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28-06-2012 06:48 Discover a great internet marketing affiliate program featuring the popular P90x workout dvd and other fitness products.
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28-06-2012 17:21 Controlling how employees use social Web sites is important, because while many are valuable business tools, they also pose security risks and can reduce productivity. This video demonstrates how to use Websense Web Security Gateway to help control use of the social Web.
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The dust had not yet settled after President Jonathan's infamous, "I don't give a damn," statement, when asked about publicly declaring his assets during the Presidential media chat on Sunday, June 24, when he came out with yet another controversial statement on Tuesday, saying that Nigerians should brace up for birth control legislation in order to check population explosion.
Making the remark at the swearing-in of the newly appointed chairman, Chief Festus Odumegwu and commissioners of the National Population Commission (NPC), the president said, "For us to plan properly we must manage our population; but it is extremely sensitive; we are extremely religious people; either you are a Christian or Muslim. Both Christians and Muslims and even traditionalists and all the other religions believe that children are God's gifts to man, so it is difficult for you to tell any Nigerian to number his children because they are gifts of God and it is not expected to reject God's gifts.
"It is a very sensitive thing but we must begin to think about it. We must begin to think about how we'll manage it," as reported by Daily Trust, June 27.
Jonathan went ahead to give examples of where the wealthy have very few children, like two or three, because they are educated, and the poor ones have many children, such as in the barracks, where the Generals and other big guys have few children, while those with no rank have eight or 12. Another example he cited is where you go to a duplex and the owners may have only two, three or four children while the security (Mai gadi) has nine children.
However, even as Nigeria's population stands at approximately 150 million people, the real problem is corruption and lack of good planning, this is what is suppressing development rather than our high population. It is quite unfortunate that rather than our high population to be seen as an asset, our leaders see it as a liability. If we had national planning that works in education, housing, health among other things, Nigerians would not be in such a dicey situation, with most wallowing in abject poverty.
For example, if our public schools are good enough that top government officials take their children there; our hospitals well-equipped that top government officials go there for their healthcare needs instead of jetting out on health tourism abroad; and we have good roads, electricity and water, even those poor people with many children will not be too stressed up nor pose a liability; as the government has provided these necessities to them.
But no, the poor are left to contrive how to live in the midst of plenty, where the so-called representatives of the people get millions of naira ( or is it dollars) in jumbo salaries. Still, some top government officials who are not in the public glare like the politicians steal staggering sums, such as in the pension scam.
And some of the people with few children the president gave as example, may not actually have got their money legitimately, some get theirs through corrupt means and live lavishly with their few children at the expense of the Mai gadi with nine children, who is also a citizen of Nigeria and has a right to basic things that should be provided by government.
The president should worry more about the power sector, so that our moribund industries would be revived and the people can get employment and bring an end to, or reduce youth restiveness. The situation where Nigeria becomes a dumping ground, so to say, of sub-standard goods, empowering other countries that produce them, while we consume them is unfortunate.
In addition, if government makes agriculture attractive, the teeming graduates of agriculture would go into it and become employers of labour themselves. Nigeria with vast and fertile land should be able to feed itself and export to other countries, but we have abandoned farming while we import expired rice, among others.
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Mining magnate Gina Rinehart is likely to succeed in wresting control of Fairfax Media, but it could take at least six months of manoeuvring, an academic says.
Mrs Rinehart's company Hancock Prospecting Pty Ltd (HPPL) on Monday said unless Fairfax offers her board positions without 'unsuitable conditions,' she would be unable to assist Fairfax at this time.
'Hancock Prospecting may hence sell its interest, and may consider repurchasing at some other time,' HPPL said in a statement.
UNSW Australian School of Business lecturer Michael Peters says some people would ask questions if the largest shareholder of a business walked away and the share price fell, only to have the same investor re-appear to buy the shares.
Mrs Rinehart holds about 18 per cent of Fairfax stock and she is seeking as many as three board seats.
But on Wednesday Fairfax chairman Roger Corbett knocked back a request from Mrs Rinehart's for a board seat, saying the board could not reach agreement with her on the issue of Fairfax's charter of editorial independence and other board governance principles.
Existing directors are keen for her to sign a charter of editorial independence before any offer of a board position is made.
'It's got a minimum of another six months to play out, but I suspect she'll end up with the lot if the shareholders lose confidence,' Mr Peters told AAP.
He added that it would be unacceptable for Ms Rinehart to threaten to sell her shares if she was not given board seats.
'Someone's obviously drafted it (the statement) so that the Fairfax directors sit back and say, wow, she'll be back,' Mr Peters said.
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29-06-2012 04:19 5 Top Pinterest Tips For Marketers Pinterest is one of the fastest growing image-based social networking sites that not only offers a unique approach to the way that people communicate, but it offers incredible potential to maximize your business exposure and brand. Awareness It is a huge online social media pin board that has all sorts of recipes, art, pets, beauty, DIY, and anything else you can imagine -- it has been growing quickly (has over 2 million visits per day) and is especially popular with women. Another interesting point about Pinterest is many people that are actively involved on the site are not involved into the ocher social media sites such as Facebook. It is the uniqueness of Pinterest that is what makes it so appealing to many that would never participate on any of the other social media websites. Learning a few Pinterest tips can help you with your social media marketing and grow your business. Now, you must proceed with caution as the purpose of Pinterest is for personal use, not business or marketing use. But with some creativity, you can still use Pinterest for advertising certain types of business. Popular Pinterest Tips For Marketing * Everybody that opens an account gets their own boards and on these boards you can pin all sorts of images. You need to use original images rather than stock - yes it is more time consuming but originals get more hits. Of course, these images need to be in relation to your business or product ...
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