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Sunday, December 15, 2013

THE END OF AN ERA- Good Night Nelson Mandela!!!



Dear Friends!

As Africa and the World, lays one of her Great Icons of Peace, Lover of Sports and Unity, I wish to Portray his Works, achievements and Legacy, through this Timeline.

To condense all of Mr Nelson Mandela's achievements into one chronology would be impossible; as a result, I do not claim that this work here is comprehensive. Below you will find a chronology of important events in his life. It is a work in progress and am happy to receive your comments or additions.


1918 July 18
Born Rolihlahla Mandela at Mvezo in the Transkei

1925  
Attends primary school near Qunu (receives the name ‘Nelson’ from a teacher)

Circa 1930  
Entrusted to Thembu Regent Jongintaba Dalindyebo

1934  
Undergoes initiation; Attends Clarkebury Boarding Institute in Engcobo

1937  
Attends Healdtown, the Wesleyan College at Fort Beaufort

1939  
Enrols at the University College of Fort Hare, in Alice

1940  
Expelled

1941  
Escapes an arranged marriage; becomes a mine night watchman; Starts articles at the law firm Witkin, Sidelsky & Eidelman

1942  
Completes BA through the University of South Africa (UNISA)

1942  
Begins to attend African National Congress (ANC) meetings informally

1943  
Graduates with BA from Fort Hare; Enrols for an LLB at Wits University

1944  
Co-founds the ANC Youth League (ANCYL); marries Evelyn Ntoko Mase – they have four children: Thembekile (1945); Makaziwe (1947 – who dies after nine months); Makgatho (1950); Makaziwe (1954)

1948  
Elected national secretary of the ANCYL

1951  
Elected President of the ANCYL

1952  
Defiance Campaign begins; Arrested and charged for violating the Suppression of Communism Act; Elected Transvaal ANC President; Convicted with J.S Moroka, Walter Sisulu and 17 others under the Suppression of Communism Act; Sentenced to nine months imprisonment with hard labour, suspended for two years; Elected first of ANC deputy presidents; Opens South Africa’s first black law firm with Oliver Tambo

1953  
Devises the M-Plan for the ANC’s future underground operations

1955  
Watches as the Congress of the People at Kliptown launches the Freedom Charter

1956  
Arrested and joins 155 others on trial for Treason. All are acquitted by 29 March 1961

1958  
Divorces Evelyn Mase; Marries Nomzamo Winnie Madikizela – they have two daughters: Zenani (1959) and Zindzi (1960)

1960 March 21
Sharpeville Massacre

March 30
A State of Emergency imposed and he is among thousands detained

April 8
The ANC is banned

1961  
Goes underground; Umkhonto weSizwe (MK) is formed

1962 January 11
Leaves the country for military training and to garner support for the ANC

July 23
Returns to South Africa

August 5
Arrested near Howick in KwaZulu-Natal

November 7
Sentenced to five years in prison for incitement and leaving the country without a passport

1963 May 27
Sent to Robben Island

 
1963 June 12
Returned to Pretoria Local Prison

1963 October 9
Appears in court for the first time in what becomes known as the Rivonia Trial, with Walter Sisulu, Denis Goldberg, Govan Mbeki, Ahmed Kathrada, Lionel 'Rusty' Bernstein, Raymond Mhlaba, James Kantor, Elias Motsoaledi and Andrew Mlangeni

1963 December 3
Pleads not guilty to sabotage in what becomes known as the Rivonia Trial

1964 June 11
All except Rusty Bernstein and James Kantor are convicted and sentenced (June 12) to life

1964 June 13
Arrives on Robben Island

1969 July 13
Thembekile is killed in a car accident

1982 March 31
Mr Mandela, Sisulu, Raymond Mhlaba and Andrew Mlangeni and later Ahmed Kathrada are sent to Pollsmoor Prison

1985 February 10
Rejects, through his daughter, Zindzi, South African President PW Botha's offer to release him if he renounces violence

