descarci formularul dorit, completandu-l. Ulterior atasezi acestuia toate actele doveditoare, apoi semnezi electronic cererea, dupa validarea anterioara in sistem. Dupa ce semnezi cererea pentru a deveni PFA, o vizualizezi si o trimiti.

Singura cheltuiala suplimentara daca vrei sa te inregistrezi ca persoana fizica autorizata este semnatura electronica.  Citeste mai multe despre PFA pe www.myjob.ro.

This year's New York Asian Film Festival offers an impeccable feast of critical hits and audience favorites from the Pacific coast. Runs: June 20th - July 13th

First up is a Japanese version of Meet Joe Black, with a similarly handsome lead (Takeshi!), but without the tedious pacing and the inconclusive dribble. Called Sweet Rain: The Accuracy of Death, it's separated into three acts, with each story exploring the relationship between the Reaper and his victims/patients. The embodiment of death being played by a gorgeous male actor demands that we take for granted a family-friendly equation between le petit mort and orgasm. With all the queasy S&M parts thrown out, it's hard not running towards the light at the end of the tunnel when Brad Pitt is there waiting for you. It reminds me of why Orpheus fell in love with Death and gave up on Eurydice, thanks Cocteau for the twisted romanticism.

The other film playing at the New York Asian Film Festival is Johnnie To's Sparrow, a G-rated ode to Hong Kong through the gauze of French New Wave-ness with pickpockets and con artists combing the streets. To's retrospective at the PFA will be the subject of a later retroactive post.

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Since I don't really live in the area, I mind as well gush about other retrospectives I would not hesitate auctioning my soul for. Film Forum is importing the iconic Japanese actor (other than Toshiro Mifuni), Tatsuya Nakadai, for a limited run of his filmography, June 20 - August 7. And he's still alive, and doing a Q&A.

If anybody ask me for a list of my favorite actors, Tatsuya would be near the top. It was When a Woman Ascends the Stairs (Naruse, 1960) that introduced me to this boyish face, which lacks the delicate curves of Sessue Hayakawa and the jagged features of Mifune, defined solely by an almost perfect square and enhanced by the awkward contortions of his brows and lips. I wanted Mama-san to end up with her shy manager (played by Nakadai) and not with the businessman who would later abandon her. Why does this always happened to comfort women with the hearts of gold?

Even on the onset of his prolific career, a protean resilience separated him from his peers, as he donned and discarded one mask after another, somehow symptomatic of the 60s, a period where conventional Japanese masculinity had undergone a shift of confounding uncertainty. Was he supposed to be a hyper aggressive cipher of evil (Sword of Doom), a sacrificial martyr for institutional critique (Harakiri), or just an everyman getting extensive plastic surgery (Face of Another)?

Terrence Rafferty of the NY Times best sums up the strange appeal of Mr. Nakadai.

Whether Mr. Nakadai is portraying a man who is delighted by the life before his eyes or appalled by it, he never looks blasé, uninterested: he seems to exist in a state of constant surprise.

By 1985, when Kurosawa's Ran saturated the radar screen, everyone had forgotten that adolescent face behind the theatrical madness of Lord Hidetora, another mask among a series of others.

My personal pick: The Age of Assassins (Kihachi Okamoto, 1967), a wacky espionage romp starring Nakadai as the quintessential Hitchcockian "wrong man" on the run.

After celebrating a successful 12 months a Cornish market research company is continuing to push forward as it plans for further growth.

Bodmin-based PFA Research has recorded an increase in turnover of 15 per cent from January to December 2007.

And during that time the company has also made Unlocking Cornish Potential (UCP) graduate Martin Hockaday a permanent fixture.

“As the figures show the last year has been really good for us,” said PFA Research’s managing director, Robert Rush.

“It’s been busy and exciting, and we’ve worked on a real range of projects from small polls through to staff satisfaction surveys for county councils.

“The period has also seen us expand our area of work on a national scale, which has allowed us to bring Martin in permanently after a successful trial under UCP.

“He has come in and added real value to the business, as well as insight into data. With his background in social research and the way he can interpret the data he has helped us increase our core analytical competences, made us more competitive and helped us address a wider market.”

According to Robert the signs are there that 2008 will be another good year.

“Despite the murmur of difficult times ahead, we’re putting a lot of initiatives in place, such as flexible working, to make us even more competitive.

“We know that organisations that invest in research and plan for their business are more likely to work through uncertain times. I believe the plans we are making will allow us to increase our range of clients on both a local and national level.

“And with Martin’s addition to the team and his fantastic ability of analysing to data, this has allowed me greater flexibility to target new clients and grow the business even more.”

