KEEP GOING.....

"Keep on going and the chances are that,you will stumble on something,perhaps when you are least expecting it. I have never heard of anyone stumbling on something sitting down."- Charles F. Kettering

TYPES OF PONDS FOR FISH CULTURE

Fish culture ponds differ in size and depth depending on their functions:
(key word:ha=hectare)

1. NURSERY PONDS: They are usually about 0.02-0.05ha. The water is usually about 1m deep.
2. REARING PONDS: They are usually larger than a nursery pond. Water is about 1.5-2.0m deep. Nursery and rearing ponds are seasonal.
3. STOCKING PONDS:They are much larger,0.2-2.0ha.It should be  2.0-3.5m deep. This pond might be perennial or seasonal.
4. MARKETING PONDS: They are small but quite deep;they are used to keep fish caught from a stocking pond for sale,at short notice. Usually 0.05-0.10ha in size,water level is 3-4m in dry seasons.
5. BROODSTOCK PONDS: They are usually 0.2-0.4ha. They are perennial and have a water depth of 2m in dry season.
6. QUARANTINE PONDS: Fish are brought in from outside and placed in this pond-0.02ha,1.5m deep. This pond serves to verify that fish are not infected and if they are,treat diseased fish from other ponds here.

still,DREAM!

                                          

                                                      TAKE THIS WITH YOU
"Some men see things as they are and say why- I DREAM things things that never were and say why not" - GEORGE BERNARD SHAW

LIVE YOUR DREAM

                                                          AM BACK

Hello,everyone. Glad to be back. First,i will like to ask or beg Nigeria's network providers to make network available for use.(MTN,GLO).
How are you all doing? I am sorry for the short absence.

Second,i will like to say this: this blog was created to fulfil a dream-teaching;to educate. Every other dream comes secondary.  I'd like to be able to say that this blog of mine educated this person,and that person, and those people. That is enough satisfaction as any one can get. I get companies to advertise here as time goes on, fine. I don't,all well.

Third, i will like to appreciate all those who spent and still do spend precious time to read my blog(write ups for motivation, and to let the world know more than enough about my career-fisheries/aquaculture).

President Jonathan Receives Super Falcons Trophy

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President Goodluck Jonathan has urged the Super Falcons to remain disciplined if they want to win more laurels in the Female Football Championship.

The President was speaking to the players on Wednesday just before the Federal Executive Council meeting,  after receiving the African women championship trophy they won in Namibia last week.
President Jonathan thanked the Super Falcons for making the nation proud promising that the nation would honour them at all times.
Before the presentation of the trophy  to the President, the Minister of Sports, Tamuno Danagogo described the Super Falcons as legendary, hinging their success on the tenacity of the President to support sports and the discipline in the camp of the female football players.
The President promised to host them in a bigger ceremony at a date tentatively fixed for November 5.

Protesters Storm NLC Headquarters Over Failed Housing Scheme

Subscribers to the Nigeria Labour Congress housing scheme have given the Labour movement three weeks to refund their money which they paid into an account to which the NLC President, Adulwaheed Omar, is signatory.

Some of the subscribers protested at the Labour House in Abuja to demand an explanation for non-payment of their money, months after the housing scheme was certified fraudulent.
The Labour Congress, in 2013, went into partnership with a private developer, Kriston Lally Nigeria Limited, to build 300,000 homes, 100,000 of which was to be commissioned in December, 2014.
But the project is yet to take off and the Labour Congress is alleging fraud by the developer.
Workers from different organizations, who subscribed to the NLC-Kriston-Lally affordable house scheme, blocked the entrance to the premises of the Nigeria Labour Congress and other labour offices at the central area in Abuja, ensuring that no one went in or out.
The workers demanded to see the NLC President and after failed attempts by other members of staff to assuage them, the President came out to address the protesters.
The NLC President said that he had taken the matter head on, with promises that the subscribers, many of who were genuine, would be refunded their money.
The subscribers paid between 400, 000 to 5.5 million naira, being part payment for the housing units ranging from one bedroom apartments to three bedroom detached bungalows.
Many of them said that they took loans which they service for as high as 40,000 naira monthly.

