My Africa Today

Proof by obviousness

"The proof is so clear that it need not be mentioned."



Proof by general agreement

"All in favor?. . . "



Proof by imagination

"Well, we'll pretend it's true. . .



Proof by convenience

"It would be very nice if it were true, so . . .



Proof by necessity

"It had better be true, or the entire structure of mathematics would crumble to the ground."



Proof by plausibility

"It sounds good, so it must be true."



Proof by intimidation

"Don't be stupid; of course it's true."



Proof by lack of sufficient time

"Because of the time constraint, I'll leave the proof to you."



Proof by postponement

"The proof for this is long and arduous, so it is given in the appendix."



Proof by accident

"Hey, what have we here?!"



Proof by insignificance

"Who really cares, anyway?"



Proof by mumbo-jumbo

" (B Ì P ) , $ (C Î W )



Proof by profanity

(example omitted)



Proof by definition

"We define it to be true."



Proof by tautology

'It's true because it's true."



Proof by plagiarism

"As we see on page 289......"



Proof by lost reference

"I know I saw it somewhere......"



Proof by calculus

"This proof requires calculus, so we'll skip it."



Proof by terror

When intimidation fails ...



Proof by lack of interest

"Does anyone really want to see this?"



Proof by illegibility

(scribble, scribble) QED



Proof by logic

"If it is on the problem sheet, then it must be true!"



Proof by majority rule

Only to be used if general agreement is impossible



Proof by clever variable choice

"Let A be the number such that this proof works. . "



Proof by tessellation

"This proof is the same as the last."

36 Methods of Mathematical Proof



Proof by divine word

"And the Lord said, 'Let it be true,' and it was true."



Proof by stubbornness

"I don't care what you say-it is true!"



Proof by simplification

"This proof reduces to the statement 1 + 1 = 2."



Proof by hasty generalization

"Well, it works for 17, so it works for all reals."



Proof by deception

"Now everyone turn their backs. . ."



Proof by supplication

"Oh please, let it be true."



Proof by poor analogy

"Well, it's just like . . . "



Proof by avoidance

Limit of proof by postponement as it approaches infinity



Proof by design
If it's not true in today's math, invent a new system in which it is.

Proof by authority
"Well, Don Knuth says it's true, so it must be!"



Proof by intuition

"I just have this gut feeling. . ."

You know you are a TRUE African IF

1) You can eat rice everyday for a week without getting tired.

2) Your event starts 4 hrs after the start time on the invitation card/flyer

3)Your mother (living in the U.S) is a Nurse

4) You like Reggae more than the people from the Carribean

5) A discount is not enough, you want things for FREE

6) 90% of the international calls you receive are from people asking for money

7) You know the names of at least 2 different international calling cards

8) Everytime you get into a fight, you always ask the person "Do you know who I am?" and the accent comes out.

9) Taking trips to Islands and warm places don't impress you (Your homeland was HOT ENOUGH!)

2. Edmonia Lewis* (1844?-1911?) Believed to be the first woman sculptor of African American and Native American heritage, Lewis attended Oberlin College in Ohio, where her talent for drawing emerged. Lewis left for Italy while in her early 20s and spent much of her career working in Rome. Lewis is best known for The Death of Cleopatra, a piece she created in 1876 for America's first centennial celebration. The two-ton sculpture, which caused a sensation at the exhibit for its realistic portrayal of death, dropped out of sight and remained undiscovered until the late 1970s. Lewis's life after 1890 remains a mystery, and her place of death unknown.

3. Henry Ossawa Tanner* (1859-1937) Called by a contemporary art historian "the first genius among Negro artists," Tanner, a painter, was raised in Pittsburgh and attended the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in Philadelphia. He later relocated to Paris, largely to escape racial prejudice in America. With a style rooted in the techniques of romantic realism and impressionism, Tanner is best known for his scenes of African American life, including The Banjo Lesson, and his works focusing on Biblical subjects, including The Raising of Lazarus. Tanner's Sand Dunes at Sunset, Atlantic City was acquired for the art collection of the White House in Washington, D.C., in 1996; it was the first work by an African American painter to be chosen for the collection.

4. Augusta Savage (1892-1962) Specializing in portraits of African American leaders--including W. E. B. Du Bois and Frederick Douglass--Savage was a dedicated arts educator as well as a sculptor. She began working with clay at age six, and received formal art training in New York City. After returning to America from several years' study in Paris, Savage opened an arts school in Harlem in 1932. Among her students were painters Jacob Lawrence and Norman Lewis. Savage campaigned for the empowerment of black artists, petitioning the Works Progress Administration to hire them for commissions. She opened New York's first gallery devoted to African American art in 1939.

