Boxing: George Foreman "Loses" to Hopkins who becomes oldest world title winner

Posted by Choochoo Sports Book on May 22, 2011 at 7:16pm

Bernard Hopkins, 46, became the oldest man to win a boxing world title when he defeated Canadian Jean Pascal by unanimous decision to claim the WBC and IBO light-heavyweight belts.

“It feels great,” Hopkins told reporters after eclipsing the achievement of George Foreman, who was 45 when he knocked out Michael Moorer to win the heavyweight title in 1994.

“I knew it was going to be a tough fight, but I wasn’t going to be denied. You’re supposed to win titles in your twenties, not when you’re 46.” The bout was a rematch of the duo’s controversial majority decision draw in Quebec City last December which Hopkins thought he had done enough to win but only one of the three judges awarded him a win.

On Saturday in Montreal, however, all three judges awarded the canny, former undisputed world middleweight champion the fight with Hopkins claiming 116-112, 115-114 and 115-113 majorities.

That result seemed unlikely when, after a quiet opening round, Pascal came to life in the second round and landed several hard punches, including a combination against the ropes that had the crowd of 17,560 roaring its approval.

In the third, Hopkins, 52-5-2 (32 KOs), turned the tables, feinting with a left and then landing a booming overhand right hand that buckled Pascal’s legs, forcing the younger man to hold on.

Pascal, 26-2-1 (16 KOs), returned the favour in the fourth, landing a big right and then following up with a right-left combination that had his opponent looking hurt at the end of the round.

Although Pascal was the younger man by 18 years, he appeared to tire surprisingly early in the fight and took advantage of every second of the one-minute rest between rounds to catch his breath on his stool.

When he appeared to take especially long to stand up at the beginning of round seven, Hopkins mocked him by doing push-ups in his corner while he waited.

By that stage, Hopkins had seized control of the contest, with Pascal beginning to look confused. An overhand right in the eighth round nailed Pascal, as did another right in the ninth.

In the tenth a short right hand spun Pascal around and he staggered forward, touching the canvas with his gloves, but British referee Ian-John Lewis did not call a knockdown, instead ruling the Canadian had slipped.

A great fight

As the fighters emerged for the twelfth and final round, Pascal in particular appeared exhausted, but he summoned the last of his energy to attack Hopkins with everything he had left, landing two hard rights as the two exchanged furiously at the final bell.

But it was not enough and Pascal, who claimed the belts by beating Chad Dawson in August, was left to praise the new champion.

“Bernard fought great tonight,” he said. “He is a great champion. he has really good defense and a lot of tricks. I am a young fighter and I am green.

These two fights will make me better in the future.” Hopkins, who made his professional debut in 1988, was delighted with his achievement.

“It was exciting,” the American said.

“I’ve been accused of being boring but I’ve saved the best for last. I’m going to fight like this until I retire. But I want to fight for as long as I can.” Hopkins also received tribute from Foreman, whose record he broke.

“What great conditioning,” he marvelled. “And he did it in Pascal’s home town. Isn’t that something? He was just so much better. I’m happy for Hopkins and I’m happy for mature athletes.”

Police arrests man, herbalist for mutilating five year-old

Posted by 9jabook.com on May 22, 2011 at 7:15pm

The arrest of a man who sexually assaulted a five-year-old girl before mutilating her vagina for rituals has put Adamawa state on the spot.

Doctors say the little girl, survivor of the gruesome attack (name withheld), will require reconstruction of her vagina because of the severity of the mutilation by the suspect, identified as Kunini Jacob.

The commissioner of police in Adamawa State, Adenrele Shinaba who led the parade of Mr Jacob and an herbalist behind the ritual plot, said there will no longer be a resting place for criminals in the state.

Mr Jacob (23), was arrested along with his mother who was allegedly shielding him from security agents. Incidentally, the suspect was only recently released from jail after serving a three-year jail sentence for a related offence.

Mr Jacob told journalists his action was “the work of the devil” and that he was acting on the instruction of an herbalist who told him to procure the intestine of a virgin along with her private part for ritual to give him instant wealth.

Mr Shinaba said Zidon Digga, at Dong Village in Bidoma Development Area of Adamawa state, reported to the police two weeks ago that his five-year-old daughter was missing. He said the little girl was later found in a pool of her blood and rushed to the state Specialist Hospital for treatment.

Azubike Chuks, leader of the doctors that carried out two sets of emergency surgeries on the child, said when she was brought in, her intestine was outside and that the first operation was to return the intestine.

The report showed that the thin layer separating her vagina and rectum was mutilated by the attacker. The doctor said a third operation is needed to join the two parts together.

Police investigation, however, led to the arrest of the suspect, as well as the herbalist, Mijinyawa Bala of Dong village. But Mr Bala distanced himself from the crime, saying he did not instigate the main suspect to commit the crime.

The police boss said the suspects will be charged to court for the offence of criminal conspiracy, house trespass, kidnapping, rape and attempt to commit culpable homicide.

The young victim is now at the Yola specialist centre awaiting a third surgery. But Mr Azuibike said this will cost several hundred of thousands, which neither the hospital or the child’s family could afford.

“We appealed to public-spirited persons to help and so far only N20,000 has come in,” he told NEXT

Culture of silence

Recently, the state education board dismissed two teachers found guilty of committing paedophilic acts on pupils under their care. One was a head teacher who impregnated one of a female pupil in one of the sub-urban primary schools in Jimeta, while the other involved a teacher in one of the special schools in Jada.

Bakari Adamawa, state chairman of the state universal basic education board blamed what he called “the culture of silence” for the prevalence of sexual abuse of minors in the state.

“We have called the education secretaries and warned them that they should live up to their duties,” he said. “They should make sure head teachers are aware of what is happening in their schools.

“We are coming out with new codes of conduct for teachers and we are also going to carry put special training for teachers on how to handle children. There was another investigation which we couldn’t conclude because the parent didn’t want to talk about it. You know some parents really don’t want to talk about it. It is a really sad experience and they don’t want to recall it.”

My new wife led me to T.B Joshua" - John Fashanu, Joseph Yobo's new Inlaw confesses

Posted by cozzy webtatafo on May 22, 2011 at 12:06am

One thing I bless Abigail for is that she led me to pastor T.B Joshua. Anybody know that if you are introduced into the synagogue, it's a massive blessing. I come from a country where the impossible is impossible (UK). I'm now in a country where the impossible is possible. (Nigeria).

“In Africa, there are 53 countries, I've been to 48 countries, I have met 27 heads of state, I have seen it all. So, people are astounded when I say T.B Joshua inspires me. He is a humble man, and because of what he is able to do, and because he taught me about reconciliation of the family.

“Abigail introduced me and some of my friends to Synagogue about three years ago, when she and I were just acquaintances. T.B Joshua is a great man."

Rapture passes - believers downcast, pastor silent

Posted by 9jabook.com on May 21, 2011 at 11:43pm

We're still here.

Followers of an Oakland radio minister who predicted that Saturday would mark the start of the world's last days waited in vain for a religious homecoming that never happened.

After driving from Maryland in the hope of being taken up to heaven in the Rapture with a crowd of fellow believers, Keith Bauer admitted his disappointment Saturday as he stood in a near-empty parking lot outside the locked Family Radio headquarters in Oakland.

