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GOD...Please Buy Me A Jet: Today`s Church.... Years Later
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The toxic legacy of the Confederacy and why the monuments remain a painful vestige of its sordid past
Caroline Randall Williams
By Caroline Randall Williams
I have rape-colored skin. My light-brown-blackness is a living testament to the rules, the practices, the causes of the Old South.
If there are those who want to remember the legacy of the Confederacy, if they want monuments, well, then, my body is a monument. My skin is a monument.
Dead Confederates are honored all over this country — with cartoonish private statues, solemn public monuments and even in the names of United States Army bases. It fortifies and heartens me to witness the protests against this practice and the growing clamor from serious, nonpartisan public servants to redress it.
But there are still those — like President Trump and the Senate majority leader, Mitch McConnell — who cannot understand the difference between rewriting and reframing the past. I say it is not a matter of "airbrushing" history, but of adding a new perspective.
I am a black, Southern woman, and of my immediate white male ancestors, all of them were rapists. My very existence is a relic of slavery and Jim Crow.
According to the rule of hypodescent (the social and legal practice of assigning a genetically mixed-race person to the race with less social power) I am the daughter of two black people, the granddaughter of four black people, the great-granddaughter of eight black people. Go back one more generation and it gets less straightforward, and more sinister. As far as family history has always told, and as modern DNA testing has allowed me to confirm, I am the descendant of black women who were domestic servants and white men who raped their help.
It is an extraordinary truth of my life that I am biologically more than half white, and yet I have no white people in my genealogy in living memory. No. Voluntary. Whiteness. I am more than half white, and none of it was consensual. White Southern men — my ancestors — took what they wanted from women they did not love, over whom they had extraordinary power, and then failed to claim their children.
What is a monument but a standing memory? An artifact to make tangible the truth of the past. My body and blood are a tangible truth of the South and its past. The black people I come from were owned by the white people I come from. The white people I come from fought and died for their Lost Cause. And I ask you now, who dares to tell me to celebrate them? Who dares to ask me to accept their mounted pedestals?
You cannot dismiss me as someone who doesn't understand. You cannot say it wasn't my family members who fought and died. My blackness does not put me on the other side of anything. It puts me squarely at the heart of the debate. I don't just come from the South. I come from Confederates. I've got rebel-gray blue blood coursing my veins. My great-grandfather Will was raised with the knowledge that Edmund Pettus was his father. Pettus, the storied Confederate general, the grand dragon of the Ku Klux Klan, the man for whom Selma's Bloody Sunday Bridge is named. So I am not an outsider who makes these demands. I am a great-great-granddaughter.
And here I'm called to say that there is much about the South that is precious to me. I do my best teaching and writing here. There is, however, a peculiar model of Southern pride that must now, at long last, be reckoned with.
This is not an ignorant pride but a defiant one. It is a pride that says, "Our history is rich, our causes are justified, our ancestors lie beyond reproach." It is a pining for greatness, if you will, a wish again for a certain kind of American memory. A monument-worthy memory.
But here's the thing: Our ancestors don't deserve your unconditional pride. Yes, I am proud of every one of my black ancestors who survived slavery. They earned that pride, by any decent person's reckoning. But I am not proud of the white ancestors whom I know, by virtue of my very existence, to be bad actors.
Among the apologists for the Southern cause and for its monuments, there are those who dismiss the hardships of the past. They imagine a world of benevolent masters, and speak with misty eyes of gentility and honor and the land. They deny plantation rape, or explain it away, or question the degree of frequency with which it occurred.
To those people it is my privilege to say, I am proof. I am proof that whatever else the South might have been, or might believe itself to be, it was and is a space whose prosperity and sense of romance and nostalgia were built upon the grievous exploitation of black life.
The dream version of the Old South never existed. Any manufactured monument to that time in that place tells half a truth at best. The ideas and ideals it purports to honor are not real. To those who have embraced these delusions: Now is the time to re-examine your position.
Either you have been blind to a truth that my body's story forces you to see, or you really do mean to honor the oppressors at the expense of the oppressed, and you must at last acknowledge your emotional investment in a legacy of hate.
Either way, I say the monuments of stone and metal, the monuments of cloth and wood, all the man-made monuments, must come down. I defy any sentimental Southerner to defend our ancestors to me. I am quite literally made of the reasons to strip them of their laurels.
Caroline Randall Williams(@caroranwill) is the author of "Lucy Negro, Redux" and "Soul Food Love," and a writer in residence at Vanderbilt University. Ms. Williams' oped piece was originally published in the New York Times.
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Nigeria: The prophetic consequences of dining with the devil.....
President Buhari (L) and the late Chief Obafemi Awolowo (R)
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Shortly after overthrowing Muhammadu Buhari's military junta on August 27, 1985, Ibrahim Babangida set up what he called the Nigerian Political Bureau. The 17-member panel inaugurated on January 13, 1986, with Samuel Cookey, a professor of political science, as chairman was charged with the responsibility of refocusing Nigeria's political trajectory by chiseling out a new socio-political order.
With membership cutting across academia, business and labour - Abdullahi Augie, Bala Takaya, Dr. Edwin Madunagu, Prof. Oye Oyediran, Mrs. Hilda Adefarasin, Prof. Eme Awa, Prof. Tunde Adeniran, Prof. Sam Oyovbaire, Dr. Ola Balogun, Haroun Adamu, Comrade Paschal Bafyau - the bureau reached out to prominent Nigerians. At the end, it received well over 27,000 memoranda on issues ranging from religion to ethnicity and ideology from ever-willing and rambunctious Nigerians.
But Obafemi Awolowo was not sold on the project and refused to participate.
In his rejection letter addressed to Cookey, Awo was clairvoyant and made a damning proclamation.
"I received your letter of February 28, 1986, and sincerely thank you for doing me the honour of inviting me to contribute to the national political debate.
The purpose of the debate is to clarify our thoughts in our search for a new social order.It is, therefore, proper that all those who have something to contribute should do so. I do fervently and will continue fervently to pray that I may be proved wrong. For something within me tells me, loud and clear, that we have embarked on a fruitless search. At the end of the day, when we imagine that the new order is here, we would be terribly disappointed.
"In other words, at the threshold of our new social order, we would see for ourselves that, as long as Nigerians remain what they are, nothing clean, principled, ethical, and idealistic can work with them. And Nigerians will remain what they are, unless the evils which now dominate their hearts, at all levels and in all sectors of our political, business and governmental activities, are exorcised.
"But I venture to assert that they will not be exorcised, and indeed they will be firmly entrenched, unless God Himself imbues a vast majority of us with a revolutionary change of attitude to life and politics or, unless the dialectic processes which have been at work for some twenty years now, perforce, make us perceive the abominable filth that abounds in our society, to the end that an inexorable abhorrence of it will be quickened in our hearts and impel us to make drastic changes for the better."
But in the event that Nigerians were not attuned to heeding the advice, there was, Awolowo said, an alternative option: "To succumb to permanent social instability and chaos." Nigerians obviously settled for the alternative option and 33 years after, we are still treading that self-destructive path. No matter how anyone cuts it, Nigeria is in trouble. The country under President Muhammadu Buhari's watch is gradually but inexorably succumbing to permanent social instability and chaos. When Nigerians elected Buhari president in 2015, they believed that they were enthroning a new order. Change was the slogan. Today, not a few are terribly disappointed. Truth be told, with Buhari, we embarked on a fruitless search.
