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Thursday, 27 December 2018
Tuesday, 25 December 2018
Mexican governor and her senator husband killed in helicopter crash on Christmas eve
A Mexican governor and her senator husband died in a helicopter crash in the centre of the country on Monday.
Martha Erika Alonso, a senior opposition figure and new governor of the central state of Puebla, died with Rafael Moreno , a senator and the former governor of the same state, when their helicopter came down not far from the state capital of Puebla city.
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“I said hello to (Moreno) in the Senate just a few days ago. Those of us who had the opportunity to know them are sad and troubled,” Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard said on Twitter, confirming the deaths of the couple.
President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said on Twitter that his government would investigate the accident. It was unclear if the pilot died or what had caused the crash.
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Alonso, from the centre-right National Action Party (PAN), took office earlier this month after a local election that was hotly contested with Lopez Obrador’s leftist National Regeneration Movement, or MORENA. An electoral tribunal had to validate the results months after the vote amid accusations of fraud.
Moreno was governor of Puebla between 2011 and 2017 and headed the PAN in the Senate. A number of Mexican politicians have died in aircraft accidents in the past few years, including federal interior ministers in 2008 and 2011. The latter two were also members of the PAN.
Monday, 24 December 2018
Revelation from Neymar: Lack Of Money And Food Pushed Me To Become A Successful Footballer
Brazil star Neymar has opened up on the struggles of his upbringing and revealed how a lack of cookies gave him motivation to become a rich and successful footballer.
The world record signing, who joined Paris Saint-Germain from Barcelona for £198million, was once in an environment where every penny counted and food was in scarce supply.
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And in an open and honest interview with YouTube channel O Primo Rico, the PSG forward recounts one particular story about being owed cookies from his mother and how that fueled a fire inside him to become a rich and successful player.
He said: 'There's a story with my mum and I think most people know it. I really wanted to eat cookies but we didn't have any, so my mum said: "Son we don't have more money, there's no way. I'll owe you this week, maybe next week when dad gets his payment, we can buy it."'.
'At the same time I told her, "mum it's OK. One day I will be very rich. I'll buy a cookie factory so I can eat whenever I want."'
'My mum cries when she tells that story because it was really touching for her.'
Neymar quickly honed his skills and began to attract lots of attention as a teenager in his home country. It didn't take long before European scouts took an interest.
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'I think it was by the time I was 14 or 15 years old that I realised I wouldn't lack anything anymore if I did things right, if I had my parents take care of everything.'
Sunday, 23 December 2018
SHOCKING:Analysis shows over half of candidates scored D and below in KCSE 2018
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| Picture: Prof Magoha during release of 2018 KCSE results |
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than half the candidates who sat this year’s Form Four examination
failed to get a grade that can allow pursue a professional course.
This is despite the government spending close to Sh20 billion on the students in the last four years.
An analysis of the results shows that 343,897 candidates scored grade D and below.
It
means they cannot apply for professional courses or even be employed as
police officers since the entry grade to the service is D+.
An
analysis of the Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education results, which
were released on Friday, indicates that 147,918 students attained grade
D, some 165,139 had D- while 30,840 candidates scored E.
The
40,707 students who scored C and 71,047 who had C- will be able to join
technical and vocational training institutes and teachers training
colleges.
UNIVERSITY ENTRY GRADE
This
year, the number of candidates who scored the minimum university entry
mean grade of C+ and above is 90,377 or 13.77 per cent of the total
number of those who sat the tests.
In 2017, the number was 70,073 or just 11.38 per cent of the candidates.
The
total number of students who sat the examination this year was 660,204,
with 338,628 being male while 321,576 were female, representing 51.29
per cent and 48.71 per cent respectively.
It means only one in seven KCSE examination candidates achieved the university entry grade.
The number translates to 15 per cent of the 2018 KCSE test candidates.
Last
year, education experts, teachers unions and other stakeholders raised
concerns following the mass failure and called for investigations.
In the 2017 KCSE examination, some 314,035 candidates scored grade D and below.
The
Kenya National Union of Teachers and the Kenya Post Primary Education
Teachers Union complained that the number could not proceed to
university and college or even secure gainful employment.
