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<span style="border: medium none; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt; list-style: none outside none; margin: 0px; outline: none medium; padding: 0px;">SMART WEB HOSTING is one of the largest brands in the Internet services industry, and I get a lot of reader questions about what their hosting product is like. I’ve worked with <a href="https://www.smartweb.com.ng/" style="border: medium none; color: #82bb86; list-style: none outside none; margin: 0px; outline: none medium; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none;" title="1and1 Hosting"><span style="border: medium none; color: #0037b4; list-style: none outside none; margin: 0px; outline: none medium; padding: 0px;">SMART WEB HOSTING web hosting</span></a> several times for clients, and recently bought a hosting package for a separate project I’m running. Here’s my first SMART WEB HOSTING web hosting review in a series that looks at their hosting product overall & in comparison with </span><u><span style="border: medium none; color: #0037b4; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt; list-style: none outside none; margin: 0px; outline: none medium; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none;">other</span></u><span style="border: medium none; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt; list-style: none outside none; margin: 0px; outline: none medium; padding: 0px;"> <a href="https://www.shivarweb.com/3008/inmotion-hosting-review/" style="border: medium none; color: #82bb86; list-style: none outside none; margin: 0px; outline: none medium; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="border: medium none; color: #0037b4; list-style: none outside none; margin: 0px; outline: none medium; padding: 0px;">top</span></a></span><u><span style="border: medium none; color: #0037b4; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt; list-style: none outside none; margin: 0px; outline: none medium; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none;">hosts</span></u><span style="border: medium none; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt; list-style: none outside none; margin: 0px; outline: none medium; padding: 0px;">.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="border: medium none; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt; list-style: none outside none; margin: 0px; outline: none medium; padding: 0px;">Check out <a href="https://www.smartweb.com.ng/" style="border: medium none; color: #82bb86; list-style: none outside none; margin: 0px; outline: none medium; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="border: medium none; color: #0037b4; list-style: none outside none; margin: 0px; outline: none medium; padding: 0px;">SMART WEB HOSTING’s current plans & pricing here</span></a>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="border: medium none; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt; list-style: none outside none; margin: 0px; outline: none medium; padding: 0px;">This review was originally published in early 2014. It’s been revised throughout as of May 2016.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="border: medium none; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt; list-style: none outside none; margin: 0px; outline: none medium; padding: 0px;">SMART WEB HOSTING offers a </span><u><span style="border: medium none; color: #0037b4; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt; list-style: none outside none; margin: 0px; outline: none medium; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none;">wide range of products</span></u><span style="border: medium none; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt; list-style: none outside none; margin: 0px; outline: none medium; padding: 0px;"> from domain names to hosting to website packages. SMART WEB HOSTING is actually one of the oldest web hosting companies – founded in 1988. And they are also one of the more aggressive advertisers with full-page ads in magazines and TV spots. Anecdotally, I think only <a href="https://www.shivarweb.com/3281/1-and-1-hosting-vs-godaddy/" style="border: medium none; color: #82bb86; list-style: none outside none; margin: 0px; outline: none medium; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="border: medium none; color: #0037b4; list-style: none outside none; margin: 0px; outline: none medium; padding: 0px;">GoDaddy</span></a> rivals them in terms of mass-market advertising and brand awareness.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="border: medium none; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt; list-style: none outside none; margin: 0px; outline: none medium; padding: 0px;">But big brand doesn’t always mean a good product – and that’s one thing I wanted to look into with a full SMART WEB HOSTING web hosting review.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="border: medium none; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt; list-style: none outside none; margin: 0px; outline: none medium; padding: 0px;">3 quick asides before diving in. First, There are a lot of SMART WEB HOSTING hosting reviews online – usually with user-generated reviews based on anecdotes and personal experience. That’s fine but I take a different approach. My approach to reviews is that there is no such thing as a “best” or “top” anything. There’s only better fits for different people depending on your goals. If you are just looking for SMART WEB HOSTING promotions for super-cheap hosting, <a href="https://www.smartweb.com.ng/" style="border: medium none; color: #82bb86; list-style: none outside none; margin: 0px; outline: none medium; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none;" title="1and1 Hosting"><span style="border: medium none; color: #0037b4; list-style: none outside none; margin: 0px; outline: none medium; padding: 0px;">you can find them here</span></a>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="border: medium none; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt; list-style: none outside none; margin: 0px; outline: none medium; padding: 0px;">Second, a disclosure that I receive customer referral fees from companies mentioned on this site. All data & opinion is from my experience as a paying customer or consultant to a paying customer.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="border: medium none; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt; list-style: none outside none; margin: 0px; outline: none medium; padding: 0px;">Third, when I talk about “hosting” – I’m specifically referring to Linux shared web hosting setups (like those used for a common Drupal, Joomla or <a href="https://www.shivarweb.com/website-setup/" style="border: medium none; color: #82bb86; list-style: none outside none; margin: 0px; outline: none medium; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="border: medium none; color: #0037b4; list-style: none outside none; margin: 0px; outline: none medium; padding: 0px;">WordPress setup</span></a>). Unless you have a specific reason to use a Windows-powered server, you should be using a Linux powered server. It’s the industry standard and gives you much more flexibility than a Windows server. I’m also specifically looking at shared web hosting, since unless you know of a specific reason (like having a consistent +10,000 visits/day) to not have shared hosting – then it’s the probably the best fit for you (it’s also the most affordable).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="border: medium none; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt; list-style: none outside none; margin: 0px; outline: none medium; padding: 0px;">Last aside – the tl;dr is that SMART WEB HOSTING does not have any strong “pros” in my opinion. The really just have areas where they are just sort of fine. Their main pro is their brand and the name they have built up over 26 years. That said, for the purposes of a SMART WEB HOSTING web hosting review, here are the pros of their hosting service<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="border: medium none; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18pt; list-style: none outside none; margin: 0px; outline: none medium; padding: 0px;">Prices<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="border: medium none; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt; list-style: none outside none; margin: 0px; outline: none medium; padding: 0px;">SMART WEB HOSTING Hosting is on the more affordable end of web hosting. They typically offer a very cheap 12 month introductory offer (<a href="https://www.smartweb.com.ng/" style="border: medium none; color: #82bb86; list-style: none outside none; margin: 0px; outline: none medium; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="border: medium none; color: #0037b4; list-style: none outside none; margin: 0px; outline: none medium; padding: 0px;">view their plans here</span></a>), and then increase the price after a year, which even then are on the more affordable end.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Nigeria: Why I Allowed Nkem Owoh to Touch My Boobs

