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TVT KOKO: pls wat is ibibio?

a native language used in some part of akwa ibom

Ibibio

it's going to continue like this until another generation is born. R.I.P to the dead

phemmisky: Wetin be juju there now,

LOL it's possible oooo

[quote author=da-gentility]How i wish HE will just read this to undastand why i treat him the way i do.[/quote]for ur tiny mind

okpara ugo: Thank God i didn't waste my time attending this carnival if this is all it offered this year.

Next time use a better phone than Nokia X2-01... poster you hear. . me I know the phone way get that 2MP resolution

next year don't be stingy , pay ur way to calabar and attend the carnival rather than searching the internet for something you didn't upload @ no insult intended mind you my curve 3 is rocking wella

1. A Jedi in the Matrix- Japan
Superpower: Superhuman reflexes
Isao Machii has an ability to process things at a
completely different sensory level. So rather than
see a bullet moving through the air, for example,
he can anticipate where it is at that precise
moment. Using his Katana he chops things out of
the air for people’s entertainment. He can also be
found on Youtube plucking airsoft pellets from the
air with his sword.
His ability doesn’t allow him to see things before
they happen, but allows him to anticipate where
something will be at that exact moment in time
which makes him a cross between Luke
Skywalker and Neo.

2. The ‘Garth’ Monks – Tibet
Superpower : Altering body temperatures
using only the mind
Garth, a D.C comics superhero was capable of
altering the heat of the body using only his mind,
among other things. Although a pretty ridiculous
power, there are a group of Tibetan monks who
have the ability to do just that! They have been
recorded to raise the temperature of their skin by
up to 8 degrees Celsius while their core
temperature remains exactly the same.
They first came to light in the 1970′s during a
visit to Havard University by the Dalai Lama. The
following years resulted in remote testing in the
Himalayas of the monks. The ultimate test was
making the monks sleep out on a snowy ledge in
the mountains. With an altitude of 15,000ft and a
temperature of -17 degrees Celsius, not only did
the monks not freeze to death, they supposedly
didn’t even shiver in their little monk garments.
This is more than can be said for the shivering
and shaking camera men filming them (who were
wrapped up in blankets all night).
By slowing the blood flow to the brain they will
provide it with less oxygen, thus allowing them to
weather all kinds of intense atmospheric
conditions. Watch out for the next Planet Earth
series where Tibetan monks are sent into space
without any space suits or equipment.

3. Daredevil – USA
Superpower : Uses sonar
Ben Underwood passed away in 2009 aged 16,
but his story is almost unbelievable. Ben became
blind as a toddler after suffering from cancer of
the eyes. Where most may have succumbed to a
life of guidance, Ben took it upon himself to
communicate like a dolphin. Over the years as a
child he developed the ability to use
‘echolocation’ to get about. It’s the same way
dolphins use sonar under water to locate objects
and food. Ben clicks his tongue and with this can
locate everything in his immediate vicinity. He
can ride a bike, play football and was practicing
martial arts using every sense other than sight.
His story is pretty inspirational for those with
disabilities or those without and shows just what
the human body is capable of doing given
enough determination.

4. Battery Man – SerbiaSuperpower :Electricity conduction
Slavisa Pajkic has set a number of world records
for various astonishing abilities he seems to
possess. He first realised he was gifted when he
was unable to feel an electric current running
through a live fence (which for some reason he
touched). Regardless, he can cook sausages
using only his hands, conduct 20,000 volts
through his body without frying and can heat a
cup of water to 97 degrees Celsius in well under
two minutes.
‘When there is a sudden power failure, my folks
do not have to worry. My house is always shining.
I can be an insulator, conductor, accumulator
and heater…” said Slavisa. His next goal is to
conduct one million volts through his body and
says “I will try to charge on it and become a
wireless laser man”
If you see Slavisa on the streets make sure to
greet him, but not to shake his hand.

