tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27395663941934654672024-03-12T23:15:58.422+00:00CreatedbyKelzCreated by Kelz is an umbrella under which creativity resides.
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to mention the least.CreatedbyKelzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07964308610376219440noreply@blogger.comBlogger64125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2739566394193465467.post-74732228001792534292023-02-26T18:10:00.001+00:002023-02-26T21:38:55.980+00:00Nigeria 2023 Election Results - Verified by INEC<p> </p><p><b>Ekiti State - Completed</b></p><p></p><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgj-IfP5wqP70XTQbfYAmHEYzqhSqlCEHDYiBmBc_DhPsHPd7jNoGvHjAaQMz1Cps2esCg5RzJJgCpZSNo2BuFjhpqRsxN8K9WokArluMJxtnZplCtkVyFwYAeQFUsucm_b6GC9QBaiuF_hqC4K5xJ_xJLUf8uFicm52FE0VC0Sq0hxdEzCFQGHx9CoKg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="446" data-original-width="1426" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgj-IfP5wqP70XTQbfYAmHEYzqhSqlCEHDYiBmBc_DhPsHPd7jNoGvHjAaQMz1Cps2esCg5RzJJgCpZSNo2BuFjhpqRsxN8K9WokArluMJxtnZplCtkVyFwYAeQFUsucm_b6GC9QBaiuF_hqC4K5xJ_xJLUf8uFicm52FE0VC0Sq0hxdEzCFQGHx9CoKg=w640-h200" width="640" /></a></div><br />Lagos State - In Progress</div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg3QbmOH0Lqph7lBNLjDXmT_ExxjW5mNaUl9BNXFV11eOTj19VIJyWVN94RtFI5ea2pY_y1e14lr2WAf8iL1yEFWz_DHlkiD1C-SiGJKiNe8iODbwYvdOLdB4a_9ml8HOhPrTTUiahW8dsIR9-GW85ml8bXpEoUceYw3nDZ_jkMXKDITZMB6hZEOiO3PA" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="486" data-original-width="1426" height="218" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg3QbmOH0Lqph7lBNLjDXmT_ExxjW5mNaUl9BNXFV11eOTj19VIJyWVN94RtFI5ea2pY_y1e14lr2WAf8iL1yEFWz_DHlkiD1C-SiGJKiNe8iODbwYvdOLdB4a_9ml8HOhPrTTUiahW8dsIR9-GW85ml8bXpEoUceYw3nDZ_jkMXKDITZMB6hZEOiO3PA=w640-h218" width="640" /></a></div><br /><br /></div>CreatedbyKelzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07964308610376219440noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2739566394193465467.post-40315481227665021512022-01-31T16:09:00.005+00:002022-01-31T19:31:29.727+00:00Yoruba Number System | Yoruba Numerals<h4 style="font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 0.1em; margin-left: 1.6em; margin-right: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;"> The Yoruba counting system is a vigesimal or base-20 (base-score) numeral system. The vigesimal system (<i style="font-size: 14px;">ogún: </i><span face="sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px;">'twenty'/'score')</span> involves addition, subtraction and multiplication as can be seen in the tables below.<br /></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;">* <i>Oókàn</i> (number 1) is a contraction of <i>owó ọ̀kan</i> 'one cowrie'; 2–10, 20, and 30 are analogous.<br /></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;">** <i>Lá</i> (number 10) is a contraction of <i>lé ẹ̀wá</i> 'and ten'.<br /></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;">*** <i>Ẹ́ẹdógún</i> (number 15) is a contraction of <i>aárùndí(n)(l)ogún</i> 'five less than twenty'.<br /></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;">> : Less than</span></span></h4><h4 style="font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 0.1em; margin-left: 1.6em; margin-right: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;"><br /></span><table border="1"><tbody><tr align="CENTER"><th><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;">Number</span></th><th><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;">Reading</span></th><th><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;">Meaning</span></th></tr><tr align="CENTER"><td><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;">0</span></td><td><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;">ọ̀do<span> </span></span></td><td><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;">nil</span></td></tr><tr align="CENTER"><td><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;">1</span></td><td><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times; font-size: 14px; text-align: start;">ení;<br />ọ̀kan</span></td><td><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;">1</span></td></tr><tr align="CENTER"><td><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;">2</span></td><td><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times; font-size: 14px; text-align: start;">èjì</span></td><td><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;">2</span></td></tr><tr align="CENTER"><td><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;">3</span></td><td><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times; font-size: 14px; text-align: start;">ẹ̀ta</span></td><td><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;">3</span></td></tr><tr align="CENTER"><td><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;">4</span></td><td><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times; font-size: 14px; text-align: start;">ẹ̀rin</span></td><td><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;">4</span></td></tr><tr align="CENTER"><td><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;">5</span></td><td><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times; font-size: 14px; text-align: start;">àrún</span></td><td><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;">5</span></td></tr><tr align="CENTER"><td><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;">6</span></td><td><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times; font-size: 14px; text-align: start;">ẹ̀fà</span></td><td><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;">6</span></td></tr><tr align="CENTER"><td><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;">7</span></td><td><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times; font-size: 14px; text-align: start;">èje</span></td><td><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;">7</span></td></tr><tr align="CENTER"><td><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;">8</span></td><td><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times; font-size: 14px; text-align: start;">ẹ̀jọ</span></td><td><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;">8</span></td></tr><tr align="CENTER"><td><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;">9</span></td><td><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times; font-size: 14px; text-align: start;">ẹ̀sán</span></td><td><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;">9</span></td></tr><tr align="CENTER"><td><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;">10</span></td><td><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times; font-size: 14px; text-align: start;">ẹ̀wá</span></td><td><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;">10</span></td></tr><tr align="CENTER"><td><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;">11</span></td><td><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times; font-size: 14px; text-align: start;">ọ̀kanlá</span></td><td><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;">1 + 10</span></td></tr><tr align="CENTER"><td><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;">12</span></td><td><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times; font-size: 14px; text-align: start;">èjìlá</span></td><td><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;">2 + 10</span></td></tr><tr align="CENTER"><td><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;">13</span></td><td><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times; font-size: 14px; text-align: start;">ẹ̀tala</span></td><td><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;">3 + 10</span></td></tr><tr align="CENTER"><td><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;">14</span></td><td><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times; font-size: 14px; text-align: start;">ẹ̀rinlá</span></td><td><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;">4 + 10</span></td></tr><tr align="CENTER"><td><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;">15</span></td><td><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times; font-size: 14px; text-align: start;">ẹ́ẹdógún</span></td><td><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;">5 < 20</span></td></tr><tr align="CENTER"><td><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;">16</span></td><td><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times; font-size: 14px; text-align: start;">ẹẹ́rìndílógún</span></td><td><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;">4 < 20</span></td></tr><tr align="CENTER"><td><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;">17</span></td><td><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times; font-size: 14px; text-align: start;">eétàdílógún</span></td><td><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;">3 < 20</span></td></tr><tr align="CENTER"><td><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;">18</span></td><td><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times; font-size: 14px; text-align: start;">éjìdílógún</span></td><td><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;">2 < 20</span></td></tr><tr align="CENTER"><td><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;">19</span></td><td><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times; font-size: 14px; text-align: start;">oókàndílógún</span></td><td><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;">1 < 20</span></td></tr><tr align="CENTER"><td><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;">20</span></td><td><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times; font-size: 14px; text-align: start;">ogún</span></td><td><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;">20</span></td></tr><tr align="CENTER"><td><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;">21</span></td><td><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;"><span face="sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px; text-align: start;">ọ̀kan</span>lelogún</span></td><td><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;">20 + 1</span></td></tr><tr align="CENTER"><td><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;">22</span></td><td><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;"><span face="sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px; text-align: start;">èjì</span>lelogún</span></td><td><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;">20 + 2</span></td></tr><tr align="CENTER"><td><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;">23</span></td><td><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;"><span face="sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px; text-align: start;">ẹ̀tale</span>logún</span></td><td><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;">20 + 3</span></td></tr><tr align="CENTER"><td><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;">24</span></td><td><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;"><span face="sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px; text-align: start;">ẹ̀rin</span>lelogún</span></td><td><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;">20 + 4</span></td></tr><tr align="CENTER"><td><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;">25</span></td><td><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times; font-size: 