The Lying Field

<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"> <b><u><span lang="EN-GB">The Lying Field<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></div> <div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"> <b><u><span lang="EN-GB">By Linda Wairegi<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></div> <div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"> <b><u><span lang="EN-GB"><br /></span></u></b></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;"> <span lang="EN-GB">I think that interviews are a lying field, you show your best side. It’s like dating. Every person with a job has lied before. From exaggerating your fluency is French to sugar-coating how your last job ended. <o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;"> <span lang="EN-GB"><br /></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;"> <span lang="EN-GB"><br /></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-2kHR1Di8nRQ/VFaKCbg31II/AAAAAAAAHFE/0OfYKY_nMQI/s1600/embroidery-496003_640.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-2kHR1Di8nRQ/VFaKCbg31II/AAAAAAAAHFE/0OfYKY_nMQI/s1600/embroidery-496003_640.png" width="200" /></a></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shapetype id="_x0000_t75" coordsize="21600,21600" o:spt="75" o:preferrelative="t" path="m@4@5l@4@11@9@11@9@5xe" filled="f" stroked="f"> <v:stroke joinstyle="miter"/> <v:formulas> <v:f eqn="if lineDrawn pixelLineWidth 0"/> <v:f eqn="sum @0 1 0"/> <v:f eqn="sum 0 0 @1"/> <v:f eqn="prod @2 1 2"/> <v:f eqn="prod @3 21600 pixelWidth"/> <v:f eqn="prod @3 21600 pixelHeight"/> <v:f eqn="sum @0 0 1"/> <v:f eqn="prod @6 1 2"/> <v:f eqn="prod @7 21600 pixelWidth"/> <v:f eqn="sum @8 21600 0"/> <v:f eqn="prod @7 21600 pixelHeight"/> <v:f eqn="sum @10 21600 0"/> </v:formulas> <v:path o:extrusionok="f" gradientshapeok="t" o:connecttype="rect"/> <o:lock v:ext="edit" aspectratio="t"/> </v:shapetype><v:shape id="Picture_x0020_1" o:spid="_x0000_i1025" type="#_x0000_t75" style='width:189.75pt;height:189.75pt;visibility:visible;mso-wrap-style:square'> <v:imagedata src="file:///C:\Users\LINDAW~1\AppData\Local\Temp\msohtmlclip1\01\clip_image001.png" o:title="embroidery-496003_640"/> </v:shape><![endif]--><!--[if !vml]--><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-GB"> </span>Retrieved from <a href="http://pixabay.com/en/embroidery-disrespectful-smilie-dab-496003/">http://pixabay.com/en/embroidery-disrespectful-smilie-dab-496003/</a></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <br /></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;"> <span lang="EN-GB">You want to be the best candidate. You want the panelists to recall your name with ease. Recently, I went for a job interview at an undisclosed location. It started on an interesting note and I felt like I was in a typical American drama-comedy. Each candidate was asked to highlight an individual strength and an individual weakness. Two ladies stated that their weakness was perfectionism itself. It made me self-reflect. Had I already lost the opportunity without realizing it? Why couldn't I have contemplated giving a more socially acceptable answer like becoming too intense when doing activities am passionate about? <o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;"> <span lang="EN-GB"><br /></span></div> <br /> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;"> <span lang="EN-GB">All of this and more made me think that we’re all liars, every time we gush about job opportunities, talk about a love for learning new skills and a high drive for overcoming challenges. Whilst, at the back of our minds, we’re spending our future pay checks and plotting future strategies.<o:p></o:p></span></div>

The Lying Field

The Lying Field By Linda Wairegi I think that interviews are a lying field, you show your best side. It’s like dating. Every person w...

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Have you seen The Beauty Making Eyes Turn Around in Town? IST new model!

