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The major cause of corruption is poverty mentality which facilitates greediness and uncanny love for material things.
The implication of the statistics is that the posters above and below me may have tendency to be corrupt.

1. I'm handsome
2. I'm intelligent
3. I'm blunt
4. I'm unique
5. Lastly, my principle is never to disappoint myself even if I disappoint the whole world.

W :ohen will she be awarded for the cause of MANHOOD?

@jay bee.
The duo knew each other in Nigeria years ago.
She can afford paying for the journey. But is it reasonable to expect the UK guy to pay?

The guy in question is a social worker. He said he is very busy till February next year but that my sister should come.

Fellow nairalanders, I have a sister who has been in a distance relationship for some times. The guy in question lives and works in UK.
Recently, he pesters my sister to come on a visit in UK (hoping this may culminate into asking her hand in marriage).
Her question is, should she agree to come and should she ask for Visa and flight ticket fees??
Reasonable and sincere response please.

Op, that 41 people viewed your post without a single reply shows that Faggae bought the jet in your dream. Sweet dreams.

Flying is still among the safest ways to travel, though: Your chances of dying in a plane crash are about 11 million to 1. That laudable safety record is only so much comfort when you're boarding an airplane, though, especially after a high-profile crash. Here are six other tips and facts that can help make your flight a bit safer — or at least feel that way:
1. Korean pilots rank among the best-trained in the world
Lots of what you've read about the Asiana crash is wrong, says longtime commercial pilot Patrick Smith at Slate.
First, everyone is making too much of the Korean pilot's relative inexperience flying a Boeing 777. "To me it's a red herring," says Smith. "Pilots transition from aircraft type to aircraft type all the time," and no major-airline pilot takes the control of a new type of jet without a rigorous, often weeks-long training regimen, including "classroom training as well as hands-on instruction in both cockpit mock-up trainers and full-motion simulators."
Worse, people are already starting to murmur about Korean airlines' "checkered past" when it comes to air safety.
2. The safest seats are (usually) at the back of the plane
The rear seats of a commercial jetliner are annoying — cramped, near the lavatory, and you're the last one off the plane. But according to a 2007 Popular Mechanics analysis, those seats are also statistically the safest ones on the plane. The magazine studied every commercial-airline crash since 1973, looking at who died and where they were sitting. In 11 of the 20 crashes, rear-seat passengers fared much better; in five, the front-seat passengers had better luck; three were tossups; and the fourth had no seating data.
In all, back-seaters had a 40 percent better chance of surviving a crash, Popular Mechanics found. A 2012 experiment — researchers crashed a Boeing 727 carrying camera-equipped crash-test dummies into the Mexican desert — backed that up, says the Los Angeles Times' Paul Whitefield. Every first-class passenger would have died, while 78 percent of passengers in the rear of the plane would have survived.
3. Most planes crash during the first three and last eight minutes of the flight
If you want to increase your odds of surviving, no matter where you're sitting, "stay sober, hold off on your nap, and don't bury your face in a book, and follow the plus three/minus eight rule," says Anil Polat at travel site foXnoMad. That's based on the findings of FAA plane-crash expert David Palmerton, who notes that about 80 percent of crashes occur in the first three minutes of a flight and the last eight minutes. You're best-laid "crash plan" won't save you if you're snoozing at the wrong time.
4. You have about 90 seconds to exit a burning airplane
That minute and a half is called "the golden time," says the site How Stuff Works, because people who get out of a downed aircraft in that period have the greatest chance of survival. In those 90 seconds, a burning "airplane cabin can reach temperatures that will melt human skin," says foXnoMad's Polat. You're also better off wearing cotton or other non-synthetic — non-melting — clothes, and keeping your shoes on.
A related point is the "five-row rule," airplane-crash survival expert Ben Sherwood tells TIME. British academic Ed Galea studied more than 100 plane crashes and found that "survivors usually move an average of five rows before they can get off a burning aircraft. That's the cutoff," Sherwood adds. If you're sitting more than five rows away from an exit row — any exit row — your chances of surviving the crash are "greatly reduced."
5. Really: Don't bring your overhead luggage on your escape
The passengers on the Asiana flight — especially in first class — are getting a lot of gruff for bringing their carry-on bags with them when they left the wrecked 777. Some passengers are defending their decision, saying their part of the cabin was exiting the aircraft in an orderly fashion, and they needed their passports and cash
6.People can survive midair explosions, with a little swamp and lots of luck
Most of the safety tips you'll read assume your flight crashed on the runway, water, or some other terrestrial surface. But Popular Mechanics says that if your airplane explodes at 35,000 feet in the air, you still have a small chance to survive. It will take you about three minutes to hit the ground, and "you'll probably pass out for the first minute, then wake up and have just enough time to figure out where to land," says How Stuff Works.
If you have a choice, don't aim for water — it's hard, like concrete. Your best bet for survival is actually swampland, though a snowbank is good, too. And don't tuck up into a ball: The best position for falling to earth is face-down, arms and legs stretched out like a skydiver, maximizing the wind resistance to slow your descent as much as possible.

