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opinionBy Lawal Umar Bala
The WHO African regional office in 1995 observed with concern the increase in the incidence of deafness in some African countries. Therefore, member countries were advised to develop strategies to combat this ailment. The Nigerian government established National Ear Care Centre, Kaduna in 1999 to lead in the diagnosis and treatment of Ear, Nose and Throat diseases in the country, conduct and coordinate researches into the prevalence of deafness in Nigeria and to train manpower for the ENT specialty.
Until 2009, the Centre has worked in various temporary sites provided by the Kaduna State Government. The allocation of former psychiatric department of Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital (ABUTH) in 2005, situated at No. 3 Golf Course Road Kaduna, made the centre to prepare ground for movement to its permanent site. The permanent site was commissioned on 29th June 2009 by the then Honorable minister of State, Dr Aliyu Idi Hong.
Manpower training and development is one of the mandates of the centre. It has the only accredited school of post-Basic ENT Nursing. To ensure that the school stands on a sound footing, the Kaduna State Government was once again approached to allocate space at the School of Health Technology, Tudun Wada Kaduna which was granted. A block of six flats was also rented in 2003 which has served as students' hostel since then. These facilitated the accreditation of the programme by the Nursing and Midwifery Council of Nigeria in 2004. The first Joint Convocation of the School was held at the Centre's permanent site on 2yth June 2009. Over 290 ENT nurses have graduated from the school and are engaged in both public and private hospitals across the country.
After careful consideration of the high incidence of deafness and hearing impairment for avoidable causes, especially amongst rural dwellers, the centre, in collaboration with the Community Health Officers Registration Board, introduced a four week Primary Ear Care Course in 2004. Over 600 Health Workers were trained to providing Primary Ear Care services in the rural community clinics in Nigeria.
The present Medical Director of the centre Professor Babagana M. Ahmad, since assuming office, has done quite a lot to allow the centre live up to its mandate. He embarked on renovation and restructuring of the buildings most of which were in dilapidated state. Old structures have been renovated to accommodate the clinics, theatre, wards, radiology, audiology, laboratory, pharmacy and medical records. A new patient department was constructed as well as ENT block to accommodate administration and consultants offices.
With the Installation of ENT equipment procured and relocation of the Clinical Services to the permanent site in January 2009, the centre became set for the commencement of residency training. Both the West African College of Surgeons (WACS) and the National Postgraduate Medical College for ORL have granted the centre partial accreditation to commence residency training. The centre has started producing consultants in the ENT specialty. Dr. Sahabi Bande of Federal Medical Centre, Birnin Kebbi, successfully passed his part II final exams of the West African College of Surgeons in 2009. Subsequently, two of the centre's resident doctors have passed the part II final examination of the West African college of surgeons and have become consultant ENT surgeons. The residency training has been going on smoothly in accordance with the laid down guidelines. Dr Umar Grema is the coordinator of the training.
As at September 2002, the Centre had staff strength of 64 with only two medical officers, one pharmacy technician and four general nurses as the core clinical staff. There was neither laboratory nor X-ray department then. This has grown steadily over the years through approvals granted by the Head of the Civil Services of the Federation to 147 in 2009 and 189 in 2011. The present manpower, though not sufficient, is a remarkable improvement. Concerted effort was also made in the area of manpower training and development where by officers were sponsored for both management and professional courses for skill acquisition/improvement.
A summary of the activities showed a lot of achievements. They include: acquisition of permanent site; development, equipping of permanent site paving way for relocation of clinical services; commissioning of permanent site; first joint convocation of ENT Nurses held on 2ih June 2009 held at the permanent site.
Other developmental achievements of the centre are as follows: The building of two storey ENT Block to accommodate both Clinical and Administration directorate was commissioned by Minister of State for Health Dr. Mohammed Ali Pate in 2012; the completion of the building has significantly created a conductive working environment for enhanced health care service delivery.
The drilling of an industrial borehole with a surface tank of 50,000 litres capacity was done to provide sufficient water supply for smooth running of the daily clinical activities, the expansion of medical laboratory; the student's hostel and the procurement of 450 KVA Generator Plant and 11 KVA transformer to alleviate the problem of electricity at the centre.
Bala wrote in from Kawo, Kaduna.


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The Satin effect allows you to create a sense of texture within an object by combining two inner shadows. Where the shadows intersect, a highlight is created. The effect can be a little like beveling with complex shapes like text, the highlight can zigzag to follow all the edges of the shapes. You can also invert the effect to change shadows into highlights. Satin can be a little tricky to control. My advice is to be subtle when using Satin. Like a drop shadow, a little Satin goes a long way. Let's see how it works. Here I've a placed photo of some flowers and some text, and I'll apply the Satin effect to each one.
I'll start with the flowers. I'll bring up my Effects dialog box, double-click, and I'll click on Satin. Here in my controls I can choose a blending mode and a color, and an Opacity, and Angle, a Distance, and a Size. Let's start by increasing the opacity a little bit to make the effect easier to see. I'll increase to 80%. Now I'll increase the Distance and you can get a sense of what's going on here.
I have shadows in these corners and highlights in the middle. What I have are two intersecting shapes that are in the same shape as this frame. If I turn the Size all the way down to 0, things become a little clearer. Now I'll change the Distance and as I increase the Distance the two shapes move away from each other. Now they don't intersect at all. So I just have two shadows in the corners. I'll decrease the Distance and once again we can see where they intersect I have highlights.
I'll invert the effect. Now where the shapes intersect I've a shadow. I'll turn that off and go back to the normal Satin effect. Now I can increase the Size to blur the effect, combining the shadows and highlights. Now let's try applying some satin to the text. I'll select the text frame, double-click, and click on Satin. Here I have the same settings. Multiply blending mode, black swatch, 50% Opacity, and I can drag around the Angle to get a different effect.
