Root of Corruption - Part 12: The Oprah Case (pizzagatewhatever)

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Root of Corruption: Index / Table of Contents / Overview

Previous: (see Preface)

ITT:

  • Analyzing suspicions of Oprah Winfrey having key involvement in global corruption.

Definitions:

  • OW = Oprah Winfrey
  • HW = Harvey Weinstein
  • RO = Rita Ora
  • JZ = Jay-Z

Preface

Yep, another ambiguous lead-in, no proper TL;DR... Put simply, I've even surprised myself here; several RoC entries have relevancy here which I did not see coming...

To set the mood, I'll reference my previous RoC entry and then hit the ground hard.

Root of Corruption - Annex: "72 Virgins" | Invert and abstract

72 Virgins... (yes, again)

Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy for Girls

The Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy for Girls – South Africa (OWLAG) is a college preparatory boarding school for girls, grades 8-12, in Henley on Klip, Gauteng Province, South Africa.Coordinates: 26°32′49″S 28°03′19″E The school is a project begun by the American entrepreneur and philanthropist Oprah Winfrey in 2002, born out of a discussion she had with South African president Nelson Mandela in 2000. OWLAG opened in 2007 and its inaugural class of 72 girls graduated in 2012.

Inspired by her own disadvantaged childhood, Winfrey stated that she founded the Leadership Academy to provide educational and leadership opportunities for academically gifted girls from impoverished backgrounds in South Africa who exhibited leadership qualities for making a difference in the world.[1] She wanted to help girls who grew up like her, "economically disadvantaged, but not poor in mind or spirit".[2]

The school teaches the IB Middle Years Programme curriculum for grades 8-10. Grades 11 and 12 study for the South African National Senior Certificate.

Sign at the academy entrance – April 2015

Location: Henley on Klip, South Africa

Pause for a moment, do you see it?

OWLAG opened in 2007 and its inaugural class of 72 girls graduated in 2012.

Let's read on...

Criticisms and controversies

Winfrey received much criticism surrounding the "extravagance" of the school, with mention, among other things, about the need for high thread-count sheets for the dormitory beds, a beauty salon, two theaters (one indoor, one outdoor) and a yoga classroom to educate girls in an impoverished region of South Africa. In an article about the school's unveiling, Allison Samuels of Newsweek questioned whether the $40 million spent might have benefited a far greater number of students had the money been spent with less emphasis on luxurious surroundings and more emphasis on practicality.[4]

Winfrey defended her decision to establish the Leadership Academy in South Africa by offering the following observation:

I think the reason not just Africa but the world is in the state that it is because of a lack of leadership on all levels of government ... and particularly in regard to schools and schooling for poor children. ... The best way to effect change long term is to ... give children exposure and opportunity and nurture them to understand their own power and possibility.[5]

Rebecca Traister of Salon.com[6] and Karen Russell of The Huffington Post[7] wrote in defense of the school. Russell then cited the success of Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Africa’s first female President who restored Liberia’s electricity, as an example of what can happen when the best and brightest girls in Africa are given a world class education. She praised Winfrey for sending the message that blacks and women have value.[7]

Other criticisms that Winfrey received about the Leadership Academy included the racial makeup of students, with the majority of students selected and accepted as candidates for the school being black. Winfrey deflected this criticism by saying that the "school is open to all girls who are disadvantaged. All girls, all races, who are disadvantaged ... [including] White, Indian and Native American students of varying faiths," as long as eligibility requirements were met.[8] Many of girls chosen for the Leadership Academy come from families affected by HIV/AIDS.[9]

In spite of the criticism, Winfrey's offered that her vision for the Leadership Academy was to provide a vehicle for mentoring academically talented and disadvantaged girls with "that 'It' quality" to provide them with opportunities to "change the face of a nation," make a difference in the world and to become future leaders of South Africa. As for rationale of the lavishness of the school, Winfrey continued by saying that "[i]f you are surrounded by beautiful things and wonderful teachers who inspire you, that beauty brings out the beauty in you."[10] To change how women are viewed, Winfrey added during an interview, one must look for an opportunity "'to change the paradigm, to change the way not only these girls think ... but to also change the way a culture feels about what women can do.'[11] 'Girls who are educated are less likely to get HIV/AIDS and in this country which has such a pandemic, we have to begin to change the pandemic.'"[12] 2007 incidents