14px; text-align: start;">ẹ́ẹdọ́gbọ̀n</span></td><td><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;">5 < 30</span></td></tr><tr align="CENTER"><td><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;">26</span></td><td><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;"><span face="sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px; text-align: start;">ẹ̀rin</span>dílọ́gbọ̀n</span></td><td><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;">4 < 30</span></td></tr><tr align="CENTER"><td><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;">27</span></td><td><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;"><span face="sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px; text-align: start;">ẹ̀ta</span>dílọ́gbọ̀n</span></td><td><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;">3 < 30</span></td></tr><tr align="CENTER"><td><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;">28</span></td><td><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;"><span face="sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px; text-align: start;">èjì</span>dílọ́gbọ̀n</span></td><td><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;">2 < 30</span></td></tr><tr align="CENTER"><td><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;">29</span></td><td><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;"><span face="sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px; text-align: start;">oókàndí</span>lọ́gbọ̀n</span></td><td><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;">1 < 30</span></td></tr><tr align="CENTER"><td><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;">30</span></td><td><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times; font-size: 14px; text-align: start;">ọgbọ̀n</span></td><td><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;">30</span></td></tr><tr align="CENTER"><td><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;">31</span></td><td><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;"><span face="sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px; text-align: start;">ọ̀kan</span>lelọgbọ̀n</span></td><td><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;">30 + 1</span></td></tr><tr align="CENTER"><td><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;">32</span></td><td><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;"><span face="sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px; text-align: start;">èjì</span>lelọgbọ̀n</span></td><td><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;">30 + 2</span></td></tr><tr align="CENTER"><td><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;">33</span></td><td><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;"><span face="sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px; text-align: start;">ẹ̀ta</span>lelọgbọ̀n</span></td><td><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;">30 + 3</span></td></tr><tr align="CENTER"><td><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;">34</span></td><td><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;"><span face="sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px; text-align: start;">ẹ̀rin</span>lelọgbọ̀n</span></td><td><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;">30 + 4</span></td></tr><tr align="CENTER"><td><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;">35</span></td><td><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times; font-size: 14px; text-align: start;">aárùndílogójì</span></td><td><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;">5 < (20 × 2)</span></td></tr><tr align="CENTER"><td><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;">36</span></td><td><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;"><span face="sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px; text-align: start;">ẹ̀rin</span>dílogójì</span></td><td><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;">4 < (20 × 2)</span></td></tr><tr align="CENTER"><td><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;">37</span></td><td><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;"><span face="sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px; text-align: start;">ẹ̀ta</span>dílogójì</span></td><td><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;">3 < (20 × 2)</span></td></tr><tr align="CENTER"><td><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;">38</span></td><td><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;"><span face="sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px; text-align: start;">èjì</span>dílogójì</span></td><td><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;">2 < (20 × 2)</span></td></tr><tr align="CENTER"><td><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;">39</span></td><td><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;"><span face="sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px; text-align: start;">ọ̀kan</span>dílogójì</span></td><td><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;">1 < (20 × 2)</span></td></tr><tr align="CENTER"><td><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;">40</span></td><td><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times; font-size: 14px; text-align: start;">ogójì</span></td><td><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;">20 × 2</span></td></tr><tr align="CENTER"><td><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;">41</span></td><td><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;"><span face="sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px; text-align: start;">ọ̀kan</span>lelogójì</span></td><td><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;">(20 × 2) + 1</span></td></tr><tr align="CENTER"><td><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;">42</span></td><td><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;"><span face="sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px; text-align: start;">èjì</span>lelogójì</span></td><td><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;">(20 × 2) + 2</span></td></tr><tr align="CENTER"><td><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;">43</span></td><td><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;"><span face="sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px; text-align: start;">ẹ̀ta</span>lelogójì</span></td><td><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;">(20 × 2) + 3</span></td></tr><tr align="CENTER"><td><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;">44</span></td><td><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;"><span face="sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px; text-align: start;">ẹ̀rin</span>lelogójì</span></td><td><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;">(20 × 2) + 4</span></td></tr><tr align="CENTER"><td><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;">45</span></td><td><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;"><span face="sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px; text-align: start;">aárùndí</span>ládọ́ta</span></td><td><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;">5 < 50</span></td></tr><tr align="CENTER"><td><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;">46</span></td><td><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;"><span face="sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px; text-align: start;">ẹ̀rin</span>díládọ́ta</span></td><td><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;">4 < 50</span></td></tr><tr align="CENTER"><td><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;">47</span></td><td><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;"><span face="sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px; text-align: start;">ẹ̀ta</span>díládọ́ta</span></td><td><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;">3 < 50</span></td></tr><tr align="CENTER"><td><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;">48</span></td><td><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;"><span face="sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px; text-align: start;">èjì</span>díládọ́ta</span></td><td><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;">2 < 50</span></td></tr><tr align="CENTER"><td><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;">49</span></td><td><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;"><span face="sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px; text-align: start;">ọ̀kan</span>díládọ́ta</span></td><td><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;">1 < 50</span></td></tr><tr align="CENTER"><td><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;">50</span></td><td><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times; font-size: 14px; text-align: start;">àádọ́ta</span></td><td><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;">50</span></td></tr><tr align="CENTER"><td><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;">51</span></td><td><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;"><span face="sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px; text-align: start;">ọ̀kan</span>leládọ́ta</span></td><td><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;">50 + 1</span></td></tr><tr align="CENTER"><td><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;">52</span></td><td><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;"><span face="sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px; text-align: start;">èjì</span>leládọ́ta</span></td><td><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;">50 + 2</span></td></tr><tr align="CENTER"><td><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;">53</span></td><td><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;"><span face="sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px; text-align: start;">ẹ̀ta</span>leládọ́ta</span></td><td><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;">50 + 3</span></td></tr><tr align="CENTER"><td><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;">54</span></td><td><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;"><span face="sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px; text-align: start;">ẹ̀rin</span>leládọ́ta</span></td><td><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;">50 + 4</span></td></tr><tr align="CENTER"><td><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;">55</span></td><td><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;"><span face="sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px; text-align: start;">aárùndí</span>lọgọ́ta</span></td><td><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;">5 < (20 × 3)</span></td></tr><tr align="CENTER"><td><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;">56</span></td><td><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;"><span face="sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px; text-align: start;">ẹ̀rin</span>dílọgọ́ta</span></td><td><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;">4 < (20 × 3)</span></td></tr><tr align="CENTER"><td><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;">57</span></td><td><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;"><span face="sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px; text-align: start;">ẹ̀ta</span>dílọgọ́ta</span></td><td><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;">3 < (20 × 3)</span></td></tr><tr align="CENTER"><td><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;">58</span></td><td><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;"><span face="sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px; text-align: start;">èjì</span>dílọgọ́ta</span></td><td><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;">2 < (20 × 3)</span></td></tr><tr align="CENTER"><td><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;">59</span></td><td><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;"><span face="sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px; text-align: start;">ọ̀kan</span>dílọgọ́ta</span></td><td><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;">1 < (20 × 3)</span></td></tr><tr align="CENTER"><td><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;">60</span></td><td><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times; font-size: 14px; text-align: start;">ọgọ́ta</span></td><td><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;">20 × 3</span></td></tr><tr align="CENTER"><td><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;">61</span></td><td><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;"><span face="sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px; text-align: start;">ọ̀kan</span>lelọgọ́ta</span></td><td><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;">(20 × 3) + 1</span></td></tr><tr align="CENTER"><td><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;">62</span></td><td><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;"><span face="sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px; text-align: start;">èjì</span>lelọgọ́ta</span></td><td><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;">(20 × 3) + 2</span></td></tr><tr align="CENTER"><td><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;">63</span></td><td><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;"><span face="sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px; text-align: start;">ẹ̀ta</span>lelọgọ́ta</span></td><td><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;">(20 × 3) + 3</span></td></tr><tr align="CENTER"><td><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;">64</span></td><td><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;"><span face="sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px; text-align: start;">ẹ̀rin</span>lelọgọ́ta</span></td><td><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;">(20 × 3) + 4</span></td></tr><tr align="CENTER"><td><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;">65</span></td><td><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;"><span face="sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px; text-align: start;">aárùndí</span>ládọ́rin</span></td><td><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;">5 < 70</span></td></tr><tr align="CENTER"><td><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;">66</span></td><td><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;"><span face="sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px; text-align: start;">ẹ̀rin</span>díládọ́rin</span></td><td><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;">4 < 70</span></td></tr><tr align="CENTER"><td><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;">67</span></td><td><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;"><span face="sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px; text-align: start;">ẹ̀ta</span>díládọ́rin</span></td><td><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;">3 < 70</span></td></tr><tr align="CENTER"><td><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;">68</span></td><td><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;"><span face="sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px; text-align: start;">èjì</span>díládọ́rin</span></td><td><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;">2 < 70</span></td></tr><tr align="CENTER"><td><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;">69</span></td><td><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;"><span face="sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px; text-align: start;">ọ̀kan</span>díládọ́rin</span></td><td><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;">1 < 70</span></td></tr><tr align="CENTER"><td><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;">70</span></td><td><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times; font-size: 14px; text-align: start;">àádọ́rin</span></td><td><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;">70</span></td></tr><tr align="CENTER"><td><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;">71</span></td><td><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;"><span face="sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px; text-align: start;">ọ̀kan</span>leládọ́rin</span></td><td><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;">70 + 1</span></td></tr><tr align="CENTER"><td><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;">72</span></td><td><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;"><span face="sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px; text-align: start;">èjì</span>leládọ́rin</span></td><td><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;">70 + 2</span></td></tr><tr align="CENTER"><td><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;">73</span></td><td><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;"><span face="sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px; text-align: start;">ẹ̀ta</span>leládọ́rin</span></td><td><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;">70 + 3</span></td></tr><tr align="CENTER"><td><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;">74</span></td><td><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;"><span face="sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px; text-align: start;">ẹ̀rin</span>leládọ́rin</span></td><td><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;">70 + 4</span></td></tr><tr align="CENTER"><td><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;">75</span></td><td><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;"><span face="sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px; text-align: start;">aárùndí</span>lọgọ́rin</span></td><td><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;">5 < (20 × 4)</span></td></tr><tr align="CENTER"><td><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;">76</span></td><td><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;"><span face="sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px; text-align: start;">ẹ̀rin</span>dílọgọ́rin</span></td><td><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;">4 < (20 × 4)</span></td></tr><tr align="CENTER"><td><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;">77</span></td><td><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;"><span face="sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px; text-align: start;">ẹ̀ta</span>dílọgọ́rin</span></td><td><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;">3 < (20 × 4)</span></td></tr><tr align="CENTER"><td><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;">78</span></td><td><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;"><span face="sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px; text-align: start;">èjì</span>dílọgọ́rin</span></td><td><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;">2 < (20 × 4)</span></td></tr><tr align="CENTER"><td><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;">79</span></td><td><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;"><span face="sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px; text-align: start;">ọ̀kan</span>dílọgọ́rin</span></td><td><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;">1 < (20 × 4)</span></td></tr><tr align="CENTER"><td><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;">80</span></td><td><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times; font-size: 14px; text-align: start;">ọgọ́rin</span></td><td><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;">20 × 4</span></td></tr><tr align="CENTER"><td><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;">81</span></td><td><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;"><span face="sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px; text-align: start;">ọ̀kan</span>lelọgọ́rin</span></td><td><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;">(20 × 4) + 1</span></td></tr><tr align="CENTER"><td><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;">82</span></td><td><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;"><span face="sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px; text-align: start;">èjì</span>lelọgọ́rin</span></td><td><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;">(20 × 4) + 2</span></td></tr><tr align="CENTER"><td><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;">83</span></td><td><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;"><span face="sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px; text-align: start;">ẹ̀ta</span>lelọgọ́rin</span></td><td><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;">(20 × 4) + 3</span></td></tr><tr align="CENTER"><td><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;">84</span></td><td><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;"><span face="sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px; text-align: start;">ẹ̀rin</span>lelọgọ́rin</span></td><td><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;">(20 × 4) + 4</span></td></tr><tr align="CENTER"><td><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;">85</span></td><td><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;"><span face="sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px; text-align: start;">aárùndí</span>ládọ́rùn</span></td><td><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;">5 < 90</span></td></tr><tr align="CENTER"><td><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;">86</span></td><td><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;"><span face="sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px; text-align: start;">ẹ̀rin</span>díl<span face="sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px; text-align: start;">ádọ́rùn</span><br /></span></td><td><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;">4 < 90</span></td></tr><tr align="CENTER"><td><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;">87</span></td><td><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;"><span face="sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px; text-align: start;">ẹ̀ta</span>díládọ́rùn</span></td><td><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;">3 < 90</span></td></tr><tr align="CENTER"><td><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;">88</span></td><td><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;"><span face="sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px; text-align: start;">èjì</span>díládọ́rùn</span></td><td><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;">2 < 90</span></td></tr><tr align="CENTER"><td><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;">89</span></td><td><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;"><span