Could food addiction to the most addictive foods: meat, cheese, chocolate, and sugar be reinforced by sudden screams, sirens, and fast, repetitive clicking noises underlying the audio portion of TV and radio food advertisements? Is it possible that watching TV food ads that begin suddenly with no warning just a blast of loud screams or an ambulance siren […]
NIGERIA VENTURING INTO NUCLEAR AGE: PRECAUTIONARY MEASURES ARE NECESSARY
By Emeka Chiakwelu strategist@afripol.org www.afripol.org Nuclear energy and nuclear technology can be of great aid to Nigeria in her endeavor to supply steady, reliable and clean energy for her domestic electric consumption. Without doubt Nigeria at this stage of her industrial stage must do something about the paucity of electricity to power her industries and […]
Obama calls swine flu “serious, one death in US
President Barack Obama said Wednesday the outbreak of swine flu had created a "serious situation" in the United States requiring the "utmost precautions," after the first US death, a little toddler in Texas. "This is obviously a serious situation, serious enough to take the utmost precautions," the president said, urging schools with suspected cases to […]
Germany agrees law blocking child porn sites
BERLIN: Germany’s cabinet has agreed a draft law to block access to child-porn websites, Economy Minister Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg said Wednesday.The government signed agreements last Friday with the country’s main Internet service providers (ISPs) — representing 75% of the German market — to block around 1,500 sites per day with illegal images of children. Internet […]
Paul Harvey Dies at 90, Leaves Broadcasting Legacy
Harvey, a radio announcer and commentator, died on Feb. 28 while hospitalized near his winter home in Arizona, according to the Los Angeles Times. A cause of death hasn’t been reported. His brief “Paul Harvey News and Comment” programs were syndicated on more than 1,500 U.S and armed forces radio stations around the world. “Coming […]
Pneumonia: The Serial Child Killer
For a disease that has infected not less than six million killing another 200, 000 (two hundred thousand) every year, the toga of a serial killer might just be the right phrase. Incidentally, this is what pneumonia does in Nigeria. The above statistics are from the United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF) and World […]
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