Speaking of women empowerment, a woman who could easily be called a role model for many women around the world is surely Esther Afua Ocloo, also known as Auntie Ocloo.

Google Doodle has decided to feature a doodle in honor of Esther Afua Ocloo. April 18, 2017 is the date which signifies what would be Esther’s 98^th birthday, if she were alive.

Why is Auntie Ocloo so important for the world to know?

Back in the 1930s, Esther Afua Ocloo started her entrepreneurial career as a teenager with less than a dollar she got as a gift. With the money she had, she bought firewood, sugar, oranges, and used jam jars to make 12 jars of marmalade, which she sold for profit.

From there, her entrepreneurial career started growing to such an extent that she became one of Ghana’s leading entrepreneurs and one of the women who played a great role in women’s economic development.

But the way up was not easy for Esther. Besides the ridicule she received from her classmates, the effort she had to put in the making of the marmalade was not an easy task. She put the profits she made back into the business and eventually, success was on her side.

She later won a contract to entirely supply her old high school with marmalade and was also asked to start making orange juice from the orange trees that grew on school grounds.

Six years later, she managed to get a contract to supply juice to the military. However, she lacked the funds to create such amounts of juice and even though she had no collateral, she managed to persuade a bank to give her a loan on the basis of the contract.

The result of this contract was her company, Nkulenu Industries.

With the money she made, she went on to study food technology, preservation, nutrition and agriculture in Bristol University, Long Ashton Research Station, UK. There she also learned leather work and lampshade-making and she brought her knowledge back to Ghana with hopes to empower the rural women there.

She wanted to empower women.

Besides running her own company, Esther Afua Ocloo started a program on a farm which was designed to train women in agriculture, preparing and preserving food products, and making handicrafts.

She believed that every woman should be able to take care of their financial needs as much as they could and she was doing everything to make this idea a reality for many women.

In fact, she tried to teach these women everything she knew about starting and running a business. Her impact was so big that in 1975 she was invited to the first U.N. Conference on Women.

Her wish to empower women was so great that, knowing from her own experience with bank loans, she helped found and became Chairwoman of the Board of Directors of Women’s World Banking in 1979.

The purpose of the global non-profit Women’s World Banking has since been to empower low-income women by providing them funds to start their own micro businesses.

Auntie Ocloo was happy to know that women thrived

Even if this meant that the same women she taught and trained wanted to compete against her, Esther’s reply to this idea was that her goal was to help her fellow women. She believed that if they made better marmalade than her, she deserved the competition.

Esther Afua Ocloo died on February 8, 2002 in Accra, Ghana – where she started her inspiring journey. She died at the age of 83.

Today, Google Doodle honors her what-was-to-be 98^th birthday with an illustration which shows her helping out fellow women by teaching them the crafts and skills they needed to become financially independent.

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Tread carefully if you are in the Cleveland area, as 37-year-old Steve Stephens has posted a video in which he states that he would continue killing people until he was caught.

Stephens killed a 73-year-old father of 9 after making him say “Joy Lane”. Some minutes after that, he posted a video on Facebook where he confessed to killing 13 people and that he intended to continue killing until he was caught.

His justification for killing is, as he claims, that he felt that nobody cared for him and that he was tired of everything.

Another reason that pops out in the video is his ex-girlfriend, because of whom he lost control over his anger.

Whatever his justification, there is no solid reason to kill innocent people!

This man is still at large, so if you are in the Cleveland area, beware of this man and report to the police once you get to a safe distance from him.

We have all been known to use GPS technology one time or another, but not quite like this. A woman from Tobermory, Ontario wins the prize when taking GPS directions too seriously.

She followed the directions all too well that they propelled her into a lake.

While driving through a harsh fog during the night, a 23-year old woman was obviously replying too much on her GPS, reported the Toronto Sun.

The night of the occurrence was with quite severe circumstances, through rainy weather and bad conditions. As a result, while driving, she missed the Little Tub Harbor since she had a hard time spotting it. This what not even the worst part.

Since her GPS technology instructed her to keep driving, she apparently drove right into Lake Huron.

Luckily, she was capable of opening the window, taking her belongings in the process and climbing out. Since she could swim, she safely made it to shore on time.

