Animal fights in the wild

Why Some People Are Immune To HIV

Why Some People Are Immune To HIV Doctors have long been mystified as to why Hiv-1 rapidly sickens some individuals, while in others the virus has difficulties gaining a foothold. Now, a study of genetic variation in HIV-1 and in the cells it infects reported by University of Minnesota researchers in this week’s issue of PLOS Genetics has uncovered a chink in HIV-1’s armor that may, at least in part, explain the puzzling difference and potentially open the door to new treatments. HIV-1 harms people by invading immune system cells known t lymphocytes, hijacking their molecular machinery to make more of themselves, then destroying the host cells-leaving the infected person more susceptible to other deadly diseases. T lymphocytes are not complete sitting ducks, however. Among their anti-virus defense mechanisms is a class of proteins known as APOBEC3S that have the ability to block the HIV-1’s ability to replicate. Not surprisingly, however, HIV-1’s has a counter defense mechanism- a protein called Vif that cons the T lymphocytes into destroying their own APOBEC3. Suspecting differential susceptibility to HIV-1 might be related to genetic variations in this system, research team led by doctoral student Eric Refsland and Reuben Harris of the University’s College of Biological Science and Medical School took a closer look. First, the researchers found that HIV-1 infection boosts the production of one kind of APOBEC3, APOBEC3H- suggesting it’s a key player in fighting back. Then, using an experimental technique known as separation of function mutagenesis, they discovered that different people have different strengths /potencies of APOBEC3H, with some proteins expressed stably and others inherently unstable. The stable variations, the researchers found, were able to successfully limit HIV-1’s ability to replicate if the infecting virus had a weak version of Vif- but not for HIV-1 viruses that had strong Vif. “This work shows that the competition between the virus and the host is still ongoing,” Refsland says. “The virus hasn’t completely perfected its ability to replicate in humans.” Armed with this clearer picture of the multifaceted interactions between Vif and APOBEC3, Harris says, the next step is to figure out how to stop Vif from disabling the APOBEC3 enzymes. “One could imagine drugs that stop Vif from binding with APOBEC,” he said. “This is a bonafide HIV killing pathway, and we just have to devise clever ways to activate it in infected persons. Such an approach could indefinitely suppress virus replication, and even result in curing it.”

Billy Goat mating with a Dog(bitch)

incredible stories will not seize from the surface of the earth, ' just this morning roughly at about 10:35am on this day 16th of January 2015, a brother and friend named Moses, an Electrician and his apprentice storm my room buzzing with awe and excitement, " have you heard, he asked?" i was so surprised and i told him to say it or swallow it forever, to my greatest shock he exclaimed, there is a Billy goat that was reported mating with a dog just a pole distance from my home. i couldn't contain the news that rushed out to go and take look at this incredible scene, although by the time i got there the dog has been locked inside the compound by its owner, Mr Ephraim. since the goat was still lurking around i decided to contact Mr Ephraim on the next line of action. i told him even if we are going to kill both the dog and the goat, i should be able to get the live act not just the story, to this he agreed so i shall bringing you more story on this