For more information please contact Robert Rush at PFA Research on 01208 262010 or visit www.pfa-research.com.

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Nagrody wręczano podczas wielkiej gali w londyńskim Grosvenor House Hotel. Ronaldo jednak nie odebrał jej osobiście, gdyż wraz z całym zespołem przygotowuje się do rewanżowego spotkania Ligi Mistrzów z Barceloną. Wyświetlono jednak nagranie jak Cristiano odbiera wyróżnienie z rąk Sir Alexa Fergusona w ośrodku treningowym Carrington.

Plebiscyt PFA:

Piłkarz Roku w Anglii: Cristiano Ronaldo

Młody Piłkarz Roku w Anglii: Cesc Fabregas

Jedenastka Premier League 2007/08

David James

Bakary Sagna - Rio Ferdinand - Nemanja Vidić - Gaël Clichy

Cristiano Ronaldo - Steven Gerrard - Cesc Fabregas - Ashley Young

Fernando Torres - Emmanuel Adebayor

Alex Ferguson would be to blame if Manchester United do not win the title from here. He rested Tevez and Ronaldo and started with Nani and Anderson in the middle of the park with Rooney on his own. A tenth minute casualty was Vidic who caught Drogba's knee and it is reported that he lost a teeth and has got stitches on his lowe lip. It was all Chelsea in the first half and it ended with Ballack scoring off a wonderfully taken header. Carvalho's lapse in concentration meant Rooney got a free goal  to his credit. But he was the second casualty and I wonder if his hip injury is responsible for his poor performance in the last few matches. Even Ronaldo couldn't rescue a point as a penalty sealed the fate of  United hopes.

There were enough incidents in the match, like Drogba and Ballack arguing on who should take a free-kick and that incident involving Rio Ferdinand. But the biggest scuffle happened after the match when some of the United players got involved with the Chelsea staff.

And tonight the PFA awards get announced. Cristiano Ronaldo is the favourite to win the award and here is a list of the previous award winners. Courtesy Telegraph

PFA Player of the Year 1974-2007

1974 Norman Hunter - 'Bite yer legs' Hunter was a central defender for the feared Leeds United tean of the 1960s and 70s, he was also a member of the 1966 World Cup winning squad.

1975 Colin Todd- Currently manager of Randers FC, Todd won two Football League titles with Derby County in the 1970s, and was capped for England 27 times.

1976 Pat Jennings OBE- Former goalkeeper for Northern Ireland, Jennings played 119 games for his country. He played 1,000 top level games for clubs and even managed to score a goal in the 1967 Charity Shield.

1977 Andy Gray - Former Scotland striker, Andy Gray is now a football pundit for Sky Sports. He began his career with Dundee United before moving to Aston Villa, until Cristiano Ronaldo won in 2006-07, Gray was the only player to receive the PFA Young Player of the Year, and the Player of the year the following season.

1978 Peter Shilton OBE - England's most capped international player, Shilton earned 125 caps in goal for his country over 30 years. His career included eight clubs, three World Cups, two European Cup finals and over 1,000 competitive matches.

1979 Liam Brady - Former Ireland international, Brady is the current assistant manager of the Republic of Ireland senior team. He was a renowned midfielder with a notable left foot. He found success with Arsenal and Juventus and earned 72 international caps.

1980 Terry McDermott - Liverpool fan McDermott was initially overlooked by his local club and was signed to Newcastle in 1973. He met Liverpool in the 74 FA Cup final which Newcastle lost 3-0, but McDermott's dreams were fulfilled when six months later Liverpool manager Bob Paisley signed him to the Merseyside club.

1981 John Wark - John Wark was a defensive midfielder with an astonishing goals coring record - 165 over 22 years. He began his career at Ipswich, returned there after four years at Liverpool and finished his career there after a spell at Middlesbrough.

1982 Kevin Keegan - Kevin Keegan is widely regarded as one of the greatest English footballers - and the only one to be named European Footballer of the Year twice. He finished his playing career at Newcastle United where he is currently manager. He has also managed Fulham, Manchester City and the senior England team.

1983 Kenny Dalglish - Former Scottish international Kenny Dalglish is renowned for his success with both Celtic and Liverpool in the 1970s and 80s. He was the first player to win 100 caps for Scotland, and with 20 goals he shares the top scorer title with Dennis Law.

1984 Ian Rush - Welsh striker, Ian rush was well known for his partnership with Kenny Dalglish at Liverpool. He scored 254 goals over a 21-year career at eight different clubs: Chester, Liverpool, Juventus, Leeds, Newcastle, Sheffield, Wrexham and Sydney Olympic.

