News navigation Sections Paris restaurant 'refuses to serve Muslim women' 28 August 2016 From the section Europe Share A woman wearing a Muslim headscarf stands outside France's top administrative court in Paris (Aug. 26, 2016)Image copyright AP A video showing a restaurateur in a Paris suburb apparently refusing to serve two Muslim women has sparked anger in France and calls for protest. In the video, widely shared on social media, the man tells the hijab-wearing women: "Terrorists are Muslims and all Muslims are terrorists." The incident took place at Le Cenacle restaurant in Tremblay-en-France on Saturday night. On Sunday, the man apologised to a group who had gathered outside. He said he had "got out of hand" due to the current tensions around the issue of wearing burkinis on French beaches, but also because he had a friend who had died at the Bataclan concert centre attack last November, Le Parisien reported (in French). The local prosecutors' office told the paper that it had opened an investigation into racial discrimination. ◾Burkini ban: What do Muslim women think? ◾French Muslims fear state aims to control their faith ◾Burkini beach row puts French values to the test A journalist from the paper photographed the "tense exchange" outside the restaurant between the man involved in the incident and a group of young men: The video inside the restaurant appears to have been covertly filmed by one of the women, who were clearly emotional. "We don't want to be served by racists," one of them said. The man retorted: "Racists don't kill people." He also said: "I don't want people like you at my place. Full stop." Government Minister Laurence Rossignol said that she had asked Dilcra, a government anti-racism body, to investigate, describing the behaviour as "intolerable". A court ruling on Friday overturned France's controversial burkini ban on civil liberties grounds, but some local authorities have vowed to keep it in place. French anti-Islamophobia organisation CCIF said that "following the umpteenth Islamophobic incident which... led to the humiliation of two young Muslim women" its director would be speaking outside the local mosque on Sunday evening. The CCIF, which says it is offering legal and psychological support to the two young women, appealed for no protests outside the restaurant itself. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- What French law says on secularism and religious clothing ◾In 2010, France became the first European country to ban the full-face veil in public ◾A 2004 law forbids the wearing of religious emblems in schools and colleges ◾The 1905 constitution aims to separate Church and state. It enshrines secularism in education but also guarantees the freedom of religion and freedom to exercise it. The original text made no reference to clothing

A shocking new report about how Nigerian women are being trafficked and tricked into prostitution in Europe is out. Nigerian women working as prostitutes in the North area of Turin Nigerian women working as prostitutes in the North area of Turin According to Dailymail, these Nigerian women Nigerian are being trafficked to Italy hoping for a better life but often end up working the streets as prostitutes. Their plight has however been highlighted by Paris-based photographer Elena Perlino, originally from Italy, who began to notice the presence of young African women working on the streets during her commutes from Turin. Elena Perlino said: ‘I decided to start from this surreal vision to tell a story. I have been working on the topic for several years, focusing mainly on the Italian connection.’ According to the new report, Eighty per cent of women trafficked to Italy come from Benin City, Edo State, in south Nigeria. It is also shocking to note that the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime declared Nigeria among the top eight countries with the highest human trafficking rates in the world. READ ALSO: TROUBLE IN PARADISE: Abuja Commercial Sex Workers Given Ultimatum The new report made it known that these unsuspecting young girls in a search for greener pasture get tricked by some big aunties who are in the business of human trafficking talk to them, talking them into traveling to foreign countries to do honest jobs like cleaners and so on but get disappointed immediately they get there. As they arrive there knowing that they have massive debts to pay off and are expected to pay back the traveling fees the ‘aunt’ (traffickers) spent on them. Traffickers demand an average more than 50,000 euros (US $60,000) for travel expenses and accommodation, with the women having to work as prostitutes until their debts are paid off. ‘They are forced into prostitution and are now increasingly reinventing themselves as madams or working for the traffickers, also trafficking men, children for adoptions and organs and drug dealing. ‘These are the activities of the powerful Nigerian mafia, which is also involved in arms dealing. What has changed is that the madams are now less violent towards the girls, having understood that if they mistreat them the girls run away: the girls forced into the sex industry now get to keep a little of the money they earn and this makes their lives a little bit more tolerable. ‘As they cannot find a real way out, they get used to life as prostitutes and prostitution becomes their only source of income”, Claudio Magnabosco, former official of the European Parliament explained. Here are some photos explaining the lives of Nigerian women prostituting abroad

The Western European prostitution market has become increasingly globalized during the past 15 years. The processes by which Eastern European, Southeast Asian, Latin American, and Sub-Saharan African women end up as sex workers in Western Europe are highly varied. The largest group of prostitutes from Sub-Saharan Africa comes from Nigeria, and they are usually recruited through a specific type of trafficking network. The term "trafficking in persons" is restricted to instances where people are deceived, threatened, or coerced into situations of exploitation, including prostitution. This contrasts with "human smuggling," in which a migrant purchases services to circumvent immigration restrictions, but is not necessarily a victim of deception or exploitation. In West Africa, there is widespread trafficking in women and children within the region as well as to overseas locations. Nigeria has signed and ratified the United Nations Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children, often referred to as the Palermo Protocol. Domestic legislation and legal practice in the area of trafficking remain erratic, however. Among the other countries in the region, Ghana has been commended for successful anti-trafficking initiatives, while Equatorial Guinea — despite its oil wealth and ample resources — has failed to address the problem and is a hub for trafficking in women and children. The Nigerian Setting Trafficking in women often takes place within a broader context of migration. On the sending side, the Nigerian trafficking industry is fueled by the combination of widespread emigration aspirations and severely limited possibilities for migrating to Europe or the United States. There is a sizeable Nigerian diaspora of almost 200,000 legal residents in Europe. The largest number live in the United Kingdom, followed by Italy, Germany, Spain, and Ireland. Although academic researchers and the media have devoted substantial attention to Nigerian trafficking, prostitution, and organized crime, little is known about the vast majority of Nigerians in Europe who are not involved in these activities. Given the size of the Nigerian population in several European countries, it is a strikingly under-researched minority. While poverty and unemployment are not unique to Nigeria, the level of peacetime violence, corruption, and organized crime surpasses most other African countries. The fact that these evils have persisted after return to democratic rule in 1999 has been a great disillusionment to many Nigerians, thousands of whom have sought asylum in Europe. In 2004, Nigerians were the fifth largest group of asylum seekers in Europe, but very few were granted protection. Trafficking in women from Nigeria is strongly concentrated in the state of Edo in the South-Central part of the country. A survey by Women's Health and Action Research Centre in Edo's capital Benin City a few years ago showed that one in three young women had received offers to go to Europe. Some researchers have pointed to specific historical and cultural factors as reasons for this geographical concentration, including the particularly disadvantaged situation of women, the importance attributed to luxury and material status, and the local tradition of slavery. Much of the explanation, however, lies in the self-reinforcing mechanisms that come into force once a migration flow has been initiated. When networks, infrastructure, and expectations have been established, migration flows tend to increase, even if the initial movement was a matter of coincidence. The success of many female emigrants who went to Europe is highly visible in Edo, for instance in the form of grand houses built with remittances. Working abroad is therefore often seen as the best strategy for escaping poverty. Ensuring a better future for one's family in Nigeria is a principal motivation for emigration within and outside the trafficking networks. Destination Italy The most important European destination for Nigerian trafficking victims is Italy, where there may be as many as 10,000 Nigerian prostitutes. Other significant destinations include the Netherlands and Spain, and, to a lesser degree, Germany, Belgium, Austria, and the United Kingdom. Italy is the only European country where a clear majority of legally resident Nigerians are women. When Nigerians began migrating to Italy in the 1980s, they were one of many migrant groups from developing countries attracted by Italy's demand for low-skilled labor in agriculture and services. The first Nigerian women who worked as prostitutes in Italy usually did so independently and were not trafficking victims. In the early 1990s, however, the rising difficulties of travelling to and settling in Europe meant that prospective emigrants were increasingly dependent on large loans. Coupled with the prospect of large revenues on the Italian prostitution market, this provided an opportunity for traffickers. Young women were enticed with promises of good jobs, and subsequently coerced into prostitution in order to repay their debt. An Example of How Trafficking from Nigeria to Italy Is Organized The Emigration Pact The victim's initial contact with the smugglers is often through a relative, friend, or other familiar person. This is represented in the diagram (right), which shows one example of the organization of human trafficking from Nigeria to Italy. After the initial contact, the victim is put in contact with a madam, the network's most important person in Nigeria. In many cases, the madam also has the role of sponsor, the person who finances the journey. Typical costs range from US$500 to US$2,000 for documents and US$8,000 to US$12,000 for the travel. The debt incurred by the victim is much higher, however. Typical amounts are between US$40,000 and US$100,000. At this point, the victim and her sponsor make a "pact" that obliges repayment in exchange for safe passage to Europe. The pact is usually religiously sealed by an ohen, a priest of the indigenuous religious traditions. The ohen traditionally functions as a magistrate or registrar. Increasingly, the victim and her family also sign a formal contract with the sponsor, using the family's house or other assets as collateral. As part of the ceremony, the ohen usually assembles a parcel with magic significance. This consists of hair, nail cuttings, or other bodily substances, and a variety of other items that protect against accidents. The parcel makes the woman attractive to men or otherwise supports the pact and its fulfillment. The victims regard the pact as a solemn promise to the sponsor, sanctioned by the ohen and monitored by the local communty. The magic-religious element in Nigerian trafficking has received much attention in Europe. What is seen as a mixture of "voodoo," organized crime, and the sex trade appeals to the media. The police and policymakers in Europe have embraced the notion that the women are driven by fears of magic — a convenient explanation for enigmatic behavior. Field research in Nigeria, by contrast, has shown that the initial religious sanctioning of the pact is not necessarily intimidating in its own right. Only at a later stage, if a woman is perceived as challenging the pact, does the magic becomes an element in violent repression. Emigration pacts are frequently also sanctioned with prayer rituals in the Pentecostal churches to which most of the victims belong, further broadening the pact's legitimacy. As in the rest of Nigeria, indigenuous religious traditions coexist with Christianity and Islam. Routes and Strategies In most cases, trafficked women journey to Western Europe by air or over land through the Sahara. Flying via other West African and/or Eastern European countries lessens the risk of having forged documents questioned. During overland journeys, men known as "trolleys" in the trafficking network escort women individually or in small groups. Nigerians play an important role in human smuggling in North Africa. The smuggling infrastructure that traffickers and their victims use also often serves asylum seekers. In Europe, the women live and work under the control of a Nigerian madam, a counterpart of the madam in Nigeria. In many cases, the madam in Italy has a male partner known as "madam's (black) boy" who undertakes certain tasks in managing the trafficking. In Italy, Nigerian sex workers are usually street prostitutes and constitute the low-wage end of the prostitution market. Their places of work (joints) are often located in the suburbs or along intercity highways. In the Netherlands and Belgium, Nigerian prostitutes are more likely to work in the big cities' red-light districts. The trafficking of women to Europe is now a well-known phenomenon in Edo state. Many women therefore know they are likely to work as prostitutes if they agree to travel to Europe. However, they may have little understanding of the conditions under which they will work and of the size of the debt they will incur. In anticipation of leaving Nigeria and helping one's family out of poverty, it is tempting for these women to believe in promises about good jobs. Whether this means being duped, or deceiving one's self, is not obvious. Importantly, the fact that the women may have known, or ought to have understood, that they would have to work as prostitutes does not excuse or legitimate subsequent abuse. A Self-Reproducing Organization It usually takes victims between one and three years to repay debts to their sponsors. The debt is sometimes increased as punishment, or the duration of the pact is protracted in other ways. Nevertheless, there eventually comes a day when the debt is repaid. The fact that the debt does not last forever may convince victims that adhering to the pact is their best option. Once the pact has ended, it is common for a victim to work for a madam as a supervisor of other prostitutes, and eventually become a madam herself. In other words, Nigerian trafficking is not only characterized by female leadership, but also by a self-reproducting organizational structure. In Italy, madams are usually between 25 and 35 years old. In the Netherlands, where many Nigerians prostitutes arrive as minors, some become madams around the age of 20. The prospect of upward mobility in the trafficking organization is a strong incentive to comply with the pact. Conclusion Ironically, the strength of the Nigerian trafficking networks lies in the element of reciprocity between traffickers and victims. The religious and legal sanctioning of the pact between the two parties, as well as prospects for a better situation when the indentured prostitution ends, give the majority of victims a strong motivation to comply. As a result, Nigerian trafficking networks are less reliant on the use of violence than their Eastern European counterparts. The victims' commitment to the pact makes it particularly difficult to combat this form of trafficking. In several European countries, authorities have "rescued" women from their traffickers, but they return to prostitution to fulfill their obligations towards their sponsors. For the police, the religious element has provided a convenient explanation. For the media, the combination of vice and "voodoo" has fueled sensational coverage. Therefore, it is vital to understand the social and cultural context of trafficking while recognizing that the most intriguing aspects of this context, as in the Nigerian case, are not necessarily the ones that can best explain it. Sources Carchedi, F., R. D'Arca, I. Orfani, S. Volpicelli, E.B. Arebu, S.F. Nwaonuma, and E.A. Okojie. 2003. "Il traffico di donne. Il caso della Nigeria." Roma: Fondazione internazionale Lelio Basso. Carling, J. 2005. "Fra Nigeria til Europa. Innvandring, menneskesmugling og menneskehandel." Oslo: International Peace Research Institute, Oslo (PRIO). Okojie, C.E.E., O. Okojie, K. Eghafona, G. Vincent-Osaghae, and V. Kalu. 2003. 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Bruxelles: Direction Générale Office des Etrangers. van Dijk, R.A., T. Rasing, N. Tellegen, and W. van Binsbergen. 2003. "Een schijn van Voodoo. Culturele achtergronden van de handel in Nigeriaanse meisjes voor de Nederlandse prostitutie: Een verkenning." Leiden: African Studies Centre, Universiteit Leiden.

