The challenge they face keep them alive and fresh

*A Motivation Story* The Japanese have always loved fresh fish🐠 but the water close to Japan has not held many fishes for decades. So to feed the Japanese population, fishing boats got bigger and went farther than ever. The further the fishermen went, the longer it took to bring the fishes. If the return trip took more time, the fishes were not fresh. To solve this problem, fish companies installed freezers on their boats. They would catch the fishes and freeze them at sea. Freezers allowed the boats to go farther and stay longer. However, the Japanese could taste the difference between fresh and frozen fish and they did not like the taste of frozen fish. The frozen fish brought a lower price. So, fishing companies installed fish tanks. They would catch the fishes and stuff them in the tanks, fin to fin. After a little thrashing around, they were tired, dull, and lost their fresh-fish taste. The fishing industry faced an impending crisis! But today, they get fresh-tasting fish to Japan. How did they manage...? To keep the fishes tasting fresh, the Japanese fishing companies still put the fishes in the tanks but with a small shark🐋 The fishes are challenged and hence are constantly on the move. The challenge they face keeps them alive and fresh! Have you realized that some of us are also living in a pond but most of the time tired and dull....? Basically in our lives, sharks are new challenges to keep us active. If you are steadily conquering challenges, you are happy. Your challenges keep you energized. Challenges are driving forces for innovations and the foundation blocks upon which Successes, Achievements and Progresses evolve. A life without challenges is a dull, boring, complacent and uninspiring one. In challenges are opportunities to keep you refreshed and re-invigorated. Always view challenges positively. We have been equipped with the resources, skills and abilities to make a difference. So.... Put a shark 🐋 in your tank in the year 2019 and see how far you can really go... Have a Motivation driven Monday ✌😉

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What the wealthy and ultra wealthy spend thier money on.

Most of these mega-wealthy are American, according to the Forbes list of billionaires used by Oxfam. The names include Amazon's Jeff Bezos, Microsoft's Bill Gates, Berkshire Hathaway's Warren Buffett and Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg, who collectively are worth $357 billion, according to Forbes. Oxfam recommends that nations tax wealth at fairer levels, raise rates on personal income and corporate taxes and eliminate tax avoidance by companies and the super-rich. It also advocates providing universal free health care, education and other public services — and ensuring that women and girls also benefit. And it suggests investing in public services — including water, electricity and childcare — to free up women's time and limit the number of unpaid hours they work. Tax systems questioned The report echoes policy positions embraced by the newly empowered Democrats in the United States, who are advocating for similar reforms.

The top 26 billionaires own $1.4 trillion — as much as 3.8 billion other people

(CNN Business) The world's billionaires are growing $2.5 billion richer every day, while the poorest half of the global population is seeing its net worth dwindle. Billionaires, who now number a record 2,208, have more wealth than ever before, according to an Oxfam International report published Monday. Since the global financial crisis a decade ago, the number of billionaires has nearly doubled. The annual study was released ahead of the yearly World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, which brings together some of the wealthiest and most influential people on Earth. The 106-page report is meant to call attention to the growing gap between rich and poor.The combined fortunes of the world's 26 richest individuals reached $1.4 trillion last year — the same amount as the total wealth of the 3.8 billion poorest people. Tami Lughby.

