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Amazing Facts about Martin Luther King

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Although Martin Luther King Jr. was only 39 at the time of his death, autopsy results revealed the he had the heart of a 60-year-old. Doctors believed this was a result of stress.

King’s original name was Michael King Jr.  In 1931, his father became pastor of Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta and adopted the name Martin Luther King Sr. When King was 6 years old, his father officially changed his name on his birth certificate to Martin Luther King Jr.

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 King skipped ninth and 12th grades in high school and entered Morehouse College in Atlanta at age 15.

King earned a bachelor’s degree in sociology and one in theology. In 1955, he received his doctorate from Boston University.

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When King married his wife Coretta, the newlyweds were rejected by a whites-only hotel.  The couple opted to spend their wedding night at a Black-owned funeral home.

In 1939, 10-year-old King sang in his father’s church choir at the Atlanta.

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There are over 900 streets worldwide named after King. Forty U.S. states have at least one Martin Luther King Jr.-named street of their own.

From 1957 until his death in 1968, King gave over 2,500 speeches; he traveled more than 6 million miles; and  he wrote five books and countless articles published in newspapers and magazines.

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In 1964, at age 35, King was the youngest person to receive the Nobel Peace Prize.

King is America’s’ second most-admired person of the 20th century, topped only by Mother Teresa, according to a 1999 Gallup poll.

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13 Things Real Men Don't Do

1. Waste Time Feeling Sorry for Themselves.

You don’t see mentally strong people feeling sorry for their circumstances or dwelling on the way they’ve been mistreated. They have learned to take responsibility for their actions and outcomes, and they have an inherent understanding of the fact that frequently life is not fair.” Mentally strong dating entrepreneurs don’t sit and wallow in their dating sorrows or repeatedly curse their circumstances. They give themselves time to grieve over a disappointment or setback, reflect on what they’ve learned, dust themselves off, and put themselves back out there, smarter and more empowered for what they’ve experienced.

2. Give Away Their Power.

Mentally strong people avoid giving others the power to make them feel inferior or bad. They understand they are in control of their actions and emotions.” Mentally strong dating entrepreneurs don’t give away their power to those they date; they don’t allow others to make them feel unworthy of or respect. If they sense a new partner is making them question these things, they walk away with their dignity and self-respect intact.

3. Shy Away from Change.

Mentally strong people embrace change and they welcome challenge.” Mentally strong dating entrepreneurs acknowledge that the unknown is scary but they also trust in themselves to be able to manage and move through changes in themselves and their dating lives. They recognize that change in their thoughts and actions can bring opportunities and exciting new possibilities, that to evolve and adapt is a good thing as scary as these changes may be. They understand that the process of change may be uncomfortable, but they also recognize that their old ways of thinking and acting will never allow them to move forward and create the type of they want for themselves.

4. Waste Energy on Things They Can’t Control.

In a bad situation, [mentally strong people] recognize that the one thing they can always control is their own response and attitude, and they use these attributes well.” So, too, do mentally strong dating entrepreneurs recognize that the only thing they can control in their dating and lives is their own thoughts, feelings, and actions, and that to attempt to control another human being and how they think, feel, and act is futile, unproductive, and exhausting.

5. Worry About Pleasing Others.

A mentally strong person strives to be kind and fair and to please others where appropriate, but is unafraid to speak up.” Mentally strong dating entrepreneurs understand that they need to bring positive qualities to the dating world, such as thoughtfulness, kindness, and friendliness, but they also trust in and listen to their needs. They have a voice and use it when necessary to communicate their needs to dates and in budding relationships.

6. Fear Taking Calculated Risks.

“A mentally strong person is willing to take calculated risks. This is a different thing entirely than jumping headlong into foolish risks.” Mentally strong dating entrepreneurs understand the difference between taking necessary risks versus unnecessary risks as they build and shape their stories (a concept I tackle in my forthcoming book Skin In the Game: Unleashing Your Inner Entrepreneur to Find Love). They understand that they will need to make themselves vulnerable and take chances in ways they’ve never done before, but they learn to not risk in ways that have repeatedly led them down unhealthy, dangerous paths. See this poem.