5. Das Uberboy – Germany
Superpower : Superhuman strength and
incredibly stacked from birth
Liam Hoekstra is just as stacked aged 3 and
suffers/benefits from a similar genetic disorder
that makes his dad look like his son as well!
In 1999, history was made when a baby popped
out with more muscles than his dad. Perhaps this
particular super power should feature higher up
in the list, but at such a young age it’s unclear
what ‘Das Uberboy’ is going to be capable of in
the future. Perhaps it will all wilt away like a 6
month gym stint followed by the purchase of an
X-box, or perhaps he’ll grow up into the real Hulk
we all secretly hope to see. However, at the age of
4, this young lad from Germany has 6 times the
strength of the average child his age.
Unfortunately for us his identity has been kept a
secret (could be a cover for X-Men involvement)

6. X-Ray Girl – Russia
Superpower : X-Ray vision
Her look is said to be piercing..
At age 10, Natasha Demkina developed the ability
to detect the location and condition of her
mother’s organs using only her eyes. Since then
she has successfully detected cysts, ulcers and
cancers in those who showed up at her door
asking for health checks. When taken for a check-
up at the hospital, Natasha even told the doctor
about the scars on his body he’d attained from a
car accident, that no one else could see at the
time. Pretty impressive.

7. Aquaman – New Zealand
Superpower : Breathes underwater (Well he
might as well be doing..)Kiwi Dave Mullins much like many of the others, holds Guinness World Records for what he is capable of. He not only
has records for amount of time spent under
water, but also total distance travelled. Being able
to swim under water for 4 minutes and 2 seconds
and travel as far as 244 meters would really take
some doing, and that is what he does with just
one breathe. In 2008, he also set a record for
getting to 108 meters in depth without any
oxygen or swimming equipment. Forget Iron Man,
this guy is Iron Lung, although it doesn’t have
the same ring to it.

8. The Incredible Insomniac – Vietnam
Superpower : Staying awake… forever
Although there are a handful of people from
around the world who don’t sleep, Ngoc Thai is
probably the best at it. At the age of 31 Ngoc
Thai came down with a severe fever and has not
slept since. That means he hasn’t slept since the
1970′s. His condition does not affect his physical
nor mental health and doctors say he is
completely healthy besides a slightly damaged
liver. No matter how many sleeping pills he takes
nothing can put him down, not even the two
bags of rice weighing 49kg each that he carries
to his farm every day.
It’s almost like living two lives at once…

9. Rain Man – USA
Superpower: Remembers everything
Kim Peek died in 2009, but by this time he had
perfectly memorized 12,000 books. He had
become so good at memorizing information that
he could read two pages at a time using one eye
for each page. He is said to have had the best
example of an eidetic memory/photographic
memory and he could recall 98% of everything
that he ever experienced in perfect detail.
His story was the inspiration for the movie Rain
Man, although he believed using his abilities for
things such as gambling to be “unethical”.
Having him as your friend would probably be
more of a nuisance than a benefit, although he’d
be pretty good at remember travel itineraries,
directions, maps, phone numbers and shopping
lists.
Though if the world was in total anarchy, calling
upon Kim Peek wouldn’t benefit anyone as the
only thing he could be capable of, would be
remembering it happen.

Superpowers are something every boy has
thought about and many men still think about.
Having the brain to create the Iron Man machine
like Tony Stark, having superhuman strength like
the Hulk or being able to fly like Superman are all
powers many of us dream of having. Well as it
turns out, there are some people who actually do
have such powers…
Top 10 – People of the World With Real Life
Superpowers...................


10 – Mister Eat it all – France
Superpower : Can eat (and surely crap)
anything!

Michael Lotito was born in 1950 and is a French
entertainer. He is known as ‘Monsier Mangetout’
which means ‘Mister Eat-it-All’. He possesses a
stomach and intestine with walls twice the
thickness of a normal human and his digestive
acids are extremely powerful. This allows him to
digest the most inedible items you could imagine.
He has eaten bicycles, glass, rubber, television
sets as well as holding the Guiness World Record
for eating a plane (which took 2 years) by simply
cutting the items up and consuming them with
oil and water.
Unless you were stuck in a plane wreck, Mister
Eat-it-All is probably the last super hero you’d call
upon. Nonetheless, he is still pretty impressive to
watch on Youtube.