In the school's first year, a female school staffer was accused of physically and sexually abusing students. Winfrey flew to South Africa to meet with school officials and parents.[13] The dorm matron was arrested after seven students submitted statements alleging assault and various accusations of abuse.[14][15] A specialist on sexual violence with the South African Medical Research Council praised Winfrey’s response as "phenomenal" because it sent a powerful message in a country afflicted with record high levels of sexual abuse.[16] On 23 March 2010, the Associated Press reported that Winfrey settled the defamation lawsuit filed by one of the headmistresses at the Academy before the trial began.[17]

In March 2007, some parents complained because they were only allowed to visit their children once a month and the girls were only allowed to use their cell phones on weekends.[18] John Samuels, the executive head of the school responded to the complaints by appealing to security and school spirit.

Notes:

  • much criticism surrounding the "extravagance" of the school
  • Rebecca Traister of Salon.com[6] and Karen Russell of The Huffington Post[7] wrote in defense of the school.
  • racial makeup of students ~ majority black ~ "school is open to all girls who are disadvantaged. All girls, all races, who are disadvantaged ... [including] White, Indian and Native American students of varying faiths,"

  • 'Girls who are educated are less likely to get HIV/AIDS and in this country which has such a pandemic, we have to begin to change the pandemic.'

  • In the school's first year, a female school staffer was accused of physically and sexually abusing students. (+ details)

Q references

Feb 8 2018:

Make sure the list of resignations remains updated.

Important.

When does big pharma make money?

Curing or containing?

Cancer/AIDS/etc.

Mind will be blown by chain of command.

Q

Dec 20 2017:

128571

3,000+ saved by the raids in SA alone.

WW lanes shut down.

Bottom to TOP.

[HAITI].

[RED CROSS]

[CLASSIFIED]

High Priority.

Q

Dec 5 2017:

Red Cross is corrupt and used as a piggy bank.

Future topic.

Diseases created by families in power (pop control + pharma billions kb).

Think AIDS.

Future topic.

Relevant.

FLYROTHSFLY

Q

Re-review RED_RED stringer.

Focus on Hussein AIDS Video.

Cross reference.

Date of stringer vs video?

Learn to decider.

News unlocks message.

Find the keystone.

Q

RED_RED

Remember?

Hussein AIDS Video.

Hidden message?

Response?

Twitter.

Roles.

Actions.

Expand your thinking.

News unlocks meaning.

Q

My turn again...

Root of Corruption - Q 4: Alice & Wonderland: Blood + Oyl + Money + Anderson?

^ continued 1: Mother Teresa's Missionaries of Charity(HIV/AIDS)

JZ?

Weinstein + Oprah: The plot thickens...

https://imgoat.com/uploads/bd7939d674/75736.jpg

photo left: Harvey Weinstein

photo right: Oprah Winfrey

photo center: Rita Ora

RO wiki:

Music career

2007–2010: Career beginnings

~Ora's management got in touch with the American label, Roc Nation, and told them about her. Ora signed a recording deal and a publishing deal with Roc Nation in December 2008, and was one of their first signees.[20][21][22] She made cameo appearances in Jay Z's video for "Young Forever" (2009) and Drake's video, "Over" (2010).[23][24] After being signed, Ora recorded an album and wanted to release it, but her label advised against it and she started to work on other material for her debut album.[16]

In This Moment "Natural Born Sinner" (Official Audio)

Continued in comments(sort oldest first)...

AviciiKnewTooMuch ago

Not sure if you've already talked about it or not (new to VOAT but not to Twitter) but there's something with Oprah NO ONE is talking about, from what I've seen/heard... The Church of Winfrey. That's right, she has her own church and her own religion, teaching that everyone can be their own god. This is not a church, but a cult and she is very dangerously powerful. https://mobile.nytimes.com/2011/05/28/us/28beliefs.html

argosciv ago

I was not at all aware of this!

Archived: https://archive.is/DLXTd (30 Jan 2013 23:42:04 UTC)

From article:

The Church of Oprah Winfrey and a Theology of Suffering

By MARK OPPENHEIMER

Published: May 27, 2011

~~Ms. Winfrey gave platforms to some rather questionable types. She hosted the self-help author Louise Hay, who once said Holocaust victims may have been paying for sins in a previous life.~~

argosciv ago

https://tweetsave.com/realdonaldtrump/status/965442990134251520

Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump

Just watched a very insecure Oprah Winfrey, who at one point I knew very well, interview a panel of people on 60 Minutes. The questions were biased and slanted, the facts incorrect. Hope Oprah runs so she can be exposed and defeated just like all of the others!

