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Skip to comments.Soap Actress Says She Was Fired Because of Religious Beliefs
Posted on 09/09/2009 8:13:09 AM PDT by Maelstorm
If you tuned in to the soap "One Life to Live" this week, you may have noticed there's been a change of character. One character in particular.
Actress Patricia Mauceri says she was fired and abruptly replaced for objecting to a gay storyline because of her religious beliefs.
Mauceri played the recurring role of Carlotta Vega on "OLTL" for the last 14 years. But when she objected to how the writers wanted her deeply religious character, a Latina mother, to handle a storyline involving homosexuality, she objected. And for that she claims she was fired.
Mauceri, 59, a devout Christian, told FOX News that character Vega's gay-friendly dialogue was not in line with the character she helped create by drawing on her own faith.
"I did not object to being in a gay storyline. I objected to speaking the truth of what that person, how that person would live and breathe and act in that storyline," she said. "And this goes against everything I am, my belief system, and what I know the character's belief system is aligned to."
Mauceri said she was replaced despite offering changes to the script and hoping for a compromise.
An ABC spokesperson said they were not aware of any such claims by Mauceri, adding such claims "would be frivolous."
When asked why Mauceri is no longer playing Carlotta Vega, the spokesperson said the show does not comment on personnel matters. The scene in question was scheduled to air Friday afternoon.
Mauceri told FOX News she is exploring her legal options. AFTRA, the actors union that represents her, did not respond to a request for comment.
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I had a friend who worked in Soaps. She said both in NY and LA that the daytime TV industry is like hairdressing or women's boutiques or male music teachers in public schools..very gay.
"objected to speaking the truth" ??
The Gay MAfia strikes again. Many TV/movie writers are gay—that explains the quality of the shows and sympathetic pro-gay viewpoints often expressed in shows since the mid 1990s.
14 years and no explanation—you are out the door. How professional and caring and tolerant.
God will give her something better.
When you are an actor, you are paid to play a part. If you don't like your part, become a playwright and write your own lines. Now, while I admire the conviction of this woman for refusing to do something that opposes her faith; whining about it is simply foolish.
You are paid to play a part, so you either play the part - or they will find someone else who will. It's really that simple.
Come on. let's be consistent here.
It's not her show. She's an employee. If she refuses to do her job, which is to "ACT" then she can be fired or she should quit.
The character that actress played is a devout Catholic who would be going completely against her (the character) beliefs. However, I feel that because the character beliefs mirror those of the actress she is being punished.
As a side note, the replacement actress stinks!
"Blessed are those who are reviled and persecuted for my name's sake ..."
One would have to assume that the entire male audience and many of the writers of a soap opera would be gay.
>>>You wonder why there are so few Christians in Hollywood?
Moreso I wonder how it is her Christianity had no objection to years of Soap Opera adultery, drug use, scheming, lying, alcoholism, and slammed doors. You sign onto a Soap, you know going in you aren't there to remake Shirley Temple movies.
This is about on the same level as a football player who argues the Sabbath is a Holy day of rest as an excuse not to work on Sundays.
It's an obvious typo, but I still can't figure out what the exact wording should be.
You come on.
This wasn't a walk-on or bit player.
She had been on the show for 14 years.
Someone there that long gets to have script input—happens all the time.
It was a small matter, but some toadie wanted to make a point and use her as an example. And I won't hold my breath waiting for her union to help her out.
If she was gay, there would nonstop coverage of this discriminatory, intolerant act.
She's an actress. Pay the party given, or quit.
I happen to agree with her about queers, but that is the nature of acting. I suggest she seek a line of work (or place of work) that is not a cesspool.
I also suggest consumers avoid programs with queer plotlines.
They just showed the part (I think she's talking about) where this character thinks her son is trying to tell here he's gay....and she's 1000% accepting of it - telling him that it's no big deal, laughing and hugging - instead of what I'm sure would happen - disbelief and some kind of discussion to try and understand. It was completely off the wall....the gay line they're pushing down our throats are two men (one of whom is really gay in real life) - one of whom is a cop and doesn't want to admit he's gay. there's one scene they keep showing over and over, ad nauseum, of them kissing - it's gross!!! And you're right, this replacement actress isn't worth a crap....
Good for her. She will reap her rewards and they will reap their's.
The character she played was a good Christian mother and quite different from many of the others.
I admire her willingness to fight for here beliefs, but I also respect a company's right to terminate an employee who doesn't want to follow orders.
"I'm shocked!"
"You are paid to play a part, so you either play the part - or they will find someone else who will. Its really that simple."
Good point. But her character, too, was deeply religious. Sounds like this actress was standing up for her character and how she should be portrayed. There's nothing wrong with that. I wonder if an actor would have been fired for speaking up about a non-religious issue in the same way.
In any case, I agree that when you take a job and sign a contract you should do the job or quit. This is what I say about public school teachers as well. They sign a contract - they know what their salaries and working conditions are - they agreed to it, so don't whine. :)
Sounded like they wanted her character to make a religious stand FOR homosexuality. It was propaganda, pushing an agenda. The rest was typical soap and suds sin.
Here the cast is being asked to celebrate sin and encourage others to do likewise and stop calling it sin.
If an actor is not comfortable with what he/she is being asked to do or say and cannot work it out with the director/producers/writers, his/her only choices are to either compromise and do what was asked, or be willing to be fired.
I don't think acting is a particularly good profession for a Christian, anyway. There are, of course, exceptions, but generally, acting does not lead to happy and holy lives.
About 50 years ago, A.W. Tozer wrote the following about acting, which I find to be very insightful.
"It is not uncommon to find around the theater human flotsam and jetsam washed up by the years, men and women who have played false parts so long that the power to be sincere has forever gone from them. They are doomed to everlasting duplicity. Every act of their lives is faked, every smile is false, every tone of their voice artificial. The curse does not come causeless. It is not by chance that the actor's profession has been notoriously dissolute. Hollywood and Broadway are two sources of corruption which may yet turn America into a Sodom and lay her glory in the dust.
The profession of acting did not originate with the Hebrews. It is not a part of the divine pattern. The Bible mentions it, but never approves it. Drama, as it has come down to us, had its rise in Greece. It was originally a part of the worship of the god Dionysus and was carried on with drunken revelry."
The so called Hollywood blacklist of communists was a lie. They still got work. They now celebrate the pseudonyms they worked under.
