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 Education / Re: Muhammad Sani Abubakar Dies At 67 by Lymasaba(m): 12:50am On Jan 24, 2022 |
Tumbulum:Do university make a lot of effort to bring them back.. I know of a professor that unimaid appoint and pay salary for two years before she resume duty.. and prof. Isa Hussaini it takes special committee 4 years to bring him back from university of virginia 1 Like |
| Education / Re: All About Science: Key Facts, Researches, And Discoveries In Physics by A001: 4:27pm On Jan 16, 2022 |
Black hole devoured a star decades ago and it was only discovered now ! Traces of a black hole 's "meal" were identified in a dataset from the 1980s, thanks to two high school students. The object devoured a star, which was torn apart in a process known as a tidal disruption event, before crashing to the event horizon never to return. How black holes feed A black hole's “lunch” is not a discrete process; on the contrary, it is a confusing and troubled event, which releases large amounts of radiation. When the star (or anything else unlucky) gets too close to the object, gravity pulls on it with violent force. Despite this, the star still has a long way to go before reaching the event horizon — the critical point of a black hole from which nothing, not even light, can escape. Therefore, the star's matter is gradually stripped away, until it is spaghettied. This stellar mass "spaghetti" begins to spin at great speed around the black hole, producing a burst of light. And while astronomers have seen this phenomenon occur a few times, few of these cases have relied on radio observations. Black hole meal found by teenagers Young Ginevra Zaccagnini and Jackson Codd were reviewing data collected by the Very Large Array (VLA) in New Mexico and noticed that a bright signal seen in the mid-1990s had disappeared in 2017. They left a note for scientists about the discovery, and so a team of astronomers began looking for other observations of the glow, cataloged as J1533+2727. They soon discovered that another radio telescope, at the Green Bank Observatory, virginia, USA, had detected the same object before its sudden disappearance. With the sum of the data, they realized that observations between 1986 and 1987 showed that the object appeared even brighter than those of the 1990s. Now, according to the team's calculation, the glow is now 500 times darker than it was at its brightest. Looking further, they concluded that the glow was caused by a black hole feeding on a star, causing a tidal disruption event that resulted in a relativistic jet, detected by radio signals. According to Vikram Ravi, an astronomer at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) in Pasadena, "this is the first discovery of a candidate for a relativistic tidal disruption event in the relatively nearby universe." This could mean that this phenomenon may be more common than previously thought. These glows emitted during black hole meals are great opportunities to study them. More than 100 such events were found in all. The paper describing the research has been accepted for publication in The Astrophysical Journal. Source: https://www./832899463752423/permalink/1582870222088673/ 1 Like
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| Education / Ongoing Presidential Scholarship Opportunity At University Of Lynchburg – USA by Jasoncy(m): 3:51pm On Jan 12, 2022 |
Ongoing Presidential Scholarship Opportunity at University of Lynchburg – USA An ongoing awarded scholarship opportunity is now open by The University of Lynchburg, virginia USA. The institution is providing an award sum of $27,000 to students who are interested in any program in the university. CLICK HERE FOR DETAILS OF THE ONGOING SCHOLARSHIP HERE
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| Education / 12 Weird And Funny Laws In Some Places Around The World by Lastlook: 10:54pm On Dec 24, 2021 |
Laws; those rules and standards that govern our behaviors. Most are practical, but some strike one as funny and impractical, or at the least very weird. Check out these 15 weird laws and customs in some places. 1. In Russia, you cannot brush your teeth more than twice a day. The valetudinarian that cares too much about his teeth would run into trouble in Russia, as the law does not allow people to brush their teeth more than twice a day. How would they know if you did break this rule? Leave that to them. 2. In Switzerland, you can not flush your toilet after 10 pm. You wake up at midnight with a bad stomach, but you're in Switzerland. Sorry friend, the law does not allow you to flush your toilet after using it. You would have to leave the whole thing till the next morning. 3. In Toronto, Canada, you can not climb a tree. So you love climbing trees and enjoying the view from up there? Say goodbye to your hobby the moment you get into Toronto. 4. In Argentina, you can not name your child "Messi" There's no football fan that does not at least admire the skill of the veteran, Leonel Messi. You can show your love for him in many ways, but in Argentina, the star's hometown, you can not go as far as naming your child Messi. You would be compelled by law to change it. 5. In Mexico, there is a list of 61 names that you can not name your child. While Argentina only bans you from using one name for your child, Mexico made a full list of 61 names that you must never name your child. The names include Batman, Hitler, Rambo, James Bond, Facebook, Twitter. 6. In Georgia, your chicken can not cross the road. No, this is not because anyone would steal your chicken. The government of Georgia just wants you to keep your chicken out of harm and protect the public peace. Expect a fine if that rooster of yours gets bold enough to cross the road to get to the other side. 7. In Singapore, you can not chew gum. So you cannot go a day without gnashing your teeth on that unlucky piece of gum? You ran out of luck the instant you stepped into Singapore, for the government bans the manufacture, sale, purchase, and consumption of chewing gums. 8. In Norway, you must accept a fistfight challenge or pay a fine. If you hate boxing, or simply do not want to put yourself in danger, then you might get into trouble in Norway. If a person challenges you to a fistfight and you decline, then the law requires you to pay a fine of four deer. How would you get a deer? You might wonder. Relax, the law has not been practiced for decades now. 9. In Spain, you can not build castles in the sand. Warn your kids against building Sandcastles in Spain. You would be fined if the authorities get wind of it. This law is also in place in Eraclea, Italy. 