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SOURCE: Clarizen
October 30, 2013 08:00 ET
What the Facebook Generation Is Teaching Us About Democratized Collaboration
What the Facebook Generation Is Teaching Us About Democratized Collaboration
SAN MATEO, CA--(Marketwired - Oct 30, 2013) - By 2025, more than 80 million millennials are projected to be in the workplace [1]. On the one hand, some feel this brings a wave of ambitious individuals with high expectations. On the other hand, Clarizen reports, millennials, more than any other generation, stand to democratize collaboration, which in turn empowers individual workers of all ages. It is worth exploring this generation's impact on the workplace in more detail, and how they stand to transform it.
Millennials: Who Are They?
Millennials is the generation that "lives online" and "works online." What does this mean for their work habits? It's not that they don't want to work: they want to work differently.
"It's a different mindset today than 10 to 15 years ago," said Avinoam Nowogrodski, CEO and founder of Clarizen, the recent winner of the 2013 SIIA CODiE Award for Best Project Management Solution. "Everybody in this generation is sharing information, everybody knows what everybody else is doing, and everybody has a voice."
Tools That Millennials Use
Millennial workers were raised in the digital age of transparency. They are accustomed to posting their activities online and having their progress followed. For them, success at work is about proving your worth to the team and the project. They must have an online voice and be constantly augmenting that voice and adding clarity to the team.
Indeed, millennials thrive on transparency and a sense of team cohesion, which is something that social media provides. Because they are used to interacting online regardless of their physical locations and the time of day, millennials will provide the impetus companies need to embrace workforce mobility.
Merging Established Practices with Millennial-Era Ones
For companies to successfully transition into millennial work culture, they must re-define established, effective project management practices within the context of interactive, real-time transparency that encourages employee participation. It's no longer about establishing rigid rules to blindly follow. In fact, this new work culture will transform the quality of the work experience -- and, ultimately, the work output.
"Clarizen has helped everyone at Future State gain awareness of what's happening around them," said Kathy Krumpe at Future State. "We help our clients collaborate more effectively across generational, geographical and cultural boundaries, and align to shared vision and clear outcomes. With Clarizen, now our internal teams have built better cohesion, because everyone understands everyone else's responsibilities -- and their progress in each project. For the first time, everyone is aware of what is happening around them -- not just what is happening with their own tasks."
The net result? Democratized collaboration, empowered individuals and operational excellence.
"Clarizen is giving a voice to each and every employee and making each and every individual count," said Nowodgroski. "Instead of being bystanders, millennial workers aim to become the center of their own work universes. Clarizen's solution helps to harness each individual employee's potential and makes the most of their own unique attributes, skills, capabilities and values. It's about collaboration -- and it's about individual empowerment in the workplace."
Interacting Within the Big Picture
Visibility, an understanding of other people's responsibilities and the ability to collaborate in real time gives entire teams a vested interest in their work. They feel like what they're doing matters, because they can see how if fits into the bigger picture. The right tools will establish that context. Maybe we have something to learn from millennials, after all.
About Clarizen
Clarizen is the enterprise-class leader in work and project management solutions that harness the power of the cloud to get work done efficiently, effectively, and with better results. Fast to deploy and easy-to-use, Clarizen is redefining enterprise collaboration by connecting social context with tasks and projects to drive increased productivity and profitability. Clarizen fuels the high-performance teams of more than 2,000 organizations across 76 countries, including more than 25 of the Fortune 500. In 2013, Clarizen received the SIIA CODiE Award for "Best Product Management Solution." Founded in 2005, Clarizen is privately held with offices in San Mateo, California and Hod Hasharon, Israel. For more information, visit www.clarizen.com.
[1] Forbes, "Why You Can't Ignore Millennials," Dan Schawbel, 4 September 2013.
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Pak surprises Muslim nations by voting in favour of Israels resolutionDecember 12th, 2007 - 1:21 pm ICT by admin
United Nations, Dec 12 (ANI): Pakistan has surprised other Muslim nations by voting for a resolution sponsored by Israel in a committee of the UN General Assembly. Most Muslim countries abstained from voting.
Although the resolution sponsored by Israel and European nations related to "agricultural technology for development".
Most Arab envoys said that until the issue of occupied territories was resolved, they couldnt support any Israeli-sponsored resolution.
The resolution was adopted with 118 in favour and 29 abstentions, the Dawn reported.
Israeli Ambassador Dan Gillerman hailed the adoption of the resolution, saying that a new spirit of cooperation existed among member states.
He chastised South Africa for voting against the resolution.
No one from the Pakistan mission was available to comment on the vote.