"I was hoping," the 36-year-old trucker told reporters, who outnumbered believers at the grimy hub of worldwide speculation that Earth would end that very day at 6 p.m. "Heaven will be a lot better than this earth."

Neither radio employees nor radio minister Harold Camping were in evidence on Hegenberger Road near the Oakland Airport.

Although it wasn't yet 6 p.m., Bauer began having doubts about Camping's prophecy when the predicted devastation and Rapture didn't happen in places like New Zealand, where the deadline had already come and gone.

"There's definitely a pre-determined date," Bauer said. "But that's up to God."

At Hegenberger Psychic next door, Anthony Lee wasn't surprised.

"No one can tell when the end of the world will come," he said. When he and Camping debated the question, the pastor told him that believing Christians would be removed from the world on Saturday, with the ultimate end coming on Oct. 21. Lee told the pastor that clairvoyance works best with things like relationships.

Camping, 89, was unavailable for comment, having said he would spend his last hours on Earth with family. His station compound was locked up tight. Razor wire encircled a rear parking lot by the radio's warehouse. Through barred windows it was possible to see boxes stacked up inside, each with a label saying "I hope God will save me - Harold Camping."

Outside, a poster read, "The end of the world is almost here. Holy God will bring judgment day on May 21, 2011."

David Richardson, who visited the station Saturday morning, observed that Camping's prophecy was already "in partial failure mode."

Richardson works at Lawrence Berkeley Lab and isn't a follower. He said he is a "compassionist," and was there to tell people that "if the theological speculation of a fallible man fails, then that does not mean God has failed you.

"We all make mistakes."

It wasn't Camping's first attempt to use numerology from the Bible to predict the end of the world. He had once said Judgment Day would be in September 1994, which passed without incident.

"Predicting the end of the world is a bit like alcoholism," Richardson said. "Once you get started, it's hard to stop."

Jim Iyke denies fighting with hawker in Abuja. His side of the story

Posted by cozzy webtatafo on May 21, 2011 at 11:56pm

The alleged story was that the actor got into an argument/fight with a hawker on Wednesday May 18 at about 2pm at Aminu Kano Crescent ,Wuse 11 Abuja. It was alleged that the hawker made Jim angry after he asked the actor for a tip after showing an apparently lost Jim how to get to his destination.
But the actor has denied he was ever in a fight. His version of the story when you continue...

Photo: Jim Iyke Arrested recently by Police

The penchant for exaggeration and sensationalism of thewillnigeria, a website run by Mr. Austyn Ogannah, is staggering. It has become the bane of some blog and website runners of low repute who understand my deep-rooted aversion for comments on social networks, to therefore use it to the fullest to perpetrate their aim to constantly mud sling my person.
The site in question is managed from Los Angeles, and I dare say, they understand the legal implications of their unprofessional and malicious article. They are also aware that to seek legal redress in Nigeria would mean a protracted period of time in our courts and by no means a possible resolution of the matter.
To state the facts on what happened on that very day, I was in Abuja and was running late for a very important business meeting. I quickly asked a young man peddling wares on the curbs for directions, and he kindly pointed out the way. Also present in my vehicle was my younger sister and my PA. I then asked my PA to tip him, then another young man standing by grabbed the cash and tried to get away, but my PA grabbed him and the appropriate exchange was made. Not for one second did I step out of the car.
We had a good laugh about it, and the traffic warden waved us on, and I turned into the right street. I also had a business partner of mine driving behind my vehicle at that point in time. The whole event transpired in less than 3 minutes.
I was shocked a few hours later when my PA brought the baseless article on thewill.com to my attention. The traffic warden and peddlers still operate on the last left turn to the street that leads to Glo office in Wuze 2 in Abuja. Anyone can interview them to authenticate the veracity of my claims. Mr. Austyn Ogannah’s attack on my person is a wanton exhibition of gross mediocrity and a clear misguided use of the power of the pen.
This is the last and only statement I wish to make on the matter.
- Jim Iyke
His version of events sounds more like what would have happened. BTW, it was his birthday yesterday. Happy birthday to you Jim. All the best!!!

Edo Lorry driver drives burning lorry for six kilometres to avoid Petrol Stations !

Posted by cozzy webtatafo on May 21, 2011 at 11:29pm

Lorry driver drives burning lorry for six kilometres

The rare bravery displayed by a driver of Edewor Seafood Nigeria Limited, Mr. Edosa Idahor, could be likened to incredible roles usually played by the British film character, James Bond, as Idahor drove a burning lorry for six kilometres.

The rear tyre of the lorry with registration number EDO AK 341 UJE, burst while in motion and caught fire, but the Edo State-born driver, in an attempt to salvage the vehicle from being razed completely, remained in it, trying all he could to detach its head from the container.

He drove on from Berger area of Ogun State, where the tyre burst and caught fire, until where he eventually stopped at Mountain of Fire and Miracles Ministry area on Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, even against sympathisers’ advice that he should save his life first.

Idahor, who sustained burns, to the amazement of bystanders and sympathisers, succeeded in detaching the head of the lorry from the burning container after about 40 minutes of battling the situation.
But the unnamed owner of the lorry-load of frozen fish was said to have passed out during the encounter to salvage the lorry and was rushed to an undisclosed hospital in Ibafo, Ogun State.

Idahor told PUNCH METRO that the fire started when the rear tyre burst and went into flames at Berger area of Ogun State.
He said he had to drive on because there were too many filling stations around the area where the tyre burst and that stopping the vehicle there could be very disastrous.
He said he had to drive on, even against the risk of losing his life, because he was worried about the amount of goods involved and the articulated vehicle.

He said the vehicle was coming from Idumota area of Lagos State, and was heading for Warri, Delta State.
Idahor said, “We were coming from Lagos when the tyre exploded at Berger area of Ogun State. Immediately, it caught fire. I did not want to stop in that area because there are too many filling stations there.
“If I had stopped there, it could have been disastrous. To avoid a situation that would have a spill-over effect, I decided to drive on, even against the risk of losing my life. I thought of the goods involved, 1,500 cartons of fish and the vehicle itself, I had to drive on, at least to take it to a safer place. As you can see, I sustained injuries. The owner of the fish passed out as we battled to salvage the articulated vehicle. She has been taken to a hospital in Ibafo in Ogun State.”

But as some sympathised with the driver and praised him for his bravery, others defied the fire to steal the fish cartons of inside the container.
Our correspondent, who visited the scene of the inferno, noticed youths and women, falling over one another to steal cartons of fish.
A sympathiser, who refused to disclose his name, was perturbed at the turn of event, wondering why the crowd should be so inhuman and wicked by stealing from the burning vehicle. “We are supposed to be our brothers’ keepers, but what is happening is unimaginable. Imagine, people who are supposed to be pitied are being stolen from. This is a reflection of poverty in the land. Imagine, these same people were helping the driver to put out the fire; but the same people are now stealing the goods,” the sympathiser said.
The men of the Federal Road Safety Corps, who visited the scene, could only control traffic from degenerating, but could not prevent the crowd from ransacking the lorry.

The Unit Commander, FRSC, Mowe, Ogun State, Mr. Olalekan Morakinyo, who was disturbed by the theft, called the police to come and salvage the situation.
As at the time of leaving the scene by 4pm, the crowd was still busy stealing cartons of fish as policemen were yet to arrive. However, the men of the fire service from Ogun State were busy making frantic efforts to put out the fire on the container.

