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Girl With a Purpose (GWAP) Blog apologizes to our friends who tried clicking on the Rosetta Stone links in our previous post, "You Need a Foreign Language to be Globally Competitive!", only to get an error message.
These links are now working.
We apologize for the inconvenience.
Gillian
Increasingly, managers who operate within a global context need to know at least one foreign language.
The main choices are English, Spanish, Japanese, French, Chinese Mandarin and Arabic.
If your organization has offices abroad or operates within Europe, Asia or Latin America, then a requirement for employment within any of these regions, will be English, plus another langauge.
Since English is recognized as the official language of business, it is a must-have for managers.
Many people prefer to go to language schools in their communities to get foreign language training.
However, this training can last between one (1) to three (3) years.
Time that you definitely don't have, if you're an aspiring manager or a manager who must learn a new language quickly, in order to qualify for that promotion, or access that higher-paying job.
Rosetta Stone makes it easy to learn a new language in the comfort of your own home and within a matter of months, versus years.
They have courses in the thirty-one (31) languages spoken by 90% of the world's population.
These courses are available online, or on CD (which can be easily ordered over the web).
Rosetta Stone's speech recognition technology and real-life simulations enable you to read, write and speak your foreign language of choice, quickly!
Moreover, at the end of each lesson, you are given the opportunity to test your new skills. And, since Rosetta Stone automatically records your progress, you can easily pick up where you left off, when other priorities arise.
Please click this Rosetta Stone link to learn more about them, now!
(Rosetta Stone's courses have been adopted by organizations around the world including the U.S. Army, NASA, major corporations such as Deutsche Telecom, IKEA, Royal Dutch Shell, and over 10,000 schools worldwide.)
I would like to thank Lindsey Lissau for the use of her Flickr.com inset picture, above.
Gillian
Congratulations are in order for Manchester United Football Club(F.C.)...They are the 2008 UEFA Champions League winners!
They beat Chelsea F.C. 6-5...in a highly charged, but drawn, 1-1 match which resulted in extra time and a penalty shoot-out!
(The match was played, earlier today in Moscow's Luzhniki stadium.)
No doubt, Didier Drogba must have been wondering had he not gotten a red card in extra time..if he would have been able to score for Chelsea.
And I really felt it for John Terry, Chelsea captain, who despite injury, played valiantly for his club today...only to miss his penalty kick.
But let's not forget Ryan Gibbs who made his record-breaking 759th appearance for Manchester United, beating Sir Bobby Charlton's record of 758 appearances.
And the superb playing by Wayne Rooney and Cristiano Ronaldo (football player of the year) who unfortunately missed his penalty kick.
Nevertheless, there is joy tonight for Manchester United and their coach, Sir Alex Ferguson,who took their second UEFA Champions League...
When the dust has settled, I wonder what will be the future for Chelsea coach, Avram Grant?...
Will he be replaced by Liverpool's Gérard Houllier?...or rewarded for valiantly taking Chelsea to their first UEFA Champions League Final?
Hmmmmh!
Congratulations again, Manchester United!
Please see the pictures, and top scorers from the final, here.
Gillian
Sources Include:
1) UEFA Champions League Website
2) Chelsea F.C information on Wikipedia.org
3) Manchester United F.C. informationon Wikipedia.org
4) Live match between Chelsea FC and Manchester United FC via CVM Television, May 21, 2008
There is unfortunately bad news for Cash Plus clients, tonight.
A summary of the Receiver Manger's (Mr. Kevin Bandoian from PriceWaterhouseCoopers USA) report was released by the Supreme Court today. Mr. Bandoian has confirmed that Cash Plus is insolvent...
Of the two hundred (200) entities reportedly owned by Cash Plus, only three (3) of them are viable, as transactions for ownership were not completed for most of these entities.
Mr. Bandoian also found that Cash Plus has 4 billion in assets and 25 billion in liabilities.
This means that it owes more than in owns.
Of the four (4) billion in assets, only three (3) billion is liquid (easily converted to cash.)
What this means is that the 35,000 - 45,000 investors will each receive between Jamaican dollar (JMD) $89,000 - $115,00 on average, small change when compared to the average JMD $550,000 that each of these clients had invested.
Mr. Bandoian found that 70% of Cash Plus clients' investments were used to pay other clients and he stopped just short of calling Cash Plus a Ponzi Scheme.
He also reported that due to the limited time he was given to conduct his investigations, he was not able to speak with all the people he would have liked to.
Gillian
Sources Include:
1) Television Jamaica News at 7:00 p.m., May 19, 2008.
2) CVM TV News at 8:00 p.m. May 19, 2008
Jamaica is on a Public Health Alert tonight, for Measles, a very contagious respiratory disease that is spread by breathing in the droplets from an infected person.
Jamaican Public Health authorities issued a release this evening.
They are requesting that all passengers that came into Kingston, Jamaica, from London Gatwick Airport (LGW) on May 1, 2008, on Virgin Atlantic flight no. 69, immediately report to your nearest Health Centre.
A nine (9) year-old girl from Europe, who was travelling on that flight, has Measles and it is feared that she may have passed it on to the rest of passengers on the flight.
(Measles is 90% contagious. According to the Directors of Health Promotion and Education website, Measles symptoms usually show up in two stages:
The first stage begins with a runny nose, cough, and a slight fever. As the infection progresses, the person's eyes become red and sensitive to light, and the fever rises.
The second stage begins after 3 to 7 days. The fever reaches 103oF-105oF, and a red blotchy rash appears.
The rash usually starts on the face and then spreads to the chest, back, and arms and legs, including the palms and soles of the feet. The rash lasts for 4 to 7 days. Small white spots might also appear on the gums and inside of the cheeks.)
You can find more information about the disease, here.
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All passengers who were on the Virgin Atlantic flight are asked to call the following toll-free no.: 1-888-663-5683, immediately, for more information.
You should take your immunization cards and see the Senior Health Nurse, or Medical Officer at your nearest Health Centre, now!
Gillian
Sources Include:
1) Nationwide Radio, May 15, 2008
2) Article, "Measles Facts", Directors of Health Promotion and Education website
Cash Plus boss, Carlos Hill, his brother, Bertram Hill and Cash Plus Chief Financial Officer, Peter Wilson, will have their day in court on July 17, 2008.
They appeared in the Half-Way-Tree Resident Magistrate Court, today, but their lawyers complained that the documents with specific charges made by the Jamaican Police, were not presented by the Director of Public Prosecutions.
As such, their clients' bail has been extended until the above-mentioned date, when these documents, it is hoped, should have been presented and analyzed.
In a related story:
On Monday afternoon, the Jamaican Supreme Court was presented with the report from Kevin Bandoian, the PriceWaterhouseCoopers Receiver-Manager appointed to ascertain the assets of Cash Plus.
However, there is no word as yet, as to whether or not Cash Plus clients will be able to get back all, or a portion of the monies owed them.
Will let you know as soon as we have this information!
Gillian
Sources Include:
1) Television Jamaica News at 7:00 p.m. May 14, 2008
2) Power 106 FM News at 5:00 p.m. May 13, 2008
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