Showing posts with label Education. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Education. Show all posts

Nigerian poetry: How does it feel to be a problem



Do we trod the famished road with the single hope of an oasis at the end?
The desert sands shall give no mercy to a man of faith
Let us go then from the lands we baptised with pain
Let us, like Ulysses, set sail like the Vikings To mete and dole unequal laws upon a savage race.


Do we weep for the things unseen?
Tell me, my kinsman, how it feels to bring goodluck?
Even when ants have ecstatically ravaged your iron fence.
 Tell me how it feels to drink from an oasis
In the patched mind of a thirsty traveller.
Do we weep for the roads not taken?
We saw the Kiama bridge and that which goes to Yenogoa
Do we require the gods to tell us where to go?
The soothsayers are out of business now
We have all turned prophets like the people of Eleusis.
The desert sands does not forgive a penitent feet
Neither does the hungry pather puts faith in the gods for a meal
So tell me! Tell me oh kinsman, how does it feel to be a problem?
What does it require of a genius to be a fool?
Does it require being pious?
Does it require taking existence serious?
We were sent here to build a hole
A hole which we have built so deep that we no longer see the light
I gave a penny to a beggar and he gave it to his brother in penury
I clean the guillotine daily, only to be stained with the blood of feeble minds.
Finding myself alone
Only for my solitude to be arrested by thoughts of things I had lost.


When I walked from Carthage to Karnem-Borno, there were no tears of burnt and scratched metals
When I listened to Homer, there were no use of afflicting words
When I slept in homes carved out from the intelligence of Masons, there were no natural disasters.


The Aare-Ona-Kakanfo has refused to return
Maybe the age grades should hunt for him
Just make sure the Sultan is still on seat when I return
If I do not return then I am your problem.

Breaking News!!! Minister Reiterates Ban On Post UTME



Nigeria’s Education Minister, Malam Adamu Adamu has reiterated that the ban on Post Unified Tertiary matriculation Examination is with immediate effect, and under no circumstance should any institution violate the directive.




Post Unified Tertiary matriculation Examination, otherwise known as Post-UTME is conducted by Tertiary Institutions for admission into Universities and other higher institutions of learning in Nigeria.
While giving the directive on Monday in Abuja, the Minister explained that although he had made the issue known earlier, but emphasis has become necessary in order to ensure that no stakeholder is left in doubt as to government position on the Post UTME matter.

He said the responsibility for admission into public tertiary institutions lies solely with the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) and under no circumstance should any institution take over the responsibility by proxy.

“For the avoidance of doubt, any educational institution after secondary education is regarded as a tertiary institution. Therefore all tertiary institutions, Polytechnics, Colleges of Education, Universities or by whatever name it is called after secondary education must be subjected to admission through the JAMB. At the end of probationary admission by JAMB, the candidates can be cleared (screened) for final admission. For any institution with a shortfall in admission, such institution can revert to JAMB for supplementary admission. Clearing in this case (screening) entails only the verification of certificates of the candidates, JAMB scores, and any other physical examination to ensure that such candidates are not cultists. After this, the candidates are qualified for matriculation. Such screening should be at no cost to the parents or students and should be done upon resumption in order to avoid unnecessary travels in search of admission,” the Minister explained.

Malam Adamu decried the situation where final year students in Nigeria secondary schools are subjected to too many examinations all in one year, describing it as traumatic, exploitative and absolutely unnecessary.

According to Adamu, mere admission into the University does not guarantee any student the award of a degree until such a student successfully goes through a minimum of eight examinations (for 4-year courses) or ten and twelve examinations (for 5 and 6 year courses), among other requirements.

The Minister expressed worry over reasons why any university would not be satisfied with examining a student for eight, ten or twelve times for the award of a degree, but would rather sort to conducting entry examinations.

He said Universities are at liberty to expel any student who fails to meet up with the requirements of the award of any degree enrolled for.

The Minister also stated that there has been no empirical evidence to show that since the inception of Post-UTME, Universities have been having better quality students, but that students are still being expelled on a yearly basis for low performance even as they gained admission through Post-UTME.

Plight of parents/Guardians
Furthermore, Malam Adamu said he is deeply concerned about the plight of parents/guardians who spend fortunes on transportation, hotel accommodation, examination fees and sundry costs, just for their wards to gain admission into Universities, that such practice negates the Buhari Administration’s resolve to make education affordable for Nigerians.

The Minister said he is also mindful of reported cases where some staff of tertiary institutions take undue advantage of the girl-child in her quest to gain admission into the system.

He acknowledged some cases where parents die in the process of travelling to secure admission for their wards, and never live to see those children through, a situation he described as painful and avoidable.

compliance
The Minister has however directed the National Universities Commission (NUC) and appropriate departments in the Ministry to communicate the directive to relevant agencies and institutions to ensure strict compliance.

Malam Adamu warned higher institutions that have already advertised for the conduct of the Post-UTME under any guise to stop the exercise immediately as any university caught conducting Post-UTMNE will face appropriate sanctions.

“if any tertiary Institution has already conducted Post-UTME, such an exercise stands annulled and money taken from such candidates must be refunded immediately,” the Minister added.

Eight Major Factors To Consider When Purchasing A Domain Name For Your Blog or Website





A domain name is an identification string that defines a realm of administrative autonomy, authority or control within the Internet.