10. In Rome and Turin, you must walk your dog every day. The Italians must care a lot about their dogs because, in two of their cities, you must take out your dogs for a walk ---Everyday. The law is even worse in Turin, where the walk must me three times a day. That's a heck of a work. Think twice before getting a dog in these two cities. 11. In Scotland, you must let a stranger use your toilet if he knocks on your door and asks. The Scots must be very hospitable. The old law of theirs make obliges you to allow a complete stranger to use your toilet if he knocks and asks. 12. In Huntington, West virginia, you can beat your wife in public on Sunday. This is perhaps the weirdest and most sexist law you have ever heard of. So long as it is in public and on a Sunday, people of Huntington can beat the crap out of their wives. Why would they do that? SOURCE: https://www.reditory.com/lists/12-weird-and-funny-laws-in-some-places-around-the-world-349 AUTHOR: https://www.reditory.com/@Ghost 5 Likes |
| Education / Re: All About Science: Key Facts, Researches, And Discoveries In Physics by A001: 2:52am On Dec 10, 2021 |
Drake Equation How many alien societies exist, and are detectable? This famous formula (equation above) gives us an idea. The Drake Equation, which was the agenda for a meeting of experts held in West virginia in 1961, estimates N, the number of transmitting societies in the Milky Way galaxy. The terms are defined in the images above. Understanding the Drake Equation This simple formulation is generally agreed to be the “second most-famous equation in science (after E= mc2),” and you can find it in nearly every astronomy textbook. The Drake Equation was cooked up by astronomer Frank Drake in 1961 to serve as the agenda for the first meeting on the topic of SETI. In 1960, Drake had conducted a pioneering search for extraterrestrial signals – a several-week long effort he named Project Ozma. Somewhat unexpectedly, this modest experiment attracted a great deal of attention, and Drake was encouraged by J.P.T. Pearman, a staff officer at the National Academy of Sciences, to organize an informal gathering of accomplished researchers and engineers to discuss the prospects for finding a signal. Was listening for radio signals a worthy endeavor or not? Approximately a dozen people attended this informal meeting, and they all were eminent. Among them was biochemist Melvin Calvin (who received a call during the meeting notifying him that he had just won the Nobel Prize), biologist Joshua Lederberg, physicist Philip Morrison, and planetary astronomer Carl Sagan, as well as Peter Pearman and self-invited guest Barney Oliver, a highly accomplished radio engineer. The conference took place at the Green Bank Observatory – the site of Project Ozma – in November 1961. While planning the event, Drake chose to organize the discussion around a simple formula he concocted that estimated a critical number for SETI, namely the estimated count of transmitting worlds in the Galaxy. His equation is comprised of seven factors which, when multiplied together, yield the number of societies that are now broadcasting signals one might conceivably pick up. The factors are listed and defined above. As Drake himself has noted, his simple formula can be likened to how you might estimate the number of students at a university. All you need to do is consider the number of new students (freshmen) entering each year and multiply that by the average number of years the students will spend at the school (four years.) Voila, you have a good estimate of the total number of undergraduate students. The Drake Equation is constructed with similar logic. The first six terms, when multiplied together, yield the average number of new technologically transmitting societies that come on-line in the Milky Way galaxy each year. This “freshman” rate is then multiplied by the equation’s last term, L: the average lifetime they stay on the air. The result is N, the average number of transmitting societies in the Galaxy now. Clearly, if this number is very small, then the chances of a signal detection by SETI are also small. Conversely, a large value of N would be incentive to press the search. At the time of the meeting, essentially none of the seven factors in the equation was known excepting the first, the production rate of stars. Nonetheless, the attendees bandied about their best guesses for the other terms, concluding that the “freshman” rate was on the order of one. In other words, new transmitting societies appear once a year somewhere in the Milky Way. All that remains is to multiply this by the lifetime of such a broadcasting civilization. This last term, L, is obviously dependent on alien behavior. It’s not a factor we can quantify with studies in astronomy or biology. Our own experience also doesn’t help much. We’ve been transmitting on a widescale basis, and at frequencies and powers that might conceivably be picked up by someone in another solar system, for less than a century. How long will we continue to do this? Some people think that humanity is hellbent on self-annihilation, and the value of L for Homo sapienswill be merely a century or two. Others are less dramatic and more optimistic. But obviously we have little basis for estimating L. Due to such uncertainties, estimates for N have ranged from 1 (Earth houses the only galactic society that is transmitting) to several million, Drake himself currently suggests that N = 10,000 (the consequence of assuming that new transmitting societies are produced at intervals of one per year and enjoy an average lifetime of 10,000 years). It has been sixty years since the Drake Equation was conceived. Have we nailed down more of the terms than the single one known in 1961? Sadly, no. In fact, we’ve made little progress in this regard apart from the terms giving the fraction of new stars sporting planets, and (to a lesser degree) the average number of planets per solar system suitable for complex life. The attendees of the 1961 Green Bank meeting thought it likely that the former was close to 100 percent, and the latter was