Back again (from Africa no less) - and apologies for the absence.

Number of Pipettemans available to us - 24;

Number of computers available to us - 20;

Length of workshop - 2 weeks;

Actual number of days with working internet - 1;

Number of Nobel Laureates once residing in Ibadan - 1 (Wole Soyinka);

His discipline - literature, drama, poetry;

Approximate noise level of a theatrical performance in a small auditorium - 75 - 85dB;

Highest recorded noise level in the operating theatres of the University College Hospital in Ibadan - 74-89dB;

Number of medical/graduate student/scientist clients at our workshop - 24;

Approximate price of science graduate student tuition (per year) at the University of Ibadan - US$450;

Tuition for a foreign student - US$3,000;

Amount of stipend received by graduate student - US$0;

Funds for scientific supplies for graduate student - US$0 (students actually often have to buy their own reagents);

Price of standard room at the International Institute for Tropical Agriculture (or IITA - where we stayed) - US$100 per night.;

Number of Tennis Courts at the IITA - 2;

Price of a soda pop at the IITA - US$1;

Percentage of Nigeria's population of 150 million living on less than $1 per day - 50%