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SCIENCE OF ATHLETICS

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The average healthy adult, asked to run as hard as they can for one mile, finishes in about 9 minutes. That same speed, you’d guess, is roughly what your body can sustain. Sabastian Sawe just ran 26 of those miles back to back, and each one took him 4 minutes 33 seconds. That is not jogging speed. That is sprint speed for most of us. He held it for 1 hour and 59 minutes and 30 seconds, and he was actually getting faster at the end. Your body has three knobs that decide how fast you can run for a long time. The first is how much oxygen your lungs and heart can deliver to your muscles per minute. Scientists call this number VO2 max. A normal adult sits around 30 to 45. A fit recreational runner gets to 50 or 60. Elite marathoners are at 70-plus. Sawe’s is in that range. The interesting part isn’t the number itself, it’s what percentage of that ceiling he can hold for the full race. In a 2020 study of the 16 best male distance runners on earth (commissioned by Nike’s Breaking2...

Ai TOOLS FOR EFFICIENCY AND CONVENIENCY

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THE 4 AGREEMENTS

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PSYCHOLOGY TRIVIA

  1. What is the primary focus of psychology as a scientific discipline? Biological processes Historical events Cultural practices The mind and behavior 2. According to ancient Egyptian beliefs, which organ was considered the center of thought and emotion? Liver Heart Lungs Brain 3. According to Hippocrates, which organ is responsible for the mind? the brain the heart the lungs the liver 4. What does dualism propose about the relationship between the mind and body? The mind and body are identical. The body influences the mind but not vice versa. The mind controls the body completely. The mind and body are separate entities. 5. What philosophical stance did Aristotle take regarding the mind-body relationship? He supported Cartesian dualism. He viewed the mind as superior to the body. He believed in the separation of mind and body. He rejected dualism. 6. What was a common belief about the cause of mental illness during the Middle Ages in Europe? Environmental stressors Biologi...

GATHERING

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 “A man who calls his kinsmen to a feast does not do so to save them from starving. They all have food in their own homes. When we gather together in the moonlit village ground it is not because of the moon. Every man can see it in his own compound. We come together because it is good for kinsmen to do so”.  Chinua Achebe, Things Fall Apart

𝐋𝐎𝐎𝐊𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐅𝐎𝐑 𝐅𝐑𝐈𝐄𝐍𝐃𝐒

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 “I am looking for friends. What does that mean - tame?" "It is an act too often neglected," said the fox. "It means to establish ties." "To establish ties?" "Just that," said the fox. "To me, you are still nothing more than a little boy who is just like a hundred thousand other little boys. And I have no need of you. And you, on your part, have no need of me. To you I am nothing more than a fox like a hundred thousand other foxes. But if you tame me, then we shall need each other. To me, you will be unique in all the world. To you, I shall be unique in all the world.... Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, The Little Prince

𝙃𝙀𝙇𝙇 𝙊𝙍 𝙃𝙀𝘼𝙑𝙀𝙉

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  One day a man said to God , “God, I would like to know what Heaven and Hell are like.” God showed the man two doors. Inside the first one, in the middle of the room, was a large round table with a large pot of vegetable stew . It smelled delicious and made the man’s mouth water, but the people sitting around the table were thin and sickly. They appeared to be famished. They were holding spoons with very long handles and each found it possible to reach into the pot of stew and take a spoonful, but because the handle was longer than their arms, they could not get the spoons back into their mouths. The man shuddered at the sight of their misery and suffering. God said, “You have seen Hell.” Behind the second door, the room appeared exactly the same. There was the large round table with the large pot of wonderful vegetable stew that made the man’s mouth water. The people had the same long-handled spoons, but they were well nourished and plump, laughing and talking. The...

