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The AIDS pandemic is a disaster for humanity, but a gold mine for
some multinational chemical companies, it seems. While AIDS is still
spreading in advanced countries such as Australia and the USA, nine
out of 10 new HIV infections are now occurring in the Third World.
However, most treatments coming out of the laboratories of North
America and Europe are affordable only in the richest countries.

In Africa, where it is expected that 18 million people will be HIV
positive by the end of the century, most governments and health
authorities can't even afford the blood tests that would enable them
to keep track of the problem. In South Africa, the richest country on
the continent and by no means the one with the greatest AIDS problem,
it is estimated that the direct and indirect cost of the disease will
be around $20 billion in the next eight years. HIV infection is
expected to treble in Asia within five years.

Meanwhile, the chemical giant Burroughs-Wellcome has cornered the
market in AZT (zidovudine), the main drug so far with a proven ability
to slow the progress of AIDS. Last year, the company raked in about
$300 million from AZT - just one of the newer lines in an extensive
range. The drug was licensed for use in humans only four years ago.
About 40% of the take from AZT is estimated to be profit, even after
the company reduced the price by around 20% in response to protests.

In the US, a year's supply of AZT for one person costs around
US$8000, perhaps okay for those who have adequate medical insurance,
but a disaster for those who don't. US AIDS activists say these prices
don't reflect the drug's production cost; bootleg supplies are much
cheaper, though illegal. Australian prices for patented AZT are even
higher, largely because the drug companies are aware that Medicare
will pick up the tab.

The company is not simply recovering development costs. A March 1991
court action by the New York-based People With AIDS group made it
clear Burroughs-Wellcome contributed very little to the development of
the drug, and its right to the patent is dubious. The AIDS-related
qualities of the drug were first developed by researchers for the US
National Cancer Institute, not Burroughs- Wellcome.

Jerome Horowitz of the Michigan Cancer Foundation discovered AZT in
1964, but at the time it seemed to have no useful role and it was
extremely toxic. In 1974, Wolfram Ostertag at Germany's Max Planck
Institute discovered that AZT inhibited retroviruses in mice, but at
that time no such viruses were known to exist in humans.

Wellcome studied the compound from 1982 to 1984, but in 1984
declined to participate in an NCI search for drugs that would work
against HIV/AIDS because, it said, human retroviruses were not
treatable, live HIV was too dangerous to work with and HIV experiments
were unlikely to be profitable.

Eventually Wellcome handed over some compounds to the NCI for study,
and the NCI discovered the AIDS-inhibiting qualities of AZT. Wellcome
immediately filed for a British patent even though its scientists had
not discovered the drug and had not participated in the HIV
experiments.

It later took out a US patent as well. The US application did not
reveal that work on the drug in humans had been done at the NCI and
Duke University. The patent was approved in 1988.

In 1989, NCI director Sam Broder and several colleagues wrote to the
New York Times saying, "one of the key obstacles to the development of
AZT was that Burroughs-Wellcome did not work with live AIDS virus nor
wish to receive samples from AIDS patients".

It seems the prices of other AIDS drugs are also kept outrageously
high by the fact that their patents are owned by private chemical
companies. Acyclovir, another Wellcome line, netted the company around
$400 million last year. This one is more established than AZT, having
been on the shelves for nearly a decade.

Burroughs-Wellcome is by no means the only AIDS profiteer. In 1984
Lypho-Med, a smaller US company, increased the price of a pneumonia-
fighting drug, pentamidine, from around $34 to around $136 per unit as
its use increased among people with AIDS. By 1988, public protest
forced the price down again.

Another company, Roche, controls ddI and ddC, which are similar to
AZT and often used in conjunction with it. They cost about two-thirds
the price of AZT. Roche also sells Bactrim, used to fight pneumonia
and urinary infections in people with AIDS. Private multinational
companies control most of the research into AIDS because they have
budgets many times larger than those of most government research
bodies.

At least a dozen potential AIDS vaccines are being tested at
present. If the chemical companies run true to form, none of them is
likely to be much cheaper than AZT.

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Richard and vivian eliminated Ngozi out, uniting sucks!

SCANDALOUS

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I never mix money and product with my friends
These chips, make relationships come to an end
I pull the graveyard shift, gettin' money non-stop
And been on the block, ever since bunny tops

I shall not fear no man but God
Though I walk through the valley of death
If I should die before I wake..