These are the things to consider before buying a domain name


1. Go for a Top level domain name
Make sure the domain name you are buying is a top level one e.g. .com .ng .org e.t.c.
Just make sure it is very easy for your users to remember.


2. Avoid buying a contradicting domain name
For example, your website niche is on sports, you are now in need of a domain name and you buy .edu.ng extension, SO CONTRADICTING!!!
Always know that your guests and members will be the one looking for admission or other sort of education aspirants and they will bounce back when they see your
Posts mainly on sports.


3. Check if the domain is not existing
The perfect way to do this is to go to any domain registrar website and type the domain name, to know if it had been choosen or not, don't rely on that only, type
the url on search engines too and see if it already existed before you totally conclude.

Some webmasters are scammers, they will close their website for a while and when it had been sold to you, they retrieve it back again
when you gain much traffic.


4. Avoid too long domain name
For example, you want to buy a domain name for a website with music niche and you name it:
plentynaijamusicishere,com
That is wrong, go for a domain name that will be easy for everyone to remember.
It is not compulsory the domain is 6 or less letters word, but make sure it is easy to remember (either long or short) and also dont let it be too long.


5. Don't advertise your unpurchased domain name
Don't go to forums and ask for opinions on the new domain you want to purchase, before you
wake up the next day, it would have been purchased by a hungry scammer, you will have to pay them before they sell it to you and the money will be beyond your plan.


6. Avoid replacing words with letter
If you buy a domain name and make it 9jamusic,com instead of naijamusic,com if the second person with that naijamusic,com is your competitor, he can wipe you away within days, your visitor may just mistype that 9ja to
naija and fall for naijamusic,com immediately.
This always happen when people get to know your website name from the voice tag u put in a music.


7. Avoid going for a plural domain name
Buying a plural domain name which singular is already existing is very risky.
Adding s to the back of your domain name is very risky.
For Example, nairaland,com is already in existence, you then buy a domain nairalands,com, people will always/easily remember Nairaland and forget Nairalands except devoted visitors which are scarce and will be minimum.


8. Make Sure the domain registrar you want to
use are reputable and reliable
There are some hungry registrars, hunger lead them to domain business, if you fall for such
registrar, your money is waisted, search thoroughly about the hoster you wish to use and their years of service before buying from them.

Did you want to buy a domain (or host your website) i will recommend you choose and use WHOGOHOST

We are recommending them due to the experience we had with them, they are reliable and trusted.

It is not owned by a hungry registrar (lol), so you have nothing to fear.fear

Post-UTME 2016: List Of Schools That Have Released Forms



As schools have already begun announcing their 2016 post-UTME sales of form, it is very important for candidates to stay up to date with the latest information on the post-UTME updates of their choice schools.


We’ve had situations in the past whereby some students missed the post-UTME of their respective choice institution for the simple reason that they were not correctly informed or not informed at all.

Here at Myschool Limited, we have no other job but to keep you updated with the latest education news in Nigeria. That’s our trade.

Bearing that in mind, we will always do our best to keep you updated with current and correct information on the 2016 post-UTME of your respective choice institutions.

To further ensure that you get the required information, we have created this thread strictly for post-UTME updates.

In that regard, all information regarding the 2016 post-UTME cut-off, eligibility and registration details of your choice institutions will be on this thread the moment it is announced.

All you need to do is to click on the link representing the name of your choice institution and you will have access to their post-UTME details.

Below are the list and links of schools that has so far announced their post-UTME for 2016.

IMPORTANT: Before you proceed, ensure you have the following;

1. Original JAMB Result Slip with Passport Embedded on It. It will be required not only during Post-UTME Screening but during Admission Processing. To obtain this document, click here to place your request

2. Post-UTME Past Questions for the school you intend to get into. We now have the most Complete & Original version you can obtain. To request for your copy, Click here. The package will come with 1 year SMS alerts for updates on when your school begins, releases results, pastes admission lists, etc. Click here now!

The list will be updated as other schools announce their 2016 post-UTME. You are therefore advised to visit this thread regularly.

RSUST Admission Screening Exercise 2016: Eligibility, Registration And Screening Details

LASU Admission Screening 2016: Eligibility, Screening And Registration Details

TASUED Post-UTME/DE 2016: Date, Cut-off Mark, Eligibility And Registration Details

EKSU Admission Screening/Registration Procedure for 2016/2017 Announced

Nigerian Turkish Nile University Post-UTME/DE 2016: Eligibility And Registration Details

Elizade University Post-UTME 2016: Eligibility And Registration Details

Fountain University Post-UTME 2016: Eligibility And Registration Details

Gregory University Post-UTME 2016: Eligibility, Screening And Registration Details

Crawford University Post-UTME 2016: Eligibility And Registration Details

Afrigos Film & Media Academy Post-UTME 2016: Eligibility, Screening And Registration Details

AUN Post-UTME 2016: Eligibility And Registration Details

Christopher University Post-UTME 2016: Date, Eligibility, Screening And Registration Details

Bingham University Post-UTME/DE 2016: Date, Eligibility, Screening And Registration Details

Achievers University Post-UTME/DE 2016: Date, Eligibility, Screening And Registration Details

JABU Post-UTME/DE 2016: Eligibility And Registration Details

Crown Polytechnic Admission (ND/HND) 2016/2017 Announced

ABUAD Post-UTME/DE 2016: Eligibility And Registration Details

OOU Post-UTME/DE 2016: Screening Date, Cut-off Mark, Eligibility And Registration Details

