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There are countless ways to earn money as you travel, but few beats teaching English. With over a billion speakers (counting native and secondary speakers), English has cemented itself as the lingua franca in the worlds of international business, diplomacy, and travel. This has resulted in a high demand for English lessons across the globe, which is good news for those with a solid grasp of the language and an itch to see the world.
An old guy once said, “All men are created equal”. Sadly, the same can’t be said for teaching destinations! While there are pros and cons to every country, region, and city, some places are able to offer a combination of culture, opportunity, and excitement that others just can’t compete with.
Not only is location important, but so is the accreditation of the course and training you complete. The more highly accredited a course is the better your chances of employment are, which is why it’s important to gain a qualification from providers like The TEFL Org. Their 120-hour online TEFL course is perfect to secure jobs and kickstart your TEFL career.
Below are our handpicked top five destinations for teaching English overseas in 2020 – take a look to see if there’s any that tickle your fancy.
Why is Thailand such a popular teaching destination? Its nickname ‘The Land of Smiles’ might provide some insight. With world-renowned beaches (think Leonardo Dicaprio, The Beach) and a cuisine to match, Thailand is unsurprisingly irresistible to travellers who flock to the country in their millions every year. Bangkok, the capital, is a huge, bustling city with a large expat community so you would never feel alone here. There are opportunities beyond the capital though, with many employers based in other cities and rural areas.
Like China, you will need a degree to legally obtain a visa and work as a teacher here. Schools are somewhat less stringent in terms of requirements, but a TEFL certificate of at least 100 hours of training is recommended. The salary here isn’t as high as can be found in other East Asian countries, but neither is the cost of living. Save up a bit before and you can live like royalty! Demand here is high, and there are always jobs to be found.
Also check out our Top 12 Cool And Unusual Hotels In Bangkok.
Bordering Thailand on the east is the tropical nation of Cambodia. Historically known for the vast and ancient Angkor Wat, a huge Hindu temple ranked as the top place to visit out of 500 by The Lonely Planet! And, in more recent tragic history, the killings by the brutal regime of Pol Pot are infamous around the world. Nowadays, however, the country has recovered tremendously and you can visit its bustling cities, French colonial architecture, and unspoilt rainforests.
You might be glad to hear that a degree is not necessary to teach abroad here! On top of that, employers generally won’t require advanced qualifications. A TEFL certificate, a lot of enthusiasm, and a good attitude will get you far. Pay here is around $10-$14 per hour, with an average of a 20-hour working week. This will be more than enough to cover the basics here and will leave you with extra income.
A country that needs little introduction. Famous for being the country with the largest population in the world, with its sprawling ultramodern megacities, and endless urban conurbations. What might be less known is that China is one of the most geographically and culturally diverse nations on the planet. With jungles, tropical beaches, the Himalayas, frozen plateaus, and sweeping desert all confined within its borders. There’s something for everyone here!
China has been, and likely long will be, the biggest market and source of employment in the teaching English as a foreign language (TEFL) industry. This can be largely put down to its huge population combined with its growing economy. Chinese employers generally offer good benefits packages, usually consisting of a mixture of accommodation assistance, flight reimbursement, salary bonuses etc.. The huge demand means there is a lot to choose from so make sure to research what different schools and employers are willing to provide before making a final decision.
You should know that the Chinese government requires teachers to have a bachelor’s degree to obtain a visa and work legally. On top of that, most employers will require teachers to have a 120-hour TEFL certificate to prove they are qualified to teach.
Flamenco, sangria, and sandy beaches – these are just some of the stereotypes that the Spanish and their country have been given by the innumerable holidayers that make their way over every year. Yet, Spain is so much more; cosmopolitan cities, sun-soaked sierras, and great green forests make up a lot of what the beach-bums fail to see. Steadily recovering from an economic crash, Spain is ready for English teachers of all ages and backgrounds.
For EU citizens, travelling to Spain for work is relatively simple as it does not require a visa. However, employers will have different requirements. Some will demand degrees and advanced certificates, others may not be so concerned. It’s best to go over with at least some training and experience so a certificate of at least 120 hours is recommended. Pay can vary, but the average is around 12-16 euros per hour. Expect to earn more if you have better qualifications, though.
An archipelago of contrasts; Japan is where the old meets the new; where old Buddhist and Shinto monuments can be found side-by-side with towering skyscrapers. A country whose history has captured the imagination of many a Hollywood movie-maker and whose modern pop culture has infiltrated the West, Japan is as intriguing as it is a good place to teach English in.
A large demand for teachers coupled with good salaries and living conditions makes Japan easily one of the best places to teach English in. The country offers one of the highest average salaries in the industry at around $2,500 a month. Employers tend to provide benefits packages on top of that, too.
To work full-time legally you would need a degree. However, those seeking supplementary income can obtain a ‘working holiday visa’ to fund their travels!
And that’s our top five destinations to teach English abroad in. This just a very small selection so make sure to research more if you’re interested
Dreaming up the ideal teaching job at a far-away, exotic destination is all well and good until reality hits and you realise it will take a bit of work to make it that far. As you may have noticed, ‘TEFL certificates’ are mentioned a few times in this article. A certificate is proof that you are trained and qualified to teach English as a foreign language. A teaching job that doesn’t require any qualification whatsoever is as scarce as hen’s teeth. Therefore, it is crucial that you get trained up before heading out.
Another thing you should know: accreditation is king. When booking a course to learn and gain a qualification, it is vital that you do your research first. Does the provider have external accreditation? Since there is no standard way of regulating a provider and their courses’ quality, companies must get an endorsement from external, but relevant, organisations. With this, you can be sure of the quality of the course you want to take.
Happy course hunting!

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by Tori Ward, ROX Travel, Cruise and Resort Specialist
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The Disneyland® Resort in Anaheim includes both the original theme park as well as Disney California Adventure® Park, an attraction that brings the stories of Disney’s Pixar® characters and their adventures to life.
Two favorite water attractions that appeal to children of all ages includes the Epcot’s®The Seas with Nemo & Friends® Attraction, in the theme park, and the Under the Sea – Journey of the Little Mermaid, featuring Ariel at Disney California Adventure® Park.
Currently, a three-day park hopper pass allows unlimited admission to both attractions with the added incentive of a Magic Morning, one early morning admission before the parks open to the general public to enjoy shops, select attractions and restaurants.
The Downtown Disney® Area provides guests a chance to recharge at one of the many restaurants offering both casual as well as fine dining experiences. Guests staying at one of the three park hotels are given restaurant reservation preference.
One of the few times I was ever late for a college class was the day the Walt Disney World® Resort opened because I got tangled up in Orlando traffic. Things have certainly improved since then and the park really is a small planet that encompass four theme parks, two water parks and two restaurant and shopping areas; Disney Springs and Disney’s Boardwalk.
The Magic Kingdom®, Epcot®, Animal Kingdom® and Disney’s Hollywood Studios®comprise the four theme parks within the resort. At the Epcot World® Showcase, guests can explore pavilions representing 11 countries with restaurants, shops and exhibits in each. The Epcot® trademark geodesic dome houses Mission: SPACE® Attraction, one of the many attractions representing science and technology. As an adult, I’ll admit that the Epcot® still holds enormous appeal.
