British man might be first in the world to be cured of HIV after 'breakthrough' treatment - The Independent.

Pioneering new therapy launches two-stage 'kick and kill' attack on the virus ...

A 44-year-old British man may have become the first person in the world to be cured of HIV.
Tests showed the virus had become undetectable in the blood of the previously HIV-positive man, after he was treated with a pioneering new therapy designed to eradicate the virus.
Researchers have cautioned that it is too early to tell if the treatment has really worked but said the man, a social worker, had made "remarkable progress".

The patient was the first of 50 people to complete a trial of the ambitious treatment which launches a two-stage “kick and kill” attack on the virus.
The new therapy is unique in that it tracks down and destroy HIV in every part of the body —including in the dormant cells that evade current treatments.
“This is one of the first serious attempts at a full cure for HIV,” Mark Samuels of Britain's National Institute for Health Research told The Sunday Times.
”This is a huge challenge and it's still early days, but the progress has been remarkable," he said.
The clinical trials, which are being paid for by the NHS, are the result of a collaboration between doctors and scientists at the universities of Oxford, Cambridge, Imperial College London, University College London and King's College London.

The man, who has not been named, said he participated in the trial to help others with the disease.
HIV, which stands for ”human immunodeficiency virus,“ is mainly transmitted through sexual acts or by using infected needles. The virus weakens a person's immune system by destroying T-cells which are crucial to fighting disease and infection.
About 36.7 million people are living with HIV worldwide, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Antiretroviral therapies target and suppress active infected cells but they leave millions of dormant infected T-cells lying in wait throughout the body. This means existing treatments can effectively control HIV but do not cure the disease.

The new treatment, however, would both suppress infections and kill the reservoir of dormant cells, The Sunday Times reported.
Sarah Fidler, a consultant physician and professor at Imperial College London, said medical tests of the potentially breakthrough therapy would continue for the next five years.
”It has worked in the laboratory and there is good evidence it will work in humans too,“ Ms Fidler said. ”But we must stress that we are still a long way from any actual therapy."

   

What is the best response to provocation ?

Three Lessons from this picture:

1. Sometimes the best response to provocation is not to fight
2. Not all opportunities are to be taken. Some are traps.
3. A person can become so determined to destroy another person that they become blind and end up destroying themselves.

Cristiano Ronaldo Plane Crash: Landing gear malfunction on impact at Barcelona.

Real Madrid superstar Cristiano Ronaldo’s private jet has crash landed at the El Prat airport in Barcelona. It is being reported that the 31-year-old and his family was not on the plane during the incident.
Eyewitnesses reveal that emergency services rushed to the spot of the accident immediately. The cause of the accident is believed to be a malfunction in the landing gear. Nobody in the plane was hurt, except the pilot who escaped with a few minor injuries, as reported by Mirror.

Time for Mugabe to go, says Botswana President Khama.

Zimbabwe's 92-year-old President Robert Mugabe should step aside without delay and allow new leadership of a country whose political and economic implosion since 2000 is dragging down the whole of southern Africa, Botswana President Ian Khama said.

Despite his reputation as one of Africa's most outspoken figures, Khama's remarks are certain to raise hackles in Harare, where factions of Mugabe's ruling Zanu-PF party are locked in a bitter struggle to succeed the only leader Zimbabwe has known.

Asked by Reuters if Mugabe, who came to power after independence from Britain in 1980, should accept the reality of his advancing years and retire, 63-year-old Khama responded: "Without doubt. He should have done it years ago."
"They have got plenty of people there who have got good leadership qualities who could take over," Khama, the UK-born son of Botswana's first president, Seretse Khama, and his British wife, Ruth, continued.

"It is obvious that at his age and the state Zimbabwe is in, he's not really able to provide the leadership that could get it out of its predicament," Khama said, in comments that breach an African diplomatic taboo banning criticism of fellow leaders.

Botswana, the world's largest producer of diamonds, shares 800 km (500 miles) of border with Zimbabwe and has felt the full effects of its neighbour's economic collapse under the weight of political violence and hyperinflation since 2000.