Charlse Babbage....calculator

Charles Babbage was one of the key figures of a great era of British history. Born as the industrial revolution was getting into its swing, by the time Babbage died, Britain was by far the most industrialized country the world had ever seen. Babbage played a crucial role in the scientifical development of the period. Although born in London. Babbage came from an old Totnes family, and retained close links with the region all his life. The West Country, with its mining and engineering was particularly important in the early stages of the industrial revolution, and from the extraordinarily wealthy Totnes region, with its port at Dartmouth, came also Newcomen and Savery, pioneers of the steam engine. Babbage went up to Cambridge in 1810, and with some friends effected the crucial introduction of the Leibnitz notation for calculus, which transformed mathematics in Cambridge and thus throughout Britain. In 1884, Babbage married Georgiana Whitmore, from a landowning Shropshire family. Her half brother, Wolryche Whitmore, was the Member of Parliament who rose year after year in the House of Commons to move the repeal of the Corn Laws. He was also a leading member of the Political Economy Club, and played an important part in Babbage’s life. Babbage’s greatest achievement was his detailed plans for calculating engines, both the table-making difference Engines and the far more ambitious analytical engines, which were flexible and powerful, punched –card controlled general purpose calculators, embodying many features which later reappeared in the modern stored program computer. These feature included: punched card control; separate store and mill; a set of internal registers (the table axes); fast multiplier Multiplier/divider; a range of peripherals; even array processing. It has often been asked whether Babbages’s engines would have worked if they had been built. This may not be an entirely meaningful question: much can go wrong during such a project while on the other hand, new solutions may be found to any problems which might appear during contractions. However, the question can be put slightly differently; would it have been technically feasible for, say Babbage and Whitworth to construct an analytical engine during the 1850s? twenty five years ago, after a careful investigation, Anthony Hyman and the late Maurice Trask formed the opinion that construction of Babbage’s engineers would have been quite possible. The problems were financial and organizational, but technically the project in itself was perfectly feasible. They proposed a plan. First construct DE2(the second Difference Engine; then, if wished DE1, or a version of DE2 with traveling platforms; and finally a complete analytical engine, probably following plan 28A. after much work by many people, and particularly by Dr. Allan Bromley, a team at the science museum led by Doron Swade built a complete version of DE2. It was a triumphant success, vindicating Babbage’s technical work. However, the far more ambitious task of constructing an analytical engine remains to be undertaken. Besides the calculating engines, Babbage has an extraordinary range of achievements to his credit: he wrote a consumer guide to life assurance; pioneered lighthouse signaling; scattered technical ideas and inventions in magnificient profusion; developed mathematical code breaking (Prof. Franksen has plausibly suggested that Babbage ran a private Bletchley Park for the British government in the middle of the 19th century). Babbage was also important political economist. Where Adam Smith thought agriculture was the foundation of a nation’s wealth; where Ricardo’s ideas were focused on con: Babbage for the first time authoritatively placed the factory on centre stage. Babbage gave a highly original discussion of the division of labour, which was followed by John Stuart Mill. Babbage’s discussion of the effect of the development of production technology on the size of factories was taken up by Marx, and was fundamental to Marxist theory of capitalist socio-economic development. A case can also be made that Babbage had an influence on William Stanley Jevons, and was thus also a pioneer of marginal value theory. However, the letter remains to be proved. For twenty five years, Charles Babbage was leading figures in London society, and his glorious Saturday evening soirees, attended by two or three hundred people, were a meeting place for Europe’s liberal intelligencia.

