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People are misinterpreting the demands of Buhari, seeking a clue from Jonathan does not mean seeking direction,( among other meanings) to give accoount of your stewardship whether its good or bad.it is even in gejs interest because when buhari begins to make his findings, jonathan and is crew will not be there to defend themselves.

The OP failed the rule of bodmas by diving (10-10) by (10-10). You re expected to treat items in brackets first before division

This sound a good business. How much will the expeller collect. The only problem I see is the cost of logistics. By the way, Who takes the pkc ?

its a hoax



http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2007/12/071214-giant-skeleton_2.html

The National Geographic Society has not discovered ancient giant humans, despite rampant reports and pictures.

The hoax began with a doctored photo and later found a receptive online audience—thanks perhaps to the image's unintended religious connotation.

A digitally altered photograph created in 2002 shows a reclining giant surrounded by a wooden platform—with a shovel-wielding archaeologist thrown in for scale.

(Photo Gallery: "Giant Skeletons" Fuel Web Hoax)

By 2004 the "discovery" was being blogged and emailed all over the world—"Giant Skeleton Unearthed!"—and it's been enjoying a revival in 2007.

The photo fakery might be obvious to most people. But the tall tale refuses to lie down even five years later, if a continuing flow of emails to National Geographic News are any indication. (The National Geographic Society owns National Geographic News.)

The messages come from around the globe—Portugal, India, El Salvador, Malaysia, Africa, the Dominican Republic, Greece, Egypt, South Africa, Kenya. But they all ask the same question: Is it true?

Perpetuating the Myth

Helping to fuel the story's recent resurgence are a smattering of media outlets that have reported the find as fact.

An often cited March 2007 article in India's Hindu Voice monthly, for example, claimed that a National Geographic Society team, in collaboration with the Indian Army, had dug up a giant human skeleton in India.

"Recent exploration activity in the northern region of India uncovered a skeletal remains of a human of phenomenal size," the report read.

The story went on to say the discovery was made by a "National Geographic Team (India Division) with support from the Indian Army since the area comes under jurisdiction of the Army."
The account added that the team also found tablets with inscriptions that suggest the giant belonged to a race of superhumans that are mentioned in the Mahabharata, a Hindu epic poem from about 200 B.C.

"They were very tall, big and very powerful, such that they could put their arms around a tree trunk and uproot it," the report said, repeating claims that initially appeared

The monthly, which is based in Mumbai (Bombay), published a retraction after readers alerted Deivamuthu to the hoax, he said.

"We are against spreading lies and canards," Deivamuthu added. "Moreover, our readers are a highly intellectual class and will not brook any nonsense."

Other blog entries—such as a May 2007 posting on a site called Srini's Weblog—cite a report supposedly published in the Times of India on April 22, 2004. But a search of that newspaper's archive revealed no such article.

Arabian Giant

Variations of the giant photo hoax include alleged discovery of a 60- to 80-foot long (18- to 24-meter) human skeleton in Saudi Arabia. In one popular take, which likewise first surfaced in 2004, an oil-exploration team is said to have made the find.

Here the skeleton is held up as evidence of giants mentioned in Islamic, rather than Hindu, scriptures.

The Debunkers

Web sites dedicated to debunking urban legends and "netlore" picked up on the various giant hoaxes soon after they first appeared.

California-based Snopes.com, for example, noted that the skeleton image had been lifted from Worth1000, which hosts photo-manipulation competitions.

Titled "Giants," the skeleton-and-shoveler picture had won third place in a 2002 contest called "Archaeological Anomalies 2."

The image's creator—an illustrator from Canada who goes by the screen name IronKite—told National Geographic News via email that he had had nothing to do with the subsequent hoax.

He added that he wants to remain anonymous because some forums that debated whether the giant was genuine or not "were turning their entire argument into a religious one." It was argued, for instance, that the Saudi Arabian find was entirely consistent with the teachings of the Koran.

"This was about the same time that death threats and cash bounties were being issued against cartoonists and other industry professionals for doing things like depicting the Prophet Mohammed," IronKite wrote.

How the Image Was Made

IronKite started with an aerial photo of a mastodon excavation in Hyde Park, New York, in 2000. He then digitally superimposed a human skeleton over the beast's remains.

The later addition of a digging man presented the biggest technical challenge.

