In the average home, rice is a must-eat food on a daily basis, especially when you have children around.

It’s so easy to cook — or so many of us assume, what with the unceremonious ways we pour it into the pot and cook it in a jiffy!

Yet, researchers are saying that the way we cook rice can lead to diseases and death!

Scientists warn that rice contains a worrying amount of arsenic, a harmful chemical that can cause heart disease, diabetes and cancer.

According to a group of researchers in Northern Ireland, the way most people cook rice, which is by boiling it in a pan until it absorbs the water, doesn’t get rid of the toxin.

Researchers warn that traces of the poison arsenic – a chemical that contaminates rice as a result of industrial toxins and pesticides used in the growing process – can be found in the rice even after cooking the way we do.

The safest way to cook rice is to soak it overnight first, wash it with cool water the following morning, before finally cooking it.

The researchers found that this reduced arsenic levels by 80 percent. Chronic exposure to arsenic has recognised links to a range of health problems including heart disease, diabetes and cancer.

Thankfully, there’s no reason to panic just yet, as a series of experiments showed that it is possible to reduce our levels of exposure to arsenic by simply changing the way we cook rice.

A professor of biological sciences at Queens University Belfast, Andy Meharg, tested three ways of cooking rice to see whether it altered the levels of arsenic. In the first method, he used a ratio of two parts water to one part rice, allowing the water to ‘steam out’, as identified above.

In the second, he used five parts water to one part rice, washing off excessive water before serving. This saw the levels of arsenic almost halved.

Finally, the rice was soaked in water overnight before beingcooked the next day, resulting in an 80 per cent reduction ofthe toxin.

For the safest results, the overnight rice should be rinsed until the water is clear, before being drained and boiled in a saucepan using a ratio of five parts water to one part rice.


Source:
http://www.punchng.com/how-you-cook-rice-can-result-in-hypertension-cancer/

ibroh22:
I didn't receive any o,,,,but aw was it

It was fine.
50 questions in 15mins
But it was stated that you can't finish all, just try your best.
I think what they need is speed and accuracy.
cc: martinsfm

martinsfm:

ibroh22 Same here oo.... no application id...dy sent me a mail y'day dt dy v sent me a link to an online test...to be done before 12th....i dint receive any mail containing any link

I received the online test link and the test lasted for 15mins.

ibroh22:
Hello IBRAHIM , Congratulations! Your application was successful, you will be contacted if you are shortlisted. Application ID: Please note down your Application ID, it will be required all through the assessment period. Disclaimer: Please note that short-listing is purely on merit. No one will demand for any payment from you to be short- listed. Beware of fraudsters.


This is how it was written

Same applies to me.
No application ID

I'm also interested in the format also

I have experience in different sectors for 9years

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jearile:

It's actually a hotel address in Ikoyi... http://www.booking.com/hotel/ng/the-threearms.html

Use BRT to CMS...board any of the buses en route to Ikoyi but ask questions before you do.

Explain the bolded part please

brandable:

Please I just got called for an interview. Please how do I locate this address as I haven't been to Lagos before Ikoyi( 14 Palm Royal drive , off Osborne Estate , Phase 2 ) Lagos. I am coming from Ogun.

When is your interview?

You are shortlisted for an
assessment / interview in our office at Ikoyi( 14 Palm
Royal drive , off Osborne Estate , Phase 2 ) on Friday
27th January, 2017 by 10 am.


Please somebody assist....

I don't want to waste transport fare as I'll be coming from Ilorin.

[quote author=afagha post=53008695]

You are hereby invited for an ASSESSMENT which holds Monday 13/01/17 by 10am at No 1 Olabisi cl, Mende Maryland Lagos.


Please who got this invite also?

Add

People can verify by calling those numbers. Or anybody that knows someone in Ogbomoso metropolis can call to confirm it


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Attached is the letter seeking for our assistance. No amount is too small to save this child. You can contribute your quota in saving the soul of this child through this account number:

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EternalTruths:
Chaiiiiiii hope Afonjas are enjoying the change.

What are you insinuating?

Ayoolla:
#105 per Kwh? I guess it's high time to go completely off grid. It will absolutely make more sense to generate your power and sell to other willing consumers at a competitive price- what a way to go!

You have nailed it.

charliboy654:
Nigerians will be complaining and more than 50% of Nigerians don't pay light bill.

Why will they pay what they didn't consume?

How did you expect this type of consumer that was
billed #5,495.65k for last month to pay without light
to pay?

charliboy654
post=50441884:
Nigerians will be complaining and more than 50% of Nigerians don't pay light bill.

Why will they pay what they didn't consume?

How did you expect this type of consumer that was billed #5,495.65k for last month to pay without light to pay?

Inspectahdeck:
Make them chop their power o.

Nigeria a country where it's citizens pay for nothing

These Crazy people (disco and genco etc.) will not plan on how to improve power instead we only hear of constant proposal to increase tariff.

That's why I didn't go with privatization. Disco, TCN and others are doing nothing to improve electricity supply. Same as before

AZeD1:

This is a big lie. One of the most effective ways to collect tariff is via prepaid meters. The reason why customers have not been metered is because estimated billings favour the discos as they can charge for power not consumed.