Volkswagen Reinvents the Beetle for the 3rd Time in 73years !

Posted by technology on May 21, 2011 at 10:28pm

Volkswagen has reinvented its cult Beetle for the third time in 73 years.

The ergonomic new design, which will be offered initially to U.S. customers, gives the car a flatter roof, a less bulbous shape, narrowed windows and a sharp crease along the side.

It is the first overhaul of the Bug since 1998, when Volkswagen came up with the New Beetle, a curvaceous front-wheel drive version of the classic car.

The new design is part of a drive by VW to increase sales Stateside. The car firm wants to triple U.S. sales of cars and trucks over the next decade

It said the changes to the Beetle – making it sportier and less ‘cute’ – will appeal to more buyers, and especially men. But there is speculation that VW’s move could also anger devoted Beetle fans who love the four-seater for its curves and perky attitude. Klaus Bischoff, head of design at Volkswagen Brand, introduces the 2012 Volkswagen Beetle

The 1998 incarnation of the Beetle – the first change since the car’s design in 1938 – saw the engine moved to the front of the car and the luggage space moved to the back.

A vase for a single flower was added in a move that clearly brought the car into the realm of the female motorist.

Now though, the vase is gone, and an altogether more masculine image is being projected, with low-profile alloy wheels, LEDs, redesigned tail lights and even a turbo model on offer.

Even if it does win admirers, the third incarnation of the Beetle will have to compete in a US small-car market that is bigger and more competitive than it was in 1998.

The Volkswagen Beetle in its original incarnation was first manufactured in 1938, and more than 21 million were sold before VW ended production of the cult design in 2003. The Type 1 Volkswagen Beetle was first produced in Germany in 1938 as a simple economy car.

In Europe, the car was marketed as the Volkswagen 1100, 1200, 1300, 1500, or 1600 – denoting its engine size.

But the popular car soon became widely known around the world by its nickname – the Beetle – named after its similarity in shape to a large, round bug.

The Volkswagen factory survived after the war because the British were not interested and believed the motors to be ‘average’.

But by 1953 the Beetle began selling in Britain after J.Gilder & Co Ltd in Sheffield applied for the franchise and became Volkswagen’s representative in the North of England.

There were slight alterations to the design of the Beetle up until the 1970s but the overall shape remained the same.

As competition increased, the Beetle’s popularity waned and by 2003, annual production had fallen to 30,000 from a peak of 1.3 million in 1971.

Volkswagen ended production of the type 1 car in 2003 and instead focused on its type 2 models.

The Beetle is now the longest-running and most-manufactured car of a single design anywhere in the world.

The VW company was set up in 1937 at Hitler’s request, as the leader wished to create opportunities for citizens to own their own cars. He declared that the company should make family-friendly ‘people’s cars’ which could comfortably carry two adults and three children and should be affordable to every German family.

The Beetle was one of the resulting designs. In its homeland it was known as Käfer, German for beetle, and the model went on to take the same nickname when it gained popularity in the UK.Price: To be announced.

Hakeem Muri Okunola settles "2nd" wife Bisola Lagos Big boy with Lekki choice properties

Posted by cozzy webtatafo on May 21, 2011 at 9:13pm

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Bisola Dejonwo and her mother, Wosilat Okoya have become land owners in Lekki Lagos.

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courtesy of the good gesture of generous fellow and newly appointed permanent secretary of ministry of lands, Hhakeem Murhi Okunola.
The mother and daughter were said to have gotten the property free of charge.
According to a source H.M.O – as hakeem Murhi Okunola- is fondly called by friends gave the land to Bisola and her mother in appreciation of their goodness to him and friendship over the years.
Bisola was H.M.O’s former girlfriend and their affair was said to be so serious to the extent of talks of becoming the permanent secretary’s second wife renting the year.
But for reasons yet to be confirmed Bisola opted to wed another guy- that is single.HMO long known for dating Lagos known Families his sweetheart from the LASU days Yewande Benson now married had to give him up due to some issues between their differing Faiths .
Disclosed a source ‘that H.M.O gave out land gift to them is no big deal, being generous is his second nature. And if you ask around you will hear of more impactful things he has done for people’
Wosila Okoya, currently married to politician Demola Seriki was part beneficiary of the land gifts as the mother of Bisola and ‘for her support’ all these years.

Delta State Governor, Emmanuel Uduaghan Imports N200m Bullet Proof Automobile

Posted by cozzy webtatafo on May 21, 2011 at 9:01pm

Governor of Delta State, Mr Emmanuel Uduaghan is sparing no cost to ensure is life stays the same these days of End of the World Prophecies and Assasin Bullets .

The deposed and re elected Governor just purchased this fort Knox on wheels for Two hundred million naira.

Presently at the Apapa, Lagos port and ready for delivery to Strongman Uduaghan.

The automobile was said to have arrived the country in the first week of May 2011.

‘it is a bullet proof car with Interior surveillance Cams that allows for a surround view .With Tinted tinted glass which the NPF recently banned but then This is the governor of Delta State ! A Bomb detector and other security gadgets adorn the car's arsenal

Omotola not having an affair with Dr. Afolabi

Posted by cozzy webtatafo on May 21, 2011 at 8:49pm

OMOTOLA EKEINDE PRESS RELEASE

Photo Omotola & hubby Capt Ekeinde
Our attention has been drawn to one big fat lie published on the verynotorious and credibility-deficient website, nigeriafilms about our client, Mrs. Omotola Jalade Ekeinde, a highly respectableNollywood actress.
In the said damaging report that is being examined by our lawyer, thewebsite claimed Mrs. Ekeinde is having a sizzling and immoralrelationship with Dr. Taiwo Afolabi, CEO of Sifax based on the factthat nigeriafilms.com sights her regularly at the Apapa office ofDr. Afolabi.
ISSUESIt is a big fat lie that Mrs. Ekeinde frequents the office of Dr.Afolabi, the major reason given for the said romance. She has NEVERbeing to the said office at all.
Secondly, the Ekeindes and the Afolabis are family friends. Members ofthe families do exchange visits. Members of the Afolabi family dovisit the Iba home of the Ekeinde often while the Ekeindes do thesame. Captain Matthew Ekeinde and Dr. Afolabi are particularly fond ofeach other and do discuss at length when occasion permits. The lasttime Mrs. Ekeinde was at the Afolabi’s house was when she had ameeting with MRS. AFOLABI on participating in the highly publicized,Gaga4Fashion organized by the Afolabi’s children. It is an openknowledge that the families of Ekeinde and Afolabi have a longstanding relationship and Capt. Ekeinde is particularly close to Dr.Afolabi.
This report is a hatchet job by Nigeriafilms and we have detailed ourlegal team to start legal proceedings against the website that hasnotoriety for plagiarism and is known not to have a single reporterbased in Nigeria, the major country it covers.
Nigeriafilms claimed it could not reach Omotola to confirm the story.Our firm, Bigsam Media and the website have a long standingrelationship and open channel of communication; no representative ofthe website tried to contact us via phone or email. It is worrisome tonote that a top executive of the website still spoke to our CEO onMonday concerning an advert deal we have with the website. No issue ofOmotola was raised there or afterwards.
For Nigeriafilms, we are not surprised at this brazen disregard forethics of the noble profession, journalism and total disrespect fordecency. The website has never been known for anything decent. It is aknown fact that the website copy and pastes stories from otherrespectable websites without giving credit.
It is this same website that published a false story on an actorcontracting HIV only for it to publish a rejoinder weeks after saying‘sorry’ for the misinformation.
This same website published several apologies concerning a story onanother top actress for alleging she was involved in lesbianism. Thecompany’s former reporter left the organization due to the fact thatthe website only wants false and negative stories on Nigerian celebs.We are not saying online journals should not do its job of reportingbut we should endeavor to do our job within the line of decency andrespect for the noble profession, journalism.
Nigeriafilms should learn from other respectable online journals thathave been able to earn respect due to the professional way theyconduct business.
This website thrives on the fact that it is not based in Nigeria so ithas perceptual immunity to damage reputation and still escapes thearms of the law. This time around, we are ready for them. They havebitten more than they can chew.
Thanks for your understanding and please note that our lines are openfor enquiries.
SignedBigsam MediaLagos | NigeriaMay 20, 2011