Veritas University Post-UTME/DE 2016: Cut-off Mark, Eligibility And Registration Details

Bowen University Post-UTME 2016: Date, Eligibility, Screening And Registration Details

Bells University Post-UTME 2016: Date, Eligibility And Registration Details


Babcock University Post-UTME 2016: Eligibility, Date And Registration Details


Pan-Atlantic University Post-UTME 2016: Eligibility, Date And Registration Details

Igbinedion University Post-UTME 2016 Eligibility And Registration Details

KWASU Post-UTME/DE 2016: Eligibility, Screening Date And Registration Details

Nigerian Police Academy Application Into 4th Regular Course Degree Programme 2016/2017

NDA 68th Regular Course Application Announced

Covenant University Post-UTME 2016: Date, Eligibility And Registration Details

Redeemer's University Post-UTME Registration 2016/2017 Announced

Landmark University Post-UTME Registration 2016/2017 Announced

Ajayi Crowther University Post-UTME/DE Registration And Screening 2016/2017 Announced

7 Annoying Things Nigerian Interviewers Do When Interviewing An Applicant



Everyone blames an applicant for not making the most of the opportunity he or she has when in front of an interviewer. Sadly, no one has deemed it fit to beam the searchlight on the interviewer—some Nigerian HR persons can be damn rude sometimes. Most HR persons like playing “god”—can’t blame though, the economy is in a terrible shape. It is a world where an applicant is always at the mercy of the employer. Here are seven annoying things Nigerian interviewers do when interviewing an applicant.

Keeps you waiting without a word of apology
The letter asking you to attend an interview or chat states that the interview is for 9 am in the morning—and you are there before the set time. However, some HR person playing “god” walks into the venue by 10 am without a word of apology and acts like you are a-nobody. I mean this is typical of most Nigerian employers.

Talks down on you
Some HR persons would talk down on you and treat you like you are a nobody. It had to be said that no responsible company employs interviewers that treat candidates badly.

Acts like he was not once an applicant
It is so disheartening that some HR persons act like they were not once in your shoes (na your papa get the company?). They not only talk down on you, but expect you to act like a superhuman who has answers to everything about the company.

Cuts you off when you are speaking?
Lousy HRs don’t know a jack about manners—and that’s why they treat applicants like they are beneath them in status. They ask a question, and before you could finish offering an explanation—they cut you off without offering any form of apology.

Don’t Know a Jack about the job he/she is interviewing you for
It is not so difficult to know if an interviewer has little or no knowledge about the job he/she is interviewing you for. Anyone involved in an interview process should be as prepared as you are when interviewing you—regardless of whether it is his field or not.

Comes to an interview unprepared
Most HR persons don’t read through an applicant’s CV before the ‘D-day—ugh! When an interviewer starts asking you to tell him about yourself or ask you to walk him through your resume. They have no questions about your background because they have never given it a moment’s thought—this is absolutely unacceptable
Talking too much. I've attended an interview where d interviewer was the one asking the questions and talking through the answer. This was how the interview went

Interviewer: tell me what previous experience you have for this job? Cos I can see from ur CV u haven't worked in this type of position before and we need someone with at least 2years experience working in this role or something similar to it.well let me assume you are a fast learner because without that quality u won't b able to survive in this job

For my mind I was like Nor be me suppose dey talk all these ones

4 Students Of FUTA Die In Accident


FUTA Three’ killed on the ‘eve of graduation’

•300-level undergraduate too

To conclude that the death of three final year and a 300- level students of the Federal University of Technology Akure, FUTA, Ondo State in an auto crash was sad and painful is an understatement.

No word is too big to describe the agony of the parents and family members of the students who had gone far in their education.

The parents have however taken solace in the Christianity admonition: “ In all things we should give thanks”.

It was crying and wailing penultimate Saturday when the news of the death of the students filtered into campus.

The tension in the university was so high that everyone wore a long face. The atmosphere was sombre and a visitor to the institution would easily decipher that something tragic had happened.

Students gathered in groups to pray and cry in the open field and lecture theatres while lecturers and other university workers discussed the ugly incident in hush voices. Traffic inside the university was thin.

For three days,the university community mourned the four students whose lives were cut short in the auto crash.

Lectures were suspended.

That Saturday was indeed a black day in FUTA as lecturers and students cried and wailed openly.

The 500-level students who died in the crash include Olaleye Israel Olumide -mathematics and statistics, Owadayo Funke-microbiology, Abolarinwa Olaniyi-electrical and electronics engineering while Oke Oluwatosin was a 300-level student of electrical and electronics engineering.

A source hinted Sunday Vanguard that the students, under the umbrella of the Campus Christian Outreach Programme, were returning from a mission conference tagged, “PAROUSIA” in Ibadan, Oyo State when the unfortunate incident happened.

Fifteen students went for the conference in the FUTA campus fellowship bus. Thirteen of them are students of the university and members of different campus fellowships while the Coordinator of PAROUSIA for Akure Zone and another student of the University of Benin, Edo State accompanied the bus on the religious journey which claimed the lives of four of them and left 11 others maimed with serious injuries.

It was gathered that one of the students was driving the bus when the accident happened few kilometers back to FUTA. The crash, according to eyewitness account, occurred along the Ilesha-Akure Expressway. Report had it that the bus conveying the students, on getting to Ibulesoro town in Ifedore council area of the state, skidded off the expressway after a motorcyclist recklessly crossed the road.

