Wednesday, October 8, 2008
So, What Are You Doing For Thanksgiving? (A Visualization Exercise)
I want you to start thinking about Thanksgiving, as in after Election Day.
Here’s why.
To get to any finish line successfully, it’s essential to think beyond it. Flipping that, if you cannot think beyond your goal, it’s difficult to achieve it.
That’s because if you can’t picture it, then you can’t evoke emotional attachment to the consequences or rewards that come from achieving it. The rewards come necessarily after the finish line.
The role of emotional attachment with regard to goals is described in the 1937 book about achieving success, Think And Grow Rich.
In that book, which you may know is one of my favorites, author Napoleon Hill lists success principles that work and explains why, writing, “Your subconscious mind recognizes and acts only upon thoughts which have been well-mixed with emotion or feeling.”
In other words, one must be able to feel what that success feels like, before it happens, or else it won’t happen.
Here’s why.
To get to any finish line successfully, it’s essential to think beyond it. Flipping that, if you cannot think beyond your goal, it’s difficult to achieve it.
That’s because if you can’t picture it, then you can’t evoke emotional attachment to the consequences or rewards that come from achieving it. The rewards come necessarily after the finish line.
The role of emotional attachment with regard to goals is described in the 1937 book about achieving success, Think And Grow Rich.
In that book, which you may know is one of my favorites, author Napoleon Hill lists success principles that work and explains why, writing, “Your subconscious mind recognizes and acts only upon thoughts which have been well-mixed with emotion or feeling.”
In other words, one must be able to feel what that success feels like, before it happens, or else it won’t happen.
This is no different from the visualization techniques used by highly successful athletes like Michael Jordan and Tiger Woods.
To get us past Election Day, therefore, let’s begin thinking and visualizing and feeling past it to, let’s say, Thanksgiving.
To do that, here’s an exercise. Try it! It’ll only take a few minutes.
First, play this song below, which is contemplative, triumphant, evocative. As you’re listening, read on to the end.
What’s for dinner? Turkey? Ham? Both?
What about those sides? Greens? What kind? Mashed potatoes? Yams? Corn on the cob? Gravy? Biscuits? Cornbread? Cranberry sauce?
Look down at your plate. What’s on it? Who served you?
Who will you have over? The kids? Your folks? In-laws? Friends? Neighbors? Co-workers?
What about your elders? Your grandmother? Grand-dad? Great-aunt? Distant cousins?
Are you trying to help someone? Maybe you took in someone who’s away from home? Or assisting at a shelter?
You’re sitting down now. Who’s next to you on either side?
Who’s saying grace? What are they saying? What should this year’s grace include?
Some thoughts for those who couldn’t be here, right?
Now … pause for a moment … and keep that feeling. It’s gratitude, appreciation, triumph, success, faith, optimism, strength, joy, and more.
Evoke that, let that guide you, whenever you feel anxious, or distracted. About anything. You have so much going for you. So does your country. So does your world. All the possibilities! This is just the beginning!
So … stay focused on that and that alone.
And realize that you make history now. -Claude Johnson of Black Fives
Courtesy of Precise Minds Inc.
Tuesday, October 7, 2008
Somalia: Piracy and much worse
THE azure waters at the foot of the Red Sea lapping southwards round the Horn of Africa are now the most dangerous in the world. This year pirates have captured more than 60 ships. Recently a Ukrainian ship carrying 33 tanks was captured by Somali buccaneers (see article). The reason for this swirl of maritime outlawry can be found on the nearest shore, in Somalia.
Until the world’s most comprehensively failed state acquires the barest modicum of order and government, the seas beside it will be a paradise for pirates and a menace to passengers, crew and cargo, even for ships sailing 300 miles offshore. Yet maritime outrages, though they help remind the world of the disaster that is Somalia, are only one reason to do something about the place. A more important one is that Somalia’s people do not enjoy a scrap of security, let alone any of the material benefits of a modern state. And a final one is that the outside world helped tip Somalia into chaos.
The prescriptions for dealing with piracy are simple enough. Governments must co-operate more energetically to face down pirates and, where necessary, blast them out of the water. A coalition of countries already has a naval task-force in the area, mainly to tackle terrorism; its numbers should be bumped up and a sea lane that can be properly monitored should be defined. Ships taking food to Somalia for the UN must have a naval escort. The EU should strengthen its tiny naval cell that co-ordinates air and sea activity. The UN, along with the African Union (AU), should organise a coast guard to watch Somalia’s shore. The Gulf states, in particular Saudi Arabia, should fulfil their vague promises to help pay for Somalia’s recovery.
