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(Is it about nepotism?)
The Chosen One!
D o We R e a l l y H a v e F re e d o m o f E x p re s s i o n ?
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There is so much hype about the influx of immigrants, which is why ‘Miss Rochdale’ was called a bigot by Gordon Brown, who is obviously aware of
What really counts, is integrity - do any of the candidates have any? With a tempting annual salary of around £133,000 plus £65,000 just for being a Member of Parliament lurking overhead, we have to question their motivation. Whether it is Brown, Clegg or Cameron, my instincts tell me that although I am not convinced by any of them, the old and steadfast Brown may keep the country stable. I have a funny feeling the other two will bring the country’s working and middle-class down to its knees in a couple of years, leaving the elite to wave the colonial flag once again!
How can you trust candidates who select people who demonstrate loyalty and remove those who ‘do not come up to scratch?’. Are people’s selfesteem so low that they need to be validated by a friendly smile from a public figure? A second in the media - is that what the gullible are aching for? Or maybe they are hoping for a £80,000 windfall like the woman benefited from Gordon Brown’s mistake, which not only did it cost him votes because of his hypocrisy, but also gave the media a field day - sorry people, lightning doesn’t strike in the same place twice!
Every time it nears Prime ministerial election, all of a sudden candidates become personal - they start giving us the ‘personal’ touch by knocking on our doors, sending us CDs, participating in games we play just so they can be the ‘chosen one’ surely the British public can see that this is a political seduction ploy!
A vex me vex! Our future, if we allow it to be, is in the hands of three politicians, vying for our votes and what do they offer in exchange? Persuasive seduction and verbal diarrhoea!
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I guess it is a question of every man for himself and God for us all!
Prime ministers reward those who are loyal to serve on their cabinet, so nepotism exists - we just have to hope that those who are loyal have our interests at heart - but how can they when they have their own and their families??
The recession has not given anyone time to recoup losses, or find their feet, so we will be hit while we are down. I cannot tell you who to vote for, but Labour despite its cock ups have always been for working class poor, and forever shall be, even though we have upper-middle class running it! At least the remit of Labour is to the majority’s advantage, but which ever way we go, unless you are in the upper class, it is a case of sink or swim.
I am not sure if Cameron will get a shot, if he does, we are are doomed, but whatever you decided on election day, think about yourself and how stable you are now. If you are unstable, then it probably can’t get any worse, but if you are just about trying to find your feet, voting for the wrong candidate can knock you down with those who went before.
Gordon Brown is trying to stabilise the country via strategic exercise, but because so many of us want money now, many are likely to be roped in by Clegg’s mode of seduction.
Nick Clegg is appealing to the working class mentality by dangling the equivalent of a £700 carrott in front of those low earners who would benefit from the tax break, but think of the long-term implications!
the statstics. According to factfile in the Guardian, out of a total population of 58million, 789 thousand and 194 (58,789,194) only 4 million, six hundred and thirty five thousand and two hundred and ninety six (4,635,296) make up all minority ethinic groups, constituting a mere 7.9% of the UK population - 92.1% are white! So when making new policies and/or legislation that many feel will pinch the bottoms of us black folks, the majority are going to be affected by impending economic reforms because 57% of the populatoin claim to be working class and they are at.
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A Craven County couple are in the Guinness World Records book. The two did nothing outlandish such as sky-diving upside down, dancing for days, taking the longest lawn mower ride or having the most tattoos. No, Herbert and Zelmyra Fisher of the Brownsville community have been married for more than 84 years. That is a feat in itself.
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Zelmyra and Herbert Fisher have set a world record as the oldest living couple married the longest.
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THE OLDEST COUPLE
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Herbert said Zelmyra never gave him any trouble. “No, no trouble at all. We
“He was not mean; he was not a fighter,” Zelmrya said. “He was quiet and kind. He was not much to look at but he was sweet.”