I can change the Size to 0 so I can clearly see the letter shapes inside and I can change the Distance to move them around. That looks like a really complex shape. Let's add some blur to that and see what we get. That's an interesting effect. I think I'll take it back down to 10 pixels and click OK. Now let's see some uses for Satin. Here I've just two letter Ms that I wanted to put on an interesting background. So instead of just having a plain red and blue fill, I use the Satin effect.
I'll select the background objects and drag them up so we can see what's going on here. I've a red fill and a blue fill and I used Satin to create this highlight here. I'll move them out of the way and bring up the dialog box. So I multiplied with black to create those shadows, and then I adjusted the Angle. Hey, that looks interesting. Again, if I change the Size to 0 I can see the shapes clearly, and then I can increase the Size to blow them up.
Let's see another use. Now there is a lot going on here. I created these flames with a whole bunch of different effects, but I think the key element here is the use of Satin. That's what creates these really interesting shadowy dark shapes inside the flames. So we'll create these from scratch. Here I've just two flame like objects that I created with the Pen tool and filled with Paper. Now let's start building the effect. I'll Shift+Click to select them all. With the frame shape selected I'll start by applying a gradient fill.
I'll go to my Swatches panel and select this Burn gradient. So it's got a lot of reds and browns and oranges in it. I'll press the G key on my keyboard to get the Gradient tool and click-and-drag to apply the gradient vertically. Now it's time to apply some effects. I'll open the Effects dialog box and we'll start with an Inner Shadow, but this time we'll use the Inner Shadow to lighten the object. I'll change the blending mode from Multiply to Normal and change the swatch from black to this bright orange.
I'll increase the Opacity to 100% and I'll set the Distance to 0. I'll set a little bit of Choke on this Inner Shadow to make it a little more opaque. Next, I'll apply an Outer Glow to create that orange glow around the flames. I'll set the blending mode to Normal and I'll select my orange color swatch. I want a really intense glow. So I'm going to increase the Opacity to 100%. I'll increase the Size to 20 pixels, add a little bit of Noise, say 1%, and increase the Spread to 10%.
Spread is the amount of the Outer Glow that's set at the full color and opacity. Next up we'll apply Basic Feather. After all, we want soft edges around these flames. I'll decrease the Feather Width a little bit to 8 pixels and add just a little bit of Noise. Now it's time for the Satin effect to do its magic. I'll click on Satin. I'll change the blending mode to Screen and pick my orange swatch. I'm going to go for a full 100% Opacity, a Distance of 20 pixels, and let's just set this at 11 pixels.
Really, these are values you can experiment with when you're applying the Satin effect. I just think these look good for this flame effect here. Now I can move the angle around and see what looks good. So let's go with this Angle of 160 degrees and we've completed our flame effect. I'll click OK and deselect to see what we've done. That's pretty cool. Now let's try some ice. I'll select this text frame, open the Effects dialog box, and see what's going on here. Again, we have a lot of effects combining to make this text look like it's made out of ice.
We have an Outer Glow with a whole bunch of noise to create a grainy effect. We have an Inner Glow to lighten the edges around the text. We have a Bevel and Emboss to make it look like it's 3D, and we've the Satin effect that's blending the Paper-colored fill with this blue color. I'll just turn that on and off so you can see what it's doing. So there you have it! With Satin you can make fire and you can make ice.
With the Satin effect you can create texture inside an object with blended highlights and shadows. Even though it can make dramatic changes in the appearance of an object, Satin is more of a team player than a solo artist. It's almost always best to used to enhance other effects.
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March 4th, 2007 #1
Jazz' Junk Draw' (Practice Enviro update, Aug 6, 2011)
Hi!! I FINALLY mustered the courage to make a sketchbook on here!! I'm Jasmine, but please do call me Jazz if ya like! It's so much easier! ^_^ I wrote in another thread of mine that I havent the time or energy (or inspiration) to draw very nice things. Well, nothing much has changed, except I HAVE been trying to draw more!
I really wish to improve, especially since I have some personal projects that I'm continuing with. See, I have stories and comics that I wish to create. I just can't seem to draw characters very well. I've lost the heart to do so. I used to REALLY suck at anatomy, but at one point I was into expressions and movement more than I am now. I was also into drawing full-bodied figures more often. Now, I'm surprised I can even draw a full head! I can't!
So, I'll show everyone where I've been and where I am! This first post just has a few sketches, some not so recent. I lost my will to draw for a while there. I did draw from reference though, a few times. One figure-drawing term helped out a lot.
I got into trying the self-portraits, though I have trouble making out detail. I still wanted to practice finding any detail that I could see. These two are from 2004 and 2005.
It's too bad I was too tired to shade that latest self-portrait. It was for a CA 101 assignment. But I could've done more to make myself look nifty. (well, my hair makes me look crazy, at least.)
I was bored at home, so I drew my foot and some wooden model poses.
Just some figure drawings. The second page of them is actually from a book. I wish I could take that class again.
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Hide this ad by registering as a memberMarch 4th, 2007 #2
more sketches
Here are more sketches. They don't have much to them, and so another thing I want to do overtime is really put more effort into making scenes and posing characters better.
I love to draw cartoony stuff, but I'd also love to get some realistic stuff down. Still, the cartoons themselves need work.
Forgot to show more sketches! My slippers...that's another thing I wish I shaded. Heh. I like the portraits more than I liked them before. Mind you, I have trouble with putting the face on right! Oh yes, I got the portrait refs from google.
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March 4th, 2007 #3
Lastly...for now...
I'll have to show some fanart, but overtime I would play a bit with colour in Photoshop 6 (that's the latest that I have). I only have 3 to show right now because I think I'm happiest with those three. I have some other fanart that is coloured. Hardly anything original that's coloured, though. Minus the heads.
I'd make these types of pictures when I'm not happy. These three are mine.
