FACTORS INFLUENCING HIGHER INSTITUTION EXPERIENCE OF AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDENTS – A CASE STUDY OF BSU

 

This study explores the factors influencing the higher institution experience of African American students at Bowie State University, a historically Black College and University (HBCU). The study aims to understand the impacts of financial barriers, academic preparedness, campus diversity, institutional support, and campus climate on the university experience of African American students. By analyzing the responses of male and female students to a series of questions related to these factors, the research seeks to identify key findings and implications for improving the higher education experience of African American students. Key findings reveal ......

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UNDERSTANDING THE e-Naira

 

 

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) is set to launch the eNaira on October the 1st. Let us take a closer look at the eNaira, what it means for you, and how you can position to take advantage of its launch.

What is the e-Naira?

The e-Naira will be a digit representative of the paper Naira currency issued by the Central Bank of Nigeria. The eNaira will be a “complementary” legal tender in Nigeria, having the same exchange value as the Naira, and maintain a “parity of value” with the Naira. The e-Naira will not earn any interest to holders. The e-Naira is built on a blockchain open ledger technology. Creating the eNaira on the blockchain means you cannot have a duplicate or fake eNaira. Each eNaira note will be unique.

Is the e-Naira a Stablecoin?

A stable coin is a cryptocurrency backed by reserves. The keyword is reserved, but what kind of reserves? Stable coins are backed by holding an equal equivalent of FIAT money like the US dollar. FIAT means government-issued but usually not backed by any commodity, e.g., gold. Thus a stable coin like USDT is tied to a currency, the US dollar, and maintains a stable exchange value. Note, stable, not immovable. The eNaira technically is linked to the FIAT Naira, but is the Naira stable? Well, not exactly. To be a stable coin, the eNaira has to be tied to a currency like the US Dollar or Euro or even the Yuan.

How safe is the e-Naira?

Think of the e-Naira in this way; you want to send N100 to an uncle in a remote village without a bank branch. A common practice is to buy mobile phone recharge cards of that value, load them to your phone, and text your uncle. Your uncle can then go to any phone card retailer and discount his N100 mobile phone credit for N95. The mobile retailer can redeem the call credits and pay cash because he trusts the person doing the exchange; however, he cannot tell if the mobile numbers are real.

The eNaira is designed to solve this verification risk by assuring all holders that each eNaira is a valid token. This authenticity is achieved by building the eNaira on the blockchain. Thus instead of buying phone credits, I will debit my bank account for N100, convert to eNaira, and transfer it to my uncle. My uncle can spend the funds directly from his phone or transfer and get cash. Every retailer is more likely to accept the eNaira because it can’t be easily faked.

US Suffers Explosion In Urgent Mental-Health Cases As COVID Recedes

 

 

The latest indication that the COVID-19 pandemic (and the heavy-handed lockdowns imposed in the US and elsewhere) is leading to a relatively quiet, but still severe, mental health crisis appeared in Monday’s Wall Street Journal via a report about the surge in urgent mental-health-related cases clogging up emergency rooms and psychiatric hospitals around the country. 

And as the US increasingly moves to reopen, the whiff of newfound freedom is apparently pushing more people over the edge. 

WSJ begins its story at Pittsburgh’s largest psychiatric hospital, where one doctor working the overnight shift has seen the average number of daily cases double to nearly two dozen from nearly a dozen.

Americans Seek Urgent Mental-Health Support as Covid-19 Crisis Ebbs

 

Hospital ERs across the country say they are overwhelmed by patients who didn’t receive psychiatric treatment through the pandemic

 

Resolve Crisis Services provides phone and mobile mental-health support to 1.2 million people in Pittsburgh and surrounding areas, handling hundreds of calls a day.

PITTSBURGH—Before the coronavirus pandemic took hold, psychiatrist Garrett Sparks usually treated about a dozen patients on his overnight shift in the emergency department at Western Psychiatric Hospital, the city’s biggest mental-health hospital. On a recent Thursday evening, he saw 21 cases.

 

Who Will Speak For Usifo Ataga?

 

Ataga’s close friend, Douglas Aniemena, gives an inside look into what really transpired with the SuperTV CEO

Finally, we have an arrest in the ongoing saga of the murder of Usifo Ataga, and we also have a ‘confession’. An apprehended suspect has spoken, and, in a nutshell, she tells the World that it was a crime of passion.

The same crime of passion angle that was rushed, planted and disseminated via the social media by person(s) unknown, barely hours after the news broke. In whose interest is it if we all accept this as a crime of passion? 

How I Stabbed Super TV Boss To Death —CHIDINMA

 

A 300-Level Mass Communication student of the University of Lagos, UNILAG, Chidinma Adaorah, has been arrested over the murder of the Chief Executive Officer, Super TV, Usifo Ataga, last week Tuesday, in an apartment in the Lekki area of the state.

The 21-year-old suspect, who was paraded by the Commissioner of Police, Lagos State Command, Hakeem Odumosu, yesterday, at the command headquarters, Ikeja, admitted before journalists to have committed the crime.

She revealed that she stabbed Ataga to death under the influence of drugs and alcohol.

The suspect, who thereafter left the short-let apartment at 19, Adewale Oshin Street, Lekki, Phase 1, Lagos, after the incident, was tracked and arrested in her apartment at 57, Akinwunmi Street, Alagomeji, Yaba area of Lagos, Wednesday.

A blood-stained cloth she was suspected to have worn on the day Ataga was murdered, was discovered during a search of her apartment by policemen.

President Joe Biden Nominates Cindy McCain for UN Ambassador-level Position

 

Cindy McCain, who has long used her voice for humanitarian causes worldwide, is President Joe Biden’s pick as the U.S. representative to the United Nations Agencies for Food and Agriculture, where she would help combat global hunger.