Mirroring her sister on the West Coast, the Walt Disney World® Resort also offers many special packages that allow guests to select options designed to incorporate as many days, parks and attractions as budget and time permits, including golf packages. Lodgings at the resort include 25 different styles of accommodations, from luxury to modest, including a campground.
An hour away from the Florida resort, Port Canaveral is the homeport to Disney Dream and Disney Fantasy, cruise ships offering voyages from three to 14 days. On the West Coast, San Diego is the homeport for Disney Wonder with cruises from two to 14 days. And continuing to prove it’s a small world after all, Disney Magic sails to ports in Europe. The ability to combine a cruise and park vacation checks off many boxes for families trying to provide an experience that both children and adults will enjoy.
In 2005, the Walt Disney® Company added another vacation option for travelers who wanted to see more of the world than the teaser at Epcot®. Adventures by Disney® offers guided vacations to 37 destinations on six continents. From the Great Wall of China to the Great Barrier Reef in Australia, guests are accompanied by two Disney®-trained guides who take care of all the details – from arranging private tours of the Vatican Museum to backstage private events where guests are given VIP treatment that includes special activities for junior travelers.
With so many options, it’s easy to become overwhelmed with all the choices offered by the Walt Disney® Company. Whether you have two days, or a month, and want to surprise your family with a vacation they will always remember, as an authorized Disney® travel agent, I would be happy to help you design a magical vacation that they will buzz about for light-years.
- To stay cooler during the summer months, visit one of the water parks at the Walt Disney World® Resort during the day and one of the theme parks later in the afternoon. The water parks close at 5 p.m. the Magic Kingdom® Park is open until 11 p.m. every day except Sunday.
- Electing fast-pass at either resort allows a ticket holder to reduce wait time at three attractions per day and can be used by cell phone.
- Make priorities. Unless you are only going to one theme park, you won’t be able to see everything in two or three days. Even at a single theme park, it won’t be possible to do everything available.
- If you are taking small children, keep in mind you will be walking for miles each day. Stroller rentals are available at the parks if you don’t take your own.
- Just because your little one loves Mickey and the other Disney® characters on television don’t be surprised if they become shy or scared when faced with the real thing.

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Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko says he has ordered troops to deploy with Russian forces near Ukraine in response to what he said was a clear threat to Belarus from Kyiv and its backers in the West.
The remarks from Lukashenko, who has held power in Belarus since 1994, indicate a potential further escalation of the war in Ukraine, possibly with a combined Russian-Belarus joint force in the north of Ukraine.
"Strikes on the territory of Belarus are not just being discussed in Ukraine today, but are also being planned," Lukashenko said at a meeting on security, without providing evidence for the assertion.
"Their owners are pushing them to start a war against Belarus to drag us there."
"We have been preparing for this for decades. If necessary, we will respond," Lukashenko said, adding that he had spoken to Russian President Vladimir Putin about the situation while at a meeting in St Petersburg.
Lukashenko said he had agreed with Putin to deploy a regional military group, and had started pulling forces together two days ago, apparently after an attack on Russia's road and rail bridge to Crimea early on Saturday (local time).
Lukashenko said that a warning was delivered to Belarus through unofficial channels that Ukraine planned "Crimean Bridge 2", though he did not give details.
"My answer was simple: 'Tell the president of Ukraine and the other lunatics: if they touch one metre of our territory then the Crimean Bridge will seem to them like a walk in the park'."
Belarus's army has about 60,000 people. Earlier this year, Belarus deployed 6 battalion-tactical groups, totaling several thousand people, to the border areas. On Sunday, the head of Belarus's border guards accused Ukraine of provocations at the border.
Russian forces used Belarus as a staging post for their February 24 invasion of Ukraine, sending troops and equipment into northern Ukraine from bases in Belarus.
Australia could send troops to Ukraine
Australian troops could be sent to Ukraine to help train the country's armed forces following Russia's "appalling" attack on Kyiv, Defence Minister Richard Marles has declared.
Russia has launched a barrage of missiles at Kyiv, which Vladimir Putin claims is in retaliation for the blowing up of the Crimean bridge built by Moscow to supply their military.
At least 11 people have been killed.
Mr Marles said he was with Ukraine's Ambassador to Australia Vasyl Myroshnychenko when the "appalling" missile offensive was being launched at the country's capital.
"The sense of heartbreak was really palpable," he told Sky News on Tuesday.
"We need to be making sure we are supporting Ukraine over the long term so that we're putting them in a position where they can actually resolve this conflict and end it on their own terms."
Mr Marles said sending Australian personnel to train up Ukrainian forces was under consideration, as was supplying more weaponry which Ukraine has been calling for.
"We will be working up further support for Ukraine and that's a conversation that we're having," he said.
"Training is one of the measures that is being looked at."
Mr Myroshnychenko labelled the latest Russian attack "horrendous" and said his children grew up near a playground hit by one of the missiles.
"The only purpose is to scare people, to terrorise people," he told ABC News Breakfast.
"It is sending a strong message - that is, Russian revenge for the Kerch Bridge (linking the Crimean peninsula).
"It is only intimidation and it is psychological pressure. This is a war crime, what Russians have done, and they will be held to account."
Mr Myroshnychenko called on the government to provide more support to his nation.
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This weeks latest catches week ending 3/3/19
• 28 lb Temple carp is sign of sport to come
• Fully scaled fish likely to herald annual feeding spell
• Bonds Lake angler’s 11 carp to 14 lb
• Good numbers of zander as season enters final fortnight
• 22 lb Old Lake common among many fish showing
FISHERY OPENING TIMES
The fishery currently opens for day ticket fishing at around 7.00am on weekdays; 6.30am weekends and Bank Holidays. Current closing time is approximately 5.30pm.
TACKLE & BAIT SHOP OPEN 7 DAYS A WEEK!
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• PLEASE BE AWARE, ENVIRONMENT AGENCY ROD LICENCES ARE NO LONGER AVAILABLE FROM THE TACKLE SHOP. THEY CAN BE OBTAINED FROM POST OFFICES AND ONLINE AT www.postoffice.co.uk/rod-fishing-licence
• The predator fishing season begins on October 1 and finishes on March 14.
THIS WEEK’S FISHING! (in brief)
After a quiet winter for catches on Temple Lake, due to the low temperatures, there are signs that the fish are moving around now and taking an interest in feeding.
The capture of a 28 lb fully scaled this week, by Sam Hepburn, shows that the bigger fish are taking an interest in baits once again, and a couple of doubles also landed suggest that the recent mild weather has stirred fish into activity.
On Bonds Lake, there is already plenty of interest in baits from the large population of carp. Chrissie Wiggins had 11 in a session, the biggest 14 lb.
The Old Lake is also showing signs that fish are moving around more, Dan Wood landing a 22 lb common this week amid the extra activity.
And the predator anglers are making the most of the last fortnight before the close after March 14, by getting among the fish in the hope of landing a late-season specimen, the captor of last week’s 11 lb 1 oz zed coming back for some more action.