1985 Peter Reid - Peter Reid started his playing career in 1974 at Bolton, he also spent a number of years with Everton and Queens Park Rangers. He won 13 caps for England and was one of the players passed by Diego Maradona when he scored his second goal of the quarter-final of the same tournament.

1986 Gary Lineker - Former England striker Gary Lineker, scored 10 goals in two World Cups and is currently a sports broadcaster for the BBC. He had a prolific career at a number of clubs, including; Leicester, Everton, FC Barcelona and Tottenham Hotspur. During his career he was never cautioned or sent off by the referee.

1987 Clive Allen - Son of former Spurs forward Les Allen, Clive Allen enjoyed a career as a prolific goals corer at a number of clubs. He made big headlines in 1980 when as a teenager he was sold for £1.25 million.

1988 John Barnes -Former Liverpool player John Barnes was scouted by Watford as a schoolboy playing for non-league Sudbury Court - his signing fee was a set of kit. He is currently acting as a part-time scout in the Caribbean for Sunderland and is also a broadcaster channel Five.

1989 Mark Hughes - nicknamed 'Sparky', Mark Hughes is a former Wales international and currently manager of Blackburn Rovers. He played for a number of high profile clubs, most notable were his two spells at Manchester United during which he scored 119 goals.

1990 David Platt - a strong-running, free-scoring midfielder who enjoyed a successful career in the 80s and 90s. He had shown little promise as an international until he was taken off the bench against Belgium in the second round game and scored the goal to put England through to the quarter-finals.

1991 Mark Hughes - Before his retirement in 2002 Mark Hughes played for Barcelona, Bayern Munich, Chelsea, Southampton, Everton and Blackburn Rovers. His first managerial post was for the Welsh national side, he was appointed in 1999 and remained in the role for five years.

1992 Gary Pallister - Gary Pallister made up one half of one of the most notable defensive partner ships in English football at Manchester United with Steve Bruce. During his nine years at United, Pallister won three FA Cups, four Premier League titles, one League title and one Cup Winners' Cup.

1993 Paul McGrath - Paul McGrath's background of Irish and Nigerian saw him become one of the first Irish celebrities of a mixed-race background. He was a key defender for Manchester United, Aston Villa, Derby County and Sheffield United. He also earned 83 caps for Northern Ireland.

1994 Eric Cantona - Referred to as 'King Eric' by Manchester United fans, Cantona is praised for reviving the club - he put them back to their status as a footballing powerhouse. He is also remembered for an incident against Crystal Palace where, after being sent-off he launched a kung-fu kick against a Palace fan - he was banned from playing for nine months.

1995 Alan Shearer OBE - Alan Shearer became the world's most expensive footballer in 1996 when he was bought by Newcastle for £15 million. He was a huge success at Kevin Keegan's club scoring 25 goals in 31 games. Shearer still holds the Premier League goals coring record with 260.

1996 Les Ferdinand MBE - Les Ferdinand is a former England striker, and most remembered for his time at Newcastle United, Tottenham Hotspur and Queens Park Rangers. He is the cousin of Premiership players Rio and Anton Ferdinand, and was the first player to score for six different Premier League clubs.

1997 Alan Shearer OBE - Alan Shearer made 63 appearances for England and scored 30 goals making him joint-fifth in the England all-time goals corers list with Nat Lofthouse and Tom Finney. He was named England captain for two years before he announced his retirement from international football after Euro 2000.

1998 Dennis Bergkamp - Widely regarded as one of the English Premier League's all-time greatest players Dennis Bergkamp played his best games as a support striker at Arsenal. In 2007 he was inducted into the English Football Hall of Fame - the first ever Dutch player to receive the honour.

1999 David Ginola - David Ginola, the former French international began his career in France with Toulon in 1985. He played with three other French clubs before signing for Newcastle United in 1995. After two years he moved to Tottenham and quickly became regarded as one of the best wingers of all time.

2000 Roy Keane - Current manager of Sunderland, the Irish midfielder has been hailed as one of the greatest players ever. He was noted for his aggressive and competitive style of play, an attitude which earned him the captains armband at Manchester United for eight years. He has been called Sunderland's saviour - the club was 23rd in the Championship when he took over, he has helped them climb their way back to the Premiership.

2001 Teddy Sheringham MBE - The veteran England international is currently playing at Colchester United but has enjoyed a prolific career which has seen him win almost every domestic honour - most notably the Treble with Manchester United. He was capped 51 times for the England senior team and scored 11 goals. After a 26-year career he announced this year that he will retire at the end of the 2007-08 campaign.

2002 Ruud van Nistelrooy - Currently playing with Real Madrid, van Nistelrooy holds the record at Manchester United for being the club's top scorer in European competition. He has also been the top scorer in three different European leagues as well as being the Champions League's top scorer in three different seasons.

