The Lagos confusion

...This day i was on my way to work at about 6:45 am...around maryland...suddenly, alarms blaring behind me, i heard a lound bang behind my car...
i stoped, of course after looking through my rear mirror and observing this large blue iron blaring hummer bus (belonging to a bank)...their money van had hit me... i had already started calculating how i would collect money from them to purchase a new car; my hope was shortlived when...
please hold i have to attend to a few officials.

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Love Junkie: Any such thing as sex addiction?

By PsychologyToday.com
Most of us are interested in sex to some degree—it's the reason we're here, after all. Libido strength varies between individuals, and even waxes and wanes within one person over time. Why then, would someone on the extreme end of the spectrum be called a "sex addict" instead of, say, "particularly amorous?" Though the term is thrown around quite often, experts disagree over whether sexual addiction is a legitimate mental affliction.
The DSM, the American Psychiatric Association's manual, does not include "sex addiction" in its comprehensive list of diagnosable disorders. Yet Patrick Carnes, who has studied the topic, estimates that 3 to 6 percent of men and women are addicted to sex. These people are preoccupied with sexual gratification reaped from a variety of pursuits, from rampant promiscuity to spending hours on Internet porn sites. Sex consumes their thoughts. Such an obsession can affect one's financial, personal, and professional obligations—just as compulsive gambling or addiction to alcohol or drugs.
Psychiatrist Aviel Goodman, founder and director of the Minnesota Institute of Psychology, believes that sexual addiction stems from an imbalance in the chemicals that operate the brain's reward system. Impulse control takes a hike when the reward system is askew, leaving a person mired in a cycle that mimics that of an alcoholic. These people must increase the intensity and frequency of their behavior to continue reaching the same level of pleasure or escape.
Not including "sexual addiction" in the DSM, argues Victoria White Kress, co-author of Beyond the DSM Story and counseling program coordinator at Youngstown State University, only brings a special kind of shame for people. It could even preclude them from seeking help. "For many people, having a disorder to describe their behavior helps empower them to take more control."
But Stanton Peele, a practicing psychotherapist who has researched alcoholism, argues that pathologizing unconventional sexual behavior is merely a way of enforcing our Puritan values. We arbitrarily define our acceptable sexual activity level against a diverse global backdrop. According to Peele, sexual "addiction" occurs along a continuum, and many individuals demonstrate a form of it at some point in their lives. "Many people give a good rendition of sexual addiction in their youth," Peele points out. He contends that sexual "addiction" naturally goes into remission over time.
Perhaps more important than putting an official label on such behavior is determining whether it's enhancing or sabotaging your well-being. Engaging in risky sexual behaviors or feeling incapable of controlling your impulses could in fact be symptoms of other well-established conditions, for which help (and insurance coverage) is largely available.

Yar’Adua Shakes up Armed Forces, Names New CDS, Service Chief

Yar’Adua Shakes up Armed Forces, Names New CDS, Service Chief From LUCKY NWANKWERE, AbujaThursday, August 21, 2008
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Barely two days after he abolished the office of the chief of staff to the president and sent all the political office holders attached to that office packing, President Umaru Yar’Adua on Wednesday approved changes in the command structure of the Armed Forces, with the immediate retirement of the military service chiefs.Those affected are the Chief of Defence Staff, General Andrew Azazi, Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant-General Luka Yusuf and the Chief of Naval Staff, Vice Admiral Ganiyu Adekeye.In the latest shake up, announced in Abuja by presidential spokesman, Mr. Olusegun Adeniyi, former Chief of Air Staff was named the Chief of Defence Staff, succeeding General Andrew Azazi.Major-General Abdulrahman Dambazau, who until Wednesday was the General Officer Commanding the 2nd Division of the Nigerian Army in Ibadan takes over from Luka as the new Chief of Army Staff; Rear Admiral Isaiah Iko Ibrahim, who was the Flag Officer Commanding the Naval Training Command, Lagos was appointed Chief of Naval Staff in place of Vice Admiral G.T.A. Adekeye, while Air Marshal Oluseyi Petinrin, the Air Officer Commanding the Nigerian Air Force Training Command, Kaduna was named the new Chief of Air Staff.Adeniyi told the State House correspondents that President Yar’Adua who left Abuja on Wednesday to perform the lesser Hajj in Saudi Arabia and the Minister of Defence, Alhaji Yayale Ahmed met with the outgoing Chief of Defence Staff and service chiefs to thank them for their services to the country.Meanwhile, following the development, the Defence Retreat scheduled to begin in Kaduna today (August 21) has been postponed until further notice.The Minister of Defence, Alhaji Yayale Ahmed who made this known regretted any inconveniences the postponement might cause all those invited particularly former heads of state and royal fathers.

Yar’Adua Shakes up Armed Forces, Names New CDS, Service Chief

Yar’Adua Shakes up Armed Forces, Names New CDS, Service Chief From LUCKY NWANKWERE, AbujaThursday, August 21, 2008
Sun news publishing
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Barely two days after he abolished the office of the chief of staff to the president and sent all the political office holders attached to that office packing, President Umaru Yar’Adua on Wednesday approved changes in the command structure of the Armed Forces, with the immediate retirement of the military service chiefs.Those affected are the Chief of Defence Staff, General Andrew Azazi, Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant-General Luka Yusuf and the Chief of Naval Staff, Vice Admiral Ganiyu Adekeye.In the latest shake up, announced in Abuja by presidential spokesman, Mr. Olusegun Adeniyi, former Chief of Air Staff was named the Chief of Defence Staff, succeeding General Andrew Azazi.Major-General Abdulrahman Dambazau, who until Wednesday was the General Officer Commanding the 2nd Division of the Nigerian Army in Ibadan takes over from Luka as the new Chief of Army Staff; Rear Admiral Isaiah Iko Ibrahim, who was the Flag Officer Commanding the Naval Training Command, Lagos was appointed Chief of Naval Staff in place of Vice Admiral G.T.A. Adekeye, while Air Marshal Oluseyi Petinrin, the Air Officer Commanding the Nigerian Air Force Training Command, Kaduna was named the new Chief of Air Staff.Adeniyi told the State House correspondents that President Yar’Adua who left Abuja on Wednesday to perform the lesser Hajj in Saudi Arabia and the Minister of Defence, Alhaji Yayale Ahmed met with the outgoing Chief of Defence Staff and service chiefs to thank them for their services to the country.Meanwhile, following the development, the Defence Retreat scheduled to begin in Kaduna today (August 21) has been postponed until further notice.The Minister of Defence, Alhaji Yayale Ahmed who made this known regretted any inconveniences the postponement might cause all those invited particularly former heads of state and royal fathers.

