donphilopus: SMH....
How does this affect fresh air??
Kid

wawa_boy: I hope to be alive and witness the relocation to the mars

gidjah: ENOUGH OF DS THEORIES abeg, just confusing man & encouraging them to kip practicing various kind of attrocities on earth instead of sounding THE END TIME WARNINGS.!

The end of the world is near! Well, relatively near, geologically speaking. Okay, even geologically speaking, it’s pretty far off.

But scientists at the University of East Anglia have made their best estimate for how much longer the Earth will be habitable for human life, barring nuclear war, rogue asteroids, or being destroyed to make room for a hyperspace bypass . Fortunately, you don’t need to put your affairs in order any time soon.

The researchers estimate that the Earth will remain habitable for another 1.75 to 3.25 billion years. Their research, which has been published in the journal Astrobiology , is part of the bigger project of looking for life outside of our own solar system.

Over the past few years, astronomers have
discovered a number of planets that exist within the habitable zones of their stars – meaning that their orbits place them not too far, but not too close, so that temperatures on the surface are just right for life to develop.

But with so many planets in potentially habitable zones, there has to be some priority in trying to determine which planets are most likely to contain life and are therefore more worth devoting additional resources to observing.

That’s where this research comes in. However, as the orbits of planets change over time, and as the nature of their stars change over time, no planet is likely to stay in a habitable zone forever.

So in this paper, the astronomers did their best to estimate the “habitable zone lifetime” of a planet. Since life took hundreds of millions of years to evolve on Earth, the researchers reason that the best candidates for observation are those with the longest habitable zone lifetimes.

The researchers then studied 34 planets, including Earth, that are thought to exist within the habitable zones of their stars. They then used observations of their orbits and their stars’ to arrive at estimates of each planets habitable zone lifetime. There is an astounding range of possibilities – ranging “from significantly less than that of Earth to over five
times Earth’s HZ lifetime,” they wrote.

Of course, this paper really represents a first step in determining how likely a planet is going to evolve life. The scientists themselves notes this in the paper, where they write “Interpreting the results that have been returned by this simple model should be done with caution.

While we have sought to estimate a theoretically habitable zone lifetime, we do not claim that the time that a planet spends within the HZ is the only control over habitability.”

They also note that different planets will experience different factors, which will provide still further interesting effects on how life might evolve on them. “The actual HZ lifetime of any given planet is unlikely to be controlled solely by planetary surface temperatures, and individual worlds may experience a variety of divergent (bio)geochemical evolutionary histories, possibly resulting in markedly different planetary environments to that of Earth.”

First step it may be, it’s still a fascinating one. As the models for habitability get further defined, that may help astronomers find another planet with life that much sooner.

Additionally, this research reminds us that though the end may be of years away, the ability of the Earth to remain home for human beings won’t last forever.

But if humans are still around when the Earth begins to move out of the habitable zone, we can always move next door. “If we ever needed to move to another planet, Mars is probably our best bet,” lead researcher Andrew Rushby said in a statement. “It’s very close and will remain in the habitable zone until the end of the Sun’s lifetime – six billion years from now.”

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etim20: WE THE BB USER WHO HAPPENS TO BE THE CO-OWNER OF BBM,WISHES TO WELCOME OUR NEW HOUSE BOYS(ALL DEVICES) TO THE WORLD OF BBM AND WE WANT TO USE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO WARN THE NEW HOUSE BOYS THAT BBM IS NOT 2GO,ESKIMI,BADOO,WECHAT,MOZAT,WHATSAPP,NL AND MXIT WHERE HIGH RATE OF CHILDISH CHARACTER IS BEEN EXHIBIT IN THE HIGHEST ORDER..
BEHAVE YOURSELVES OR WE WILL REVOKE THE PARTNERSHIP..
ONCE AGAIN WE SAY WELCOME BOYS..

Panshow: And who the hell cooked this ish?, if you say BBM will only support Android 4.0+, then how comes Tecno Q1 is there?. You no know say na gingerbread (2.3) Q1 dey use?.
Any way sha, I've downloaded BBM on my N3, waiting for the installation.

Optimisticgondy: Guys which kind of subscription do you use on your Techno? Or will you now start using Blackberry Subscription since you now have BBM on your phone. Need answer ASAP. Thanks

speeder: G
This explains alot.

confluence: May God almighty bless you with that short NESIYAT

acidosis™:
Respect is Reciprocal.


Seems this governor is loosing the respects by the day...

Anyway I am not suprised..

