Deep Earth Heat Surprise: New Findings On How Heat Is Conducted in the Deep Lower Mantle

The key to understanding Earth's evolution is to look at how heat is conducted in the deep lower mantle -- a region some 400 to 1,800 miles (660 to 2,900 kilometers) below the surface. Researchers at the Carnegie Institution, with colleagues at the University of Illinois, have for the first time been able to experimentally simulate the pressure conditions in this region to measure thermal conductivity using a new measurement technique developed by the collaborators and implemented by the Carnegie team on the mantle material magnesium oxide (MgO). They found that heat transfer is lower than other predictions, with total heat flow across Earth of about 10.4 terawatts, which is about 60 % of the power used today by civilization. They also found that conductivity has less dependence on pressure conditions than predicted.

Inca Children Were Drugged With Coca and Alcohol Before Sacrifice

 Scientists from the Department of Forensic Medicine at the University of Copenhagen have examined the bodies of three 500-year-old Inca children along with scientists from Bradford University in England. This has given new, detailed knowledge about the old Inca ritual 'capacocha' which also involved sacrificing humans.

The results were published recently in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
One of the examined mummies is the 13-year-old girl, 'The Llullaillaco Maiden', named after the 6,379

Ozone Hole Might Slightly Warm Planet, Computer Model Suggests

A lot of people mix up the ozone hole and global warming, believing the hole is a major cause of the world's increasing average temperature. Scientists, on the other hand, have long attributed a small cooling effect to the ozone shortage in the hole.

Now a new computer-modeling study suggests that the ozone hole might actually have a slight warming influence, but because of its effect on winds, not temperatures. The new research suggests that shifting wind patterns caused by the ozone hole push clouds farther toward the South Pole, reducing the amount of radiation the clouds reflect and possibly causing a bit of warming rather than cooling.

Some Things You Don't Need To Know

* 1- Rubber bands last longer when refrigerated.

* 2- Peanuts are one of the ingredients of dynamite.

* 3- There are 293 ways to make change for a dollar.

* 4- The average person's left hand does 56% of the typing.

* 5- A shark is the only fish that can blink with both eyes.

7 policemen die, 3 missing in Boko Haram attacks

The Nigeria Police Force (NPF) and the Borno State Government have said that seven policemen were killed while three other policemen were missing when Boko Haram gunmen launched attacks in the Bama Mobile Police Base station last Sunday.
Speaking yesterday at the University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital (UMTH), where the injured five policemen were receiving treatment, the Borno State Police Commissioner, Lawal Tanko and the state Deputy Governor, Zanna Umar Mustapha, said contrary to the Joint Task Force (JTF) reports that a policeman and two soldiers were killed in the attacks, seven policemen were actually killed. They noted that three others were still missing before five of the wounded policemen and three soldiers were admitted at the UMTH for treatment.
Tanko said: “These are the five policemen being admitted into this hospital for the injuries they sustained in the Bama Boko Haram attacks on our station last Sunday. We confirmed that seven were killed while repelling the gunmen from torching  Bama Mobile Police Base on Bama-Gwoza Road at about 6am.”
He said three other officers are still missing, as the police authority and family members of affected policemen were yet to locate their whereabouts.
While sympathizing with the wounded and injured policemen and soldiers, Mustapha donated N2.65 million to offset the medical bills of the injured policemen and soldiers.
Cameroon, safe haven for insurgents
In a related development, recent attacks in parts of Borno State by the Islamic fundamentalist group, Boko Haram, have been linked to the safe haven which the Republic of Cameroon provides for them.
This was revealed yesterday by authoritative sources within the Presidency who spoke to Vanguard on condition of anonymity.
Said a source: “You know Bama and some other places in Borno where these terrorists have carried out raids in recent times are located close to our border with the Republic of Cameroon.
“What they normally do is to infiltrate these border towns, carry out attacks and then run back to Cameroon. Once they re-enter Cameroon, they are beyond the reach of our military and security forces.”
10 die in auto accident
Meanwhile, 10 persons, yesterday, lost their lives in an auto accident in Zamfara State.
The tragedy occurred when two commercial vehicles, a Toyota Corolla and Volkswagen Golf car had a head-on collision near Furfuri village, on the outskirts of Gusau, the state capital.
According to an eye witness, drivers of the two vehicles, conveying seven people each were on top speed trying to overtake other vehicles, but lost control and collided. Four passengers died instantly while six others died later while receiving medical attention.
The remaining passengers who survived the accident are presenly receiving medical treatment at the Federal Medical Centre Gusau.
Confirming the accident, Spokesman of the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC), Garba Lawal, explained that the accident which he described as one of the worst this year, could have been averted had the drivers been more carefull. He said: “The drivers were on top speed, and we have been telling them every day that speed kills, but they don’t listen.”
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Jilted lover sets corps member, friend ablaze