The removal of the names was to prevent the ticket buying public from boycotting studios and films. The staff knew who they were working with.
But the Hollywood blacklist of conservatives means you'll never work in this town again. Pinklisted.
A lot depends on how her contract reads. I have a feeling she does not have the contractual right to refuse to do certain lines or to demand changes in the script. If I'm right, she likely doesn't have any legal standing.
Like you, I admire her stance. But her legal rights in this situation depend on her contract.
OK she is on a SOAP Opera. WHAT KIND OF F*CKED UP PEOPLE are on and watch these things? Answer me that?
"If she was gay, there would nonstop coverage of this discriminatory, intolerant act."
And they would be wrong too.
If you want to be WORKING actor, you can't whine about the script - there are plenty of bartenders willing to step in.
Otherwise produce your own soap.
Good point. Soap operas are full of objectionable material that have nothing to do with homosexuality. Any actress signing on to a soap knows what she is getting into.
I have to disagree with most of you on this. If Christians with morals abandon every field or job, then who's left to withstand this tide of evil in our society?
Christians don't have to compromise their beliefs. We shouldn't have to abandon every area of society and allow it to further slide down the sewer.
You would think her Christian beliefs would have given her pause beforing signing on to do a Soap in the first place.
Apparently she's fine being on a show that promotes pre-marital sex, adulturous sex, etc. You know, as long as her character doesn't have to do it.
And just now, after 14 years, she's finally upset about the direction of the show?? Come on....
"I have to disagree with most of you on this. If Christians with morals abandon every field or job, then whos left to withstand this tide of evil in our society?"
Christian viewers have more control than this actress. If "Christians" or any other moral person is so disgusted by Hollywood or soaps - stop watching. These shows exist because people watch them, not because actors compromise their beliefs.
Hollywood loves to trot out the "witch hunts" and make it sound as if they suffered. It seems to me that the ones who suffered were those who cooperated with the government. But that's just my opinion - I wasn't there, didn't live through it, don't know.
What are the pseudonyms they worked under? Do you mean the actos themselves just took pseudonyms and passed themselves off as different people?
I wonder how much longer Hollywood and the entire acting community can exist as is. Their hypocrisy is astonishing and in difficult financial times, the rest of the country is bound to notice the lavish lifestyles and self-indulgence. But maybe not.
She has to sue, just like Carrie Prejean is doing.
She's a great actress, and a pivotal character on the show. She is right about Carlotta's character. Carlotta would betray her obvious Catholicism by going along with the plot line.
Mauceri definitely has a case for religious discrimination.
The other actors who have been on the show for 14 years should join in a boycott.
The show has several openly gay characters now, and there are regular scenes of men embracing, kissing, and undressing with each other. One of the gay guys is a cop, who is also sleeping with a woman. I guess soap opera people don't get AIDS or STDs.
This is daytime TV!
If she was "standing up for her character" then this is about "creative differences," not religious discrimination.
Many actors are asked to play characters who do things the actor or actress would not dream of doing. Otherwise, no one would play the killer in a mystery, no one would play Hitler in WW II movies, no would play Stalin. She's paid to follow the scripts provided. If she doesn't want to do that, she should find a different acting job where she can agree, or she should change careers.
I wonder if an actor would have been fired for speaking up about a non-religious issue in the same way.
For speaking up, probably not. For refusing to play the part after she lost the argument, yes. Her employers may be misguided, stupid, artistically wrong, have a despicable agenda, etc. - but she signed a contract and can't expect to be retained if she refuses to adhere to the contract.
I know there is religious discrimination, but this isn't it.
I read it 3 or 4 times, too, Shadow...thinking maybe they just omitted the 'NOT'...
Largely the blacklist was screenwriters. People who put the words and messages into the mouths of the actors and actresses.
And today's Hollywood Reds sat on their hands when Elia Kazan got a lifetime achievement award because "he talked".
Dalton Trumbo for example was among the US Communists who protested the US siding with England against Nazi Germany because the Reds were A-OK with Fascism until Hitler betrayed their beloved Stalin.
It's all about where your loyalties lie.
"Christians dont have to compromise their beliefs. We shouldnt have to abandon every area of society and allow it to further slide down the sewer."
I completely agree. But in this case the soap opera fired her, so she didn't have a choice. She must have known what she was risking but she took a stand anyway. We don't know who was watching that and how her actions impacted others. It might have been a very powerful witness on her part.
Look, THEY are in control. We all experience it in our daily lives. Social connections, our livelihoods, these can all easily be irreparably damaged by saying a single wrong word.
Even an individual like this actress must hide her non-conforming hypothetical ideas. We are well into the dark times, we just don't know it yet.
Wait a minute...Mauceri has built this character line by line, day by day for fourteen years.
These Hispanic characters were introduced to draw that population demographic to the show.
Mauceri excelled in being the "wise Latina woman" of great moral depth and compassion.
The character would not be the same without the actress.
Mauceri , IMO, has a great investment in the success of the program. And the producers owe her a debt of loyalty for expanding the popularity of the show.
ABC will lose even more fans now than they did when the "in-your-face" Gay Cops Gone Wild plot began.
Mauceri, 59, a devout Christian
Well then, she should probably not have taken a job on an MSM soap opera. There has to be something in the story line that offends traditional Christian beliefs at least once every other day.
Let's start the phone calling and letter writing- some tel #s and addresses please!
"I know there is religious discrimination, but this isn't it."
I agree with most of what you've said, but I'm not convinced that there isn't religious discrimination here. If this actress was treated differently from others, I think the case could be made that this was due to her religious orientation. If, for example, the soap opera person (director?) insisted on portraying this particular character in a way that would be offensive to the actress - and this was atypical behavior, then I think the case can be made. I also think it would be very hard to establish that.
Drama draws from life, and there's nothing wrong with taking part in art that portrays man as sinful. He is. Your message as you do so, however, is crucial. For instance, on soaps, no one endorses drunkenness and adultery per se. These things happen, they're often considered understandable or forgivable if the character is likable or good-looking, but they're considered bad in themselvesespecially if they're not working to your personal benefit.
This bit of ideological enforcement on the show concerning sodomy is special, because it sounds as if this devout Roman Catholic character is supposed to wind up accepting, endorsing, and encouraging homosexual sodomy. Promoting a sin is sinful in itselfespecially in a serious matter. Remember Matthew 18:6: "[H]e that shall scandalize one of these little ones that believe in me, it were better for him that a millstone should be hanged about his neck, and that he should be drowned in the depth of the sea."
