WizKid,IcePrince,Sarkodie,Mokobe and Camp Mula nominated for BET Awards 2012 Best International Act: Africa

It’s been a great year for konvict/Eme Act WizKid And Choc boy IcePrince ,both have been nominated at this year’s BET Awards in the Best International Act: Africa category.

They join Ghana's Sarkodie,Camp Mulla of Kenya, Lira of South Africa & Mokobe of Mali. The BET nominations were announced in New York May 22, 2012. The award ceremony will be held at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles on July 1st 2012, and will be hosted by Samuel L Jackson who was declared the highest grossing movie actor of all time according to the Guinness Book of World Records.

Last year 2face & Dbanj were nominated in the same category and both won a share of the award. See full list of nominees for Best International Act Africa below: Camp Mulla (Kenya),Ice Prince (Nigeria),Lira (South Africa),Mokobe (Mali),Sarkodie (Ghana) and Wizkid (Nigeria)

Fresh off receiving her first BET Award nomination for Best International Act (UK), Emeli Sande hopes to inspire listeners through song. Coming off an already impressive year with her debut album "Our Version of Events" and the hit single "Next To Me," Sande hopes her music will also inspire conversation. Sande joins Estelle, Labrinth, Sway and Wretch 32 in the International Act (UK) category at the BET Awards.

The BET AWARDS is one of the most watched award shows on cable television according to the Nielsen Company.  The BET AWARDS franchise remains as the #1 program in cable TV history among African-Americans, and it is BET's #1 telecast every year.  It recognizes the triumphs and successes of artists, entertainers and athletes in 20 categories. 

Leading the pack of A-list talent this year is Kanye West with an impressive 7 Nominations: Best Collaboration, Video Director of the Year, and 5 notable nominations for 'The Throne' with Jay-Z.  'The Throne' received nominations for Best Group, Best Collaboration ft. Otis Redding, Coca-Cola Viewer's Choice and 2 nods for Video of the Year for "N*ggas in Paris" and "Otis."  Close behind is Beyonce with 6 Nominations: Best Female R&B Artist, Best Collaboration, Video Director of the Year, Coca-Cola Viewer's Choice and 2 nods for Video of the Year for "Countdown" and "Love on Top."

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Camp Mulla ndani ya Tunzo za BET Awards 2012

Young, fresh and talented kutoka Nairobi, kenya wanaojulikana kama camp mulla wamevuka boda kwa kupeperusha bendera ya Africa kwenye Tunzo za BET ambazo hufanyika kila mwaka ambapo mwaka jana africa iliwakilishwa na 2face & D'Banj kutoka Nigeria sasa safari hii ni vijana wenye swag za mbele ila kutoka kenya ndio wamechaguliwa katika category ya "Best International Act: Africa category"

Kundi la Camp Mulla linajumlisha vijana wa 5 ambao ni Karun, Yung Kass, Taio Tripper and K’Cous ambao kwasasa wana Hit na ngoma zao tatu ikiwamo ngoma inayoitwa "fresh all day" ambayo wali perfome ndani ya Big Brother Africa siku sio nyingi na kushangiliwa sana kwa show nzuri…

Young, fresh and talented kutoka Nairobi, kenya wanaojulikana kama camp mulla wamevuka boda kwa kupeperusha bendera ya Africa kwenye Tunzo za BET ambazo hufanyika kila mwaka ambapo mwaka jana africa iliwakilishwa na 2face & D'Banj kutoka Nigeria sasa safari hii ni vijana wenye swag za mbele ila kutoka kenya ndio wamechaguliwa katika category ya "Best International Act: Africa category"

Kundi la Camp Mulla linajumlisha vijana wa 5 ambao ni Karun, Yung Kass, Taio Tripper and K’Cous ambao kwasasa wana Hit na ngoma zao tatu ikiwamo ngoma inayoitwa "fresh all day" ambayo wali perfome ndani ya Big Brother Africa siku sio nyingi na kushangiliwa sana kwa show nzuri walioitoa...

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Three Things You Should Do When You Wake Up

What's the first thing you do when you wake up in the morning? If it's a work day, you probably hit the snooze button a few times, then spring out of bed in a panic, propelling yourself into your day with your mind on everything you have to do to get out the door. Or maybe you find yourself in the shower, without any real memory of how you got there. Sound familiar?

Turns out, just a few simple movements can help you relax and ground yourself for your day, rather than zooming through your morning full of stress and a racing mind.

Jack Wiener, a certified and licensed psychoanalyst, founder of the former School for Creative Movement in NYC and author of The Way of the 4th Toe: Into the Feeling Body, believes that the most important thing you can do as soon as you wake up is to gently bring your awareness fully into your body, so that as you move through the rest of the day, you maintain a sense of grounding that can help you cope with the physical and mental stresses of daily life.

