In Iran can the citizens comment on issues. A country saddam was controlling. Iran leave trash for lawma.

This is the best article I have read in alongwhile. This is the games of throes from the elite class, the Romans empire was modelled on it.

Since stealing is not corruption and EFCC is dead. O nigerian youths

One of the things I love about what I do is working with people around the globe – even though I sometimes feel like a rube because I can’t roll my R’s like South Americans, and I have to ask Australians to repeat themselves (“Did you say ‘sit timber sick one?’ Ohhhhh, September second…”). Thanks to the Internet, I can work with anyone, anywhere. And quite frankly, it’s a blast.

But the global reach of the Internet also means you can be sitting in your spare bedroom in DesMoines and get sucked into a scam from Nigeria, Ukraine, Lithuania, or one of the other countries reported as being home to large numbers of Internet hoaxers.

I must have a darn good e-mail filter these days, because I don’t see many scam e-mails anymore. But people I know still do. Some are so widespread that they make the news. “You’ve inherited $50,000 from a distant aunt. Send a certified check for $1,500 to process your inheritance.” “Your FedEx package remains unclaimed. Click on this link to arrange re-delivery (and download spyware).” “It’s your mother. I’m in London and I’ve been robbed. Please wire money or I’ll be stuck here.” (Why does that one ever work?)

I can spot them a mile away. In some cases, it’s just a “feeling”, or understanding how the world works and knowing what’s likely and unlikely. But when it comes to spam originating outside the U.S., it usually comes down to writing that's really bad (including poor spelling and grammar), or even a little too good. How many times have you received spam that was awkwardly proper, trying too hard? Sometimes the clue comes through an odd word choice, or a turn of phrase that just doesn't sit right. Scammers from overseas speak English as a second language, and it usually shows.

But what if you're a legitimate business owner from overseas, writing your own marketing e-mails and/or web copy? How can you avoid being mistaken for a scammer?

It can be tricky. The thing is, most legitimate foreign business people have been educated in English. Their grammar and spelling are impeccable. Better than most Americans'. And sometimes, that’s part of the problem. Someone educated in English in, say, Indonesia, may speak the language perfectly, but still make word choices that sound unusual to American ears. "Unusual", unfortunately, is sometimes interpreted as "suspicious".

I never set out to specialize in this area, but now a good bit of my business is dedicated to “Americanizing” copy that comes from overseas. I’ve even worked with Brits and Australians to accomplish the same. This work comes to me from foreign business people who want to maximize their chances of resonating with an American customer, while minimizing the chance that their message will be dismissed. It makes sense to me.

Is it fair to expect others to conform to American language or culture? Absolutely not, and that's not my expectation. But if you're trying to sell something to Americans, you'll have a better chance of succeeding if you craft your copy to speak to your target.

Scammers have ruined it for everyone. Consumers are hypervigilant, and with good reason. And there will always be a percentage of your prospective customers who will immediately dismiss a message just because it doesn't quite sound "right". Consider how easy it is to dismiss something on the Internet or in an e-mail. It's a simple matter of clicking "delete" or clicking away.

So here’s a word of advice if you’re courting American customers from a land far, far away: consider investing in the services of a good copywriter who’s lived on U.S. soil most of their life and who knows how to strike the right tone. Conversational, but not sloppy. Intelligent for sure, but not so proper and erudite that it raises suspicion. Friendly, not sycophantic. It’s worth the money you’ll spend. Otherwise, that e-mail, that website, that landing page could be an utter waste of your time and resources.

You might be the most upstanding person on the planet with the best product or service ever offered in the history of humankind – but if your copy raises a red flag in the mind of your target, you might as well be pixel dust.

Kim Brittingham is the Principal of Kim Brittingham & Company Content Development.



https://www./when-your-business-looks-like-nigerian-scam-kim-brittingham

1. BE COMMITTED TO YOUR GOALS

Simon Reynolds (McLaren driver performance manager): F1 drivers have been racing from an early age. Many kids on the go-kart circuit have ambitions to get to F1 but only a very small handful make it. The ones that make it are the ones who are committed to hard work and have utter determination to reach their goal.

Mikey Collier (McLaren sports scientist and physiotherapist): Since I started working with Jenson Button in 2008 I have watched his fitness go from strength to strength, and that is down to his own personal dedication. His utter commitment to his fitness has contributed to him to being one of the best F1 drivers out there at the moment.

2. CHOOSE YOUR FUEL WISELY

SR: As a professional athlete, what you eat and drink is key to optimal performance. The drivers have diets specially tailored, which have been set out for them by their personal trainers. The McLaren team drinks Lucozade Sport and the drivers have bespoke drinks made for them with glucose, electrolytes and caffeine in. Water alone just wouldn’t be enough.

MC: For nutrition, we focus on three areas: pre-race, during and post-race. It is an endurance sport but we don’t go down the traditional route of eating loads of carbs before a race. Instead, Jenson will eat meals with high protein and complex carbs, which are what I call ‘vegetables from the ground’, such as carrots, parsnips and potatoes. No eating white bread or pasta for him.

