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Lori Bosley: In the minority with her red hair
General Manager of North Grand Mall
Andrew Chindlund: The wrangler of volunteers
Semsa Didic: The communications expert
Branch Manager, Wells Fargo
Neal Evans: The helpful gentleman
Linda Haus: The mentor from our federal agency
Retired after 37 years with the U. S. Small Business Administration. Volunteers with SCORE, Counselors to America's Small Businesses.
Benjamin Jung: Second generation of immigrant from Korea
Business owner of Ingersoll Wine and Spirit on Ingersoll
Amanda Khoo: The recent addition from Malaysia
IES Project Coordinator
Dan Kim: The guy who can accomplish anything
IES Program Manager
Amelia Lobo: The ever-helpful lady
Assitant Director, Major Gifts, Grinnell University
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Research Analyst at Iowa Workforce Development
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Carlos A. Rios: The mover and shaker of Latino community, speaking with a handsome Peruvian accent
Executive Director at Immigrant Rights Network of Iowa
Ying Sa: The Chinese lady who immigrated twice and the leader of IES
CEO of Community CPA & Associates Inc
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Area General Manager, Paramount Hotel Group
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Director at Iowa Chinese Association
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- Bachelor of Technology (Hons) (Environmental)
One of the objectives of the undergraduate programmes is to train and produce highly qualified and competent technologists in their respective specialization to serve the industry and public sector in the country. The comprehensive three- or four-year programme is designed to cover fundamental science courses and engineering and technological aspects of processing/production, preservation, analysis, quality control, maintenance, etc. The technological component is progressively increased as the student move into higher level of study.
Acceptance to any of the above programmes is subject to selection and entry qualification. Most of the first year courses consist of basic science courses in Chemistry, Mathematics, Physics and Computer. From level 200, all students are required to enroll for courses relevant to their respective programmes up to level 300 (or 400 for Food Technology Programme) whereby they are required to conduct a final year research project.
Students are also required to undergo industrial training in various industries relevant to their study programme for at least eight weeks (for three-year programme) or one semester (for four-year programme). The training is designed to expose students to the industrial environment which should benefit them in their later careers. Bachelor of Technology Programme have successfully produced highly qualified graduates/technologists who have been widely accepted by both the public and private sectors. An important contributing factor to this success is its strong curriculum which always strives to achieve a balance between the teaching of theories and exposure to practical aspects. The curriculum has been continually updated in accordance with current development in technology.
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Which way to turn?
If you took a compass into space, how far above the Earth's surface would you have to go before it stopped showing which way is north? Further into space it would presumably respond to the magnetic field of the sun or planets, but how could we interpret its reading?
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My visit to pay respects on the first death anniversary of APJ Abdul Kalam, 28th July 2016
There are many ways one can show respect towards the affectionate great leaders and hence I thought of dedicating the month of July for the great rocket scientist APJ Abdul Kalam. I traveled to all the places of his educational years and this article highlights the travel.
The month of July I have dedicated myself as a mark of respect towards this space hero, APJ Abdul Kalam and made a visit to all his educational institutions as per the mention of them in his autobiographical book Wings of Fire.
Elementary School in Rameshwaram
When I wondered about starting from where to start my journey, he himself has mentioned his first schooling through the lines: 'One day when I was in 5th Standard at the Rameshwaram Elelmentary School'.
From Madurai we travelled in a car, crossing Ramanathapuram, his place of memorial, Pei Karumbu where his last rites were done and where his memorial is being built.
After crossing this place, the important place is the entry into the island called Rameshwaram - via road, it is bridge on the Sea and via rail it is track on the sea.
Also there is another inspiration in Rameshwaram, which is Agni Theertham (a place to have a dip in sea) which is the name of his cherished dream of Rex which is opposite to Rameshwaram Shiva Temple.
High School in Ramanathapuram On the return trip, we had gone to Thirupullani (nearer to Sethukarai) Jagannatha temple via the memorial place of A.P.J. Abdul Kalam where his last rites were performed and other proceedings on the anniversary has been done by government. It is on the way to Schwartz High school where he did his schooling from 6th Standard to 11th Standard.
These were expressed in his book in many places and these lines were recalled: 'By the time I finished my education in Schwartz I was a self confident boy determined to succeed'.
Intermediate and graduation degree College in Trichirappalli From Ramanathapuram via Manamadurai we travelled to Trichirappalli to reach the place of his college education which is nearer to the famous icon of Trichirappalli Rock Fort..
These lines from his book says: 'In 1950, I arrived at St.Joseph's College Trichy to study for the intermediate education; I stayed on the St.Joseph campus for four years', which hrevealed he did his degree too.
4. Engineering degree in Chennai
After visited Rockfort, we have travelled to Chromepet in Chennai . The MIT college is very nearer to Railway Station Chromepet.
These were told by him in these lines as: 'applying for admission to Madras Institute of Technology(MIT) regarded as the crown jewel oftechnical education in South India at that time; I managed to be on the list of selected candidates'.
I could see everywhere in the state capital of Tamil Nadu the banners to pay respect for his first anniversary on July 28th 2016.
I would like to conclude that our youngsters should really pay respect for him only when they act for his vision which he expressed in these lines: 'When a principle learnt in the class room is borne out by practical experience, it creates a strange sense of excitement'.


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However good it felt to stand up for myself, I still felt violated by the encounter.
I was walking back to my apartment after dropping my SO off at the Greyhound, and as I approached the Uncle Tetsu at Bay; a Jamaican Canadian man approached me and said in my direction "You Latina?" Being a mixed race Asian woman, I am ambiguous looking and can pass for Latina as well as other ethnicities.
I brush him off with a firm "No", and keep walking; but he follows up with a "Yo Puta! (Prostitute in Spanish) Gimme your number!"
I stop, turn my head as I am already ahead of him and about to cross the street; and give him a stare that I made sure he would never forget and let out; "Don't call me that" in the sternest voice I could.
However good it felt to stand up for myself, I still felt violated by the encounter.
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Hope in Bonner County, Idaho — The American West (Mountains)
Hope & East Hope
Meet Traders and Merchants in Their Railroad and Timber Communities
Tugboat for Hope Lumber
Original Thornton School
Spring Creek ca 1909
1894 Flood Changed Landscape
Destroyed buildings along the tracks
Floodwaters at level of present highway
Hope Lumber Company, East Hope
Fueled the economy of a new community
Est. 1901
Map Showing Historic Locations
Star Market
Harry and Ella Dreisbach
Proprietors 1908-1921
Fires leveled parts of both communities
A 1921 blaze destroyed the market and hotel
East Hope Hotel
25 guest rooms housed many millworkers
Erected by Funded through cooperation of: The cities of Hope and East Hope.
Location. 48° 14.606′ N, 116° 18.074′ W. Marker is in Hope, Idaho, in Bonner County. Marker is on Wellington Place 0.1 miles north of School Street, on the right when traveling south. Touch for map. Marker is across the street and just north of the Hope, Idaho Post Office. Marker is in this post office area: Hope ID 83836, United States of America.