No matter what is going on in your career, good
advice is universal. No matter what problems you
are trying to solve, chances are someone else
before you had a similar problem.
I've been a journalist for the better part of two
decades and during that time I've interviewed
and written about thousands of people in various
stages of success, from billionaires to
entrepreneurs launching startups (one while
fighting brain cancer).
All of that has led me to conclude that there are
certain universal "business truths" — tips and
tricks that work for nearly everyone in every
business. They are:
1. Have a passion for your work. If your work is
meaningful to you, your work life will be a
joy.
2. If you can't be passionate about the work
itself, be passionate about the reason you do
it. Maybe you don't love your job/company/
career, but the money and benefits are good
for your family. Be passionate in your choice
to do right by your family.
3. If something needs changing, be the one to
lead the change. If you dislike your job but
are stuck, work on getting the skills that will
get you unstuck. If there's a problem at your
office, work on being the one solve it.
4. Start small and build from there.
5. Do the obvious stuff first, then progress to
the harder stuff. (Otherwise known as going
for the low-hanging fruit.)
6. If it's not broke, don't fix. Do improve it.
7. The hardest lesson to learn is when to keep
going and when to quit. No one can teach
you that. At some point, you have to choose.
8. The definition of crazy is to do the same
thing the same way and expect a different
result. If the result isn't good, change
something.
9. No one succeeds alone.
10. Ask for help. Be specific when asking. Be
graceful and grateful when help comes.
11. Surround yourself with positive people and
you'll have a positive outcome.
12. Embrace diversity. The best way to
compensate for your own weaknesses is to
pick teammates who have different
strengths.
13. People experience the world differently. Two
people can attend the same meeting and
walk away with different impressions. Don't
fight that. Use it.
14. You don't have to like someone to treat that
person with respect and courtesy.
15. Don't "should" all over someone, and don't
let someone else "should" all over you.
16. No matter what you do or how much you
achieve, there are always people who have
more.
17. There will always people who have less, too.
18. No matter how much you excel at things,
you are not a more worthwhile human being
than anyone else. No one else is more
worthwhile than you, either.
19. If you spend most of your time using your
talents and doing things you are good at,
you're more likely to be happy.
20. If you spend most of your time struggling to
improve your weaknesses, you're likely to be
frustrated.
21. Practice is the only true way to master a new
skill. Be patient with yourself while you learn
something new.
22. The only way to stay fresh is to keep learning
new things.
23. To learn new things means being a beginner,
and that means making mistakes.
24. The more comfortable you grow with making
beginner mistakes, the easier it is to learn
new things.
25. You will never have all the resources (time,
money, people, etc.) that you want for your
project or company. No one ever has all the
resources they want.
26. A lack of resources isn't an excuse. It's a
blessing in disguise. You'll have to get
creative.
27. Creativity and innovation are skills that can
be learned and practiced by doing your
usual things in a new way.
28. Take calculated risks.
29. In the early stages of a company, career, or
project, you'll have to say "yes" to a lot of
things. In the later stages, you'll have to say
"no."
30. Negative feedback is necessary. Don't
automatically reject it. Examine it for the
nuggets of truth, and then disregard the
rest.
31. When delivering criticism, talk about the
work, not the person.
32. Think big. Dream big. (The alternative is to
think small, dream small.)
33. Treat your dream as an ultimate roadmap.
You don't have to achieve your dream right
away, but the only way to get there is to
take many steps toward it.
34. If you think big, you will hear "no" more than
you hear "yes." They don't get to decide.
You do.
35. How long it takes you to create something is
less important than how valuable and
worthwhile it will be once it's created.
36. If there is one secret to success, it's this:
communicate your plans with other people
and keep communicating those plans.
37. Grow your network. Make an effort to meet
new people and to keep in contact with
those you know.
38. No matter what technology or service you
are creating/inventing at your company, it's
not about the product; it's always about the
people and the lives you will improve.
39. No matter how successful you get, you can
still fail and fail big.
40. Failure isn't a bad thing. It's part of the
process.
41. Things always go wrong. The only way to
keep that from hurting you is to plan for
that.
42. Learn how to respectfully, but firmly, say
"no."
43. Say "yes" as much as you can.
44. In order to say "yes" often, attach
boundaries or a scope of work around your
"yes."
45. No matter how rich, famous, or successful
another person is, inside that person is just a
human being with hopes, dreams, and fears,
the same as you.
46. Getting what you want doesn't mean you'll
be happy. Happiness is the art of being
satisfied with what you already have.
47. Working with difficult personalities will be a
part of every job. Be respectful, do your job
well, and nine times out of 10 that person
will move on.
48. For that one-out-of-10 time, remember you
aren't a victim. Do what you need to get a
new job.
49. As soon as you have something to
demonstrate, get an executive champion to
back or support your project.
50. Focus on what you want, not what you don't
want.