face="sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px; text-align: start;">ọ̀kan</span>díládọ́rùn</span></td><td><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;">1 < 90</span></td></tr><tr align="CENTER"><td><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;">90</span></td><td><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times; font-size: 14px; text-align: start;">àádọ́rùn</span></td><td><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;">90</span></td></tr><tr align="CENTER"><td><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;">91</span></td><td><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;"><span face="sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px; text-align: start;">ọ̀kan</span>leládọ́rùn</span></td><td><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;">90 + 1</span></td></tr><tr align="CENTER"><td><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;">92</span></td><td><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;"><span face="sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px; text-align: start;">èjì</span>leládọ́rùn</span></td><td><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;">90 + 2</span></td></tr><tr align="CENTER"><td><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;">93</span></td><td><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;"><span face="sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px; text-align: start;">ẹ̀ta</span>leládọ́rùn</span></td><td><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;">90 + 3</span></td></tr><tr align="CENTER"><td><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;">94</span></td><td><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;"><span face="sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px; text-align: start;">ẹ̀rin</span>leládọ́rùn</span></td><td><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;">90 + 4</span></td></tr><tr align="CENTER"><td><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;">95</span></td><td><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;"><span face="sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px; text-align: start;">aárùndí</span>lọgọ́rùn</span></td><td><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;">5 < (20 × 5)</span></td></tr><tr align="CENTER"><td><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;">96</span></td><td><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;"><span face="sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px; text-align: start;">ẹ̀rin</span>dílọgọ́rùn</span></td><td><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;">4 < (20 × 5)</span></td></tr><tr align="CENTER"><td><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;">97</span></td><td><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;"><span face="sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px; text-align: start;">ẹ̀ta</span>dílọgọ́rùn</span></td><td><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;">3 < (20 × 5)</span></td></tr><tr align="CENTER"><td><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;">98</span></td><td><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;"><span face="sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px; text-align: start;">èjì</span>dílọgọ́rùn</span></td><td><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;">2 < (20 × 5)</span></td></tr><tr align="CENTER"><td><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;">99</span></td><td><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;"><span face="sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px; text-align: start;">ọ̀kan</span>dílọgọ́rùn</span></td><td><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;">1< (20 × 5)</span></td></tr><tr align="CENTER"><td><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;">100</span></td><td><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times; font-size: 14px; text-align: start;">ọgọ́rùn</span></td><td><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;">20 × 5</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;"><span face="sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px;">***</span><span face="sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px;"> </span><i style="font-size: 14px;">igbéo</i><span face="sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px;"> (200) </span><span face="sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px;">is a contraction of</span><span face="sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px;"> </span><i style="font-size: 14px;">igba owó</i><span face="sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px;"> </span><span face="sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px;">'a heap of cowries'.</span></span></h4><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;"><br /></span><table border="1" style="text-align: left;"><tbody><tr align="CENTER"><th><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;">Number</span></th><th><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;">Reading</span></th><th><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;">Meaning</span></th></tr><tr align="CENTER"><td><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;">100</span></td><td><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times; font-size: 14px; text-align: start;">ọgọ́rùn</span></td><td><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;">20 × 5</span></td></tr><tr align="CENTER"><td><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;">200</span></td><td><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;">igba; <i style="font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">igbéo</i></span></td><td><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;">200</span></td></tr><tr align="CENTER"><td><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;">300</span></td><td><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times; font-size: 14px; text-align: start;">ọ̀ọ́dúrún</span></td><td><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;">100 < 400</span></td></tr><tr align="CENTER"><td><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;">400</span></td><td><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times; font-size: 14px; text-align: start;">irinwó</span></td><td><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;">400</span></td></tr><tr align="CENTER"><td><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;">500</span></td><td><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;"><span face="sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px; text-align: start;">ọ̀ọ́dẹ́gbẹ̀ta;<br /></span>ẹ̀ẹ́dẹ́gbẹ̀ta</span></td><td><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;">100 < (200<span style="font-size: 13.3333px;"> </span>× 3)</span></td></tr><tr align="CENTER"><td><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;">600</span></td><td><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times; font-size: 14px; text-align: start;">ẹgbẹ̀ta</span></td><td><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;">200 x 3</span></td></tr><tr align="CENTER"><td><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;">700</span></td><td><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;">ọ̀ọ́dẹ́gbẹ̀rin; <br /><span face="sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px; text-align: start;">ẹ̀ẹ́dẹ́gbẹ̀rin</span></span></td><td><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;">100 < (200 × 4)</span></td></tr><tr align="CENTER"><td><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;">800</span></td><td><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times; font-size: 14px; text-align: start;">ẹgbẹ̀rin</span></td><td><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;">200 x 4</span></td></tr><tr align="CENTER"><td><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;">900</span></td><td><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;">ẹ̀ẹ́dẹ́gbẹ̀rún</span></td><td><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;">100 < (200 × 5)</span></td></tr><tr align="CENTER"><td><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;">1000</span></td><td><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times; font-size: 14px; text-align: start;">ẹgbẹ̀rún</span></td><td><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;">200 x 5<br /><br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;"><br /><br /></span><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgwq81MTBf0yjoveMCEOdRb7IdwY3ccb0XniBW11pwQ2-jsG3nw2j393LBg7BW6QbBF8Bww75do3S321aMYgNHfX2R6BqZ3m2h-004uVIV3DE0_v48LR9G_ildDLZkqqJsT29uY6O0xDXLMNpdRWDEORsNw8o1pUJiLqD6HP6kJEiDeoRwu-rODszWW7g=s2526" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: times;"><img border="0" data-original-height="988" data-original-width="2526" height="250" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgwq81MTBf0yjoveMCEOdRb7IdwY3ccb0XniBW11pwQ2-jsG3nw2j393LBg7BW6QbBF8Bww75do3S321aMYgNHfX2R6BqZ3m2h-004uVIV3DE0_v48LR9G_ildDLZkqqJsT29uY6O0xDXLMNpdRWDEORsNw8o1pUJiLqD6HP6kJEiDeoRwu-rODszWW7g=w640-h250" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>CreatedbyKelzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07964308610376219440noreply@blogger.com0Nigeria9.081999 8.675277-5.8968911457089206 -8.902848 24.06088914570892 26.253402tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2739566394193465467.post-176388052701727042021-01-21T18:19:00.005+00:002021-01-21T21:02:49.885+00:00Journey of a Thousand Miles - Poetry Drone Film with DJI Mavic Mini<p style="text-align: center;">Let's take a minute to travel a thousand miles,</p><p style="text-align: center;">Never minding that we are thousands of miles apart.</p><p style="text-align: center;">When life pushes us thousands of miles apart,</p><p style="text-align: center;">We create a path to be a thousand miles closer.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihF39xMz9t7G7mrpQyxpuf5eXk831cxwIsWh6dnIU7tGlnfArtYZ6VL6OLCjuE3DaZCgs3G2MjtlKagHeUDjljzsFr81QGpNmAZJ8q_RNtKzDFEVrqhI46zQ_Ck9MrFROSurhy7UxYHx6A/s1280/Journey+of+a+Thousand+Miles.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1280" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihF39xMz9t7G7mrpQyxpuf5eXk831cxwIsWh6dnIU7tGlnfArtYZ6VL6OLCjuE3DaZCgs3G2MjtlKagHeUDjljzsFr81QGpNmAZJ8q_RNtKzDFEVrqhI46zQ_Ck9MrFROSurhy7UxYHx6A/w400-h225/Journey+of+a+Thousand+Miles.png" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">No matter how far you are,</div><div style="text-align: center;">I will always be less than a minute away.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Answering whenever you call,</div><div style="text-align: center;">Paying no mind to the distance between us.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Let us take a minute to travel a thousand miles,</div><div style="text-align: center;">So we can both be together where we belong.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p><br /></p>