2003 Thierry Henry - Renowned for his pace, goals coring and ability to create assists, the French striker is currently playing at FC Barcelona. He made his name as a world-class footballer after his move to Arsenal. He initially struggled with in the Premiership however, he emerged as Arsenal's top goals corer almost every season that he was there.

2004 Thierry Henry - Thierry Henry became Arsenal's all time leading scorer with 226 goals in all competitions. While under Arsene Wenger's leadership he won two league titles and three FA Cups. He was twice nominated for the FIFA World Player of the Year, and was named the Football Writers' Association Footballer of the Year three times. HE left Arsenal after eight years for a fee of £16.1 million.

2005 John Terry - Chelsea centre back John Terry has previously been voted best defender in the 2005 Champions League and was included in the FIFPro World XI for 2005, 2006 and 2007. He was also the only English player to make the all-star squad for the 2006 FIFA World Cup.

2006 Steven Gerrard - Liverpool's captain grew up as an Everton fan but is now nick-named 'Mr Liverpool'. He has been named European Midfielder of the Year, Premier League Most Valuable Player twice and UEFA Most Valuable Player. He has been nominated three times for the FIFA Player of the Year, in 2005, 2006 and 2007. On 5 February 2008, it was announced he had been voted by fans as the Nationwide England Player of the Year for 2007.

2007 Cristiano Ronaldo - This season's leading goals corer (28) Cristiano Ronaldo came third in the 2007 World Player of the Year. He is widely regarded as one of the most talented footballers of his generation. Johan Cruyff enthused in an April 2, 2008 interview, "Ronaldo is better than George Best and Denis Law, who were two brilliant and great players in the history of United."

Cererea de inregistrare poate fi depusa on-line
Actul normativ permite, posibilitatea solicitarii inregistrarii on-line pentru toate cele trei categorii: persoane fizice autorizate, intreprinderi individuale si familiale.
Certificatul de inregistrare, continand codul unic de inregistrare, devine documentul care atesta inregistrarea in registrul comertului, autorizarea functionarii, precum si luarea in evidenta de catre autoritatea fiscala competenta. Termenul de emitere al acestui document este de trei zile lucratoare de la primirea documentatiei complete.

Actul normativ permite asigurarea in sistemul public de pensii
Persoana fizica, titular al unei intreprinderi individuale, cat si persoanele din intreprinderea familiala, vor putea cumula si calitatea de salariat al unei terte persoane cu care colaboreaza pentru efectuarea unei activitati economice.
In plus, persoana fizica autorizata, intreprinzatorul persoana fizica titular al unei intreprinderi individuale cat si membrii unei interprinderi familiale vor fi asigurati in sistemul public de pensii si alte drepturi de asigurari sociale si vor avea dreptul de a fi asigurati in sistemul asigurarilor sociale de sanatate si al asigurarilor pentru somaj.

Micii intreprinzatori pot alege orice obiect de activitate din CAEN
Cele trei categorii de intreprinzatori pot avea orice obiect de activitate cuprins in codul CAEN, mai putin cele interzise prin legi speciale. Totodata, acestea pot tine contabilitatea in partida simpla, o procedura mai facila de tinere a contabilitati.
Mai mult, actul normativ sprijina micii intreprinzatori prin acordarea posibilitatii fiecarei primarii de a constitui si organiza birouri de asistenta si de reprezentare, prin reorganizarea activitatii de autorizare desfasurate in prezent.

]]> http://newdawn4pg.wordpress.com/?p=66 Thu, 10 Apr 2008 10:26:03 +0000 wizurye http://newdawn4pg.wordpress.com/?p=66 The latest ranking table has just been freshly released by FIFA and yes, Malaysia has been ranked NO.170 by the world football association. Considering there are soooo many countries in the world, aiya... no.170 is not too bad also la... kolek ah?

But when I surveyed further, I found a few surprises in the ranking of FIFA. The country of Gabon (where the heck is this place? can anyone look it up in an atlas) is ranked 98. A war-ravaged country such as Iraq, where US occupation has entered its 5th anniversary, is ranked 70 - 100 rung above us! Can anyone imagine a country that virtually don't have any academies to nurture young players or perhaps worse, may be without any 'flat' playing field, can still be ranked so much higher than us.

Ok ok... dun compare ourselves with those supermen. They are not on same playing ground like us. Try to look for some nice & fair comparison among ASEAN countries. Same region. Adik beradik mah... Tinggi sama tinggi, 'panjang' sama 'panjang'... :) I was shocked to find that Vietnam (115), our small & supposely 'weak' neighbour Singapore (129) and Indonesia (132). Even Taiwan - where their national game is baseball and basketball is still ranked 1 rung above us @ 169!

