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inspired_m: You're Very Wrong Sir With all Due Respect.

There Cant be NEW If there wasnt An OLD.

You cant USe "ALL NEW "for What NEVER Existed.

The Term "All New" is Used When A Newer Styling DIFFERENT from the OLDER VErsion is Released

2009 - 2012 Toyota Venza was the OLD Versions.

The 2013 is ALL NEW Cos the Styling Is totally Different For the Front and Rear End from the OLDER 2009 - 2012 Versions, SO ITS ALL NEW.

This Styling may be Retained till 2016 Before Re-Styled again.

Any Newer Styling Becomes ALL NEW Even if the Model had existed for 100 Years

Cheers
Inspired

You are the expert sir. Though I wouldn't call the 2013 styling markedly different from previous years - just mid cycle facelift imo. Think Toyota will give the Venza a whole new look for 2015 or 2016, in line with their new design theme. They did exact same thing with the Highlander, face lifted it in 2011 and now have a completely new design for 2014 model.

Still a great vehicle u brought in here. Ur oil and gas chap should be pleased.

Fruittyswaqboii: iAgree with you. What I'm trying to say is that the term "All new" is used when the car is just introduced. For example the venza was said to be "All new" when it was announced in 2007. Later models/generations are not referred to as being "All new".

Ok. I get you. You are right - the Venza just got some minor external tweeking for 2013.

Fruittyswaqboii: May be brand new, but definitely not all new. This is the 2nd generation of the toyota Venza

It's the 2013 model. Same front as in the pic below from Toyota.com

Rimbaldi: @ bolded
the news crew should get their facts right before rushing to the prints. The said luxury bus contained 30 passengers as it was a small luxury bus not all those big luxury bus. At least the manifest provided for FRSC shows 30 names, some didn't include phone number nor next of kin number. R.I.P. to the departed.

Nothing will be done to fix the road as has been the case for many years unless a govt official dies there, and chances of that happening is very slim as they can pay anything to bump a passenger off a flight and get the ticket. They don't use our highways, but one day one day...

According to eyewitness, the accident occurred at Ugbogui, near Ofosu, in Ovia South-West when a cement-laden trailer reportedly had a burst tyre and rammed into a petrol tanker carrying fuel. The fuel tanker had hit a fully loaded luxury bus, which burst into flames.

Seems cause was largely poor driving and poorly maintained vehicles. To be fair to state and FG, some improvements can be seen in roads. Improvements seriously needed in enforcing speed limits and vehicle roadworthiness.

Sad. What a waste. Seems to be caused by bad driving and poorly maintained vehicles. Sad.

a4.hafoe:
yea bro,dy dn unda stand d Quran becoz dy knw not abt tafsir,and again dy dnt knw wot jihad truly means,inspite explaining to a friend of mine abt wot d tru jihad is,d guy stil tink i am tryin to defend islam,wheras i am explaining islam doctrines to him...ALLAH IS GREAT.

Fact is that there's something that makes some Muslims to fight and kill others, especially non-Muslims for purely religious reasons. It's not just a Nigerian thing. Muslims fight Buddhists in Myanmar, Jews in the Middle East, Christians in Egypt, Nigeria, etc. It's why churches get burnt and people killed in Nigeria over some cartoon or movie in another continent.

You Muslims should stop burying your head under the sand and honestly look at why this happens. Those same verses you are interpreting have been expressly quoted by terrorists as the basis for their violent attacks. Put your house in order.

Non-Muslims view Islam based on what they see- by their fruits U shall know them- and what they see is not peace, far from it. It's not non-Muslims that need convincing that 'Islam is peace' but the Muslims terrorists, which according to you, are the ones misunderstanding Islam. Go teach them.

a4.hafoe:
shay u c nw,u say mak e promise dm presidency and later u wud say dm dy fight 4 muslim cause...nawao

My point is that Northern Elders like Buhari, Emirs with influence can use such influence to galvanize the people to vanquish the religious crack head BH, if they truly care about the North. The Elders have refused to do so for their own selfish political gains, instead preferring to whine over GEJ daily.

