Thursday 22 August 2013
Thursday 15 August 2013
Some of The Weirdest Guinness World Records
Chris "The Duchess" Walton is the current Guinness World Record holder for longest fingernails. Seen here in NYC back in 2011, her nails (which she's been growing for 18 years) measured 10 feet 2 inches on her left hand and 9 feet 7 inches on her right at the time.
These 52 chefs set the world record in February 2013 for the world's largest Cantonese fried rice in Costa Rica. It served over 7,000 people and weighed almost 3,000 pounds.
In Northern England, Pete Glazebrook looks lovingly at his prize-winning onion which weighed a stunning 17 pounds. It's the Guinness World Record holder for heaviest onion and has held the title since September 2011.
Boko Haram: Shekau’s deputy killed by Nigerian troops
Boko Haram: Shekau’s deputy killed by Nigerian troops
Published on August 14, 2013 by pmnewsNigeria’s Defence Headquarters announced on Wednesday in Abuja that Momodu Bama, the second-in-command to the leader of Boko Haram, Abubakar Shekau, has been killed.
A statement by the Defence Headquarters said that Bama’s death had also been corroborated by other terrorists captured by troops.
It said that Bama was killed, following an encounter between troops and terrorists around the Bama corridor, near Maiduguri in Borno.
According to the statement, the troops have continued to intensify pursuit of terrorists who have been unleashing mayhem in Borno and Yobe.
Shekau: deputy killed by Nigeria’s troops
It said that Bama had been personally leading attacks against troops and innocent citizens in communities in Yobe and Adamawa.
“A specialist in manning the anti-aircraft guns of the group, he is known to be vicious and heartless with a penchant for personally slaughtering and executing his victims.
“Bama has been a most wanted terrorist with a N25 million bounty already placed on his head.’’
The statement named other people who died in the operation as Bama’s father, Alhaji Abatcha Flatari, “who is also one of the spiritual guiding lights of the out-lawed terrorists group”.
It added that 17 other terrorists also lost their lives in the encounter, while 24 were captured.
The statement said that troops were continuing the pursuit of the terrorists, while intensifying aggressive aerial and land patrols to ensure better security cover for communities in the two states.
Wednesday 14 August 2013
ASSU STRIKE:Students, Activists Protest Poor State Of Education In Lagos
Over 1,000 university students, teachers, pro-democracy and human rights activists this morning held a rally in Lagos, western Nigeria, to draw attention to the poor state of education in the country.
Organisers of the rally said they were protesting against poor infrastructure in public schools, high school fees and government insensitivity to the plight of teachers at all levels in the education sector.
The protest is coming on the heels of the indefinite strike embarked upon by members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, nationwide, to protest poor funding of education by the government.
The peaceful protest which started at the secretariat annex of the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, Yaba, was led by Comrade Abiodun Aremu of the Joint Action Front, JAF, a coalition of students and civil right groups.
Other leaders of the group who participated in the march include radical lawyer, Bamidele Aturu and Comrade Chibuzor Asomugha, who represented the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics, ASUP.
The protest march led to the disruption of traffic along Ikorodu Road. Motorists and commuter bus drivers spent long hours on the road as the protesters marched, sang and danced to sensitise the public about their cause.
In his speech at a rally held at Palmgrove, Comrade Abiodun described the march as the beginning of a series of protests lined up to make governments at all levels change their attitude to education.
He called on parents, traders, artisans and others to join the protest and force government to do something about the poor sate of education in the country.
“This is just the beginning of a number of protests that we have lined up in the coming days. We are going to be peaceful in all the protests. As you can see today, there are no street urchins or ‘area boys.’ The aim is to draw government attention to the numerous problems bedevilling education in the country. We need the support of everybody. If we don’t do this, nobody is going to do it for us,” he stated.
Comrade Asomugha, on his part, said it is time for the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, and other relevant groups to take the bull by the horn and fight for the rights of the downtrodden.
“Education is not only for the rich, Nigerians should wake up and reclaim what belongs to them. We, members of ASUP, have resolved to join the protest to salvage the education sector. We want to identify with the spirit of peaceful protest, which is a veritable tool to fight a just cause,” he said.