I presumed that if customers were billed according to their power consumption, there won't be any ranting as it is.

Someone was telling me that they were billed #5,495.65k for last month when they didn't even have light for a day.

Cancelling of estimated billing would have been the best then giving out prepaid to customers as substitute.

989900D:


Exchange rate is king! Something needs to be done about it as quickly as possible, or else, commensurate salary increase, which at this time is both undo-able and economic suicide on the other hand.

Sincerely speaking. Exchange rate is gonna affect so many things if care is not taken.

Salary is slashed by 50% while every commodities increases above 50%

Its only God that can help us in this country

malele:
Useless country

Very Useless


There is no light for the past three days in my community. They want to start charging #70 - 105 per uniit.

There may be a fresh increase of over 200 per cent in electricity tariff being paid by residential consumers if a proposal by power distribution companies to raise the average energy charge to N105 per kilowatt-hour from the current rate of 22.8KWH is approved. This is coming less than eight months after about 45 per cent increase in tariff was imposed on electricity consumers nationwide.
The power firms attributed their latest push for tariff increase to high inflation rate in the country, scarcity of foreign exchange, devaluation of the naira and the huge debts being owed them. Already, the Discos said they had hinted the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission about the proposal but no action had been taken on it yet.
The Chief Executive Officer, Association of Nigerian Electricity Distributors, an umbrella body for the Discos, Mr. Azu Obiaya, confirmed the latest agitation for tariff increase, in an interview with our correspondent, stressing that it was important to raise the tariff in order to remain in business and serve the people well. Azu said, “To review the tariff, we will be looking at an average rate of N70 per kilowatt-hour for residential consumers. But some Discos will like to have the rate as high as N105/kWh.” Each Disco has a fixed energy charge payable by its customers. The highest charge, according to documents obtained by our correspondent from NERC for the year 2016, is N32.26/KWH and this is payable by R2 consumers under the Jos Electricity Distribution Company. The lowest energy charge of N15.83/KWH is payable by R2 customers who get power from Ikeja Electricity Distribution Company. A further analysis shows that the average energy charge for all the 11 Discos is N22.8/KWH. But the Discos were said not to be comfortable with the current rate, as they argued that it was not cost reflective and was hampering the required expansion of infrastructure as well as the smooth flow of operations.
Azu, who spoke to our correspondent on the sidelines of a power dialogue in Abuja on Thursday, said the debts owed power distribution companies by private homes, businesses and government ministries, departments and agencies post-privatisation amounted to N568bn. He also stated that one reason many Discos had not metered their customers was due to the huge debts owed them, as well as the tariff issue. This, he said, had hampered the operations of the different Discos, a development that had made it difficult for the companies to meet the funds remittances required of them by the Market Operator. Obiaya said, “Discos are experiencing revenue shortfall on a monthly basis of N38bn. As of June 2016, the MDAs owed the Discos N53bn post- privatisation. “The books of the Discos are so bad that they have no chance anymore to access finance. These books do not reflect the cash flow that is necessary for them to be taken seriously by any lender.”
A senior official at NERC told our correspondent that although the Discos had been calling for an upward review in tariff, the regulator had not considered their demand. “The minor review of tariff is ongoing at present but NERC has yet to consider their plea for such increase in tariff, although the economic fundamentals in Nigeria have seriously changed and are now so high,” the official said. When contacted, the National Secretary, National Electricity Consumers Advocacy Network, Mr. Obong Eko, stated that NECAN would never support such move. He described the move as the peak of insensitivity to the flight of Nigerian masses. He said, “They’ve been flying the kite for some time now because the last time tariff review was done was when the exchange rate for one United States dollar was about N190. But now, one dollar is close to N500; and the price of gas in the international market has gone up too.
“Despite all these, it will still be so unreasonable to come out to announce an increase in tariff now that Nigerians are going through severe suffering. Are they aware that people are dying of hunger? We can never support such move and we will resist it.”
Source: http://www.punchng.com/power-firms-demand-200-increase-tariff/

orney:
do u mean her AF flows for 2 days?, tho i don't kno the answer to you question, let me help you see some of our sabi mamas,. Cc fvine, loisemm

Sorry I mean she is 2days after AF

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@miraclebaby
@ornery
@shithanpus
@finestpinnacle

I discovered that when we are copulating, she do bleeds at first and later stops.
What might be the cause.
NB: she is 2days after AF

FinestPINACLE:
while on clomid, she should drink lots of water so her ewcm wld not be entirely tinned out. goodluck sir.

Thanks

@MumAwesom,

Happy Birthday to you, greater years ahead. And I pray to Almighty God that coming next year, you will celebrate it with your bouncing babies by His Grace.

Cheers!!!

orney:
if it is ur doctor that prescribes it for her, she can use it, if not she shd not try usin it on her own

Noted Orney.

Thanks.

shithapuns:


if u guys hv been ttcing for more than 2yrs, ask ur doc about hsg first.
hsg is a procedure where dye is injected into the womans fallopian tubes to ensure they are open. you may google hsg to understand it better

Its getting to a year now

Alright shithapuns, I'll check