"If you look, he's holding a yellow-handled shovel, but there's nothing on the end," IronKite said.

"Originally, the spade end was there. But [it] looked like it was occupying the exact same space as the skeleton's temple, making the whole thing look fake.

"Now it looks like he's just holding a stick, and people don't notice. It's funny."

IronKite also altered the color of the man's clothing to create a "uniform tie-in" with the white-shirted observer peering down from the wooden platform.

The two figures work to exaggerate the scale of the skeleton, he added.

(Related: "Shark 'Photo of the Year' Is E-Mail Hoax" [March 8, 2005].)

IronKite said he's tickled that the picture—which took only about an hour and a half to create—has generated so much Internet attention.

"I laugh myself silly when some guy claims to know someone who was there, or even goes so far as to claim that he or she was there when they found the skeleton and took the picture," IronKite said.

"Sometimes people seem so desperate to believe in something that they lie to themselves, or exaggerate in order to make their own argument stronger."

Wanting to Believe

David Mikkelson of Snopes.com said such hoaxes succeed when they seem to confirm something people are already inclined to believe, such as a prejudice, political viewpoint, or religious belief.

A hoax also needs to be presented "in a framework that has the appearance of credibility," he said in an email.

The "ancient giant" has both elements, according to Mikkelson.

"It appeals to both a religious and a secular vision of the world as different and more fantastic than mere science would lead us to believe," he said.

"Proof," Mikkelson added, "comes in the form of a fairly convincing image."

For anyone who may have knowingly propagated the myth, Mikkelson added, the motivation "probably wasn't any different than the motivation for engaging in a game of ringing someone's doorbell and running away—because it's an easy way to have a laugh at someone else's expense."

Alex Boese, "curator" of the virtual Museum of Hoaxes, said fake giants have a long history going back to the at least the 1700s.

The recent hoax is reminiscent of the once famous Cardiff Giant myth, involving a ten-foot-tall (three-meter) stone figure dug up in 1869 in Cardiff, New York, Boese said.

Many people believed the figure was a petrified man and claimed he was one of the giants mentioned in the Bible's Book of Genesis: "There were giants in the Earth in those days."

Likewise, Boese said, the recent giant hoax "taps into people's desire for mystery and their desire to see concrete confirmation of religious legends."

National Geographic News photo editor Sebastian John contributed to this report.

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And why shouldn't electricals cost up to 300,000. This is average thinking. The right and wise approach is to find out what you are getting for a specific amount rather than question the amount itself because there is no guarantee cheaper means better value for money. When you look through the landscape of Nigerian enterprise you discover a viscious cycle of poverty caused by the failure to uphold standards. Cost should never be the most important factor.

If that's what you would pay for your so called quality materials for a 4 bedroom flat, someone is definitely reaping you off or you are simply off the mark with reference to the budget house the OP is talking about here. Take a tour of Alaba international and see how quality eletrical materials are priced.

Prices of quality ( Not premium ) Electrical accessories for a 4 bedroom. Flat.

1. 4mm, 6mm and 10mm single core cable red, blue and green - brand, Kablemetal, Nigerchin, Cutix ( 4 bundles of 4mm and 1 bundle of 6mm, 2 bundles of 10mm) @ N4k, N6k and N12k each
2. Wall brackets and Sockets ( 2 per room, 4 for the sitting room and 2 for the kitchen @ N250 each.
3. Wall fittings , 2 per room and 4 for the sitting room @ N600 each
4. Ceiling Fittings, 1 per room, 1 for sitting room, 1 each for toilets and bathroom and 4 for the externals @N1000 each
5. 25 units of 10mm Plastic Trunking lot @N150 per length, other accessories N2000
6. 20 units of 2 way Switches for all rooms @N200 each
7.1 unit of Kitchen Fitting @N5000
8. MDF@N10,000
9 External Wire from NEPa pole to meter single phase pair @N10,000

It is interesting reading all the divergent views here, while some believe that N3m is enough to build, others thinks it's simply a joke. Here are Lessons drawn,

1. We look at prisms from different perspectives, what is back to one is front to another. Tastes are different. While some were looking at the house to provide them luxury and comfort, others simply needed it to provide security and shelter. E.g someone added the cost of PoP, while others simply quoted for ordinary ceiling.
2. Laborers and builders have cheated so many people into believing that building houses are more expensive than they actually are, that explains why there are so many incomplete projects flying all over the country. Labour cost varies from one location to another,but you can bridge the gap by relocating labourers from areas of lower charges to areas of higher charges.
3. Ignorance is a limiter, if you desire to do a thing, learn all you can about it otherwise people will take advantage of you. E.g someone quoted electrical at N300k for electrical installations whereas it shouldn't cost more than N100k for the high end. He is probably talking from his experience.
4. If you believe you can, yes you can, if you believe you can't , yes you can't. Everyone is right.

