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Family / Re: DIY Solar Panel Installation. by Laclasse: 4:43pm On Feb 21, 2017 |
Charging my iPad and iPhones .
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Family / Re: DIY Solar Panel Installation. by Laclasse: 12:12am On Feb 18, 2017 |
The weeks' project. Get a magnifying glass like what you have in this picture, face it to the sun and try to light a fire using this meduim. Try and light a very dry wood, paper or grasses. The objective of this experiment is to tell you how much power the sun you always running away from can generate. Welcome to science. If you cannot get a magnifying glass anywhere, maybe you can use an old glasses or using a water bottle to light fire. (Topic for another day) Anyway, just get a magnifying glasses from market, it shouldnt cost more than 50 naira. or you can skip this experiment if you can't get one around.
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Family / DIY Solar Panel Installation. by Laclasse: 11:56pm On Feb 17, 2017 |
Hello readers, The next week i will be showing you how the DIY solar panel installation. It will be an interactive program, and because of the cost of installation, we will be doing alot of improvising to help you achieve a solar installation for your family and minimize cost. I will break it down as easy as ABC and you can actually try one for yourself or contact me for furthur help. FOllow this page for update. You have no reason to shout NEPA! Generate your own electricity now. 1 Like |
Science/Technology / World Energy Consumption. by Laclasse: 11:44pm On Feb 17, 2017 |
Going through the statistics of Energy consumption in the world, it is shown that renewable energy especially Solar Energy occupies a very little percentage. I will tell you why. Having in mind that it is still a developing technology, cost of installation is a major reason for the set back. Of cos we have the political, economic, lets say the macro environment factors playing its part. It’s a gradual process and I say environ 10years from now, a lot of homes will be powered by Solar Energy all across Africa. We are developing a cost effective and quality solar panels that adapt and satisfy the African Market. https://fafricanergy.com/2017/02/17/world-energy-consumption/
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Romance / Re: Get A Partner In 90 Days! by Laclasse: 9:22pm On Dec 09, 2016 |
lola024: Thanks Hooking up with our dream partner is the service i am sharing. |
Romance / Re: Get A Partner In 90 Days! by Laclasse: 9:20pm On Dec 09, 2016 |
[img]https://2.bp..com/-fi4e3C1CGi0/WEsRaxWRvSI/AAAAAAAAAGE/MAcPDDHfGxsnKX_lkac2o5eNh7ciLdoxwCLcB/s1600/Body_Odor.jpg[/img] YOUR SMELL (OLFACTION) So we have covered the first sense which is Vision (from your eyes), the next thing I would like to cover is your smell. I will give you an example, I have a particular soap, '****' I use and maybe two different perfume, but it has created a strong link that is associated with me. Sometimes I hear people say that a particular smell reminds them of me, like seriously , maybe the pillow wey i use sleep, the smell go stay there tire, the bobo will just be enjoying the thing. Or sometimes if someone comes in contact with that particular smell, its stays with the person. This is what I call lasting impression. When you are out of your house with the nice smily face and teeth, dont worry if you have brown gworo teeth, just smile without showing off the teeth! I no wan hear story. Anyway, as I was saying, after all the presentation, the next approache when you are meeting the person or the inverse, and here you are trying to say hel.. and ouffff.....what the Bleep is that smell?....you see why smell matters. Only your smell can put someone off, no matter how cute you are. For those with mouth or body odor, that's another topic of its own. So my dear, smell good, the impression last so long i kid you not. And you never know the level of confidence you will have only knowing that you look and smell good. The nose and eyes are great weapons you shouldn't over look. Let me know if you have any question, I'm here for you dear. We must be hooked before the end of this 90days. Next year is our year, don't miss this opportunity. See ya soon! |
Romance / Get A Partner In 90 Days! by Laclasse: 7:37pm On Dec 09, 2016 |
