tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57927707868665508612024-02-08T04:19:34.171-08:00Education PopularsAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16072606644015567721noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5792770786866550861.post-57333240999170029512012-11-07T03:09:00.000-08:002012-11-08T03:10:12.354-08:00Education Is Beyond College Degrees<div id="article-content" style="text-align: justify;">
I didn't take the ABMasscommunication (Journalism) course just
because I wanted to have a degree, nor to ensure that I will become a
journalist. In fact, I never dreamed to take a Masscommunication course
since my health does not allow it. And I didn't like the spotlight. I
took journalism for one reason and one reason only: to improve my
writing. I was certain that writing was something I wanted to do for
the rest of my life. I was also certain that there, lies my strength.
These things were made perfectly clear to the interviewers who gave me a
job.<br />
However,
a college education gave me something else. I got more than I
bargained for. I found confidence, independence and the ability to
defend myself. I got stronger.<br />
God knows, it was not easy. I was
a certified wallflower and crybaby in high school. I swear, on normal
days, you would find me in a corner contemplating, observing, reading or
writing. I was scared of people.<br />
In college, I was exposed to
different environments and my course had much to do with it. I had been
to different prison cells, police stations, government agencies, radio
stations and a television station, museums, different schools,
restaurants, factories and publications offices and lots of other places
where I could get news. I had talked to media practitioners,
government heads, police officers and prisoners and other people. One
course on investigative journalism had me walking either at 10:00 p.m.
or at 2:00 a.m. the Philippine streets of Ramos, Orlando, Jones and
Junquera. During these times, I was usually with one or two girls who
were my classmates, but I also tried doing it alone when I had no
choice. There were also places like the Carbon market.<br />
I got to
work in newspapers particularly in the news, advertising, and credit and
collection departments. I got to work even in a museum, which was
actually a huge, almost two-hundred-year-old wooden house of a prominent
Spanish era family.<br />
There's so much to narrate where education is
concerned. Yes, education is pointless if you don't use what you have
learned...when your only aim in studying is to graduate and have a
college degree. But education is there to help you gain the skills
needed to survive in the real world where you have to be globally
competitive. And if you already have that skill, education will improve
it, bringing along other aspects and expertise you never thought would
be useful. Education does not only focus on the intellect and the
mechanical things...it also helps shape you into a better and mature
individual and define you as someone who could go through the
adversities in life.<br />
Perhaps I was lucky to have studied in a very
good school, which incorporates experience to solidify the what's in
learning. In my school, we were thought about laws and human behavior,
as well as confidence. I got to study broadcast and print laws and
ethics. Even languages such as Nipongo, Spanish and Chinese were
thought in my school. The Media Education and Psychology courses helped
me know what to bring to the audience and understand why a person
responds in such manner. Philosophy and Debate and Argumentation
courses helped me know what is right thinking and reasoning from what is
not. And so many other things.<br />
Perhaps a person who claims to
have attained education have not truly attained it if he had not made
use with what he has learned. And education is not only confined within
the four walls of the classroom. Education is a lifelong process.<br />
I
am currently working as a junior business news editor -- alongside UP
graduates who are known to be intellectually advanced -- and this I tell
you, if not for the kind of education I have, I wouldn't have become
one. My kind of work deals with foreign laws on business especially on
bankruptcies...things you don't easily get without education. My school
did not teach me foreign laws, but it has thought me how to be
analytical and how to adapt to the kind of environment I am exposed to.<br />
The
good thing about my college education is that I was thought on how to
land a job I want. Having a job that can support your lifestyle is not
enough. Well, good for those who are already well off and do not need
to support other members of the family. Correct me if I am wrong, but I
doubt that if you have incurable disease that you would get the money
for treatment from your parents or from 'the others'. What if those
persons have gone? What would you do then?<br />
But the best thing
education has brought me is the kind of person I have become. It has
helped me see what I can be and that I can do great things even through
small beginnings. It has helped me spot lessons out of disappointments
and therefore helped me become optimistic. Education, all in all, has
helped me love myself.<br />
When I look at the mirror, I couldn't help but smile, although I am still learning more and more of this cool person.<br />
A certain writer named Anne once wrote:<br />
The best and most beautiful things<br />
in the world cannot be seen<br />
or even touched.<br />
They must be felt with the heart.<br />
Loving myself is what I do best<br />
No one can make me feel<br />
any less.<br />
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Sheryl is a junior editor of foreign publishing company Cannon
Creek Asia Inc., where she deals with business news. She also writes
other articles and poetry. Her works can be found in online
publications such as the Circadian Poems, The Write Spot and Writing
Village.<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16072606644015567721noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5792770786866550861.post-73584375361157726152012-10-31T03:09:00.000-07:002012-11-08T03:09:24.548-08:00Tax Credits Aim to Help Individuals Pay for College Education<div id="article-content" style="text-align: justify;">
Individuals who have filed their 2011 taxes early in an attempt
to defray education costs may be wondering, "where's my return?" For
starters, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has reported that millions
of dollars worth of tax refunds have not been delivered due to mailing
address errors. Some taxpayers who have not updated their residential
location are experiencing a delay in their return, which has prompted
the IRS to remind citizens to update their records. According to World
News Insight, approximately $7 million worth of tax refunds in Georgia
were undeliverable because of mailing address issues.<br />
Individuals
can ensure a speedier refund - and no residence confusion - if they
sign up for a direct deposit into their bank accounts. But for those who
prefer to mail in their forms, the news provider said that it will take
up to four weeks to receive refund checks. Taxpayers can check the
status of their payment by visiting IRS.gov, clicking on "Where's my
refund?" and entering some information, such as your social security
number, filing status and the exact dollar amount of your refund.<br />
Individuals
who claim college tuition and student loan interest on their returns
may also have to wait another month before they file their federal
taxes, according to CBS News Money Watch. Due to new laws that Congress
