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                        Abuja, Nigeria (CNN) -- Boko Haram launched a grisly attack on a Nigerian village in an area that troops had been using as a base in the search for hundreds of schoolgirls abducted by the militant group, witnesses told CNN on Wednesday. The hourslong assault on Gamboru Ngala that left at least 150 people dead, some of whom were burned alive, is the latest in a series of brazen attacks and abductions by Boko Haram, raising concern about whether the Nigerian government can retake control of the region from the entrenched terror group. Word of the attack follows news that President Goodluck Jonathan, who has been under fire for his handling of the mass abduction, accepted U.S., British and Chinese offers of assistance to find the schoolgirls, officials with those governments said. It's unclear what impact the latest attack could have on the international response to Nigeria's fight with Boko Haram, which so far has concentrated on he

                     US State Department: List Boko Haram as Foreign Terrorist People Committed to the Propagation of the Prophet's Teachings and Jihad better known by its  name Boko Haram (Hausa: lit. "Western education is sinful"), is a jihadist militant organisation based in the northeast of Nigeria. It is an Islamist movement which strongly opposes man-made laws and modern science.  This is due to ignorance and illetracy because the weapons they use, bombs and guns were made by modern technology, but that would be a story for anotther day. This group was founded by Mohammad Yusuf in 2001, the organisation seeks to establish sharia law in the country. The group is also known for attacking Christians and bombing churches in Nigeria.   WARNING ...IMAGE MAY BE TOO CRUEL FOR YOUR VIEW, BUT IT IS VERY REAL HOW WE CAN HELP PLEASE SIGN PETITIONS AGAINST Boko Haram so that we can involve the United State President and other international forces

DANGERS OF CONSUMING GARRI/ CASSAVA FLAKES/TAPIOCA                                   To all the Nigerians who know what I’m talking about when I say “ Garri” nod your head. Yes it is a popular meal consumed by Millions of Africans across the world. The process of making garri includes the main ingredient Cassava tubers.   Traditional processing includes six steps to achieving the final product of garri: peeling, washing, grating, drying, sifting, and frying. C assava tubers are peeled, washed and grated or crushed to produce a mash. The mash is placed in a porous bag and allowed to ferment for one or two days, while weights are placed on the bag to press the water out. It is then sieved (or sifted) and roasted by heating in a bowl. The resulting dry granular garri can be stored for long periods. It may be pounded or grounded to make a fine flour. WARNING. I pulled up this article from the National Center for BIOTECHNOLOGY Health concerns about Garri  .This  article

Professional first impression. Whoever originally said "You only get one chance to make a first impression" was either coming from a job interview or a blind date. The two scenarios do have certain commonalities . Both can be nerve-wracking social circumstances in which you meet someone who could be important to you for some time. In both situations, carrying breath mints can only help, not hurt. One advantage an interview has over a date, however, is that most hiring managers' intentions are transparent; they want to find a qualified candidate to fill a particular job. That means you can do a little prep work to make sure the first impression is a positive one. To help you, here's a list of seven things an employer will notice about you first during an interview: 1. Your arrival time Being even the slightest bit late is an obvious no-no, but experts agree that arriving too early

When you're a patient, you trust you're in good hands, but even the best doctor or nurse can make a mistake on you or someone you love. "Mistakes are happening every day in every hospital in the country that we're just not catching," says Dr. Albert Wu, an internist at Johns Hopkins Hospital . Medical errors kill more than a quarter million people every year in the United States and injure millions. Add them all up and "you have probably the third leading cause of death" in the country, says Dr. Peter Pronovost, an anesthesiologist and critical care physician at Johns Hopkins Hospital . The harm is often avoidable, and there are strategies you can use to help doctors and nurses get things right. Surgeons make 'body-part mix-ups' Here's a list of 10 shocking medical mistakes and ways to not become a victim : 1. Mistake: Treating the wrong patient • Cause : Hospital staff fails to verify a patient's identity . • Con