African migrants in Australia report worst discrimination, diversity study reveals More than half of South Sudanese said police had discriminated against them in the past 12 months, Scanlon report finds Bright Chinganya Bright Chinganya from Carers of Africa says he is not surprised Australians of African background have reported high levels of discrimination. Photograph: Meredith O'Shea for the Guardian Melissa Davey @MelissaLDavey Tuesday 23 August 2016 10.01 EDT Last modified on Tuesday 23 August 2016 19.28 EDT Share on LinkedIn Share on Google+ People from sub-Saharan Africa, particularly South Sudan, have reported facing a high level of discrimination in Australia, especially during contact with police. The finding comes from the ninth Australia Today report by the Scanlon Foundation, which examines public opinion on social cohesion, trust, immigration, asylum seekers and ethnic, cultural and religious diversity. It found more respondents from African groups than other group indicated experiencing discrimination – 77% of those born in South Sudan, 75% from Zimbabwe, 67% from Kenya, 60% from Ethiopia, 53% from Egypt. The report found: “A relatively high proportion of South Sudanese, 59%, indicated that they had experienced discrimination when in contact with police over the last 12 months, 26% indicated that their property had been damaged, and 17% that they had been subject to physical attack.” “These findings are consistent with a number of issues raised in focus group discussion.” About 10,000 people were surveyed and the foundation held 51 focus group discussions involving 285 participants in Victoria. Bright Chinganya is the director of Carers of Africa, a non-profit organisation in Victoria which works to improve access to health and community services for refugees. He said he was not surprised by the findings of the Scanlon report. He said he recently had a group of teenagers come into his office saying they had been called a “pack of ethnics” while walking down the street. “I know a few boys who get asked by police to show their tickets every time they are at the train station, and some report having their cars stopped by police frequently and being asked to show them their licence,” Chinganya said. “Just in the past two weeks I had parents come into my office because their kids in year 11 and 12 were picked up by police and accused of stealing from a shop, because CCTV footage apparently just showed them near the area. According to them, they were not responsible.” Children commonly reported being bullied because of their ethnicity at school, he said. But Chinganya said he also believed some people from African backgrounds had a “defensive mechanism” and sometimes wrongly believed they were being targeted. “I think we need a lot of education to educate the Africans and non-Africans that this is not a place to discriminate against one another,” he said. “I think we need community engagement programs where groups can meet and have a fun night and games. “It’s also good for African organisations and community leaders to invite non-Africans to their functions so they can come together to make these barriers fall down.” Kot Monoah, chairman of the South Sudanese Community Association, told Guardian Australia that recent media reports about the Apex gang – comprising young men in Melbourne’s south-east from a range of backgrounds, including Sudanese, Pacific Islander, Māori and Caucasian – had not helped public and police perceptions of African people. Some of the responses to the gang’s activities were criticised for making unfair statements about African youth. Monoah, a personal injury lawyer, said Victoria police were making a concerted effort to improve their engagement with the African community. He said police attended a community seminar with the association on Saturday. However, some people at that forum said they had been discriminated against by police, he said. “For example, being targeted and over-policed in public areas like at bus stops and train stations,” he said. “It’s an awful feeling for any person in Australian society to go through that. “That’s not to say there aren’t people within the police engaging with the community really well, but that respectful engagement tends to occur at the top end of the leadership hierarchy and the lower end of the hierarchy don’t get it right a lot of the time.”