Other nearby markers. At least 5 other markers are within 3 miles of David Thompson & Finnan MacDonald (a few steps from this marker); Lake Pend Oreille (approx. 1.4 miles away); Glacial Lake Missoula (approx. 1.4 miles away); Glacial Ice Dam (approx. 1.4 miles away); Kullyspell House (approx. 2.2 miles away).
Also see . . .
1. History of Hope, Idaho.
At first Hope was just a stopping point along the railroad, but in 1890, the Northern Pacific moved its division point west from Montana to the shores of Lake Pend Oreille. Hope was incorporated on July 17, 1891. East Hope was incorporated on June 28th 1902. Hope was a busy port in its early days. Steamboats crossed the lake carrying supplies and mail to mining sites around the shore before roads were built. The boats were used to carry supplies up the Clark Fork River to Cabinet Gorge while the railroad was being constructed. The lake had long supported a fishing fleet, bringing in tons of fish every day. The populations were decimated by the introduction of tiny krill. The Federal government added these small shrimp in an attempt to increase fish populations; the experiment had the opposite effect. Recent years have seen a small recovery in fish populations, and now Hope is the center of some fine sports fishing. (Submitted on May 7, 2014, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.)
2. A Bit of Hope, Idaho History.
Hope began to grow in 1882 when the Northern Pacific came through and in 1900 set its Rock Mountain division point in the hillside village. Incorporated (Submitted on May 7, 2014, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.)
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I do hope I am not boring the living stuffings out of you with posts about our new place.
I am well aware it is not interesting to everyone but it is just about ALL that's on my mind right now. :>)
It takes a lot of BIG things to turn your house into a comfortable home... but tons of LITTLE things make it comfy and cozy and.....well.....PRETTY. And....we ALL love PRETTY. :)
I especially love using black and white as my base color because
there's not a color under the sun that doesn't look GREAT with it.
YES...that's a new canvas art piece that I sure do love.
I adore a little whimsey in my rooms...
do you...??
these pieces are another
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master bedroom.
This is a huge room and I am filling it to the brim with
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Sweets for my sweet, sugar for my honey!
But no, thinking of you lets my heart beat as though it would burst.
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Presidential Citizen Medal Vignettes
The White House Staff did an amazing job with the Vignettes this year. All 13 recipients interviews happened just prioress to the Medal Ceremony.
My personal blog reaction after the Medal Ceremony: http://janicelangbehn.com/2011/10/22/where-to-go-from-here/
David's Viola Recital 5.23.10
David played Lisa and my holy union entrance song – and my favorite piece Pachelbel Canon (he kept it a surprise until a week ago). He has come such a long way in playing the viola. I am so very proud of him. Enjoy
Media Recap
This was the first TV interview just 3 hours after speaking with the president and while I fumbled for the words.. It is true that I believe it is not a Gay right but a Human right to decide who should be with you at the moment of death and what I had wanted to articulate but didn't – was that no laws, or policies should define that for individuals. Say blood relations was not a good way of putting it and not how I have discussed this in the past. I am sorry if that hurt other families out there – that was not my intention – please remember I am a reluctant activist – and learning my way and still learning how to articulate myself quickly and clearly.
As I find the links to other videos I will post them.
it's really today
Valentine's Day
a contrite holiday we really didn't celebrate
though three years ago we were
packing for Miami and the boat of bliss
but really this sunday is the day
exactly now – 5pm in Miami
when I was on the phone with Jan B.
saying help me – they say I'm in an
"anti-gay city and state"
they had our legal papers and it didn't matter
we waited, the kids and I in our matching outfits
in that tiny ugly old dirty waiting room
knowing in my soul that, today, 3yrs ago today
the day before Presidents' day
would change my life more than any other
more than a birth or adoption or another
Today, 3yrs later – it's Valentine's day
the kids are blissfully unaware
no idea if they count days, months, anniversary's like I do
I have to, it's the only way to get
through – for me
so tomorrow on Presidents' day at 10:45am – I will
be heading to UPS – the place of our beginning-
for writing class, at the moment
when my love lost her life, officially
thought the dates change by the year
and it's 'really' the 19th but for me
it will always be Presidents' day
Bought the kids Valentines goodies to distract myself
from the real truth of the day
Death without Dignity
On a day when our family celebrated Bob's marriage to Jen
and couples were called to dance – it slammed me in the chest – I had no partner to dance with
and that brings me full circle and trying to understand and be at peace with Lisa's Death without Dignity
Lisa – was restrained, unable to speak for herself while the kids and I waited behind a locked door for 8 hours to be with her
only to gain access when her Sister arrived. All because of What? Mr. Frederick's statement I was in an "anti-gay city and state".
My complaint to the commission that oversees hospital is concluded without even calling me – all just from a 2 paragraph email
Is that justice – How do I know that they knew the full story? And the investigation is sealed – So staff at JMH continue to practice
without so much as a reprimand. Some are allowed to read her chart nearly 3 years after the fact to rationalize and justify their action
have come out saying I was "irate" in the waiting room – curious since I never met this nurse and Mr. Frederick only saw me for 5 minutes right
after Lisa's admission.
It's all unspeakable and horrible for what happened to our family – allowing Lisa's to die alone
So as the three year anniversary approaches – all I can ask is that you don't forget her
that you make your voices heard so ALL families matter.
Take a Moment and write an email or call Jackson Memorial and tell them you are outraged, that our family deserves and apology
Write to the Public Trust of Miami-Dade that oversees the hospital – they have been conspicously silent during this tragedy
It's time for them to answer to how we were treated – from the time Lisa was admitted to the time she was laid to rest.
I still can't get her death certificate, she was listed as "single" so one stroke of a pen erased 18 years of committment we had
We can make a difference,
Will you help me?
from my latest trip to Miami (november 09)
The video says it all
Winter Concerts
I have uploaded Katie and David's strings concerts. David plays in both the middle school orchestra – and they are amazing as well as Chamber's Orchestra at Waldorf which is only 9 kids strong – where all practices are after school. Katie's school did a horrible job in staging no one could see the kids.


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and just this sunday night .....i suggested the movie at a book cum dvd store to a female friend of mine..
Alice Walker ?? Who is she/he ?I refuse to refer to Wiki...Please update ! :-)
Bhave.. Bhave..(sheer terror wale expressions)ok.ok.. (now after calming down a bit)She is the Author of a book Called - The color purple. And.. its a must read.
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(sings) Let it snow, let it snow, let it snoww..! It's snowing presents across the grid, a sure sign the holiday season is in full swing, especially at Modd.G & Fab-U-Lous. Here, you can find new gifts in-store.
The gloves are by Modd.G, who also happens to have a few prop scenes for all you photographers to play with (for free!) Just be sure you look around on both floors...The hair I'm wearing is from Fab-U-Lous. It only comes in black, as does many of their select styles.