Pakistans UN Ambassador Munir Akram was in Bali (Indonesia) to attend the UN climate change meeting. (ANI)
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Nottingham Business School is offering master scholarships for UK/EU and international students. The scholarships will cover half the tuition fee to students who have received an offer to study on an eligible full-time Masters course starting in January 2015. The scholarship will be available in the form of a tuition fee reduction. Application should be submitted till 28th November 2014.
Study Subject(s): Scholarships are offered to study Business Administration.
Course Level: Scholarships are available for pursuing MBA degree level at Nottingham Business School in UK.
Scholarship Provider: Nottingham Business School in UK
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Eligibility: Applicants are only eligible for consideration of a scholarship award if they have been offered a place on an eligible postgraduate course, please check the list of eligible courses.
-For consideration of a scholarship award, applicants must have achieved an undergraduate degree equivalent to a UK
undergraduate honours degree (minimum 2:2) and must provide a copy of their degree certificate or official university transcripts
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Scholarship Open for International Students: UK/EU and International students can apply for these scholarships.
Scholarship Description: These scholarships will be awarded to those candidates who most closely meet the criteria for the award which are provided below. The scholarship decision will be made by an awarding committee and all decisions of that awarding committee are final. The scholarship will be available in the form of a tuition fee reduction and if you are awarded a scholarship your fee will be adjusted before enrollment.
Number of award(s): Nottingham Business School will be offering a number of competitive Masters Scholarships.
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What does it cover? The scholarships will cover half the tuition fee to students who have received an offer to study on an eligible full-time Masters course starting in January 2015.
Selection criteria: Scholarships are competitive and selection is based on academic attainment and the outlined selection criteria. It is, therefore, of great importance that you submit your academic documents with your application, that you give your personal statement careful thought and preparation and you refer to the criteria provided.
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People in BDSM communities spend a lot of time talking about consent, and with good reason: It's the linchpin of kinky sex. The ability for two people to negotiate limits, as well signals that will bring the whole thing to a crashing halt if something starts to go wrong, is the thing that draws the line between a sexy, invigorating flogging and a brutal assault.
We also spend so much time talking about consent because mainstream society talks about it so little. It's a struggle to get schools to teach any sex education at all beyond the basics of reproduction and how to protect yourself from disease during penis-in-vagina sex. Talking about sex as pleasure, never mind learning to tell someone "You can put your finger in my ass, but not your cock," isn't even on the curriculum.
For advanced kinksters, safewords might seem so basic as to be tedious, but in our culture at large, the idea that you can withdraw consent after starting sex is a radical one.
Model and activist Amber Rose scored a solid hit for that idea last week on the talk show It's Not You, It's Men, hosted by Tyrese Gibbons and Rev Run (formerly of Run-DMC) on the Oprah Winfrey Network. The conversation's frame is pretty vanilla: It sounds like everyone concerned is assuming cisgendered, heterosexual couples. But Rose's blunt and eloquent response to Tyrese and Rev Run is so basic that it applies to any gender combo, any orientation, any act.
Tyrese and Rev Run start out the clip by making a very old and familiar case: That women who dress a "certain way" should expect to get sexual advances from men.
At the beginning, Tyrese is telling Amber Rose, "If you see a basketball player, and he's known as a basketball player, when you see him, you're going to be like 'Yo, let's go play ball." I'm just saying, the comfortability that some people find with wanting to touch or grope you or feel like, "Yo, just let me–" It's just like an energy that's being sent out there that creates that kind of response."
Rose's response cuts to the heart of the matter:
No it doesn't, and I'm gonna tell you why: If I'm laying down with a man, butt-naked, and his condom is on, and I say "You know what? No. I don't wanna do this. I changed my mind," that means NO. That means _____ No. That's it. It doesn't matter how far I take it or what I have on.
Watch the whole thing. It's a shame that we still need basic discussions about consent and slut-shaming, but since we do, Amber Rose does it beautifully.


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Frontenac, a Chicago-based private equity firm, has completed a majority recapitalization of Colorado Timberline, a leading manufacturer of mass customized home décor, apparel and personalized products sold through internet retailers. Charter Oak Equity joined Frontenac in the transaction. MB Financial provided senior debt and GMB provided junior debt. Terms of the transaction were undisclosed.
Colorado Timberline is a leading manufacturer of mass customized products sold through internet retailers. The Company prints, packs, and ship tens of thousands of orders per day from its state of the art facility in Denver, Colorado. Its industry leading service levels, product quality, and technology have earned the company a loyal and growing following of both established and emerging internet retailers.
Colorado Timberline was founded in 1994 by Dan Greene, who will continue with the company as Chief Innovation Officer. Steve Noe, former CEO of Sportexe, joined Colorado Timberline as CEO. Paul Reilly, former President, CEO and Chairman of Cenveo, Inc., and Matt Williamson, former President of Brady Corporation, will serve on the company's Board of Directors.
