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Wednesday, August 04, 2021
Important News from Politics to the Olympics.
One of the most important news of our time, that came out on August 3, 2021, was the revelations of the independent investigation from New York Attorney Letitia James on the issue of NY Governor Andrew Cuomo. Attorney General James used 2 qualified investigators to find the truth. They were courageous, unbiased, and instrumental in seeking answers. Their conclusions are very emotional and outlines the necessity to eliminate sexual harassment from any sphere of the Universe. The investigation revealed that Cuomo harassed at least 11 women. Even Cuomo admitted that some of his conduct was wrong, but he still denies touching women inappropriately (when collaborative evidence contradicts his denials). The investigation said that Cuomo did overtly non consensual and unwelcome advances to women. Such actions violate state and federal law. One State Trooper was touched on her body inappropriately as this Trooper worked to protected the Governor of New York state. Cuomo is not just facing lawsuits, which will definitely come. He faces impeachment and possible criminal charges (if state police authorities charge him). Investigators Joon Kim and Anne Clark (who spoke to 179 individuals and reviewed 75,000 pieces of evidence in a comprehensive investigation) said that Cuomo fostered a culture of fear, intimidation, and harassment. The lesson is that tons of women and men are victims of sexual abuse and harassment, and these acts are always morally wrong. That is why we believe that integrity and ethics must always be adhered to in our lives 100 percent. Cuomo ought to resign.
The Delta virus is spreading across America. We know that Vermont has a low number of people with the virus with a high percentage of vaccination. Right now, more than 70 percent of all Americans (who are adults) have at least one vaccination. More than 60 percent of American adults are fully vaccinated. That is historical, monumental news. Many cities have created mask mandates. The federal government has already issued new, stricter mask mandates in many fields. Finally, some states like in Louisiana have an increased vaccination rates. Many companies require vaccinations for employees. Some states like Florida forbid mask mandates in public areas, even in schools. In Texas, universities could be fined if a teacher ask students to wear masks. This solution is will take a global approach in dealing with a worldwide problem. It requires all of humanity, regardless of nationality, to develop an environment where that virus is nonexistent. New York City will require proof of vaccination for indoor dining. We witness a new era in the response to the destructive virus (the virus doesn't discriminate. It's a harsh illness where many folks have ICUs or experience death as product of being infect). So, we should be knowledgeable of these subjects and advance real safety for our fellow neighbors.
There are tons of Olympic news in Early August of 2021. We know that Simone Biles won bronze in the balance beam competition involving gymnastics. This comes after Simone Biles admitted her mental health issues to the public. It certainly takes bravery to describe emotional issues that the whole world knows. Biles remains the greatest gymnast in human history. For the 200 meters women race, Jamaica's Elaine Thompson adds to her legend by having the 2nd fastest time in 200m history with 21.53. She won gold. Elaine Thompson adds to her legend as the second Jamaican to won back to back 200m races in the Olympics (the first was Veronica Campbell-Brown). Namibia's Christine Mboma won silver, and the American Gabby Thomas won bronze with a time of 21.87. That 200m race was one with many of the greatest talented 200m track women runners of all time. Gabby Thomas is a living legend. As for the 400m hurdles for women, Sydney McLaughlin won gold with a new world record. Her time is 51.46 second. Silver was given to Dalilah Muhammad with a time of 51.58 seconds. Muhammad survived the pandemic virus and injury. Bronze was given to Femke Bol with a time of 52.03 seconds. The race had American Anna Cockrell in it too. The 2020 Tokyo Olympics have included some of the most talented athletes of all time indeed. Gwen Berry of America raised her fist in the air to defend free speech and promote solidarity with the oppressed.
Yesterday was the Birthday of Sister DJ Spinderella (Deidra Muriel Roper), and she is 51 years old. She has been disrespected and slandered by many, but her soul is still shining. She represents much of the contributors to Salt-n-Pepa. She was raised at Brooklyn, NYC. When she was a child, she loved her father's record collection. This love inspired her to be a prominent DJ. She worked as a local DJ by the time she reached high school. Hurby Azor helped Spinderella to be part of the hip hop group of Salt-n-Pepa. She was 16 in 1986 when she joined the legendary group. She toured the nation. She witnessed the group get many platinum and gold singles. Spinderella did hip hop too. She left the group in 2019. Then, she worked as a DJ and radio personality. To this day, she endorses DJ mentorships, fighting diabetes, and being part of charities. She loves her child, and she was in movies like Stay Tuned and Kazaam. Involving hip hop history and culture, Spinderella is a hip hop legend. I wish Sister Spinderella more blessings.