Although the economy established in 2009 with the scrapping of the worthless Zimbabwe dollar, a slump in commodity prices over the last two years has triggered a cash crunch that has fed through into unprecedented public anger at Mugabe.

No clear potential successor has emerged from the destabilising factional fight to take over afterMugabe.

Khama said the instability was damaging Botswana's efforts to wean itself off mining - which accounts for 20 per cent of GDP and nearly 60 per cent of exports - by promoting itself as a regional logistics and services hub.

The unrest was also forcing more and more Zimbabweans to leave the country, he added.
Botswana is home only to an estimated 100,000 Zimbabweans - a fraction of the three million believed to be in South Africa - although this is still enough to strain public services in a nation of 2.3 million people.

Botswana's jails held "significant numbers" of Zimbabweans, Khama said.
"It is a big concern," the British-trained former general said. "It is a problem for all of us in the region - and it is a burden. There's no doubt about that."

Resurrection man

In the latest controversy over his health, Mugabe left a summit of southern African leaders at the end of August without warning and went to Dubai, fuelling rumours he had been taken gravely ill or may even have died.

Khama did not discuss any specifics of Mugabe's condition at the meeting but said his counterpart looked tired. "We're talking about a 92-year-old man and there's just so much you can do at that age to try and keep up."

Mugabe frequently refers to himself as "fit as a fiddle" and hints at a desire to stay in power until he is 100. After his Dubai trip, which he attributed to a family matter, Mugabe joked about online reports of his imminent demise.

"Yes, I was dead. It's true I was dead. I resurrected as I always do. Once I get back to my country I am real," he told reporters at Harare airport.

Khama reiterated his government's concerns about the credibility of the elections Mugabe has won in recent years, but said irrespective of the results no leader should cling on to power for that long.
"My opinion has always been that 10 years leading any kind of organisation - not just a country or a government, any organisation - is pretty much the maximum," he said.

During its 50 years since independence, Botswana has emerged as a politically and economically stable nation that has used its mineral wealth prudently - a rarity on a continent where such treasures have been routinely squandered, stolen or the cause of civil war.

Khama's second five-year term in office ends in 2018 when he will hand over to vice-president Mokgweetsi Masisi in a carefully scripted political succession that makes instability almost impossible.

After 2018, Khama, a keen nature-lover whose wood-panelled office is adorned with pictures of the African savannah, said he wanted to dedicate his time to tourism and conservation.

Thanks to a focus on safari tourism and a zero-tolerance approach to poaching, Botswana boasts more than 150,000 elephants, a third of Africa's entire population of the animals.

But Khama said there was no room for complacency in the fight against the illegal ivory trade given the rampant poaching in other countries on the continent.

"One day if their animals become extinct and we still have viable populations, all the guns will be focused on us," he said.

KUPPET Opposed Return of School Ranking, President Uhuru Kenyatta signed into law a Bill that returns ranking according to performance in national exams ...

Enacted: The Bill was sponsored by Kiminini MP Chris Wamalwa (Ford-Kenya) that sought to overturn a ban on ranking enacted by former Education Cabinet Secretary Jacob Kaimenyi in 2014 was signed into law by President Uhuru Kenyatta. It received overwhelming support in the National Assembly and was easily adopted in early August.



  Opposed:  The Kenya Union of Post Primary Education (KUPPET) had opposed the return of school ranking in national examinations, arguing the institutions don't have uniform facilities. Sentiments seen as cover up for laziness amongst many schools and teachers.  The clever KUPPET Secretary General Akello Misori said “the government should instead come up with a check list of schools detailing facilities. “ to assert their statement above. What's your take , does ranking add value to performance of schools ?

Is St TERESA of Kolkata a Saint According to the Bible ?

In Roman Catholic practice, the saints are revered, prayed to, and in some instances, worshipped (although this is vehemently denied by Catholics). In the Bible, saints are called to revere, worship, and pray to God alone.
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Scripturally speaking, the “saints” are the body of Christ, Christians, the church. All Christians are considered saints. All Christian are saints—and at the same time are called to be saints. First Corinthians 1:2 states it clearly: “To the church of God in Corinth, to those sanctified in Christ Jesus and called to be holy…” The words “sanctified” and “holy” come from the same Greek root as the word that is commonly translated “saints.” Christians are saints by virtue of their connection with Jesus Christ. Christians are called to be saints, to increasingly allow their daily life to more closely match their position in Christ. This is the biblical description and calling of the saints…………….