3. KEEP YOUR HEART IN CHECK

SR: It is vital that you have a highly efficient cardiovascular system, to avoid fatigue at any point in a race. Our drivers do a mixture of endurance and high-intensity workouts with varying heart-rate zones, so they are equipped to cope with the changeable physical demands of racing.

MC: It’s an endurance sport, so in order for the drivers to cope with travelling at 200mph for 100 minutes in an F1 car, they must have strong cardiovascular systems. Jenson’s triathlons that he does when he isn’t racing are perfect cardiovascular training for F1.

4. STAY STRONG

SR: Having good posture and body mechanics is vital to everyone, but especially when driving an F1 car. The G-force you face is intense, so the body must be strong enough to cope with it. Also, good strength and stability will prevent injury.

5. BUILD NECK STRENGTH

SR: The neck is one of the most important parts of a professional driver’s body. It must be able to cope with those huge G-forces when braking or going round a corner. If your neck isn’t strong enough, then your head will not stay in the correct position and focus will be lost.

MC: We have a number of specific exercises that target the neck muscles, but we also work a lot on the shoulders, the mid back and lower back simply because it is all a chain, and to focus on just one aspect of the body would be blinkered.

6. WORK ON YOUR REACTIONS

SR: F1 drivers must have highly tuned nervous systems so they can react quickly to everything going on around them in a race. Not only must they be aware of the other cars around them, but they also have to watch out for things such as debris on the track and warning flags.

7. BE PROFESSIONAL IN ALL AREAS

MC: Professionalism in F1 applies both in and outside the car. When a driver can speak with the same knowledge and understanding as the engineers, it shows complete professionalism. It means that when they are describing how the car feels, the engineers fully comprehend what is going on and they can quickly make the necessary changes. Likewise out of the car, drivers must be able to communicate articulately to media and sponsors, as they are integral to the financing of the sport, and it’s part of the job of an F1 driver to accommodate them.

8. LET YOURSELF GET BETTER

SR: Recovery is the key to optimal performance. Just as training is important before competing, recovery is crucial after. This is so your body and mind have time to repair before becoming fitter and stronger. Activities during recovery time can involve massages, flexibility training, low aerobic exercise, time with friends and family and, most importantly, sleep.