1985 November 3
Admitted to the Volks Hospital for prostate surgery

1985 November 23
Discharged from Volks Hospital and returned to Pollsmoor Prison

1988 August 12
Admitted to Tygerberg Hospital where he is diagnosed with Tuberculosis

1988 August 31
Admitted to Constantiaberg MediClinic

1988 December 7
Moved to Victor Verster Prison in Paarl where he was held for 14 months in a cottage

1990 February 2
ANC is unbanned

1990 February 11
Released

1990 March 2
Elected ANC Deputy President

1993 December 10
Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize with FW de Klerk

1994 April 27
Votes for the first time in his life

1994 May 9
Elected by Parliament as first president of a democratic South Africa

1994 May 10
Inaugurated as President of the Republic of South Africa

 
1994 December 14
Launches his autobiography Long Walk to Freedom

1995  
Establishes the Nelson Mandela Children's Fund

1996  
Divorces Winnie Mandela

1998 July 18
Marries Graça Machel on his 80th birthday

1999  
Steps down after one term as President, establishes the Nelson Mandela Foundation

2001  
Diagnosed with prostate cancer

2003  
Establishes the Mandela Rhodes Foundation

2004 June 1
Announces that he will be stepping down from public life

2005 January 6
Announces that his eldest son Makgatho had died of AIDS

2007 April 13
Attends the installation of his grandson Mandla as chief of the Mvezo Traditional Council

2008  July 18
Turns 90 years old, asks future generations to continue the fight for social justice

2009  
Votes for the fourth time in his life; Attends the inauguration of President Jacob Zuma on May 9 and witnesses Zuma's first State of the Nation address; Turns 91

2010  
Is formally presented with the Fifa World Cup trophy before it embarks on a tour of South Africa

2010 June 11
His great-granddaughter Zenani is killed in a car accident

2010 June 17
Attends the funeral of his great-granddaughter Zenani

2010 July 11
Makes a surprise appearance at the Final of the Fifa World Cup in Soweto

2010 July
Celebrates his 92nd birthday at home in Johannesburg with family and friends

2010 October 12
His second book Conversations with Myself  is published

2010 November 18
Meets the South African and American football teams that played in the Mandela Challenge match

2011 January
Is admitted to hospital in Johannesburg where he was diagnosed with a chest infection. He is discharged after two nights

2011 May 16
Votes in the local government elections

2011 June 27
His book Nelson Mandela By Himself: The Authorised Book of Quotations is launched

2011 June 21
Is visited at home by American First Lady Michelle Obama and her daughters Sasha and Malia

2011 July 18
Celebrates his 93rd birthday with his family in Qunu, Eastern Cape

2011 October 21
Is officially counted in South Africa’s Census 2011

2011 December 25
Spends Christmas with family in Qunu

2012 February 25
Admitted to hospital for abdominal complaint

2012 February 26
Discharged from hospital

2012 July 18
Celebrates his 94th birthday with his family in Qunu, Eastern Cape
 
2012 December 8
Is admitted to hospital
 
2012 December 26
Is discharged from hospital

2013 January 1
Spends New Year’s Day with members of his family in Johannesburg

2013 March 9
Is admitted to hospital

2013 March 10
Is discharged from hospital

 2013 March 27
Is admitted to hospital

2013 April 6
Is discharged from hospital

2013 June 8
Is admitted to hospital

2013 July 18
Spends his 95th birthday in hospital

2013 September 1
Is discharged from hospital

2013 December 5
Dies.

Good Night Freedom Fighter,
Good Night Man of Peace,
Good Night Nelson Mandela You will Surely live in our Hearts, for your Legacies Lives On. Your Spirit forever will Live.

Good Night, till we meet to Path No more.

Wednesday, November 27, 2013

Two (2) New Mobile Devices, hits Nigeria Market.


World’s third largest PC manufacturers, Asustek, last week joined technical forces with Intel corporation to launch two Intel-powered devices comprising the Asus fonepad 7 and the Asus Transformer Book T100, saying the features suited the Nigerian market.
Both tablets are powered by Intel Atom processors, Intel Atom Z2560 and Intel Atom Bay Trail-T Z3740 quad-core processor respectively.