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Recently Pope Francis had good words to now St. Teresa according of the Catholic Church; he proclaimed Mother Teresa a saint on Sunday of 4^th Sep 2016, bestowing the Catholic Church’s highest honor on one of the most widely admired public figures in recent history.

**Catholic beatification and canonization not biblical …………………….

In his homily, Pope Francis recalled the new saint as “committed to defending life, ceaselessly proclaiming that the unborn are the weakest, the smallest, the most vulnerable.” But he also said she confronted the “powers of this world” with “their guilt for the crime of poverty they created.”

Mother Teresa was widely hailed as a saint even during her lifetime and won many worldly accolades, including the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979. Only 18 months after her death in 1997, St. John Paul II cut short the usual five-year waiting period to start the canonization process. He beatified her, bestowing the church’s highest honor short of sainthood, in 2003.

All Saints' Day is a solemn holy day of the Catholic Church celebrated annually on November 1. Who is a Saint?

According to Roman-catholic-saints.com and many other Catholic sites wanting us to learn and know the church's saints........ not left out is Pope(s) Francis deserves speedy veneration because 1^st  as a Pope he is assured to live in heaven as a saint, 2nd because he has bn active with Catholic regeneration and evangelism to a  dwindling church in numbers...... like St Teresa he is a living saint to many . Affirmed in his words while saying Mass, Pope Francis said “Saints are examples to imitate”. And noting that saints are not only those who have been canonized (against catholic teachings), but can be anyone from next door neighbors, to members of our own families or others we have met as we live our ordinary lives; the Pope said we must be grateful to them and to God for having given them to us as examples of how to live and die in fidelity to God and to the Gospel......... (Obviously he meant himself coz ordinary Catholics cannot and hv never bn canonized) .

The Catholic Church says throughout history the Church has produced great saints, proving that the Church is holy and able to provide us with what we need to reach sanctity..........

They say in reading the lives of the saints, we see that the saints each reflect, in a unique way, a special facet or virtue of God Himself. Learning about Catholic saints and their lives can inspire us to reach the summit of perfection that God wills for each of us.

A saint is also a person of remarkable holiness who lived a life of heroic virtue, assisted by the Church, during their pilgrimage on earth. They are as varied and exceptional as only God could create them, and each has his own distinct story....................REALLY!!



Question: "What are Christian saints according to the Bible?"

Answer: The word “saint” comes from the Greek word hagios, which means “consecrated to God, holy, sacred, pious." It is almost always used in the plural, “saints.” "…Lord, I have heard from many about this man, how much harm he did to Your saints at Jerusalem" (Acts 9:13). "Now as Peter was traveling through all those regions, he came down also to the saints who lived at Lydda" (Acts 9:32). "And this is just what I did in Jerusalem; not only did I lock up many of the saints in prisons …“ (Acts 26:10). There is only one instance of the singular use, and that is "Greet every saint in Christ Jesus…" (Philippians 4:21). In Scripture there are 67 uses of the plural “saints” compared to only one use of the singular word “saint.” Even in that one instance, a plurality of saints is in view: “…every saint…” (Philippians 4:21).

The idea of the word “saints” is a group of people set apart for the Lord and His kingdom. There are three references referring to godly character of saints: "that you receive her in the Lord in a manner worthy of the saints …" (Romans 16:2). "For the equipping of the saints for the work of service, to the building up of the body of Christ" (Ephesians 4:12). "But immorality or any impurity or greed must not even be named among you, as is proper among saints" (Ephesians 5:3).

Therefore, scripturally speaking, the “saints” are the body of Christ, Christians, the church. All Christians are considered saints. All Christian are saints—and at the same time are called to be saints. First Corinthians 1:2 states it clearly: “To the church of God in Corinth, to those sanctified in Christ Jesus and called to be holy…” The words “sanctified” and “holy” come from the same Greek root as the word that is commonly translated “saints.” Christians are saints by virtue of their connection with Jesus Christ. Christians are called to be saints, to increasingly allow their daily life to more closely match their position in Christ. This is the biblical description and calling of the saints.