[img]https://4.bp..com/-36YyePD5VA8/WEr4E_jHsnI/AAAAAAAAAFw/M3B28sYPEiAqbRYNDaEtPIBDK72le5VCwCLcB/s1600/stock-photo-cartoon-of-lady-drinking-champagne-in-a-bubble-bath-101649607.jpg[/img] Hello Everyone, This is a project which has worked for so many people and I am very positive that it will work for you too. You have no reason to complain about being lonely, this is your oppportunity to get off that boredom. I will be trying not to talk too much, first point of this project is 1. Your appearance: Yes, you heard me right, your appearance. They have been singing this to us since from our primary school days, till this day. The five basic senses(Abi na six now). Vision; This is the first thing people notice in you before even approaching you. The first judgement, HOW DO YOU LOOK? First of all, if you want to be in a relationshionship with anybody, you have to look good for your self before looking good to someone else. Dont just sit and pray to God to send your partner to locate you, then decide to do nothing. Be presentable for first impression. Do you have a role model? Someone who inspires you in dress senses? Try and emulate this person, Keep your self neat, take a bath, get some deodorant, you heard me.get the smelly armpit outta your life! You dont have to use an expensive cream, you just have to be you. Look good, neat and presentable. I dont care if you have a natural hair or artificial peruvienne weave. Just keep it neat, a little bit of make up and you are good to go. Get a comfortable wear for various occassion. The most important thing is to feel comfortable, for instance, Dont go wearing suit in the hot whether, i take God beg you. In addition, your facial expression should matter, frowning is very limited in this project, smile dear, nothing will happen to you when if you smile. However, how you wan make person take you serious. So my darling... Go to the mirrror if you have one if not use the reflexion of a car by the road side, or your neighbours glass window. Smile to your self, Tell yourself you are wonderfully made. Just keep smiling to yourself for 5mins while reflecting on your life. Love every bit of your body. Accept you the way you are because no one can replace you. When you are done, jump in the shower and wash yourself. Your ears and every part of your body, dry yourself and put on some deodeorant to take care of odour for the day. Don't let anyone tell you you dont need one, na lie. Put one on then dress up, off you go with a smile on your face. I will be writing more on this project, make i go chop, just got back from work and make sure you do this assignement. You have nothing to loose but everything to gain. One love dears! |
Politics / African Leaders. by Laclasse: 5:34pm On Jun 27, 2016 |
Going through the world politics, most civilized countries are going through changes at the moment, following the Brexit that was just concluded. My question is this? What are African Leaders doing for their people. Are they proposing how to get rich quickly by donating all your property? The church in this case? Are they preaching love? That it’s ok if you are different as long as you are not hurting another. Are they looking for solutions to help the poor knowing fully well that more children will not lift anyone out of poverty. Are they still focused on polygamy? The world is exploding. There should be control. Africans wake up and smell the food. Things are changing. Time you change with it or get left behind. Its not by stealing public funds and create crisis. Do something for your people. I’m talking to you all who are in position to influence people. Do something original, Be creative and see the world look at us differently. https://fafricanergy.com/2016/06/27/african-leaders/ |
Family / Re: How Much Is Ideal To Be Giving One's Wife As Monthly Stipend? by Laclasse: 11:40pm On Jun 17, 2016 |
sit down and talk with your wife. map out plans for the future. Look at how strangers are insulting your wife.calling her greedy . shameless thing. 3 Likes |
Politics / Africans Should Start Writing Their Own Stories. by Laclasse: 11:49am On Jun 13, 2016 |
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Family / Kinky Hair! by Laclasse: 11:41am On Jun 13, 2016 |
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Travel / Re: 8 Disgusting Habits Displayed By Nigerians When They Return From Abroad by Laclasse: 1:35pm On Jun 07, 2016 |
This is not true Pls check my signature and join the common sense forum |
Politics / Re: Arms Panel Indicts Ex-army Chiefs, Generals by Laclasse: 12:56pm On Jun 07, 2016 |
Of cause the generals are the ones that sponsor all these war. Pls check my signature and join the common sense forum 2 Likes |
Crime / Re: Lagos Police Arrest Kidnappers Of Chinese Man by Laclasse: 12:55pm On Jun 07, 2016 |
They should be trialaccording . Pls check my signature and join the common sense forum |
Politics / Re: Babangida Alive In Germany, Not Dead – Family. by Laclasse: 12:55pm On Jun 07, 2016 |
What are they all doing in Europe. Pls come back home. Pls check my signature and join the common sense forum |
Politics / Re: Aisha Buhari And Zahra Dancing To KWAM 1 Fuji Music (Video) by Laclasse: 12:54pm On Jun 07, 2016 |
This doesn't make sense Pls check my signature and join the common sense forum |
Religion / Re: Sacrificial Form: The Official Response From RCCG Headquarters. by Laclasse: 12:53pm On Jun 07, 2016 |
This doesn't make sense. They are still saying the same thing. Pls check my signature and join the common sense forum 1 Like |
Politics / Re: Niger-Delta Militants Vow To Bomb Aso-rock, Details Specific targets by Laclasse: 1:34pm On Jun 06, 2016 |
This is not looking good. Dialogue is a way to go. Join a discussion forum today 2 Likes |
Family / Re: Tiwa Savage's And Teebillz Marriage Will Not Breakup IJN! - Pls Say Amen! by Laclasse: 2:30pm On May 01, 2016 |