Buhari has neither ruined himself nor about to. In fact, he doesn't care. I doubt if he gets it. But Nigeria is worse off for the shenanigans of his government. And the conduct of the November 16 governorship elections in Bayelsa and Kogi States reinforces the prevailing pessimism.
Under President Olusegun Obasanjo, elections were a do-or-die affair. As bad as that was, Buhari has taken the ugly trend to the next level, a notch higher, where it does not really matter whether you do or you don't, being a Nigerian willing to express a contrary political opinion makes you an enemy of the state with dire consequences. Which explains why the Kogi State PDP Woman Leader, Mrs. Salome Abuh, was burnt alive in her home just because of elections.
In broad daylight, hoodlums that were not masked arrived at Abuh's house, blocked every exit, knowing full well that she was inside, poured petrol on the building, set it ablaze, stepped back and fired gunshots continuously to scare people away from rescuing her. Terrified villagers who apparently knew the assassins could only watch the gory spectacle from afar, helplessly.
Meanwhile, the murderers were having a ball - smoking, drinking and chatting away - without a care in the world while their victim was wailing and begging for mercy. The blood-thirsty thugs waited patiently, mocking their victim. They had the licence to kill. Like a child sent on a stealing voyage by his father, who loudly and without a care kicks the door open, they stood there supremely confident that their bestial act will go unpunished.
That is the level Nigeria is right now. Almost three weeks after, nobody has been punished for this crime. I dare say that nobody will be made to pay for this heinous crime. Lesser incidents will convulse any other country. Abuh's tragic fate reminds me of Mukaila Abdullahi, Kano State INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner, REC, who was burnt to death at his Kano GRA residence on April 4, 2015 together with his wife and two children.
Abdullahi presided over the presidential and National Assembly elections. He didn't live to superintend over the governorship and state Assembly elections. His remains were buried in his home state of Jigawa even before investigations started. To date, there has been no serious attempt to unravel the mystery. Why should there be when the police concluded without any investigation that the entire family "suffocated after inhaling black smoke emitting from the split air-conditioner hose that caught fire after an electrical fault." To date, Kano residents and Abdullahi's neighbours dispute that account.
The Kano State police commissioner who made the announcement, Ibrahim Idris, became the Inspector General of Police, IGP, shortly after. Under Buhari's watch, Nigeria seems to have succumbed to permanent social instability and chaos. The homes of Nigerians are routinely burnt down and innocent citizens murdered in cold blood for daring to assemble as was the case of Ifeanyi Ejiofor, lawyer to leader of the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu, this week.
The government cherry picks which court order to obey. The National Assembly has become a mere rubber stamp with lawmakers misconstruing patriotism to mean allegiance to the president rather than the Constitution of the country.Nigerians have been cowed into silence. A Hate Speech Bill that prescribes death penalty is hanging over the heads of naysayers like the axiomatic sword of Damocles. There is also the Social Media Bill. The ominous warnings are back. Mere protest is a treasonable felony that must be firmly and ruthlessly put down. Any act of dissent is a potential banana skin.
On Tuesday December 3, 2019, the Department of State Services, DSS, sounded an ominous warning, claiming to have uncovered plots by some undesirable groups to cause a breakdown of law and order in parts of the country by instigating protests, mass action and violence. "These predetermined actions have been designed to take place simultaneously in the major cities across the geopolitical zones in the coming weeks," DSS spokesman, Peter Afunanya, announced in righteous indignation.
"Considering the implications of these on public safety and national security, the Service wishes to warn the anti-democratic elements responsible for these heinous plots to desist forthwith from their inglorious acts. Consequently, parents are advised to rein in their wards and enjoin them not to allow themselves to be used to foment trouble. Similarly, heads of academic and public institutions are to warn their students and employees respectively from engaging in any untoward activity against public order. The Service and other sister agencies are at alert and will ensure that peace and security are maintained in all parts of the country before, during and after the festive periods."
Recently, the world also watched as Nigerian soldiers shot at innocent #EndSARS protesters as the latter were demonstrating against the activities of the murderous Special Anti-Robbery Squad Unit, accused of murdering innocent Nigerians, mostly the youth, in cold blood. There are also reports from inside sources that the Buhari administration is in a clandestine alliance with Boko Haram as the Northern leaders seek to hold that as a dark horse over the country, ahead of the 2023 elections.
The gloves are off. Buhari claimed he was a born-again democrat. Nigerians believed him. But can the leopard actually change its spots? Hardly! Buhari is exactly who we thought he was and Awolowo was right. He saw this coming 34 years ago.
Thomas Isidore Sankara: An African lion with an everlasting legacy.....
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"Imperialism is a system of exploitation that occurs not only in the brutal form of those who come with guns to conquer territory. Imperialism often occurs in more subtle forms, a loan, food aid or even blackmail. We are fighting this system that allows a handful of men on Earth to rule all of humanity."
― Thomas Sankara
3 Risk Management Functions for Secure Cloud Governance.....
CC™ Technocrat
The method of managing risks on cloud has witnessed a big shift as the pressure on governance model to track variants of risk has become high.
While risk formats have changed in the industry, business continuity is said to be affected with the ushering in of cloud model. The pressure on cloud service providers is increasing in terms of identifying and tracking new risks emerging out of this trend, which sometimes has an adverse impact on the business.
Sethu Seetaraman, VP/Chief Risk Officer, Mphasis, says that risk management basics do not change with cloud. However, the way in which a control is implemented and monitored is what has changed. "As far as BCP/DR is concerned, the organisation owns BCP/DR in case of Infrastructure as a Service and Platform as a Service. Service providers will own BCP/DR in case of Software as a Service.
You must build or take these services from the cloud service provider based on the availability risk," avers Seetharaman.
Why 3 functions of Risk Management are Key to Governance.....
Just as with IT governance, risk management in cloud governance must fulfill three functions argue most CISOs.
Atul Pandey, The ICT Rainmaker: GRC, GSD, PMO & BPM, mentions the three functions: a) Assessing risk b) mitigating risk, and c) measuring the success of that assessment and mitigation.
Pandey says that this is not a static scenario. Risk shifts continually, and the cloud governance model must be able to track these shifts.
Stating facts established by Thomas J. Betcher in his report on a clear analysis of risk and cloud in Cloud Computing: Key IT-Related Risks and Mitigation Strategies for Consideration by IT Security Practitioners,' Pandey puts forth the type of risks to be managed under the cloud model.
Policy and Organisational risks: Lock-in, loss of governance, compliance challenges, loss of business reputation, cloud service termination or failure.
Technical Risks: Availability of service, resource exhaustion, intercepting data in transit, data transfer bottlenecks, distributed denial of service.
Legal Risk: Subpoena and e-discovery, changes of jurisdiction, data privacy, licensing.
According to Pandey, one particularly important observation in the Betcher report relates to risk and frequency. Many traditional IT governance models are designed around IT life-cycles of around three years.
Within these cycles, IT audit leaves a detailed trail of version and upgrade information.