Now consider that the Church teaches that homosexuality is one of the "Four sins that cry out to Heaven for vengeance." The other three are willful murder, depriving the workman of his just wages, and oppressing the poor. Promoting homosexuality (as opposed to acknowledging its existence or portraying it) is deadly stuff.
I'm not saying this is a First Amendment issue. But it definitely could be a union issue, and she's right to give the show a black eye over it. More power to her.
Bravo! You said it so much better than I did.
Elia Kazan is the one I was thinking of. I believe he suffered greatly because of his cooperation. This "tolerance" door definitely doesn't swing both ways.
And I find it very interesting that there was a great deal of sympathy for Hitler and crew during that time. If Americans knew the slightest bit of history - even recent history - they might be able to understand a little bit of what's happening right in front of them.
"Mauceri excelled in being the wise Latina woman of great moral depth and compassion."
We're still talking about a Soap Opera , correct?
Denzel Washington is a devout Christian, yet did you see the things his character did in Training Day? Mel Gibson was pretty devout, yet not long prior to The Passion of the Christ he was playing a criminal in Payback.
The characters an actor creates are as much a product of his or her labors as those of the writers, and certainly more than those of the network producers. That's why series that replace a known actor with another in the same role rarely succeed. So this actress "owns" this character as much as some PC bean-counter does. And if she has principled objections to a script, the powers that be would be well advised, though not legally obligated, to heed her input.
It might well be a terrible decisions by the producers, both artistically (if that word can be applied to a soap opera) and commercially, but they had every right to make that choice.
Writers, producers and directors decide what the characters say, the actor's job is to say what is in the script.
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Our boy Zachary Ochoa (3-0, 3 KOs) faced Michael Salcido (1-4, 0 KOs) a few weeks ago. You might've heard about it, it was on the HBO Boxing Adrien Broner card. That's right, 20 year old Zachary "ZUNGRY" Ochoa made his HBO debut and made light work of Michael Salcido. Ochoa came out and his first punch devastated Salcido for what seemed to be the remainder of the bout. ZUNGRY went on to score two more knockdowns, and finally turning it up with an over hand right, sending Salcido to the ground, leaving the referee no choice but to step in. Ochoa had this to say "I felt good. I felt calm. I landed the right punches. I don't like to waste punches. I went out there and did I what I had to do and took care of my business early. I felt I had to push some more body shots and then come back up to the head and I got him out of there," He's a beast, he's a dog, he's a mother loving problem. A few of our Mishka goons have been spotted in the gym with ZUNGRY, with cameras in hand, documenting the young man's training. Possibly wearing our attire? YOU'LL HAVE TO WAIT AND SEE. Yesterday, UFC King Dana White held a press conference for the UFC on FOX 5 card and some new information was fed to us like a morbid dog owner feeding his 6 day starved dogs kept in a basement. No, it was nothing like that actually. But Dana White announced that Ronda Rousey is the first UFC Women's Champion. Congratulations to Ronda, I think that's pretty dope for you. As far Dana crowning her the champion before her fight, then openly bashing all female mixed martial artist by feeding us the good old "no body wanted to step up" line, I'm not so into. White is clearly using her as his golden child to win as many fans as possible for WMMA (That's Women's MMA, not Wu Tang Means Mighty Allah) which is fine I guess. It'll be a sad day when Invicta gets shut down. I say that with the utmost respect, but once Dana White sets his eyes on the prize, it's all fair game. Thankfully you can always count on Middleeasy to supply us fiends with the right amount of footage boy. Siphon it up (what?) The first image that pops up on Google images for "Nick Diaz GSP" is this photo shopped image of Diaz and Georges St. Pierre facing off. It's priceless but it's also an accurate look into our future. Well the future. Although, we all share the same future, regardless of one's individual path. You see, a rock is a rock. Sorry anyways, King Dana White said in the same press conference mentioned earlier (pay attention) that GSP wants Nick Diaz and I don't think he means he wants to meet him for a Mandatory Brunch Meeting. Not too sure when this is slated to happen, I think Superbowl Weekend, but I don't even know when that is. If you're as big of a Diaz brother fan as I am, then do not fret. You don't need to wait long to see one of them throw some classic Stockton 209 jabs, tomorrow night Nate Diaz will be vying for Ben Hendeson's Lightweight Champsion title. I've never used the word "vying" before, it reminds me of Valkyrie. Not the Tom Cruise movie but from the Max Payne games.Diaz is on a 3 fight win streak over Tankanori Gomi, Donald Cerrone and Jim Miller and his game plan is looking tighter with each fight. Henderson himself is in a ridiculously stacked 5 fight win streak, two of whom were against former champion Frankie Edgar. The rest of the card is pretty intense, as well. Rory Macdonald is a serial killer now, and BJ Penn makes me giggle when he gets angry because he looks like a giant Hawaiian baby. Here's the poster for it, you better not miss you suckas.


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While everyone's flipping out over the Xbox One, for one reason or another, Microsoft has slipped this bit of news out the door. Starting today a brand new Xbox 360 SKU will be available at stores. The new box take a lot of style inspiration from the Xbox One, but should otherwise be similar. Coming in two forms, the 4GB version retails for $199.99, while the 250GB costs $299.99 which is also the price of the 4GB versions packaged with a Kinect.
Considering that the Xbox One will have no backwards compatibility, I suppose this is Microsoft's way of creating a box that can share self space without looking odd. You'll be able to have your Xbox 360 and Xbox One right next to each other, united in sexiness, at least until they catch fire from the heat between them.
Yusuf Mehdi, chief marketing and strategy officer, Interactive Entertainment Business at Microsoft said the following:
"Xbox 360 offers unrivaled value — with more great games, an Xbox Live community with 48 million members, and a compelling lineup of apps, sports, movies, TV shows and music. We've taken all we have learned these past eight years and engineered a new Xbox 360 console that is elegant and accessible to anyone. There's never been a better time to experience everything Xbox 360 has to offer."
If you're looking for a new 360, or think Microsoft will be abandoning the thing after the Xbox One's launch, here's something to think about. Also, as a bonus to current Xbox 360 owners who continue their Xbox Live Gold accounts from now through the end of the year, Microsoft has a special promotion. Enjoy two free Xbox Live games each month starting July 1. For E3, Fable III has been made freely available for download. Just... don't go to PlayStation. Please?