Herbert was born June 10, 1905. His hearing is going but his mind is sharp. Zelmyra was born Dec. 10, 1907. She uses a walker to get around the house and yard. The two of them can still give their reasons for marrying on May 13, 1924.
Regional Airport They lived in James City before that but the land was purchased for apartments and the two moved.
He still looks at her with love and concern, as she looks toward him as if he will give her strength and guidance. They have lived for more than 50 years in a house near the Coastal Carolina
They have the world record of the longest marriage for a living couple. They can thank their granddaughter Iris Godette for getting the recognition. She submitted the information to the Guinness Book of Records.. The information was apparently checked by Guinness and a certificate was given to the couple. However, when you ask Herbert about the Guinness recognition, he just says, “Oh, Yeah?” The recognition has not changed their life.
She said she is not tired of seeing him. “I didn’t think I’d be married this long. He is quiet,” she said.
Zelmyra said Herbert was the only boyfriend she ever had. “We got along good,” she said. “There was no trouble.”
“Yes sir, anything for her.”
“I didn’t know I would be married this long,” Herbert said. “But I lived a nice holy life and go to church every Sunday.
They have no secret or sage advice as to why their marriage has lasted so long.
Herbert loves baseball, especially the Atlanta Braves. He also enjoys golf, because one of his son-in-laws plays the game.
The two watch television together. “We separate when the baseball comes on,” Zelmyra said.
“Well, it was done; she got the job. I had to let it be,” Herbert said. Different religions did not tear the two apart. He is a member of Pilgrim Chapel Missionary Baptist Church . She is a member of Jones Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church . The churches are in James City, where they both grew up. For all of their married life they have attended their own churches. They go their own ways on Sunday morning. She reads the Bible daily.
Norma Godette, one of the couple’s five children. said her parents have gotten along well through the years. “One time, mama wanted to work. Daddy told her she could not work, that he could take care of the family. She slipped down to Cherry Point and got a job as a caretaker there,” Godette said.
never argued, but we might have disagreed,” he said.
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Both say that if they had it to do over, they would not change their life.
He also checks on his wife as she rests. Between the rests, they enjoy their children, ten grandchildren, nine great-grandchildren and nieces and nephews.
The house where they raised their children has two sitting rooms and three bedrooms. Now that the children are grown, the Fishers enjoy having a bedroom for each. Herbert Fisher can stay up until the last ball is thrown in the ballgame he is watching. And he does. Herbert makes his bed each day and sweeps his floor.
He took a bicycle, caught a cab or had a neighbor drive him to work. That hard work and savings put all five of the children through college. Inside the house are plaques, letters of recognition, and awards that both the Fishers and their children received for accomplishments in civic duties and church.
The two sit on the porch and as a train goes by they count the cars. They also watch the neighbors who walk by. “They were excellent parents,” said Norma Godette. “We were poor, but we didn’t do without a thing. If he had two cents he saved one cent.” Herbert worked as a mechanic at the Coca-Cola Bottling Company in New Bern for 35 years.
Zelmyra said her husband had no annoying habits. They both said they shared the title of “boss.”
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To use her physical likeness to propagate evil messages to the “working class”?
The theme of the album “I am.Sasha Fierce” revolves around the duality between the godly Beyonce and the evil Sasha Fierce. This spiritual duality is fought in the songs, the pictures and the videos. Notice on the above images the Christian cross of the good and pure Beyonce versus Sasha Fierce who is mimicking devil horns with her hands. Songs like “Ave Maria” and “Halo” on her album contain obvious spiritual connotations and can be interpreted as either religious songs or odes to her satanic possessor. The persona of Sasha Fierce - who is presented as a separate entity- always wears heavy makeup on her eyes, if not sunglasses which represent her deceptive nature.
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“I have someone else that takes over when it’s time for me to work and when I’m on stage, this alter ego that I’ve created that kind of protects me and who I really am”.