6. William Henry Johnson* (1901-1970) Raised in South Carolina, Johnson studied art in New York City before moving to France, then Scandinavia. His European influences included Paul Cézanne and Norwegian expressionist Edvard Munch. Upon returning to New York in 1938, Johnson switched from expressionism to a conscious primitivism, and he thereafter concentrated on portrayals of African American subjects in a spare, simplified style. Johnson sold few works in his lifetime, and spent his last two decades confined to a hospital, never realizing the eventual enormous popularity of both his expressionist and his primitive work.

9. Romare Bearden (1912-1988) Depicting various aspects of the African American experience, Bearden's paintings and collages include elements of the 20th-century art movements of cubism, social realism, and abstraction. His best-known works incorporate images from magazines and newspapers. Raised in New York City's Harlem district, Bearden attended the Art Students League in the 1930s, where he worked with German American expressionist artist George Grosz. Bearden produced some of his most innovative works in the late 1960s, often incorporating life-size imagery and combining collage with acrylics, oils, and mosaics.

10. Jacob Lawrence (1917-2000) One of the most widely known and consistently successful African American artists, Lawrence's career spanned nearly six decades, from the Harlem Renaissance era to the end of the 20th century. An educator for much of his career, Lawrence is best known for his narrative series of paintings of African American historical figures and topics, as well as individual works that center on street life and families. Lawrence's style was influenced by a variety of artistic traditions, including expressionism and cubism. Among his more famous works is The Migration Series (1941-1942), a collection of 60 panels that chronicles the mass movement of African Americans to urban centers in the North.

13. Robert Colescott* (1925- ) Colescott is known for his lively, colorful paintings, many of which are parodies of famous depictions of historical events. In these witty, expressive works, Colescott substitutes African Americans for white figures in an ironic commentary on racial inequality, as in his painting George Washington Carver Crossing the Delaware (1975). In his early career, Colescott explored abstract and representational painting, and studied with French cubist artist Fernand Léger. His later work focuses on racial issues such as urban violence and women's subjugation.

14. Jean-Michel Basquiat* (1960-1988) Blending imagery from African, Caribbean, European, and popular American art, Basquiat's work first appeared as graffiti on the streets and subways of New York City. His career began its meteoric rise in 1980 when Basquiat was 20 and virtually homeless; his work quickly became sought-after and he was befriended by such celebrity artists as Julian Schnabel and Andy Warhol. Basquiat died of a heroin overdose at age 27.

High Five!!! Its sexy time!’ from Borat! And ‘Hollywood Baby Names’ from the Celebrity Cultural Milieu, Named Top Words from Hollywood Impacting The English Language

The Global Language Monitor analyzes and catalogues the latest trends in word usage and word choices, and their impact on the various aspects of culture. The Top HollyWORDS are released in conjunction with the 79th Academy Awards ceremony that were broadcast from the Kodak Theatre in Los Angeles on Sunday.

Top HollyWORDS for Impact Upon the English Language in 2006 with commentary follow.

1. “High Five!!!! It’s sexy time!” (Borat) – Borat’s wedge into doing or saying anything he pleases on his American Tour.

2. Suri, Shiloh Nouvel, and the rest of the Hollywood Babyland parade. (Hollywood Baby names) -- Opening an entire new world of possibilities to young parents, who are taking to the idea of ultimately, outré, names to inflict upon, err, bestow upon their children.

3. Pursuit (Pursuit of Happyness) – Will Smith's stunning epiphany from the words penned by Thomas Jefferson some 230 years ago.

4. Nazi bullets (Little Miss Sunshine) -- "I still got Nazi bullets in my ass." Grandpa's excuse to do or say anything he pleases.

5. Non Serviam (The Departed) – “I will not serve” from James Joyce. Franks Costello’s pledge as he refuses to be a product of his environment. He wants his “environment to be a product of me”.

6. A reluctant cannibal (Last King of Scotland) -- Forest Whittaker's portrayal of an illiterate, brutal African dictator, who may or may not enjoy feasting upon his victim.

7. A Moral Issue (An Inconvenient Truth) -- … and not a political issue. Al Gore's chilling documentary about Global Warming and it ultimate impact upon the human environment.

8. "Will someone please save these people from themselves!” (The Queen) -- Tony Blair's observations of The Royals as he attempts to heal the rift between The Queen and her subjects.

9. "Help! Ayúdenme! HELP!" (BABEL) Crying for help in a land apparently with out ears.

10. "The details of your incompetence do not interest me." (Devil Wears Prada) – Meryl Streep with yet another nurturing remark to those who surround (and serve) her.

11. Classic Figures (Dreamgirls) –For more than 200,000 years of human history these were the celebrated dimensions of women. What was the tipping point? Twiggy in the 60s?

12. Labyrinth (Pan's Labyrinth) -- Before 'quagmire's' there were 'labyrinths'. In the 21st Century 'labyrinth' is perhaps the better word.