When I was a freshman in high school, and
struggling to find my way, someone anonymously
slipped a note into my locker one afternoon. It
said, “Don’t let them get inside your head. You’re
not boring, nerdy or weird. You’re complex,
creative and far too intelligent for their small
words. And for the record, you are also infinitely
more attractive than you give yourself credit for.”
I never discovered who wrote the note, but
whoever they are, they changed my life. From
that day forward, I changed the way I talked to
myself.
Specifically, I STOPPED saying…
1. “I’m not good enough yet.”
You might think you’re not good enough, but
you’ll surprise yourself if you keep trying. Your
past does not determine who you are. Your past
prepares you for who you are capable of
becoming. What ultimately defines you is how
well you rise after falling. Don’t ever be afraid to
give yourself a chance to be everything you are
capable of being. Forget the haters. Never
undervalue who you are and what you’re capable
of. Excellence is the result of loving more than
others think is necessary, dreaming more than
others think is practical, risking more than others
think is safe, and doing more than others think is
possible.
2. “I should be living up to other people’s
expectations.”
Remember, it’s always better to be at the bottom
of the ladder you want to climb than the top of
the one you don’t. Happiness and success is all
about spending your life in your own way. Always
be yourself and walk your own path. No one can
ever tell you you’re doing it wrong. Everyone has
their own dreams, their own struggles, and a
different path that makes sense for them. You are
YOU for a reason.
If you end up living a boring, miserable life
because you ignored yourself and instead listened
to a parent, a teacher, or some gal on TV telling
you how to live your life, then you have no one
but yourself to blame. Just remember, the
smartest and most courageous act is simply to
think for yourself and listen to you own intuition.
In the end, it’s better to die your way, than live
someone else’s idea of your life. (Angel and I
discuss this in more detail in the “Self-Love” and
“Relationships” chapters of 1,000 Little Things
Happy, Successful People Do Differently
.)
3. “What they think and say about me
matters.”
What would you do differently if you knew nobody
would judge you?
Don’t let others crush your dreams. Do just once
what they say you can’t do, and you will never
pay attention to their negativity again. Don’t walk
away from these negative people… RUN! Good
things happen when you distance yourself from
negativity and those who create it.
Truth be told, no one has the right to judge you.
People may have heard your stories, but they
can’t feel what you are going through; they
aren’t living YOUR life. So forget what they say
about you. Focus on how you feel about yourself,
and do what you know in your heart is right.
4. “I need recognition for my actions to be
worthwhile.”
Do what you know is right. Integrity is doing the
right thing, no matter what, even when nobody’s
going to know whether you did it or not. Life
always finds its balance. Don’t expect to get back
everything you give. Don’t expect recognition for
every effort you make. And don’t expect your
kindness to be instantly recognized or your love
to be understood by everyone you encounter.
What seems like the right thing to do could also
be the hardest thing you have ever done. Do it
anyway. There is no greatness or peace of mind
where there is betrayal of your own goodwill.
Always aim at complete sincerity of your
thoughts, words and deeds. If it is wrong, don’t
do it. If it is untrue, don’t repeat it. Do what you
do because you believe it’s the right thing to do.
Do the right thing even when nobody is looking.
Be one of the people who make a true difference
in the world by leaving it a little better and more
wholesome than you found it.
5. “It’s too late for me.”
Don’t let yesterday steal your present. Don’t
judge yourself by your past… you don’t live there
anymore. Let go, grow, and move forward. As we
grow older and wiser, we begin to realize what we
need and what we need to leave behind.
Sometimes walking away is a step forward.
Sometimes a break from your routine is exactly
what you need. Unless you try to master
something beyond what you already know, you
will feel forever stuck.
Don’t waste another minute regretting what you
did yesterday, and start doing what you have to
do now, so tomorrow you won’t regret what you
did today. It’s not too late. If you feel like it is, it’s
just your inner fears lying to you. But remember,
fear doesn’t exist anywhere except in your mind.
It’s difficult to follow your heart, but it’s a tragedy
to let the lies of fear stop you. (Read Awaken the