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Hawks 98, Pacers 85: Jeff Teague flung in a wild three-pointer after the officials missed him stepping out of bounds, and Kyle Korver finished off Indiana from beyond the arc to lead host Atlanta past the Pacers last night and a 2-1 lead in their first-round Eastern Conference playoff series.
The Hawks led 84-78 with the shot clock running down when Teague launched a running shot from the wing — after his foot clipped the line. It counted, even after a video review.
Referee Tony Brothers said the officials took another look at the play merely to determine if Teague was behind the three-point line when he shot.
There wasn't any doubt about that, and the only other thing they could look at was the position of Teague's feet when the ball left his hand. He was clearly in bounds when he shot.
Korver clinched the victory with the last of his four three-pointers, putting Atlanta ahead 92-80 with 1:41 remaining. That was only appropriate because the Hawks made 10 three-pointers in the second half after going just 2 for 16 from long range in the first half.
Teague scored 22 points and Korver added 20 to lead the Hawks.
Lance Stephenson led the Pacers with 21 points. But Paul George was held to 12 points and 3-of-11 shooting.
Grizzlies 98, Thunder 95, OT: Former Ohio State guard Mike Conley got five of his 20 points in overtime, and host Memphis took a 2-1 lead in a Western Conference series.
Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook each scored 30 for the Thunder. But Durant missed all eight three-point attempts and was 10 for 27 from the field. Westbrook was 9 of 26.
Earlier in the day, Conley won the NBA's Joe Dumars Trophy for sportsmanship.
The NBA has given out the award since 1995-96 to a player who reflects the ideals of sportsmanship, including ethical behavior, fair play and integrity.
Charlotte Bobcats forward Josh McRoberts was fined $20,000 by the NBA for making unnecessary and excessive contact with Miami Heat forward LeBron James. McRoberts' foul against James with 50 seconds left on Wednesday night in the Heat's 101-97 victory over the Bobcats also was upgraded to a Flagrant 2.


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Perhaps one of the biggest problems facing Californians today, illegal immigration costs Californians over $10 billion per year and results in decreased job opportunities and higher unemployment among legal citizens, a rise in illegal drug trafficking and the violence associated with it, the return of diseases that were once considered to be cured, and an overall risk to state and national security. In this brief investigation, I shall attempt to outline all the problems that illegal immigration is causing Californians and how some of these issues have extended into the domain of national security. I will also discuss some of the proposed solutions from all sides in terms of dealing with illegal immigrants.
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Let's Play A Blurred Line part 05
These updates are going to be a lot more frequent I think. Here's part 05! I think when I'm done with the entire thing I'll edit it all into one giant collection and post it on archive.org to save my bandwidth.
Let's Play A Blurred Line part 04
That sure took a few months, didn't it? Well, I'm back with part 4. Enjoy!
DirEttore Standard 1.5 Review
If there's one thing I've always wanted to do, its to run a real radio station. Complete with actual programming, ads, promos, station idents, and everything else that real radio stations do. I tried using Winamp, but it never satisfied me. Winamp is a music player, but what I wanted was a radio program. After asking Google, I found expensive solutions such as SAM Broadcaster, but I'm not made of money. I then stumbled upon MixTime's DirEttore software, and I was surprised at the price point: absolutely free.
Now tell me with a straight face that this doesn't look professional. I'm running it on Windows Server 2003, and it's been up for 10 days at the time I'm writing this. In those 10 days DirEttore has been playing continuously. No crashing, no dead air. (No listeners, either, but that's my fault since my FM transmitter is in a cinderblock walled dorm. No signal can get in or out!)
The way that DirEttore works that makes it different than Winamp and general music players is how it handles playlists. Instead of having a list of songs to play in an order, DirEttore has a list of directories. Pictured above is the Rotation window, which handles the directory playlist that I'm currently using. Notice how rotation elements are just directories of MP3 files. In the free version, you must add each directory that you want, but in the Standard version which I'm using you can recurse into sub-directories. The list under "ROTATION" shows the playlist which I set up on day 1. Not extremely complex, eh? Didn't take me more than a minute, and it'll keep playing forever if I choose. With this type of rotation it already sounds better than Winamp, as your station is identified, ads play, and your music plays just fine too!
We've had the software running continuously for nearly a year, and it's been pumping out non-stop music for WPLS, Furman's radio station! Everyone's been extremely satisfied, as in the past we used Winamp and it just didn't compare. If you'd like to get a copy, visit Mixtime's website to find out more.


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Savaria Named CEO at WestPoint Home
June 9, 2011,
NEW YORK--Normand Savaria has been appointed president and CEO of WestPoint Home, succeeding John Piazza, who has left the textiles manufacturer.
In addition, the company has named Taran Chernin to the newly created post of executive vice president and chief merchandising officer.
Both executives come to WestPoint with extensive experience in merchandising home products. Most recently, Savaria was president and CEO of Chenab USA, a manufacturer of home textiles and apparel, in which he managed the company's transition from a wholesale supplier to a direct-to-retail supplier to department stores and specialty stores. Prior to that, he was senior vice president and chief merchandising officer of Revman International.
Chernan had served as vice president of product development at Linens 'N Things, in which she was responsible for product development, private-label products and global sourcing. Her career also includes positions with Bloomingdale's, ultimately serving as fashion director of the department store's home textiles group.
In a statement announcing the appointments, Carl Icahn, WestPoint's chairman and chairman of parent company Icahn Enterprises, described both executives as "leaders in the home field," and cited "their deep knowledge of brand management, product design and development, and consumer trends."
Piazza joined WestPoint in May 2008 after serving as CEO of Sara Lee Corp.
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You've gotta say this for Hamid Karzai: His tolerance level for murderous incompetence is as high as the nearby Himalayas.
But he's finally had it. We've strafed, massacred and scorched his country enough, and like every other Afghan, he wants us out. But like hippie squatters thumbing their noses at uptight, establishment landlords, we're flipping him off and sneering in his face that we'll pack up our macrame, mangy dogs and fat earth mamas when we're damn good and ready.
President Obama called Afghan President Hamid Karzai today to discuss Karzai's demand that the United States speed up its withdrawal from Afghanistan.