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'Thunder' rumbles past 'Dark Knight' with $26M

LOS ANGELES (AP) — It took four of Hollywood's biggest stars to take down Batman. The DreamWorks-Paramount comedy "Tropic Thunder" — with Ben Stiller, Robert Downey Jr., Jack Black and Tom Cruise — debuted at No. 1 with $26 million, bumping "The Dark Knight" to second place after four weekends on top, according to studio estimates Sunday.
The Warner Bros. Batman flick pulled in $16.8 million to raise its total to $471.5 million. "The Dark Knight" passed the original "Star Wars" ($461 million) and now stands as No. 2 on the all-time domestic charts, behind only "Titanic" ($600.8 million).
Taking inflation into account, "The Dark Knight" trails both movies in actual tickets sold, however. "The Dark Knight" would need to gross about $900 million to match the number of admissions for "Titanic" and about $1.2 billion to equal "Star Wars."
Warner Bros. expects "The Dark Knight" to top out at about $530 million domestically, said Dan Fellman, the studio's head of distribution.
"The Dark Knight" managed to fend off another "Star Wars" movie this weekend. The animated tale "Star Wars: The Clone Wars," also released by Warner Bros., opened at No. 3 with $15.5 million.
Families made up two-thirds of the audience for "Clone Wars," Fellman said. "Star Wars" creator George Lucas, who has an executive producer credit on "Clone Wars," intended the movie as an introduction to his "Clone Wars" TV show debuting this fall on the Cartoon Network.
"It was targeted to a specific audience for specific reasons," Fellman said. "We accomplished that mission, and it will continue in another medium."
"Tropic Thunder" was the third R-rated comedy to open solidly in recent weeks, following "Pineapple Express" and "Step Brothers." Most summer comedies are rated PG-13, since an R rating limits the audience by requiring anyone younger than 17 to come with an adult.
R-rated comedy hits tend to open in the $20 million to $30 million range, lower than their PG-13 counterparts, but often have a longer shelf life in theaters as audiences spread the word. R-rated movies such as "The 40-Year-Old Virgin," "Knocked Up" and "Superbad" all opened around those levels and went on to become $100 million hits.
"We're thrilled, quite frankly. It played out exactly how we hoped," said DreamWorks spokesman Chip Sullivan.
Stiller directed and co-wrote "Tropic Thunder," in which he stars with Downey and Black as pampered actors who find themselves in a real combat situation while shooting a Vietnam War epic in the Asian jungles. Cruise co-stars as a bald, egomaniacal studio boss.
"Tropic Thunder" raised its total to $37 million since opening Wednesday.
The 20th Century Fox horror tale "Mirrors," starring Kiefer Sutherland as a security guard whose family is terrorized by spirits, opened at No. 4 with $11.1 million.
Woody Allen returned to commercial form with his Spanish romance "Vicky Cristina Barcelona," which opened at No. 10 with $3.7 million.
The movie played in narrower release, 692 theaters compared with 3,000-plus for "Tropic Thunder" and "Clone Wars." Still, it opened far wider than most Allen films, which usually start in a handful of theaters and gradually expand.
"You never can predict how something's going to do, but we felt that the movie is so strong, we just needed to get it out there," said Harvey Weinstein, whose Weinstein Co. released the movie under its distribution agreement with MGM. "The audience reaction is terrific."
Summit Entertainment's "Fly Me to the Moon," a 3-D animated tale about three flies that tag along on the Apollo 11 moon landing, debuted in 452 theaters and took in $2 million, finishing at No. 12.
Estimated ticket sales for Friday through Sunday at U.S. and Canadian theaters, according to Media By Numbers LLC. Final figures will be released Monday.
1. "Tropic Thunder," $26 million.
2. "The Dark Knight," $16.8 million.
3. "Star Wars: The Clone Wars," $15.5 million.
4. "Mirrors," $11.1 million.
5. "Pineapple Express," $10 million.
6. "The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor," $8.6 million.
7. "Mamma Mia!", $6.5 million.
8. "The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2," $5.9 million.
9. "Step Brothers," $5 million.
10. "Vicky Cristina Barcelona," $3.7 million.
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Secondhand smoke: Avoid dangers in the air you breathe

Secondhand smoke — Find out how it harms you and how you can avoid it.
From MayoClinic.com
You don't smoke because you understand the dangers. But what about that thick cloud of secondhand smoke at your favorite restaurant? Or the smoky haze left behind by guests after an evening of partying? What about the effect of secondhand smoke on your children when smoking relatives come to visit?
These instances of secondhand smoke present health hazards comparable to smoking. High in toxic chemicals, secondhand smoke plays a role in causing or contributing to a number of health problems, from cardiovascular disease to cancer. The Surgeon General reported in 2006 that scientific evidence shows there is no safe level of exposure to secondhand smoke.
But secondhand smoke is often avoidable. Take steps to protect yourself and those you care about from secondhand smoke.
Toxins in secondhand smoke
What exactly is secondhand smoke? It's two different forms of smoke from cigarettes, pipes or cigars:
Sidestream smoke comes directly from the burning tobacco product.
Mainstream smoke is smoke that the smoker exhales.
Secondhand smoke is also known as environmental tobacco smoke, passive smoking, involuntary smoking and perhaps a more descriptive term, tobacco smoke pollution.
Regardless of what you call it, both types of secondhand smoke contain harmful chemicals — and a lot of them. Tobacco smoke contains more than 4,000 chemical compounds, more than 250 of which are toxic. And more than 50 of the chemicals in cigarette smoke are known or suspected to cause cancer. Included in secondhand smoke are:
Formaldehyde
Arsenic
Cadmium
Benzene
Polonium
Here are a few more chemicals in secondhand smoke that might sound familiar, along with their effects on health:
Ammonia — irritates your lungs
Carbon monoxide — reduces oxygen in your blood
Methanol — toxic when inhaled or swallowed
Hydrogen cyanide — a potent poison that interferes with respiratory function
The dangerous particles in secondhand smoke can linger in the air for hours. Breathing them even for a short time — as little as 20 or 30 minutes — can harm you in a variety of ways. And breathing in secondhand smoke over years can be all the more dangerous.
Health threats to adults from secondhand smoke
Health experts have recognized the relationship between secondhand smoke and health risks for decades. Research exploring these connections continues.
Some of the known or suspected health risks include:
CancerSecondhand smoke is a known risk factor for lung cancer. Experts believe that secondhand smoke is to blame for about 3,400 deaths from lung cancer in adult nonsmokers each year in the United States. Secondhand smoke is also linked to cancer of the nasal sinuses.
Heart diseaseSecondhand smoke harms the cardiovascular system of nonsmokers in many ways. For one thing, it causes heart disease, such as a heart attack. It also damages blood vessels, interferes with circulation and increases the risk of blood clots. It's estimated that some 35,000 nonsmokers die of secondhand smoke-related heart disease in the United States every year.
Lung diseaseChronic lung ailments, such as bronchitis and asthma, have been associated with secondhand smoke. Exposure to secondhand smoke is also associated with chest tightness at night and feelings of breathlessness after physical activity.
Health threats to children from secondhand smoke
Secondhand smoke has a marked effect on the health of infants and children. They're more vulnerable than adults are because they're still developing physically and generally have higher breathing rates, which means they may inhale greater quantities of secondhand smoke than adults do.
For children who live in households where someone smokes, the effects are worst during the child's first five years, since the child may spend the bulk of that time with a smoking parent or guardian. Ironically, infants are at the highest risk of secondhand smoke from their own mothers. A child who spends just one hour in a very smoky room is inhaling as many dangerous chemicals as if he or she smoked 10 or more cigarettes. And even when parents don't smoke at home or in the car, there can still be negative effects when children are exposed to the tobacco smoke pollution released from the clothing and hair of smoking parents.
Here's a look at some of the main health problems in infants and children associated with secondhand smoke.
Growth and developmentWomen who are exposed to secondhand smoke during pregnancy are at higher risk of having babies of slightly lower birth weight. This can cause a host of health problems for the baby, such as cerebral palsy or learning disabilities. Women who actively smoke during pregnancy expose their developing baby to passive smoke — the chemicals may pass through the placenta — and put the baby at risk of lower birth weight.
An infant who was exposed to secondhand smoke as a developing fetus may be at increased risk of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS). Post-birth exposure to secondhand smoke from the mother, father or others in the household also increases the risk of SIDS.
Asthma and other respiratory problemsSecondhand smoke may cause asthma in children. In children who already have asthma, secondhand smoke can make episodes more frequent and more severe.
Secondhand smoke is also tied to infections of the lower respiratory tract, such as bronchitis and pneumonia, especially in those younger than 6. It's also associated with irritation of the upper respiratory tract and a small reduction in lung function.
Middle ear conditionsChildren living in households with smokers are more likely to develop middle ear infections (otitis media).
Other health problems related to secondhand smoke
For both adults and children, secondhand smoke is linked to a variety of other health problems, including:
Chronic coughing, phlegm and wheezing
Eye and nose irritation
Reduced lung function
Irritability
Dental cavities
How to avoid secondhand smoke
Limiting exposure to secondhand smoke takes planning. Here are some ways you can reduce or eliminate secondhand smoke in your life.
Don't allow smoking in your home. If family members or guests want to smoke, ask them to step outside. Don't rely on an air conditioner or an open window to clear the air. Running the air conditioner may remove the visible smoke, but it doesn't remove the dangerous particles from circulation. An open window doesn't provide adequate ventilation, either.
Insist that smoking restrictions be enforced in your workplace. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has classified secondhand smoke as a Group A carcinogen, which means it's known to cause cancer in humans. The only way to fully protect nonsmokers from exposure to secondhand smoke is to prevent all smoking in the building. Even powerful ventilation fans don't effectively remove secondhand smoke from the work environment.
Choose smoke-free care facilities. If you take your children to a child care provider, choose one with a no-smoking policy. The same goes for aging relatives. If they live in a long term care facility, make sure it's smoke-free.
Don't allow smoking in your vehicle. If someone must smoke on the road, stop at a rest stop for a smoke break outside the car.
Patronize businesses with no-smoking policies and tell the management that you appreciate the healthy air. Many restaurants and other establishments are entirely smoke-free.
When you absolutely must share a room with people who are smoking, sit as far away from them as possible.
If your spouse or partner smokes, have him or her refrain from smoking indoors, just as you would with houseguests. Encourage your partner to quit smoking.
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the hustling lagos goes to sleep