But the harder, underlying problem is Somalia itself. With no proper government since 1991, it has been a bloody kaleidoscope of competing clans and fiefs. More than 1m, in a population once around 10m, have fled abroad; this year alone, the UN reckons, some 160,000 have been uprooted from Mogadishu, the capital, which has lost about two-thirds of its inhabitants over the years. The country is too dangerous for foreign charities, diplomats or journalists to function there permanently. Thousands of angry, rootless, young Somalis are proving vulnerable to the attractions of fundamentalist Islam in the guise of al-Qaeda and similar jihadist brands. The cash from piracy is probably fuelling the violence.
In recent times Somalia has known order only briefly, in 2006, when Islamists known as the Islamic Courts Union took over. Unfortunately next-door Ethiopia, egged on by the Americans, intervened to oust them. A “transition federal government” has totally failed to impose itself. A feeble AU force has tried in vain to help. With the UN unable to drum up even half the heralded force supposed to keep the peace in Sudan’s ravaged Darfur region, no one has the guts or cash to send a serious force to bring order, let alone justice, to Somalia.
And yet outsiders could still help Somalis to help themselves. A “dialogue” that started in nearby Djibouti between most of the warring factions has been going on intermittently for more than a year; the more moderate Islamists from the Courts Union must be brought in, even if the harder-line affiliates of al-Qaeda cannot be. The UN, Western governments and those in the region have a moral duty not to give up trying to bring Somalis together. Besides, wretched as it is, Somalia can cause a lot of trouble—on land and at sea. It is a disaster that the rest of the world cannot shrug off.
The Economist
Monday, October 6, 2008
Latin America's economies
In Latin America, the most trenchant opponents of globalised finance look most likely to suffer at its hands
IF ANALOGIES with the Great Depression are scary for Americans, they are hardly less so for Latin Americans. Within a few years of the 1929 stockmarket crash, 16 governments in the region fell to military coups or takeovers by strongmen. In recent years the talk has mostly been of Latin America’s economic independence from its big neighbour in the north (with the exception of Mexico). But on September 29th, the day the House of Representatives in Washington balked at the bail-out, came a reminder of just how close those ties still are. While the Dow Jones dropped by nearly 7% in a day, Brazil’s Bovespa, the region’s biggest stockmarket, tumbled by more than 9%.
Even so, the fact that this financial crisis does not have “made in Latin America” stamped on it is cause for modest celebration. In the crises of 1994, 1998 and 2001 Latin America went on a binge, using foreign finance to pay for a huge rise in imports. The mood then changed, foreign money fled and panic ensued.
from The Economist
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South Africa New Captains new crew
From a article in The Economist
A new and probably stopgap president picks some good new ministers
A WEEK into the job, Kgalema Motlanthe, South Africa’s new president, made a good start. Right after his election by Parliament and after being sworn in, he filled the gaps left by several ministers who resigned after Thabo Mbeki, Mr Motlanthe’s predecessor, was ousted by the ruling African National Congress (ANC). His appointments have been welcomed. Now he probably has six months before a general election, expected in April, to heal the rift in the party and to show he can run a government better than Mr Mbeki did.
Markets sighed with relief when Trevor Manuel, the trusty finance minister, was reappointed, though his deputy and heir-apparent, Jabu Moleketi, decided to leave for good. Mr Manuel has been the architect of South Africa’s good macroeconomic performance and fiscal discipline. So his reappointment goes some way to assuage fears that the new ANC leadership under Jacob Zuma, expected to become president after the election, may veer left. Mr Zuma has repeatedly tried to reassure business at home and abroad that economic policy would not change fundamentally, but his Communist and trade-union backers have other ideas. Most businessmen were happy to hear a few weeks ago that Tito Mboweni, the central-bank governor, would consider staying after his contract ends next year. ...
Spike Lee Film not so welcomed in Italy
Film director Spike Lee has set off a storm in Italy with a movie about black American soldiers fighting alongside Italian partisans in World War Two. Surviving members of the resistance to the Nazi occupation of Italy have taken issue with “Miracle at St. Anna” ahead of the film’s Italian release on Friday, distributing protest flyers and accusing Lee of distorting history. Lee has said he wanted to set the record straight about the role played by black U.S. soldiers in the war.
The film is based on a novel by James McBride and focuses on the all-black 92nd Buffalo Division which helped liberate Italy in 1944-45. At the heart of the dispute is the film’s depiction of an infamous 1944 massacre in the Tuscan town of Sant’Anna di Stazzema, where Nazi troops rounded up and killed 560 civilians. In the film, the massacre is portrayed as a response to the actions of resistance fighters, with one of them betraying the town and colluding with the Nazis — a version of events that has angered surviving partisans.