"When you sleep, your body goes into itself," says Weiner, explaining that while you're snoozing, the sensations of your muscles become very minimal. In other words, you're not consciously aware of your body; you're not in a physically or mentally grounded state of being.

QUIZ: How is Your Sleep?

This state of being works for the purposes of sleep, but not for your waking hours. You want to be "in" and aware of your body during the day. When you experience stress or anxiety throughout the day, says Weiner, these emotions and sensations can cause you to instinctively "pull in" to yourself, which, ironically, is the opposite of being grounded in your body. Weiner describes this process as a literal contraction and tension of your muscles. If you're not aware, this happens automatically, and can affect everything from your breathing to your circulation to how the events of your day affect you.

If you can bring yourself back into your body and release the tension in your muscles, then, says Weiner, you're more able to cope with stress, and you're more emotionally aware and alive. Not only are you carrying less tension in your neck and shoulders, but if you can maintain an awareness of being in your body, then it's easier to not get caught up and swept away in the worries and anxieties. "It's so simple, yet so profound," says Weiner.

So, how should you start the day? By doing these three simple things:
Before you even get out of bed ...

1. Gently flex and point your feet for 15-30 seconds. This, says Weiner, is a good way to gently begin to activate your musculature and to bring your awareness to your feet, which is literally grounding. Then, wiggle your fingers and gently open and close you hands into a fist shape for 15-30 seconds. "Those are small little things," says Weiner, but they can really help you if your standard MO is to immediately activate your whole body by springing out of bed with your mind on what you have to get done.

Next, as you get out of bed ...

2. Consciously place your feet on the floor. Stand there for a moment, fully aware of the floor beneath you, and concentrate on feeling grounded.

Finally ...

3. Do a gentle hamstring stretch. "This will sustain your connection to the ground," Weiner says, and delay the pulling up into your upper body that leads not only to a lack of feeling grounded, but to tension in your neck and shoulders. The more grounded and "in your body" you can start your day, says Weiner, the more you will be able to carry this feeling and awareness into the rest of your day. Good morning, indeed!

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MAGAZETI YA LEO FRIDAY, 25TH MARCH 2012

FOR MORE NEWSPAPERS CLICK ON THIS LINK!!!!KWA MAGAZETI ZAIDI BONYEZA HAPA!!!

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Why Does My Dog... Walk in a Circle Before Lying Down?

Many dogs will circle around a spot before they settle down to rest. While no one can be certain of the exact reason why canines do this, the ritual is likely a residual habit from the days when wolflike dogs lived out in the wild, says veterinary behaviorist Dr. Karen Sueda, DVM, of the VCA West Los Angeles Animal Hospital.

Your dog’s ancestors had to sleep outside, in the elements, without much warmth or safety. Walking around a spot was a way to stamp down grass, leaves or snow and create a soft, level surface — something akin to carving out a nest.

Circle There and Dig This

After she circles, does your dog scratch at the bedding or carpeting before curling up? Just like circling, the digging action is probably an ancestral behavior related to staying safe and comfortable.

In extreme heat, digging a hole was a way to reduce a dog’s body temperature by surrounding herself with cool soil that could help regulate body heat. When it was cold — or even freezing — climbing into a hole allowed a dog to retain body heat and keep cozy.

So why haven’t our pampered house pets evolved away from these behaviors?

Don’t worry — circling is not a sign that your pet has heard the call of the wild. Adaptive behaviors tend to linger long after they’ve lost their usefulness if there’s nothing to discourage them or “select against the habit,” Dr. Sueda says.

When Circling Could Be Cause for Concern

Restlessness can be a sign of discomfort or even pain. If your dog is repeatedly circling and digging but can’t seem to get comfortable, she may have a health problem, such as arthritis or neurological problems.

You should observe your pet to see if she’s having trouble getting up and settling down. If she’s restless, take her to the vet to rule out pain and get a proper diagnosis.

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ALICHOSEMA WILL SMITH KUHUSU MWANAUME ALIETAKA KUMBUSU.

Mwigizaji Will Smith amezungumza kwa mara ya kwanza baada ya kumsukuma mwandishi wa habari wa  kiume alietaka kumbusu kwenye Red Carpet huko Moscow wakati mwigizaji huyo alipokwenda kuitambulisha movie yake mpya ya MEN IN BLACK 3.

Mwandishi huyo alifika na kumwambia Will Smith kwamba yeye ni shabiki yake mkubwa hivyo akaomba kumkumbatia na baadae akataka kumpiga busu ndipo Will Smith alipokasirika na kumsukuma kwa hasira.

Alichosema Will Smith ni kwamba waandishi wenzake na huyo jamaa walimuomba msamaha na kusema kwamba jamaa huwa ni mchekeshaji labda alifanya hivyo kwa nia ya kuchekesha na hakua na maana mbaya.