The driver , who was trying to maneuver the bus in order not to crush the motorcyclist, lost control and crashed.

The bus reportedly somersaulted several times before it finally stopped.

The four deceased students, it was learnt, died on the spot while 11 survivors were rushed to hospital for medical attention.

They were admitted at Ondo State Specialist Hospital, Akure where they were rushed to by sympathizers.

The FUTA Students Union President Segun Oladele told Sunday Vanguard that the parents of the deceased students had been informed and already claimed the corpses.

Oladele added that some of those injured had been discharged from hospital.

A three-day of mourning according to him had been declared in the university which will be lecture free.

He noted that a candle night processing was equally held in FUTA in honor of the departed souls .

Ondo State Police Command spokesman, Femi Joseph, said officers from the command and those of the Federal Road Safety Commission responded swiftly to the accident and rushed those injured to hospital.

Officials of the FRSC in the state attributed the accident to over-speeding and loss of concentration on the part of the students vehicle involved.

The Public Relations Officer of the university, Mr Adegbenro Adebanjo, said the students were on a private religious trip when the accident happened.

Adegbenro noted that the management of FUTA was doing all it could to give those in the hospital the best treatment. He confirmed that the parents of those who died in the crash have since claimed their corpses

He commiserated with the families of the deceased students and their colleagues.

Read And Share. How Long Does A Car Tyre Stay Before They Expire? Expert Opinions Needed


FRSC marshals have made a habit of preying on innocent road users’ especially female drivers and claiming that the tyre(s) of their vehicles are expired. FRSC Marshals claim that tyres expire after 4 years from Date of Manufacture (DOM).
Question: How true is that?
Answer: Completely false (my opinion)

First let’s start with what those numbers on your tyre means:

The chronological age of any tire can be found on the tire sidewall by examining the characters following the symbol "DOT". The last four numbers identify the date of manufacture of the tire to the nearest week. The first two of these four numbers identify the week of manufacture (which range from "01" to "53"). The last two numbers identify the year of manufacture (e.g., a tire with the information "DOT XXXXXXX2714” was manufactured in the 27th week of 2014)

 Accordig to Michelin, after five years or more in service, your tyres should be thoroughly inspected at least once a year. If the need arises, follow the recommendations of the vehicle manufacturer regarding replacing the original equipment tyres. As a precaution, if the tyres have not been replaced 10 years from their date of manufacture (see how to read a tyre sidewall), Michelin recommends replacing them with new tyres. Even if they appear to be in usable condition and have not worn down to the tread wear indicator.
The truth is that a tyre never really expires, it all depends on the wear and tear of the tyre that makes it either useable or to be changed.

By FRSC standard a tyre that is completely worn out but with a DOM less than 4 years is safe to use while a tyre that is not worn out at all due to low millage is unsafe (Sounds ridiculous).

We intend to engage FRSC Corps Marshal so as to call his men to order and that they should rather check the wear of a tyre rather concentrate on so called expiring date of a tyre.

How To Spot A Fake SD Card



SanDisk Micro SD cards has been around in the mobile spare part market for as far back as two decades and this was due to the originality of their products and its durability. Unfortunately, this particular memory card is the most pirated Micro SD in Nigeria(I trust my Aba Boys) thereby making it hard to get an original SanDisk Micro SD card in most Nigerian smartphone hub because the market has been flooded with the pirated copies. Most Nigerians do not have beforehand knowledge about these things before rushing to computer village to get a memory card for their newly bought phones,mp3 player, card reader e.t.c. Simply because brothers watch out for each other,I am going to highlight how you can easily spot a fake memory card whenever you have the need for one;


*Container/ SD Card label

If the information on the memory card pack is not the same with whats on the memory card itself, simply ask for another one with matching information e.g. if SDXC is boldly printed on the memory card pack and the maker of the memory card itself i.e. the label on the memory card is MicroSDHC, kindly move to the next and to the next until you find one that is original.

*Unboxing

When you remove the pack to get the main thing i,e the memory card, an original SanDisk SD Card is protected by a fine cut white paper while the other one does not have any form of protection whatsoever.

*Card Reader

One of my close pals bought a memory card the other day and guess what? The instructions on the memory card reader was written in Igbo, Hausa and Yoruba and the worst part is the fact that the SD Card did not last up to a week before it started misbehaving. What I am saying in essence is, if you notice this kind on inscription on the card readerof the memory card you wanna buy, kindly move to another shop.

*SD Card(rear view)

The front side of an original SanDisk memory card has its serial number written with faded brown and China is boldly wriiten as the manufacturing company. This can be easily confirmed by taking the memory card under a bright light in order to see the almost faded inscriptions.

I hope the next time you are in need of a memory card for any of your gadgets you will put the above points into consideration in order not to fall for the cheap scam of some jobless Nigerians

5 Things That Yahoo! Search Can Do But Not Google





1. Compose emails from the Yahoo! search box.

Type !mail abc@xyz.com in the Yahoo! search box and it will automatically compose a new email message for you in Yahoo! mail.

yahoo song lyrics search

2. Get Lyrics of any song or your favorite artist.

Type madonna lyrics (for lyrics of Madonna songs) or madonna material girl lyrics (for lyrics of a particular song)

3. Specifiy the order of search keywords in queries

Say you want only web pages where word x comes before y but not vice versa, then just put the search query in Square Brackets. An example:

[Sylvester Stallone] – will only return web pages where the word Sylvester appear before Stallone.

search wikipedia flickr ebay 4. Search your favorite websites from Yahoo! itself.

