U.S EQUIPMENT, EXPERTS ARRIVE AT KENYA EBOLA FACILITY DESPITE COURT ORDER, PROTESTS. (PHOTO).

-
Image
 U.S equipment, experts arrive at Kenya Ebola facility despite court order, protests Around 20 flights carrying medical equipment and specialist staff have landed at a base in Kenya where the U.S. ​government is continuing to build an Ebola quarantine facility despite protests and Kenyan court orders blocking it, according to flight data and officials. At least two ‌people have been killed in protests in the central Kenyan town of Nanyuki, home to the Kenyan air force base where the U.S. military is building a 50-bed unit for Americans who might be exposed to the virus, which has infected hundreds in Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda. A Kenyan court first ordered work on the Ebola facility to be suspended on May ​28, yet U.S. military flights into Nanyuki continued in the days that followed, according to data from flight-tracking service Flightradar24. The planes have brought in technical ​equipment as well as dozens of physicians, engineers, lab experts and construction work...
Post a Comment

JOSEPH J. COLLINS, CABLE PIONEER AND FORMER HBO AND COMCAST EXECUTIVE, DIES AT 81.(PHOTO).

-


 Joseph J. Collins, cable pioneer and former HBO and Comcast executive, dies at 81

Joseph J. Collins, a pioneering executive who helped transform cable television into a platform for high-speed data and digital services, has died at the age of 81. Collins passed away on Thursday at his home in Weekapaug, Rhode Island.

Collins played a key role in shaping the modern cable industry long before broadband became widespread. As president of HBO from 1984 to 1988, he helped establish the premium network as a leading entertainment brand. He later returned to American Television and Communications (ATC), a Time Inc. subsidiary, rising to chairman and CEO, and subsequently led Time Warner Cable from 1989 to 2001. During his tenure, ATC was incorporated into Time Warner Cable in 1992, and Collins oversaw expansions and technological advancements that laid the foundation for broadband’s rapid growth.

In 2001, he headed AOL Time Warner Interactive Video, driving early efforts to integrate television with internet-based services. After retiring, he joined the Comcast board as an independent director in 2004. Industry leaders credited him with advancing hybrid fiber-coaxial technology, creating the infrastructure that enabled high-speed cable internet, video on demand, and streaming services widely used today.

Born July 27, 1944, in Troy, New York, Collins graduated from Brown University in 1966 and earned an MBA from Harvard Business School in 1972. He served in the U.S. Navy during the Vietnam War, achieving the rank of lieutenant and earning the Vietnam Combat Action Ribbon. Collins began his cable career at ATC in 1972 and became president a decade later.

Throughout his career, he contributed to industry policy, including serving twice as chairman of the National Cable Telecommunications Association and helping shape the Telecommunications Act of 1996. He was a founder and chairman of C-SPAN, served on the boards of TriStar Pictures and TBS, and played a pivotal role in Turner’s 1996 merger with Time Warner. Collins received the cable industry’s Distinguished Vanguard Award for Leadership in 1997 and was inducted into the Cable Hall of Fame in 2001.

Later in life, Collins operated boatyards and chaired Aegis Holdings, a private investment firm. An accomplished mariner, he spent much of his time on the water along the Rhode Island coast. He lived for many years in Darien, Connecticut, and split his time between Weekapaug and Jupiter Island, Florida.

Collins is survived by his wife of 54 years, Maura; their children Maura, Elizabeth, Joseph Jr., and Kathryn; and 11 grandchildren. A funeral is scheduled for 11 a.m. on April 13 at St. Pius X in Westerly, Rhode Island, with burial at Riverbend Cemetery. Donations in his memory may be made to the Weekapaug Foundation for Conservation.


Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

SHAKIRA COVERS WOMEN'S HEALTH MAGAZINE,APRIL ISSUE.

-
Image
             Gerard Pique,welcomed their first child into the world last year January.Shakira told the magazine that ''I think it takes two to keep it passionate in relationships,a lot of laughter and a lot of fun moments together,that's essential but also affinity,you know.You have to be compatible.I'm really happy where i am right now,with the person that i'm with right now.He seems to want the same things i want,and that's very important''.More pictures below.                                                                                                                    
Read more

THE NEW OONI OF ILE-IFE,WILL NOT EAT THE HEART OF THE LATE OONI-PALACE CHIEFS.

-
Image
                           According to the Araba of Osogboland Chief Yemi Elebuibon,debunk the rumors that the new Ooni will eat the heart of the late Ooni of Ife as custom demands,so he cleared the air when he recently said that ''The heart of the late king would not be fed to the next Ooni.The eating of the heart of a departed King by an incoming one belonged to the past.It no longer exists.People still make this insinuation because many are barred from witnessing the burial of a king.What the incoming king will eat is the heart of an animal and not that of a human.Nobody will be buried with the Ooni.Nobody would be killed for any form o sacrifice''.Thank God he clarified the part that no one will be buried with the Ooni,because the rumors going round is that the Sarun,otherwise known as Abobakun,is on the run,to escape being buried with the late Ooni of Ife.Lowa Adimula of Ife,Oba Joseph Ijaodola,who is the Head o...
Read more

INNOSON GIVES OUT BRAND NEW IVM G5 AND SALARY FOR LIFE TO THE MAN WHO PROPHESIED ABOUT HIS VEHICLE MANUFACTURING IN 1979.(PHOTO).

-
Image
Innoson Gives Out Brand New IVM G5 and Salary For Life To The Man Who Prophesied About His Vehicle Manufacturing In 1979.  Last Saturday, July 22nd the Chairman of Innoson Vehicle Manufacturing Company Ltd, Chief Dr Innocent Ifediaso Chukwuma OFR gave out a brand new Innoson IVM G5 to Mr Ikechukwu Osakwe popularly known as Osabros who prophesied to him in 1979 that he would be the first man in Africa to manufacture vehicles and sell to different African countries.  The prophecy was given at the period the then Innocent Chukwuma could not boast of a car, talk less of manufacturing one. According to Dr Chukwuma during the presentation of the car, he recalled on how Mr Ikechukwu Osakwe all the way from Kano blocked him at the front of his house early in the morning and told him he has a message for him.  Mr Osakwe went on to narrate a dream he had about him, how he saw in the said dream his vehicle manufacturing company known as CAP PLC. "He told me that CAP means Chukwuma ...
Read more