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Funny Idea

Clever idea from the Japanese to encourage people to use the stairs. Funny, but most people will fall for it, trust me.

Caleb University releases statement on students' riot on May 14th

Find a statement from the school's PRO, Olusola Emiola, below The protest by male students on campus on Wednesday 14, May 2014 had nothing to do with religion. A certain man, a non student was apprehended by our security personnel for trying to bring prohibited items into the school. After much interrogation, he mentioned the names of the culprits involved. An official went to the male hostel to get the students mentioned, one of whom was praying in the hostel. The students involved along with other students faced with student disciplinary committee cases took advantage of the interruption of prayers to start the protest. The university properties worth millions were destroyed and this act was carried out by the male students. The students have been sent home on recess to resume back 2nd of June 2014. Signed: Public Relations Executive, Olushola Emiola.

Nigerian schoolgirls' home town in despair after president cancels visit

Relatives of more than 200 Nigerian schoolgirls who have been missing for more than a month after being kidnapped by Islamic militants have voiced anger and despair after the country's president cancelled a visit to their home town, citing security concerns. As the international effort to find and rescue the girls gathered momentum, with military and intelligence resources from the US, UK, France, Israel and Canada pouring into Nigeria , and the #bringbackourgirls social media campaign exceeded 1m tweets, there was mounting criticism of President Jonathan Goodluck's slow response to the crisis. In Chibok on Friday, the home town of the missing girls, families said they had lost faith in the government to do everything possible to rescue their daughters, sisters and nieces. In Washington, a senior US official admonished Nigeria's failure to tackle the insurgency. Many relatives had gathered at the Chibok government girls secondary school, from which ...

INTRODUCING HALOGENOALKANES (haloalkanes or alkyl halides)

Halogenoalkanes are also known as haloalkanes or alkyl halides. This page explains what they are and discusses their physical properties. It also takes an initial look at their chemical reactivity. Details of the chemical reactions of halogenoalkanes are described on separate pages. What are halogenoalkanes? Examples Halogenoalkanes are compounds in which one or more hydrogen atoms in an alkane have been replaced by halogen atoms (fluorine, chlorine, bromine or iodine). For the purposes of UK A level, we will only look at compounds containing one halogen atom. For example: Note: If you aren't confident about naming organic compounds, then you really ought to follow this link before you go on. Use the BACK button on your browser to return to this page. The different kinds of halogenoalkanes Halogenoalkanes fall into different classes depending on how the halogen atom is positioned on the chain of carbon atoms. There are some chemical differences between the ...

Earth and Legend Android Game Walkthrough

How to defeat Bosses I have completed earth and legend and there are useful tips to defeating all the bosses. 1) WATER: keep running round the water with super sprint until the tentacles stop sprouting from underneath. Turn back, target one of the tentacles and attack with melee until the tentacles retract. Keep doing this until the creature is defeated. TIPS: level up to 15 for an easy battle. 2) EARTH: target the creature's head and attack with bow when you see an opening. If you dont, run round the arena until you reach the pillar that is not broken. The creature will hit his head and fall down, giving you an opening. Shoot as many arrows as you can untill it stands again. Run round the arena until it pursues you again. Move back to the pillar until it falls again. Attack and run round with super sprint until the creture is defeated. TIPS: level up to 25 for an easy battle and arrange the health portion to be in the same row with the bow. 3) WIND: avoid th...

Rome's international community of the dead

Rome is building up to the canonisation of not one but two Popes - the Polish Pope, John Paul ll, and John XXlll. But there is, though, one corner of Rome that always lies just a little beyond the world of Catholicism. In the winter of 1821, in the heart of Rome, in a house by the Spanish Steps, a young Englishman lay dying. He was the poet, John Keats. He had tuberculosis, and with death approaching he asked a friend to go and inspect the Protestant Cemetery, where he would be buried. His companion was able to report back that it would be a fine place for the poet's bones to lie, and all these years on, it remains a rather beautiful setting. As soon as you step through its gates, the clamour of the city traffic starts to fade. And as you walk further in, the air fills with sound of birds, and the scent of flowers. The sun slants through the tall trees and falls on the ranks of headstones. They rise up a slope towards a wall that's nearly 2,000 years old ...