For instance, type !wiki google in Yahoo! search box to search Google in Wikipedia.com. Other popular shortcuts are !ebay, !amazon, and !flickr. You can also execute these from the Firefox search box without changing the default search engine.

5. linkdomain – An undocumented Yahoo Web search operator.

A quick question – Can you find the number of articles on Wikipedia website that link to CNN.com ? It’s almost impossible to get this data from Google but you can do so quite easily in Yahoo! with the incredibly useful linkdomain operator.

MTN XTRATIME: How to check Remainning balance on borrowed Airtime


Almost every mobile user knew How To borrow Airtime from Mtn & Other Network but few people knew how to check their remainning balance on Mtn borrowed airtime.
This is due to because when user check their account balance with *556#, it only show #-borrowedamount. Don't worry if you're one of them as we will explain how to check your borrowed balance on MTN in this post. Just follow the below steps
How To Check Balance on MTN borrowed Airtime
*. Dial *606#
*. Press 3 to check balance
*. Then wait for confirmation sms
Your remainning balance will be sent to you via message.

Good News!!! Doctors Confirm That HIV/AIDS Cure Has Finally Been Found



Doctors in Barcelona, Spain consider they’ve discovered the remedy to HIV – the AIDS-causing virus that impacts the lives of greater than 34 million individuals worldwide, in line with...

Breaking News!!! Facebook To Introduce “profile Videos” As Alternative To “profile Pictures”



Popular Social Media platform Facebook is set to add a new feature to it’s Platform, it’s set to add the “Profile Video” option, here you can upload videos as alternative to photos.

Big Controversy Over Amanda's Life Changing Weight Loss. The Story is Going Viral - Has She Gone Too Far?






Dr. Thomas Green
investigates this weird
weight loss result

Amanda's Interview After Her 88-Pound Weight Loss With The Tolerance Suppressing Method.

A woman has documented her incredible 88lb weight loss with a series of photos showing just how dramatically her body - and self-confidence - have changed.


36-year-old Amanda, who did not reveal her last name, used an advanced tolerance prevention system to shrink her 222lb frame.
By sticking to this advanced formula and doing 'virtually zero intentional exercise', Amanda managed to shed the weight while gaining self-confidence.

'In the early stages of taking pictures, I only took one of myself
- I hated the way I looked'
Indeed, the Reddit user responded to some viewers who commented on the fact that her smile gets broader as her waist gets smaller in the photo series.

'In the early stages of taking progress pictures, I literally only took one photo of myself. I hated the way I looked...' - she wrote. 'I had so little self-confidence that the thought of success honestly never crossed my mind... It was when I read the article in a magazine. It was about the tolerance effect and research pointing to products that can prevent it. It was just a note, something mentioned by the interviewed research team member. He simply mentioned Slimfy as the only product qualified for their studies. ... I didn't know back then how much this was going to change my life'.

Along with Amanda's success, Slimfy has everyone changing the way they think of weight loss. As many weight loss products claim to offer fat burning ingredients and amazing results, the true secret rests within the dosage and mixture of the ingredients your body absorbs over a period of time.

Slimfy's ground breaking Tolerance Prevention System was created by experienced group of nutritionists, endocrinologists, and experts in health and beauty. Their research demonstrated how human body must difersify the ingredients in weight loss formulas for the products to continue working. Slimfy's progressive three‐stage system uses unique compounds of GLUTEN FREE, NON-GMO and ORGANIC ingredients in each stage. Manufacturer claims: “Slimfy has already helped millions of people around the world to experience a happier and more fulfilling life through successful weight‐loss.”

Although we were pretty skeptical, we wanted to find out for ourselves if this product could actually do everything that it claimed. …Most of the success stories talk about combining all Three Stages of Slimfy to achieve maximum weight loss result. The idea behind combining the three formulas was discovered when studies had shown that people who regularly take supplements or medication develop a phenomenon called tolerance (if the substance is used for around 30 days or more)











Obama won't speak at Malia's graduation, says he's 'just going to cry'



 Like most dads, President Barack Obama will be dealing with an overwhelming mix of emotions when his eldest daughter Malia graduates high school this June.



But unlike most dads, those emotions will likely cause the commander in chief to punt on a tough decision come graduation day: speaking at the ceremony.
Speaking to a crowd at the Jolly Pumpkin Brewery in Detroit Wednesday, Obama confirmed he'd turned down an invite to serve as commencement speaker at Malia's graduation from Sidwell Friends School in Washington.
 Instead, he's just "just going to cry," Obama said, according to CNN.

"I can't talk about it," he told his lunch guests. "[My daughters are] going to leave their daddy. It's shameful!"

Malia, who reportedly hasn't picked a college yet, is the latest in a long line of presidential sons and daughters to attend Sidwell Friends School.

The list includes Chelsea Clinton, who graduated in 1997 — and whose dad, Bill Clinton, delivered her commencement speech.

"I'm going to be wearing dark glasses," Obama told the crowd.

Good choice, Malia's dad.