Lee, who is in Italy promoting the film, has responded to the criticism in his characteristically feisty manner. “I would not allow anybody to tell me how to make a film, be it a partisan or the president of the United States,” Lee told a news conference in Florence on Wednesday after a preview screening, according to Italian media. “This simply shows that in Italy the wound is still open. … It is up to Italians to come to grips with their past, not up to me or James McBride or the film,” he said. Members of the ANPI association of resistance fighters were not amused.
ADD-2's The Dating Game (NEXT) music Video
Yo this my man ADD-2 the fresh kid nice blowing in from the Windy City with his new video done with " doper than dope" graphics by Matthew Metoyer. So check it out and there's more where that came from(care for a free mixtape).....WE STAY WOKE!
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Wednesday, October 1, 2008
UFC announces first event in Dublin, Ireland
Live From the O2-Dublin – Saturday, January 17, 2009
Las Vegas, NV (USA) – The world’s most exciting sport returns to the Emerald Isle as the Ultimate Fighting Championship® (UFC®) organization opens up 2009 with the star-powered UFC 93 card at the O2-Dublin in Dublin, Ireland on January 17, 2009.
In the light heavyweight main event, former two-division world champion Dan Henderson will collide with former UFC middleweight king Rich Franklin in three-round war which will set the tone for the 205lbs division in 2009.
Then, 2005 PRIDE® Grand Prix Champion Mauricio “Shogun” Rua returns to the Octagon™ to throw down with UFC Hall of Famer Mark Coleman in a rematch MMA fans thought they would never see. The pair last met in Japan in 2006, with the legendary Coleman pulling off a stunning upset by breaking Rua’s arm in the first round.
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Netflix, Starz strike streaming deal
Netflix has engineered a deal with Liberty Media's Starz for the rights to stream about 1,000 movies a year on its website, including such contempo hits as "Spider-Man 3," "Ratatouille," "Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End" and "Superbad."
Starz is touting the deal because Netflix will pay an undisclosed license fee that will add to its already solid cash flow from subscribers who pay for Starz and its multiplex networks, including its high-definition video-on-demand service.
For Netflix, the deal will funnel dozens of movies in the early pay-TV window -- plus lots of library titles ---- at no extra cost to people who pay a monthly subscription fee to get an unlimited supply of movie DVDs by mail.
Netflix.com has been stuck with streaming mostly older titles because Netflix could not command streaming rights to the newer titles it rents to its 8 million subscribers by mail.
Because Starz owns streaming rights to the movies in its two major studio output deals with Disney and Sony, the contract will give Netflix an 18-month period for streaming Disney and Columbia titles within Starz's regular pay-TV window for showing the pics on its cablers.
Netflix.com users can't download these programs or the Starz movies onto a portable media player or burn a permanent copy.
Local govn't are cutting projects
Cities, states and other local governments have been effectively shut out of the bond markets for the last two weeks, raising the cost of day-to-day operations, threatening longer-term projects and dampening a broad source of jobs and stability at a time when other parts of the economy are weakening. The sudden loss of credit, one of the ripple effects of the current financial turmoil, is affecting local governments in all parts of the country, rich and poor alike. In New York, a real estate boom has suddenly gone bust. Washington has shelved a planned bond offering to pay for terminal expansion and parking garages already under construction at Dulles and Reagan National Airports.
Billings, Mont., is struggling to come up with $70 million more for a new emergency room. And Maine has been unable to raise $50 million for highway repairs.
The only alternative would be what New York City did on Monday: Go into the locked-up markets and whip up demand by offering to pay investors a very high return.
Analysts said the dysfunction in the municipal bond markets appeared to signal the end of an era of relatively cheap money for governments and, probably, the start of an era of tough choices for communities. When the market starts moving again, they said, it will look a lot like the municipal bond market of 10 years ago, before the arrival of financial wizardry in the form of structured-finance products, which lowered borrowing costs but added big new risks. Instead, governments will probably be issuing plain-vanilla bonds with fixed rates of interest, higher than they are accustomed to.
And higher rates suggest some degree of belt-tightening, especially difficult in places where tax revenues are being squeezed because of falling real estate values and the slowing economy
Jay Z release new boot line
The R+ "Roc Climber" is the evolution of the Rocawear Men's Line. The boot sums up and incorporates all aspects of what the brand represents...the music, the swagger, the lifestyle and Jay's personal style.
The boot reflects the 'new' consumer. It's more mature and tailored. The logos are toned down to make them more design-driven and less logo driven...The R+ "Roc Climber" is what the customer has expressed they want, letting the silhouette speak for itself.