"Frontenac has a history of backing outstanding executives in high potential companies" said Walter Florence, Frontenac Managing Partner. "We are confident that Colorado Timberline's leadership team will continue to earn customers' loyalty and drive rapid growth." Betsy Williamson, a Principal with Frontenac, added "This is an exciting time in the market for mass customized and personalized products. Colorado Timberline is a leader in this market and we are excited to partner with the Company and leadership team."
Frontenac is a leading private equity firm, based in Chicago. The firm focuses on investing in lower middle market buyout transactions in the food, industrial, and services industries. Frontenac works in partnership with proven operating leaders, through our executive-centric approach called CEO1ST, to identify, acquire, and build market leading companies through transformational acquisitions and operational excellence. The firm has built a leading franchise working with over 225 owners of mid-sized businesses, almost always families or founders, as they address complex transition issues of liquidity, management enhancement, and growth planning. For more information, please visit www.frontenac.com.
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The NBC Sports Washington Trivia Challenge is held twice during course of the calendar year: once in the summer (May-August) and once in the winter (November-February). For each month during the tournament the team with the highest total cumulative score at each venue is crowned the monthly semi-finalist for that venue. The four qualifying teams from each venue will battle on a select semi-finals week to be the team that represents their venue at the finals. Below is the list of those qualifying teams!
We'll post the full list at the conclusion of the semi-finals.
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Lily Lockhart's track and field season is off to a good start. At Saturday's Delta Panther Invitational Lockhart handily won the shot put and discus.
Lockhart is the returning Class 4A state champion in the shot put and silver medalist in the discus. She signed to compete in track and field at Dartmouth. Saturday's marks were well below her state-placing distances, but Lockhart said that's normal for the first meet of the season. She actually had her best first meet showing ever. "It's hard, because people expect you to start off where you ended last year," said Lockhart, who won the discus by more than 22 feet with a throw of 128-09. And while she's a state champion in the shot, "I like discus better," said Lockhart.
She was also throwing Saturday against Katie Hyke, last year's 2A state champion from Cedaredge, who placed third in both events. Lockhart said Hyke was her main competition all last season and will be again this season, up until league and state competition.
Lockhart said that while she's excited to compete in 3A, she also knows that she will face strong competition at state from Eaton's Tarynn Sieg, the defending champion in both events.
The Panther girls scored 66.5 points Saturday to place fourth out of 11 teams.
Sophomore Reagan Clay placed eighth in the shot put with a personal best throw of 30-9.5 inches, and set a personal best mark of 85-05 in the discus.
Freshman Kaley St. Peter had an impressive meet, placing second in the 100 hurdles, fifth in the 200m, and third in the long jump.
Sophomore Beki Atchley placed fourth in the 3200m, and Chancelynn Urquhart placed fifth. In the 4X800 relay, Sara Geddes, Amelia Lousignont, Shianne Valdez and Kaitlynn Neely placed fourth while Urquahart, Atchley, Hana Hollenbeck and Jaspe Arias posted the fifth-best time.
Delta's roster includes six seniors, six juniors, nine sophomores and three freshmen. Senior Emily Baier is a returning state qualifier in the long jump, where she placed fourth Saturday.
With Hotchkiss' track undergoing repair renovation, Delta High School will host the Hotchkiss Invitational Track Meet this Saturday.
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The Importance of Finding Organic Baby Formula
From the conception to the time of delivery, the baby is confined or kept in the safest as well as the most sterile place and such is the womb of the mother. The baby will only be able to experience the outside environment when this is delivered. Now, it is very obvious that the babies are exposed to the environment that is contaminated with pollution and dirt unlike the past years. The time that the caregiver and parents can ensure that the baby is able to cope well is when one would experience the life outside the womb. There are babies which are more prone to obtaining allergies through skin rashes. Well, there are baby products which are great for the sensitive babies and they are the organic baby products such as the organic baby formula.
The mother would support and love these products because they would provide a form of protection to the babies and keep the allergic eruptions at bay. Mothers would be happy to know that babies are able to get a good sleep and long ones since they are comfortable with their clothes, diapers and cribs. There are also great furniture and baby hygiene care products as well as food choices that you can get for your little one. It is really important that you choose the healthier and safer products when it comes to making a selection. It is really beneficial for the babies to use such natural options which are advantages or suitable for their condition because they are still in such process for physical growth and development and adjustment to external environment.
When it comes to the selection of organic baby formula, it is very important that you consult the pediatrician for the best product that you should go for. It would be great that you talk to the expert so that you can be sure that you will be able to find the right formula that is able to meet the needs of your child.
