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Animoto co-founder Brad Jefferson told Business Insider that the company saw the empty space as a great opportunity for some team building, literally.?
They hired professional contractors to clear the space and set up a very basic floor plan, but that was it. From then on, it was about a company building their office, and with it, their office culture. And in the process something unique happened: they actually built an office that embodies their company's fun and quirky culture.
The result is an office that employees feel invested in.
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Source: http://www.businessinsider.com/animotos-unique-take-on-building-an-office-culture-2013-4
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Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny speaks to journalists after a trial in Kirov, Russia, Wednesday, April 17, 2013. The trial of Navalny accused of embezzling half a million dollars' worth of timber from a state-run company was adjourned shortly after its start Wednesday in the northwestern city. (AP Photo/Mitya Aleshkovskiy)
Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny speaks to journalists after a trial in Kirov, Russia, Wednesday, April 17, 2013. The trial of Navalny accused of embezzling half a million dollars' worth of timber from a state-run company was adjourned shortly after its start Wednesday in the northwestern city. (AP Photo/Mitya Aleshkovskiy)
Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny, center, enters a courtroom to attend a trial in Kirov, Russia, Wednesday, April 17, 2013. The trial of Navalny accused of embezzling half a million dollars' worth of timber from a state-run company has started in the northwestern city. (AP Photo/Mitya Aleshkovskiy)
FILE In this file photo taken on Thursday, Dec. 13, 2012, Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, meets with Investigative Committee Chief Alexander Bastrykin in the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia. Bastrykin struggled to respond to documents released by Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny that showed that he allegedly had unregistered real estate in the Czech Republic, as well as a legal firm which allegedly had failed to pay taxes. Bastrykin?s agency spearheaded the ongoing crackdown on the opposition.(AP Photo/RIA-Novosti, Alexei Nikolsky, Presidential Press Service)
KIROV, Russia (AP) ? Alexei Navalny, an obscure adviser to a provincial governor just four years ago, shot up to become the Kremlin's public enemy No.1. The web-savvy 36-year-old lawyer overcame a state-imposed national media blackout and minimal funds by exploiting his blog and Twitter account to reach hundreds of thousands of Russians.
Navalny went on trial Wednesday in Kirov on embezzlement charges but was granted an adjournment for more time to prepare. Navalny, the opposition's most popular and charismatic figure, says the charges were fabricated on President Vladimir Putin's orders. Here's a glance at his campaigns which provoked official wrath.
CORRUPTION INVESTIGATIONS:
Navalny first made a name for himself in 2009 by buying minority stakes in state-run companies and using his shareholder status to obtain internal documents. He then posted them on his blog, accusing officials of stealing more than $150 million from the state-controlled VTB bank and a staggering $4 billion from the oil pipeline operator Transneft.
His findings and rapier-like wit won Navalny a large network of followers, which he tapped for crowd-funding of his Foundation for Fighting Corruption. Its targets range from lawmakers who order luxury cars at taxpayers' expense to local officials slow to fix potholes. Navalny's document-based investigations have filled a gap in Russia, where investigative journalism has been severely limited by censorship and attacks on reporters.
KREMLIN'S PARTY:
While Putin still enjoys approval ratings that would be the envy of any Western leader, the Kremlin-run United Russia party, which includes the bureaucracy nationwide, has been widely despised for corruption, nepotism and inefficiency.
Navalny seized on that anger with a campaign to brand United Russia as "the party of crooks and thieves" and urged his followers to vote for any other of the parties running in the December 2011 parliamentary elections. United Russia ended up with its worst result ever and had to rely on massive vote-rigging ? documented by independent observers ? to retain its majority in parliament.
PROTEST MOVEMENT:
The egregious ballot fraud in the 2011 parliamentary vote triggered a series of massive street protests in Moscow that attracted up to 100,000 demonstrators who opposed Putin's return to the presidency. Navalny rose to rock star status, electrifying crowds by chanting "We are the power!" and claiming that "we have enough people to seize the Kremlin."
Some said, however, that Navalny missed his chance by failing to enter the 2012 presidential race and focusing instead on promoting an election to an opposition alternative parliament that quickly fizzled into irrelevance.
After Putin won a third presidential term in March 2012, the Kremlin responded to the opposition with a series of searches and arrests of activists, a package of repressive laws that hiked fines 150-fold for participants in unsanctioned protests and tight new restrictions on non-government organizations.
ASSETS EXPOS?S:
After a year of dashed hopes and still-born campaigns, Navalny has scored with a recent series of expos?s about undeclared foreign assets of top officials and lawmakers:
Alexander Bastrykin, the head of the powerful state Investigation Committee, struggled to respond to documents released by Navalny that showed that he had unregistered real estate in the Czech Republic, as well as a legal firm which allegedly had failed to pay taxes. Bastrykin, whose agency spearheaded the ongoing crackdown on the opposition, hasn't concealed his personal enmity against Navalny.
Vladimir Pekhtin, the head of the ethics commission in the lower house of parliament, resigned after Navalny blogged about Pekhtin's luxury property holdings in Miami Beach.
Vitaly Malkin, an upper house member, also resigned after Navalny published documents showing that Malkin owned undeclared business assets in Canada and had an Israeli passport though Russian law bans officials and lawmakers from having foreign citizenship.
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Malin Akerman and Roberto Zincone are the proud parents of a baby boy.
Malin Akerman is a mom! "The Rock of Ages" actress welcomed a baby boy Tuesday, her first child with musician husband Roberto Zincone.?
"My husband and I welcomed our beautiful, healthy baby boy to this world this morning! Biggest joy of my life!!! #lovemykid," she tweeted.