http://www.shortlist.com/instant-improver/living/8-steps-to-f1-fitness

September 19, 2011
Extradition: Order Denying
Extradition From Foreign Tribunal
Is NOT a Basis for Motion to Dismiss
Indictment in U.S.
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA v.
BURUJI KASHAMU, No. 10-2782
This appeal requires us to consider the
collateral estoppel effect, if any, of
findings made by foreign courts in
extradition proceedings.
Back in May 1998 defendant Kashamu
was one of fourteen persons charged in
an indictment returned by a federal
grand jury in Chicago with conspiracy
to import and distribute heroin in
violation of 21 U.S.C. § 963. He was
indicted both in his own name and
under what the government believed to
be two aliases that he used: "Alaji" and
"Kasmal." But he could not be found.
He had not been arrested; he did not
jump bail; his whereabouts simply were
unknown. The government did not ask
that he be tried in absentia. The case
proceeded against the other
defendants and all of them were
convicted.
In December 1998 Kashamu surfaced
in England and was arrested at our
government's request. Justice
Department lawyers, working with their
English counterparts, sought his
extradition to the United States to
stand trial. The English Judge,
(referred to as a magistrate, as we will
refer to him in this opinion) decided not
to order him extradited.
In February 2009, Kashamu filed a
motion in the district court in Chicago
to dismiss the indictment against him
on the ground that the English
magistrate had found that he was not
"Alaji" and the finding should be given
collateral estoppel effect in the criminal
proceeding and that if this was done he
could not be convicted and therefore
shouldn't have to stand trial. The
district judge denied the motion,
precipitating this appeal.
The government argues that we have
no jurisdiction because a finding made
in an extradition proceeding can never
be given collateral estoppel effect and
so clear is this that Kashamu's
challenge to the denial of his motion to
dismiss the indictment should not be
deemed even "colorable." An appeal
that is not colorable—that is frivolous—
should simply be dismissed.
The challenge to the indictment may
be sound or unsound, but, as we're
about to see, it's not frivolous. And
although the order appealed from—the
denial of a motion to dismiss an
indictment on collateral estoppel
grounds—is not a final order (the
criminal proceeding initiated by the
indictment remains pending in the
district court), it is appealable under
the collateral order doctrine. Kashamu
is asserting a right not just not to be
convicted, but not to be tried, and such
a right would be lost forever if review
were postponed until final judgment.
See Abney v. United States, 431 U.S.
651, 658-60 (1977)
Normally, it is true, the denial of a
motion to dismiss an indictment cannot
be appealed immediately if the ground
of the motion can be reasserted if and
when the defendant is convicted, as in
such cases as Midland Asphalt Corp. v.
United States, 489 U.S. 794, 799-800
(1989).
But there is an exception when the
ground is double jeopardy and the
double jeopardy clause has been held
to incorporate the doctrine of collateral
estoppel. Yeager v. United States, 129
S. Ct. 2360, 2366-67 (2009).
As long as the indictment against
Kashamu remains pending, the
government can seek to extradite him
from any country that has an
extradition treaty with the United
States. If the United States succeeds in
extraditing Kashamu it will put him on
trial, and even if he is acquitted he will
have lost a right that he claims the
collateral estoppel doctrine gives him.
There is an analogy to the right to
appeal, under the collateral order
doctrine, a denial of a motion made
before trial to dismiss a suit on grounds
of official immunity. Such a denial is an
interlocutory order. Mitchell v. Forsyth,
472 U.S. 511, 525-30 (1985).
So we have appellate jurisdiction and
turn to the question whether it is true
as the government argues that a ruling
rejecting a request for extradition can
never have collateral estoppel effect.
Ordinarily the preclusive effect of a
judicial order is determined under the
law of the jurisdiction that issued the
order, but that is by virtue of the
Constitution's full faith and credit
clause and its implementing statute.
28 U.S.C. § 1738. When the order is
issued by a foreign court, a domestic
court is not bound by the full faith and
credit clause or statute to comply with
the foreign jurisdiction's preclusion
rules.
So what should the domestic court (in
this case the federal district court in
Chicago) do? There is no consensus.
Comity is a doctrine of deference based
on respect for the judicial decisions of
foreign sovereigns. When the foreign
judiciary is respected, as in the case of
the United Kingdom's judiciary, and the
rule on which the finding sought to be
given preclusive effect is based doesn't
offend a strong U.S. policy, the federal
courts should defer to that finding. This
suggests that the district court should
have applied the United Kingdom's
concept of collateral estoppel in
deciding what weight to give the ruling
of the English magistrate, provided that
concept does not offend U.S. policy.
But we are not sure the suggestion is
correct, given the peculiarity of this
case. The English judiciary had and has
very little interest—maybe no interest—
in it. Our government asked England to
extradite a Nigerian who does not, and
doubtless has no right to, reside in
England. It would hardly matter to
England whether Kashamu is tried in
the United States.
But set that point to one side and
assume that we should apply the
English doctrine of collateral estoppel to
this case. The English doctrine (which
the English call "issue estoppel" is
similar to the American, but there are
differences. One is that it cannot be
used against a nonparty to the case in
which the determination sought to be
used as an estoppel was rendered.
A second and critical one is that English
law does not apply the doctrine to
criminal cases. Regina v. Humphrys,
1977 A.C. 1, 21 (H.L.).
The English further insist that the
ruling sought to be given preclusive
effect be final. Carl Zeiss Stiftung v.
Rayner & Keeler Ltd. (No. 2), 1 A.C.
853, 918 (H.L. 1966). The English
judges have intimated that their
determinations in Kashamu's
extradition hearings (there were two
hearings) were not final.
And an English treatise states that "if
the accused is discharged by the
magistrates at the end of the committal
proceedings this is not the equivalent
of an acquittal at trial. He or she may
be charged again with the same
offence, and be required to undergo
committal proceedings again."
So the defendant loses under English
law even if an English court would