Giant Within .)
6. “I need to have it all figured out.”
Does the walker choose the path, or the path the
walker? Believe it or not, sometimes it’s the latter.
Sometimes the greatest dreams that come true
are the dreams you never even knew you had.
It’s about open-minded exploration. There are no
wrong turns in life, only paths you didn’t know
you were meant to walk. You never can be certain
what’s around the corner. It could be everything,
or it could be nothing. You keep putting one foot
in front of the other, and then one day you look
back and realize you’ve climbed to the peak of
the most beautiful mountaintop.
7. “I do not have enough to be positive and
grateful.”
Some days you’ll find diamonds and some days all
you’ll see is coal. However, every day is a golden
opportunity to learn, practice gratitude, and
positively impact the world around you. Do not
ask for instant fulfillment in your life, but for
patience to accept your current frustrations. Do
not ask for perfection in all you do, but for the
wisdom to not repeat past mistakes. Do not ask
for more before saying, “THANK YOU” for
everything you have already received.
And remember, everything in life is temporary. So
if things are good, enjoy it. It won’t last forever. If
things are bad, don’t worry because it won’t last
forever either. Just because life isn’t stress-free
right now, doesn’t mean you can’t laugh. Just
because something is bothering you, doesn’t
mean you can’t smile. The trick is to be grateful
when your mood is high and graceful when it is
low.
8. “My life should be easier and free of
discomfort.”
Great challenges make life interesting;
overcoming them makes life meaningful. It’s how
you deal with failure and discomfort that
determines your level of success and happiness.
Laugh at your mistakes and learn from them.
Joke about your troubles and gather strength
from them. Have fun with the challenges you face
and then conquer them.
Emotional discomfort in life, when accepted, rises,
crests and crashes in a series of waves. Each
wave washes an old layer of you away and
deposits treasures you never expected to find.
Out goes inexperience, in comes awareness; out
goes frustration, in comes resilience; out goes
hatred, in comes kindness. No one would say
these waves of emotional experience are easy to
ride, but the rhythm of emotional discomfort that
you learn to tolerate while doing so is natural,
helpful and prevalent. The discomfort eventually
leaves you stronger and healthier than it found
you. (Read Man’s Search for Meaning .)
9. “I can’t forgive them.”
Forgiveness is a promise. When you forgive
someone you are making a promise not to hold
the unchangeable past against your present self.
Forgiveness doesn’t mean what happened was
completely excusable, and it doesn’t necessarily
mean that person should still be welcome in your
life. It simply means you have made peace with
the pain, and are ready to let it go and move on
with your life.
Forgiveness has nothing to do with freeing a
criminal of his or her crime. It has everything to
do with freeing yourself of the burden of being a
victim – letting go of the pain and transforming
yourself from victim to victor.
10. “I am alone.”
You can’t make it through on your own. None of
us can. That’s why, thank goodness, you are
never as alone as you sometimes feel. So many of
us are fighting the same exact battle alongside
you. You may feel alone sometimes, but you are
not alone in being alone.
To lose sleep worrying about a loved one. To have
trouble picking yourself up after someone lets you
down. To feel rejected because someone didn’t
care about you enough to stay. To be afraid to try
something new for fear you may fail. None of this
means you’re weird or dysfunctional. It just
means you’re human, and that you need a little
time to regroup and recalibrate yourself.
No matter how embarrassed or pathetic you feel
about your own situation, there are others out
there experiencing the same emotions. When you
hear yourself say, “I am all alone,” it’s just your
mind trying to sell you a lie. There’s always
someone who can relate to you. Perhaps you
can’t immediately talk to them, but they are out
there, and that’s all you need to know right now.
Next steps…
If I eavesdropped on your self-talk, would I hear
statements that empower happiness, or
statements that refute it? The next time you
decide to unclutter your life and clean up your
space, start with your intellectual space by
clearing out the old lies and negative self-talk you
often recite to yourself.
The floor is yours…
What would you add to the list? What kind of
negative self-talk do you need to stop? What will
you never say about yourself again? Share your
thoughts with us by leaving a comment below.