Where is the money ? N20 billion recovered from Tafa Balogun still missing

Posted by cozzy webtatafo on May 21, 2011 at 8:13pm

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Federal lawmakers appear headed for a confrontation with the leadership of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over fresh disclosures that about N50 billion of looted public funds recovered from past government officials by the EFCC can still not be located, several years after the monies were recovered. A formal investigative report on the missing funds was launched by the House of Representatives nearly six months ago, and is expected to be released this week — just before the end of the current legislative session. Key members of the house ad hoc committee on the investigation who spoke to NEXT have hinted that there has been no revelation from the anti-graft body that is significantly different from its past claim that the N20 billion recovered from the former Inspector General of Police (IGP), Tafa Balogun, and anotherN30 billion from other officials, could not be traced. “We have sent them a query and they responded still denying that the funds are with them,” said a member of the committee, who refused to be named because the report has not yet been submitted. The newest of the details though, according to another member, is that out of the total N20 billion recovered from the convicted police boss, the EFCC has, for the first time, argued that the sum was actually N2 billion and not N20 billion. The lawmaker said based on the information made available to the committee, the commission did not refute that N2 billion is in its coffers. “I believe the money is with them,” the source added. The admission that the agency is in possession of the sum - although it is meagre given that N50 billion was the subject of the House investigation - appears to be a positive step when placed in the context of the many years during which the commission has summarily denied knowledge of the whereabouts of the missing funds. Even after the latest disclosure last week to NEXT, EFCC spokesperson, Femi Babafemi insisted that issues of the commission keeping records of recovered loots have not arisen at all. “The EFCC does not keep recovered money,” Mr Babafemi said. In many ways, the wide ranging controversy - denials and counterclaims over the so-called missing money which is nearly the size of the budget of some states for a full year — remains a puzzling episode in the nation’s fight against financial crimes. On the one hand, the anti-corruption body recoups stolen public funds from offenders in a widely acclaimed feat, and on the other hand, the commission stands accused of not remitting the cash to its rightful destination, although it publicly claims that it did. Police denies receiving funds The former IGP’s case, which has now lingered for many years after he was said to have paid out N20 billion to the anti-corruption agency following a plea bargain, stands as a reference point. Mr Balogun and two other unnamed officials were convicted in 2004 under the former chairman of the EFCC, Nuhu Ribadu. Upon conviction, Mr Balogun entered into a well-criticised plea- bargain that required that he part with N20 billion of the money traced to him, for a reduced sentence. The commission further announced that it raised N30 billion from the sale of properties belonging to two other corrupt public office holders. Several years after the payment, the whereabouts of the money, totalling N50 billion in all, according to the House committee on Police Affairs chairman, Abdul Ningi, remains unknown amid several allegations and denials.Despite several correspondence between the house police affairs committee, the EFCC and the police, the location of the funds remained unclear according to the testimony Mr Ningi gave when the matter came up in the house late last year. While the commission, now under a new boss, Farida Waziri, maintained a sweeping innocence on the matter, some of its officials at times laid the blame, not surprisingly, at Mr Ribadu’s feet. Mr Ribadu has, in past interviews, denied keeping the funds. And so has the police, which is now under its third boss after the removal of Mr Balogun. In a reply to the House of Representatives inquiry into the missing money, former IGP, Mike Okiro, who succeeded Mr Balogun, said that only the EFCC was in the best position to state the actual amount recovered. He was emphatic that the amount was not remitted to the police purse. On December 8, 2010, in a motion whose wordings clearly countered the repeated public claims of the anti-graft agency, Mr Ningi drew the attention of the house to the matter, arguing that the funds should be located and be made part of the 2011 appropriation. The house said that while the police had stated “officially that they had not received the N20 billion,” the EFCC on the other hand “confirmed that the monies had neither been credited to the Nigeria Police nor into the federation account”. In clear terms, the house noted that failure was a “violation of the provision of section 162 of the constitution,” and after six months of probing, a six-member panel headed by Ehiogie West-Idahosa, is expected to submit a report before the lawmakers wrap up their session next week. What is the figure? Despite the investigation, the EFCC spokesperson, Mr Babafemi, insisted on Friday that “recovered money is paid into designated government accounts”. Mr Idahosa, a third-term lawmaker from Edo State, confirmed to NEXT that the report would be submitted this week. “We have just had to tidy up the few things,” he said, referring to the electioneering, the corruption uproar and speakership zoning crisis that the house has been dealing with since resumption. “By next week we should have something to report back, to the house,” he said. The unofficial disclosure, which many members confirmed, of claims by the EFCC that the amount recovered from the former IGP, Mr Balogun, was not N20 billion butN2 billion, now seems set to complicate further the already contentious matter. The house is itself burdened by its own winternal corruption charges and might not be in a good stead to discuss this major national embarassment. “It was public knowledge that they announced N20 billion,” said Halims Agoda, who helped push the call for investigation. “Claiming N2 billion now is something we would like to know when we resume next week.”

World doesn't end: California prophet had no Plan B

Posted by cozzy webtatafo on May 21, 2011 at 7:52pm

Harold Camping spent millions of dollars telling the nations it was the end of days;

now his followers may need counselling

Followers of Harold Camping's Family Radio religious group spread the message of doom in Manhattan. Photograph: Emmanuel Dunand/AFP

To the shock and distress of a handful of ultra-devout Christian believers, the sun went down yesterday on an America and a world that had signally failed to end.

Instead of a series of earthquakes hitting successive countries at 6pm local time and heralding The Rapture – in which millions of the Faithful would ascend to heaven before the Second Coming of Christ – planet Earth simply carried on and, mostly, kept calm.

Middle East peace remained unresolved, political turmoil hit a few countries and bypassed many others. But by and large the world's toiling billions, as usual, just got on with their lives.

The non-event was a great disappointment to hundreds of followers of a hitherto obscure California-based religious group called Family Radio, which had lavished millions of dollars on a worldwide advertising campaign proclaiming yesterday as Judgment Day.

The group is centred on the teachings and broadcasts of prophet Harold Camping, an 89-year-old self-styled expert in the scriptures who told his followers that his interpretations of the Bible had uncovered the true date of the end of the world. Camping, who lives in the northern California town of Alameda, has previous form on this. He got the date wrong in 1994 when he said the world would end that year, and later explained its continued existence by saying he had made a mathematical error.