With the cloud, this changes. Not only does the cycle shrink massively (change can now be measured in hours and weeks rather than in years), the actual versioning of the technology behind the service can remain completely hidden from the consumer.
As a result, cloud governance models must be able to assess risk from this entirely new perspective.
How Continuity is affected.....
Pandey believes that continuity in itself is solicited as the USP of cloud, at least in comparison with traditional infra.
Business continuity management (BCM) is the result of critical functions and processes assuring that a system performs its mission without incidence, and that the entity responds to all acts or events in a planned, consistent manner.
Business continuity planning is rehearsed through scenario analysis which:
Targets new, evolving or projected risks affecting business operations.
Simulates and evaluates the effect of disruptions in information systems support and response time delays.
Provides the ground for experimenting on effective solutions to every type of BCM disruption entering into the scenario.
"The analysis to which reference is made is instrumental in elaborating BCM clauses in service level agreements (SLAs) with cloud computing providers," says Pandey and adds, "Sound governance assures that business continuity studies are part of the evaluation process preceding any top management decision in adopting cloud computing; it also constitutes a factor in choosing a cloud provider."
Reprinted/Republished with permission from: www.csoforum.in
A powerful message from the late venerable Archbishop Benson Idahosa
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This was a powerful message from the late Bishop Benson Idahosa. Simply riveting and worth listening to as we wade through this dark world of uncertainty and spiritual paucity.
The 21st Century Marriage
By Gbenga Owotoki
From a recent study done in the United States of America, about 49% of all marriages end in divorce and you might think the odds of failure of marriages will be much less for couples heavily involved in the church but I am sorry to shock you, it is not quite so. Ministries today reports the divorce rate up 279% in the last 27 years! This, if anything, is frightening!
Taking a survey of all ministers in all denominations, 50% of their marriages will end in divorce. A recent ABC News broadcast also reported that the divorce rate in the "Bible Belt" is 50% higher than in other areas of the US. The Christian-Based Research Group reported in January 2000, that 21% of atheists and agnostics will or have experienced divorce while 29% denominational Christians and 34% of non-denominational Christians will or have experienced divorce. This is a rebuke to the church! Where are we getting it wrong?
Most marriages are predicated on faulty foundations and marriages with such foundation cannot last. People get into marriage for the wrong reasons for some it is the wealth that will be available at their disposal, others for reasons other than genuine love entrench in God's approval.
I read a story about Tony Toto, of Allentown, PA. He operated a pizza parlor there. Tony Toto survived at least 5 attempts on his life, all arranged for or carried out by his dear wife, Frances, & her lover. Twice she arranged for assailants to beat him over the head with baseball bats. On one occasion she put a tripwire across the basement stairs in their house, hoping that he would trip over it & plummet to his death.
She also arranged for him to be shot, at least on two occasions. The first time she drugged his chicken soup so he would sleep soundly; he was shot in the head, but miraculously survived. The 2nd time he was shot in the chest, but only sustained minor injuries.
Even more miraculous than Tony's survival was his attitude toward his wife once he found out she was responsible for all of this. Tony said that he held his wife blameless.
When she was found guilty and sent to prison for arranging for his murder, he took their 4 children and visited her every week - every single week. Then when she was released from prison, she went back to their red brick home to resume her married life with Tony.
With his arm around her, Tony said, "We're more in love now than ever before.Wow! What a man! This is one very rare case, but how many people can live up with this? I am sure a lot of people would have thrown out the woman at the first attempt or probably kill her in the process. What is happening to our homes and marriages today?
Is your marriage going through a strain? Are you so stressed and worked up and thinking of calling it quits? Divorce should not be an option, you can work this through. During my counseling sessions, I have asked couples 'what attracted them to each other in the first place and if that object of attraction is still present.'
Most marriages get into murky waters when there is a downward shift in the relational disposition of either or both partners. When the gifts stops coming, the communication becomes brief and formal and the romantic sparks becomes extinguished…you had better watch out, you are standing on a divorce time-bomb waiting to explode!
Let me share with you some secrets that I have shared with my audience. It is embedded in the four letter word L.O.V.E. I am not saying love by mouth but this is love from the very depth of your soul, it's a connection you must have with your spouse, if anything comes in between this connection then you are on a dangerous path. Let's look at this together:
L - Living for One Another: Living for one another is one of the strong keys to living together till 'death do you path.' It means your spouse becomes the reason for your living. When you live for another it means you are dead to self, it means you are broken. At this stage, it is not about your qualification nor is it about how much money you earn more than your spouse…the moment you begin to see yourself as the more important part of the relationship then you are digging the grave for your marriage. When you live for one another, then you will grow in each other.
O - Open Up to One Another: Secrecy is a silent and gradual terminator of the peace and joy within the home. Many homes have been destroyed as a result of secrets that were believed to have been kept but later came to the fore. Your spouse has the right to know everything; that is why you are married. You owe each other that obligation. Open to one another and you will enjoy the peace that passes all understanding. Many individuals have held back secrets from their spouses which later inflamed them and their marriage never was the same again.
Openness rides on the wings of a healthy communication within the marriage. Couples, if when together are at lose of what to discuss or say to each other are already exhibiting symptoms of 'communication wilt.' Communication must be fun, informal and sincere. Openness is the first defense against external infiltration into your marriage. Be open about everything. Genesis 2:25 says "And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and they were not ashamed." There is no shame in being open. These should include our finances, sex, relationships and every other area.
V- Value for One Another: Value means worth. When you value your spouse then he/she is worth more than all the valuables of the world put together. A man that values his wife will not treat her as a slave. Learn to appreciate your wife. Treat her as the queen that she is and let her feel that sense of worth. How do you treat your husband? Do you discuss her with your friends and by extension make him a laughing stock before them. Do you disrespect each other before extended family members? Value means you are sensitive to the needs of your spouse and that you hold each other in high esteem. Do you value your spouse?
E - Encourage One Another: Your spouse should be your first pastor. It is not every problem or misunderstanding you take to the church or your parents. Be the shoulder upon which your spouse can lean on. There is power when you agree on something together. Rather than place curses on each other, make positive declarations of a better life together.
There are women who bathe their husbands with curses and true to their word, the man will never make progress and you cannot expect to have peace in return in such situation, the devil will succeed in turning that home to a battle field. Encourage and pray for another.
The success of one should be the joy and success of another. Don't take your spouse to the threshing floor of the public, since when he/she is ridiculed you will also be humiliated in your home. Make Jesus your focus.
Face that challenge together and see God come out strong on your behalf. Your family will be beauty to behold and a reference point in the comity of families.
God bless you mightily!
Gbenga Owotoki, is the founder and Presiding Coordinator Hephzibah Network International Ministries; a Ministry committed to stirring up the 'sleeping giant' in people for end-time exploits. A US trained Business and Change Management Strategist. He is widely known as the 'Change Driver' for his simple but yet unique ways through which he initiates changes that are rejuvenating lives and organizations and helping to restore hope in individuals who had completely given up. A widely travelled international conference speaker and Convener of the annual Giant Conference and Life Summit that have been a blessing to many.