Nigeria cannot overcome its gathering humanitarian crisis alone Bukola Saraki With food insecurity affecting 4.4 million people and creating a fertile breeding ground for Boko Haram, Nigeria needs help from the international community People displaced by conflict in Nigeria take refugee at a camp in Minawo, Cameroon People displaced by conflict in Nigeria are seen at a camp in Minawo, Cameroon. Photograph: H Caux/UNHCR Global development is supported by Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Tuesday 23 August 2016 08.07 EDT Last modified on Friday 26 August 2016 11.01 EDT Share on LinkedIn Share on Google+ The situation facing internally displaced people in the north-east of Nigeria is fast becoming a full-scale humanitarian crisis and Nigerian authorities and the international community have been accused of not acting quickly enough to avert disaster. The UN has estimated that 4.4 million people in the Lake Chad region are severely food insecure, but international donors have not funded UN relief efforts to the necessary extent. Nigeria braced for potential food crisis as forecasters predict short rainy season Read more Lone voices have warned of catastrophe for some time, but efforts to address the suffering of internally displaced people and prevent humanitarian disaster have been ineffectively coordinated. Nigeria is acting to alleviate the adversity facing its people. Emergency workers are operating on the frontline of the crisis, and the senate is leading a much improved coordination effort to overcome institutional and logistical hindrances to getting aid to the neediest. We are urgently seeking to pass a motion to secure an additional £215m in aid to tackle the emergency, and we are engaging with humanitarian organisations and the international community to ensure food reaches those who most need it as quickly as possible. Yet while Nigeria must do far more to coordinate relief efforts, we cannot tackle the crisis alone, just as we cannot tackle its root causes – poverty, insecurity and instability – without a concerted effort from, and renewed partnership with, the international community. We need far greater support from overseas to ensure that, first, people are able to leave the camps and live their lives safely and securely, and, second, those who have suffered so much are effectively rehabilitated. This crisis will not simply go away, and neither will its instigators. The UN has rightly identified the Lake Chad region as the world’s most neglected humanitarian crisis. It is not a coincidence that this situation has developed in Borno and north-east Nigeria. The north-east has the highest poverty rate in Nigeria, and in 2013 a state of emergency was declared in Adamawa, Borno and Yobe states due to the deteriorating security situation. An international conference should be convened focusing on the crisis in ​north-east Nigeria and the Boko Haram threat While progress has been made in improving security, this is at risk of being undermined by the humanitarian situation. Poverty, malnourishment and isolation form a perfect breeding ground for Boko Haram to recruit desperate individuals and turn them into their latest weapon against humanity. Islamic State is reportedly recruiting members from European refugee camps. Kenya has announced plans to close Dadaab, the world’s largest refugee complex, due to fears that al-Shabaab is recruiting on an unprecedented scale. This is more than just an immediate humanitarian challenge for Nigeria. A failure to act and mobilise the full resources of the international community in relieving the pain and suffering of internally displaced people will have implications that are likely to be felt across the globe. The international community must come together and focus its collective attention and resources. An international conference focusing on the situation in north-east Nigeria and the lingering threat of Boko Haram should be convened, similar to those held recently in London to address the crises in Somalia and Syria. A boy stands behind an emaciated cow in the Muna informal settlement, in Borno state, north-east Nigeria Facebook Twitter Pinterest A boy stands behind an emaciated cow in the Muna informal settlement, in Borno state, north-east Nigeria. Photograph: Stefan Heunis/AFP/Getty Images The recovery effort is underway, and aid is beginning to reach some of the most vulnerable. But improving the living conditions for Nigerians is vital. That means tackling the country’s immediate economic challenges, stabilising the currency, and getting money flowing around Nigeria again. But it also means diversifying the economy to attract greater foreign investment to develop Nigeria’s fledgling but hugely promising industries. Ultimately, it means sharing the proceeds of future growth more evenly throughout the country, not least in the north-east. Nigeria will act to address the causes of the catastrophe. The senate has advanced plans for a development commission that will initially focus on the crisis, and it has made facilitating economic growth and attracting greater investment its chief priorities. All legislative efforts will be geared towards encouraging investment for social development. Only through deeper partnership with the international community can we facilitate the necessary economic reforms to secure Nigeria’s future prosperity and only through sharing the proceeds of economic growth can we ensure such a crisis never takes root in Nigeria again.

Bangladeshi jail ‘cover-up’ as UK journalist faces trial Britain refuses to release prison report as 81-year-old is held for sedition Shafik Rehman led to court Shafik Rehman is led in to court following his arrest in Dhaka in April this year on charges of plotting to kill the Bangladesh prime minister’s son. Photograph: Alamy Mark Townsend Home affairs editor @townsendmark Saturday 27 August 2016 17.15 EDT Share on LinkedIn Share on Google+ The UK government is refusing to release a report that it secretly commissioned into Bangladeshi prisons as concern grows ahead of a court appearance on Tuesday of an elderly British journalist being held in a notorious Dhaka jail. Shafik Rehman, 81, will face a supreme court hearing over allegations of sedition. His family claim that the Foreign Office has effectively abandoned him and fears that, if charged and convicted, he could be sentenced to death. Even though no charges have been brought, Rehman has been detained for four months, during which his health has deteriorated. A prominent figure in Bangladesh, Rehman is a former BBC journalist and talkshow host and is the third pro-opposition editor to be detained in the country since 2013. The commercial arm of the UK’s Ministry of Justice – Just Solutions International (JSI) – completed a consultation on Bangladesh’s prisons last year. However, the findings of the report have never been made public, despite concerns over the treatment of elderly prisoners. Freedom of information requests have been rejected by the MoJ on the basis of “protecting national security”, alongside diplomatic reasons. Critics claim the UK government is effectively protecting Bangladesh by refusing to release potentially damning information about the conditions within its prisons. JSI was forced to close earlier this year after winning a contract to train prison staff in Saudi Arabia. Set up by former UK justice secretary Chris Grayling, JSI had contracts with numerous governments with questionable human rights records, including Nigeria, Pakistan, Turkey and Libya. Maya Foa, director of the death penalty team of legal charity Reprieve, which is representing Rehman, said: “By covering up these files, the UK government is helping Bangladesh whitewash its abuse and mistreatment of prisoners like Shafik. “This 81-year-old British journalist spent a month in solitary confinement lying on the floor of a Bangladeshi prison cell as his health collapsed.He has now spent over 100 days in detention without charge and could face a death sentence, just for doing his job. The Foreign Office needs to urgently step up its assistance for imprisoned journalists like Shafik and support his release.” Shumit Rehman, the 57-year-old son of the former journalist, said that he was afraid his father would never be free again. “I’m terrified that my dad’s health will fail,” he said. “He has a stent in his artery and had to be rushed to hospital once already. He’s missed important medical appointments in London. The UK government has information about conditions in Bangladeshi prisons that it is keeping secret. I want to know if ministers think these jails are safe for a frail old man like my dad. “Instead of covering up poor conditions in Bangladesh’s jails, the Foreign Office should call for my father’s immediate release.” A Foreign Office spokesman said it “continues to provide consular assistance” in the case.

NBA Dwyane Wade: cousin of NBA star shot dead while pushing baby in stroller Nykea Aldridge was not the intended target in fatal shooting Donald Trump appears to use death to court African American voters Dwyane Wade Dwyane Wade signed with his hometown Chicago Bulls earlier this offseason. Photograph: Tae-Gyun Kim/AP Guardian staff and agencies Saturday 27 August 2016 13.53 EDT Last modified on Saturday 27 August 2016 17.32 EDT Share on LinkedIn Share on Google+ Nykea Aldridge, a cousin of the NBA star Dwyane Wade, was shot and killed in Chicago on Friday, while pushing her baby in a stroller near a school where she intended to register her children. On Twitter, Wade lamented what he called another “act of senseless gun violence” which meant “4 kids lost their mom for NO REASON”. On Saturday, also on Twitter, Donald Trump appeared to attempt to use the death of Aldridge, 32, to make a political point. In doing so, the Republican presidential candidate spelled the basketball star’s name wrong. Donald Trump politicizes death of Dwyane Wade's cousin Read more “Dwayne [sic] Wade’s cousin was just shot and killed walking her baby in Chicago,” Trump wrote. “Just what I have been saying. African-Americans will VOTE TRUMP!” Trump’s tweet caused an angry backlash on social media but was not immediately taken down or retracted. He later tweeted the same message with Wade’s first name spelled correctly, and deleted the original message. Later still, he tweeted: “My condolences to Dwyane Wade and his family, on the loss of Nykea Aldridge. They are in my thoughts and prayers.” Wade did not immediately respond directly to Trump’s words, tweeting instead: “RIP Nykea Aldridge ... #EnoughIsEnough”. He added: “The city of Chicago is hurting. We need more help & more hands on deck. Not for me and my family but for the future of our world. The YOUTH! These young kids are screaming for help!!!” Donald Trump’s original tweet Donald Trump’s original tweet about the shooting death of Dwyane Wade’s cousin. Photograph: Screengrab Aldridge had recently relocated to an area on the city’s south side, her family said. On Friday, she was near the school when two males fired shots at a third man but hit Aldridge in the head and arm. She was not the intended target, police said. Police were questioning witnesses but had no suspects in custody. Wade, a native of Chicago who signed with the Chicago Bulls in July after 13 years with the Miami Heat, posted on Twitter: “My cousin was killed today in Chicago. Another act of senseless gun violence. 4 kids lost their mom for NO REASON. Unreal. #EnoughIsEnough.” Chicago has been plagued by gun violence for years, especially in some south and west side neighborhoods. This July there were 65 homicides – the most in that month since 2006. Wade’s charitable organization, Wade’s World Foundation, works in community outreach in the Chicago area. A day earlier, he had participated via satellite in a town hall meeting in the city on gun violence hosted by ESPN, along with his mother, pastor Jolinda Wade. Outside the emergency room where Aldridge was pronounced dead, Jolinda Wade clutched her sister and spoke for the family as mourners stood in a circle holding hands and praying. She said she had participated in the town hall meeting “never knowing that the next day we would be the ones that would actually be living and experiencing it”. — DWade (@DwyaneWade) August 27, 2016 My cousin was killed today in Chicago. Another act of senseless gun violence. 4 kids lost their mom for NO REASON. Unreal. #EnoughIsEnough “We’re still going to try to help and empower people like the one who senselessly shot my niece in the head,” Jolinda Wade said. “We’re going to try to help these people to transform their minds and give them a different direction.” It is not the first time Dwyane Wade’s family in Chicago has been affected by gun violence. His nephew, Darin Johnson, was shot twice in the leg on the south side in 2012; he recovered. Family members are caring for Aldridge’s baby, who was not hurt. Chicago recorded 381 homicides by the end of July, up 30% from the same period in 2015. Its murder rate is higher than that of the more populous cities of New York and Los Angeles. Trump has recently made a succession of appeals to African American voters, among whom polls have given him as little as 0% support. On 22 August, in a speech in Akron, Ohio, he said: “You can go to war zones in countries that we are fighting and it’s safer than living in some of our inner cities that are run by the Democrats. “And I ask you this, I ask you this – crime, all of the problems – to the African Americans, who I employ so many, so many people, to the Hispanics, tremendous people: what the hell do you have to lose?” Facebook Twitter Pinterest Trump calls for black votes: ‘What do you have to lose?’ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Topics NBA Chicago Bulls Gun crime US sports -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Share on LinkedIn Share on Google+ Reuse this content