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<span style="font-size: small;"><strong>Anita Joseph</strong> is a talented Nollywood actress 
known mostly for her controversial nature. The actress has over the 
years grown a thick skin to criticisms and wants people to know that 
she's in the movie industry to be an actress in the true sense of the 
word.</span><br />
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</span><span style="font-size: small;">She has the ability excel in any role she is assigned and she has been a good source of entertainment for many fans.</span><br />
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</span><span style="font-size: small;">In this encounter with Showtime celebrity Anita opens up on her music and movie career viv-a-vis other issues:</span><br />
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</span><span style="font-size: small;"><strong>What have you been up to?</strong></span><br />
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</span><span style="font-size: small;">Work work work... Movies and music but I'm still recording</span><br />
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</span><span style="font-size: small;"><strong>How many movies have you done so far?</strong></span><br />
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</span><span style="font-size: small;">The one that just came out is Akpabio, the Calabar Boy. Then, there's
 Hips Don't Lie, Festival of Village Girls, Wannabe Girls, Who runs the 
Village, Twins Blood, and lots of others. I can't really count.</span><br />
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</span><span style="font-size: small;"><strong>What is your style of music?</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">

</span><span style="font-size: small;">I do Hip-hop, I do slow songs, blues, I do every kind of music</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">

</span><span style="font-size: small;"><strong>Which songs have you released this year?</strong></span><br />
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</span><span style="font-size: small;">I've done Long Time and Go Gaga</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">

</span><span style="font-size: small;"><strong>Have you featured any artiste in your songs?</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">

</span><span style="font-size: small;">In 'Nyem Something' I featured Flavour. The video came out two years ago</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">

