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Kevin Durant has donated $1 million to theAmerican Red Cross for tornado relief.
Durant, you have won my respect! People like you light up the flame of hope. Thank you for your generosity KD!
Tpappy
How Coca-Cola Used Vending Machines To Try To Unite The People Of India And Pakistan
Relations between India and Pakistan are marked by many things—and happiness is generally not one of them. But Coca-Cola recently brought people from both nations together—or at least brought citizens of both countries face to face—over vending machines.
No ordinary vending machines, the Small World Machines, created by Coke and Leo Burnett, were equipped with full-length webcams that allowed participants to see each other and interact in real time. They were placed in malls—one in Lahore, Pakistan, the other in New Dehli, India—in March.
As part of its larger mission to associate its product with happiness
“Coke has always been a brand that’s about positivity and optimism, and we’re always talking about how we can provoke just a little bit more happiness in the world, and increasingly we’ve tried to create experiences to actually bring people together in intimate moments of connectivity,” Jantos Tulloch says.
“Telling this story through the lens of India and Pakistan really came from our team on the ground there who knows better than anyone that the people really want more positive connection and more positive communication between them.”
“Brilliant marketing strategy from Coca-Cola. That is how you developed your product through brand image. Such advertisement technique is not only creating awareness and consideration; but huge potentials for conversion.”
Tpappy
This little company from Kenya makes toys from slippers that wash up on the beach. Pictures by Ben Curtis
The company’s name is Ocean Sole: http://www.ocean-sole.com/
Africa innovation starts hear.
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MOORE, Okla. (AP) — Spotlights bore down on massive piles of shredded cinder block, insulation and metal as crews worked through the night early Tuesday lifting bricks and parts of collapsed walls where a monstrous tornado barreled through the Oklahoma City suburbs, demolishing an elementary school and reducing homes to piles of splintered wood. At least 51 people were killed, including at least 20 children, and those numbers were expected to climb, officials said.
Tornado ripe through the heart of Oklahoma
An EF4 categorize tornado ripe through the heart of Oklahoma City killing 51 people and damaging properties worth more than a billion dollar in initial estimate. According to city officials, 20 school children were among the dead. Americans is mourning the untimely death of those killed in the worst twister since 1991 that hit the ground for more than 2hours. My thoughts and prayers to the people and families affected of this unforgettable event. Donation can be made to American Red Cross to help the victims whose life has been tear apart by this storm. Please visit https://www.redcross.org/donate and your impact will be greatly felt and appreciated.
Thank you.
Tpappy
“The tornado that struck Oklahoma has surely taken away precious lives and shaken the foundation of Moor and Newcastle communities. As these communities begin the long road to recovery, our thoughts and prayers are with them. I urge you to help support the relief effort by contributing to the American red cross society today.” https://www.redcross.org/donate/
Thank you for your help!
Tpappy
Remarkable faces of Africa continent
Haile Selassie was regarded as Ethiopia’s last emperor, serving from 1930 until his overthrow by the Marxist dictator after Italy invaded Ethiopia. He was considered the messiah of Africa race by the Rastafarian movement of Jamaica and he help formed the organization of Africa unity 1963.
Nelson Mandela a former activist who helped brings an end to apartheid and has been a global advocate for human rights. He was a leader of both peaceful protests and armed resistance against the white minority’s oppressive regime in a racially divided South Africa. His actions landed him in reformatory for nearly three decades and made him the face of the antiapartheid movement both within his country and internationally. Released in 1990, he participated in the eradication of apartheid and in 1994 became the first black president of South Africa.
John Garang the Southern Sudanese Christian rebel-turned-statesman, was arguably one of the best and most charismatic leaders Sudan has had, He was a true patriots who was regarded as the founding father of South Sudan before his untimely death in a helicopter crash. His popularity grew when he join an uprising rebel force, and later formed the Sudan People’s Liberation Army to free South Sudan from Islamic oppression in the north. He was a staunch critics of Sudan president, Omar Bashir and he continuously emphasized the crucial fact that “all Sudanese citizens, regardless of their backgrounds, were suffering under a murderous and repressive dictatorship.” Today, South Sudan is a sovereign country because of the revolution John Garang tirelessly fought for.
Thomas Sankara the man regarded as the upright man from Upper Volta now known as Burkina Faso. He was a charismatic leader full of innovative ideas and willingness to change the entire Africa mentality from that of dependent to creativity. He was by far the best reformist of any Africa leader and his programs of economic change resonate in all part of Africa. Sankara was an icon for the poor and he was the first committed leader to fight for women’s rights. He criminalize female genital mutilation, involuntary marriages and polygamy, while appointing females to high governmental positions and encouraging them to work outside their homes and stay in school even if pregnant. He was killed by his best friend Blaise Comparo.