Buhari ordered AIR, LAND and SEA military invasion of Biafraland with instruction to capture Tompolo and Asari Dokubo dead or alive. 17:26:00 Biafra, Nigeria, Top News, World News 0 August 27th 2016 A reliable source has it that Muhammadu Buhari has formally ordered military invasion of Biafraland with a combination of air, land and sea assault. Now people can see the result of John Terry visit to Nigeria, two days of his departure from the contraption called Nigeria, Buhari has formally ordered for a total war of extermination of Biafra ordering the military to capture Tompolo and Asari Dokubu dead or alive. We advise all Biafrans home and abroad get ready to defend your life and property because they have come to kill us. To all IPOB members, this is the time you have to show who we are, intelligent information gathering, self-defense, and defence of your communities should be your top priority at this critical moment in our history. Nobody can save us apart from our collective resolve.We have a choice to live or die in the hand of Hausa-Fulani and their president Buhari. IPOB had held Nigeria to the ground since they arrested our leader Mazi Nnamdi Kanu 14th October 2015 and still keeping him in detention for almost one year, and right in front of them they see how the giant of African collapse on their watch. They have formed all formable groups to deceive the public and counter IPOB, but they failed each time they try. From Fake Avengers to MEND to "Ohaneze Ndi oshi na ndi Ama" to Ohaneze youths to Ohaneze students To TRIPOB perhaps before this month runs out they might come up with Ohaneze traders, Ohaneze strikers, Ohaneze south-east South-south. My question to Buhari is: Buhari can you handle this earthquake you're about to cause. "Odi Kwa risk for you, your people and the world." All hail Biafra Editor/Publisher:EmmaNnaji For Biafra Reporters

Breast cancer risk factors Each year, more than 190,000 people are diagnosed with breast cancer. According to the National Cancer Institute, the incidence of breast cancer in the United States has decreased by about two percent from 1999 to 2006. The reason for the decrease is not completely understood. Knowing the risk factors for breast cancer may help you take preventative measures to reduce the likelihood of developing the disease. Breast cancer risk factors Invasive breast cancer Ductal carcinoma Inflammatory breast cancer Male breast cancer Metastatic breast cancer Papillary breast cancer Triple-negative breast cancer How can we help you? Learn how breast cancer is diagnosed » Breast cancer treatment statistics » Hear stories from breast cancer survivors » Find breast cancer treatments » Learn about breast cancer stages » Breast cancer risk factors GENERAL ◾Aging: On average, women over 60 are more likely to be diagnosed with breast cancer. Only about 10 – 15 percent of breast cancers occur in women younger than 45. However, this may vary for different races or ethnicities. ◾Gender: Although nearly 2,000 men will be diagnosed with breast cancer each year, breast cancer is 100 times more common in women. The National Cancer Institute estimates that over 190,000 women will be diagnosed with breast cancer annually. GENETICS ◾Family history: Having a family history of breast cancer, particularly women with a mother, sister or daughter who has or had breast cancer, may double the risk. ◾Inherited factors: Some inherited genetic mutations may increase your breast cancer risks. Mutations in the BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes are the most common inherited causes. Other rare mutations may also make some women more susceptible to developing breast cancer. Gene testing reveals the presence of potential genetic problems, particularly in families that have a history of breast cancer. Read about Angelina Jolie's decision based on her BRCA1 test. BODY ◾Obesity: After menopause, fat tissue may contribute to increases in estrogen levels, and high levels of estrogen may increase the risk of breast cancer. Weight gain during adulthood and excess body fat around the waist may also play a role. ◾Not having children: Women who have had no children, or who were pregnant later in life (over age 35) may have a greater chance of developing breast cancer. Breast-feeding may help to lower your breast cancer risks. ◾High breast density: Women with less fatty tissue and more glandular and fibrous tissue may be at higher risk for developing breast cancer than women with less dense breasts. ◾Certain breast changes: Certain benign (noncancerous) breast conditions may increase breast cancer risk. ◾Menstrual history: Women who start menstruation at an early age (before age 12) and/or menopause at an older age (after age 55) have a slightly higher risk of breast cancer. The increase in risk may be due to a longer lifetime exposure to the hormones estrogen and progesterone. LIFESTYLE ◾A sedentary lifestyle: Physical activity in the form of regular exercise for four to seven hours a week may help to reduce breast cancer risk. ◾Heavy drinking: The use of alcohol is linked to an increased risk of developing breast cancer. The risk increases with the amount of alcohol consumed. PREVIOUS TREATMENTS ◾Birth control pills: Using oral contraceptives within the past 10 years may slightly increase the risk of developing breast cancer. The risk decreases over time once the pills are stopped. ◾Combined post-menopausal hormone therapy (PHT): Using combined hormone therapy after menopause increases the risk of developing breast cancer. Combined HT also increases the likelihood that the cancer may be found at a more advanced stage. ◾Diethylstilbestrol exposure (DES): Previous use of DES, a drug commonly given to pregnant women from 1940 to 1971 to prevent miscarriage, may slightly increase the risk of developing breast cancer. Women whose mothers took DES during pregnancy may also have a slightly higher risk of breast cancer. ◾Radiation exposure: Women who, as children or young adults, had radiation therapy to the chest area as treatment for another cancer have a significantly increased risk for breast cancer

Home > HIV Info > Basics How long after a possible exposure should I be tested for HIV? HIV Basics Frequent Questions HIV from oral sex? Isn't everything risky? Symptoms of HIV? Symptoms of AIDS? Is there a cure for HIV? How do you get HIV? Acronyms? HIV vs. AIDS? What do the results mean? Anonymous or Confidential? When should I test? HIV Test Window Periods If you think you have been exposed to HIV, please find a place to get a free, confidential HIV test. It may be appropriate for you to start medication immediately (learn more about Post-Exposure Prophylaxis). A trained test counselor will help assess your risk and figure out the right time and type of test to apply. The time it takes for a person who has been infected with HIV to show a positive test result (also known as seroconverting) is commonly called the "window period". There are different types of HIV Tests, and each type has a different window period. We have a more in depth article about HIV test window periods. A test taken at least 12 weeks (3 months) after exposure to the virus provides highly accurate results. In rare cases, a person could take up to six months to test positive using standard tests, and that is almost always a person with a severely compromised immune system due to another disease, such as leukemia. What does this mean for you? Any time that you have reason to think you've been directly exposed to HIV, you should consult with your doctor or a trained HIV test counselor. The sooner you address the possibility of being infected, the better for you and your future sexual partners. If you test negative on an antibody test taken 3 months or longer after your last possible risk of possible exposure to HIV, you can feel safe in assuming that you do not have the virus. If for some reason you feel anxiety about relying on the 3-month result, you could opt to have another test taken again at 6 months. For this reason, we recommend that people who are having sex get tested routinely every 3 months. Routine testing is painless and ensures that if you do get infected, you will begin getting treatment quickly. See our article on BETA Blog explaining the importance of starting treatment as early as possible.

A British couple who lost their 8-year old dog to a brain tumor and who couldn’t cope with his death, decided to spend over $92,000 (£70,000) to clone him and now are being victims of severe criticism by people who label them as selfish. couple who cloned their dog Is this about the number of dogs at shelters in need of a home? Is this about telling people how they should spend their money? Or is this about the possibility of pets being cloned to cope with their death as a mainstream practice in the future? Why is this so polemic? What is it really being criticized here? Let’s imagine the demand for cloning pets increases and one day we reach a point in which cloning your pet costs $100. Would Laura Jacques and Richard Remede be equally criticized for cloning their dog? dog clone If this is about telling people how to spend their money, we are reaching a really gray area here. Last year the story about the Chinese millionaire who used all his fortune saving dogs from the slaughterhouse touched the heart of every dog lover out there. But there were also people who criticized him for using his money on dogs instead of helping the poor people of his community. At the end of the day, we can criticize everybody for how they spend their money if their way doesn’t match our parameters or we can respect their choices. dog clone Any person that buys a dog or a cat could also be criticized for not choosing to rehome a shelter dog instead, because yes, there are millions of animals dying in shelters every year but whose fault is it? The person that buys the pet or the breeder, the person that gets their pet cloned or the company that clones them? Or is also the person who abandons an animal or the system who doesn’t punish animal abuse strong enough? READ MORE: THIS MAN PAID A WHOPPING $100,000 TO BRING HIS DEAD DOG BACK TO LIFE Controlling breeding practices, stopping dog fights, implementing harsher laws for animal abuse and educating the public regarding animal care seem more successful ways to reduce the shelter population than to attack every person that spends money on a pet, no matter the amount. dog clone But aside from how much this couple spent to clone their dog, what do you think of the idea of cloning you pet? If it was cheaper, would you do it? The company that they used is called Sooam Biotech Research Foundation and it’s in Seoul, South Korea. Basically what they do is implant DNA into a “blank” dog egg from which they removed the nucleus, which holds the genetic material that gives the dog its characteristics. Then they give electric shocks to the egg to trigger cell division and they implant it into a surrogate dog. dog clone This couple successfully got two healthy puppies, Chance and Shadow, clones of their death dog Dylan. After being 6 months in quarantine, they were able to take them home. Cloning pets is a very controversial practice. The RSPCA doesn’t approve it. Regarding it, they say: “There are serious ethical and welfare concerns relating to the application of cloning technology to animals. Cloning animals requires procedures that cause pain and distress, with extremely high failure and mortality rates. There is also a body of evidence that cloned animals frequently suffer physical ailments such as tumors, pneumonia and abnormal growth patterns.” Even putting all that aside, the truth is that even if you clone your pet, it won’t be an exact replica of it. In this case, even if the puppies are identical to Dylan, what made Dylan be who he was, was also the life he had and that cannot be replicated. His experiences shaped him as much as his genetic material. His personality was not only created by his predisposition to be in a certain way, but also by the way he lived, the way he was loved and the things that he felt.