News digest

NEWSFLASH Married woman cries in pain after she gets stuck with lover during sex, Man and woman spotted fighting outside Shoprite ... 1. The United States of America has reacted to the suspension of the Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Walter Onnoghen by President Muhammadu Buhari. In a statement from the US embassy on Saturday, the Executive arm of government was called upon to respect the rule of law and resolve issues surrounding Onnoghen’s removal peacefully. 2. The European Union has also expressed concern over the process and timing of the suspension of Justice Walter Onnoghen as the Chief Justice of Nigeria. The EU urged all parties to follow all legal processes in line with the constitution of the country. 3. The British High Commission has expressed serious concern over the suspension of the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Walter Onnoghen. A statement by the mission on Saturday said it heard a wide range of credible and independent voices, including in the Nigerian legal profession and civil society, who have expressed concern over the constitutionality of the executive branch’s suspension of the chief officer of the judiciary. 4. Hundreds of civil society leaders, lawyers and opposition politicians stormed the United States, U.S. embassy in Abuja on Saturday. The protesters demanded that the U.S intervene in the “constitutional crisis” ignited by President Muhammadu Buhari with the removal of Walter Onnoghen as Chief Justice of Nigeria. 5. A married woman got stuck with her lover during sex. Her husband who suspected her infidelity sought the services of a native doctor, which led to her being stuck with her lover. 6. The yet-to-be identified man allegedly slapped the lady who purportedly insulted him following an issue between them. They started fighting and were later separated. 7. The federal government has reacted to the public outcry against the suspension of former Chief Justice of Nigeria, Walter Onnoghen by President Muhammadu Buhari. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has now faulted the criticisms trailing the action, said the critics ignored the real issues which concern corruption and the need to protect the judiciary. 8. The Nigerian president, Muhammadu Buhari on Saturday insisted that despite resistance in some quarters, treasury looters would be made to face the full wrath of the law. He argued that his administration have transformed the Nigerian nation-state beyond how it was in 2015, as he promised better life ahead for Nigerians. 9. The Senate will reconvene on Tuesday to discuss the suspension of Justice Walter Onnoghen as the Chief Justice of Nigeria. Report said the National Assembly would hold a leadership meeting on Sunday over the matter where a stand against the decision of President Muhammadu Buhari will be taken. 10. Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo State has condemned the endorsement of Atiku Abubakar, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, presidential candidate by the apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo. Okorocha described Abubakar’s endorsement as a folklore told by Ohanaeze with no electoral value

‘Catholic Church Doesn’t Run On Tithes, Has Never Taught That God’s Blessings Depend On Tithes’ – Okogie