When in November 2012, Winifred Okey, received a call-up letter to begin her National Youth Service Corps programme in Rivers State, she was extremely happy. This was because she wanted to be posted there so that she would be close to her friends, who were staying there.


The 23-year-old graduate’s happiness was however cut short after she was set ablaze at the corper’s lodge in Asari Toru Local Government by her ex-boyfriend.

10 year-old Nigerian Girl, Zuriel Oduwole, Enters Record Books – Makes Forbes History

Zuriel Elise Oduwole is a 10 year old girl, but not just your regular 10-year-old.
The extraordinary Nigerian-American child has put her name down in the history and record books as the youngest person ever to be interviewed in Forbes.
 
The interview with the award winning documentary film maker, conference speaker and writer is featured in the August 2013 edition of Forbes Africa.

Illegal Immigrant Arrested In Lagos For Attempting To Cause Explosion Near Petrol Station

A young man identified as Dada Ajibo has been arrested by the police in Lagos for attempted arson.
Ajibo was said to have been found under a car parked at a filing station in Akowonjo with a lighter while attempting to set the car ablaze and cause explosion in the area.
 
He was subsequently arrested and detained at Gowon Estate Police Division where he is being interrogated for allegedly attempting to set the filing station ablaze, along with three other accomplices now at large.

N-a-r-r-o-w e-s-c-a-p-e! Encounter with Fulani herdsmen in Delta

Reports of Fulani herdsmen attacking members of their host communities with AK 47 rifles and other dangerous weapons have often been treated as a fairy tale by those saddled with the  responsibility of  protecting lives and property of the citizenry.

Recently, Crime Alert published a story of 23-year-old Ogbonna Eze, a commercial motorcyclist from Opi Community in Nsukka Local Government Area of Enugu state, whose life was almost snuffed out by  two Fulani  herdsmen whom he had conveyed  from Opi Junction along Enugu -Makurdi Expressway , to their  camp at Idodo Agu Ekwegbe, Igbo Etiti local government  area on a special drop.

We’re not after Jonathan’s job – 5 Northern govs

ABUJA — Five governors of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, who have been consulting on the state of the party and the nation, yesterday, dismissed speculations that they were after President Goodluck Jonathan’s job, insisting they were on a mission to salvage Nigeria.
The five governors spoke through Governor Murtala Nyako of Adamawa State, who has been having a running battle with the National Chairman of the party, Alhaji Bamanga Tukur, over control of party structures in Yola.
The governors insisted yesterday that they were propelled by greater national interest to go round the country and discuss the best ways to arrest the drift in the leading party and Nigeria, rather than seek personal gains, as insinuated by the Presidency

They were reacting to allegation by Political Adviser to President Jonathan, Ahmed Gulak, that they were heating up the polity unnecessarily in a bid to get at Jonathan. Gulak also upbraided two of the governors for being ungrateful to the PDP after clearing the way for them to contest and win election on its platform.

We’ll push out PDP in 2015 – Buhari

A veteran presidential candidate and a major stakeholder in the newly-registered All Progressives Congress, Maj.-Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.) on Tuesday said the new party was determined to push out the ruling Peoples Democratic Party in 2015.

Did You Know?

A hummingbird's heart can beat up to 1,260 times per minute. Its heart makes up 2.5% of the creature's total body weight.

Baby sharks are called pups.

Frequent knuckle cracking can; however, annoy those around you, damage your ligaments, and reduce your grip strength.

Although the Harry Potter author writes under the pen name J.K. Rowling, Joanne Rowling actually has no middle name. The second initial of her pen name is her grandmother's first name, Kathleen.

The whole watermelon is edible, even the rind. In many countries, watermelon rind is stir-fried, stewed, and often pickled.