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie: Africa's cultural and literary icon
CC™ Opeditorial - By Yahaya Balogun
When a Muse is within my reach or vicinity, my literary antenna captures the precinct or perceives the Muse. When you have an insatiable quest for knowledge acquisition, the muse in talented and good people around infatuates your literary urge. I am an ardent adherent of the muse any day!
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie makes us proud! She is one of our cultural icons and literary moguls in Africa! Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie received an honorary Doctor of Letters degree from Yale University during the university's 2019 commencement ceremony.
She got this deserving award one day after delivering the Class Day address. 2019 marked the first time in Yale's history that the Class Day speaker would receive an honorary degree in the same year. Chimamanda is one of the muses and Nigerian cultural ambassadors to the world. Chimamanda represents one of the best in us in Nigeria and Africa.
On November 16, 2019, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie received the Bookcity Milano prize during the Bookcity Literary Festival in Milan, Italy. She also appeared in an onstage conversation. Adichie's beautiful story in the United States and around the globe is being told beautifully in different forms by the world. And these effervescent forms transcend a single story being told by some Nigerians. But the deafening silence on her achievements by Nigerians is also very obvious.
Nauseatingly, why do we not celebrate the good ones among us? Why do the brown-envelope Newspapers in Nigeria, and social media hogwash us with naughty and noxious things? Why don't people rejoice with our collective achievements domestically and on the world stage? These are damning questions begging for honest answers! Chimamanda Adichie is not the Gucci-COZA, ELISHA ABBO, SYNAGOGUE, HERDMEN or RUGA.
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie is one of the representations of Nigeria's intellectual glory. Her achievements are cocooned in a meritocracy. Unfortunately, Adichie comes from the clime where mediocrity holds sway. Mediocrity always takes precedent over meritorious service in the homeland: the reason why Adichie wouldn't make any headlines in our brown-enveloped and hate-monger Newspapers in Nigeria. Nigerian passion for mediocrity is damning and alarming!
Meanwhile, Chimamanda Adichie is flourishing exceptionally in America's exceptionalism, abundant opportunities, and prosperity! The most glowing part of her story is her referential of Nigeria in all her expositions. She is a true patriot and amazon daughter of the soil of Nigeria. Adichie has a compendium knowledge and unique style in preserving Professor Chinua Achebe's literary encyclopedia. Some of our people stereotype Adichie for her beliefs in feminism and controversial academic presentations. Some Nigerian professors frown at her feminist postures, and uniquely essentials, but their inability to understand her multicultural intelligence and literary-know-how is bewildering and damning.
Interestingly, Chimamanda Ngozi's books have been translated into more than 30 different international languages. Her book Americanah made it to the list of the top best Barack Obama's 2018. Adichie is engagingly following the path of our cultural and literary giant---Prof. Chinua Achebe whose book "Things Fall Apart" has been translated to more than 50 international languages.
Chimamanda Adichie beautifies one of the human capital endowments we have known in Nigeria. It is unfathomable to see how unwilling Nigeria exports her best human resources (brains) to a willing world that utilizes them for its benefits. Nigeria is a reservoir of raw and untapped knowledge. The processed brains and other knowledgeable people currently residing in Nigeria are being abused and bastardized daily by the hostile environment. Jealousy, selfish motives and deliberate ignorance signal the hard times ahead of the country.
Consequently, Time actually heals! I hope time heals our people's self-hate, self-destruct and deliberate ignorance. There should be no burden in being critical about something or someone. But when you morph low to hate someone who is making progress because of his or her opinions on germane issues, you will need to make a critical visit to a psychologist for moral therapy.
While Chimamada's spiral self-made and talent are soaring high among the global academia, and in the international arena, her resenters are soaring deep in low-life of jealousy and confusion. Nigeria is a nation with abundant human capital. We are the number one exporter of human resources in the global world. Anytime I see Nigerians achieving a great feat in a competitive global community, my adrenaline-rush for our greatness always go beyond imagination and satisfaction.
Congratulations to Amazon Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. She is one of our cultural icons and ambassador extraordinaire! Let's celebrate her brilliance, candor, confidence, grace, and resourcefulness. We are very pleased with Adichie, and also very proud of her great literary talent and achievements.
How Tesla, Nikola and Donald Trump are all connected
CC™ Introspective - Andy Serwer with Max Zahn
On January 9, 1943, two days after Nikola Tesla died destitute in a New York City hotel, the FBI called MIT professor and esteemed electrical engineer, John G. Trump, to determine if any of the belongings in the inventor's estate—which included a purported weapon of mass destruction Tesla called the death ray—would be dangerous if they fell into enemy hands.
After a three day investigation, Trump – in fact the late uncle of Donald J. Trump – determined there was no risk. (It turned out Tesla never actually made his death ray.) Still the mystery and exaggerated claims, along with the soaring success and failures associated with Tesla, an eccentric Serbian-American polymath futurist continue to be played out today on a scale that only he could have imagined.
That two high-profile electric vehicle companies, one named after the inventor's last name, 'Tesla,' headed up by Elon Musk—very much an intellectual descendent of the inventor, and another 'Nikola,' after his first name, would both be creating huge waves and headlines—though for very different reasons—80 years later, seems to be beyond. Yet for those who've believed in the man and his vision, maybe it isn't so surprising. It's also the case that Tesla, brash and successful and Nikola, speculative and troubled both reflect facets of their namesake. (It's perhaps poetic that Tesla's Musk, sometimes spars with and sometimes emulates Professor Trump's nephew, the President of the United States.)
In this Thursday, March 7, 2019 file photo, a shadow of Milica Kesler, curator and archivist is cast onto a poster of Nikola Tesla at the Nikola Tesla museum in Belgrade, Serbia. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)
Here's a bit more on Nikola Tesla: A visionary who among countless other inventions and ideas helped develop and commercialize the AC or the alternating current electricity supply system, Tesla was a tall, reed-thin vegetarian who dined at Delmonico's restaurant nearly every night. Possessing an eidetic memory, Tesla was prone to fantastic claims and forever tapping Wall Street, including J.P. Morgan himself, for vast sums of money in part because of his lavish spending. (Trivia alert: Tesla was played by David Bowie in Christopher Nolan's "The Prestige," while Ethan Hawke has the lead role in this year's "Tesla." Also see "The Current War.") Tesla also battled powerful rivals (including Marconi and Edison) and endured a love/hate relationship with the press, who called some of his work a hoax.
Any of that sound familiar?
Let's now flash forward to September of 2020. It would be an understatement to say that Tesla and Nikola, (the two EV companies that is) had a crazy week, yet in a way that's pretty much normal for both of them.
Tesla is more than a car
Let's start with Tesla's week: The company was following a court case involving a Russian ransomware attack. It sued the U.S. government over Chinese import tariffs. And in a court document filed this week, Tesla accused Nikola of itself stealing a truck design, a filing it made in response "to a lawsuit in which Nikola alleges that Tesla stole Nikola's design of its electric truck— the Nikola One — for the Tesla Semi…" (Got that?) Oh and California Governor Gavin Newsom announced he was banning gas powered cars in his state by 2035, which would certainly benefit Tesla (and Nikola.)