These next two I tried pretty hard with. The first one, done a couple years ago, seems to get attention STILL. I mean, parts aren't right, but I really did try to colour it, though I was overtired. These two characters aren't mine.
I read a cool shading tutorial, and it mentioned when the body is lit from the sun or something, how the midtones have bright a red hue to them (from the blood). Well, I may have oversaturated the red, but I still liked the attempt. This shading was actually simpler than what I would try.
Lastly, I just tried copying from reference. It was difficult because of angles, but I got pretty close, I think! I'll have to try again.
March 8th, 2007 #4
wow <> you improve with every post!!!!!
March 10th, 2007 #5
Weekly Update: March 4-March 10
Thank you so much, mentler! I appreciate you looking! (Oy, those progress days are over at the moment though! I have to trudge along for now. o_o )
This week was far too hectic, so I didn't even get to do much. But I thought I'd show a little test I did for myself!
I was looking for lying (down) pictures when I came across one with a man lying on his back, his young son lying on top of him. So cute! Well, I tried drawing them at school, and it proved a tad difficult.
A couple days later I tried again. I drew the boy with a long head! Proportions were WAY off.
I tried AGAIN! Proportions are less off, that's cool! But I didn't try quite as hard with it.
I did this test because I was wondering why I had trouble drawing people lying on their sides. Obvious answer: I haven't done it enough. I HOPE that's the answer. I even compared drawing the boy's head while he's on his side, to drawing his head as if it's upright. Though I still messed up his head, I do like that the boy looks more his age on the right.
I'll have to keep practicing with the other angles and see if I can keep proportions correct.
Tonight, I just drew some guys jumping. Two different references, but it was good to get their movement in.
March 17th, 2007 #6
Update--March 11-17
I've been so busy, I only ever have time to do this once a week. No wonder it gets buried so deep. But YAY for favourites! Hee hee!
Thanks to everyone who's peeked in! I managed to do some progress on a study type picture in Photoshop 6. It's a little girl with LOTS of freckles: There she is originally!
I tried to get as much accuracy in as possible. Now, I shrunk these images to be the size that I was drawing at. 66.7%.
At first, I was having great trouble finding the shadows and highlights beneath her freckles. I'd deal with those lovely spots later.
I didn't really listen to myself about letting the freckles go. You can see here that I blotched in some places where they might be.
Didn't do much with this next progress, except I touched up the eyes. Probably something else I hadn't noticed, too.
That's the best I got so far. I removed those blotches and tried making larger strokes over some areas. I was driven mad looking at the eyes though. I just wanted to put SOMETHING in them!
I'm getting to a point where I wonder if this is me studying her face, or practicing accuracy. I tried drawing a face from imagination, and BOY did it look ugly! My goodness...oh, and not in the "supposed to be" way, either! More practice is in order, but I'm stuck as to what to do.
March 31st, 2007 #7
An update--March 31
I've had weeks of WORK!! So many assignments, makes me wanna die! I really didn't have time to do anything I enjoy! I only now had a good chance to sketch something nice. Or at least sort of nice.
I tried drawing my little microphone near my computer. Weird angle I was looking from, so that's why the angle is strange. But I still didn't tackle the perspective and angle well. I did like that I made the mic "stem" slender, though!
I then tried one of Seedling's C.A.101 challenges, where you needed to use the d20 dice (I used an online thingy). I got a 7, meaning I had to draw horns and spikes and stuff on something I made from imagination. I tried, making up a lighthouse on an island with some tiny birds. I thought I needed more spikes. But it's more than what I normally attempt.
I hope one day I can do this frequently enough so anyone peeking in can really see my efforts.
April 1st, 2007 #8
Wow that last portrait is great! You have to finish it..I think you should added the ears or whatever she has around her face to start. Just keep messing with until you are satisfied. Keep up the good work!
New Sketchbook
Old Sketchbook
"I have been impressed with the urgency of doing. Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Being willing is not enough; we must do." -Leonardo Da Vinci
April 1st, 2007 #9
Thanks so much, Unbreakable! Yeah, I'm going to keep working on her! I'll actually TRY to finish her up! Baby steps. ^_^ And I'll try the ears and see how far I get.
April 7th, 2007 #10
Updates--End of March to April 7 (VERY slight nudity)
I'm feeling pretty down today. Not sure if I have a purpose and all (in life, in school, in career...whatever). I'm down with these drawings, too. I know they're not interesting, certainly forgettable. I wish I could change that, but my imagination is dull right now. Too much schoolwork, even though exams are all I have left to do.
So, here's what I did over these past weeks:
This was from some anatomy picture online.
So much for trying to draw from my imagination. I can look at something and draw it better.
More progress on the little girl. I've had to "move" things on her face. Still doing it.
I can't remember who's "tuting" in the big Photoshop Tutorials thread here, but they did a really cool colour blend thing. So I tried the same with some different colours to see how I would go about blending them together.
Mainly, I'd have to make a sort of linear path from one colour to the other (or one saturation to another or something). I still have work to do on that, but at least I got some smoother strokes.
There was also a lighting tutorial, though it was on another site. But I learned a bit about how lighting works with reflection and...other terms that I can't recall.
Ugh...hopefully I'll get that shadow one day. The pink burns!! >_<
April 9th, 2007 #11
April 9, just colouring
I thought I'd drop something else in here. I just started another practice to see how I do with colouring in Photoshop...again. I wanted to colour the human arm in this pic:
So this is just a start. First I blocked in colours, but then I started blending more and forgot to save the ugly blocked colours. We'll see what happens next.
PS: If anyone knows the answer to this: How do I change my thumbnail, for when someone is about to click on my thread? I have that hideous pencil sketch of my face and I don't like it.
April 13th, 2007 #12
Soooo many exams... So much writing. -_- I'm starting to feel better though, as in I can draw more than I could with all the schoolwork. Now, if I get a summer job, hopefully it won't keep me from enjoying myself.