This post is actually coming a little bit behind schedule.

I was supposed to post this on the 1st of may, but all the same, i visited Lagos, remember this was a public holiday. I never realized how much Lagosians loved holidays until this day.

The whole express, Lagos - Ibadan expressway was so empty that you could take a nap at the center of the road (please seek for parents consent before you try this). I was really wondering is this not the same road that was all choked up the weekend the Redeemed Christian Church of God had their program.

Then I realized that with out the offices closing officially, Nigerians, especially those in Lagos would never rest. I wish every other day could continue being a public holiday so I could drive into Lagos in a time breaking 5 hours from Abuja! shhh don't tell my friends I said so, the have an issue...

Hewlett-Packard will release the highly anticipated HP 2133 Mini-Note PC. Priced at around $500, this UMPC features VIA C7-M ULV processor (1GHz to 1.6GHz), Chrome 9 integrated graphics, and supports up to 2GB of DDR2 667MHz main memory. This 8.9 inch ultra portable laptop also provides up to 160GB of hard drive storage, an optional 64GB solid-state drive or 4GB Flash drive, an optional web camera, built-in stereo speakers and microphones, the Broadcom 802.11a/b/g or b/g wireless module, optional Bluetooth 2.0, a Gigabit Ethernet connection, two USB ports, an ExpressCard slot, Secure Digital (SD) slot, and a VGA output. Its battery provides up to 2 hours and 15 minutes of battery life with the standard 3-cell battery, and 4 hours and 11 minutes with the 6-cell extended life battery. The Mini-Note is powered by Windows Vista Business, Vista Home Basic, FreeDOS, or SuSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10

In Yahoo-Microsoft buyout brawl, a flurry of punches

In rapid-fire succession Wednesday, the Microhoo buyout brawl had Yahoo throwing a one-two punch at Microsoft, with a swift comeback punch from the folks in Redmond.

And the crowd, or should I say the investors, liked what they saw. Yahoo's stock ended the day up slightly as the first punch came in toward the end of the trading day, and has continued to climb in early morning trading Thursday, following news events from last night.

Nokia adopts wimax

Monsoon Multimedia announced support for the upcoming Nokia N810 Internet Tablet WiMAX Edition with its HAVA player, allowing customers to view and control their home TV from anywhere in the world over WiMAX or Wi-Fi.



Users can watch their TV programs live on the tablet over a Wi-Fi or WiMAX connection. The TV source (whether cable or satellite, receiver or DVR, standard or high definition) is connected to the HAVA device installed in your home. Familiar set-top box controls -- Pause, Play, Rewind, Skip, Record, Guide, Menu, Navigation - are available from the on-screen remote. Touch-screen (stylus) inputs and key press inputs are supported depending on user preference.

The Nokia Internet Tablet version of the HAVA Player is a tablet-optimized version of the player software that Monsoon also provides for PCs and other mobile devices. Users can even view their home TV simultaneously on multiple PCs within the home network and on a Nokia Internet Tablet at home or anywhere in the world.

An upcoming version of the HAVA PC Player application will also enable the Nokia Internet Tablet to function as a "PVR-on-the-go", allowing users to record their favorite TV shows and later watch them (called time-shifting like a TiVo box) on their tablets from local memory.

Nokia announced the WiMAX-enabled version of the N810 tablet at CTIA Wireless 2008 last week. The tablet is expected to debut on the Sprint XOHM network later this year. The HAVA Player for the Nokia Internet Tablet will be available by June as a free direct download.

Ladies!!!! what you need to know about caring for your breast

Let's face it: There's no body part women obsess about more than breasts -- their size, shape, sag factor, and whether those strange pains stem from monthly PMS hormones or something more ominous, like breast cancer.

Wearing a good exercise bra when you're young can stave off droopiness later.

All this nipple-gazing makes sense: Your chest changes over the decades, meaning you're continually facing new questions and concerns. To help you troubleshoot at every stage, Health asked experts to get age-specific. Here's the latest on how to keep your breasts healthy and looking great -- now and in the years to come.