recognize collateral estoppel in a
criminal case. But earlier we expressed
doubt whether the English rule of
collateral estoppel should bind us in
this unusual case. Furthermore the
parties haven't mentioned the English
rule. They have assumed that U.S. law,
specifically the federal common law rule
of collateral estoppel (the rule
applicable when the finding in question
was made by a federal court), governs.
Ordinarily a court will enforce the
choice of law rule selected by the
parties, no questions asked, unless
they select a foreign law that would be
too difficult for the federal court to
apply. Tomic v. Catholic Diocese, 442
F.3d 1036, 1042 (7th Cir. 2006).
So while in the absence of agreement
to apply U.S. law we might apply the
foreign law of collateral estoppel in this
case,we shall bow to the parties' tacit
agreement and decide the case under
federal common law.
In that law collateral estoppel is
available to defendants in criminal
cases. Ashe v. Swenson, supra, 397
U.S. at 442-44; United States v.
Oppenheimer, 242 U.S. 85, 87-88
(1916) (Holmes, J.). But the
government argues that the rule
cannot apply to extradition
determinations because the rejection of
a request for extradition is always
provisional—it is not a final order. Eain
v. Wilkes, 641 F.2d 504, 508 (7th Cir.
1981). It is like a magistrate's ruling
that there isn't probable cause to hold
a person whom the police have
arrested; the person goes free but can
be rearrested. Fed. R. Crim. P. 5.1(f).
Likewise, when a request for extradition
is denied, the prosecutors can renew
the request (they may have obtained
additional evidence), United States ex
rel. Rutz v. Levy, 268 U.S. 390, 393
(1925), the extradition proceeding is
deemed not to have placed the
defendant in jeopardy. And when a
person sought to be extradited has
moved from the country that first
denied extradition to another country,
there is nothing in U.S. law to prevent
our prosecutors from asking that
country to extradite him—which is not
to say that the country will grant the
request.
But the lack of finality of a denial of
extradition is not conclusive of whether
the denial should be given collateral
estoppel effect. In Lummus Co. v.
Commonwealth Oil Refining Co., 297
F.2d 80, 89 (2d Cir. 1961) .
Ordinarily an attempt to give collateral
estoppel effect to a finding made in a
hearing on a request for extradition
would be blocked because that
hearing, like a preliminary hearing for
an arrested person, would not have
been full and fair (particularly not full),
as the doctrine of collateral estoppel
requires. But while extradition
hearings, like preliminary hearings, are
normally summary, they aren't always
—they weren't in this case.
Collins v. Loisel, 262 U.S. 426, 430
(1923) (Brandeis, J.), held that while
"discharge . . . on the first petition for
habeas corpus . . . does not operate as
res judicata . . . a judgment in habeas
corpus proceedings discharging a
prisoner held for preliminary
examination may operate as res
judicata . . . that he was at the time
illegally in custody, and of the issues of
law and fact necessarily involved in
that result." This holding is authority
for regarding findings made in
extradition hearings as eligible to be
given collateral estoppel effect, at least
in special circumstances—so let us
consider whether such circumstances
are present in this case.
Our government had not presented
enough evidence to convince the
English magistrate that Kashamu was
Alaji, but Kashamu had not presented
enough evidence to convince the
magistrate that he was not Alaji.
The only findings that the magistrate
made that could possibly be entitled to
collateral estoppel effect in a trial of
Kashamu for participation in the drug
conspiracy were that Kashamu had a
brother who bore a striking
resemblance to him, the brother was a
member of the conspiracy that the
government thinks was led by
Kashamu. These findings if admissible
would bolster his defense but would
not require an acquittal, and thus
would not require the dismissal of the
indictment.
A reasonable jury might find that
Kashamu had exploited the
resemblance to his brother to create
doubt about his (Kashamu's) being
Alaji. In light of these possibilities the
magistrate was quite right not to find
that Kashamu wasn't Alaji.
But we go further: we don't think that
even the findings that the magistrate
did make would have collateral
estoppel effect in a trial of Kashamu.
The actual ruling was that the evidence
the prosecutors had presented would
not have been sufficient to justify
Kashamu's committal for trial had the
crime of which he was accused been
committed in England. The English
standard for committal is whether there
is "sufficient evidence to put [the]
accused on trial for any indictable
offense." The question whether a jury
would convict Kashamu in a trial in
which all the evidence bearing on his
guilt would be presented is different
from whether a judge would find
probable cause on the basis of a much
scantier record to believe that he had
committed the charged offense. I
f for example the finding that Kashamu
and his brother bear a striking
resemblance to each other were given
collateral estoppel effect, then in a trial
in the United States the prosecution
would not be permitted to contest the
proposition that they bear a striking
resemblance to each other.
We don't think it could be doubted that
there was probable cause to commit
Kashamu for trial (and for that matter
probable cause to believe he's Alaji—for
he may well be, and that is enough to
establish probable cause). The
magistrate turned what would normally
have been a summary proceeding to
determine probable cause into a trial of
who is more likely to be Alaji, Kashamu
or his brother? All that was necessary
for the denial of extradition was the
magistrate's determination that he had
been given insufficient evidence to
satisfy him that Kashamu was Alaji—
not his finding that the two brothers
look alike (or his other findings which
we mentioned), though that finding
supported his determination.
Only findings that are necessary to a
court's decision (in this case as in our
hypothetical case of a decision
quashing an arrest) are entitled to
preclusive effect. Bobby v. Bies, 129 S.
Ct. 2145, 2152-53 (2009) For if they
are not necessary, neither party has an
incentive to challenge them in the
litigation in which they are made.
Moore v. Mahone, No. 09-3515, 2011
WL 2739771, at *1 (7th Cir. July 15,
2011).
For all these reasons, the order of the
district court denying the motion to
dismiss the indictment is
AFFIRMED.
For the full opinions visit the 7th Circuit
Court of Appeals Web Site
For more about Chicago Federal
Criminal Defense Attorney Michael
J. Petro, visit www.mjpetro.com