But what made this prediction different was the lavish spending that accompanied it. Camping and his followers spent more than $100m worldwide on billboards and posters, financed by the sale and swap of radio stations. Advertising popped up across America and the globe from Iraq to Lebanon to Israel to Jordan, the Philippines to Vietnam, where thousands of the Hmong ethnic hill tribe gathered together on the Thai border in anticipation of the event. The campaign was backed up by Camping's radio show, which can be heard worldwide, and a website that featured, naturally, a countdown clock. Yesterday that clock was at zero underneath the banner headline: "Judgment Day: the Bible guarantees it."

Camping's followers became a familiar sight in cities such as New York, wearing T-shirts proclaiming their beliefs and handing out leaflets in subway stations. On Friday they were at Manhattan's Union Square station, attracting a throng of fascinated gawpers who posed for pictures with them. They handed out their Judgment Day booklets and chatted amiably enough, given their conviction that the End Times were about to arrive.

But as yesterday approached many told reporters they would spend the time huddled in their homes with their families. They planned to pray for their loved ones and hope to be among the lucky few taken up into heaven and spared the global calamity the rest of us would have to put up with for the (much shortened) rest of our lives. Camping himself, who wound down his radio operations ahead of time, said he would watch events unfold at home on television.

Unfortunately for them, nothing happened; a fact that caused much hilarity on Twitter and elsewhere as the 6pm deadline passed in New Zealand, then Australia, Europe and finally America.

"Harold Camping Doomsday prediction fails; No earthquake in New Zealand," read one posting on Twitter. "If this whole end-of-the-world thingy is still going on... it's already past 6.00 in New Zealand and the world hasn't ended," said another. The jokes were global. "Through Croydon; devastation, pestilence, drawn, emaciated faces of the walking dead. No sign of the Rapture though," cracked someone evidently not a fan of the south London town. Another Twitter user suggested people scatter empty pairs of shoes and discarded clothes on their lawns to simulate those lucky few now living with God.

Perhaps not surprisingly, atheists and other non-believers used the opportunity as a way to mock the religious. Various parties were planned across the US. In Fayetteville, North Carolina, the local chapter of the American Humanist Association held a party last night to celebrate the Earth's survival and planned a music concert. The American Atheists held "rapture parties" in places such as Wichita, Kansas, Fort Lauderdale in Florida and even just a few miles from Family Radio itself at a conference centre in Oakland. New York's mayor Michael Bloomberg used a press conference to assure citizens that post-Rapture his administration would not pursue parking tickets or late library books.

But other non-believers and cynics saw an opportunity to make money rather than jokes. There has been a mini-boom in firms and individuals offering to look after the pets of those who believed they were about to be raptured. Eternal Earth-Bound Pets, set up by New Hampshire atheist Bart Centre, has about 250 clients who paid $135 (£83) for insurance policies that guarantee Centre and others will care for their animals when they ascend. Others paid out to sign up with websites that would send out farewell letters to friends and relations left behind.

But there is a serious side. Camping seemed entirely genuine in his beliefs, enough to spend a small fortune promoting them. While others may be making money out of believing in Doomsday, Camping is not one of them. Many experts have worried about the psychological impact on his followers who are suddenly confronted with the collapse of their belief system. Some Christian pastors planned to gather outside Family Radio to counsel any distraught members who showed up wondering why they – and the world – were still there.

Camping himself admitted he had pretty much staked everything on his fervently held belief. "There is no plan B," he told Reuters late last week. Which is a shame. As the day progressed in California last night with no global mega-quake in sight, he and his followers needed one.

Nigerian Woman pours Boiling Water on 10-Year-Old Niece in Accra

Posted by cozzy webtatafo on May 21, 2011 at 7:17pm

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A 32-year-old Nigerian mother of three has been arrested and detained by the Tesano Divisional Police Command over the callous abuse of her 10-year-old niece, Esther Toby, a class 5 pupil of New Jerusalem International School at Tabora in Accra. Chinyere Toby Oburoh, the victim’s aunt, on Friday, April 29, 2011, became offended over a trivial issue and slapped little Esther’s face. Esther, who dodged a second slap, got her auntie more infuriated, leading to the woman pouring hot water meant to prepare ‘eba,’ a common staple prepared with gari, on her. Esther, narrating her story, told the Tesano Police that Auntie Chinyere, who was then boiling water to prepare ‘eba’, went to the kitchen, brought out a bowl of hot water and poured it on her back. But Chinyere’s husband, Kingsley Oburoh, who was arrested alongside his wife for abetment, told police the bruises on the back of his ‘daughter’ were sores resulting from prickly heat. “She and her mother confirmed to me that it is heat rashes,” Kingsley told police. Kingsley said he was not in the house when the incident took place but when he returned and saw the girl’s condition and asked what the problem was, he was simply told by his wife and the girl that the blisters were heat rashes. When police indicated that the child would be sent back to her home country Nigeria, Kingsley said Esther was better off in their care since they gave her motherly and fatherly attention. Chinyere however said she did not know what came over her and that she only threw the water kettle at her niece. She noted that she did not intend to harm her and has since apologized to her. She pleaded with the police for leniency since she had repented and would never do that again. The Tesano Divisional Commander, ACP Emmanuel Bossoh, said the Headmistress of New Jerusalem International School at Tabora reported to his unit yesterday that Esther’s bruises were noticed by some of her mates while playing. When she was quizzed, she narrated her ordeal to the mistress who then invited her guardians to the school. A verbal agreement was reached that Esther live with the mistress till she recovered. However, in the afternoon of yesterday, Chinyere went to the school to rescind her decision, asking the mistress to hand over Esther to her because she was best placed to take good care of her. The mistress, who did not take kindly to her decision, refused her request but Chinyere would not leave. In the ensuing confrontation, the mistress decided to report to the police to take custody of the girl. Esther confirmed to the police that several other marks including a scar on her wrist were inflicted on her by her Auntie Chinyere with a knife. The Divisional Commander told Daily Guide that Chinyere’s three male children were never scolded for any offence but she always found faults with her niece and abuses her at the slightest provocation. Kingsley Oburoh has since been granted a self-recognizance bail while Chinyere remains in police custody. The two are likely to appear before court today.

Hilarious: The Badass of the Week meet King David smacks down Goliath please forgive our french

Posted by frank adeche Mr Netchurch on May 21, 2011 at 1:00am

King David
"This day will the Lord deliver thee into mine hand; and I will smite thee, and take thine head from thee; and I will give the carcasses of the host of the Philistines this day unto the fowls of the air, and to the wild beasts of the earth; that all the Earth may know that there is a God in Israel."
- 1 Samuel 17:46

In the late 11th century BCE, young David of Bethlehem wasn't exactly on the fast track to babes, riches, and using the skulls of his enemies as ornamental wine goblets adorning a table filled with messing badass lemon meringue pies, ostrich burgers, and other delicious stuff along those lines. No, instead the man who would become King David of Israel was stuck tending sheep on his father's crappy farm in the middle of nowhere, kind of like Luke Skywalker messing tooling around Tatooine when he should have been out there slicing the faces off of weird disgusting aliens and crushing peoples' colons with his mind. This kind of work didn't really give David an opportunity to showcase his powers of Yahweh-powered, Philistine-smashing badassitude, but he did develop a reputation for being kind, charismatic, strong, and brave enough to fight off rabid, sheep-eating wolves with little more than a giant messing stick and a disregard for the slavering fangs of nature's most perfect predators.