It is a great thing that you also read those reviews so that you will not be mistake with the organic baby formula that you must have for your baby. You have to read those ingredients so that you can choose the organic baby formula that is excellent for your baby's needs. Surely, you want something that is advantageous to the health of your baby to avoid problems. For this reason, it is really important that you take the time to compare the many organic baby formula that you will be able to find out there.


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News Release from National Water Commission (NWC)
To: All Members of the UWI Community
The Campus Community is being urged to kindly put the necessary arrangements in place for the storage of water within the respective departments/residences, for use during the period of water supply disruption.
Contact may be made with the Estate Management Department at extensions 2010-3 or via email at firstname.lastname@example.com<mailto:email@example.com> should departments require the trucking of water to facilitate the filling of water tanks and/or storage containers.
Kathleen Sambo
Estate Manager
University of the West Indies
Mona, Kingston 7
Water will be trucked to all areas in the following order:
Medical labs (Pathology, Microbiology, TMRI)
Libraries (Medical, Main, Science)
Halls of Residence (beginning with Taylor Hall)
Mona School of Business and Management
Faculty of Law
Office areas within departments
Trucking will begin at 7:30am daily.
Should you require urgent filling, please call extensions 2010-3 or 288-0011.
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Kate Worley
Phone: 03 6330 3600
Mobile: 0418 379 701
Andy Howell
Phone: 03 6331 0440
Mobile: 0419 122 683
NAI Harcourts Launceston
114 George St,
Launceston, TAS 7250
Phone: 03 6331 0440
121 Weld Street, BEACONSFIELD 7270
Retail for sale
Business Details
Beaconsfield Newsagency, Freehold with 2 Bedroom House!
On an 835 sq m block smack bang in the middle of town, this successful and much loved business and comfortable home is singing out for the right couple to take over and relish the satisfaction that goes along with having a secure job and income, running your own business and being an integral part of the town and community.
Don't be mistaken... there is a lot of work involved in running a newsagency and Tatts agency, but two owners and the current casual staff can do it standing on their heads ...AND have days off.
The only Tatts agency on the West Tamar north of Exeter, gives the shop an advantage and places it amongst the top Tatts outlets across Tasmania. This translates into an excellent regular income from Tatts alone.
Add in sales of newspapers, magazines, greeting cards, gifts and toys - now you're talking!
The Tatts counters are recently renovated, and the shop is well laid-out to maximise sales. Many customers remark on the range of magazines stocked and the variety of other lines.
The home at the rear of the business has two bedrooms, bathroom, additional toilet, kitchen, lounge, storage, and an amazing private courtyard and deck. Polished timber floors, wood heater and pressed tin ceiling give the home charm and style. There's plenty of space at the back for parking or expansion and a carport. The property is fully fenced.
Vendor is reluctant to sell, but must due to health issues, and will consider offers including some vendor finance to an approved purchaser.
Contact Kate Worley of Harcourts West Tamar for more information.
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text: Surrealism originated in the late 1910s as a literary movement that experimented with a new mode of expression called automatic writing which sought to release the unbridled imagination of the subconscious, influenced by the studies of Sigmund Freud as well as Dadaism. In the aftermath of World War I, a group of individuals are thus eager to change the world through provocation, poetry and psychic experiences. Officially consecrated in Paris in 1924 with the publication of the Manifesto of Surrealism by the poet André Breton who dominates the group, Surrealism becomes an international dissident intellectual and political movement. André Breton, Louis Aragon and Paul Eluard are soon joined by visual artists such as Giorgio di Chirico, Francis Picabia or Max Ernst but also the director, Luis Bunuel whose provocative and erotic works seduce the authors. With his erotic and hallucinatory paintings, Salvador Dali is highly praised by André Breton with whom he collaborates on the review Minotaure, the Surrealist publication. While the movement is disturbed by political disagreements and bursting public splits, many Surrealists settle in New York during World War II thus influencing the emerging Abstract Expressionism, Action Painting and Pop Art. At least, the group weakened by its conflicts found an afterlife in contemporary movements.


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Please select a member of staff from the list below:
Rob Jones
Partner & Chartered Surveyor
- Telephone: 01332 387608
- Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
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How can Rob help?
Rob is the founding partner of Boxall Brown & Jones and BB&J Commercial and has a wealth of knowledge in commercial and residential property matters. He is an RICS Registered Valuer and advises private clients, banks and businesses on a variety of property issues including residential and commercial surveys, valuations, rent reviews, lease renewals, schedules of dilapidations and condition. He has acted for Derby County Football Club on the redevelopment at Pride Park and appeared as an Expert Witness both in the County and the Crown Courts carrying out forensic valuation and professional work for the Crown Prosecution Service. Rob has also carried out consultancy work for Her Majesty's Government upon instructions received from the offices of the Deputy Prime Minister.