Woged2005: F0000000000l!!!! Get productive !!! 1 Like |
Science/Technology / African Talent Hunt by Laclasse: 10:27am On Feb 28, 2016 |
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Politics / Lagos’s Blackout Nightmare: The Suburb That’s Been In Darkness For Five Years by Laclasse: 9:43pm On Feb 27, 2016 |
Lagos’s blackout nightmare: the suburb that’s been in darkness for five years For Lagosians, electricity shortages can mean cooking by torchlight, or companies spending a shocking 70% of the budget on diesel … and some neighbourhoods have spent half a decade with no power at all. When the electric transformer in his neighbourhood was vandalised five years ago, Akinnuoye Olagunju, then 21, didn’t think they would never have power again. Officials from the energy utility demanded that his father, as well as each of the 2,000 or so people in Oreta, pay a communal bribe to repair the damage: 2,000 naira ($10) each, a lot of money in this sleepy and impoverished fishing village. They refused. Five years later, the power is still off. Olagunju eventually moved out of his family house. “The heat was too much,” he says, now 27, and an official of the Lagos State Traffic Management Agency. “Everyone was having rashes and the NEPA people [energy officials] refused to come and fix anther one for free.” What do you do when it’s 30C at 11pm, you haven’t had power for days … and your generator decides to pack up? Olawale Adetula Oreta sits off the lagoon in Ikorodu, a suburb of Lagos. Distant from the city centre, it receives little government attention or policing. Residents rely on mini generators, rechargeable torches and the lights from their mobile phones. What’s worse is at night, under cover of darkness, “land grabbers” – young men who use physical intimidation to muscle into construction projects, extort scared residents and even sell land they don’t own – move in to squat and vandalise properties. Olagunju is one of the millions of people in Lagos whose collective power needs have effectively overwhelmed the grid – despite the fact that Nigeria is, by far, the largest oil producer in Africa. Even in parts of the city that are connected to the grid, power outages are regular and random. Many middle class families own an inverter; poorer Lagosians, like many of those in Ikorodu, resort to minuscule “I-pass-my-neighbour generators”, so called because they give the owners an illusion of superiority over their fellow residents, though a single tank can power a small household for only about three hours. Power sockets in Lagos. 1800 Power sockets in Lagos, where electricity cuts out daily. Some neighbourhoods have never even been on the grid – including parts of Ibeju Lekki, a suburb to the east of the posh island districts that is home to some 117,481 people, according to the 2006 census. It’s a working class commuter district, with some farming and fishing, and where the constant droning of generators is a familiar sound. And if the generator breaks, or you run out of money to power it? Olawale Adetula, a 30-year-old media strategist who lives in Yaba, once slept the whole night in his car with the air conditioning on. “What do you do when it’s 30C at 11pm, you haven’t had power for days … and your generator decides to pack up?” Adetula asks. “Oh and you have a career-defining meeting at 8am the next morning? Your car becomes your bedroom for the night.” Things got so bad that the National Electric Power Authority (NEPA) was nicknamed “Never Expect Power Always, Please Light Candle” by frustrated citizens. The government tackled this problem by renaming it the Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN), as a first step towards unbundling and privatising it. In 2013, the PHCN’s distribution and generation arms were privatised. There isn’t light for 12 hours so we have to run our generator for six-plus hours a day Kelechi Ibekwe Babatunde Fashola, the former governor of Lagos who is now the federal minister of works, power and housing, also commissioned five power plants in six years, and Lagos state is also home to Egbin power plant, Nigeria’s largest. Yet the power still goes out daily. Some blame the deteriorating infrastructure, which wasn’t privatised. Others such as Eyo Ekpo, a former commissioner with the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC), say it’s a matter of demand outstripping supply. “Privatisation was never sold as, nor is it meant to be, some kind of silver bullet that solves all problems overnight,” Ekpo says. “Unfortunately, very few are willing to appreciate the time it takes both to go through any reform process and to build heavy engineering infrastructure such as gas pipelines, power plants, transmission lines, towers and substations. It is part of a reform programme that, as with all infrastructure sector reform programmes, requires time, competent execution, private sector finance and strong, properly focused political will to ensure success.” But many argue that perverse government regulations restrict new entrants into Nigeria’s