Your breasts in your 30s

Typically, in your 30s your breasts still have good elasticity and tone, says Shirley Archer, a health-and-fitness educator at the Stanford University School of Medicine and author of "Busting Out. " If you have kids now, you'll notice changes post-baby. While your breasts get bigger during the actual pregnancy, you may, alas, permanently go down a half-cup or cup from your original size once you've given birth and/or breast-fed. (This phenomenon is called breast involution, a process where the milk-making system inside the breast shrinks because it's not needed anymore.)

Your most common concern:

Breast pain. Many thirtysomethings have fibrocystic breasts, a grab bag term for tender lumpiness resulting from hormonal changes, says Holly Smedira, M.D., a medical breast specialist at the Cleveland Clinic Breast Center. Although uncomfortable, the condition is benign and doesn't increase breast-cancer risk. Cutting back on caffeine may help alleviate some of the pain, as may taking evening primrose oil (1.3 grams orally twice a day), a natural form of fatty acid believed to interfere with the body's production of prostaglandins (inflammatory compounds that trigger breast pain). For severe cases, doctors sometimes prescribe Danazol, a steroid derivative that decreases levels of the reproductive hormones FSH and LH, or tamoxifen, a breast-cancer drug that helps relieve breast pain by blocking estrogen receptors, thus preventing estrogen's effect on breast tissue. Health.com: 4 healthy breast tips for every year

Best breast-cancer-screening strategy:

Talk to your doctor. Discuss having a baseline mammogram between the ages of 35 and 40, suggests Julia Smith, M.D., director of the New York University Cancer Institute Breast Cancer Screening and Prevention Program. You should also get a yearly breast exam from your gynecologist and do monthly breast self-exams. Although the American Cancer Society issued new guidelines for breast cancer screening in 2003, making self-exams optional, experts say they're still a must-do. "The more you examine your breasts, the more likely you are to differentiate between normal hormone-related bumpiness and a potentially precancerous growth," Smith says.

A woman who is at higher risk (that is, one who has a family history with one or more first-degree relatives with breast or ovarian cancer) should begin having regular annual mammograms at least 10 years earlier than the age at which her relative got her cancer diagnosis. So, if your mom found out she had cancer at age 45, you should start having mammograms done at age 35. Also, if you have a strong family history of the disease (two or more first-degree family members like a mother or grandmother), ask your doctor about receiving genetic screening to see if you're a carrier of the BRCA gene and ask about an annual MRI.

Best breast-saving move:

Wear a good exercise bra. This will help stave off future droopiness, Archer says. When you run sans bra, your breasts bounce up and down 2.6 inches for every step you take, according to a recent study done at the University of Portsmouth in England. The reassuring news: The study also found that wearing a sports bra reduces bounce by 74 percent. Health.com: How to buy a more supportive bra

"I recommend women do the bounce test when trying on exercise bras. If your breasts move when you jump up and down, you're not getting enough support," Archer says. If one sports bra doesn't do the job for you, she adds, try wearing two.

Good news!

Your breast-cancer risk is still very low -- only 5 percent of all cases occur in women younger than 40, according to the ACS. (Your risk during this decade is about 1 in 233, according to the National Cancer Institute.) One way to lower your odds even further: breast-feed. It protects older moms against the increased risk of breast cancer noted for women who have their first child after age 25, according to a recent University of Southern California study.

Your breasts in your 40s

In your 30s, your chest is made up mostly of breast tissue. But as you enter this decade, the percentage of fat in your breasts increases, breast specialist Smedira says. Fat's less likely to withstand the effects of gravity, so your breasts will start to droop and sag. Health.com: Dermatologists' advice for your decolletage

Your most common concern:

Breast cysts. As breasts change from their lactational state, fluid can be trapped in the ducts, causing fluid-filled cysts, Smedira explains. They are harmless (though sometimes painful) and can be evaluated by ultrasound and then aspirated if they are large or uncomfortable. They won't increase your future risk of cancer, Smedira says.

Best breast-cancer-screening strategy:

Annual mammograms. Starting at age 40, "it's crucial to get a mammogram every year, especially since the test has only about 80 percent sensitivity in younger, premenopausal women," Smith stresses. "This way, if an early stage cancer is missed one year, it most likely will be caught the next."

It's also important to do monthly at-home breast checks and see your doctor for yearly breast exams, says Rachel Brem, M.D., vice chairman of radiology and director of breast imaging at the George Washington University Medical Center in Washington, D.C. A must for premenopausal women: Find a center that offers digital mammography, which takes an electronic image of your breasts and stores it directly into a computer, Brem says. A recent National Cancer Institute study found that digital mammography picks up more cases of cancer, but only in women who are premenopausal and/or have dense breasts. Health.com: The right mammogram for you

Best breast-saving move:

Stand up straight. "As a woman gets older, her back muscles weaken, and she tends to slouch, which gives her breasts the appearance of hanging down to her belly button," Archer says. "If you strengthen your upper-back and torso muscles, you'll have a nice open chest and shoulder line, which will help make your breasts look perkier."

Try the back--shoulder blade squeeze:

Stand with shoulders relaxed and arms at your sides. Hold the end of an exercise band in each hand in front of your body. Exhale as you squeeze shoulder blades together, keeping your shoulders relaxed, torso stable, and wrists flat; inhale as you return arms to starting position. Do 8--12 reps, working up to 1 minute. And increase band resistance as you get stronger.

Good news!

Premenopausal women who get three servings of low-fat dairy every day and pop a calcium supplement with vitamin D daily reduce their risk of breast cancer by about 40 percent, according to a Harvard study.

Your breasts in your 50s:

You may notice some slight shrinkage. As you get older, hormonal changes cause body fat to accumulate in your lower regions -- fat often decreases in the face or breasts and increases in the butt or thighs, Archer explains. You'll also notice more sagging because, as menopause approaches, fat (which is more gravity-prone) replaces almost all breast tissue, and skin loses elasticity. Age also stretches out the Cooper's ligaments. These fibrous, semielastic bands of tissue are found in breasts, and "they're like rubber bands that get stretched over time," Archer says. Health.com: How your age affects your cancer risks

Your most common concern:

Breast cancer. Your risk of developing the disease is now 1 in 38, the NCI says. So in your 50s, it's more important than ever to get to a healthy weight. Several major studies have found a link between postmenopausal weight gain (especially if you tend to gain around the waist) and breast cancer. "I recommend that every woman in this age group measure her waist, which should be less than half her height in inches," Smedira says.

Best breast-cancer-screening strategy:

Annual mammograms. These are a must, as are physical examinations by your doctor and monthly self-exams.

Best breast-saving move:

Chest exercises. While nothing will magically save you from sagging, doing chest moves two or three times a week will pump up breasts temporarily (by increasing blood flow to the area) and tone underlying muscles. Here's a good exercise to try before a big event: Lie on your back across a bench with your knees bent and your feet on the floor. With both hands, hold a dumbbell directly over your chest. Inhale as you lower the weight in an arc past your head, going as far as shoulder flexibility allows. Pause, then exhale as you lift the weight overhead in an arc until your hands are above your torso. Start with 8--12 reps; work up to 1 minute.

Good news!