7. Dwell on the Past

“[Mentally strong people] invest the majority of their energy in creating an optimal present and future.” While mentally strong dating entrepreneurs recognize that their past can be instructive and seek ways to unpack and understand how their past has affected their present, they also understand that analysis without action and experimentation is unproductive. So they take action in the dating world (armed with the knowledge from their past) and act their way into new ways of thinking and new possibilities as they move forward.

8. Make the Same Mistakes Over and Over

A mentally strong person accepts full responsibility for past behavior and is willing to learn from mistakes.” Mentally strong dating entrepreneurs take the time to reflect constantly on their thoughts, feelings, and actions in the dating world. They don’t just go through the dating motions like a mindless dating zombie but are self-reflective and are dedicated to building self-awareness. Conner writes: “Research shows that the ability to be self-reflective in an accurate and productive way is one of the greatest strengths of spectacularly successful executives and entrepreneurs.” So, too, for dating entrepreneurs.

9. Resent Other People’s Success

Mentally strong people have this ability to feel genuine joy and excitement for other people’s success.” Mentally strong daters do their best to keep their envy and jealousy of others’ dating and relationship joys in check and learn how to be for others’ happiness. And if they’re really smart dating entrepreneurs, they may even seek to learn from these people’s experiences, in terms of how they created healthy, relationships, applying these lessons to their own lives.

10. Give Up After Failure.

Mentally strong people are willing to fail again and again, if necessary, as long as the learning experience from every ‘failure’ can bring them closer to their ultimate goals.” In the entrepreneurial world, this is called “failing up”. In the dating world, mentally strong dating entrepreneurs learn to see their failures as assets, and are committed to learning from them and then building on them. I like to call this trial and error process of dating my “Date. Learn. Repeat. model of entrepreneurial dating”, through which daters learn to take action, learn from their actions, and then act again, building on the knowledge that they are gaining through their actions to eventually create a healthy, relationship.

11. Fear Alone Time.

Mentally strong people enjoy and even treasure the time they spend alone. They use their downtime to reflect, to plan, and to be productive.” Mentally strong dating entrepreneurs also recognize the power of reflection time. They don’t seek to busy themselves every second as a way to alleviate their loneliness or to avoid having to reflect on their lives. They take time to unplug; they go on long walks or take long showers or take long drives in the car with the radio off or journal or just sit in quietude, as they grapple with the questions to which they are seeking answers.

12. Feel the World Owes Them Anything.

Mentally strong people enter the world prepared to work and succeed on their merits, at every stage of the game.” Mentally strong dating entrepreneurs understand that they don’t happen upon through luck or serendipity. They understand that they make their own fate through the beliefs with which they choose to fill their minds and the actions they decide to take. They understand that creating a healthy, relationship takes time, effort, experimentation, and commitment, and they are willing to invest in themselves at every stage of the “dating game.”

13. Expect Immediate Results.

Mentally strong people are ‘in it for the long haul’. They know better than to expect immediate results.” Mentally strong dating entrepreneurs recognize that to expect immediate results when certain toxic core beliefs or habits have been entrenched for years is unrealistic. They understand that the story (their venture!) they are building and shaping is a journey and try to appreciate the steps along the way.

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10 Key Secrets to Happy Marriage

It is said that money cannot buy happiness in MARRIAGE

Harmony is about a mutual agreement of giving and receiving in the most balanced, loving and humble way, while maintaining the space needed for self-nurturing and self-love. You can realize it and live it in your relationship when you:

1. Become best . Understand the likes, dislikes, the fears, the pain and the gain of your partner and ask open-ended questions.

2. Explore your common vision for the future. Discuss your goals and your visions for the future. How does a great and lasting relationship look like to you? Follow through with this view and commit to realizing and nurturing it.

3. Be humble. Take responsibility of our own actions and say that you’re sorry when you mess up.

4. Be generous. Allow yourself to give with humbleness, to appreciate with , to forgive with softness, to listen with care and to compromise while receiving your needs in return.

5. Invest in your own and constant self-growth. Follow through with your interests, your goals, your emotional needs and wants and share them with your partner.

6. Trust. Speak your truth, always and allow both of your fears to surface and share them gently together.

7. Listen and never forget. Listen very carefully to your partner and remember what interests them, what they enjoy, they dislike and most importantly, remember their stories.