Rob has a great depth of technical knowledge gained in over 25 years in the property industry. A former director in a Corporate property business, he decided to set up his own practice back in 1989. Since then he has enjoyed seeing the business grow to now include separate stand alone divisions, these being BB&J Commercial, Boxall Brown & Jones and BB&J Lettings.
How long has Rob been part of the team:
Since setting up the business back in 1989.
Rob lives locally with his family in Allestree. He enjoys spending his spare time in the Derbyshire countryside, particularly walking in the Peak District.
Mark Richardson
Partner & Chartered Surveyor
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How can Mark help?
Mark has been an equity partner since 2005 and enjoys the challenges of day to day business together with tackling the planning and growth of all aspects of BB&J Commercial. As an RICS Registered Valuer he carries out a variety of property valuations for many commercial banks, pension funds and private clients. He is also a RICS Accredited Expert and has achieved the Advanced Professional Award in Expert Witness Evidence. In this capacity he undertakes a wide range of sometimes complex valuation reports for legal purposes such as professional negligence, taxation and divorce.
How long has Mark been part of the team?
Since 1994
Mark has a variety of interests, particularly road cycling. Other hobbies include collecting great music on vinyl records.
Graham Bancroft
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Born in Derby, Graham began his career in commercial property in 1999 at Derby City Council being a graduate of De Montfort University, before very quickly joining Salloway Property Consultants as a Valuation Surveyor. Graham quickly established himself within the company resulting in being made Associate Director in 2010 before joining BB&J Commercial in 2013.
Graham's vast experience, knowledge and contacts allow him to provide a comprehensive agency service across all types of commercial properties, whether to individual clients or large PLC property organisations. In addition, Graham also undertakes commercial property valuations for a variety of purposes including loan security, pension funds and company accounts to name a few.
Graham has a wide range of professional experience and provides Landlord & Tenant advice, namely rent reviews and lease renewals, to numerous client along with rating and compulsory purchase work.
How long has Graham been part of the team?
Graham is a lifelong supporter and follower of Derby County.
Chris Keogh
Senior Agency Surveyor
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Born in Derby, Chris joins the team from Salloway Property Consultants where he was an Associate.
Having qualified from Nottingham Trent University in 2006 with a Degree in Real Estate Management Chris offers local knowledge and experience in Agency Services acting for both independent and corporate clients in the acquisition, disposal and letting of all types of commercial property throughout the East Midlands.
Additionally, Chris offers advice on Professional matters to both Landlords and tenants particularly lease renewal, termination and dilapidation obligations.
How long has Chris been part of the team?
Football, Cricket, Rugby and Golf. Despite being Derby born and bred Chris supports Nottingham Forest.
Kay Smith
Commercial Support Manager
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How can Kay help?
Kay ensures the smooth running of the department providing valuable support to the Partners and fee earners.
Kay was a secretary for 5 years for an engineering company before joining BB&J.
How long has Kay been part of the team?
Kay joined the team in February 2006 as a Commercial Support Assistant and was promoted to Support Manager in July 2016.
Kay enjoys foreign travel, socialising, music concerts and Derby County Football Club.
Julie Price
Commercial Support Assistant
- Telephone: 01332 292825
How can Julie help?
Julie provides valuable administration support for the Commercial Agency and Residential Survey Departments.
Julie previously worked at Ashley Adams Surveyors as a secretary for 2 years and prior to this provided secretarial support for a firm of Solicitors.
How long has Julie been part of the team?
Julie joined the team in October 2005 and has now become part of the fixtures and fittings!
Julie likes going to the gym, walking her dogs, cooking and travelling.
Lucy Smith
Digital Marketing & Commercial Support Assistant
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How can Lucy help?
Lucy supports the Commercial Support Manager and Assistant in the day to day running of BB&J.
Lucy previously went to Allestree Woodlands School where she completed her GCSE's. She is now working towards a Level 3 Diploma in Business Admin.
How long has Lucy been part of the team?
Lucy joined the team in July 2017.
Lucy enjoys socialising, shopping and baking cakes for the team at BB&J.


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ASIAKWA Man Dies In Galamsey Pit
THE TRAGIC CONSEQUENCES OF UNCONCERN by CAMERON DUODU
There is a funny song, made famous by Wulomei (an Accra-based band that used to entertain Ghanaians with witty songs a few decades ago) whose opening lyrics go like this:
Gyae Nsa Nom
Na Kuru Wodan.