REDUCED SUBSTANTIALLY
The group is now joined another 295,463 boys and girls.
Mass
mass failure in the last three years has also raised questions on the
government’s hyped plan to achieve a 100 per cent transition from
primary to secondary schooling.
Yesterday, education experts said the huge number of young men and women failing examinations is a ticking time bomb.
According to a Kuppet report released early this month, KCSE examination performance for 2016 and last year was peculiar. .
“Poor
performance in national examinations is a precursor for crime,
unhealthy behaviour and has a bearing on emotional balance, democracy
and social cohesion,” the report said.
The teachers’
union added that the mass failure may have led to the loss of more than
Sh56 billion and substantially reduced the capital base for public and
private universities in the country.
Kuppet added that
curriculum implementation has been affected by the clamour for the mean
score, making skills development subsidiary.
CREATIVITY AND INNOVATION
The
report further noted that 70 per cent of students in secondary schools
rarely search for new knowledge from books in libraries to enhance their
creativity and innovation.
“The learners instead concentrate on revision materials,” the report added.
While
releasing the results, Education Cabinet Secretary Amina Mohamed said
candidates failed in many papers in the past because they did not have
adequate depth of content and could not apply the syllabus critically
when answering questions.
She said in 2017, most candidates’ answers to questions requiring elaborate responses were not tackled adequately.
“However, based on this year’s results, these gaps appear to have been addressed,” the minister said.
Moi University lecturer Okumu Bigambo on Saturday said the mass failure is an matter that must be addressed quickly.
“There
is a lot of gambling in our education. Exams are being manned by police
officers. Anyone sitting for a national test should be in a relaxed
environment. The atmosphere was not good,” Prof Bigambo told the Nation.
Tuesday, 18 December 2018
Monday, 17 December 2018
Wednesday, 5 December 2018
Monday, 25 June 2018
Thursday, 21 June 2018
Amal & George Clooney donate $100,000 to Foundation helping Immigrant Children separated from Families
US President Donald Trump ‘s “zero tolerance” immigration policy has been making news headlines for separating toddlers from their parents and putting them in detention camps.
The policy has seen wide-spread criticism, with several celebrities and public figures, including the first lady Melania Trump, singer John Legend and wife, Chrissy Teigen pushing for its removal.
Amal and George Clooney have added their voices to the cause, releasing a statement to People and donating $100,000 through their foundation to a group protecting the immigrant children.
The statement reads in part:
At some point in the future our children will ask us: ‘Is it true, did our country really take babies from their parents and put them in detention centers?’ And when we answer yes, they’ll ask us what we did about it. What we said. Where we stood.
We can’t change this administration’s policy but we can help defend the victims of it.
The couple donated to the Young Center for Immigrant Children’s Rights which is trying to help the separated families.
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Why i drank my dog's urine
Woman who went viral after she was filmed drinking her dog's urine explains why she does it, but experts warn against it.
A video of a woman drinking her dog's urine went viral a week ago and people were disgusted by it.
In the video, the woman said, "Many of you have asked me how I always look so good, how my makeup always looks so perfect, or how I always have this natural glow..."
She then proceeds to collect urine from her dog with a plastic cup before drinking it all.
After drinking the entire cup of urine, she then says: "Until I first drank my dog’s pee, I was depressed, I was sad, and I had bad acne."
She adds: "Dog pee also has vitamin A in it, vitamin E in it, and it has 10 grams of calcium, and it’s also proven to help cure cancer."
Drinking dog or human urine is known as urine therapy, and it was a practiced form of therapy in ancient China, Rome, Greece and Egypt. But experts warn about the impact the substance can have on the health because of the toxins and acids that can reside in the urine.
"Urine is mostly made up of water, lots of urea, creatinine, various electrolytes, uric acid, trace proteins, and low levels of antibodies and enzymes," Joy McCarthy, a certified holistic nutritionist, told Allure.
She says that drinking urine from an animal could be an unsafe route for the body because of what the liquid might contain.
"Herbicides have been detected in dog’s urine, likely from herbicide-treated lawns, antibiotics, and hormones, so I really don’t know that it’s the safest choice," Joy says.
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