So, is this Venza spoken for or it's available. Pricing? Does the Nav work in Lagos?

everyday: Lat the president look for something to avail the situation quickly.How can you live in a country with fear

And what would the President do? Solution lies in State/communal Police, but the same North won't allow it.

bharseeth: Me finks BH is a political propaganda. Same as Sept 11 was. I stil kip wondering hw a plane (made of light metal) cld bring down (straight down) not tilt or collapse sideways, a building made of STEEL. + how cld such happen to a "secured" place like d USA.(Get the video "fahrenheit 9/11" PS. Dnt confuse d lang n dressing for Islam. BH is unislamic. Religion is a thing of the mind. Come to think of it, religion is our major drawback in Nigeria. Sorry to say. We jus fight n argue all d tym. Wasting precious time, energy, our various gifts n abilities. If amnesty wud help, so be it! May God help Nigeria.

Fact is Amnesty can't help. What will gov't offer people who want Sharia in all Nigeria? People who will happily kill a non-Muslim for being a non-Muslim. What's the sense behind bombing and shooting at churches except deep seated hatred for non-Muslims? How do you appease such? Waiting for GEJ to perform this Amnesty miracle.

Only thing that may happen is GEJ promising the Northern Elders something substantial like the Presidency then they'll turn against BH and vanquish them. Only fellow Northerners can vanquish BH, but for now they'll allow the killings to continue - after all, as they reason, it rubbishes the current and hated FG.

Ibime: I've been watching GOT since the day it aired. Great epic but you don't relate with the characters cos they are too many and don't get enough airtime.

Gimme Spartacus anyday. You lock on to the characters and follow them through. Spartacus is so brilliant that even with low production budget, jobbing Australian unknown actors and fake CGI, it became a cult classic. You cheer for the characters from day one. Forget Tyrian Lannister, give me Gannicus, Krixus and Doctore any day.

But if you like series, you need to check out Breaking Bad. There is a reason it beat Spartacus, GOT and Boardwalk Empire to be named best series of 2012.

I'll check out Breaking Bad - heard much about it. Still prefer GOT to Spartacus. Spartacus is more fast paced, but the blood-splattering gore of some the fight scenes seems a bit senseless at times. Sometimes I think it's violent just for the fun of it. Still want to see how/if Spartacus outwits Crassus - history says Spartacus failed, sadly.

GOT has got so many stories coming together, many powerful entities vying for the Iron throne- it's fun to see it all unfold.

donroxy: U know what, thats what the Nigerian Police,Army,Civil Defence..........JTFs is trying to do....Apprehend the insurgents,charge them to court of competence jurisdiction and be sentenced.....

Remember,we do not have Sharia Police but Nigerian Police Force among othe Security agencies which is guided by the Constition of FRN not Sharia......

Lets assume the insurgents were all arrested,the could be charged in competent court of jurisdiction( sharia court or High court)..... Then we may now be talking of how to cut dem hands and legs......!!!

So are u saying the adulterers and thieves are arrested by the FG Police and handed over to the Sharia courts? Of what use is the Sharia then? And why is the North so against state/communal/ local/Sharia police, which is the simple and logical solution to this insurgency? Seems like tacit collusion with the terrorists.

Ibime: Problem with GOT is too many characters. You don't get into their story.

Story is as clear as day. Start from Season 1. And subtitles may help.

Some people here are retarded. Why would anyone support terrorists bombing of telecoms infrastructure used by all?

GOT has a much deeper story. And the gore in Spartacus is a turn off sometimes. But then Spartacus is largely a true story while GOT is fiction to the core.

Anyway GOT wins.

donroxy: The Muslim cleric can't ''enforce'' it since Nigeria as a state has her Constitution not Sharia law.....!!!