How does the Roman Catholic understanding of “saints” compare with the biblical teaching? Not very well. In Roman Catholic theology, the saints are in heaven. In the Bible, the saints are on earth. In Roman Catholic teaching, a person does not become a saint unless he/she is “beatified” or “canonized” by the Pope or prominent bishop. In the Bible, everyone who has received Jesus Christ by faith is a saint. In Roman Catholic practice, the saints are revered, prayed to, and in some instances, worshipped. In the Bible, saints are called to revere, worship, and pray to God alone.

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Question: "What is beatification and canonization and are they biblical?"

Answer: Beatification and canonization are acts of the Roman Catholic Church declaring that a deceased person led a holy life. People still living can then request the blessed (if beatified) or saint (if canonized) to intercede with God on their behalf. The blessed or saint is honored and revered due to their actions while living, but they are not worshiped as God is. Honors may include feasts and masses performed in their name, as well as images and relics displayed to inspire the worshipers.

Beatification is an administrative act whereby a nominee is authorized to have a “cultus” or a specific group of people who identify with, and request favors from, the beatified. The nominee can be a martyr killed in the service of Christ or a confessor. A confessor’s life and writings must be inspected for heroic virtue (bravery and distinction marked by godly motives and not human desire), sanctity, and adherence to Roman Catholic doctrine. The deceased confessor must also have had part in a verifiable miracle. The presence of an unauthorized cultus disqualifies both the martyr and confessor from consideration.

The formal process for confirmation has changed greatly in the last several hundred years. Originally, the church required fifty years between the time of the nominee’s death and the beginning of the investigation. This has been decreased to five years. After a long inquiry, the pope authorizes the beatification, the newly beatified person is labeled “blessed,” and people of the area identified with the beatified are allowed to perform limited actions in the blessed’s name.

Canonization is a decree announcing a person has qualified for sanctification. The decree publically declares the nominee is holy and in heaven with God. Where the veneration of the beatified is limited in scope, canonization binds the universal church to honor the saint. The qualifications include all those included in beatification plus another miracle occurring due to the intercession of the person, which is seen as God’s confirmation of the nominee’s sanctity. Additional honors include specific liturgies performed and churches dedicated in the saint’s name.

The core of beatification and canonization is in the belief that very good people of the church go straight to heaven, rule with Jesus, and intercede with God on behalf of the people on earth and in purgatory. James 5:16 is used to justify the practice: “Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person is powerful and effective.” But nowhere does the Bible encourage seeking the attention or favor of those who have died, and praying to the dead is strictly forbidden.

Beatification, singling someone out for special status among the deceased believers, is unbiblical. All believers, whether dead or alive, are called “saints” in Scripture (1 Corinthians 1:2; Acts 9:13, 32; Ephesians 4:12). All believers are equally holy and righteous, not by our own acts, but by virtue of the righteousness of Christ imputed to us at the cross (2 Corinthians 5:21). All believers are equally precious in the sight of God and there is none who can boast of any special place before Him. Finally, developing a “cultus” (from which we get the word “cult”) around a deceased person to whom we offer prayers and petitions borders on necromancy, (consulting the dead) which is also strictly forbidden in Scripture (Deuteronomy 18:11).

Beatification and canonization are rites and traditions of the Roman Catholic Church and are based on a misunderstanding and/or misinterpretation of Scripture. Saints are the body of Christ, Christians, the church. All Christians are considered saints. All Christians are saints—and at the same time are called to be saints. In Roman Catholic practice, the saints are revered, prayed to, and in some instances, worshipped (although this is vehemently denied by Catholics). In the Bible, saints are called to revere, worship, and pray to God alone. 

Excerpts from **Gotquestions.org  

KENYA BEGINS MEDAL HUNT AT RIO OLYMPICS

kenyan olympic track start today 2016 

Vivian Cheruiyot, the IAAF World Championships Beijing 10,000m champion, will chase a long distance double at the Rio 2016 Olympic .

"“I’ve always yearned for an Olympic title. I shall do my best in Brazil, because an Olympic title is the only gold I am lacking in my medal cabinet,”  she said after winning trials in Eldoret. 

