Champions League: Iheanacho fails to inspire Man City Akinshilo Ayomide Yesterday 105970 Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Send email – Man City played a goalless draw with Real Madrid in a Champions League semi-final clash – Cristiano Ronaldo missed the match due to a minor strain suffered a week ago – City’s Joe Hart saved close range attempts from Casemiro, Sergio Ramos and Pepe Manchester City and Real Madrid played a goalless draw in their first leg of the Champions League semi-final clash at the Etihad stadium. The Citizens were the better side in the first half with De Bruyne and Fernandinho the better players on the pitch. There were no note worthy chances in the first half but the second half came to life with Jese hitting the cross bar, while Joe Hart saved headers via corners from Pepe and Casemiro.
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Wednesday, 27 April 2016
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EFCC uncovers $12.9 billion more arms deal fraud Read more: https://www.naij.com/812314-shocking-efcc-uncovers-12-9-billion-arms-deal-fraud.html
EFCC says it has uncovered $12.9billion more arms deals fraud during the administration of ex-President Goodluck Jonathan – EFCC said an account with $500million which it cannot identify the owner but has frozen the account – A wrist watch worth £600,000 and jewelry in gold and diamond have been confiscated from Mrs Diezani Alison-Madueke – EFCC also said it has seized a N2.6billion Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) machine owned by former Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Adesola Amosu Share on Facebook Share on
Saturday, 23 April 2016
Lilly’s Story: How Special Education Technology Is Helping One Student to Thrive EDUCATION
Sometimes, it takes just one tweak to a student’s learning environment to make a huge difference.
Technology offers some interesting ways to make those tweaks for students with disabilities, both inside and outside the classroom. Mobility technologies, such as power-assist wheelchairs, allow people with limited mobility to move under their own control. Portable monitors help patients with diseases or disabilities that require constant monitoring to avoid confinement. And augmented communication tools help people who are non-verbal to speak.
One girl’s story exemplifies the power of special education technology to improve lives.
Lilly’s Beginnings
Lilly was diagnosed with cerebral palsy at a young age. Her mother, Stacey,
Wednesday, 20 April 2016
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“There’s a big gender imbalance when it comes to the tech sector in Nigeria,” said Uzochukwu, who is the founder of Nigerian
Lexmark agrees to be acquired by Apex Technology, PAG Asia Capital for $3.6B
Lexmark International has agreed to be acquired by Apex Technology and PAG Asia Capital for $3.6 billion or $40.50 per share.
The deal represents a 16 percent premium to its Tuesday closing price of $34.66. Shares of Lexmark gained as much as 12 percent in after-hours trading on the news.
Upon closing the deal, Lexmark's common stock will no longer be publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange. The merger is expected to be completed in the second half of 2016.
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Friday, 15 April 2016
10 wild animals in Sweden and where to see them
Sweden is home to some amazing wild animals. Wanna see them in the wild?
Please don’t go straight to the zoo just because it is easy. It is far more rewarding to see an animal in the wild.
But where are they? Where is the best place to go if you want to spot a Moose or a Beaver?
To help you out, I have compiled this list of 10 of the most popular wild animals in Sweden and where to see them.
Let’s begin with Moose!
Moose in Sweden
Moose can be found all over Sweden. But If you travel through Sweden, don’t expect to see Moose everywhere.
Spend some time out in nature.
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Monday, 11 April 2016
Wildlife
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For other uses, see Wildlife (disambiguation).
"Wild animals" redirects here. For the film, see Wild Animals.
Panthera tigris
Wildlife traditionally refers to undomesticated animal species, but has come to include all plants, fungi, and other organisms that grow or live wild in an area without being introduced by humans.[1]
Wildlife can be found in all ecosystems. Deserts, forests, rain forests, plains, grasslands, and other areas including the most developed urban sites, all have distinct forms of wildlife. While the term in popular culture usually refers to animals that are untouched by human factors,[2] most scientists agree that much wildlife is affected by human activities.
Humans have historically tended to separate civilization from wildlife in a number of ways including the legal, social, and moral sense. Some animals, however, have adapted to suburban environments. This includes such animals as domesticated cats, dogs, mice, and gerbils.Some religions have often declared certain animals to be sacred, and in modern times concern for the natural environment has provoked activists to protest the exploitation of wildlife for human benefit or entertainment.