Hey FIFA, are you sure you got it 'kolek' ah wif your ranking? Don't play play u know... Your ranking might create unrest & street demos in our country. I tried to call FIFA president to ask him for clarification but was told that the ranking was 'final'. Sigh... nampaknye I haf to accept the FACT. The FACT that Malaysian football has fallen oh so LOW! No. 170! Lower than hockey & cricket crazy country such as India (154) and Pakistan (161)!

I hope our FAM President is aware of this ranking. The Malaysian football is in FREE Fall! Something got to be done. But it seems that we got too many 'Sami Veboos' in the country who hold high posts regardless politically or socially. If you're not good enough, you JUST not good enuff! Just Do the Right Thing. Don't waste the time & money of the people by overstaying your tenure as head, chief, kepala, president, or watever post u can name. Over then 10 over years with 'him' as president of FAM, Malaysian fans have been singing 'London Bridge is Falling down...' about the national team. Can't we just be a bit professional by employing the kolek group of people to run these organisations?

I am ardent fan of footieball, be it EPL or Malaysian Super League. I used to support my Penang Panthers when they were realli good under Moey Yoke Ham. I even brought my wife who hated football very much to our proud City Stadium to cheer the team. But sadly, these were onli sweet memories. Today, Penang is languishing rock bottom of the table, suffering the same fate suffered by the national team. If we don't find a remedy fast enuff, to no.710 here we come!

(Psst... got so many countries in the world meh? I dunno lor... hehehe...)

Autorizarea este reglementata de catre Legea nr.300/2004 privind autorizarea persoanelor fizice si a asociatiilor familiale care desfasoara activitati economice in mod independent iar anumite aspecte procedurale sunt reglementate de Normele de aplicare ale acestei legi aprobate prin HG nr.1766/2004.

Pentru a obtine autorizarea trebuie indeplinite cateva conditii minime de catre persoanele respective:

a) au implinit varsta de 18 ani, in cazul persoanelor fizice ce solicita autorizarea pentru desfasurarea de activitati economice in mod independent

b) starea sanatatii le permite desfasurarea activitatii pentru care se solicita autorizatia;

c) au calificarea - pregatire profesionala sau, dupa caz, experienta profesionala -, necesara pentru a desfasura activitatea economica pentru care se solicita autorizatia;

d) nu au fost condamnate penal prin hotarare judecatoreasca ramasa definitiva pentru savarsirea de fapte sanctionate de legile financiare, vamale si cele care privesc disciplina financiar-fiscala de natura celor care se inscriu in cazierul fiscal;

e) indeplinesc conditiile de functionare prevazute de legislatia specifica in domeniul sanitar, sanitar-veterinar, protectiei mediului, protectiei muncii si apararii impotriva incendiilor si cerintele reglementarilor specifice protectiei consumatorului pentru activitatea desfasurata, precum si normele de calitate a produselor si serviciilor puse pe piata.

La birourile Primariilor, prin serviciile abilitate, se depune un dosar constituit dupa cele aratate mai jos.

Pentru constituirea dosarului trebuie completate o serie de cereri conform unor formulare standardizate care trebuie puse la dipozitie de catre Primarii.

Acestea sunt:

1. cerere de verificare disponibilitate si/sau rezervare denumire firma,

2. declaratie-tip pe propria raspundere privind indeplinirea conditiilor de functionare prevazute de legislatia specifica in domeniul sanitar, sanitar-veterinar, protectiei mediului, protectiei muncii si apararii impotriva incendiilor, precum si reglementarile specifice protectiei consumatorului pentru activitatea desfasurata si normele de calitate a produselor si serviciilor puse pe piata,

3. declaratie-tip de notorietate cu privire la abilitatea de a desfasura activitatea pentru care se solicita autorizarea, in cazul meseriilor traditionale si artizanale, eliberata de primarul localitatii respective in mod gratuit,

4. declaratie-tip pe propria raspundere autentificata, in cazul cetatenilor din statele membre ale Uniunii Europene si din Spatiul Economic European, neinregistrati fiscal in Romania, din care sa rezulte ca nu au datorii fiscale si ca nu au savarsit fapte de natura celor care se inscriu in cazierul fiscal, sanctionate de legile financiare, vamale si cele care privesc disciplina financiar-fiscala,

5.  cerere de autorizare,

6. dovada sediu (actele locuintei daca sediul coincide cu acesta)

7. acordul asociatiei de locatari daca sediul este in apartament de bloc.

Desigur nu toate sunt de interes pentru toti solictantii a se vedea mai ales punctele c si d.