approximately one. Both guesses are within a factor of two or three of modern estimates, based on the discoveries of thousands of exoplanets since 1995. It’s worth noting that many people have suggested amendments to the Drake Equation, adding terms to account for facts that don’t seem to be part of the original formula, such as colonization of other star systems by ambitious societies. Others have proffered changes to the math, replacing single terms with mathematical distributions. But according to Drake, none of these refinements is necessary nor do they alter the equation in any essential and substantive way. While the Drake Equation cannot be “solved” or even accurately calculated, it retains considerable utility for discussions about extraterrestrial life and intelligence. And that, after all, was the reason for its invention. It’s also noteworthy that this famous formulation encompasses all the research activities of the SETI Institute, from our efforts to probe the harsh landscapes of Mars to our extremely high-tech searches for alien signals. It is the scaffolding upon which the Institute has been built. There are 100 scientists at the SETI Institute, working on nearly 100 research questions. But each of these topics can be related to one of the terms in the Drake Equation. N: Are technological societies common or not? Our ATA radio telescope is looking for signals coming from other star systems that would help answer that question. Source: https://www.seti.org/drake-equation-index Frank Drake's image below:
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| Education / 12-year-old Girl Carries Pregnant Mother In Labor To The Hospital Across Lake by Akporo1234: 1:41pm On Oct 22, 2021 |
Update from A 12-year-old class seven pupil, virginia Aoko has made news headlines in Kenya for carrying her heavy mother in labor across a lake to a hospital in Kenya. The young girl exhibited humbling bravery in May this year when her pregnant mother woke her at 3 am, struggling in pain while her father was out fishing. According to , the Class Seven pupil put her mother in a boat, grabbed a paddle and manoeuvered her to the hospital across the crocodile-infested waters of Lake Victoria without fearing the darkness of the night. What is even more heartwarming is the fact that she managed to get her mother to Rukala Health Centre two kilometres across the lake. Thankfully, when they got to the health facility, the nurses quickly attended to her mother with the utmost alacrity, considering the sacrifice the little girl had put in bringing her to the health center. virginia’s toil bore fruit as her mother gave birth safely to a baby boy. Her story touched the hearts of many Kenyans who reacted and expressed shock at the level of bravery she exhibited at the peril of her life and those of her mother and the unborn child. President Uhuru Kenyatta will preside over the Mashujaa Day celebrations at the Wang’uru Stadium in Kirinyaga where virginia will be honoured alongside other national heroes. The day honours Kenya’s heroes who fought for freedom from the British colonial rule, some outstanding persons who have played a pivotal role in raising the country’s flag high are also honoured during the celebration. https:///12-year-old-girl-carries-pregnant-mother-in-labor-to-the-hospital-across-lake/ 1 Like 1 Share
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| Education / 16-yr-old Jailed For Stabbing College Girl To Death After Phone Robbery by Sixsigmahub: 1:02pm On Oct 15, 2021 |
Update from 16-year-old Luchiano Lewis has been sentenced to life imprisonment for stabbing college student, Tessa Majors, leading to her death after robbing her of her mobile phone, Siggy reveals. Luchiano, who was one of three teens charged in the 2019 murder, was sentenced in Manhattan criminal court on Thursday. He pleaded guilty last month to murder and robbery. At the time, Lewis was 14 years old and prosecutors at the Manhattan district attorney’s office decided he would be charged as an adult. The devastated family of Tessa, 18, described the family’s ‘immeasurable pain’ in court Assistant District Attorney Matthew Bogdanos read a statement on behalf of Inman Majors, Tessa’s father: ‘On December 11, 2019, the hopes and dreams for our daughter Tess came to a tragic end. ‘Nearly two years later, we still find words inadequate to describe the immeasurable pain, trauma, and suffering that our family has endured since her senseless murder. ‘Tess was a brilliant student, a voracious reader, a poet and a fledgling journalist. She had big dreams.’ Tessa, who was from Charlottesville, virginia, was finishing her first semester at Barnard College in Manhattan, when she cut through Morningside Park before 8 pm that night. As she approached the stairs to exit at West 116th Street, police say the group of teens including Lewis, 16-year-old Rashan Weaver, and an unnamed 13-year-old, tried to rob her and take her phone, ABC 7 reported. The teens stabbed her multiple times. In her final moments of life, a security camera caught her struggling up a flight of stairs dripping in blood. When she reached the street she collapsed against a lamppost, where she died minutes later. The video of her death was played in the court room, along with a joint impact statement from her parents Inman and Christy Majors. In handing down the sentence, Judge Robert Mandelbaum said her murder ‘tore at the fabric of the entire city’. ‘The defendant was and is extremely young. He has his whole life ahead of him but Tessa Majors does not,’ the judge said. Lewis told the court he felt ashamed, embarrassed and ‘sad in the role I played destroying two families’. He apologized to both Tessa’s parents and his own father, saying he failed him and ‘became less human’. Mandelbaum was skeptical, saying ‘sadly and troublingly, the defendant has learned no lessons’. Lewis has been involved in numerous ‘violent acts’ while incarcerated, the judge said. He had beaten another inmate with a piece of metal wrapped in a sock. He was also sentenced to 40 months to 12 years on the robbery count. It is unclear if the sentences will be served concurrently or consecutively, the Daily Mail reported. Police and prosecutors have said Weaver was the one with the knife, but that Lewis was equally to blame. Weaver pleaded not guilty last month, and his trial date is expected to be set early next week. Lewis may not have used the knife, but ‘was not just along for the ride’, prosecutor Matthew Bogdanos said. ‘He’s alive, and, because of him, she is not.’ https:///16-yr-old-jailed-for-stabbing-college-girl-to-death-after-phone-robbery/
