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Monday 17 November 2014
Simultaneous Physical and Ebook Statistics
A new study conducted
by Nielsen has proclaimed that 54% of USA adults currently read eBooks. Not
only is digital on the rise but overall the average person is reading more
books on a yearly basis.
Interestingly, there
appears to be an intersection at work between how Americans read and how much
they read. Those who read either more or exclusively in the eBook format are
more likely to read over 20 books in an average year (30%) than either those
who read more/only in hard copy (18%) or those who read in both formats equally
(21%). They also report a higher average readership per year than either hard
copy hardliners or equal-opportunity readers (22.5 books vs. 16 and 15,
respectively).
Looking at the number
of books purchased in the past year, with a reported average of 14 books, those
favoring eBooks purchased roughly twice as many as those preferring hard
copies, who purchased an average of less than seven.
However, in terms of
overall users, the hard copy format is still king. Nearly half of Americans
(46%) say they only read hard copy books, with an additional 16% saying they
read more hard copy books than e-books. Seventeen percent (17%) read about the
same number of hard copy and e-format books, while 15% read more and 6% read
exclusively in the electronic format.
The Harris Poll was
conducted on behalf of Nielsen and surveyed 2,234 adults in the USA. The
results in this report tend to conflict with the ones in the Pew
Research report that was
conducted in January. Pew mentioned “The percentage of adults who read an eBook
in the past year has risen to 28%, up from 23% at the end of 2012. At the same
time, about seven in ten Americans reported reading a book in print, up four
percentage points after a slight dip in 2012, and 14% of adults listened to an
audiobook.”
Interestingly, only
four percent of the survey respondents stated that they are strictly ebook readers,
shunning print entirely.
Sunday 16 November 2014
Cameroon international Clinton N'Jie signed a contract extension with French Ligue 1 side Lyon and then scored his first goal for the club.
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Clinton N'Jie extends Lyon contract and scores his first goal
The 21-year-old was on target for the seven-time champions in their 4-0 win against visiting Lorient.Earlier in the day N'Jie had agreed a deal to remain at Lyon until 2019.
"I'm happy. Now we have to continue working. I want to score, to play and I hope we can qualify for Europe next season," he told Lyon's website.
"I'm proud of myself. I want to also thank everyone who helped me get this far. This extension shows that the team has confidence in me."
N'Jie has made a superb start to his international career with the Indomitable Lions.
He scored on his debut on 6 September in a 2-0 win away to Democratic Republic of Congo and four days later he grabbed a brace to help Cameroon beat Ivory Coast 4-1. They again beat the Democratic Republic of Congo 1-0 to qualify for the African Cup of Nations next year
2015.
Saturday 15 November 2014
Net Neutrality: President Obama's Plan for a Free and Open Internet
More than any other invention of our time,
the Internet has unlocked possibilities we could just barely imagine a
generation ago. And here's a big reason we've seen such incredible
growth and innovation: Most Internet providers have treated Internet
traffic equally. That's a principle known as "net neutrality" — and it
says that an entrepreneur's fledgling company should have the same
chance to succeed as established corporations, and that access to a high
school student's blog shouldn't be unfairly slowed down to make way for
advertisers with more money.
That's what President Obama believes, and what he means when he says
there should be no gatekeepers between you and your favorite online
sites and services.And as the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) considers new rules for how to safeguard competition and user choice, we cannot take that principle of net neutrality for granted. Ensuring a free and open Internet is the only way we can preserve the Internet's power to connect our world. That's why the President has laid out a plan to do it, and is asking the FCC to implement it.
Watch President Obama explain his plan, then read his statement and forward it on.
The President's Statement
An open Internet is essential to the American economy, and increasingly to our very way of life. By lowering the cost of launching a new idea, igniting new political movements, and bringing communities closer together, it has been one of the most significant democratizing influences the world has ever known.
“Net neutrality” has been built into the fabric of the Internet since its creation — but it is also a principle that we cannot take for granted. We cannot allow Internet service providers (ISPs) to restrict the best access or to pick winners and losers in the online marketplace for services and ideas. That is why today, I am asking the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to answer the call of almost 4 million public comments, and implement the strongest possible rules to protect net neutrality.