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FACTS

Organised crime is estimated to account for 10% of the united states national income.

The Sand Andreas fault is slipping at a rate of 2 inches per year. Scientists forcasts Los Angeles will be a suburb of San Fransisco in about 15 million years.

A red blood cell can circumnavigate your body in about 20 seconds.

Dick turpan was executed for horse stealing, hhis hangman was a reformed highwayman.

One is the only number with its letters in reverse alphabetical order.

Never impulse travel through your body over 250 mph.

Montana goats sometimes but so hard that their hooves fall off.

Forest fires move faster up hill than down hill.

The Pacific Ocean covers 28% of the earths surface.

Birmingham has 22 more miles of canal than Venice.

The coca-cola company is the largest consumer of vanilla in the world.

The Kiwi is the only bird with nostrils at the end of it’s bill. somewhat unsuprisingly it’s also the only bird that can hunt by smell.

More redheads are born in scotland than any other part of the world.

The two hottest months of the equator are march and september.

Kodak is the world’s lagest user of silver.

It takes one 15-20 year old tree to produce 700 brown paper bags.

India has the largest stock of privately hoarded gold.

The venus flytrap takes half a second to shut on it’s prey.

If you attempted to count the stars in a galaxy one every second it would take you 3,000 years.

Any wind travelling at a speed of 74mph or more is classified as a hurricane.

England has more hurricanes than any other place in the world.

Moths aren’t attracted to light. They are trying to reach the blackest point, which is behind the light.

The daddy long legs has poisonous venom in its body but has no way of using it.

Americans spend more than 356million on golf balls a year.

The only purple animal is a breed of antelope called the blesbok.


Ok, thats enough facts (well i can’t be bothered to write anymore.)



TIPS


When frying bacon for your hangover butty, add a little salt to the oil to stop it spitting back at you.

To avoid blisters on your feet after a run, spray them with anti-perspirant beforehand. If your feet don’t sweat there wont be any friction with your trainers and your skin wont rub.

European ipods dont have as much volume power as the US versions but you can fix that by logging on to eupod.com and downloading their ’volume boost’ software.

When you select a channel on sky and it says no signal change channel anh go back to the one you was on.

if you need to heat up your plates for when mates come round for a curry simpley put them in water and heat them for 30seconds then take them out and they will be hot just like in a restaurant.

thats it more coming soon send a fact tip or trick by email and it could be placed on the web

Don’t waste lots of money on leather cleaning products, just use some baby wipes to remove stains from your leather sofa.

Write four numbers on the signiture strip of your debit credit cards, making sure none are in your real pin number. if your cards are evr stolen , the thief will assume the numbers are those in your pin and try different combinations untill the machine eats the card.


Get paint off your skin by rubbing on some olive oil and washing with soap and water.

Use boiled water that has cooled in your ice trays this summer- they will freeze quicker and be crystal clear. boiled water dosn’t contain any air - unlike water fresh from the tap -which is what makes the ice cubes freeze slower.


TRICKS

Avoid skipping or sticking cds by simply placing them face up in the freezer for 15 minutes.

The best way to pick up smashed shards of glass is to repeatedly dab the floor with a slice of bread.

When decorating and using a paint tray, place a poly paint onto the bag. once your finished painting, simply life out the bag and you will have a clean tray.


Before changing the oil in your car, run the engine for about 10 - 15 minutes beforehand this will make the oil thinner and allow it to drain quicker

Beer glass stain on your wooden coffee table?spread mayonnaise over the ring, then rub it with a clean dry cloth

If your shoes are too tight, fill them with a sealable bag of water and put them in the freezer. the freezing water will eventually stretch them out for you. Or... just buy a better fit.

If your car’s remote key fob is playing up, aim it towards your picture phone and press its button if all is well the camera should show the fobs infared so you’ll know if the problem is with your car or the remote.

To stop chips, and cracks in your windscreen getting any bigger, simply fill them with super glue or add a drop to the leading edge.

To turn off the service light in a ford, press and hold down the brake and accelerator, turn on the iggnition for 20-30 seconds then start the engine and release the pedals.

To get rid of the sticky residue left by the privce labels, just rub a little of your girlfreind’s nail polish remover on the area in question.