Daakye ebebu akum onipa ne ba!
(Quit drinking and mend your [broken] house
Otherwise it will collapse one day and kill
The child of a human being!)
It is also this band that encapsulated the austere economic programme Ghana was facing some years back, by popularising the song, Walantu Walansa! (The message carried by this song was that "things are so difficult nowadays that instead of one labourer, on a road-works team, being asked to dig, whilst another was given the task of using a wheel-borrow to collect the earth that his work-mate had dug up, now, just one person was being forced to do both jobs!)
Such gems of folk wisdom can tell us a lot more about what is going on in our society than huge tomes crammed with socio-economic data. I remembered Wulomei's advice to "quit drinking and mend your broken house" because it warns against the sort of neglect which Ghanaians' unconcerned attitude to galamsey signifies. I have been forced, by this general lack of concern in Ghana about galamsey, to devote a great many of my columns to the menace, even though other issues have been on my mind.
And now, I know that I have been right to seem obsessed by the galamsey problem. For on 5 January 2015, the Daily Guide carried this news item:
"A 24-year-old senior high school graduate allegedly fell into a galamsey pit at Asiakwa, in the east Akim Munici- pality of the eastern region last Thursday [Ne Year's Day!] leading to his death. The body of the deceased
is currently deposited at the Kyebi Government Hospital awaiting [an] autopsy, while the police are investigating the circumstances that led to the incident. Confirming the tragedy to the DAILY GUIDE, the Asiakwa-Tafo electoral area assembly man, Mr Samuel Amoako, stated that the deceased went to [the] farm with his father on that fateful day to harvest cocoa and that they came back home together.
"According to the assembly man, the young man told his father that he wanted to go and fetch water from a river at the outskirts of the town, which was near a galamsey pit, to come and bath. According to Mr. Amoako, the deceased
was not aware that there was an uncovered illegal mining [galamsey] pit nearby, which had been taken over by
weeds; and so, as he was walking towards the river, he accidentally fell into it (the pit).
"[Mr Amoako] informed this paper that a farmer who was returning from his farm heard a strange noise inside the pit and when he got near it he saw the victim battling [in it] for life. [Mr Amoako] added that the farmer quickly ran to the town and raised an alarm, which drew scores of people, including police personnel, to the area. However, before the student could be reached, he had passed [away]. The body was retrieved and sent to the Kyebi Government Hospital for an autopsy.
"When contacted, Inspector Manu of the Asiakwa Police Station confirmed the tragedy, adding that his outfit had started investigating the matter." UNQUOTE
Now, careful readers of this column will be right in assuming that this news item would have affected me deeply. This is because Asiakwa, the scene of the accident, is my home town! I have been so angered by the way galamsey operators have destroyed the main river there, Supong, that I have been writing almost obsessively about the galamsey issue. But true to the saying that "if [the sore] is on another fellow's body, it might as well be on a tree", no-one has taken the slightest notice of what I have been saying. I even challenged the Member of Parliament for the constituency to raise the matter in Parliament. He did not. I urged the Environmental Protection Agency to send a team to the town to see whether the river could be dredged back to life. Nothing happened.
When the President of Ghana said at Kyebi that the people who were engaged in galamsey were doing it "in order to earn a living", I asked him politely why he had a police force, since the thieves in our society were also stealing ""in order to earn a living". I even suggested that if the President, having solemnly sworn to uphold the constitution and laws of Ghana, was, in saying that, now appearing to be condoning illegal gold mining, then he was laying himself open to impeachment proceedings in Parliament. That suggestion was never taken up by any MP, and has remained a damp squib to this day.
I then turned my attention to the people of Asiakwa themselves. No-one had the right to destroy the water sources of anyone else for any reason whatsoever, I wrote. The people should therefore resurrect the asafo or kyirem (mass movement) they had inherited from their ancestors, through which they all acted in unison to prevent any harm coming to the society as a whole. The strong>asafo is the body that can force the elders of the town to initiate destoolment charges against the chief, if he was deemed not to be acting in the interests of his own people; I told them. The people did nothing, as far as I can tell.
Out of sheer desperation, I wrote a heart-rending piece entitled "And Nobody Cares" (Daily Guide 20 December 2014) in which I recounted how I had attempted to get a lady reporter from the paper stationed at the Eastern Region headquarters, Koforidua, to give publicity to the destruction of River Supong. This is how I described the outcome of my efforts:
"I tried to get a report done on it. I arranged for a lady reporter to go and see the situation for herself and write on it. I then had to leave town. You won't believe this: the people from my town whom I had trusted to show her round, told her that "tomorrow" would be a more suitable day and then, when "tomorrow" came, they changed the story again. So she too lost interest!… Not that even if she had written the story, anything would necessarily have come of it. But the fact that they didn't even try to help get the story written in the first place: that really hurts. I am devastated… The government doesn't care! And the people don't seem to care… I don't know what to do! Maybe we have to sue the government? For it collects direct and indirect taxes to safeguard the public welfare, right? If it doesn't use the taxes to ensure the public welfare – in this case, repair the damage done to the rivers by the galamsey operators so that posterity can have water to drink – it ought to be sued to do its duty, mustn't it?