did not pass until late last year, the IRS said it will not accept
certain returns until mid-February at the earliest. The news provider
reports that taxpayers who claim expenses for college education are
included in the group of filers who have to wait.<br />
However, the
good news is that many scholars who are paying for college credits -
whether through student loans or tuition payments - are eligible for a
tax break this year. According to Bloomberg, the American Opportunity
Credit will provide up to $2,500 in deductions for filers who are paying
for higher education. To qualify, students must be attending a college
or university at least half-time. The credit can be used through the
first four years of school.<br />
According to the IRS' website, the tax
credit - which is included in the American Recovery and Reinvestment
Act - covers materials for course materials, as well. Thus, students or
parents who shelled out money for books last year can claim those
expenses. The credit is limited to individuals who have a modified
adjusted income of $80,000 or less, and married couples who earn
$160,000 or less. Taxpayers who earn more are not eligible for the
deduction.<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16072606644015567721noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5792770786866550861.post-16586721840598623812012-10-24T03:08:00.000-07:002012-11-08T03:08:41.287-08:00Currency Trading Education<div id="article-content" style="text-align: justify;">
If you want to win at currency trading, you can buy advice but
most currency trading education you need you can get for free and here
we will look at how to find the best and enjoy currency trading
success...<br />
Let's first look at currency education that needs to be avoided.<br />
Forex Expert Advisors<br />
Most who claim they are not - anyone who claims they can make you money with no effort should be avoided.<br />
If
you want to see if an expert is a not qualified, look for the words
"simulated" or "in hindsight", on the track record presented - this is
not real trading and the track record is made up, to sell currency
trading courses and systems.<br />
Forex Forums<br />
Want to find losers? Then currency trading forums are great. What trader who makes money uses them?<br />
I
don't know any. It's mostly losers who are trying to make themselves
feel better, by dispensing their wisdom, or vendors trying to peddle
their products - most of which are junk. Avoid Currency forums!<br />
News Sources<br />
We
have better news than ever but traders need to learn 30 years ago
before we had lots of currency news sources 95% of traders lost and 95%
lose today, so improved news hasn't helped.<br />
Prices don't move to the news, they move to trader's perception of. Try and trade breaking currency news and you will lose.<br />
Brokers<br />
Most
broker education won't help you - if brokers were good at trading, they
wouldn't be brokers! Also, as brokers mostly trade against you when you
take a position, it's a conflict of interest.<br />
Good Sources<br />
So what about the good sources? Well the good news is:<br />
There is plenty of it and you can get a good solid currency education for free.<br />
The
best way to trade is to use currency charts and base your market timing
on technical analysis. There is plenty of free information on the
basics, all the different indicators and charts for free, so you can
look at the indicators, try them and come up with a simple, robust
currency trading strategy.
<br />Any currency trader, who wants to win, should also learn breakout
trading and you will find a lot of information on this as well.<br />
The
fast is anyone can learn currency trading, there are no secrets and the
reason most traders lose is - lack of discipline and poor money
management and there is plenty of information on this too.<br />
Traders simply lack discipline and CANNOT keep their losses small or trade through losing periods.<br />
Worth the Money.<br />
You
can get some great information on discipline for free but I Would
recommend spending $100 or so, on some books, from the really great
traders, to get more insight into the mindset to succeed.<br />
These
are traders who have walked the walk and don't simply talk the talk. We
reviewed our top ten in other articles so look them up - this is money
well spent.<br />
So in conclusion, you can get all the currency trading
basics for success for free and can build a currency trading strategy -
your major challenge though is money management and discipline.<br />
Its
here I would recommend spending a few dollars, if you don't think you
have discipline ( and most traders don't) and then, the combination of a
simple, robust, currency trading system and the right mindset to apply
it, can help you win at currency trading.<br />
Getting the right
currency education is easy; getting the right mindset is what separates
the small number of winners from the losing majority.<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16072606644015567721noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5792770786866550861.post-49383758708581520992012-10-10T03:07:00.000-07:002012-11-08T03:07:43.831-08:00Education Reform May Provide Better Incentives For Those With Education Degrees<div id="article-content" style="text-align: justify;">
Students in education degree programs might enter professions
that, in the long run, are the most important to a successful economy.
That's at least how President Barack Obama, interviewed by Matt Lauer
for the Today Show in September, described teachers. Students who are
working toward education degrees might also enter a field that's very
different by the time they graduate.<br />
The
difference has to do with education reform. Last year, the federal
government announced a $4 billion "Race to the Top" program designed to
award $4 billion in grants to states that encourage education reform.
Much of the news with regard to education these days has to do with
enhanced college and university readiness and improved science and math
education. Students in education degree programs might learn that
America's K-12 students lag behind other countries in these subject
areas particularly.<br />
The American Federation of Teachers is on
board with education reform. Math and science, many say, can enhance
innovation, help the economy and help the country retain its role as a
world leader. But where Obama in the Today Show interview announced
plans to recruit thousands of science and math teachers over the coming
two years, American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten in
an opinion piece on AOL News suggested that training and retaining
teachers, as they do in Finland, might benefit the education system.<br />
BBC
World News America earlier this year reported on how representatives
from throughout the world visited Finland to determine what makes the
country's schools so successful. Finland's schools rank- highly on a
worldwide scale, even though students there spend some of the least
amount of time in class, according to the BBC article. The article
explained about when students start school there and when they move to
different schools and teachers. Among other things, the BBC World News
article mentioned immigration and additional teachers who fill highly
respected roles.<br />
If you're pursuing an education degree, you might
be keeping up with American teacher salaries. The National Education
Association has proposed offering starting salaries of $40,000 per year
across the board for teachers and $28,000 for school support personnel.