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| Education / Over 31,847 People Got Wealthy From Reading This Book by ashorkoys: 7:17am On Oct 14, 2021 |
Think and Grow Rich has been called the "Granddaddy of All Motivational Literature." It was the first book to boldly ask, "What makes a winner?" The man who asked and listened for the answer, Napoleon Hill, is now counted in the top ranks of the world's winners himself. The most famous of all teachers of success spent "a fortune and the better part of a lifetime of effort" to produce the "Law of Success" philosophy that forms the basis of his books and that is so powerfully summarized in this one. In the original Think and Grow Rich, published in 1937, Hill draws on stories of Andrew Carnegie, Thomas Edison, Henry Ford, and other millionaires of his generation to illustrate his principles. In the updated version, Arthur R. Pell, Ph.D., a nationally known author, lecturer, and consultant in human resources management and an expert in applying Hill's thought, deftly interweaves anecdotes of how contemporary millionaires and billionaires, such as Bill Gates, Mary Kay Ash, Dave Thomas, and Sir John Templeton, achieved their wealth. Outmoded or arcane terminology and examples are faithfully refreshed to preclude any stumbling blocks to a new generation of readers. Review "During the past twenty-five years I have been blessed with more good fortune than any individual deserves but I shudder to think where I'd be today, or what I'd be doing if I had not been exposed to Napoleon Hill's philosophy. It changed my life. " --Og Mandino, The Greatest Salesman in the World About the Author Napoleon Hill was born in 1883 in virginia and died in 1970 after a long and successful career as a lecturer, an author, and as a consultant to business leaders. Think and Grow Rich is the all-time bestseller in its field, having sold 15 million copies worldwide, and sets the standard for today’s motivational thinking. Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved. AUTHOR’S PREFACE In every chapter of this book, mention has been made of the money-making secret which has made fortunes for more than five hundred exceedingly wealthy men whom I have carefully analyzed over a long period of years. The secret was brought to my attention by Andrew Carnegie, more than a quarter of a century ago. The canny, lovable old Scotsman carelessly tossed it into my mind, when I was but a boy. Then he sat back in his chair, with a merry twinkle in his eyes, and watched carefully to see if I had brains enough to understand the full significance of what he had said to me. When he saw that I had grasped the idea, he asked if I would be willing to spend twenty years or more, preparing myself to take it to the world, to men and women who, without the secret, might go through life as failures. I said I would, and with Mr. Carnegie’s cooperation, I have kept my promise. This book contains the secret, after having been put to a practical test by thousands of people, in almost every walk of life. It was Mr. Carnegie’s idea that the magic formula, which gave him a stupendous fortune, ought to be placed within reach of people who do not have time to investigate how men make money, and it was his hope that I might test and demonstrate the soundness of the formula through the experience of men and women in every calling. He believed the formula should be taught in all public schools and colleges, and expressed the opinion that if it were properly taught it would so revolutionize the entire educational system that the time spent in school could be reduced to less than half. His experience with Charles M. Schwab, and other young men of Mr. Schwab’s type, convinced Mr. Carnegie that much of that which is taught in the schools is of no value whatsoever in connection with the business of earning a living or accumulating riches. He had arrived at this decision, because he had taken into his business one young man after another, many of them with but little schooling, and by coaching them in the use of this formula, developed in them rare leadership. Moreover, his coaching made fortunes for everyone of them who followed his instructions. In the chapter on Faith, you will read the astounding story of the organization of the giant United States Steel Corporation, as it was conceived and carried out by one of the young men through whom Mr. Carnegie proved that his formula will work for all who are ready for it. This single application of the secret, by that young man— Charles M. Schwab— made him a huge fortune in both money and OPPORTUNITY. Roughly speaking, this particular application of the formula was worth six hundred million dollars. These facts— and they are facts well known to almost everyone who knew Mr. Carnegie— give you a fair idea of what the reading of this book may bring to you, provided you KNOW WHAT IT IS THAT YOU WANT. Even before it had undergone twenty years of practical testing, the secret was passed on to more than one hundred thousand men and women who have used it for their personal benefit, as Mr. Carnegie planned that they should. Some have made fortunes with it. Others have used it successfully in creating harmony in their homes. A clergyman used it so effectively that it brought him an income of upwards of $75,000.00 a year. Arthur Nash, a Cincinnati tailor, used his near-bankrupt business as a “guinea pig” on which to test the formula. The business came to life and made a fortune for its owners. It is still thriving, although Mr. Nash has gone. The experiment was so unique that newspapers and magazines, gave it more than a million dollars’ worth of laudatory publicity. The secret was passed on to Stuart Austin Wier, of Dallas, Texas. He was ready for it—so ready that he gave up his profession and studied law. Did he succeed? That story is told too. I gave the secret to Jennings Randolph, the day he graduated from College, and he has used it so successfully that he is now serving his third term as a Member of Congress, with an excellent opportunity to keep on using it until it carries him to the White House. While serving as