Thank you to both stores for the presents!
TP to Modd.G
TP to Fab-U-Lous
Stay warm out there :o)
P.S. A big thank you to Ashleigh Aeon & Al Penucca for having a gorgeous wedding sim to shoot in...Congratulations on your marriage! The wedding - beautiful! May you enjoy the rest of your SL/RL-lives and live happily ever after...Tight hugs!
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FIFA World Cup, South Africa – 2010: TDH partnered with one of South Africa's largest retail stores, Mr Price, for child safety during the entire 2010 Football World Cup in South Africa.
Which is why Mr Price has teamed up with strategic partners (Open Door and The Development House) to make our stores SAFE PLACES. At Mr Price stores across the country you'll find trained GO TO people who will help your children, should they get separated from you. Just look for our staff with SAFE PLACE badges. That means to find safety, all that your lost child needs to do is find a Mr Price store.


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Daf Yomi Nedarim 2
Everyone knows the urban legend of the woman who would always cut her chicken in half before cooking one half and then the other. Upon being asked her rationale, she explains that it's their family custom, and that's what her mother would do. They go to the mother who likewise explains that her mother cooked the chicken that way. Finally they ask the great-grandma about this strange ritual and she laughs and says that back in the day, her pot could only hold half a chicken.
Mishnah: All nicknames for vows are just like vows. [And partial vows are like vows]. If one says to his friend, 'I vow abstinence from your property,' he is forbidden to derive benefit from him. If one said, 'konam, konach, or konas,' it is a nickname for the word 'korban,' meaning sacrifice.
The Gemara asks: Why does the Mishnah open with nicknames followed by partial vows, but then proceed to explain the law of partial vows first?
The Gemara answers: The Mishnah always explains the topic it most recently mentioned, unless there are multiple laws, in which case, it follows the original order.
Tosfos explains: When dealing with multiple laws, we are worried that he will err. Therefore we explain that which is written at the head.
Many people mindlessly perform rituals without a clue why they are doing what they are doing. But without any reason, it becomes a meaningless act. Rather, we need to explain what is written on our heads – what we are doing in the name of religion.
Throughout our history, we have many Sages that have gone to great lengths to explain reasons for the mitzvos we are commanded to perform. For example, the Sefer Hachinuch goes through each mitzvah in the Torah outlining the meaning. Certainly, many mitzvos fall into the category of chukim, for which there is no human rationale. But with regards to most mitzvos, we can discern some kind of rationale for their performance.
If that is true of mitzvos, then how much more so of customs and rituals. Everything you do must have a reason. Granted, a law in the Torah may be beyond human comprehension, but a man-made ritual must have a source and rationale! For the reasons behind customs there are many holy books such as Sefer Taamei Haminhagim. If you can't find your minhag (custom) in such works, and you don't have a reason for doing what you do, chances are it's probably not a very sound minhag.
We pride ourselves on how meaningful Judaism is. If you're doing something and you don't know the reason, go and find out! Ask your rabbi, look it up in a sefer (holy book)! But don't go through life just doing things that may be as meaningless as a small pot that contains room for just half a chicken. May you merit a life full of meaning and purpose!


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Brighton School of Business and Management February 2012 Student Newsletter
Contributions from you, our students, are very welcome. if you have information, advice, website links, or ideas, that may be of help to other students, please send them to us.
Personal & Career Development – Tip of the Month
The tip this month is a simple, but important one.
As illustrated by the message in the Theme, below, most roles, jobs, positions, at all levels in organisations of all kinds, have many similar essential requirements in terms of knowledge, understanding, and expertise.
As the demands of employers, customers, and clients increase, and as organisations search for more ways to reduce costs, and to streamline and integrate their activities, so the demands on individuals and managers increase at the same pace.
Individuals at all levels, and in all roles, are now expected to have multiple skills and a wide range of knowledge of most business areas.
Our Tip of the Month is, therefore, that to build a successful career it is now essential to show evidence of possessing that wide range, rather than only a single area, of expertise.
To achieve that, it is necessary to look at complementary areas of expertise, such as found in project management, quality management, and other specialist areas, and to learn from them and add that expertise to your own portfolio of knowledge.
Our tutor team strongly recommends that managers at all levels build the study of complementary areas of expertise into their professional development action plan.
February Theme – Project Management
Due to the substantial interest – from our students in many different roles and businesses – generated by last year's newsletter on Project Management, we are returning to it in this issue.
Links to Management in general
However, although the focus is on the role of the project manager, the articles and information shown here should be of interest to all our students, because, with the exception of a few specific tools and techniques, the role and responsibilities of a project manager, and the areas of knowledge, understanding, and expertise needed, are, in essence, those needed by most middle and senior managers, in most organisations and most business sectors.
The Role of the Project Manager in Maintaining Motivation and Morale
In difficult business and economic times, such as we are currently experiencing due to the recession, most project teams are faced with ever-shrinking budgets and ever-increasing demands to do more with less.
In such an environment it can be very difficult to maintain the morale of individuals and teams. As project managers, how do we maintain (or if necessary, rebuild) morale in our teams? It's a vital part of the job; without it, we are facing a project disaster. But it is no easy feat at a time when resources are tired, frustrated, concerned for their own future and fed up of hearing the same old stuff about how important they are to the success of the project.
Now is the time to cash in the goodwill from the "good times"
If you are fortunate enough to have been working with at least some of your team members for a while, then they will have seen how you lead them when things were better. They will know that you are not just regurgitating outdated platitudes now, but that you genuinely do appreciate their efforts and the commitment that they make to the projects that they work on. You can't survive simply on your reputation as a good leader, but neither should you underestimate the power of a good reputation.
Of course the same can be said for a bad reputation, so be prepared to deal with that as well! But none of that helps us now–regardless of how we acted before – we are now facing a crisis of commitment in a bad economy, so let's focus on that.
Acknowledge reality
As a PM, your relationship with your team needs to be based on trust and respect–that's not news. But for that trust and respect to exist there needs to be a fundamental acceptance by the team that you know what you are doing and can lead the team through the project. That requires you to acknowledge what is going on and not act like nothing is wrong.
When project teams are suffering because of increased workloads or an employer that is making cutbacks, then that will inevitably impact team member motivation. For you to pretend that is not the case–and to expect them to be upbeat and highly engaged at all times–is to ignore what is happening and will lead to a loss of respect for you and a further reduction in the willingness of the team to go the extra mile to make the project successful.
You need to acknowledge what is happening and the way that it is making people feel, and you also need to allow people the time and space to deal with that in their own way. You may well be feeling the same way yourself, and that's okay. But you can't allow it to affect the way that you manage the project. You have to help the team to avoid allowing their feelings to impact the project.
Focus on controlling what you can
In any job there are a lot of things that are completely beyond our control from a corporate standpoint (reorganizations, mergers, etc.) as well as major changes or cancellation of our projects. It's natural to be concerned about these (especially in a difficult economy), but we need to ensure that we help our team to focus on what they can control.
