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Thanks for the info, OP. Pls check your link; it's faulty.

This is definitely not a pleasant New Year gift to those who will be affected...

Councils which cause potholes will be named and shamed...

Councils which cause potholes by failing to maintain their roads properly will be "named and shamed" and denied access to government funding.

Ministers have announced that local authorities will be given £1 billion a year to maintain their roads, enough to fill in 18 million potholes.
However Robert Goodwill, the roads minister, said that £100 billion of the funding will be reserved for the best performing authorities.
He warned that local authorities which "run around like headless chickens" trying to fill in potholes because they have failed to invest enough in their roads will not benefit.

He said that the government is also planning to introduce a "traffic light" system which will allow the public to identify the best and worst performing local authorities in Britain.

He told The Telegraph: "In the past failure has been rewarded and success has been penalized. A council would come cap in hand and say we've got all these terrible roads in such a state, please give us some more money.
"In some cases that was because they were a local authority that was not as effective at deploying the money they had been given.
"We've all seen that the councils dump a bit of lukewarm tarmac in the hole, stamp it down and they think they've done a repair and then they're surprised when six to twelve months later it reappears.
"If a local authority isn't managing its roads properly then it's going to cost them even more money."
"We are moving away from a system where councils which performed badly were rewarded by being given additional money to mend their potholes. The ones performing well almost penalized themselves because they were getting on top of the problem therefore their funding would have possibly declined."

The government will give councils £6 billion between 2015 and 2021 for maintaining their roads. A total of £578 million of the funding will be set aside for an "incentive fund scheme" which will for the first time reward the best councils for managing their roads.
Patrick McLoughlin, the transport secretary, said: “Roads play a significant part in everyday life. Poorly maintained local roads, blighted by potholes, are a menace to all road users, particularly during the festive period as people travel to see family and friends.
“It is vital we have good quality roads. This government has already taken strong action by spending £1 billion more on local roads maintenance than was spent in the previous parliament.
“The £6 billion funding I am announcing today will put an end to short term fixes and will mean we have committed £10 billion between 2010 and 2021.
“This huge investment is part of our long term economic plan to ensure we have a transport network fit for the 21st century.”

A-R-S-E-N-A-L!!!





On a serious note, who in UEFA composed this list? And what were the criteria used?

Front-row seat...

If you ask me, na who I go ask?

Have you ever dreamt of meeting Giants or Lilliputians in their everyday life? The work of Ron Mueck makes your dream become true. This Australian artist creates amazing hyper-realist sculptures.
He plays with proportion to make basic people becoming huge, or small. It can be scary…

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The Post of the Month Award belongs to this OP...

Front row seat... Check
Jotter and Pen... Check
Pop Corn... Check
A drink... Check

@ OP: Please continue.

FG should bid to host the tournament asap. That way, we won't need to worry about whether the Super Eagles will qualify.

An article saying Sean “Diddy” Combs was arrested for the murder of Tupac Shakur 18 years ago is fake. Diddy wrote on Twitter: “Don’t say a word.. just kill em with success.”

It was first posted to MostExtremeNews.com, a fake news website, about a week ago.

However, it was later posted on so-called “satire” site Huzlers.com. “On Thursday, September 17th, 2014 the arrest of Sean ‘Puffy’ Combs may have been undertaken by authorities for the 1996 murder of Tupac Shakur on the Las Vegas, Nevada Strip. Associates in Combs’ organization have indicated off-the-record that, yes, Sean Combs was in fact under arrest. This disclosure comes just days after the 18th anniversary of the so far unsolved murder of the mega-superstar, Tupac Shakur,” it says.

According to a disclaimer on the site, “Huzlers.com is a combination of real shocking news and satirical entertainment to keep its visitors in a state of disbelief.”

http://www.theepochtimes.com/n3/971131-tupac-shakur-diddy-hoax-sean-puffy-combs-bad-boy-arrested-for-2pac-murder-is-fake-update/

OP, irrespective of the challenges, I believe you have a lot of things going for you. You only need to find a calm and mature way of COMMUNICATING your concerns/hurts to your wife. Have an open heart-to-heart conversation with her and you may be surprised that she's hurting too.

From your comments, your wife is a good woman, so you must be determined not to lose her. Someone once told me that marriage is about making a commitment to do what is right, irrespective of what the other person does. You CAN CHOOSE to make this commitment.

You should also channel your anger (and jealousy) into more constructive activities that can help you get back on your feet quickly. Please stay strong; the storm won't last forever.

I sincerely wish you the best in your marriage.

OP: This story may not be true, afterall. Please see: http://www.theepochtimes.com/n3/866705-lil-wayne-hiv-aids-rumors-arent-true-from-fake-news-sites/

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Hmmmmmmmmmmmmm.

I agree with you, Bro. Well-said!

As a recruiter, I have seen a lot of candidates who are "victims" of wrong (and oftentimes compelled) choices at undergraduate level.
The problem is caused by: our faulty educational system; our prejudiced value system (the society is quick to attach prestige to certain disciplines); parental and peer pressure; JAMB frustration and so on.
I believe Nigerian students are very smart and if given the right conditions they'll make right choices.

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