A White House readout says the two leaders "took the opportunity to reaffirm our shared commitment to the Lisbon framework, in which Afghan forces would complete the process of transition and have full responsibility for security across the country by the end of 2014." Karzai and other officials – including some in the United States – have urged an accelerated pace after last week's killings of 16 Afghan civilians. [USA Today]
Karzai is trying to hold onto his own legitimacy in the country, since his jurisdiction extends not much further than his office desk. Afghans despise him because he is our stooge puppet put in place to serve armed viceroys burning Korans and shooting up the place.
The massacre of all those civilians – mostly children – by a deranged American sergeant was icing on the cake after a decade of laying waste to the hardscrabble hellhole just this side of the middle of nowhere. Because it lies in a path traversing gateways to Asia, South Asia and China, Afghanistan has been fought over for centuries by world powers that should have known better.
We're the latest to come – and likely not the last to announce we're going.
USA/Gallup poll earlier this week show Americans are solidly behind… Karzai.
In the poll, 21% said the U.S. deployment should be maintained as long as it takes to accomplish its goals, and 24% supported Obama's timetable to withdraw troops by 2014. Fifty percent endorsed speeding up the withdrawal plans.
That's the highest "cut and run" sentiment has registered among Americans. Politicians would do well to listen. They won't.
The military supports a longer engagement, of course. They keep saying, as did Gen. David Petraeus last year, that we're very close to victory and just need a little more time. After battling since 2001, Americans believe that talk is on the verge of that "light at the end of the tunnel" bullshit American generals touted on the eve of the Vietnam War's Tet Offensive in 1968; that turning point poisoned the war for virtually all the nation not brain dead.
The Pentagon will never accept the withdrawal date of 2014: it goes full-frontal against its own Full Spectrum Dominance doctrine, which counts on scores of US bases in Afghanistan to monitor/control/harass strategic competitors – Russia and China.
The way out will be a ruse. The Pentagon will transfer its special operations to the CIA; they will become "spies", not "troops on the ground". This will mean, essentially, an extension ad infinitum of the Phoenix Program in Vietnam, which carried out the targeted killing of over 20,000 "suspected" Vietcong supporters. [Al Jazeera]
This obstinacy adds sour suspicion to that mysterious Koran burning at a U.S. base in Afghanistan earlier this year. The astoundingly stupid stunt plunged the country into nonstop rioting that slowly was dissipating before the sergeant's murderous rampage put passions back on the front burner. How the hell could an American military command "accidentally" burn Korans?
More and more this "crusade" in the Hindu Kush looks like a larger strategy to contain Iran, sitting uneasily between our conquered Iraq and Big Camp Infidel. Maybe we should ask Israel's permission before we take a powder. Maybe that's why it's slow going – and we can be sure a residual force will be left behind like Iraq's 50,000 Yankee dead-enders.
Al-qaeda has pulled out of Afghanistan; it's nothing but a shadow force now, anyway. Our on-again, off-again talks with the Taliban are off again. The Obama Administration is actually debating whether to speed up the pullout, but it's doubted that will happen.
Even normally gung-ho Geraldo Rivera is fed up:
Rivera called for the U.S. to leave Afghanistan as soon as possible. "I say we've done what we went there to do. We have killed Bin Laden; we have decimated Al Qaeda; we have accomplished our mission. Let's declare victory. Bring these people home…don't just let them be killed now by our own allies," Rivera said…
"We've done what we went to do. They attacked us. We got the people who attacked us. Now let Afghanistan have Afghanistan. They will never evolve to being Americans," Rivera pressed.
Nope they never will. But it seems Americans and Afghans finally see eye to eye on our presence there.


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Observations: The QandO Podcast for 13 Mar 15
On this week's podcast we discuss many things. It's on the Podcast page.
Stagnant wages, among other things, a result of the economic doldrums
That's certainly one of the factors keeping GDP growth low.
Four years into the economic recovery, U.S. workers' pay still isn't even keeping up with inflation. The average hourly pay for a nongovernment, non-supervisory worker, adjusted for price increases, declined to $8.77 last month from $8.85 at the end of the recession in June 2009, Labor Department data show.
Stagnant wages erode the spending power of consumers. That means it is harder for them to make purchases ranging from refrigerators to restaurant meals that account for most of the nation's economic growth.
Not only that, but unemployment remains historically high years after the "recovery". The question, however, is why wages are remaining stagnant. The WSJ cites three factors:
Economic growth remains sluggish, advancing at a seasonally adjusted annual pace of less than 2% for three straight quarters—below the prerecession average of 3.5%. That effectively has put a lid on inflation, which has been near or below the 2% level the Federal Reserve considers healthy for the economy. With demand for labor low, prices not rising fast and 11.5 million unemployed searching for work, employers aren't under pressure to raise wages to retain or attract workers.
Emphasis mine. The Fed is happy with the inflation rate. And the administration, despite numerous claims to be focused like a laser beam on "j-0-b-s" has done little if anything to address unemployment or economic growth. Finally, given the uncertainty that regulation and new laws (such as ObamaCare) bring to the table, employers are even less likely to hire until the regulatory and legal dust settles and they have a much better idea of how both effect their business and industry. It's not about "pressure". It's about a lack of incentive.
Businesses are changing how they manage payrolls. Economists at the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco in a recent paper said that, in the past, companies cut wages when the economy struggled and raised them amid expansions. But in the past three recessions since 1986—and especially the 2007-2009 downturn—companies minimized wage cuts and instead let workers go to keep remaining workers happy. As a result, to compensate for the wage cuts that never were made, businesses now may be capping wage growth. "As the economy recovers, pent-up wage cuts will probably continue to slow wage growth long after the unemployment rate has returned to more normal levels," the researchers said.
Another point to make, again considering the unemployment rate, is that those working are glad to still have a job. And with the economy still struggling it is unlikely that many feel the time right to push for higher wages. In fact, it is a "buyers market" right now when it comes to labor. And it will remain one until we get into much higher growth percentages and the demand for labor begins to outstrip the supply. We're not even close to that at this point.
Globalization continues to pressure wages. Thanks to new technologies, Americans are increasingly competing with workers world-wide. "We are on a long-term adjustment, as China, in particular, but all developing countries, get their wages closer to ours," said Richard Freeman, an economist at Harvard University. According to Boston Consulting Group, there will be only a roughly 10% cost difference between the U.S. and China in making products such as machinery, furniture and plastics by 2015.
Technology is also replacing workers in many industries. Automation is especially tough on low skilled workers. But again, given laws like ObamaCare, the incentive at work is to have fewer employees, not more. Businesses will automate where it makes sense and helps make a profit. It is also a means of closing that wage gap mentioned above, so it isn't a trend that is likely to end anytime soon.