Africa is not poor , it is poorly managed .

PRAYER........... The Prayer of Jabez in the Holy Bible

PRAYER........... holygospels@yahoo.com

The Prayer of Jabez

And Jabez was more honourable than his brethren: and his mother called his name Jabez, saying, Because I bare him with sorrow. And Jabez called on the God of Israel, saying, Oh that thou wouldest bless me indeed, and enlarge my coast, and that thine hand might be with me, and that thou wouldest keep me from evil, that it may not grieve me! And God granted him that which he requested.—1 Chronicles 4:9, 10
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The brief history of Jabez is dropped into the genealogy of Judah by the ancient Hebrew archivist. Frequently these short cameo appearances by seemingly unknowns reveal deeper insights into the word of God. We know virtually nothing about Jabez except what appears in these two verses, yet they reveal aspects of prayer and God’s character seldom examined.
The Birth of Jabez
All we know about the birth of Jabez is that he is from the tribe of Judah and that his mother named him because his mother "bare him in [her] sorrow." The Hebrew word here translated "sorrow" is not the usual word for this concept. In fact it is only used three times in the Old Testament, here and in Psa. 139:24 and Isa. 14:3. The Psalm reference reads: "And see if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting."
Professor James Strong gives as the definition: "an idol (as fashioned); also pain (bodily or mental.)" Cognate words are translated "idol" in Isa. 48:5 and Jer. 22:28. The thought therefore seems to be that of wickedness, especially connected with an idol; and, secondarily, the pain or guilt that comes from such an experience. Since the pain, or guilt, is associated with his mother’s birthing experience we may reasonably speculate that the pain was caused by the circumstances associated with his birth, perhaps illegitimacy. Analyzing his three requests this seems further borne out.
The first blessing he requests is the enlargement of his coasts. If we were illegitimate he would have no claim to an inheritance but would be dependent on his father’s generosity for sustenance. (Note Gen. 25:6 for a parallel example.)
The second request was that the Lord’s hand would be with him. If he was not a legal child he had no claims to protection under the law. Therefore this plea is also especially meaningful under such circumstances.
But it is the third request that seems to specially revert back to the circumstances of his birth: "that thou wouldest keep me from evil, that it may not grieve me!" The word "grieve" here is directly related to the word "pain" in the preceding verse which described the circumstances of his birth. The logical deduction is that he wished to avoid the pain and grief of guilt which his mother experienced over his birth.
More Honorable
Whatever the circumstances that attended his birth, they evidently did not dictate the course of his life. Rising above the past, he gained a reputation for being "more honorable than his brethren." We are not informed as to the acts which demostrated this honorableness. They may have been acts of courage, or of simple honesty in everyday dealings, but they yield a sweet perfume wherever his name is mentioned.
Only too frequently do the instances of our past lives affect the course of the future. It is frequently said, "nothing can change the past." The Bible paints a different picture. Sincere repentance and conversion if we are the erring one, and forgiveness if we are the one sinned against, both have the power to alter our perception of the past. Thereby they also change the direction of our future.
It was the honorableness, in the case of Jabez, which brought about the favorable answer to his prayer. The same is true with us. Our course of conduct in life has a definite bearing on the answer to our prayers.
Enlargement
While the circumstances of Jabez’ birth may have made his inheritance questionable, it was perfectly proper for him to beseech an inheritance. Supported by the body language of a "more honorable" lifestyle than his peers, his request was granted.
So it is with mankind. Because they were born under a death penalty they have no right to claiming sonship with God. Yet those who seek it (Rom. 2:7) and back up their prayer with repentance, conversion and a "more honorable" life may receive "adoption as sons" whereby they may call God "Abba, Father" (Gal. 4:5, 6). Now, instead of receiving the opportunity for eternal life in the Millennium as a "gift," they, as sons, may lay claim to an inheritance, "the inheritance of the saints in light" (Col. 1:12), "joint-heirs with Christ" (Rom. 8:17).
