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A supernova is the explosion of a star. It is the
largest explosion that takes place in space.
Supernovas are often seen in other galaxies.
But supernovas are difficult to see in our own
Milky Way galaxy because dust blocks our
view. In 1604, Johannes Kepler discovered the
last observed supernova in the Milky Way.
NASA’s Chandra telescope discovered the
remains of a more recent supernova. It
exploded in the Milky Way more than a
hundred years ago.
A supernova happens where there is a change
in the core, or center, of a star. A change can
occur in two different ways, with both
resulting in a supernova.
The first type of supernova happens in binary
star systems. Binary stars are two stars that
orbit the same point. One of the stars, a carbon-
oxygen white dwarf, steals matter from its
companion star. Eventually, the white dwarf
accumulates too much matter. Having too much
matter causes the star to explode, resulting in a
supernova.
The second type of supernova occurs at the end
of a single star’s lifetime. As the star runs out of
nuclear fuel, some of its mass flows into its core.
Eventually, the core is so heavy that it cannot
withstand its own gravitational force. The core
collapses, which results in the giant explosion of
a supernova. The sun is a single star, but it does
not have enough mass to become a supernova.
A supernova burns for only a short period of
time, but it can tell scientists a lot about the
universe.
One kind of supernova has shown scientists
that we live in an expanding universe, one that
is growing at an ever increasing rate.
Scientists also have determined that
supernovas play a key role in distributing
elements throughout the universe. When the
star explodes, it shoots elements and debris
into space. Many of the elements we find here
on Earth are made in the core of stars. These
elements travel on to form new stars, planets
and everything else in the universe.

Scientists use different types of
telescopes to look for and study supernovas.
Some telescopes are used to observe the visible
light from the explosion. Others record data
from the X-rays and gamma rays that are also
produced. Both NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope
and Chandra X-ray Observatory have captured
images of supernovas.
In June 2012, NASA launched the first orbiting
telescope that focuses light in the high-energy
region of the electromagnetic spectrum. The
NuSTAR mission has a number of jobs to do. It
will look for collapsed stars and black holes. It
also will search for the remains of supernovas.
Scientists hope to learn more about how stars
explode and the elements that are created by
supernovas.

You do not have to be a scientist, or even have a
telescope, to hunt for supernovas. For example,
in 2008 a teenager discovered a supernova. Then
in January 2011, a 10-year-old girl from Canada
discovered a supernova while looking at night
sky images on her computer. The images, taken
by an amateur astronomer, just happened to
include a supernova.
With some practice and the right equipment, you
could find the next supernova!