But all that was just a sideshow (if you can imagine) for Tesla's main event, the company's first "Battery Day," where the company introduced a battery that it says has six times more power and five times more energy than its previous batteries. Musk also indicated that the company could produce an EV for some $25K in three years. (The fact btw, that Tesla can hold a Battery Day—capital B, capital D—speaks both the company's incredible marketing machine and to the actual import of these batteries going forward.)
"From someone working in the battery research field for two decades, I give them an A+," says Shirley Meng, a professor of energy technology at the University of California San Diego. "They are doing this incredible vertical integration so they can ensure cost and performance control, and also meet a sustainability goal. In the battery field there were so many claims based on dollar per watt hour, energy density, watt hour per kilogram. There was a lot of fatigue in terms of those claims. But when the Tesla team announced this kind of very holistic approach to look at this entire supply chain of the batteries, I think it's very forward looking. I'm impressed."
Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk reveals a Tesla Energy battery for businesses and utility companies during an event in Hawthorne, California April 30, 2015. (REUTERS/Patrick T. Fallon)
And yet the announcement underwhelmed Wall Street and Tesla's share price fell some 10% (which happens with this volatile stock, and it has since recovered a bit.) But that drop produced agita and even outrage among Tesla's sometimes maniacal customer base and Musk's nearly 39 million Twitter followers.
In fact, one Tesla bull got into a kerfuffle this week with a Yahoo Finance reporter who was questioning some of Musk's claims, causing the Tesla bull to Tweet his displeasure which prompted Musk to Tweet that "Yahoo Finance is as dumb as it sounds."
Musk's Twittering and his dust-ups with the media are predictable and Trump-like and I say unnecessary too, as they detract from his accomplishments and are beneath him. But maybe I'm old school. The fact is, (and it is a fact), Tesla is the real deal. If you've never driven a Tesla, you may not get it. These babies are super cool and more importantly really what cars will be. Tesla is more than a car though, its software and charging stations make it a network. Tesla is miles ahead of its competitors, EV or legacy car company. In just a few short years Musk has built a world-changing product and brand. He's driving the vehicle business forward in a way no one else is, or has since maybe Henry Ford.
"First Tesla and electric vehicles were largely dismissed as a fad," says Joseph Osha, an equity analyst at JMP. "After that, automotive manufacturers started saying 'this is real but we'll just do it.' Expectations were that a big company — Ford, GM, Volkswagen —would show up and that would be the end of Tesla. What you saw — was a whole series of basically blown launches, from the Audi e-tron to Mercedes EQC to Jaguar I-PACE to numerous promises from GM. All of those cars were supposedly going to run right up against Tesla. Now you're seeing a scramble because the original manufacturers dramatically underestimated how hard this is. It's quite something. I'm curious about which one is going to make big company decisions to drop $5, $10, $15, $20 billion into catching up."
Does Musk sometimes make outlandish claims and fall short? Sure, but I don't think you can say this is all about fake-it-to-you-make-it. With apologies to Marty McFly and Jeff Bridges, Tesla—with a reported million plus EVs sold worldwide and 48,00 employees—is no DeLorean or Tucker.
The one giant question about Tesla, is its stock price, which has climbed by 10X this year. 10X! In other words, yes, Tesla is a revolutionary company, but is it worth $377 billion—more than Ford, GM, Fiat Chrysler and Toyota combined ($278 billion)?
It's a sky-high valuation, but is it justified? Of course no one really knows.
Can Nikola make hydrogen work?
Let's shift gears now, (actually an inappropriate cliche when talking about EVs) and delve into Nikola, which has a market cap of some $7 billion—though four months ago it was five times higher.
Have you not been following the Nikola saga? An EV truck company founded in Utah six years ago (the name must have driven Musk crazy), founded by one Trevor Milton, Nikola went public this June through a SPAC (special purpose acquisition company—the Wall Street entity of the moment) run by former GM exec Steve Girsky. Nikola has a number of trucks in design phase, using battery-electric and hydrogen-electric fuel cells, but has yet to deliver any vehicles. Nonetheless Nikola's stock soared this summer, powered at least in part by young, so-called Robinhood investors.
On September 8, GM CEO Mary Barra announced a partnership with Nikola where GM would buy 11% of Nikola and work with the startup producing vehicles and batteries. Nikola's stock popped 50% on the news.
A mere two days later, Hindenburg Research, which "specializes in forensic financial research," published a damning 67-page report, "Nikola: How to Parlay An Ocean of Lies Into a Partnership With the Largest Auto OEM in America" stating that "we believe Nikola is an intricate fraud built on dozens of lies over the course of its Founder and Executive Chairman Trevor Milton's career."
Nikola did not respond to a request for comment from Yahoo Finance regarding the Hindenburg report but issued this statement on Sept. 14 (partial excerpt): "Nikola believes that the Hindenburg report, and the opportunistic timing of its publication shortly after announcement of Nikola's partnership with General Motors Co. and the resulting positive share price reaction, was designed to provide a false impression to investors and to negatively manipulate the market in order to financially benefit short sellers, including Hindenburg itself."
Founder of U.S. Nikola Trevor Milton speaks during presentation of its new full-electric and hydrogen fuel-cell battery trucks in partnership with CNH Industrial, at an event in Turin, Italy, December 2, 2019. REUTERS/Massimo Pinca
Hindenburg and Nikola traded barbs back and forth for several days, while for her part, Barra insisted that GM did its due diligence. Still, last Sunday night, Milton stepped down as CEO and Girsky became the chief executive. Nikola stock now trades at $19, down from its high of $93. Oh, and the DOJ and SEC are investigating.
"Having studied the Hindenburg report pretty closely, there's nothing in there that points to Nikola's ability or inability to execute on the plan. 90+ percent of the argument made is that the founder of Nikola has made untruthful statements or promised things that haven't played out. And he resigned on the back of those," says Emmanuel Rosner, an analyst at Deutsche Bank. "But if you go back to the arguments, there's nothing in there that gives investors clarity on whether Nikola can make hydrogen work or not work. Nothing has changed from that point of view."
That's the company though. As for the man, Milton, who still owns 25% of the company worth some $2 billion, things could get worse. Yahoo Finance's Alexis Keenan reports that many of Milton's hyped-up claims along with Hindenburg's charges are "...likely at the heart of inquiries now undertaken by federal agencies tasked with deciding whether legal action against the short seller, Milton, or Nikola is warranted."
But wait, Elon Musk has made claims that haven't come true, right? "Overall no question in our mind that Elon has a track record of setting bold targets and [the new battery strategy] is certainly a bold target as it relates to improvement and cost reduction" says Rosner. "...even achieving a piece of it, let's say there's a smaller cost reduction, would still have enormous implications."
So is that wrong to do?
Steve Jobs too made bold, sometimes outlandish promises. And by extension, so has Elizabeth Holmes of Theranos. In fact, this has essentially been her defense, which is to say that forward-thinking entrepreneurs need to put out stretch goals and challenge conventional thinking. But somehow Milton and Holmes aren't Musk and Jobs. Is it because the latter two were more successful? Or is it a question of degree? Certainly it's a matter of intent.
So just what is a promise in business—and in politics too? Where do we draw the line between hyperbole and fraud?
Those are questions Nikola Tesla faced 100 years ago, and today, Nikola, Tesla and Donald Trump face them too.