</span><span style="font-size: small;"><strong>You and Afrocandy were recently seen together, are you guys doing a movie?</strong></span><br />
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</span><span style="font-size: small;">Yes, we are. We've not done the job yet. She just did an audition and
 I was invited over to help in the casting. We did an audition at 
Excellence Hotel so I went there to help her cast and I'm part of the 
movie too</span><br />
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</span><span style="font-size: small;"><strong>Is it a porn movie?</strong></span><br />
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</span><span style="font-size: small;">God forbid. It's an African movie. Afrocandy does other movies too. 
The one she's going to do soon is an epic movie like a village kind of 
movie. Then the other one is another kind of movie, we call it Glamour.</span><br />
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</span><span style="font-size: small;">Glamour is the one you have many rich people but the epic is the 
village one. It's not a porn movie, don't mind what people are saying. I
 assure you it is not porn. Anita cannot do porn. You know why I can't 
do porn? Because the money will finish but the movie won't go.</span><br />
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</span><span style="font-size: small;">It's not something I would like to do. Everybody in life has what he 
or she wants to do. I don't care what anybody does. Some people say 
you're friends with Afrocandy and all that, So What?</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">

</span><span style="font-size: small;"><strong>Do you believe Nigerians are hypocritical about sex?</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">

</span><span style="font-size: small;">Oh yes they are, some of them do worse things behind closed doors. So
 don't judge me. I do what I want to do but I can't do porn. Anita is 
crazy, Anita is this, Anita is that, but I can't do porn. There are some
 kinds of things I can't do. If I'm doing business with Afrocandy, it's 
movie business not porn and it's my business. Nobody has the right to 
tell me I shouldn't do it because she's this, she's that. That's their 
business.</span><br />
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</span><span style="font-size: small;"><strong>Can you do sex in a movie?</strong></span></div>

Nigeria: Why I Allowed Nkem Owoh to Touch My Boobs

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85 Nigerians Rescue by Chadian soldiers from Boko Haram

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<b>Reports are emerging of 
the rescue by Chadian troops of some 85 Nigerian villagers abducted 
earlier this week by suspected Boko Haram militants.</b>
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A Nigerian security official told AFP that they had 
intercepted a convoy of buses transporting gunmen and the villagers in a
 routine security check.<br />

Neither the Nigerian or Chadian militaries have confirmed the reports.  <br />

Boko Haram is accused of kidnapping hundreds of people in the north-east of Nigeria, and neighbouring Cameroon.<br />

The group, which wants to create an Islamic state in the 
region, sparked international outcry when they abducted more than 200 
schoolgirls in April in Nigeria's remote down of Chibok in Borno state.<br />

<span class="cross-head">Speedboat escape</span>
       Dozens of men, women and children were seized from the remote fishing village of Doron Bag by boat across Lake Chad on Sunday. <br />

Eyewitnesses said 26 people were killed in the raid. <br />

A senior Nigerian security official told the Agence 
France-Presse news agency on Saturday that 85 people abducted in the 
attack were had been found by Chadian troops. <br />

<span style="width: 624px;">Nigeria imposed a state of emergency in Borno state last year to deal with the Boko Haram insurgency</span>
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"The convoy being led by six Boko Haram gunmen was stopped on 
the Chadian part of the border along Lake Chad for routine checks and 
the huge number of people in the convoy raised suspicion," the unnamed 
official said.<br />

The six suspects were giving conflicting information on the hostages and their destination, he added.<br />

Another official with the National Human Rights Commission in
 Maiduguri, capital of Borno state, said some militants had escaped on 
speedboats when they saw the convoy being stopped. <br />

He said the rescued villagers, totalling 65 men and 22 women,
 were still in Chadian custody but that 30 people were still being held 
by the militants. <br />

News of the raid on Doron Bag took days to emerge, due to the remote region's poor communication links.<br />

The militants burned down some of the houses in the village, 
and took mainly women and some boys and girls, a village elder told the 
BBC.<br />

Other survivors said young men were also taken possibly to be turned into Boko Haram fighters. <br />

A state of emergency was declared in Borno and two other 
north-eastern states last year to help the military crush the insurgency
 but the militants have stepped up attacks since then.<br />

The schoolgirls abducted in April are thought to be held in the vast Sambisa forest, along Nigeria's border with Cameroon.<br />

The group has also carried out a wave of bombings and 
assassinations, including that of moderate Muslim leaders opposed to its
 ideology. <br />

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<strong>Who are Boko Haram?</strong><br />

<span style="width: 624px;">Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau has been designated a terrorist by the US government</span>
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<ul>
<li> Founded in 2002</li>
<li> Initially focused on opposing Western education - Boko Haram means "Western education is forbidden" in the Hausa language</li>
<li> Launched military operations in 2009 to create an Islamic state</li>
<li> Thousands killed, mostly in north-eastern Nigeria - but also attacks on police and UN headquarters in capital, Abuja</li>
<li> Some three million people affected</li>
<li> Declared terrorist group by US in 2013</li>
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Dear Mr. President, Why I'm Leaving America