New Diabetes Breakthrough That Will Save A Life. Please Share






A new diabetes breakthrough that has already helped over 117,542 diabetics in Nigeria and millions worldwide end their diabetes, is currently being attacked by large pharmaceutical companies.
This new breakthrough has helped diabetics normalize their blood sugar levels, fix insulin sensitivity and end the need for prescription dugs in the form of insulin injections and blood sugar monitoring. Best of all this can all be accomplished with just a few items found in your local grocery store.
However many angry and greedy insulin and diabetic pharmaceutical companies have requested government organizations in Nigeria to ban the new groundbreaking online video that reveals how to naturally eliminate diabetes.
They claim it is against capitalistic practices and that it would destroy the diabetes pharmaceutical industry. They are afraid it will effect their bottom line and put them out of business.

How To Know If Your Android Phone Is Fake Or Original


Mobile Markets are filled with Fake Phones and they selling them as Original even with Branded tags beside it the replica phones are present in the market that looks similar to the original phone, to check whether your phone is original or fake there are two ways of checking it. These methods will help you a lot while buying a used cell phone.

1. First Check the following Features :

Be careful about the spellings For example, Soniericsson, Nokla, Techno and Samsvng
Warranties: Always insist on 12 months warranty certificate from the handset manufacturers; Never an oral agreement with the seller. Fake phones come with a shorter warranty periods since counterfeiters cannot guarantee it will last so long.

Check for performance of the handset: Some people carry their phones home without testing it first. Some dealers encourage this, knowing the handset is fake. As you check it out, you may notice some points of low performance such as memory which is smaller or poor quality photos.

Appearances: like dull colors , Fake logos,built quality difference in weight, screen size, location of buttons and battery, quality of printing and paint finish, added or missing functions, quality control stickers and holograms and an overall lack of quality.



2. The other method is checking Phones quality through 15 digit IMEI code:

Dial *#06#

IMEI stands for International Mobile Equipment Identity. It is a 15-digit number and may be found in the packet of the mobile phone. It may also be found by removing the back cover and it may be placed on the battery sticker.

The number might be as below:
3 6 9 3 9 5 [b]0 1 2 3 5 5 6 7 8[/b]
Now look at the 7th and 8th digit. These two digits will ensure your phone’s quality!

If the seventh and eighth digits are 00 this indicates your cell phone is manufactured in Original Factory which ensures the best quality.

If the seventh and eighth digits are 01 or 10 this indicates your cell phone is manufactured in Finland which is high quality.

If the seventh and eighth digits are 13 this indicates your cell phone is assembled in Azerbaijan which is too bad. And it is also dangerous for health!

If the seventh and eighth digits are 02 or 20 this indicates your cell phone is assembled in Emirates which is very poor quality.
(NB: Some Indian sets have this number)

If the seventh and eighth digits are either 03/30 04/40, this indicates your phone is made in China but its quality is good. But not good either as 00, 01 or 10.

If the seventh and eighth digits are 05 or 50 this indicates your cell phone is manufactured either in Brazil or USA or Finland.

If the seventh and eighth digits are 06 or 60 this indicates your cell phone is manufactured either in Hong Kong, or China or Mexico.

If the seventh and eighth digits are 08 or 80 this indicates your cell phone is manufactured in Germany which is fair quality.

This will help you to pick the good one. Try it. But, remember, these tips may not work with the Sony Erickson Mobile Phone.
Though the above information has been collected from very reliable sources, 1 or 2 of them may slightly vary.

GUYZ Here Are: 9 tips to caress your woman’s br’ easts the right way

1. Move your hands over and under the n1pples, softly and gently.
2. Take the n1pples with your fore-finger and thumb then rub/pinch softly until you notice an erection.
3. Do not to focus on the n1pples alone because you can heighten that experience with your tongue, mouth and hands, caressing, licking, sucking or n1bbling them.
4. Gently squeeze both breasts, cup the b0 obs in your hands and start sucking, very slowly.

5 Grammar Mistakes You Should Avoid



Mistake 1: Using whom as a subject
INCORRECT: Fire personnel radioed deputies to stop the driver, whom, according to reports, appeared to have been under the influence of intoxicants.
CORRECT : Fire personnel radioed deputies to stop the driver, who, according to reports, appeared to have been under the influence of intoxicants.
In this sentence, the pronoun is the subject of the verb appeared and therefore requires the subject form who. The object form of who is whom, which functions as the object of a verb or as the object of a preposition:
That is the man whom I saw at the window. (object of the verb saw)
Did he say to whom he sent the letter? (object of the preposition to)
The misuse of whom as a subject frequently occurs when a phrase intervenes between the pronoun and its subject. Be especially careful with such expressions as “according to so-and-so,” “in my opinion,” “one suspects,” etc. Less frequently, but more embarrassingly, whom is sometimes substituted for who when little or nothing stands between it and its verb, as in this sentence taken from a news account: “An off-duty fireman whom lives in the area provided immediate assistance.”

Mistake 2: Unnecessary would in a wish about the past
INCORRECT: Ten Things I Wish I Would Have Known When I Was Twenty
CORRECT : Ten Things I Wish I Had Known When I Was Twenty
The opportunity for knowing the ten things existed in the past, but exists no longer. The tense required, therefore, is the past perfect (had + past participle).

Mistake 3: Dangling modifier
INCORRECT: At the age of four, Sam’s family moved from Florida, Missouri, to Hannibal.
CORRECT : At the age of four, Sam moved with his family from Florida, Missouri, to Hannibal.
Modifiers should be positioned as closely as possible to the element they modify. The modifying phrase “At the age of four” modifies “Sam,” not “Sam’s family.”