UNDERSTANDING SCIENCE AND COMPUTER SCIENCE

COMPUTER SCIENCE AND COMPUTING/ENGINEERING 1. Computer science is a discipline that spans theory and practice. It requires thinking both in abstract terms and concrete terms. The practical side of computing can be seen everywhere. Nowadays, practically everyone is a computer user, and many people are even computer programmers. Getting computers to do what you want them to do requires intensive hands-on experience. But computer science can be seen on a higher level, as a science of problem solving. Computer scientists must be adept at modeling and analyzing problems. They must also be able to design solutions and verify that they are correct. Problem solving requires precision, creativity, and careful reasoning. 2. Computer science also has strong connections to other disciplines. Many problems in science, engineering, health care, business, and other areas can be solved effectively with computers, but finding a solution requires both computer science expertise and knowledge of the particular application domain. Thus, computer scientists often become proficient in other subjects. Finally, computer science has a wide range of specialties. These include computer architecture, software systems, graphics, artificial intelligence, computational science, and software engineering. Drawing from a common core of computer science knowledge, each specialty area focuses on particular challenges. 3. Computer Science is practiced by mathematicians, scientists and engineers. Mathematics, the origins of Computer Science, provides reason and logic. Science provides the methodology for learning and refinement. Engineering provides the techniques for building hardware and software. Finally, and most importantly, computer scientists are computer scientists because it is fun. (Not to mention lucrative career opportunities!) 4. Another definition from http://www.csab.org/comp_sci_profession.html Computer Science: The Profession Computer science is a discipline that involves the understanding and design of computers and computing processes. In its most general form it is concerned with the understanding of information transfer and transformation. Particular interests are placed on making processes efficient and endowing them with some form of intelligence. The discipline ranges from theoretical studies of algorithms to practical problems of implementation in terms of computational hardware and software. i. A central focus is on processes for handling and manipulating information. Thus, the discipline spans both advancing the fundamental understanding of algorithms and information processes in general as well as the practical design of efficient reliable software and hardware to meet given specifications. Computer science is a young discipline that is evolving rapidly from its beginnings in the 1940's. As such it includes theoretical studies, experimental methods, and engineering design all in one discipline. This differs radically from most physical sciences that separate the understanding and advancement of the science from the applications of the science in fields of engineering design and implementation. In computer science there is an inherent intermingling of the theoretical concepts of computability and algorithmic efficiency with the modern practical advancements in electronics that continue to stimulate advances in the discipline. It is this close interaction of the theoretical and design aspects of the field that binds them together into a single discipline. ii. Because of the rapid evolution it is difficult to provide a complete list of computer science areas. Yet it is clear that some of the crucial areas are theory, algorithms and data structures, programming methodology and languages, and computer elements and architecture. Other areas include software engineering, artificial intelligence, computer networking and communication, database systems, parallel computation, distributed computation, computer-human interaction, computer graphics, operating systems, and numerical and symbolic computation. iii. A professional computer scientist must have a firm foundation in the crucial areas of the field and will most likely have an in-depth knowledge in one or more of the other areas of the discipline, depending upon the person's particular area of practice. Thus, a well educated computer scientist should be able to apply the fundamental concepts and techniques of computation, algorithms, and computer design to a specific design problem. The work includes detailing of specifications, analysis of the problem, and provides a design that functions as desired, has satisfactory performance, is reliable and maintainable, and meets desired cost criteria. Clearly, the computer scientist must not only have sufficient training in the computer science areas to be able to accomplish such tasks, but must also have a firm understanding in areas of mathematics and science, as well as abroad education in liberal studies to provide a basis for understanding the societal implications of the work being performed. 5. from Mississippi State University Computer Science is the study of principles, applications, and technologies of computing and computers. It involves the study of data and data structures and the algorithms to process these structures; of principles of computer architecture-both hardware and software; of problem-solving and design methodologies; of computer-related topics such as numerical analysis, operations research, and artificial intelligence; and of language design, structure, and translation technique. Computer Science provides a foundation of knowledge for students with career objectives in a wide range of computing and computer-related professions. 6. From http://www2.cs.unb.ca/Problem solving. The study of efficient and effective software development techniques Teamwork and communication skill An interest in applying technology to solving problems in a wide variety of discipline 7. From the University of Missouri - Rolla http://www.cs.umr.edu/csdept/career/what_is_cs.html Computer Science is concerned with information in much the same sense that physics is concerned with energy; it is devoted to the representation, storage, manipulation and presentation of information. Computer Science is concerned with "the study of symbol-manipulating machines, with communication between man and machine and with the application of these machines". Major areas of Computer Science include: i. Operating Systems--concerned with the development and structure of complex programs which facilitate man-machine communications. ii. Computational Science--the analysis of numerical methods for solving mathematical problems with a computer. iii. Programming Languages--the study of the design and properties of languages by which humans communicate with computers. iv. Architecture--the study and use of mathematical logic to design electronic circuits. v. Intelligent Systems--concerned with means by which computers may perform tasks which might be characterized as "intelligent" if performed by humans. vi. Automate theory--an abstract study of computers and their capabilities. vii. Information Storage and Retrieval--the study of methods for storing a vast amount of data in a computer and methods for searching and retrieving this data. viii. Software Engineering--the study of tools and techniques for software design, development, testing and maintenance. 8. Another way to view any science is to look at the methods used within that science. In some sense these methods are similar in many (most?) sciences, but they can take on different characteristics in each discipline. Four important methods used in the study of computer science are: i. Invention --- formulation of new algorithmic and new architectural paradigms ii. Design --- software engineering uses design principles to build complex systems to solve computational problems iii. Analysis --- certainly a major focus within computer science is the analysis and evaluation of software, algorithms and architecture. iv. Experimenting --- use of experiments to reveal computing principles is an important method of scientific investigation within computer science.

Evolution and wildlife Galapagos

It is not difficult to see or discover an unknown animal. Spend a day in the tropical forest of South America, turning over logs, looking beneath barks, sifting through the moist litter of leaves, followed by an evening shining a mercury light on a white screen, and one way and another you will collect hundreds of different kinds of small creatures. Moths, caterpillars, spiders, long-nosed bugs, harmless butterflies disguised as wasps, wasps shaped like ants, stick that walk, leaves that opens wings and fly. The varieties are so many and one of these creatures is or will almost certainly be un-described by science. The difficulty will be to find a specialist who knows enough about the groups concerned to be able to single out new ones. No one can say just how many species of animals there are in these greenhouse-humid dimly lit jungles. They contain the richest and the most varied assemblage of animal and plant life to be found anywhere on the earth. Not only are there many major categories of creatures------monkeys, spiders, rodents, apes, birds, cats, hummingbirds, butterflies-but most of these types exists in many different forms. Accordingly there are well over forty different types or species of parrot, over seventy different types of monkeys, three hundred Hummingbirds and tens of thousands of butterflies. If you are not careful, you can be bitten by a hundred kinds of mosquito. The theory of evolution. The concept of it In 1832 a young Englishman, Charles Darwin, twenty-four years old and a naturalist on HMS Beagle, a brig sent by the Admiralty in London on a surveying voyage round the world, came to such a place, a forest outside the city of Rio de Janeiro. In one day, in one small area, he collected sixty-four different species of small beetle. That there should be such a variety of species of one kind astounded him. He had not been specially searching for them, as he wrote in his journal.’ Despite taken a degree in divinity in Cambridge—he was deeply perplexed and puzzled by the enormous multiplicity of life forms.’