Unveiling the devices, Regional Director of ASUS for Africa, Turkey and Israel, Mr. Shawn Chang, said that “the two devices that we’ve launched today, the Fonepad 7 and the Transformer Book T100, are all run by the latest Intel processors. They are  designed to fit the Nigerian market. From battery life to the performance of their processors, and to their retail prices, everything is right. These are the devices you want to offer to your loved ones as  Christmas gift”

Also Country Manager of Intel West Africa, Mr. Bunmi Ekundare said the partnership between Intel and Asus was a welcome development, adding that “Intel is glad to be able to extend our long collaborative history, including our most recent, the Ultrabook and Intel-based tablets and again, to Asus. Our partnership with this company is recurring and we are pleased with that.”

Ekundayo also saidContinuing, he added that “Intel’s new Atom Z2560 and Intel Atom Bay Trail-T Z3740 quad-core processor not only deliver power, they are also guaranteed to drive the quality of performance and flexibility that accommodates a range of devices and market needs”.  The Asus Fonepad promises to offer the dual value of voice communication of a Smartphone and the entertainment opportunities afforded by a tablet, and comes with the convenience of carrying just one device.

Specification:
GENERAL2G NetworkGSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G NetworkHSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100
SIMMicro-SIM
Announced2013, September
StatusAvailable. Released 2013, October
BODYDimensions196.8 x 120 x 10.5 mm (7.75 x 4.72 x 0.41 in)
Weight328 g (11.57 oz)
DISPLAYTypeIPS LCD capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors
Size800 x 1280 pixels, 7.0 inches (~216 ppi pixel density)
MultitouchYes
SOUNDAlert typesVibration, MP3 ringtones
LoudspeakerYes
3.5mm jackYes
MEMORYCard slotmicroSD, up to 32 GB
Internal8/16/32 GB storage, 1 GB RAM
DATAGPRSYes
EDGEYes
SpeedHSDPA, 42 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps
WLANWi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual band
BluetoothYes, v3.0
USBYes, microUSB v2.0
CAMERAPrimary5 MP, 2592х1944 pixels, autofocus
FeaturesGeo-tagging
VideoYes, 1080p@30fps
SecondaryYes, 1.2 MP, 720p
FEATURESOSAndroid OS, v4.2 (Jelly Bean)
ChipsetIntel Atom Z2560
CPUDual-core 1.6 GHz
GPUPowerVR SGX544MP2
SensorsAccelerometer, proximity, compass
MessagingSMS(threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Mail, IM
BrowserHTML5
RadioNo
GPSYes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS
JavaYes, via Java MIDP emulator
ColorsSapphire black, Diamond white
- SNS integration
- MP3/WAV/WMA/AAC player
- MP4/H.264/H.263 player
- Organizer
- Document editor
- Photo viewer/editor
- Voice memo/dial
- Predictive text input
BATTERYNon-removable Li-Po 3950 mAh battery (15 Wh)
Stand-by(2G) / Up to 840 h (3G)
Talk timeUp to 10 h (multimedia) (2G) / Up to 28 h (3G)


SOURCE: Vanguard

Tuesday, November 5, 2013

Why I was imprisoned by my Husband- First Lady Enugu State Clara Chime...

Clara Chime, the estranged wife of Governor Sullivan Chime of Enugu State, has advanced her quest for freedom from illegal house arrest by petitioning the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC).

Last week, in a story published by SaharaReporters, she called on the human rights agencies to come to her aid.  Only yesterday, human rights advocate Femi Falana, on her behalf, petitioned the Inspector General of Police to set her free without delay. 
In her letter to the NHRC, Mrs. Chime describes an abusive relationship which has led her into depression.  While they have been married for five years, she says the relationship has broken down irretrievably in the past couple of years.  

“We do not have a relationship anymore and the situation inevitably led to my nervous breakdown. I have been diagnosed with severe depression and at some point was quite suicidal.”
Saying she has been subjected “to the most horrific and intolerable of conditions to cause my demise,” she enumerated the major issues to include: lack of sexual relationship with her husband for four years; being deprived of responsibilities as a wife; being prevented from bonding with her four-year-old son; and being barred me from receiving visitors, whether family or friends.

She noted that three weeks ago, a lady friend who visited her was stopped from seeing her and the result is now complete incarceration from the outside world.
“In effect, I am locked up in my bedroom, without access to anybody,” she pleaded.