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Web 2.0 and Social Media Learning Opportunities in Haiti

 PROMODEV is going to host a series of Web2 and Social Media training events in Haiti. The first one is scheduled on November 24-28 November. The courses are offered in French and are supported by CTA. 
Type in: web2fordev.net

in your address browser to find out more...
PIC: CTA/NIFFR/ARCN Web 2.0 and social media training 20th -24th October 2014 in New bussa,Niger State,Nigeria

AQUACULTURE: ROLE OF VITAMINS,MULTIVITAMINS FOR ENHANCEMENT OF IMMUNITY,GROWTH IN FISHES 3

BENEFITS OF MULTIVITAMINS

• aids normal bone,tooth and exoskeleton development
• maintains the health of the skin and memebranes
• helps in energy metabolism and tissue formation
• enhances calcium and phosphorus absorption and utilization
• promotes immune stimulation
• decreases the diseases incidence
• acts as antioxidant
• acts like 'cement for connective tissues'
• helps for wound healing
• makes iron absorption
• for healthy eye & vision
• involve in a large number of biological processes
• creates collagen in the body
• makes the skin,joints,exoskeletons and bones strong
• regulates moult phase in shrimps

Iran executes woman who killed her alleged rapist

Woman hanged for killing alleged rapist

-- An Iranian woman convicted of murder -- in a killing that human rights groups called self-defense against a rapist -- was hanged Saturday, state news agency IRNA reported.

Reyhaneh Jabbari, 26, was sentenced to death for the 2007 killing of Morteza Abdolali Sarbandi, a former employee of Iran's Ministry of Intelligence and Security.

The United Nations has said she never received a fair trial. The U.S. State Department also said there were concerns about the trial.

"There were serious concerns with the fairness of the trial and the circumstances surrounding this case, including reports of confessions made under severe duress," State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki said Saturday.

"We condemn this morning's execution in Iran of Reyhaneh Jabbari, an Iranian woman convicted of killing a man she said she stabbed in self-defense during a sexual assault," Psaki said.

The United Nations and the United States had expressed concerns over the fairness of Reyhaneh Jabbari's trial.

Jabbari's execution was originally scheduled for September 30, but was postponed. Amnesty International said the delay may have been in response to the public outcry against the execution.

Jabbari was convicted of murder after "a flawed investigation and unfair trial," according to Amnesty International.

The United Nations has said Sarbandi hired Jabbari -- then a 19-year-old interior designer -- to work on his office. She stabbed him after he sexually assaulted her, it said.

Jabbari was held in solitary confinement without access to her lawyer and family for two months, Amnesty International said in a statement. She was tortured during that time, the group said.

"Amnesty International understands that, at the outset of the investigation, Reyhaneh Jabbari admitted to stabbing the man once in the back, but claimed she had done so after he had tried to sexually abuse her," the rights group said. "She also maintained that a third person in the house had been involved in the killing. These claims, if proven, could exonerate her but are believed never to have been properly investigated, raising many questions about the circumstances of the killing."

Iranian Oscar-winning director Asghar Farhadi joined scores of Iranian artists and musicians calling for a halt to the execution. In an open letter, Farhadi asked the victim's family to pardon her, a possibility under Iranian law.

Rights groups have criticized Iran for a surge in executions under Hassan Rouhani in his first year as president.

UK Foreign Office Minister for the Middle East Tobias Ellwood said he was "very concerned and saddened" that Jabbari had been executed, especially given the questions concerning due process in the case.

"The UN Special Rapporteur for Human Rights in Iran, Dr Ahmed Shaheed, noted that her conviction was allegedly based on confessions made while under threat, and the court failed to take into account all evidence into its judgment," he said in a statement.

"Actions like these do not help Iran build confidence or trust with the international community. I urge Iran to put a moratorium on all executions."

According to the United Nations, Iran has executed at least 170 people this year. Last year, it executed more people than any other country with the exception of China, the world's most populous nation.

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, speaking in July, said the death penalty has no place in the 21st century and urged all countries to work toward its abolition.