Discovery on OMOTOLA EKEHINDE JALADE

These times are the days when anything is possible Nollywood Omotola Husband’s Scrap Plane Causes Panic In Lagos. A scrap plane formerly owned by the late Apostle Gabriel Oduyemi of Bethel Ministries, Ajah, Lagos, caused panic in the city on Thursday as rumour spread that another aircraft had crashed in Lagos. It was learnt that the plane, which wasrecently released to Capt Matthew Ekeinde, husband of Nollywood star, Omotola Jalade-Ekeinde,was being dragged to Badagry area of the state before its tyre burst. The incident forced the new owner to dump the plane in a nearby filling station. Hundreds of residents trooped out withtheir smart phones and camera, and queued behind the gate of Dapsey Oil filling station at Igando where the planewas parked. A senior employee of the filling station said the plane, with registration numberN972TF, was being towed from Muritala Muhammed Airport, Ikeja to Badagry when one of the tyres burst. He said, “The plane was brought here around 2am after one of its tyres burst.It was being towed by a red vehicle, but after it got to Igando, they discovered it would be difficult to get itto its destination with burst tyre, whichwas why they brought it here.” The Lagos State Deputy Police Public Relations Officer, Damasus Ozoani, told the News Agency of Nigeria that the police provided escort for the plane. He said, “About 12.45am, the command got a directive to escort the jet from MMIA Ikeja to Badagry by road. “The operation was led by one Capt. Matthew Ekeinde, but in the process ofthe journey, one of the jet’s tyres burst at College Bus Stop and the jet could not move. “It was parked at Dapsey Filling Station along Igando for repairs. We have provided security for the plane until it ismoved to Badagry.” PUNCH Metro observed that men of The Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps were on the ground to “ensure the safety of people” living in the area. The Igando Divisional Police Officer, Adeoye Olugbemiga, came with his team around 12pm to control on-lookers. In a short time, some of the residents turned the scene into an amusement park and began to pose and take shotsnear the plane. One of our correspondents observed that the plane’s two wings had been chopped off and the cockpit was stuffed with nylons. The Managing Director of the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency, Nnamdi Udoh, in a statement, said the aircraft had long been within the agency’s facility till Wednesday night when it wasremoved. Udoh said, “The aircraft that was sighted by the residents was actually a junk one belonging to the late Apostle Gabriel Oduyemi of Bethel Ministries. “The aircraft was actually released to Capt Ekeinde who will be using it for educational purposes in Badagry, Lagos.” Ekeinde confirmed on the telephone that the scrap plane belonged to him. He said, “The aircraft will be situated in a multi purpose and entertainment centre which will be open very soon. “When opened, the centre will be the first of its kind in West Africa.”

Discovery/cancer in children

Do children also have cancer? It is always an emotional moment to announce to concerned parents that their child is suffering from cancer. To get o the understanding of the concept that cancer as an infection has no age limit and answer the question above, do children have cancer also? We have to really know a little fact about the way our maker made these innocent children to resist some external attack on their immune system. Children are unique and most of the cancers they suffer are relatively and imminently curable as with many other medical conditions. However, late presentation is often a challenge because these children are brought to the hospital when all hope is nearly lost. These parents should have started out earlier by visiting a nursing home or some chemist/pharmacist close to their home before finally visiting the hospital. Sadly it is when they arrive at the hospital is the time they became impatient not wanting to carry out all the investigations requested and even worse, wanting something done immediately to remove the disease. These cancers have to be confirmed in many ways; X-rays, scans, blood test, urine tests and biopsies before a treatment plan is formulated for that individual. In reality, cancer is not a disease where one diagnosis fits every patient. The common cancers seen in children are usually involved or related to the kidney, liver, urinary bladder, muscles, the supra-renal gland which is a small organ that sits on top of the kidneys and very rarely, along the bones. Other cancers seen in children involve the white blood cell component of the blood and the lymphoid organs of the lymph nodes, Spleen and liver. it is important to stress here that parents need to be more observant of their children as they grow up. There ought to be no room where parents are busy chasing their careers to the detriment of their children’s health status. These are diseases do not simply arrive from not where, but often takes several months to develop. Basically a child with cancer will become less and less active. He will less energetic too. He will show certain swellings involving the affected part or at least, pointing to the affected part and there may be associated pain with attendant loss of appetite and excessive sleeping. Certain cancers which involve the intra-abdominal region will present with swelling. This is also the case with those involving the lymphoid organs. Children who suddenly develop swellings in the groin, arm-pit and neck at about the same time (swellings which feels like seed) should see a doctor without delay as with those who bleed from the gum or develop swellings in the joints or small boils resembling acne around their head and neck region. This piece is not intended to make the reader attempt to diagnose these problems but to know by merely taking a glance that certain growth which shouldn’t be where they are, are seen as potentially dangerous and should as such be brought to the doctor’s attention the minimum delay. Nothing could be further from e reality that the consequences of delaying treatment are disastrous.