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You Lazy (Intellectual) African Scum!
So I got this in my email this morning…

 

They call the Third World the lazy man’s purview; the sluggishly slothful and languorous prefecture. In this realm people are sleepy, dreamy, torpid, lethargic, and therefore indigent—totally penniless, needy, destitute, poverty-stricken, disfavored, and impoverished. In this demesne, as they call it, there are hardly any discoveries, inventions, and innovations. Africa is the trailblazer. Some still call it “the dark continent” for the light that flickers under the tunnel is not that of hope, but an approaching train. And because countless keep waiting in the way of the train, millions die and many more remain decapitated by the day.

“It’s amazing how you all sit there and watch yourselves die,” the man next to me said. “Get up and do something about it.”

Brawny, fully bald-headed, with intense, steely eyes, he was as cold as they come. When I first discovered I was going to spend my New Year’s Eve next to him on a non-stop JetBlue flight from Los Angeles to Boston I was angst-ridden. I associate marble-shaven Caucasians with iconoclastic skin-heads, most of who are racist.

“My name is Walter,” he extended his hand as soon as I settled in my seat.

I told him mine with a precautious smile.

“Where are you from?” he asked.

“Zambia.”

“Zambia!” he exclaimed, “Kaunda’s country.”

“Yes,” I said, “Now Sata’s.”

“But of course,” he responded. “You just elected King Cobra as your president.”

My face lit up at the mention of Sata’s moniker. Walter smiled, and in those cold eyes I saw an amenable fellow, one of those American highbrows who shuttle between Africa and the U.S.

“I spent three years in Zambia in the 1980s,” he continued. “I wined and dined with Luke Mwananshiku, Willa Mungomba, Dr. Siteke Mwale, and many other highly intelligent Zambians.” He lowered his voice. “I was part of the IMF group that came to rip you guys off.” He smirked. “Your government put me in a million dollar mansion overlooking a shanty called Kalingalinga. From my patio I saw it all—the rich and the poor, the ailing, the dead, and the healthy.”

“Are you still with the IMF?” I asked.

“I have since moved to yet another group with similar intentions. In the next few months my colleagues and I will be in Lusaka to hypnotize the cobra. I work for the broker that has acquired a chunk of your debt. Your government owes not the World Bank, but us millions of dollars. We’ll be in Lusaka to offer your president a couple of millions and fly back with a check twenty times greater.”

“No, you won’t,” I said. “King Cobra is incorruptible. He is …”

He was laughing. “Says who? Give me an African president, just one, who has not fallen for the carrot and stick.”

Quett Masire’s name popped up.

“Oh, him, well, we never got to him because he turned down the IMF and the World Bank. It was perhaps the smartest thing for him to do.”

At midnight we were airborne. The captain wished us a happy 2012 and urged us to watch the fireworks across Los Angeles.

“Isn’t that beautiful,” Walter said looking down.

From my middle seat, I took a glance and nodded admirably.

“That’s white man’s country,” he said. “We came here on Mayflower and turned Indian land into a paradise and now the most powerful nation on earth. We discovered the bulb, and built this aircraft to fly us to pleasure resorts like Lake Zambia.”

I grinned. “There is no Lake Zambia.”

He curled his lips into a smug smile. “That’s what we call your country. You guys are as stagnant as the water in the lake. We come in with our large boats and fish your minerals and your wildlife and leave morsels—crumbs. That’s your staple food, crumbs. That corn-meal you eat, that’s crumbs, the small Tilapia fish you call Kapenta is crumbs. We the Bwanas (whites) take the cat fish. I am the Bwana and you are the Muntu. I get what I want and you get what you deserve, crumbs. That’s what lazy people get—Zambians, Africans, the entire Third World.”

The smile vanished from my face.

“I see you are getting pissed off,” Walter said and lowered his voice. “You are thinking this Bwana is a racist. That’s how most Zambians respond when I tell them the truth. They go ballistic. Okay. Let’s for a moment put our skin pigmentations, this black and white crap, aside. Tell me, my friend, what is the difference between you and me?”

“There’s no difference.”

“Absolutely none,” he exclaimed. “Scientists in the Human Genome Project have proved that. It took them thirteen years to determine the complete sequence of the three billion DNA subunits. After they

were all done it was clear that 99.9% nucleotide bases were exactly the same in you and me. We are the same people. All white, Asian, Latino, and black people on this aircraft are the same.”

I gladly nodded.

“And yet I feel superior,” he smiled fatalistically. “Every white person on this plane feels superior to a black person. The white guy who picks up garbage, the homeless white trash on drugs, feels superior to you no matter his status or education. I can pick up a nincompoop from the New York streets, clean him up, and take him to Lusaka and you all be crowding around him chanting muzungu, muzungu and yet he’s a riffraff. Tell me why my angry friend.”

For a moment I was wordless.

“Please don’t blame it on slavery like the African Americans do, or colonialism, or some psychological impact or some kind of stigmatization. And don’t give me the brainwash poppycock. Give me a better answer.”

I was thinking.

He continued. “Excuse what I am about to say. Please do not take offense.”

I felt a slap of blood rush to my head and prepared for the worst.

“You my friend flying with me and all your kind are lazy,” he said. “When you rest your head on the pillow you don’t dream big. You and other so-called African intellectuals are damn lazy, each one of you. It is you, and not those poor starving people, who is the reason Africa is in such a deplorable state.”

“That’s not a nice thing to say,” I protested.

He was implacable. “Oh yes it is and I will say it again, you are lazy. Poor and uneducated Africans are the most hardworking people on earth. I saw them in the Lusaka markets and on the street selling merchandise. I saw them in villages toiling away. I saw women on Kafue Road crushing stones for sell and I wept. I said to myself where are the Zambian intellectuals? Are the Zambian engineers so imperceptive they cannot invent a simple stone crusher, or a simple water filter to purify well water for those poor villagers? Are you telling me that after thirty-seven years of independence your university school of engineering has not produced a scientist or an engineer who can make simple small machines for mass use? What is the school there for?”