The global wildlife population has decreased by 52 percent between 1970 and 2014, according to a report by the World Wildlife Fund.[3]
Food, pets, and traditional medicines[edit]
A mesh bag full of live frogs waiting for a buyer at Chiang Mai's Thanin market. Frog meat in Thailand is mostly used in stir-fries and Thai curries.
Anthropologists believe that the Stone Age people and hunter-gatherers relied on wildlife, both plants and animals, for their food. In fact, some species may have been hunted to extinction by early human hunters. Today, hunting, fishing, and gathering wildlife is still a significant food source in some parts of the world. In other areas, hunting and non-commercial fishing are mainly seen as a sport or recreation, with the edible meat as mostly a side benefit of it.[citation needed] Meat sourced from wildlife that is not traditionally regarded as game is known as bush meat. The increasing demand for wildlife as a source of traditional food in East Asia is decimating populations of sharks, primates, pangolins and other animals, which they believe have aphrodisiac properties.
In November 2008, almost 900 plucked and "oven-ready" owls and other protected wildlife species were confiscated by the Department of Wildlife and National Parks in Malaysia, according to TRAFFIC. The animals were believed to be bound for China, to be sold in wild meat restaurants. Most are listed in CITES (the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora) which prohibits or restricts such trade.
“ Malaysia is home to a vast array of amazing wildlife. However, illegal hunting and trade poses a threat to Malaysia’s natural diversity.
Saturday, 9 April 2016
Friday, 8 April 2016
Wildlife
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For other uses, see Wildlife (disambiguation).
"Wild animals" redirects here. For the film, see Wild Animals.
Panthera tigris
Wildlife traditionally refers to undomesticated animal species, but has come to include all plants, fungi, and other organisms that grow or live wild in an area without being introduced by humans.[1]
Wildlife can be found in all ecosystems. Deserts, forests, rain forests, plains, grasslands, and other areas including the most developed urban sites, all have distinct forms of wildlife. While the term in popular culture usually refers to animals that are untouched by human factors,[2] most scientists agree that much wildlife is affected by human activities.
Humans have historically tended to separate civilization from wildlife in a number of ways including the legal, social, and moral sense. Some animals, however, have adapted to suburban environments. This includes such animals as domesticated cats, dogs, mice, and gerbils.Some religions have often declared certain animals to be sacred, and in modern times concern for the natural environment has provoked activists to protest the exploitation of wildlife for human benefit or entertainment.
The global wildlife population has decreased by 52 percent between 1970 and 2014, according to a report by the World Wildlife Fund.[3]
Contents [hide]
1 Food, pets, and traditional medicines
2 Religion
3 Tourism
4 Destruction
4.1 Overkill
4.2 Habitat destruction and fragmentation
4.3 Impact of introduced species
4.4 Chains of extinction
5 Media
6 See also
7 References
Food, pets, and traditional medicines[edit]
A mesh bag full of live frogs waiting for a buyer at Chiang Mai's Thanin market. Frog meat in Thailand is mostly used in stir-fries and Thai curries.
Anthropologists believe that the Stone Age people and hunter-gatherers relied on wildlife, both plants and animals, for their food. In fact, some species may have been hunted to extinction by early human hunters. Today, hunting, fishing, and gathering wildlife is still a significant food source in some parts of the world. In other areas, hunting and non-commercial fishing are mainly seen as a sport or recreation, with the edible meat as mostly a side benefit of it.[citation needed] Meat sourced from wildlife that is not traditionally regarded as game is known as bush meat. The increasing demand for wildlife as a source of traditional food in East Asia is decimating populations of sharks, primates, pangolins and other animals, which they believe have aphrodisiac properties.
In November 2008, almost 900 plucked and "oven-ready" owls and other protected wildlife species were confiscated by the Department of Wildlife and National Parks in Malaysia, according to TRAFFIC. The animals were believed to be bound for China, to be sold in wild meat restaurants. Most are listed in CITES (the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora) which prohibits or restricts such trade.