UK AND THE SYRIAN REBELS

Britain said on Sunday that it and other countries were reluctant to arm rebels in Syria, even it warns that success in the battlefield by forces loyal to President Bashir Al-Assad was undermining chances of a Geneva peace conference. Britain and France worked together to lift the a European Union embago on arms shipment to Syrian rebels, giving them the flexibily to send weapons to forces who complained that they are dramatilly outgunned. Foreign secretary William Hague said on Sunday that no such decision had yet been taken and promises for the first time to give lawmakers a vote in paliament if and when it happens.

creating a good website

This is the International institute of biblical studies/two witness ministry, Michigan USA. Their study centre in Ikorodu Lagos Nigeria. 20 TOP WEBSITE MISTAKES SMALL BUSINESS MAKES I’ve prepared this list, ‘The Top 20 Mistakes That small Business Make; form my own experiences in making my websites, as well as from my observations while learning and studying for my certifications. By no means complete these 20 Mistakes relate mostly to websites by small business (less than 50 employees) because they are typically organizations that outsource their web services. The list is further separated into “Design Mistake” being the mistakes that are made in the design of the site itself, and “Purchasing Mistake s” being the mistakes business make as customers of web design companies. First, we need to get on with it by covering the first mistake: 1. DESIGNING/ ALLOWING THE SITE TO BE DESIHNED BY A PRSON WHO DOES NOT KNOW WHAT THEY ARE DOING- I’ve writing and rewritten this paragraph a dozen time so that it doesn’t sound offensive to anyone but the message is still the same………..join me for more update

Role of social media in marketing

Check this out! This is the popular Eyita-Ojokoro Road, Ikorodu Lagos ROLE OF SOCIAL MEDIA IN MARKETING A lot of people want to know what exactly social media is. What’s with being social media savvy? I am never tried of giving out (when necessary) the meaning of social media. If it’s possible, I would start off each write up with its definition. This is because there is always someone reading about it for the fist time. Social media signifies below-the line elements that are used to syndicate technology and social interface by using words. These elements are usually internet or mobile centered. Some of the elements we are very likely familiar with include but not limited to Twitter, Face book, MySpace and YouTube. What is the connection between social media and marketing? I have lost count of the number of emails I get with these questions? One thing is sure: when people start asking questions, it means they are willing to know, understand and then appreciate an idea, information or consider a new trend. One good added value of social media is that it gives marketers a voice and a way to connect with peers, customers and prospective consumers. It not only gives a voice, it also personalizes the “brand” and helps you to spread your message in a comfortable and chatty way. The only challenge of this new media is that it must be a part of your everyday life in order to keep the motion and devotion it to be effective. Let me state emphatically here that social media is not just for small business owners that are trying out an experiment. That said, understood and accepted; let’s now look at what role social media should play in your marketing? Marketing is a tool we use to inform consumers about our products, who we are and what we offer. Social media helps us have peer encounters. We can use social media to associate ourselves with our peers, which may be serving the same target markets. Social media can be used to stamp an identity, which are products and the services we offer. If we intent to be real with our customers both potential and loyal, Social media makes it possible. Sharing your personality makes people follow you presence to just discussing latest product news etc. Social media helps us create relationships with people who not be aware of our products or service or what our companies symbolize. Social media also helps with customer relation. It’s easier to interact with them on what they are looking for or expect from a product or service and how we can improve it to their satisfaction. Obviously and undoubtedly, you can agree no less with me that really social media carry a lot of added values. But how do you do it right? Social media should not stand alone in your entire marketing strategy; it must be integrated with other vehicles of marketing. As social media create all the sales you required at inception or start-up. I am not desired ROI with social media but it most probably won’t be at the instant. You always must be yourself and reflect a character. There are no laid down rules when it comes to social media, only your style, approach and strategy so much that it works well for you. Be consistent, if you do not plan on being consistent don’t do it at all -it’s a waste of everyone’s precious time. Why start when you won’t end well? With social media, if it must be dine at all, it must be done well. Wondering how effective social media has been? Success stories are abundant when it comes to using social media ranging from headhunters that find job applicants to new enterprises that want to announce a new product as well as existing and well established multinational companies that want to strengthen their brand or improve their services. The role of social media in your marketing is for it to serve as a communication gizmo that makes you accessible to those interested in your product and makes you visible to those that don’t know your product. Fact is social media is so generalized that it can be used in whatever way best suit the interest and the requirements of your business. Explore the use of social media as a tool to create a personality behind your brand or services and establish relationships that you otherwise may never gain. The result of a well utilized social media as an element for gaining repeat-buyers, but also securing customer loyalty.