This article was featured in a Saturday edition of the Morning Brief on September 26, 2020. Get the Morning Brief sent directly to your inbox every Monday to Friday by 6:30 a.m. ET. Subscribe
Andy Serwer is editor-in-chief of Yahoo Finance. Follow him on Twitter: @serwer.
DNA study shows many African-Americans have Nigerian ancestry
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During the period of the transatlantic slave trade, more than 12.5 million enslaved persons were shipped from Africa to the Americas with about 3.5 million of them from Nigeria.
Today there are communities of people with Nigerian ancestry mostly in Brazil, Cuba, and Jamaica who have retained some of their ancestral beliefs and traditions.
In the largest DNA study of people of African ancestry in the Americas, researchers found an overrepresentation of Nigerian genetic ancestry in the United States and Latin America compared to the proportion of enslaved people shipped to these places from regions within modern day Nigeria.
While the finds from the genetic study are largely supported by established narratives and historic records of the transatlantic slave trade, there were also inconsistencies.
The researchers put forward a new narrative explaining the variations in African ancestry in the Americas and how these variations were shaped by the transatlantic and a later intra-America slave trade whose impact was only recently understood.
The study which involved the DNA of 50,281 people of African descent in the United States, Latin America and western Europe was carried out by the consumer genetics company, 23andMe.
The genetic data was analyzed against historical records of over 36,000 transatlantic slave trade voyages that happened between 1492 and the early 19th century.
The overrepresentation of Nigeria ancestry is said to be a result of intra-American slave trade between the British Caribbean and mainland Americas.
Previous genetic studies have shown that African Americans in the US have more African ancestry from populations that lived near present-day Nigeria than from populations that lived elsewhere in Atlantic Africa (Western and west central Africa). In agreement, it was shown in this study Nigerian as the most common ancestry within the US, the French Caribbean, and the British Caribbean.
This is despite, nearly half of the slaves who landed in the United States coming from Senegambia (Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Senegal) and West-Central Africa (Democratic Republic of Congo and Angola), a considerable number of the remaining half had their origins in Ghana as well as Ivory Coast.
The overrepresentation of Nigeria ancestry reported was found to be a result of the later intra-American slave trade between the British Caribbean and the mainland Americas.
The intra-American trade which was an inter-colonial trade involving over 11,000 slave voyages within the Americas stretched as far as Boston to Buenos Aires and also Atlantic and the Pacific littorals.
Intra-American trade records show that while the transatlantic voyages were going on, slave traders transferred nearly 500,000 slaves throughout the Americas with most intra-American voyages originating in the Caribbean.
Though the British outlawed the slave trade in 1807 and started intercepting slave ships, the intra-American slave trade continued.
The intra-American slave trade voyages on record sailed until the 1840s as there the slave trade continued in the US and between Spanish Caribbean colonies.
The researchers also reported Senegambia underrepresentation in the Americas such as in northern South America and Central America despite being the source of nearly half of the enslaved persons who landed at ports in the areas.
This underrepresentation was linked to the fact that Senegambia is one of the first African regions from which large numbers of people were enslaved in the Americas.
It was presumed to have resulted in reduced African ancestry in the population. A presumed high mortality rate in the Americas amongst enslaved persons from Senegambia was also given a possible reason.
Also in the study, the United States and the British Caribbean were found to have the highest African ancestry in the Americas. Previous genetic studies have also reported a lower proportion of Latin Americans with African roots compared to the proportion of African Americans in the United States.
This is despite historical records shows that over two-third of enslaved people who arrived in the Americas landed in Latin America with less than 5% landing in mainland North America.
This low representation was presumed to also be due to high mortality among enslaved people in Latin America and a high rate of intermarriage between them and native Americans resulting in reduced African ancestry in the population.
*This article was first published in Quartz Africa
Labels: African-Americans, Nigeria, Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade
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'The narrative is always white is better' - Ex-Chelsea director and former Nigeria international Emenalo on systemic racism in football
Ex-Chelsea and Monaco Sporting Director Mike Emenalo
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Former Chelsea sporting director Michael Emenalo says "the narrative has to change" if black coaches are to be given the same opportunities as their white counterparts.
The issue of racism in society has been given greater prominence in recent months following the killing of American George Floyd by a white police officer in Minneapolis in May 2020, which sparked Black Lives Matter protests across the globe.
Premier League players and staff have shown their solidarity against racism by taking a knee before kick-off at every game, while the players also have 'Black Lives Matter' printed on their shirt sleeves.
Emenalo, though, believes there needs to be a more fundamental shift in how black players and managers are perceived if there is to be true equality in football.
Wolves boss Nuno Espirito Santo is currently the only manager from a black, Asian and minority ethnic background in the Premier League. Emenalo meanwhile is one of only two BAME technical directors in Premier League history along with Les Ferdinand, whose QPR side were relegated three months after his appointment as director of football in February 2015.
"The narrative has to change. The narrative right now is always that white is better," he told the Guardian.
"So it doesn't matter what Chris Hughton produces as a manager. There's always someone saying a white guy can do it better. People need to do the right thing. Like Martin Luther King said: 'Judge me by my competence – not my skin colour.'
"When I sit behind the bench at a game, I want to be close to my work. But it's also so that people of my colour could say: 'I can do that.' People in the parking lot would say: 'Oh my God, you don't know what you mean to us.' Then I feel even worse because I want to say more."
Emenalo joined Chelsea as chief scout in 2007 following a playing career that saw him play in five countries and feature for Nigeria at the 1994 World Cup. The 54-year-old was briefly promoted to assistant coach in 2010 before becoming technical director the following year.
He would go on to spend a decade at Stamford Bridge, overseeing a complete overhaul of the club's academy structure and being credited with the scouting and signing of players such as Kevin De Bruyne, Mohamed Salah, N'Golo Kante and Eden Hazard.
Despite those achievements, Emenalo felt he constantly had to prove himself to the 10 permanent or caretaker managers Chelsea went through in that time.
"Everybody has a misconception of my knowledge, insight and experience. I did it 10 times with 10 managers," he added.
"Each time I climbed the hill and convinced them of my worth. I have a university degree in international relations and diplomacy. I know how to deal with people and with situations. I had World Cup experience and been part of this industry on five continents.
"I said: 'I'll give them an opportunity to understand me.' They all did but it's not easy starting from ground zero every time."
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This medicine contains the active ingredient rofecoxib, which is a type of medicine known as a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID).NSAIDs work by blocking the action of a substance in the body called cyclo-oxygenase. Cyclo-oxygenase is involved in producing prostaglandins, in response to injury or certain diseases. These prostaglandins cause pain, swelling and inflammation. Because NSAIDs block the production of these prostaglandins, they are effective at relieving pain and inflammation.Cyclo-oxygenase does not only produce prostaglandins that cause inflammation. It also produces prostaglandins that have useful roles in the body. There are two different forms of cyclo-oxygenase, COX-1 and COX-2. COX-2 is the form that (among other things) produces prostaglandins that cause inflammation. COX-1 does not produce inflammatory prostaglandins, but does produce others that have useful effects, including some that are involved in maintaining a healthy stomach and intestinal lining. Traditional NSAIDs, such as ibuprofen or diclofenac, block the action of both COX-1 and COX-2, and this is why they can sometimes cause side effects such as stomach irritation and peptic ulcers. Rofecoxib belongs to a new generation of NSAIDs that selectively block the action of COX-2. This means that it stops the production of inflammatory prostaglandins, without stopping the production of prostaglandins that protect the stomach and intestines. It therefore reduces pain and inflammation, but is less likely than traditional NSAIDs to cause side effects on the stomach and intestines.