Source: http://theweek.com/article/index/246588/the-safest-seats-are-at-the-back-of-the-plane-mdash-and-5-other-surprising-facts-about-airline-crashes.

In recent times there have been feverish noise and preparations for '2015' general election. However, if we are to go by the new electoral laws in Nigeria, the general election into various state and federal political offices is to come up by November 2014 which is 6 months space for litigations before swearing in on May 29 2015.
I want clarification on this from Nairalanders.

GBAM

Governor Danbaba Suntai of Taraba state on Wednesday evening addressed the people of Taraba state, commending them for their prayers to recover fast.

The governor’s address was televised on the Taraba Television (TTV) during the state news.

Suntai congratulated the people for the state’s 22 birthday which came on Monday August 27.

In the statewide broadcast, Suntai is seen and heard thanking the people and asking them to live in peace.

Suntai also inaugurated the newly appointed Secretary to the State Government (SSG) Barr. GT Kataps and the new Chief of Staff, Mallam Aminu Jika urging them to work in the interest of the people.

The leadership of the House of Assembly also met with the governor .
The Speaker Haruna Tsokwa was not present for comments, but Suntai’s Chief Press Secretary (CPS) Hassan Mijinyawa said the Speaker said their conversation with Suntai was “meaningful”.

Tsokwa had on Monday alleged that the House leaders were prevented from seen the governor.

source: wwww.thenationonlineng.net/new

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You can approach mr kunle shonaike at LTV premises, agidingbi, ikeja.

When in comes to RELIABILTY, try landcruiser, Lexus GX470/ LX470, or 4runner. These vehicles are never cheap but they are rated higher than most others in reliability. Read more from cars.com kbb.com and consumerguide.com carcomplaints.com

So many factors are involved in buying Nigerian used car. Most importantly, reason for sale, the maintenance history and condition of the car involved. Honesty of the vendor on current status of the car matters as well. I bought a 1999 Camry and maintained it well and replaced all faulty parts from time to time. About 5 people fought to buy it. i sold the car for #600k just two weeks ago after 2 and a half year of use. Unfortunately, very few Nigerians do take well care of themselves never to talk of cars.
Best of luck. Be it tokunbo or Nigerian used cars.

[b][/b]I started nursing the ambition of upgrading to GX470 since 2012 if some of you followed my thread.
Early this year, after keeping tab on the profile and activities on dealers on this great website, I settle for Mr. Kunle Ayanjoke of us-autobuy (formerly kunleautos).
Between January and April we exchanged more than 50 mails day and night. Am a perfectionist. I wanted 2005 GX470 with Sports package which is rare across States. I asked so many questions to which he patiently and professionally answered all. Kunle sent more than 15 inventories of 2005 GX470 that fall within my specifications until am satisfied and eventually settled for one from Colorado towards the end of February. Without hesitation, I paid for the SUV and he started the transaction and logistics entailed to get the vehicle to Lagos.
At last, here are the pictures of the GX he delivered this week.
For further inquiries, you can get him at kunleautos@yahoo.com

Please sir.
i want information urgently on the sedan. 1HGCM55795A175547
Thanks and God bless

please send details and prices to landcruiserb@gmail.com

And mind you, i bought it with 140000miles. I now have 185000 on it now. I almost sold it last month but i decided to keep it as a second car while expecting my GX470.

2001 Camry is a great fuel efficient car. The major problem is the low clearance. Take your car to a good mechanic. Let them place it on a ramp and check below it. The catalytic converter or some part of the exhaust pipe might have been damaged which may need replacement. Also, there may be a need to change the oxygen sensor on the manifold.
i did this to my own model just last week and the rich fuel burning stopped. From ibadan to ikeja lagos back to ibadan i usually used half a tank or 35 litres.

This is a sensor used to trigger an airbag. At impact the cylinder rolls out against the roller spring to close the electrical contact and set off the bag.

• Airbags are passive restraint systems. Passive systems are those which do not require the user to do anything in order to be protected. In contrast, most seatbelts are active systems, the user must put them on. Because airbags, as passive restraints, are currently required to protect occupants who are not belted up, they are large and powerful.

• Small adults and children are especially vulnerable to airbag injuries, although potentially anyone can be injured with some systems if they are close enough to the bag when it deploys. In general, protected occupants should be as far away as possible from strike surfaces in the vehicle's interior - including the airbag- regardless of the type of protection system in use. Belted occupants without airbags should also be as far from the dash and steering wheel as interior packaging and ergonometrics allow. It is not clear that manufacturers have provided adequate warning on this point. Air bags have killed scores of people so far while they are credited with saving over 1100 lives in the past ten years.