8. Allow spaciousness. Give some alone time to yourself and your partner and do unique things that you enjoy and that make you feel good.

9. Get intimate. Express your through hugging, kissing, caressing, cuddling, holding, and other forms of physical affection.

10. Have faith. Never give up on realizing the picture of a great relationship, especially when going through a big storm.

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11 Hints of Life

1. It hurts to someone and not be d in return. But what is more painful is to someone and never find the courage to let that person know how you feel.
2. A sad thing in life is when you meet someone who means a lot to you, only to find out in the end that it was never meant to be and you just have to let go.
3. The best kind of friend is the kind you can sit on a porch swing with, never say a word, and then walk away feeling like it was the best conversation you've ever had.
4. It's true that we don't know what we've got until we lose it, but it's also true that we don't know what we've been missing until it arrives.
5. It takes only a minute to get a crush on someone, an hour to like someone, and a day to someone-but it takes a lifetime to forget someone.
6. Don't go for looks, they can deceive. Don't go for wealth, even that fades away. Go for someone who makes you smile because it takes only a smile to make a dark day seem bright.
7. Dream what you want to dream, go where you want to go, be what you want to be. Because you have only one life and one chance to do all the things you want to do.
8. Always put yourself in the other's shoes. If you feel that it hurts you, it probably hurts the person too.
9. A careless word may kindle strife. A cruel word may wreck
a life. A timely word may level stress. But a loving word may heal and bless.
10. The happiest of people don't necessarily have the best of everything they just make the most of everything that comes
along their way.
11. Love begins with a smile, grows with a kiss, ends with a tear. When you were born, you were crying and everyone around you was smiling. Live your life so that when you die, you're the one smiling and everyone around you is crying.

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The most isolated people on the earth