We may not have the warm, sunny weather of the end of February this week, but the combination of mild temperatures, south-westerly winds and overcast conditions are likely to be very favourable for a few fish, as each day makes the lake’s various species more interested in feeding. Monday is expected to be the tail-end of Storm Freya, with south-westerly winds easing, but some heavy showers in the night, up to daylight, but dry for the rest of the day, with a high of 10 degrees C, falling to 4 overnight into a dry and sunny Tuesday of 11, with eight overnight into a showery Wednesday of 12, and 7 overnight into a sunnier Thursday of 9, but falling to 3 overnight into a dry and sunny Friday of 9, with 6 overnight into a damp Saturday of 11, but with some sunshine, and 4 overnight into a similar Sunday, before some cooler conditions move in. The strong winds of Freya at the weekend should ease on Monday morning to become lightish south-westerlies, increasing in strength from midday and becoming more westerly up to midday on Tuesday, but then easing and returning to south-westerlies on Tuesday night, though strengthening again on Wednesday as a low front moves through, still strong on Thursday but more westerly, becoming lighter on Friday and more south-westerly in the evening, gaining in strength again on Saturday with more westerly, and the same on Sunday. So, an active week of warm, wet fronts separated by dry and sunny spells, with Wednesday a prime day, due to its strong south-westerlies, the mildest temperature of the week and mild nights before and after it. And with cooler weather around the corner, this week offers real a window of opportunity.
FOR ALL THE VERY LATEST CATCHES AS THEY HAPPEN, CHECK-OUT THE BURY HILL FISHERIES FACEBOOK PAGE AT www.facebook.com/BuryHillFisheries
OLD BURY HILL LAKE – GENERAL & BOAT FISHING
March is a prime month for a big zander, and with mild temperatures and overcast days, this next week and a half could produce something special.
Good numbers of fish are still being caught, last week’s 11 lb 1 oz captor, Martin Chennell, landing another three on Friday afternoon, the biggest 6 lb, this time around the back of the island, on peg 70, on freelined roach sections.
And father and son Karl and Sam Self, from Battersea, also had three fish, to 6 lb 8 oz, from pegs 3 and 4, on small pieces of roach, Karl the captor of the biggest.
And on the carp front, Dan Wood, from Eastbourne, made the most of an increase in fish activity by landing a 22 lb common, from peg 2.
TEMPLE LAKE – CARP
After last week’s 18 lb 8 oz mirror carp to Mark Savage, there was a 28 lb fully scaled this week, to Sam Hepburn, suggesting that a corner has been turned in terms of temperature and light levels.
Sam, from Chertsey, was fishing peg 8 last Wednesday when he landed the fish, on a Mainline Cell wafter cast tight to the island.
There was also another double-figure fish caught, indicating that carp activity is on the increase, and there could soon be fish being caught on a regular basis.
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PLEASE NOTE: LEAD CORE IS BANNED ON BOTH TEMPLE AND THE OLD LAKE. PLEASE SEE KEN IN THE SHOP FOR FURTHER DETAILS.
The carp are becoming increasingly catchable, now that temperatures are on the rise, and there are still roach and perch being caught on pole or waggler tactics, along with a few accidental carp.
Chrissie Wiggins, from Epsom, had a lively day on Tuesday, landing 11 carp to 14 lb on popped-up bread and 6 mm wafters.
Milton Lake is the place to head for if you want tench, bream, crucians and specimen roach, along with a chance of a bonus carp, either on waggler with a running line, or pole close in or up against the lily pads, where fish can often be lined up with a little-and-often loosefeeding approach using small baits, especially now that the weather has become milder.

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Brunch Crunch Buddy Blast
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- Release Date: 2019-08-04
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Savannah Music Festival leaders: 2023 festival allows us to 'celebrate music and be together'
On Thursday, tickets for the 2023 Savannah Music Festival (SMF) went on sale as Lowcountry residents anticipate one of the premier music events in the region.
Next year's line-up includes a special performance from "King of the Blues" Buddy Guy, St. Paul and the Broken Bones, Tedeschi Trucks Band, Patty Griffin, Terence Blanchard and a wide variety of different dance parties.
SMF executive director Gene Dobbs Bradford and artistic director Ryan McMaken sat down with the Savannah Morning News for an episode of The Commute podcast to talk about crafting the 2023 line-up, the acts they're most excited for and the expansion into Trustees' Garden again for a family-focused day of music.
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DO: The line-up is out now for the 2023 festival. What is the general feeling between the both of you to finally have this out in the world?
Gene Dobbs Bradford: "Oh, man, tell you what this lineup was fantastic. My hat's off to to Ryan (McMaken) for putting it together, he makes it a very collaborative process. But at the end of the day, he's the one that really has the knowledge and the excellent taste to put this together.
"And what we have, I think, is something that builds on what we've done before, but really opens up some new avenues for some new audiences to come into the Savannah Music Festival, mostly with our outdoor shows that we're having a Trustees' Garden."
DO: One of the big shows at Trustees' Garden is going to be the Buddy Guy Damn Right Farewell Concert. That show is kind of the cover for this entire festival because it seems like such an exciting event. What's your feelings about having Buddy Guy at SMF 2023?
Bradford: "Oh, Buddy Guy is the king of the blues, right? He's like the one of the last of the great blues men and folks that connect us all the way to Muddy Waters and Willie Dixon, and all the other blues musicians that have come before.
"I used to think that Buddy Guy was influenced by Jimi Hendrix, because sometimes I felt like he was channeling Jimi Hendrix. But no, no, it was quite the opposite. Jimi Hendrix was influenced by Buddy Guy, and to have somebody who's so influential on his final tour. This was really one of the grand men of the blues. Two nights was something that we couldn't pass up."
Ryan McMaken: "It was early this year because Gene started in February. I think it was before the festival even started. I said, I think we can get this Buddy Guy tour and it was just an automatic.
"But if we were able to change it up a little bit to and have different support artists from Saturday to Sunday, people who he's influenced like Eric Gales and definitely 'Kingfish' Grimm has played with Buddy a ton, so we're hoping to also have some special guesting on stage those days, but just the entire environment.
"We're going to have a family zone up on the hill, you know, obviously, food and beverage throughout, just hoping people will come out for the full day."
Bradford: "That's the thing is you know that you'd be able to hear some great music, you're gonna have the food trucks out there. So people have a wonderful selection of things to choose from, there'd be plenty of beverages for sale, kids can have fun (and) be dancing. We have in the program, we have the dancing icon, so people know because this is a show that people want to get up and move, and groove to this and it's to celebrate music and be together. So it's gonna be a lot of fun. All the shows that we have, even the ones that we have that are gonna be the non-dancing shows are gonna be a lot of fun. These are great artists and they really connect with audiences."
DO: That's what's interesting to me about utilizing the Trustees' Garden as a venue. It allows the concert to be a more hybrid experience so that the audience can kind of choose how they want to interact with what's happening.
Bradford: "I think some people when they think of a festival, they think about being outside with their lawn chair and having a beer, and listening to music and getting up and walking down to the front to dance in front of the stage or whatever. For some people, that's what it is. And you know, it's something that we didn't really have; the festival didn't have that component. But in 2018, they ran an experiment with some shows that Trustees' Garden that were very successful. So we say well, you know, let's build on that strength.
"We got these four nights here and there; four distinct evenings too, because we have Buddy Guy but then we also have Tedeschi Trucks Band with Eddie 9V, and then the last night we're gonna have a sort of a funk jam, you know, evening with Galactic and Cory Wong and Nate Smith and Kinfolk. So, it's really sort of three different outdoor festivals if you will, one's more blues-centered, one's a little bit more on the rock and roll side and the last one was more of a funk jam."