Some breaking, shocking news is that Dr. Runoko Rashidi recently passed away. Dr. Rashidi was a man who studied black history and culture for decades. Always in love of Africa, he wrote literature, gave lectures, and spoke his mind on the beauty of Blackness. Being a heroic black man who loved our black people, Dr. Rashidi advocated black liberation constantly. For more than 20 years, I heard of his work and read his literature. His Global African Presence website gave viewers an audacious, glorious insight into the diversity of the black African experience. His insights increased the power of African research in culture, and he was involved in growing the Pan-African unity movement in general. Nothing will be same. He was an icon of the ages. Dr. Rashidi was one of the greatest black scholars in world history.
Rest in Power Brother Dr. Runoko Rashidi.
By Timothy
Tuesday, August 03, 2021
Monday, August 02, 2021
The Events of the Time.
The Olympics had many events going onward. On July 21, 2021 (on Wednesday), there were the first matches in the group stage of the women's tournament involving soccer. This day saw the group stage event of softball being played too. By July 22, the first matches of the group stage of the Men's tournament of soccer was played. The 2nd day of group stages of softball was played as well. On Friday, events like archery, rowing, and the opening ceremony took place at Japan National Stadium (on July 23, 2021). By Saturday of July 24, 2021, many awards came for numerous events like archery, cycling, judo, shooting, taekwondo, and weightlifting. Lee Kiefer won fencing for women's foil on July 25. For gymnastics, America won silver for Women's artistic team all-around (that includes Simone Biles too). The American Sunisa Lee won gold in gymnastics events. Carissa Moore won gold for women's surfing on July 27, 2021. Lydia Jacoby won women's 100m breaststroke in swimmingo. On July 2021, Women's 3X3 basketball gold winners are Stefanie Dolson, Allisha Gray, Kelsey Plum, and Jackie Young (from America). Russia won silver, and China won bronze. One the same day, Katie Ledecky won gold from America, Erica Sullivan from America won silver, and Sarah Kohler from Germany won bronze. On July 29, 2021, the American Sunisa Lee won gymnastics women's artistic individual all-around being gold, Rebecca Andrade won silver from Brazil, and Angeina Melnikova won bronze being from Russia. On July 29, 2021 Caeleb Dressel from America won gold from Men's 100m frestyle in swimming.
On Saturday of July 31, 2021, there was the historic victory for 3 black Jamaican women in the women's 100m. Elaine Thompson Herah won gold, Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce won silver, and Shericka Jackson won bronze. All 3 women are from Jamaica. Elaine Thompson Herah set up her legacy as the new generation's track and field legend. Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce is already this generation's top 5 greatest sprinters of our time already. Shericka Jackson is developing her career greatly as well. Daniel Stahl of Sweden won men's discus throw for gold, Sweden's Simon Pettersson won silver, and Lukas Weißhaidinger from Austria won bronze. For the mixed 4X400m relay, Poland won gold, the Dominican Republican won silver, and America won silver. For the mixed relay of the triathlon, Great Britain won gold, America won silver, and France won bronze. Involving weightlifting, China won gold at 81kg with Lu Xiaojun, Dominican Republic's Zacarias Bonnat won silver, and Italy's Antonio Pizzolato won bronze. On August 1, 2021, Marcell Jacobs of Italy won gold in the 100m, Fed Kerley of America won silver, and Andre De Grasse from Canada won bronze. For the women's triple jump, Gon Lijiao won gold, Raven Saunders of America won silver, and Valerie Adams from New Zealand won bronze. For swimming (in the men's 4 X 100m medley relay), America won gold, Great Britain won silver, and Italy won bronze.
On Sunday of August 1, 2021, there were many results that took place in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. For the 100m men's race, Marcell Jacobs of Italy won gold, Fred Kerley of the United States won silver, and Andre De Grasse won bronze being from Canada. In the men's high jump, Mutaz Essa Barshim of Qatar and Gianmarco Tamberi of Italy share gold medals. Maksim Nedasekau from Belarus won bronze. For the women's shot put, CHina's Cong Lijiao won gold, Raven Saunders from America won silver, and Valerie Adams from New Zealand from bronze. On Monday on August 2, 2021, the winners of the women's 100m hurdles are Jasmine Camacho-Queen from Puerto Rico, Kendra Harrison from America, and Megan Tapper from Jamaica.