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materials:
an iPod with USB cable (or anything that charges with USB)
-battery holders that can hold 3 batteries (I used 2 duel AA holders and rewired one to hold one AA)
-a female USB socket
-a case (I used a mint tin)
-something that can make a rectangular hole in the case

First, cut a hole that will snuggly fit the USB port. Slide the port in and tighten the hole by bending back metal, glueing or whatever you want.

Now you should make a chain of batteries. Attach 3 1.5v batteries together using the holders. You may have to improvise but this is what i have.
DO NOT USE MORE THAN 5v OF BATTERY, this will fry the iPod.

Now you may connect the batteries to the usb plug. Now all you have to do is secure everything, I used hot glue. It not only secures but it also insulates.

I hope with this codes you can customize your phones

NOKIA 3310

*#06# To find IMEI (International Mobile Equipment Identity)

*#7780# Restores Factory Settings..(Memory, language, counters not included)

*#3110# For checking the phone's software (SW) - called firmware revision information.

*#746025625# [*#sim0clock#] To check if the Sim-Clock can be Stopped (Sim-clock-stop is a kind of standby mode which will save battery time)

*#92702689# [*#war0anty#] Phone asks 'warranty code:'

6232 (OK) Displays the Month and Year of Manufacture

9268 (OK) Displays Serial Number

7332 (OK) Displays the date of the last repairment - if found

7832 (OK) Displays (if found) the date where the phone was purchased

37832 (OK) Set the Purchasing Date MMYY (This date can be set only once!)

87267 (OK) Transfers ALL phone numbers, Logo's, and ringtones from other gsm phones

NOKIA 7110

*#06# For checking the IMEI (International Mobile Equipment Identity)

*#0000# To view Software Version.

*#3370# Enhanced Full Rate Codec (EFR) activation. It will automatically restart.

*#3370* Enhanced Full Rate Codec (EFR) deactivation. It will automatically restart.

*#4720# Half Rate Codec activation. It will automatically restart

*#4720* Half Rate Codec deactivation. It will automatically restart

*#746025625# Sim clock allowed status

*#92702689# [*#war0anty#] Takes you to a secret menu with 6 choices

1. Displays Serial Number. 2. Displays the Month and Year of Manufacture (0997) 3. Displays (if there) the date where the phone was purchased (MMYY) 4. Displays the date of the last repairment - if found (0000) 5. makes you capebel of transferring user data if you have the gear for it 6. shows how many hours the phone has been on


NEC DB 1000
To see IMEI code type *#06#
To Reset to defaults type *73738# (send?)
To show Software version type *#2820#

SP Lock info
The procedure will show if your phone is locked. * # 3210 # (send?) for SIM lock info, type : *#8140# (send?) for Net lock info.

SIM lock
*#4960 # (send?) - Inquiry * 4960 * password * password # (send?) to Lock #4960* password # (send?) to Unlock

[password] is an 8 digits number]

Net Lock
*#7320# (send?) - Inquiry * 7320 * password * password # (send?) to Lock. #7320* password # (send?) to Unlock.

[password] is an 8 digits number]

Net Lock 2
*#2220# (send?) - Inquiry * 2220 * password * password # (send?) to Lock #2220* password # (send?) to Unlock

[password] is an 8 digits number]

Subnet Lock
*#1110# (send?) - Inquiry * 1110 * password * password # (send?) to Lock #1110* password # (send?) to Unlock

[password is an 8 digits number]



Samsung SGH-600 / SGH-2100

*#06# -> Show IMEI
*#9999# -> Show Software Version
*#0837# -> Show Software Version (instructions)
*#0001# -> Show Serial Parameters
*#9125# -> Activates the smiley when charging.

*#9998*228# -> Battery status (capacity, voltage, temperature)
*#9998*246# -> Program status
*#9998*289# -> Change Alarm Buzzer Frequency
*#9998*324# -> Debug screens
*#9998*364# -> Watchdog
*#9998*377# -> EEPROM Error Stack - Use side keys to select values. Cancel and ok.
*#9998*427# -> Trace Watchdog
*#9998*523# -> Change LCD contrast - Only with version G60RL01W
*#9998*544# -> Jig detect
*#9998*636# -> Memory status
*#9998*746# -> SIM File Size
*#9998*778# -> SIM Service Table
*#9998*785# -> RTK (Run Time Kernel) errors - if ok then phn is reset, info is put in memory error. *#9998*786# -> Run, Last UP, Last DOWN
*#9998*837# -> Software Version
*#9998*842# -> Test Vibrator - Flash the screenligth during 10 seconds and vibration activated.
*#9998*862# -> Vocoder Reg - Normal, Earphone or carkit can be selected
*#9998*872# -> Diag
*#9998*947# -> Reset On Fatal Error
*#9998*999# -> Last/Chk