Along with her new album, Beyonce has presented her fans to a new alter-ego named Sasha Fierce. The singer affirms that this new persona is the fun, more sexual and more aggressive side of her. This is however the “general public” version of the story. The esoteric meaning revealed by the symbols surrounding this new persona is much deeper: Sasha Fierce is a symbolic representation of an artist taken over by evil to obtain success.
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This territorial conspiracy was the work of the United States who was emerging then as a global force. This hatchet negotiations with Great Britain, whose cooperation with Japan in 1902 – 1905 was always uppermost in the deviant minds of the Russians. Such a tactical move would give the Russians considerable time to restore prestige and get its war machine gungho for future confrontations with its enemies. A convention with Japan on July 30, 1907 finalised all prevous disputes from the Portmouth’s peace accord of 1905. This set the stage for an alliance in the years 1910 – 1916 for the annexing of Korea by Japan in 1910 and complete occupation of southern Manchuria.
all disputes with Great Britain, and in the same breath developed an agreement with Austria-Hungary and Germany.
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However, retaliation by Russia after realizing that Japan were backed by Great Britain and the United States previously were put on hold for a while. This was due largely to a more formidable foe in the form of Germany who at the time were pressuring France for Morocco. Russia needed a bit of peace to reassess itself globally. In 1906, Alexander Izvolsky, then foreign minister started overJapan also got eastern inner Mongolia with an eye on ture to the big players on world dominance. The first China. Russia was given northern Manchuria and the move was to heal bad blood between them and Japan so as to cement a Franco-Russian alliance which lay aside 6 balance of inner Mongolia and all its outer territories. In
With the defeat of Russia by the Japanese and the disorder of the Russian revolution in 1905, their foreign policy suffered quite immensely on the world stage. The shift of emphasis to the Far East cause the then government huge embarrasment. The fundamental cause of the Russo-Japanese War, 1904 – 1905 were in relation of Russia’s access to the Pacific and its predominance in Eastern Asia, moreso with China and Korea.
IMPERIALISM, DÉJÀ VU
IMPERIALISM DE JA VUE
The major companies are the Arabian Oil Company(Armaco) owned by a syndicate of American firms namely Standard Oil(Rockefeller), Exxon, Mobil, and Texaco which started through concessions in 1933 circa. The other oil producing Arab countries in the region make up the rest of the world supply along with
Saudi Arabia is easily the most important single oil economy in the Gulf and the US tentacles are evident by its military bases and multinational investments there.
Bush the dementi and Blair the toothless bulldog are certainly after the oil of these countries, mainly Iraq the renegade arab state. The invasion of Iraq was long decided by the Neo-Con hawks and the prodding of multinationals to raped Iraq of its wealth and dignity. Saddam Hussain was the stupid fall guy all along backed by Israeli deliberate disinformation.
Fast forward to present day, this same Persian Gulf is the defining prize pursued with ruthlessness by the United States. Successive United States government policy towards the Gulf were always of self interest. The Republicans, however always show a more concentrated tenacity in its policies towards the region whenever in power. Back to back war by both Bush governments is self explanatory. The younger Bush seems to think he has divine rights to clean up the entire region of non Christians similar to medieval 15th century crusaders.
the Anglo-Russian agreement of 1907, Tibet was put under China’s sovereignty. Afghanistan was quasi-independent under the watchful eye of Great Britain. Persia(Iran) was divided into three zones. Russia had the north zone, Britain the south zone, and a middle neutral zone. The Turkish Straits were under consideration by Britain in collusion with the major stake holders. Britain made itself the protectorate of the Persian Gulf.
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The same Dick Cheney, US Vice President under Bush, the younger now, while serving as Defense Secretary under Bush, the elder removed General Michael Dugan as Air Force chief of staff after war details were leaked to the press giving details about Operation Desert Storm. In fact, contingency plans were definitely in place for the assassination of Saddam. Ladies and Gentlemen it is déjà vu all over again, CNN, et al will certainly be keeping us all transfixed to our television set for the latest salvo and quagmire for years to come of modern colonization.