De asemenea, trebuie facuta dovada platii unor taxe:

a) taxa de verificare a denumirii si de rezervare firma;

b) taxa de obtinere a cazierului fiscal;

c) taxa pentru emiterea autorizatiei, care include si taxele postale;

d) taxa pentru inregistrare in registrul comertului a autorizatiei;

e) comisionul pentru servicii oferite de oficiile registrului comertului in vederea obtinerii codului unic de inregistrare;

f) taxa de transmitere prin posta de la oficiile registrului comertului de pe langa tribunale catre primarii.

Dosarul trebuie completat si cu urmatoarele acte:

- copii de pe actele de identitate;

- in cazul desfasurarii activitatii in contextul dreptului de stabilire - actele din care sa rezulte domiciliul sau resedinta;

- certificatul medical pentru persoana fizica, prin care se atesta ca starea sanatatii le permite desfasurarea activitatii pentru care se solicita autorizatia, eliberat de medicul de familie sau de o unitate sanitara;

- autorizatie sanitara veterinara emisa de directia sanitar-veterinara si pentru siguranta alimentelor judeteana, respectiv a municipiului Bucuresti, pentru comertul cu ridicata al animalelor vii, comertul cu ridicata al carnii si produselor din carne, precum si pentru comertul cu ridicata al produselor lactate, oualor, uleiurilor si produselor comestibile;

- copii de pe documentele care dovedesc pregatirea profesionala sau, dupa caz, experienta profesionala, pentru desfasurarea activitatii pentru care se solicita autorizarea;

- in cazul in care pentru practicarea unor activitati economice, ocupatii sau meserii sunt prevazute, prin acte normative, cerinte de pregatire profesionala si/sau de atestare specifice, persoana fizica trebuie sa depuna dovada indeplinirii cerintelor respective.

- in cazul in care activitatea economica pentru care se solicita autorizarea nu necesita calificare, persoana fizica nu va prezenta dovada pregatirii sau experientei profesionale.

Experienta profesionala se poate dovedi cu:

1. diploma, certificatul sau adeverinta prin care se dovedeste absolvirea unei institutii de invatamant preuniversitar sau universitar;

2. certificatul de absolvire a unei forme de pregatire profesionala, organizata in conditiile legii in vigoare la data eliberarii acestuia;

3. certificatul de competenta profesionala, eliberat de institutiile abilitate conform legislatiei in vigoare;

4. cartea de mestesugar, obtinuta in conditiile prevazute de actele normative in vigoare la data eliberarii acesteia;

5. carnetul de munca al solicitantului, din care sa reiasa ca acesta a fost incadrat in munca pe o durata de minimum 2 ani in activitatea, meseria sau ocupatia pentru care se solicita autorizarea;

6. declaratie de notorietate cu privire la abilitatea de a desfasura activitatea pentru care se solicita autorizarea, eliberata de primarul localitatii respective in mod gratuit in cazul meseriilor traditionale artizanale;

7. autorizatia eliberata in conditiile Decretului-lege nr.54/1990 sau ale Legii nr.507/2002 (sunt actele normative in temeiul carora PFA functionau anterior Legii 300/2004) privind organizarea si desfasurarea unor activitati economice de catre persoane fizice, cu modificarile ulterioare;

8. alte dovezi care sa ateste experienta profesionala.

Cateva recomandari:

- alegeti firma cat mai original pentru ca altfel riscati sa fie deja rezervata si sa primiti un raspuns negativ la rezervare ade firma,

- domeniile de activitate care pot fi desfasurate ca PFA sunt chiar mai restranse decat cele care pot fi desfasurate de societatile comerciale. O lista a domeniilor de activitate se regaseste in Normnele metodologice cu amendamentul ca ele trebuie actualizate conform ordinului 337/2007 a Institului National de Statistica. De pilda o activitate ca inspector resurse umane nu se va regasi in aceasta lista si nici macar un domeniu apropiat. Depinde de dibacia fiecaruia de a gasi un domeniu care sa corespunda intentiilor fiecaruia. Sau poate fi reanalizata optiunea de a incepe o activitate sub forma PFA; poate infiintarea unei societati comerciale este mai potrivita.

- Manifestati rabdare. Autorizatia va fi eliberata ca urmare a conlucrarii mai multor institutii publice si inevitabil termenul nu poate fi foarte scurt.

Ca urmare a demersurilor dumneavoastra veti primi o autorizatie si un certificate de inregistrare de la Oficiul Registrului Comertului care va contine si codul fiscal atribuit.