All of those factors and what I've mentioned in addition to them combine to make unemployment and wage growth both remain static. There simply aren't any incentives at the moment to hire more people. Certainly not in GDP growth. Certainly not with the plethora of new regulations and laws.
In fact, as is mentioned in the article, at the moment there are only two paths to higher wages:
The only path to wage gains is through a stronger economy or an increase in demand for specialized skills.
The economy is moribund and has been for quite some time with GDP growth under 2% for the last three quarters.
That narrows the path to wage gains to a single one – developing specialized skills. It isn't a path open to everyone, unfortunately, for a number of reasons.
So how could government help change all of that? Quite simply by getting out of the way – something it seems completely unable to comprehend or do.
And because of that, it continues to contribute negatively to the economic situation we endure.
Observations: The QandO Podcast for 11 Aug 13
This week, Michael, and Dale discuss many things.
The direct link to the podcast can be found here.
As a reminder, if you are an iTunes user, don't forget to subscribe to the QandO podcast, Observations, through iTunes. For those of you who don't have iTunes, you can subscribe at Podcast Alley. And, of course, for you newsreader subscriber types, our podcast RSS Feed is here.
Observations: The QandO Podcast for 20 May 12
This week, Bruce, Michael and Dale talk about Greece, and the folly of governments.
The direct link to the podcast can be found here.
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Obama administration tries to kill the family farm
In 1960, the Democratic Party platform included the following in reference to agriculture in the US:
"The right of every farmer to raise and sell his products at a return which will give him and his family a decent living."
We shall take positive action to raise farm income to full parity levels and to preserve family farming as a way of life.
We shall put behind us once and for all the timidity with which our Government has viewed our abundance of food and fiber.
We will set new high levels of food consumption both at home and abroad.
As long as many Americans and hundreds of millions of people in other countries remain underfed, we shall regard these agricultural riches, and the family farmers who produce them, not as a liability but as a national asset.
Of course, in 1960, as today, children of farm families were an integral part of the success of family farms of that era. And, in 1960, that was apparently just fine with Democrats. Their labor many times made the difference in the farm surviving and flourishing. And the children learned the business and the work ethic necessary for the family farm to thrive and survive.
But apparently the party's position has evolved over the years to one that is now anti-family farm. How else do you explain this?
The Department of Labor is poised to put the finishing touches on a rule that would apply child-labor laws to children working on family farms, prohibiting them from performing a list of jobs on their own families' land.
Under the rules, children under 18 could no longer work "in the storing, marketing and transporting of farm product raw materials."
"Prohibited places of employment," a Department press release read, "would include country grain elevators, grain bins, silos, feed lots, stockyards, livestock exchanges and livestock auctions."
The new regulations, first proposed August 31 by Labor Secretary Hilda Solis, would also revoke the government's approval of safety training and certification taught by independent groups like 4-H and FFA, replacing them instead with a 90-hour federal government training course.
More government intrusion. Private organizations such as the FFA and 4-H club that have, for decades, successfully done safety training and certification are now to be stripped of that ability in favor of a 90 hour course taught by the same government that gave us the TSA. And, of course, with any government training, you have to wonder how much it will cost and how much of it will be worthwhile training and how much indoctrination.
Farm children have, for literal centuries in this country, worked side by side with their fathers and mothers to make a very difficult and labor intensive family businesses succeed. But the nanny state would now prohibit them from doing most of what they've traditionally involved themselves in because, well, nanny knows best, doesn't she?
Of course farm families have a vested interest in insuring their children remain safe and able to work. It is of no advantage at all for a farm family to have their children do things in which there's a high likelihood of them being killed or maimed. And, again, for centuries, they've been able to manage and determine what is or isn't within the abilities of their children to do safely.
Additionally, over those centuries, private and independent groups like the FFA and 4-H have been developed and supported by farm families to ensure their children are properly trained in the safety, husbandry and farming skills so necessary to make the family farm a success and to make the US the breadbasket of the world.
Now we have government unilaterally intruding in an area that it really has no business. And it is a Democratic administration doing so … one I'm sure that would tell you, out of the other side of their mouth, that they are the party of the family farmer.
Nanny, with the supposed best of intentions, is about to take down another industry with its unwanted meddling.
And yet, there are those who will attempt to support this intrusion as something necessary to safeguard the children.
It is a travesty, it is unwanted by those it is being imposed upon and it will, in the end, kill the family farm for good.
But you knew that.
And so do they.
Big Agribusiness says "thanks".
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Obama: Lazy America
Where has this man been? Or perhaps the most salient question is what planet has he been hiding on? This is what he said in Hawaii to a gathering of CEOs at APEC about why we're apparently in the mess we're in:
"We've been a little bit lazy over the last couple of decades. We've kind of taken for granted — 'Well, people would want to come here' — and we aren't out there hungry, selling America and trying to attract new businesses into America."
Yes friends, the blame-shifter-in-chief says it is we lazy Americans who've taken everything for granted these last few decades that are responsible for the economic downturn we are experiencing now.
Never mind the fact that this administration has openly warred on business. Never mind we have the highest corporate taxes in the world. Never mind that government intrusion and regulation have only gotten worse. Never mind that government has actively sought to block businesses which could make a world of difference in both jobs and competitiveness. For instance:
— blocking oil and gas exploration in the Gulf even after safety and spill prevention procedures were upgraded
— trying to keep one of our major manufacturers, Boeing, from opening a new plant (jobs) in one of our few major industries (aerospace) by attempting to block non-union labor from working in a right-to-work state.
— delaying the Keystone XL pipe line (again, thousands of high paying jobs) for political reasons (delayed until after the election).
Etc. Not to mention the government policy and enforcement of that policy (Community Reinvestment Act) that led to the housing bubble and financial melt down.
It isn't about a lazy America. It's about an over-reaching, intrusive government whose level of intrusion and market distortion have only gotten worse "over the last couple of decades".
And here's a clue Mr. Obama – we lazy Americans didn't run up a $14 trillion dollar debt. You pandering politicians did. And that debt load is also killing our competitiveness and has led to a downgrade of the country's credit rating — on your watch.
Yeah, blame it on others, Mr. Obama — but thinking Americans, Americans who've actually run something and done something, know the score. Hopefully they'll put you in a new position in November of 2012, where your primary responsibility will be getting with your wife and picking out wallpaper for your presidential library.