<div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ADKg6_Pz5eo" width="560"></iframe></div>CreatedbyKelzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07964308610376219440noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2739566394193465467.post-54661941450271457042020-10-16T11:33:00.000+01:002020-10-16T11:33:24.474+01:00New Nigeria - E Go Better<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"></span></p><blockquote><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">‘E go better, Nigeria, go better’</span><span class="Apple-converted-space" style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"> </span></p></blockquote><p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large; text-align: justify;">That phrase got popular a long time before I was born.</span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">However, I hope its use will come to an end in my lifetime because a lot of people were born, used that phrase and passed away without anything getting better.</span></p><p class="p2" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">SUPER POWER without POWER!</span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">In a country with irregular power supply, it was by the grace of God that my delivery was safe.</span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">The doctors and nurses on duty must have screamed ‘Up NEPA’ and whispered “Down<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Nepa” a few times the night I was born.</span></p><p class="p2" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">From one thing to the other, it’s like from ‘fry pan to fire' and this makes me ask myself if Nigerians will ever be free from the jailer!</span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">African Giant dwarfed by corruption and nepotism</span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">“Eni ti a fi jẹ oye awodi ti ko le gbe adiẹ”</span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">(Sworn Falcon incapable of capturing a chicken)</span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBToJIl0GJ0sTp4aZBth_NRG0UZyt50MG02Gs-Fv2GxsVn6OG6DLdDpiITo8ieLHtyD8cqt0Kxz4er_GqLcwPlv22IOVnTz9YREPTRc4cFjQl5J8rmvE-PUiQ0vx2Azj3Fq3_sWAm7hjJe/s937/IMG_5330.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="937" data-original-width="750" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBToJIl0GJ0sTp4aZBth_NRG0UZyt50MG02Gs-Fv2GxsVn6OG6DLdDpiITo8ieLHtyD8cqt0Kxz4er_GqLcwPlv22IOVnTz9YREPTRc4cFjQl5J8rmvE-PUiQ0vx2Azj3Fq3_sWAm7hjJe/w514-h640/IMG_5330.jpg" title="Picture: @b2g_studio Instagram" width="514" /></a></span></div><p></p><p class="p2" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">From the era of slave trade to colonisation, military rule, then the adoption of democracy; the newest form of enslaving Nigerians.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">The difference<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>now is the people vote for their slave masters in the name of rigged electoral practices under the guise of free and fair elections.</span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Coloniser sympathisers assuming position of Godfathers, continuously ‘masturbating’ in the corridors of power.</span></p><p class="p2" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Nigeria is going through a lot of bad governance induced pain that makes it very difficult for many Nigerians to thrive. Many can barely survive.</span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Cost of living keeps soaring, minimum wage is a joke!</span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Can the law makers live on the minimum wage? #30k for civil servants while they lace their own pockets with billions.</span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">The masses look forward to each election and hope for a change that doesn’t seem to be interested in a country where the only thing changing is the poor getting poorer and the rich getting richer.</span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Majority drown in suffering, the rich minority live at the expense of the poor.</span></p><p class="p2" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">No basic amenities and the cost of poor level of education provided by many educational institutions is unbearable.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Seems like the government is using illiteracy as a weapon to punish the people and as a veil to cover their eyes.</span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">If you don’t know your legal rights, you can’t demand for it, none of us is free until we are all free.</span></p><p class="p2" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">“Guide our leader’s right</span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Help our youth the truth to know”</span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">The youths now know our leaders are not guided, there’s no noble cause on their radar.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Open your eyes Nigerians and wake up from your slumber. You’ve been cheated, looted, abused and ridiculed despite the gifts and resources' God has blessed you with.</span></p><p class="p2" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">“I pledge to Nigeria my country.</span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">To be faithful, loyal and honest.</span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">To serve Nigeria with all my strength</span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">To defend her unity and uphold her honour and glory</span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">So help me God”</span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">There is no honour among thieves,</span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">How can God help you if you don’t help yourself? After all, God helps those who help themselves.</span></p><p class="p2" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">What is it going to take to find a trustworthy man or woman in Nigeria on whose shoulder good governance can be entrusted? Will it ever be possible to get God-fearing people to guide Nigeria right and put an end to the suffering Nigerians have to strive through from birth?</span></p><p class="p2" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">The 11th largest oil producing country (<a href="https://www.indexmundi.com/g/r.aspx?v=88&t=20"><span class="s1" style="color: #dca10d;">https://www.indexmundi.com/g/r.aspx?v=88&t=20 </span></a>) import refined oil products, yet there are supposed engineering companies and refineries in Nigeria. Of what use are they if Nigeria cannot refine its own oil at source?</span></p><p class="p2" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Power to the government, none to the people, well maybe they’ve forgotten that they are meant to serve the people, and not the people serve them. The level of corruption is intolerable, and this has made life difficult for so many Nigerians in and outside Nigeria.</span></p><p class="p2" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">‘E go better’ people pray every day for things to get better, but God won’t come down from heaven to fix the things we have destroyed with our own hands.</span></p><p class="p2" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Before things can get better, we need to get rid of all the bad, bring in good ideas and innovations then work on the good to become better.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Allow the youths to use the power of their youth to be the leaders today.</span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">We can no longer wait to be the leaders of a tomorrow that’s not certain.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></p><p class="p2" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">The young must be provided with good education, the government must work on improving the standard of living in Nigeria.</span></p><p class="p2" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Police brutality must end! Anyone in position of power must know they are not above the law and must be held accountable for their actions or inactions.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></p><p class="p2" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">There is a lot to be said about Nigeria and how things should be improved, but I’m not just going to sit here and say ‘E go better’.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">The power of the people is mightier than the people in power.</span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">I will work hard and spark the minds that will join forces to make Nigeria the country it has potential to be.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">God bless Nigeria and God bless you.</span></p><p class="p2" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"> Check out my books on Amazon:</span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><a href="http://amzn.eu/fQ1fH0Y" target="_blank">Emotions and Belief</a><br /></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><a href="http://amzn.eu/3IZ3FMY">Poems About You</a><br /></p>CreatedbyKelzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07964308610376219440noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2739566394193465467.post-62760079874359563572020-01-17T10:36:00.003+00:002020-11-20T10:49:15.059+00:00Death Thou Art Cruel! | Solace When Going Through Loss of a Loved One<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Nothing prepares you for the loss of a loved one.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">It's a very dark place to be, time almost stops, the world almost seize to rotate. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">The void left drains one from within like a black hole.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Leg gives way on solid ground, solid rock starts to feel like shifting sand.</span><br />
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<span style="color: red; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; text-align: justify;">DEATH</span><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif" style="font-size: small;"> thou art cruel!</span></div>
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<span face=""verdana" , sans-serif" style="font-size: small;">You take one away,</span></div>
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<span face=""verdana" , sans-serif" style="font-size: small;">You cut short what could have been,</span></div>
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<span face=""verdana" , sans-serif" style="font-size: small;">And leave voids that can’t be filled.</span></div></div></div></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Just because I don’t want to hurt you.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: 12pt;">And it’s like the world is coming to an end.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Yet, it’s like things are not changing.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: 12pt;">That will soon become a manifestation.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: 12pt;">And all I need is your love, trust, kindness and care.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: 12pt;">The heights of the mountain won’t stop me from reaching out to you,</span></div>
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The poem is a mix of English and Yoruba, a true reflection of oral communication in our household. </div>