A few minutes later, she added, "PS and his name is...Sebastian Zincone :))) Love him more than life itself!! #whatafeeling !!!"?
NEWS: Malin is only 34, but check out all these celebs having babies after 40?
Akerman revealed in September that she and Zincone were expecting.?
"I'm showing off the bump that's coming," the striking blonde told E! News in October. "I'm just so excited that I can actually talk about it. It was tough to keep a secret."?
Akerman said that, while they didn't know yet whether they would want to know the baby's gender in advance, she and her hubby of nearly six years had already picked out names for a boy and a girl, come what may.?
PHOTOS: Malin joins the ranks of Hollywood's hottest moms?
"That's done," she laughed. "We started that years ago and we finally came to an agreement for both sexes."?
Congratulations to the proud parents!?
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Call it ?terrorism? if a label helps you make sense of this madness. Find who did it and squash him?or them?with what President Obama called ?the full weight of justice.? But in the broad scheme of things, such loose ends matter less than this: Life in America changed with the Boston Marathon bombings?again, and as with past attacks, for the much worse.
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By ROSEMARY ONUOHA
Majority of Nigerians can only embrace the compulsory insurance products as enshrined in Insurance Act of 2003, if government can compel organisations and individuals bidding for government contracts to show proof of compliance.
President of the Chartered Insurance Institute of Nigeria, CIIN, Mr. Wole Adetimehin, who made this assertion, said that if the required enforcement is lacking, the laudable goals and underlining objectives of the compulsory insurances cannot come to materiality.
According to Adetimehin, the National Insurance Commission, NAICOM should liaise with various government agencies and parastatals to ensure that they don?t give out government contracts to companies and individuals who are not complying with the compulsory insurance.
He said ?In pursuing enforcement of the compulsory insurance, we still have to partner with government. For example, the Bureau of Public Procurement, BPP, have their way and styles of doing things. As such, if you are bidding for any government job and you are not showing proof of Group Life Assurance, the BPP should not accept such bids, despite the length of time such bidder has been in operation.
?It is just like what is obtainable in NAPIMS, where you have to be registered before you can bid for anything in the oil and gas sector and you must have met some criteria.
?So enforcement is crucial. When we sit with our regulator, we can help because nobody knows it all. Moreover, everybody has one influence or the other, so it is high time we start harnessing all this resources to our own advantage and that is the only way out.?
Adetimehin however, stated that the late passage of the budget into law shattered all hopes and high spirits of witnessing a good first quarter in the year.
According to him, the late budget delayed any appropriation that could be done as no government arm or department was seen spending, because there was no law to that effect and no appropriation was done.
?The late passage of the budget constituted some form of frustration within the economy because our peculiar experience in this part of the world had always been that great majority of business people trade with the government. So, when the government was not setting the expected pace, it resulted into a very dull first quarter.
?All the states did not pay salaries in the first quarter because there was no budget to operate at the centre and all this affected businesses generally and our insurance sector couldn?t have been an exception. So, in terms of production, new businesses as well as consolidating on existing clientele of businesses, all have not been rosy in the industry.?
Adetimehin said that the enforcement of ?no premium no cover? policy of NAICOM? is long overdue, if only to enhance the robustness of the industry as well as equip all operators better such that they can meet there obligations to the buying public.
?The second quarter can only be a little better because going by the bureaucracy in government no meaningful appropriation will happen until towards the tail-end of the second half, so all of this will continue to affect the performance of all the sectors and our insurance industry cannot be an exception.?
Adetimehin said that insurance awareness creation can never be enough, adding ?If we are to tap into the expected result which is meant to grow our industry in terms of premium income while providing safety and protection for the general public or citizenry of this country, we need to go a lot further in awareness creation. In whatever form, I think we should be pursuing enforcement.?
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Source: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2013/04/govt-contractors-should-show-proof-of-compulsory-insurance-ciin/
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Coping with the requirements of the Health and Safety Executive, whilst also running a successful enterprise, can be stressful. As such, it may pay to utilise a Health and Safety Services provider to take care of health and safety matters for you.
Firstly, let us consider the statistics, published on the Health and Safety Executive website, which show that in the years of 2011/2012, around 591,000 workers had an accident at work. In terms of working days lost, a staggering 156,000 of these injuries led to over 7 days off work, with a pretty big figure of 212,000 leading to more than 3 days off. 173 people suffered from fatal accidents at work during the same period of time. Despite the focus on making the workplace safe, there are always going to be accidents.
The cost of safety failure may be crippling for your business. Then there is damage to your reputation or to your equipment to consider. An employee who hurts themselves through negligence is well within their rights to claim for compensation. Putting the correct measures in place at work ensures that this does not happen.
The underlying principles of health and safety guidelines are to be considered carefully. Employers must look after their employees? moral and physical welfare ? this is called having a ?Duty of Care?. Just as a parent ensures their children are free from danger, so should an employer watch out for his staff.
Whilst running a successful business, there are many other factors to consider asides from health and safety. This is why is makes financial sense to employ the use of a Health and Safety Service. HSS will ensure that all your practices are up to date and comply with current Health and Safety legislation.
A Health and Safety Services provider will act in line with directives from the Health and Safety Executive. They will carry out an inspection both of your premises and of your current health and safety paperwork. After doing so, they will be able to make recommendations to you on how to improve your practices. Should you have received any complaints regarding your health and safety standards, your Health and Safety Services provider will be able to investigate these issues and hopefully provide a satisfactory solution to the problem.
Health and Safety Services take away the worry of ensuring your health and safety standards are up to scratch, leaving you to concentrate on your business? productivity. You are free to do what you do best, happy in the knowledge that your employees are safeguarded from harm.
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