“ Malaysia is home to a vast array of amazing wildlife. However, illegal hunting and trade poses a threat to Malaysia’s natural diversity. ”
— Chris S. Shepherd[4]
A November 2008 report from biologist and author Sally Kneidel, PhD, documented numerous wildlife species for sale in informal markets along the Amazon River, including wild-caught marmosets sold for as little as $1.60 (5 Peruvian soles).[5] Many Amazon species, including peccaries, agoutis, turtles, turtle eggs, anacondas, armadillos, etc., are sold primarily as food. Others in these informal markets, such as monkeys and parrots, are destined for the pet trade, often smuggled into the United States. Still other Amazon species are popular ingredients in traditional medicines sold in local markets. The medicinal value of animal parts is based largely on superstition.[citation needed]
Religion[edit]
Many animal species have spiritual significance in different cultures around the world, and they and their products may be used as sacred objects in religious rituals. For example, eagles, hawks and their feathers have great cultural and spiritual value to Native Americans as religious objects. In Hinduism the cow is regarded sacred.[6]
Muslims conduct sacrifices on Eid-ul-Adha to commemorate the sacrificial spirit of Ibrahim [Abraham] in love of God. Camels, sheep, goats, and cows may be offered as sacrifice during the three days of Eid.[7]
Tourism[edit]
Many nations have established their tourism sector around their natural wildlife. South Africa has, for example, many opportunities for tourists to see the country's wildlife in its national parks, such as the Kruger Park. In South India the Periar Wildlife Sanctuary, Bandipur National Park and Mudamalai Wildlife Sanctuary are situated around and in forests. India is home to many national parks and wildlife sanctuaries showing the diversity of its wildlife, much of its unique fauna, and excels in the range. There are 89 national parks, 13 bio reserves and more than 400 wildlife sanctuaries across India which are the best places to go to see tigers, lions, elephants, rhinoceros, birds, and other wildlife which reflect the importance that the country places on nature and wildlife conservation.
Destruction[edit]
Map of early human migrations, according to mitochondrial population genetics. Numbers are millennia before the present.
This subsection focuses on anthropogenic forms of wildlife destruction.
Exploitation of wild populations has been a characteristic of modern man since our exodus from Africa 130,000 – 70,000 years ago. The rate of extinctions of entire species of plants and animals across the planet has been so high in the last few hundred years it is widely believed that we are in the sixth great extinction event on this planet; the Holocene Mass Extinction.
Destruction of wildlife does not always lead to an extinction of the species in question, however, the dramatic loss of entire species across Earth dominates any review of wildlife destruction as extinction is the level of damage to a wild population from which there is no return.[clarification needed]
The four most general reasons that lead to destruction of wildlife include overkill, habitat destruction and fragmentation, impact of introduced species and chains of extinction.[8]
Overkill[edit]
Overkill happens whenever hunting occurs at rates greater than the reproductive capacity of the population is being exploited. The effects of this are often noticed much more dramatically in slow growing populations such as many larger species of fish. Initially when a portion of a wild population is hunted, an increased availability of resources (food, etc.) is experienced increasing growth and reproduction as density dependent inhibition is lowered. Hunting, fishing and so on, has lowered the competition between members of a population. However, if this hunting continues at rate greater than the rate at which new members of the population can reach breeding age and produce more young, the population will begin to decrease in numbers.[9]
Populations that are confined to islands, whether literal islands or just areas of habitat that are effectively an “island” for the species concerned, have also been observed to be at greater risk of dramatic population declines following unsustainable hunting.
Habitat destruction and fragmentation[edit]
Main articles: Habitat destruction and Habitat fragmentation
Deforestation and increased road-building in the Amazon Rainforest are a significant concern because of increased human encroachment upon wild areas, increased resource extraction and further threats to biodiversity.
The habitat of any given species is considered its preferred area or territory. Many processes associated with human habitation of an area cause loss of this area and decrease the carrying capacity of the land for that species. In many cases these changes in land use cause a patchy break-up of the wild landscape. Agricultural land frequently displays this type of extremely fragmented, or relictual, habitat. Farms sprawl across the landscape with patches of uncleared woodland or forest dotted in-between occasional paddocks.
Examples of habitat destruction include grazing of bushland by farmed animals, changes to natural fire regimes, forest clearing for timber production and wetland draining for city expansion.
Impact of introduced species[edit]
Mice, cats, rabbits, dandelions and poison ivy are all examples of species that have become invasive threats to wild species in various parts of the world[citation needed]. Frequently species that are uncommon in their home range become out-of-control invasions in distant but similar climates. The reasons for this have not always been clear and Charles Darwin felt it was unlikely that exotic species would ever be able to grow abundantly in a place in which they had not evolved. The reality is that the vast majority of species exposed to a new habitat do not reproduce successfully. Occasionally, however, some populations do take hold and after a period of acclimation can increase in numbers significantly, having destructive effects on many elements of the native environment of which they have become part.