On another fortunate note, they were able to get her car out of the lake and no injuries were reported. The woman did not seem to have any repercussions or trauma after the incident and no charges were claimed.

Moral of the story: make sure you either know where you are going, and if not, print out the instructions prior to leaving for the road. 

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World War 3 seems to be closer than we think, according to mystic Horacio Villegas’ prediction.

Many clairvoyants and mystics have tried to foretell the end of the world as we know it. Interestingly, whoever the mystic was, many prophecies seem to agree in their predictions on some details about the end.

To be precise, they’ve all got to do with a third World War, which would end with devastating consequences.

Now, the self-proclaimed ‘supernatural being’, clairvoyant Horacio Villegas, has revealed to Daily Star Online that we’re very near the onset of a nuclear World War that “will occur and be over with much devastation, shock and death!”

In fact, Horacio gives out a specific date for WW3 and a series of events that will precede it. Horacio does not only consult his visions, but also keeps a scrutinous eye on the holy scripture, the Bible, as well as various famous prophecies made by Nostradamus and other clairvoyants.

For this event, Horacio points the 100^th anniversary of the visitation of Our Lady of Fatima, the Virgin Mary, mother of Jesus. Two important dates related to her six appearances are going to signify the start and the end of WW3.

The start of the nuclear devastation, thus Horacio claims, will be May 13 2017 and the end of the war will be October 13 2017.

If we compare this to the previous World Wars, the prophecy seems to make the period very short. However, don’t forget that even a week of nuclear attacks is too much for the world to suffer.

So how does Horacio justify his prophecy?

Horacio claims not only to foresee the events in visions, but he also consults old prophecies and predictions, and tries to see the connection between them and his visions. What his vision revealed to him as a hint to when World War 3 is about to start is an event that will make you think twice:

Horacio mentions that a major “false flag” event will precede the War, and that it will spark conflicts which would involve Syria and North Korea. This event would take place near Good Friday 2017.

It actually did, though one can’t really tell of the ‘falseness’ in it. Just a day before Good Friday, the US military dropped the Mother of All Bombs in Afghanistan and this did spark a lot of reactions. Some time earlier, the US launched an attack on a Syrian regime airbase.

In just about the same period, North Korea started sending threats to the US that go to as far as a thermonuclear war, due to their military exercise provocations.

Horacio’s indicator to WW3 has been proved, just as many of his previous predictions.

He predicted Trump’s presidency, back in 2015, and his attack on Syria when 59 missiles were fired on the regime airbase.

Horacio connects his world war 3 prediction to the secrets of Our Lady of Fatima and Nostradamus’ prophecies. He believes that the same has already been foretold and that the clock is ticking closer to the date than ever.

An important part of the first secret of Our Lady of Fatima reads as follows:

Interestingly, the Virgin Mary mentions Russia in her second secret, and how its role could be crucial to the outcome of humanity after the war.

Horacio also mentions Nostradamus’ prophecy which reads:

He believes that Mabus could refer to the president of Syria, Assad, who may be targeted by Trump’s military. He claims that if Assad was bombed and killed, it could very much fulfill the prophecy.

Let’s just hope that this is just another prophecy that foretells Armageddon and doesn’t come true. Because if it does, the devastation would mean the end of the world as we know it, perhaps the end of many of us too.

We are nearing that date and all one can say is that time will tell what awaits us.

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It turns out that if you squeeze a marshmallow rabbit, it actually comes out looking like Kim Jong-Un.

You can’t miss the similarity. Maybe we should all turn our Easter rabbit marshmallows into Kim Jong-Un, or not. Either way, it’s fun to look at.

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Believe or not but traditional TV is being overshadowed big time by video streaming services like Netflix and Hulu. Especially people who use the Internet so much will never rely on TV much for sure. What makes them popular? Well, both of them show TV shows, and they have their benefits and disadvantages.

If you’re ever going to ditch your TV and make a choice between the 2, it will be a tough decision because both the media titans have huge competition among each other. However, you can decide which suits you better by knowing their features. Recently, Hulu Plus underwent branding change to make it a simple Hulu so don’t be confused between the both.

More or faster?