The American Federation of Teachers has proposed what's known as
"differentiated" pay, where teachers would start with adequate, locally
negotiated base salaries and be paid more in instances where they take
on added responsibilities. Obama mentioned to Lauer the possibility of
creating a career ladder for teachers as a means of professionalizing
the industry.<br />
According to the National Education Association
website, about 20 percent of new teachers change professions by the time
they complete their first year in public schools and nearly half of
public school teachers change professions within five years. American
school systems as a result lose about $7 billion each year, Weingarten
wrote. According to him, school districts should work with teachers to
reform them and, through a relatively new model for evaluating their
work, to help them develop professionally.<br />
Whether or not you're
working toward an education degree, it's likely that you've heard the
saying, "It takes a village to raise a child." Weingarten and Obama
agree that educating children is partly the responsibility of others as
well. In Finland, the BBC World News America article noted, parents read
at home with their children and communicate regularly with teachers.<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16072606644015567721noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5792770786866550861.post-29379856320118991082012-10-03T03:06:00.000-07:002012-11-08T03:06:58.385-08:007 Effective Ways to Read and Understand African Political News<div style="text-align: justify;">
Whether you are an African expatriate hoping to stay in touch with
what is going on in your home country, a potential tourist hoping to do
research on the best place to visit, a political student striving to
understand the development in Africa, or simply well-wisher dedicated to
unload of few bucks to chip in the aid for Africa, translating the
information you read into valuable knowledge is an important task</div>
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Like
any other continent, Africa offers a set of complex realities that can
offer conflicting outcome for the party interested; moreover, accessing
the information you need is not always evident between the information
you look for, and the information you find.</div>
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Below is a short
description of criteria to consider when reading or researching news on
Africa. While the list is not exclusive, and can certainly be extended, I
believe this initial guidepost may help. Feel free to add or consider
additional helpful points.</div>
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<b>1. Consider the source of the information</b></div>
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Africa
is a very complex place, that combines many world and realities, the
gap between the rich and the poor creates in many places two different
societies whose world rarely collide. For that reason, news sources are
often tailored to one group or the other.</div>
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Understanding the source
of the information will help you assess the legitimacy of the
information you have. For example, is it a local or foreign news source?
Foreign sources often have greater access to political circles because
the government is more concerned about the way it is portrayed to the
outside world; however, foreign sources rarely give you the real pulse
of the nation. If the source is local, consider the accreditation that
is reflected by interviews or first hand accounts. In Africa, Official
news is often given unofficially, while official news is a front. That
means that those sources that have close access to the government are
more likely to give credible news, compare to unaccredited sources to
whom is given generic news. (More on it further down)</div>
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<b>2. Try to capture the perspective of the information</b></div>
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In
Africa, the freedom of the press is not a sacred duty, and as mentioned
above, free and transparent news are not evident. As a result, news
often reflects the perspective of the source. The information you will
get is based on the perception of the source. In the West, Africa is
widely primarily viewed as a continent ravaged by war and diseases,
where impoverished people and government are struggling very hard to
survive, and thus their lives and activities are geared toward Help and
how the global community can help them. As a result, most African news
coming from the West will treat topics such as aid, sanction, peace and
war, and oil discovery. Human rights, rigged election and corruption are
other subjects often treated; in other words, Western media tend to
chronicle Africa's efforts to "join" or emulate them.</div>
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When it
comes to local media and news sources, the dilemma is different. Elite
and well positioned news sources depicts the political life of the
country, meaning that their news are mostly geared toward accounts of
big political activities, such as Presidential travels and visits,
opposition complaints, foreign investment, dignitaries visits, Diaspora
news and international events in which the government participate. In
short, those news sources attempts to present information from the
perception of Africa to the rest of the world.</div>
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Finally, local
media perception is often directed at the local population, therefore
offers information on issue that matters to locals; energy and gas
issues, employment, government promises kept or not, education,
political freedom, cultural and social safeguard, etc...</div>
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<b>3. Acknowledge the Biases</b></div>
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In
the U.S, it is often assumed that CNN is Pro-democrats, and Fox News is
a Republican arm, regardless if true or not, that perception is very
present in Africa as well; not in form of Republican or democrats of
course, but they still play a short role.</div>
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From the day of
colonization, Western Nations had strategic interests in Africa, and
Political propaganda has insured that many Westerners view some African
countries internal policies as beneficial or threatening to their way of
life.</div>
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If your African news information is from a Western source,
always consider the position of your country with the African country
you are researching. Popular opinion is critical and very few Western
media will say nice things about the Zimbabwe government for example.
Western media will offer news based on the national interest of their
home country. You will rarely read negative report about the Egyptian
Government that has good relations with Washington, although it is not a
beacon of Democracy, yet Zimbabwe, which has been a torn in their side,
is demonized. This is not an attempt to justify the evil of some
people, but it is worth considering that Western media will report
information according to the way they wish a certain country to be
viewed.</div>
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If you wish to avoid the biases of Western news outlet,
you are better off searching for African news by African news outlets.
There again, there is an often bias between Pro and anti government.