Many of the Jarawas who could only speak their native tongue are now fluent in Hindi [Picture courtesy: Survival International] Port Blair - At 120km north of capital Port Blair in India’s archipelago of Andaman and Nicobar, Baratang is an important point of transit for travellers looking to cross shallow stretches of sea that separate towns of middle and North Andaman. In the last 10 years, Baratang has also become popular among tourists for its active mud volcanoes and beautiful limestone caves spread across narrow waterways around the island. But often it's the lure of meeting the "Jarawa" that brings thousands of Indian and foreign tourists every year to the area. Till a decade ago the name "Jarawa" evoked only fear. The bow and arrow-wielding tribesmen were known to be extremely hostile to outsiders. The Jarawas would also occasionally attack settlements adjoining their habitation. Considered one of the most isolated people on earth, the Jarawa are a hunter-gatherer tribe that has lived in the dense forests of Andaman Islands completely cut off from the outside world for thousands of years. But things are changing fast as modern influences creep in. No more hostile For starters the Jarawas are no longer hostile to outsiders and have begun shunning their traditional way of life for perks that come from being a tourist attraction. According to eyewitness accounts, the tribesmen who have for generations survived on hunting and fishing now often ask for food and tobacco from tourists passing through their reserve forests. Also, many of the Jarawas who could only speak their native tongue are now fluent in Hindi, the language spoken by north Indians, many of whom have settled there. But conservationists are watching these changes with alarm. "Initially it was the odd traveller who interacted with the Jarawas but soon tourists started coming in droves as the word spread about these encounters," said Denis Giles, a Port Blair based rights activist. "Tourists began bringing them food, tobacco and alcohol," Giles told Al Jazeera. "All you have to do is buy a bus ticket from Port Blair to Baratang and chances are you will catch a glimpse of them," he added. According to experts, one of the key reasons for the changes in Jarawa lifestyle has been the construction of the Andaman Trunk Road (ATR), a two-lane highway that connects parts of Middle and South Andaman and passes through the heart of Jarawa territory. Though the Indian government has never formally allowed outside contact with the Jarawas, critics argue that construction of the trunk road has led to free mixing with the tribe, often with disastrous consequences. "In the past few years outbreak of measles and malaria has been reported among the Jarawas, which was unheard of in the past," Giles said. Court ban on tourism Taking cognizance of the situation, India’s Supreme Court has banned all tourism activity around the Jarawa territory and has ordered the creation of a buffer zone with a radius of five km around the Jarawa reserve where no commercial activity can take place. In addition, the apex court in its judgment in earlier this year also directed the local administration to restrict the number of visitors travelling through the trunk road and also strictly monitor and prevent any tourism activity related to the Jarawas. The Andaman administration in its 2004 Jarawa policy has called for maximum autonomy and minimum interference for the tribe. But such measures may have come a little too late and experts argue that the damage is irreversible already even as questions remain on the efficacy of hastily implemented protective measures. "Many of the Jarawas, especially the younger generation, are now too accustomed to their present way of life, they may just refuse to go back to their hunting-gathering ways," said Amlan Dutta, an environmentalist who was followed the developments closely. Significantly, those advocating isolation for Jarawas maintain that the only way to protect the them is by closing the Andaman Trunk Road altogether, which would immediately stop the human safaris and interaction with outsiders. But such a move has met with stiff resistance from the local people for whom the trunk road is the only option to access remote parts of North and Middle Andaman on land. "Any decision to close down the ATR will have serious fallouts for settlers," said Paritosh Halder, who runs a grocery store in the town of Rangat in Middle Andaman. "Thousands will be deprived of livelihood and quick access to emergency services which are only available in Port Blair," he said. Other threats But even as debate rages on the future of the trunk road, the Jarawas continue to face other threats. In 2011, a Jarawa youth was allegedly attacked and seriously injured by poachers from neighbouring Myanmar who often illegally cross the international maritime border to smuggle timber and wildlife from Andaman Islands. There have been similar reports of attacks on Jarawas in the past. Jarawa rights activists also allege that while the foreign poachers are often dealt with seriously by Indian law enforcement officials, the local poaching activity often goes unpunished which has resulted in serious depletion of food reserves of the Jarawas who are solely dependent on the forest for their survival. "Poaching, both foreign and local, remain rife, despite stringent regulations and long prison sentences for those found guilty," said Sophie Grig, Senior Campaigner of Survival International, an international human rights advocacy group. "Local poachers in particular are often not prosecuted. Without the animals the Jarawa will not be able to survive. For tribal people to be able to continue to thrive it is essential that they are secure in their land and able to choose and control who comes into their territory," she said. But above all, the larger debate remains whether the Jarawas, who are often referred to as primitive and pre-historic people should be allowed to choose for themselves. "The question is whether the Jarawas can make an informed decision now," said Dutta. "I feel the best way forward is to let them be and not push them into joining the mainstream," he said. The Great Andamanese Incidentally, the Jarawas are not the only indigenous group facing a challenge to their existence. The Andaman and Nicobar islands are home to five different indigenous groups and the example of the "Great Andamanese" is often cited when it comes to deciding a future course for the Jarawas. Once the most numerous of the five major indigenous groups in the Andaman Islands with an estimated population of 6,000, only 52 members of the Great Andamanese tribe survive today. Already, their tribal and linguistic distinctions have disappeared owing to interracial breeding. According to latest estimates there are about 400 members of the Jarawa tribe currently and time could be running out fast for them. If unprotected, the Jarawas too could go the Great Andamanese way.

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I pledge to Africa

I pledge Allegiance to my Afrikan People.

I pledge to develop my mind and body to the greatest extent possible.

I will learn all that I can in order to give my best to my people and our struggle for liberation through revolution.

I will keep myself physically fit, building a strong body free from drugs and other substances, which weaken me and make me less capable of defending myself, my family and my Afrikan brothers and sisters.

I will unselfishly share my knowledge and understanding with others in order to bring about change more quickly.

I will discipline myself to direct my energies thoughtfully and constructively rather than wasting time in idle hatred.

I will train myself never to hurt or allow others to harm my Afrikan brothers and sisters, for I recognize that we need every Afrikan man, woman and child to be physically, mentally and psychologically strong.

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Cultural exhibition in Cameroon

The Ngondo is an annual water-centered festival held by the Sawa (coastal peoples) in Douala, Cameroon. Thise gathering the Sawa people takes place in the first two weeks of December on the Wouri river banks in Douala and show cases the culture of the Sawa, the country’s coastal dwellers.