Advertising Manager of the LaSalle Extension University, when it was little more than a name, I had the privilege of seeing J. G. Chapline, President of the University, use the formula so effectively that he has since made the La-Salle one of the great extension schools of the country. The secret to which I refer has been mentioned no fewer than a hundred times, throughout this book. It has not been directly named, for it seems to work more successfully when it is merely uncovered and left in sight, where THOSE WHO ARE READY, and SEARCHING FOR IT, may pick it up. That is why Mr. Carnegie tossed it to me so quietly, without giving me its specific name. If you are READY to put it to use, you will recognize this secret at least once in every chapter. I wish I might feel privileged to tell you how you will know if you are ready, but that would deprive you of much of the benefit you will receive when you make the discovery in your own way. While this book was being written, my own son, who was then finishing the last year of his college work, picked up the manuscript of chapter two, read it, and discovered the secret for himself. He used the information so effectively that he went directly into a responsible position at a beginning salary greater than the average man ever earns. His story has been briefly described in chapter two. When you read it, perhaps you will dismiss any feeling you may have had, at the beginning of the book, that it promised too much. And, too, if you have ever been discouraged, if you have had difficulties to surmount which took the very soul out of you, if you have tried and failed, if you were ever handicapped by illness or physical affliction, this story of my son’s discovery and use of the Carnegie formula may prove to be the oasis in the Desert of Lost Hope, for which you have been searching. This secret was extensively used by President Woodrow Wilson, during the World War. It was passed on to every soldier who fought in the war, carefully wrapped in the training received before going to the front. President Wilson told me it was a strong factor in raising the funds needed for the war. Early in the 20th century, Manuel L. Quezon (then Resident Commissioner of the Philippine Islands), was inspired by the secret to gain freedom for his people. He has gained freedom for the Philippines, and is the first President of the free state. A peculiar thing about this secret is that those who once acquire it and use it, find themselves literally swept on to success, with but little effort, and they never again submit to failure! If you doubt this, study the names of those who have used it, wherever they have been mentioned, check their records for yourself, and be convinced. There is no such thing as SOMETHING FOR NOTHING! The secret to which I refer cannot be had without a price, although the price is far less than its value. It cannot be had at any price by those who are not intentionally searching for it. It cannot be given away, it cannot be purchased for money, for the reason that it comes in two parts. One part is already in possession of those who are ready for it. The secret serves equally well, all who are ready for it. Education has nothing to do with it. Long before I was born, the secret had found its way into the possession of Thomas A. Edison, and he used it so intelligently that he became the world’s leading inventor, although he had but three months of schooling. The secret was passed on to a business associate of Mr. Edison. He used it so effectively that, although he was then making only $12,000 a year, he accumulated a great fortune, and retired from active business while still a young man. You will find his story at the beginning of the first chapter. It should convince you that riches are not beyond your reach, that you can still be what you wish to be, that money, fame, recognition and happiness can be had by all who are ready and determined to have these blessings. How do I know these things? You should have the answer before you finish this book. You may find it in the very first chapter, or on the last page. While I was performing the twenty year task of research, which I had undertaken at Mr. Carnegie’s request, I analyzed hundreds of well known men, many of whom admitted that they had accumulated their vast fortunes through the aid of the Carnegie secret; among these men were: HENRY FORD WILLIAM WRIGLEY JR. JOHN WANAMAKER JAMES J. HILL GEORGE EASTMAN THEODORE ROOSEVELT JR. WILBUR WRIGHT WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN KING GILLETTE JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER THOMAS A. EDISON F. W. WOOLWORTH WOODROW WILSON WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT DR. ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL CLARENCE DARROW These names represent but a small fraction of the hundreds of well known Americans whose achievements, financially and otherwise, prove that those who understand and apply the Carnegie secret, reach high stations in life. I have never known anyone who was inspired to use the secret, who did not achieve noteworthy success in his chosen calling. I have never known any person to distinguish himself, or to accumulate riches of any consequence, without possession of the secret. From these two facts I draw the conclusion that the secret is more important, as a part of the knowledge essential for self-determination, than any which one receives through what is popularly known as “education.” What is EDUCATION, anyway? This has been answered in full detail. As far as schooling is concerned, many of these men had very little. John Wanamaker once told me that what little schooling he had, he acquired in very much the same manner as a modern locomotive takes on water, by “scooping it up as it runs.” Henry Ford never reached high school, let alone college. I am not attempting to minimize the value of schooling, but I am trying to express my earnest belief that those who master and apply the secret will reach high stations, accumulate riches, and bargain with life on their own terms, even if their schooling has been meager. Somewhere, as you read, the secret to which I refer will jump from the page and stand boldly before you, IF YOU ARE READY FOR IT! When it appears, you will recognize it. Whether you receive the sign in the first or the last chapter, stop for a moment when it presents