When I was a candidate for this office, I made clear my commitment to a free and open Internet, and my commitment remains as strong as ever. Four years ago, the FCC tried to implement rules that would protect net neutrality with little to no impact on the telecommunications companies that make important investments in our economy. After the rules were challenged, the court reviewing the rules agreed with the FCC that net neutrality was essential for preserving an environment that encourages new investment in the network, new online services and content, and everything else that makes up the Internet as we now know it. Unfortunately, the court ultimately struck down the rules — not because it disagreed with the need to protect net neutrality, but because it believed the FCC had taken the wrong legal approach.
The FCC is an independent agency, and ultimately this decision is theirs alone. I believe the FCC should create a new set of rules protecting net neutrality and ensuring that neither the cable company nor the phone company will be able to act as a gatekeeper, restricting what you can do or see online. The rules I am asking for are simple, common-sense steps that reflect the Internet you and I use every day, and that some ISPs already observe. These bright-line rules include:
- No blocking. If a consumer requests access to a website or service, and the content is legal, your ISP should not be permitted to block it. That way, every player — not just those commercially affiliated with an ISP — gets a fair shot at your business.
- No throttling. Nor should ISPs be able to intentionally slow down some content or speed up others — through a process often called “throttling” — based on the type of service or your ISP’s preferences.
- Increased transparency. The connection between consumers and ISPs — the so-called “last mile” — is not the only place some sites might get special treatment. So, I am also asking the FCC to make full use of the transparency authorities the court recently upheld, and if necessary to apply net neutrality rules to points of interconnection between the ISP and the rest of the Internet.
- No paid prioritization. Simply put: No service should be stuck in a “slow lane” because it does not pay a fee. That kind of gatekeeping would undermine the level playing field essential to the Internet’s growth. So, as I have before, I am asking for an explicit ban on paid prioritization and any other restriction that has a similar effect.
The rules also have to reflect the way people use the Internet today, which increasingly means on a mobile device. I believe the FCC should make these rules fully applicable to mobile broadband as well, while recognizing the special challenges that come with managing wireless networks.
To be current, these rules must also build on the lessons of the past. For almost a century, our law has recognized that companies who connect you to the world have special obligations not to exploit the monopoly they enjoy over access in and out of your home or business. That is why a phone call from a customer of one phone company can reliably reach a customer of a different one, and why you will not be penalized solely for calling someone who is using another provider. It is common sense that the same philosophy should guide any service that is based on the transmission of information — whether a phone call, or a packet of data.
So the time has come for the FCC to recognize that broadband service is of the same importance and must carry the same obligations as so many of the other vital services do. To do that, I believe the FCC should reclassify consumer broadband service under Title II of the Telecommunications Act — while at the same time forbearing from rate regulation and other provisions less relevant to broadband services. This is a basic acknowledgment of the services ISPs provide to American homes and businesses, and the straightforward obligations necessary to ensure the network works for everyone — not just one or two companies.
Investment in wired and wireless networks has supported jobs and made America the center of a vibrant ecosystem of digital devices, apps, and platforms that fuel growth and expand opportunity. Importantly, network investment remained strong under the previous net neutrality regime, before it was struck down by the court; in fact, the court agreed that protecting net neutrality helps foster more investment and innovation. If the FCC appropriately forbears from the Title II regulations that are not needed to implement the principles above — principles that most ISPs have followed for years — it will help ensure new rules are consistent with incentives for further investment in the infrastructure of the Internet.
The Internet has been one of the greatest gifts our economy — and our society — has ever known. The FCC was chartered to promote competition, innovation, and investment in our networks. In service of that mission, there is no higher calling than protecting an open, accessible, and free Internet. I thank the Commissioners for having served this cause with distinction and integrity, and I respectfully ask them to adopt the policies I have outlined here, to preserve this technology’s promise for today, and future generations to come.
