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hausa would have been betetr because less of them speak english. But its nevertheless a great thing. i dont know why so many nigerians are ok if our languages die off

yeah, i just started using it. irs great. i have to rea dup on all the features though

India's literacy rate islower than that of nigeria's and they made it work. we can do it, but the status quo wont allow it

GP, i go where quality is. I've moved away from yahoo ever since i got a gmail account. its plainly superior

i'd give up yahoo and msn if its as good as thier other services

any results? how do i see the results

i read it here somewhere. maybe online. i think its a good thing. the US hegemony will coem to an end and the world will get a little flatter

hunter, is that US dollars?

so these guys essentially want to double the price of gas.. we arent at the point where we can do with the subsidies

are you using linux or something?

how do you know it cost $100 mil?

what does worldlingo do? it translates every langauge out there?

seun, i disagree. I think Nigeria should strive to accomodate as many languages of our own as posible. Our langauges are dying and are not spoken anywhere else in the world. Showcasing our langauges helps build "brand" awareness, which is what that site is for anyway

just curious

yes, me too. Maybe in the future more will come play for us. we'll be fine either way. emeka though alreayd played for the US

what has he done in abia state? i never been there, so im just wondering

that site has options for every language in the world, but nigerian languages

i dont think its interesting. I think its dangerous, thievery and evil. i'm glad im not the only one that sees it that way

African conservationists denounce proposal for giant US wildlife park

Thu Aug 18, 1:25 PM ET

NAIROBI (AFP) - African conservationists dismissed with contempt a
suggestion by US scientists that the best way to save the planet's
large wild mammals, most of them native to Africa, is to build a huge
nature preserve in the midwest United States.
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Wildlife experts in Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania -- home to some of the
world's largest populations of so-called "megafauna" -- heaped scorn
on the idea, saying it was at best fantasy and at worse a threat to
local protection efforts and tourism.

Uganda Wildlife Authority chief Moses Mapesa gave the United States
credit for proficiency in numerous areas of science and technology but
said the suggestion published in this week's Nature magazine should be
reconsidered.

"This sounds like fiction to me," he told AFP in Kampala. "The
Americans are great people, they have gone to the moon, but I don't
think that this is a great way to do things in conservation.

"They cannot start dreaming things in a new age," Mapesa said. "If
they want to support and feel strongly as it sounds, they should
support conservation work where it is."

Kenya Wildlife Service spokesman Edward Indakwa said the idea that the
only way to save Africa's lions, cheetahs, elephants and rhinos was to
move them to the United States was unrealistic and might be seen by
some as theft.

"That is a romantic view," he told AFP in Nairobi. "Africa has
well-established animal conservation parks and besides, America does
not understand how to conserve some of these animals like the ones
they are suggesting.

"These animals have been our heritage for centuries," Indakwa said.
"If they once existed in the west and then became extinct, well, we
are not ready to let go of our own."

Veteran Kenya-based conservationist Ian Douglas-Hamilton, chairman of
Save the Elephants, called the proposal to create an American
Serengeti in the US heartland "a terrible and absurd idea."

"Africa has done a lot more to conserve its large mammals than the
United States," he told AFP. "If they want to preserve these animals,
they should help Africa set up animal conservation sanctuaries in
Africa itself, not America."



http://www.physorg.com/news5880.html

why do people keep believing the rumors that obasanjo wants to come back for a thrd term. its just destabilising talk, but none of it is true

I guess no one cares about basketball in nigeria. anyay, we pla gabon today on our eventual way to the finals where we will face angola and win

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/other_sports/basketball/4159312.stm

Donald Duke

What do you guys think. I posted it in the business section because I see it adversely affect african countries that rely on wildlife tourism. nigeri hasnt developed its yet, but it could be a factor in the future

Kings of the wild frontier may return

Press Association
Wednesday August 17, 2005

African elephants forage for food in the Addo elephant national park near Port Elizabeth in South Africa
These African elephants live in the Addo elephant national park in South Africa, but could this be the scene on America's Great Plains? Photograph: John Hrusa/EPA


A bold conservation plan dubbed "Pleistocene Park" could see lions, cheetahs and elephants roaming America's Great Plains, it was revealed today.

Scientists have put forward a serious proposal to repopulate parts of North America with modern ancestors of wild animals that became extinct there about 10,000 years ago.

The idea is reminiscent of Jurassic Park, the novel and movie in which dinosaurs are brought back to life as tourist attractions.

The new project would also involve potentially dangerous animals - albeit ones from the modern era. Its aim is to revitalise ecosystems, generate ecotourism and create land management jobs to help struggling economies in rural areas of the US.

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During the Pleistocene era, between 1.8 million and 10,000 years ago, North America's ecosystems were far more diverse than they are today.

Big cats such as the American cheetah (Acinonyx trumani) and American lion (Panthera leo atrox) once roamed the plains, as did mammoths, mastodons, wild horses and the first camels.

The plan envisaged by scientists at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, would see these lost creatures replaced with present-day counterparts, including Asian and African elephants, lions, cheetahs, Bactrian camels, feral horses, and wild asses.

Harry Greene, professor of ecology and evolutionary biology at Cornell, said: "If we only have 10 minutes to present this idea, people think we're nuts. But if people hear the one-hour version, they realise they haven't thought about this as much as we have.

"Right now, we are investing all of our megafauna hopes on one continent - Africa."

The "rewilding" scheme, outlined in the journal Nature, would unfold in several phases. To start with, small numbers of animals, including elephants and lions, would be released on private land.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/usa/story/0,12271,1551102,00.html

nigeria has plenty of know how. they don't need all those expats. The best way for them to keep safe is to play fair and hire poeple from the lands they exploit

maybe some of the expats shouldnt be in nigeria. i hear the go over thier quotas anyway and dont hire enough nigerians

great post, klex

i dont understnd what you were trying to say about the drummer and drums. But basically africa will get better when we look internally. not wait for the EU to rubber stamp thier approval

excellent news. now we need to work on prevention

pintos why do you care what the EU has to say about the matter? Nigerians should solve thier own affairs. I bet you the EU doesnt care what nigeria says about thier own elections. Besdies, these groups many times have thier own agenda in african politics

kazey, hawkers arent in banks and hospitals and certainly not in hi end places. Start there. I think vending machines are pretty simply and dont need much adaptation.

they were designed to provide fast drinks, snacks, in closed quarters. so if you're indoors for a while, its pretty usefull

Nigeria only becomes ready for vending machines when they are brought into the country. A good businessman finds a way to adapt it to the environement.

Like I said, keep in it high end places like the Ikoyi club, hospitals, banks (people in line [queues] will apprecate it) and so forth.

nigeria gets better by the day

IAH, i no sabi wetin africa do them, but na so oyinbo be. They will do anythign to tear us apart. We just have to make sure we dont buy into these ideas of ouselves

You would make a lot of money placing vending machines in high end traffic areas like airports, hotels, banks, etc. putting it in a marke place is a bad place because of hooligans, but places where people with cash will pass through a lot, like the ones i mentioned, would be a good idea.

it would have to take only cash though since nigeria has no coins