itself, and raise your glass to toast your epiphany. Chapter One tells the story of my very dear friend, who has generously acknowledged having seen the mystic sign, and whose business achievements are evidence enough that he turned down a glass. As you read his story, and the others, remember that they deal with the important problems of life, such as all men experience. The problems arising from one’s endeavor to earn a living, to find hope, courage, contentment and peace of mind; to accumulate riches and to enjoy freedom of body and spirit. Remember, too, as you go through the book, that it deals with facts and not with fiction, its purpose being to convey a great universal truth through which all who are READY may learn, not only WHAT TO DO, BUT ALSO HOW TO DO IT! and receive, as well, THE NEEDED STIMULUS TO MAKE A START. As a final word of preparation, before you begin the first chapter, may I offer one brief suggestion which may provide a clue by which the Carnegie secret may be recognized? It is this— ALL ACHIEVEMENT, ALL EARNED RICHES, HAVE THEIR BEGINNING IN AN IDEA! If you are ready for the secret, you already possess one half of it, therefore, you will readily recognize the other half the moment it reaches your mind. Napoleon Hill, 1937 Get the E-book Contact 07089575555
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| Education / Re: Built On The Bodies Of Slaves: How Africa Was Erased from Modern World History by McStoic(m): 8:10am On Oct 13, 2021 |
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| Education / Re: Built On The Bodies Of Slaves: How Africa Was Erased from Modern World History by A001: 3:00am On Oct 13, 2021 |
I was lucky to be introduced to Africa while still a university student, first as an enthralled visitor during college breaks, and later living there for six years after graduation. I cut my teeth as a journalist writing about Africa and travelling widely, and I married a woman who had grown up in Ivory Coast, but whose family was from a nearby part of Ghana. I wasn’t at all aware of it at the time, but it was within a few miles of her ancestral village that Europeans first stumbled upon the abundant sources of west African gold that they had been searching for feverishly for several decades in the 15th century. It was a discovery that changed the world. I left west Africa to join the New York Times in 1986. Three years later, my first assignment as a foreign correspondent was to cover the Caribbean basin. Here were gathered some of the most important staging areas for subsequent global transformations. Specialists aside, few imagine that islands like Barbados and Jamaica were far more important in their day than were the English colonies that would become the United States. The nation now known as Haiti most of all. In the 18th century it became the richest colony in history, and in the 19th, by dint of its slave population’s successful revolution, Haiti rivalled the US in terms of its influence on the world, notably in helping fulfil the most fundamental Enlightenment value of all: ending slavery. Now and then during my time in the Caribbean, I could see glimmers of this region’s extraordinary role in our global narrative. One one occasion, in the Dominican Republic, I stood knee-deep in seawater witnessing an archaeological dig that sought to identify a wreck from Columbus’s first voyage. Another time, I hiked a verdant peak in northern Haiti where Henri Christophe, that country’s early Black leader, built a formidable fortress, the Citadelle Laferrière, arming it with 365 cannon to defend the country’s hard-won independence from France. Other hints came when I wandered into the mountains and rainforests of Jamaica and Suriname, respectively, and was thrilled to be able to make myself understood speaking bits of Twi (the lingua franca of Ghana, which I had learned while courting my wife) as I spoke with the descendants of proud runaway slave communities known as maroons. But back then, I still had no big picture in mind; like most correspondents, I was too busy following the news to pursue sweeping historical connections very far. Even knowing the silence and enforced ignorance that surround the central contribution of Africa and Africans to the making of the modern world, I have often been surprised by just how difficult it can be to access some of the physical traces of this history, or to find local forms of remembrance that raise this African role to its proper dimension. I have seen this in many places that have shaped our common history, such as Nigeria and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where the publicly established sites of Atlantic memory are few. I saw it in São Tomé, the island where the slave-plantation-complex model that would drive wealth creation in the North Atlantic for four centuries appeared for the first time, fully formed – a fact for which there is nary a plaque or commemoration. My biggest surprise came in Barbados, whose slave-produced sugar, arguably more than any other place on earth, helped seal England’s ascension in the 17th century. I visited the island not long ago, determined to find as many traces of this legacy as possible, only to discover how thoroughly they had been hidden or effaced. Among my top priorities was to visit one of the largest slave cemeteries anywhere in the hemisphere, which included the excavated remains of nearly 600 people. It took me several attempts just to find the cemetery, which had no signage from any public road. Few local residents seemed aware of its historical importance, or even of its existence. All I discovered when I drove down a bumpy dirt road, proceeding as far as I could until instinct told me to get out and walk, was a modest clearing alongside an active plantation whose cane had grown as tall as I am. There was a faded sign attached to a rusty iron post. It proclaimed the site to be part of something called “The Slave Route”, but it provided no further information. With the sun racing downward in the western sky, I paced about, snapped a few photographs, and then finally collected myself as the wind whistled through the cane. I tried mightily to conjure some sense of the horrors that had transpired nearby, and of the abundant wealth and pleasure that the sweat of the dead had procured for others. But the most egregious forms of historical erasure do not involve