Feb 19, 2018 04:28:40 UTC

8 Mile (10/10) Movie CLIP - Rabbit Battles Papa Doc (2002) HD

"Fuck y'all if you doubt me, I'm a piece of fuckin' white trash, I say it proudly ~ here, tell these people somethin' they don't know about me"

/micpass

@Vindicator @srayzie @EricKaliberhall @LightlyToasted @Blacksmith21

srayzie ago

Lol I love him.

Vindicator ago

I love it when he gets pissed off.

srayzie ago

Me too. He trolls those punks lol

argosciv ago

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JZ wiki:

Music career

1995–1997: Reasonable Doubt and In My Lifetime, Vol. 1

With no major label to give him a record deal, Jay-Z sold CDs out of his car[25] and, with Damon Dash and Kareem Biggs, created Roc-A-Fella Records as an independent label in 1995. After striking a distribution deal with Priority, Jay-Z released his 1996 debut album Reasonable Doubt with beats from acclaimed producers such as DJ Premier and Super DJ Clark Kent and an appearance by The Notorious B.I.G.. The album reached number 23 on the Billboard 200, and was generally favored by critics.[2] This album would later be included in Rolling Stone's "500 Greatest Albums of All Time" as No. 248 and eventually reach platinum status.[37]

After reaching a new distribution deal with Def Jam in 1997, Jay-Z released his follow-up In My Lifetime, Vol. 1. Produced by Sean "Puff Daddy" Combs, it sold better than his previous effort. Jay-Z later explained that the album was made during one of the worst periods of his life when he was reeling from the death of his close friend, The Notorious B.I.G. The album was a personal revelation for Jay-Z as he told the stories of his difficult upbringing.[38] The album's glossy production stood as a contrast to his first release, and some dedicated fans felt he had "sold out." However, the album did feature some beats from producers who had worked with him on Reasonable Doubt, namely DJ Premier and Ski. Like its predecessor, In My Lifetime, Vol. 1 earned platinum status in the United States.[37]

Damon Dash

Damon Anthony Dash (born May 3, 1971), also known as Dame Dash, is an American entrepreneur, music producer and actor.[2] Dash is best known as co-founder of Roc-A-Fella Records along with Shawn "JAY-Z" Carter and Kareem "Biggs" Burke.[3]

Biography

Early life

Born in New York City, Dash swept the floors of a local barbershop and sold newspapers in order to buy sneakers and shirts as a teenager. Dash "learned to hustle", in his own words, from the example of his mother, who died of an asthma attack when he was 15.[4] Dash was sent to a private school in order to receive a better education. His success helped him discover the different fields he wanted to branch out into.[5]

Career

Dash served as Jay-Z's former manager and business partner at Roc-A-Fella Records, and in 1999, he organized a tour for Jay-Z which made $19 million.[6] Their relationship soured as a result of two subsequent events. The first was when Roc-A-Fella Records was purchased by Def Jam Recordings (which had previously only owned half of the company) in 2004, after which Jay-Z agreed to take a job as Def Jam's president. Then, in late 2005, Jay-Z bought Dash out of his stake in Rocawear.[7] In April 2014, it was announced that Dash is also involved with Blind Debit, a fingerprint payment application being developed by Dez White.[8]

Personal life

Dash met R&B singer Aaliyah in the summer of 2000 through his accountant[9][10] in New York City and dated her until her death on August 25, 2001 in a plane crash in The Bahamas.[11] Though they were not formally engaged, in interviews given after Aaliyah's death, Dash stated that the couple had planned to marry.[12]

Dash married fashion designer Rachel Roy in 2005. They met when she was working as an intern at Rocawear. Together they have two daughters, Ava Dash (born on December 7, 1999) and Tallulah Dash (born May 14, 2008). Following their divorce in 2005, they had a bitter custody battle.[13] In April 2015, Roy accused Dash of domestic abuse and filed for a restraining order.[13] Roy was awarded sole custody of both daughters. The court granted Roy and her daughters with a three-year restraining order against Dash.[14] Days later, Dash filed a $2.5 million claim against Roy in asserted damage for allegedly mishandling their joint fashion business, Royale Etenia.[15]

Dash has a son, Dame "Boogie" Dash, with former girlfriend, Linda Williams. In 2014, he was ordered to pay Williams $50,000 for causing her to be prosecuted on harassment charges in 2009.[16] Boogie stars in the reality television show Growing Up Hip Hop.[17]

Intermission...