THERE are many spin-off success stories and
sub-plots to the unfolding technological
revolution unfolding in Osun State. State
Governor, Rauf Aregbesola, has described the
ICT journey his state embarked upon last year
in partnership with emerging tech giant, RLG
Global, as “a historic monument to the power of
vision”.
The RLG Adulawo Technological City, which is
the first fruit of that public-private
partnership, launched last year in the state as
an assembly plant for all kinds of technological
devices and gadgets ranging from mobile
phones to accessories, tabs, laptops, PDAs and
more.
Adulawo is modelled after America’s fabled
Silicon Valley as a hub for tech talents to
thrive, be tracked and tutored.
It provides sufficient proof of what is
possible when visionary public leadership
meets and marries the ingenuity of the private
sector, not just for pecuniary gains, but most
importantly, for the public good.
The laudable initiative is a hymn to an emerging
concept in global business, known as impact
investing.
Simply put, RLG Global is deploying significant
investment capital into Osun State with a dual
endgame in mind – to significantly address the
state’s domestic social challenge of
unemployment while also growing its own
bottomline as a business.
Beyond these two primary triggers, RLG is
liberalising knowledge by kitting and
empowering locals with the skill sets required
to drive innovation and to engineer a
resounding technological revolution not just in
Osun, but in Nigeria as a whole, thus lifting
many out of poverty.
RLG Communications Nigeria Ltd., like its peer
subsidiaries across the West-African sub-
region and Asia, is playing out the script of the
altruistic and visionary mind of Group
Chairman, Roland Agambire.
Agambire, who has been the subject of a battle
of appellations in terms of which designation
best suits the tech entrepreneur – whether
Africa’s Steve Jobs or Africa’s Bill Gates – is
the maestro behind the revolutionary tech
music playing in Osun.
An avantgardist who has demonstrated a
perfect understanding of the unique challenges
and peculiar problems confronting the African
continent, he has continued to offer himself,
his vast business experience and his immense
resources, as a change agent, to power his
vision for an Africa empowered and
transformed through technology.
The magnificent “technopolis” named Hope
City, a first-of-its-kind tech mecca, which he is
constructing in Accra, Ghana, is a monument to
that enduring commitment.
The Nigerian division of Agambire’s growing
conglomerate was established with a lot of
promise, given the vast and expanding local ICT
market and immense potential that Africa’s
largest market economy and most populous
nation boasts. RLG Nigeria is already
translating some of that vast potential into
performance.
They talked the talk last year when they
launched, they’ve spent the past year working
the work and now they’re walking the talk, even
exceeding their most sanguine expectations
within just one year of launching.
Having dug into the dirt to lay the groundwork
for current successes, they have positioned
themselves perfectly on the path to
successfully establishing a global commercial
profile.
This reality was brought gloriously to the fore
when the Nigerian division of the world’s
fourth largest telecom company, Airtel, showed
faith in RLG and ordered 50,000 pieces of RLG
manufactured and locally assembled mobile
devices, to be marketed to their own
customers.
Remarkably, those mobile devices were
assembled at the Adulawo Tech City by
graduates of the Osun Youth Empowerment
Technology (OYESTECH) scheme, who of
course had been trained by RLG. Airtel
Nigeria’s patronage was a commitment on the
part of a multinational to encourage the
development of Nigeria’s capacity to produce
consumables locally.
Nigeria’s leading and most significant
indigenous telecommunications company,
Globacom, has also followed suit with orders of
its own.
Speaking at RLG’s Product Discovery Day held
at the expansive tech city where RLG launched
a new range of innovative products, Airtel
Nigeria MD/CEO, Segun Ogunsanya said, “It’s
a testimony of what we believe in at Airtel.
We believe in supporting local content We don’t
have a choice but to support that which is
manufactured locally. We believe firmly in this
project to create more jobs and to create
more knowledge.”
On his part, Governor Aregbesola, waxed
lyrical as he revealed the tremendous impact of
the tech initiative on his state and people and
how it had helped to address the problem of
youth unemployment in the state.
Describing the multi-million dollar initiative as a
historic monument to the power of vision, the
Governor revealed that the tech city had, in
the last one year, provided direct employment
to 150 Osun indigenes and is poised, within the
next phase of its operations, to provide
employment to 1,500 persons.
Referencing National Communications
Commission (NCC) data, he noted, “As at
February this year, there were 142.5 million
active mobile telephone lines in Nigeria. Every
year, not less than 10 million lines are added to
existing ones in an ever-expanding national
tele-density.
This means that if a mobile phone has an
average lifespan of three years, in the next
three years, there’ll be a demand for 142.5
million phones, in addition to the new lines that
would have been activated then.”
“While it is practically impossible, in a capitalist
world, for one manufacturer to corner this
humongous market, we have the comparative
advantage to capture a sizeable portion of it.
No country in Europe, except Russia, has a
market this big. This was our vision when we
went into talks with RLG and we are happy
today that the effort is bearing fruits,” the
Governor added.
The Governor thanked specially, the Managing
Director and Chief Executive Officer of Airtel
Nigeria, Segun Ogunsanya for “boldly
identifying with RLG and agreeing to do
business with us.
Airtel is the fourth biggest telecommunications
company in the world and must have considered
RLG’s products capable of competing with
global brands in the market and is willing to
stake its reputation with us.”
He continued, “Our vision is that this company
will bridge the gap, not only to assemble
electronic gadgets locally but also to increase
local content until it becomes a manufacturer of
finished products and supplier of basic
components like panels and semi-conductors to
other manufacturers.”
The Governor expressed immense gratitude to
the chairman of RLG Global, Mr. Roland
Agambire, for his unwavering confidence in his
state.
He also acknowledged and appreciated the
representative role played by the Bola
Oyebamiji-led Osun State Investment
Corporation Limited (OSICOL)- the investment
and business arm of the State Government – in
the RLG Partnership.
At the Product Discovery Day, a range of
innovative and competitive RLG devices were
unveiled by the CEO of RLG Global, Alex Lu.
They included the Educational Laptop EL3 also
known as the Opon Imo (which operates both
on Windows and Android platforms), the Smart
Projector, the K12F e-Reader, the Trolley as
well as three flagship mobile products and an
accessory including the Uhuru Titan, Uhuru
Accu, Easy 95 and Smart Charger 4.
The educational laptop EL3, designated “Opon
Imo” in Yoruba” which has been adopted by
several schools in Osun state and across the
country, comes pre-loaded with textbooks
covering a wide range of subjects, providing
students with multiple learning options that
deliver visual representations of theoretical
lessons learned in class.
The EL3 monitor is detachable from its
keyboard, and can double as a tablet. Also it is
built with water resistant technology and can
withstand an accidental 50cm drop without
damage. It also has an inbuilt censor that
regulates the websites accessible by students.
The Smart Projector can perform the same
functions as a computer. It operates on android
technology and can be used to access the
internet without connection to a PC. The K12F
e-Reader is easy on the eye, lighter than a
paperback and reads like a printed page.
With the Trolley charging device, between 32
to 60 laptops and other mobile devices can be
charged at the same time.
The Uhuru Titan which ranks alongside the
Samsung S-series phones and latest i-Phone
models, is the thinnest mobile phone in the
world and has the world’s highest cell density
with 25hours standby, 14hours talking time,
11hours video time and 24hours internet
surfing time.
The phone which has many attractive features
and innovative applications, has a 13megapixels
back camera, supports 2G, 3G, 4G and 4G LTE
next generation wireless technology which
guarantees 40mbps upload speed and 150mbps
download speed.
While acknowledging Nigeria’s population
advantage and geographical size, Lu lamented
the country’s shortfall in infrastructure and
industrialisation, pointing out that Nigeria’s
path to economic growth lies not with what he
called its “demographic bonus” but with its
“talent bonus” achievable through the education
of its massive population.
Lu also told journalists after the event that the
Adulawo initiative is one with rich rewards for
the entire nation: “It is a shared advantage
between RLG, Airtel, the Osun Government and
Nigeria as a whole. We are now collaborating in
leading the change of bringing technology to
Nigeria to increase the number of units
manufactured locally for the local market and
creating jobs for the local economy.”
The vast amounts of untapped embedded
potentials in the ICT sector considered and the
immense promise held by way of job creation
and empowerment for many unemployed
Nigerians as well as the resultant impetus to
the local economy, provides all parties involved
with a lot to cheer, as confirmed by RLG
Regional Director, Ilesanmi Tosin when he said:
“We’ve not even begun to scratch the surface.
There are several business to business (B2B)
and business to customer (B2C) opportunities
yet to be leveraged.”
“We’re hoping that by way of favourable
policies, government can begin to look inward
and encourage more Original Equipment
Manufacturers (OEMs) which will in turn
multiply the impact you’re seeing now,” he
added.
Chief Executive Officer, RLG Global, Alex
Lu (left); Governor Rauf Aregbesola of
Osun State and, RLG Regional Director,
West Africa, Tosin Ilesanmi, testing
functions of one of phones made in Ilesha,
Osun State