an assortment of mostly small, former slave-trading or plantation societies scattered around the Atlantic Rim. The most important site of erasure, by far, has been the minds of people in the rich world. As I write these words, the US and some other North Atlantic communities, from Richmond, virginia, to Bristol, England, have recently experienced extraordinary moments of iconoclasm. We have seen the pulling down of statues of people who were long perceived to be heroes of imperial and economic systems built on the violent exploitation of people extracted from Africa. For these gestures to have more lasting meaning, an even bigger and more challenging task remains for us. It requires that we transform how we understand the history of the last six centuries and, specifically, of Africa’s central role in making possible nearly everything that is today familiar to us. This will involve rewriting school lessons about history just as much as it will require the reinvention of university curricula. It will challenge journalists to rethink the way we describe and explain the world we all inhabit. It will require all of us to re-examine what we know or think we know about how the present-day world was built, and to begin incorporating this new understanding into our everyday discussions. In this task, we can no longer hide behind ignorance. Nearly a century ago, WEB Du Bois had already affirmed much of what we needed to know on this topic. “It was black labour that established the modern world commerce, which began first as a commerce in the bodies of the slaves themselves,” he wrote. Now is the time to finally acknowledge this. Adapted from Born in Blackness: Africa, Africans, and the Making of the Modern World, 1471 to the Second World War, by Howard W French, published by WW Norton & Co and available at guardianbookshop.com https://www.theguardian.com/news/2021/oct/12/africa-slaves-erased-from-history-modern-world 2 Likes |
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| Education / Nigerian Student Emerges World’s Brightest by tunisbaba(m): 7:13am On Aug 25, 2021 |
The Johns Hopkins Center for Talented Youth has honoured Fareedah Oyolola, a secondary school student at Greensprings School, Lagos, as one of the brightest students in the world.  This recognition is a result of her exceptional performance in the advanced School and College Ability Test (SCAT), which every student must undergo in order for the institution to determine their current academic abilities before admitting them into its talent search programme. Sharing her experience about the test, Fareedah said: “The test was a multiple-choice aptitude test in verbal and quantitative reasoning, and I had to answer 100 questions within 44 minutes! At the end of the test, my score was in the 92nd percentile for verbal reasoning and 87th percentile for quantitative reasoning. There’s no way I would have gotten these high scores with such a limited time window if not for the great work put in by my teachers, towards developing my comprehension abilities and mathematical reasoning skills. I am very grateful to them.” In a statement issued by the Johns Hopkins Center for Talented Youth, the Executive Director; virginia Roach, congratulated Fareedah and other outstanding students across the world. She said, “We are thrilled to celebrate these students. In a year that was anything but ordinary, their love of learning shined through, and we are excited to help cultivate their growth as scholars and citizens throughout high school, college, and beyond.” Mrs Magdalene Okrikri, the secondary school principal at Greensprings Anthony campus, also expressed her satisfaction with Fareedah’s honour. She said, “This honour brings great joy to my heart. Fareedah’s achievement is a testament that our Thinking School programme is rewarding to our students, helping them to develop mentally and strengthening their cognitive abilities.” The Johns Hopkins Center for Talented Youth is an initiative of Johns Hopkins University committed to nurturing extraordinary young minds. Its 2020 – 2021 programme draws nearly 19,000 students from 84 countries. Fareedah and other honourees from other countries are expected to attend a summer programme in the United States or Hong Kong. Source: https://www.vanguardngr.com/2021/08/nigerian-student-emerges-world-brightest-student/amp/ |
| Education / Nigerian Girl Becomes The Brightest Student In The World[updatehubsnaija] by olukiesy(m): 1:14am On Aug 22, 2021 |
The Johns Hopkins Center for Talented Youth honored Fareedah Oyolola, a high school student from Greensprings School in Lagos, with one of the brightest students in the world. This recognition is a result of her exceptional performance in the advanced School and College Ability Test (SCAT), which every student must undergo in order for the institution to determine their current academic abilities before admitting them into its talent search program. Sharing her experience on the test, Fareedah said: "The test was a multiple-choice aptitude test in verbal and quantitative reasoning, and I had to answer 100 questions within 44 minutes! At the end of the test, my score was in the 92nd percentile for verbal reasoning and 87th percentile for quantitative reasoning." "There’s no way I would have gotten these high scores with such a limited time window if not for the great work put in by my teachers, towards developing my comprehension abilities and mathematical reasoning skills. I am very grateful to them." In a statement issued by the Johns Hopkins Center for Talented Youth, the Executive Director; virginia Roach, congratulated Fareedah and other outstanding students across the world. She said, “We are thrilled to celebrate these students. In a year that was anything but ordinary, their love of learning shined through, and we are excited to help cultivate their growth as scholars and citizens throughout high school, college, and beyond.” Mrs Magdalene Okrikri, the secondary school principal at Greensprings Anthony campus, also expressed her satisfaction with Fareedah’s honour. She said, “This honor brings great joy to my heart. Fareedah’s achievement is a testament that our Thinking School program is rewarding to our students, helping them to develop mentally and strengthening their cognitive abilities.” The Johns Hopkins Center for Gifted Youth is an initiative of Johns Hopkins University dedicated to the education of extraordinary young minds. Its 2020-2021 program attracts nearly 19,000 students from 84 countries. Fareedah and other honorees from other countries are expected to participate in the summer program in the United States or Hong Kong. Photos |