Hivi ndivyo ilivyokua wakati mwandishi huyo alipotaka kumbusu Will Smith.

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IMANI ZA KISHIRIKINA KWENYE STAGE KENYA ZAMPATA NYOTA NDOGO.

Kumbe sio bongo tu ambako imani za kishirikina ni moja kati ya stori kubwa kwa baadhi ya wasanii kwa siku za karibuni, stori kutoka 254 Kenya taifa la Ocampo 6 ni kwamba wasanii Ally B na Nyota dogo walishindwa kuperform kwenye show huko Mombasa kitu ambacho kinaaminika kuwa ni kutokana na imani za kishirikina kwa sababu wasanii wengine wa Mombasa wakiona wenzao wanafanikiwa huwa hawapendi, ndio wanaanza kulogana.

Ally B ambae ni msanii maarufu Kenya kwa sasa akiwa tayari kapiga kolabo na wakali kama Size 8 na Prezzo, amethibitisha kwa kusema “huwa nakwenda kwenye show na CD nne au tatu lakini wakati wa Show time CD zangu zote ziligoma kucheza, alipokuja Nyota Ndogo pia CD zake zote zikakataa kucheza basi ikabidi tuwaombe mashabiki tuimbe akapela kwa sababu hata Laptop ilipoletwa baadae kuokoa jahazi nayo ilikataa kusoma CD, wapo mashabiki walioelewa na wengine hawakuelewa”

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Justin Bieber is in love with Selena Gomez.

Justin and Sel have been together since March last year and he admits he has completely fallen for her.
When asked if he was in love with Selena, Justin replied, “I wouldn’t be with somebody if I wasn’t in love.”
Justin loves Sel because she is “hot” but he also insists they share a connection because of their similar family backgrounds.
“Everybody can see she is hot and that’s great, but there is so much more to her than that. She makes me laugh and she puts up with my practical jokes. She has really strong family values as well. We were both raised by our moms in single-parent households, and that’s given us a lot of the same family values in life,” he said.
He added:
“At the moment we’re so busy, it’s pretty much hotel rooms for me for most of the year. She could be in one part of the world and I could be in the other. We are just a young couple who are enjoying spending time with each other . But we both took time off last month and it was just really cool to be able to spend time together and just do normal things like go to the beach and have dinner together.”

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Meet Lil Wayne's New Girlfriend Dhea

It's cuffing season for Lil Wayne. The superstar rapper has been running around Miami with a new chick for the past week and we like to investigate around here, so a few us pulled up some facts about Weezy's mystery woman.
Brendan found this tweet:

@TMZ: Lil Wayne's new lady? http://t.co/wYHoiyd @LilTunechi” --her name's Dhea, she from Scottsdale worked at suede
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Then Anthony found her Facebook. Dhea is of Italian descent and from Scottsdale, AZ. We don't know her last name. Although her profile lists it as Suede, as the tweet above mentions, that's just where she works—or, worked. We confirmed that and placed a location on Suede Restaurant & Lounge in her city Scottsdale. One of Dhea's pictures has her with a group of ladies in matching (work) uniforms. One of the girls tagged in the picture also lists her last name as Suede. Maybe we'll start changing our last names to Complex on Facebook.
Was this a little stalker-ish? Yes, but at least now you know. She might be the next Amber Rose or something. We'll keep you posted if we dig up anymore details.

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Penguins, flying first class, delight passengers on Delta flight (VIDEO)

"Is anyone here allergic to penguins?" the captain of Delta Flight 486 from Atlanta to New York asked passengers—including this writer—on Wednesday night. "No? Alright, we have a surprise for you."
"How would we even know if we were?" I asked the woman seated next to me in seat 33D.
"He can't be serious," she said, pausing briefly as she flipped through her copy of Sky Mall.
But sure enough, after the plane reached a cruising altitude of 30,000 feet and the seat-belt sign was turned off, a pair of penguins waddled down the aisle from first class.
"You can take pictures, but we ask that you don't touch them," the captain announced. The flight's 300-plus delighted passengers heeded the warning, snapping photos and videos with camera phones lighting the aisle as if it were a red carpet.
The foot-and-a-half tall penguins, Pete and Penny, ages 6 and 12, were en route to the New York premiere of "Frozen Planet," a new Discovery Channel documentary series narrated by Alec Baldwin. The screening, held Thursday at the Lincoln Center, was followed by a "polar-themed" party, hosted by Baldwin, Dustin Hoffman and Glenn Close, among other environmentally-conscious luminaries.
[ SLIDESHOW: Penguins attend 'Frozen Planet' premiere ]
Oddly enough, this is not the first time penguins were allowed to roam the cabin on a commercial flight. In fact, it happens fairly frequently, judging by videos uploaded to YouTube.
Just last month, three penguins on Southwest's Orlando-to-LaGuardia trek emerged from their kennels midflight, surprising passengers.
Last March, a world-traveling waddler from Sea World made an appearance on a Southwest flight to San Diego from San Francisco, where it attended a science convention.