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I received a copy of this letter, and think it is worth reproducing in full:<br />
 
“Dear Mr. President,<br />
 
I am writing with a heavy heart as I, my husband, and our daughter 
are all seriously contemplating giving up our U.S. citizenship. We are 
doing this not to avoid paying U.S. taxes but because we strongly object
 to a system that is blatantly discriminatory and unfair to law-abiding 
Americans living outside the country. In addition, it has become too 
expensive, too difficult, and frankly, too frightening, to try to comply
 with all of the tax filing requirements that now apply to citizens 
living abroad.<br />
 
My husband is 70 years old and I am 69. I was born in St. Louis, my 
husband in Denver, and our daughter in Toronto. When my husband 
graduated with a PhD in history from the University of Pennsylvania, and
 I with a law degree from Villanova, both in 1971, he received a job 
offer to teach U.S. history to Canadian university students. I began 
teaching law at the same university. We never expected to stay in Canada
 but, as you know, life is often unpredictable and we have now happily 
lived here for 43 years. I retired many years ago and my husband more 
recently. <br />
 
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In order to practice my profession I had to become a member of the 
Ontario Bar, which I did in 1985 and which required me to become a 
Canadian citizen. My husband did so some years later because he also 
wanted the right to vote in a country where we were living and raising 
our daughter. We have continued to vote in U.S. federal elections, we 
hold U.S. passports as well as Canadian, and we have never failed, in 43
 years, to comply with U.S. laws that require American citizens anywhere
 in the world to file U.S. tax returns. Of course, that obligation does 
not exempt us from also having to file<br /> Canadian tax returns each 
year, and in some instances, paying taxes to both countries. (Please 
note, neither one of us receives U.S. Social Security or Medicare, so we
 take nothing in return from the U.S.)<br />
 
And yet, we now feel like second class citizens at best, or criminals
 at worst. The FBAR forms that we must file every year, detailing the 
amount in every single financial account we have, from savings to 
checking to investment to retirement accounts, are filed with the Fraud 
Division of the U.S. Treasury Department. The message given here, along 
with the enormous fines for improper filing, make U.S. citizens feel 
like they are guilty until proven innocent.<br />
 
Recently I learned that, on top of all the other tax disadvantages of
 being dual citizens, Americans living and working in Canada can now 
hold Canadian mutual funds only at their financial peril. These funds 
carry onerous, expensive tax filing requirements for every single fund 
owned, as well as attracting much higher taxes than U.S. mutual funds 
(which we are not allowed to hold in our Canadian investment accounts.) 
What this new obstacle means for U.S. citizens in Canada is that, in 
addition to being prohibited from buying U.S. mutual funds, we must now 
sell the Canadian mutual funds in our investment portfolios for a reason
 that has nothing to do with their inherent value or what they add to 
our savings and retirement strategies.<br />
 
To my knowledge the IRS does not tell U.S. citizens living in America
 that they will be penalized for owning mutual funds domiciled in that 
country. So why does it feel it is fair or appropriate to penalize 
Americans living in Canada for simply investing in mutual funds 
domiciled in Canada? Let us be clear. These are not funds that are 
investing in terrorist activities in the Mideast. These are funds that 
are invested heavily in U.S. bonds and U.S. companies, as well as in 
Canadian bonds and companies. While the IRS looks at Canadian mutual 
funds as “foreign investments“, obviously for those living in Canada 
they are local investments!<br />
 
Nevertheless, I must now instruct our investment advisor to sell 
them. Americans living in the U.S. pay 15% in capital gains on U.S. 
domiciled mutual funds. Americans living in Canada will now pay over 38%
 in capital gains on Canadian domiciled mutual funds, even though both 
funds might contain very similar investments. This places American 
citizens living in Canada at a distinct disadvantage in planning and 
saving for our retirement. What have we done to deserve this 
discriminatory and second class treatment? Are we to save for our old 
age by hiding our money under the mattress?<br />
 