Mistake 4: Subject-Verb disagreement with delayed subject
INCORRECT: There goes Sally and Greg on their way to the movies.
CORRECT : There go Sally and Greg on their way to the movies.
Subjects and verbs must agree in number. When a sentence begins with here or there, the true subject of the sentence follows the verb. “Sally and Greg” is a plural subject, so the verb go must also be plural: “Sally and Greg go.”

Mistake 5: Incorrect use of object pronouns
INCORRECT: Me and my brothers all have college degrees in business.
CORRECT : My brothers and I all have college degrees in business.
Several English pronouns retain different forms that indicate their function in a sentence. Me is an object form. In the example, it is incorrectly used as the subject of the verb have. Other object forms often used incorrectly are him, her, us, them, and whom.

This Is The Best Way To Answer When An Interviewer Says ‘Tell Me About Yourself’



“Tell me about yourself” is a popular question that interviewers love to ask during job interviews. It seem like a very simple, but in reality it is one of the most difficult question an interview could ask you.
When the interviewer says tell me about yourself, most people tend to speedily diminish their chances of ever getting their desired job.
Most people tend to read out their bio data to the interviewers and others just say the first thing that comes to their mind.
If you do any of the above, well that explains why no one ever called you back, and shortly we will give teach you how to answer this question.
You should be able to answer this question in a way that the interviewer will have no choice than to say “tell me more”.

Keep It Short

Recruiters have short attention span. They get bored easily.
They usually interview tens of people monthly, and they need to determine if you are the right candidate or not in less than ten minutes.
Besides that, there are tons of other candidates out there who also need to be interviewed.
You see why you need to create a lasting impression.
Wasting your time blabbing about your primary school education, hobbies or town you grew up is not the best of ideas.

Be Genuine

Honesty as you may have guessed is a trait every interviewer seeks from a candidate during a job interview.
Being dishonest during a job interview shows that you really do not deserve the job, because who want to work with a dishonest person?

What The Interviewer Really Wants To Know

The phrase, “Tell me about yourself” has such a wide breath of answers that it can be overwhelming to know where to start.
While your employer would like to know you, this is not the right time to know the secondary school you graduated from. Your interviewer is currently trying to figure out if you are the right candidate for the job or not – and your critical task is showing them that you are the best person they got.

Break Your Answer Into Three Parts

To prevent your chances of sabotaging even before the interviewer get to really know you, it would be best to break down this question into three parts.
1st Part: Start with a condensed version of your career history. Need we remind you that it has to be as concise as possible?
2nd Part: Your next step of action should be a brief summary of a specific achievement to capture the interviewer’s interest.
3rd Part: Conclude with a few sentences about what you hope to accomplish next in your career – and make sure it is relevant to the position you are interviewing for.