What do y'all expect..when most Lagosians and their rulers have no atom of respect for the office of the president.

If Mr governor is bold enough to confront, threaten the F.G, then a leper, a tout is good enough to threaten Mr governor.

COOL DK:

Good Question!

Salat is something amazing in Islam and it is the way Muslims 'converse' with "Allah". Muslims make 'salat' every day, five times a day. Salat is a form of worship in the most distinguished and honorable form.
Salat is the second most important act of worship in Islam, after the shahadah (declaration of faith) and is often referred to as the second pillar of Islam.
Salat is obligatory worship and must be
performed five times a day at prescribed times.
These five times are dawn (Fajr), immediately after
noon (Dhuhr), mid-afternoon ('Asr), sunset
(Maghrib), and early night (Isha').

Ritual cleanliness and ablution are required
before salat, as are clean clothes and location, and the removal of shoes. One may pray individually or communally, at home, outside, virtually any clean place, as well as in a mosque, though the latter is preferred.
Special is the Friday noon prayer, called Jum'ah. It, too, is obligatory and is to be done in a mosque, in congregation.
It is accompanied by a sermon (Khutbah), and it replaces the normal Dhuhr salat.


Quran backings about Salat:

Qur’an 11:114—And keep up prayer in the two parts of the day and in the first hours of the night; surely good deeds take away evil deeds; this is a reminder to the mindful.

Qur’an 17:78-79—Establish regular prayers—at the sun’s decline till the darkness of the night, and the morning prayer and reading: for the prayer and reading in the morning carry their testimony. And pray in the small watches of the morning: (it would be) an additional prayer (or spiritual profit) for thee: soon will thy Lord raise thee to a Station of Praise and Glory!

COOL DK:

Good Question!

Salat is something amazing in Islam and it is the way Muslims 'converse' with "Allah". Muslims make 'salat' every day, five times a day. Salat is a form of worship in the most distinguished and honorable form.
Salat is the second most important act of worship in Islam, after the shahadah (declaration of faith) and is often referred to as the second pillar of Islam.
Salat is obligatory worship and must be
performed five times a day at prescribed times.
These five times are dawn (Fajr), immediately after
noon (Dhuhr), mid-afternoon ('Asr), sunset
(Maghrib), and early night (Isha').

Ritual cleanliness and ablution are required
before salat, as are clean clothes and location, and the removal of shoes. One may pray individually or communally, at home, outside, virtually any clean place, as well as in a mosque, though the latter is preferred.
Special is the Friday noon prayer, called Jum'ah. It, too, is obligatory and is to be done in a mosque, in congregation.
It is accompanied by a sermon (Khutbah), and it replaces the normal Dhuhr salat.


Quran backings about Salat:

Qur’an 11:114—And keep up prayer in the two parts of the day and in the first hours of the night; surely good deeds take away evil deeds; this is a reminder to the mindful.

Qur’an 17:78-79—Establish regular prayers—at the sun’s decline till the darkness of the night, and the morning prayer and reading: for the prayer and reading in the morning carry their testimony. And pray in the small watches of the morning: (it would be) an additional prayer (or spiritual profit) for thee: soon will thy Lord raise thee to a Station of Praise and Glory!

Cabsso:

may Allah reward u and guide all muslim ummah through d ryt path

maclatunji: ^Very nice tips.

KenGali: Do not be deceived-
Aka Ikenga - is an Igbo political organisation that backs the political activities of Senator Chris Ngige in Lagos. [size=16pt]Senator Chris Ngige is not only a member of Aka Ikenga, He was once the President of Aka Ikenga.[/size] Do not be deceived by their utterances, and inability to question how a purported Acknowledgment letter was enough to nullify the constitutional rights of their brothers.

They have not bothered to visit and listen to the deportees! They already reached a conclusion from Fashola's lies. It is a shame that an Organisation like Aka Ikenga can be reduced to Political Jobbers!

I thought Ngige was smart, As a senator representing Anambra Central he cannot protect the rights of his people, which is even is constitutional duty as a Senator, How can he Govern Anambra State? He is so gullible, no wonder he was kidnapped as a Governor with all the paraphernalia of power?

Symphony007: how many nigerians eat cassava bread? What makes them think all the money going into this will make nigerians accept it? You can make the arguement that overtime people will grow to eat it but how many billions will be spent first? Meanwhile nigerian consume millions and millions of bags of rice annually. The market is already there. It's just for us to produce ours and gradually push out asian rice. Can you imagine how much we will gain?