Prayers for enlargement may include much more than larger borders. As the Christian progresses he needs growth in many lines. ENLARGED HEARTS: "O ye Corinthians, our mouth is open unto you, our heart is enlarged. Ye are not straitened in us, but ye are straitened in your own bowels. Now for a recompence in the same, (I speak as unto my children,) be ye also enlarged."—2 Corinthians 6:11-13
A large heart is an open heart, an honest one. As Paul had opened his heart to the Corinthians and beseeched that they open theirs to him, so every Christian should pray for an enlarged heart, one that communicates freely and honestly with all.
"I will run the way of thy commandments, when thou shalt enlarge my heart."—Psalm 119:32
ENLARGED VISION: "Where there is no vision, the people perish: but he that keepeth the law, happy is he."—Proverbs 29:18
Each of our journeys toward the Lord began with a vision. We saw an ideal in Christ we could find no where else. We saw a beauty to his plan that showed a breadth of love in his character. We desired to become more and more like him. As we progress in the ways of Christ we need to constantly expand that vision. The more we study his word to find the treasures hidden there the more we will react as the poet, "and still new beauties do I see, and still increasing light."
ENLARGED SCOPE OF ACTIVITY: "Take from him the pound, and give it to him that hath ten pounds."—Luke 19:24
As the most industrious servant in the parable of the pounds was given the stewardship of his more idle peer, so each faithful steward of the Lord is rewarded with further responsibilities. To successfully pray for increased service the Christian must accompany that request by zealously fulfilling then privileges he already has. "He that is faithful in that which is least is faithful also in much: and he that is unjust in the least is unjust also in much" (Luke 16:10).
Divine Guidance
The second request of Jabez was "that thine hand might be with me." As aliens in a strange land, how we need the guiding power of Jehovah in our lives. Knowing not what he expects from us, how earnestly we must pray for a revelation of his will for our lives. The entrance into the Christian walk is with the same commitment made by his Lord and head, "I delight to do thy will, O my God" (Psa. 40:8). It becomes tempting afterwards to spend all our time deciding what the Lord’s will should be for us instead of seeking his guidance, "that thine hand might be with me."
That nobility of heart and life which commended Jabez to his God will also secure for the earnest Christian the desired guidance and protection. These go hand in hand. The more we follow his guiding direction the more we are assured of his constant protection. As we grow in the ways of Christ and in the paths of prayer our assurance of his guiding and protecting hand leads to the confidence which says, "And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose". (Rom. 8:28)
Kept from Evil
How reminiscent is the last part of Jabez’ prayer, "that thou wouldest keep me from evil, that it may not grieve me," to the conclusion of the prayer which Jesus taught his disciples to pray, "lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil" (Matt. 6:13).
The word translated "evil" in the case of Jabez is the Hebrew ra, a very general word for bad experiences, whether caused by a moral lapse or not, as in the case of calamities. The word translated "grieve" is, however, from the same root as "pain" in the previous verse, referring to the trauma his mother went through at his birth. It is unclear whether Jabez is praying to be kept from the guilt and chastisement that his mother went through, or from committing a similar type of sin himself.
The latter thought, especially, holds a strong lesson for the Christian. The Jewish proverb, "the fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children’s teeth are set on edge" (Ezek. 18:2), is true in more than a theological sense. Children are strongly affected in a practical way by their early environment and tend to copy the behavioral patterns of their parents. Studies have shown that our image of God is influenced greatly by our image of our natural parents. Not only do we need to be free from Adamic sin and condemnation, but to be kept from the wrong things we have learned from having imperfect family environments.
How necessary it is, therefore, to pray, like Jabez, for God to show us a better way and to keep us from duplicating the mistakes that we learned in our youth. The best way to avoid the pain of guilt is to avoid the act that causes the guilt. Seeking to do this without divine help is to attempt the impossible. As the hymn phrases it, "when I think of self I tremble; when I look to thee I am strong." "I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me" (Phil. 4:13).
The Final Assurance
If we, then, pray the prayer of Jabez and if we live the nobility of life of Jabez, that we can expect, as with Jabez, "and God granted him all that he requested."
"If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you."—John 15:7.