History of Prime Ministers of Cameroon
History of PMs
Philemon Yang
- Gouvernement du
30/06/2009
Ephraïm Inoni
- Gouvernement du 07/09/2007
- Gouvernement du 22/09/2006
- Gouvernement du 08/12/2004
Mafany Musonge Peter
- Gouvernement du 07/12/1997
- Gouvernement du 19/09/1996
Simon Achidi Achu
- Gouvernement du
25/11/1992
- Gouvernement du 09/04/1992
Sadou Hayatou
- Gouvernement du 26/04/1991
Luc Ayang
- Gouvernement du 22/08/1983
Bello Bouba Maigari
- Gouvernement du 18/06/1983
- Gouvernement du 13/04/1983
- Gouvernement du 06/11/1982
Paul Biya
- Gouvernement du 30/06/1975
Simon Pierre Tsoungui
- Gouvernement du 12/06/1970
Salomon Tandeng Muna
- Gouvernement du 07/05/1970
Augustin Ngom Jua
- Gouvernement du 14/07/1964
John Ngu Foncha
- Gouvernement du 13/01/1962
Ahmadou Ahidjo
- Gouvernement du 25/01/1960
- Gouvernement du 10/09/1959
- Gouvernement du 18/06/1959
- Gouvernement du Portail du Gouvernement du Cameroun -/- The gateway of Government of Cameroon
TRADITIONAL HEALER INTERPRETS WHY CHILDREN CRY AT NIGHT
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| Health children feeding in a typical environment I refer to |
The Wimbum do not have
a medical system, but are confronted with a wide–ranging complex of illnesses
and other misfortunes for which all the various kinds of healers, whether
traditional or biomedical should, between them, have a cure. Medicine is seen
not as a system but as part of the necessary cultural camouflage that enables
one to survive.
Pa Njobe was a traditional healer
and expert in children’s health complications. He lived above our Kieku quarter
in Bondu quarter all of the Binjong Ward in Tabenken Village, Donga Mantung Division
of the North West Region of Cameroon. After my sickness during early childhood
days (about the age of 4), I had not fallen ill again for a long time. I was taken to
Pa Njobe in Bondu quarter sometimes when I had stomach bite. On arrival in his treatment room, he placed his hand
on my navel and a maggot came out. We took home a litre of boiled herbs
which I drank for some days and from that time onwards I had never been sick nor experience the stomach
bite again up to age of above thirty. The traditional healer was a
specialist in children’s sicknesses and most mothers in the Wimbum area took
children who cried at night to him. His compound was large and because women
came there from far and nearby villages some of these women took residence in
his large compound waiting for treatment depending on their case. Ever since Pa Njobe
touched my stomach and a maggot came out it was mysterious to me. This was because
I didn’t see this maggot in his hand at the time he was preparing to touch my
navel. I have heard stories about Pa Njobe and when it came to my case I was very vigilant observing him. It was believed that children who
cry at night had an insect in their navel troubling them and must be removed.
After mine was removed mysteriously at
the time, I didn’t believe in it but later on argued that if the stomach bite
had come to an end then it was thanks to this practice of Pa Njobe. Of recent on CRTV media one advert says that one pampers equals one dry night and makes children sleep well and peaceful but what if the child cries when there isn't bedwitting? Mothers even though illiterate are scientific too.
Parents
in remote and rural areas especially those dogmatic ones foolishly think that when they leave their children with the clergy they are in
safe hands. This is not true. Some of these believes have cost some children their lives. Many of such unfortunate children were and are still nowadays
being sexually abused by these clergy. If God helps you or rather if you find
favour with God you will learn that the greatest wickedness in this world comes
from people who disguise to be godly. Earlier mentioned, Jesus was killed by
priests who had studied the law of God so well and should have known him.
Friday 14 November 2014
Global Change Leaders
Deadline: 9 January 2015
Coady Institute’s International Centre for Women’s Leadership is inviting applications for the Global Change Leaders Program. It is a seven-week education program
which seeks to enable women from developing countries to reinforce
their leadership capacities in order to contribute to innovation and
change in their communities.
Global
Change Leaders program provides successful candidates with a full
scholarship that includes tuition, travel, accommodations, and meals.
Participants will also get the benefit of the guidance and mentorship
of accomplished women leaders from around the world.
Eligibility Criteria
This
program is targeted to emerging women leaders from developing countries
who are working on development issues. The women should fulfill the
following criteria:
- Possess a minimum of four years of demonstrated leadership experience in a social or economic development endeavor.
- Have great drive and passion for their work.
- Are practitioners in civil society organizations including community based organizations and not for profits.
- Hold a university degree or a combination of post-secondary education and experience.
- Have strong oral and written English language competencies.
Program Schedule
- August 24 – October 8, 2015: A seven week on-site intensive course at the Coady International Institute in Antigonish, Nova Scotia where a collaborative relationship is fostered among facilitators and participants to draw out lessons and insights from their rich and diverse experiences.
- October 12, 2015 – April 30, 2016: Participants will benefit from one-on-one mentoring from experienced women leaders upon their return home for up to six months to follow on the application of learning into practice.
How to apply?
- The candidates have to click on the Apply Now link and register themselves with their email id.
- After successful registration the application form has to be submitted online with their registered id.
For more information, please visit: Apply Now.
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