It's a cliché, but still true: the best thing you can do to secure your position is to do as good a job as possible on the tasks assigned to you. There's no guarantee that bad things won't happen, but by demonstrating individual worth each employee is doing the best that they can to secure their position.
As the project manager, you need to help the team to stay focused on their work and help them to make the connection between their work and their security. Don't be naïve–I have heard PMs tell people that they don't need to worry about losing their job because they are a "high performer". That sets unrealistic expectations; quality of work/performance is only one factor that goes into deciding who has to leave when downsizing occurs.
Also avoid giving your team members the wrong focus–I have seen project managers try to motivate employees by telling them that they are being watched by senior management and if they impress them then they will be okay. That gives people the wrong motivation–they are focused on looking good rather than on doing the best job that they can, and that can lead to finger pointing and attempts to "put one over" on colleagues.
Instead, provide regular evidence to your team that the work that they are doing is important. Help them to make the connection between their tasks and the overall project–and then the connection between the success of the project and the success of the organization. This will help team members to retain (or rebuild) their sense of belonging to the organization, of doing something that is adding value. It will provide them something substantive to focus on rather than be distracted by concerns over their future.
This is not simply a case of telling them that they are doing important work–prove it. The project is build (or should be built) with each piece of work tied back to one or more deliverables. In turn, those deliverables are tied to one or more objectives for the project. By showing that connection to a team member you can give someone with a relatively small set of tasks a very significant reason for their involvement in the project–by connecting the dots for them, you provide tangible evidence that they are vital to the initiative's success.
Focus on creating a secure and stable environment
Even if you can successfully achieve all of the above, the team morale will be fragile. The smallest setback on the project can cause serious concern among team members and destroy any progress that you have made. It is important that you maintain a "climate of calm" on the project–eliminating as much drama as possible and playing down issues that arise. Don't pretend that issues don't exist (that's back to ignoring reality), but have an upbeat, solutions-focused attitude to dealing with them (it really does make a difference!).
While it may seem an odd statement, you should also try to avoid letting the team get too excited about small successes. It can be tempting to clutch at any achievement and celebrate it, but that can backfire in a number of ways–a let-down afterward, a sense that it is a "fake" celebration, etc.
In this environment, you really are acting as a shock absorber for the team–absorbing the ups and downs of the project while providing the team members with a stable and predictable environment in which to perform their tasks
Let's not kid ourselves–the economy recently has, to use a technical term, "sucked". To pretend otherwise is to deny reality (see above!), and we can't expect that our team members will always be highly motivated and inspired to give everything that they have and more. That may be what's required, but everyone is experiencing increased stress, increased work, reduced job security, reduced career prospects, etc. People are in survival mode right now, and they need stability and security above everything else (it's Maslow's hierarchy of needs in practice).
As project managers, we are probably feeling the same way–we have seen colleagues lose their jobs, we are being asked to meet seemingly impossible deadlines and we are dealing with stakeholders who are becoming more and more unreasonable (because they are going through the same thing). It's important that we are able to separate our feelings from what is needed to deliver the project successfully and help our team members (and stakeholders) do the same.
Is it fair that we have to help everyone else to do that when there is no one to help us? No, but that's the job!
* from an article by Andy Jordan at www.gantthead.com
Stakeholder Analysis – Winning Support For Your Projects
Stakeholder Management is an important discipline that successful project managers use to win support from others. It helps them ensure that their projects succeed where others fail.
Stakeholder Analysis is the technique used to identify the key people who have to be won over. You then use Stakeholder Planning to build the support that helps you succeed.
The purpose of Stakeholder Analysis is to identify who your stakeholders are. It is essential to understand their power, influence and interest, so you know who you should focus on. With this knowledge you can then develop a good understanding of the most important stakeholders so that you know how they are likely to respond, and so that you can work out how to win their support.
Gaining support from powerful stakeholders can help you to win more resources – this makes it more likely that your projects will be successful.
By communicating with stakeholders early and frequently, you can ensure that they fully understand what you are doing and understand the benefits of your project – this means they can support you actively when necessary.
The stages of Stakeholder Analysis are explained below:
Identify Your Stakeholders
The first step in your stakeholder analysis is to brainstorm who your stakeholders are. As part of this, think of all the people who are affected by your work, who have influence or power over it, or have an interest in its successful or unsuccessful conclusion.
The table below shows some of the people who might be stakeholders in your job or in your projects:
|Your boss
|Senior executives
|Alliance partners
|Trades associations
|Your co-workers
|The press
|Your team
|Interest groups
|The public
|Prospective customers
|Future recruits
|The community
|Your family
Remember that although stakeholders may be both organizations and people, ultimately you must communicate with people. Make sure that you identify the correct individual stakeholders within a stakeholder organization.
Prioritize Your Stakeholders
You may now have a long list of people and organizations that are affected by your work. Some of these may have the power either to block or advance. Some may be interested in what you are doing, others may not care.
For example, your boss is likely to have high power and influence over your projects and high interest. Your family may have high interest, but are unlikely to have power over it.
Someone's position on the grid shows you the actions you have to take with them:
High power, interested people: these are the people you must fully engage and make the greatest efforts to satisfy.
- High power, less interested people: put enough work in with these people to keep them satisfied, but not so much that they become bored with your message.
- Low power, interested people: keep these people adequately informed, and talk to them to ensure that no major issues are arising. These people can often be very helpful with the detail of your project.
- Low power, less interested people: again, monitor these people, but do not bore them with excessive communication.
Understand Your Key Stakeholders
You now need to know more about your key stakeholders. You need to know how they are likely to feel about and react to your project. You also need to know how best to engage them in your project and how best to communicate with them.
Key questions that can help you understand your stakeholders are:
- What financial or emotional interest do they have in the outcome of your work?
- Is their interest positive or negative?
- What is their objective?
- What information do they want from you?
- How do they want to receive information from you?
- What is the best way of communicating your message to them?
- What is their current opinion of your work and is it based on good information?
- Who influences their opinions generally, and who influences their opinion of you?
- Do some of these influencers therefore become important stakeholders in their own right?
- If they are not likely to be positive, what will win them around to support your project?
- If you don't think you will be able to win them around, how will you manage their opposition?
- Who else might be influenced by their opinions, and should those people be recognised as stakeholders in their own right
A very good way of answering these questions is to talk to your stakeholders directly – people are often quite open about their views, and asking people's opinions is often the first step in building a successful relationship with them.
Stakeholder Management is the process by which you identify your key stakeholders and win their support. Stakeholder Analysis is the first stage of this where you identify and gain an understanding of the needs and objectives of your most important stakeholders.
This information can then be used to manage each stakeholder individual or group appropriately, in order to satisfy their needs and maintain their support and contribution to the project.
* from an article by Rachel Thompson at www.mindtools.com
Learning How to Avoid Project Failure
Tutor Team Note: Although this article is about Project Failure and how to avoid it, the points made and the advice given here can be applied to most activities and events in most organisations in most business sectors.