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Japan's biggest airline grounds its Dreamliners over engine problem ANA’s decision to ground its fleet of Boeing 787s, the world’s biggest, expected to result in cancellation of at least 350 flights One of All Nippon Airways’ fleet of Boeing 787 Dreamliner jets One of All Nippon Airways’ fleet of Boeing 787 Dreamliner jets. ANA has started grounding Boeing 787 flights after detecting problems with their Rolls-Royce engines. Photograph: Shizuo Kambayashi/AP Justin McCurry in Tokyo Friday 26 August 2016 05.18 EDT Last modified on Friday 26 August 2016 05.32 EDT Share on LinkedIn Share on Google+ Japan’s biggest airline has started grounding its fleet of Boeing 787 Dreamliners after discovering a problem with the plane’s Rolls-Royce engines, in another setback for the troubled aircraft. ANA’s decision to replace a key engine part, possibly on all 50 of its Dreamliners, is the latest in a series of glitches to have plagued the fuel-efficient plane since it made its maiden commercial flight – three years behind schedule – in late 2011. The groundings are expected to lead to the cancellation of at least 350 flights on ANA’s Japanese domestic routes through to the end of next month, according to the Nikkei business newspaper. The carrier cancelled nine flights on Friday, affecting more than 3,000 passengers and costing the airline an estimated 55m yen (£414,000) in lost revenue. ANA is the world’s biggest operator of Dreamliners; its domestic rival, Japan Airlines (JAL), operates 30 787s, but they are fitted with a different type of engine. The problem came to light while ANA and Boeing engineers were investigating the cause of an incident in February, when an ANA 787 had to return to Kuala Lumpur airport after one of its engines overheated. Inspections revealed damage to medium-pressure turbine blades in the aircraft’s Trent 1000 engines. Rolls-Royce said it had notified other airlines that use the same type of engine, adding that it would make an improved part available by the end of the year. The firm said it was “working closely with ANA to minimise the effect on aircraft service disruption”. A spokesman for Boeing in Tokyo said: “We are aware of the situation and are working with Rolls-Royce and ANA to resolve any issues impacting the airplanes in service.” The Dreamliner has suffered a string of problems in its first few years of service, including fuel leaks, battery fires, a wiring problem, a brake computer fault and a cracked cockpit window. In the most serious incident in Japan, an ANA Dreamliner was forced to make an emergency landing in January 2013 after a smoke alarm went off in the cockpit. ANA has already started repairing all of its Dreamliners on international routes after investigators found that the same medium-pressure turbine blades were corroding, possibly due to a design flaw. The Dreamliner’s commercial debut in October 2011 was supposed to have heralded a new era in commercial flight. The plane, which is made of carbon fibre and other lightweight materials, is 20% more fuel-efficient than conventional airliners and 30% cheaper to maintain, as well as featuring design improvements for more comfortable medium and long-haul flights. Boeing had received orders for 1,161 Dreamliners as of last month, and has delivered 445.

She was one of the women who partied with Usain Bolt at a nightclub then returned to his London hotel at 5.45am, perchance to party some more. Party time: Bolt in London with a companion this week Party time: Bolt in London with a companion this week She was photographed travelling to the hotel and also in the foyer of the hotel, where she was resplendent in a fur gilet, high heels and tiny skirt. I’m not being judgmental. That’s just what she was wearing. I don’t want you to think she was a chambermaid. Now she has officially complained about photographs of her in these situations being circulated online, in newspapers and on social media. She did not consent to their publication, she says, and the resulting publicity has ‘damaged her reputation’. Ahem. Can I be honest here? I am sure it has. If you are a woman in a party frock who returns to the hotel room of a man you have just met, people will make assumptions about you and your behaviour. And I am assuming they are assuming you are not going up to his room to teach him how to crochet or discuss world politics. Some might think: good on you, girl. Some might not. That’s just how the hurdles fall in the race of life. Ms Fur Gilet, who was photographed in a public place, is free to do what she wants to do — in just the same way others are free to think what they want to think about her choices. I don’t think that what she did was so terribly bad or amoral — just a bit stupid for someone who is clearly so sensitive to the opinions of others. If she didn’t want her reputation to be damaged, perhaps she should have thought twice about joining the other women, packed into a taxi like veal calves, as they roared around to Bolt’s hotel in the wee small hours. A carload of girls from Tape nightclub arrive at Usain Bolt's hotel in London on Wednesday A carload of girls from Tape nightclub arrive at Usain Bolt's hotel in London on Wednesday She should have thought carefully about being a part of some sort of ghastly SE-X Factor selection process, one that decreed who would be sent to his room and who would be sent home. How demeaning. But she didn’t mind doing what she did, she minded being seen to do what she did. Her reaction is part of the familiar trend which finds women, whenever in doubt, painting themselves as the victim. The orthodoxy of modern feminism means that you can do anything you want without ever taking responsibility for yourself. And anyone who raises an eyebrow, even just in a wry and quizzical way, is accused of ‘slut-shaming’ or worse. Some of the girls were happy to pose for the cameras while others hid behind clothes Some of the girls were happy to pose for the cameras while others hid behind clothes At least this woman had the grace to be (kind of) embarrassed. The next evening, another crate-load of beauties were shipped into Bolt’s hotel. One girl in an LBD and heels, pictured right, even stopped and did the sprinter’s famous victory pose for the cameras. She was nuts about Bolt — and she didn’t care who knew it. This has all been part of the sordid Bolt circus, a rather unedifying spectacle since his Rio success. The Olympic gold medallist has been partying like a rock star since his triumphs on the track The Olympic gold medallist has been partying like a rock star since his triumphs on the track The Olympic gold medallist has been partying like a rock star since his triumphs on the track. In Brazil and now in London, the pattern is fixed. Despite having a long-standing girlfriend, Bolt feels no compunction in becoming friendly with the women keen to get to know him better. Do you know why? He says it’s his culture. It’s in his genes. And also in his jeans. In a recent interview, Bolt expressed surprise that some seemed obsessed with marrying off famous people so early, and that footballers seem to wed so young. He said it was hard for him to stay with one woman ‘because girls are literally just throwing themselves at you’. He also hinted that in Jamaica — the home of ‘twerking’ — it’s not unusual to have more than one girlfriend, and he has no intention of marrying until he’s 35. ‘We have a totally different culture, so you can’t judge me based on your culture,’ he said. Why not? Not every man in Jamaica behaves like this — and there is nothing to admire about a selfish, male-centric philosophy in which the men do as they please, and the women must mutely stand back and accept their partner’s very public tomcattery. In Rio, he smuggled student Jady Duarte into the athletes’ village. She said he seduced her in a club by lifting up his T-shirt to show off his abs. And they say romance is dead! They made love twice to the music of Rihanna, and used a Google translation app to communicate when they were not talking the language of love. She posted pictures of them in bed together online and when they went viral she said: ‘I’m so embarrassed.’ Girls, girls. A word. Usain Bolt is not the kind of man to pass unnoticed in a nightclub — or anywhere else. He is 6ft 5in for a start, and likes to wear his Team Jamaica Olympic baseball cap when clubbing, just in case any doubt as to his identity remains. He is currently one of the most famous people on the planet, not to mention being the fastest man in the world and the greatest sprinter who ever lived. RELATED ARTICLES Previous 1 Next Queen Mary has gone from resembling a parson's wife to our...JAN MOIR: Love, hate and why sisterly rivalry is so very... Share this article Share Nine Olympic gold medals bear testament to his greatness, millions of fans worship not just his sporting abilities but also his charm and charisma. He was the king of the Rio games, he is a young man in his prime, a bona fide superstar. Women who have one-night stands with celebrities like him were once called groupies, but that is probably illegal now. The sisterhood have perhaps come up with an uplifting fangirl fem-term to describe the practice of sleeping with stars, or at least spending the night together. Sex facilitators? Idolisers? Bolt-cutters? Who knows, but here is my point. Please, please don’t hang out with Usain Bolt because he is a famous celebrity, then complain about the attention that arises from your tryst, innocent or otherwise. That might not make you a groupie, but it does make you a hypocrite. It also makes you play into the hands of a toxic culture that Bolt admires — despite the fact it treats women as playthings to be discarded at will. And that can really damage a girl’s reputation.