DO: One thing that families should take note of with the 2023 festival is the Explorer Pass program that y'all are doing with the school system to get children and their families into shows.
Bradford: "Oh, yeah, absolutely. So, the Explorer pass is something we're launching this year and it's going to allow any student in the Savannah-Chatham County Public School System to come to any one of our general admission shows for free. They were also going to provide a free ticket for the chaperone that would come along with them. And you won't be able to get these tickets in advance, it's going to be day of at the venue. But having said that, this is going to give an opportunity if the issue has been the cost of the ticket.
"This is going to provide a way for for students and people in our community to enjoy the Savannah Music Festival. The other thing that I think is really neat about it is that it's sort of a natural progression of our Musical Explorers program, where we bring K through 2nd grade students here, and we teach them about three different styles of music.
"Now, they can experience the world of music right here for themselves, not just at our concert, but they can get out with their parents and enjoy."
Tickets for the 2023 Savannah Music Festival are currently available for purchase at savannahmusicfestival.org.
Zach Dennis is the editor of the arts and culture section, and weekly Do Savannah alt-weekly publication at the Savannah Morning News. He can be reached at email@example.com or 912-239-7706.


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Studio B inside Prince's estate, Paisley Park, is almost exactly the same as it was when he called the massive Chanhassen, Minn., property home. There are purple and red couches inside the recording booth, his legendary symbol emblazoned all around and a ping pong table set up on the other side of the glass.
On this particular day, the sound engineer sits behind the mixer as the artist warms up behind the microphone. "Raspberry Beret" starts blasting over the headphones and the artist leans in, tapping his left foot to keep rhythm and soulfully singing the Prince hit with passion that is typically reserved for long car rides.
Standing at the microphone in the studio of his icon is not a professional singer. It's Hall of Fame linebacker Andre Tippett.
"I can't pass up this opportunity to say I recorded in Prince's studio," Andre said with a grin. "Oh man, I'm excited."
The week leading up to Super Bowl LII, the Patriots are posted up at the Mall of America in the heart of Prince's home state and a short drive away from Paisley Park. The Patriots organization's resident all-star Prince fan jumped at the chance to tour the estate of an artist he loved from the first time he heard "Sexy Dancer" when he was in college at the University of Iowa.
"People used to look at me like 'How do you like that dude, man?' I said, 'Hey, to each his own. I don't care how he looks, his appearance -- that's just him being an artist. This dude is a freaking genius,'" Andre said. "In my own quirky way, I just stayed with him."
But Andre isn't just a fan. He is a massive fan who followed his career almost from the very beginning, seeing him on tour every chance he got. Andre even flew to Dallas on a whim for a New Year's Eve show when a radio station offered him last-minute tickets. That's the moment, he said, he realized he was a super fan.
Even through the years, his love for the music hasn't faded. The connection, he said, was immediate.
"I understood it. I understood everything that he was talking about," Andre said. "The things that he was doing, I mean, I was experiencing, I had done. I could relate to it. It just made sense."
Andre claims he turned friends, family and teammates onto Prince over the years, and when you bring up Prince's name in conversation, you walk away with at least three songs you've never heard of to look up.
So, yeah, he knows what he's talking about.
As the tour of Paisley Park begins, Andre listens intently to everything the tour guide says, but it becomes clear almost immediately that he could be leading the tour himself. In the first few minutes, however, there is one moment even Andre didn't see coming.
The atrium of Paisley Park is flooded with natural light. With large skylights, it's serene, and you can understand why it was one of the artist's favorite places in his home.
And with Prince's urn overlooking the floor of the atrium, it's his final resting place too.
"I was not ready for that," he said. "How emotional I was, that was unexpected."
While there is a moment of reflection, the rest of the tour is a celebration of the man, the artist and the revolutionary. No matter the exhibit -- the "Lovesexy" room, the "Purple Rain" room, the still-active live soundstage, where crews are setting up for a Justin Timberlake party that night -- Andre is dancing, singing and smiling, almost as if his body is incapable of doing anything else when Prince is singing.
In Prince's editing bay, the group is shown rarely seen clips, including a video the tour guide herself has only seen once before. It's 10 minutes of a his 2014 performance at Manchester Academy, and as the crowd sings along, it envelops the room. Andre sways with the rhythm, singing along as the crowd echoes Prince's "Something in the Water" back to him, like he was among the audience and not watching on a video four years after the fact.
At the end of the video, the tour guide turns to the group saying, "I have chills." Andre turns and says, "So do I."
Minneapolis embraced Prince from the beginning of his career, and he embraced his hometown right back. Everyone has heard stories of Prince hosting last-minute parties that were open to the public. People would swarm to Paisley Park or a night club and wait for him to show up. Often, hours would tick by, and fans would leave, convinced he wouldn't show.
But when the crowd dwindled with just the dedicated believers sticking around, Prince would make his entrance, and if he was in the mood to play, he would sometimes jam out for the small audience for up to three hours.
"I would be one of those 20 people. I'm hanging until the last minute. I'm going to wait and see," Andre said.
You can believe him, too, because in 1992, he *was* one of those people. The last time the Super Bowl was in Minneapolis, Andre heard Prince would be performing at First Avenue, one his usual haunts, so he went and waited. And waited. And waited.
"They kept saying Prince was going to come, and I was like, 'Man, I don't want to stay out this late,' but I stayed. It was 1:30 a.m., 2 a.m., and Prince came through," Andre said. "He turned that place out."
The mystique, the aura of Prince, according to Andre, is what makes his music legendary. It transcends class, race and genre. It's for everyone, even NFL Hall of Famers.
"The music, man it's heavy. It's really cool because it covers so many aspects of his life. He gave that funk, that punk, that soul," Andre said. "Whatever you wanted, however you wanted to dig Prince, there's an album that will give you that."

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Question: Hospitals are major users of poka-yoke (fail-safe) devices. Can you think of any?
The poka-yoke approach assists in preventing erroneous gas cylinder connections with the anesthesia equipment. It facilitates the cross-verification of a patient's drugs, and the Pin Index security system, which comprises two holes as well as a pin, is used in anesthesia.
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The San Luis Obispo County Department of Agriculture/Weights and Measures has announced the release of the 2016 production statistics for the local agricultural industry. The total gross crop value for 2016 was $914,724,000.
Salinas Valley Memorial Healthcare System’s Farmers’ Market kicked off its 2017-2018 season last Friday, May 19. The Certified Farmers’ Market offers fresh fruits and vegetables, flowers and other items.
In celebration of National Salad Month and in recognition of the great agriculture bounty of the Central Coast, the California Welcome Center Salinas and the Soledad Visitors and Gateway Center will be giving out free samples of fruits and vegetables.

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U.S. light-vehicle sales -- driven by double-digit gains at six of the seven biggest automakers -- rose 14 percent in July, just below forecasts but strong enough to keep the industry's recovery on solid ground.
Honda Motor Co., Toyota Motor Corp. and General Motors posted gains of 16 percent or more in July, outpacing rivals Ford Motor Co., Chrysler Group and Nissan Motor Co., each with an 11 percent increase. Subaru led everyone with a 43 percent advance in a month in which no automaker declined.
The annualized industry sales rate, adjusted for seasonal trends and a broad sign of the industry's overall health, came in slightly below forecasts at 15.7 million. Still it was the second-highest since late 2007, behind only June's 15.98 million rate.