For many years we have been willing to pay the substantial expenses 
involved in using tax accountants who are qualified to file our tax 
returns in both countries. As you can imagine, dual citizens cannot use 
just any tax accountant and still feel confident that they are complying
 with the very confusing U.S. tax laws, tax treaty, and all of the 
special requirements that apply only to Americans living outside the 
country. This is especially true when it is the Fraud Division that 
investigates even the most innocent errors in filing some of the 
necessary forms.<br />
 
However, now the overall burden and the unfairness have become too 
heavy to reasonably bear. My earliest known American ancestor, who 
sailed from Europe and settled in Kentucky 166 years ago, is probably 
“rolling over in his grave” to think that I am giving up my U.S. 
citizenship. However, growing up in Colorado I was raised and educated 
to stand up for what is right. I have been doing that ever since.<br />
 
What America is doing to its own citizens living in other countries 
is not right and we have had enough. What I have outlined here is only 
part of the problem. All we want in return for fulfilling our 
responsibilities as Americans is to be treated fairly and equally. We 
are performing our part of the bargain. America is not.<br />
 
There are approximately one million Americans living and working in 
Canada, and millions more in other parts of the world. I understand from
 our specialized tax accountant, and our cross-border consultant, that 
we are not alone in contemplating or taking this very dramatic and 
previously inconceivable step of relinquishing our U.S. citizenship. 
What a sad state of affairs for America and for its citizens everywhere.<br />
 
Regretfully yours,<br />
 
Marilyn ________<br /> Ontario, Canada”<br />
 Ref: Forbes </div>

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Ebola Virus: American Patient Hopes for Discharge Soon

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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">One of two Americans being treated
for Ebola at Emory University Hospital says he is recovering and hopes to be
discharged soon.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Kent Brantly, a doctor <a href="http://online.wsj.com/articles/u-s-doctor-in-africa-tests-positive-for-ebola-1406425253" target="_new"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">who was infected while treating Ebola patients </span></a>outside
Monrovia, Liberia, said, in a statement Friday, he has <a href="http://online.wsj.com/articles/cdc-chief-seeks-to-allay-ebola-fears-1407081530" target="_new"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">made progress in his treatment</span></a> in a special isolation unit
Emory. "I am recovering in every way," he said.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">(<a href="http://online.wsj.com/articles/ebola-virus-west-african-treatment-centers-filling-up-fast-says-who-1408107358" target="_new"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Ebola virus</span></a>: Outbreak could last another six months).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Dr. Kent Brantly and his wife,
Amber, are seen in an undated photo provided by Samaritan's Purse. Associated
Press </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">"There are still a few hurdles
to clear before I can be discharged, but I hold on to the hope of a sweet
reunion with my wife, children and family in the near future," he said. He
didn't elaborate on the hurdles.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">"I am more grateful every day
to the Lord for sparing my life and continuing to heal my body," he said.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">(<a href="http://online.wsj.com/articles/ebola-doctors-with-no-rubber-gloves-1408142137" target="_new"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Ebola virus</span></a>: For want of gloves, doctors die).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Dr. Brantly, 33 years old, of Fort
Worth, Texas, was working in Liberia for Samaritan's Purse, a faith-based
charity that operates a hospital and campus there. He had been in Liberia since
October 2013 as part of a post-residency program and began treating Ebola
patients when the outbreak erupted. He developed symptoms of Ebola on July 23
and isolated himself.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The second American Ebola patient at
Emory, Nancy Writebol, 59, is also improving, according to a statement from her
husband provided through the faith-based charity the two work for, SIM USA.
"Each time I talk to her, her voice is clearer and brighter," said
David Writebol. "She is getting better and stronger. She is moving in the
right direction, and from everything I hear, she's making good </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Ms. Writebol is believed to have
become infected while working in the same Ebola treatment center where Dr.
Brantly was treating patients. She was diagnosed shortly after Dr. Brantly. Mr.
Writebol has also left Liberia and is under quarantine on SIM USA's campus in
Charlotte, N.C.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">While under treatment in Liberia,
Dr. Brantly and Ms. Writebol <a href="http://online.wsj.com/articles/ebola-treatment-used-on-humans-sooner-than-expected-1407360836" target="_new"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">received an experimental drug</span></a>, called ZMapp, that is made by
San Diego-based Mapp Biopharmaceutical Inc. and had never been tested in
humans. The two <a href="http://online.wsj.com/articles/first-u-s-ebola-patient-arriving-saturday-says-emory-university-hospital-spokeswoman-1406995233" target="_new"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">were evacuated to Atlanta</span></a> earlier this month.</span></div>
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from the disease occur during the eighth to 10th day of illness. But full
recovery can take several weeks and the virus can linger for a few weeks in
reservoirs in the body.</span></div>
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and bring attention to those suffering in the ongoing Ebola crisis in West Africa,"
Dr. Brantly said. "Their fight is far from over."</span></div>
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Youtube: Advantage and Disadvantages