For example, where the "sponsor" is mentioned, that can be replaced by "senior management support", and where "business case" is mentioned, that can be replaced with "strategies and objectives".
Definition of Project Failure
A project is considered a failure when it has not delivered what was required and-or not in line with final expectations.
Therefore, in order to succeed, a project must deliver to cost, to quality, and on time; and it must deliver the benefits presented in the business case.
Reasons for Project Failure
Here are some of the main reasons why projects fail:
The wrong business requirements have been addressed
If your project is set up to deliver the "wrong thing," it may be considered a failure even if everything is delivered on time, within budget, and to the required quality. This seems harsh. But if your project doesn't deliver what the organization really needs, this will inevitably negatively affect how it's perceived. This is why it's so important to conduct a thorough business requirements analysis.
It's not possible to deliver the business case
If your business case can't be delivered, then you have an impossible task. To make things worse, after the business case is approved, delivery of other things then becomes dependent on your project. This makes changing your project's deadlines, budgets and expectations more difficult.
For example, once you've promised to deliver a new airport baggage management system, airlines may schedule additional flights for shortly after the system's launch, so that they can take advantage of the new capacity. If the baggage system doesn't work, or if it has major problems during testing, it may be hard to convince senior managers to allow the project to be delayed, because they will have to give up promised increased revenue.
When you write your business case, make sure you think through the project requirements in detail, and identify what's needed to ensure that you can deliver those requirements. Don't just list assumptions – make sure you explore them thoroughly. Review other, similar projects, so that you don't forget any major items. If you're delivering a new system, review your hardware and interface requirements. If you have major risks, include sufficient contingency resources (people, budget, and time) to manage those risks appropriately. Remember that implementing change is hard!
In many cases, business case documentation is written before a project manager is assigned. If you're the incoming project manager, make sure you don't simply accept these documents as they are!
You're responsible for delivering the project, so be sure to review the business case. Validate assumptions, and identify any gaps or areas that need more detail. If difficult conversations are needed, have them now. Once deadlines, requirements, and budgets are set, expectations are much more difficult to change!
Governance is poor
Few projects ever start without a sponsor. This is the person who has identified the need for change in an area of the business, and who is committed to making that change happen. He or she plays a vital role in ensuring the project's success. A good sponsor can make a mediocre project fantastic, and a poor sponsor can delay and frustrate a fantastic project team.
The project sponsor is supported by the project's governance bodies, usually in the form of a steering group.
These governance roles are essential: they provide direction, guidance, and critical review of the project and its progress. As project manager, you're involved in the day-to-day running of the project, but governance groups can take a step back and look at the project from a different perspective. They can ask difficult questions about progress and performance. They may see things that you've overlooked. However, they can also support you by providing contacts and insights that help you get things done, and by providing "political cover" when you need it.
Project managers don't usually have any influence over who their project sponsor is. Sponsors either self-select, or they're chosen because of their position in the organization. However, you often have more influence over who is in your steering group. As such, if you know that your project sponsor lacks passion for the project, or if the sponsor doesn't like to say no to people who keep trying to expand the project scope, then make sure you balance this with tougher or more engaged steering group members.
Implementation is poor
If you deliver your project competently, you'll avoid poor implementation – right? Unfortunately, it's not that clear. Delivery can be complex. You need to manage risks, issues, and scope; manage your team; and communicate with stakeholders.
Delivering change is hard, and not everything is in your control. Therefore, being competent isn't enough for good implementation, but it's a good start! There are a lot of tools available to help you.
People lose focus on the project's benefits
Projects are based on a list of benefits that must be delivered. For example, you may need a faster customer service process, you may need to produce products more cheaply, or you may need to improve the quality of your service. These benefit statements should be refined so that they're clear, concise, and quantified.
The project team then focuses on detailed planning, and on delivering the line items in the project plan – building a new system, developing training packs, mapping out new processes, and so on. At this stage, the team may forget about the benefit requirements.
This often results in a project deliverable that's well built, but doesn't provide the necessary benefits. For example, if the project plan focuses on designing and building a system, you could get a fantastic system, but one that's not being used by the business.
To avoid this problem, adopt a benefits management approach throughout the life of the project, and remember the need to deliver the required benefits when you're planning and delivering your project.
The business environment changes
This is probably the trickiest area. If the business's needs change, then your business case can become outdated before you've actually completed the project. You may have to review your original requirements and goals partway through the project to decide how to proceed, and this may result in changing the scope of your project – or even cancelling the project altogether!
If you're working in an environment that's changing fast, you can help reduce the risks by doing the following:
Making timely decisions – If the project is clearly not going to be able to deliver the revised requirements, don't ignore this. The sooner you communicate this, and the sooner you make a decision about the project's future, the better.
Considering smaller projects – It's more difficult to change direction in a large cruise ship than in a tugboat. So, think about whether a proposed project's scope and delivery timeline are appropriate within your business environment. Delivering projects in smaller pieces is not always appropriate, but it's worth considering.
For a project to be successful, it's not enough simply to manage your project competently, and deliver a good quality product.
To avoid failure, make sure you have identified the right business requirements, created an achievable business case, put strong project governance into place, managed a high-quality implementation, focused on benefits, and monitored your changing environment.
Above all, be sure to manage the expectations of your stakeholders, so that they stay supportive. After all, these are the people who will declare your project to be successful – or otherwise.
* adapted from an article on www.mindtools.com
Professional Development for Project Managers
All professionals, at all levels, must continuously develop their knowledge, understanding, and expertise, in order to maintain their present positions and to enable them to progress in their careers.
For project managers, the basic project management skills are a given, and this article assumes that you have that basic foundation of planning, communication, risk management and others.
Here we focus on a small group of knowledge areas which we feel are critical to the role of the project manager, and which need to be continuously developed.
Communication Skills
You can never have too much communications training–it's such a fundamental skill for project managers, who need to communicate effectively with their teams, clients, suppliers, and a wide range of other stakeholders.
Time spent advancing your ability to communicate efficiently and effectively is never wasted. It's also training that is never complete–communication truly needs lifelong learning.
Risk Management
The cause of failure for many projects can be traced back to a failure to identify and/or manage one or more risks appropriately. There are very few organizations which truly master project risks, so we would always encourage people to improve their risk management skills.
This needs to include training on how to identify and recognize risks, how to plan for them and build in contingency, how to manage the risks and how to respond when risks become reality. This can be a little more difficult than communication training because it needs to dovetail the concepts with the processes, procedures, tools and templates that are used by your organization. However, a strong understanding of the concepts applies regardless of the mechanics that your employer uses.
Planning and Scheduling
This is clearly one of the core skills that project managers need, but it may also be something that has clearly established processes within your organization, and you may have project schedulers available to you for extremely complex project scheduling activities.
