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One of two official sets of photos of Iran's famed simian space traveller depicted the wrong monkey, but a primate really did fly into space and return safely to Earth, a senior Iranian space official has said. The two different monkeys shown in the photos released by Iran's state media caused some international observers to wonder whether the monkey had died in space or that the launch did not go well. One set of pictures showed a relatively dark- haired monkey. Another showed a different monkey - strapped in a pod - that had light grey hair and a distinctive red mole over its right eye. The photos stirred questions on the internet, with people joking on Facebook that the monkey "went into space and met a doctor who removed its mole," an ironic reference to some Iranians passion for cosmetic surgery. 'Archive photo' Mohammad Ebrahimi told the The Associated Press news agency that the monkey who travelled in space was named "Pishgam," the Farsi word for pioneer. Ebrahimi said one set of pictures showed an archive photo of one of the alternate monkeys. He said three to five monkeys are simultaneously tested for such a flight and two or three are chosen for the launch. Finally, the one that is best suited for the mission and is not stressed is chosen for the voyage. State TV pictures seen by AP show the dark- haired monkey before and after the space flight, but a package of still pictures released by authorities showed the other monkey with the mole. "I say this with certainty that the monkey is in good health and the space flight didn't have any physical effect on Pishgam," Ebrahimi said. "Some of the photos released by one of news agencies were not related to the time of flight. They were archive photos of the monkeys being prepared for the launch." Jonathan McDowell, a Harvard astronomer who tracks rocket launchings and space activity, also said this week's monkey space flight was real, but he had a slightly different explanation for the photo mix-up. He claimed the light grey monkey with the mole died during a failed space mission in 2011. "The monkey with the mole was the one launched in 2011 that died. The rocket failed. It did not get into space," McDowell said. "They just mixed that footage with the footage of the 2013 successful launch." Iran has never confirmed that a monkey died in 2011, or that there was a failed mission that year.
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i was at club Royale with friends having fun.when it was time for me to leave i was escorted by 2 bouncers of d club to my car,yess some guys try 2 mob me while I was leaving which is normal,I got in 2 my car peacefully and drove out after couple of snaps with my fanshttps://www.facebook.com/TerryGinjah/posts/10151169344791395 |
Where is d source?? This info. is misleadn. Meks makes me wonder if there is anoda A.b.u bcs d 1 i knw does nt fit that descriptn. This the work of p.d.p lyk som ppl always say. Lol. |
Quite interesting! They both did fantastic given how well they put forward their argument. Punch line upon punch line. @Katsumoto. You are good, it all seemed as if u had anticipated and prepared for this debate long before now. With the level of facts you tendered, i can only but salute. @obinoscopy. U where very cogent and i love the way you presented your points, concise and brief, quite convincing it was. Kudos to both guys, indeed it was educative. Looking forward to more of such. |
Goldieboo: u stl dey so...hw fa..hp u enjoyn dah brki dy o sis. 4 d brk, itx mekin sens hardarms5050: sup marion g hw r u coping wit Economics. I cud remember last year wen u got 268 aggr frm plateau state and got admitted one hand. Hope u r maintaining a balance grade bro? See ya I̶̲̥̅̊n̶̲̥̅̊ school.ma broda, we'r tryin dou itx nt easy. By d way, ma boss hia gt d info ryt. I dy hail al of una. Aliyu333: yee me i tot it was 265 he scored nd from benue state |
hey guyz! Hw r u copin wt admisn list anxiety? Lol.. Bet itx nt easy. 1 f d worst conditns u find ur slf iz waitn 4 a.b.u admism list, Oftn tyms frustratin. Wen d egg iz abt 2 hatch precipitatin d list, u hear al sorts of rumours both 'fact nd fiction'. Bt wel, one can only hope 4 d best. Dnt b surprisd if they mek it ur sallah present (they r fond of it). I pray y'al hv a cause 2 rjoice when itz finaly out cuz u guyz certainly dserve it. Peace. |
