Facts – The Great Star Of Africa
The Cullinan Diamond is the largest gem-quality rough diamond ever found, weighing 3,106.75 carats (621.35 g) (21.9 ounces), (1.37 pounds) discovered at the Premier No.2 mine in Cullinan, South Africa, on 26 January 1905. It was named after Thomas Cullinan, the mine’s chairman. In April 1905, it was put on sale in London, but despite considerable interest, it was still unsold after two years. In 1907, the Transvaal Colony government bought the Cullinan and Prime Minister Louis Botha presented it to Edward VII, King of the United Kingdom, who had it cut by Joseph Asscher & Co. in Amsterdam. Cullinan produced stones of various cuts and sizes, the largest of which is named Cullinan I or the Great Star of Africa, and at 530.4 carats (106.08 g) (3.74 ounces) it is the largest clear cut diamond in the world. The stone is mounted in the head of the Sovereign’s Sceptre with Cross. The second-largest is Cullinan II or the Second Star of Africa, weighing 317.4 carats (63.48 g), mounted in the Imperial State Crown. Both are part of the Crown Jewels. Seven other major diamonds, weighing a total of 208.29 carats (41.66 g), are privately owned by Elizabeth II, who inherited them from her grandmother, Queen Mary, in 1953. The Queen also owns minor brilliants and a set of unpolished fragments. Cullinan produced 9 major stones of 1,055.89 carats (211.178 g) in total, plus 96 minor brilliants and some unpolished fragments weighing 19.5 carats (3.90 g). All but the two largest stones – Cullinans I and II – remained in Amsterdam by arrangement as the fee for Asscher’s services, until the South African government bought them (except Cullinan VI, which Edward VII had purchased and given to his wife Queen Alexandra in 1907), and the High Commissioner for Southern Africa presented them to Queen Mary on 28 June 1910. Mary also inherited Cullinan VI from Alexandra, and she left all her Cullinan diamonds to her granddaughter Elizabeth II in 1953. Cullinans I and II are part of the Crown Jewels, which belong to the Queen in right of the Crown.
Davido Makes History As The First Afrobeats Artist To Feature On FIFA World Cup Official Theme Song
Davido is always representing Africa/Afrobeat and his contribution to the 2022 Qatar World Cup is proof of it. The Fem singer has been tapped for the official soundtrack of FIFA World Cup 2022, Hayya Hayya. The soundtrack which will officially be released today, the 1st of April will form part of the activities behind the one of the first pieces of activation for the World Cup. Hayya Hayya is produced by RedOne and features vocal performances from Trinidad Cardona, Davido, and Aisha. The song is built on Arabic foundations with more poppy elements which is where our Davido comes in. The song will be performed live for the first time today at the draw ceremony which will be live-streamed globally. This is a major achievement for Davido as he becomes the first Afrobeat artist to achieve such a feat even though Nigeria failed to qualify for the World Cup scheduled to take place in November. Listen And Watch Video Below ;
Facts – Chess Tournament ,Human Vs Computer
Chess, was invented in India around the 8th century. Then it was known as chatrang, and changed over the centuries by the Arabs, Persians and then ultimately the medieval Europeans, who changed the pieces’ names and appearances to resemble the English court. Chess Grandmasters can no longer beat computers today as they did right up to the 1990’s. Whilst the human brain is creative and intuitive, it lacks the ability and processing power to completely avoid mistakes like modern computer software can in the 21st-Century, whether implemented in hardware or software, computers can utilize different strategies than humans to choose their moves: they use heuristic methods to build, search and evaluate trees representing sequences of moves from the current position and attempt to execute the best such sequence during play. Deep Blue, the computer that beat Kasparov, is astoundingly powerful at calculating possible moves. This brute, with hardware specifically designed to suit its chess-playing program, can consider a billion chess moves every second. Artificial Intelligence has influenced the way in which chess games are played at the top level. Most of the Grandmasters and Super Grandmasters (Rated at a FIDE above 2700) utilize these modern Artificial Intelligence chess engines to analyze their games as well as the games of their competitors. For over 20 years , No human has defeated a computer in a chess tournament, the difference is estimated around 200-250 Elo in favor of the engine(s). For this reason, the Chess World Champion Magnus Carlsen has said he is not interested in a match with any engine. Elo was designed for chess rankings. Its a rating system used for ranking players in zero-sum games (games where there are equal number of winners and losers each match. Elo was invented by Alfred Elo . Chess programs running on commercial hardware more recently including mobile phones have been able to defeat even the strongest human players.
[Music] – Success Muzik – Cappuccino
“Cappuccino” is an Afrobeats/Afro-pop and fusion jam. Lyrically, it sees Success Muzik yearning for a physical connection with he’s subject; deemed a “flirtatious” song, the artists deliver “tongue-in-cheek showboating”. Produced by Texjam and Mixed Spyrtmix. Listen Below ; IG ; @Successmuzik1 Twitter ; @Successmuzik1 Contact Us For Your Music Promotions