It's bottom was developed in Italy and showcases a unique polished treatment that is found only in high-end fashion footwear.
We are now taking pre-orders on a first ordered, first served basis. Order your's now before this limited edition style is sold out. Shipping November 2008.
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Kenchikukagu folds rooms into moving boxes
In today’s market of over-priced real estate, the average apartment is basically a man-sized shoebox. Now you can make the most out of the space thanks to Japanese company Atelier OPA and designer Toshihiko Suzuki, who have introduced a series of folding “rooms” called Kenchikukagu.
The innovative line features a kitchen, bedroom and office that all fold up into compact cabinets that can be wheeled away for easy storage. For about $7,500 each, you can buy one now on Amazon Japan.
Friday, September 26, 2008
Community Organizer wants to help 1 million kids
A great story and all you have to do to learn why is to watch this video.
DRESS CODE AT THE POLLS??
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WATCH THE DRESS CODE......WHAT EVER THAT MEANS.
PLEASE, PLEASE ADVISE EVERYONE YOU KNOW THAT THEY ABSOLUTELY CAN
NOT GO TO THE POLLS WEARING ANY OBAMA SHIRTS, PINS OR HATS, IT IS AGAINST
THE LAW AND WILL BE GROUNDS TO HAVE THE POLLING OFFICIALS TO TURN YOU AWAY.
THAT IS CONSIDERED CAMPAIGNING AND NO ONE CAN CAMPAIGN WITHIN X AMOUNT OF
FEET TO THE POLLS. THEY ARE BANKING ON US BEING EXCITED AND NOT BEING AWARE
OF THIS LONG STANDING LAW THAT YOU CAN BET WILL BE ENFORCED THIS
YEAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
THEY ARE BANKING THAT IF ARE TURNED AWAY YOU WILL NOT GO HOME AND CHANGE
YOUR CLOTHES.. PLEASE JUST DON'T WEAR OBAMA GEAR OF ANY SORTS TO THE
POLLS!! PLEASE SHARE THIS INFORMATION, OH AND FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO WERE
ALREADY AWARE THIS WAS NOT MEANT TO INSULT YOUR INTELLIGENCE. JUST TRYING
TO COVER ALL GROUNDS.
NOT GO TO THE POLLS WEARING ANY OBAMA SHIRTS, PINS OR HATS, IT IS AGAINST
THE LAW AND WILL BE GROUNDS TO HAVE THE POLLING OFFICIALS TO TURN YOU AWAY.
THAT IS CONSIDERED CAMPAIGNING AND NO ONE CAN CAMPAIGN WITHIN X AMOUNT OF
FEET TO THE POLLS. THEY ARE BANKING ON US BEING EXCITED AND NOT BEING AWARE
OF THIS LONG STANDING LAW THAT YOU CAN BET WILL BE ENFORCED THIS
YEAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
THEY ARE BANKING THAT IF ARE TURNED AWAY YOU WILL NOT GO HOME AND CHANGE
YOUR CLOTHES.. PLEASE JUST DON'T WEAR OBAMA GEAR OF ANY SORTS TO THE
POLLS!! PLEASE SHARE THIS INFORMATION, OH AND FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO WERE
ALREADY AWARE THIS WAS NOT MEANT TO INSULT YOUR INTELLIGENCE. JUST TRYING
TO COVER ALL GROUNDS.
Thursday, September 25, 2008
New items to check out
A few things you may like or not.
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shout out to Yakima Tim for the pics.
Obama rejects Mccain call to suspend campaign
This is a news report from Al Jezeera about Sen. Barack Obama rejecting the recent call from John McCain to suspend campaign ads and even move the Presidential debate this friday.
READ ON.
The US Democratic presidential candidate has agreed to meet his Republican rival and other leaders in Washington to try to resolve the country's financial crisis.
But Barack Obama rejected John McCain's call on Wednesday to postpone a debate between the two on Friday, saying Americans wanted to hear what their future leader had to say on the crisis and that a president should be able to multi-task.
McCain announced that he would "suspend" his campaign, pull television advertising, halt fund-raising and return to Washington on Thursday to try to help negotiations over a stalled $700bn bail-out plan for Wall Street
"This is exactly the time when the American people need to hear from the person who in approximately 40 days will be responsible for dealing with this mess. And I think it is going to be part of the president's job to deal with more than one thing at once"--Barack Obama, Democratic candidate
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Tuesday, September 23, 2008
Obama Waffles? Yes they are real
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OBAMA WAFFLES IS NOT EVEN A JOKE.