I held my breath.

“Do you know where I found your intellectuals? They were in bars quaffing. They were at the Lusaka Golf Club, Lusaka Central Club, Lusaka Playhouse, and Lusaka Flying Club. I saw with my own eyes a bunch of alcoholic graduates. Zambian intellectuals work from eight to five and spend the evening drinking. We don’t. We reserve the evening for brainstorming.”

He looked me in the eye.

“And you flying to Boston and all of you Zambians in the Diaspora are just as lazy and apathetic to your country. You don’t care about your country and yet your very own parents, brothers and sisters are in Mtendere, Chawama, and in villages, all of them living in squalor. Many have died or are dying of neglect by you. They are dying of AIDS because you cannot come up with your own cure. You are here calling yourselves graduates, researchers and scientists and are fast at articulating your credentials once asked—oh, I have a PhD in this and that—PhD my foot!”

I was deflated.

“Wake up you all!” he exclaimed, attracting the attention of nearby passengers. “You should be busy lifting ideas, formulae, recipes, and diagrams from American manufacturing factories and sending them to your own factories. All those research findings and dissertation papers you compile should be your country’s treasure. Why do you think the Asians are a force to reckon with? They stole our ideas and turned them into their own. Look at Japan, China, India, just look at them.”

He paused. “The Bwana has spoken,” he said and grinned. “As long as you are dependent on my plane, I shall feel superior and you my friend shall remain inferior, how about that? The Chinese, Japanese, Indians, even Latinos are a notch better. You Africans are at the bottom of the totem pole.”

He tempered his voice. “Get over this white skin syndrome and begin to feel confident. Become innovative and make your own stuff for god’s sake.”

At 8 a.m. the plane touched down at Boston’s Logan International Airport. Walter reached for my hand.

“I know I was too strong, but I don’t give it a damn. I have been to Zambia and have seen too much poverty.” He pulled out a piece of paper and scribbled something. “Here, read this. It was written by a friend.”

He had written only the title: “Lords of Poverty.”

Thunderstruck, I had a sinking feeling. I watched Walter walk through the airport doors to a waiting car. He had left a huge dust devil twirling in my mind, stirring up sad memories of home. I could see Zambia’s literati—the cognoscente, intelligentsia, academics, highbrows, and scholars in the places he had mentioned guzzling and talking irrelevancies. I remembered some who have since passed—how they got the highest grades in mathematics and the sciences and attained the highest education on the planet. They had been to Harvard, Oxford, Yale, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), only to leave us with not a single invention or discovery. I knew some by name and drunk with them at the Lusaka Playhouse and Central Sports.

Walter is right. It is true that since independence we have failed to nurture creativity and collective orientations. We as a nation lack a workhorse mentality and behave like 13 million civil servants dependent on a government pay cheque. We believe that development is generated 8-to-5 behind a desk wearing a tie with our degrees hanging on the wall. Such a working environment does not offer the opportunity for fellowship, the excitement of competition, and the spectacle of innovative rituals.

But the intelligentsia is not solely, or even mainly, to blame. The larger failure is due to political circumstances over which they have had little control. The past governments failed to create an environment of possibility that fosters camaraderie, rewards innovative ideas and encourages resilience. KK, Chiluba, Mwanawasa, and Banda embraced orthodox ideas and therefore failed to offer many opportunities for drawing outside the line.

I believe King Cobra’s reset has been cast in the same faculties as those of his predecessors. If today I told him that we can build our own car, he would throw me out.

“Naupena? Fuma apa.” (Are you mad? Get out of here)

Knowing well that King Cobra will not embody innovation at Walter’s level let’s begin to look for a technologically active-positive leader who can succeed him after a term or two. That way we can make our own stone crushers, water filters, water pumps, razor blades, and harvesters. Let’s dream big and make tractors, cars, and planes, or, like Walter said, forever remain inferior.

A fundamental transformation of our country from what is essentially non-innovative to a strategic superior African country requires a bold risk-taking educated leader with a triumphalist attitude and we have one in YOU. Don’t be highly strung and feel insulted by Walter. Take a moment and think about our country. Our journey from 1964 has been marked by tears. It has been an emotionally overwhelming experience. Each one of us has lost a loved one to poverty, hunger, and disease. The number of graves is catching up with the population. It’s time to change our political culture. It’s time for Zambian intellectuals to cultivate an active-positive progressive movement that will change our lives forever. Don’t be afraid or dispirited, rise to the challenge and salvage the remaining few of your beloved ones.

Field Ruwe is a US-based Zambian media practitioner and author. He is a PhD candidate with a B.A. in Mass Communication and Journalism, and an M.A. in History.

Most people don't really think much about how they learn. Generally you assume learning comes naturally. You listen to someone speak either in conversation or in a lecture and you simply absorb what they are saying, right? Not really. In fact, I find as I get older that real learning takes more work. The more I fill my brain with facts, figures, and experience, the less room I have for new ideas and new thoughts. Plus, now I have all sorts of opinions that may refute the ideas being pushed at me. Like many people I consider myself a lifelong learner, but more and more I have to work hard to stay open minded.