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The moment she started reading, I realised how difficult it can be for a fluent Yoruba speaker like my wife to read Yoruba (I'd probably struggle if I have to read something in Yoruba that I didn't write). This led to an epiphany, the birth of #KelzYorubaChallenge. </div>
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The aim of this challenge is to get as many people as possible to read the Yoruba language and share with others. Culture preservation is essential right? Just like the colourful culture displayed in many Nigerian traditional weddings you've seen, Yoruba languge is such a beautiful language and as a poet and author, I appreciate the language even more.</div>
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<b>Title: Life is a Beach (Written by Kelvin Obareti)</b></div>
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Life is a <b>BEACH</b>.</div>
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Classical ELEMENTS in sync,</div>
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A beauty to behold.</div>
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<b>EARTH</b> be kind to me,</div>
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Ilẹ Okẹrẹ, a f’ọkọ yẹri, alapo ika, </div>
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Ma te ori ẹ, ma ṣe ohun rere.</div>
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<b>WATER</b> quench my thirst.</div>
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Omi la bu wẹ, Omi wẹ mi mọ</div>
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Omi la bu mu, ongbẹ Jinna s’ẹnu mi</div>
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<b>AIR</b> give me life,</div>
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Afẹfẹ o ni fẹ, ko ma kan Igi oko l’ara, </div>
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afẹfẹ, fẹ ire ko mi l’ara.</div>
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<b>LIGHT</b> illuminate my soul.</div>
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Tan imọlẹ rẹ, Kin r’ona gba</div>
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Ki Ona la, kin l’aluyo.</div>
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It's time for the sleeping children of Africa to wake up and connect back to the roots. Our source of wisdom, knowledge and everything else we are made of. </div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">While the world was immersed in the Middle Ages, the Mayans built this majestic city, primary political centre of the Mayan Region. Its icon #ElCastillo, a pyramid dedicated to the god Kukuclan, is a testimony of this important culture's impressive mathematical and astronomical precision so important that it is named by UNESCO as 1 of the 7 wonders of the world.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">According to <a href="http://www.helptobuy.gov.uk/" target="_blank">www.helptobuy.gov.uk</a> ,
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">With the government's Help to Buy: Shared Ownership scheme you can buy as
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">At first glance, it seems really good that instead of getting a typical
mortgage of 90% LTV meaning you provide 10% and the bank will lend you 90% of
the property value, you can now provide a deposit of 5%. Thanks to your knight
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">In some sort of twisted dark fantasy, developers welcomed this idea with open
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Instead of looking for a £20,000 deposit to combine with £180,000 loan from the
bank, you can now buy with a £10,000 deposit with the option of getting up to
£40,000 equity loan from the government (interest free for 5 years) reducing
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">If you are keen on using the Help to Buy scheme and earn a decent salary
accompanied by good credit history, you can put down £10,000 and get a loan of
only £10,000 from the government and still get approved for a 90% loan from a
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Everybody wins including the government.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Developers can now put a price tag of 240,000 on the same building and the only
help you now get is help into more debt because the developers will reap most
of the benefits as they’ve played you to have no choice but to get the 20%
equity loan from the government and stretch your initial deposit to £12,000
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Although you only have to find just £2,000 more to add to your initial deposit
to be able to afford the new home which might not seem so bad, you will be
paying £40,000 more and owe the government and the mortgage provider more
money. All the help to buy is doing in this case is helping you to get into
more debt and you can guess it, in this game, you are the loser and this is a choice that most first time buyers have gone with. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">It’s not all doom and gloom. To make the most of the help to buy scheme you
have to make sure you are not overpaying for the property. Check price of
properties in the area especially what people are paying for similar size
(area, not room numbers) properties. Get developers to give up as much as
possible. Some developers will offer to decorate the new home (worth thousands
of pounds) and even pay stamp duty (no stamp duty for first homes less than
£300,000) if you push them hard enough. That way you are getting a total
package that’s more in line with the property value.</span></div>
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buy eligibility. New homes should be affordable before they qualify for the
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: inherit;">Poems About You is a celebration of love and the challenges that accompanies being in love. This book compliments the emotions shared in my earlier publication 'Emotions and Belief'. I hope old readers and new readers alike will enjoy reading this book as much as I enjoyed creating it. This book is dedicated to the love of my life, everyone that is in love, that has ever loved and that will sooner or later fall in love. Love is a beautiful thing and it's a feeling we should all have the pleasure to enjoy in our lifetime. "And the Lord make you to increase And abound in LOVE one toward another, and toward all men, Even as we do toward you" -1 Thessalonian 3:12.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Emotions and Belief is a
compilation of poems and short stories based around topics such as love,
religion, emotions, romance, humour, changes and life style. The author of this
book has been able to link all the topics mentioned above in a way that is easy
to read and understand. This is not a typical poetry book; the structure which
this book was written makes it very enjoyable and easy to understand. The poems
in this book will definitely touch you and help you to get a deeper
understanding of the link between your 'Emotions and Belief'.</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="color: #1f497d; font-family: "constantia" , "serif"; mso-themecolor: text2;">As no effort of the competitors will be in vain.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Fusion of Nature and Architecture filmed from Toborochi Suites in Santa Cruz De La Sierra, Bolivia.<br />
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CreatedbyKelzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07964308610376219440noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2739566394193465467.post-46914386330683488682015-10-17T12:52:00.000+01:002016-07-28T07:21:42.782+01:00Spectre : 50 + Years of James Bond Movies in One Poem<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.3999996185303px;">As he believed <b><span style="color: #00b050;"><u><i>You Only Live Twice</i></u>.</span><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.3999996185303px;">He was <b><span style="color: #4f81bd; mso-themecolor: accent1;"><u><i>On Her Majesty’s Secret Service</i></u></span></b>,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.3999996185303px;">He had to <b><span style="color: #984806; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;"><u><i>Live and Let Die</i></u></span>,<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.3999996185303px;">The Dr was in love with <b><span style="color: red;"><u><i>The Spy Who Loved Me</i></u></span>,<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.3999996185303px;">He wrote a letter to the spy titled <b><span style="color: #215868; mso-themecolor: accent5; mso-themeshade: 128;"><u><i>For Your eyes Only</i></u></span>,<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.3999996185303px;">After which he met the beautiful <b><span style="color: #262626; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 217;"><u><i>Octopussy</i></u></span>.<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.3999996185303px;">Dr. No had <b><span style="color: #262626; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 217;"><u><i>A View to a Kill</i></u></span></b> in <b><span style="color: #17365d; mso-themecolor: text2; mso-themeshade: 191;"><i><u>The Living Daylights</u></i></span>,<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.3999996185303px;">A <b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-themecolor: accent1; mso-themeshade: 191;"><u><i>Licence to Kill</i></u></span></b> and a <b><span style="color: #e36c0a; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 191;"><u><i>GoldenEye</i></u></span>.<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.3999996185303px;">As long as he plays ‘<i>Texas hold’em’ </i>at the<i> </i><b><i><u><span style="color: #0d0d0d; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">Casino Royale</span>.</u></i><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.3999996185303px;">Until he arrived at <u><i><b><span style="color: #31849b; mso-themecolor: accent5; mso-themeshade: 191;">Skyfall</span></b><span style="color: #31849b; mso-themecolor: accent5; mso-themeshade: 191;">.</span></i></u><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; line-height: 18.3999996185303px;">nothing will stop him from Infiltrating</span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; line-height: 18.3999996185303px;"> the </span><b style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 18.3999996185303px;"><u><i>Spectre.</i></u></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="line-height: 18.3999996185303px;">James Bond!</span></span></div>
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CreatedbyKelzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07964308610376219440noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2739566394193465467.post-28358332466336826182015-08-18T17:22:00.000+01:002016-07-28T07:22:37.291+01:00The Africa That Never Was African (Written by Cynthia Nakanjako)<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">T</span></span><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 10.5pt;">he wave of independence across
Africa in the twentieth century was once heralded as one of the greatest
liberating movements in African history. Many swear colonialism is a thing of
the past. Yet the reality today paints a somewhat different picture. 54
countries in the African continent, but you can count on one hand how many of
these have a native "African" language as an official language.