]]> http://norwichcity.wordpress.com/2007/12/19/leave-the-boys-alone-bless-them/ Wed, 19 Dec 2007 18:12:25 +0000 MD http://norwichcity.wordpress.com/2007/12/19/leave-the-boys-alone-bless-them/ PFA Chief Executive Gordon Taylor has called for greater security to ensure players are protected from crowd abuse.

Sol Campbell also believes things are out of hand:

"We can all take the booing or light banter, but when it gets to the realms of verbal abuse it's a bridge too far".

He also questioned whether this sort of abuse is an infringement of a player's human rights.

While you cannot condone some of the ridiculous abuse handed out to players on occasion (in my opinion the Ashley Cole/Arsenal situation went too far at the weekend), supporters pay a lot of money to watch these "superstars" who earn more in a week than they will in a year. If they think a certain player is a bit of a prat they have every right to say so.

On the day Manchester United defender Jonny Evans is arrested on rape allegations, and following incidents including Joey Barton putting a cigar out in a team-mate's eye and allegations of racially motivated assault in recent years (to name but two), I wonder who needs this protection more - footballers from the public or the public from footballers.

If you're interested you can listen to Sol Campbell's interview with the BBC here.

Since my decision making was so overlong and drawn out.  I thought I'd post it up for others also thinking about it...

Basically felt I did want to join some sort of representative group mainly because I'm a firm believer in "if you don't vote don't whinge".  AOPA do a year free membership for student pilots (Not well advetised but tick the "Student" box on the joining form) and I was a member while I was training but it's been gone a year since then now and I felt I was ranting an awful lot without doing a great deal about any of the "issues facing GA" which they both purport to tackle.

In the end it was several factors that swayed me towards the PFA.  One of the main ones was their active Youth and Education section which is all about encouraging young people to take an interest in aviation.  This is something I feel quite strongly about and wanted to support.

The next influencing factor was (and I'm sure their marketing department will love to hear this) the upcoming name change to the "Light Aircraft Association (PDF)" and their posted news article on why they were doing so (PDF).  They went to some lengths to point out that they aren't just for homebuilders.  I fly a CofA aircraft and the main thing putting me off the PFA was trying to work out if it was really worth joing a "homebuilders association" when I can just about put up a shelf without hammering my thumb...   Was their talk of representing the whole GA community anything more than marketing blurb?

The mantra of "Affordable Flying" goes without saying is right up my street , and there are very many lovely looking PFA machines out there which I daydream over, and several people have been good enough to take me flying in theirs.  Overall it's more the way I see my flying long term.  AOPA, at least to me, seems more geared to the "proper" pilots than the kind of sunny-day-bimbler which I am.

So while I waited for the Big Annual Bill (yes I was still waiting for the aeroplane to come back), I splurged instead on my first payment and have been rewarded with a big stack of marketing material and two magazines hot on the heels of each other.

My first impressions are of an active, busy, motivated, strongly opinionated organisation.  There were some snippy, snipey comments in the first magazine I received which didn't really endear me to it all that much (complaining about members not releasing the details of their build projects).  I did pause to wonder if I really had just joined up with a bunch of stroppy whingers after all, but it didn't seem to be repeated in the next offering so I'm withholding judgement for the moment.  "Opinionated" has its place after all, and is sometimes the way to get things done.

I've read the magazine cover to cover, including to my suprise, the sections on building an aircraft.  My idle daydreams are starting to take a rather odd turn actually!

Still working my through it all, I will post again when I've had time to form an opinion on whether I made the right choice.

By Devinder Sharma

It was on the cards. With Prime Minister Manmohan Singh announcing the formation of a new rehabilitation policy for farmers displaced from land acquisitions, it is now official -- farmers have to quit agriculture.

Ever since the Congress led UPA Coalition assumed power after an angry rural protest vote threw out the erstwhile BJP led NDA combination in May 2004, the Prime Minister had initiated a plethora of new policies for the spread of industrialization.

After having laid the policy framework that allows private control over community resources – water, biodiversity, forests, seeds, agriculture markets, and mineral resources -- the UPA government finally looked at the possibility of divesting the poor people of their only economic security – a meagre piece of land holding.

“Special Economic Zone (SEZ) is an idea whose time has come,” the Prime Minister had said at an award ceremony in Mumbai sometimes back. Supported by all political parties, including the Left Front, he has actually officiated a nationwide campaign to displace farmers. Almost 500 special economic zones are being carved out ( see The New Maharajas of India http://www.stwr.net/content/view/1392/37/ ). What is however less known is that successive government’s are actually following a policy prescription that had been laid out by the World Bank as early as in 1995.