Some news sources are government sponsored, while other are dedicated to
discredit the government regardless of good deeds or not. In Africa the
contrast is usually very strong, as you can read full articles of
"official" news feed that praises the government unashamedly, while
others are almost littered with insults. Very rarely will you find news
source that are impartial, and it is usually very evident to distinguish
the sources political leanings.</div>
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Given the polarity of African
societies, and the actuality of International Relations, one must not
look at news Biases with pure disgust, but as a component and vital
actor of global politics; filling between diverse biases can actually
help uncover valuable information. But in case it doesn't help, always
consider independent news and...</div>
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<b>4. Identify the agendas</b></div>
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If
for some reasons you are unable to filter official and supposedly
professional news sources, do make use of independent news sources such
as NGO's and Think Tank. Because they are usually unaffiliated with any
government, and their work is mainly based on empirical data and
research, NGO and Think Tank do paint an educated and comprehensive
picture of what is going on in Africa. Most of their works are expanded
toward a wide range of subjects that reflects a non-partial view of
government activities, social realities and international implications.</div>
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If
you obtain your news via NGOs or Think Tanks, you are most likely to
have access to strong data, depending on the Think Tank, and hard core
evidence of what is going on in the country you research.</div>
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The only
problem presented by NGOs and Think Tanks is that they do have an
agenda. The nature of their strong work is usually motivated by the
mission to influence or advice a government to act toward an issue they
view as important. Because of that agenda, those organizations often
accentuate an issue to the point where it overshadows others, making it
look like an exaggeration.</div>
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For example if an NGO has for agenda to
reduce arm trafficking in Africa, their information may offer solid
leads on the pulse of a country, with credible evidence; however, their
extensive research on the impact of arm trafficking may minimize other
positive information, to the point of giving the impression that you can
buy Ak47 at a candy store. This of course is not with the intent to
deceive or dramatize, but with the objective of using the data to
convince world powers to act on arms trafficking.</div>
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If you know how to extract your information from those sources, they are an excellent balance to local and international news.</div>
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<b>5. Check the blogs</b></div>
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Africa
sends millions of its bright Sons and Daughters abroad to study in
higher education, and loses other millions professionals in search of a
better living. While the damages of this brain drain are considerable,
the attachment all those Africans retain for their homeland represents a
glimpse of hope.</div>
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Since they cannot directly be involve in
official affairs in their home countries because of the distance or
political threats, many member of the African Diaspora voice their
opinions in blogs or personal websites.</div>
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The advantage of reading
those opinionated blogs is that it offers a personal touch and reaction
to all the other news you may have read.</div>
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Many are very
knowledgeable in what they are writing, and approach it in a very
professional way. They are not constrained by editorial control, so are
free to give their honest, educated opinion on what they read, heard or
experienced in and out of Africa.</div>
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If they are not that
knowledgeable on African affairs anymore, many still have families
abroad who can give them first account to report on what is happening.</div>
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Because
they are so many blogs related to Africa, you can not only compare
information and news, but also engage the writers and have a better feel
on how and where they get to say what they are saying.</div>
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For most
people, this is a valuable source, because on top of general political
views, they can offer a personal one, as well as giving an insight on
how and where people live their everyday, not to mention, where the
hotspots are.</div>
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The disadvantage of Blogs is that it is after all
just personal opinions, and personal opinions can be motivated or
inspired by perception, Bias, and /or agenda. It is not uncommon for
exile politicians to mount an opposition from abroad, something blogs
tend to make easier, so caution is advised for that reason.</div>
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<b>6. Search for supportive news</b></div>
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Every news agency is in search of a scoop, and none wants to be left out of considerable information.</div>
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Whenever
you stumble on interesting information for your research, after
identifying the source, always make sure to search if that information
is reprised by other news outlets.</div>
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When it comes to Africa, it is
very common for news to be generalizing, but if you feel you came across
useful information, always double check if you can locate it in other
Western sources (if those where your primary sources), and then in local
African sources. Check in Blogs and social sites if it is being
discussed, or better create a new discussion.</div>
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The fact of the
matter is that if you are looking for information on Africa, the
complexity of its state does not favor taking any information at face
value, but insuring that it is shared, discussed and not hostage to any
perception and bias will help you have good grip on what is going on.</div>
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<b>7. Use common sense</b></div>
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In
Politics like in everything, things happen for a reason, from a coup
d'Etat, to a social uprising, and political instability to international
sanction.</div>
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Africa is not another planet we know nothing about, and it did not appear without a past or history.</div>
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In
everything you read or learn about Africa, consider the context and
remember history. Famine and poverty did not come suddenly; wars all
have a spark plug, poor countries should not be able to buy weapons they
do not manufacture.</div>
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The context and the historical reality that
today links nearly all countries on Earth presents the fertile ground on
how you will receive the news you receive, they way you receive it.</div>
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Knowledge
is a light to which is drawn a bug called interest, and common sense
should help you navigate the waves of misinformation toward the land of
comprehension of the subject you research.</div>
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As mentioned, this is a
list that can be extended and perfected, but for all who have at one
point or another, read African news or wanted to understand what is
going in Africa, I hope that little list will be helpful the next time
it happens.</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16072606644015567721noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5792770786866550861.post-46028232617839236642012-09-26T03:05:00.000-07:002012-11-08T03:05:58.167-08:00Media Versus Educational Institutions<div id="article-content" style="text-align: justify;">
Many things have been said about media, its relation with
education and the institutions of education, as well as co-action
between them. But the point which has been rarely and scarcely stressed
upon, and requires to be emphasized with the force and vigour it
deserves, is that the media by itself is the most powerful medium of
education at large. When I talk about media, I mean it to be inclusive
of both the print-media and electronic media. There is an umbilical
relation between the media and educational institutions, as both are
deeply correlated, collateral as well as complementary to each other.<br />
<b>Education on Air</b><br />
So
far as the print-media (news papers/magazines/periodicals/journals) is
concerned, it has, somehow, been playing its role in educating the
people positively to some extent, but unfortunately, the electronic
media (radio, television etc.,) is not delivering the goods in this
respect. Being a medium of infotainment, it is, in fact, supposed to be a
means of not merely educating the masses on a much wider scale, but
also a tool of promoting and developing the national ethos, culture,
moral values, ethics and social manners on the nation-wide scale.<br />
Media
is the most powerful instrument of not only spreading, inculcating and
ingraining the values and traditions among our new generation, but also
strengthening them in the mindset of the old one. It is the government'
responsibility to use electronic media for the above-mentioned purposes
and it has the powers, necessary resources and machinery to do so, but,
alas, it has, until now, failed to take any concrete step in the
direction. Government is therefore well-advised to press its machinery
to use the centrally-administered media as a tool to provide education
on air.<br />
<b>Media's role compared with formal Institutions of Educations</b><br />
It
is an irrefutable fact that the media can prove an effective and useful
tool in providing education to the masses. In this respect, media's
role starts exactly from where the role being played by the formal
institutions such as schools, colleges and universities comes to an end.
