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Ever wondered the preponderance in which this Northerners's Surname are same with the name of their Villages.

If been compelled to thwart the truth is a prerequisite for the job then I am out.

Good one from PMB.

Good.

(CNN) -- It's like a chair that isn't there, but magically appears whenever you need it. It's called the Chairless Chair and you wear it on your legs like an exoskeleton: when it's not activated, you can walk normally or even run. And then, at the touch of a button, it locks into place and you can sit down on it. Like a chair that is now there.

"The idea came from wanting to sit anywhere and everywhere, and from working in a UK packaging factory when I was 17," says Keith Gunura, the 29-year old CEO and co-founder of noonee, the Zurich-based startup behind the device, "standing for hours on end causes a lot of distress to lower limbs, but most workers get very few breaks and chairs are rarely provided, because they take up too much space. So I thought that the best idea was to strap an unobtrusive chair directly to myself."

The device never touches the ground, which makes it easier to wear: a belt secures it to the hips and it has straps that wrap around the thighs. A variable damper engages and supports the bodyweight, which is directed towards the heels of the shoes. These are specially designed and part of the mechanism, but an alternate version works with any footwear and touches the ground only when in a stationary position. The user just moves into the desired pose and then powers the device, which currently runs for about 24 hours on a single 6V battery.

"In addition to resting your leg muscles, it also provides optimal posture," adds noonee CTO and co-founder Bryan Anastisiades "it keeps your back straight and can reduce the occurrence of bad postures for both healthy workers and those recovering from muscle related injuries."

Sammy Margo, a chartered physiotherapist, told CNN: "As physiotherapists we actively encourage people to move throughout the day. This device looks like a great compromise in that it allows the wearer to move as well as sit intermittently. I wouldn't encourage its use for long term sitting, however it is suitable for people who need to vary their tasks."

The Chairless Chair is attracting interest and production line trials are set to start in Germany with BMW in September and with Audi later this year.

While sitting down all day is so detrimental to health that it will shorten life expectancy, standing up in order to work is also a source of problems. Physical strain, repetitive movements and poor posture can lead to conditions called Musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs), which are now one of the leading causes of lost workday injury and illness. In 2011, MSDs accounted for 33 percent of all worker injuries and illnesses in the U.S. with over 378,000 cases, according to data from the United States Department of Labor. In Europe, over 40 million workers are affected by MSDs attributable to their job, according to a study entitled Fit For Work Europe and conducted across 23 European countries.
Read: Incredible new tech inspired by nature

The Chairless Chair represents an innovative approach to this problem, which is currently addressed mostly through ergonomics of the workplace. Although unique, it shares some similarities with the Swiss Milking Stool, a monopod used by farmers to milk cows, which dates back to the early 19th Century. It had straps that secured it to the wearer and required some practice to be used due to the single source of support. It was phased out by the rise of the milking parlor.

An aluminium and carbon fibre frame keeps the overall weight of the Chairless Chair at just two kilograms, so it doesn't burden the wearer with too much excess weight and only marginally impairs movement. And in the future, it could be fitted with smart motors able to infer the user's intentions and offer the ideal posture without even the need to press a button.

This could open up additional daily life applications, says Gunura: "Imagine if you had one of these while you were riding on a crowded train: it would make for a much more comfortable commute. But we're also thinking about people behind the counter in retail, farmers picking fruit and even surgeons in the operating room. A chair would be impractical, but the Chairless Chair would fit in nicely."

Culled from CNN

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Na wa oo. Nothing we no go see.

150k should do it.

Wonderful. I bet she can dance more than 50% of the NL ladies.

He permitted no man to oppress them, And He reproved kings for their sakes: "Do not touch My anointed ones, And do My prophets no harm." And He called for a famine upon the land; He broke the whole staff of bread.…

Wow.

Rich article.

Great Gesture.

kennygee:
20m biko.

20M that I can use 10M to buy land in Abuja, build a duplex and boys quarters that I would put up for rent.

Then invest 10M in business.

Abeg if you are able to buy a land and build a duplex and boyz quarters with 20M (not 10M) in Abuja am interested in JV.

Kudos Man.

Wonderful.

Been careful when a gun is pointed at u?

Good News.

Ferrari → ‘Fur + arr + ee’ got me like Whaaat.

Waiting.

in a town called Ngozi.

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The bomber has been caught.

"The only reason that someone could walk into a church and shoot people praying is out of hate," Riley said. "It is the most dastardly act that one could possibly imagine, and we will bring that person to justice. ... This is one hateful person."

A white gunman was attending a meeting in a historic black church in Charleston, South Carolina, for almost an hour before he killed nine people and injured at least one other in an incident that both the mayor and police chief said was a “hate crime.”

Police Chief Greg Mullen said three men and six women were killed Wednesday night, and there were three survivors inside the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church. He declined to identify victims or survivors or the type of gun used while speaking to reporters at a news conference.

“No one in this community will ever forget this night,” Mullen said.

Police were still searching Thursday morning for the suspect, who they described as a male between 21 and 24 years old. The church’s pastor, Clementa Pinckney, a South Carolina state senator, was among those killed, Reverend Al Sharpton said in a post on his Twitter feed.