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BOOKiDO Heroes: The Duwamish tribe
The Duwamish tribe (pronounced [dxʷdɐwʔabʃ] in Lushootseed) is a Native American tribe in western Washington, and the indigenous people of metropolitanSeattle.Villages were usually located facing a beach and body of water or river navigable by canoe, near a creek and drinking water source. Beyond the diffuse villages and anthropogenic grasslands, most land was heavily forested, understory tended to be dense along the edges; travel by canoe was generally far more practical. The nearby creek (dzəlíxw or stútələkw) would often be called Little Water (stútələkw), an endearing familiar.[18]
The People of the Inside and the People of the Large Lake (Dkhw'Duw'Absh and Xacuabsh, today Duwamish), like other Salish, were more a collection of villages linked by language and family ties than like a European model.[19] Relationships and stature among family and community were important measures or goals in life. Traditionally there was no recognized permanent political leadership. Native Americans in general, and Coast Salish in particular, just didn't do things in ways that White people expected or would readily understand. Native social structures (and economics) drove Whites to distraction.
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Book review: How to succeed in business without being white
Black Enterprise founder Earl Graves gives some very sharp wisdom that will help any entrepreneur go from a start up to a successful enterprise. He has always stay true to helping people become owners and secure better credit. I funny title but a well written book.
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Earl Graves was born in Brooklyn, New York and grew up in the Bedford-Stuyvesant section of New York City. He is a 1958 alumnus of Morgan State University, having received a Bachelor of Arts degree in economics. He is a member of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc.
From 1965 to 1968, Graves served as an administrative assistant to Senator Robert F. Kennedy. When Rev Martin Luther King, Jr. was killed in Memphis, Graves was assigned by Senator Kennedy to oversee the arrangements for Rev King's body to be brought home.
Saturday, September 20, 2008
Thursday, September 18, 2008
Company Profile: Senecorps is doing great work!
This is a great non profit organization that does extraordianary work in Senegal. Their mission is devoted to building bridges across continents through youth and adult education by providing opportunities for teachers, students, and families to exchange ideas and skills through service learning and a variety of cultural and intellectual interactions.
Check this website and get involved: http://www.senecorps.org/
They provide medical internships, volunteer programs and a english teaching program that is perfect for those who want to get into teaching. Senegal is a beautiful country and the people have a deep history that extend thousands of years ago. The work that Senecorps has done must be highlighted and supported by anyone who has a deep commitment to help others.
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BOOKiDO HERO: ARTHUR ASHE
BOOKiDO is a active lifestyle company that promtes exercise and being involved in helping others across the world. Our profile this week is on the late great Arthur Ashe a father, humanitarian, and professional tennis player. Read on!
Arthur Robert Ashe, Jr. (July 10, 1943 – February 6, 1993) was a prominent African American tennis player who was born and raised in Richmond, Virginia. During his playing career, he won three Grand Slam titles. Ashe is also remembered for his efforts to further social causes.
The story of Ashe's life turned from success to tragedy in 1988 when Ashe discovered he had contracted HIV during the blood transfusions he had received during one of his two heart surgeries. He and his wife kept his illness private until April 8, 1992, when reports that the newspaper USA Today was about to publish a story about his condition forced him to make a public announcement that he had the disease. In the last year of his life, Ashe did much to call attention to AIDS sufferers worldwide. Two months before his death, he founded the Arthur Ashe Institute for Urban Health to help address issues of inadequate health care delivery and was named Sports Illustrated magazine's Sportsman of the Year. He also spent much of the last years of his life writing his memoir Days of Grace, finishing the manuscript less than a week before his death.
Ashe died from complications from AIDS on February 6, 1993
Ashe died from complications from AIDS on February 6, 1993
Arthur, the first African-American male to win a Grand Slam event, was an active civil rights supporter. He was a member of a delegation of 31 prominent African-Americans who visited South Africa to observe political change in the country as it approached racial integration.
He was arrested on January 11, 1985, for protesting outside the South African embassy in Washington D.C during an anti-apartheid rally. He was also arrested again on September 9, 1992, outside the White House for protesting on the recent crackdown on Haitian refugees.
"Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can."
Wednesday, September 10, 2008
HOW TO sell books
From The Economist print edition
HOW-TO books are the most successful kind of non-fiction; the best sell millions of copies. As John McCain and Barack Obama each try and persuade Americans that they are the key to the future, authors with just as much energy and drive are peddling different how-to fantasies: how to pass your SAT test, how to help your company “make the leap” from good to great, how to cook Chinese food.