THE NINE CHOIRS OF ANGELS2

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The Nine Choirs of Angels: 1. Seraphim - The highest choir, closest to God's throne, they perpetually worship Him by singing "Holy, holy, holy" while contemplating His divine perfection. 2. Cherubim - They contemplate God's wisdom, providence. The Bible notes they guarded the Garden of Eden and the Ark of the Covenant. 3. Thrones - The embodiment of God's justice, authority & righteous judgment. They help manifest cosmic order & God's decrees. 4. Dominions - Functioning as angelic overseers or "managers", directing lower choirs & ensuring the orderly execution of God's will. 5. Virtues - Governors of natural laws, physical forces & miraculous events in the created world. 6. Powers - Warrior-angels of the heavenly host, they protect the cosmic order from chaos and maintain spiritual balance against evil disruptions. 7. Principalities - They oversee/ guide large-scale human groups such as nations, cities, churches, & institution...

Top 50 Greatest Military Movies 🍿💯

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1. War Machine — 2026 ⭐ 10.0 2. Saving Private Ryan — 1998 ⭐ 8.6 3. The Pianist — 2002 ⭐ 8.5 4. Apocalypse Now — 1979 ⭐ 8.4 5. Full Metal Jacket — 1987 ⭐ 8.3 6. Braveheart — 1995 ⭐ 8.3 7. 1917 — 2019 ⭐ 8.2 8. Downfall — 2004 ⭐ 8.2 9. The Great Escape — 1963 ⭐ 8.2 10. Platoon — 1986 ⭐ 8.1 11. Hacksaw Ridge — 2016 ⭐ 8.1 12. The Deer Hunter — 1978 ⭐ 8.1 13. Letters from Iwo Jima — 2006 ⭐ 7.9 14. Patton — 1970 ⭐ 7.9 15. All Quiet on the Western Front — 2022 ⭐ 7.8 16. Dunkirk — 2017 ⭐ 7.8 17. Glory — 1989 ⭐ 7.8 18. Black Hawk Down — 2001 ⭐ 7.7 19. Beasts of No Nation — 2015 ⭐ 7.7 20. The Longest Day — 1962 ⭐ 7.7 21. Fury — 2014 ⭐ 7.6 22. The Thin Red Line — 1998 ⭐ 7.6 23. Bridge of Spies — 2015 ⭐ 7.6 24. Enemy at the Gates — 2001 ⭐ 7.5 25. Lone Survivor — 2013 ⭐ 7.5 26. The Hurt Locker — 2008 ⭐ 7.5 27. The Covenant — 2023 ⭐ 7.5 28. A Bridge Too Far — 1977 ⭐ 7.4 29. American Sniper — 2014 ⭐ 7.3 30. Rescue Dawn — 2006 ⭐ 7.3 31. 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers...

POP THEM 😀

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The story behind it is an interesting one though. How many of you know what this is called? Most of you will say bubble wrap. Some will call it stress relief. But if you asked the two engineers who invented it in 1957, they would have told you: "It’s a failure." Alfred and Marc didn't set out to protect your fragile electronic packages. Far from that. They wanted to be interior designers. They had this brilliant idea to create 3D Wallpaper. They thought the world was tired of flat, boring walls. So, they glued two shower curtains together, trapped some air in the middle, and told the world, "Look! We've invented trendy walls!" The world looked, and then the world walked away. Nobody wanted to live in a house that looked like the inside of a swimming pool. Lol.  They were stuck with miles of poppable plastic that nobody wanted. They tried to use it to insulate greenhouses. It failed. They tried to sell it as a curtain. It failed again. They were o...