Since your breasts are fattier now, mammograms can better detect cancer: The false-negative rate drops from about 25 percent under the age of 50 to about 15 percent, Brem says.

culled from http://edition.cnn.com/2008/HEALTH/03/11/healthmag.breasts/index.html?iref=werecommend

Study: 1 in 4 teen girls has an STD

At least one in four teenage girls nationwide has a sexually transmitted disease, or more than 3 million teens, according to the first study of its kind in this age group.

A virus that causes cervical cancer is by far the most common sexually transmitted infection in teen girls aged 14 to 19, while the highest overall prevalence is among black girls -- nearly half the blacks studied had at least one STD. That rate compared with 20 percent among both whites and Mexican-American teens, the study from the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found.

About half of the girls acknowledged having sex; among them, the rate was 40 percent. While some teens define sex as only intercourse, other types of intimate behavior including oral sex can spread some infections.

For many, the numbers most likely seem "overwhelming because you're talking about nearly half of the sexually experienced teens at any one time having evidence of an STD," said Dr. Margaret Blythe, an adolescent medicine specialist at Indiana University School of Medicine and head of the American Academy of Pediatrics' committee on adolescence.

But the study highlights what many doctors who treat teens see every day, Blythe said.

Dr. John Douglas, director of the CDC's division of STD prevention, said the results are the first to examine the combined national prevalence of common sexually transmitted diseases among adolescent girls. He said the data, from 2003-04, probably reflect current rates of infection.

"High STD rates among young women, particularly African-American young women, are clear signs that we must continue developing ways to reach those most at risk," Douglas said.

meet tellme GM

Tellme general manager and founder Mike McCue poses with active phones at company headquarters in Mountain View, Calif., Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2008. McCue spent eight years building Tellme, a voice-automation service that he never expected to sell, especially to Microsoft, which antagonized and eventually annihilated his previous employer, Netscape Communications. But McCue's feelings changed after he met with Microsoft's boisterous chief executive, Steve Ballmer, and the two men quickly agreed on an $800 million deal that represents Microsoft's biggest Silicon Valley acquisition so far.

(AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)

America

Video of the mission shows an interceptor missile ascending atop a bright trail of burning fuel, and then a flash, a fireball, a plume of vapor.
The operation Thursday left a cloud of debris and little doubt that the missile had squarely hit its mark, a dying spy satellite in its final, declining orbits more than 130 miles, or 200 kilometers, above the Pacific Ocean.
A different kind of doubt still lingers, though, expressed by policy analysts, some scientists and not a few foreign powers, especially China and Russia.
Did the risk to people of a half-ton of frozen rocket fuel landing who knows where warrant such an extraordinary military operation? Or was it really designed to showcase America's technical prowess? And could this really have been a test for a shadow program to develop a new anti-satellite capability, the same type of weapon that was the target of Washington's criticism when China blew up a weather satellite last year?
Defense Secretary Robert Gates said at a press conference in Hawaii that he was prepared to share some details of the operation with China to alleviate that country's concerns that the debris still may prove dangerous. Even as football-sized rubble began to re-enter the atmosphere, the military remained poised to respond to any problems that might emerge.
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Senior military officials dismissed concerns among Chinese and Russian officials and some arms control analysts that the episode was really a test of missile defenses.
They pointed out that while the U.S. Navy's SM-3 interceptor is an integral part of the military's effort to defend against a limited ballistic missile attack, the three rockets picked for this task - only one was used - had to be completely reprogrammed in order to seek and strike a big, cold satellite in space, instead of a small, red-hot enemy warhead on a ballistic path from an adversary toward America.
And while the mission was, on its face, an anti-satellite operation, the United States did not have to demonstrate this capacity again, having knocked out a satellite back in 1985, with an interceptor launched from beneath the wing of an air force fighter.
What the successful strike in space conclusively proved was something else, a robust and flexible military capability that almost stands above the particulars of this unique case, and can be cited by either side in what no doubt will be the ensuing debate.
The mission was conducted from navy warships. So the United States can move this capability at will over three-quarters of the Earth's surface.
The missile-defense interceptors were converted to an anti-satellite capability in little more than a month. No expensive research and development program. No starting from scratch on white boards in some lab. This agility has to cause pause to any adversary.
"This was uncharted territory," said General James Cartwright of the Marines, who is vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. "The technical degree of difficulty was significant here." He noted that important elements of the U.S. missile-defense system were used: the sensors, and the netting together of the sensors.
"The missile itself is a standard missile in the navy inventory; the ship is a standard ship in the navy inventory," Gates said. "We added a lot of instrumentation. We made some modifications to the software to be able to go after a satellite." But he added that "it's not something that we would be entering into the service in some standard way."
In somewhat dramatic language, the mission was hailed by Riki Ellison, president of the Missile Defense Advocacy Alliance, one of the more energetic groups promoting developing of ballistic-missile defenses. "The factual reality of using deployed missile defenses to destroy a falling satellite or a ballistic missile or even a meteor from space that would risk human life is an achievement for mankind," a statement from the organization said.
Yet, even the successful mission in no way proves the United States is safe from nuclear attack, nor that it can do what it wants in space.
Gates, at the start of a weeklong series of meetings in Asia, said the debate over whether America's missile defense system works "is behind us," but that issues still remain about exactly what types of missile threats the system could be used against.
"The question of whether this capability works has been settled," said Gates. "The question is against what kind of threat, how large a threat, how sophisticated a threat."

from yahoo

Presidents special pic

i saw this picture on nairaland and i felt i should bring it here for us to see. its titled mr president on suit. what do u think?

Valnetines Day and My Birthday

My birthday is on the 12th of February, Imagine 2 days to valentine. I wonder why i did not come out on valentines day. Thats crazy. but its lovely to come out two days to valentines day, you need an explanation, listen to this: My birthday is on the 12th, you all give me gifts, that is if you remember and are nice enough to. On the 14th of February i might decide to make you my Valentine. It would be quite easy for me because i will just pack the entire gifts and return them back to you, so i end up not spending money at all; just kidding.

But it's very lovely to be a February baby. The month of love and the month of double portion. Every February, my covenant with God is renewed; that is the covenant that i will always receive a double portion of everything.
Are you not beefing me? Sorry but it's not my fault. In your net life, please come out in February and see how the whole world will love you positively.

Very Funny

On Monday, I left for Berger from Mowe. I boarded this bus at a very exorbitant cost of N200, this normally goes for N50. I asked the conductor and he said it was because of the traffic bottle neck caused by road construction...bla bla bla...

...We get to the front of Mountain Of Fire Prayer city and the traffic stopped moving...people start highlighting... these two girls highlight from the bus behind me (everyone noticed them because of their shouting colors and skimpy dressing)... Next a man horns... they get close to the car.. a few seconds discussion and they hop in. Commercial bus drivers start abusing the driver (maybe they thought he had picked up the girls for a short time pleasure)... the man drives forward a little and gets to a high bump... his car cannot pass through and so he asks the girls to highlight while he crosses the bump.

Now the girls highlight... d trouser pulls down a little... an old man in the bus i was riding in exclaims "chai ko wo kpata o!" (meaning she is not wearing panties)...the passengers in the bus start abusing the girls and one gets embarrassed while the one in question just looks like "go to hell"...

Dressing has gone into a next level in this our society. May God save us all...