But it is Randy Pausch, until he died of pancreatic cancer in July, a professor of computer science at Carnegie-Mellon University in Pittsburgh, who is outselling them all with his advice on how to achieve your childhood dreams. Asked to speak as part of a series called “The Last Lecture”, Pausch recounted how as a child he persuaded his parents to let him repaint his room, how he got to experience zero gravity, how he married the woman of his dreams, learned how not to be arrogant and got to meet Captain Kirk. “We cannot change the cards we are dealt,” he says in “The Last Lecture”, “just how we play the hand.” That’s how to sell a book.
HOW-TO books are the most successful kind of non-fiction; the best sell millions of copies. As John McCain and Barack Obama each try and persuade Americans that they are the key to the future, authors with just as much energy and drive are peddling different how-to fantasies: how to pass your SAT test, how to help your company “make the leap” from good to great, how to cook Chinese food.
But it is Randy Pausch, until he died of pancreatic cancer in July, a professor of computer science at Carnegie-Mellon University in Pittsburgh, who is outselling them all with his advice on how to achieve your childhood dreams. Asked to speak as part of a series called “The Last Lecture”, Pausch recounted how as a child he persuaded his parents to let him repaint his room, how he got to experience zero gravity, how he married the woman of his dreams, learned how not to be arrogant and got to meet Captain Kirk. “We cannot change the cards we are dealt,” he says in “The Last Lecture”, “just how we play the hand.” That’s how to sell a book.
Sunday, September 7, 2008
WHAT YOU GIVE, YOU GET
DO YOU SEE THE COMMON THEME IN THESE PHOTOS!
"In order to make money you have to help someone else make money first". - Russell Simmons
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Thursday, September 4, 2008
Thabo Mbeki Loses Touch with Ordinary South Africans
South Africa’s President took over the helm from Nelson Mandela in ‘1999 with so much promise for his leadership. In his first term, he managed to get many African governments on board his “African Renaissance” philosophy and helped shaped the new African Union and one of its key programs, the New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD). Yet on the domestic front, his Presidency very quickly lost touch with ordinary South Africans; first on HIV/AIDS where he failed to develop a coherent treatment policy and on the implementation of Broad Based Black Economic Empowerment, which continues to benefit an elite few at the expense of the wider black population who are confronting widespread poverty and unemployment.
Thabo Mbeki’s policy of quiet diplomacy in neighboring Zimbabwe has contributed to the Xenophobia taking place across the country, especially in Johannesburg where more than one million fleeing Zimbabwean nationals are said to have settled to find work.
Earlier this year, and in the midst of growing dissatisfaction with his leadership, Mbeki made the gravest mistake of all, placing himself on the ticket to run against Jacob Zuma as African National Congress President. Mbeki suffered a dismal public defeat and support for Jacob Zuma as both the new Party President and as the future ANC Presidential candidate became widespread. In the months leading to the party elections, Mbeki failed to back credible and outstanding would-be contenders such as Cyril Ramaphosa. In his final year in office, Mbeki is essentially handicapped by his own doing, leaving millions of South Africans who are dealing with huge electricity tariff hikes and rising interest rates without the critical leadership they need.
Stay tuned for more articles related to African politics and business.
Sherry- KZN Citizen
Thabo Mbeki’s policy of quiet diplomacy in neighboring Zimbabwe has contributed to the Xenophobia taking place across the country, especially in Johannesburg where more than one million fleeing Zimbabwean nationals are said to have settled to find work.
Earlier this year, and in the midst of growing dissatisfaction with his leadership, Mbeki made the gravest mistake of all, placing himself on the ticket to run against Jacob Zuma as African National Congress President. Mbeki suffered a dismal public defeat and support for Jacob Zuma as both the new Party President and as the future ANC Presidential candidate became widespread. In the months leading to the party elections, Mbeki failed to back credible and outstanding would-be contenders such as Cyril Ramaphosa. In his final year in office, Mbeki is essentially handicapped by his own doing, leaving millions of South Africans who are dealing with huge electricity tariff hikes and rising interest rates without the critical leadership they need.
Stay tuned for more articles related to African politics and business.
Sherry- KZN Citizen
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Wednesday, September 3, 2008
Another African American running for President
Former US congresswomen Cynthia McKinney is running for U.S. President under the Green Party ticket. She has been a outspoken critic of the Bush administration has been attacked by both Democrats and Republican for her statements and opinon on poverty, war in Iraq, police brutality and reparations.
Cynthia Ann McKinney (born March 17, 1955) is a former United States Representative and the 2008 Green Party nominee for President of the United States. McKinney served as a Democrat in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1993–2003 and 2005–2007, first representing Georgia's 11th Congressional District and then Georgia's 4th Congressional District. She is the first African American woman to have represented Georgia in the House.
On July 9, 2008 she named her running mate as Rosa Clemente[64] and clinched the party's nomination three days later at the 2008 Green Party National Convention.