‘Catholic Church Doesn’t Run On Tithes, Has Never Taught That God’s Blessings Depend On Tithes’ – Okogie February 21, 2019 10:06 am by Online Editor RETIRED Catholic Archbishop of Lagos, His Eminence, Anthony Cardinal Olubunmi Okogie has warned the nation’s leaders to tread softly because there is anger in the nation, arguing that even leading members of the ruling All Progressives Congress at the centre have demonstrated commendable candour by openly acknowledging that the hopes of 2015 have been shattered. In his latest open letter to the nation, Cardinal Okogie began on a sporty note, reminding the nation that late football commentator, Ernest Okonkwo, was fond of using an Igbo proverb while giving minute-by-minute description of football matches on the radio. “Anytime there was an infringement that escaped the attention of the referee, he would ask his colleagues, Sebastian Ofurum or Tolu Fatoyinbo if they too saw the infringement. If they confirmed what he saw, he would say in Igbo: “What two persons have seen and confirmed to be a boa must not be mistaken for a piece of diamond.” One may apply that maxim to the situation in our country right now. “There is anger in the land. Many voices are echoing it. These voices of anger are so deafening that it can no longer be denied. The level of discontent in Nigeria at this point in time is like the proverbial boa sighted by even more than two persons. It would be unwise to mistake it for a piece of diamond. “It has been sighted by Retired Generals Olusegun Obasanjo and Ibrahim Babangida who have spoken of the anger in the land in clear and unmistaken terms. It has been sighted by traditional rulers who have called the attention of government to it. It has been sighted by the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Nigeria when Bishops went into the corridors of power to speak to power, in the way Biblical prophets directly confronted kings in Israel,” Okogie contended in the letter. Continuing, he maintained that the situation can no longer be treated as the cry of “wailers”, “even leading members of the party ruling at the centre have demonstrated commendable candour by openly acknowledging that the hopes of 2015 have been shattered by the disappointment of 2019. “’Your worst enemy could be your best friend, and your best friend your worst enemy,’ sang Bob Marley. But presidential aides in our country do not seem to grasp the wisdom in those words. By their own reckoning, anyone who raises doubts as to the rightness of government policies, actions and statements is an enemy of government. “He or she is ridiculed as speaking because there is no more access to ill-gotten wealth. A police officer, appointed to his office, demonstrated unspeakable insolence on television, calling an elected state governor a “drowning man”. In other climes he would lose his job. In Nigeria he keeps it. “The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Nigeria stood with and for democratic forces in this country during the dark days of military rule. In 1984, when the current President was a military ruler, Nigeria’s Catholic Bishops went to him to inquire as to when he would restore democratic governance. During the lawlessness of military rule, Nigeria’s Catholic Bishops called for elections and called for the release of political prisoners. “Interventions of Nigeria’s Catholic Bishops date back to October 1, 1960, the day Nigeria gained independence, when the Bishops addressed a letter to Nigerians. Fifty years later, the same Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Nigeria addressed another letter to Nigerians, entitled “Growing a New Nigeria”. That letter was presented to former President Goodluck Jonathan at the Our Lady Queen of Nigeria Cathedral on the First Sunday of Lent in 2011. “The Bishops have never failed to offer their advice to successive governments in this country. Every line, every word of every intervention emanating from the Conference was chosen to offer frank and friendly advice. The Bishops did the same thing a few days ago, calling the attention of the President to the anger and disappointment in the land. At the end of their friendly exchange with the President, some of his aides and friends resorted to name calling and gratuitous accusations. “Anyone who has a faint idea of how the Catholic Church is run would know that the Catholic Church does not run on tithes. She has never taught that God’s blessings depend on tithes. No Catholic Bishop in this country has a private jet. Not even the Pope has one. But an uninformed state governor, notorious for being insolent, described the Bishop’s intervention as the wailing of religious leaders who no longer have access to tithes because of this government’s anti-corruption fight. “True friends tell each other the truth. There cannot be sincere friendship where there is no truth. Those who are telling our President the truth are his true friends. Those who are shielding him from the truth while insulting those who tell him the truth are his real enemies. “By insulting well-meaning Nigerians who happen to disagree with policies of government they are not winning friends for the President. They are in fact helping to grow the rank and file of the angry. Whoever loves this President would want him to succeed. Whoever wants him to succeed must tell him the truth. For if he fails, Nigeria fails. “The truth is: Nigerians are not happy. As we said early in this administration, Nigerians are hungry and angry. They are not happy because their lives and their belongings are not safe. They work so hard while the value of the money they earn cannot make them enjoy basic things of life. Nigerians are unhappy because the economy has been so mismanaged that some cannot pay the school fees of their children. “Nigerians are unhappy because they have not got jobs. Nigerians are unhappy because, instead of hope, they are offered propaganda and insults by the President’s men. Nigerians are angry because their loved ones are butchered by herdsmen while the response of government is woeful. “The issue at hand is more serious than getting re-elected. It cannot be resolved by way of a facile intra-party reconciliation. Before it can succeed, this government must admit it has failed. Before it can retrace its steps, this government must admit that it has strayed from the path of keeping the promises it made, promises that made Nigerians vote as they did in 2015. Apart from seeking intra-party reconciliation, this government must first reconcile with Nigerians by treating them with respect. “Despite the insolence of some of its officials, we still pray for this government: may this government not suffer the fate of the proverbial hunter’s dog that got lost in the forest because it obstinately refused to heed the hunter’s whistle,” Okogie further warned.