• You want to run into the airbag, you don't want the airbag to run into you. This generally means sitting back about 12" from the airbag housing although the exact distance required can be hard to determine without knowing the size of the deployed bag and the bag's deployment characteristics.

• Airbags deploy in about 0.06 seconds at speeds of over 200 mph. They must be this quick because the typical automobile collision lasts about 0.125 seconds and unprotected occupants will hit the the vehicle's interior before the primary impact is over. That is, the second collision occurs while the first collision is still going on. Deployment is effected by a gas generator which usually employs the combustion of sodium azide to produce the volume of gas required. Deployment is essentially the result of a small, contained explosion.

• The sensor, or more likely, the sensor in conjunction with a computer, decides whether or not to deploy the bag based on the severity of the accident. The usual deployment algorithm involves in effect only the velocity change of the vehicle although more complicated algorithms are being incorporated into newer systems.

• Airbags first appeared in the early 1970's in GM and Ford test fleets, widespread introduction did not take place until Chrysler introduced them into its American made vehicles in 1989 as a result of government and consumer group pressure. They were delayed because of cost and competitiveness objections raised by vehicle manufactures.

retrieved from a-car.com today 21 March 2013.

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Knowledge is Power. Let us know more about airbags.
Airbags




This is a sensor used to trigger an airbag. At impact the cylinder rolls out against the roller spring to close the electrical contact and set off the bag.

• Airbags are passive restraint systems. Passive systems are those which do not require the user to do anything in order to be protected. In contrast, most seatbelts are active systems, the user must put them on. Because airbags, as passive restraints, are currently required to protect occupants who are not belted up, they are large and powerful.

• Small adults and children are especially vulnerable to airbag injuries, although potentially anyone can be injured with some systems if they are close enough to the bag when it deploys. In general, protected occupants should be as far away as possible from strike surfaces in the vehicle's interior - including the airbag- regardless of the type of protection system in use. Belted occupants without airbags should also be as far from the dash and steering wheel as interior packaging and ergonometrics allow. It is not clear that manufacturers have provided adequate warning on this point. Air bags have killed scores of people so far while they are credited with saving over 1100 lives in the past ten years.

• You want to run into the airbag, you don't want the airbag to run into you. This generally means sitting back about 12" from the airbag housing although the exact distance required can be hard to determine without knowing the size of the deployed bag and the bag's deployment characteristics.

• Airbags deploy in about 0.06 seconds at speeds of over 200 mph. They must be this quick because the typical automobile collision lasts about 0.125 seconds and unprotected occupants will hit the the vehicle's interior before the primary impact is over. That is, the second collision occurs while the first collision is still going on. Deployment is effected by a gas generator which usually employs the combustion of sodium azide to produce the volume of gas required. Deployment is essentially the result of a small, contained explosion.

• The sensor, or more likely, the sensor in conjunction with a computer, decides whether or not to deploy the bag based on the severity of the accident. The usual deployment algorithm involves in effect only the velocity change of the vehicle although more complicated algorithms are being incorporated into newer systems.

• Airbags first appeared in the early 1970's in GM and Ford test fleets, widespread introduction did not take place until Chrysler introduced them into its American made vehicles in 1989 as a result of government and consumer group pressure. They were delayed because of cost and competitiveness objections raised by vehicle manufactures.
retrieved from a-car.com today 21 March 2013.

Let us be serious. Nigeria is getting to the point that incompetent people would eventually be made to face music.There would be many people who are much better but paddy paddy. Corruption has blinded us. We reason with our heart and not our brain. The man has caused his management serious embarrassment and his wife is protesting. Yeye. One by one they will all be shamed.

. The oil may not be flowing to the power steering pump. It might have failed. Honda power steering pump cannot withstand improper flow of oil unlike Toyota model.

Our mechanics/repairers could be very funny. They have accumulated so many funny fables and unscientific conceptions (misconceptions) over the years. That is why I always love to stay by them when working on my vehicle with my tablet at hand to re-educate them on some common mistakes.

I as the father lead the family devotion on most days. The children are made to rotate bible reading while my wife lead once in a while. Most times i teach, wife lead praises and children read scriptures.

Please sir.
I need urgent info on this VIN JTJBT20X550095331
Thanks.

It is a very difficult thing to do if the man is not patient and the woman is afraid and not ready to accept the husband as her master at that time. I taught my wife to drive within a week. That was a year ago. She is now a master herself. I don't even like to go places with her nowadays as she will be correcting me all the time.

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