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Common misconceptions
Myth: Jehovah’s Witnesses don’t believe in
medicine or medical treatment.
Fact: We seek the best possible medical care for
ourselves and our families. When we have health
problems, we go to doctors who have skill in
providing medical and surgical care without blood.
We appreciate advancements that have been made
in the medical field. In fact, bloodless treatments
developed to help Witness patients are now being
used to benefit all in the community. In many
countries, any patient can now choose to avoid
blood-transfusion risks, such as blood-borne
diseases, immune-system reactions, and human
errors.
Myth: Jehovah’s Witnesses believe that faith will
heal a person’s ailments.
Fact: We do not practice faith healing.
Myth: Avoiding blood transfusions is very costly.
Fact: Medical treatments that avoid blood
transfusions are cost-effective.*
Myth: Many Witnesses, including children, die each
year as a result of refusing blood transfusions.
Fact: This statement is totally unfounded. Surgeons
regularly perform such complex procedures as heart
operations, orthopedic surgery, and organ
transplants without the use of blood transfusions. *
Patients, including children, who do not receive
transfusions usually fare as well as or better than
those who do accept transfusions. * In any case, no
one can say for certain that a patient will die
because of refusing blood or will live because of
accepting it.
Why don’t Jehovah’s Witnesses accept
blood transfusions?
This is a religious issue rather than a medical one.
Both the Old and New Testaments clearly command
us to abstain from blood. ( Genesis 9:4;
Leviticus 17:10; Deuteronomy 12:23; Acts 15:28,
29 ) Also, God views blood as representing life.
(Leviticus 17:14) So we avoid taking blood not only
in obedience to God but also out of respect for him
as the Giver of life.
Changing viewpoints
At one time, the medical
community generally
viewed strategies for
avoiding transfusions, so-
called bloodless medicine,
as extreme, even suicidal,
but this has changed in
recent years. For
example, in 2004, an
article published in a
medical education journal
stated that “many of the
techniques developed for
use in Jehovah’s Witness
patients will become
standard practice in years
to come.” * An article in
the journal Heart, Lung
and Circulation said in 2010 that “‘bloodless
surgery’ should not be limited to J[ehovah’s] W
[itnesses] but should form an integral part of
everyday surgical practice.”
Thousands of doctors worldwide now use blood-
conservation techniques to perform complex
surgeries without transfusions. Such alternatives to
blood transfusions are used even in developing
countries and are requested by many patients who
are not Jehovah’s Witnesses.