Regardless, skills development in this area is critical, as it is the foundation stone on which the operational phase of a project is built. An in depth understanding of scheduling tools and techniques, such as work breakdown structures, network charting, and critical path analysis, is essential.
Quality Management
A sound understanding of the principles of Quality Management is critical to all project managers. In addition, the project manager must be familiar with systems such as ISO9000, ISO14001, Business Excellence Model BEM-EFQM, Investors in People IIP, and if working in a Charity or Not-for-Profit organisation, then PQASSO also.
Without this understanding the project manager will not be able to effectively manage the quality assurance and quality control aspects of the project, and as a result the project will not be successful.
Managing Change
Although change control is an ever-present feature of the project manager's role at the operational level, a wider awareness of the impact of change is now a necessity. Reactive and proactive changes made in the wider organisation and its external environment, such as changes of strategy, structural changes, cultural changes, changes in customer-user profiles, and legislative changes, will all have an impact on the operational activity, including any projects which are underway or planned.
Management and Leadership
In today's complex business environment it is no longer sufficient to have narrow, specialist expertise only. All managers at all levels, including those managing projects, are expected to have a wide range of management and leadership skills that they can apply appropriately to the many diverse situations, events, and issues that they are required to respond to.
A sound understanding of the theories and models of management and leadership is now as essential as expertise in the application of project management tools and techniques.
A Personal Gap Analysis
The range of skills (awareness, knowledge, understanding, expertise) demanded of today's project manager is wide and diverse.
To ensure that you are equipped with these essentials, it is necessary to establish which of them is currently missing, or needs to be improved on, and then plan and take positive action to fill the gaps which have been identified.
Project Management and Related Qualifications
In the UK there is a range of project management qualifications, at Foundation, Professional Specialist, Postgraduate and Masters' level, and a wide range of short courses and workshops available in most cities.
Here at Brighton School of Business and Management we offer the:
Diploma in Project Management Level 4 – suitable for project team members and others interested in project management
Advanced Diploma in Project Management L6 – designed for experienced project specialists and project managers
Higher National Diploma HND in Business Management, Business Finance, Business Marketing, and Business Human Resources – all of which contain Project Management and Quality Management units
Diploma in Events Management L5 – which has a major project management theme as the events industry utilizes project management tools and techniques in its approach
Diploma in Management and Leadership L5 – which contains units on Project Management and Managing Change
Study Resources of the Month
Dr Paul Gardiner: Project Management: A Strategic Planning Approach – Palgrave MacMillan, 2011
John Hayes: The Theory and Practice of Change Management – Palgrave MacMillan, 2010
Evans & Lindsay: The Management and Control of Quality – South Western College, 2010
Vicky Billingham: Project Management: How to Plan and Deliver a Successful Project – Studymates, 2008
Quotes from the Gurus
"Operations keeps the lights on, strategy provides a light at the end of the tunnel, but project management is the train engine that moves the organization forward" – Joy Gumz
"A project without a critical path is like a ship without a rudder" – D. Meyer
"Nobody can explain exactly how Honda is organized, except that it uses lots of project teams and is very flexible" – Kenichi Ohmae
"Do not simply repeat the tactics which have gained you your last victory. Learn from your mistakes and then let your methods be regulated by the variety of circumstances you will face in the future" – Sun Tzu
Useful Study Links
In keeping with this month's theme, here are some websites that have articles and newsletters related to project management:


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The circle (particularly if divided in four quadrants), the square and a mandala are symbols for the Jungian archetype of the Self as they are the Sun and the Moon. It gives the idea of a coherent whole, for example comprising what there is of concious and unconcious in our lives.
In Jungian psychology, we spend half our lives constructing our individuality, our Ego, at the center of our consciousness. We then reverse this process to understand that we are in fact part of the whole not only of human kind and the cosmos but we should as well integrate consciousness and the unconcios: this balance integration of our individuality and the otherness is the Self.
The Self should come with simple madurity and, of course, meditation can also help at any age to give a no-boundary idea of place and time, as well as love-making, orgasm, and other altered states of mind.
I modestly feel some sort of rapture, a glimpse of the Self, after playing a couple of tough squash games and feeling like fainting; and therefore, you don't need much imagination to ponder that there must be some flirting with the Self while skiing, sky-diving, caving, surfing, running, dancing...
1. Feeling great, feeling a whole with everything,
2. Show Business, Premiers, Conferences, Teaching,
3. Sports and Physical Activity,
4. Sexuality, Tantric Love,
5. Meditation, Dreams, Lucid Dreams and other Visions -natural or induced,
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Bhubaneswar: Lack of secondary schools and non recruitment of teachers have been highlighted in the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India report tabled in the Assembly on Monday. It also pointed out failures of the state government in implementation of major schemes.
As per the CAG report, though the Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan (RMSA)is supposed to provide for one secondary school within a five km distance from the residence, 3,167 eligible habitations did not have any secondary school. The State established only 773 out of 1,535 new schools proposed. A shortfall in school construction is evident while the quality of education suffered due to non recruitment of 4,790 teachers and inadequate training to them, the report states.
While number of government schools in the state decreased from 58 percent in 2009-10 to 53 percent in 2014-15, the percentage of enrollment therein to the total enrollment increased from 56 to 59 during the same period. Despite increase in enrollment, the government schools were not equipped with required teaching staff and infrastructure. With around 2359 teachers in 240 schools against the requirement of 1821 teachers, there is excess of 538 teachers. At the same time in 974 schools, there were 4256 teachers against the requirement of 7202 making a shortage of 2946 teachers, said the report.
CAG have found also several loopholes in development under Biju Kandhamal O Gajapati Yojana (BKGY) scheme. BKGY was launched in 2009-10 with Rs 1.5 crore special assistance for each block (Kandhamal 12 blocks and Gajapati 7 blocks) per annum. With an aim to focus on five core sectors including rural electrification, construction of all weather roads, livelihood initiatives and social security net for physically challenged, orphans and destitute, 732 villages remained unelectrified due to non-prioritization of projects under rural electrification. Of the 3870 villages, 732 villages were not covered under Rajiv Gandhi Gramin Vidyutkaran Yojana (RGGVY) or Biju Gram Jyoti Yojana (BGJY) till August 2013. On the other hand, the district authorities approved low value projects like internal wiring of schools and gram panchayat offices, street lighting and purchase of air conditioners for Seva Kendras.
The report also stated that the government is spending Rs 1.28 crore more than the required amount towards purchase of 1511 number of computers by District Collectors.


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When I say Jeff's obsessed, I mean it. If there weren't some 160 million years separating the two, there would likely be some sort of inter-species restraining order in place. In his defence, Leedsichthys is an interesting sea-beastie. For a while it stood out, as there seemed to be little else in any way similar. The fossil record showed a 20 million year window where these enormous planktivores popped up then disappeared. Jeff was part of a group of palaeontologists that trawled through old international collections looking to paint in some more of the picture. A first clue came from a discovery by Dave Martill, of Portsmouth University. He had found what he thought might be a juvenile Leedsichthys, from the same Peterborough locality, but which eventually proved to be a new species. It was named Martillichthys. While only around 2 metres long, it showed Big Leedsy at least had a friend and sidekick in the plankton-scooping business.
