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Was the man drugged Drunk Sleeping![]() Or what ![]() I need full gist. |
Nova15:7 |
Mad cow disease!!! A northern epidemic |
Low Sugar. If you want something sweet drink Maltina. Brand taste can never change to a disadvantage that will about to shooting yourself in the leg ceejay80s: |
RaggedyAnn:Try brushing before drinking. It's no rocket science. You can also visit a dentist. It won't cost much. |
donfemo:You are quite an idiot |
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These two have achieved enough individual success to last for a lifetime. Hence bickering should not exist between them. But because of unhealthy competition in comparison with each other, they are not satisfied but continuous to enviously desire more glory at any cost. They forget that these earthly acclaim have no heavenly affirmation. |
So things have turned so bad in this country that people now have doubts about Federal jobs ![]() In the good old days, questions like this never arose for any reason. A federal job with assured salaries, allowances, gratuity and pension This change is a curse! |
Beautiful footwear. How much ![]() How do I buy ![]() How will you deliver ![]() Hope they are made in Nigeria! And are very solid as they look! |
More pictures: Oil Filtration Fertilizers Croton trees
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Story highlights Croton nut may be ideal fuel with high oil and protein concentration Leading producers are expanding rapidly Analysts say croton avoid ethical issues of other biofuels The history of biofuel production in Africa is marked with expensive and damaging failures. The much-hyped jatropha crop saw millions of dollars and vast tracts of land squandered, while the production of palm oil has been widely criticized for association with environmental damage and human rights abuses. But there is a new hope for the field. The Croton megalocarpus tree is common throughout much of East and Central Africa, and until now it has been used for little more than firewood. The nuts of the tree have been shown to contain high concentrations of oil and protein, and they are now being used to produce a fuel that could serve as a clean alternative to diesel. With an abundant supply of croton nuts available at minimal cost, a new industry is emerging with sky-high ambitions. Low-hanging fruit In 2012, serial entrepreneur Alan Paul established Eco Fuels Kenya (EFK) to explore the potential of croton, following early research that suggested promise. His company is now the driving the movement to bring croton biofuel to the mainstream. The business took a low-key approach at first, in contrast to high-budget flops such as jatropha. "(Paul) said we can grow organically by sourcing what is already there from one of the most common trees," says EFK Managing Director Myles Katz. "We can buy nuts from farmers so they get an income and we have a business model that does not require $10 million of funding and a big plantation to get off the ground." EFK put out radio ads to attract local entrepreneurs into partnerships, who assembled teams of smallholders to supply the nuts. When suppliers realized their previously useless trees had become an easy and reliable source of income, the network rapidly expanded. This has enabled EFK to double production each year, says Katz, up to 1,000 tons of nuts this year from 500 tons in 2015. The company is now in a position to scale up the operation, without having planted a single tree. New products Producing croton nut oil is a low-tech, low-energy process compared with traditional fuel manufacturing. "It is comparable to any other nut or oil pressing facility," says Katz. "We modify the equipment to work on croton nuts but essentially we are buying machines used with walnuts or macadamia nuts." Much of the fuel is sold to local businesses that run generators, such as tourist camps. The company has also branched into selling by-products of the nuts, including seedcake from the pressed nut as poultry feed, and organic fertilizer from the shells. This offers insurance at a time investors remain wary of biofuels, says Katz. "The 'unknown' (element) is hard for investors," he says. "We are not an oil-only business, and we can stand on different parts of the business at different times." Producing fertilizer in EFK's factory in Nanyuki, Central Kenya. Grand plans, local roots Having local networks of suppliers and agents is key to the EFK business model, and a critical challenge for the company is to maintain these networks while expanding across the country and beyond. "We have a completely local approach," says Katz. "Everything we source, process and sell should be within 100 kilometers of the factory." The company plans to maintain this approach while creating up to five new factories in Kenya and several more in neighboring countries such as Tanzania in the coming years. EFK is also planning a first foray into an "orchard model" of planting its own trees on a 500-acre plot in 2017, that will allow the company to test and push the limits of croton capacity. "There is an interesting topic of crop efficiency," says Katz. "An indigenous tree with access to normal rainfall might produce 100 kilograms of nuts a year. But the optimum trees will produce over 300 kilograms...The 'orchard model' can change outcomes dramatically." Croton trees on village road in rural Kenya. Few farmers are aware the crop has value. Ripe for success Croton can succeed where other biofuels have failed, according to Dr. Gerald