A year earlier, the light-vehicle SAAR totaled 14.1 million -- one of the weakest rates of 2012. That helped most automakers enjoy favorable comparisons this year.
Beginning with November 2012, the SAAR has topped 15 million units every month except April. And the pace of sales in July is expected to keep the U.S. market on track to post its best year since 16.1 million light vehicles were sold in 2007.
"Solid industry sales in July point to a stable market indicating a recovering economy," Bill Fay, Toyota division group vice president and general manager, said in a statement.
U.S. light-vehicle sales have jumped 8 percent this year through July and are forecast to finish the year at around 15.5 million units. That would mark about a 50 percent increase from the industry total of just four years ago.
Sales last month rose 21 percent at American Honda, 17 percent at Toyota Motor Sales and 16 percent at GM.
Toyota Motor Sales, with volume of 193,394 units, outsold Ford -- by 314 units -- for the first time since March 2010. American Honda topped Chrysler Group by 1,337 cars and light trucks.
American Honda said volume rose 21 percent at the Honda division, with the brand's 4 core models -- Accord, Civic, Odyssey and CR-V -- each generating double-digit gains. The Accord and Civic each tallied July volume in excess of 30,000 units. Sales advanced 18 percent at the Acura division.


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The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announces shortlists in consideration for the 91st Oscars in nine categories: Documentary Feature, Documentary Short Subject, Foreign Language Film, Makeup and Hair styling, Music (Original Score), Music (Original Song), Animated Short Film, Live Action Short Film and Visual Effects.
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Nine films will advance to the next round of voting in the Foreign Language Film category for the 91st Academy Awards. Eighty-seven films had originally been considered in the category.
Los Angeles-based Academy members from all branches screened the original submissions in the category between mid-October and December 10.
The group’s top six choices, augmented by three additional selections voted by the Academy’s Foreign Language Film Award Executive Committee, constitute the shortlist. Academy members eligible to participate in the Nominations round of voting will view the shortlisted films. Members must see all nine films before casting their ballots.
Colombia, “Birds of Passage”, Denmark “The Guilty”, Germany “Never Look Away”, Japan “Shoplifters”, Kazakhstan “Ayka”, Lebanon “Capernaum”, Mexico “Roma”, Poland “Cold War”, and South Korea “Burning”.
Birds of Passage (Spanish: Pájaros de verano) is a 2018 crime film directed by Cristina Gallego and Ciro Guerra. It was selected to open the 50th edition of the Directors’ Fortnight section at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival.It was selected as the Colombian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 91st Academy Awards. The film chronicles a Wayuu family’s rise and fall during the early days of illegal drug trading in Colombia. Spanning the late 60s and 70s, the film is divided into five chapters (“cantos”): Wild Grass, The Graves, Prosperity, The War and Limbo.
Tracing the origins of the Colombian drug trade as it slowly corrupts a native Wayúu family, Birds of Passage stars Jose Acosta, Carmiña Martínez and Natalia Reyes (the upcoming Terminator reboot). The film premiered as the opening-night selection of the Directors’ Fortnight at Cannes in May and screened at Telluride and the Toronto and BFI film festivals. It recently won three Fenix Film Awards, including Best Fictional Film and Best Actress, and was nominated in 9 categories.
The Guilty – The thriller, Möller’s directorial debut, was acquired by Magnolia Pictures in Park City and is hitting U.S. theaters October 19 in 25 markets. It next screens at Fantastic Fest which launches today.
The film centers on a police officer (Jakob Cedergren), who, when demoted to desk work, expects a sleepy beat as an emergency dispatcher. That changes when he answers a panicked phone call from a kidnapped woman who then disconnects abruptly. Confined to the police station, he is forced to use others as his eyes and ears as the severity of the crime slowly becomes more clear, with all the action set in his single location.
Never Look Away – A Golden Globe nominee for the Best Morion Picture – Foreign Language and Germany’s Best Foreign Language Oscar entry is directed by Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck. Never Look Away is inspired by real events and spanning three eras of German history.
NEVER LOOK AWAY tells the story of a young art student, Kurt (Tom Schilling) who falls in love with fellow student, Ellie (Paula Beer). Ellie’s father, Professor Seeband (Sebastian Koch), a famous doctor, is dismayed at his daughter’s choice of boyfriend, and vows to destroy the relationship. What neither of them knows is that their lives are already connected through a terrible crime See band committed decades ago.
Shoplifters – Is a 2018 Japanese drama film directed, written and edited by Hirokazu Kore-eda. Starring Lily Franky and Sakura Ando, it is about a family that relies on shoplifting to cope with a life of poverty.
The film premiered on 13 May 2018 at the Cannes Film Festival, where it went on to win the Palme d’Or. The film was released in Japan on 8 June 2018 and was a critical and commercial success. Shoplifters won the Asia Pacific Screen Award for Best Feature Film, and is nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film.
In Tokyo, a family lives in poverty. Osamu is forced to miss work on a construction site after breaking his ankle. His wife Nobuyo works in a laundrette and steals things she finds in pockets. Aki, who lives with the family, works as a stripper. They have taken in a young boy, Shota, who they found in a car.
Osamu and Shota routinely shoplift goods using a system of hand signals to communicate. One evening, they discover a young girl, Yuri, in the cold, and take her home. She is covered in scars and is not keen to return home. Osamu teaches her to shoplift with Shota. He urges Shota to see him as his father and Yuri as his sister, but Shota is reluctant.
Yuri bonds with Nobuyo, who tells her a real family would not have mistreated her. She shows her similar scars from her abusive ex-husband, who she killed in self-defense. The family see a news report about Yuri, who has been found missing, and cut her hair. Nobuyo is forced to give her work hours to her coworker after she tells Nobuyo she knows she has Yuri.
Hatsue, the family matriarch, routinely visits Aki’s wealthy parents, who give her money. After she dies in her sleep, Osamu and Nobuyo bury her under the house and continue to withdraw her pension without informing the government of her death. Shota steals fruit from a grocery store and is pursued by staff. Cornered, he jumps from a bridge, breaking his leg. The authorities discover Yuri and the death of Hatsue.
Nobuyo takes the blame for the family’s crimes, allowing Osamu to go free. Yuri is returned to her birth mother. Shota is placed in a new home in an orphanage. When Osamu and Shota visit Nobuyo in prison, she gives Shota details of the car they found him in, so he can search for his birth parents. Shota stays overnight with Osamu, against his orphanage rules, and they make a snowman. Before he leaves, he tells Osamu he allowed himself to be caught.
Ayka – A young Kyrgyz girl named Ayka,lives and works illegally in Moscow. After giving birth to her son she leaves him in hospital. Some time later, however, her motherly yearning leads her to desperate attempts of finding the abandoned child.
Having kicked up plenty of dust on the steppes of the Palais at Cannes in 2008 with Un Certain Regard entry Tulpan, an almost universally admired blend of warmth, drama and wide-open spaces, Kazakh writer-director Sergey Dvortsevoy returns to the Croisette with competition hopeful Ayka, a far dourer affair set in the drabbest, grubbiest hellholes of Moscow. And if you know Moscow, you know it does drab, grubby hellholes in a big way.