AQUACULTURE: ROLE OF VITAMINS,MULTIVITAMINS FOR ENHANCEMENT OF IMMUNITY,GROWTH IN FISHES 2

FAT SOLUBLE VITAMINS: They dissolve in fat before they are absorbed in the bloodstream to carry out their functions. Excesses of  these vitamins are stored in the liver,and are not needed every day in the diet. Examples are: vitamin A1(retinol,retinoic acid),vitamin A2(dehydroretinol),vitamin D2(ergoCalciferol),vitamin D3(cholecalcferol),vitamin E(tocopherol,tocotrienols),vitamin K1(phylioquinone),vitamin K2(menaquinone),vitamin K(menadione).


WATER SOLUBLE VITAMINS: They dissolve in water and are not stored by the body;since they are not eliminated in urine and are easily destroyed or washed out during food storage or preparation. Examples are: thiamin (vitamin B1),riboflavin(vitamin B2),niacin(vitamin B3),vitamin B6(pyridoxol,pyridoxamine)pantothenic acid(vitamin B5),biotin(vitamin H,vitamin B8),folic acid(vitamin M,vitamin B9),vitamin B12(cobalamin),choline(gossypine),vitamin c(ascorbic acid).

HOW TO BUILD A GREAT MARRIAGE

EPHESIANS 5V.22,25
VERSE 22: Wives,submit yourselves unto your own husbands,as unto the Lord.
VERSE 25: Husbands,love your wives,even as Christ also loved the church,and gave himself for it.

 If you want a great marriage,you've got to work at it everyday.The Bible gives us God's blueprint for a great marriage. 'Wives,understand and support your husbands in ways that show support for Christ". The husband provides leadership to his wife in the way Christ does to His church,not by domineering but by CHERISHING(LOVING). So,just as the church submits to Christ as He exercises such leadership,wives should likewise submit to their husbands.

Husbands,go all out in your love for your wives,exactly as Christ did for the church- a love marked by GIVING,not getting.
Christ's love for the church makes the church whole. His words evoke her beauty. Everything He does and says is designed to bring the best in her.....And that is how husbands ought to love their wives.

No man abuses his body,not so? Every man wants the best for his body,his life. That's what every man should seek for his wife- the best,completeness,wholesomeness;because his wife is a part of his own body.

This is why a man leaves his father and mother and cleaves(or cherishes) to his wife. No longer two,they become "one flesh".
This is a huge mystery,and i don't pretend to understand it all. The only clear thing is the way Christ treats his church;and this provides a good picture of how each husband is to treat his wife. This is the way to build a great marriage.

AQUACULTURE: ROLE OF VITAMINS,MULTIVITAMINS FOR ENHANCEMENT OF IMMUNITY,GROWTH IN FISHES 1

Vitamins are essential nutrients found in foods. They are crucial for maintaining optimal health. Vitamins are present in very small quantities in animals as they are required by the fish body in trace amounts. There are two  types of vitamins:Fat soluble and Water soluble vitamins.

AQUACULTURE:Antibiotics In Your Fish: Researchers Find Traces Of Antimicrobials In Seafood, Posing Concern For Resistant Bacteria

It may not just be chicken or other types of meat that are filled with antibiotics. New research shows that fish might be antimicrobial culprits, too.
The authors of a new study examined shrimp, salmon, catfish, trout, tilapia, and swai from 11 different countries, and found traces of five antibiotics in the fish among the 47 antibiotics evaluated.
Antibiotic-resistant bacteria are a public health threat that could become worse in the coming years. According to the Infectious Diseases Society of America, these resistant bacteria sicken two million people in the U.S. and kill up to 23,000. Recently, President Barack Obama proposed several steps that the government would take to address the problem — but research still lacks when it comes to seafood.
“The threat of living in a post-antibiotic era cannot be avoided without revising current practices in the use of antibiotics in animal husbandry, including in aquaculture,” Rolf Halden, an author of the study and a researcher at Arizona State University, said in the press release.
The researchers set to better understand to what extent antibiotics might be present in seafood, and published their work in the Journal of Hazardous Materials. Since aquaculture, also known as aquafarming, has seen dramatic growth in recent years — more people demand fish, and thus fish farmers have to increase their supply — the use of antibiotics in seafood has increased. Antibiotics help to prevent and treat pathogens that infect fish, but the downside of antibiotics in food is well-known at this point: They can build immunity in bacteria, rendering many medications ineffective if someone has an infection.