Here's more of the arm!
Mmmm...blending is a big problem. I have trouble keeping it simple.
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April 13th, 2007 #13
A lot of good progress here. The digital coloured pictures are particularly inspiring, I must say. Keep it up! You seem to be on the right track.


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Sapphic Salon: Lesbian-penned "How to Sew a Button" is a perfect holiday gift
If you're in need of a gift for a friend who is interested in learning crafty basics, pick up a copy of Erin Bried's How to Sew a Button: And Other Nifty Things Your Grandmother Knew. The out lesbian author (and Self magazine staff writer) aims to teach things you might need to know, like how to tie a necktie or how to make a Manhattan. It's a how-to book that anyone could learn something from.
Bried also demonstrates several of these acts on her YouTube channel (including "How to brew beer.") and has lesbian chef Cat Cora vouching for her:
"How to Sew a Button is a must-have book for anyone who wants to reap the wisdom of our grandmothers. I learned so much from my grandmother—ironing, how to bake the perfect cheesecake, as well as other cherished life-long tips—but what I learned most from her was how to enjoy these everyday tasks and the true essence of life. The grandmothers in this book are inspiring to all of us."
Supporting lesbian writers, especially ones who take on domestic topics that have otherwise been reserved for straight women, homemakers and Martha Stewart, is not only important, but useful in this situation, so why not learn something new?
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I've read a lot of reviews on this book and yours also proves that it's worth having for for anyone who wants to reap the wisdom of our grandmothers. It seems to me that with this book, every modern woman will feel they are at their grandma's knee, talking about most vital life skills. It's the amazing possibility to ask grandparents for advice! They knew so much!
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What's the best fight camp?
Team Quest
The Militich Fighting Systems Elite(or whatever they're calling theirselves nowdays)
Lions Den
one of the gracies(specify)
What's the best fight camp?
Team Quest
The Militich Fighting Systems Elite(or whatever they're calling theirselves nowdays)
Lions Den
one of the gracies(specify)
i would go wit BTT, they have a great line of fighters at all weights they have at least one serious contender. Minotauro, Minotoro, Arona, Bustamante, Filho, and Buscape. Not to mention it is also aligned wit ATT which has other top fighters such as Monson, Aurelio, Kang, and Calvancanti
overall im gonna have to agree with LA BTT always produces solid well rounded fighters. and they do have some of the top guys in every weight class.
Fabricio Werdum, The Future
BTT and Chute Box immediately come to mind. MFS is a pretty good one for the US, along with AMC and ATT. I would say BTT right now is the best like the other's said they have top fighters in pretty much all weight classes. Chute Box has a lack of heavyweights. Lions Den is a thing of the past.
Meat Truck Inc.
Brazilian Top Team and Miletich Fighting Systems. American Top Team is doing good too.
There is a lot of really good teams.
In no particular order:
Team Quest
Miletich Fighting Systems
American Kickboxing Academy
AMC Pankration
Chute Boxe
Jackson Submission Fighting
Elite Performance(Jeremy Horn's camp)
Triumph Fight Team
American Top Team
Brazilian Top Team
Among others
Cesar Gracie Jiu Jitsu team has alot of good fighters as well (Nick Diaz, Gilbert Melendez, David Terrell, Jake Shields).
I don't think you can say that there's a best team....they all excel in different aspects of the game. If you were to form a piece of each team together, then you would possibly have the best team.
don't forget Nathan Diaz, Nick's little brother. He's a solid youngster out of the Cesar Gracie Jiu Jitsu team. He has 3-1 record with alot of potential and has already fought for 3 promotions, WEC, Strikeforce, and Pancrase.
This was posted 8 years ago, crazy how things change.
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Bucket Game to be Streamed on ESPN 360
Nov. 19, 2008
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. - Indiana's game against Purdue on Saturday will be streamed live nationally on ESPN360.com - ESPN's signature broadband sports TV network. The game is available completely free to any student on campus. This season, ESPN360.com will feature more than 300 college football games.
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The Indiana football team closes out the 2008 campaign against Purdue at Ross-Ade Stadium (62,500). Kickoff is set for noon EST on Saturday, Nov. 22, and the game will be televised by ESPN2.
The longtime rivals will battle for the Old Oaken Bucket, the trophy awarded to the winner of the annual Indiana-Purdue game. Saturday's meeting marks the 84th battle for the bucket and the 111th overall meeting in the series.
Pam Ward (play-by-play) and Ray Bentley (analyst) will call the game on ESPN2. The game can also be heard on the statewide IU Radio Network with Don Fischer (play-by-play), Pete Compise (analyst) and Joe Smith (pre-game, halftime and post-game).
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I used vanilla vodka & to make it taste more authentic, I added 1/2 an ounce of milk. Shook it all w/ ice & strained it into a martini glass. Loved it!
my hubby and I doubled everything, added a hefty scoop of vanilla ice cream, and whirled it around in the blender for a minute. I wanted to crawl into my glass and stay there forever.


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Monrovia — Few months following his exit from the government, the controversial son of President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Robert Sirleaf has resurfaced in government.
Sirleaf, former Chair of the Board of Directors of the National Oil Company of Liberia has been tipped by his mother to lead negotiations with the Kuwaiti government for cheap petroleum products for Liberia.
Making the announcement on Thursday at the Ministry of Information regular press briefing, Information Minister Lewis Brown said that the President was giving Sirleaf the lead role to help speed up a process that has been in the pipeline for the past two years.
"They will take off some of the prices associated with getting it and give it to us at prices below what others are buying," said Minister Brown.
