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Flight MH370: Dutch firm gets $52m contract to find plane


Search for Flight MH370







A Dutch firm has been awarded a contract worth $52 million to look for the missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370.
Warren Truss, Australia's deputy prime minister, said he was still 'cautiously optimistic' that MH370 will be found, the Guardian reports.
Truss said the Dutch company Furgo was chosen because it offered "the best value-for-money technical solution". 
The announcement comes five months after MH370 went missing between Kuala Lumpur and Beijing with 239 passengers on board. Investigators are still no closer to discovering what happened to the plane, but believe that it crashed in the southern Indian Ocean.
Furgo will take charge of a new phase of the search operation in September, which will last for up to a year. The team will use sonar scanning to explore 23,000 square miles of seabed, roughly the size of Tasmania, which a surveying company has been mapping for the past several weeks.
Martin Dolan of the Australian Transport Safety Bureau said he hoped the team would at least find "traces of where the aircraft has entered the water so we can provide closure to the families involved and information to support the investigation". 
Truss said that the downing of flight MH17 had not affected their search for MH370 but did admit that both the airline and the Malaysian government were forced to focus on the most recent of "two extraordinary circumstances".

Flight MH370 families were 'punched' by Chinese police

28 July
Two grieving family members of flight MH370 passengers claim they were "punched and beaten" by Chinese police officers, while two children were among 16 relatives to be locked up for nearly 24 hours.
The two female relatives said they were dragged and punched by six local police officers on 19 May after asking for the release of two other family members – a father and daughter – who had been detained. They claim the attack left them with numerous bruises and the elder of the two women had to stay in hospital for three days.
In a separate incident, 16 relatives were reportedly detained by police for nearly 24 hours on 14 July after asking to see Malaysia Airlines' official video footage of passengers boarding the doomed flight.
The nine men, five women and two boys – aged six and four – had gone to a Malaysia Airlines office in the northern suburbs of Beijing after learning that Malaysian relatives had seen the footage.
Police then came and detained them. "The police accused us of being an organised group, and said that we had an agenda," one relative told the South China Morning Post. "All we wanted was to find our loved ones – people with whom we share the same blood."
Another relative told the newspaper: "We were also warned that more than ten people gathering together is illegal."
It also emerged this week that several families of the flight MH370 victims have been offering counselling to the relatives of those who died last week on the downed flight MH17.
Jacquita Gonzalez, the wife of MH370 in-flight supervisor Patrick Francis Gomez, told The Guardian: "No one deserves to go through what they're going through. Right now they [the MH17 bereaved] are like we were in the beginning: quiet and wanting their space. But we are here for them, we actually know what they're going through, we know this is so painful, so hard."

Flight MH370 search 'will not be diminished' by MH17 crash

23 July
The downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 in eastern Ukraine will not distract from the search for flight MH370, Australia's deputy prime minister Warren Truss has said.
Concerns were raised after Angus Houston, head of the operation to find MH370, was dispatched to Ukraine to oversee the recovery of the Australian victims who died in last week's MH17 crash.
But Truss insisted that Australia's commitment to MH370 was "not in any way diminished" by MH17, which is believed to have been shot down by pro-Russian rebels.
"Clearly there have been things needed to be done urgently in relation to 17 but there is absolutely no interruption to the program for 370," he said.
However, he conceded that some meetings with Malaysian officials to agree the next stage of the search might be delayed "because they have so much on their plate".
No trace has been found of MH370, which disappeared while carrying 239 passengers from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing.
The underwater search, which is expected to take up to a year, has been pushed back from August to September as an Australian-contracted ship Fugro Equator and a Chinese survey ship Zhu Kezhen map a 23,000 square-mile area of the Indian Ocean.
The survey of the ocean floor will allow a subsequent search using deep sea remote vehicles to avoid any hazard, reports The Australian.
Truss said there had been a "good response" for tenders for the major search operation, with a wide range of proposals in terms of cost. "It's a high profile search so it attracted, I think, some keen interest," he said.
Houston's role has been temporarily filled by Judith Zielke, a senior Australian civil servant.
"We remain fully committed to conducting a thorough undersea search of the likely impact zone in the Indian Ocean," said Truss in a press statement. "Australia owes it to the families of all of those on board MH370, the travelling public and indeed the wider world to solve this mystery."