Colonialism is alive and still dictates today.</span><b><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 22pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-size: 10.5pt;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">With the colonial era came the
fallacious idea that portrayed the West as the superior know-how and Africans
as the representatives of an inferior culture. This is very misleading
considering that by the 19th century the African landscape had
advanced to surpass their economic and political systems.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 10.5pt;">Indeed Pre-colonial Africa had
prosperous political systems in the form of autonomous States and groups.
African economies were advanced in every area particularly the area of trade
long before colonial </span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt;">rule. By
the 14th century, the legendary city of Timbuktu was one of the greatest
academic and commercial centres in the world due to trade in salt, gold and
ivory. Under the Songhai empire, Timbuktu was also a great Muslim centre with
Qur'anic schools and a university centred at the Sankore mosque. Thousands of
students all over the world came to study here<span style="color: #222222;">. </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i style="line-height: 17.85pt; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 10.5pt;">Exploitation, suppression </span></i><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 17.85pt; text-align: left;">and <i>economic
enslavement</i></span><i style="line-height: 17.85pt; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 10.5pt;"> </span></i><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 17.85pt; text-align: left;">- these are terms
that have their roots in colonialism and still continue to survive as weapons of
domination in today’s Africa.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-size: 10.5pt;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Today, Western powers are not
taking over countries as in the 19th century but the insidious influence of
Western armies, finance and culture demonstrates that colonialism still exits
albeit in another form. In fact what we have is neo-colonialism. Such that in
theory the countries are independent but in actuality their economic systems
and political policies are directed from outside - This is the new face of
colonialism experienced in Africa.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 10.5pt;">It is no secret that Africa is home
to some of the world’s most precious minerals including diamonds, gold, coltan
and uranium - but as long as the miners have no say; as long as most mines are
in the hands of the private sector majority of which are foreign companies, the
sole beneficiaries remain the West. While the miners become like dogs waiting
to feed on the crumbs that fall from the master’s table</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt;">.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10.5pt;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">In the 19th century, the economic goals of
colonialism were simple: to provide maximum economic benefits to the colonial
powers at the lowest price possible. How much has changed since? Not much . The
West are still fronting "trade" "democracy" "human
rights" but behind the scenes they are exploiting Africa for oil and other
natural resources just like in the colonial rule era. It is the countries that
they "helped" or are "helping" that suffer so badly.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-size: 10.5pt;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Oil- rich Libya is now famed for
political unrest and battles. Once upon a time, the lucrative oil industry had
turned Libya into Africa's wealthiest country. Libya had the highest GDP per
capita and life expectancy on the continent. In fact less people lived below
the poverty line than in the Netherlands. That was all until the West decided
to intervene and control the oil. Hiding behind the veil of
"democracy" they branded Gaddafi a tyrant and then killed him. As of
now, the democracy and freedoms promised by the West, are yet to fully
arrive, and may never do so.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-size: 10.5pt;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Libya is literally on its knees, it
is now no more than a radical Islamist's playground, its economy is in
shambles. But ever since chaos erupted in Libya those who financed Gaddafi’s
ouster chose to instead turn a blind eye; and play hide and seek to the massive
exodus of refugees which has turned into a crisis on their door step.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-size: 10.5pt;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Moreover, most major European
countries today have gold as their reserve- massive reserves of gold which have
a very expensive price tag. But can you show me at least one gold mine in any
of these countries. Can you name one net exporter of gold ore in any of these
countries? How ironic that the countries they buy this gold from remain poor?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-size: 10.5pt;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Somewhere along the way Africa is
being short changed.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-size: 10.5pt;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">And God forbid all African nations
come together as one to fight imperialism and build one stable economy, because
then the real losers will be the West. Where will they go to get these natural
resources at the exploitive prices they enjoy now? This is why Pan-Africanism
is a threat to Western interests in Africa and the imperialists are ready to
fight tooth and nail to combat the movement. Colonel Muammar Gaddafi was
one of Africa's surviving Pan Africanists. He had a road map to Africa’s unity
and prosperity of which he was willing to finance. But of course this did not
augur well with the Western powers so something had to give. The soft option
was to get rid of Gaddafi and maintain their exploitative tendencies.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: xx-small; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Colonial languages: Map showing languages that were introduced to Africa
when Africa was colonised by Europe. As a result, European languages (colonial
languages) became the official language(s) - This remains the case even today.</span></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEictdelO16mvKxB181Wjn6kfdD7yd-neLEc6Yf22kljy6nGS_vsdyIirC2mtrvJob7JwODeQvg2gHn8HdWotfQDjBp4xfXQ6V8FxVBU3HiwL_BanzexIMoIzukVuzz9JeOGYngIo1EoaYnW/s1600/colonial-languages.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"></span></a><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 10.5pt;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">When you look at the continent’s
railway systems. They all go from a coastal port inland to a mine. They were
not built to link peoples or towns or regions, they were designed to extract
Africa’s mineral wealth as quickly and cheaply as possible and ship it
overseas. The "colonial map that made little sense" drawn in Europe
by Europeans, is still the basis for the political map of Africa today. Africa
played no part in the creation of their national states and despite being home
to at least 2000 languages, you can count on one hand how many of the 54
national states have a native "African" language as an official
language.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><i><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 10.5pt;">"Children go
to school without any learning aids. Taught in a language which is not
theirs..." </span></i></b><i><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 10.5pt;">Nelson Mandela
during his speech at the London School of Economics, 2000.</span></i></span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 10.5pt;">Colonialism long existed in
Africa but it is the</span><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 10.5pt;"> <i>Berlin Conference</i> </span><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 10.5pt;">of 1884-85 that
fully legitimised it. At the conference, Britain, France, Italy, Germany,
Belgium, Spain and Portugal convened to negotiate their territorial claims in
Africa and establish their colonial borders, hence the term</span><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 10.5pt;"> <i>Scramble for Africa.</i> </span><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 10.5pt;">Africa was literally carved up
without regard for pre-existing linguistic and political boundaries. This not
only perpetuated ethnic tensions where they did not previously exist, but it
also introduced a cultural dichotomy detrimental to the native inhabitants. The
new inherited national states often had little in common with traditional
boundaries based on ethnicity, language, religion or natural features.