cosy energy market. A source at a transparency organisation with knowledge of the energy industry says: “The electricity regulations make it difficult for new entrants to set up large power plants. If the highest they can generate is, for example, 10MW, then it must all be bought by one [industrial] customer. For example, if Unilever and PZ are in the same area and each require 5MW daily, you can’t build one power station of 10MW and sell to both of them.” The stated aim is to prevent “proliferation”, but it is likely that the regulators are simply aiming to ensure that only their cronies get licenses and profit. Either way, the gaps don’t get plugged. The consequences for the health, income and livelihood of Lagosians are far-reaching. Lagos at night. At night, only a small fraction of Lagos is lit up. Some parts of the city are not connected to the electrical grid at all. Photograph: Alamy “I have had to spend a lot of money in getting an inverter to reduce what I spend on fuel for my generator,” says Osikhena Dirisu, a radio personality at the popular Beat FM, who lives in one of the estates next to the headquarters of Chevron. “The inverter is noiseless and cost effective, because I was spending an average of 8,000 to 10,000 naira monthly on fuel.” The Beat FM joined telecommunications giant MTN in shutting down entirely for several hours during a fuel drought in May 2015. MTN, which boasts 62 million subscribers, spends a shocking 70% of its operating expenditure on diesel, more than 10m litres a month. The situation is also frustrating for young entrepreneurs, says Kelechi Ibekwe, a 22-year-old animator. “Light is a crucial part of my work and basically my house is my workspace. There’s this new policy of light from 7pm to 7am in my area, and that puts a strain on me – because from 7am to 7pm, my most productive hours, I’ll have to do something else. My work involves about 30-plus hours of non-stop computer activity. There isn’t light for 12 so we have to run our generator for six-plus hours a day.” Necessity breeds innovation. Boluwatife Soloye, a 22-year-old model, recalls one day in secondary school. “I always left things until the last minute, and so I assumed I’d be able to iron in the morning – but when I woke up, there was no electricity. I panicked and started brainstorming. Eventually, I took an old iron in the house, placed it on the gas cooker and used it to iron. I had to wipe, iron, replace on cooker, repeat.” How is Lagos changing? The new governor, Akinwunmi Ambode, has vowed to fix the problem. His Light Up Lagos project aims to ensure 24-hour uninterrupted power supply to the whole city within two years. He also promised street lighting for all the city’s roads by December 2015. Although some roads remain unlit, there has been real progress, including the illumination of the Third Mainland Bridge, the most travelled in the country. But the 67 communities of Ibeju Lekki that have been in darkness for five years have yet to be connected to the national grid – though plans by Aliko Dangote, Africa’s richest man, to build a $9bn refinery nearby should encourage the effort. In the vacuum, private corporations have seen an opportunity. Mobile phone manufacturer Tecno installed a series of solar energy-powered streetlights in Computer Village, the IT hub on the mainland district; American rapper Akon has been the public face of a solar-powered football pitch project, sponsored by Shell. There is skepticism, however, that these initiatives are anything more than publicity stunts. Neither businesses nor individuals care who provides the power, as long as someone eventually does. Motunrayo Gomez, a communications employee, describes how her brother decided to splurge on solar panels the day after mistakenly spicing his soup with kerosene while cooking by torch during a blackout. “It was one of those periods of fuel scarcity, where a bachelor’s hungry stomach cannot wait for light to return,” Gomez says. “It was funny and sad at the time, but this is Lagos.” http://fafricanergy.com/2016/02/27/lagoss-blackout-nightmare-the-suburb-thats-been-in-darkness-for-five-years/
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Education / Re: The Best Business Schools In The World by Laclasse: 8:29am On Jan 30, 2016 |
davidif: That's you. It takes a lot of determination for self-learning. I know a lot of people doing online MBA these days. There are a lot of free materials all around the Web. You just need to dedicate time for these things. 1 Like |
Education / Re: The Best Business Schools In The World by Laclasse: 1:14pm On Jan 18, 2016 |
Nice inputs from davidif and sagamite. MBA is not really worth the stress and finance. There are lots of books free of charge where one can get knowledge for all that MBA is offering. Getting a certification could come in handy if you so much require the piece of paper. |
Nairaland / General / Re: Coogar Exposed As Credit Card Fraudster by Laclasse: 11:34pm On Nov 19, 2015 |
skyface00: You are a foooooooooool!!!!!!!!!!!! 4 Likes |
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