The post would take McCain — a lifelong Arizona Republican and widow of longtime U.S. Sen. John McCain, 2008 Republican presidential nominee and celebrated Vietnam prisoner of war — from her home in north-central Phoenix to Rome.

The position, which had been in the works for months, requires approval from the U.S. Senate, where her husband served for decades until his death in 2018. The White House sent the nomination to the Senate on Wednesday. 

Reuters Giuliani's Law License Suspended

 

According to NEW YORK (Reuters) -Rudy Giuliani's New York law license was suspended on Thursday after a state appeals court found he had lied in arguing that the 2020 presidential election was stolen from his client, former U.S. President Donald Trump.

Giuliani, 77, a former U.S. Attorney in Manhattan and New York City mayor, was punished for making "demonstrably false and misleading" statements that widespread voter fraud undermined the election, which Democrat Joe Biden won.

US Senate Establishes Juneteenth As A National Holiday

 

The Senate passed a bill Tuesday to establish Juneteenth, the day marking the end of slavery in the United States, as a national holiday. 

After passing by unanimous consent, the bill now heads to the House of Representatives, where its passage is all but assured, then on to President Biden’s desk for signature into law. 

Celebrated on June 19, Juneteenth, or Freedom Day, recognizes and marks the emancipation of formerly enslaved African Americans, commemorating the date in 1865 when slaves in Galveston, Texas, learned of their freedom. 

Pennsylvania Man Faked Trump Family Personas In Fraud

 

In recent times, Fraud comes in different versions and modus operandi.

Technologies have aided quite a number of crimes beyond imaginations of the affected individuals, organization, or country

The below story from Yahoo news is an indication of another tech crime was committed by a Pennsylvania guy in the United States.

Full details below:

NEW YORK (AP) — A Pennsylvania man was charged Tuesday with creating fake online identities for ex-President Donald Trump's brother and youngest son to dupe hundreds of people nationwide into donating thousands of dollars to what prosecutors described as a phony political organization.

 

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The World’s 25 Largest Animals

25. THE AMERICAN ALLIGATOR

While dieting on birds, rodents, and marsh dwellers, the American alligator is practically a modern dinosaur. Weighing approximately 1,000 pounds and reaching up to 12 feet in length, the American alligator is truly a terror to behold. These guys are found on golf courses, in backyards, and even in parking lots. Could you keep it cool as a carnivorous beast, twice your size, strolls by?

24. THE WHITE RHINOCEROS

The white rhinoceros is rare—really rare. Scaling in at a little smaller than a hippopotamus, the white rhinoceros is often sought for its horn. Today, only five rhinoceros species are in existence—making the white rhinoceros a truly rare specimen to see.

                  

11 Unknown Facts & Stories About The World’s Biggest Brands

1. A lucky weekend in Vegas saved FedEx

In the early 1970s, just a few years after FedEx was formed, the fledgling company was already in dire straits, losing up to a million dollars a month, At one point, it looked like they wouldn't be able to meet their financial commitments. While waiting for a flight, Fred Smith, the founder of the company, impulsively hopped on a plane to Las Vegas, where he won $27,000 playing Blackjack. The company was saved and Fred Smith had one helluva story to tell.

Source: TroyMedia

2. Lamborghini sports cars exist because of Enzo Ferrari's pride

Lamborghini was originally a tractor manufacturer. The owner, Ferruccio Lamborghini, had an interest in luxury automobiles, especially Ferraris. While doing a routine check, Lamborghini found that the clutch in his Ferrari was broken and he discovered that the car used the same clutch as his tractors. When he asked Enzo Ferrari for a better replacement, Ferrari dismissed him saying he was a tractor maker and did not know anything about race cars. I guess we all know how that turned out.

Source: Yahoo

11 UNKNOWN FACTS & STORIES ABOUT THE WORLD’S BIGGEST BRANDS

1. A LUCKY WEEKEND IN VEGAS SAVED FEDEX

In the early 1970s, just a few years after FedEx was formed, the fledgling company was already in dire straits, losing up to a million dollars a month, At one point, it looked like they wouldn't be able to meet their financial commitments. While waiting for a flight, Fred Smith, the founder of the company, impulsively hopped on a plane to Las Vegas, where he won $27,000 playing Blackjack. The company was saved and Fred Smith had one helluva story to tell.

Source: TroyMedia

2. LAMBORGHINI SPORTS CARS EXIST BECAUSE OF ENZO FERRARI'S PRIDE

Lamborghini was originally a tractor manufacturer. The owner, Ferruccio Lamborghini, had an interest in luxury automobiles, especially Ferraris. While doing a routine check, Lamborghini found that the clutch in his Ferrari was broken and he discovered that the car used the same clutch as his tractors. When he asked Enzo Ferrari for a better replacement, Ferrari dismissed him saying he was a tractor maker and did not know anything about race cars. I guess we all know how that turned out.

Source: Yahoo

Sleep Positions: Sweet Dreaming or Total Nightmare?

What sleeping position is best for you?

When you get in bed and cozy into your covers at night, you probably don't put much thought into whether you're on your side, back or stomach. But if you snore like a bear every time your head hits the pillow or you wake up feeling stiff as a board, it might be time to switch things up at bedtime. Here's the scoop on the benefits and drawbacks of the most common sleeping positions.

Side Sleeping

The Good: Side sleeping is by far the most commonly reported sleep position, and for good reason — it can have a whole lot of health benefits. If you snore or have breathing problems, sleeping on your side is the best choice for opening your airways so you can breathe better at night, says sleep specialist W. Christopher Winter, MD, medical director of the Martha Jefferson Hospital Sleep Medicine Center in Charlottesville, Virginia.