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I'm not on twitter owk !

Well said

Na last keke to to calabar south

End time Cleric

It's banger filled here in calabar

President Goodluck Jonathan on Tuesday said
irrespective of the challenges Nigerians might
have faced, the country remained a truly blessed
one, whose diversity remained its source of
strength.
Jonathan said this in his New Year message to the
nation made available by his Special Adviser on
Media and Publicity, Dr. Reuben Abati.
He added that the Federal Government would
fight corruption more in 2014.
He said, “Our administration believes that the
cost of governance in the country is still too high
and must be further reduced. We will also take
additional steps to stem the tide of corruption
and leakages.
“We have worked hard to curb fraud in the
administration of the pension system and the
implementation of the petroleum subsidy
scheme. We have introduced a Pensions
Transition Arrangement Department under a new
Director-General. This department will now ensure
that those of our pensioners still under the old
scheme receive their pensions and gratuities, and
are not subjected to fraud.
“Prosecution of all those involved in robbing our
retired people will continue. The Petroleum
Subsidy Scheme is also now being operated
under new strict guidelines to tackle previous
leakages in the scheme and prevent fraud.
“Foreign travel by government personnel will be
further curtailed. This directive shall apply to all
Ministries, Departments and Agencies of the
Federal Government. Our strategy to curb
leakages will increasingly rely on introducing the
right technologies such as biometrics and
digitising government payments.”
He added, “Whatever challenges we may have
faced, whatever storms we may have confronted
and survived, Nigeria remains a truly blessed
country, a country of gifted men and women who
continue to distinguish themselves in all spheres
of life, a country whose diversity remains a source
of strength,” he said.
The President observed that 2014 would be a
momentous one for the country for several
reasons, including the fact that the nation would
celebrate its 100 years of existence in the New
Year.
He recalled that the British colonial authorities
amalgamated the separate Protectorates of
Southern Nigeria and Northern Nigeria on January
1, 1914 to give birth to Nigeria.
“Year 2014, to Nigerians, is not just the beginning
of a new year, but the end of a century of
national existence and the beginning of another,”
he said.
This, he said, was a moment for sober reflection
and for pride in all that was great about Nigeria.
While reiterating his position that the nation’s
amalgamation was not a mistake, the President
said as they celebrate the 100 years of its
nationhood, Nigerians must resolve to continue to
work together as one united people.
He assured Nigerians that his administration
remained committed to the development of the
country and the consolidation of peace, unity and
democratic governance.
He added that despite several domestic and
global challenges in 2013, Nigeria witnessed
many positive developments which his
administration would strive to build upon in 2014.
The President admitted that the cost of
governance in the country was still too high and
must be further reduced.
He also promised to take additional steps to stem
the tide of corruption and leakages.
Jonathan added that foreign travel by
government personnel would be further curtailed
and that the directive would apply to all
ministries, departments and agencies of the
Federal Government.
The President also reeled out statistics on the
strides he said his administration achieved in the
agriculture, health, education, water and housing
sectors among others and promised to do more in
the New Year.


Source http://punch.com

Kposa kposa kposa

[quote author=Big.game]i was wondering, is it morally right to pay a brideprice for your soulmate? Doesn't that objectify the person in question, won't it give the payer the impression that he is buying a commodity, and also the right to treat the commodity in whatever way that pleases them, cause they paid for it? [/quote]you made a lot of sense

Thanks I'll try it

pickabeau1: hmm... good point but you can still use Photo manager to get good resolution

how is that done ?

I was wandering wether guys in US and other western countries do pay bride price like the africans do before they are allowed to take their boo to the alter .

pickabeau1: well done.. but can we get better quality pictures

quality picture will exceed nairaland maximum of 200kb photo size @ it won't upload

Ur own good, abeg no make girls sleep for prayer house oo