*#9998*9266# -> Yann debug screen (=Debug Screens?)
*#9998*9999# -> Software version

*0001*s*f*t# -> Changes serial parameters (s=?, f=0,1, t=0,1) (incomplete)
*0002*?# -> unknown
*0003*?# -> unknown

SP-unlock SGH-600 and SGH 2100

*2767*3855# -> Full EEPROM Reset ( THIS CODE REMOVES SP-LOCK!! )
But also changes IMEI to 447967-89-400044-0, To restore your old IMEI use the IMEI program found on the software page.

*2767*2878# -> Custom EEEPROM Reset

These codes has been tested with version FLD_2C6 G60SB03X of Samsung SGH-600



MOTOROLA 8700

*#06# for checking the IMEI (International Mobile Equipment Identity)

Activate RBS

(Note: pause means the * key held in until box appears)
To activate RBS type: [pause] [pause] [pause] 1 1 3 [pause] 1 [pause] [ok]
You now have to press the [MENU] and scroll to the 'Eng Field Options' function with the keys, and enable it.

De-activate RBS

To de-activate RBS type: [pause] [pause] [pause] 1 1 3 [pause] 0 [pause] [ok]
This only works with some versions of software.

These countries has been reported working:

AU, IT, SG, DE, ES, ZA

What's the use of RBS:

Get Distance From Base Station - Place a call, when it is answered, press [MENU] until 'Eng Field Option' is displayed, press [OK], select 'Active Cell', press [OK], press [MENU] until 'Time Adv Bleep' appears, where Bleep is a number. Multiply this number by 550, and the result is the distance from the RBS (Radio Base Station), in meters.

Get Signal Quality - press [MENU] until 'Eng Field Option' is displayed, press [OK], select 'Active Cell', press [OK], press [MENU] until 'C1' appears. This is the signal quality. If it becomes negative for longer than 5 seconds, a new cell is selected.


Nokia 1610/1611, 2010, 3210, 3810, 6080/6081, 6120/6160/6162, 6150, 6190, 7110, 8850, 9000/9000i, 9110
*#06# for checking the IMEI (International Mobile Equipment Identity)
*#170602112302# shows the SW version.

Latest software version on Nokia 1610: v 5.15 (25.02.97) NHE-5NX - older version V 4.19
Latest software version on Nokia 1611: V 4.03 NHE-5SX

Nokia 2010

To view IMEI number *#06#
To view Software Version enter *#9999#

Nokia 3210

*#06# for checking the IMEI (International Mobile Equipment Identity) Information you get from the IMEI:

XXXXXX XX XXXXXX X

TAC FAC SNR SP


TAC = Type approval code
FAC = Final assembly code
SNR = Serial number
SP = Spare

*#0000# To view Software Version.

#746025625# [*#sim0clock#]
Checks if the sim clock can be stopped. Sim clock stop is a kind of stand-by mode which will save battery time. This code doesn't work with software version 4.59.

*#92702689# [*#war0anty#] takes you to a secret menu with 6 choices:

1. Displays Serial Number.
2. Displays the Month and Year of Manufacture (0997)
3. Displays (if there) the date where the phone was purchased (MMYY)
4. Displays the date of the last repairment - if found (0000)
5. makes you capebel of transferring user data if you have the gear for it
6. shows how many hours the phone has been on

Latest software version: V 5.02 NSE-8/9

V.4.41 NSE-8/9 (17-08-99)0
V 4.11 ()
V 3.10 NSE-8

*#3370# - Enhanced Full Rate Codec (EFR) activation. It will automatically restart.
*#3370* - Enhanced Full Rate Codec (EFR) deactivation. It will automatically restart.
*#4720# - Half Rate Codec activation. It will automatically restart
*#4720* - Half Rate Codec deactivation. It will automatically restart

Enhanced Full Rate will give you much better sound quality when you enable it. The new Enhanced Full Rate CODEC adopted by GSM uses the ASELP (AlgebraicCode Excitation Linear Prediction) compression technology. This technology allows for much great voice quality in the same number of bits as the older Full Rate CODEC. The older technology was called LPC-RPE (Linear Prediction Coding with Regular Pulse Excitation). Both operate at 13 kilobits.(but you take up more space on the network, so they can charge you more) - Talk-time is reduced with about 5%

Nokia 3810

To view IMEI number *#06#
To view Software Version enter *#3810#

Nokia 6080 / 6081

*#06# for checking the IMEI (International Mobile Equipment Identity)
*#0000# shows the SW version.