Continued Brown: "Mr. Robert Sirleaf is in Kuwait as special envoy of the President. Many of you have heard that for at least two years, the government of Liberia has been negotiating with the Kuwaiti government, for the supply of petroleum product (what better time) at concessionary prices to be used in our overall sustainable economic growth and development initiatives; but also to assist the government in lowering (if we can get petroleum product supply in our country at concessionary prices-concession means, that's not the normal price they will give it to us for)."
The information minister said the government is pushing ahead with the negotiations because it wants to accelerate its energy priorities and bring cheap power supply to poor communities.
"Then, what this will do is to enable us to supply hospitals, LEC. Most of the LEC customers as many of you may not know are from the lowest income sectors of the economy," he said.
"This is deliberate. How do you fight poverty, if you can't provide power to some of the struggling communities? That is why we are prioritizing villages and towns; that is why in Monrovia, some places where the big shots live don't have power. "
The government is on the mends of its energy program and believes that with its Kuwaiti partners coming onboard most of the issues associated with petroleum supply in the country will be addressed and a huge segment of its people will get relief.
"We want to wish the special envoy well in these negotiations," he said.
"We are hoping that Mr. Sirleaf can conclude these negotiations in time, so that we can get these petroleum products at very low rates to begin to affect more people and begin to improve more lives."
President Sirleaf came under heavy criticisms in the past for the appointment of this particular son, even though she had two other sons serving in the government in persons of Mr. Fomba Sirleaf head of the National Security Agency and Charles Sirleaf deputy governor of the Central Bank of Liberia. Executive mansion sources say the President appointed Sirleaf to speed up a process that had been at a snail pace for very long.
President Sirleaf's appointment of her son to chair the board of the NOCAL resulted in cries of nepotism and corruption, something that culminated in him resigning both posts held including Senior Advisor to the President.
At the lucrative oil company Robert claimed that he was working as pro bono to help put Liberia's virgin oil sector on track. Sirleaf acknowledged that her son contributed immensely to the reform of the oil sector.
"To make sure that there was a competitive process in the bidding for oil resources; to separate the commercial and the regulatory functions of the oil sector; and to make sure the benefits of the oil sector are passed on to all Liberians, as well as to future generations," said President Sirleaf.
Continued the President: "Those documents are now before the Legislature: the Senate has acted on it the House of Representatives will act upon it when they return in January. We have thus concluded that with these reforms now in place, or about to be in place, once the Legislative process is over, that his assignment has ended."
President Sirleaf, said she and her son made a promise that he was there for a specific reason and when the assignment was done, he would leave.
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Critics will view Robert's appointment as another means for the lovely son of the Liberian leader to amass more wealth as the petroleum industry is one of the most money making industries the world over.
Last November President Sirleaf led a high power delegation to Kuwait during which time she met with the authorities of the Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development to discuss the current state of Liberia's infrastructure deficit, with specific attention on ports and roads development. There are no other details about this new venture with the Kuwaitis but the GoL said it will release more details subsequently.


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Mandatory bicycle helmet laws could do more harm than good, a new study claims.
Helmet laws like those in effect in Australia levy a substantial cost on healthcare systems because savings from fewer head injuries pale in comparison to the costs incurred by decreases in cycling, a mathematical model concludes.
Piet de Jong, a mathematician at Macquarie University in Sydney, Australia, estimates that bicycle helmet laws would cost the US $4.8 billion per year, Netherlands $1.9 billion, and the U.K $0.4 billion.
However, one critic contends that de Jong's methods overestimate the health benefits of cycling, as well as the drop in cyclists caused by helmet laws.
"There's a lot of uncertainty around it," de Jong admits. "I try to reconcile all these various numbers or proportions that impinge on the question of whether helmet laws are very useful."
He concludes that only under extreme, theoretical circumstances do mandatory helmet laws not end up costing the healthcare system. Head injuries must be a substantial proportion of bicycling injuries, few riders must abandon their bikes due to helmet laws, and the health benefits of cycling need to be low.
"Even under very favourable assumptions to the pro-helmet lobby group, it's very hard to get a benefit," de Jong says.
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Precise numbers on the costs and benefits of cycling and the use of helmets are hard to come by and often contentious.
One 1989 case-controlled study published in the New England Journal of Medicine concluded that bicycle helmets reduce the risk of head injury by 85 per cent. But de Jong says those results are overstated.
Writing in the BMJ in 2006, Dorothy Robinson, a statistician at the Department of Primary Industries in Armidale, Australia, claimed that helmet laws caused bike ridership decreases of 20 to 40 per cent in several Australian cities and states.
"What she has never shown to my satisfaction, or that of other critics of her work, is how long the decline persisted," says Barry Pless, an epidemiologist at Montreal Children's Hospital in Canada.
In an attempt to circumvent all of this uncertainty, de Jong created a model that can be adjusted by putting in various values for drops in cycling rates due to helmet laws, the cost of an accident due to not wearing a helmet, and the overall health benefit of cycling.
"Everybody takes one piece of the evidence and nobody is really putting in all the pieces of the puzzle," he says.
Heart benefits
Under most parameters, de Jong's model concluded helmet laws would come with a net health cost. Exactly what cost is hard to determine. To come up with a figure of $4.8 billion for the US, he assumed the health benefit of cycling was a generous $1 per kilometre. However, as long as the benefit of cycling is not zero, there will be a net cost incurred due to helmet laws, he says.
Pless, though, contends that de Jong's model overvalues the health benefits of recreational cycling. Most riders travel short distances rather slowly, blunting some of cycling's cardiovascular benefits. He points to a study of 9000 UK government employees which found that people between the ages of 45 and 64 needed to pedal 40 kilometres per week to see any reduction in heart disease rates.
Despite these issues, de Jong hopes policy makers will take a good look at his paper before supporting legislation mandating helmet use.
However de Jong, a native of bike-loving Holland, makes clear that he would not discourage people from wearing helmets. "I go to Holland and places like that, and I don't wear a helmet," he says. "I used to live in London, and I wore a helmet all the time."