Chains of extinction[edit]
This final group is one of secondary effects. All wild populations of living things have many complex intertwining links with other living things around them. Large herbivorous animals such as the hippopotamus have populations of insectivorous birds that feed off the many parasitic insects that grow on the hippo. Should the hippo die out, so too will these groups of birds, leading to further destruction as other species dependent on the birds are affected. Also referred to as a domino effect, this series of chain reactions is by far the most destructive process that can occur in any ecological community.
Another example is the black drongos and the cattle egrets found in India. These birds feed on insects on the back of cattle, which helps to keep them disease-free. Destroying the nesting habitats of these birds would cause a decrease in the cattle population because of the spread of insect-borne diseases.
Media[edit]
The Douglas Squirrel (Tamiasciurus douglasii) is an example of wildlife.
Wildlife has long been a common subject for educational television shows. National Geographic specials appeared on CBS beginning in 1965, later moving to ABC and then PBS. In 1963, NBC debuted Wild Kingdom, a popular program featuring zoologist Marlin Perkins as host.[10] The BBC natural history unit in the UK was a similar pioneer, the first wildlife series LOOK presented by Sir Peter Scott, was a studio-based show, with filmed inserts. It was in this series that David Attenborough first made his appearance which led to the series Zoo Quest during which he and cameraman Charles Lagus went to many exotic places looking for and filming[11] elusive wildlife—notably the Komodo dragon in Indonesia and lemurs in Madagascar. Since 1984, the Discovery Channel and its spin off Animal Planet in the US have dominated the market for shows about wildlife on cable television, while on PBS the NATURE strand made by WNET-13 in New York and NOVA by WGBH in Boston are notable. See also Nature documentary. Wildlife television is now a multimillion-dollar industry with specialist documentary film-makers in many countries including UK, US, New Zealand NHNZ, Australia, Austria, Germany, Japan, and Canada. There are many magazines which cover wildlife including National Wildlife Magazine, Birds & Blooms, Birding (magazine), and Ranger Rick (for children).
Thursday, 7 April 2016
Full Definition of technology
plural tech·nol·o·gies
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a : the practical application of knowledge especially in a particular area : engineering 2
b : a capability given by the practical application of knowledge
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: a manner of accomplishing a task especially using technical processes, methods, or knowledge
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: the specialized aspects of a particular field of endeavor
Wednesday, 6 April 2016
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Monday, 4 April 2016
Education anyone can access
Delivered by IBM instructors and IBM trained university faculty in official IBM courses through a mix of hands-on lab work and e-learning via IBM Cloud, the Middle East and Africa University Program overcomes the confines of geography and makes education more widely accessible to people all across the continent. Today, Kenya, Nigeria, Mauritius, Egypt, South Africa, Morocco and Tunisia, amongst others, have already begun empowering their citizens.
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Flouting an international ruling, Japan resumed minke whaling for “scientific purposes” during breeding season.
he Verge Review of Animals: the coywolf
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Okay, I’m probably about to piss off a bunch of scientists by using that name: coywolf. But it’s so catchy I’m going to keep using it — after all, the coolest breed of coyotes deserves a cool name. Coywolves, a hybrid animal that’s the result of mating between coyotes, wolves, and dogs, have been colonizing the eastern US pretty much undisturbed. (Maybe they should be dubbed coywolfdog or coydogwolf, but for obvious reasons none of these weird names have stuck around.)
COYWOLVES EVOLVED BECAUSE WE SCREWED UP
Also called Canis latrans var., the coywolf is the newest top predator of the east coast, ranging from Florida to Maine and up into Canada. Seriously, if you live in Boston or Washington, DC, expect to run into them at the park or in a cemetery at some point in your life. In New York City, they’ve been spotted in downtown Manhattan, as well as on the roof of a bar in Long Island City. (Just because the raccoon invasion wasn’t enough.)
Coywolves do look slightly different from regular western coyotes. They have longer legs and a longer body, smaller ears, a bushier tail, a larger jaw, and a wider skull. They weigh between 35 and 45 pounds, and they usually live in families of three to five if food is abundant. Their genetic makeup is roughly 65 percent coyote, 25 percent wolf, and 10 percent dog, making them a little wilder than a poodle but less scary than an actual wolf. (Coywolves will take down a deer just like a wolf though; they don’t limit their diet to rabbits and small rodents.)
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