Top 50 Greatest Military Movies 🍿💯

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1. War Machine — 2026 ⭐ 10.0 2. Saving Private Ryan — 1998 ⭐ 8.6 3. The Pianist — 2002 ⭐ 8.5 4. Apocalypse Now — 1979 ⭐ 8.4 5. Full Metal Jacket — 1987 ⭐ 8.3 6. Braveheart — 1995 ⭐ 8.3 7. 1917 — 2019 ⭐ 8.2 8. Downfall — 2004 ⭐ 8.2 9. The Great Escape — 1963 ⭐ 8.2 10. Platoon — 1986 ⭐ 8.1 11. Hacksaw Ridge — 2016 ⭐ 8.1 12. The Deer Hunter — 1978 ⭐ 8.1 13. Letters from Iwo Jima — 2006 ⭐ 7.9 14. Patton — 1970 ⭐ 7.9 15. All Quiet on the Western Front — 2022 ⭐ 7.8 16. Dunkirk — 2017 ⭐ 7.8 17. Glory — 1989 ⭐ 7.8 18. Black Hawk Down — 2001 ⭐ 7.7 19. Beasts of No Nation — 2015 ⭐ 7.7 20. The Longest Day — 1962 ⭐ 7.7 21. Fury — 2014 ⭐ 7.6 22. The Thin Red Line — 1998 ⭐ 7.6 23. Bridge of Spies — 2015 ⭐ 7.6 24. Enemy at the Gates — 2001 ⭐ 7.5 25. Lone Survivor — 2013 ⭐ 7.5 26. The Hurt Locker — 2008 ⭐ 7.5 27. The Covenant — 2023 ⭐ 7.5 28. A Bridge Too Far — 1977 ⭐ 7.4 29. American Sniper — 2014 ⭐ 7.3 30. Rescue Dawn — 2006 ⭐ 7.3 31. 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers...

BLESSED ARE THE SHAMELESS

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Blessed Are the Shameless A 21 year old American streamer enters Lagos surrounded by bodyguards and cameras, and very quickly the outstretched hands begin to appear. Not hands waving hello. Hands asking. Hands reaching. Hands, demanding. The crowd is loud. Some of them were laughing, some of them jeering, many asking for cash, for streaming. It is easy, from a distance, to call this embarrassing. To say Nigerians beg too much. To say the country has forgotten pride. Lagos, up close, teaches you the rules with your body. Heat on the back of your neck. Generator coughs behind walls. A road that is five roads at once. A queue is a suggestion. A policeman’s stare is a question you are expected to answer with money. The public square is not neutral. It is an instructor, and its syllabus is survival. In a place where institutions do not protect you, where procedure does not rescue you, where waiting your turn is a reliable method of being ignored, shame becomes a rule you keep for yourself w...

KEEP GANGSTA 😂

Teachers make good wives/husbands.  It's in the constitution.  Nurses/Doctors sitaongea mengi.  Most Business women (Successful ones) are unmarried.  Don't try to marry them, son. Wekea mkewe biashara. Ukiona inashika sana anaenda kuomoka, tuma wezi na uuwe mmoja wao. Ibeni lakini mbakishe kidogo. Mpe pesa ya stock tena. Repeat. Sitawafunza kila kitu, cabrons..!

MISSING YOU

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If you go missing for seven years without anyone hearing from you, the law presumes that you are dead. A court may then declare you dead, and the date of that declaration becomes the official date of death that appears on your death certificate. This means your relatives are legally allowed to inherit your land and property—while we, your neighbours, go ahead and distribute your women among ourselves. If you suddenly re-emerge in the eighth year as a “returning officer,” you have no legal right to reclaim what was previously yours. The lesson, therefore, is simple. Anyone who chooses to 'enter grass' must always return within six years to beat this law. If necessary, you may then disappear again and again. This is one of those pieces of humour that somehow found its way into the law books (the Evidence Act). I also remember a similar touch of humour in the 2010 Constitution. Article 14 on citizenship states that if a child is found anywhere in Kenya, appears to be eight years ...

KEEP IT COOL

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The dating market in Togo The new rule of the capitalistic dating market is "take options". This rule says ‘save people you wish to date and be patient until they ran out of options or reach some dead ends and start going back through their past pretenders address book.’ In Togo, nowadays people delay engagement or relationships, preferring flix and chill, casuals, trying partners from all races and tribes, and would only start looking for a partner when tired of adventure, ran out options, or when a pregnancy would occur. ‘Save me until I’d ran out of option’ is the new motto. Patience is the new best courtisan skill. ‘I have not fucked around enough to settle. Look how many people I could afford to bed, why would I choose any now’. As sex became abundant and trust evaporated, people enter relationships very cynically, almost resentful of the social obligation of being in couple which is depriving them of the freedom of living as they wish. People would start a couple out of...