Where on earth has he been?
Twitter: @McQandO
Michael Moore's inner totalitarian peeks out
Michael Moore, the "documentary" film maker who has pushed various liberal causes with extraordinarily slanted films, has called on President Obama to "show some guts" and arrest the head of Standard & Poors.
"Pres Obama, show some guts & arrest the CEO of Standard & Poors. These criminals brought down the economy in 2008& now they will do it again," Mr. Moore wrote.
Yes, it's all S&P's fault. Somehow the 100% of GDP debt, 4 trillion of which was heaped on the pile within the last 3 years, was an S&P plot. Apparently Moore is of the opinion that credit rating agencies ought to align themselves politically and if they don't, or won't, well they're open to arrest. S&P obviously should have just kept to itself and supported the outrageous spending this administration has committed itself too.
It seems in Moore's world the rating agency's job is to turn a blind eye to actions and activities which, for any other country, would have earned a downgrade quite a while ago.
It it is telling that on the liberal side of things, the first inclination is to attack the messenger. And that inclination is driven by one primary thing – politics. Specifically the politics of personal destruction. The downgrade obviously hurts Obama politically. And all the spinning in the world doesn't change that.
Because they see this as a desperate situation, the mask slips a bit and you see the true face of "liberalism". Imagine, in a Moore approved regime, how dissent would be handled if he's now calling for the arrest of the CEO of S&P.
Mr. Moore went on to note that the "owners of S&P are old Bush family friends," continuing a theme he has developed through several films about capitalism as essentially a crony system for the rich and Wall Street, especially the Bush family.
He went on to link approvingly to an article last week in the Guardian, a left-wing British newspaper, about a police raid in Milan against the offices of S&P and fellow ratings agency Moody's. Italian police were searching for evidence on whether the rating agencies, in the words of a local prosecutor, "respect regulations as they carry out their work".
Two more interesting points – somehow it is "Bush's fault" (there's a surprise). Additionally it is "important to respect regulations" when these agencies carry out their work. Of course Italy was downgraded by Moody's and the reaction there by government has been much the same as here – "what us? How dare you". Fallback? Government regulations, of course.
Naturally Moore doesn't bother to point out that the government of Italy is run by a right-wing Prime Minister who, at any other time, he'd now be calling a "fascist" for doing that.
Vintage Moore. Vintage liberalism. Liberalism in very deep trouble. And that's always when its inner totalitarian usually begins to show.
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Internet "kill switch" legislation back–and no judicial review authorized
What was one of the first thing done by the Egyptian government when protests started to seriously build into threatening government's further existence? It turned off the internet. That is, it abruptly ordered it be shut down along with cell phones in order to hamstring the protesters ability to communicate and coordinate and to not allow tweets, emails and liveblogs from recording the situation for the rest of the world.
It couldn't happen here, though, could it?
A controversial bill handing President Obama power over privately owned computer systems during a "national cyberemergency," and prohibiting any review by the court system, will return this year.
Yes, it's back. And the same sponsors who tried to get it through Congress the last time around are sponsoring it again.
Internet companies should not be alarmed by the legislation, first introduced last summer by Sens. Joseph Lieberman (I-Conn.) and Susan Collins (R-Maine), a Senate aide said last week. Lieberman, an independent who caucuses with Democrats, is chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee.
"We're not trying to mandate any requirements for the entire Internet, the entire Internet backbone," said Brandon Milhorn, Republican staff director and counsel for the committee.
Instead, Milhorn said at a conference in Washington, D.C., the point of the proposal is to assert governmental control only over those "crucial components that form our nation's critical infrastructure."
Uh, yeah – that's those are the same "crucial components" that Egypt used to cut its people off from the rest of the world. And somehow we're supposed to trust government not to use its power in ways not yet imagined and certainly not wanted?
I don't think so.
Portions of the Lieberman-Collins bill, which was not uniformly well-received when it became public in June 2010, became even more restrictive when a Senate committee approved a modified version on December 15. The full Senate did not act on the measure.
The revised version includes new language saying that the federal government's designation of vital Internet or other computer systems "shall not be subject to judicial review." Another addition expanded the definition of critical infrastructure to include "provider of information technology," and a third authorized the submission of "classified" reports on security vulnerabilities.
I don't know about you but given government overreach in the last two years, I see nothing about this that gives me a warm fuzzy. And I certainly don't want anything to do with a bill which gives the executive or legislative branch power not subject to judicial review. That's how rights get trampled.
And yes, friends, it's all about protecting you from, well, something:
"For all of its 'user-friendly' allure, the Internet can also be a dangerous place with electronic pipelines that run directly into everything from our personal bank accounts to key infrastructure to government and industrial secrets," he said.
Hey Joe, I'm a big boy – I'll take care of myself… hands off the Internet, m'kay?
But they won't. You know it and they know it. Its there and since it is there it must be taxed, regulated and controlled by government.
Here's the initial criteria for the supposed "vital internet or other computer systems":
Under the revised legislation, the definition of critical infrastructure has been tightened. DHS is only supposed to place a computer system (including a server, Web site, router, and so on) on the list if it meets three requirements. First, the disruption of the system could cause "severe economic consequences" or worse. Second, that the system "is a component of the national information infrastructure." Third, that the "national information infrastructure is essential to the reliable operation of the system."
At last week's event, Milhorn, the Senate aide, used the example of computers at a nuclear power plant or the Hoover Dam but acknowledged that "the legislation does not foreclose additional requirements, or additional additions to the list."
Yeah, "just give us this little bit – no more". Uh huh. The proverbial camel's nose under the tent that is not subject to judicial review. Let me stress that for the third time – none of this, if passed into law, is reviewable by the judiciary. And, of course, once passed, they won't decide other parts of the infrastructure belong on there, will they? Oh, no.
As Berin Szoka of TechFreedom says, "blocking judicial review of this … essentially says that the rule of law goes out the window if a major crisis occurs."
Well, yeah … and guess who gets to decide what is a "major crisis"? Without judicial review.
Sound good to you?
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Senate seeks to have federal government control private health care premiums
Apparently the fear of increased premiums in reaction to the new Health Care Reform law recently passed by Congress is prompting Senate Democrats to propose a bill that would
give the federal government the power to regulate health insurance premiums.
Of course, you never saw this coming, right?