kai! All this campaign for Obama. Romney this, Romney that. In Politics, you say 'M' and your rivals try to make it 'W'. Well, who ever wins doesn't change anything for me, unless i am affected, i can only but watch as evrything unfolds. |
Stale news. |
Helo house! Hop y'al had a wondaful p.u.me (nt mindin d 1st day hitches). I pray it gets u al admitd ds yr. Meanwhile frm d information i got, if u wrote say, 2 papers in 30 mins and/or oda related issues, u can cm bak n rewrite. Howeva, if u ar o.k wit wat u wrot (u write 2 papers nd é mek brain) that is, u wrote jst 2 papers nd u fil u did wel in d papers, it is advisable nt 2 cm bk why? Bcs based on d info i got when i was makin enquiries given dat ma sis also had d same problm, many of doz dat wrot jst 2 papers r evn scorin higher than doz dat wrot d cmplet 4. If u r fortunat enuf 2 hv writtn 2 papers which u r gud at, ur score in aggregation wud most likely b higher than dat of som1 who wrot al his combinatn bt did nt do wel in som of his subjcts. Base on ds, u shud weigh ur options wel b4 makin a decision. |
Guyz, it wil b 4 ur own gud if u r extremely carefl wit d way u relate to ppl concernin admissn. Dnt let ur desperation drown u. Tyms lyk ds, u see swindlers parading themslvs as this or that, they swindle u n den leav u wit neida d admissn nor ur money and u end up '2-0'. Try nt 2 fal victim. (my two cents) @udinev. Ar u sur u'v read enuf? Cuz im ready 2 handl any1. Lol. Jst kidin. All d sam, gudluk 2 y'al. |
dedeike: Come on, keep quiet. Forbes ratings remains the best and its the universally acclaimed destination for such statistics.Just because they have brought out a report that exposes the lies and falsehood that the fake Ghanian Proffessor has been peddling , that is why you want to discredit FORBES. Which rating should we reckon with? SAHARA abi NAIRALAND? I took time to pick holes in the Ghanian Proffessor's tirades earlier in the week. First, he proceeded on the faulty and unfounded assumption that GEJ did not declare his assets. On twitter, I told him clearly that his paymasters did not properly brief him hence the high level ignorance that the Prof has been exhibiting on social media. I pity his students. A real prof would have taken prudent steps to verify the position of Nigerian laws on the issue of public declaration of Assets. Secondly, he goofed when he said our Agricultural revolution is only tied to distribution of palm seedlings. Every toddler in Nigeria knows the Agric minister is pursuing a reforms of fertilizer distribution in Nigeria and has succeeded in eliminating the middlemen cartel that made access to fertilizer very difficult. Beyond this, he has launched the cassava bread revolution campaign aimed at reducing our reliance on imported wheat. An Agricultural loan scheme has been floated alongside the CBN for local farmers. He is building silos across the federation and has imposed high import tariffs on importation of rice and wheats inorder to encourage local farmers. As part of the national campaign, the president on his democracy day speech directed that only locally produced food should be served in Aso rock and govt public functions. Thirdly, the fake Prof blabbed about GEJ's inability to use Maidugri Airport. If only this Prof was told by his paymaster how much renovation and rehabilitation that this govt has carried out in all the major airports in our country in just one year.Both the ABUJA, LAGOS, ENUGU, KANO AND BENIN airports are under massive reconstruction. On the flip side, the state of the runways of Accra airport is nothing to write home about. When it rains, the runway gets flooded thus leading to the crash of our cargo airplane recently. The prof should hve directed his tirades to his aviation minister, who came on air and made a useless defence of the flooded runways of ACCRA AIRPORT in this mordern age. Finally, the fake prof said our president is of unsound mind. That was the height of rascality by a prof who should know the language of diplomacy. I beg to ask those who have been supporting this retard prof, where did this man derive his allegations from? Which doctor or Health expert pronounced our President insane? What proof can he offer in support of his allegations that our president has a history of unsound mind? For all KOBJUNKIES of this world, I have one word for you.THE OFFICE OF PRESIDENCY is an institution, We should not sacrifice the integrity and dignity of that institution on the altar of hatred and beef for the present occupant. We don't know who will be president tomorrow. It may be you. It may be me. GOD BLESS NIGERIA.GBAM>>> |