Life in Nigeria/Jonathan's mandate

Check this out! This is one of the most street in Lagos Nigeria. This is Kudirat Abiola way, formaly Oregun road, Ojota.Check this out! FG To Enforce Punishment for Failure to Give Unemployment Statistics The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has said it will penalize any establishment or individual that fails to give information as required President Good luck Jonathan NEVER plays to the gallery, neither does he engage in governance by drama President Good luck Jonathan is never afraid of bringing into his government technocrats or persons that are more knowledgeable than himself. He does not feel threatened by these persons. He is focused and firm on what he hopes to achieve. He does not appear DESPERATE for political or economic power. He is very approachable and likeable He is not vindictive. He is always consulting and building consensus to carry every segment of the country along Above all, he's a listening and very hardworking President. Below is some of his accomplishment:- 2ND NIGER BRIDGE (ASABA/ONITSHA) AWARDED TO JULIUS BERGER AFTER 50 YEARS ZENGERU POWER PROJECT NIGER STATE AWARDED AFTER 32 YEARS The revolution taking place in terms of infrastructure reconstruction and rehabilitation has not been seen anywhere in Africa. These are in the area of road construction that is taking place massively nationwide. AND INVESTING N3 BILLION NAIRA IN NOLLYWOOD TO BOOST THE ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY. Signing of the FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT INTO LAW THEREBY Making NIGERIANS AND THE NIGERIAN MEDIA ONE OF THE FREEST IN THE WORLD AND SALARY INCREASE OF 53% IN 2010 MAKING THE NIGERIAN WORKER QUITE COMFORTABLE. WINNING THE AFRICAN CUP OF NATIONS CUP AFTER 19 YEARS Airport reconstruction and remodeling taking place nationwide. Railway line reconstruction and rehabilitation with Lagos to Kano completed and functional. The Portharcourt to Maiduguri railway line will be coming on stream by year end. Seaport construction and expansion of existing ones. E.g. Warri port Delta State, Baro- Niger State, Kogi, Calabar, Onne etc. Building of TEN new power plant simultaneously that will significantly boast power supply in the country not forgetting the transparent privatization in that sector without any controversy that will lead to massive investment and power facility upgrade that will be beneficial to the entire nation. University education is now more readily accessible by Nigerians with nine new universities approved and functional. In addition, billions of naira is being expended on primary and post primary education to assist the entire states of the federation. These are in the building of new primary and post primary school classrooms and also for the acquisition of textbook which has been distributed to aid learning at this level. Almagiri School not excluded and UNIVERSITIES AND OTHER HIGHER INSTITUTIONS STRIKE AND SCHOOL CLOSURE HAS BEEN ELIMINATED FROMNIGERIA The agricultural revolution currently on going in Nigeria is commendable with the attendant removal of corruption from the acquisition and distribution of fertilizers. Food security is the security of Nigeria. President Good luck Jonathan has today changed the bad attitude and mentality of most Nigerian politicians and voters. This he has done through the conduct of free and fair election all over the country. Edo and Ondo states are appetizers, there are more to come. His Presidency has stabilize the polity and foster integration, Progress in the image of Nigeria abroad and Progress in emergency management (Flood control). With President Goodluck Jonathan, election in Nigeria will be one of the best in the world thereby taking away the do or die nature of our politicians and followers. Today, the Boko Haram insurgency has been reduced to occasional ambush tactics thereby putting them on the back foot. Other forms of violent crimes and criminality like kidnappings, armed robberies, pipeline vandalism and illegal bunkering are being tackled frontally and soon they will be history. Industrialization is gradually taking root thereby leading to the steady growth of the economy. His government is protecting Nigerians and Nigeria’s business interest and its citizens abroad. CURRENTLY, THE GOODLUCK JONATHAN ADMINISTRATION HAS TAKEN NIGERIA FROM A LOW INCOME COUNTRY TO A MEDIUM INCOME COUNTRY THEREBY MAKING FUNDS FOR DEVELOPMENTAL PROJECTS FROM GLOBAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS READILY AVAILABLE AND ATTRACTING INVESTMENTS IN KEY SECTORS OF THE NIGERIAN ECONOMY. WITH GOODLUCK JONATHAN, NIGERIANOW HAVE 50 BILLION DOLLARS IN FOREIGN RESERVE, ONE BILLION DOLLAR IN SOVEREIGN WEALTH FUNDAND BILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN EXCESS CRUDE ACOUNT MAKING NIGERIA THE PREFERRED INVESTMENT DESTINATION IN WORLD. THE REFINERIES ARE WORKING AGAIN. DECLARING A STATE OF EMERGENCY IN BORNO, YOBE, AND ADAMAWA STATES WITHOUT TEMPERING WITH THE DEMOCRATIC STRUCTURES YET ACHIEVING THE DESIRED AIMS AND OBJECTIVES OF SECURITY, PEACE, PROTECTION OF INNOCENT NIGERIANS, STABILITY AND ECONOMIC GROWTH OF THE REGION AND THE ENTIRE FEDERATION. THE DECLARATION MAKES GOODLUCK JONATHAN A LEADER, A DEMOCRAT AND A STATEMAN. PRESIDENT GOODLUCK JONATHAN, THE BEST PRESIDENT NIGERIA HAS EVER HAD. Let’s support him to succeed