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'BeetleCam' captures daily life of lions

In 2009, British brothers Will and Matt Burrard-Lucas embarked on a project to capture unique close-up, ground-level photographs of African wildlife. To achieve this they built the 'BeetleCam,' a remote controlled buggy with a DSLR camera mounted on top, and traveled to Tanzania. However, the camera was almost destroyed in their only encounter with a lion. They created two new BeetleCams in 2011, one with more advanced capabilities and one with an armored shell, and ventured to Kenya to photograph the lions of the Masai Mara. Though battered, BeetleCam exceeded expectations and returned with a breath-taking portfolio of lion photographs.

 

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Full Titanic site mapped for 1st time

SOUTH PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Researchers have pieced together what's believed to be the first comprehensive map of the entire 3-by-5-mile (5-by-8-kilometer) Titanic debris field and hope it will provide new clues about what exactly happened the night 100 years ago when the superliner hit an iceberg, plunged to the bottom of the North Atlantic and became a legend.

Marks on the muddy ocean bottom suggest, for instance, that the stern rotated like a helicopter blade as the ship sank, rather than plunging straight down, researchers told The Associated Press this week.

An expedition team used sonar imaging and more than 100,000 photos taken from underwater robots to create the map, which shows where hundreds of objects and pieces of the presumed-unsinkable vessel landed after striking an iceberg, killing more than 1,500 people.

Explorers of the Titanic — which sank on its maiden voyage from Southampton, England, to New York City — have known for more than 25 years where the bow and stern landed after the vessel struck an iceberg. But previous maps of the floor around the wreckage were incomplete, said Parks Stephenson, a Titanic historian who consulted on the 2010 expedition. Studying the site with old maps was like trying to navigate a dark room with a weak flashlight.

"With the sonar map, it's like suddenly the entire room lit up and you can go from room to room with a magnifying glass and document it," he said. "Nothing like this has ever been done for the Titanic site."

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The mapping took place in the summer of 2010 during an expedition to the Titanic led by RMS Titanic Inc., the legal custodian of the wreck, along with Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution in Falmouth, Massachusetts, and the Waitt Institute of La Jolla, California.

They were joined by other groups, as well as the cable History channel. Details on the new findings at the bottom of the ocean are not being revealed yet, but the network will air them in a two-hour documentary on April 15, exactly 100 years after the Titanic sank.

The expedition team ran two independently self-controlled robots known as autonomous underwater vehicles along the ocean bottom day and night. The torpedo-shaped AUVs surveyed the site with side-scan sonar, moving at a little more than 3 miles per hour (4.8 kph) as they traversed back and forth in a grid along the bottom, said Paul-Henry Nargeolet, the expedition's co-leader with RMS Titanic Inc. Dave Gallo from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution was the other co-leader.

The AUVs also took high-resolution photos — 130,000 of them in all — of a smaller 2-by-3-mile (3-by-5-kilometer)area where most of the debris was concentrated. The photos were stitched together on a computer to provide a detailed photo mosaic of the debris.
The result is a map that looks something like the moon's surface showing debris scattered across the ocean floor well beyond the large bow and stern sections that rest about half a mile apart.
The map provides a forensic tool with which scientists can examine the wreck site much the way an airplane wreck would be investigated on land, Nargeolet said.
For instance, the evidence that the stern rotated is based on the marks on the ocean floor to its west and the fact that virtually all the debris is found to the east.
"When you look at the sonar map, you can see exactly what happened," said Nargeolet, who has been on six Titanic expeditions, the first in 1987.
The first mapping of the Titanic wreck site began after it was discovered in 1985, using photos taken with cameras aboard a remotely controlled vehicle that didn't venture far from the bow and stern.
The mapping over the years has improved as explorers have built upon previous efforts in piecemeal fashion, said Charlie Pellegrino, a Titanic explorer who was not involved in the 2010 expedition. But this is the first time a map of the entire debris field has looked at every square inch in an orderly approach, he said.
"This is quite a significant map," he said. "It's quite a significant advance in the technology and the way it's done."
At Lone Wolf Documentary Group in South Portland, producers are putting the final touches on the History documentary. Rushmore DeNooyer, the co-producer and writer of the show, points out the different items on the map, displayed on a screen.
They include a huge tangle of the remains of a deckhouse; a large chunk of the side of the ship measuring more than 60 feet long and weighing more than 40 tons; pieces of the ship's bottom; and a hatch cover that blew off of the bow section as it crashed to the bottom. Other items include five of the ship's huge boilers, a revolving door and even a lightning rod from a mast.
By examining the debris, investigators can now answer questions like how the ship broke apart, how it went down and whether there was a fatal flaw in the design, he said.
The layout of the wreck site and where the pieces landed provide new clues on exactly what happened. Computer simulations will re-enact the sinking in reverse, bringing the wreckage debris back to the surface and reassembled.
Some of those questions will be answered on the show, said Dirk Hoogstra, a senior vice president at History. He declined to say ahead of the show what new theories are being put forth on the sinking.