Examination of private and museum collections, and a bit of extra preparation, turned up a few more examples of this type of fish, previously misidentified. An as yet unidentified pachycormid skull predates the Peterborough material slightly. A skull of a Rhinconichthys from the Upper Cretaceous of Kent dragged the family into the next Period, and a similar fish from Japan was around at a similar time.
Recently, a fish found in Kansas and thought to be a sort of 5m long toothy swordfish was re-identified as another suspension feeding pachycormid and given the name Bonnerichthys. This had been found in deposits from the Late Cretaceous, stretching the existence of this type of large planktivore to only 65 million years ago and the same extinction event that offed the dinosaurs. These animals now have a range in history of around 100 million years, and look like a bit of a success story rather than the evolutionary blip poor, lonely Leedsichthys had once seemed.
After the Cretaceous extinction, though, bony fish haven't returned to fill this empty ecospace. Instead the job of massive, floating krill-sieve has ended up in the capable (erm) hands of whales - mammals, as you may already know - and cartilaginous fish like the whale shark, the basking shark and the manta ray. They're all great animals, obviously, but it would be good to have some of the past masters back, too. There's plenty of room in the sea.
The picture at the top is an almost exclusive to this blog. Impressive, that, isn't it? Almost exclusive... It's a fantastic reconstruction of Leedsichthys put together by Jeff and fossil artist Bob Nicholls. Click on his name to visit his site. It's worth it.


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Eric Dumo and Tunde Ajaja
Cynthia Dumebi couldn't control her excitement nine years ago when her path and that of Harrison crossed. Fresh from the National Youth Service scheme after four eventful years at the University of Lagos where she studied Business Administration, the young woman was already working with a company and looking forward to settling down with a serious and good man when the two of them met.
On a visit to a shopping mall in Ikeja, Lagos' capital, one weekend with a close friend to hang out, Dumebi and Harrison, who would later go on to become husband and wife, met inside a store where movies are retailed. Their love for action thrillers got them talking almost immediately. By the end of that encounter, the two had exchanged contacts. It was the beginning of a friendship that was going to lead to bigger things.
Upon realising that Harrison attended the Lagos State University, the woman became more fascinated about him and opened up all possible sections of her heart to him. It was a huge blunder. The man worked his magic into her head. Soon he told her that even though he was involved in family business, he had his hands on something of his own. Dumebi had little reason to doubt him – his charm and intelligence held her 'hostage'.
"It was until we got married the following year that I realised what I had gotten myself into," the agitated woman told one of our correspondents during a chat recently.
"As a result of how intelligent he spoke and appeared when we first met, I did not bother to ask some pertinent questions about him or find out more about who he really is.
"During one of our discussions shortly after our wedding, I found out that he had lied to me about attending LASU or even going to a higher institution. When it became clear that I had found out that he lied to me, my husband went down on his knees and held on to my feet, crying.
He said he wanted me to forgive him. He said though he spent time with some of his friends in LASU; he never gained admission despite attempting twice.
"At that moment, I felt very stupid. I realised that I assumed that everything was okay. I realised that I allowed myself to be deceived by him," she said.
But if the woman thought that by that discovery, everything was going to be fine, she was wrong. The pain she has had to face in the years that followed has opened her eyes to how bitter life can be.
"Apart from the fact that I married a man who claimed to be who he is not, I later came to realise that he also had no job," the mother of two said.
"Even though we live in his father's house, I am responsible for his upkeep and that of his family members including our two children. But the sad part is that there is nothing I do that they ever appreciate. Instead, at the slightest opportunity they call me names and accuse me of using their son's 'star' to my benefit. I'm really tired of this marriage, I feel like pulling out," she added painfully.
Like Dumebi, Funke Amusan, a 36-year-old bank worker is in a marriage where rather than deriving happiness, frustration and lamentation have become the norm. But nearly one decade ago when she met Sanjo, her 38-year-old husband, the feeling was different. Handsome and quite intelligent, the sound of his name or emergence of his face brought not only smiles on her face but also a tickling feeling as well. Friends and family projected a huge future ahead of them. However, several years later, the realities on ground tell a different story.
"I'm dying slowly," the young woman said during an emotive encounter with our correspondents recently. "Since my husband lost his job several years ago, he has just been sitting at home, unwilling to do anything. The situation is really frustrating me," she chipped in bitterly.
According to Amusan, all Sanjo had done these past four years he lost his job in a paint manufacturing company is to surf the internet, come up with all sorts of business ideas that hardly ever see the light of the day. She has been taking care of the needs of the family, including house rent and paying their children's school fees. This is aside the other pressing bills she has to take care of on behalf of the household. But instead of getting a pat in the back for her efforts, humiliation from her husband and family members is what often follows.
"My husband has refused to do anything since he lost his job," she revealed. "I tried to encourage him to get a job to get by but he says if he will work for anyone again, it will have to be a special kind of job and not just any type.
"Anytime he talks, it is about brilliant business ideas but he never finds enough money to execute his plans. He once came up with an idea to export Tiger nuts; he said it was a viable business. Now, all he talks about is how to do charcoal business. He is always browsing the Internet to search for interested buyers and links. He says he needs about N1.5m to handle some things here and get the charcoal he needs to export, but I don't have that kind of money to give to him.
"I have been the one paying our house rent which is about N400, 000 annually. He has access to all my accounts and my ATM cards and he knows when my salary is paid. I only have two bras but how can I buy myself anything when I have so much to take care of?
"It saddens me that his family members think that I have somehow charmed my husband and used his destiny. They say I'm happy that he is not doing well," she says.
Mrs. Adekemi Ajani is also wearing a similar shoe. Breadwinner of her family, life took a drastic turn 11 years ago when her husband suddenly resigned from his place of work. Tied in holy matrimony in a ceremony that left many green with envy, their journey took off in a blistering style, sprinkling promises of a great future everywhere. But in recent times, those early positive signs have since given way to an era of despair.
"What actually endeared me to him was the fact that he was hard working and full of great ideas. He worked in a top oil and gas company and had good prospect of climbing up the ladder career wise. I was working in a construction company that paid well at the time, so things were really good for us.
"But one day, he came back home and told me that he quit his job because he heard news from someone in the HR department that they were going to do mass sacking due to some setbacks the company faced at the time. He said he resigned because he did not want his record to be tainted by being sacked by such a reputable firm. He said he was certainly going to get another job in no time. But it's over 10 years already and he is yet to do anything.
"Even when friends tried to get him a job, he would stylishly decline, claiming that he had ideas that would soon translate to good businesses that would bring in money. All he does is to hang around offices of his friends or while away the time at home.