Saudi Arabia and Egypt gave full cooperation with the allied forces, Turkey cut off the oil flow between Iraq and the Red Sea. In fact, Bush, the elder forgive Egypt’s US$7 billion military debt for its role in the war. The Soviet Union’s Gorbachev and President Bush were in mutual agreement as to what action should be take against Iraq. This lead to the elder Bush declaring that no rouge oil producing country must be allowed to used its resources to threaten the West. This mark the beginning and end of Saddam Hussain.
against Saddam then.
Venezuela known as OPEC. Saddam has always maintained that the US were the ones dictating prices with friendly Arab oil producing countries by depressing prices. This was a major factor for the invasion of Kuwait by Saddam amongst other disputes in the summer of 1990. In a 14 – 0 voting the UN Security Council condemned the invasion which culminated with the first Gulf war under Bush senior. The then Arab League was very divided over what plan of action should be taken
In the 80s, the home number was usually an indicator that a man did not live with a woman (or a woman live with a man) but with the advent of mobile phones, the excuses that the battery is dead or out of range; and the ability to divert calls to voicemail, there is no way of knowing what a person is doing at any given moment. A man can even be making love to a woman, and then when the woman falls asleep, or goes to the bathroom, he will return the call and say he is sorry he missed the call, but his battery is low and he’ll call back when he’s charged the phone [or left the/his woman!]. Crazy, despite those thoughts in mind, I decided that I would trust 8 my instincts and exchange mobile numbers.
It would have been the normal thing to do to simply ask if he was seeing someone, but then I was thinking, would he think I am coming on too heavy – maybe I should wait until he asks me out on a date. So I took his number wondering if his missus was stuck at home with the kids while he was out raving.
I ended up dancing most of the night with Denton, inhaling his cologne and trembling in his arms. It seemed only natural to exchange phone numbers and arrange to meet again – that is what usually happened, if you clicked with someone on a dance-floor, provided the guy wasn’t someone looking for a quick fling, there was every likelihood that things might work out.
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“Yeh… didn’t you see him.. him look crisss man.. didn’t you see his gold and he drives a Benz yuh know?” she smiled, flicking her braids and tossing her head with pride, as though
“You are?” I asked surprised.
“Cos I like him innit?.. he said he likes me, so I might go out wiv him. I invited him to my yard on Sunday, I’m gonna cook him a Sunday dinner”
“So why did you spend so much time with him?”
“Naah!” he’s got a woman innit?.”
“So did you make a connection with that guy you were talking to?” I asked Marcie turning the focus off myself.
“I don’t know and I don’t care” I said, feeling slightly irritated.
“What.. you danced wiv him all dem dances and he don’t give you his number.. that ‘s dread man! He mus ‘ave a woman – you can’t truss dem man deh you know?”
“No, I didn’t”, I lied.
“So did you get his digits then” sneered Marcie, who was chewing gum.
“Yes, baby… a me dis”, he responded huskily. I smiled. All of a sudden his voice sounded more attractive, sexy and warm. I saved the number on my sim card, put the mobile in my bag, flushed the toilet, washed my hands and came out fixing my clothes as though I had just relieved myself.
“Its Susan.. just checking I wrote down your number correctly” I whispered
It was strange getting his number, because now I had it, it didn’t necessarily mean anything until I had made contact again, so the next 24 hours were crucial. I didn’t want the girls to know I had his number so I went into the ladies room before leaving the club and entered his number into my phone, dialled it to make sure he picked up, and when he did, I smiled.
Once the numbers were exchanged, Denton seemed somewhat aloof, as though the conquest was over, or was it my imagination? He went back to his bredren and didn’t dance with me again, but there again the club was getting ready to close, so I took it for what it was, rounded up the girls and went towards the exit of the club, squeezing his number in my hand so I wouldn’t lose it, just in case he didn’t call me and I had to call him.
Marcie kissed her teeth.
Cecile laughed again.. I’m not surprised, he probably thinks you have got money!