Flight MH370: 'too little done' to prevent new disappearance

16 July
More than four months after the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, industry insiders have said that not enough is being done to prevent a repeat of the disaster.
They say the absence of any firm information about what happened on board the missing Boeing 777, along with airlines' fears about the cost of new regulations and the difficulty of securing international agreement, has meant that little has changed.
"Despite promises to ensure that such an event never recurs, there are doubts about how effectively the authorities will implement any recommendations to track commercial airliners," the Financial Times reports.
Remy Jouty, head of the French air safety body the BEA, told the paper that he had encountered resistance from airlines during previous attempts to tighten up aircraft monitoring.
After Air France flight AF447 crashed en route from Rio de Janeiro in June 2009, its flight recorders were not found for almost two years. 
In response, French air accident investigators recommended that all large aircraft flying over water should be tracked continuously, and would be required to broadcast their position, altitude, speed and heading on a regular basis.
Neither of those recommendations was implemented.
"While the tracking technology exists," the paper reports, "Mr Jouty pointed to 'a need for governments at the international level to reach an agreement'. Although ICAO had discussed the proposals, he said 'one aspect' of its failure to require tracking was lobbying by airlines concerned about cost – a view corroborated by a senior airline executive."
As the search for flight MH370 continues, an Australian blog suggests that a new analysis of data released by independent investigators supports the theory that systems on board the aircraft may have been sabotaged soon after it left Malaysian airspace.
"The jet, with 239 people on board, flew in a circular or complex path for 52 minutes off the northern tip of Sumatra," it states, "before then flying an apparently straight course southwards for more than four hours before running out of fuel off the Indian Ocean coast of Western Australia.
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Ebola virus disease update - West Africa

Disease outbreak news 6 August 2014

Epidemiology and surveillance

Between 2 and 4 August 2014, a total of 108 new cases of Ebola virus disease (laboratory-confirmed, probable, and suspect cases) as well as 45 deaths were reported from Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria, and Sierra Leone.

Health sector response

A mission briefing with representatives from Member States was held on 5 August at the World Health Organization (WHO). Information about the nature of Ebola virus disease (EVD) was highlighted. This was followed by outlining the essential components for control, including the need for national leadership, improved care and case management, identifying transmission chains and stopping disease spread, and preventing further outbreaks. Among the critical issues are: cross-border infections and travelers; partners reaching the limits of their capacity and ability to respond rapidly, safely, and effectively; and concerns about the socio-economic impact of continued transmission.
The Director-General also shared information from her recent meetings in Guinea with Member States of the Mano River Union – Côte d’Ivoire, Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone. She outlined that the response in West Africa would focus on three areas:
  • Treatment of Guéckédou, Kenema, and Foya as a unified sector, which will include public health measures meant to reduce movement in and out of the area.
  • Intensifying current measures in Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria, and Sierra Leone.
  • Taking steps to reduce international spread to other countries in Africa and outside of the African Region.
The Sub-regional Ebola Operations Coordination Centre (SEOCC) in Conakry reported on 5 August that the following actions are underway in the four affected countries:
  • In Guinea, new foci have emerged and case management facilities will be needed. Exit screening is currently being tested in Conakry, in partnership with the US CDC.
  • In Liberia, security issues continue to be of concern, notwithstanding the commitment of the Government. Community resistance remains high.
  • In Nigeria, the Government is focused on following up the contacts from the index case. Clinical support is urgently needed and a treatment centre is being set up for managing cases of EVD.
  • In Sierra Leone, efforts are underway to map where treatment centres are most needed and getting those set up. A similar exercise is underway for laboratories.
The SEOCC is assisting countries with these and many other response measures.
On 6 August, WHO is convening an Emergency Committee of international experts to review the outbreak and advise the Director-General, in accordance with the International Health Regulations, whether the Ebola virus disease outbreak constitutes a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC). Experts will receive an epidemiological briefing and will determine whether the criteria for a PHEIC have been met. If the Emergency Committee agrees that this is a PHEIC, they will then advise the Director-General on temporary recommendations. A summary of the meeting will be made public and a press briefing will be held on Friday, 8 August.