But would a Supreme Court that refused to differentiate between the signature of an electoral officer and that of a polling agent actually order the government to do its duty to the public?… It makes me feel as if we are finished! As in cooked, eaten and excreted….! Excreted and left in the sun to dry, waiting to be collected by dung-beetles – to be eaten again!"
The children of the children of the current generation of Ghanaians will be dying like flies, afflicted with thirst, drought-created famine and other dire consequences brought about by global warming if the current generation does not put on its thinking cap IMMEDIATELY and revive the rivers and the underground water-sources we are allowing to be destroyed by galamsey.
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With the opening of the Jimmy Spice's World buffet, Peterborough has been going all-you-can-eat crazy!
Now it seems that restaurants are so desperate to lure in diners that they're resorting to belly busting offers, but is this at the expense of quality?? Is charging ?5 a head enough for restaurants to break even?? How much profit can they really hope make from the sale of drinks?
The concept of a lunchtime buffet isn't new and I remember heading down to a local pizza restaurant with a few college friends en masse to take advantage of their all you can eat pizza deals.
So where in Peterborough can you eat until you drop?? These restaurants all run regular weekday buffets, either during lunch or dinner sessions:
- Jimmy Spices
- Asia Fuzion
- Shalimar Gardens
- Topo Gigio
If you know of any I've missed off, please let me know in the comments section below


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The sale of products with swastikas, other Nazi emblems and the face of Adolf Hitler continues in Bulgaria. On the antique market close to Sofia's Aleksandar Nevski Cathedral, little boxes and lighters with SS runes and symbols of this kind are being offered. At the book market in the center of Sofia, Hitler's "Mein Kampf" is for sale.
But things are even worse in the Black Sea resort of Slanchev Briag (also known as 'Sunny Beach' or 'Sonnenstrand'). At souvenir shops, mugs with sawstikas and the likeness of Hitler are being sold, along with t-shirts saying "Adolf Hipster", with a sketch of the former dictator's face, as well as swords with sawastikas.
At Germany's Düsseldorf Airport, penal proceedings were initiated against at least one German tourist this summer, who brought home 13 Hitler mugs from Bulgaria, while symbols of fascist organisations are forbidden in all of Europe.
Now an Israeli tourist contacted Bulgaria's Ambassador to Israel, Dimitar Mihailov, and sent him photos, including the one above, of products of this kind in souvenir shops located in Slanchev Briag. He also mentioned bottle openers, magnets, swords and chains with Swastikas.
Ambassador Mihailov officially contacted Shalom about the matter, the largest Jewish organisation in Bulgaria, and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Sofia. Now Deputy Foreign Minister Georgi Georgiev is on the case.
The ministry instructed the local authorities to become active, saying they expected measures in due time, and in accordance with the penal code. Deputy Minister Georgiev said: "We are looking at manifestations of racial, religious and ethnic intolerance, including anti-Semitism." Such a serious provocation and violation would be penalised, using all the possibilites the law provided, Georgiev stated. "I stress that the mere existence and dissemination of such objects (…) undermine Bulgaria's authority and harm its otherwise positive image among foreign nationals who choose our country for their journeys."
The President of Shalom, Dr. Alexander Oscar, immediately sent a letter to the Mayor of the Municipality of Nessebar, Nicolai Dimitrov, informing him about the issue and expressing confidence that he will be a responsible partner who will make sure the items in question disappear from those shop shelves. A hospitable and tolerant environment for the residents and guests of the Municipality of Nessebar, regardless of their origin and nationality, was important, Oscar wrote.
Shalom thanked the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for its rapid reaction, and Georgi Georgiev for his personal committment in the matter. Unfortunately, the case in Slanchev Briag was not isolated, Shalom said. "But we are convinced that, if the competent institutions and civil society unite efforts in the fight against anti-Semitism and the language of hatred, the results will soon be visible to all."


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The number of housebreakings recorded in the Meadows and Morningside area has fallen by a fifth, new figures have shown.
A total of 68 break-ins to homes were carried out between last April and December, compared with 86 for the same eight-month period the year before, a fall of 21 per cent.