<p>I love cars and this year I have seen more new models than any time in the recent. The new Rav4, new Premio, the new Harrier are all sleek but one car really caught my attention and I go wooow every time I see it pass by.</p> <p>The Toyota IST new model. The previous model was cute but they nailed it harder this time round. I see guys flossing around with it and it looks good on young an<b>d</b><b> mature a</b><b>like</b>. Am not going to buy it right now but am definately going to have it all weekend long. Especially after finding out that its name <b>came from the word Ist</b>, meaning capable of <b>doing nice</b> and<b> wonderful things.</b> </p> <p>I love the curves, the space inside, the compact design and I guess under a magnifying glass you would think it is a range rover. I will find out how it feels and Here I come...vroooom...!</p> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoobepwK0U2iMBs4tPV5RdzY71MAoyd4MKXYTQ7CxXN42Ju6I-TrAoWBQk-KFmKrZ__TM6F2468tqp7Ckk-Suv7aMg_r-URqmjS3Wq55LF1n8V17EtKvO9qBTH8kYCiojOd9wurBd4BItq/s1600/522204d1361252508-toyota-ist-2008-model-pictures-newcar-ist-front_had_pakwheels-com-.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"> <img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoobepwK0U2iMBs4tPV5RdzY71MAoyd4MKXYTQ7CxXN42Ju6I-TrAoWBQk-KFmKrZ__TM6F2468tqp7Ckk-Suv7aMg_r-URqmjS3Wq55LF1n8V17EtKvO9qBTH8kYCiojOd9wurBd4BItq/s640/522204d1361252508-toyota-ist-2008-model-pictures-newcar-ist-front_had_pakwheels-com-.jpg"> </a> </div>

Have you seen The Beauty Making Eyes Turn Around in Town? IST new model!

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THE REASONING BEHIND POSITIONAL INVESTMENT

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_pSnN3IEGEoEdadQ-xkwmYHKi1M9_JV70k1lcpqmGlcuC2kJIuaHr_O1AoCs8Yti5l2fFuUZtpZoHJKtbUSXhhzDl14Z5gY0hxuBmnd5yonCfeGdlc9NA-04yLrk5MgvBWhRNcKQ2yzTa/s1600/person-running-opposite-direction-others-many-people-one-31967028.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_pSnN3IEGEoEdadQ-xkwmYHKi1M9_JV70k1lcpqmGlcuC2kJIuaHr_O1AoCs8Yti5l2fFuUZtpZoHJKtbUSXhhzDl14Z5gY0hxuBmnd5yonCfeGdlc9NA-04yLrk5MgvBWhRNcKQ2yzTa/s1600/person-running-opposite-direction-others-many-people-one-31967028.jpg" width="320" /></a></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> When the rain season is just around the corner, farmers are the first to sense it. Or at least, are supposed to be first to sense it.  That is why many have developed their own indicators; my father used the appearance of the moon and the flight of some group of birds to a certain direction. People have developed their own check points, not to mean that the scientific rain forecast is obsolete, but it is so general in nature such that farmers feel safer to rely on means within their surrounding which are more specific to them. </div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <br /></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> The tendency to plant just when the rain season is about is in some sense similar to positional investment.  Positional investment, however, relies more on guidance by scientific know-how of how the system operates than on ones intuition. Unlike the traditional means I have described regarding the farmer which are based on belief and on myths, positional investing, and this on a strict sense, relies on a causation process that helps us predict the future with more certainty under different states of nature. </div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <br /></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> For example, most of us know the basic laws of demand and supply not by attending any economic classes or calculus on elasticity of the two forces but by logic. Yes, everyone knows that if we produce more grapes than people need them, we will certainly need to lower their price or their rotting force us to so that they can be absorbed from us. Similarly, if we need so much something that is not readily available we will definitely need to offer more for it. Positional investment, and this is just one of the many guides, may use these simple laws to make predictions based on the information we already have.  </div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <br /></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> of importance is to know the fundamental role information plays in the accuracy of any ones expectations about the future following this tool of prediction. The interpretation of the information is the key to an accurate prediction. However, the information must be correct in the first place. But note that, even false information can be helpful but to only those who perceive its falsity in time.  Since the information of today may and often does shed some light on tomorrow, my next article will give a practical application of how to use this reasoning to take advantage of the market and position you accordingly. In short, I will give a practical application of this reasoning in the Kenyan fresh vegetables produce industry, and in this case give an example of tomatoes. Meanwhile, you can think about the industry and how its prices move.</div> <br /> <div class="MsoNormal"> <br /></div>