Just Thinking...

To a normal man, there is a great challenge and most difficult task that he has to overcome. It is the most difficult exam he has ever written and only a few have been able to pass it. Among those that have passed the exam, we have those that have passed it well but have scars in terms of stories to tell.
...what an introduction...what am i really talking about? Well I'm talking about a specie called WOMAN. To understand this course, woman xxx, you have to go through a lot of huzzles and puzzles.

To the main question, what is really about this specie that we men can't seem to understand, we have a lot of theories and a lot of explanations, but at the end of the day, i have noticed that this issue does not get better, only worse.

These womaniac scholars excelled in their own part and feel they can give you a bit of their experience, but for heaven's sake, your own situation is peculiar to you and those advises are only there for guidance.

I'm not an anti - woman or whatever you might decide to call it, in fact i have ladies as friends and a very lovely relationship that I like referencing to always, but the issue is that the more i feel like i have understood them, the more complex they become. Infact, sometimes when I watch my parents argue over certain issues, and i weeigh it with their number of years of experience (how long they have been married), I know that it's an everlasting ultimate search.

...very funny. Your comments are yours to make. Actually, this is not my line of writing but i have this big issue on my mind and i want to work, ...do you get the idea...i can't work while thinking and so i decided to make it an open thought.

Please help me think while I try to work. I'll check you out later...You I'm talking to you...
YES

Global Youth Coalition on AIDS

HIV/AIDS is one of the greatest challenges facing the world today - and young people remain at the center of the epidemic, in terms of infection rates and potential for change. This World AIDS Day, December 1st 2007, members of the Global Youth Coalition on HIV/AIDS (GYCA) are organizing 104 events in 34 countries to highlight the pressing need to build youth leadership and to listen to the voices of young leaders fighting HIV and AIDS in their communities.

Learn more:
http://www.youthaidscoalition.org

Project Stitch Contest

50% of new HIV transmissions take place amongst 15-24 year olds, so we need to connect with each other, empower ourselves and make change. Project Stitch is a youth-focused HIV awareness project brought to you by AIDS Vancouver and YouthCO AIDS Society. The Digital AIDS Quilt is a multi-media collage created by young people. Now 289 pieces strong, this quilt expresses our experience and understanding of HIV's impact. Add your piece to the ever-evolving quilt and you could potentially win a digital camera!

thanks

Thanks to all those that have commented on my blog and for the private messages. I'll take to all the corrections. What is the hope of Nigeria in the on going nations cup... if they fail out, not only will the coach loose his job, because we know how to blame others for our issues, mtn will withdraw their sponsorship... and the players will trek back from Ghana..., thats a good enough punishment or what should i say. I think they are trying, except that they are goal shy and find it difficult to make a good decision in front of the goal post. I also noticed they all want to show how good they are at dribbling, they end up spoiling the turf and missing the shot on the ball...
l8r

Light out

I'm not a football guy, ... please dont tell anyone i said that, so my reporting of this incident is going to be a little bit crude. Please bear with me.

The next team that played a match the same day Nigeria played their first match in this on going football fiesta, the nations cup, had the game put on temporary suspension when the lights went out on the main pitch of the stadium. Now here is the ironi, i don't know if i am the only one that saw it... thats crazy. making me feel like my television set is using kerosene or firewood. My point is that I never saw it in the papers or media or some internet page. Help me find out...

It's Exam Time

As i walked through the streets of the school, I am looking so different. Everyone i see has this expression that loudly says "who is this very unserious guy in school...", simply because i don't have the exam look on me. They do not bother to find out if i am a student or not and obviously, they don't care to know.

The environment is so tense and everyone is seen carrying about heavy text books with them and rushing to the library or a classroom. Because of the height of my joblessness, i decide to follow some of them to the classroom.
This is what i see, a guy and a girl sitting together and talking love issues with themselves, or so i feel.

A little digression, you know you can eaisly tell when a girl is being wooed. She smiles shipishly and makes some unnecessary movements that are not worth it. Thats the basis of my above conclusion.

Next, you see some others sitting down in groups and listining to music not caring that they are constituting themselves a nusance to others around by disturbing their reading. Others are seen browsing the internet as if their lecture notes or the questions expected for the exams would be found online.

Im even tired of typing this article but i just have to. I got so pissed...whats the exam mood stuff all about then?...

Any way best of luck in your exams.

Mind your USB

For all the latest in expensive security software and peripherals that money can acquire, enterprises inevitably still miss some security holes. It might surprise you, but one security hole often missed out by security managers is the humble universal serial bus (USB) port.

Designed as the interface solution for a legacy-free PC, a USB can connect a mind-boggling number of computer peripherals, including mouse devices, keyboards, gamepads, joysticks, scanners, printers, and flash drives. And the list goes on.

Available on just about every computing device, the USB port has become ubiquitous. It can, however, be a security bane for the enterprise.

For an illustration of just how someone could exploit an enterprise workstation via its USB port, we can turn to a true story I read recently. You can read about it in this free white paper (Registration needed). Read on and you tell me how plausible it sounds.

Basically, an IT security officer at a U.S.-based company purchased a handful of memory sticks. He loaded some software on them and went ahead and scattered them around the company’s parking lot.

To cut a long story short, several employees found the memory sticks and took them back to their work terminals. They then plugged them into their PCs and laptops, found the software, and ran it “just to see what it does.”

Now, it would hardly be legal, but think about just how trivial it would be to load a malware or keylogger into the USB-based flash drive instead and repeat the same exercise at a competitor’s car park?

“But we have antivirus scanners!” you cry.

Just how hard is it to code a custom malware, first testing it against the most popular antivirus scanners to verify that their puny heuristic engines don’t sound the alarm on your nefarious executable? In fact, if you’re a good programmer, you can probably up the ante by encrypting your network data when reporting home. Bravo if you piggyback it on an anonymizing network such as TOR for further obfuscation.

All is not lost however. There are some practical steps you can take to mitigate some of the threat:

• Where possible, disable USB ports.
• Where possible, don’t let your users run as root or administrator.
• Disable the Autorun feature on removable drives.
• Compartmentalize your LAN into different VLANs.
• Deploy white-listing technology to complement antivirus scanners.

In the future, I’ll elaborate on some of these items, so stay tuned.

FINAL JUDGEMENT

Thanks to you all for your comments...

In Redeemer's University, there has been a wave of expulsion. Today on the school's notice board, nine names were pasted...expelled for "gross misconduct".

Students could be found in corners discussing the issue. From what I heard from some, "street gossips", these students were expelled for various issues like missing script, examination malpractice and the said gross misconduct.

According to a student, the registrar's office has a lottery machine, they roll it at specific times and pick names from it...make an announcement...EXPEL. What a grate judgment.

Butane palava

Do you know how sometimes someone can transfer his aggression on you simply because you asked him a simple question? That was the experience i found myself in a few days ago. I was going back to my hall of residence, there was no vehicular transport and so i decided to patronize the okada men that make "a good" living out of students' inability to come to school with their cars.