But the need for learning never ends, so your desire to do so should always outweigh your desire to be right. The world is changing and new ideas pop up everyday; incorporating them into your life will keep you engaged and relevant. The following are the methods I use to stay open and impressionable. They'll work for you too. No matter how old you get.

1. Quiet Your Inner Voice

You know the one I am talking about. It's the little voice that offers a running commentary when you are listening to someone. It's the voice that brings up your own opinion about the information being provided. It is too easy to pay more attention to the inner voice than the actual speaker. That voice often keeps you from listening openly for good information and can often make you shut down before you have heard the entire premise. Focus less on what your brain has to say and more on the speaker. You may be surprised at what you hear.

2. Argue With Yourself

If you can't quiet the inner voice, then at least use it to your advantage. Every time you hear yourself contradicting the speaker, stop and take the other point of view. Suggest to your brain all the reasons why the speaker may be correct and you may be wrong. In the best case you may open yourself to the information being provided. Failing that, you will at least strengthen your own argument.

3. Act Like You Are Curious

Some people are naturally curious and others are not. No matter which category you are in you can benefit from behaving like a curious person. Next time you are listening to information, make up and write down three to five relevant questions. If you are in a lecture, Google them after for answers. If you are in a conversation you can ask the other person. Either way you'll likely learn more, and the action of thinking up questions will help encode the concepts in your brain. As long as you're not a cat you should benefit from these actions of curiosity.

4. Find the Kernel of Truth

No concept or theory comes out of thin air. Somewhere in the elaborate concept that sounds like complete malarkey there is some aspect that is based upon fact. Even if you don't buy into the idea, you should at least identify the little bit of truth from whence it came. Play like a detective and build your own extrapolation. You'll enhance your skills of deduction and may even improve the concept beyond the speaker's original idea.

5. Focus on the Message Not the Messenger

Often people shut out learning due to the person delivering the material. Whether it's a boring lecturer, someone physically unappealing, or a member of the opposite political party, the communicator can impact your learning. Even friends can disrupt the learning process since there may be too much history and familiarity to see them as an authority on a topic. Separate the material from the provider. Pretend you don't know the person or their beliefs so you can hear the information objectively. As for the boring person, focus on tip two, three, or four as if it were a game, thereby creating your own entertainment.

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Coordinates actors of the project.
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2 years working experience.
Computer literate
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Rollout Engineers Drive overall field and logistics activities
Set up weekly field operation planning
Interface with customer operational organization.
Manage Site Engineering and documentation.
Manage Site Acceptance
B. Sc. Electrical/Electronics Engineering
2 years working experience.
Computer Literate
ALN – EM/RE
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Processing of Claims
Processing of Contract documentation.
Interfaces with customer on contract implementation.
B.Sc. Engineering, Project Management, Business Administration
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Reception and distribution of materials to various site locations.
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Process customs clearing.
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2 years work experience.
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Thanks for being there and thoughtful, your advice has been so soothing, I'll see what i can do in this respect.

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English Language Teaching Projects Development Manager - Grade G - Kano
Director Procurement/Contracts
Centre Leader Abuja/Kano
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Exams Co-ordinator (IELTS & Educational Exams)
Business Partnerships Manager
Assistant Finance Manager
Facilities Team Leader
Assistant Team Leader Facilities
Green Africa Portfolio Manager
Connected Africa Portfolio Manager
Web master
Assistant Communications Manager
Evaluation Manager
Finance support officer : Abuja
Finance support officer: Lagos (1)
Finance support officer: Lagos (2)
Facilities/Events Assistant
Public Diplomacy project coordinator
Connected Africa Education coordinator
Connected Africa Arts coordinator
Learning and development hubs CSO 1 & 2 Lagos
Learning and development hubs CSO Kano
Diversity HR/Assistant
Executive Assistant to CD SLT
Drivers Team / Dispatch
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The stories are chilling: A man waylaid on the road and ordered: your hands up, get the hell out of the car. Then, shots ring out: he’s maimed, injured or dead, murdered in cold blood. A family, sleeping quietly and peacefully at home, forcefully roused from bed. Less than five minutes later, cash and other valuables are gone.

In some unlucky instances, a member of the family is blown to death in the deadly dawn visit of the sons of dog.

A middle-aged man needs fast cash. He hits on an idea. He goes to a zone notorious for harbouring scarlet sisters. He picks up one, after haggling. Barely 30 minutes later, the hapless call girl is found dead, her breast, vagina and other vital parts excised from her body. One more number to the bloody statistics of ritual killings.

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Applications are invited from suitably qualified candidates to fill the following regular staff vacancies in a Multinational Integrated IT Services company.