Enforcement lies with the Government therefore any muslim clerics who enforces anything contrary to constitution of Nigeria is a crime in itself.....!!!

But these killings are done mostly done in the 12 states or so with Sharia as law. If the Sharia courts can enforce cutting off body members of thieves and sentence women to be stoned for adultery, why not sentence BH members for killing innocents?

Yeah. Etisalat's been acting up lately. Still better than MTN though.

Fact remains that BH is doing what we are seeing world over - some Muslims being comfortable in killing innocents to further their cause.

And the line "more Muslims have been killed by BH" is quite lame. Must be in all those mosques bombed by BH!

Hope the FG don't buckle to the Northern Elders' blackmail and grant Amnesty. It won't work anyway as these BH fools are not motivated by money.

Great article on why Amnesty should not be granted to these crack heads -http://saharareporters.com/article/we-talk-about-amnesty-if-things-are-ordinary-tunji-abayomi

[b] We Talk About Amnesty As If Things Are Ordinary By Tunji Abayomi


No to amnesty! I say No! If we must die,let us not die like dogs.

And if negotiation for amnesty is warranted then let the leaders of the North, who having abandoned their children to be anything, do the negotiation; let them secure the assurance of peace from their children, let them do what is needful for the North some of them love more than Nigeria. Let them do something new for Nigeria.

No to amnesty! I agree with President Goodluck Jonathan but for a different reason. No! am against Amnesty not because Boko Haram is invisible. To the contrary, Boko Haram is very visible in the bombed U.N House and the international workers that died, it is visible in the thousands of Nigerians already murdered in cold blood, it is visible in the churches that have been burnt with helpless worshipers, it visible in the schools senselessly razed down in defeat of the hopes of our children, it is very visible in the many that are terminally wounded in this one – way unprovoked war declared on us. Boko Haram is very visible in the amputees, it is visible in the young children and the fetus in the womb who are denied the right to life. It is visible in the horrible reputation imposed on our nation. It is visible in the unmitigated pains and trauma of parents. Boko Haram is very visible in the shattered buses and bodies of Kano. It is visible in the jail breaks and the scattered Police Stations and very visible in the many senselessly gunned down people in the North.

No! It is not because Boko Haram is not visible that I am against amnesty. It is for the simple reason that we must not as a people or as a Nation surrender our liberty to mass murderers.

Those who talk of amnesty should tell us what Boko Haram wants so that we can find a subject matter upon which negotiation can be erected. They should tell us what to negotiate with extremists and in-humanists whose principle is to murder innocent citizens in cold blood simply because they belong not to their religion which they disrespectfully misunderstand and misapply. They should tell us what will be the purpose of negotiation with illiterates who find power in guns, who insist we should return by force to the Stone Age. Will amnesty change their awful belief that “to kill is a righteous service to Allah" and shout it on the mountain top. No! to amnesty for Boko Haram! No to amnesty, for what is amnesty in Nigeria at any rate other than another corrupt appeasement of illegality and evil.

I also say no to the nations that find explanation for Boko Haram’s terror in poverty. I ask, is there any part of this nation that knows no poverty? I demand, must we wage war on life to conquer poverty? Those who are genuinely poor don’t manufacture bombs, they don’t carry AK – 47s, they don’t boast of evil on the internet. They don’t cut people’s throats while desecrating the Koran by reading it in support of cold blooded murder. Poor people that I know in the North and all over Nigeria don’t maim the poor. What they do is to work in pursuit of freedom from poverty like the ones that helped my mother to give me an education. Poverty cannot justify the choice of evil, after-all; all men know something about poverty.

As a nation, we need to be responsible,and if we are, instead of Amnesty, what we need to do is to arm ourselves in full defense of our liberty, if only to honor the many wailings from the graves that Boko Haram gave to the many who are guaranteed the right to life by our laws and custom but who were mercilessly wasted by Boko Haram.

Nigeria North, for your interest and our benefit, I say no, no to Amnesty! [/b]