"We've got this vision of the entire wreck that no one has ever seen before," he said. "Because we have, we're going to be able to reconstruct exactly how the wreck happened. It's groundbreaking, jaw-dropping stuff."

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DAD WHO SHOT DAUGHTER'S LAPTOP AFTER FACEBOOK RANT

'He overreacted a little bit... but I understand': Teenager whose father shot her laptop after her Facebook rants reveals they have now made up.

 

• North Carolina father Tommy Jordan made hilarious video for Hannah, 15
• Daughter apparently refused to do chores and complained about parents
• Destroyed laptop with his .45 gun and describes it as 'tough love' for her
• Hannah spoke out about the incident for the first time today

The father-daughter duo who have been the focus of national attention since he shot her laptop, following a Facebook rant against her parents’ chore demands, seem to have come to a truce.
Speaking out about the incident for the first time, Tommy Jordan's daughter Hannah Marie tersely admitted to learning her lesson.
‘We got home, we talked about it, and then we went our separate ways for a little while but we came back together but we were laughing about it soon afterwards,’ she said Wednesday morning. 

The whole gang: Hannah's mother and Tommy's wife Amy (left) joined the pair on the show and said that they talked about the shooting before he did it, deciding it was a good way to show how internet postings can go viral

‘I think he overreacted a little bit but I understand.’
Mr Jordan and his daughter appeared on the Today show this morning talking about how their lives have changed since he videotaped himself shooting off a round of his .45 at the center of her laptop one month ago.
Though he believes that what he did was right and he stands by his decision, he did express some slight remorse on presenting his parenting lesson on such a public stage rather than simply within the confines of their family. 

‘Possibly in hindsight, considering all of the(Children’s Protective Services) and (Division of Social Services) involvement in that kind of stuff, maybe that was the right thing to do,’ Mr Jordan told interviewer Matt Lauer.
‘However I can't change that I did what I did and I stood behind what I did and I still do.’
Mr Jordan said how he has received anywhere between 10,000 and 20,000 emails in response to the incident, as it has sparked public outcry and support from fellow parents.

Tense truce: Tommy Jordan and his daughter Hannah Marie talked about how she is still grounded and does not have a new computer

 

 

Angry: Tommy Jordan, of Albemarle, North Carolina, reads out his 15-year-old daughter Hannah's grumbling Facebook post in which she complains about having to do chores at home

Aim: Mr Jordan gets out his pistol to shoot the laptop, left, which he has placed in the dirt and grass - before he starts to fire at it, right, shooting nine bullets including one from Hannah's mother.

‘There's more good mail then bad mail, but there is a large amount of bad mail,’ he lamented.
‘I have an email folder called good, bad, and press.’
Since the video has become viral, Mr Jordan has written a series of posts on his Facebook page, saying that he’s not an awesome parent, just a ‘normal guy with a reasonable moral compass that I try very hard to keep pointed North.’
The incident started when his 15-year-old daughter posted a scathing rant on her Facebook page that complained about the chores she was made to do- like making her bed and emptying the dishwasher.
While she hid the rant from her groups labelled Family and Church, her father saw it when he posted a funny photo of the family dog on the profile that they have for the animal.
On the Today show, Mr Jordan and his wife Amy said that they were consciously trying to make a point about how careful their daughter- and children in general- have to be when they post things online.
‘That's the point: a lot of what we were trying to make with her in the beginning was don't post anything on the web that you don't want the entire world to see and that's one of the reasons why we were upset with her in the first place,’ Mrs Jordan said.
To date, the video of Mr Jordan shooting her laptop has been viewed over 31 million times on YouTube.
‘I think all of this has driven the point home,’ Mrs Jordan continued. 

Irreparable: He shoots nine bullets into the computer, which he tells Hannah she will have to pay for as well.

 

 

 

Hannah is still grounded and still does not have a new laptop, but that is all a part of the lesson that her parents were trying to show her.
In her original Facebook rant, she complained about how she should get paid for doing her chores and that her parents always want her to get a job. Though they did not address the money issue directly, it seems unlikely that it changed.
To prove that he did not act purely out of rage, Mr Jordan surprised Hannah with her hard drive on the morning show.
‘I didn't just go out there and empty an entire clip into my kids laptop, there was a little bit of thought in it,’ he said.
While she did not seem over the moon about the fact that she still had all of her data and photos, that was surely part of the lesson too.

Below is the video of Hannah's Dad !
 