THE REASONING BEHIND POSITIONAL INVESTMENT

When the rain season is just around the corner, farmers are the first to sense it. Or at least, are supposed to be first to sense it.  Th...

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Obstacles On Our Way to Success

<br> <div class="MsoNormal"> <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua","serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;">In many occasions, we face challenges in trying to reach our target goals. This doesn’t mean that you can no longer reach your goal. The only way of breaking the line of resistance is by persisting.<br><br></span></b></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua","serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;">You know life is mysterious and gives both problems and solutions. This implies that there is a solution for every problem. Our task is to identify the problem and find remedies to them in order not to be buried in them. It’s said, “If life gives a lemon, squeeze it to make lemonade”. This is one way we benefit from a lemon.</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua","serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;">I have come to realize that every dream has its challenges and this often hinders our success since it scares us from pursuing our dreams.</span></b></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua","serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Life gives raw material and our task is to change them into a financial entity and make money. Since money was made by a man whom life offered knowledge and it has come to control all the affairs of life, then shall we look for avenues of transforming our life offers into what may appear to be satisfying?</span></b></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua","serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;">However this is not a walk over but it is sweat worth.</span></b></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3t8c03iTUAiMsXCpON27ZNLYrms8AVU8_4U3ZE_QscznoVLEd6O5AAytK6ogOUz8FJmEE754HFfL3Hyds2S7hG5JJcRa6pRzUaWD_a306_fcVk8IVV1xeJH3sb3SYO5_r-Js0C4AcOHCl/s1600/obstacle_in_the_Road-300x207_3.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"> <img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3t8c03iTUAiMsXCpON27ZNLYrms8AVU8_4U3ZE_QscznoVLEd6O5AAytK6ogOUz8FJmEE754HFfL3Hyds2S7hG5JJcRa6pRzUaWD_a306_fcVk8IVV1xeJH3sb3SYO5_r-Js0C4AcOHCl/s640/obstacle_in_the_Road-300x207_3.png"> </a> </div>

Obstacles On Our Way to Success

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Telling Our stories our way

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <iframe allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" frameborder="0" height="266" mozallowfullscreen="mozallowfullscreen" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Nzz83AkYdAI?feature=player_embedded" webkitallowfullscreen="webkitallowfullscreen" width="320"></iframe></div> Last week Kenyans went crazy when Pat Robertson a respected American Televangelist made a rather what I would call an irresponsible comment about AIDS, Kenya, and Towels <br /> Personally I was mad I was like "this man has finally redefined ignorance" but wait is it really his fault or the viewer who was asking about coming to Kenya on a mission. Actually we are to blame, yes we are if we just take steps to telling stories that reflect positively on Kenya maybe just maybe the person inquiring might have done a better research about Kenya and known that Ebola (that was the viewer's main concern) is yet to get to Kenya, and for Robertson well, AIDS is kind of everywhere and anyone can contract it but I can't remember being told that I can get AIDS from towels!!!<br /> If we only focused more on telling stories about development I'm sure investors will see sense in coming to invest in Africa knowing that they will get returns but what are we putting out there? Corruption, bad leadership, and terrorism; who would want to be associated with that? I know you wouldn't but before we tell those stories let us get our house in order first i.e. let us elect credible leaders, leaders of integrity, after all they represent you let them be a good reflection of you.<br /> <br /> Let us make our positive stories and tell them.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8YaPHSd4qIjHfHfS9XqDPKWzV8p7uzy4RGASy5tDmFI0Oi6w13CR6Uvl0g_xKMx31kh7vLiBhimGdK_ncZjnA7kwJTF63euhYkaPW9ibfxdfVuBoOUyFoxKME1CdeWjSJO-9zMH8NSqKU/s1600/images_2.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"> <img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8YaPHSd4qIjHfHfS9XqDPKWzV8p7uzy4RGASy5tDmFI0Oi6w13CR6Uvl0g_xKMx31kh7vLiBhimGdK_ncZjnA7kwJTF63euhYkaPW9ibfxdfVuBoOUyFoxKME1CdeWjSJO-9zMH8NSqKU/s640/images_2.jpeg"> </a> </div>