Officers have solved 44 of the 68 break-ins, giving a 65 per cent solvency rate for housebreakings in the area, compared with just 41 per cent for the same point in 2010.
Meanwhile, break-ins to businesses in the area also fell from 18 to 11 over the same period.
Bike thefts decreased by eight per cent for the Meadows and Morningside area, going down from 161 to 154.
But car thefts and attempted car thefts rose over the period, from 48 to 55, while shoplifting offences climbed from 82 to 100, according to the figures released by Lothian and Borders Police.
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Most of my life, I have struggled with walking in confidence about my abilities or myself. It has been a weakness most of my life yet with Christ, I will overcome it. A weakness can only be overcome from gaining the wisdom to recognize its voice or appearance. As we grow in Christ, we gain the strength to overpower those weaknesses. No sin can have dominion over us. Although sin may knock at the door, it doesn't mean we have to answer it.
Recently, as I was heading to work, I noticed something different about myself. It's a marvelous mystery to me, I truly love myself. (I don't mean this in a prideful sense). It's an unnatural feeling, yet it's producing marvelous benefits. My confidence has grown, my abilities are stronger, and joy is present. It's only through the healing hands of Christ, my heart was been changed. Not only has it changed my heart but it's changed my view about life and me.
As I am learning healing of the soul truly takes patience, gentleness, and surrender to God. It's not comfortable to allow God to break your heart to get to the source of the pain. Pain reveals where the wound is, so it can be addressed. When are souls are broken before the Lord, He mends the deepest wounds. At this stage of my life, I never dreamt that I would be "comfortable in my own skin." The journey to get to this stage wasn't a marvelous journey by any means, yet I am so grateful to walk it.
Now as a mother, I am trying to impact the lives of my children so they don't have an unhealthy image of themselves or abilities. Numerous prayers have been spoken for God to protect my children from the lies of Satan to destroy their worth. Yet, we all have moments, we feel far from God, unworthy of love, and walk with shame. Nevertheless, I am determined to remove all of the voices of doubt and fear by walking in faith. Walking in faith, rests in the truth of who God is and what He said.
As I explained to my daughter, "If we are worried about what others think about us, we can never see the beauty of what God sees about us." Why do we worry about what others think? Our approval isn't based on what we do or what we say but what God says. God's love is unconditional, so nothing I DO can change it. When I walk in the confidence of God's love, I walk in the power of the Spirit. If we choose to run after man's approval of ourselves, we run an empty race of disappointment.
When I was single and in college my focus was fixed upon God's calling, healing from the abuse, and towards the next stage of life. Although I dated some great men, I wasn't completely sure if marriage was God's plan. So, instead of focusing on a potential marriage partner, I focused upon myself and my relationship with God. As I allowed God to heal me, my husband came into my life. Sadly, so many people are determined to find their spouse; they forget about preparing themselves for their partner. Shameful pasts and broken hearts don't find healing in man, they are healed in Christ.
Am I now trying to win the approval of men, or of God? Or am I trying to please men? If I were trying to please men, I would not be a servant of Christ.~ Galatians 1:10 (New International Version)
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Jaime Thompson, wife of Tuscaloosa receivers' coach Price Thompson: "This is a pretty big event, homecoming and all. We get a good crowd every Friday. High school football in Alabama, well, it speaks for itself."
The game was the day after the first presidential debate and, no surprise, not all of the competition was on the field.
Thompson: "I watched the debate, and it didn't surprise me. I'm Bush all the way. I'm very, very conservative. Generally, it's pretty conservative around here. Ninety percent of the people here will say, "Bush.'"
At the football field's gate, retired coal miner Robert Cochren and Reba Love, a business manager, are handing out Kerry-Edwards fans -- a smart tactic on a steamy Alabama evening.
Robert Cochren: "A lot of people won't admit it, but they're going to vote for him."
Reba Love: "A lot more than you'd suspect. At my job, many of us are Kerry people, and my job is just soooooo Alabama. We take iron ore and crush it into pigment. An hour ago, we were doing inventory, and I was all red, green, black, but mostly red, from the dust."
Inside the stadium, we talked to students. Jason Morrison looks spiffy in his ROTC duds, and his freshman girlfriend, Jennifer Grubbs, clearly likes a man in uniform. They're joined by two friends, Jackie Fuller and Ryan Tice.
Jason Morrison: "Bush kinda talked slow [in the debate], but he knew what he was saying. Kerry sounded like an ass."
Jennifer Grubbs: "We like Bush, yes we do."
Morrison: "I'm going straight into the Marines when I graduate. I knew from the start I'd vote for Bush because I'd always wanted to be a Marine. I've been hooked on the Marine Corps ever since I saw a movie about them when I was a kid."
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