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Lessons from Three Decades of HIV/AIDS
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When President Obama released the nation's first comprehensive national plan for responding to the HIV/AIDS pandemic, it was remarkable for its scope and specificity. It was remarkable, also, that it took our country almost three decades to develop such a plan.
Thirty years ago I was a junior staffer in the California Legislature assigned to the Assembly Health Committee. I remember vividly reading that first report in the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR), describing a cluster of gay men in Los Angeles with Kaposi's Sarcoma and pneumocystis pneumonia. Within just a few years, it seemed as if everyone I knew was dead, dying or caring for a loved one who was dying.
I found out that I was infected in 1985. It would be nine years before effective treatments reached me and my friends and neighbors. With little hope for a cure or vaccine, we fought hard for prevention education campaigns, expanded research and access to treatment and services.
We learned some critical lessons during the darkest years of the pandemic and many of those lessons are reflected in President Obama's strategy. But in one regard, the President's plan is already outdated: today we know that individuals receiving effective HIV medications are 96% less likely to pass on the infection to their sexual partners.
In my view, the single most important goal for HIV prevention must be to eliminate all barriers to treatment. This is a daunting challenge but one that we must embrace. The global fight against HIV/AIDS can and must be reenergized and the generation coming of age today must know that it is within their power to not just manage HIV, or mitigate HIV, or cope with HIV, but to end it.
Decades ago, we marched on the White House in anger and were arrested on Pennsylvania Avenue. Our slogan then was Silence=Death. Today, people living with AIDS work within the White House and lead our nation's response to the pandemic. As we begin the fourth decade of AIDS our new slogan must be Treatment=Prevention. By removing the barriers of stigma and cost, we can save the lives of millions already infected and dream of a day when we defeat the virus itself and end AIDS forever.
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The special report on happiness (16 April, p 46) did not mention the Easterlin paradox, that the average happiness of developed nations has not generally increased with growth of GDP per capita over the past few decades, and has even declined in China despite its spectacular economic growth.
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Just a couple of questions
Hey all,
I just have a couple of questions.
The BlueTooth in the iPhone and MacBook Pro. Am I right in assuming that there isn't any way to transfer images via the BT method? If not, is there any use for pairing a MBP and iPhone 5 together, can anything actually be done?
Second off is in relation to MyDisk, does anyone have any experience with this? Im aware its probabily wise to take this up with the devs but thought whilst I'm here I'd ask anyway. I've updated to the latest version and I've had some issues with enabling the WiFi transfer feature. I used to be able to get myDisk to assign itself an IP address on the network, and then from this in the browser on the machine connected to the network connect directly to the MyDisk app and transfer files. Now when I try MyDisk gives the IP address http://null:5555. Any ideas?
Anyway, all help is appreciated.
I can't help you with MyDisk as I've never heard of it.
The BT in the iPhone is deliberately very limited. It's mostly for keyboards and headphones and not a lot else. I know of no way to transfer images using BT unless that's what Bump uses, and I don't think it does. I also don't know of any way to pair an iPhone and Mac together for any purpose.
No worries on the MyDisk front.
As for the BT connection between the iPhone and MBP I did have a feeling that this would be the case, but thought id get some clarification.
Anyway, thanks alot chas_m, if I could +1 you I could :)
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Marion (Kriege) Doss lives in Yuba City, Calif. She retired from a teaching career in 1987 and at the age of 83 still serves as a substitute teacher. When Marion retired from full-time teaching, she became an impersonator of Mother Goose entertaining for birthdays, at day cares, elementary schools, fairs, festivals and nursing homes.
Randy Bates serves as the athletic director at Norris High School, Firth. He was chosen by the American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance as Central States Athletic Director of the Year. Randy was named the Nebraska Athletic Administrator of the Year in 2008 by the Nebraska Interscholastic Athletic Administrators Association. He lives in Lincoln.
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University of California - Admissions
Major preparation
Most UC campuses do not accept undeclared transfer students. That's why it's critical for students to choose a major early and to take all the appropriate — and required — coursework.
Major-preparation requirements specify the courses students must take during their first two years of college to prepare for advanced study in their major. The courses may be required as part of the major, be prerequisites for other courses that are required as part of the major or be required to gain admission to the major.
Performance counts.
Transfer applicants are evaluated, in part, on the basis of their performance in major preparation coursework, so it is important that they investigate the requirements for their intended major as soon as possible. If their major requires mathematics and science, it is especially important that they complete those prerequisites before they transfer. Lack of preparatory coursework may affect their admission to their major, particularly if there are many applicants and a limited number of spaces.
Start early.
Students should begin coursework in their major as soon as they have selected one. If they are applying for fall admission, the campus may require them to complete certain major-preparation requirements by the end of the preceding spring term.
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Major preparation paths help students identify coursework that will help them prepare for our most popular majors at multiple UC campuses. The paths summarize the requirements and major-preparation coursework for similar majors at each campus and highlight the common requirements shared by a majority of UC campuses.
Students can start preparing for majors even if they're unsure which UC campus they'll want to attend — being well-prepared for more than one campus can help ensure that students have options.
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The fact that bisexual people blend easily into the general population has its benefits, but it can also make it difficult to meet other bisexual people. Since other bisexual people are a small, but significant, part of the population, you can meet other bisexuals if you get out and about and are open about your interests. Online networking sites are also very helpful for making connections with other bisexual people.
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Advancing lightweighting solutions to the industry
Patrick Ferronato, Thermoplastic Composites Business Director, Geneva, Switzerland, talks about how DuPont is helping automakers take weight out of vehicles by advancing lightweighting solutions to the industry.
How is DuPont helping automakers to reduce weight?
Patrick Ferronato: DuPont recognized that large-scale adoption of affordable lightweighting technologies that significantly reduce vehicle mass will require a number of breakthroughs best achieved through collaborative efforts throughout the value chain.