This medicine contains the active ingredient rofecoxib, which is a type of medicine known as a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID).
Traditional NSAIDs, such as ibuprofen or diclofenac, block the action of both COX-1 and COX-2, and this is why they can sometimes cause side effects such as stomach irritation and peptic ulcers. Rofecoxib belongs to a new generation of NSAIDs that selectively block the action of COX-2. This means that it stops the production of inflammatory prostaglandins, without stopping the production of prostaglandins that protect the stomach and intestines. It therefore reduces pain and inflammation, but is less likely than traditional NSAIDs to cause side effects on the stomach and intestines.
This medicine has been withdrawn from the market by the manufacturer as a result of new safety information uncovered during a clinical trial. The APPROVe study linked long-term rofecoxib use with an increased risk of heart attacks and stroke compared to placebo. All people taking this medicine should make an appointment with their GP to arrange an alternative prescription.
The use of any medicines known to inhibit COX-2 (eg rofecoxib) is not recommended in women attempting to conceive. This is because COX-2 plays a role in ovulation and implantation.
People with impaired kidney, liver or heart function should have their kidney function monitored while taking this medicine.
This medicine must not be used in the third trimester of pregnancy as it may be harmful to the foetus. It should only be used in the first or second trimesters if the potential benefit to the mother outweighs any potential risk to the foetus. Discuss this with your doctor. In addition, this medicine is not recommended for women trying to conceive.
There is insufficient experience with rofecoxib as yet to say with certainty which medicines it interacts with, but the following are interactions that may potentially happen. Tell your doctor if you are taking any medicines, including those bought over-the-counter and herbal medicines, before you start treatment with rofecoxib. Similarly, check with your doctor or pharmacist before you take any new medicines while you are taking rofecoxib.
Rofecoxib may increase the blood-thinning effect of anticoagulant medicines such as warfarin. People taking anticoagulant medicines with rofecoxib should have their blood-clotting time (INR) monitored, particularly when starting rofecoxib treatment and if your dose is changed.
Kidney function should be monitored if any of these medicines are taken with rofecoxib.
Rofecoxib should not be taken with high doses of aspirin (over 75mg daily) or with other NSAIDs, eg ibuprofen, as this may increase the risk of side effects.
The blood level of rofecoxib may be decreased by rifampicin.


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Bonjour , JE voudrai venir en avril 3 jours . À combien de minute à pied pour allez à la plage ?
O hotel tem algum lugar para guardar carro?
Estimada Ana, el hotel está en un edificio histórico protegido y no dispone de parking, sin embargo tenemos un convenio con descuento para nuestros clientes con el parking ABC Park situado en la calle Roger de Lluria a 5 minutos andando del hotel. Dear Ana, the hotel is located in a graded historic building so there is no car park, however we have an agreement with discounted prices for our guest with the public parking ABC Park, located in Roger de Lluria street, 5 minutes walking from the hotel.
Hi, we have an agreement with a public parking with discount for hotel guests. Parking ABC Park on Calle Roger de Lauria, 21, just a five-minute walk from the hotel.Thanks and we look forward to welcoming you!
Le stanze sono fornite di accappatoio e ciabatte?
Accappatoio no ma ciabattine si!
Which train is closet to this hotel. I see on the Euro rail websight lists two. De Alcantara or Del Ventoso?
"la 205 spacieuse donnant sur la rue (très bien isolée!)"
"surtout pas sur l'avenue (heureusement il n'y en a que 2 par étages"


Today is the six month anniversary of the new health reform law – the Affordable Care Act. The law is already having a real and meaningful impact in providing Americans with better coverage and lower costs.
Today is also the day that the new law's critical patient protections – the Patient's Bill of Rights – takes effect, and the President met with Americans from all over the country yesterday who are already benefiting from these protections. Earlier this week, North Carolina Blue Cross Blue Shield announced that it would voluntarily provide more than $155 million in rebates to consumers as a result of the Affordable Care Act.
Just today, we learned that WellPoint will return $20 million to consumers in Colorado as a result of the new law's efforts to control unreasonable premium increases.
However, just as we've started to hold insurance companies accountable, a new Congressional Republican agenda wants to put them back in charge. Repeal of the Affordable Care Act has real consequences for the American people and small businesses. The House agenda claims to protect people with preexisting conditions, but it repeals the new law's ban on discriminating against uninsured Americans, including children, who have a preexisting condition.
It will raise taxes by more than $40 billion on up to 4 million small businesses that provide health benefits to their employees. It will result in premium increases by eliminating the billions of dollars in cost savings measures, and will increase the deficit by more than $1 trillion dollars.
It will mean that seniors will pay more for their prescription drugs, and their new free preventive Medicare benefits will be cut.
And, it will mean that millions of Americans will have to give up their new Patient's Bill of Rights protections, from the 21 year old now getting covered on his or her parents' plan to the woman getting the preventive care she needs to prevent breast cancer and the individual who has lost his right to appeal an insurance companies' decision to an independent 3rd party.
There's a long list of Americans featured in our 50 states/50 stories project who will suffer if the Congressional Republican plan to repeal the Affordable Care Act becomes a reality. Read their stories by clicking here. And good luck explaining to them that repealing a law that they are now benefiting from and putting insurance companies back in charge is the right thing to do.


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Complete Wiki Biography of John Savoca, which contains net worth and salary earnings in 2020. She is a fitness freak who timely shares a picture of herself on the internet about getting engaged in yoga. Yara Shahidi Net Worth: Starting acting at the very early age of six, Yara Shahidi has collected the net worth of $1 million so far.She is a talented actress. Pisces, a water sign, is the last constellation of the zodiac. A look at Roxy Shahidi's dating history. Popularity. Currently, Roxy Shahidi is 37 years, 10 months and 4 days old. Sandro is a product of Internacional's youth academy. He trained in a variety of dance styles, including jazz, ballet, tap, hip hop, and more. She performed in a radio drama titled Nadeem Aslam's Maps for Lost Lovers. Rokhsaneh Ghawam-Shahidi Net Worth 2020, Age, Height, Relationships, Married, Dating, Family, Wiki Biography. Net worth. Roxy Shahidi Zodiac Sign is Pisces, Ethnicity White & religion Not Available.. Roxy Shahidi Net Worth 2018. Roxy Shahidi was born in England, United Kingdom on Saturday, March 12, 1983 (Millennials Generation). He was a student at the Nati… He signed his first professional contract and began his senior career in 2007 as an 18-year-old. The wedding planner - who is played by actress Roxy Shahidi in the ITV soap - made a shock return to the village tonight when she let herself into David's house a year after fleeing after her relationship with Pete Barton broke down. that most Tb. It is believed that the talented actress earns a massive sum of money and has a net worth of more than $1 million as of 2020. 's girlfriend? But, you can sure that the actual figure is much more then our estimate. Yara Shahidi's mom Keri Jamelda Salter is considered for having Ghanaian descent. Roxy Shahidi Net Worth 2018. Please check back soon for updates. Yara Shahidi has an estimated net worth of $1 million dollars as of 2019. His wife Roxy is also an actress just like Ali.