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OSHA YAENDELEA KUVIFUNGIA VIWANDA AMBAVYO HAVIZINGATII USALAMA NA AFYA MAHALI PA KAZI

Mfanyakazi wa Kiwanda cha Kamal Steel akiwa anafanyakazi kwenye eneo hatari la kutengeneza nondo,huku akiwa hana viatu maalumu vya kuweza kumkinga asiweze kudhurika endapo ajali itatokea.

 

Mfanyakazi akiwa anafanya kazi katika eneo hatarishi huku akiwa hana Maski wala "gloves" badala yake akiwa amefunga kitambaa kumzuia na gesi hatarishi zinazoweza kumpata kutokana na vyuma hivyo.

 

Mkurugenzi wa Usalama na Afya toka (OSHA) ndugu Alex Ngata akiongea na waandishi wa Habari kwenye Kiwandani Kiwanda cha Kamal steel kuwaeleza maeneo ya kiwanda hicho yaliyofungiwa.

 

Meneja wa Kanda ya Pwani wa OSHA ndugu Benjamini Kisungwe akiwaeleza waandishi wa habari mojawapo ya eneo ambalo ni hatari likiwa wazi bila ya tahadhari yoyote inayotolewa kwa wafanyakazi na watu wanaopita eneo hilo.

Wakala wa Afya na Usalama Mahali Pa Kazi (OSHA) imeendelea na zoezi lake maalum la kukagua viwanda vinavyotengeneza Nondo jijini Dar es Salaam,. Kiwanda cha Kutengeneza Nondo cha Kamal Steel ni mojawapo ya Viwanda ambavyo rungu la kuvifungia limekikumba.

 Mkurugenzi wa Usalama na Afya toka OSHA ndugu Alex Ngata amekifungia Kiwanda cha kutengeneza chuma cha Kamal Steel, kwa kukiuka Usalama na Afya kwa wafanyakazi wa kiwanda hicho.

Katika Ukaguzi wa kushitukiza uliofanywa na Wakala wa Afya na Usalama Mahali Pa kazi (OSHA), umekuta hali isiyoridhisha kwa wafanyakazi wa kiwanda hicho, wakiwa wanafanya kazi katika mazingira hatarishi.

Kabla ya kukifungia Kiwanda hicho, OSHA ilitoa Notisi ya wiki mbili ili wamiliki wakiwanda hicho wahakikishe wanazingatia Sheria ya Usalama na Afya Mahali Pa kazi, hata hivyo baada ya kufanya ukaguzi wa kushitukiza wamekuta hakuna maboresho yoyote yaliyofanyika, na hivyo kuamua kufunga baadhi ya maeneo ambayo yalionekana kuwa yanahatarisha zaidi usalama kwa wafanyakazi, baadhi ya maeneo yaliyofungiwa ni pamoja na sehemu ya kuyeyushia chuma, na eneo la kukusanyia vyuma chakavu.

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MBUZI WAKIVUKA BARABARA MAENEO YA KINONDONI

Kamera yetu leo imewanasa Mbuzi hawa wakikatiza Barabara ya Kinondoni jijini Dar huku magari yakiwa yamepanga mruru kusubiri kupita kwa mbuzi hao ambao walikuwa wakizunguka hovyo katika maeneo hayo.

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BEYONCE AND JAY-Z DEBUT BLUE IVY CARTER

New parents Beyonce and Jay-Z welcomed their first child Blue Ivy Carter on January 7th, and now in an online posting, the Carters debut their beautiful one month old bundle of joy to the universe and "welcome you to share in [their] joy".

The couple is known for brokering big deals, hence their move to trademark their baby girl's name, so it is somewhat surprising (yet refreshing) that they decided to forgo magazine deals and introduce Blue on their own terms. She's gorgeous.

View additional photos of the youngest Carter with her superstar parents below:

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The World’s Billionaires 2012

 

Record Numbers, Record Wealth: 128 new billionaires made their debut this year, while 117 dropped out of the ranks. The net result is a record 1,226 billionaires, including the creators of Spanx, Under Armour and 5-Hour Energy.

A quarter century ago Forbes published our first annual list of the World’s Billionaires—and we found 140. This year the list broke records for the most number of billionaires (1,226) and combined net worth, at $4.6 trillion, up from $4.5 trillion. Behind those numbers is a more complicated story of rapid change among the world’s wealthiest. Innovation, strong consumer brands and a rebounding U.S. stock market helped produce 128 newcomers and brought 17 former members back into the ranks, while falling stock markets, particularly in China and Russia, were the main culprit for knocking 117 billionaires off the list. Another 12 members from the 2011 list passed away, including buyout titan Teddy Forstmann and Apple’s Steve Jobs, whose wife Laurene Powell Jobs takes his spot. Overall, 460 billionaires got richer, 441 got poorer and another 180 held steady.