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><i></i><div class="post-header"></div><h3 style="text-align: left;"><i><b><u>YouTube:</u></b></i></h3><i> YouTube is a popular video sharing website open to the public. It may be accessed at  <a href="http://www.youtube.com/">http://www.youtube.com/</a>. Advantages and disadvantages of the website are listed below. Please comment based on your experience with YouTube. </i><br /><div><i></i><i><br /><b><i><u>Advantages of YouTube</u></i></b></i><i><br /></i><br /><ul><li><i> Fast & easy video sharing Video and they will be searchable </i></li><li><i> Privacy features </i></li><li><i> Quick access to various videos </i></li><li><i> Safe browsing </i></li><li><i> Easy rating and feedback system</i></li></ul><i> <b><i><u>Disadvantages of YouTube-</u></i></b><br /></i><br /><ul><li><i>No parental controls</i></li><li><i>Limited copyright infringment notices </i></li><li><i>Video length is limited to 10 minutes </i></li><li><i>No restriction on comments (language, racial slurs, violent threats) </i></li><li><i>Video size is limited to 1024 MB</i></li></ul></div></div>

Youtube: Advantage and Disadvantages

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Effects Of Computers In The Society

<h3><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5365362351928630658" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi890FLhmWZtAg66C-QfuecC4cpS7UYaYuwU2JoND9KSEiahfQmYL-1sLO9fS2-_AatP5BR3jOy2rEfR_Okr7qZo4RcXLYFiArqHXDRhrQLaBaPnpcklnn0eFXRyrNO8shOlX-xgpcVbJU/s320/computer.jpg" style="float: right; height: 215px; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; width: 215px;" /></h3><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: trebuchet ms; text-align: justify;"><h3><span style="font-size: 85%;">Nasiru Loaded Blog want us to discuss about this important topic: </span></h3></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: trebuchet ms; text-align: justify;"><h3><span style="font-size: 85%;">Before  we know it, technology is going to pass us by. With the invention of  the computer and the Internet, the possibilities are endless. Society is  changing by leaps and bounds, with no chance of a stopping point in the  near future. All this change is dealing with computers and the effects  that it will have on the way we live tomorrow. The Internet affects us  in every way, most importantly with our social lives, our jobs, and our  entertainment. Our social lives are not just communicating with  telephones and mail anymore. Going “on-line” is the new way we like to  communicate with people. Chat rooms on the Internet are open for people  to talk and explore with other people who may live on the other side of  the world or the other side of the street. E-Mail is also another  popular way to correspond with others. Users can electronically send  mail to another person with an on-line mailbox, simply by typing in  their message and sending it by the click of a button. Two seconds to  send e-mail to someone on the other side of the world is much quicker  than a week or more through the ordinary mail. The Internet can also  affect our jobs. Computers can calculate and figure out things much  quicker than the average person. This process cannot only save time, but  money too. Stock trading is now on the Internet, along with banking and  any other type of business you could imagine. The world wants thing to  be quick and easy. The best answer to that is to have a computer do it  for you. In the future, hundreds of millions of jobs will be taken away  from honest hard-working employees and will be given to computers. No  matter what choices we make, or what plans we change, these outcomes are  going to become real. Why would a business pay someone to take phone  orders, when a computer can do it in less time and make it both cheaper  and easier for the business and the buyer? Computers and the Internet  are definitely affecting the way we entertain ourselves. The most basic  example is card games. If the computer can deal out cards on a screen  with the click of a button, why would anyone want to deal out a deck of  cards manually and have to clean them up afterwards? On the Internet,  you can gamble with on-line casinos, place bets on a horse race, or even  watch movies. People can do all of these activities in the comfort of  their own home. No gas money is wasted or time spent driving around to  find entertainment so people are happy. The inevitable outcome of this  magnificent invention is going to change the world. Society is happy  about the way things are changing. Cheaper is better, less time  consuming is better. With the choice of having a computer and being  on-line, there is almost nothing you cannot do. This remarkable idea of  the Internet is going to revolutionize the way we live in the future.