Singer Arika Kane, Meets the Challenge of Health and Fitness
BSE recording artist Arika Kane balances a successful mu-sic career with numerous personal challenges, such as coping with vertigo, a sensation of motion in which the individual’s surroundings seem to whirl dizzily.
Arika has dealt with this disorienting medical obstacle for a few years, but vertigo is no match for her brisk workout program, which includes morning jogs, short sprints and light lifting in the evenings.
This regimen is undertaken by the beautiful songstress three days weekly, and in a recent discussion about fitness, she said excitedly: “exercising insures I’ll be in top physical condition when I’m performing in concerts or doing television shows or just having fun with my friends.”
The sultry singer recently performed to loud cheers on nationally-televised The Monique Show, and her songs, including her hit single “Here With Me,” are heard on VH1’s Single Ladies, Basketball Wives and What Chili Wants, all very popular cable shows.
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EDUCATION SYSTEM IN GHANA
High School teachers in Ghana have been on strike for the past week for non-payment of some teachers’ salaries. It also happens to be the examination week before the Christmas break. A High School teacher I spoke with confirmed he had not been paid for three months. Other teachers mentioned higher figures.As at Friday the 13th of December 2019, serious negotiations behind closed doors had been ongoing between the Teachers’ Union and the Ghana Education to resolve the impasse.That, in a nutshell, sums the state of education in Ghana.
BLACK WALL STREET
Prior to the massacre of May 31, 1921, when a mob of white men over two days burnt the black district of Greenwood to the ground, it was one of the most Affluent African American districts in the entire United States.Founded on Indian Territory in 1906 by Mr. O.C. Gurley and his family, a wealthy land owner, who purchased 40 acres of land in Tulsa, named it Greenwood after a Mississippi town. Gurley was able to purchase this land through the Dawes Act. A US Law that gave land to individual Native Americans and many Black Sharecroppers looking for better opportunities in a post-Civil War era and from racial oppression.Oklahoma was considered a safe haven and became home to more than 50 black townships in the State.
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While the holidays are meant to be a festive time surrounded by family and friends, it is not uncommon to experience an increase in stress or anxiety during this time. Between busy travel schedules and crowded shopping malls, it can be hard to feel confident that everything will get done in time. The tips below will help you keep your stress at a manageable level, while reminding you of what is most important during the upcoming holiday season!
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