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| Education / Nigerian Student Emerges World’s Brightest by OJEEMAH(m): 11:44am On Aug 21, 2021 |
The Johns Hopkins Center for Talented Youth has honoured Fareedah Oyolola, a secondary school student at Greensprings School, Lagos, as one of the brightest students in the world. This recognition is a result of her exceptional performance in the advanced School and College Ability Test (SCAT), which every student must undergo in order for the institution to determine their current academic abilities before admitting them into its talent search programme. Sharing her experience about the test, Fareedah said: “The test was a multiple-choice aptitude test in verbal and quantitative reasoning, and I had to answer 100 questions within 44 minutes! At the end of the test, my score was in the 92nd percentile for verbal reasoning and 87th percentile for quantitative reasoning. There’s no way I would have gotten these high scores with such a limited time window if not for the great work put in by my teachers, towards developing my comprehension abilities and mathematical reasoning skills. I am very grateful to them.” In a statement issued by the Johns Hopkins Center for Talented Youth, the Executive Director; virginia Roach, congratulated Fareedah and other outstanding students across the world. She said, “We are thrilled to celebrate these students. In a year that was anything but ordinary, their love of learning shined through, and we are excited to help cultivate their growth as scholars and citizens throughout high school, college, and beyond. Mrs Magdalene Okrikri, the secondary school principal at Greensprings Anthony campus, also expressed her satisfaction with Fareedah’s honour. She said, “This honour brings great joy to my heart. Fareedah’s achievement is a testament that our Thinking School programme is rewarding to our students, helping them to develop mentally and strengthening their cognitive abilities.” The Johns Hopkins Center for Talented Youth is an initiative of Johns Hopkins University committed to nurturing extraordinary young minds. Its 2020 – 2021 programme draws nearly 19,000 students from 84 countries. Fareedah and other honourees from other countries are expected to attend a summer programme in the United States or Hong Kong. https://www.vanguardngr.com/2021/08/nigerian-student-emerges-world-brightest-student/
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| Education / Re: Nigerian Girl Named Fareedah Oyolola Emerges As The World Brightest Student by Alusiizizi(m): 11:06am On Aug 21, 2021 |
TundeEdnut35: "my score was in the 92nd percentile for verbal reasoning and 87th percentile" does not make you the world's brightest. Go and find out what "percentile" means. Silly post. Silly poster. |
| Education / Re: Nigerian Girl Named Fareedah Oyolola Emerges As The World Brightest Student by Enice(m): 9:26am On Aug 21, 2021 |
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| Education / Re: Nigerian Girl Named Fareedah Oyolola Emerges As The World Brightest Student by princeabdul(m): 7:29am On Aug 21, 2021 |
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| Education / Fareedah Oyolola Emerges World Brightest Student (Johns Hopkins Center) by KingOdart(m): 7:23am On Aug 21, 2021 |
The Johns Hopkins Center for Talented Youth has honoured Fareedah Oyolola, a secondary school student at Greensprings School, Lagos, as one of the brightest students in the world. www.vanguardngr.com/2021/08/nigerian-student-emerges-world-brightest-student 177 Likes 16 Shares
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| Education / Nigerian Girl Named Fareedah Oyolola Emerges As The World Brightest Student by TundeEdnut35(m): 12:47am On Aug 21, 2021 |
The recognition is a result of her exceptional performance in the advanced School and College Ability Test (SCAT), which every student must undergo in order for the institution to determine their current academic abilities before admitting them into its talent search programme. Sharing her experience about the test, Fareedah said: “The test was a multiple-choice aptitude test in verbal and quantitative reasoning, and I had to answer 100 questions within 44 minutes! At the end of the test, my score was in the 92nd percentile for verbal reasoning and 87th percentile for quantitative reasoning. There’s no way I would have gotten these high scores with such a limited time window if not for the great work put in by my teachers, towards developing my comprehension abilities and mathematical reasoning skills. I am very grateful to them.” In a statement issued by the Johns Hopkins Center for Talented Youth, the Executive Director; virginia Roach, congratulated Fareedah and other outstanding students across the world. She said, “We are thrilled to celebrate these students. In a year that was anything but ordinary, their love of learning shined through, and we are excited to help cultivate their growth as scholars and citizens throughout high school, college, and beyond.” Mrs Magdalene Okrikri, the secondary school principal at Greensprings Anthony campus, also expressed her satisfaction with Fareedah’s honour. She said, “This honour brings great joy to my heart. Fareedah’s achievement is a testament that our Thinking School programme is rewarding to our students, helping them to develop mentally and strengthening their cognitive abilities.” The Johns Hopkins Center for Talented Youth is an initiative of Johns Hopkins University committed to nurturing extraordinary young minds. Its 2020 – 2021 programme draws nearly 19,000 students from 84 countries. Fareedah and other honourees from other countries are expected to attend a summer programme in the United States or Hong Kong. 4 Likes |
| Education / Re: 2.0 GPA Colleges: A List Of Colleges Accepting Low CGPA by opeey(m): 8:33pm On Aug 14, 2021 |
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| Education / Re: 2.0 GPA Colleges: A List Of Colleges Accepting Low CGPA by Alusiizizi(m): 12:12pm On Aug 14, 2021 |
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