Verizon buys Yahoo for $4.83 billion; Marissa Mayer says she'll stay

 LOS ANGELS TIMES REPORTED ........Verizon is buying Yahoo for $4.83 billion, marking the end of an era for a company that once defined the Internet.
The sale announced Monday marks the second time in two years that Verizon has snapped up the remains of a fallen Internet star as it broadens its digital reach. The nation's largest wireless carrier paid $4.4 billion for AOL last year.
Verizon won the Yahoo bidding after a five-month auction.
Yahoo Inc. is parting with its email service and websites devoted to news, finance and sports in addition to its advertising tools under pressure from shareholders fed up with a steep downturn in the company's revenue during the last eight years.
The deal is expected to close in 2017's first quarter.
It had been expected to end the four-year tenure of Yahoo Chief Executive Marissa Mayer, but she said early Monday that she expects to stay with the company.
"I love Yahoo, and I believe in all of you," Mayer said in a statement. "It’s important to me to see Yahoo into its next chapter."
Verizon was considered the front-runner to buy Yahoo.
The mobile and broadband company has the means to make an acquisition this large, and analysts have said Yahoo would complement Verizon as it continues to bolster its media efforts.
Yahoo properties such as Yahoo Finance and its online lifestyle magazines could be a valuable addition to the telecom company's portfolio, expanding its audience and reach and opening additional revenue opportunities as its pool of new potential mobile and broadband customers dwindles.
Like AOL, Yahoo boasts a sizable and sophisticated digital advertising business, which Verizon could use to develop new revenue streams.

Mugabe sleeping, urinating and falling...will he be regarded as one of Africa's finest presidents ?

Amb. (Dr) CS Amina Mohammed Elected President of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD).

#‎UNCTAD14‬ Congratulations to Amb. (Dr) CS Amina Mohammed for her election as the President of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD). ‪#‎TransformingDiplomacy‬

DARE TO COMPARE , DISHEARTENING TO SEE THEM AGING.

DARE TO COMPARE ; IS LEADERSHIP PURPORTING TO FIGHT RAILA WHO IS WAY FAR IN ANOTHER LEAGUE ?

DISHEARTENING TO SEE THEM AGING AS THOSE AFTER THEM HAVE ABANDONED THE FIGHT AGAINST IMPUNITY , GONE TO BED WITH PERPETRATORS AND RESORTED IN CUTTING DEALS !

The latter-day self-proclaimed leaders have abandoned the Fight against Impunity in this country; they have rather defined leadership as a platform for cutting blindfolding deals to feed their stomachs .

They seem not to understand the long-term struggles and hard work against many forces at play; their predecessors have fought all long, because they placed value on the lives of the vulnerable citizens now at stake than any day in history of this nation.

Orengo, Gitobu, Late Wamalwa , Karua, Muite, Hon Raila and others quest to build and support national judicial mechanisms, equitable resource sharing so forth if the social fabric is to be repaired and trust to be restored is fought left center and right, can only be disheartening, seeing these champions aging and no one can take after them.

Makau Mutua a distinguished scholar's , application for the position of CJ has been rejected.

Makau Mutua's application for the position of CJ has been rejected by the Judicial Service Commission, which shortlisted six candidates on Tuesday.

The selected candidates are:

1. Justice Smokin Wanjala
2. Justice Alnashir Visram
3. Lady Justice Roselyne Nambuye
4. Justice David Maraga
5. Justice Mbogholi Msagha
6. Philip Nzamba Kitonga.

While Mutua is a distinguished scholar, who submitted a 71-page CV to support his CJ bid, concern has been expressed over his controversial weekly opinion columns in the Nation and Standard.

Distinguished Prof Makau Mutua, Judge Smokin Wanjala and Former Speaker Marende forward applications to be CJ

Who should clinch the crown .....Many are saying Prof MM is the man !

This man MAKAU MUTUA's CV in pdf of 84 pages ....go to link below ;

EDUCATION HARVARD LAW SCHOOL Cambridge Doctor of Juridical Science (SJD) June 1987 Student Representative Doctoral Candidates 1986-87 Associate Center for International Affairs 1985-86 Master of Laws (LLM) June 1985 UNIVERSITY OF DAR-ES-SALAAM Tanzania Master of Laws 1984 Bachelor of Laws (Honors) 1983 UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI Kenya Faculty of Law 1979-81 Finalist Moot Court Competition 1980 Secretary General University of Nairobi Students Union 1981

http://www.law.buffalo.edu/content/dam/law/restricted-assets/pdf/faculty/cv/mutua_makau_cv.pdf

Smokin Wanjala Education

1n 1984, Smokin graduated with a Bachelor of Laws (LL.B, Hons.) from the University of Nairobi.