The media has not merely an obligation to inform the people what has
happened, and what is happening in the surroundings, in the society,
across the country and around the world, but it has also a bounden duty
to enlighten the masses what actually must have been there and, in deed,
what now must be there under the sky.<br />
<b>Art, Culture and Literature</b><br />
The
media has another function to perform and that is to take care of
social manners and ethical values among the people, to preserve and
promote them besides developing indigenous art, culture and literature.<br />
A
few words about literature: whatever is written is simply defined as
literature. However, whatever is written with an accuracy of the
language and punctuation of the grammar is, by definition, termed to be
the "classic literature," whereas whatever is printed, published,
broadcast and telecast by the print-electronic media is nothing but the
"literature in haste." And this exactly is the domain of media.<br />
<b>Reverse Gear</b><br />
Now
the question arises what is the media doing now-a-days? Hasn't it put
the vehicle on the reverse gear and isn't driving it in quite opposite
direction? Is the media playing its role, doing its functions in any
respect honestly and sincerely? Is it delivering the goods in letters
and in spirit? The answer is, alas, a horrible "No."<br />
It is
extremely deplorable, disappointing and sorry state affairs to see that
in the name of art and culture, the Western art and culture are being
promoted and boosted, and on the contrary, the indigenous arts and
cultures, are, unfortunately, being weakened and relegated day by day,
throwing the young generation straightaway into the "lap of the Western
Culture" on a wholesale scale.<br />
<b>Failure of the Educational System</b><br />
The
role being played by our formal educational establishments is even
worse. Our system of education is still based on some elements of the
British policy- getting rid of which the sooner, is the better because
they are, on the one hand, laying negative and harmful impact on the
emerging talents of our promising students and on the other, extirpating
the very roots of Indian culture. Despite having gained geo-political
freedom, we are yet to be able to get ourselves released from the yoke
of mental- intellectual bondage of our Anglo-American masters in certain
spheres of life, especially in economy, science and technology. In the
name of imparting education, our students are virtually made "the
book-addicts", rather turned into the "book-worms." Instead of pushing
ahead and encouraging them to pursue and develop their instinctively
creative talents and skills, the students are, unfortunately, being
encouraged to strictly go by the books from the beginning to the end,
throughout their lives. Main emphasis is on theory and not on practice.<br />
Consequently,
now the nation India can boast of producing the best "imitators" in
almost every sphere of life but is not in a position to proudly claim to
have produced any original thinkers and scientists except Dr. APJ Abdul
Kalam, S.Chandrashekher, Hargobind Khurana, Amartya Sen, Venkatramana
Ramakrshnan and a few other exceptions in recent history. Even a handful
of those born with inner creative talents and high skills, are
compelled to go abroad due to the lack of necessary facilities, proper
incentives, lucrative compensations and encouragement in the country. In
the field of science and technology, we are still dependent on the
highly developed Western nations to a large extent, and India's glory
has been lost somewhere in the dustbin of history.<br />
<b>Total Overhauling needed</b><br />
Unless
the whole structure of the polity, which has been reduced to an
abominably, abhorrently stinking rot, is overhauled and restructured,
policies putting the educational system on a sound footing, and guiding
the media towards its real functions, are framed afresh and implemented
vigorously and vehemently, as well as suitable amendments are
incorporated in the relevant portions of the Constitution in order to
enact and enforce necessary laws for the purposes, the situation will
not improve and India will not emerge as a totally free and independent
nation in every field of life, in the truest sense of the term. In
respect of media, it is more essential and imperative, especially in
view of the growing greed to earn as much money as possible, even if it
is at the expense of the barest minimum requisites of the common people.
That the greed has overshadowed the super values and lofty human
sentiments of love, affection, compassion, sympathy, honesty, sincerity
and above all -- the spirit of sacrifice -- has been brought to the fore
by the greedy, selfish and self-serving T.V. journalists/photographers,
who, while reporting, always tend to prefer capturing images of even
the bleeding and dying persons attacked by miscreants or injured in road
accidents, to going to their rescue. An instance pointing out to the
bitter truth was reported from Chennai, where a police officer attacked
while on his motorbike by unidentified assailants, bled to death because
of delayed medical attention on January 8, 2010. A convoy of ministers
passed by, stopped, looked at the sub-inspector of Tamil Nadu police, R.