Mayor Joseph Riley Jr. described the shootings as “an unfathomable and unspeakable act” committed by someone with a “deranged mind.”

“We’re committed to finding this horrible scoundrel,” Riley said.

Mullen said police received a call about the shooting at 9:05 p.m., and officers found eight people dead when they arrived. One person was taken to the Medical University of South Carolina, who later died, he said.

‘Extremely Dangerous’

Mullen described the shooter as having sandy-blond hair and being “extremely dangerous.” A post on the police department’s Twitter feed described the suspect as having a slender build and wearing a gray sweatshirt and Timberland boots.

The suspect was in the church attending a meeting for almost an hour before the shooting, Mullen said. Police don’t know if anyone was targeted “other than the church itself,” he said.

“This is a tragedy that no community should have to experience,” he said. “It is unfathomable that somebody in today’s society would walk into a church when people are having a prayer meeting and take their lives. And I can assure you that we’re going to do everything in our power to find this individual, lock him up, to make sure that he does not hurt anyone else.”

South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley, a Republican, asked for prayers for the families affected by the shooting. Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush canceled a campaign event in the city scheduled for Thursday morning.

“While we do not yet know all of the details, we do know that we’ll never understand what motivates anyone to enter one of our places of worship and take the life of another,” Haley said in a statement.

Nine people have died in a shooting at a historic African-American church in Charleston, South Carolina.

City police chief Gregory Mullen described the attack at the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church as a "hate crime".

Police later issued surveillance images of the suspect - a white male in his 20s - and a vehicle.

The church's pastor, state Senator Clementa Pinckney, is reported to be among the dead.

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barcanista:
Someone should please tell Buhari that we are still waiting for his asset declaration

Very much waiting.

The flurry of criticisms trailing President Muhammadu Buhari and Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo over their failure to make details of assets that they declared to the Code of Conduct (CCB) public is somewhat premature and needless. The duo duly complied with the provision of Section 140 of the 1999 Constitution (as amended) by filing their assets declaration forms with the Bureau on assumption of office on May 29. The widespread demand that they make the details of their declared assets public cannot, therefore, be realised by the force of law. It can only be gotten through moral suasion, based on the fact that Buhari, in particular, had promised to make details of his assets public during his campaigns for the office of president.

The request for the president to publicly declare his assets is based on the fact that he hinged his campaign for the office on the plank of integrity. He, therefore, has a moral burden to discharge on this matter.

This controversy, that was inadvertently stoked by his media aide who counseled those who may not be satisfied with the president’s assets declaration to the CCB to avail themselves of the FOI Act and approach the courts for an order to access the assets declaration documents, is unfortunate. His advice to Nigerians to approach the courts on the matter is probably a gaffe. It does not reflect the real intention of the president on the matter, as the recent clarification from the Presidency that the contents of the assets declaration forms would be made public as soon as they are verified by the CCB has shown.

Whatever the case, we believe that the controversy on this matter came a little too early. Given the president’s antecedents and his well known commitment to the fight against corruption, we expect that he would take the moral high ground of a public declaration and do the needful soon. We must recall the example of the late president, Umaru Yar’Adua, who set a good example with the public declaration of his assets. In his case, it took about one month after his assumption of office and declaration of his assets to the Bureau before it was made public.

We believe that the same scenario may be playing out again. One can expect some time between the filing of assets forms and the verification of same by the CCB before public office holders who are so inclined may make their assets public. That way, needless controversies that may arise on the true value of the declared assets would be avoided. The public officers would thus be saved from needless distractions from their otherwise challenging engagements.

It is early days yet, but President Buhari has a covenant with the people of Nigeria on this issue. He cannot afford to renege on his promise. We are persuaded that the president is well aware of the burden he carries. He should know that one of the easiest ways to lose the support of the people is to alienate significant sections of the electorate who may have voted for him solely because of his anti-corruption and transparency antecedents. He should not disappoint the people on this count.

Nigerians will do well to recall that former Presidents Olusegun Obasanjo and Goodluck Jonathan declined to publicly declare their assets. This negatively affected public perception of their commitment to the fight against corruption. Today, the people do not know what the two ex-leaders were worth on assumption and expiration of office. This is why, even as we await the promised public declaration of Buhari and Osinbajo’s assets, we urge the immediate past president, Goodluck Jonathan, to not only declare his assets as demanded by the law, but also make them public.

President Buhari should try not to be classed among leaders who refused to make their assets public.  He should disclose his assets within a reasonable time and go further to encourage all those who would serve with him to do the same. Considering Nigeria’s bad experience with corruption, the old game of simply complying with the provisions of the law on submission of assets forms to CCB is no longer enough.

Buhari should permanently change the game and set new standards of ethical conduct for the country. The people should know the possessions of their leaders both on assumption and expiration of office. In that way, they can judge if the leaders have served them transparently or used the opportunity of public service to amass wealth for themselves.

While the president has done nothing wrong by not publicly declaring his assets, he, indeed, has a date with history on this matter, and we urge him to meet it with courage and dispatch.

Culled from SUN.

When do all this travels end?