Pretty much everybody who met him realized that there was something special about this kid, even if they didn't exactly realize that the Jehovah Force was strong with this one.In addition to being able to smash coyotes and other lupine/canine sheepavores over the head with a stick until they started convulsing, David also had a reputation for being a pretty ultra-bitchin' lyre player. One day King Saul of Judah was bumming hard about some stupid crap that was pissing him off, so he called David in to wail out a couple of flaming solos and cheer up the depressed monarch. David busted out some insane Van Halen shit, and Saul was so pumped up by this kid's sick chops that he hired him on as his personal house musician.

David hung out for a while, learning the ways of war and impressing hot babes with his awesome and inspirational power ballads, until one day Israel went to war with a group of people known as the Phlistines.In case you're not down with the Old Testament, the Philistines were basically a bunch of jackasses who spent the better part of the Bible messing with the Israelites, killing their people, and exerting their will over the Chosen People of God for no reason at all. The toughest and most hardcore of these guys was a dude named Goliath of Geth - a gargantuan, scrotum-crushing maniac who was like a Biblical mix between Chewbacca and a planet-eating robot.

Basically, Goliath was a messing dickhead who thought he was the baddest shit ever created. Before the war even got started, this monster of a man stepped forward wearing a full suit of spiked metal armor and carrying a sword large enough to slice open the space-time continuum, thumped his chest, and dared anybody in Israel to heck with him Even though nobody really wanted a piece of this roid-raging psycho, David was not impressed. He called Goliath's bluff, walked out to meet the bastard, and prepared to give this guy the righteous assbeating he was obviously asking for. This kid probably looked like Adam Sandler going up against Ivan Drago when he stepped out onto the battlefield, but David didn't even give a shit.

He took two steps forward, pulled out his messing sling, and winged a goddamned rock into Goliath's face with enough force to explode the giant's brains out the back of his head. After watching this heinous shit go down, the Philistines quickly decided that they didn't want anything to do with a guy who could use a messing rock to generate the same force as a twelve-gauge shotgun, so they dropped their spears and ran for it like a bunch of bitches. David hacked the giant's head off with his own sword and carried his hard-earned trophy around to impress the ladies and show his friends who the toughest motherheck er in the Middle East really was.

David pawns Goliath by stepping on his face St. Michael-style.
David's improbable, badass, "Appalachian State defeats Michigan"-style victory earned him the respect of his people, and he soon became incredibly popular and universally recognized as an ultimate Israelite badass. Dudes dug the fact that he went on to become a General and lead Israel's armies to victory on numerous occasions, while chicks were all about his movie star good looks.

Even King Saul's daughter was all about David - when she basically threw herself at the Hero of Israel, he asked for the chick's hand in marriage. King Saul told David that he could only marry his daughter if he killed 100 Philistines. David went out, killed them all, cut off their junk, and brought a huge sack of severed dongs back to Saul. Saul, for his part, had a tough time turning down the request when presented with such compelling evidence.

Eventually Saul got jealous and drunk and pissed and tried to assassinate David, but our hero escaped and fled into the Wilderness. He went on some RPG video game-style adventures out there, championing the underprivileged, defending Jewish settlements from desert raiders, and plundering the camps of marauding Dark Elf tribesmen, and became so popular with the people that when King Saul was killed in battle with the Philistines the Hero returned home and was placed on the throne of Judea.As the totally righteous King of Israel (and I use the term "righteous" to mean both "holy" and "bitchin"), David did a bunch of awesome shit like conquer/build Jerusalem, bring the Ark of the Covenant into town, and marry a shitload of hot Jewish bikini babes. When he wasn't overthrowing the Philistines, conquering any neighboring civilization stupid enough to alert him to their presence and forging a massive empire from the blood of his enemies, he also found time to write pretty much all the Psalms in the Bible.

Psalms is like the hugest section of the entire Good Book (there are like a thousand of them or some shit), so you know this guy was so face-meltingly eloquent it made Shakespeare look like an off-the-boat New York cabbie with a speech impediment and a very rudimentary understanding of the English language. David kind of pissed God off when he banged some guy's wife and then sent the dude off to die on the front lines of a war, but eventually it was all good in the hood - David married the chick, knocked her up, and their second kid went on to become King Solomon, the dude who built the Temple and apparently some mines or something as well. Solomon was kind of a big deal.

King David ruled Israel for 40 years, brought his people to prominence as a force to be reckoned with in the Middle East, and is now remembered as a kind, just, and respected ruler who administered his court with honor and crushed his enemies by smashing them repeatedly in the face with a Medieval cattle prod cranked up to ten billion jiggawatts. He established the first Jewish Kingdom in Israel, died peacefully of old age on a gold-encrusted bed surrounded by thousands of hot women, and is now considered a total badass by all three Abrahamic Traditions.Shit, even the Mormon's think he's cool.

How to Preach Jesus Using the Psalms

Posted by frank adeche Mr Netchurch on May 21, 2011 at 12:36am

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From the New Testament through the church Fathers (including Tertullian, Jerome, Ambrose, Augustine, Hilary) to interpreters of recent centuries (Luther, Spurgeon, Bonhoeffer), Christians have seen Jesus as one of the chief subjects of the Psalms. Jesus has also been seen as the one who sings the Psalms: he experienced the full range of human emotions and the full, intimate, honest relationship with God depicted in the Psalms. In a sense, Jesus even knew guilt, as he experienced the crushing weight of our sin and God’s judgment on rebels (2 Corinthians 5:21; 1 Peter 2:24).

The incredible variety of emotions and situations in the Psalms reflects Jesus’ own experience as God in human form, walking and living among us, experiencing what we experience. We also see Jesus in the Psalms as we remember his role as God Incarnate, the God who stoops to be with his people in their sojourn, their trials, their disappointments, their disasters. He is the shepherd who will not take us where he himself has not gone, and having trusted God as he went through the valley of death himself, he will not fail to take us through to the other side with him (Psalm 23).

We see Jesus as the lover of God’s Law who delighted in it and obeyed it perfectly (Psalm 1; 40:6-8; 119). We see Jesus mourning for those who suffer. We see him concerned for and identifying with the poor, the oppressed, and the lost (Psalm 41:1-3; 112:5, 9; 113:5-9; compare Matthew 25:31-46). And we see Jesus proclaiming God’s salvation and faithfulness to the congregation (Psalm 40:9-10).

We see Jesus as the suffering servant of God who laments his fate. He is persecuted, condemned, and killed unjustly (Psalm 22, 69) in order to wipe away sin (Psalm 51). He is rejected by Israel, abandoned by his followers, and betrayed by his friend, Judas (Psalm 41:9, cited in John 13:18; Psalm 109:8 cited in Acts 1).

We see Jesus raised from the dead (Psalm 16:9-10, cited in Acts 2), a rejected stone chosen by God for the foundation of his family (Psalm 118). This risen one is the victorious Son of David who rules over the nations, establishes justice, and extends mercy to those who do not deserve it. He will execute judgment over all nations (Psalm 2; 45; 110). In the exaltation and enthronement of David’s son, all the nations will learn to praise the one true God (Psalm 18:49; Romans 15:7). Jesus also proves himself to be the True Human, the Second and Better Adam who fulfills our original destiny by restoring humanity to rule with God over all things (Psalm 8).