"The most frustrating thing is that he holds the ATM card of my salary account and dictates how I spend my money. The entire family's bills are on me. I do not complain but the love and care I thought I would get from him and his family members is not what I have witnessed so far. As far as they are concerned, I am a witch who is behind their son's misery. One of his sisters even once confronted me and told me that I should release her brother from the bondage I had put him in. I felt like killing myself that day. The shock of that day is still very much in me, I just pray for God to rescue me from this problem," she said.
Confused and agitated, Helen Ndoki is another woman whose husband has simply refused to work after losing his job, preferring instead to live off her. Blessed with three lovely children, marriage to Ifeanyi, her husband of five years, has not only brought pains into her life but also sorrow. At 34, she's had to shoulder responsibilities persons several years older can't even dare. She told Saturday PUNCH that she fears for her sanity.
"I just pray I don't run mad one day," the mother of three said during a recent encounter with our correspondents. "With the way things are going between my husband and me, I just pray God takes control.
"I have made several efforts to get another job for my husband, but he's not just ready to work. He said he won't do a job that would pay him less than when he worked in the bank. Now he stays at home doing nothing. We've been on this for five years now.
"I go to my workplace on the Island every day and at weekends, I do catering and events planning, just to augment my income and support the family. But the man in the house just sits there doing nothing. He is waiting for a big offer.
"I wish somebody could see the pain I am passing through. My husband even complains when I don't buy beverages at home. There was a time he saw the ones I bought for the children and was annoyed that I hid it from him. He did not speak with me for about a week.
"He has told his family members so many lies about me that they now see me as a bad person. They look at me like someone who is behind his lack of progress in life. I am too young for all these things I am passing through. If things do not improve, I may quit this marriage before it leads to my death," she said.
Disturbing as it sounds, cases of husbands refusing to work and living off wives' income have become almost a regular feature in many parts of Nigeria today. The presence of in-laws, who inflict both physical and psychological injuries on women in this category at the slightest opportunity, goes to compound the problem. While in some cases, this situation has led to the dissolution of such marriages, in other cases, blood and deaths have followed.
"My cousin lost her life while in this type of marriage," Mrs. Uwak Effiong, a secondary school teacher based in Abuja, Nigeria's capital, told one of our correspondents during a telephone conversation. "The husband and in-laws practically turned her into a slave after the man lost his job in a telecommunications company. They made sure they piled pressure on her resources so much that she developed high blood pressure. They called her a witch and all sorts of derogatory names because the man lost his job and refused to look for another one.
"Soon, physical assaults followed and things moved from bad to worse. One day, the husband during an argument, beat her mercilessly. Neighbours rushed her to a hospital where she spent two days before she gave up. The man is still on the run as we speak while his family members claimed they don't know anything about her death. We leave them to God," she said.
Giving religious insight into whether it is possible for a woman to use her husband's 'star', the Senior Pastor of The Worship Centre, Pastor Seyi Adeyemi, said there was no such thing in the Bible and that it must have emanated from people's cultural or traditional beliefs.
He said, "There is no such provision in the scripture. These kinds of thoughts emanated from cultural views and superstition, which possibly have origin in satanic and demonic manipulation.
"However, the question you would ask is that, when the man was doing well and everything was going on fine, why wasn't the wife accused of using his star at that time. Why is it that it is when things go sour that the issue of using somebody's star would come up?
"These are comments that are a product of frustration or when people just can't understand why they are going through what they are going through. But if anybody resigns to fate that somebody is using his star, if he believes it, let him go and pray."
Also speaking, the Chief Imam of the Ansar Ud Deen Society, Alhaji Abdur-Rahman Ahmad, described such perception as laughable, saying it is superstitious to say someone could use another person's star.
He also queried why the husband is not always accused of same if the wife loses her job.
He added, "I will tell you without any fear of contradiction that that is laughable and such persons are living in denial of the reality of that situation. For the avoidance of doubt, we (in Islam) do not believe that somebody's star can be used, whatever that means. It is another superstition.
"We must understand that in marriage, misfortune can strike anytime and it could happen to either the husband or the wife. They are married because they have agreed to share everything, pleasant and unpleasant, in their lives. So, nobody should read superstition into it.
"There is nothing fundamentally wrong with a woman being richer than her husband. It could happen. The only thing is that their relationship would be determined by the quality of the marriage itself and if it is a solid marriage, the issue of the man feeling inferior would not arise and on the other hand, the woman would also not seek to take undue advantage of the man."
But, a psychologist, Dr. Eze John Eze, said in terms of cognitive processes of both women and men, women are more resilient when it comes to withstanding multiple pressures.
Beyond the biological explanation, he said the society expects a man to be the breadwinner but that when they are unable to, it could lead to anxiety, which could overwhelm them and make them unproductive.
"It could also discourage them from making more effort because there is a level of anxiety that knocks a person off," he added. "Whenever a man realises that he's not able to take care of the family, it's too debilitating for him and if care is not taken, it could overwhelm him.
"But for women, with the capacity they have developed over time, if there is a problem or they are under multiple pressures, they are more likely to be resilient more than the men. They seem to be better in handling a lot of things at the same time and they have multiple pathgoals, unlike men who have a straightforward pathgoal. That is why in societies where the pathgoal is not very clear, people get into crime and some commit suicide.
"So, apart from cultures where a woman is expected to provide for the man, the society expects the man to provide for the family but in a situation that he cannot, he feels like a failure. Some would relax or feel defeated, which makes them to take things as they come.
"If you are under very serious pressure, there is a level of anxiety that you might have that could affect your productivity. Men are supposed to be breadwinners, and when they lose that capacity, in many cases, they find it difficult to get up. It's just like when you receive a very heavy punch and you are on the ground. Getting up may not be easy.
"But for the woman, she knows it's not her responsibility and if she does it, it's just to assist. They have the capacity to think in divergent ways, and aside that, they are more resilient."
Giving an additional perspective to the belief, a sociologist, Dr. Franca Attoh, said the belief of stealing another person's star or destiny is not scientific. She said such could best be described as a myth.
She said, "In our society, there are certain roles that have been marked as masculine and feminine roles, through socialisation. So, based on that, the culture expects men to provide for their families.
"However, as more women are enrolled in schools, they get good jobs and sometimes earn more than their husbands. What I have discovered is that oftentimes, when a man loses his job and the wife tries to augment or provide those things he used to do, over time, some men tend to become very lazy and laid-back. Whereas, ideally, one would expect that even if the man is not able to get a job that pays well, he should be able to get something doing.
"And that is when conflict would come in, because you find that such women are not doing it with pleasure; they are doing it reluctantly, not with joy or love. That is where this funny aspect of stealing stars comes in.
"Some of the men, in order to absolve themselves of their own laziness and their inability to provide for the families; would then accuse their wives of stealing their destiny, star or whatever.
"That excuse is not scientific. I mean how can you steal someone's star? Scientifically, you can't steal such things. Such ideas are called myth. But these are things some people still believe in. So, it's not scientific; it's more or less a myth."
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