Roc-A-Fella / Def Jam merger seems to be controversial; should it ring a bell?

Eminem - Without Me

Def Jam Recordings

Def Jam Recordings is an American record label focused predominantly on hip hop and urban music, owned by Universal Music Group (UMG). In the UK, the label takes on the name Def Jam UK and is operated through Virgin EMI Records, while in Japan, it is known as Def Jam Japan, operating through Universal Music Japan. The label distributes releases of various record labels, including Kanye West's GOOD Music,[1][2] and ARTium Recordings, headed by Def Jam's former executive vice president, No I.D.. Current artists include Logic, Big Sean, Kanye West, Leona Lewis, 2 Chainz, Axwell Λ Ingrosso, Mother Mother, Afrojack, Jeezy, Jeremih, Ludacris, Alesso, Pusha T, Vince Staples, Desiigner and Jhené Aiko among others.

Parent company: Universal Music Group

Founded: 1984; 34 years ago

Founder: Rick Rubin, Russell Simmons

Root of Corruption - Q 1: Follow the White Rabbit: Rick Rubin?

Intermission...

Avatar - Torn Apart (official live clip)

Theorized connections

Rick Rubin | Jay-Z | Rita Ora(+ parents) | Oprah | Weinstein | Mossad and/or CIA and/or FBI | HRC | Barrack Obama | NoName | ISIS | + ++ +++

Elements: funds-funneling, power consolidation, abuse of research into parasites & disease, connections to Islamic terrorism and human/sex trafficking & pedophilia, etc.

Oprah would also act as a 'middle-woman' to Scientology via Tom Cruise, which I have previously raised suspicions about both Scientology and Tom and their involvement in global corruption and the funnelling of funds via hollywood and other avenues, etc.

Def Jam Recordings wiki:

Company history

Founding and CBS Records Group era (1983–1994)

Def Jam was co-founded by Rick Rubin in his dormitory in Weinstein Hall at New York University[3] and its first release was a single by his punk-rock group Hose. Russell Simmons joined Rubin shortly after they were introduced to each other, according to one story, by Vincent Gallo.[4] Another cites DJ Jazzy Jay as their connector.[5] Rubin has said he met Simmons on the TV show, "Graffiti Rock" and recognized him then as "the face of hip hop": "He was five years older than me, and he was already established in the music business. And I had no experience whatsoever."[6] The first single released with the Def Jam Recordings logo was T La Rock & Jazzy Jay's "It's Yours." The first releases with Def Jam Recordings catalog numbers were LL Cool J's "I Need a Beat" and the Beastie Boys' "Rock Hard," both in 1984. The singles sold well, eventually leading to a distribution deal with CBS Records through Columbia Records the following year. This created a short-lived subsidiary label called OBR Records, short for Original Black Recordings, catered toward R&B artists—the first artist signed to that imprint was Oran "Juice" Jones, who enjoyed success with his hit single "The Rain". A few years later, Russell Simmons and Lyor Cohen started an umbrella label called Rush Associated Labels to handle Def Jam and its numerous spinoff labels. RAL became the home to Nice & Smooth and EPMD after both acts were acquired due to the folding of their former label Sleeping Bag Records.[7] Other acts under the RAL umbrella included Redman, Onyx, Flatlinerz, Domino, Warren G and Jayo Felony. Def Jam also signed its first and only thrash metal band, Slayer, in 1986, and the band's third and fourth albums were the only two Def Jam releases to be distributed through Geffen Records under Warner Bros. Records as opposed to Columbia/CBS. As the decade drew to a close, the label signed Public Enemy, whose controversial lyrical content garnered the company both critical acclaim and disdain. Lyor Cohen became president of Def Jam/RAL in 1988, after winning a power struggle with Rubin, who would shortly thereafter leave the company to form Def American Recordings. Rubin would take Slayer with him to Def American in its initial stages.