Disease update

New cases and deaths attributable to EVD continue to be reported by the Ministries of Health in Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria, and Sierra Leone. Between 2 and 4 August 2014, 108 new cases (laboratory-confirmed, probable, and suspect cases) of EVD and 45 deaths were reported from the four countries as follows: Guinea, 10 new cases and 5 deaths; Liberia, 48 new cases and 27 deaths; Nigeria, 5 new cases and 0 death; and Sierra Leone, 45 new cases and 13 deaths.
As of 4 August 2014, the cumulative number of cases attributed to EVD in the four countries stands at 1 711, including 932 deaths. The distribution and classification of the cases are as follows: Guinea, 495 cases (351 confirmed, 133 probable, and 11 suspected), including 363 deaths; Liberia, 516 cases (143 confirmed, 252 probable, and 121 suspected), including 282 deaths; Nigeria, 9 cases (0 confirmed, 2 probable, and 7 suspected), including 1 death; and Sierra Leone, 691 cases (576 confirmed, 49 probable, and 66 suspected), including 286 deaths.
Confirmed, probable, and suspect cases and deaths from Ebola virus disease in Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria, and Sierra Leone, as of 4 August 2014

NewConfirmedProbableSuspectTotals
Guinea
Cases1035113311495
Deaths52281332363
Liberia
Cases48143252121516
Deaths2712811044282
Nigeria
Cases50279
Deaths00101
Sierra Leone
Cases455764966691
Deaths13247345286
Totals
Cases1081 0704362051 711
Deaths4560327851932
1. New cases were reported between 2 and 4 August 2014.
The total number of cases is subject to change due to reclassification, retrospective investigation, consolidation of cases and laboratory data, and enhanced surveillance. Data reported in the Disease Outbreak News are based on best available information reported by Ministries of Health.

How to Download Paid Android Games & Applications For Free

This post is exclusively for Android users who are addicted to Games and Applications. The post will explain 3 different best ways on how you can get Paid Android Games and Applications for for which are as follows:

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1. File sharing Websites:- The best way to download Android games and applications for
free is through file sharing websites. The files to be downloaded on those websites was done by Android users who download or buy paid applications and upload them in file sharing websites. The best popular file sharing websites are:

www.4shared.com

www.mediafire.com

www.filecrop.com

www.sharemobile.ro

Out of all the File Sharing Websites, I recommend 4shared, It simply the best and most popular with loads of cool Applications and Games.

Steps To Download Paid Applications From Those Websites

1. Just log on to any of the above listed websites

2. Type the application name you want to download for free in their search bar and

3. Add the extension of “ .apk” e.g For example, if you want to download ADWLauncher EX (A paid app in Google play Store), type Adw launcher ex .apk and press enter. The results will then be viewed.

From the results, click the latest uploaded file and download it. Once the .apk file is downloaded, transfer it to your phone with a USB cable and install it on your phone.

Note: You can also download 4shared application from the market instead of searching applications on the web, you can use it directly to download any files.

2. BlackMart Alpha App:- BlackMart Alpha is an Android application itself, used for downloading paid applications for free. You need to search for BlackMart Alpha in the above mentioned file sharing sites, Search results will appear, Locate and Download this application, Transfer and install it on your Smart phone. After installation, open the BlackMart Alpha application, It has the same design like that of the Android Market App on your Smart phone. A list of applications will appear in it.

You can also use the search option to search and download a paid application for Free with BlackMart Alpha. The price of the specified or searched application will strike out. Click on download and install it directly to your Smart phone for free.

Note: Don’t update any application you downloaded from BlackMart Alpha as there are chances that it might corrupt that application.

3. Paying for Application in Android Market
:- The last tip, which is most reliable and the best way to download the paid application is by paying for an application in the Android market. To use this option you should have a good file explorer application like ASTRO File Manager and ES File Explorer. Install ES File Explorer or ASTRO File Manager If you don’t have it yet on your Phone, Go to Android market and purchase any application.

