Necklacing ,the practice of summary execution

Feb 112012
 

Necklacing

Necklacing refers to the practice of summary execution carried out by forcing a rubber tire, filled with gasoline, around a victim’s chest and arms, and setting it on fire.

The practice became a common method of lethal lynching during disturbances in South Africa in the 1980s and 1990s. Necklacing sentences were sometimes handed down against alleged criminals by “people’s courts” established in black townships as a means of circumventing the apartheid judicial system. Necklacing was also used to punish members of the black community who were perceived as collaborators with the apartheid regime. These included black policemen, town councilors and others, as well as their relatives and associates. The practice was frequently carried out in the name of the African National Congress (ANC), and was even implicitly endorsed by Winnie Mandela, then-wife of the imprisoned Nelson Mandela and a senior member of the ANC, although the ANC officially condemned the practice.

The first recorded victim of necklacing was the young girl Maki Skosana in July 1985

How To Manage Phone Calls And Cut A Call Short

Jun 282010
 

How Not To Let People Hijack Your Day With Phone Calls

Unchecked, the people in your life can hijack your entire day with phone calls, drop-ins, quick questions, e-mail, correspondence,text messages, favors, commitments, visits, breakfast meetings, lunches, dinners, school conferences, and so on.
We certainly want and need people in our lives.And often theres no one person to blame for our lost days. Most of us are blessed with too many people in our lives, too much of a good thing.Dealing with people can refer to managing a sales force, teaching a college course, interacting with family members, or persuading an audience to enroll in your insurance plan.

The Telephone
Not much has changed. Its up to you to decide whether the telephone is your friend or your worst enemy. The average American spends about 40 minutes per day on the telephone. If youre spending much more than this, you might examine where your telephone time goes.

Never answer the telephone.

- Use voice mail or an answering service or machine, or have an assistant take messages. (Caller ID allows you to take a call youre expecting.) If you testdrive this strategy for several weeks, you will note an increase in productivity. (And dont feel badmany people prefer leaving a message to speaking with an actual person.)

- Return all calls once or twice a day (perhaps before lunch or before quitting time or dinner, times that provide a natural excuse for keeping calls brief). The person who makes the call generally controls the conversation, which means that you can determine its length.

- When appropriate, get the other persons direct telephone number, so that you dont have to go through a third party.

- Your voice mail, answering machine, or assistant should state clearly when you will return callsfor example, morning calls before noon and afternoon calls before leaving the office.When you are out of the office, your message says that you will return calls on such-and-such a date. If you use an answering machine, alert callers if their response time is limited (You have 90 seconds to leave a message). Tell people the best time to reach you, for example, after 4:00 p.m.

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Easy Steps To Oraganise Yourself

Oct 212009
 

Easy Steps To Organize Your Life

Track Your Time:We never know what are the wastes of time we do over a week. If we can calculate it and have a note of it then we can produce quality time out of junk time.So always keep a note of your time spent on each thing. Try to keep a watch on the free time you are getting and the time you are working on something fruitful. Create a time chart for one full week to document how you are spend-ing each twenty-four-hour period. Keep track of what you do on a half-hour basis. Note everything from showering and eating to e-mail.It seems like a time consuming work to create a chart but its not true. You just need to give a try for it. At end of the week you will be able to know where your time goes.

Identify Your Goals :Make your long term targets and short term targets. Plan your goals.Try not to say “I wish I Had time for this”.

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