—Dedeigbo Ayodeji & Damilare Okunola ............COURTESY PM NEWS
Organisers of the rally said they were protesting against poor infrastructure in public schools, high school fees and government insensitivity to the plight of teachers at all levels in the education sector.
The protest is coming on the heels of the indefinite strike embarked upon by members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, nationwide, to protest poor funding of education by the government.
•Students and activists protesting in Lagos today over the poor state of education in country. PHOTO… DEDEIGBO AYODEJI
Other leaders of the group who participated in the march include radical lawyer, Bamidele Aturu and Comrade Chibuzor Asomugha, who represented the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics, ASUP.
The protest march led to the disruption of traffic along Ikorodu Road. Motorists and commuter bus drivers spent long hours on the road as the protesters marched, sang and danced to sensitise the public about their cause.
In his speech at a rally held at Palmgrove, Comrade Abiodun described the march as the beginning of a series of protests lined up to make governments at all levels change their attitude to education.
He called on parents, traders, artisans and others to join the protest and force government to do something about the poor sate of education in the country.
“This is just the beginning of a number of protests that we have lined up in the coming days. We are going to be peaceful in all the protests. As you can see today, there are no street urchins or ‘area boys.’ The aim is to draw government attention to the numerous problems bedevilling education in the country. We need the support of everybody. If we don’t do this, nobody is going to do it for us,” he stated.
Comrade Asomugha, on his part, said it is time for the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, and other relevant groups to take the bull by the horn and fight for the rights of the downtrodden.
“Education is not only for the rich, Nigerians should wake up and reclaim what belongs to them. We, members of ASUP, have resolved to join the protest to salvage the education sector. We want to identify with the spirit of peaceful protest, which is a veritable tool to fight a just cause,” he said.
—Dedeigbo Ayodeji & Damilare Okunola ............COURTESY PM NEWS
Tuesday 13 August 2013
Windows 8 tips & Shortcuts
WINKEY Toggles between Desktop and Start Menu
Esc Key If you have the Desktop
running it will exit to desktop whenever in Start Menu
WINKEY + , Provides Peak of Desktop
if open
WINKEY + B Switch to the Windows
Desktop and select the tray notification area.
WINKEY + C Display Charms and
notification
WINKEY + D Switch to the Windows
desktop and toggle Show Desktop (hides/shows any applications and other
windows).
WINKEY + E Switch to the Windows
desktop and launch Windows Explorer with Computer view displayed.
WINKEY + F Search Files using the new
Windows Search pane.
WINKEY + I Display Settings pane for
the Start screen.
WINKEY + L Lock PC and return to Lock
screen.
WINKEY + M Minimize the selected
Explorer window.
WINKEY + O Toggle orientation
switching on slate and tablet PCs.
WINKEY + P Display the new options
for items like projectors.
WINKEY + Q Search within Apps using
the new Windows Search pane.
WINKEY + R Switch to the Windows
desktop and display the Run box.
WINKEY + U Switch to the Windows
desktop and launch the Ease of Access Center.
WINKEY + X Switch to the Windows
desktop and Administrative tools.
WINKEY + Z Display the App Bar in a
Metro-style app.
WINKEY + 1, WINKEY + 2, WINKEY + 3
,,,, Launches each of the classic desktop Task Bar apps from Left to right.
Monday 12 August 2013
Tuesday 6 August 2013
SHOULD I BUY THE BLACKBERRY Q5?
SHOULD I BUY THE BLACKBERRY Q5?
Having delivered the latest
BlackBerry 10 OS in a classic messenger form factor, a midrange package
combining touchscreen with the iconic hardware keyboard was next on the
Canadians' to-do list. The Q10 came at a price not a lot of people can afford,
so the Q5 promises to deliver the same experience without sweeping the fluff
out of your pocket.
BlackBerry Q5
official photos
At first glance, the Q5 has
all the important checkboxes ticked. You get a dual-core Krait chipset, a
3.1" display of the same 720 x 720 pixel resolution and a four-row QWERTY
keyboard for that serious texting and emailing.