e-mail 1 View comments She was one of the women who partied with Usain Bolt at a nightclub then returned to his London hotel at 5.45am, perchance to party some more. Party time: Bolt in London with a companion this week Party time: Bolt in London with a companion this week She was photographed travelling to the hotel and also in the foyer of the hotel, where she was resplendent in a fur gilet, high heels and tiny skirt. I’m not being judgmental. That’s just what she was wearing. I don’t want you to think she was a chambermaid. Now she has officially complained about photographs of her in these situations being circulated online, in newspapers and on social media. She did not consent to their publication, she says, and the resulting publicity has ‘damaged her reputation’. Ahem. Can I be honest here? I am sure it has. If you are a woman in a party frock who returns to the hotel room of a man you have just met, people will make assumptions about you and your behaviour. And I am assuming they are assuming you are not going up to his room to teach him how to crochet or discuss world politics. Some might think: good on you, girl. Some might not. That’s just how the hurdles fall in the race of life. Ms Fur Gilet, who was photographed in a public place, is free to do what she wants to do — in just the same way others are free to think what they want to think about her choices. I don’t think that what she did was so terribly bad or amoral — just a bit stupid for someone who is clearly so sensitive to the opinions of others. If she didn’t want her reputation to be damaged, perhaps she should have thought twice about joining the other women, packed into a taxi like veal calves, as they roared around to Bolt’s hotel in the wee small hours.

Former New Orleans Saints star Darren Sharper is sentenced by Louisiana judge to 20 years for three counts of rape

A Louisiana judge Thursday formally imposed a 20-year prison sentence on former NFL star Darren Sharper, making clear that she thought the sentence was a light one.

Last week, Sharper, 40, was sentenced by a federal judge to 18 years and four months in a drug and rape case with as many as 16 victims in four states.

Defense attorney Billy Gibbens said that the two sentences are essentially the same, when credit for time served and other factors are considered. 

The sentence follows Sharper's guilty pleas in state and federal courts in New Orleans, and pleas of guilty or no contest to similar charges in Arizona, California and Nevada — all the result of a multi-jurisdiction plea deal that once called for a sentence of about nine years.

Police officers in the US have arrested a fugitive after seeing through his elaborate disguise as an elderly man. They surrounded a house in South Yarmouth, Massachusetts, and ordered Shaun "Shizz" Miller out. He walked outside in disguise and when they realised the "elderly man" was actually the 31-year-old they were looking for, they arrested him. He had been on the run since being charged with heroin trafficking offences in April. When officers searched the house in South Yarmouth, they found two loaded weapons hidden in a laundry basket, and nearly $30,000 (£23,000) in cash. The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms tweeted that the charges against Mr Miller were part of a larger complaint into the Nauti street gang, and that 12 other people had also been charged.

World's most extensive face transplant helps firefighter feel normal again face transplant Former Mississippi firefighter Patrick Hardison, 42, gets teary-eye under television lights, during a press conference marking one year after his face transplant, Wednesday Aug. 24, 2016, at New York University Langone Medical Center in New York. (Bebeto Matthews/AP Photo) . Rachelle Blidner, The Associated Press Published Wednesday, August 24, 2016 1:18PM EDT Last Updated Wednesday, August 24, 2016 1:53PM EDT NEW YORK -- A Mississippi firefighter who received the world's most extensive face transplant after a burning building collapsed on him said Wednesday that he feels like "a normal guy" for the first time in 15 years. Patrick Hardison, 42, said he can now eat, see, hear and breathe normally, thanks to last year's surgery. He has a full head of hair and hits the gym twice a week. "Before the transplant, every day I had to wake up and get myself motivated to face the world," Hardison told reporters at NYU Langone Medical Center. "Now I don't worry about people pointing and staring or kids running away crying. I'm happy." Hardison was a volunteer firefighter in Senatobia, Mississippi, when a building collapsed on him in 2001. He had 71 reconstructive surgeries before the transplant. While there have been nearly 40 face transplant surgeries since 2005, Hardison's was the first to include a scalp and functioning eyelids. Doctors have since fixed up some features and removed his breathing and feeding tubes. Hardison has no scars on his face, and although he resembles his old self, some of his features are different. His eyes are smaller and his face is rounder, but he still has sandy brown hair. "I don't get up and look in the mirror and focus on that," he said. "I get up and just go along with my day." The divorced father of five said one of the best moments of his life was seeing his children for the first time after the August 2015 surgery. Four of his children attended the news conference. His 21-year-old daughter, Alison, said she cried after seeing him because she was so relieved. "I walked into the room and I was just speechless," she said. "He gave me a hug and our cheeks touched, and his cheeks were kind of warm, and that was something I hadn't felt in 14 years." She said her father "wasn't normal on the inside" before the surgery. "He was very unhappy," Alison Hardison said. "Now he's happy with himself and happy with life." Patrick Hardison can finally drive and live independently thanks to his new field of vision. Previously, he could see only through "pinholes" because doctors had sewed his eyelids partially shut to protect his eyes, he said. Eduardo Rodriguez, chairman of Langone's plastic surgery department, said Hardison has not had any issues with transplant rejection, which is due to his medications, his children and his strength. "He's a remarkable individual," Rodriguez said. The surgery is estimated to cost about $1 million, according to NYU, but the hospital covered the cost. Rodriguez was recently awarded $2.5 million from the Defence Department to continue face transplant research. Hardison said he hopes to meet this fall with the family of his donor, a 26-year-old artist who died in a bike accident in Brooklyn. "I'd like to say that I'm the same old Pat, but that would not give enough credit to the amazing journey I have gone through this past year," Hardison said. "The road to recovery has been long and hard, but if I had to do it again, I'd do it in a heartbeat."

Many of us know someone who has been diagnosed with HIV. Some of us have watched loved ones pass on. If you haven’t known anyone personally, you’ve known of celebrities. AIDS is a disease that doesn’t discriminate according to wealth, fame or status. Eazy-E Eazy-E was one of the bad boys of NWA, blowing up alongside Dr. Dre and Ice Cube to become the greatest great rap act from the West Coast. In March 1995, the “Godfather of Gangsta Rap” announced that he was dying from AIDS. He said in his statement, “Before Tomika (his wife at the time), I had other women. I have seven children by six different mothers. Maybe success was too good to me.” He died weeks after making his announcement. Willi Smith

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Here is a Joke from find my missing rib to Spice up your Day… Read below:- Yoruba boy who was dating an Igbo girl whose name was Njideka asked her to lie to his mum when he takes her home that her name was Bisi. He told her his mum had a phobia for non-Yoruba people and would never accept her once she knows she is an Igbo girl. She did as instructed on sighting the boyfriend’s mum. The boy’s mum asked her her name and she said “Bisi”. The boy’s tribally sentimental mum was so happy that her son was getting married to a Yoruba girl, ignoring the Igbo tone and she said: “what a lovely name, your boyfriend’s elder brother too is Adebisi, his Dad is Olabisi and my best friend’s name is Omobisi, which of the Bisi is yours?” She was confused and she replied “Ndubisi” Lo ba tan!! 😂😜😄 Drop your Comments.

Another man murders his wife in Lagos By Ameh Comrade Godwin on May 28, 2016@dailypostngr A man, whose identity was given as James Kafaru Esougi, Friday, allegedly murdered his wife in her sleep in Lagos State. The tragic incident occurred at their No 8 Araromi Street, Egbeda residence. The ugly development is coming barely one month after Lekan Shonde allegedly killed his wife in Egbeda area of the state. According to the sister in-in-law who simply identified herself as Vero, the suspect after committing the crime started manifesting strange characters when they became aware of the incident, The Nation reports. Vero said, “We were sleeping when my sister’s husband came out to wake the first son to go and urinate. This was about 4am. When the boy went in to wake the mother, he saw that she was not responding. He shook her vigorously and got no response and quickly ran to call me. When I got there, I also shook her with the aim of waking her but got no response. Touching her legs, I observed that it was very cold. I shuddered and quickly removed that cloth on her face. ‘It was then that I saw that the husband had used a knife to slash her neck. He cut the vein that holds the neck and the head. She was in a pool of her own blood. Goose pimples overwhelmed me and the children. They were traumatized as they saw the lifeless body of the mother drenched with blood. “When we were doing all these, the husband sat on the floor vomiting black things and defecating right there. Thereafter, I raised the alarm and neighbours came to apprehend him. The police was later invited to whisk him away.” Asked if the couple used to quarrel before the murder, Vero said: “They used to quarrel a lot. The husband was always beating her. We severally told her to leave the house for him but she declined, preferring to endure for the sake of her children. It was her resolve to endure that eventually caused her, her life. She gave birth to five children for him. They are both from Auchi, in Edo State. My sister was a petty trader but the husband doesn’t have any known job. As far as I know, he is jobless. It was my sister that was responsible for providing for the needs of the family. ” Another eyewitness said the husband is known to be very arrogant and temperamental. “The man was very aggressive all through Wednesday and good part of Thursday. He was smoking and feverishly puffing the smoke of the cigarette into the air. He kept throwing away every chair and table that he saw on the way and also quarrelling with everybody that saw. We never knew that he was preparing the ground for the dastardly act he wanted to carry out. “The wife sells frozen food at Ijora. We were outside when she returned from her business place Thursday. She was looking very tired and sick. When we asked her what the matter was, she said she wasn’t feeling healthy. When we told her to take some days off and rest, she said it would not be possible immediately because she needed to hustle to get money to pay her children’s school fees. She said she would take time to rest after paying the school fees. She had earlier paid the rent. Unfortunately, the rest will end up becoming an eternal one,” the source said. Another trader said: “The deceased was a gentle person. She was always going out early and coming back late in the night. We are all aware that she was the breadwinner of the family because the husband was always idle. I have serious concern about the future of the children. Before they were taking away by the deceased’s family, they were seriously hungry. They had to go and borrow matches to lit the stove to make something for them to eat.”