Jojo Armani: seconded. U re so on point. Everyday they arrest SUSPECTED Boko haram leader. LISTEN TO DE ENGLISH SELF. They not even sure if he is de Boko haram leader or if he is a boko haram member "suspected" No mind dem jare. Next plshe is presumed innocent until proven guilty by the court of law hence the "suspect". Even armed robbers arrested during robbery are termed "suspected robbers". |
Guess d aim of this thread is 2 inform n.landers about d offer the OP got, he knws n.landers will advice against it. U better forget the money n do what u know is right. |
i'l advyc doz f u dat r prospectv abusites 2 rid lyk u'v neva don b4 cuz havin a high score in putme hs a strong impact on ur chances f bein admittd. Som r frm states dt r very competitv unlyk odas, so u cnt place ur slf on par wit dem, wich invariably mins u mst wrk extra hard 2 beta ur chances. wishin u al best f luck. |
is she d owner of hiphossip blog? |
Aigbofa: See how quickly 4000 rounds of ammunition turned to 4000 AK47 rifles!! Haba! Read carefuly before posting.d tin tire me sef. |
sayusuf: i was at the scene of the blast, 99 percent of the victims are hausa muslims. I think some christians are hiding under the umbrella of boko haram to kill muslims in the north. It happens everywhere. And we are sick and tired of it. Muslims die everyday from bomblast, yet you peaple from south complain most. 200 die in kano, now in kd. Its high time we start avenging the death of our brothers, and its going to be bloody.very typical of them. Smh |
Nyntynplus:they think they can fool us. This is the begining of the end of boko haram. ![]() |
Nyntynplus:they think they can fool us. This is the begining of the end of boko haram. ![]() |
If u liv in d north, u'l wil knw d level of sympathy al-mustapha gets frm hausas. Its realy amazin hw they see it as 1 muslim being executd. |
@ slam. Wil u shut da bleeep up! Wat is dia if dia is no BH i ask u? Insted f u sayin they get supprt frm som gov't agency u r hia spewin rubisssh. Mtseeew |
Dis is no hear say, it was a serious shoot out nd a series of bomb blasts simultenously around my house. I could see the thick smoke emanatin frm a location dat is more lyk d next street 2 myne around farm centre. An explosn shook my house lyk an earthquake, d gunshot continued for more dan an hour. God! d whol tin was lyk som movie, |
Cant stop lmao @ coments. |
God! Hop she's fine. Same happend 2 a female teacher back in my sec.school, she lived in d last floor of a three story buildin in d staff qtrs. It happend arnd 5:am on a fateful sunday while we were goin 4 early mornin mass. Long story short, she had 2 jump frm the balcony cuz there was no way for her 2 use the staircase and the fire was comin towards her. If not that i was there ehh, i wouldnt hav believd she did it cuz of d height. D amazin thing was that she wasnt that hurt bt she limpd a little but for the man that she fell on who was tryin 2 catch her, i could nt imagine the pain he must hav felt. |
I rememba visitn one f ma aunt hu owns a bear palor n she was givn ha daughtr f betwn 3-4 yrs smal stout, wen askd y she was doin such, al she could say was d daughtr was alrdy usd 2 takin it n dt its jst smal tout. Den i began 2 wonda wt she wantd f ha child. Its amazin hw comon it is diz dayz. |
Rooneyboy:rotflmao>>> u harsh 'o, Lmao, |
Reg. 4 faculty f social scienc has begun, i was dia 2dy aldou i hvnt gotn ma admssn lettr yet bcs we wre much ( al d dprmnts in d faculty) n we wre al attnded 2 by d sme grp f pesns. We wrot our names n it was lyk dey wia nt evn calln d names cuz wat dy wia doin was 2 lyk cal five names frm 1 dprmnt n anoda five wen dy r tru, frm anoda dprtmnt. D whol tin was lyk, dy wia nt evn calln d names cuz it teks tym b4 dy cm bk 2 ur dprtmnt. Am bk in k.d bt i'l b goin bk 2mr knowin ma name was nt goin 2 b cald, nt d way it was goin atleast. I didnt hv plans 2 spnd a 9t in zaria consequently, i had 2 leav. |
@yuboy. Its God 'o |
Akosxxx:i tire 'o my broda. Wonda y evry1 iz quite. I'd b in zaria 2dae sha, hopn 2 mit 1 or 2 nairalandas |
Solomon198sss:k, tnx. |