~

The Island Def Jam Music Group founding (1998–2000)

In 1998, PolyGram was purchased by Seagram and merged with the MCA family of labels, which became Universal Music Group. It then purchased the remaining interest of Def Jam Recordings from Russell Simmons for a reported $100 million. UMG merged 14+ record labels including: Def Jam, Island Records and Mercury Records to form The Island Def Jam Music Group. Despite the formation of IDJMG, the Def Jam, Mercury, and Island labels (among others) continued to operate as separate imprints underneath the bigger umbrella.~

~

2010s

~On April 1, 2014, it was announced that Island Def Jam would no longer be active following the resignation of CEO Barry Weiss.~

Def Jam Recordings operates as a stand-alone label within Universal Music Group. Steve Bartels serves a time as President/CEO of Def Jam Recording till it was announced on August 3, 2017, that as of January 2018, Eminem's longtime manager and co-founder of Shady Records, Paul Rosenberg has been appointed the new President/CEO of Def Jam Recordings.[18]

Avatar - Intro + Blod (official live video)

Avatar - Let us Die (METALTOWN 2012)

Marilyn Manson & Eminem - The Way I Am, Barcelona

/Micdrop (for now)

argosciv ago

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Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine

The Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (LSTM) is a higher education institution and registered charity located in Liverpool, United Kingdom.[2] Established in 1898, it was the first institution in the world dedicated to research and teaching in tropical medicine. The school has a research portfolio of over £220 million, assisted by funding from organisations such as the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Wellcome Trust and Department for International Development (DFID).[3]

Departments

LSTM has a broad portfolio of basic and translational research and policy activities in infectious diseases and public health research. To achieve this, the school is split into four departments: (a) International Public Health (b) Parasitology (c) Clinical Sciences and (d) Vector Biology.[7]

Department of International Public Health

The Department of International Public Health specialises in the use of research to guide policies, strengthen health systems and improve health care. This is achieved through work on monitoring and evaluation, gender equity, capacity strengthening and research into the role of human resources in policy development. The Department also leads research into the development and scale-up of large scale, complex interventions to prevent the spread of HIV and houses the rapidly expanding Centre for Maternal and Newborn Health.

Department of Parasitology

The Department of Parasitology conducts internationally rated basic research on tropical parasites such as malaria, lymphatic filariasis, onchocerciasis, soil transmitted helminths, schistosomiasis, trypanosomiasis and leishmaniasis as well as research into snakebite and neglected tropical diseases. Housed in LSTM’s Centre for Tropical and Infectious Disease the Department is a global leader in drug and diagnostics discovery and disease pathogenesis.

Department of Clinical Sciences

The Department for Clinical Sciences focuses on improving the management of important diseases in the tropics. Researchers work across a broad spectrum of clinical sciences, including: experimental medicine; evidence synthesis; clinical trials; implementation and evaluation; teaching and clinical practice. Specific areas of interest include clinical infectious disease epidemiology, developing preventative and therapeutic strategies for respiratory infections, and improving child and adolescent health.

The Department also hosts the Cochrane Infectious Diseases Group who help inform global policy by working closely with the World Health Organization and others to prepare systematic reviews in tropical infectious diseases.

Department of Vector Biology

The Department of Vector Biology has a research profile that spans from functional genomics of disease vectors to clinical trials, implementation research and the development of tools for monitoring and evaluation of disease transmission. The Department’s research is centred on improving the control of vector borne diseases in the developing world, with a focus on neglected tropical diseases and malaria. Understanding mosquito behaviour, evolutionary genomics and the extent, causes and impact of insecticide resistance on malaria control is major research strength of the department.

Cross cutting themes

Overlaid on this structure are five cross-cutting themes, which draw upon expertise from all four research departments. The themes are: Capacity Development; Centre for Applied Health Research and Delivery; Evidence-based Medicine; Neglected Tropical Diseases and the Centre for Health in the Eastern Mediterranean.

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF), also known as the Gates Foundation, is a private foundation founded by Bill and Melinda Gates. It was launched in 2000, and is said to be the largest private foundation in the US, holding $38 billion in assets [4]. The primary aims of the foundation are, globally, to enhance healthcare and reduce extreme poverty, and in America, to expand educational opportunities and access to information technology. The foundation, based in Seattle, Washington, is controlled by its three trustees: Bill and Melinda Gates, and Warren Buffett. Other principal officers include Co-Chair William H. Gates, Sr. and Chief Executive Officer Susan Desmond-Hellmann.[5]

It had an endowment of US$44.3 billion as of December 31, 2014.[3] The scale of the foundation and the way it seeks to apply business techniques to giving makes it one of the leaders in venture philanthropy,[6] though the foundation itself notes that the philanthropic role has limitations.[7] In 2007, its founders were ranked as the second most generous philanthropists in America, and Warren Buffett the first.[8] As of May 16, 2013, Bill Gates had donated US$28 billion to the foundation.[1][9] Since its foundation, the foundation has endowed and supported a broad range of social, health, and education developments including the establishment of the Gates Cambridge Scholarships at Cambridge University.