Walk from Lagos to Otuoke in solidarity with GEJ

See daylight robbery here: they sell DPK at offshore location. Na wa o.

I wish Jega had given orubebe the gbadeyan treatment, that would have been sweeter than cocacola.

[quote author=Owliver post=33086280]If the northerners get education and invest more in this meeehn they'll be the strongest region economically and politically in Nigeria. Asin they'll be indisputably the greatest region of west Africa. But... But... But... Them no gree see road.[/quote

And with all the educated illiterates down south we can't produce our foods, we still have to go up North to get them.

Living in Nigeria with its peculiar electricity problem makes it almost mandatory to have a generator. Generators are fuel guzzlers and they leak the pockets dangerously. On the average, it cost about N60 per KWH to power a gasoline generator. The question on many mouths is what can be done to reduce the fuelling cost. To start with, let's understand how a generator works. A powered gasoline generator even without load consumes fuel. Let us call this the fixed energy cost. The higher the wattage of you generator, the more the fixed energy cost.For a 4kva, It consumes about 0.3litres per hour on no load ( this value may increase as the efficiency of the generator diminishes over time). The attached graph is the fuel consumption to load plot for a 4kva generator.

So if this generator is powered for 1 hours at a 50% load, it would have consumed 1.6 litres ( 0.41gallons) of gasoline (petrol) which at the going price of N87 will be N139.20. The KWH cost will be N139.20/(2kva (50% of 4kva) * 0.8( power factor)= N87 per KWH.

If the same generator is powered at 100% load, it would consume 2litre ( 0.55 gallons) which will cost N174. The KWH cost will now be N174/(4kva* 0.8 )= N54.30.

It is clear from above that pushing the generator towards its maximum load capacity maximizes our cost savings. In this case we are able to save N33 per KWH.

How can we use the above information to save us the cost of fueling.

1. Buy generators whose rating is about at least 75% of your load requirement. This could be tricky because our load requirements varies across the day. For example, we put on the Tv and lights during the day but we off them and instead put on the fans. Day load requirements for typical small families varies between 3kva during the day and 1.5kvA at night through to the morning.

2. Use an Inverter - an inverter helps to store excess energy from the generator. Assuming your total day load requirement is 3kVA and night load is 1.5kva, if you have an inverter with 2kva rating, one night of generator use would have fully charged the inverter which you can then use the next night. That would save you the cost of fueling the generator for that night. So instead of speeding N54 per hour for 2 nights, the N87 per hour spent the previous night would guarantee power the next night. That's a saving of N108-N87= N21. Using the inverter will also allow your generator to last longer because it now works less days.

This is just one more reason to use an inverter. We already know that Inverters saves you money also when the public power is available. Public power costs N21 per KWH.

MTN should be delisted from the SA stock exchange and instead listed on the Nigerian stock exchange to make it a truly Nigerian company.

Only good leadership makes great plan works, great plan without good leadership is a sitting duck.

benmuyiwa:
Lagbaja before you pass your judgement, you need to hear the two sides of the coin. She was originally mean to me.

You have told us your story and it shows that you are a pathetic looser and a very sad and demented person. If she sees this and she eventually sues you for character defamation then you will know she has not been mean to you before now.

I can't see what is wrong with paying N5000 to 25million unemployed Nigerians so long as they find a way to make it compulsory for the beneficiaries to patronize locally made goods and services. That's simply Keynesian economics, government creates demand which in turn creates a surge in supply by the private sector which in turns create jobs and many chain positive effects on the economy. it works ! Feeding school children with locally produced food will have a similar positive effect on the economy.