Whether in individual cars or public transportation, the opportunity is to make all of these vehicles lighter. One way we continue to advance our lightweighting solutions is through our thermoplastic composite offering—DuPont™ Vizilon® TPC. We are committed to collaborating with automakers and tier one component manufacturers to develop new products, materials, components and systems that help reduce dependence on fossil fuels and protect people and the environment.
What is DuPont™ Vizilon® TPC?
Patrick Ferronato: DuPont™ Vizilon® TPC is a technology that combines strength and stiffness into a lightweight structure to help automakers replace metal and continue to reduce weight in structural vehicle applications.
DuPont™ Vizilon® TPC sheets offer better stiffness properties that can't be obtained with standard thermoplastic resins, creating more opportunities to reduce vehicle mass.
Does Vizilon® TPC enable best practices for design considerations?
Patrick Ferronato: DuPont recognizes that the most effective way to reduce weight is to design for plastic first, rather than using plastics in parts that are designed for metal. DuPont thermoplastic composite technology offers a holistic approach—an approach which includes design, materials and processing—all working together to take out weight. Designing for plastic rather than using plastic in a component designed for metals requires a different approach and material data, but helps ensure we capture all the lightweighting, strength and functional benefits.
DuPont uses advanced FEA (finite element analysis) technology for composites to support part design and performance prediction. And we've also installed part manufacturing processing capabilities to support process development, prototyping and demonstration.
Why is DuPont investing in new technologies like Vizilon® TPC?
Patrick Ferronato: DuPont is committed to collaborating on ways to reduce dependence on fossil fuels and is aggressively working with automakers on programs that bring to market low-emission, fuel-efficient vehicles that are safe, affordable and fun to drive.
DuPont Performance Polymers, with the industry's broadest and deepest polymers portfolio and global development capabilities, is committed to working with the automotive industry to reduce component weight. In an August 2013 industry survey conducted by WardsAuto, results compiled from 1,300 automotive engineers tell us that materials are critical to a product's success, and that the value for lightweighting to help meet fuel economy targets is increasing. Furthermore, the survey results also show that engineers view every system in the vehicle as a candidate for reduced mass. So, to further help the industry solve these challenges, we're focusing on:
- Lightweighting, which improves fuel economy, reduces CO2 emissions, and has been identified by the auto industry as one of the primary ways to meet new and emerging global emissions and fuel economy standards.
- Responding to the critical need for lighter, stronger structural materials.
- Recognizing that more than one-third of the fuel consumption in a fossil fuel-powered vehicle is dependent on mass, according to OEM data.
DuPont has a long history of working with value chain partners to bring breakthrough and award-winning metals replacement programs to market. Can you tell us more about this?
Patrick Ferronato: We have a long history of application development and collaboration programs that have led to breakthrough metals replacement, including the world's first high-volume manifold of plastic and the world's first commercial volume oil pan of thermoplastic for passenger vehicles.
And today DuPont is investing in new technologies like Vizilon® TPC for lightweighting and fuel efficiency. DuPont is also investing in global collaboration tools through its network of eleven Innovation Centers worldwide to connect customers with 10,000 DuPont scientists and engineers. Four of our centers are focused on the automotive industry.
What are some examples of DuPont collaboration with the auto industry to meet lightweighting goals?
Patrick Ferronato: DuPont and PSA Peugeot Citroen recently partnered to manufacture and test a side-intrusion beam using Vizilon® continuous woven glass fiber, which is compatible with the global online painting process. Results show:
- There has been a 40% weight reduction compared to ultra-high strength (UHS) steel.
- DuPont™ Vizilon® TPC technology absorbs more energy than metals, making it well suited for crash components.
- DuPont thermoplastic composite technology reinforced beam delivers 5.4 times more energy absorption than a short glass fiber polymer beam.


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Easy Chopped Steak Recipe
- 1 egg, beaten
- 3/4 cup soft bread crumbs
- 1-1/2 teaspoons Worcestershire sauce
- 1/4 cup finely chopped onion
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/8 teaspoon pepper
- 3/4 pound ground beef
- In a bowl, combine the first six ingredients. Crumble beef over mixture and mix well. Shape into two 1/2-in.-thick patties. Pan-fry or broil for 5-7 minutes on each side or until a meat thermometer reads 160°. Yield: 2 servings.
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The sample application is fairly simple; it manipulates an array and displays
the total memory size. One important detail we should pay attention to is that a garbage collection is forced when "DisplayMemory()"
calls "GC.GetTotalMemory()" with a value of "true."
Consequently, the
application flow looks like this:
When the application is built with Visual Studio 2005 in the "Debug"
configuration and run at the command-line, the results are predictable.
However, when built in the "Release" configuration, the results are quite
In the "Release" build,
the byte array is reclaimed by the garbage collector before it is set to null.
From a memory-optimization perspective, this makes sense because the byte array
isn't actually used after its elements are assigned except to set it to null.
Releasing the memory early relieves pressure on the garbage collector. However,
to the old-school programmer who is accustomed to memory remaining allocated until
explicitly freed, this is harder to swallow.
The lesson we learn from this example is not to expect the memory in a garbage-collected environment
to be treated in predictable ways. Anyone who tries to pin down the garbage
collector (excepting CLR developers) will find it to be an elusive and magical creature. I
am always looking for the "why" behind the magic, so let's track down
exactly how this optimization is applied under the covers.
Our first step is to check the IL emitted by the C# compiler to see if the
compiler simply moves the null assignment. Here is the disassembled IL
code with annotations to show exactly what each chunk of instructions does:
The code above shows us that the byte array is explicitly set to null
after "DisplayMemory()" is called. While the IL code is interesting,
the optimization isn't there. That leaves only one possibility. The optimization
must happen at JIT time when the IL is compiled to native instructions.