Life in Nigeria and selfish leaders

A nation whose leaders are babes can never progress. Nigeria is ruled by illiterates whose lives are tied to corruption. Hope For Nigeria **JUST IN** Okonjo-Iweala Blasts Governors For Depleting Nigeria's Huge Savings. **Federal Govt was compelled to share$16.4billion accumulated in the excess crude account prior to the global economic depression, because they believed it was unconstitutional and illegal to save. **excess crude revenue account from $20billion in 2003 to about $3.6billion today was shared by state governors. The Minister for Finance, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, says Nigerians should hold the governors of the 36 states of the federation responsible for depleting theexcess crude revenue account from $20billion in 2003 to about $3.6billion today. The minister said Nigeria was able to survive the negative impact of the global economic crisis because it was able to augment its budget deficit and continue with most of its development programmes with revenues from a healthy Excess Crude Revenue Account. But, Mrs. Okonjo-Iweala, who is also the Coordinating Minister for the Economy, told a meeting of civil societyorganisations on Thursday in Abuja thatthe country might not survive another global economic downturn, with a depleted Excess Crude Revenue Account. The Minister said the 36 state governors should be held responsible for the massive draw down on the account, as the Federal Government was compelled to share over $16.4billion revenue accumulated in the excess crude account prior to the global economic depression, because they believed it was unconstitutional and illegal. “The Excess Crude Revenue Account was developed at the time we had some semblance of fiscal balance in our economy between 2003 and 2007,” the minister said. “That was when we started saving up to about $20billion. When the crash came in 2008, oil prices fell from about $147 per barrel toabout $38 overnight. We were able to go to that pool to smoothen our expenditures. “We were able to pay salaries and continue to pay for our capital investments in those two or three difficult years (2008 to 2009). That is why the Excess Crude Account, which has metamorphosed into the SovereignWealth Fund (SWF), is very important. “But, we have the governors saying no,it is illegal. In fact, it was a fight to even get $1billion paid into the SWF. We managed to save $20billion the lasttime, but now the governors are sayingit is illegal. So, the country is not able to save, andwhat is left in the Excess Crude Revenue Account today is only about $3.6billion. “Every month, we have been dipping hands and sharing it, instead of moving that money into the Sovereign Wealth Account, because the governors say it is illegal. We have shared until it is at the rock bottom. Should the oil price crash today, what it means is that we have no cushion, because $3.6 billion for this economy is nothing that can take us for any length of time.” The Minister, who spoke on the variouscomponents of the government’s current reform agenda, stressed the need for the country to continue to create safety nets in the form of savings in order to cushion any potential negative effects of the volatility in the international oil market on the domestic economy should therebe any further depression in the global economy. In view of recent developments in developed economies such as the United States and Europe, Mrs. Okonjo-Iweala, said the country was facing increasing challenge controlling its expenditure and maintaining fiscal discipline to allow for sufficient money to be left for the development of critical infrastructure that would help position the economy on sustainable path of inclusive growth in the years ahead. Describing the Federal Government efforts to diversify the country’s economy as the only viable option opento pursue in the face of dwindling revenues from crude oil exports as well as increasing volatility in the global oil market, the minister said ongoing transformation programmes in the agricultural and entertainment industries hold the key to Nigeria’s economic development and competitivenessin the rapidly changing global market

Buried alive in Nigeria

This little child was born and buried alive by the mother, neighbors who got the information went after a few days and dug up the baby only to find the child still alive...........this looks like a cartoon, but this is a true life incident Nigeria. precisely Lagos Nigeria

Rainfall

The first rainfall in the year 2013 in Lagos Nigeria was on 20th of January 2013. It was a disaster. Many gutters were overflowed. Houses were covered in most areas.

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Don’t give up

“ELISHA PASSED TO SHUNEM  WHERE WAS A GREAT WOMAN. 2 KINKS 4:8

The Bible speaks of a “great women” who lived in Shunem. God gave her a son when she couldn’t have one. Then suddenly in twenties he dies. So she picks up, put him on a horse and carries him back to Elisha, whom God had used to announce his birth in the first place.  