E. Their contract is over, they could not disenfranchise the North East enough to make their sponsor win.

While Xenophobia is an evil and should be totally resisted and purnished, let us not forget in a hurry that more than 100 South Africans died in the tragic Sinagogue building collapse last year, these people had families and children. SA did not for that reason go on the streets to kill Nigerians even while it was observed to be an avoidable incidence. Let us observe restraint and also guard our utterance, two wrongs does not make right.

This poll is more balanced than the current one.

The person taking the picture stands on a platform to take it. There is no platform at the back except at the front, therefore the person is at the front and by inference, the cat is going up.

Vodkka:
Emetu okponwuo

Botanical name is mimosa pudica. Yoruba calls ewe padimo.

boluwajokosegun:
@glowdot4, pls check the analysis given by lagbaja carefuly
4% of 60kg of gilt weight is 2.4kg of feed that the 60kg pig will eat in a day so in a month it will be 2.4kg X 30 days = 72kg
Hence if your feed is made at N60 per kg then 72kg will be comsumed by a pig in a month will cost 72kg X N60 =N4,320
Then 6 gilts of same sizes & weights will eat N4,320 X 6 = N25,920 worth of feed in a month
So in 6 months 6 gilts of same sizes & weights will eat N25,920 X 6months = N155,520 worth of feed
But mind you since they are pregnant they will eat more as they increase in size per month before they liter and as soon as they litter after 3moths 3 weeks 3 days 3 hrs 3min 3sec , the sow will eat more to breast feed the piglets well & to get robust sizes piglets.
Also on or before 8 weeks the piglets may start to eat part of the feed so tat feed will not take them 6 months.
So pig business must be calculated well ordewise you may not get the good result.
Thanks to Oga Lagbaja, am not disputing your advise but l only notice a small oversight. You can still view my analysis & make correction.
Many Thanks
Pls also stick to the final advice made by Lagbaja below:
My advice for you is to agree with him on a feed routine as above, get his feed formula and the cost of the feeds, do your maths. Also, be there when the feed is purchased.

Thanks for the correction Boluwajokosegun, there was an error in my calculation. I Agee 100% with your analysis. Your man may be right after all, just be vigilante nonetheless.

glowdot4:
Wow, great house indeed. Lagbaja n Boluwajokosegun many tanx for your time. More questions please, I will keep asking until I get my bearing pls bear with me. Is maize chaff from pap(left over after sieving for ogi) safe for the animals and how will it be presented(dry or wet). How safe is cassava peel or flakes and how will it be fed? Can they be fed along side other feeds? Then what is the different btwn the local pkc and industrial pkc? Thank you for your help so far.

Maize chaff from pap is very rich in protein. It's good for your pigs. You can feed them wet or dry. Cassava peel is equally ok, ensile it to make it safe. Local pkc is first crush, they have better smell loved by pigs and has more oil than the industrial ones.

glowdot4:
Help!!!!!!
I am starting my farm wit 6 pigs so I employed an experienced attendant that will help take care of d pigs because am still working. The pigs will arrive my farm already crossed (largewhite crossed with durok),the attendant is asking for 50k to buy feed(pkc,bdg,groundnut cake,industrial salt and soy meal) then I asked how long will they eat it, he said 2-3 months. Is pig rearing that expensive? I thought I should share with you. My farm is in apata in ibadan and this is my first time wit pigs. Sincerely I dnt ve 50k to buy feeds. He said its beter to buy d feeds in bulk dan buying piece meal. Pls I need your input asap, I cnt be milked on ur watch.

He may be trying to rip you off. I am guessing your pigs are gilts ( about to cross ). Your pigs should eat 4% of their body weight daily. Assuming they are already 60kg, it means they should eat about 2.4kg each per day. If your compounded feed cost per kg is N60 ( reasonable price ), each will eat N1500 worth of feed per month. For 6 pigs, that's about N9000 and for 3 months, about N27k.

My advice for you is to agree with him on a feed routine as above, get his feed formula and the cost of the feeds, do your maths. Also, be there when the feed is purchased.

Some people are pained. E pele o! , you can take panadol and alomo, it works wonders. Sai Baba Sai Osinbajo.

Buhari scored more than 25% in 27 states.

Buhari for change, GEJ for transformation in trepidation

GEJ is a certificated illiterate ( no be me talk am, na pat utomi)

OluBendel:
Yea. very interesting indeed! Could be the reason behind PDP's morbid fear of Card readers!

Yes, it is.