According to the letter, “I am only allowed food but no access to fresh air; I have been locked up because I demanded to leave, even without my son. Governor Chime recently revoked my land allocation; the governor is doing everything possible to break my will.”
She told the commission that her desire is simply to be allowed to leave.
“If I have committed any crime, I request that due process should be followed. I was also recently attacked by my husband before the visitor mentioned above who is a living witness and will be prepared to testify.”

She also accused Governor Chime of paying a doctor to inject her with all sorts of drugs, and that she is sometimes restrained and forced to take the drugs.
“I would also wish the Nigerian Medical Council be informed of the activity of this doctor who is only interested in my husband’s wishes and does not care about my suffering. Medical confidentiality is not part of this doctor’s tool,” she wrote.  

Stressing that she has no intention of taking her own life, she warned that should she die, it must be clear that it must have been brought about her husband. 
“The possibility of the doctor injecting me with a lethal substance must never be underestimated,” she wrote. “I have a friend who is a good friend of the family and would collaborate a lot in the event of any mishap to me and wish not to mention the name but he would contact you ultimately.”

SOURCE: Sahara Reports.

Wednesday, October 30, 2013

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Wednesday, October 23, 2013

Nokia Lumia 1520 gets RAW photos, Lytro-like refocusing

Along with the announcement of new handsets and a tablet at Nokia World, the company proved it was serious about photography with the addition of RAW support.

Nokia's camera-centric Lumia 1020 used the company's PureView technology and sported a 41-megapixel sensor, earning praise from photographers and critics thanks to its imaging technology. Alongside the announcement of the 6-inch Lumia 1520, the company provided another hook for photographers, revealing that the handset will be able to capture DNG files from the get-go. RAW support will come to the Lumia 1020 next year with the Black update.
Why are RAW files such a big deal? Because a RAW file is exactly that — raw image data from the camera's sensor before it is processed into a file type such as JPEG.
"We are responding to consumer feedback," said Nokia spokesman Doug Dawson. "It's clear that our Lumia range appeals to people passionate about photography. They've asked for raw format support, and we are happy to be the first smartphone camera that offers this kind of professional-quality data."
The good news about DNG is that it is an Adobe format that can be read by a wide range of programs, developed in response to the lack of an open standard for dealing with RAW files. Generally, every digital camera produces a proprietary RAW file format that can only be read by first-party processing software packages or programs such as Lightroom and Photoshop with the addition of add-ons.
Despite their advantages in terms of capturing the most image data, RAW files generally take up much more space than their compressed JPEG counterparts, which could present a problem on a handset like the 1020 that has no expandable storage options.
Nokia's other imaging announcement was around a new refocusing app. Taking inspiration from light-field cameras like the Lytro, Nokia Refocus Lens appears to be a software-based method of letting users refocus images after they have been taken. Details on the app are scarce, but Nokia has a microsite showing the technology at work.

Nokia Refocus Lens will come with the Lumia 1520, rolling out to earlier handsets in due course.
SOURCE: CNET

Saturday, October 19, 2013

Microsoft Launches Windows 8.1: Details


Almost a year after the release of Windows 8, Microsoft on 17th October 2013 released the first major upgrade to its operating system, Windows 8.1.
This therefore, opens those with Windows 8 machines to upgrade to Windows 8.1 for free via the Windows Store. The update hit at 7 a.m. ET this 17th, and will be rolling out over the next 24 hours.
Those on Windows 7, Vista, or XP can visit the Windows upgrade page, which will detect whether or not your PC can handle Windows 8.1. On my PC running Windows 7 Professional service pack 1, I got a note that said "Windows 8.1 is coming soon," so it appears the rollout is still in the works.

Starting on Friday, meanwhile, Microsoft stores will stock the packaged DVD version of Windows 8.1, while new PCs and tablets running Windows 8.1 will hit the market. This week alone, Lenovo introduced an 8-inch version of its Miix tablet, while Acer debuted its 8-inch Iconia W4 tablet, both of which sport Windows 8.1.

 For the most comprehensive overview, be sure to check out our full review and the slideshow above. 

SOURCE: PCMAG.