“The overuse of antibiotics, whether for human ingestion in hospitals or for agricultural or aquacultural use, can seriously exacerbate this problem, enriching microbes that bear particular genetic mutations, rendering them antibiotic resistant,” the press release states. “In a biological arms race, antibiotics applied to combat disease run the risk of producing multi-drug resistant organisms that are increasingly difficult to kill.”
The authors examined 27 different seafood samples, including five of the top 10 most consumed seafoods in the U.S.: shrimp, tilapia, catfish, swai, and Atlantic salmon. They discovered the presence of five antibiotics, including oxytetracycline in wild shrimp, farmed tilapia, farmed salmon and farmed trout; 4-epioxytetracycline in salmon; sulfadimethoxine in shrimp; ormetoprim in salmon, and virginiamycin in salmon that had been marketed as antibiotic-free.
While all of the amounts of antibiotics found in the fish complied with FDA regulations, the authors argue that even these relatively low levels can cause damage in the long-term by promoting resistance development. “Proper monitoring of antibiotic residues in seafood is particularly critical, due to the fact that many antibiotics used in aquaculture are also used in human medicine, for example amoxicillin and ampicillin — common therapeutics for the treatment of bacterial infections, including pneumonia and gastroenteritis,” the press release notes.

CTA'S WEB 2.0 AND SOCIAL MEDIA TRAINING ENDS TODAY

CTA'S web 2.0 training for National Institute for Freshwater Fisheries Research (NIFFR) ends today. The training began on monday 20th october and is ending today 24th october 2014.
ICT tools learnt here include: google alerts,social tagging,bookmarking,content curation,cloud storage,micro blogging/blogging,google maps etc.
All of these ICT tools are very useful in fisheries/aquaculture and for this,participants heartily appreciate CTA/NIFFR new bussa for this great opportunity.
We eagerly expect Web 3.0 and 4.0 very soon. 

ISHA SESAY:"WE MUST EMPOWER GIRLS"

CNN International's anchor woman Isha Ssay has expressed her views on girl empowerment.
Hear her: "For me,it is creating a whole army of girls and getting them to stand up as leaders......"

BREAKING: RON GOURLAY TO LEAVE

Chelsea FC have announced via their club's official website that their chief executive Ron Gourlay is leaving the west london club to "pursue new business".
We wish him the best!

NIGERIAN NEWS:

SPORTS: EMEM EDUOK SCORES 6

Dolphin's Emem Eduok gave fans  a treat at the liberation stadium when he said he scored 6 goals against Nembe City. Welldone!

NIGERIAN AIRPORT STATISTICS

57.55million passengers have been handled in 4 years-NBS

THUGGERY

Thugs beat up Rivers NLC Chairman Chris Oruge in office

BLAST AGAIN

Blast rocks bus station at 9.45pm,killing 5 and wounding 2

POLITICS: UNDECIDED TAMBUWAL

PDP is decidedly confused about Speaker Tambuwal's future with PDP as rumours bear he intends to decamp to APC

NICKI MINAJ NODS OFF 4 TIMES DURING INTERVIEW

During the interview for the promotion  new single anaconda cover,Nicki Minaj has been caught napping four times. FISH NAP OR CATNAP??? AND,who is counting?

JOB WELLDONE,WON"T YOU SAY?

PRESIDENT JONATHAN'S BILLBOARDS FLOOD FCT

President Jonathan's transformation billboards flood major roads in the FCT- from abuja airport to central area and other areas in the FCT.
Job welldon,will you say?


SECOND RUNWAY UNDERWAY
Construction of second runway for Nnamdi Azikiwe Intl Airport Abuja is underway.,and the administration of the day is making this a major priority.

HERE FINALLY,OR......?

BILL TO ABOLISH POLYTHECNIC,UNIVERSITY DICHOTOMY SCALES THROUGH SECOND READING

A bill to abolish and prohibit dichotomy and discrimination between university graduates and holders of the higher national diploma scales through second reading in Nigeria.
Will this issue be solved with ths administration or will this debate continue through to subsequent administrations?

"WORK IT!"

If opportunity doesn't KNOCK,build a DOOR!