S/N POSITION POSITION
CODE
QUALIFICATION JOB
LOCATIONS
EXPERIENCE
REQUIRED

1. Database Administrator DA/09 BSc. Degree in:
- Computer Science or a related discipline

Vast Experience in

Oracle 9i or 10g
UNIX / LINUX / SOLARIS
- PL/SQL / SQL

Certification in Oracle Database Administration will be an advantage
Lagos & Abuja 2 Years
2. Web
Administrator
WA/09 BSc/HND in:
- Computer Science or a related discipline

Vast Experience in

J2EE ( EJB, RMI, JDBC )
Distributed Computing
Web Technologies i.e. Servlets, JSP, JSF, Struts etc.
Macromedia MX, Dreamweaver
Oracle/ MSSQL Server
Certification in Java will be an advantage
Lagos, Abuja & PortHarcourt. 3 Years
3. Java Programmer JP/09 BSc/HND in:
- Computer Science or a related discipline

Vast Experience in

Java 2
Oracle/ SQL
- Certification in Java will be an advantage
Lagos & Abuja 2 Years
4. Satellite/Hub Engineer SHA/09 BSc/HND in:
- Computer Science or a related discipline

Vast Experience in

satellite Hub management or related job.
Satellite earth Measurement i.e use of spectrum analyzer etc.
Satellite Communications
Cisco equipment like switches, routers etc.
Network traffic analysis and evaluation.
Lagos & Abuja 4 Years





5. Hub Engineer HE/09 BSc. Degree/ Higher Diploma in:
Computer Sc. or related discipline
Vast Experience in

Hub management or related job.
Satellite earth Measurement i.e use of spectrum analyzer etc.
Satellite Communications
Cisco equipment like switches, routers etc.
Linux experience will be an advantage.

Lagos, Abuja & PortHarcourt. 2 Years
7. IT-Management Trainees MT/009 BSc. Degree/ Higher Diploma in:
Computer Sc. or related discipline;

Requirements:

A Minimum of 1 year experience in the Telecoms environment.
A good foundation at least in a sector of the Telecoms:
Wireless, Networking or System Administration.
Must be intelligent and be ready to learn.
A 1st Class, 2nd Class Upp,/ Upp Credit is an advantage
Lagos, Abuja & PortHarcourt. 1 Year
8. Helpdesk Analyst HAD/009 BSc. Degree/ Higher Diploma in:
Computer Sc. or related discipline
Vast Experience in

Windows O/S Installation, configuration, Troubleshooting
LAN, WAN Setup and Administration
Support & working knowledge of Radio & VSAT Comms.
Knowledge of LINUX Operating System
Incidents Analysis and Escalations procedures
Incidents Documentation, Troubleshooting
Good Oral and written Communication skills.
ITIL Foundation Certification (Advantage)
Lagos, Abuja & PortHarcourt. 2 -3 Years
9. Resident Site Support Engineer BSc. Degree/ Higher Diploma in:
- Computer Science or a related discipline

Vast Experience in:

LAN, WAN Networking
Basic Windows settings, Troubleshooting.
Basic Internet working /trouble-shooting
Working knowledge of LINUX Operating System.
Basic Knowledge of CISCO Routing & Switching
Radio & Satellite connections Troubleshooting
IT User Management
Lagos, Abuja & PortHarcourt. 2 Years
10 Telecom Engineer TE/09 BSc. Degree/ Higher Diploma in:
Electronic/Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering or related discipline
Vast Experience in

Vsat Installation
Satellite Hub management (optional)
Radio Installation and configuration
Network integration; i.e. configuration of network devices for instance Cisco routers and other routing devices.
Network documentation and record tracking.
Local Area Network management and Installation
CCNA, and other certifications will be an additional advantage.
Lagos, Abuja & PortHarcourt. 2 - 3 Years
11. IT Officer ITO/09 BSc. Degree/ Higher Diploma in:
Electronic/Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering or related discipline
Vast Experience in

LAN and support
Basic knowledge of radio and VSAT equipment
Basic knowledge of Server Maintenance
Working knowledge of Linux
Oracle administration
Report development/data mining is an advantage
Lagos, Abuja & PortHarcourt. 2 Years
1. Site/Field Officer SFO/09 BSc. Degree/ Higher Diploma in:
Civil/Building/Electrical Engineering, Architecture or related discipline
Vast Experience in

Design and re-design of ice structures
Management of Renovation works.
Comprehensive site projects reporting.
Coordination of site various services providers
Knowledge of architectural applications
Ability to make designs/drawings presentation in 2d & 3d views
2 years experience in site projects supervision
25 – 30 Years old
Lagos, Abuja & PortHarcourt. 2 Years

The qualifications and other requirements of the respective positions have been carefully drawn and will not be compromised. Applicants without the required skills/knowledge need not apply. Applicants that have applied for the same positions in recent past and were not invited for Tests/Interviews also need not apply.

The respective position’s remunerations are comparable with what obtain in similar high rated International Telecoms companies.

Interested applicants should forward their detailed CVs to didowu@webbfontaine.com not later than Tuesday 25 September, 2007.

When mailing your CV, kindly make the “Position Code” for your respective Position as the SUBJECT: of the mail.

Short listed applicants will be contacted within 2 weeks after September 25, 2007.

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