Abou Dhabi va investir 1 milliard de dollars en cinq ans dans l'industrie du cinéma
L'émirat pétrolier, qui prévoit de développer, financer et produire huit films par an en moyenne, ambitionne de devenir un centre mondial de l'industrie médiatique. Il va coopérer avec les grandes firmes mondiales du secteur.
Le riche émirat pétrolier d'Abou Dhabi a annoncé mercredi qu'il allait investir en cinq ans un milliard de dollars pour des productions cinématographiques en coopération avec de grandes firmes mondiales dont celles d'Hollywood. Dans un communiqué, Abu Dhabi Media Compagny (ADMC), un groupe public de l'émirat, précise avoir mis en place une nouvelle société, Imagenation Abu Dhabi, qui va "développer, financer et produire" huit films par an en moyenne pour le marché cinématographique arabe et mondial.
Gonzales Says He Does Not Recall
LET'S NOT FORGET ATTORNEY GENERAL GONZALEZ WAS PRESIDENT APPOINTED.
Former attorney general Alberto R. Gonzales told investigators that he could not recall whether he took home notes regarding the government's most sensitive national security program and that he did not know they contained classified information, despite his own markings that they were "top secret -- eyes only," according to a Justice Department report released yesterday.
Gonzales improperly carried notes about the warrantless wiretapping program in an unlocked briefcase and failed to keep them in a safe at his Northern Virginia home three years ago because he "could not remember the combination," the department's inspector general reported.
A National Security Agency official who reviewed the notes said they contained references to operational aspects of the wiretapping initiative, including a top-secret code word for the program, information that had been "zealously protected" by the agency and was "not a close call" in terms of its sensitivity, the report said.
A National Security Agency official who reviewed the notes said they contained references to operational aspects of the wiretapping initiative, including a top-secret code word for the program, information that had been "zealously protected" by the agency and was "not a close call" in terms of its sensitivity, the report said.
By Carrie JohnsonWashington Post Staff Writer Wednesday, September 3, 2008
UFC 91 FIGHTS
UFC ANNOUNCES UFC 91: COUTURE vs LESNAR
from UFC
Las Vegas, NV (USA) - On November 15th, the champ is back. Ultimate Fighting Championship President Dana White today announced that after a year away from the game, UFC® heavyweight champion Randy "The Natural" Couture will make his long-awaited return to the Octagon to defend his title against rising star Brock Lesnar in a clash of titans destined to shake the foundations of the sport. This championship bout, the biggest heavyweight title fight in years, will headline UFC 91: COUTURE vs. LESNAR, live from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas on Saturday, Nov. 15, 2008
from UFC
Las Vegas, NV (USA) - On November 15th, the champ is back. Ultimate Fighting Championship President Dana White today announced that after a year away from the game, UFC® heavyweight champion Randy "The Natural" Couture will make his long-awaited return to the Octagon to defend his title against rising star Brock Lesnar in a clash of titans destined to shake the foundations of the sport. This championship bout, the biggest heavyweight title fight in years, will headline UFC 91: COUTURE vs. LESNAR, live from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas on Saturday, Nov. 15, 2008
Liberia: 2016 Targeted for Commercial Oil Drilling
The NEWS (Monrovia)
3 September 2008Posted to the web 3 September 2008
Monrovia
If oil is found in commercial quantity it could take up to 2016 to market, the National Oil Company of Liberia has hinted.
According to a release yesterday, two European-based firms and an Australian-based firm have entered into a Production Sharing Contract with the Liberian oil company.
The European Hydrocarbon Limited, an oil company incorporated under the laws of England and Wales is one of the three firms contracted for blocks LB-8 and 9 while Woodside West Africa PYT. Limited, an Australian registered company is the other firm contracted for block LB-15.
3 September 2008Posted to the web 3 September 2008
Monrovia
If oil is found in commercial quantity it could take up to 2016 to market, the National Oil Company of Liberia has hinted.
According to a release yesterday, two European-based firms and an Australian-based firm have entered into a Production Sharing Contract with the Liberian oil company.
The European Hydrocarbon Limited, an oil company incorporated under the laws of England and Wales is one of the three firms contracted for blocks LB-8 and 9 while Woodside West Africa PYT. Limited, an Australian registered company is the other firm contracted for block LB-15.