Pause for a moment.

Running theory

Oprah has been using her contacts and reputation to front a "create the problem then provide the solution" situation over in South Africa with regards to taking advantage of education failings, HIV/AIDS & Zika pandemics and abuse of knowledge/research data, etc, in concert with human trafficking and sexual abuse, notably of minors and the funding thereof.

It would also seem apparent that the above has abstract links to Islamic terrorism and related corruption on an international level; connections on this front lead to Bill Gates/Microsoft, more on this in a future RoC entry.

Jay-Z

Shawn Corey Carter (born December 4, 1969),[2][3] known professionally as JAY-Z,[4][a] is an American rapper and businessman. He is one of the best-selling musicians of all time, having sold more than 100 million records, while receiving 21 Grammy Awards for his music.[8][9][10] MTV ranked him the "Greatest MC of all time" in 2006.[11] Rolling Stone ranked three of his albums—Reasonable Doubt (1996), The Blueprint (2001), and The Black Album (2003)—among The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time.[12][13][14] In 2017, Forbes estimated his net worth at $810 million, making him the second-richest hip hop artist in the U.S.[1]

As an artist, Jay-Z holds the record for most number one albums by a solo artist on the US Billboard 200 with 14.[15][16] He has also had four number ones on the Billboard Hot 100, one ("Empire State of Mind") as lead artist. In 2009, he was ranked the tenth-most successful artist of the 2000s by Billboard as well as the fifth top solo male artist and fourth top rapper behind Eminem, Nelly, and 50 Cent.[17] He was also ranked the 88th-greatest artist of all time by Rolling Stone.[18]

Pause for a moment.

Spit-take warning, do not consume fluids while reading the next bit...

Jay-Z owns the New York 40/40 Club sports bar, and is the co-creator of the clothing line Rocawear.[19] He is the former president of Def Jam Recordings, co-founder of Roc-A-Fella Records, and the founder of the entertainment company Roc Nation. He also founded the sports agency Roc Nation Sports and is a certified NBA and MLB sports agent.[20]

Jay-Z married singer Beyoncé in 2008.[21] As a couple, they have an estimated combined net worth of $1.16 billion.[22]

Fucking LOL!

Rock A Fella | Rockefella

Roc-A-Fella Records

Roc-A-Fella Records was an American record label founded by Shawn "JAY-Z" Carter, Damon "Dame" Dash and Kareem "Biggs" Burke in 1995. It operated as a division of The Island Def Jam Music Group.

Hang on... wasn't Jay-Z president of Def Jam? Hold that thought...

JZ wiki:

Early life

~Known as "Jazzy" around the neighborhood, Carter later adopted the showbiz/stage name "Jay-Z" in homage to his mentor Jaz-O.[2] (He would drop the hyphen in 2013,[29][30] and add it back in 2017.)[4]~

Jaz-O

Jonathan Burks (born October 4, 1964), better known by his stage name Jaz-O, is an American rapper and record producer active in the late 1980s through the 1990s, best known for being the mentor of Jay-Z. Jaz is also known as the Originator and had a song called "The Originators" that featured a young Jay-Z in 1990.[1]

~

The album "Kingz Kounty (2002) - with The Immobilarie Present" marked the last time Jay-Z and mentor Jaz-O would ever collaborate.

Career

Feud with Jay-Z

The long-standing feud between him and Jay-Z started when Jay-Z started Roc-A-Fella Records and he tried to convince Jaz-O and fellow rapper Sauce Money to sign with the label. They both refused. It is rumored that they didn't trust Roc-A-Fella Records CEO's Damon Dash and Kareem "Biggs" Burke. In addition, they weren't satisfied with what they were to be receiving had they signed the contract, $300,000 in Jaz-O's case. Jay-Z confirms this event on the song "What We Talkin' About" on the Blueprint 3 album when he says "Dame made millions, even Jaz made some scraps, he could've made more but he ain't sign his contract".[2]

~

In December 2017 they reunited at Jay Z's 4:44 concert seemingly ending the beef.[3]

4:44 (album)

4:44 is the thirteenth solo studio album by American rapper Jay-Z. It was released on June 30, 2017 through Roc Nation and Universal Music Group, as an exclusive to Sprint and Tidal customers. The album is the first in a planned series of music exclusives from the Sprint–Tidal partnership.