Pivoting around an intense, committed performance from Samal Yeslyamova, who played the main character’s sister in Tulpan, this almost feels like a remake of the Dardenne brothers’ Rosetta (1999) as the heroine, filmed often in close-up by a handheld camera, treads the snowy pavements in search of work, frantic for money to pay back a debt. Except Dvortsevoy raises the misery stakes by showing in the first minutes that protagonist Ayka has just given birth and, after abandoning her infant at the maternity ward, must contend not only with poverty, rejection and menacing loan sharks and landlords, but also intense postpartum bleeding and mastitis in her painfully milk-filled breasts.
The script, credited to Dvortsevoy and Gennadi Ostrowski, parcels out clues to Ayka’s backstory in dinky little increments, but by the end it’s clear (and this isn’t a spoiler) that she’s originally from Kyrgyzstan, borrowed money she couldn’t afford from a loan shark to open a clothing factory, and now has no money, only a bunk to sleep on at an overcrowded flat and an expired work permit. That last problem means almost no one dares hire her for a job, and those who will are the type of people who have no compunction about clearing off without paying her and her colleagues for two weeks of work, like the boss at a filthy chicken slaughterhouse.
That’s the gig to which Ayka first runs from the maternity ward, terrified she will be late and lose wages she never gets anyway. She tries to get back to another job, possibly in the costume department (although it’s unclear) at a TV station, but a former friend has muscled her out of the position (another possibly unintentional echo of Rosetta). She offers her services to a body shop and car-cleaning service, but they won’t touch her without papers. While there, a fancy looking Muscovite woman offers her work as a waitress if she can get to an address written on a card in two hours. Ayka scours the neighborhood but can’t find the address in the snow-choked streets as a blizzard rages. She does manage to get some work shoveling snow, but by that point the poor woman is nearly dead on her feet.
The only people who show her the teensiest modicum of kindness are another Kirgiz woman (Zhipargul Abdilaeva ), a cleaner who asks Ayka to fill in for her at the veterinary practice she works at, and a black-market female doctor. The latter spots immediately that Ayka is lying about just having had a “miscarriage” and gives her an IV drip to replace some of the fluids she’s lost through bleeding while the doctor attends to a late-stage abortion another client is willing to pay top ruble to get sorted out.
Capernaum – While serving a five-year sentence for a violent crime, a 12-year-old boy sues his parents for neglect.Nadine Labaki’s “Capernaum,” the winner of the Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival, has been selected by Lebanon as its candidate for the upcoming foreign-language Oscar race.
“Capernaum,” which was acquired by Sony Pictures Classics ahead of its world premiere at Cannes, features mostly non-professional actors and tells the story of a 12-year-old boy, Zein, who takes his parents to court “for giving me life” in a world of pain and suffering.
“Capernaum” was written by Labaki, along with Jihad Hojeily, Michelle Kesrouani, Georges Khabbaz and Labaki’s husband, Khaled Mouzanar, who also produced the film and composed the music. The movie opens in Lebanon on Thursday. Sony Pictures Classics will release it in the U.S. on Dec. 14. SPC had previously handled “Where Do We Go Now?”, Labaki’s 2011 film.
Roma – A 2018 drama film written and directed by Alfonso Cuarón. Cuarón also produced, co-edited and photographed the film. It stars Yalitza Aparicio, Marina de Tavira, Marco Graf, Daniela Demesa, Enoc Leaño and Daniel Valtierra. Set in the early 1970s, the film is a semi-autobiographical take on Cuarón’s upbringing in Mexico City, and follows the life of a live-in housekeeper to a middle-class family. The title refers to the Colonia Roma a neighborhood in Mexico City.
Roma had its world premiere at the 75th Venice International Film Festival on August 30, 2018, where it won the Golden Lion. It began a limited theatrical run on November 21, 2018, and started streaming on Netflix on December 14, 2018. The film was acclaimed by critics, who called it “achingly beautiful” and “engrossing”, and was chosen by Time magazine and the New York Film Critics Circle as the best film of 2018, and by the National Board of Review as one of the top ten best films of 2018. At the 76th Golden Globe Awards, it earned nominations for Best Foreign Language Film, Best Director, and Best Screenplay, and has been selected as the Mexican entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 91st Academy Awards.
The film’s events take place in 1970 and 1971, predominantly in the Colonia Roma neighborhood of Mexico City. Cleo (named after the Cléo character in Agnès Varda’s Cléo from 5 to 7) is a maid in the household of Sofia, whose household consists of her husband Antonio, their four young children, Sofia’s mother, Teresa, and another maid, Adela. Antonio, a doctor, leaves for a conference in Quebec. Among scenes of Cleo’s life with the family – her cleaning, cooking, taking the kids to and from school, serving them meals, putting the kids to bed and waking them up – it becomes clear that Sofia and Antonio’s marriage is strained. After a brief return, Antonio leaves again, saying he is going to Quebec for a few weeks.
In their time off, Cleo and Adela go out with their boyfriends, Fermín and Ramón, to the theater. At the entrance, Cleo and Fermín decide to rent a room instead of seeing the movie. Fermín, while naked, shows off his martial arts skill using the shower curtain rod as a pole. At another date, both couples meet in a movie theater, where Cleo tells Fermín that she thinks she is pregnant. As the movie is about to end, Fermín says he is going to the rest room and will be back, but then does not return and is nowhere to be found when Cleo goes outside. Cleo reveals the same concern to Sofia, who takes her to get checked at the hospital where Antonio works. The doctor there confirms her pregnancy.
Sofia takes Cleo, Adela, and her children to a family friend’s hacienda for New Year’s. Both the landowners and the workers mention recent tensions over land in the area. During the celebrations, a fire erupts in the forest. Everyone helps put out the fire as a man counts down the remaining seconds of 1970 before singing in the foreground.
Cold War – A passionate love story between two people of different backgrounds and temperaments, who are fatefully mismatched and yet condemned to each other. Set against the background of the Cold War in the 1950s in Poland, Berlin, Yugoslavia and Paris, the film depicts an impossible love story in impossible times. Cold War (Polish: Zimna wojna) is a 2018 Polish historical period drama film directed by Paweł Pawlikowski. The film, set during the Cold War in the 1950s, tells the story of a musical director (Tomasz Kot) who discovers a young singer (Joanna Kulig), and follows their subsequent love story over the years. The film is loosely inspired by the lives of Pawlikowski’s parents.
Cold War received universal acclaim from critics. It competed for the Palme d’Or at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival, where Pawlikowski won the award for Best Director. It also received the Golden Lions Award at the 43rd Gdynia Film Festival, five 2018 European Film Awards, and was selected as the Polish entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 91st Academy Awards.
Burning (Hangul: 버닝; RR: Beoning) is a 2018 South Korean mystery drama film directed by Lee Chang-dong. The film stars Yoo Ah-in, Steven Yeun, and Jeon Jong-seo. The film is based on the short story “Barn Burning” by Haruki Murakami. It was selected to compete for the Palme d’Or at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival. It was also selected as the South Korean entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 91st Academy Awards that now has made it to the shortlist.
Lee Jong-su performs odd jobs in Paju. One day he runs into Shin Hae-mi, a childhood neighbor and classmate whom he does not remember at first. She proposes that the two go out for dinner that night. There, Hae-mi confesses that she liked Jong-su when she was younger, but that he always ignored her. She tells him about her upcoming trip to Africa, and asks him to feed her cat while she is away. Later that night, they have sex in her apartment. She departs a few days later.