x Another Nigerian man in the USA kills his wife - then kills himself | August 20, 2010 Adding to the increasing incidents of Nigerian men in the USA killing their wives, a 64-year-old Nigerian professor, Chukwudubem Okafor, commited a �murder-suicide� when he shot his Jamaican wife, Cheryl, 37, and then turned the gun on himself. Their bodies were found inside his sister in-law's home in Reading, Pennsylvania where Prof. Okafor had arranged to meet with his wife who had left him a few days earlier. Police say they found a small handgun near the couple's bodies and that they had both suffered gunshot wounds. A police-spokesperson said, �A small-calibre handgun was found near the bodies. The investigation is closed and the manner of death of Mr. Okafor was ruled as a suicide and the death of his wife, a homicide; he shot her and then shot himself. The motive is that they had marital problems and this was domestic dispute,� In the last few years, there have been mutliple cases of Nigerian men killing their wives. Some recent incidents - - In July 2010, a Nigerian man living in Tampa, Florida, USA was accused of killing his wife after a fight broke out between them and he told the neighbours to call 911 because his wife was having heart attack but when the police arrived they discovered a baseball bat covered with the wife's blood - In 2008, a Nigerian man living in South Carolina, USA, was sentenced to 20 years in prison for stabbing his wife to death. - In 2008, another Nigerian man in the USA, called 911 and said, "I have killed the woman that mess my life up.... a woman that had destroyed me". He was charged with first-degree, premeditated murder. - In 2007, a Nigerian man in Garland, Texas, USA was arrested by police after he called to inform them of his wife's death from blunt-force trauma to the head.

Major Clinton Foundation donors and officials got VIP access to Hillary Clinton's State Department office, putting in requests for State Department favors on behalf of rock star Bono, the Crown Prince of Bahrain, and an English soccer player, according to newly-released emails. The emails, obtained by the watchdog group Judicial Watch, show that Clinton Foundation official Doug Band often passed along requests to Clinton's top aide Huma Abedin on behalf of the foundation's donors and their friends or clients. In other cases, donors emails Abedin or Clinton directly. The exchanges will likely add to scrutiny over whether Clinton gave special treatment to Clinton Foundation contributors while she was at the State Department. Scroll down for video The Clinton whisperer: Huma Abedin, who was at her side as she campaigned for the presidency in 2008, became a senior State Department official and received emails asking for help from the Clinton Foundation The Clinton whisperer: Huma Abedin, who was at her side as she campaigned for the presidency in 2008, became a senior State Department official and received emails asking for help from the Clinton Foundation Out of this world request: The emails reveal how Bono wanted help to use the International Space Station Out of this world request: The emails reveal how Bono wanted help to use the International Space Station U2 link-up: The International Space Station was supposed to feature in Bono's 2009 concert tour U2 link-up: The International Space Station was supposed to feature in Bono's 2009 concert tour The Clinton Foundation announced last week that it would stop accepting foreign donations if she were elected president. But critics say Clinton failed to keep a similar pledge that she made before joining the State Department. Clinton's opponent, Donald Trump, demanded on Monday that the foundation be 'shut down immediately' due to questions over whether Clinton engaged in pay-for-play with major donors. In one June 2009 email, Band asked Abedin to help set up a meeting between Clinton and Crown Prince Salman of Bahrain. The Kingdom of Bahrain has contributed between $50,000 and $100,000 to the Clinton Foundation, and the Crown Prince reportedly established another program with the Clinton Global Initiative. 'Cp of Bahrain in tomorrow to Friday,' wrote Band in the email to Abedin. 'Asking to see [Clinton]. Good friend of ours.' Abedin responded that Salman had already put in a request to see Clinton 'thru normal channels,' but the secretary of state had said she 'doesn't want to commit to anything for thurs or fri until she knows how she will feel.' Abedin followed up again with Band two days later, telling him that Clinton was willing to meet with Salman the next morning.

The FBI put a Wisconsin woman on its “Most Wanted” list this week after she allegedly killed a pregnant woman and her unborn child just five days before the baby was due, WPVI reports. Position 9 Not in use Shanika S. Minor, 24, of Milwaukee, is the only woman on the agency’s “10 Most Wanted Fugitives” list, according to the report. Minor is charged with first-degree murder and first-degree intentional homicide of an unborn child, WTMJ-TV reports. In March, Minor allegedly shot and killed her mother’s pregnant neighbor, 23-year-old Tamecca Perry and her 9-month unborn child after a dispute about loud music. According to news reports, Perry and Minor had gone to high school together. “This was a senseless crime,” Special Agent Chad Piontek told reporters. “We believe Minor is capable of more violence. We need to capture her so no one else is harmed.” The FBI is offering a $100,000 reward for information that leads to her arrest, NBC reports. Piontek said they hope the reward will prompt the people helping Minor to inform them of her whereabouts. The FBI considers Minor to be armed and extremely dangerous. Follow LifeNews.com on Instagram for pro-life pictures and the latest pro-life news. The incident occurred in March when Minor allegedly went to Perry’s house to complain about loud music being played at an “unreasonable hour,” authorities said. The FBI alleges Minor met Perry on the sidewalk outside her home, waved a firearm at her and challenged her to a fight; but when Minor’s mother intervened, she left. The next morning, authorities said Minor went back to Perry’s home and confronted her a second time. According to the FBI, Minor’s mother tried to stop her again, but Minor allegedly pointed a firearm over her mother’s shoulder and fatally shot Perry in the chest. Both Perry and her unborn baby died as a result. The FBI said Minor ran away from the scene and has not been seen since. Authorities believes friends or family could be helping Minor hide in Missouri, Mississippi, Texas, Tennessee, Ohio or Georgia. Violence against pregnant women and their unborn babies is common – even without counting abortion. In May, LifeNews reported another tragic murder case involving an 18-year-old Oregon woman and her unborn child. Charreen Stanford was five months pregnant and had just learned that she was having a baby girl when another 18-year-old woman, Tan’nekqwa Thompson, who living in her home, allegedly stabbed her to death, according to authorities. In another horrific 2015 case, a pregnant Colorado woman also was attacked and her unborn daughter was cut out of her womb. Dynel Catrece Lane was arrested in 2015 after she attacked a pregnant woman and cut her 7-month-old unborn baby from her womb. In April, she was sentenced to 100 years in prison for the crime, LifeNews reported. In this unbelievable act of violence, the baby died but the mother, Michelle Wilkins, survived. A 911 recording shows the baby breathed a heavy last gasp before she died. Tragically, in Wilkins’ case, she was the only victim recognized in the crime against her and her unborn baby. In Colorado, unlike most other states, people can’t be charged with a second crime for killing or injuring unborn babies. According to the National Right to Life Committee, 37 states have laws that recognize the unlawful killing of an unborn child as a homicide in at least some circumstances.

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How Come You Forgot So Soon? – Catholic Priest Slams Gov. Okorocha…Find Out Why

A plea has gone to Imo State Government to discontinue the massive demolition exercise going on in Owerri municipality and its environs. While making a plea in a prophetic message titled “Governor Rochas Okorocha, how come you forgot so soon?”, the Parish Priest of St. Brendan’s Catholic Church, Okwu in Ikeduru LGA of Imo state, Rev. Fr. Cammy Mario Egeole, has pleaded to the Imo State Government to discontinue the massive demolition exercise going on in Owerri municipality and its environs. Reports revealed that the cleric reminded the governor that the hapless and helpless people are getting frustrated, devastated and directionless. “Do you know that many people have died because of your sudden demolition saga? Some are frustrated, devastated and directionless, with the prevalent economic hardship in the land,” Fr. Egeole said. According to Vanguard, while seeking to know who advised the governor to commence the demolition now and in this outrageous manner, the Catholic cleric also appealed to Okorocha to wind down the tinted windows of his vehicle and see the pain, regret and agony visited on the citizenry by his administration since the massive demolition started. “Bringing down the hard earned houses and stores of your fellow man without compensation because an ephemeral power is in your possession today, is uncharitable and ungodly. Have you forgotten that this power will shift hands in 2019?,” Egeole asked. “Please, retrace your steps quickly. Imo is in shambles and Imolites are suffering terribly. The seeming silence in the land is not a sign of conquer as many have posited”, Fr. Egeole said. The priest reminded the Governor that God’s anger does not burn immediately, pleading that he should pity the current and future generations.

