MAN: FROM HUNTING TO PRIESTHOOD

   Man as a social animal did not just begin his life in an organized social order. He wanders around hunting and gathering what to eat. He then started to live in caves with his family. The shelter was necessitated by protection from danger and harsh weather. Settling later paves the way to domesticating wild animals and cultivating food crops. 

  Settling led to the formation of small societies in forms of villages and hamlets. The peculiar characteristics of these societies are their primitiveness, common language and customs. It is natural that some of these societies will grow stronger than others for one reason or another. It could be due to favorable climate, availability of fertile arable land or proximity to water. What ever the reason for their strength it is natural that they will be aggressive and possibly attack the weaker society.  The weaker society in their common interest to protect themselves against the stronger one form a union in a form of a confederation that can lead to the formation of nation states. This is a brief explanation of the birth of nation states.

  Nation states mostly for economic and military reasons expand continuously through conquest of weaker nations. Thus kingdoms are forms. In modern times kingdoms are mostly scrambled down but yet we see hegemonies.

  Man throughout his journey from a wandering animal to a member of an organized society kept asking himself these two fundamental questions: From where did he come from and what is the purpose of his existence? The answers to these questions were given by philosophers and religious scholars. While some people did not bother to ponder over these questions some tried hard to answer them. There seems to be no agreed answers to these question but answers that kept dividing us as members of the same species. I think it is high time we put our differences aside and work for the common good of man in this world. May be then we can make the world a better place to live. 

  Religion in man's life is almost as natural as language. Many religious artifacts were discovered that dated back to millions years ago. Temples were found in the remains of ancient kingdoms. Idols were curved by man from rocks and wood long time before any divine religion. Could it be possible that religion is part of the normal psychic of man? Is religion really necessary in man’s life? Does the existence and wellbeing of social structures in the society depend on the existence of religion? Can science and technology replace religion in man’s life? Can a Godless society thrive? These and many more question I intend answer in my subsequent posts.

  

Experience gained from my internship

 Dear readers, especially members of IEEE northeast, this is one of the few experiences or rather knowledge I gained during my internship and feel that it may interest you.
  First of all, I am doing my IT at FRCN federal radio corporation of Nigeria, located at Radio House, Abuja. I mostly spend my time in Network control rome located at the 12th floor of radio house. Apart from maintenance work, the corporation employs engineers in the network control room to transmit and receive signals(audio) to and from the five national station which are: Lagos national station, Ibadan national station, Enugu national, Kaduna national station and kapital staion Abuja. The control will ensure that  signals are received from and send to the various national stations especially when national program is aired from the national headquarter or OB transmission van(outside broadcasting) when on field transmission is carried out.
  The daily routine of the engineer on duty includes announcing the lineup of contribution by the various national station which is decided by the people from the news room. This means that the editor in the news room will decide which station will make the first report contribution in the course of national broadcast. The engineer on duty will wait for the line up to be brought and he/she will then contact the various stations to inform them of their line up position for the day; this may change the next day. The contact is made via telephone conversation.
  The engineer will then ensure that signal is received from these station and also ensure that these stations are receiving signal from the headquarter( at his/her end).
  How does the engineer on duty does that? The network control room contains equipment that assist this engineer do his or her work. These equipments includes transmitters and receivers mainly. To ensure signal is received from any where there are  three means at the disposal of the engineer. These are: (1)- V-sat (2)- TVR O and (3)- Audio streaming. In my next post I will try to explain how these three means are used and why are they used simultaneously even though one will suffice.