Jong-su dutifully feeds the cat while Hae-mi is away, although he never sees it. Hae-mi ends up getting stuck at Nairobi Airport for three days after a terror warning. When Jong-su comes to pick her up, she arrives with Ben, whom she met and bonded with during the crisis. The three go out for dinner, where Hae-mi recalls a sunset she witnessed during her travels. Moved by the memory, she cries and confesses that she wanted to disappear. Ben responds that he does not really understand people who cry, and that he has never cried himself.
Ben is well-off and confident, though it’s never entirely clear what he does for a living. Jong-su, an aspiring writer struggling to get by and taking care of his family farm while his father is in prison, envies Ben and his relationship with Hae-mi from afar. On a visit to Ben’s apartment, Jong-su snoops around and finds a drawer full of women’s jewelry and decorations in the bathroom. Jong-su later joins the couple at a social gathering in a posh area of Seoul. There, Hae-mi tells the group about a dance she learned in Africa. As she begins to reenact it to the joy of most everyone, Jong-su notices Ben sitting stoically, unamused.
Hanging out at Jong-su’s farm, Hae-mi recalls a childhood memory wherein Jong-su rescued her after she fell into a well near her home. The trio get high and Hae-mi dances topless. After Hae-mi has fallen asleep on the sofa, Ben confesses a strange hobby: Every two months, he burns an abandoned greenhouse. He notes that Jong-su’s rural neighborhood is full of greenhouses. When asked when his next burning will take place, Ben claims it will be very soon and close to Jong-su’s house. Ben tells Jong-su that Hae-mi considers him her best friend, but Jong-su calls her a whore as they depart..


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OrderPaperToday- As there are Benchwarmers in the 8th Senate so are some active senators who regularly move motions, raise points of orders and dutiful in committee work. For some of these, plenary proceedings are not complete until their contributions are taken. This list of nine consist mostly of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) members while a female senator stood out. These senators made the red chamber thick in 2018:
Senator Biodun Olujinmi (PDP, Ekiti)
She can be described as the senate’s ‘drama queen’. Early in the year, she reportedly instructed her aide to slap a parliamentary workers’ union official for daring to join her on same elevator in the National Assembly. But aside the slap drama, she moved some notable motions including one on the growing sexual harassment in tertiary institutions using the case of Monica Osagie from Obafemi Awolowo University (the randy lecturer was recently sentenced to two years in jail); and another on the occasion of this year’s International women’s day. An outcome of this particular motion was that the senate summoned security chiefs over the abducted Chibok and Dapchi girls by Boko Haram terrorists.
Olujinmi can be referred to the most vocal female lawmaker of the upper legislative chamber, taking swipes against the executive without fear or favour. In one instance, she called out the Managing Director and Executive Director of Finance of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) for spending $3.5 billion budget recovery fund without appropriation; and in another, strongly tackled President Muhammadu Buhari’s nominee who had a controversial certificate.
Not long ago, Senator Olujinmi raised the allegation of vote buying against the All Progressive Congress (APC) -led Muhammadu Buhari administration. She alleged that the government was using the trader moni social intervention programme as a ploy to harvest the Permanent Voters Cards (PVCs) of the electorates ahead of the impending general elections. That allegation which was strongly denied by government, caused a row in the polity for a while. In another motion, the Ekiti-born senator blamed the present administration for hiding details on the death of soldiers mauled down by boko haram.
Following the defection from PDP and consequent resignation of Sen. Godswill Akpabio as minority leader, she was upgraded to sit with the ‘big boys’ in the red chamber having become replacement for the former.
Senator Samuel Anyanwu (PDP, Imo)
Apart from being vibrant on the floor of the upper chamber, Senator Anyanwu is devoted to his committee on Ethics, Petitions and Public Privileges as his capacity as Chairman. His committee is one of the few with the record of being timely in submission of reports on assignments referred in plenary.
Notable resolutions from Sen. Anyanwu’s committee include recommendation that the Ministry of Industry, Trade and Investment pay a contractor the sum of $1.7m as outstanding contractual fees. In other resolutions, the committee mandated the Nigerian army and the NNPC to compensate some illegally dismissed staff.
Another recommendation from his committee led to the suspension of Senator Ovie Omo-Agege over ‘false accusation’ against the chamber in respect to the amendment of the electoral act.
His point of orders caused the chamber to summon several ministers over spending of unapproved funds and another condemned the federal government for refusal to conduct regular checks in the aviation industry.
Senator Dino Melaye (PDP, Kogi)
Obviously a tough year for him, Senator Dino Melaye was however able to survive a couple of dramatic challenges including a botched recall, excruciating police encounters, battles with his state governor, judicial prosecution led by the government and alleged assassination attempt on his life.
One of his daring moments with the executive was when he demanded that President Buhari rescind his decision to veto the Peace Corps bill.
He can be described as “fearless” and adjudged as the most active Senator of the upper legislative chamber who is popular for his many taunts on social media through his hit mockery songs and videos.
Senator Eyinnaya Abaribe (PDP, Abia)
Sen. Abaribe has been very vocal in calling out the APC-led administration when given any given chance to speak in senate.
In one occasion, he lamented the ineptness of President Muhammad Buhari in handling the affairs of the country. During the second reading of a bill to prescribe punitive measures for undemocratic conducts by electoral officials, Abaribe took opposition politics a notch higher by calling on President Buhari to act immediately or face impeachment.
He once told Nigerians that the country is no longer safe due to Buhari’s limited knowledge of goings-on in the country; and also called on the first citizen to declare 31st of December as Democracy destruction day being the day Buhari as a Major General overthrew the democratically elected government of President Shehu Shagari.
The Police was not left out of Abaribe’s criticisms especially on the assassination attempt on the life of the Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu.
Like Melaye, he faced some battles due to his decision to serve as one of the sureties to the leader of the Independent People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu who has since fled the country. The senator was picked up by the Department of Security Service due to his failure to produce Mr. Kanu and ordered by the court to pay N300 million as bail bond.
Senator Shehu Sani (PRP, Kaduna)
Activist-turned-politician, Shehu Sani, never fails to lend his voice to national issues in the red chamber and elsewhere, particularly on Twitter where he boasts of a substantial following.
Despite being in the ruling party before his defection, Sani has been vociferous in criticizing the incumbent administration of President Buhari, although he would also take to the defence of the President at some other times. He once warned Buhari to beware of his Governor, Nasir el-Rufai and other privileged visitors to Aso rock; just as he lamented the politicization of Daphi and Chibok kidnap episodes.
He moved motions on increased insecurity where he lamented that blood is now cheaper than water; warned his colleagues not to politicise the killings in Benue; and called for the probe of rape cases on IDPs by soldiers.
Shehu Sani is one to make his verdicts known not minding whether it offends his colleagues or not. His popular whistle-blowing on the ‘sacred’ secret of the sinful earnings of senators; and call for the scrapping of the corruption-laden constituency projects scheme, were cases in point. His colleagues barely tolerated him on such accounts.
Senator Sani is equally known for being at loggerheads with his state governor, Nasir el-Rufai. On one of such matter he brought to the floor of the chamber, he described the governor as ‘a curse and affliction’ to Kaduna state and defended Senator Bruce against the Kaduna helmsman over a rail project commissioned by President Buhari.