Telling Our stories our way

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CONTROVERSY OVER GOR HOOLIGANS

<div class="MsoNormal"> Anyone following Kenyan news must have come across a new term named Gorhooligans. Who are these or what are these things that have drawn so much attention?  To begin with, they are not things but a group of people. The best definition of any tool, object or subject is by saying what it does. But if two words are combined to name an object, the best definition would be linking the definitions of the two. Hooligans are hooligans, it does not matter the prefix, or word before them. Gor is a short form of a football club in Kenya called Gor Mahia FC. So, who are these Gor hooligans? The specification of this group is the subject of controversy that has brought the subject to national platform.</div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <br></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRudpt6KUIA5CtHvhwrhDkkz_Zzf8jX9GwgV9ZlnafaoCMOQ-4dl9M_xJS2iYT5MtwdlrWwFbxjiWscOCCImYbctyg1tXIZbENW_K5FjHguVRsfPF2kj4LhbnEkYD9W_NEKZUxGUKIyxcB/s1600/B09aeM7CUAExoaZ.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRudpt6KUIA5CtHvhwrhDkkz_Zzf8jX9GwgV9ZlnafaoCMOQ-4dl9M_xJS2iYT5MtwdlrWwFbxjiWscOCCImYbctyg1tXIZbENW_K5FjHguVRsfPF2kj4LhbnEkYD9W_NEKZUxGUKIyxcB/s1600/B09aeM7CUAExoaZ.jpg" width="320"></a></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> Three groups of people have given distinctively three different definitions of who these hooligans are relative to this football team. At one hand are the allies, who are the supporters of the team and its top management. The second group is the enemies, or those who support rival teams with their management. The last group is the group I ascribe to, that of the neutrals, those who know that somebody must be responsible for the destruction of property that occurred in Machakos town after the game between Gor Mahia and Sofapaka. Depending on the group one is in, different conclusions have been drawn on what the necessary action should be against those who destroyed property.</div> <br> <div class="MsoNormal"> <br></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> The allies argue that the destruction was stage managed. They believe those who destroyed property had been paid by their opponents to tarnish their public image and as such the team should be left out of that. They don’t give us the one who is responsible if not their team though. The second group argues that the fans of Gor are well known for producing chaos even after they win. Gor fans have been riotous before, they should therefore be punished this time round so that in future they tame such irresponsible and primitive behavior. The enemies supplement their argument by adding that even if the riot was stage managed, Gor fans have created this possibility for their adversaries to take advantage of. </div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <br></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> The last group, which is my group, says that rules are rules and they should not be changed to favor a relative. Rules are applied directly to the accused unless there is proof they are accused falsely. Therefore, let Gor be burned, or punished in whatever way the authorities see appropriate so that other simple minded fans may learn a lesson from them. The best way to punish a fan is to punish the team they support for their mistakes. If they are too loyal as they claim to be to Gor, let them support the team peacefully. </div>

CONTROVERSY OVER GOR HOOLIGANS

Anyone following Kenyan news must have come across a new term named Gorhooligans. Who are these or what are these things that have drawn so...

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