What You Will Achieve

This response will make you stand out from the crowd.
Instead of giving the interviewer a boring overview of who you are, your hobbies, date of birth, place of birth, religion, and other details that are already in your curriculum vitae.
At the end of the interview, you will end up branding yourself as a true professional who knows the value of what you have to offer to a potential employer.
Geneva – The WHO has advised all male survivors of Ebola to be tested three months after the onset of symptoms and then monthly until they know they have no risk of passing on the virus through their semen.
Bruce Aylward, Head of the WHO’s Ebola Response, said on Thursday in Geneva that isolated flare-ups of Ebola may point to a higher risk of transmission via the semen of male survivors than previously thought.
“It’s not the sex that is dangerous; it’s the semen that is dangerous. How people actually get exposed, in soiled linens or whatever, is not clear.
“Transmission through semen may explain why a few cases continue to occur even though the outbreak has been almost completely eradicated by an intense international effort, recently bolstered by the deployment of a trial vaccine in Guinea and Sierra Leone,’’ he said.
Aylward said the latest flare-up, in a village on the northern border of Sierra Leone, followed the death of a 67-year-old woman late last month, 50 days after the previous confirmed case in the region.
He said transmission chains are considered to have been broken after 42 days with no new infections.
However, Aylward said that sexual transmission was “obviously not a huge risk, because if it were we would have seen a lot more in the areas that were hardest hit at the beginning of this outbreak.”
He said this could undermine the hope of ending the outbreak in West Africa by 2015.
A clinician said on condition of anonymity, that a forthcoming study in the New England Journal of Medicine, based on around 200 survivors, found that around half still had traces of the virus in their semen after six months.
“The old advice of three months is no longer good.
“The number of people with persistent virus in their semen is much greater than expected,” clinician said.
The clinician added that the risk might not only be from sex but also from masturbation. (Reuters/NAN)
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Geneva – The WHO has advised all male survivors of Ebola to be tested three months after the onset of symptoms and then monthly until they know they have no risk of passing on the virus through their semen.
Bruce Aylward, Head of the WHO’s Ebola Response, said on Thursday in Geneva that isolated flare-ups of Ebola may point to a higher risk of transmission via the semen of male survivors than previously thought.
“It’s not the sex that is dangerous; it’s the semen that is dangerous. How people actually get exposed, in soiled linens or whatever, is not clear.
“Transmission through semen may explain why a few cases continue to occur even though the outbreak has been almost completely eradicated by an intense international effort, recently bolstered by the deployment of a trial vaccine in Guinea and Sierra Leone,’’ he said.
Aylward said the latest flare-up, in a village on the northern border of Sierra Leone, followed the death of a 67-year-old woman late last month, 50 days after the previous confirmed case in the region.
He said transmission chains are considered to have been broken after 42 days with no new infections.
However, Aylward said that sexual transmission was “obviously not a huge risk, because if it were we would have seen a lot more in the areas that were hardest hit at the beginning of this outbreak.”
He said this could undermine the hope of ending the outbreak in West Africa by 2015.
A clinician said on condition of anonymity, that a forthcoming study in the New England Journal of Medicine, based on around 200 survivors, found that around half still had traces of the virus in their semen after six months.
“The old advice of three months is no longer good.
“The number of people with persistent virus in their semen is much greater than expected,” clinician said.
The clinician added that the risk might not only be from sex but also from masturbation. (Reuters/NAN)
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Geneva – The WHO has advised all male survivors of Ebola to be tested three months after the onset of symptoms and then monthly until they know they have no risk of passing on the virus through their semen.
Bruce Aylward, Head of the WHO’s Ebola Response, said on Thursday in Geneva that isolated flare-ups of Ebola may point to a higher risk of transmission via the semen of male survivors than previously thought.
“It’s not the sex that is dangerous; it’s the semen that is dangerous. How people actually get exposed, in soiled linens or whatever, is not clear.
“Transmission through semen may explain why a few cases continue to occur even though the outbreak has been almost completely eradicated by an intense international effort, recently bolstered by the deployment of a trial vaccine in Guinea and Sierra Leone,’’ he said.
Aylward said the latest flare-up, in a village on the northern border of Sierra Leone, followed the death of a 67-year-old woman late last month, 50 days after the previous confirmed case in the region.
He said transmission chains are considered to have been broken after 42 days with no new infections.
However, Aylward said that sexual transmission was “obviously not a huge risk, because if it were we would have seen a lot more in the areas that were hardest hit at the beginning of this outbreak.”
He said this could undermine the hope of ending the outbreak in West Africa by 2015.
A clinician said on condition of anonymity, that a forthcoming study in the New England Journal of Medicine, based on around 200 survivors, found that around half still had traces of the virus in their semen after six months.
“The old advice of three months is no longer good.
“The number of people with persistent virus in their semen is much greater than expected,” clinician said.
The clinician added that the risk might not only be from sex but also from masturbation. (Reuters/NAN)
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Geneva – The WHO has advised all male survivors of Ebola to be tested three months after the onset of symptoms and then monthly until they know they have no risk of passing on the virus through their semen.
Bruce Aylward, Head of the WHO’s Ebola Response, said on Thursday in Geneva that isolated flare-ups of Ebola may point to a higher risk of transmission via the semen of male survivors than previously thought.
“It’s not the sex that is dangerous; it’s the semen that is dangerous. How people actually get exposed, in soiled linens or whatever, is not clear.
“Transmission through semen may explain why a few cases continue to occur even though the outbreak has been almost completely eradicated by an intense international effort, recently bolstered by the deployment of a trial vaccine in Guinea and Sierra Leone,’’ he said.
Aylward said the latest flare-up, in a village on the northern border of Sierra Leone, followed the death of a 67-year-old woman late last month, 50 days after the previous confirmed case in the region.
He said transmission chains are considered to have been broken after 42 days with no new infections.
However, Aylward said that sexual transmission was “obviously not a huge risk, because if it were we would have seen a lot more in the areas that were hardest hit at the beginning of this outbreak.”
He said this could undermine the hope of ending the outbreak in West Africa by 2015.
A clinician said on condition of anonymity, that a forthcoming study in the New England Journal of Medicine, based on around 200 survivors, found that around half still had traces of the virus in their semen after six months.
“The old advice of three months is no longer good.
“The number of people with persistent virus in their semen is much greater than expected,” clinician said.
The clinician added that the risk might not only be from sex but also from masturbation. (Reuters/NAN)
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Geneva – The WHO has advised all male survivors of Ebola to be tested three months after the onset of symptoms and then monthly until they know they have no risk of passing on the virus through their semen.
Bruce Aylward, Head of the WHO’s Ebola Response, said on Thursday in Geneva that isolated flare-ups of Ebola may point to a higher risk of transmission via the semen of male survivors than previously thought.
“It’s not the sex that is dangerous; it’s the semen that is dangerous. How people actually get exposed, in soiled linens or whatever, is not clear.
“Transmission through semen may explain why a few cases continue to occur even though the outbreak has been almost completely eradicated by an intense international effort, recently bolstered by the deployment of a trial vaccine in Guinea and Sierra Leone,’’ he said.
Aylward said the latest flare-up, in a village on the northern border of Sierra Leone, followed the death of a 67-year-old woman late last month, 50 days after the previous confirmed case in the region.
He said transmission chains are considered to have been broken after 42 days with no new infections.
However, Aylward said that sexual transmission was “obviously not a huge risk, because if it were we would have seen a lot more in the areas that were hardest hit at the beginning of this outbreak.”
He said this could undermine the hope of ending the outbreak in West Africa by 2015.
A clinician said on condition of anonymity, that a forthcoming study in the New England Journal of Medicine, based on around 200 survivors, found that around half still had traces of the virus in their semen after six months.
“The old advice of three months is no longer good.
“The number of people with persistent virus in their semen is much greater than expected,” clinician said.
The clinician added that the risk might not only be from sex but also from masturbation. (Reuters/NAN)
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