This created border disputes and underpinned many African conflicts such
as those between Tutsis and Hutus, Ethiopia and Eritrea, Somalia and
‘Somaliland’, and North and South Sudan.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-size: 10.5pt;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Yet half a century later, Africans
were given flags and national anthems, airlines and armies and told they were
“independent,” but the countries created and the systems that the Europeans
imposed on Africa as they left were not rooted in African culture or
experiences. And they were certainly not strong enough to contain social and
ethnic pressure that lay immediately beneath the surface. As much as
slave trade, colonialism destroyed Africa. Its resources, lands, people, and
cultures were expropriated. Colonialism meant the development and enrichment of
the West at Africa’s expense; a crime of enormous proportion that can never
justified. Millions died.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 10.5pt;">“In the mid-20</span></i><i><sup><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 7.5pt;">th</span></sup></i><i><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 10.5pt;"> century, more than 3 million
people were killed in the construction of the Brazzaville-Ocean Railway by
France. The creation of such infrastructure, which connected Africa’s raw
materials to points of export to Europe, was described as giving Africa the
benefits of “Western civilisation.”</span></i><i><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 10.5pt;"> </span></i><i><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 10.5pt;">The same process continues today and is now called “development.”</span></i><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 10.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 10.5pt;">The multi-sided war that has killed
more than 6 million people in the Democratic Republic of Congo since 1998 is
not simply the result of tribal animosities but the country's wealth in coltan.
The war was coincided with the information technology boom that has caused a
huge demand for coltan - the mineral used in electronic gadgets such
as mobile phones, computers and iPods. Congo possesses</span></i><i><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 10.5pt;"> 80 </span></i><i><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 10.5pt;">percent of the</span></i><i><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 10.5pt;"> world's
coltan.”</span></i><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 10.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-size: 10.5pt;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Ultimately, independence
officially restored power in Africa to Africans but Western influence remains
strong. And while Africa is often presented as “chaotic” there is always a
comprehensible explanation. Despite its corrupt leaders and their poor
management of resources, most of this chaos is created by outsiders to serve
their capitalistic greed. Africa remains a victim of a neo-colonialist
conspiracy to keep it poor, a continuation of imperialism and exploitation that
dates back to the slave trade.</span></span></div>
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CreatedbyKelzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07964308610376219440noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2739566394193465467.post-23546467220558777312014-10-29T13:10:00.001+00:002016-07-28T07:31:26.893+01:00How to Support Emotions and Belief (Book by Kelvin Obareti)<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="background-color: white; line-height: 22.3999996185303px;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Emotions and Belief is a compilation of poems based around topics such as love, religion, emotions, romance, humour, changes and life style. The author of this book has been able to link all the topics mentioned above in a way that is easy to read and understand. This is not a typical poetry book; the structure which this book was written makes it very enjoyable and easy to understand. The poems in this book will definitely touch you and help you to get a deeper understanding of the link between your 'Emotions and Belief'.</span></span></div>
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CreatedbyKelzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07964308610376219440noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2739566394193465467.post-43573738264934080282014-08-22T18:18:00.002+01:002016-07-28T07:36:28.270+01:00UOP CUP'14 Soccer<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-small;"><u>Back Row</u>: Kurt Smith, Kolapo Alade-Lambo, Andrew Novotny,
Coral Megahy, Greg Land, Malik Haouchine, Jose Salgado,
Javier Rios, Kevin Boldingh
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-small;"><u>Front Row</u>: Dias Kazbekuly, Nam Pham, Omer Qureshi, Art Ramirez, Kelvin
Obareti, Katie Rankin, Helin Cox, Pat Bullen, Alejandro Cardenas,
Hung Pham, Edwin Boldingh; <u>Not Pictured</u>: Cem Akatay, Luis Bougrat, Murad Gaharibeh
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-small;"><u>Back Row</u>: Henrique Goncalves, Stuart Miller, Pedro Melendez, Luke Cho, John Mowat, Bill Harvey, Doug Nafis, Matt Lippmann, Jessica Furstenberg, Jakub Piechnik
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-small;"><u>Front Row</u>: Andrew Chancellor, Phuong Pham, Eduardo Torres, Alexi Salgado, Scott Kongkitisupchai, Sanan Andzhaev, Chris Standing, Solomon Gebreyohannes, Honorio Vega; <u>Not pictured</u>: Ethan Guio, Beth Carter, Howie Tran</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="color: #1f497d;">Congratulations to the <i><b>Maroon
Team, 5-2 winners of the 2014 (5</b></i></span><sup style="color: #1f497d;"><i><b>th</b></i></sup><span style="color: #1f497d;"><i><b> Annual) UOP Cup </b></i>and its team
captain, Alejandro Cardenas. This year’s cup was the largest ever, with
46 participating players. The 2014 “Golden Boot” trophy goes to<b><i> Kelvin
Obareti </i></b>for his hat trick in the big game. Attached are photos from
the game and team party. Special thanks to our referees and linesmen (Julian Ballarin) and
to Karisma for taking most of the action photos. </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #1f497d;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">About $400 raised through the
cup was donated to Unicef to purchase anti-malarial drugs for children around
the world. Once a child is infected with malaria, they have about
24 hours to reach anti-malarial treatment after which their chance of survival
decreases sharply. There are about 1 million people that die each year from
malaria and the majority are young African children. One packet of
Anti-Malarial Drugs has 30 doses which are sent to malaria-prone communities to
guard against infection. <i><b>With the UOP Soccer Club donations, we were able to
purchase 13 packets and save the lives of 390 children!!!</b></i></span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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CreatedbyKelzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07964308610376219440noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2739566394193465467.post-60921348592432927882014-04-28T21:09:00.001+01:002016-07-28T07:40:56.769+01:00Oscar Pistorius - The Blade Gunner<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Since when does a case that factually leans on conviction take this long? </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Oscar is like the star attraction of the show.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">He plays all his cards right.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Plays the grieving fiance,</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">the distraught observer and </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">the man with the flow of tears. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">I deeply suspect men that shed a lot of tears because it shows a bit of mental weakness. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Can Oscar be said to suffer from mental weakness? </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">A seasoned sportsman with medals cannot be said to suffer from such a defect because it takes mental toughness and a lot of grit and determination to become a champion. </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Has he applied his attributes of grit and determination in ending the life of Reeva?</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Since when does exhaustion lead to postponing a case of this magnitude.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">This is not a trial of an 11 year old. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">This is not the youth court. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">This is the trial of a grown man that has to face the consequences of his action.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">I don't know the motive for this act, but if he committed the crime, he must surely face the consequences. Celebrity status should not guarantee special treatment. </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">The law should be blind to status. </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Lady Justice does not open her eyes but weighs the balance. </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">This balance has to be struck as soon as possible so that the deceased party can grieve properly.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">-Written by Emmanuel Oba-</span></span></div>
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