Within 15 minutes of the trial period you can get the full refund if you cancel the order.

The application gets downloaded to your Smart phone. Open ES file explorer, Click on Options >> Manager >> App Manager.

Go to list of installed applications and click on the application you just purchased and click on the backup. The application backup will be made in the backup folder of your SD card.

Once the backup is made, cancel the order from the Google Play Store and install it from the backup folder again. Your money will be refunded after you cancel the order. So these are the Surest Way I have been using to download any Paid Applications for free. Enjoy!

Hope this information helps? If it works for you, don’t forget to Comment and remember to Click Share/Like buttons for the benefit of others and to appreciate our effort.

How To Restore Your Blackberry Messenger To Its Default

MANY OF YOU MUST HAVE UPDATED THEIR BBM TO THE LATEST VERSION 8,AFTER WHICH "HANGING",SLOW TO BOOT ETC BECAME FREQUENT,THAT WE THOUGHT OF DISPOSING OUR BB.
HURRAY,YOUR SOLUTION IS HERE.NOW I ENJOY MY BB JUST THE WAY I BOUGHT IT THEN.BYE BYE TO THE UPDATED BBM.
HERE IT GOES:
1.GO TO YOUR DEFAULT WEB BROWSER IN YOUR BB
2.TYPE IN :WWW.BLACKBERRY.COM/MESSENGER
3.YOUR BB WILL AUTOMATICALLY DETECT THE DEFAULT BBM THAT CAME WITH THE OS OF YOUR BB
4.THEN IT WILL REFER YOU TO A PAGE WHERE YOU WILL BE ASKED TO CHOOSE LANGUAGE,ACCEPT AGREEMENT TERMS ETC
5.THEN YOU WILL BE ASKED TO DOWNLOAD,JUST DOWNLOAD
6.AFTER WHICH IT WILL ASK YOU TO REBOOT
7.REBOOT, AND VIOLA YOU ARE BACK TO ENJOY YOUR DEFAULT BBM.
ENJOY AND FEEL FREE TO SHARE ANY OF YOUR DIFFICULTIES FOR SOLUTIONS.GOOD DAY

Do You Think Phyno Is The Best Rapper In Nigeria?

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Listening to Man of the Year [Obago] reminds of TuPac. I think he’s the most talented rapper in Nigeria.

The way he combines swagg and street credibility is a beauty to behold. If you ask me, I’ll place him above the likes of MI, Olamide and Ice Prince (who can’t even freestyle) and gladly declare him the best rapper in Nigeria.

Whats your Say about this?

OAU Wins 8million Dollars World Bank Grant(as best Nigeria University)

 
In furtherance of its ratings as the best University in Nigeria, the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, has won a Grant of eight (8) million dollars by the World Bank.

In a release by the Public Relations Officer of the University, Mr. Abiodun Olarewaju, it stated that the Grant, which is for three (3) years for the establishment of an African Centre for Excellence with specific focus on OAU Knowledge Park (OAK-Park).

An elated Vice-Chancellor, Professor Bamitale Omole, whose administration has recorded several firsts within two and a half years into his five-year tenure, affirmed that the OAK-Park will create a nationally recognised and internationally acknowledgedmodel for uptake and commercialization of research and technology which will advance the growth of the nation’s industry.

Enumerating the importance of the centre to the overall development of mankind, Prof. Omole noted that the  centre will ensure the systematic incubation of research of research ideas and products from OAU and other partnering institutions in the West Africa sub-regions.

The objection, Prof. Omole said, is to annex the creative and innovative energy of the teeming youths into entrepreneurial endeavour by using appropriate skill-enhancing training and mentoring. He specifically said that the OAK-Park facility will, among other things, aspire to stimulate creativity and excellence in research and innovation, expand learning opportunities for OAU staff and students and, indeed, other researchers from the region.”

Underscoring the importance of the centre, Prof. Omole observed that its facilities would also aim at establishing a framework for enhanced research result appropriation and utilization for the community, regional  and national development which by extension, will further enhance OAU’s and other collaborating institutions’ relavance to their respective mandate.