Slammed with a N200 million suit by el-Rufai, Sani refuses to back down although the feud eventually cost him the APC nomination to return to Senate in 2019. He is flying the return bid on the platform of the Peoples Redemption Party (PRP), the platform he abandoned to join the APC ‘change’ bandwagon in the pre-2015 days.
Senator Ben Bruce (PDP, Bayelsa)
Senator Bruce like Abaribe and others, would not miss a chance to criticize the President and the APC when called upon to speak in senate. He had called out the administration for approving funds against insecurity without recourse to the chamber. He once described Buhari as “London’s famous health tourist” due to his frequent medical vacation to the United Kingdom and even asked that the Senate President, Bukola Saraki take over the President’s job.
Senator Kabir Marafa (APC, Zamfara)
Being in a focal committee, Petroleum Downstream, Senator Marafa has been on his toes in preventing fuel scarcity or industrial action from oil workers although his committee had been accused of presenting shoddy reports or being compromised. On the fuel subsidy issue, he had asked that refineries be scrapped.
His contributions to debates in plenary are often targeted against his governor, Abdul’Aziz Yari whom he accused of aiding militias to kidnap citizens and then declared war on him for sponsoring and covering up killings.
Perhaps buoyed by his governorship ambition, Sen. Marafa had variously spoken strongly in the interest of Zamfara State. He once condemned the exclusion of the state from a federal government intervention for IDPs; while he sensationally reeled out figures on causalities of a series of attacks suffered by Zamfara State.
In his quest to take over the state from his governor in 2019, Marafa and Yari were involved in an irreconcilable tango that eventually barred the APC from not fielding candidates in the 2019 elections.
Senator Chukwuka Utazi (PDP, Enugu)
He is extremely dedicated to committee duties and in one of its hearings, criticized the federal government for giving N450 meal per day to prisoners. In the heat of Nigeria’s suspension from the Egmont Group, Sen. Utazi e accused legislators in the green chamber of stalling a bill to establish the Nigeria Financial Intelligence Unit (NFIU) as a distinct body from the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), a condition for lifting the temporary ban.
In favour of his constituents, he argued about the true owner of a controversial oil well ‘OPL915, 916 AND 917’; bemoaned the critical condition of Enugu airport; protested against lopsided appointments; and asked for the construction of rails for the South-East.
Ahmad Lawan (APC, Yobe)
Being the Senate leader from the ruling party, he must be seen defending and salvaging the course of the incumbent administration especially President Muhammadu Buhari when he comes under intense lashes from Senators in the opposition parties.
For instance, during the second reading of a bill to prescribe punitive measures for undemocratic conducts by elected officials, Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe (PDP, Abia) cautioned President Buhari to take charge of the country or face the wrath of impeachment. Swiftly, Senator Lawan heckled and told his colleague to focus on the objective of the bill rather than cast aspersions on the first citizen.
On another occasion, Abaribe alleged that Buhari lacks sufficient knowledge of the workings in the country, further buttressing ineffectiveness but Lawan warned him to stay in confines with the matter being deliberated.
Again, the Abia Senator described Buhari as “incompetent” of which the Yobe Senator demanded an apology.
Severally, Buhari was indicted of skewed appointments, but Lawan downplayed and told his Southeast colleagues to rather look at the “larger picture”.
While Senators questioned the act of response by the Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces in securing the release of Dapchi Girls from Boko Haram, Lawan rather praised him for sending security agencies to the affected zone.
In another instance, he pleaded with his colleagues to do the bid of the President by fast tracking an executive bill against dissenting voices.
In defence of the All Progressives Congress (APC), the Senate leader hurriedly dismissed allegations that the party used Special Intervention funds as a means of vote buying.
Asides being on the side of the executive, he wades into debate between Senators especially when it tends towards disarray.
Senator Lawan also expressed support for the red chamber being its leader, over the judiciary’s interference with the electoral amendment bill, when Senator Ovie Omo-Agege (APC, Delta) was issued a 90 day legislative suspension and was equally present at the hospital for Senator Dino Melaye (PDP, Kogi) after a running battle with the Police.
Top on his point of orders, urged the federal government to ban the importation of codeine because it is believed to be fuelling the activities of insurgency.


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McMaster researchers have come up a way for inventing molecule probes to quickly identify deadly bacterial strains of infectious disease.
The find, published as a “hot paper” by a German scientific journal because of its importance, shows promise for detecting specific strains of bacteria and tracking their specific trail of illness.
“With this new technology we will be able to develop molecular tools to recognize any superbug down to the specific strain, and there will be many wide-ranging applications,” said Yingfu Li, principal investigator and a professor of biochemistry and biomedical sciences for the Michael G. DeGroote School of Medicine at McMaster.
The scientists have found a way to make DNAzymes, or single-stranded catalytic DNA molecules from a simple test tube technique that allows for isolation of rare DNA sequences with special functions.
The research team’s first success was the development of a molecular probe that precisely recognizes the strain which caused the 2011 Hamilton, Ont. outbreak of Clostridium difficile infection. This strain was very infectious, resistant to antibiotics and even fatal to some patients. Instead of having to do several different tests to narrow down to a positive identification of the specific strain, the researchers can now quickly pinpoint this superbug using their new molecular probe.
“This sets up the stage for numerous other applications where we can exploit synthetic DNAzyme probes for diagnosing infectious disease,” said Li.
The test can be done in less than an hour, compared to the current 48 hours, allowing for rapid, more accurate treatment of patients.
“This technology can be extended to the further discovery of other superbug strain-specific pathogens. For example, such technology would prove useful in the identification of hypervirulent or resistant strains, implementation of the most appropriate strain-specific treatments and tracking of outbreaks”, said Bruno Salena, a co-author of the study, an associate professor of medicine for the Michael G. DeGroote School of Medicine and a gastroenterologist with Hamilton Health Sciences.
“This technology is inexpensive, accessible without a lab, and will ultimately be adaptable to identify not just many other bacteria or viruses, but even other diseases,” he said.
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Sigismund - William Hogarth. Canvas, oil
The magnificent rococo painting depicts a young woman in lush, spectacular robes, sitting at a small curly table with a marble top and rich wood carvings. In the background are large architectural elements in the form of flat faceted columns or portal parts. The rest of the background is fragments of drapery made of heavy dark fabrics collected in a semicircle. They form a spectacular foundation of a dense, saturated color, on which the light skin and golden curls of a woman seem simply luminous.
A young, secular beauty sits with her elbows resting on a tall jewelry box on the table. With the same hand, she lightly touches her face, resting on the cheek. With the other hand, the woman presses a gold, embossed vase, the lid of which lies right there on the table, casually turned upside down.
The outwardly peaceful picture actually turns out to be an image of an extremely tragic event - the beautiful Sigismund, having learned that her lover is unfaithful to her, decides to take her own life and drinks poison. So the moment when Sigismund has just taken poison is captured on the canvas.
An expression of grief and despair froze in her large, dark eyes. Lush and rich clothes, a scarlet silk skirt, a blue-violet upper part of the dress and voluminous sleeves of a white lower shirt, gathered at the elbows, set off her pale skin, which itself seems marble against their rich, colorful background. Even the white veil of the veil is not so light as to compete with the skin of the dying Sigismund.
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