           Ngondo festival ceremony at Duala,
 "The Ngondo Festival is a way to connect with the spirits of “water Gods” and has been celebrated as an annual religious/traditional festival for countless years now. Ngondo festival begins with a number of rituals and feasts performed to celebrate and rejoice the unity of various African tribesmen who gather there for further celebrations of the event."

The most interesting thing about this festival is that one spiritual spectacle or performance undertaking by Jengu cult, that makes the event different from all other events in festivals celebrated in Cameroon. Traditionally initiated Sawa Jengu cult members are sent by Sawa chiefs as messengers to the Sawa gods in the kingdom of Miengu, said to be living in River Wouri. The initiated person dives and disappears into the big River.

       Ngondo ritual performance by Sawa men wearing traditional costume.

He stays under the water for over an hour and emerges with his body, the traditional attire and basket as dry as if they have not gotten in touch with water. Children are not allowed to attend this ceremony as there is a serious guided secret in performance of the festival ritual As a result of the highly secretive nature with which Jengu rituals are performed the festival was banned by the Cameroonian government in 1981 and was restored in 1991.

           Ngondo  pirogue race at Duala in Cameroon.
The name "Sawa" has not always designated all people known by this name today. They once referred to themselves as "muna mboa" (Duala), mwan mboka (Mongo), man bo, mwan mba -- which generally means "native son". Usually, each clan is identified by a specific name, referring to the most common ancestor. But not all of the clans gave themselves a name. Sometimes they were named by surrounding peoples. In the case of Sawa, our fellow citizens referred to us simply as "the coastal people" -- or Duala. In reality, this term identifies only one of the many clans, which has caused frustration among those who do not belong to the Duala clan in the strict sense.

According to Cameroonian anthropologists, the Sawa are divided into two major groups: (1) Firstly, the clans of the ancient inhabitants of the region: Bakoko,,Abo, Pongo,  Bassa and the area around Douala, Edea and Yabassi... (2) Secondly, families with Manela'a Bwele as a common ancestor. They are divided into several families, including those of Mount Kupe and those of the ocean

At the end of November each year, Douala vibrates to the rhythm of the Ngondo, the great cultural festival of the Sawa. For two weeks, these Cameroonian coastal peoples celebrate the cult of water on the banks of the Wouri. The place has links with Cameroon’s colonial history as this was where the Portuguese navigator Fernando Póo landed in 1472. Amazed by the abundance of prawns, he gave the name of Río dos Camarões (‘Prawn River’ in Portuguese) to the river that later gave its name to the country.

Jengu cult man

Some thirty coastal and south-western ethnic groups participate in this festival grouping the Sawa, Tondé, Jébalé, Ewodi, Bakoko and Bassa peoples and others. It has three main parts: the immersion of the sacred vase, the election of Miss Ngondo and a pirogue race.

Deep symbols
The immersion of the sacred vase starts with an assembly very early in the morning on the last day of the festival. Dignitaries in ceremonial dress come to the river accompanied by their staffs and followed by a dense crowd of people. Initiates on a pirogue look for a secret passage for the immersion of the sacred vase.

Jengu cult man

 An emissary goes into the Wouri with the vase to seek messages sent by the water divinities, the ‘Myengu’ (sirens). When the boatmen are immersing themselves into the water to the Jengu, the boatmen and the traditional priests as well as other initiated elders undertake a wild mass cries "yai assu yai" (Come assu come) meaning assu is an alternative name for Jengu.  Once they have been brought to the surface, the people look unwet and the calabash they brought are interpreted by the ancients who meet in the sacred hut.

Sawa initiate coming out of their ritual huts during Ngondo festival

 Tradition has it that the ‘Myengu’ protect their people and help them to carry out their instructions that are sources of blessings: strength, wisdom, prosperity, fertility, good fishing, good harvests, fraternity and love of one another, peace in households and throughout the country. This immersion of the sacred vase is the mystic aspect of the ceremony and the occasion for this people to communicate with their ancestors.

The spectacular and very popular final event of the Ngondo is the race between giant pirogues that can be crewed by up to 70 paddlers. It is watched by thousands of supporters gathered on the banks of the
Wouri. It also has a mystic connotation

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If they pray I want to know who do they pray to and by whose medium are they using

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