“Your one never got you a drink doh?” taunted Marcie. “No, but neither did yours!” laughed Cecile. “So what! I bought mine 3 double brandy and baileys – and he says he is going to see me again!”
As I drove us home, I was quiet, and my two friends were giggling in the back of the car, talking about their evening’s exploits – who had the best looking man; who’s ‘man’ was better dressed, who had a better personality.
I felt quite smug that I had got Denton’s number and I was keeping it a secret. My heart was pumping like a 14 year old seeing a cute boy in class that she fancies. I couldn’t wait to go home to look at his number again, to see how many digits in his mobile number matched the digits in mine to see if we were a match and meant for each other. I did stupid things like that!
This is what irritated me about Marcie. I had known her from school - she was so materialistic. Her focus was on what a man was wearing and what car he was driving, and this guy she had met was no different. Why the hell she would invite him over for Sunday dinner when he’s got his woman, was beyond me?!
Marcie kissed her teeth.. “You tink me business what year it is.. a Benz is a Benz - not any and anybody can afford a Benz yuh know!”. She was now digging in her bag searching for something.. got frustrated, closed the back and put the strap over her shoulder, the bag tightly under her armpit and strutted towards the door in high-heeled shoes that wobbled to each side and made her legs look bow.
“Yeh, a Benz, but what year is it?” mocked Cecile, my other friend.
the Benz belonged to her
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“You know what one dance can do!” laughed Cecile.
“H’only a dance? H’only a dance, nah?” chanted Marcie, mimicking a strong Jamaican accent, de two of you hook up so tight not even a thread could go through yuh!
“Don’t be silly” I said crisply.. it was only a dance”.
The two them started singing in disharmony “This girl’s in love”..
“The girl’s in love chirped Cecile..”
“What are you up to? You are not normally this quiet.?”
Hey girlfriend shouted Marcie as if she saw what I was doing...
As I drove, I checked the rear view mirror to make sure that my two girls were not paying me any mine and checked the pocket of my jacket to make sure the card Denton had written his name on was still there.. I needed a back up, just in case.
The conversation was getting loud and I knew that Cecile and Marcie would be at each others throats before they got home. It was glad that they were not inviting me to join in to their conversation. I was too busy focusing on my driving and fantacising about seeing Denton again, and wondering what he would be like. What would he look like in the light.. after all in the dark club, you can’t really see people properly, and was probably thinking the same. I heard guys joke about checking a woman in a dance and when they reach outside dem haffee tun back and mek h’an excuse!
“Yes, but what is he coming to see you for? Probably fe nyam you out!” jeered Cecile.
“Dat when you buy a man a few expensive drinks that he will want to see you again”, confirmed Marcie proudly.
“Know what?” asked Cecile, confused.
Why do you do that? I ain’t buying no man a drink who don’t buy me one, continued Cecile. “Cha girlfrien’ it’s an investment man.. don’t you know dat?” responded Marcie.
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He is a member of the Council on Foreign relations, a nonresident senior fellow of the Brookings Institution, a senior fellow of the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research and a research associate of the National Bureau of 10 Economic Research.
Born in Jamaica, Peter Blair Henry became a US citizen in 1986. He was a Rhodes Scholar at Oxford, gaining a BA in mathematics in 1993. He holds a BA in economics from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He received a PhD in economics from Massachusetts. During his time in graduate school he worked as an advisor to the governors of two central banks – the Bank of Jamaica and the Eastern Caribbean Central Bank, where his research contributed to the establishment of the first stock market in the Eastern Caribbean Currency Union. Before joining Stern, Prof Henry spent 12 years teaching in various positions at Stanford Graduate School of Business, his most recent position being professor of international economics.
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“My research in the past dozen years has been about policies for emerging economies – and emerging economies are now in fact becoming more and more the world economy.”