The Visual Studio 2005 debugger is the most robust tool for viewing native
JIT-compiled code. However, we must set a few options first.
At this point, we can return to the sample code, set a breakpoint at the beginning of the "Main()"
method and
run the application by pressing F5. When the application enters break mode, we
can view the disassembled native code by selecting Debug -> Windows ->
Disassembly from the Visual Studio menu. Here's what it looks like:
Examining the native instructions reveals that the optimization
isn't there, either. The
byte array is stored in the ESI register at 00000031 and is explicitly cleared
using the old assembly trick of XOR'ing a register with itself at 00000078.
However, the registry is cleared after "DisplayMemory()" is called. In fact,
when we remove
the breakpoint and allow the application to finish running, we see similar results
to what we saw in the "Debug" configuration.
What did we do wrong?
The problem is that, by default, Visual Studio 2005 disables the JIT optimizer
during debugging. Doing so significantly simplifies managed code debugging. For
those of you who are interested,
Vance Morrison has
written a great article about this
Here is a summary of his instructions to force Visual Studio to show optimized
JIT-compiled code:
Now when we run the application, the results indicate that the optimization we saw when we ran it in "Release" configuration at the
command-line is present.
With the additional options selected, we again set a breakpoint at the beginning
of the "Main()" method and run the application. Here is the disassembled (and
fully optimized) native code:
This time, the byte array is stored in the EDI register (ESI is used for the
index variable of the for-loop) at 00000020. However, this register isn't ever
cleared! The code to set the byte array to null has been completely removed. How
does the garbage collector know that it can be reclaimed? To find out, we'll
have to peek into the internal data structures of the CLR. Fortunately,
Microsoft has provided us with a tool to allow us to do so.
The SOS.DLL ("Son of Strike") debugger extension is one of the most
powerful tools available for debugging .NET applications. With it, we can
examine the inner workings of the CLR at runtime. However, because it is
so low-level, many .NET developers don't know that it exists or have never tried
using it. In the case of our byte array, figuring out why the memory is being
reclaimed earlier than we expect would be nearly impossible without SOS. It can
show us how the JIT optimizer provides the garbage collector with the
information that it needs to reclaim the memory.
Loading the SOS extension is easy. While still at the breakpoint, we can open
the Immediate Window by selecting Debug -> Windows -> Immediate from the Visual
Studio main menu. Then, we just have type the following into the Immediate
We should be rewarded with the following message:
First, we need to examine the "MethodDesc" for the current method. This data
structure describes important runtime details about a managed method. SOS provides a
command called "ip2md" (Instruction-Pointer-To-MethodDesc). According
to the documentation, "given an address in managed jitted code, ip2md attempts
to find the MethodDesc associated with it." Since we're interested in the
MethodDesc for the current method, we can pass the CPU's instruction pointer
(stored in the EIP register) to ip2md. To display the contents of the CPU
registers, we select Debug -> Windows -> Registers from the
Visual Studio main menu. Using the
current value of the EIP register, we type the
following command into the Intermediate Window (your EIP value may differ from
the one shown here):
SOS will display the MethodDesc information for the current method.
Now that we have the MethodDesc, its address can be used with the "gcinfo"
command to gather detailed information about how the garbage collector tracks
registers containing managed objects. I should point out that the gcinfo
documentation states that it is really intended for CLR developers and is "very
difficult for anyone else to make sense of." In other words, we're being a bit
naughty, but I'm OK with that. To use the gcinfo command with the MethodDesc
address, we type the following:
And here's what comes back:
The highlighted lines in the pointer table show the range of instructions
where the EDI register (which holds the byte array) is live. While live, the EDI
register and not a
candidate for garbage collection. EDI becomes live at 00000022 and is considered
dead at 0000004f. If we refer back to the method's optimized JIT-compiled code, we can
highlight this range of instructions.
Since the EDI register is live only until DisplayMemory() is called at
0000004f, the garbage collector is free to reclaim the byte array's memory .
That's the magic. Although we thought that we were holding a strong reference to
the byte array, the JIT optimizer decided otherwise.
Like most magic, this puzzle turns out to have a simple solution in the end.
Instead of some convoluted reordering of code, the JIT optimizer simply marks a
range of instructions.
Spelunking the JIT optimizer has been a whirlwind adventure. Each step has taken us deeper under the hood of the CLR and revealed new sparkling gems of
information. Whether this information can be practically applied to daily coding
is unlikely. However, the tools that we have explored can help us to investigate some
of the most elusive bugs that we might encounter. Also, pinning down the garbage
collector has served to strengthen our faith in that magical creature's ability
to do its job. And finally, we have learned that the JIT optimizer is a sorcerer that
toils especially hard to work its own magic.
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If feel a bit behind and need to catch up on WPF, this is the book.
Great book on F# containing from Beginner to Advanced. It even has chapters on more arcane features of the language, such as Computation Expressions and Quotations.
Because this book provides source code in Standard ML, it's a fantastic
resource for learning F#. One bit of warning: this book does not teach classic
data structures. While structures such as binomial heaps and red-black trees
are presented, it is assumed that the reader already knows and understands
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The Charts show results for multiple benchmarks sorted in descending performance order. Use the Select Benchmark dropdown to choose a benchmark.
The benchmark view can be filtered using the Company (shift-click to for multiple companies), Class, Band and Test version filters. Make your selection(s) and click the Filter button to filter the view. Click the Clear button to bring back all products. See this article for an explanation of Wireless Class.
Bar color indicates the test version used for the benchmark. Bar color explanations can be found by clicking the Test Information button found below this box. All test versions are selected by default. Checking box(es) sets a filter to show only products tested with that version.
Important: Only products tested with the same test version are directly comparable, due to differences in test process.
Archived products are hidden by default. Click [Switch to show] to reveal, [Hide them] to hide.
Other features include:
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