As Bruce Waltke sums it up, “The Psalms are ultimatelythe prayers of Jesus Christ, Son of God. He alone is worthy to pray the ideal vision of a king suffering for righteousness and emerging victorious over the hosts of evil.” Waltke goes on to note that “Christians, as sons of God, can rightly pray these prayers along with their representative Head.” Seeing Christ in the Psalms means that we can also see ourselves, as those who are recipients of his redeeming work and as those who follow Christ, being changed even now into his likeness by the work of his Spirit (2 Corinthians 3:16-18).

While Jesus alone is the Lamb of God who takes away the sins of the world, Paul says that we ourselves are like “sheep to be slaughtered” (Psalm 44:22 in Romans 8:38), and that we must “suffer with him.” (Romans 8:17)

Just as Jesus suffered at the hands of his enemies and had to wage war against the Enemy, so we must see ourselves as warriors engaged in resistance against a great Enemy: “The God of peace will soon crush Satan under your feet.” (Romans 16:20; “your” is plural, the Christians in Rome; Revelation 2-3; Ephesians 6:10-20) Those who resist Satan and conquer sin are reigning with Jesus (Psalm 2 in Revelation 3:21; Ephesians 2:6).

The nations will praise the King (Psalm 68:2) as we lead them to bow the knee to him in obedience (Matthew 28:16-20). Because of Jesus’ great victory, he pours out spiritual gifts on his people in order to make more Christians and bring his people to maturity, making them more Christ-like (Psalm 68:18; Ephesians 4:7-16).

Jesus commands us to love him and others; as we obey, we walk in light, not darkness (1 John 2:4-10; Psalm 119:105). Walking that path of love and life produces delight, so that we can say, “Oh, how I love your Law, oh, Lord; I meditate on it all day long” (Psalm 119:97; John 15; 1 John 3:16-24). Paul teaches us that we fulfill God’s law as we walk in the Spirit, the Spirit of Jesus himself sent to guide us (Romans 8:4). He even says that “our righteousness lasts forever” as we extend ourselves to those in need (Psalm 112:9, 2 Corinthians 8:9).

Finally, we have the promise that we who learn meekness from the perfectly Meek One will inherit the earth, an inheritance Jesus himself earned (Psalm 37:11; Matthew 5:5, 11:29).

We can find Jesus all over the Psalms, because the Psalms are his prayer book that points to him. And when we find Jesus in the Psalms, we also find ourselves.

Lagos is owing N124b Fashola how Far ?

Posted by cozzy webtatafo on May 20, 2011 at 9:23pm

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The Lagos State’s debt profile, as of April 30, 2011, stands at N124.188billion, according to data released by the state’s ministry of finance.
The figure was contained in an address presented on Thursday by the state finance commissioner, Rotimi Oyekan, during the ministerial press briefing held to commemorate the fourth anniversary of Governor Babatunde Fashola’s administration.
The breakdown of the debt profile showed that the state government has a multilateral debt loan of N62,426,899,007.40 (calculated using an exchange rate of N156.50) and domestic loans of N61,761,172,731.97.
Multilateral loans are debts owed by developing countries to the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
Mr Oyekan, in his speech, said such loans are “structured as long-term loans with a moratorium and at significantly lower rates than commercial loans”, and his presentation on the multilateral loans showed that $200million was obtained for the Lagos Metropolitan Development and Governance Project.
This loan which was described as “the largest World Bank direct funding for a sub-national government to date”, was obtained to “increase sustainable access to basic urban services through investments in critical infrastructure”.
The commissioner also said another $100million loan has been obtained from the French Development Agency for the expansion of the Ikorodu road into six-lanes including the BRT route.

Borrowing for the budget
Though, the state government has always maintained a policy of borrowing for the specific purpose of financing public projects, the third multilateral loan is a detour from this policy. For three consecutive years, a loan of up to $200million annually will be provided by the World Bank “to support the state’s budget directly rather than specific projects”.
“This is another indication of the level of confidence reposed in the State Government by the Multilateral Agency. It is worthy to note that the State has successfully secured the Federal Government’s guarantee and also obtained the approval of the National Assembly during the Public Hearing sessions of 6th December, 2010 and 2nd February, 2011 to incur external loans for its Developmental Policy Operations,” Mr Oyekan said, adding that the borrowings were necessitated by “huge infrastructural deficit which would require an estimated sum of $50 billion to address in the next few decades”.
He assured that the state deficit budget was nothing to worry about because less than 30 percent of the state’s total revenue “is used to manage its debt. It is not a crime to operate deficit budgeting. It is a reflection of present needs.”
Mr Oyekan’s statement is coming after the state’s commissioner for the Ministry of Economic Planning and Budget (MEPB), Ben Akabueze said last month that Lagos’s budget will run on deficit until 2013.
“There is no way we will run deficit budget in perpetuity,” he said, when asked whether there would ever be a year the state would not administer a deficit budget.
Borrow, but!
A Lagos-based economist, Henry Boyo, reacted to Mr Akabueze’s comments that State government be careful about its borrowings.
Mr Boyo agreed that “borrowing is not bad in itself”.
“If the borrowed fund will be used for infrastructure projects, it will be like an investment which will pay off later,” he said.
However, Mr Boyo warned that the cost of servicing the deficit is as important, if not more, than the purpose of borrowing.
Though, he commended the state government’s use of the bond market, he said the interest should be lower than 10 percent. However, the state government’s bond has a guaranteed 13 percent interest rate.
In addition, he said it is important that the state government find a way to reduce its recurrent expenditure, reduce the cost of hiring consultants, and develop other sources of income, if the dream of ending perpetual deficit budget is to be feasible.
“The state government seems fixated on personal income tax alone. But there are other means of revenue that could be developed,” he said. “For instance, the Land Use Charge alone, considering the number of houses in Lagos, can give the state more than income tax can generate.”
Mr Boyo however said he believed that “the state government is headed in the right direction to economic freedom but is only tied down by political strings”.
Making more
While putting the monthly revenue base of the State Government at N15billion, Mr Oyekan said the Lands Records Company (LRC), the company charged with the responsibilities of administering the collection of Land Use Charges, generated N3.02billion in 2010.
He added that 95 percent of properties in Lagos State have been valued and all properties will get the Land Use Charge bill in 2011.

How Long Does It Take to Digest Food ?

Posted by technology on May 20, 2011 at 11:13pm

Digestion funny enough is a high tech procedure. That is why this android is writing about it

But would you chew your amala,eba,tuwo and santana to improve it .

Read on and tell me

Food digestion varies depending upon the type of food. I will break down the process into its steps and provide a timeline for each step.

First we see the food. This stimulates our brain to ready our stomach to receive food, by increasing gastric secretions. Then, we eat the food. Amylase is a digestive enzyme in our saliva that helps to break down carbohydrates. Mechanical manipulation by chewing breaks the food into smaller pieces which provide more surface area. This increased surface area helps the enzymes in the small intestine absorb the nutrients in our food better. This is why it is important to chew your food well. Next, we swallow and food arrives at the stomach.