Doing few dramatic films also lines up in her wish list. In 2009, he and his brother John started the video game development company RockLive, where they developed mobile games for athletes such as Cristiano Ronaldo and Mike Tyson. She is married to Arsher Ali. Roxy Shahidi's birth sign is Pisces and she has a ruling planet of Neptune. At an interview, Yara said that her mom is African – American ancestry and originated in Ghana. Birthday. It's symbolized by two fish swimming in opposite directions, representing the constant division of Pisces's … Ghawam-Shahidi was born to an Iranian father and an English mother, and grew up in Whalley Range in Manchester. As you already know, celebrities are never share there actual net worth. Known for playing contemporary dancer Daniel on the Family Channel hit series The Next Step, he was named Mr. Onstage New York in 2006 and Mr. Showbiz 2008. View past relationships, dating news, rumors, net worth, and full biography. Yara Shahidi Net worth. Sie ist ein Modell , Actress known for her famous roles Chloe Johnson (Der First Family), Zoey Johnson (Black-ish), Darci (Troll Hunter), Zoey Johnson (Grown-ish). Emmerdale's Roxy Shahidi: I love my weekends ACTRESS Roxy, 32, joined Emmerdale in 2008 and until 2011 played Leyla Harding, before leaving to take up theatre roles. LEYLA Harding made a hilarious return to Emmerdale tonight and had viewers thrilled. John Shahidi Net Worth. Videos He made his acting debut in a 2004 short film titled Till Death. Yara Shahidi Net Worth. 2. humans named Tb Tylor. The ravishing actress is getting more and more popular day by day due to her fabulous looks and personality and therefore getting more and more projects. 1. Born Rokhsaneh Ghawam-Shahidi, she grew up in Manchester, England as the daughter of a British mother and a Persian father. Let's check, How Rich is Roxy Shahidi in 2019-2020? Estimated Net Worth in 2019: $100K-$1M (Approx.) We will update soon. Shahidi has appeared on British television in shows such as Sinchronicity and Emmerdale, playing the part of Leyla Harding from 2008 to 2011. Top 20 Soap Opera Actress celebrities in Australia, Top 20 Soap Opera Actress celebrities in Colombia, Top 20 Soap Opera Actress celebrities in England, Top 20 Soap Opera Actress celebrities in India, Top 20 Soap Opera Actress celebrities in Indonesia, Top 20 Soap Opera Actress celebrities in Mexico. Sayeed Shahidi Net Worth, Bio, Height, Family, Age, Weight, Wiki. The star got married to the love of his life Roxy Shahidi in the year 2010. When and how did Roxy Shahidi Some Arsher Ali images. Compare Zoe Henry TV shows, movies & more to other celebs like Jeff Hordley and Emma Atkins. While it's relatively simple to predict her income, it's harder to know how much Roxy has spent over the years. Roxy Shahidi Net Worth. Sayeed Shahidi is an American Actor and he was born on 14 Feb 2003, in Minneapolis, MN, United States. About Roxy Shahidi. Ali has been vocal throughout his career about the challenges faced by British Asian actors in the industry and his continual fight against racial typecasting.. Filmography Net Worth. He is one of the successful TV Actor. List of Roxy Shahidi 6 Net Worth; Yara Shahidi: Bio & Age. She had 1 child.Her fiancee is Arsher Ali (m. 2010). Rokhsaneh Ghawam-Shahidi net worth is. When is Roxy Shahidi Personal life. Roxy Shahidi (born March 12, 1983) is famous for being soap opera actress. The American model and actress Yara Shahidi is famous for her work in various ads campaigns such as; 'McDonald's, 'Ralph Lauren,' 'Target,' and so on. Below we countdown to Roxy Shahidi upcoming birthday. John Shahidi salary income and net worth data provided by People Ai provides an estimation for any internet celebrity's real salary income and net worth like John Shahidi based on real numbers. ROXY SHAHIDI PICTURE. There are roughly. Emmerdale's Roxy Shahidi: I love my weekends ACTRESS Roxy, 32, joined Emmerdale in 2008 and until 2011 played Leyla Harding, before leaving to take up theatre roles. he was born in her mother's home city in Minneapolis, MN, United States. About. Children. It's easy to do and your testimonials and memories help others learn about and …
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I'll be in Niigata city next winter and stoked that I'll be so close to the snow.
My research tells me that the big two areas of Niigata are the Yuzawa area and the Myoko areas. And there's some to the north that are closer, but smaller scale.
Any top tips from anyone else in Niigata?
A lot will depend on if you will have the use of a car.
Do you know if you will?
If you have a car all three of those areas will be pretty easy to get too.
My Niigata friends ended up going down to Yuzawa/Minamiuonuma the most. The skijo to the north aren't as big and less reliable with snow.


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See C. V. Woodward, The Strange Career of Jim Crow (1966); L. F. Litwack, How Free Is Free? The Long Death of Jim Crow (2009).
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Q: Fundamental Matrix of a Reducible Recurrent Markov Chain I have a Markov chain with states $\{A,B,C,D,E\}$ and the following transition matrix $P$:
$$
\begin{bmatrix}
 0      & 0 & 0      & 0 & 1 \\
 0      & 1 & 0      & 0 & 0 \\
 1      & 0 & 0      & 0 & 0 \\
 0      & 0 & 0      & 1 & 0 \\
 0.2404 & 0 & 0.7596 & 0 & 0
\end{bmatrix}
$$
Which, as far as I can say, is aperiodic and reducible. Its communicating classes are $\{\{1,3,5\},2,4\}$, all of which are recurrent.
The following pseudo-code represents the approach I'm using in order to compute the fundamental matrix of a given chain:
function get_fundamental_matrix(chain)
{
    if (chain.is_irreducible)
    {
        // the transition matrix is converted into its canonical form
        // with all the transient states coming first
        p = chain.to_canonical_form().p

        // only one stationary distribution row vector should exist,
        // so it's converted into a squared matrix by tiling it
        // vertically for states_count times
        a = repeat(chain.stationary_distributions[0], chain.states_count)

        // the fundamental matrix is computed using the Kemeny and Snell
        // approach; sometimes Z contains negative values but as far as
        // I can say this is correct and rows always sum to 1
        i = eye(chain.size)
        result = inv(i - p + a) // Z
    }
    else
    {
        // the standard approach is used otherwise; q is a squared matrix
        // containing all the transient states probabilities
        q = chain.p[transient_indices,transient_indices]
        i = np.eye(len(transient_indices))
        result = npl.inv(i - q) // N
    }

    return result
}

I run this function with a lot of test cases and it always managed to produce a coherent result. But with this matrix it's failing because:

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*the matrix it's not irreducible, so the if statements goes into the else case;

*the matrix contains no transient states, hence $Q$ is empty and $N$ is returned as an empty matrix.

Can someone explain me how I should proceed in order to obtain the fundamental matrix? Maybe it's simply not possible?

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