ALLERGIC TO WATER

Imagine not being able to cry because the tears from your eyes cause great pain. Or not being able to sweat without breaking out in a rash, and, if you do get sweaty, not being able to shower. You can’t afford to let any water touch your body because when you do so, it feels like your skin is burning. Yes! Some people are allergic to water. 

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Why Our Best Ideas Come to Us in the Shower

One of the most important ways of taking care of your body is to have a good bath. A shower a day – at least – makes you clean. But as a plus, it creates the perfect conditions for a creative flash, luring out your inner genius. 

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Real Benjamin Buttons Brothers: Matthew and Michael Clark Are Aging Backwards

By the looks of their home, Tony and Christine Clark are raising two rambunctious 7-year-old boys. Model train tracks and Monopoly pieces are scattered on tables and cartoons flicker on the TV set. 

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Chinua Achebe at 82: “We Remember Differently”, By Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

 
I have met Chinua Achebe only three times. The first, at the National Arts Club in Manhattan, I joined the admiring circle around him. A gentle-faced man in a wheelchair.

“Good evening, sir. I’m Chimamanda Adichie,” I said, and he replied, mildly,  “I thought you were running away from me.”

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How To Add A Table To Blogspot Posts Without HTML Coding

by Jackson Nwachukwu of NaijaTechBlog.

Blogger platform by default has no widget or means to create a table automatically from its post editor. This has remained a problem for many users, especially those whose posts require they add tables for proper description of items. While this can be achieved using the simple HTML coding system (for those who can play HTML Codes) there is now an automatic way of creating or adding a table to your blogspot posts without doing any coding. 

While going through some updates this morning, I stumbled on an online table generator called Tableizer. This tool helps you create HTML tables out of spreadsheet data on the go. Like I said, it requires ZERO knowledge of HTML Coding, just draft your content in a table format, copy and paste and the toll does the rest of the coding. 

The following are the steps to make it happen:

Step 1: Type your work on an Excel sheet or any other spreadsheet just the way you want them to appear in the table

Step 2: Go to Tableizer, copy and paste the write up from your spreadsheet on the Tableizer editor as shown below:

The Tableizer tool will remove the extra markup from your table and leave you only with a lean table code.

Step 3: Next will be to customize the table in terms of font type, font size and the color of the table heading if you want.

Step 4: When you are done and satisfied click the Tableize It! button to create your HTML table.

The tool will generate a set of HTML and CSS codes for you to copy, and show you preview or what your table looks like.

Adding the Table to Your Blogger Post Editor

By now, you should be having the codes generated for you by the Tableizer tool. To add it to your post on Blogger copy the codes provided and paste it on your post editor.

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Chevening Scholarships for International Students

The Chevening UK Scholarships is one of the world’s top scholarship schemes for international students. It is the flagship scholarship scheme of the British Government which provides scholarships to around 1000 leaders from over 130 countries to study in the UK every year.

The Chevening Scholarships offers exceptional candidates the opportunity to undertake postgraduate study at leading universities in the UK. It is aimed at future leaders, opinion formers and decision-makers.

Areas of Study: 

Chevening scholarships are targeted towards a broad range of fields and disciplines. Depending on the priorities of the UK Embassy in your country, applications are welcome for the following fields: Development, Public administration, Governance, Journalism/media, International Relations, Human rights, Economics, Finance, Banking, Law, Human rights, Management, Project planning, Political science, Diplomatic training, Environmental studies, Civil Society, Religion, etc.

Eligibility: 

Chevening UK Scholarships are for high calibre international student graduates with the personal, intellectual and interpersonal qualities necessary for leadership. Applicants should be:
• Motivated to make a career that will take them to positions of leadership in their own country within ten years of their scholarship
• Able to use their studies and experience in the UK to benefit themselves, their countries and the UK
• Natural influencers and talented communicators, with energy and ambition
• People who value networking and who can demonstrate the value of networks to their studies, and to bringing about change on a global level
• Intelligent, with demonstrable academic potential
• Strong characters with integrity, drive, and the ability to self manage and work independently

Applicants must:
• Have good English Language skills and an IELTS score of 6.5 (or its equivalent) for admission to postgraduate courses
• Meet the academic requirements for their courses of study

Scholarship Worth: 

Chevening UK Scholarships are full scholarships which cover tuition fees, monthly stipend and various one-off allowances as well as international travel to and from UK. Most scholars undertake a one year master’s degree.

How to Apply: 

There is no coordinated global launch of the programme. British missions around the world will advertise Chevening separately, so timings will vary. Some Embassies will advertise as early as late autumn (September), while others will start as late as spring (May-June). The deadline varies per country but falls around January-June 2013.

Please check your local British Embassy or High Commission website, and your local British Council website, for details about how the scheme will operate in your country, including information about deadlines and whether criteria about areas of interest have been applied.

For more information about this Scholarship, visit the Chevening Scholarships for International Students Webpage.

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