Kafuku, principal research officer of the Tanzania Commission for Science and Technology, who has published several papers on the properties of croton oil. "I can say that croton is one of the most promising sources of biofuel," he says. "It can give advantages in the form of biodiesel or straight oil, and as a 'carbon sink' for afforestation." Kafuku believes that only a lack of funding for research and development is holding croton back from the mainstream. He adds that the region urgently needs such solutions. "East Africa is among the areas where there is significant environmental degradation," he says. "New biofuels such as croton can add to the alternative sources of renewable energy as well as providing for more planting of trees." Croton can also avoid the ethical pitfalls of other biofuels by benefiting local communities, according to Rodrigo Ciannella, head of the biofuels program at the World Agroforestry Centre. "(Croton) is providing value from a natural resource that is already abundant in the country and is largely wasted," he says. "Farmers are already benefiting from receiving additional income...and they could get even more by having access to other components of the value chain such as fertilizer." With global demand for biofuels set to increase steadily, Katz believes it is a matter of time before oil giants enter the croton market and the nut becomes a major industry that can rival fossil fuels. "I like to tell people that croton will be a coffee or tea type of value chain," he says. "There will be lots of competitors and regional processing all over East Africa." Source: http://edition.cnn.com/2016/12/28/africa/croton-nuts-biofuel-aes/index.html
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Hmmm, good read. Little wonder a rejoinder was required. This seems true, accurate and no rumor. This is very implicating. |
Please add pictures for illustrative purposes. |
[color=#990000][/color] 16 young teenage girls between the age of 13 and 17 years of age have become pregnant after a pool party went terribly wrong, reports the Tallahassee Herald this morning. A simple weekend pool party turned to tragedy when one of the young men attending the birthday celebration ejaculated in the pool without warning the house guests, accidentally ending up impregnating half of the girls present at the celebration. I’m glad I didn’t have my swimsuit that day,” remembers Daliah Jennings, present during the celebration. “It was a surprise party to celebrate my 15th birthday, let’s just say that a baby in my womb is the kind of present I’m glad I didn’t get” she acknowledges, visibly relieved of not getting pregnant. The young man claims there was no sex at the party at all and that he only ejaculated in the pool by accident. “Some people in town say we had some kind of wild sex orgy going on and that’s how I got all those girls pregnant, but I’m proud to say that I am still a virgin and that if anyone doesn’t believe me, I’m ready to undergo medical examination to prove it if that’s what it takes,” says the 15 year old. “I’ve become some sort of a local celebrity. People come up to me all the time and shake my hand and congratulate me, but I didn’t do anything!” he adds, visibly sincere. Dr. John Suzukima of Tallahassee Memorial Healthcare Hospital, who was the first to link the multiple births to a single cause, believes the young man has a rare medical condition called spermafortis which makes his semen unusually potent. “Clinical tests have proven that people who suffer from spermafortis have sperm counts close to a thousand times more potent and rich in spermatozoids than the average man,” he explains. “This kind of semen is fairly similar to that of common water mammals, such as dolphins, manatees and seals and has properties that make it incredibly resistant to water. This condition could definitely explain what happened in this case but clinical trials and further tests would be needed to prove this theory,” he told local reporters. http://www.informationng.com/2016/02/omg-16-girls-gets-pregnant-after-teenager-ejaculates-in-pool.html?utm_source=Bitly&utm_medium=Channel&utm_campaign=December |
The earth has no borders. Borders and boundaries are man made segregation and limitations imposed by men to cause fellow men distress. Christ will be king from one end of the earth to the other end of earth and there shall be no boundaries and borders. |
Ghana's Head of State! |
Informative and Educative |
Truth is life! |
KingOvoramwen1: |
Death Warrant! |
Waoh Look forward to the promise of everlasting cure: When no one will say 'I am Sick' and when death will be swallowed up forever- Isaiah 33:24 & Isaiah 25:8. Until then, let God be your strength and His promises your consolation. Best wishes. |
Does Nigerian Breweries make Coca-cola ![]() Abi una be illiterates ![]() |
SPDAZZY: |
SPDAZZY: |
Sport is business. A competent minister will concern himself with making sport very lucrative and attractive to investors. A competent sport minister will steer the ship of the sport sector to such a height that he would speak more on profitability, revenue generation and return on investment rather than speaking like an unschooled, unenlightened village herds man. He is the wrong man for the job. He is not teachable and will only continue the 1950s model of sport administration. |
This was a bit of a communication blunder. I do hope it never happens again |
Plastic rice. China-home of counterfeits. This won't sell in Nigeria. We are wiser. |
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