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[quote author=muhd. T]Sir. Ahmadu Bello (The Sardauna). He was one of the frontier and hero that lead Nigeria to independence.[/quote]What specifically did he do to lead Nigeria to independence? Was he not one of those wanted Nigeria's independence delayed?

Medical science is just....amazing. Fascinating. They do things that sound like things I'd read about in science fiction books as a kid.

BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Johns Hopkins doctors are once again making history–this time by using a woman’s own tissue to build her a new ear.

Derek Valcourt explains with doctors’ help, her own body has replaced what an aggressive form of cancer took away.

You don’t have to tell Sherrie Walters her story sounds like science fiction.

“No, I feel like an experiment,” Walters said.

The discovery of a rapidly-spreading basal cell cancer in her ear in 2008 required the removal of part of her ear, part of her skull and her left ear canal. But now, in a groundbreaking and complicated set of surgeries, Johns Hopkins doctors have attached a new ear made from Walters’ own tissue.


“I thought of this exact strategy many years before and really was looking for the right patient to try it on,” said renowned plastic and reconstructive surgeon Dr. Patrick Byrne.

Byrne used cartilage from Walters’ ribs to stitch together a new ear matching her right ear. He then implanted it under the skin of her forearm, where it grew for months.

“We started making jokes just to try to get used to it and I was like, `Can you hear me? Can you hear me?’ said Sherrie’s husband, Damien.


Byrne later surgically attached the ear and its blood vessels. Then surgery Tuesday added shape and detail to the ear.

It’s been an emotional ride for Sherrie and her husband.

“It just didn’t seem like anything we’d ever heard of so to see the progression and to see how everything has come out has been just great to kind of come to fruition,” said Walters.

“In my opinion, how it’s just a matter of time as the swelling goes down and it heals, I believe she will have a normal looking ear,” said Byrne.

Though recovery isn’t over, Sherrie considers herself lucky and hopes others learn from her story.

“And it’s a cliche but use the sunscreen and if you are not sure about something, get it checked because that’s what I didn’t do,” she said.

She still has two more minor surgeries to go. If all continues to go well, her doctor hopes the newly constructed ear will last for decades.

She’s able to hear from her left side thanks to a special hearing aid.

http://baltimore.cbslocal.com/2012/09/26/hopkins-doctors-give-woman-a-new-ear/

Danka7777: Stop bringing chewbacca defense mechanism to me.

lmao!

Unless it is making her fat, what is the big deal?

Sharia court? Divine guidelines? Shut the fvck up, id1ot

I translated my nickname into Chinese using google translate.

This is the result:

森林之王

mkmyers45: Frontpage for F.ucks sake..

+1000

Regardless of the true situation, this type of stuff shouldn't be aired in the news. Someone needs to caution them and tell them to settle it quietly and privately.

dayokanu: Have you tried poorn?

lwkmd

The former commissioner for Works and Transport said that by asking their brother's widow, Ambassador Bianca Ojukwu, to quit the 29, Queens Drive, Ikoyi, Lagos home when she was still mourning her husband was a taboo in Igboland and warned them to retrace their steps or incur the wrath of the land.

What does "wrath of the land" mean in this context?

God bless Nigeria and especially Nigerians.

lol

jmaine: Is this your best shot . . . .meanwhile assemble your girl friend, wife or sister before me, to verify my impotency . . . .

They did abandon you after receiving some deep good potent thrust

lmao

Religion of peace

If you can buy low and then later sell high, sure.

Pretty interesting read, I think:

http://okdork.com/2012/09/29/why-i-got-fired-from-facebook-a-100-million-dollar-lesson/

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icme hasn't logged into his NL account in a while. He has probably resurfaced under a new user name in this forum.

These guys are r3tarded.

Why fight at the BET awards? Settle whatever dispute you have elsewhere.

Interesting development.

akthedream: Keep on refering to Islam while your god is being ridicled.

Our God is strong enough to fight for himself. Your god on the other hand is a weakling, and has suicide bombers fight for him.

If a woman did that to me, her life would end as soon as I found out. One of the few things that could make me commit murder.

This story doesn't seem to be posted on any credible news sites.

skeletor

Afraid? I don't know the answer to that question.

China will have a much bigger influence on world affairs in part due to their massive #s. You should probably be afraid if you are a small country that is their neighbor.

But we in Africa are pretty far away from them.

Then again, distance is mattering less these days..

I'm not sure, tbh.

In Iraq today, there were massive wars between Sunni and Shia religious militias.

Thousands of Muslims slaughtering each other over religion.

In most Sunni countries, Shiites are called apostates and the religion is banned.

Do you see Baptists killing Catholics?

So who are you to say that another religion is divided, given that you are a Muslim?

mu2sa2: "Slight differences"? Who do u think will fall for that? Is tb joshua's synagogue slightly different from catholic? Is ethiopian orthodox slightly different from winners in nigeria? Haba, what has sunni vs shia got to d confusion we ar talking about.

My family started out in ~1906 as Anglicans. When we moved to the US, we went to a Baptist church with a white, conservative southern pastor. Then later we started going to an RCCG.

Tomorrow (assuming i wake up in time and am not hung over ) I'll go to a liberal, non-denominational Christian church.

Did I change religion 4 or 5 times each time I started attending a new church?

If I go to LA, I might go to Igbo Catholic church with some of my friends.

Christianity is Christianity...it is one faith.


Regarding Sunni vs. Shia...you don't understand how the differences between those two versions of Islam is far greater than anything between say Baptist and Episcopalian?

Cray.

I forget sometimes how big China is and how quickly it is progressing.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10000872396390443890304578010660186162422.html?mod=e2tw

nyere84: He keeps touching and trying to suck her boobi, even wen she says she is nt in the mood.

Err, africa is big, even. Typed my post above too hastily.

mu2sa2: Which of the christianities - 7th Day, apostolic,synagogue,jehovah's witness,orthodox,winners,rccg,fire on d mountain - which one out of the 000s and 000s will the "whole world" learn from when each claim to be in d right and condemns the others.

They for the most part are the same religion (aside from arguably Jehovah's Witnesses).

Slight differences in interpretation of the bible and deciding to attend Pastor Ayebode's church doesn't mean that you follow a different religion or serve a different God from your cousin who attends Pastor Oyedepo's church.

This is unlike another famous religion, where Sunni and Shiite have been killing each other for 1000+ years now...and are still at loggerheads to this day