Imagine what her neighbors must have though as she passed by.” Its’ over, bury him!” But not her. She refuses to stop and get the opinions, of faithless people, or discuses her situation with those who were unqualified to help. Be careful who you open up to in a crisis! Make sure they know God and that their words line up with His. The warranty hasn’t expired on the promises God gave you.

This woman believed that if God started it, He could finish it. If He made it, He could fix it.

            And how does her story end? Elisha stretches his body out on top of the dead boy’ body and his corpse get warm. Now that’s good, but this lad needs more than just warmth he needs new to life. What’s the lesson here for you? No matter how bad things look stay on top of the situation! Keep believing God. Walk the floor and pray all night if you have to, but don’t give up. Keep standing on the word. Your dream may not be fully alive yet, but it’s getting warm. Thing are improving. God is moving. Your answer is on the way don’t give up until it arrives!

Having what it takes to succeed

“THE LORD GAVE HIM SUCCESS IN EVERYTHING HE DID.” GENESIS 39:3NIV

To succeed at anything, the four things you must have:

            1. Morals: What are you willing to do in other to get where you’re trying to go? You can’t get there just any kind of way; you must have boundaries. Now all of us have broken the rules at some times. But thank God we have rules to break! We were able to realign ourselves because somebody had pitched a tent on where ‘right’ is. (2) Method s: You methods are your road map. A goal without a plane is like a road to nowhere. First the goal, then the plan, and then the process. Adopting this simple three- step formula helps you understanding that you won’t just leap into the middle of dream, or get there overnight. There are methods that must be employed and stayed with! (3) Means: When God gives you a vision, look for His provision. If you can’t find it, either your timing is off, or what you want differs form what God want fro you. God’s provision may come as an idea that hit you suddenly, or a though that takes root and grows in your over time. Certainly, God’s provision will always involve the help of others, so walk in love wherever you go. (4)Management: Jesus said, ‘To whom much is given, of him shall much be require” (LK12:48 AMP). Some think it’s ‘over’ when God gives it to you. No, it’s just beginning! And guess what your biggest management challenge will be? Yourself! That’s why the Psalmis,” Order my steps in thy words” (Ps 119:33). 

the part to the throne

Anytime God describes someone as a man after his own heart, ‘study them very well and carefully. A clear example is the life of David.

He had a humble beginning but a great finish. David began as a shepherd and ended up as a king. The chances of that happening were slim to none. In those days shepherds were so low in the totem pole that they couldn’t testify in a law court, their words wasn’t considered reliable. Yet David ended up writing the mostly read and loved psalms of all time.

When you invite God into your life He cancels the liability of your past and re-writes your future. But you must choose what he has chosen for you. There’s an interesting contrast between Paul and David. Paul sowed his wild oats before he met Christ, then went on to live an exemplary life. David became king at 30 : yet during his forty years in leadership, he experienced devastating failures. There are two lessons to be learned from these.

1. Don’t rush to judgment. It is not over until God says it is over. David’s story is a clear warning to the transgressor, a rebuke to the self-righteous, a testimony to the justice of God that won’t allow us to escape our consequences, and to his love that will never let go of us.
2.  God can bring good out of it. He can take every experience you’ve been through, both positive and negative, and make it work for good, either your good or the good of others. When you seek to fulfill God’s purpose in spite of your flaws, He makes all things work together for good. Romans 8:28

WHO TAKES THE CREDIT?

David was anointed to be king his teens but he only ascended the throne at thirty. Just check this out

1. God calls the man. In spite of being un appreciated by his family, and over looked by the prophet Samuel, God picked David. He also picked Deborah to lead the nation in a male dominated society. Stop trying to figure God out, and stop comparing yourself to others!
2. God decides the plan. Being confident of this very thing, that he who has begun a good work in you will complete it. Phil 1:6.   David never thought it will take him ducking the spears of Saul the king, living in caves and working with 600 misfits who redefine the word dysfunctional. God trains you in a small sphere so you can handle bigger ones.
3. God knows the span of time required. So the part to the throne takes patience, perseverance, commitment, plan work, endurance, until Potiphar and his wife knelt before Joseph.

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the bible speaks of a great woman who lived in Shunem. God gave her a son when she couldn't have one. then suddenly he dies in his twenties.so she picked him up and carried him to Elisha the man of God, whom God used to announce the birth of the young boy in the first place. imagined what her neighbors would have been saying she passed by going to the man of God. probably things like it is all over, don't bother going to the man of God. but she refused to listen to faithless and un qualified persons, she until i get to my destination, right to my very source, just a touch of his word, garment will bring about a change.
how does her story end? to be certain just get a copy of the bible and read the books of first and second kings and rest is history.

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