</span></h3></div><h3 style="font-family: trebuchet ms; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 85%;"><span style="color: #cc66cc; font-size: 100%;">Negative impacts of computers on society</span></span></h3><div style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"><h3><span style="font-size: 85%;">Most  of us know the pros of having a computer (links us to other parts of  the world and provides us with information we use to have to search for  at the library, etc.) These are some of the negative things about the  computerized world: </span></h3></div><h3></h3><ul style="font-family: trebuchet ms;" type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal"><h3><span style="font-size: 85%;">The  younger generation would      rather communicate through computer  (easier) than actually working towards      making friends or finding  love the good old fashion way. Thus, part of the      magic of falling  in love is lost. People breakup in emails rather than      facing the  person and as all generations have been taught before we must      take  responsibility for our own actions. </span></h3></li></ul><h3></h3><ul style="font-family: trebuchet ms;" type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal"><h3><span style="font-size: 85%;">A  high percentage of people      sit at their computer far too long and  some people lose reality as far as      social activities and learning  social skills. Not to mention packing on      the weight and the lack of  exercise that will haunt them further on down      the road. </span></h3></li></ul><h3></h3><ul style="font-family: trebuchet ms;" type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal"><h3><span style="font-size: 85%;">Sitting behind a computer all      day is hard on the eyes. </span></h3></li></ul><h3></h3><ul style="font-family: trebuchet ms;" type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal"><h3><span style="font-size: 85%;">Being  on the computer too      much takes away the imagination for most  (although for a very few they can      be creative in advertising and  digital imagery, etc. on websites.) </span></h3></li></ul><h3></h3><ul style="font-family: trebuchet ms;" type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal"><h3><span style="font-size: 85%;">Computers  can distract a      person so much they lose contact with the reality  around them such as      taking time with family, husbands, boyfriends,  girlfriends, wives and      children. </span></h3></li></ul><h3></h3><ul style="font-family: trebuchet ms;" type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal"><h3><span style="font-size: 85%;">It opens up kiddy porn and      other immoral things. </span></h3></li></ul><h3></h3><ul style="font-family: trebuchet ms;" type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal"><h3><span style="font-size: 85%;">More crime is committed      through the Internet. </span></h3></li></ul><h3></h3><ul style="font-family: trebuchet ms;" type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal"><h3><span style="font-size: 85%;">More misinformation by SOME      people on the Internet can cause problems for the younger generation. </span></h3></li></ul><h3></h3><ul style="font-family: trebuchet ms;" type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal"><h3><span style="font-size: 85%;">More  person problems by two      people on the Internet (never having met)  may cause heartbreak or      mistrust. It's impossible to know someone  well over the Internet. </span></h3></li></ul><h3></h3><ul style="font-family: trebuchet ms;" type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal"><h3><span style="font-size: 85%;">Spammers are annoying. </span></h3></li></ul><h3></h3><ul style="font-family: trebuchet ms;" type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal"><h3><span style="font-size: 85%;">Hackers can ruin your      computer system. </span></h3></li></ul><h3></h3><div style="font-family: trebuchet ms; text-align: justify;"><h3><span style="font-size: 85%;">Many  people do work on the computer from their home but smart people do so  much, then get up, get moving and get into shape. They spend time with  family and friends and limit their time on the computer. </span></h3></div><div style="font-family: trebuchet ms; text-align: justify;"><h3><span style="font-size: 85%;">There  is a new generation coming up where information is at one's finger tips  too easily and then it becomes a personal thing in some people's lives.  Before one knows it all will be like zombies wandering around (out of  shape) and wondering why no one is relating to them. </span></h3></div><div style="font-family: trebuchet ms; text-align: justify;"><h3><span style="font-size: 85%;">While  technology is a wonderful thing it is almost likely that it can be used  in an immoral or wrong way. There is a price to pay for everything even  if it appears it's making life easier on people.</span></h3></div><div style="font-family: trebuchet ms; text-align: justify;"><h3><br /></h3></div><h3 style="font-family: trebuchet ms; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 85%;"><span style="color: magenta;"><b>REMEMBER COMPUTER IS THE MOST IMPORTANT THING ALL OVER THE UNIVERSE </b></span></span></h3>

Effects Of Computers In The Society

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