If you want to access content faster, then go for Hulu and if you want more definitely Netflix. Don’t understand exactly what it means? Well, we will explain you a bit more clearly. If you want to watch your favorite television show soon after it airs then Hulu can be your choice. Especially if you are a viewer who watches it on a daily basis as soon as possible and wants to keep up with the latest updates, then Hulu gives the content faster, but it lacks behind in having so many channels like Netflix. Netflix has more TV channels and shows than Hulu. Netflix covers a wide range of channels but fails to specialize in areas like Anime which Hulu is robust. However, Hulu Plus channels cover the most popular channels.

However, if you are a viewer who wants to watch all the episodes and want to catch up with the show, then Hulu cannot be up to mark since it doesn’t show up episodes in sequential order whereas Netflix has a huge collection of many shows including their previous seasons. The main drawback of Netflix is, its changing licensing agreements. You will never know when your shows won’t be available.

If you are a daily television viewer wanting to keep up to date with content then Hulu and if you want to watch previous seasons or shows more than Netflix.

Content

Not all of Netflix’s content, is good, but it has some original, content, and some online series gained a huge popularity. Hulu lacks behind in original content. However, their upcoming show The Way is quite promising.

Availability

Both Hulu and Netflix can be accessed through various platforms. They work perfectly in desktop browsers without, a doubt, but they also perform equally well in game consoles, mobile devices, and set-top boxes.

Pricing

Both the media titans offer you a flat rate pricing model which allows you to stream how much ever you want. Both of their prices start for $7.99 each month. The other pricing, however, is more expensive for Netflix. Hulu offers some free content on desktop browsers which includes current shows and archival material.

Which among Netflix Vs Hulu is the Best?

Depends all on you because if you are a daily viewer then Hulu can be your cup of tea but if you want to enjoy a wide number of channels then Netflix will be useful. If you are not into binge-watching then go for Netflix or if you are among those who loves keeping upto date with current series then go for Hulu.

The US military dropped the United States’ most powerful non-nuclear bomb, MOAB, on ISIS targets in the Achin district of the Nangarhar province in Afghanistan. The bomb, nicknamed the Mother Of All Bombs, was dropped from an MC-130 carrier aircraft.

The Nangarhar province is located in the east part of Afghanistan, on the border with Pakistan and is reported to be an ISIS hideout and strategic location which facilitated ISIS fighters’ movement in that area.

The target of the attack, according to officials, was an ISIS cave and tunnel complex and personnel in the area. After the fight had intensified between the US military forces and the ISIS terrorists, the US decided to use the MOAB (nicknamed the mother of all bombs) in battle for the first time.

The purpose of the attack, as White House press secretary Sean Spicer said later that Thursday, was to deny ISIS fighters operational space, and the operation is deemed successful.

What is the MOAB?

The GBU-43/B Massive Ordnance Air Blast Bomb (MOAB) is the largest and most powerful non-nuclear bomb in the US arsenal. It weighs 21,600 pounds and contains 18,000 pounds of explosives. The blast is designed to destroy a target area spreading over thousands of feet.

Although the size of the explosion is nowhere near that of an atomic bomb, with the explosive yield of 0.011 kilotons (that of a nuclear bomb being 10-180 kilotons), the force of this bomb is not to be underestimated.

Also nicknamed the Mother Of All Bombs, the MOAB is satellite guided and is designed to explode in the air. The blast is capable of collapsing underground tunnels and instantly killing people within the area.

The MOAB was first tested in 2003 and this is the first time ever it has been used in combat.

The Americans have the Mother, but the Russians have the Father Of All Bombs (FOAB)

While the MOAB is America’s most powerful non-nuclear bomb, Russia currently possesses an even bigger one. It is the world’s most powerful non-nuclear bomb, nicknamed the Father of All Bombs.

It is thought to be about four times as destructive as the MOAB with a blast radius of 1,000 feet and a force of 44 megatons of TNT. It is a thermobaric bomb, which makes it different from the MOAB in the way it interacts with the environment.

The Russian Father of All Bombs combines with atmospheric oxygen to extend the blast radius. It also explodes in midair, and is designed to annihilate targets and collapse structures by producing powerful blasts and aftershocks.

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