Normally, a crazy rate of fifty naira is charged to take me to my location. bla, bla bla

I approached this okada man and next he would say was one hundred naira, so playfully i asked him are you using butane gas or fuel and his answer was "your father". I was very certain my father was in bed at that time of the night and so that was actually getting me infuriated when the guy added this "...you will never make it in life". All of this simply because i have refused to join him on his bike.

Knowing the rules guiding the environs i found myself, i knew i could not beat him up because that was what was on my mind to do, i decided to follow him whit my mouth which i am just developing.

So i said "...look at you, you are an epitome of poverty... i am made you are not and you can never be...you will continue riding okada till you die..."

That was actually to much for the crazy guy, he replied me "... can you afford 80,000 i bought this bike at that price..."

At this point, it dawned on me that this guy has a low perspective and must actually be frustrated, so i replied him "... proof of poverty, i will buy this bike and give you money to fuel it..."

This actually made him mad, so he said, bringing out his id "... i am a bla bla bla security officer... i will make sure i deal with you when you are in trouble..."

This is supposed to be a problem because he is a security officer in this my environment, but i knew that from the beginning so i was not surprised or shocked, so i replied him "...you will die here as a security man. i will give you a job securing my dog in a few years time..."

My friends came and pushed me away. This guy will wait his balls out for me to fall into trouble... i'm too busy for that. Is he not a fool? Poverty is actually a disease.

Tata Motors, an Indian automobile giant, yesterday unveiled the cheapest car in the history of auto industry. They will finally bring testimonies to many as the Tata Nano is rolled out into the world market for the use of average income earners, who cannot save millions of naira to buy exotic cars.

Tata Motors has made real their hope and aspiration as a level 8 officer in Nigeria would only need about N300,000 to get a brand new car. According to BBC, the vehicle, called the Tata Nano, will sell for 100,000 rupees or $2,500 (£1,277) and enable those in developing countries to move to four wheels.

CBN sets new rules

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has set new conditions for banks wishing to raise fresh funds from the capital market through offers for subscription (public offer) or any other format for accessing funds from the capital market.Under the new arrangement, any bank planning to raise fresh capital must submit a comprehensive business plan to the CBN for evaluation and for the purpose of ascertaining what the funds will be used for. Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of Spring Bank Plc, Dr. Suleiman Ndanusa, at a briefing after the Bankers' Committee meeting in Lagos yesterday, said this decision was taken by the CBN and endorsed by the Bankers’ Committee. The Bankers’ Committee is a group of chief executives of banks, selected financial institutions and top officials of financial sector regulatory institutions, which meets bi-monthly to discuss the state of affairs of the industry. The CBN governor usually chairs the meeting. Ndanusa, who addressed newsmen alongside the Group Managing Director of Afribank Nigeria Plc, Mr. Sebastian Adigwe and his counterpart at First Bank of Nigeria Plc, Mr. Jacobs Ajekigbe, said this decision was taken in order to ensure that the funds being raised or proposed to be raised by the banks are legitimately supported by a business plan.

Lamorde Appointed Acting EFCC Chairman

President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua has approved the appointment of Assistant Commissioner of Police, Ibrahim Lamorde, as acting chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EF-CC). A statement yesterday by the Special Adviser to the President on Communica-tions, Mr. Olusegun Adeniyi, said ACP Lamorde, currently the EFCC’s director of operations was appointed following President Yar’Adua’s approval of AIG Nuhu Ribadu’s nomination for a course at the National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies (NIPSS), Kuru. The statement reads: “Further to his approval of AIG Nuhu Ribadu’s nomination for a course at the National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies (NIPSS), President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua has approved the appointment of Assistant Commissioner of Police, Ibrahim Lamorde as acting chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). ACP Lamorde is currently the EFCC’s Director of Operations.”The Inspector General of Police, Mr. Mike Okiro had in December last year announced the decision of the police high command to send the EFCC chairman on a nine-month course at the National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies (NIPSS), Kuru, in Plateau State.

The I.G initially said that his study leave to kuru does not prevent him from performing anti graft duties bla bla and bla. so how come...

change of name

A wind of change has blown over this institution of mine (my blog). this wind has caused me to change the name of the blog from what it was first known by (which i do not want to mention at all), to what we should start knowing it by. dear blog readers im sorry to let this happen like this, but when " the come starts to be become", you have to delete the be. Thats what just happened.

Welcome to "The Blog". the website addy is http:// the one u just visited. come and read.

very well,

catch ya all AT THE NEXT LEVEL.

Richard Kuklinski – The Iceman

Was surfing the net for crime records when i found this out. I you have a weak and feeble mind, do not read, please. Or may i rate it, 21+ lol.

I'm giving you the full article from crime and investigation network.

There was a gang of six boys who would often torment and beat Kuklinski. In 1949, aged 14, Kuklinski removed the hanging rail from his wardrobe and followed the gang leader, Charlie Lane. He waited until Lane was on his own and then beat him to death with the metal pole. In an effort to hide his victim’s identity, Kuklinski removed Lane’s teeth and cut off his fingers before throwing his body in a lake. The body was never found. Kuklinski then went to find the other gang members and beat them all close to the point of death with the pole. Years later in an interview, Kuklinski claimed the killing of Lane demonstrated to him that it was “better to give than to receive” and that after the murder, he had felt empowered for the first time in his life.

In 1960, aged 25, Kuklinski met and fell in love with 19-year-old Barbara Pedrici. He wooed her with flowers and gave her his undivided attention. The couple were married on 8th September 1961 and they settled in Dumont, New Jersey. They went on to have two daughters, born in 1964 and 1965, and a son, born in 1969.It was the early 1960s when Kuklinski developed a relationship with mobster Roy DeMeo, a capo for the infamous and powerful Gambino family. DeMeo introduced Kuklinski to the Gambino family and he began on small assignments for the mafia. These included robberies, selling pirate pornographic movies from the film laboratory where he worked, stealing cars and trading in drugs, guns and food.Kuklinski’s imposing stature and growing reputation as a ruthless man meant that the Gambinos decided to test him out with a view to him working as a ‘hired gun’. He was 6’ 4” (1.93 m) tall and tattooed, big (about 300 lb/135kg) and bearded, and took no nonsense from anyone. DeMeo took him out for a drive one day, randomly selected a man walking his dog and told Kuklinski to kill him. With no hesitation, Kuklinski got out of the car, walked towards the man and as soon as he had passed, turned and shot the man in the back of his head. It was 1965 and he was hired as a contract killer for the Mob. DeMeo became his mentor. He was nicknamed ‘The Polack’ due to his Polish heritage and worked with a gang operating from the Gemini Lounge in Brooklyn, New York City. Kuklinski often worked as a debt collector and his brutality brought results. Most people knew they would be killed without hesitation, so usually paid their debts.In 1969 Kuklinski’s younger brother Joseph, 25, was arrested and given a life sentence for the rape and murder of a 13-year-old girl. After killing her, he threw her body and her dog off a rooftop. He was sent to Trenton State Penitentiary, New Jersey.