Anwar Sadat was the third Egyptian president who was born with diplomatic resolution in his DNA. Not many Egyptians like Sadat during his reign as president because he was always regarded as a puppet for Israel and Westerners. Sadat really made an impact on foreign policy. He lead a peace talks with Egypt’s longtime foe Israel. Sadat would later earn the 1978 Nobel Peace Prize for entering into peace agreements with Israel. He was assassinated by group of Islamic military fundamentalist.
Usman dan Fodio’s was a jihadist that created the largest empire in Africa and he was regarded as a divinely inspired “reformer of Islam. He was a warrior who fought to spread Islam across Africa countries of Senegal, Mali, Ivory Coast, Chad, Central African Republic, and Sudan. Usman dan fodio was the most important reforming leader of the western Sudan region also known as the Fulani Empire. He will be remember for championing Fulani empire and the 12 caliphate in Africa . He is regarded as the one who spread Islamic religion across most countries in Africa.
HOW TO SURVIVE A HEART ATTACK WHEN ALONE
Let’s say it’s 6.15pm and you’re going home (alone of course), after an unusually hard day on the job. You’re really tired, upset and frustrated. Suddenly you start experiencing severe pain in your chest that starts to drag out into your arm and up into your jaw. You are only about five miles from the hospital nearest your home. Unfortunately you don’t know if you’ll be able to make it that far. You have been trained in CPR, but the guy that taught the course did not tell you how to perform it on yourself..!!
NOW HOW TO SURVIVE A HEART ATTACK WHEN ALONE…
Since many people are alone when they suffer a heart attack, without help, the person whose heart is beating improperly and who begins to feel faint, has only about 10 seconds left before losing consciousness.
However, these victims can help themselves by coughing repeatedly and very vigorously.
A deep breath should be taken before each cough, and the cough must be deep and prolonged, as when producing sputum from deep inside the chest.
A breath and a cough must be repeated about every two seconds without let-up until help arrives, or until the heart is felt to be beating normally again.
Deep breaths get oxygen into the lungs and coughing movements squeeze the heart and keep the blood circulating.
The squeezing pressure on the heart also helps it regain normal rhythm. In this way, heart attack victims can perhaps buy precious time to get themselves to a phone and dial 911.
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Morten Jerven asks: What do we know about income and growth in sub-Saharan Africa? The answer is: much less than we like to think. The data are unreliable and potentially seriously misleading. The …
Miscalculation of Africa Economic Growth Statistics
When the world’s most industrialized nations are facing economic recession, the United Nation is applauding the poorest continent of managing and sustaining 5% development growth over the past couple of years. I am sadden by this statistic figure because Africans are dying every day of poverty and Africa countries still command the highest rate of unemployment in the world. While it’s fair to say the vast potentials of Africa natural resources has kept the continent afloat from slumping, the majority of Africans still live under a dollar per day. I don’t know how United Nation computes its figure, but the real truth is that political figures across Africa tend to manipulate economic growth to gain support for power.
Nigeria finance minister, Ngozi Iweala, a renowned economist who have worked in the world largest financial bank has said “ Africa economies are not diversified enough and vulnerabilities still remains” in retrospect, she is saying Africa need to invest in other sector of economic growth beside reliance on natural resources to create job. The fact that Africa is bless with tremendous amount of oil, gas and other minerals, the wealth from exporting all these raw materials does not trickle down to every Africans . Only the rich and political bandwagons benefit from raw materials export.
The international communities and United Nation should stop misleading Africa people with statistics that do not reflect the true economy of a struggling continent. The predictions from international monetary fund stating that “seven of the world’s 10 fastest growing economies over the next five years will be in Africa and Ethiopia leads the way, followed by Mozambique, Tanzania, Congo, Ghana, Zambia and Nigeria” is flawed analysis to justify development loans to Africa countries even though Africa countries still ranked among the poorest in the world by United Nation.
Recently, production of oil was stall in South Sudan and the government could not generate enough revenue from other sector to pay public workers. Over-reliance on natural resources is a pandemic to Africa growth and it cannot be used by international organization to equate healthy growth. Statistical figures should be used to quantify all sector of the economy including unemployment rate, per capital income and gross domestic product. Economic historian Morten Jerven of Simon Fraser University in Canada said that “the statistical data can be deceiving. Jerven told a recent development conference at the John Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies in Washington that his research shows the numbers often appear to be manipulated, or even made up by governments to produce desired outcomes.”
African leaders must work at harmonizing the huge potentials abound in Africa to realize real growth that will help create job and economic prosperity for the people. Government should put policy in place to stop foreign companies in Africa especially in oil and gas sector to start paying certain percentage of their revenue in taxes and such money has to be reinvested in other potentially growth sector that will help the economy flourish. Africa need to understand that real investors in manufacturing can only happen if government of Africa countries is willing to develop infrastructure, improved health care, reduce income inequality and bridge the gap between rich and poor.
Written by Tpappy