He added that “the centre is also geared towards the developments of the next generation of scientists, researchers, teachers, entrepreneurs and product developers through appropriate practice-anchored capacity building measures.

These include industrial immersion schemes, leverage on industry resource support for critical skills development of academics, students and researchers, as well as targetted status enhancement enhancement training for industry staff in the university system”.

On how OAU was selected as one of the beneficiaries, the World Bank was said to have received 51 proposals from universities all over Africa, out of which 18 were selected  for funding after a rigorous and competitive process, and OAU proposal was among the best proposals that were eventually selected.

Prof. Omole further explained that OAK-Park as an African Centre of Excellence (ACE) will signal the dwan of a new development paradigm that boldly ventures to harness science, engineering, technology, innovation and indeed, the entire body of knowledge to investigate and sustain industrial development as a gateway for African prosperity.



                
Congrats!!! OAU







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Actress Genevieve Nnaji, becomes the newest Etisalat Ambassador!


Etisalat broke the news out on official twitter account a few days ago with Genny confirming the news on her official twitter account                                geen
Geneveive has been unveiled as brand ambassador for Etisalat Easyflex (a product from telecoms company, Etisalat). She was unveiled on (January 22) at an event, which was also attended by fellow actor, Hakeem Kae-Kazim, who is also a brand ambassador for Etisalat. Congratulations to he  etisalat tweet
what do you wish Genny ?

10 Amazing Facts About Lionel Messi

Lionel Messi is widely accepted  to be the best player in the world even after losing the Dogs baloon d’or award to fellow La liga rival ‘CRISTIANO RONALDO Lionel messi10 fcb wallpaper Wow: 10 Amazing Facts About Lionel Messi   A Must See                                     Some even believe the Argentine player is the best to have ever played the beautiful game, At 23 years of age he has accomplished much more than anyone could have hoped for and his life is pretty much an open book for soccer betting fans around the globe.

However, there are some things that you probably didn’t know about the Barcelona star player.

1.) Messi’s style of play, impressive technical skills and small physique earned him comparisons with the legendary Diego Armando Maradona, and it is interesting that
the Barcelona forward managed to mimic Maradona’s two most famous goals he had scored in the World Cup game against England. Messi first scored a brilliant goal
after a solo effort against Getafe, before scoring with his hand against Espanyol in the very same season.

2.) Messi was asked to play for Spain national team, but he refused and decided to wait for a call-up from Argentina. Had it been he accepted a call from La Furia Roja, the Argentine would now have probably owned World Cup winner’s medals.

3.) His debut for Argentina lasted for around 40 seconds. That was the time he spent on the pitch before being sent off. The fact that he hadn’t deserved the red card was probably poor consolation at the particular time.

4.) You will also be surprised to hear that not only girls drop their panties in front of LEO Messi, but some guys as well. A man was so desperate to snap a picture with Messi that he chased the Argentine around the airport and when he finally thought he had caught him, a clothing failure prevented him from accomplishing his mission.

5.) In March 2010 , Messi became UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador and he now works with the organization, helping children around the global world.

6.) While the whole world loves watching Messi from the comfort of their homes, the Barcelona star once said that he never watched highlights of himself.

7.) In the Champions League game against Panathinaikos, a Greek fan invaded the pitch only to show Messi the middle finger, probably tired of constantly watching the Argentine making fun of PAO’s defence.

8.) He won the 2009 Ballon d’Or award in front of Cristiano Ronaldo, by collecting 473 out of possible 480 votes. How do you think the Portuguese handled the results?

9.) Barcelona signed the Argentine when he was just 13 with the scouts needing just half an hour to realize the player’s massive potential. That will soon prove to be one of the best decisions in the history of football.

10.) Following Barcelona’s 6:2 victory over Real at Santiago Bernabeu, Messi achieved the unthinkable and received standing ovation from the home fans, having scored two goals to help his side record a memorable win. Cristiano Ronaldo would have nothing against getting the same treatment at Camp Nou, but Real will first have to beat Barca for that to happen.