MANENO TU PART 2

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Little foxes that destroy the bloom. There are places that slowly but surely take down your pride and grace, it is not grand but it is incrementally degrading. Slowly. I have observed over the years that it is usually a mismatch of energy, you may not always know what someone's intention is, or what they do or say behind your back but you can always tell a person's energy is off, you can even feel it while away if you take time to listen to your psyche more.  People who do not like you may not openly say something grande, but they may throw snide comments, show disdain covertly, avoid eye contact when they sneer or jest at you. The eyes are the gateway or windows to the soul, you stare at them and you might learn a thing or two. Songs of Solomon says, catch us the little foxes because it is those that destroy the vineyard flowers before they even bloom. Some things and some people do not often affect the grand, they are masters at identifying signs of blooming, your little effo...

MANENO TU

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1. "Be careful whom you trust; salt and sugar look alike." — Japanese Proverb 2. "Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere." — Martin Luther King Jr. 3. "An army of sheep led by a lion will defeat an army of lions led by a sheep." — Arabic Proverb 4. "The only way to deal with this unjust world is to rebel against it." — Albert Camus 5. "Those who seek to control others are often those who cannot control themselves." — Marcus Aurelius 6. "If something goes wrong, fix it. But train yourself not to worry—worrying never fixes anything." — Ernest Hemingway 7. "The one who lives for others will be remembered far longer than the one who lives only for himself." — Leo Tolstoy 8. "Wisdom is knowing when to speak, and intelligence is knowing when to stay silent." — Socrates 9. "A broken heart teaches you lessons that success never will." — Khalil Gibran 10. "Beware of those who...

BROKEN DEAL

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The old idea is simple: if a kid from a poor family is smart, works hard, and behaves well, they can climb the ladder to a better life. That’s supposed to be the deal. But that deal is broken. Because being smart and skilled isn’t enough if you’re never given the tools. When we deny these children access to great teachers and good schools, it’s not an accident. It’s a choice. It’s a quiet kind of class war, where the wealthy protect their own children’s future by fencing off the best opportunities and shutting out the competition. Talent and intelligence aren’t handed out based on income. A brilliant mind can be born anywhere. But a brilliant education? That’s increasingly for sale. It’s slowly becoming a luxury item, reserved for those who can pay. Think about the sheer numbers. There are more kids in poor neighborhoods than in wealthy enclaves. So the pool of potential, the hidden Einsteins, the unseen innovators, is actually far greater among the poor. But their potentia...

WHERE IS AFRICA GOING?

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A Chinese and an African met in Europe. CHINESE: Xhenxhi Honhong is my name AFRICAN: Nice to meet you, my name is Emmanuel Noël de Souza CHINOIS: So you are not African but Franco-Brazilian? AFRICA N: of course, I am African CHINESE: And your name is Emmanuel Noël De Souza? AFRICAN: Yes, I owe my parents that pretty name. CHINESE: Even the names to wear that do not require any technique, no technology, you are not able to produce by yourselves , you have to import them . We didn't know that before. We will start right now manufacturing names to sell them to you. It is out of the question that we leave this vast and affordable name market to Europeans. And you will prefer our names for a well-known reason: "Made in China" is always cheaper. AFRICAN: You also make jokes , so that's fine. And what are you doing here? CHINOIS: I study neuroscience and I'm also very interested in robotics. I also give classes on Chinese civilization at the University D of...

THE COST OF HAVING BIG EYES.

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I live and breathe Africa. I am one of the rare African thinkers who lives among his people, spending time in markets and farms, attending funerals, listening more than speaking, and conducting most of daily life in African languages. I observe from inside, not from a distance. Not in conference rooms. Not online. And from that vantage point, one truth has become impossible to ignore: We have a promiscuity problem, and it is quietly bankrupting us. Across social classes, from university students to senior managers, ministers, and executives, the same pattern repeats. Men and women compulsively, addictively, and purposelessly pursue sex, spending incalculable amounts of time, energy, and attention feeding desire with no higher aim. Today, the internal definition of male success has collapsed into a crude metric: the number of women a man has slept with. This is not harmless indulgence. This is not private morality. This is a structural failure costing African nations their c...