By the 1970s, Kuklinski had built up substantial wealth from his work for the Mafia, reportedly earning $50,000 per hit, and the Kuklinski family had moved to an expensive home in a good neighbourhood. Posing as a successful businessman, the Kuklinskis appeared to neighbours to be a happy family. However, things behind closed doors were very different and Kuklinski had started to treat his wife and children abusively.George Malliband from Huntingdon, Pennsylvania, was in the illicit trade of pornographic films with Kuklinski. In early 1980 Malliband owed DeMeo money and had arranged to go with Kuklinski to meet with DeMeo to pay his debt. En route, the two had a disagreement and Kuklinski pulled over to the side of the road and shot Malliband five times with his .38 revolver. He placed the body in a 55-gallon drum and rolled it off a high cliff in the Palisades. On 5th February 1980 the drum and its grisly contents were discovered. When police traced the victim’s identity, they linked Malliband to Kuklinski.

Paul Hoffman, a pharmacist, was involved in a prescription drug deal with Kuklinski when he disappeared in the spring of 1982. A year later, his car was found in the rented warehouse that Kuklinski used for his car theft racket. Hoffman’s body was never found. Kuklinski later confessed to this murder, saying he first shot Hoffman but he didn’t die immediately, so Kuklinski knocked him out using a tire iron. He then shoved Hoffman’s body into a 55-gallon drum, cemented closed the lid and left it next to a hot dog stand in Little Ferry, New Jersey. He periodically checked on the drum to see if had been discovered and eventually it disappeared.On 27th December 1982, the decomposing body of Gary Smith was found under the bed in a room at the York Motor Hotel. Smith had worked with Kuklinski stealing cars but the police were investigating him and there was a warrant out for his arrest. He was apparently a weak man and Kuklinski was afraid he would talk. The autopsy showed Smith had been poisoned with cyanide and strangled. It later emerged that the car meant for the removal of the corpse had never arrived and Kuklinski had left the body under the bed. Due to the noxious odour of decomposition, the body was discovered by guests a few days later.Daniel Deppner was a fellow car thief who had aided Kuklinski in the murder of Smith. There was a warrant out for his arrest, which bothered Kuklinski, in case he was picked up by the police and would begin talking. He was murdered, dismembered and decapitated and found on 14th May 1983 by a man out cycling in the Clinton road area of New Jersey, near the Blazing Bucks Ranch. The body parts had been wrapped in two large green rubbish bags, taped together.

In the early 1980s, Kuklinski had met and befriended Robert Pronge, known as ‘Mister Softee’; a military-trained demolitions expert turned hit man. Pronge taught Kuklinski how to kill with cyanide and shared his theories about freezing a victim’s body to confuse medical examiners about the time of death, thereby eliminating the need for alibis. Kuklinksi warmed to the idea and decided to try it out for himself. On 1st July 1981 Loius Masgay had gone to meet Kuklinski about a deal involving the sale of videotapes. Instead he was poisoned with cyanide and then shot. Kuklinski kept the corpse frozen in an industrial freezer for two years before wrapping it in green plastic bags and dumping it in Rockland County, New York, where it was discovered on 25th September 1983. Police were faced with some puzzling initial observations. Whilst Masgay had been missing for two years, he was found wearing the same clothes he had been when he had disappeared but the time of death seemed fairly recent.

Kuklinski had slipped up this time and, due to the fact that it was wrapped in plastic bags and had been discovered sooner than Kuklinski had planned, the body had not had enough time to thaw completely. During autopsy, the medical examiner discovered ice in the muscle tissue, and it became clear what had happened. Police linked Masgay to Kuklinski, who became their chief suspect in his murder, and began calling him the ‘Iceman’.In 1984, Pronge threatened Kuklinski’s family, which was enough to incite Kuklinski to kill. Pronge was found shot to death in his Mister Softee ice-cream van in his North Bergen garage, directly across the road from Kuklinski’s garage. Many believed it was Kuklinski who killed him, although a killer was never found.

In the early 1980s, Kuklinski had met and befriended Robert Pronge, known as ‘Mister Softee’; a military-trained demolitions expert turned hit man. Pronge taught Kuklinski how to kill with cyanide and shared his theories about freezing a victim’s body to confuse medical examiners about the time of death, thereby eliminating the need for alibis. Kuklinksi warmed to the idea and decided to try it out for himself. On 1st July 1981 Loius Masgay had gone to meet Kuklinski about a deal involving the sale of videotapes. Instead he was poisoned with cyanide and then shot. Kuklinski kept the corpse frozen in an industrial freezer for two years before wrapping it in green plastic bags and dumping it in Rockland County, New York, where it was discovered on 25th September 1983. Police were faced with some puzzling initial observations. Whilst Masgay had been missing for two years, he was found wearing the same clothes he had been when he had disappeared but the time of death seemed fairly recent.

Kuklinski had slipped up this time and, due to the fact that it was wrapped in plastic bags and had been discovered sooner than Kuklinski had planned, the body had not had enough time to thaw completely. During autopsy, the medical examiner discovered ice in the muscle tissue, and it became clear what had happened. Police linked Masgay to Kuklinski, who became their chief suspect in his murder, and began calling him the ‘Iceman’.In 1984, Pronge threatened Kuklinski’s family, which was enough to incite Kuklinski to kill. Pronge was found shot to death in his Mister Softee ice-cream van in his North Bergen garage, directly across the road from Kuklinski’s garage. Many believed it was Kuklinski who killed him, although a killer was never found.

This is getting long so just watch out for an update later.

c'ya

our follow up

As a follow up to our previous story on the white house water situation, by the end of the day, water had been restored to the boys hostel. Exlanation given was that the mission, who had occupied the hostels during the period of the congress, locked up the pumping machine control box. this position was made known to us by the earlier contacted Welfare officer, Ogochukwu Anene.

As at press time, the boys hostel has sufficeint water, even enough to go round to other communities around.

1st sunday water out

Today is Sunday and the entire males of our school find access to water very difficult. Students could be seen fetching water from the near empty water reservoir. Some students went as far as getting water from the chalets.

When the welfare representative, Ogochukwu Anene, was contacted she said "...i will work on it...". We are awaiting her response on the issue. Run blog will keep you updated on the details.
when the hall warden was contacted, he said a porter had gone out to look for the school plumber who pumps the water. I have just one simple question to ask, is this man supposed to be reminded that he needs to pump water in the morning?

This brings to our remembrance what used to happen the first time we were moved to the white house. we felt like abandoned people, but with time, this issues were sorted out.

1st Sunday message

Today, in the Redeemer's University Chapel, the chaplain, pastor Olugbenga Akosile, re-emphasised the desire of the school to raise entrepreneurs. But in my own little assessment, i feel the school is very skeptical about which level the entrepreneurial students can get to.

so far so good, the school has taken care of and absorbed those deals that do not really involve their purse or, like wise investors, they are very careful about putting in large sum of money into the hands of students.

The students who bid for the wireless installation were turned down. The vice chancellor was quoted in Run chronicle as saying "...since they are students, they need to face their books...". That was really a fatherly advice form the number one man of the school.

Basically entrepreneurship involving Information Technology runs into millions, in terms of cost. If that be the case all I.T. student entrepreneurs should never expect anything from the school.
The students involved have refused to comment about this issue in public. Maybe they are facing their books.

I rest my case here.