Involving construction, one of the popular aspects of construction is the home. Housing represents a real issue in our world, as homelessness remains a huge problem in our world. Homes have existed throughout human history. Before any home is built, zoning laws and plans from architects are established. Lawyers are common to make sure that the location of a home is legally acquired, whether the buyers did all the proper procedures in buying the home, and other matters. There are civil site plans, architectural drawings and specification. This makes up of the document set needed to build a new home. Architects know about the precise descriptions of the materials necessary in construction. People from diverse trades are experts in constructing a home too. The planning stage comes when the architect creates the plan. The plan is approved by the client and any regulatory authority. After the site cleared, the foundations are created. Construction workers create trenches for connections to services like sewerage, water, and electricity. If the house is wooden framed, a framework is constructed to support the boards, siding, and roof. If the house is of brick construction, then courses of bricks are laid to construct the walls. Floors, beams and internal walls are constructed as the building develops, with plumbing and wiring for water and electricity being installed as appropriate. Once the main structure is complete, internal fitting with lights and other fitments are done. Workers later do decorate the home and furnished it with furniture, cupboards, carpets, curtains and other fittings. Homeowners always inspect the house to make sure that everything is functioning properly. Not to mention that housing warranties and documents with insurance have helped homeowners for generations. Some people join homeowning organizations to develop protections for their resources.
The cost of building a house varies by country widely. According to data from the National Association of Realtors, the median cost of buying an existing single-family house in the United States is $274,600, whereas the average cost to build is $296,652. Several different factors can impact the cost of building a house, including the size of the dwelling, and the availability of resources, the slope of the land, the quality of the fixtures and fittings, and the difficulty in finding construction and building materials talent. Some of the typical expenses involved in a site cost can be connections to services such as water, sewer, electricity, and gas; fences; retaining walls; site clearance (trees, roots, bushes); site survey; soil tests. Any home must adhere to building codes. These regulations help construction workers and the homeowners alike. These rules set standards on which materials are used, how they can be used, and things like fire alarm systems in homes. Building codes are generally intended to be applied by architects, engineers, interior designers, constructors and regulators but are also used for various purposes by safety inspectors, environmental scientists, real estate developers, subcontractors, manufacturers of building products and materials, insurance companies, facility managers, tenants, and others. Codes regulate the design and construction of structures where adopted into law. Back decades ago, modern housing codes were formed after earthquakes, floods, and fires like the Great Baltimore Fire of 1904. Building codes deal with parking, wall assemblies, floors, flammable substances, requirements for weather resistance, fire codes, etc.
Sally Williams-Woodson Wiggins's great grandson was Luther Everett Wiggins (1918-2007). Today, I know that Luther Wiggins was my late 3rd cousin as we share the same ancestor of Burwell Williams (who was my 6th great-grandfather). Luther's parents are Charlie Lively Wiggins (1881-1951) and Nannie Lanier (b. 1895). Luther Everett's first wife was Peachola Edmonds (1919-1946). Their children are James Alphonso Wiggins (1941-1994), Theodosia Vistcellia Wiggins (b. 1942), Ruby McCoy Wiggins-Greene (1943-2013), and Luther Everett Wiggins Jr. (1945-1995). These children are my 4th cousins. Later, Luther Everett (who was born in Southampton County, Virginia) married Nannie Easter Barrett on September 16, 1948 at Petersburg, Virginia. Their children are my 4th cousins whose names are Jerole Warren Wiggins (b. 1948), Kenneth Irvin Wiggins (b. 1950), Lora Eve Wiggins-Hightower (1951-2013), Arvilla Mae Wiggins (b. 1952), and Latisha Hayes. The late Lora Eve Wiggins-Hightower had a child named Larkie L. Kumi (b. 1973. Kumi's father was William Ellis Hightower). Lora also married Zulfiqar Ahmad before her passing. Larkie L. Kumi is my 5th cousin, and she married Ralph Nkatia Kumi on July 31, 2009 at Union Township, New Jersey. My 4th cousin James Alphonso Wiggins married Joyce Dickens (they married at Orange, New Jersey on October 1961), and their son is James A. Wiggins Jr. (1966-2007). James A. Wiggins Jr. was born in Orange, New Jersey. Mr. James A. Wiggins Jr. grew up in Montclair, New Jersey. He was the founder and executive director of Premiere Dance Inc. in Montclair. Later, James A. Wiggins Jr. married Shirlise L. McKinley-Wiggins, and their children (who are my 6th cousins) are: Vanessa S. Wiggins, Alisa S. Wiggins, James A. Wiggins III, and Jordan A. Wigggins. The late James A. Wiggins Jr. worked in public schools in New Jersey, and he was involved in some of the great theater performers in American history. To this day, Shirlise L. McKinley-Wiggins is the Director, choreographer and instructor at Premier Dance Theater, Inc. She has been working to help her community of Newark and Montclair, New Jersey for years. She is an expert dance instructor. My 4th cousin Ruby McCoy Wiggins-Greene was born on November 25, 1943 at Sussex, Virginia. She married Jesse M. Greene on September 1967 at Orange, New Jersey. Their children are Jesse Green and Eric Greene or my 5th cousins. It's inspiring to witness this history from Southampton County, Virginia to New Jersey and elsewhere in America.