Vetrivel lay profusely bleeding on the road, and simply passed off.
None of them felt it necessary to take any action. On the other hand, a
T.V. cameraman was so keen to capture the images that he, too, did not
consider it necessary to take trouble of going to his aid.<br />
The
images were flashed by several TV news channels including 9 O'CLOCK
NEWS. Although, the channels' aim was to wag a finger at the ministers,
who impotently stood around doing nothing, the same charge could be
leveled on the cameraman, who was busy filming the scene, instead of
rushing the man to the hospital. However, we can put the same question
to ourselves; how many times do we stop when we witness a road accident?
Is it fair on our part to be quick to shake our heads at the ministers,
when many of us might not have stopped for any Vetrivel either? What
does such an occasion demand from a journalist, who happens to be a
human being? Should he shoot the event and pass off or physically
intervene in it?<br />
<b>Arguments or Lame Excuses?</b><br />
Argument
goes like this that journalists' job is just to report what happens, as
clearly as possible. The journalist is like a doctor in the emergency
room, strictly in accordance with one analogy- one that is iconic given
the images of dying Vetrivel. One sees a lot of suffering, but it is
more important to put one's feeling aside and just work on the story.
Many journalists, the world over-feel, think and act in the same fashion
- especially those covering wars and unprecedented disasters. A
journalist should never forget that he is a human being first and a
professional last. Apart from reason and intellect, super human
sentiments of love, mercy, sympathy, mutual consideration and
cooperation, going to the rescue of helpless and extending a helping
hand to the needy in distress, are the attributes that distinguish human
beings from animals, and human nature demands that these qualities
should never, in any case, be dominated by greed to earn money at the
cost of lives, and the selfish urge to go ahead in the race of sweeping
into the net all sorts of comfort and luxury of mundane life for the
sake of the self and kith and kin, pushing behind, and sometimes,
treading over others in the race.<br />
<b>Ruthless Machines</b><br />
The
tremendous greed for money has virtually turned the professionals into
the "ruthless machines," and journalists are no exception. By preferring
to capture footages, the T.V. photographer, in fact, proved his
mercilessness. It is, of course, the economic conditions that determine
how images are produced and broadcast for the viewers.<br />
We are so
accustomed to having our television journalists dramatize the news, and
act like drama-mongers that they have lost our trust. Almost every
televised event seems like infotainment, a soap opera, or trick for
ratings. In this context, it is very difficult not to see almost every
thing the news media does with an intensely suspicious eye. The panel
discussions over regulation on television have been time and again
raised as a way to control the runaway speed of television news, but
this doesn't seem to address the more intricate problem.<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16072606644015567721noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5792770786866550861.post-44210819701701051852012-09-12T03:04:00.000-07:002012-11-08T03:05:02.322-08:00Management Education Course in an Article<div id="article-content" style="text-align: justify;">
Education is different things to different individuals. While the
whole world is focused on traditional education, I believe that the
best education is self-study, and independent study, if one really wants
to get a true grip on life. Yes, I promote and agree that everyone
needs a high school and a college education, but it is my true belief
also that these traditional educations must be supplemented with life
education, with experience, and with on-the-job training wherever
possible. If you are interested in advancing in any particular field and
interested in having the best life you can have for yourself, then you
will live and grow with the idea that your education is never finished.
Yes, you hear correctly. For you, the successful individual, your
education is never finished.<br />
And
it is always growing according to your outside environment and your
inside attitude, personality, dreams, wishes, hopes and goals. And that
all put together is your wholesome education. You will, without a doubt
learn your most valuable lessons, not in a classroom, but in life,
outdoors with people, while you are surrounded with the real world. That
is and should be some of your most prized possessions when it comes to
having a real education.<br />
So, what is your extra education? What is
necessary beyond those four walls and many buildings of high schools
and colleges? The rest of your education consists of going to Broadway
plays, of meeting new people in your own cities and in the rest of the
USA or the world as you travel throughout your life. Some of your extra
education will be in observing people and seeing how they live and
knowing that the way you live is only one way and that there are
millions of other ways to live a life and most of them are successful.
The rest of your education consists of listening to great music, seeing
great art, talking with great individuals. The rest of your education
consists of reading not books but entire libraries of books, one book at
a time, one day at a time.<br />
And I think one of the most vital
parts of your education is knowing that the news of the day will only
serve to depress you. So to force your education to go in a most
positive direction and to add joy and clarity to your life, to be your
most successful person listen to the news (if you need to do that) only
in the midday part of your day, not in the morning and not in the
evening. Why ? The reason to refrain from news-bites early in the
morning is because you do not want to bring all the bad news with you as
you begin your day, and the reason to refrain from the news in the
evening is because you do not want ot bring the bad news to sleep with
you at the end of the day. Cover your world with good, positive
blessings and thoughts as you begin your day and fill your pre-sleep
hours with great positive, soothing thoughts and you will be your best
you.<br />
You should check out NYI for photography if you are interested in that particular field.<br />
Now that is truly a grand education. Article updated on July 20,2008<br />
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Linda Perry is a writer who speaks from her heart. So many times,
the topics that she writes about might be controversial but the one
thing that she guarantees is that when she states a fact, it is a fact.