Tuesday, September 2, 2008
Palin's town secured Federal Funds
Palin's Small Alaska Town Secured Big Federal Funds
from Politics - *washingtonpost*.com by Paul Kane
ST. PAUL, Minn., Sept. 1 -- Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin employed a lobbying firm to secure almost $27 million in federal earmarks for a town of 6,700 residents while she was its mayor, according to an analysis by an independent government watchdog group.
from Politics - *washingtonpost*.com by Paul Kane
ST. PAUL, Minn., Sept. 1 -- Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin employed a lobbying firm to secure almost $27 million in federal earmarks for a town of 6,700 residents while she was its mayor, according to an analysis by an independent government watchdog group.
BOOK REVIEW - Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Self Defense
This book stays inthe library and is a encyclopedia for the serious martial artist and warrior. They have practical and easy to train self defense techniques that can help you in those sticky situations at clubs, walking to your car, or just hanging out with your friends. Written by Kid Peligro and Royce Gracie. The pictures are clear and colorful which give you a cahnce to follow each move with ease. We keep this book close to our office and on our inventory because it provides the reader helpful tips on how to protect yourself, family and environment.
Train hard and live smart. exercise your mind & body!
The Maverick picks a Hockey Mom for VP
John "Mechanical" McCain pick Alaska governor Sarah Palin a mother of a infant baby and her own 17- year old daughter is pregnant. She has been compared by the Republican Party as having more foreign policy experience than Barack Obama. Now to give you some background history Palin applied for a passport for the first time last year when she went to visit American troops overseas in Iraq and Germany. At the same time Obama traveled internationally when he was in college and saw first hand a developing nation while visitng his father's home country Kenya.
"It's a private family matter. Life happens in families," said Steve Schmidt, chief strategist of the McCain campaign. "If people try to politicize this, the American people will be appalled by it."
The political effect of Palin's announcement will depend on how voters process the news. Speaking to reporters in Michigan, Democratic nominee Barack Obama -- whose mother was 18 when he was born -- reiterated statements that candidates' families should be kept off-limits.
NEW MOVIE - RIGHTEOUS KILL
WHO CAN MISS A MOVIE WITH BOTH AL PACINO AND ROBERT DE NIRO. CLASSIC ACTORS ARE BACK AGAIN IN A COP THRILLER. CHECK THE TRAILER.
ALSO OUR FRIENDS AT SOUL ASSASSIN LAB CREATED THE POSTER ARTWORK AND HOSTED A POP UP STORE FOR THE FILM.
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THIS IS THE MOVIE WE BEEN WAITING FOR. IF YOU LIKE THE JASON BOURNE SERIES THEN PICTURE A BLACK VERSION!
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MAGIC SHOWCASE 2008 - LAS VEGAS
HERE ARE SOME EXCLUSIVES FROM THE MAGIC SHOWCASE IN LAS VEGAS. THE SHOW WAS INTERESTING A HAD SOME NEW STYLES COMING OUT IN 2009 AND WE GOT A CHANCE TO LINK WITH JOKER BRAND, NESTA BRAND, LRG, TAPOUT AND A FEW VENDORS. BOOKiDO CAME TO MAKE CONNECTIONS AND WORK ON SOME NEW COLLABORATIONS FOR THE MIDNIGHT SPECIAL LEAD BELLY T-SHIRT COLLECTION.
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Dr Dre buries his 20 year old son
We send our condolences to Dr Dre the super producer of many of Hip Hop's greatest produced albums. Dr Dre is in mourning after his son's death.
20 year old Andre Young Jr was found lying unconscious at his Woodland Hills home on Saturday morning (23 Aug).
He had arrived home from a night out with friends at 5.30am.
His mother found him unresponsive when she checked on him at 10am and instantly called emergency services. Andre was pronounced dead at the scene.
20 year old Andre Young Jr was found lying unconscious at his Woodland Hills home on Saturday morning (23 Aug).
He had arrived home from a night out with friends at 5.30am.
His mother found him unresponsive when she checked on him at 10am and instantly called emergency services. Andre was pronounced dead at the scene.
Monday, September 1, 2008
Historical Speech from Barack Obama Aug. 28. 2008
We are a few days behind but who in the world doesn't know about Presidential candidate Barack Obama's historical speech on August 28, 2008. The Democratic Convention was well organized and managed a huge production to accomodate the 80,000 people and the 40 million viewers as they witness the first African American presidential nominee of the Democratic Party. He speech followed the 45 year anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr. "I Have A Dream " speech.
See and hear for yourself.
See and hear for yourself.
Friday, August 22, 2008
GET ORGANIZED
Seattle view from the Space Needle- Commit from within
- Limit the number of goals
- Create a plan
- Give it time
Very simple ways to set a goal and watch it follow through until the end. Stay focused and play hard!
These are just a short post of ways to build a better network, become a better parent, a successful student and a fearless warrior of the light.
Read: Warrior of the Light by Paulo Coelho
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