It appears our overlords simply do not trust those greedy insurance companies to not raise their premiums in reaction to the new law. Or as Sen Tom Harkin explains it:
"Rate review authority is needed to protect consumers from insurance companies' jacking up premiums simply because they can. Protections must be in place to ensure that companies do not take advantage of current market conditions before health reform fundamentally changes the way they do business in 2014."
You have to laugh (or throw up a little) at the economic naiveté and pure hypocrisy contained in that statement. Naive because it totally discounts the market and opts for central (and populist) top-down control (and we know how well that works) and hypocritical because the federal government is presently raising taxes before 2014 to "pay" for the health care monstrosity they've foisted upon us.
Care for a little more sanctimonious drivel intended to justify this power grab? Diane Feinstein:
"Water and power are essential for life," Mrs. Feinstein said. "So they are heavily regulated, and rate increases must be approved. Health insurance is also vital for life. It too should be strictly regulated so that people can afford this basic need."
Really? Is that why it has to be "strictly regulated"? Or is it because if the market actually begins to react properly to the artificial pressure brought by the legislation Democrats passed it will be shown up for the fiscal black hole and legislative piece of garbage it is?
Sen. Lamar Alexander brings a little context to the debate:
"Health insurance companies' profits for one year equal about two days of health care spending in the United States. So even if we were to take away all the profits of the so-called greedy insurance companies, that would still leave 363 days a year when health care costs are expanding at a rate our country cannot afford."
Let's also remember that the 4 major health insurance companies in Massachusetts – all non-profit organizations – requested over 200 premium increases and were denied all but a few. Was it greed that drove them to request those increases?
Grace-Marie Turner, president of the Galen Institute, a research center that advocates free-market health policies, said the Democrats' proposal was unlikely to succeed in lowering insurance costs.
"Capping premiums without recognizing the forces that are driving up costs would be like tightening the lid on a pressure cooker while the heat is being turned up," Mrs. Turner said.
Instead, it gives single-payer types (like Harkin and Feinstein) a way to hurry along the failure of the private health insurance market and eventually, by fiat, usher in government health care.
Mr. Harkin praised a bill introduced by Senator Dianne Feinstein, Democrat of California, that would give the secretary of health and human services the power to review premiums and block "any rate increase found to be unreasonable." Under the bill, the federal government could regulate rates in states where state officials did not have "sufficient authority and capability" to do so.
Arbitrary, capricious and, if passed, eventually deadly. Just hide and watch.


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Publiée le Mardi 17 Août 2010 dans ARTICLE19 Sénégal recrute un (e) chargé (e) des finances et de l'administration.
UNOPS helps its partners in the United Nations system meet the world's needs for building peace, recovering
from disaster, and creating sustainable development. UNOPS is known for its ability to implement complex
projects in all types of environments around the globe. In an effort to promote organizational excellence,
UNOPS seeks highly qualified individuals for the following position:
Vacancy Details
Vacancy Code UNOPS/2010/SIL/001
Post Title Project Manager
Post Level P4 (Fixed Term Appointment)
Position status Non-rotational
Org Unit AFO – Sierra Leone
Duty Station Freetown, Sierra Leone
Duration One year
Closing Date 25 August 2010
UNOPS implements on behalf of the Peace Building Fund in close collaboration with the UN mission in
Sierra Leone and the government of Sierra Leone a training program whereby UNOPS is responsible for
the logistic part including the physical distribution of the perdiems for 7200 trainees
The Project Officer will work under the direct supervision of the Johannesburg Cluster Manager and be
responsible for the project operations and representing UNOPS. The Project Officer will be responsible for
performing the following duties and responsibilities.
Duties and Responsibilities
The Project Officer will be responsible for performing the following duties and responsibilities.
• Manage and assure the operational needs of the support to the Government of Sierra Leone's
Armed and Police forces
• Work in close collaboration with UNDP and the UN mission
• Establish systems and procedures for the provision of inputs,
• Assure the UNOPS entrusted logistic of the foreseen field training
• Represent UNOPS at the UNCT, the Government and donors
• Identify business potential and liaise with the Johannesburg Cluster Manager
• Follow up on the Sierra Leone Joint Vision
• Actively work with clients on proposed projects, identifying client requirements and taking action to meet
requirements, monitor the implementation of plans, identifying cost implications and milestones to
ensure success.
• Focus on clients' services, keeping them informed of portfolio progress. Provide verbal and written
periodic reports.
• Actively interact with clients to solicit feedback and gauge client satisfaction.
• Generates regular Project Reports in accordance with UNOPS and donor guidelines for reporting.
• Maintains diaries and progress reports as required by UNOPS standard procedures.
• Attends coordination meetings when requested; Arranges and host donor and official site visits.
• Performs any other duties deemed necessary by the Project Manager.
Required Selection Criteria
• Personal interest, commitment, efficiency, flexibility and willingness to work in a highly motivated
team of professionals.
• Ability to lead strategic planning, change processes, results-based management and reporting.
• Demonstrated planning and organizational skills
• Ability to work in demanding cultural context with government partners, under challenging physical
conditions and poor national infrastructure
• Builds strong relationships with clients, focuses on impact and result for the client and responds
positively to feedback
• Demonstrates strong oral and written communication skills.
• Proven networking, organizational and communication skills.
• Atlas experience is an asset
• Advance knowledge of working with internet based applications and languages.
• Knowledge of UNOPS rules and regulations
• Knowledge of Atlas is an asset
Academic qualification
Advanced University degree in business/commerce, economics, international relations/law, political science
and other work related social sciences or a First University degree in related fields combined with extensive
experience in similar responsible position.
Work experience
At least 7 years progressively responsible experience in project development and management, marketing,
customers relations in a business environment in either public or private sector international organizations.
Knowledge of region and experience in the region a great asset.
Language: Fluency in English is required.
Submission of Applications
Qualified candidates may submit their application, including a letter of interest, complete Curriculum Vitae and
an updated United Nations Personal History Form (P.11) (available on our website), via e-mail to
firstname.lastname@example.com Kindly indicate the vacancy number and the post title in the subject line when
applying by email.
Additional Considerations
- Applications received after the closing date will not be considered.
- Only those candidates that are short-listed for interviews will be notified.
- Qualified female candidates are strongly encouraged to apply.
- UNOPS reserves the right to appoint a candidate at a level below the advertised level of the post.
For more information on UNOPS, please visit the UNOPS website at www.unops.org.
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