Have confidence in knowing that as you browse her articles, you will be
delighted, informed, and sometimes even shocked and stunned,but at the
least you will pause for reflection and then possibly take some action.<br />
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There is no doubt that proper education is one of the essential
requirements of the human beings to remain human! Generally the task of
spreading education rests partly on the government and partly on the
private organizations. It is evident that websites can spread the light
of education faster than anything else. But to take the things properly
to the viewers or the students the websites need to be built with best
of education web templates! It is because otherwise the educational news
and updates would not be properly highlighted, the interactive learning
processes will not be placed well and other features may not be that
much attractive to the students or the visitors.<br />
So
if you are related with spreading education in any way and have a
website or want to build one, you should know the how should be the
designs of the education web templates. Let's have a look at some of the
major features of the layouts that you should choose for building an
education website:<br />
<ul>
<li>The first section that a visitor
looks at is the header. So the header of the education web templates
have to contain the most relevant educational information the sites want
to provide. There may be some small animations to pull more attention
of the student cum visitors. But never put there any heavy flash or 3D
animation that takes time to load and leaves blank page to the busy
visitors (they will not wait). </li>
<li>Never pick out education web templates that come with some color
combinations that hurt the eyes of the visitors and you! Remember you
want to spread the information (may be texts, videos etc) but if the
users feel irritated then they may not stay on the site. So you have to
pick out layouts that are sober (certainly not gloomy). </li>
<li>All the education web templates have to be well-managed with the
text information. There should not be heap of information from where the
visitors will feel lack of enthusiasm in learning! And the placements
of the news or the special announcement panels have to be perfect, so
that viewers find it easily without difficulty. </li>
<li>The education web templates have to be with scopes to add the
interactive learning tools. Remember online learning is very much
popular and students look for those. So the layouts need to have place
for adding videos, chat, audio-player and etc. Even there needs to be
social share buttons, RSS feeds for spreading the education virally. </li>
<li>Do not forget to check if you can customize the education web
templates you are trying to select for your websites. There may be
several other features or may be the advertisements that are related
with student activities or the education that have to be implemented in
those templates. So cent percent customization facility has to be there
with every layout.</li>
</ul>
The above are the major features
of education web templates that make those perfectly eligible to spread
the light of the education. Besides those features you should find out
if the layouts can be used with open source technologies or not. Never
forget to compare and choose the most affordable education website
templates for your web building purposes. If you find out a freelancer
who has the experience to design the best template, you may choose him
or her also. But never forget about the question of affordability. Hope
you find your best layout and initiate the process of spreading
knowledge!<br />
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What is forex?<br />
Forex
is simply an online currency exchange trade that involves a
simultaneous buying and selling of currencies. It is presently the
largest financial market worldwide with an average daily turnover of
about $2trillion. Forex is traded globally for 24-hours daily and five
days in a week with a break on Saturdays and Sundays. Individuals,
cooperatives and banks trade forex from various parts of the world.<br />
Nigeria
in focus is growing fast in this trade ever since it was reduced to a
start up capital of a minimum $100 due to the rise in internet access
and usage. This took effect from late 1990's against the minimum $10m it
previously used to be. In forex trade, traders with small trading
capital like $100 are called retail traders and most traders from
Nigeria fall into this category.<br />
What Is Needed To Start Trading Forex?
<br />All one needs to start trading forex are;<br />
(1) A good forex education from this site
<br />[http://www.demonicforex.blogspot.com]
<br />(2) A good and fast computer
<br />(3) A good, fast and reliable internet connection
<br />(4) A mininum trading capital of $100 dollars<br />
Who Is A Broker?
<br />A broker is an individual or a company that buys and sells orders
according to trader's decision. Brokers earn money by charging a fee
called the Bid-Ask spread for their services. The main function of
brokers are to connect buyers or sellers directly to the forex market
for exchange of currencies.<br />
What Are The Risks Involved?
<br />Forex trading is highly profitable if only you can learn and
practice well before investing in it. You can also loose when you lack
sufficient knowledge and skills in this trade.<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16072606644015567721noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5792770786866550861.post-47370294107729935392012-08-15T03:02:00.000-07:002012-11-08T03:02:47.363-08:00Quality Education<div id="article-content" style="text-align: justify;">
With the way the economy has been, there have been a lot of
cutbacks in almost every aspect of life. From jobs to spending, people
have been forced to make sacrifices in order to get by. Several
organizations and businesses have made reductions to stay afloat. With
all of these cutbacks, educational institutions have been a topic of
debate. On one hand, some colleges have made reductions in course
offerings and faculty employed to cover the lack of money. While on the
other hand, some have simply increased their tuition in order to
preserve the quality of their education.<br />
According
to a study written in the New York Time's article, "Study Finds Public
Discontent With Colleges," many Americans are losing faith in college
education. In fact, 60% of citizens surveyed are saying, "colleges today
operate like businesses, concerned more with their bottom line than
with the educational experience of students." A vast amount of the
United State population feel that colleges and universities are more
focused with their financial reward rather than the education they are
providing.<br />
In his speech, Martin Luther King Jr. talks about the
true function of education, saying it is "to teach one to think
intensively and to think critically." He goes on to say, "But education
which stops with efficiency may prove the greatest menace to society."<br />
So
with the recent cutbacks in higher education, are schools becoming a
menace to society, or are they continuing to teach students to think
intensively and critically?<br />
In order for schools to run with
"efficiency" they need the necessary resources: highly educated
professors, up-to-date technology, clean campuses and an inviting place
to learn. However, these things cannot be achieved without money. So how