The Apostolic succession

THE UNBROKEN CHAINS OF APOSTOLIC SUCCESSION 1. St. Peter (32-67) 2. St. Linus (67-76) 3. St. Anacletus (Cletus) (76-88) 4. St. Clement I (88-97) 5. St. Evaristus (97-105) 6. St. Alexander I (105-115) 7. St. Sixtus I (115-125) 8. St. Telesphorus (125-136) 9. St. Hyginus (136-140) 10. St. Pius I (140-155) 11. St. Anicetus (155-166) 12. St. Soter (166-175) 13. St. Eleutherius (175-189) 14. St. Victor I (189-199) 15. St. Zephyrinus (199-217) 16. St. Callistus I (217-22) 17. St. Urban I (222-30) 18. St. Pontain (230-35) 19. St. Anterus (235-36) 20. St. Fabian (236-50) 21. St. Cornelius (251-53) 22. St. Lucius I (253-54) 23. St. Stephen I (254-257) 24. St. Sixtus II (257-258) 25. St. Dionysius (260-268) 26. St. Felix I (269-274) 27. St. Eutychian (275-283) 28. St. Caius (283-296) 29. St. Marcellinus (296-304) 30. St. Marcellus I (308-309) 31. St. Eusebius (309 or 310) 32. St. Miltiades (311-14) 33. St. Sylvester I (314-35) 34. St. Marcus (336) 35. St. Julius I (337-52) 36. Liberius (352-66) 37. St. Damasus I (366-83) 38. St. Siricius (384-99) 39. St. Anastasius I (399-401) 40. St. Innocent I (401-17) 41. St. Zosimus (417-18) 42. St. Boniface I (418-22) 43. St. Celestine I (422-32) 44. St. Sixtus III (432-40) 45. St. Leo I (the Great) (440-61) 46. St. Hilarius (461-68) 47. St. Simplicius (468-83) 48. St. Felix III (II) (483-92) 49. St. Gelasius I (492-96) 50. Anastasius II (496-98) 51. St. Symmachus (498-514) 52. St. Hormisdas (514-23) 53. St. John I (523-26) 54. St. Felix IV (III) (526-30) 55. Boniface II (530-32) 56. John II (533-35) 57. St. Agapetus I (535-36) 58. St. Silverius (536-37) 59. Vigilius (537-55) 60. Pelagius I (556-61) 61. John III (561-74) 62. Benedict I (575-79) 63. Pelagius II (579-90) 64. St. Gregory I (the Great) (590-604) 65. Sabinian (604-606) 66. Boniface III (607) 67. St. Boniface IV (608-15) 68. St. Deusdedit (Adeodatus I) (615-18) 69. Boniface V (619-25) 70. Honorius I (625-38) 71. Severinus (640) 72. John IV (640-42) 73. Theodore I (642-49) 74. St. Martin I (649-55) 75. St. Eugene I (655-57) 76. St. Vitalian (657-72) 77. Adeodatus (II) (672-76) 78. Donus (676-78) 79. St. Agatho (678-81) 80. St. Leo II (682-83) 81. St. Benedict II (684-85) 82. John V (685-86) 83. Conon (686-87) 84. St. Sergius I (687-701) 85. John VI (701-05) 86. John VII (705-07) 87. Sisinnius (708) 88. Constantine (708-15) 89. St. Gregory II (715-31) 90. St. Gregory III (731-41) 91. St. Zachary (741-52) 92. Stephen II (752) 93. Stephen III (752-57) 94. St. Paul I (757-67) 95. Stephen IV (767-72) 96. Adrian I (772-95) 97. St. Leo III (795-816) 98. Stephen V (816-17) 99. St. Paschal I (817-24) 100. Eugene II (824-27) 101. Valentine (827) 102. Gregory IV (827-44) 103. Sergius II (844-47) 104. St. Leo IV (847-55) 105. Benedict III (855-58) 106. St. Nicholas I (the Great) (858-67) 107. Adrian II (867-72) 108. John VIII (872-82) 109. Marinus I (882-84) 110. St. Adrian III (884-85) 111. Stephen VI (885-91) 112. Formosus (891-96) 113. Boniface VI (896) 114. Stephen VII (896-97) 115. Romanus (897) 116. Theodore II (897) 117. John IX (898-900) 118. Benedict IV (900-03) 119. Leo V (903) 120. Sergius III (904-11) 121. Anastasius III (911-13) 122. Lando (913-14) 123. John X (914-28) 124. Leo VI (928) 125. Stephen VIII (929-31) 126. John XI (931-35) 127. Leo VII (936-39) 128. Stephen IX (939-42) 129. Marinus II (942-46) 130. Agapetus II (946-55) 131. John XII (955-63) 132. Leo VIII (963-64) 133. Benedict V (964) 134. John XIII (965-72) 135. Benedict VI (973-74) 136. Benedict VII (974-83) 137. John XIV (983-84) 138. John XV (985-96) 139. Gregory V (996-99) 140. Sylvester II (999-1003) 141. John XVII (1003) 142. John XVIII (1003-09) 143. Sergius IV (1009-12) 144. Benedict VIII (1012-24) 145. John XIX (1024-32) 146. Benedict IX (1032-45) 147. Sylvester III (1045) 148. Benedict IX (1045) 149. Gregory VI (1045-46) 150. Clement II (1046-47) 151. Benedict IX (1047-48) 152. Damasus II (1048) 153. St. Leo IX (1049-54) 154. Victor II (1055-57) 155. Stephen X (1057-58) 156. Nicholas II (1058-61) 157. Alexander II (1061-73) 158. St. Gregory VII (1073-85) 159. Blessed Victor III (1086-87) 160. Blessed Urban II (1088-99) 161. Paschal II (1099-1118) 162. Gelasius II (1118-19) 163. Callistus II (1119-24) 164. Honorius II (1124-30) 165. Innocent II (1130-43) 166. Celestine II (1143-44) 167. Lucius II (1144-45) 168. Blessed Eugene III (1145-53) 169. Anastasius IV (1153-54) 170. Adrian IV (1154-59) 171. Alexander III (1159-81) 172. Lucius III (1181-85) 173. Urban III (1185-87) 174. Gregory VIII (1187) 175. Clement III (1187-91) 176. Celestine III (1191-98) 177. Innocent III (1198-1216) 178. Honorius III (1216-27) 179. Gregory IX (1227-41) 180. Celestine IV (1241) 181. Innocent IV (1243-54) 182. Alexander IV (1254-61) 183. Urban IV (1261-64) 184. Clement IV (1265-68) 185. Blessed Gregory X (1271-76) 186. Blessed Innocent V (1276) 187. Adrian V (1276) 188. John XXI (1276-77) 189. Nicholas III (1277-80) 190. Martin IV (1281-85) 191. Honorius IV (1285-87) 192. Nicholas IV (1288-92) 193. St. Celestine V (1294) 194. Boniface VIII (1294-1303) 195. Blessed Benedict XI (1303-04) 196. Clement V (1305-14) 197. John XXII (1316-34) 198. Benedict XII (1334-42) 199. Clement VI (1342-52) 200. Innocent VI (1352-62) 201. Blessed Urban V (1362-70) 202. Gregory XI (1370-78) 203. Urban VI (1378-89) 204. Boniface IX (1389-1404) 205. Innocent VII (1404-06) 206. Gregory XII (1406-15) 207. Martin V (1417-31) 208. Eugene IV (1431-47) 209. Nicholas V (1447-55) 210. Callistus III (1455-58) 211. Pius II (1458-64) 212. Paul II (1464-71) 213. Sixtus IV (1471-84) 214. Innocent VIII (1484-92) 215. Alexander VI (1492-1503) 216. Pius III (1503) 217. Julius II (1503-13) 218. Leo X (1513-21) 219. Adrian VI (1522-23) 220. Clement VII (1523-34) 221. Paul III (1534-49) 222. Julius III (1550-55) 223. Marcellus II (1555) 224. Paul IV (1555-59) 225. Pius IV (1559-65) 226. St. Pius V (1566-72) 227. Gregory XIII (1572-85) 228. Sixtus V (1585-90) 229. Urban VII (1590) 230. Gregory XIV (1590-91) 231. Innocent IX (1591) 232. Clement VIII (1592-1605) 233. Leo XI (1605) 234. Paul V (1605-21) 235. Gregory XV (1621-23) 236. Urban VIII (1623-44) 237. Innocent X (1644-55) 238. Alexander VII (1655-67) 239. Clement IX (1667-69) 240. Clement X (1670-76) 241. Blessed Innocent XI (1676-89) 242. Alexander VIII (1689-91) 243. Innocent XII (1691-1700) 244. Clement XI (1700-21) 245. Innocent XIII (1721-24) 246. Benedict XIII (1724-30) 247. Clement XII (1730-40) 248. Benedict XIV (1740-58) 249. Clement XIII (1758-69) 250. Clement XIV (1769-74) 251. Pius VI (1775-99) 252. Pius VII (1800-23) 253. Leo XII (1823-29) 254. Pius VIII (1829-30) 255. Gregory XVI (1831-46) 256. Blessed Pius IX (1846-78) 257. Leo XIII (1878-1903) 258. St. Pius X (1903-14) 259. Benedict XV (1914-22) 260. Pius XI (1922-39) 261. Pius XII (1939-58) 262. Blessed John XXIII (1958-63) 263. Paul VI (1963-78) 264. John Paul I (1978) 265. Blessed John Paul II (1978-2005) 266. Benedict XVI (2005-2013) 267. Francis (2013—)