A former vice-president of the World Bank and a former chairman of Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR), a body that governs the 16 international agricultural research centers, Dr Ismail Serageldin, had forewarned a number of years ago. At a conference organised by the M S Swaminathan Research Foundation in Chennai a few years back, he quoted the World Bank to say that the number of people estimated to migrate from rural to urban India by the year 2015 is expected to be equal to twice the combined population of UK, France and Germany.

The combined population of UK, France and Germany is 200 million. The World Bank had therefore estimated that some 400 million people would be willingly or unwillingly moving from the rural to urban centres by 2015. Subsequent studies have shown that massive distress migration will result in the years to come. For instance, 70 per cent of Tamil Nadu, 65 per cent of Punjab, and nearly 55 per cent of Uttar Pradesh is expected to migrate to urban centres by the year 2020.

These 400 million displaced will constitute the new class of migrants – agricultural refugees.

Acerbating the crisis are the policy initiatives that promotes privatization of natural resources, take over of farm land, integrating Indian agriculture with the global economy, and moving farmers out of agriculture – in essence the hallmark of the neo-liberal economic growth model.

Agricultural reforms that are being introduced in the name of increasing food production and minimising the price risks that the farmers continue to be faced with, are actually aimed at destroying the production capacity of the farm lands and would lead to further marginalisation of the farming communities. Encouraging contract farming, future trading in agriculture commodities, land leasing, forming land-sharing companies, direct procurement of farm commodities by amending the APMC Act will only drive out a majority of farmers out of subsistence agriculture.

Although the land holding size is diminishing, the answer does not lie in allowing the private companies to replace farmers. Somehow the entire effort of the policy makers is to establish that Indian agriculture has become a burden on the nation and the sooner the country offloads the farming class the better it will be for economic growth.

Contract farming therefore has become the new agricultural mantra. Not realising that private companies enter agriculture with the specific objective of garnering more profits from the same piece of land. These companies, if the global experience is any indication, bank upon still more intensive farming practices, drain the soil of nutrients and suck ground water in a couple of years, and render the fertile lands almost barren after four to five years. It has been estimated that the crops that are contracted by the private companies require on an average 20 times more chemical inputs and water than the staple foods.

Sugarcane farmers, for instance, who follow a system of cane bonding with the mills, actually were drawing 240 cm of water every year, which is three times more than what wheat and rice requires on an average. Rose cultivation, introduced a few years back, requires 212 inches of groundwater consumption in every acre. Contract farming will therefore further exploit whatever remains of the ground water resources. These companies would then hand over the barren and unproductive land to the farmers who leased them, and would move to another fertile piece of land. This has been the global experience so far.

Allowing direct procurement of farm commodities, setting up special markets for the private companies to mop up the produce, and to set up land share companies, are all directed at the uncontrolled entry of the multinational corporations in the farm sector. Coupled with the introduction of the genetically modified crops, and the unlimited credit support for the agribusiness companies, the focus is to strengthen the ability of the companies to take over the food chain.

I have always warned that agribusiness companies in reality hate farmers. Nowhere in the world have they worked in tandem with farmers. Even in North America and Europe, agribusiness companies have pushed farmers out of agriculture. As a result, only 7,00,000 farming families are left on the farm in the United States. Despite massive subsidies in European Union, one farmer quits agriculture every minute. Knowing well that the markets will displace farmers, the same agriculture prescription is being applied in India.

A Planning Commission study has shown that 73 per cent of the cultivable land in the country is owned by 23.6 per cent of the population. With more and more farmers being displaced through land acquisitions, either for SEZ or for food processing and technology parks or for real estate purposes, land is further getting accumulated in the hands of the elite and resourceful. With chief ministers acting as property dealers, farmers are being lured to divest control over cultivable land.

Food security and food self-sufficiency is no longer the country’s political priority.

The government has very conveniently taken refuge behind an NSSO study that says some 40 per cent of the farmers have expressed the desire to quit farming. After all, what the government is facilitating is to make it easier for the farmers to abandon their land. It believes that a rehabilitation policy for the farmers therefore is the need of the hour. What is however not being seen through is that an agrarian economy like India cannot afford large-scale displacement of farmers.

It will lead to social unrest the kind of which has not been witnessed. What India needs desperately is a policy paradigm that restores pride in agriculture, stops take-over of agricultural lands, and ensures sustainable livelihoods for 600 million farmers.

Sharanarthi Blog - http://www.sharanarthi.blogspot.com

Congratulations also to former United youngsters Jonathan Greening, included in the Championship Team of the Year after a fine season with champions-elect West Brom, and Richie Wellens, representing Doncaster in the League One side, and - although it has no direct relevance to this blog - congratulations as well to Cristiano Ronaldo on his second successive Player of the Year award and Rio Ferdinand and Nemanja Vidic on their inclusion alongside him in the Premier League Best XI.