The stomach is responsible for further mechanical breakdown of food and some chemical breakdown. Proteins are broken down by pepsinogen into peptide chains and fat is broken by gastric lipase (to help you navigate through these terms, any word with “ase” at the end generally denotes an enzyme responsible for some kind of digestion). When food has been through the stomach, it becomes chyme; an acidic mixture of hydrochloric acid from our stomach, pepsinogen, lipase and amylase. The entrance to the small intestine from the stomach is controlled by the pyloric sphincter; a controlled doorway that prevents too much chyme from entering the small intestine at once.

The duodenum is the first part of the small intestine. The duodenum’s job is to neutralize the acidic chyme before allowing it to continue through the rest of the small intestine by way of bicarbonate from pancreatic juice. The food then enters the jejunum, the part of the small intestine that is responsible for the majority of nutrient absorption. Fat, peptides and carbohydrates are further broken down by enzymes into units that are small enough to be transferred in the bloodstream to the target organs. The primary fuel the body needs to run properly is glucose; so much of the food is broken down and recombined into glucose.

At this point, the food has spent between 30 minutes and 2 hours in the stomach and between 2 and 6 hours in the small intestine and 90% of the nutrients have been extracted. The left over material has lots of water and sodium left in it. The body wants to reclaim these substances before defecation; food takes 72 hours to be processed in the large intestine. The jobs of the large intestine are to reclaim the water from the food, reclaim the sodium from the food, and provide healthy bacteria to ferment fiber that has not been digested. This fermentation provides nutrients to keep the cells in the large intestines healthy. Fiber that has not been digested adds bulk to the waste products to facilitate elimination.

In summary, at the short end, digestion takes about 75 hours, but it can take up to 80 hours from the time it enters the mouth to the time it leaves the body in the form of stool.

Dimitris Achlioptas - How to share your brain

Posted by Dan WebNutritionist/Motivator on May 20, 2011 at 8:05am

Insightful talk by Dimitris Achlioptas from the world's reputable TEDX conferences.

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Kirk Franklin's new album- Hello Fear

Posted by Dan WebNutritionist/Motivator on May 20, 2011 at 4:49am

After all these years, there's still nothing quite like a new project from Kirk Franklin. It's hard to believe that he's been on the scene since 1993. Since Kirk Franklin and the Family debuted, Gospel and music in general have been turning their heads to see what this self-proclaimed church boy is all about.

True to previous projects, this new one, Hello Fear, isn't just about the soulful music and innovative beats. Rather, it's the combination of his melodies and grooves with his transparency, his honesty, and his accessible story that draws us in to Franklin's world.

The project title references the fact that we all deal with fears of various sorts, and that for Kirk Franklin, the time for turning and facing fears is now. The transparency is palpable.

Joining Franklin on production is longtime collaborator and keys man,Shaun "Harold" Martin. VocalistsIsaac Carree, Anaysha Figueroa, Nikki Ross, Charmaine Swimpson and Eric Moore add their harmonies to nearly every cut.

Joining Franklin on the project are guests that include Marvin Sapp and Beverly Crawford (on the traditional, organ-infused slow burner, "The Altar").

Then there's a whole slew of names on the long time coming reprise of "Something About The Name Jesus Part 2". The original, appear on Franklin's Nu Nation Project from 1998, has been in repeat play mode for many since that it first came out. Back again for the reprise are Rance Allen and Isaac Carree (whose group Men of Standard was featured on the original), with Marvin Winans andJohn P. Kee also in the mix.

Kirk Franklin Newcomer and fast riser Mali Music is tapped to join Franklin on "Give Me", adding his distinctive delivery to this soundtrack to prayer for God's strength and wisdom. Insistent snare percussion overlays high register keyboard stylings, making the sound stick.

Not many will sleep on the inspirational "Today", an infectious contemporary cut that combines beat with melody. Raise your hands in the air everybody!!

The mid tempo urban radio single "I Smile" is typical Kirk Franklin, his compositional imprint all over it. The song is "a declarative statement that I'm not going to live my life based on how I feel. I will live my life based on God's Word", says Franklin.

"I Give" is the other song making the radio rounds. The laid back ballad puts the focus on soft harmonies, with Franklin intoning declarations and promises from God's Word. "'I Am' is about exchanging all of my weaknesses for God's strength. This song is also about declaring what God says about me and not my situation. As we daily transform to God's image, we no longer identify with who we were, but who we are becoming", says Franklin.

Hello Fear is another step in the spiritual and musical journey of Kirk Franklin; it succeeds on both levels.

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Family finds $45,000 in new home — then returns it By CHI-CHI ZHANG, Associated Press.

Posted by Dan WebNutritionist/Motivator on May 20, 2011 at 4:25am

SALT LAKE CITY – When Josh Ferrin closed on his family's first home, he never thought he'd make the discovery of a lifetime — then give it back.

Ferrin picked up the keys earlier this week and decided to check out the house in the Salt Lake City suburb of Bountiful. He was excited to finally have a place his family could call their own.

As he walked into the garage, a piece of cloth that clung to an attic door caught his eye. He opened the hatch and climbed up the ladder, then pulled out a metal box that looked like a World War II ammunition case.

"I freaked out, locked it my car, and called my wife to tell her she wouldn't believe what I had found," said Ferrin, who works as an artist for the Deseret News in Salt Lake City.

Then he found seven more boxes, all stuffed full with tightly wound rolls of cash bundled together with twine — more than $40,000.

Ferrin quickly took the boxes to his parent's house to count. Along with his wife and children, they spread out thousands of bills on a table, separating the bundles one by one.

They stopped counting at $40,000, but estimated there was at least $5,000 more on the table.

Ferrin thought about how such a large sum of money could go a long way, pay bills, buy things he never thought he could afford.

"I'm not perfect, and I wish I could say there was never any doubt in my mind. We knew we had to give it back, but it doesn't mean I didn't think about our car in need of repairs, how we would love to adopt a child and aren't able to do that right now, or fix up our outdated house that we just bought," Ferrin said. "But the money wasn't ours to keep and I don't believe you get a chance very often to do something radically honest, to do something ridiculously awesome for someone else and that is a lesson I hope to teach to my children."

He thought about the home's previous owner, Arnold Bangerter, who died in November and left the house to his children.

"I could imagine him in his workshop. From time to time, he would carefully bundle up $100 with twine, climb up into his attic and put it into a box to save. And he didn't do that for me," Ferrin said of the man who had worked as a biologist for the Utah Department of Fish and Game.

Bangerter purchased the home in 1966 and lived there with his wife, who died in 2005.

After most of the money was counted, Ferrin called one of Bangerter's sons with the news.

Kay Bangerter said he knew his father hid away money because he once found a bundle of cash taped beneath a drawer in their home, but he never considered his dad had stuffed away so much over the years.

"He grew up in hard times and people that survived that era didn't have anything when they came out of it unless they saved it themselves," Kay Bangerter, the oldest of the six children, told the Deseret News. "He was a saver, not a spender."

Bangerter called the money's return "a story that will outlast our generation and probably yours as well."

"I'm a father, and I worry about the future for my kids," Ferrin said. "I can see him putting that money away for a rainy day and it would have been wrong of me to deny him that thing he worked on for years. I felt like I got to write a chapter in his life, a chapter he wasn't able to finish and see it through to its conclusion."

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