There are now billionaires from 58 countries. The U.S. is still home to more billionaires than any other country, with 425, a gain of 12. Mainland China and Russia were both clobbered. They have 95 and 96, respectively, down from 115 and 101 last year. The BRIC nations, which were such a force of wealth creation a year ago, have 26 fewer ten-figure fortunes, with only Brazil adding to its bounty.

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Carlos Slim Helú of Mexico tops the ranks for the third year in a row, but the gap between him and Bill Gates is tightening again. His fortune, at $69 billion, is down $5 billion from a year ago. He was one of 7 in the top 20 whose fortunes slipped, including Warren Buffett and Larry Ellison.

Meanwhile Gates, whose foundation helped wipe out polio in India, was $5 billion richer at $61 billion as Microsoft shares hit a ten-year high. Amancio Ortega, the man behind fast fashion chain Zara, moved into the top 5 for the first time, despite having stepped down as chairman the previous year. India’s Lakshmi Mittal, who runs the world’s largest steel company, ArcelorMittal, was the year’s biggest loser. His fortune plummeted by $10.4 billion, knocking him out of the top 10 for the first time since 2004. He is ranked No. 21. In a sign that great fortunes can come from almost anywhere, only 3 of the top 10 richest hail from the U.S., one fewer than last year.

There are lots of ingenious ways to make fortunes, not the least of which is using a popular brand to cater to a world full of consumers. Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg is worth $17.5 billion, up $4 billion from a year ago; he may be worth far more once Facebook goes public this spring. Notable newcomers with stellar brands include Kevin Plank, founder of trendy sportswear maker Under Armour, and Sara Blakely, with her Spanx line of newfangled girdles. Blakely, 41, is the world’s youngest self-made woman billionaire. Another notable woman in the ranks is Miuccia Prada, who returns to the list after a six-year absence. Two American immigrants to make their debut are the Jacksonville Jaguars’ Shahid Khan, who came from Pakistan when he was 16 and is the first minority immigrant owner of an NFL team, and 5-Hour Energy’s Manoj Bhargava, who emigrated as a boy from India.

A note on methodology: More than 50 reporters in 16 countries worked on compiling the list this year, valuing individuals' public holdings, private companies, real estate, yachts, art and cash. Net worths were locked in using stock prices and exchange rates from Feb. 14.

The World’s Top 10 Billionaires

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1. Name: Carlos Slim Helú and family

Net Worth: $69 billion (DOWN)
Source: Telecom
Citizenship: Mexico 

 

Carlos Slim Helú retains the title of world's richest man for the third year in a row despite a fortune that's $5 billion smaller than a year ago—primarily because of a lower share price for telecom giant America Movil, which accounts for more than half his net worth. In April the company was fined $1 billion by Mexican regulators for monopolistic practices but is appealing the decision. Slim is spending more time working with his Carlos Slim Foundation and the Telmex Foundation than he has in the past. His goal: philanthropic work that develops human capacity.

 

 

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 2. Name: Bill Gates

Net Worth: $61 billion (UP)
Source: Microsoft
Citizenship: USA

 

First part of mission accomplished: The most generous person on the planet (he’s given away $28 billion already) has helped eradicate polio in India. In January the country announced its first polio-free year. Gates will continue to chip in $200 million a year to rid the world of a disease that is still endemic in Pakistan, Afghanistan and Nigeria. He also has a new endeavor in the works: fixing agriculture. His foundation has committed more than $2 billion to small farmers. Less than one-fourth of his net worth is still held in Microsoft, whose shares are trading higher than they’ve been in 10 years and helped boost his fortune, which is up $5 billion. The rest is in private equity, bonds and stocks such as Ecolab and Mexican broadcaster Televisa.

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3. Name: Warren Buffett

Net Worth: $44 billion (DOWN)
Source: Berkshire Hathaway
Citizenship: USA

 

Who will replace the Oracle of Omaha at the helm of Berkshire Hathaway? Buffett announced in February he’d finally made the decision, but he wouldn’t give a name. In December he chose his farmer son, Howard, as the future nonexecutive chairman and “guardian of the firm’s values.” New Senate legislation requiring the rich to pay at least a 30% tax rate has been dubbed the “Buffett Rule” in homage to the billionaire’s frequent public statements that the wealthiest should pay more than the average Joe. His net worth is down $6 billion year on year because of a 7% slump in Berkshire’s stock. In his latest annual letter he confessed to some mistakes, including being “dead wrong” about a housing comeback.   