13. Film Noir (Black Dahlia) -- Plenty of 'noir' but not much 'film' in the Black Dahlia. Perhaps Film Noir is better suited to a less cynical age.

14. Arrgh! (Pirate of the Caribbean, Dead Man's Chest) -- Spreading ever more deeply into popular culture.

15. "Rotemorizing" (Akeelah and the Bee) -- The technique of blindly memorizing spelling words.

16. “Make us disappear!” (The Illusionist) – Sophie’s request to a young Eisenheim (Ed Norton).

17. maya yucateco (Apocolypto) -- Mel's Gibson's choice of language for his film depicting a collapsing civilization. (Actually still spoken from some 6 million Maya descendants in the Yucatan.)

18. Dame (Notes on a Scandal) -- What more can be said: Dame Judi Dench, Indeed.

19. Hero (Flags of our Fathers) – Some thing the ‘heroes’ of Iwo Jima never asked to be, much like their 9/11 grandsons.

20. Chica chica, boom boom (Happy Feet) -- That's just one sign that attack of spontaneous happy feet dancing is about to begin.


Top Words for 2006 and 2005

In 2006,‘Brokeback’ from multi-Oscar nominated film 'Brokeback Mountain' was named the Top HollyWORD in the Global Language Monitor's annual survey of words from Hollywood that profoundly influenced the English Language. In 2005, 'Pinot' from the movie Sideways, was named the Top HollyWORD.

John Legend dating a Nigerian Model-TAYO OTITI
John Legend is currently dating a Nigerian Model named Tayo Otiti. Tayo is a model with top modelling agency,Wilhelmina.
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SHOT FROM HER BIRTHDAY DINNER!!

"My life has changed so much and my words come across as an understatement..."
Since crowning for Miss Kenya, Eunice Karanja ( Tshyro) has gone through a tremendous change in her careers. In May 2006 she became the official Miss Kenya USA. Crowning has come along with various duties although Eunice has been in college most of her running year she has manged to accomplish quite a lot.

Ms. Karanja was a guest of the first Miss Kenya Preliminary in Boston, Massachusetts where she not only mentored the beautiful ladies but she hosted the show. Later that night she celebrated her birthday with mostly new friends she had made during the time she was there. Our lady has been representing Kenya in many other projects such as the Miss Africa USA Pageant that was held in Atlanta, Georgia on October 20th.

Miss Angola/2007, Micaela Reis, is among the world’s 10 most beautiful women, following an election in the 56th edition of the Miss Universe contest held Monday in Mexico city.

The pageant beauty contest, which brought together 80 candidates from across the world, was won by 20-year old Ja
panese Riyo Mori, followed by Brazilian Natália Guimarães, and Venezuelan Ly Jonaitis who ranked third.


In order to achieve that place, the 19-year old, 1,75-metre Angolan representative underwent qualifying proceedings before the members of jury chose the five finalists.
Micaela Reis was elected Miss Angola/2007 following a beauty pageant contest held in December 2006, in Luanda.Miss Universe Miss contest started in 1952.

Miss Universe 2007 arrival welcome video


Miss Universe 2007 Swimsuit Photos

YOU KNOW YOU HAVE AFRICAN PARENTS IF...

You boyfriend / male friend’s big sister automatically becomes your friend as
Excuse for wanting to visit them and vice versa for the males

You’ve over heard you parent or parents talking about something you’ve done over
The phone to a relative and they act like your not sitting right next to them

Your parents ever threatened to take you back home (which they never do because its like 10,000$ a ticket)

You’ve tried to explain yourself in a situation and they feel like you are (African accent)
Back talking

You get in mad trouble if you do not offer to help your mom or female relative when they are cooking in the kitchen (and when you do help they say get out you don’t know how to do anything)

You’ve seen random phone cards lying around the house

If they have ever watched BET with you or accidentally passed by seeing the video and say (in an African accent) OHHHH so this is the kind of thing u are watching eh? Lol

If you’ve ever been called to do something so dumb you run upstairs thinking it’s an emergency to hear your parent say have you eaten today? Or can you pass me the remote

If you’ve ever been embarrassed in a public place (mall , restaurant etc) because your parents want the whole world to know your full name and they are extra loud

If your friends ever call for you and don’t greet your parents are always gangsta enough to say (African accent) so you cant say hi or your friend gets a 2 min lecture on proper greetings

If you’ve ever gotten in trouble for something your little sibling has done even though it has nothing to do with you

If something has happened and they yell Jesus or God in whatever language

If you love you parents even though they drive u crazy sometimes pass this on to any African im sure they can relate.

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Wema Isaac Sepetu a 18 year-old student is 2006 Miss Tanzania.