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Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy for Girls

The school teaches the IB Middle Years Programme curriculum for grades 8-10. Grades 11 and 12 study for the South African National Senior Certificate.

IB Middle Years Programme

The International Baccalaureate Middle Years Programme (MYP), is an educational program for students between the ages of 11 to 16 around the world as part of the International Baccalaureate (IB) continuum. MYP is intended to prepare students for the two-year IB Diploma Programme (IBDP).[1]

National Senior Certificate

The National Senior Certificate or NSC is a high school diploma and is the main school-leaving certificate in South Africa. This certificate is commonly known as the matriculation (matric) certificate, as grade 12 is the matriculation grade. The NSC, previously known as the Further Education and Training Certificate or FETC, replaced the Senior Certificate with effect from 2008 and was phased in starting with grade 10 in 2006.

Extra resource for South African schooling age/grade comparison: https://www.classbase.com/countries/South-Africa/Education-System | http://archive.is/w8fZ3

OWLA wiki:

Criticisms

2007 incidents

~A specialist on sexual violence with the South African Medical Research Council praised Winfrey’s response as "phenomenal" because it sent a powerful message in a country afflicted with record high levels of sexual abuse.[16]~

South African Medical Research Council

The South African Medical Research Council is a para-statal medical research organisation in South Africa. The current president is professor Anthony MBewu.

It is a member of the Innovative Vector Control Consortium.

Innovative Vector Control Consortium

The Innovative Vector Control Consortium (IVCC) is a product development partnership that develops new insecticides for vector control and researches ways to use existing pesticides more effectively.[1] IVCC was established in 2005[2] and became registered as a nonprofit in 2008.[1] Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine is the parent organization of IVCC.[3]

Vector Control

Vector control is any method to limit or eradicate the mammals, birds, insects or other arthropods (here collectively called "vectors") which transmit disease pathogens. The most frequent type of vector control is mosquito control using a variety of strategies. Several of the "neglected tropical diseases" are spread by such vectors.

Importance

For diseases where there is no effective cure, such as Zika Virus, West Nile Virus and Dengue fever, vector control remains the only way to protect human populations.

However, even for vector-borne diseases with effective treatments the high cost of treatment remains a huge barrier to large amounts of developing world populations. Despite being treatable, malaria has by far the greatest impact on human health from vectors. In Africa, a child dies every minute of malaria; this is a reduction of more than 50% since 2000 due to vector control.[1] In countries where malaria is well established the World Health Organization estimates countries lose 1.3% annual economic income due to the disease.[2] Both prevention through vector control and treatment are needed to protect populations.

As the impacts of disease and virus are devastating, the need to control the vectors in which they carried is prioritized. Vector control in many developing countries can have tremendous impacts as it increases mortality rates, especially among infants.[3] Because of the high movement of the population, disease spread is also a greater issue in these areas.[4]

As many vector control methods are effective against multiple diseases, they can be integrated together to combat multiple diseases at once.[5] The World Health Organization therefore recommends "Integrated Vector Management" as the process for developing and implementing strategies for vector control.[6]

See also

  • Mosquito control
  • Public health
  • Soil-transmitted helminth
  • Waterborne diseases

Mosquito Control

For the 1998 Isis album, see The Mosquito Control EP.

Mosquito control manages the population of mosquitoes to reduce their damage to human health, economies, and enjoyment. Mosquito control is a vital public-health practice throughout the world and especially in the tropics because mosquitoes spread many diseases, such as malaria and the Zika virus.

Mosquito-control operations are targeted against three different problems:

  1. Nuisance mosquitoes bother people around homes or in parks and recreational areas;
  2. Economically important mosquitoes reduce real estate values, adversely affect tourism and related business interests, or negatively impact livestock or poultry production;
  3. Public health is the focus when mosquitoes are vectors, or transmitters, of infectious disease.