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4. Name: Bernard Arnault

Net Worth: $41 billion (EQUAL)
Source: LVMH
Citizenship: France

 

The world’s ultimate arbiter of good taste and Europe’s richest person once again, Arnault orchestrated another stellar year at his luxury-goods empire, LVMH. Sales were up 16%, as Europe, Asia and the United States all did well. Louis Vuitton, in particular, thrived. Arnault called 2011 “another great vintage.” LVMH extended ties to two major brands: first, the Bulgari family transferred its majority stake in its eponymous brand to LVMH in exchange for shares and seats on LVMH's board; second, LVMH acquired a 20% stake in Hermes. The group also formed a JV with one of the world’s leading tanneries of crocodile leather, Heng Long.  Arnault hasn’t done as well with his more pedestrian investment in supermarket chain Carrefour, which is worth $1 billion less than it was a year ago. Among his personal high-end collection: He owns yacht builder Royal Van Lent, Indigo Island in the Bahamas (rent: $300,000 a week) and ski chalet Cheval Blanc in Courchevel.
 

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 5. Name: Amancio Ortega

Net Worth: $37.5 billion (UP)
Source: Zara
Citizenship: Spain

 

Ortega stepped down as chairman of his global fashion firm, Inditex, in July 2011, but the company hasn’t missed a beat. Shares are up one fourth in the past year, helping boost his fortune by $6.5 billion and pushing him into the global top 5 ranks for the first time. Ortega paid $536 million to billionaire Esther Koplowitz in December for Torre Picasso, a 43-story skyscraper in Madrid. He also owns Epic Residences & Hotel, a luxury 54-story waterfront condo and hotel development in Miami. Other personal holdings include a stake in a soccer league and a horse-jumping circuit. A railway worker's son, he started as a gofer in a shirt store. With then-wife Rosalia Mera, also a billionaire, he started making dressing gowns and lingerie in his living room. His daughter Marta, who works for Inditex, married Spanish equestrian star Sergio Alvarez Moya in February.

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 6. Name: Larry Ellison

Net Worth: $36 billion (DOWN)
Source: Oracle
Citizenship: USA

Oracle’s stock has been oscillating for months. It’s rebounded since its August low but is still off 15% year on year due to a slowdown in the software and hardware giant’s sales, enough to knock $3.5 billion off Ellison’s fortune. Seeking to profit from cloud computing, Oracle acquired Taleo in February for $1.9 billion and RightNow in October for $1.5 billion. Ellison has been tagged as one of the clutch of billionaires interested in buying the Los Angeles Dodgers baseball team. His big sport is yachting: he won the America's Cup in 2010 and is bringing the 34th edition of the America’s Cup Finals to the San Francisco Bay in 2013. This will be the first time the event has been held in the United States in 18 years.

7. Name: Eike Batista

Net Worth: $30 billion (EQUAL)
Source: Mining, oil
Citizenship: Brazil

  

 Brazil’s richest man is riding high on oil fever. His oil and gas driller, OGX Petroleo e Gas, produced its first oil in a test well offshore in late January; his 61% stake in the company is worth $19.8 billion-two-thirds of his net worth. The bombastic entrepreneur is also betting on his former passion, gold: In February 2011 he spent $1.5 billion to take private Canadian-listed Ventana Gold, which owns what he says is an incredibly promising mine in Colombia.

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8. Name: Stefan Persson

Net Worth: $26 billion (UP)
Source: H&M
Citizenship: Sweden

 

 His cheap-chic apparel chain H&M added Versace and Marni to its stable of designers last year and opened its first stores in Croatia, Singapore and Romania. It now has 2,500 shops in 43 countries. Persson, who is chairman, bought 5 million additional shares of the company and then gifted 4 million, worth $150 million, to a new employee­incentive program. 

 

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 9. Name: Li Ka-shing

Net Worth: $25.5 billion (DOWN)
Source: diversified
Citizenship: Hong Kong

 

 Despite a small drop in fortune, Li Ka-shing moves back into the top 10 for the first time since 2007 and reclaims the title of Asia’s richest for the first time since 2004. One of the great empire builders, Li’s businesses employ 270,000 people around the world in 53 countries; he built one out of every 7 residences in Hong Kong, his Hutchison Port Holdings handles about 13% of the world’s container traffic, and his recently acquired Northumbrian Water supplies clean drinking water to 4.5 million people in England and sewerage services to another 2.7 million. Li also has personal investments in tech startups like Facebook and Spotify. Says the octogenarian: “A person investing in technology will feel younger.” One of Asia’s most generous, his foundation has donated more than $1.6 billion to date, largely to education and medical research. 

10. Name: Karl Albrecht

Net Worth: $25.4 billion (DOWN)
Source: Aldi
Citizenship: Germany

 

His $39 billion (estimated sales) discount supermarket giant, Aldi Sud, has some 4,500 stores, including 1,200 across 32 U.S. states. It opened its first New York City locations in 2011, one in Queens and another in the Bronx. To keep costs low, Aldi stores do not accept credit cards. He and his late brother Theo built their mother's corner grocery store into Aldi after World War II. They split ownership in 1961; Karl took the more profitable stores in southern Germany, plus the rights to the brand in the U.K., Australia and the U.S. Theo got northern Germany and the rest of Europe.

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