END TIME!!! This Man Says He Got Info On How To Kill His Pregnant Girlfriend Through Google…

Ask Google’ is a common reference when people need answers to issues they cannot solve ordinarily. But a 19-year-old undergraduate, Ade (surname withheld), recently made wrong use of the application when he used it to search on what he could to do to a girlfriend who refused to abort a two-month-old pregnancy she had for him. At the end of his search, he got a knife, went to his girlfriend’s house and stabbed her twice on the stomach and also slashed her throat. The suspect is currently in police net at the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department (SCIID), Oyo State Police Command, over an alleged murder attempt. Crime Reports learnt that Ade, a 100 level student in one of the universities in the South Western part of Nigeria, allegedly committed the act on Thursday, August 11, at the residence of his girlfriend’s parents at Sango-Alaro area of Ibadan at about 2:30p.m. But for the presence of a policeman, Sergeant Ayeni Oluwafemi, who was the girl’s neighbour and who heard her cry, the 19-year-old victim would have died in a pool of her blood while her assailant would have escaped. But on quickly getting to the room where the cry came from, the policeman reportedly met the suspect, holding a knife and about to walk out. He promptly pushed him back, handcuffed his hands and called for assistance to save the girl. Ade, who spoke with Crime Reports, confessed that he acted the way he did because “my girlfriend got pregnant for me.” The teenager also told Crime Reports during an interview that he got the clue on how to resolve the issue of his unwanted pregnancy through the help of Google. “I met my girlfriend about two months ago on Facebook. We had a mutual friend and I added her. She accepted my request and we got to know each other. I proposed a relationship to her and she accepted. We had s*x only once on July 4. I did not protect myself. “On August 10, she told me that she was pregnant. The next morning, on Thursday August 11, she called me that her parents wanted to see me. I went to her parents at Alaro area of Ibadan and they wanted to know what my intention was on the pregnancy. I suggested that she had an abortion but they said they could not abort for their daughter because it was against their belief. I told them that I would get back to them on Monday, August 15. “I left for home confused, but on the way home, different thoughts went through my mind because I didn’t want my parents to know. I didn’t want to disappoint them. I was with my phone at home and I picked it and typed “What to do if my girlfriend does not want to have an abortion on Google”. It brought out different options that I can deny, which I didn’t deny. “Another option was to convince her to have an abortion, which did not work. There were also other options but the last one was that I could kill her. I chose that option because she was the only one who knew my house and I believed that if I killed her, no one would be able to trace my house and I would get away with my action. “To kill, Google gave me an option to use poison, which I knew no pharmacy would sell to me. Other options were to use a gun or a knife. Knife was easy to get, so I went to the market same day to buy a knife and returned to her house. I did not meet her at home so I called her and waited for her. When she came in, I attacked her with the knife but she was resisting. I stabbed her on the right and left sides of her stomach and slashed her throat. “Unfortunately for me, her screams got to a neighbour and he came in. Coincidentally, he is a policeman so he handcuffed me and I was arrested. It was the fear of disappointing my parents that made me take the action.” Crime Reports learnt that though the lady survived the attack, she was still in the Intensive Care Unit of a hospital in the South West part of Nigeria where doctors had been battling to keep her alive. Confirming the incident, the police image-maker in Oyo State, Adekunle Ajisebutu, a Superintendent of Police, said that the suspect would be arraigned in court after the conclusion of investigations. Tribune *WOW….How to kill a pregnant girlfriend on google?Jesus!

Appyday- Okro Soup

Appyday (real name Daniel Emeka Okafor) is an Europe based multi talented, Nigerian artist. Appyday is a song writer, film actor, Musician and Music Video Director.

A PGD holder in Mass Communication, B.A Hons- Theatre Arts and Diploma Certificate holder in Theatre Arts, T.V, Radio and Film Production.

Appday comes through on this one. Okro is 🔥 With lyrics so passionate, his music quickly lifts his audience to a realm of passions and emotions. He is the Aphrodisiac . He brings it 100%. Many of his Singles are already trending on Spotify, Itunes, Deezer and all other online music sites.

Though he lives in Europe, Appyday promised that his first single will be purely Nigerian and with a Nigerian Theme. And he made good his promise with “Okro Soup“.

In Okro Soup, Appyday presents the longing of all Africans in Diaspora for Home( Africa).

In the Video, Appyday depicts the attraction of European Girls towards African men. He tells about thier desire to make Chocolate babies with african men. A line in his song goes ,”The baby say she needs me cos i be African amusiri mu ike, She wanna have my children, chocolate babies O na-agba ha ara”.

Appyday goes on to say that the only difficulty with white girls is that most of them do not know how to make the native African dishes that their African men love to eat, and in that case, the men must make the food by themselves. Enjoy this Video!!!

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Thesauruses exhausted, all superlatives spent, the world’s press turned to the man himself to ask for help. “Usain,” the question came, “at London 2012, you spoke a lot about how you wanted to become a legend. But what should we call you now?” Bolt paused, thought on it for a while. “Well,” he said, “someone said at a press conference last year that if I win these three gold medals, I will be immortal. And I kind of liked it. So I’m going to run with that: immortal.” Usain Bolt's Olympic goodbye the perfect ending for sprinting's greatest Barney Ronay in Rio de Janeiro Read more Like Michael Phelps, who has just beaten an Olympic record set in 152BC, Bolt may be racing the other athletes competing here, but he is not measuring himself against them. “I am trying to be one of the greatest,” he said, “to be among Ali and Pelé”. As well as Phelps and, oddly, Bob Marley, with whom he now seems to be vying for the title of most famous Jamaican. They teach you at journalism school that double-decker buses are the standard unit for heights, as football fields are for areas, and Olympic swimming pools are for volumes. But no one’s sure of the best measure for Bolt’s brilliance. Half an Ali? Two-thirds of a Marley? One Pelé? Bolt would not say whether he felt he was now more famous than Marley, more successful than Phelps or what it meant to be compared to Pelé and Ali. It seems even his self-confidence has its limits and in these conversations at least, he comes across as very modest. “I’m just waiting until after the Olympics, to see what the media have to say, all the media, to see if they will put me in that bracket,” he said. And on Phelps: “I could never pick who is the best, we are great in our different fields.” If Bolt is thinking about his own mortality, it may because this week he, and we, have had the first intimations of it since he made his breakthrough at the Beijing Games in 2008. His winning times in the 100m and 200m are pretty similar to the ones set by other men in 2004 in Athens, where Bolt competed as a kid and before he had redefined the possibilities of his sport. This year Bolt won the 100m in 9.81sec, whereas in 2004 Justin Gatlin did it in 9.85. Bolt won the 200m in 19.78, whereas in 2004 Shawn Crawford did in 19.79. More tellingly still, for the first time in three Olympics, there were men competing against him here who could, and perhaps, should, have been capable of running as quickly as he did in those finals. How Usain Bolt won his third consecutive Olympic gold in the 200m Read more Two of his competitors in the 100m final have personal bests better than Bolt’s winning time of 9.81sec: Yohan Blake and Gatlin, who has run quicker than that this very season. In the 200m, there were three men who have run within two-hundredths of his winning time, and another, LaShawn Merritt, who ran four-hundredths quicker at the beginning of last month. Compare that to Beijing in 2008, when there was nobody in the field who could run as fast as Bolt did to win the 100m or the 200m. Or London 2012, where Bolt was the only man who had ever beaten his winning time in the 100m and only Blake, once, had ever run as fast as he did to win the 200m. Back then, most people could not dream of competing with him, let alone defeating him. In Rio, Bolt has been running the kinds of times his competitors can match. Some of that is circumstance. He spoke about the short turnaround between his semi-finals and final in the 100m last Sunday and Thursday, the night of the 200m, was a little cold and wet. But the big reason, the one he keeps coming back to, is that he feels he is getting on. “I’m getting older, so I don’t recover like I used to,” he said of the 100m. In the 200m he dearly wanted to break his world record of 19.19, but he just could not do it. “When I came around the corner my legs said: ‘Listen, we’re not going any faster,’” Bolt said. “I really wanted to run fast, but my legs decided that they weren’t having it.” Bolt was trying to beat the 2009 version of himself and, like everyone else, he came up short. The really interesting question, then, is that if Bolt is finally beatable, why didn’t anyone come close to beating him? It may just be because none of them really believed they could. Bolt has a psychological hold over every other sprinter. You could see that, and hear it, here, where the atmosphere has depended entirely on whether or not he has been competing. The only nights the Olympic stadium has been remotely close to full have been the ones in which he has starred. The fans are only at the stadium for one reason: to see him win. Everyone else is a bit-part player, and, unless they happen to be Brazilian, no one is cheering for them. Imagine what that does to a man’s confidence as he takes to the starting line. How Usain Bolt made history with his third 100m gold medal victory Read more Andre De Grasse, who is 21 and still new to the game, made a point of pushing Bolt hard in the semis of the 200m and if he had managed to run that fast again, would have been right up alongside him in the final. “I tell every youngster: ‘You’re not going to beat me,’” Bolt said of De Grasse. “I don’t allow young kids to beat me. I don’t give them that stripe. I told him that earlier, before the start, I don’t allow young kids to beat me. You’re never going to get that chance.” Sooner or later De Grasse or one of the other runners might realise that it is not about whether Bolt gives them the chance, but whether they can take it from him. All of which explains why Bolt is retiring even though he is still winning, why he is adamant that this will be his last Olympics and that the World Championships in London next year will be his last major competition. Because immortals do not lose and so long as he is undefeated he has, as he says, nothing left to prove. “I have shown the world that I am the greatest,” he said. “That’s what I came here for and that’s what I’ve done. So that’s why this is my last Olympics.” It seems this week that we have all been watching the lion in winter.

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