One of the most important, not too known members of the black African Diaspora is the Afro-Asian people. They live from Israel and Palestine to Australia. Centuries ago, the Chinese explorer Zheng He used his fleet of ships to trade with black people of Eastern Africa. In India, there are the Siddi people. These human beings are also called Siddhi. They arrived in India at ca. 628 A.D. at the port of Bharuch. Others came after the Muslim conquests starting in 712 A.D. Some Siddis escaped slavery to establish communities in forested areas, and some also established the small Siddi principalities of Janjira State on Janjira Island and Jafarabad State in Kathiawar as early as the twelfth century. A former alternative name of Janjira was Habshan (i.e., land of the Habshis). In the Delhi Sultanate period prior to the rise of the Mughals in India, Jamal-ud-Din Yaqut was a prominent Siddi slave-turned-nobleman who was a close confidant of Razia Sultana (1235–1240 CE). The Siddis are Bantu peoples from Southeast Africa along with Habesha immigrants. The Siddi people live in Pakistan too. A Y-chromosome study by Shah et al. (2011) tested Siddi individuals in India for paternal lineages. The authors observed the E1b1a1-M2 haplogroup, which is frequent among Bantu peoples, in about 42% and 34% of Siddis from Karnataka and Gujarat, respectively. Around 14% of Siddis from Karnataka and 35% of Siddis from Gujarat also belonged to the Sub-Saharan B-M60. The remaining Siddis had Indian associated or Near Eastern-linked clades, including haplogroups P, H, R1a-M17, J2 and L-M20. Narang et al. (2011) examined the autosomal DNA of Siddis in India. According to the researchers, about 58% of the Siddis' ancestry is derived from Bantu peoples. The black Siddi people in India and Pakistan continue to fight discrimination. Many Afro-Filipinos in the Philippines were born from African American G.I.s and Filipino people. Most Afro-Filipinos live in and around Metro Manila, Calabarzon, Metro Cebu, or in Olongapo, Clark or Angeles cities in Central Luzon around the former American bases. We know many of people who have both black and Asian heritages like Jhene Aiko, Amerie, Chanel Iman, Benson Henderson, Kelis, Anderson. Paak, Tyson Beckford, Crystal Kay, Naomi Osaka, Aja Kong, Joe Yamanaka, Kamala Harris, Will Demps, Bryan Clay, and other human beings.
Afro-Arabic people live in Saudi Arabia and in Palestine. Black people have migrated from Africa to Saudi Arabia for thousands of years. The Afro-Arabian Tihama culture, which originated in Africa, began in the 2nd millennium. This cultural complex is found within Africa in countries such as Eritrea, Ethiopia, and Sudan, as well as in Yemen and the Saudi coastal plains. The Afro-Palestinians live in a closely nit community. People whose ancestors came from Nigeria, Sudan, Senegal and Chad make up most of the community, and most of these came to Palestine during the British Mandate. The Afro-Palestinians are staunch supporters of the Palestinian national cause, and most of the community has spent time in Israeli prisons for engaging in protest demonstrations against the occupation. Black Palestinians heavily live in Jericho too. There are black people in Jordan, Iran, Iraq, and in other places of the Middle East. Black people in Israel include Beta Israel, other Africans, and African Americans. Many black people in Israel fight against police brutality and discrimination too. Afro-Iranans are people of African Zanj heritage. The Indian Ocean slave trade begun in the 6th century BC and was multi-directional and changed over time. To meet the demand for menial labor, black slaves captured by Arabic slave traders were sold in cumulatively large numbers over the centuries to the Persian Gulf, Egypt, Arabia, India, the Far East, the Indian Ocean islands and Ethiopia. Others came as immigrants throughout the centuries or from Portuguese slave traders who had conquered southern Iran. Famous Afro-Iranians are people like Dennis Walker and the twins of Malika and Khadijah Haqq. Many Africans live in China and Japan too.
By Timothy
Sunday, August 01, 2021
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