can Americans continue to get the standard of education they are
expecting if schools lowered tuition?<br />
In the same study, more than
two-thirds felt that colleges should "use federal stimulus money to
hold down tuition, even if it means less money for operations and
programs." But it's important to point out that these two-thirds are
also some of the same 60% saying, "colleges operate like businesses." So
by saying that they would rather have lower tuition by giving less
money to "operations and programs" these two-thirds are turning colleges
into the "businesses" they are frowning upon.<br />
The senior vice
president of government and public affairs for the American Council on
Education, Terry Hartle, said, in reference to lowering tuition, "The
public is not always right." She goes on to explain that running a
first-class college costs money and if schools cut tuition, then they
"would require cuts in areas that most people see as fundamental to
quality."<br />
Education is one of the most important aspects of life
and those like, Terry Hartle, are wise to protect and preserve the
quality of education. Yes the costs may seem steep, but the price
students' pay is incomparable to the knowledge they obtain.<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16072606644015567721noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5792770786866550861.post-14779766553024444672012-08-01T03:01:00.000-07:002012-11-08T03:01:50.900-08:00Education News<div id="article-content" style="text-align: justify;">
Among other understandings, teachers of America's elementary and
high school students were always expected to set examples for their
students.<br />
Aside
from the obvious of not seducing their students, public school teachers
were expected to establish a certain sense of decorum, which mandate in
my school district incorporated into the union contract the allowance:
"Male teachers are permitted to remove their jackets in the classroom."<br />
Times have changed. Radically.<br />
Teacher-student
assignations have become almost commonplace, student behavior has gone
far beyond tossing spitballs and chewing gum, and teacher dress codes
have gone the way of high-buttoned shoes. Aside from teachers hitting on
students, other behavioral modifications on the part of teachers are
much less forgivable, especially when the example they are setting is
one of extreme misbehavior and lawlessness.<br />
Teachers and other
public servants in Wisconsin have the same rights accorded to every
American under the First Amendment to the Constitution's prohibition
against infringement on freedom of speech, interference with the right
to peaceably assemble, and the right of petitioning governmental redress
of grievances.<br />
What teachers do not have the right or privilege
to do is to disgrace themselves and their profession, to break laws, to
interfere with government functions, or to shamelessly trash both their
profession and themselves by allowing teacher and outside thugs to
direct and dictate their criminal activities.<br />
In Wisconsin,
teachers protesting new Republican Governor Scott Walker's attempts to
clean up the fiscal mess he inherited have reached new lows in their
efforts to resist limitations on collective bargaining rights.<br />
Despite
Walker's offers of compromise, Wisconsin "educators" have abandoned
their classroom responsibilities by calling in sick in droves,
falsifying medical "sick notes," committing outright slander against
their duly-elected representatives, and resorting to the same bullying
tactics they decry in their schools, all of which are condoned by the
nation's Bully-in-Chief, Barack Hussein Obama<br />
Acting more like
semi-civilized Third Worlders instead of American student role models,
their protests are costing millions. Their illegal seizure, occupation,
and trashing of the Capitol building in Madison have, to date, resulted
in some $7.5 million in damages and clean-up costs for their
cash-strapped state, costs to be borne by already overburdened
taxpayers: "Estimates of damage to marble includes $6 million to repair
damaged marble inside the Capitol, $1 million for damage outside and
$500,000 for costs to supervise the damage."<br />
The teacher and other
unions reached rock bottom with death threats designed to intimidate
not only Republican legislators who are struggling to achieve some
fiscal sanity in the Badger State but their families as well.<br />
One
unedited, 2 paragraph email included the following polite threat which
was more akin to a promise, replete with specific details on how the
murders would occur:<br />
"Please put your things in order because you
will be killed and your families will also be killed due to your actions
in the last 8 weeks. Please explain to them that this is because if we
get rid of you and your families then itwill save the rights of 300,000
people and also be able to close the deficit that you have created. I
hope you have a good time in hell. Read below for more information on
possible scenarios in which you will die... So we have also built
several bombs that we have placed in various locations around the areas
in which we know that you frequent. This includes, your house, your car,
the state capitol, and well I won't tell you all of them because that's
just no fun."<br />
The email concluded with, "Please make your peace
with God as soon as possible and say goodbye to your loved ones we will
not wait any longer. YOU WILL DIE!!!!."<br />
(In late Wisconsin news,
the disruptive unionists were forcibly removed from the Capitol by
police in order for the legislators-sans Democrat senators who were
still in hiding-to conduct the state's business.)<br />
It's not mere
coincidence that, as pandemonium reigns in Madison, chaotic failure
reigns in America's public schools. Obama's Education Secretary Arnie
Duncan, who had previously officiated at Chicago's record education
failures, tore into George W. Bush's 2002 "No Child Left Behind"
education reform law.<br />
In effect, Duncan doesn't like NCLB's
reasonable standards because they have worked too well. However, over
the course of nine years America's teachers, school administrators, and
state education departments were not capable of raising student and math
skills. He "stressed the law is fundamentally broken and needs to be
fixed this year, otherwise he forecast 82 percent of the schools [some
80,000 of 100,000] could miss testing targets. That would be up from 37
percent in 2010."<br />
NCLB left too many kids behind and therefore
should be revamped to make it appear as if those left behind really
should be considered as doing just fine since the NCLB requisites were,
well, too exacting and unreasonable.<br />
Lower standards sufficiently
and orangutans could graduate, and teachers and administrators and
states would be off the hook. It's much easier to lower standards than
to raise edcational levels.<br />
Duncan's scheme-which is widely
opposed-is the rough equivalent of the Wisconsin teachers' schemes in
that they both are exercises in deception. Duncan wants to give up on
improving education so more students can feel good about being nimrods.
In Wisconsin, they're pretending to be protesting on principles and
preserving rights whereas they are really attempting to perpetrate a
venal fraud.<br />
Imagine if the teachers were to devote as much energy
to teaching as they are to rampaging. They could actually meet NCLB
standards and educate their kids!<br />
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