Disease organisms transmitted by mosquitoes include West Nile virus, Saint Louis encephalitis virus, Eastern equine encephalomyelitis virus, Everglades virus, Highlands J virus, La Crosse Encephalitis virus in the United States; dengue fever, yellow fever, Ilheus virus, malaria, Zika virus and filariasis in the American tropics; Rift Valley fever, Wuchereria bancrofti, Japanese Encephalitis, chikungunya and filariasis in Africa and Asia; and Murray Valley encephalitis in Australia.

Depending on the situation, source reduction, biocontrol, larviciding (killing of larvae), or adulticiding (killing of adults) may be used to manage mosquito populations. These techniques are accomplished using habitat modification, pesticide, biological-control agents, and trapping. The advantage of non-toxic methods of control is they can be used in Conservation Areas.

Adulticiding

Use of DDT

Main article: DDT

DDT was formerly used throughout the world for large area mosquito control, but it is now banned in most developed countries.[33] Walls on IRS-treated bathroom on the shores of Lake Victoria. The mosquitoes remain on the wall until they fall down dead on the floor.

Controversially, DDT remains in common use in many developing countries (14 countries were reported to be using it in 2009[33]), which claim that the public-health cost of switching to other control methods would exceed the harm caused by using DDT. It is sometimes approved for use only in specific, limited circumstances where it is most effective, such as application to walls.

ref 33: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/ddt-use-to-combat-malaria/ | http://archive.is/KV3zl

In 2001, more than 100 countries signed the Stockholm Convention, a United Nations treaty which sought to eliminate use of 12 persistent, toxic compounds, including DDT. Under the pact, use of the pesticide is allowed only for controlling malaria.

Since then, nine nations—Ethiopia, South Africa, India, Mauritius, Myanmar, Yemen, Uganda, Mozambique and Swaziland—notified the treaty's secretariat that they are using DDT. Five others—Zimbabwe, North Korea, Eritrea, Gambia, Namibia and Zambia--also reportedly are using it, and six others, including China, have reserved the right to begin using it, according to a January Stockholm Convention report.

The Mosquito Control EP

is the first studio release by American post-metal band Isis, released in 1998 by Escape Artist. The piece runs fluently through all 29 minutes, and all four songs are linked through consistent bouts of chaos and lyrics glued by the metaphor of using mosquitoes as a symbol for mankind, society and population control.

Escape Artist Records

was an American independent record label formed in 1997 and based in suburban Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The label, which helped to launch the careers of bands such as Isis, Keelhaul and Time in Malta, ceased operations in 2008.

Isis (band)

Isis (sometimes stylized ISIS) was an American metal band founded in Boston, Massachusetts in 1997 but later based in Los Angeles. They borrowed from and helped to evolve the post-metal sound pioneered by bands such as Neurosis and Godflesh, characterized by lengthy songs focusing on repetition and evolution of structure. Isis's last studio album, Wavering Radiant, was released on 5 May 2009. They disbanded in June 2010, just before the release of a split EP with the Melvins.

History

Formation and early releases (1997–2001)

Several sessions of experimentation in Boston, led friends Aaron Turner (guitar/vocals; also the owner of Hydra Head Records and its subsidiary, HH Noise Industries), Jeff Caxide (bass guitar), Chris Mereschuk (electronics/vocals) and Aaron Harris (drums) to form Isis in late 1997. As Turner states, "Isis formed as a result of the dissatisfaction with past bands of the founding members. None of us were happy with what we were doing musically at the time, two of us lived together, we had similar tastes and similar record collections."[1] Isis released a demo and their first EP, Mosquito Control, in 1998, with this line-up. During a show at the Middle East in Boston, MA, they sold copies of Mosquito Control attached to a circular sawblade as a very limited print edition.

Next: Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine

GobekliTree ago

Isis Panopticon is a seriously good album. Prog rock

argosciv ago

/shrug haven't heard.

I won't lie, I referenced them because I do see some sort of connection, however, I'm not necessarily implying that they're corrupt/complicit(or talentless, on that note) - just pointing them out based on abstract relevance. I'm honestly interested in the label, more than the band, in the context of this submission.

GobekliTree ago

Thanks for the reply @argosciv. I see what you meant. Fwiw if you get a chance, it is brilliant & hypnotic af. Cheers

argosciv ago

pass

Gothamgirl ago

Such a shame I used to like Jay z. Great post, thanks for sharing.

argosciv ago

Damn! I just remember you already saw this, I wasted a ping xD