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What da Bleep!!! We don't do this in Mexico city where I schooled and Argentina where I live...mtchewww

Well in English: Jehovah is great...haters of God can go and hug d nearest step-down transformer because God made all things including your imaginary magnetic or ionic field

Summary plsm. BTW, whort is sexual harrassment cos I schooled in Calabar?

Owk op bt pls wot is love cos I schooled in saudi arabia?

What is Danfo and Agbero cos we don't know dem here in Sambisa.....?

Arsenal......more goals pls

Owk bt wait o. Wot is NAIRALAND cos I just come from heaven and am currently living in NEW JERUSALEM. Is it a football club, school or country? Anyway #pinshure or I don believe it#......anyway congrats ooooo

Sombody once ask me how old I am. I was like

Watt!!! damn it! Oya give dat bobo visa now now before I vex send u mofos to sambisa forest now.... >:

Team #pinshureoridonbeleiveit#

If you goto adamawa and see what BH has done
with it you will just shake ya head. I was skulling
there infact I was even at mubi the day BH
attacked and killed anyboDy they meet on their
way apart from women! I luckly escaped through
the bush for 3days without food and water but
thank God am back to my state. I really pity
adamawa people because it was a peaceful
place.........
Team #pinshureoridonbelieveit#

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Pinshure or I don't believe it

Make una go try bite baloteli, u go c urself for mirror like dis u go pick race chap chap. Arrant nonsense of d greatest order

C as she dey look like highway devil. Wey wan suck blood