Latest software version on 6080 V 4.80 NHE-2
Latest software version on 6081 V 5.14 NHE-2A

Nokia 6120 / 6160 / 6162 (TDMA phones)

*#92772689# for checking ISDN number.
*3001#12345# for field test mode and nam selection and some other stuff...
*#9999# shows the SW version.

Nokia 6150

*#06# for checking the IMEI (International Mobile Equipment Identity)
*#0000# shows the SW version.
*#92702689# to enter service menu.

Latest software version 5.22 (10-11-99) NSM-1

Older versions:
5.20 (20-09-99) NSM-1
5.17 (01-07-99) NSM-1

Updates:
1. Updated GSM-list
2. *4720# and #4720# (activate/deactivate Halfrate) doesn't work anymore!
3. New menu option: 4-4-6 Confirm SIM service actions Lets you select whether SIM service actions are visible and confirmed by you.
4. Automatic menu-language selection doesn't work anymore!

V 5.02 (02-02-99) NSM-1
V 4.13 NSM-1 (EFR option should be back in this version)
V 4.12 NSM-1 (EFR option removed in this version)
V 4.11 NSM-1 (EFR option removed in this version)
V 4.02 NSM-1

Nokia 6190

*#06# for checking the IMEI (International Mobile Equipment Identity)
*#6190# shows the SW version.
*#92772689# (after removing the analog module) shows service menu.
*3001#12345[OK] to enter test mode.
*#639# to change NAM.

Nokia 7110

*#06# for checking the IMEI (International Mobile Equipment Identity)
*#0000# To view Software Version.
*#3370# - Enhanced Full Rate Codec (EFR) activation. It will automatically restart.
*#3370* - Enhanced Full Rate Codec (EFR) deactivation. It will automatically restart.
*#4720# - Half Rate Codec activation. It will automatically restart
*#4720* - Half Rate Codec deactivation. It will automatically restart
*#746025625# - Sim clock allowed status.
*#92702689# [*#war0anty#] - takes you to a secret menu with 6 choices:

1. Displays Serial Number.
2. Displays the Month and Year of Manufacture (0997)
3. Displays (if there) the date where the phone was purchased (MMYY)
4. Displays the date of the last repairment - if found (0000)
5. makes you capebel of transferring user data if you have the gear for it
6. shows how many hours the phone has been on

Latest software version: 4.77 25-01-00 NSE-5 - EFR and half rate codes do not work with this version.

V 4.76 13-01-00 NSE-5
V 4.75 07-01-00 NSE-5
V 4.73 15.11.99 NSE-5

Nokia 8850

*#06# for checking the IMEI (International Mobile Equipment Identity)
*#0000# To view Software Version.

Latest software version: V 5.11 09-12-99 NSM-2

Older version: V5.08

Nokia 9000/9000i

To view IMEI number *#06#
To view Software Version enter *#8110# Latest Version is under Phone Info.
To view Week and Year of manufacture enter *#3283#

Nokia 9110

*#06# for checking the IMEI (International Mobile Equipment Identity)
*#0000# shows the SW version.

Latest software version: v5.02 (26-08-99)RAE-2

V 4.05 RAE-2


wait tilll next time for more codes


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Kanye west and Fabolous, which of the the duet do u like most and which of them rap most? and which one their lyrics makes more sense? My fellow nairalanders just compare and contrast

Men i do not know what you guys are talking about Ja -rule is world sought after artiste, you can't compare A one year man to Ja-rule, Have you heard jarule's latest album EXODUS, Oh boy i love it, i just bought a copy of it last 3 days, so don't compare a small boy 50cent who beefed Jayz,Murder Inc, even fat joe. men thats nasty, don't compare him to Jarule cos ja rule is more complicated than him. ok! You got that But well i like 50 though, I will like him to slow down a lil bit of his beef rhymes. That will be better 4 him

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