Key features
·
Quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE,
tri/quad-band UMTS/HSPA, 100 Mbps LTE
·
3.1" 16M-color 720p
(720 x 720 pixels) IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen
·
Four-row hardware QWERTY
keyboard
·
Dual-core 1.2 GHz Krait,
2GB RAM, Adreno 225
·
BlackBerry 10.1 OS; Office
document editor
·
BlackBerry Hub is a unified
inbox of all your communication and social networking accounts
·
BBM with video chat and
screen sharing
·
5 MP auto-focus camera with
face detection and Time Shift; LED flash
·
Full HD (1080p) video
recording at 30fps; 720p on the front-facing camera
·
2MP front facing camera
·
16GB of storage, microSD
card slot; Dropbox and Box.NET integration
·
Wi-Fi a/b/g/n, Wi-Fi
hotspot; Wi-Fi sync
·
Bluetooth 4.0
·
NFC
·
standard microUSB port,
microHDMI
·
3.5mm audio jack
·
GPS receiver with A-GPS
Main disadvantages
·
BlackBerry World is still
missing key apps
·
Screen size is somewhat
small by today's standards and the 1:1 aspect is awkward for video watching
·
QWERTY keyboard could be
better
·
BlackBerry Maps may be even
worse than Apple Maps
·
No FM radio
The screen is no longer AMOLED,
the camera has been downgraded from 8MP to 5MP and the CPU has been downclocked
by 300 MHz. These are things, which sure make the Q10 the more desirable
package, but not the kind that will dramatically change the user experience. It
looks like the BlackBerry Q5 is much closer to the BlackBerry Q10 than its name
suggests.
BlackBerry Q5 at ours
BlackBerry Q5 at ours
That, and the more
affordable price tag, may actually help the Q5 convince more users than its
bigger and more advanced sibling. We are about to see how much of that
potential translates in real-life performance. Join us on the next page, where
the Q5 gets unboxed and handled.
There's also a cheapish
looking headset and some leaflets in the package. A microSD card is missing but
the 8GB of internal memory should be enough as a start.
Design, build
quality and handling
The smartphone certainly
lacks the sophistication of the Q10 and even though the plastic used is of
decent quality, it's nowhere near as solid or good looking as on the Q10.
Cost-cutting was obviously not limited to the internals - the build and finish
were affected too.
Like all things BlackBerry,
the styling of the Q5 is respectful of tradition. The spaced-out QWERTY
keyboard takes after the Curves, as opposed to the tightly-packed, molded keys
of the Bold series - and the Q10. It's a cleaner, simpler design but not as
good looking. Quite unexpected for a BlackBerry handset, the back gives
slightly in when pressed harder, producing mild squeaks mostly around the
shared SIM/microSD slot. The flap covering the slot feels a bit flimsy itself.
Then again, it would be
unfair to the BlackBerry Q5 to only compare it to a clearly premium device like
the Q10, which is also one of the handsomest smartphones around. In more
general terms, the Q5 is average looking at the very least and certainly not a
smartphone you'd be embarrassed to be seen with.
The Q5 held
in hand
The phone's back is nicely
curved for comfortable handling. The finish is as good as immune against
fingerprints and provides for a great, secure grip. It is a well-built device
overall, except for the card slot flap.
QWERTY keyboard
The BlackBerry Q5 QWERTY
keyboard uses the same four-row layout as the one on the BlackBerry Q10, but
has the typical Curve styling, with slightly smaller but better spaced keys.
The keys themselves aren't
as pleasant to press on the BlackBerry Q5. They're sitting a little too low and
have a rather short stroke. They're almost flat too, compared to the sculpted
buttons on the Q10, which takes away some of the tactility and, in turn, the
speed and/or accuracy of typing. The company has chosen to stick with the
traditional numpad layout at one of the sides of the keyboard.
The keyboard
is decent but not perfect
The Q5 has more screen
bezel at the bottom - the BlackBerry logo is between the keyboard and the
display, rather than on top near the earpiece. That's one thing that works
better than on the Q10. When swiping up from the bottom of the screen, the Q10
doesn't provide a comfortable starting point, while the Q5 does.