Mob beat policeman to death for killing trader

The Lagos State Police Command has commenced investigations into the killing of a police corporal, Ado Ayuba, who was lynched by some hoodlums in Suru Alaba area of the state.

According to the police, the victim was beaten to death by an irate mob for allegedly killing a trader, Mustapha Mohammed, on July 30, 2013.

 

Global-warming Armageddon? It may be more likely than you thought

A runaway greenhouse Armageddon in which the oceans boil dry could theoretically happen on Earth, researchers claim.The good news is that human activity on its own will probably not be enough to trigger such an end-of-the-world scenario in the near future. Previously it was thought more energy from the sun would be needed for global warming on Earth truly to spin out of control.But new calculations from Canadian and US scientists show that catastrophic warming can occur more easily than had been assumed. For a planet receiving the same amount of solar radiation as the Earth, a runaway greenhouse effect is a realistic possibility. The team, led by Colin Goldblatt from the University of Victoria in Canada, wrote in the journal Nature Geoscience: "The runaway greenhouse may be much easier to initiate than previously thought.

EFCC Arrests Man With 30 ATM Cards, 8 Signed Cheques

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has arrested one Kingsley Mudi over alleged ATM fraud.

He was picked up at about 11 pm on August 2, 2013 at Fidelity Bank ATM on Airport Road, Warri, Delta State following an intelligence report.
At the point of arrest, 30 ATM cards of different banks with which he allegedly withdrew a total sum of five hundred and fifty thousand naira (N550, 000) were found in his possession.  Eight signed UBA cheques belonging to sundry persons were also found on him.
Kingsley Mudi, who claimed to be a Disc Jockey and an operator of a barbing salon, has volunteered useful information.
He will be charged to court as soon as investigation is concluded.

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‘Okorocha’s suspension, final phase of APGA, PDP merger’

The All Progressives Congress in the South-East says the suspension of Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo State from All Progressives Grand Alliance is the final phase to merge APGA with the Peoples Democratic Party.

The party noted that APGA’s romance with the ruling party started before the 2011 general elections, when it publicly declared its support for President Goodluck Jonathan of the PDP.

Policemen implicated in varsity student’s killing arrested

The policemen accused of collaborating with hoodlums to kill two youths in Badagry, Lagos State, have been arrested. They were arrested on Friday, according to the police authorities. However, a new video made available to our correspondent identified two of the policemen as Inspector Adefemi Ashogbon, who is the station officer of the Badagry Police Division, and one Sergeant John Sonayon. The two policemen and four other yet-to-be-identified policemen could be seen at the scene watching hoodlums beat the victims to death.While Ashogbon and Sonayon were in the midst of the crowd, the four yet-to-be-identified policemen could be seen standing beside a white police patrol vehicle.

OPC warns Boko Haram

Barely one week after 42 suspects were arrested in Lagos and Ogun states, the Oodua Peoples Congress (OPC), a pan-Yoruba ethnic militia, has warned Boko Haram to steer clear of the South-West or be ready for confrontation.

It declared its readiness to combat the dreaded Islamist group should its members attack the South-West. It promised to frustrate the activities of Boko Haram in any part of the South-West, if the group moved to the region.

Godogodo bigger than Shina Rambo – Police

The Police High Command, weekend, said that South West robbery czar, Abiodun Ogunjobi, aka Gododogo, who was nabbed last week after a massive manhunt was a bigger threat than the famed Shina Rambo. The police said Godogodo reigned in the underworld for at least 14 years.



His notoriety was such that some  governors have called the police high command to hand over the underworld king to them so that they can re-assure their people that Godogodo has actually been arrested.

Trial set for Egypt Brotherhood leaders

AN Egyptian court has set a trial date for Muslim Brotherhood leaders in a move likely to enrage supporters of ousted Islamist president Mohamed Morsi.


It came as US Deputy Secretary of State William Burns met the army chief amid intense efforts to try to resolve the political crisis since the army ousted Morsi in a July 3 coup.

Huge mysterious pentagram in remote Kazakhstan explained

 On the windblown steppes of central Asia, in an isolated corner of Kazakhstan, there's a large pentagram etched into Earth's surface. And now an archaeologist has revealed the source of the mysterious structure.