In 1985, he graduated with a Diploma in Law from the Kenya School of Law.

In 1986, he graduated with a Master of Laws (LL.M) from Columbia University New York.

In 2000, He graduated with a Doctorate in Law (PhD) from the University of Ghent, Belgium.

 

Perennial Leaders are unnoticed while they are in their seed-seedling -young tree cycle days….Reason chap chap , GRAFTED LEADERS TRAMPLING PURPORTEDLY ALL OVER.

GRAFTED LEADERS WHO DESTROYED AND TRAMPLED OVER THE PARTY you see in the political arena without roots are as well found in churches ;  without complete cycle of the seed- tree –fruit process ; the kind of leaders piled in our midsts without traceable cycle of leadership germinated into trees before they even become seeds to have died in the soil thro’ a process of dormancy  are a big problem as you see. Such leaders are like popcorns ......pop here and there, but the worst bit they never aware if they are in error ! The reason they mess up good and established churches,Parties and everything they oversight !

The chap chap - pesa pap preachers are a traits even more irritating if they are found in Churches as secularly driven politicians  in positions of leadership or aspiring they can't handle but just purport. They have no roots, neither do they produce fruits with seeds as grafted trees indeed ; they depend on other plants for survival and therefore have no life circle unlike those which emanate from seeds and have followed all the leaders’ proper processes - seed-tree-fruits .

In the case of a tree that will grow from seed, which must first die, buried before it sprouts to a tree of its kinds. All trees apart from those grafted undergo thro’ a process that cannot be omitted all the way from germination to the time they start producing convincing fruits.

Different tree seeds will not germinate immediately after dispersal from their parent  trees, and the length of this delay depends on seed types and environmental conditions. During this time funny trees purport to sprouting this way and that way because of seasonal favorable conditions coupled with rains so forth and some education here and there.

Trees that will turn perennial take a long period of time in their dormancy period as seeds in the soil, but when they start to produce , farmers or the owners will eat the mangoes for a longer period…….

Leaders that are made up of seeds that become beans or peas germinate quickly; their process of producing fruits is chap chap and pap pap like pesa pap! Such leaders get weary quickly and their fruits do not last, they grow quickly causing a lot of ado and all gymnastics that don’t last …..Unlike trees like coconuts that remain for many years in their dormancy as seeds before they grow into serious trees and later into producing fruits that last perennially should be a lesson to these leaders and their supporters .

In a nutshell , when leaders who germinated into trees before they even become seeds to have died in the soil thro’ a process of dormancy  are a big problem you see, who have not taken time to learn, and gone thro’ the stress down in the soils , stepped over, experienced all manner of surface heat and such strains before they were ready to start becoming like Mugumo trees……are always a problem not only in the secular world but even in the Church.

Grafted Leaders are even worse because they will never produce sweet fruits besides without complete cycle of the seed- tree –fruit process are the kind of leaders piled in our midsts without traceable cycle of leadership .

I know it’s difficult to identify the trees that have deep roots reason grafted seedlings sprouting without deep roots are not perennial, and now rowdy all over.

Do you think it’s easy to identify the trees that are ready to produce long living fruits from a biennial plants - with glossy flowering plants that take two years to complete its biological life cycle from these chaotic leadership traits , good for nothing left people they ought to have worked for and  served languishing as they hop , skip and jump thinking they are so clever ?

NOTE: Most perennial leaders are unnoticed while they are in their seed-seedling -young tree cycle days….and therefore all good leaders must showcase to their followers the maturity that confirms they are coconuts and not grafted mangoes or oranges without seeds and roots or if they are just like blackjacks that perish after short life span are leaders who’ll never take you anywhere for lack of deeper roots and purely processed trees .....or dont you now see the mess for yourselves . !!!!!!