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Moreover, he has had occasion to deploy his knowledge and experience in several governmental advisory roles. He has been an economic advisor to Caribbean and African central bank governors and more recently, served on the Obama transition team, reviewing international lending institutions such as the World Bank and International Monetary Fund. His arrival at Stern comes in the wake of the work done by his predecessor, Thomas Cooley, in building up Stern’s capabilities as a research-oriented institution. It also coincides with a broadening of the school’s traditional prowess in finance to encompass developments in the broader economy.
A glance through the list of his recent publications gives some idea of this focus, with articles ranging from global financial instability and financial liberalization in emerging markets to whether debt relief or aid better serves poor countries.
He also believes schools should reflect the increasingly blurred lines between those who work in the corporate world
Management education institutions, he argues, can play a critical role in answering such questions by fostering discussions between corporations, development institutions and policymakers. “Business schools need to be at the forefront of this,” he says.
“Business is one of the most powerful institutions on earth for creating wealth and opportunity and helping to lift people out of poverty,” he says. “When you think about it that way, then business is not separate from development policy.” It is an approach whose relevance has been heightened by the global financial crisis, which exposed the increasing interdependence of the world’s economies. “We’re at an incredibly interesting time in global business,” says Prof Henry. “Capitalism has come under question and countries are questioning the best way to move forward.”
But if the new dean can please crowds with his athletic basketball shots, he seems equally likely to prove a winner with MBA students, who these days are clamouring for more course content on the role of business in reducing world poverty and the ways in which globalization can benefit poor countries – research subjects on which Prof Henry has long been engaged.
This includes sporting prowess. While a Rhodes Scholar at Oxford in the 1990s, Prof Henry was awarded a Full Blue in basketball and at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, he was a finalist in the 1991 basketball slam-dunk competition.
“He’ll bring a new focus that’s more global to the school,” says Prof Cooley, a professor of macroeconomics and international economy. “He brings something that’s a little different.”
Prof Henry’s most recent position at Stanford Graduate School of Business – as professor of international economics and associate director of the Centre for Global Business and the Economy – reflects the international focus of his work and interests.
In 2004, he participated in the Copenhagen Consensus, a meeting of leading international economists. He also worked with the Obama administration’s transition team on a review of the International Monetary Fund, World Bank and other international lending agencies.
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At the same time, his move to New York means he and his wife and four children will be making a lifestyle shift. “As an economist I’m aware that life is full of trade offs. And we’ll be trading off a beautiful backyard and sunshine for the excitement of intellectual activity that is Manhattan ... we’re really excited about that.”
“As dean the buck stops with me, but you have to relinquish lots of control because you have to rely on lots of people,” he says. “So for me it will be a challenge to take a more macro approach to things and get less involved in the details.”
But he accepts that his move from the “quiet life of a scholar” to dean of a leading business school will present challenges, particularly for a researcher, where every last detail of a paper, article or book chapter is the author’s responsibility.
Moreover, as the third of four children, he believes he is a natural peacemaker. “I’m generally slow to anger, quick to forgive and I take in information before making decisions. So no matter how controversial the decision, my general demeanour is to put on white lab coat and gloves and look at the evidence, weigh the arguments and see what makes sense.”
Both Prof Henry’s parents were scientists and the dean says he has inherited an ability to approach facts with a dispassionate eye – a quality he believes makes him an appropriate champion for this mission.
His first faculty appointment underlines this approach. Nobel laureate Michael Spence, currently professor of management at Stanford and chairman of the Commission on Growth and Development, which focuses on growth and poverty reduction in developing countries, will join Stern’s faculty in September.
Prof Henry wants to take this approach further. “To some extent business schools have been too narrow a part of the conversation,” he says. “What I’d like to see is for Stern to play a bigger role and to become an international hub and convening place for conversations between business, government and society.”
and those who are in government or part of the global development community. “We should think about recruiting more students who are going to go off and become policymakers,” he says. Like his predecessor, the new dean also believes schools should act as commentators. Stern has already established a strong position in this respect, partly through the prominent commentary of Nouriel Roubini, professor of economics at the school.
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