The best thing about the
BlackBerry Q5 keyboard is that, just like on the Q10, it works with the
touchscreen, rather than being at odds with it. With plenty of shortcuts
available, most of which should be familiar to experienced BlackBerry users,
the keyboard can seriously speed up getting around the interface.
Instant Actions makes the
right kind of difference too, letting you launch apps and perform tasks using
search as you type interface. But we'll look at that in more detail in the
software part of this review - for now we'll just say that the Q5 is a fine
texting device, even if slightly worse than the Q10.
Controls
Now let's explore the rest
of the BlackBerry Q5 controls. Above the screen, we find the traditional status
LED, proximity sensor and the earpiece. The front facing camera on the Q5 is a
2MP unit that can do 720p video.
The earpiece
is flanked by the front-facing camera and some sensors
The right side of the
BlackBerry Q5 features the volume controls, with a small pause/mute button
squeezed in between. The convenience key, a token of the old days, is gone
along with the trackpad and call buttons.
The three key
combo on the right
The left side of the
handset is where the two slots, for SIM and microSD cards, are located. Those
are hidden under a small plastic flap which isn't really perfectly designed as
it got stuck a couple of times under the back panel and we had to push hard
against the back of the BlackBerry Q5 to release it. The other element of
interest on the left is the microUSB port, which is left exposed.
The microUSB
port is joined by a couple of port on the left
The 3.5mm audio port and
the power/lock key are at the top of the BlackBerry Q5, flanking the secondary
microphone.
The power
key, the secondary microphone and the audio jack sit on top
The bottom houses the
loudspeaker grille and the mouthpiece. It's an unusual position for a speaker
but one that makes sure you doesn't get muffled when the phone's resting on its
back. Not sure about pockets though.
The primary
microphone and the loudspeaker
The 5 megapixel camera lens
and a LED flash are the main attraction at the back. We like the fact that all
the mandatory labels such as the FCC ID are printed on a sticker than you can
remove, so it doesn't spoil the looks of the back.
The 5MP
camera lens and the LED flash are the stars backstage
Unfortunately, the back
panel of the BlackBerry Q5 is non-removable, meaning you don't get access to
the 2,180 mAh battery.
The good news is the
BlackBerry Q5 scored a very nice 55-hour endurance rating in our real-life
battery test. The small screen and the energy-efficient chipset must be getting
the credit for the solid performance.
Friday 2 August 2013
40 BUSINESS
IDEAS WITH LITTLE OR NO CAPITAL
So many people worry about
Businesses to start with little or no money in place. While some people have
money but lack basic ideas. Below are some businesses to start with little or
no amount and if well practiced will give great profit return within the
shortest possible time.I will break down the pros and cons of each business and
also introduce many others as time goes on.
1. Car Wash
13.
Event
coordinator
2.
Babysitting
3.
Bed and
breakfast
4.
Blogging
5.
Cake
decorating
6.
Candle
making
7.
Catering
8.
Childcare
service
9.
Cleaning
services for businesses
10.
Collectible
trading
11.
Computer
troubleshooting
12.
Consignment
buyer
13.
Event
coordinator
14.
Event
DJing
15.
Exercise
/ Sports instructor
16.
Furniture
making
17.
Gardening
services
18.
Handy man
services
19.
Housecleaning
20.
Interior
decorating
21.
Jewelry
making
22.
Knitting
/ crocheting / quilting
23.
Landscaping/
Garden services
24.
Mobile
food vendor
25.
Personal
shopping assistant
26.
Pet
grooming
27.
Pet yard
waste cleanup
28.
Agriculture
Produce selling
29.
Proofreading
30.
Public
speaking
31.
Senior
citizen assistance
32.
Soap
making
33.
Teaching
34.
music /
Instructor
35.
Home
Tutoring
36.
Video
preparation services
37.
Virtual
assistant
38.
Software
Developer
39.
Website
design
40. Wedding planner / Event
Cordinator
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