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Devastating. May the victims rest in peace and may their families find comfort

Mikenikel:
Sorry for being a bother. Is it a naira denominated debit card ? I'm asking because I also used a debit card (GTB) but no show

You can use try another debit card.
I used fmcb master card.

Mayordanny:
Hello,

I am applying for study visa, and I am planning on staying with a family friend, what document does he need to provide or just address will suffice.

Also I keep seeing 'explaining big lump sums in the account' for proof of fund, how will that be done, like will I have to write an accompanying letter too and date those transactions?

For the gap year part, I guess NYSC certificate should do part of the job and also my place of work doesnt have an official employment letter, what else can be used in that case ( I have LIRS monthly tax remission emails tho).

And for the VFS, how many photocopy of each documents is suggested and also should I do the photocopies and passport photographs there?

Thanks

Staying with a family friend – Just providing their address may not be enough. It’s best if your friend writes a short accommodation letter stating you’ll be staying with them, along with a copy of their ID and maybe a utility bill showing their address.


2. Big lump sums in account – Yes, you’ll need to explain any large deposits in a letter of explanation. Mention the date, amount, source (e.g., gift, savings transfer, business income), and why it’s in your account. Just keep it clear and honest.


3. Gap year / Employment without letter – Your NYSC certificate definitely helps. Since there’s no official employment letter, your LIRS monthly tax remittance emails are strong supporting evidence. You can also add a short personal statement explaining your work history and role at the place.


4. VFS submission – One photocopy of each document is usually enough, but it's safer to carry 2 sets just in case.
For passport photos and photocopies, it’s cheaper and faster if you do them beforehand. VFS can do them too, but they may charge more.

Yes

ekpotek:
Thank you. So I do not need to submit any original documents apart from my bank statements.

ekpotek:
Hi all Irish visa applicants,

My appointment for a visitor visa is next week. Please, how many copies should accompany the original document? Must all copies be in colour? Thank you

Make sure you have all the copies of the documents you plan to submit. Photocopy them in coloured format and separate them properly to avoid any confusion. Don’t photocopy the bank statement—they will collect all the documents, so be careful not to submit your original by mistake, as they won’t be returning it. It’s better to do all your photocopying at home to avoid unnecessary expenses.

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Samuelon:
What details did you give them?

I ordered since may
AliExpress standard shipping
No tracking was not updated

HarrierJumpJet:
when did you order them?
what shipping method?
was the tracking info updated when it arrived?

Items received yesterday, don't wait for PO to call you. Go their and claim your parcel

Yes I have, but I messaged the seller to still ship in

VeeVeeMyLuv:
have you been debited?

Guys, I mistakenly cancelled my order after purchase, what can I do?

What a goal by Leo messi..
I had goosebumps ..
Hail the king of football.

cultism will destroy your LIFE.
say no to CULTISM!!!

A very deep story though.!

Just ignore and mind your business..
E go met em for front

Love yours..jcole
'D good news nigga you came a long way"
"D bad news nigga you went the wrong way"

Its the interpretation that's matter here.

Penisinpenisout:
Chill pill or black pill? Won't this kind of thinking lead some people to Nihilism?

Life has taught me that everything is ultimately meaningless. Our existence, our accomplishments, our failures, our petty and great worries, our passions, our experiences.... Everything! All transient and meaningless in the ultimate scheme of things.
This lesson, if internalised, would force you to swallow a massive chill pill.

eTECTIVe:
Didn't bother to read d epistle, too long. In summary dat guy is an alien.. Science cannot prove wat he does

You can as well go through it. I promise you, you will enjoy it while reading the article.

Lionel Messi may have been scientifically destined to be the greatest dribbler of a football.

This is a bold statement, I know, and I imagine many Brazil fans are already taking to their keyboards to protest, citing Garrincha and Pele. But looking at the smaller and lighter frame of the Argentinian, it’s clear to see that he’s practically been custom-built for speed, agility and balance.

Biomechanically, you’d struggle to create anything much more perfect in the lab.

Secondly, it’s the way he has honed and refined his own distinct style of play to suit his particular skill set and stature in an era often dominated by footballing giants.


Yes, granted, Pele is one of the most celebrated players in the sport's history—and deservedly so—but he didn’t play during a time of advanced sports science. A time when players are transformed into bigger, stronger and scarier versions of themselves, like Gareth Bale and David De Gea, the latter observed in a report from the Express.

Messi basically had to become a prolific dribbler. He wasn’t going to "muscle" his way through a team’s defence so instead he learned to glide through it. If you watch the below video montage, the words "knife" and "butter" spring to mind.


So how did he do it? Is his dribbling ability innate and genetic? Or is it something you can learn? If it's the latter, can sports science decode Messi’s abilities and create a blueprint to produce a team of dribbling phenoms? The answer—as you’d expect—is a little complicated, but the insight is fascinating.



Nature vs. Nurture

No article concerning Lionel Messi’s athletic ability would be complete without first addressing the nature vs. nurture debate. This is because it’s well documented Messi was told at a young age he was "too small to play" football, as reported in the Mirror. It was believed to be due to "hormonal problems," and leading medical professionals believed "he would grow no taller than 4'7"."


Now, consider research published in the British Journal of Sports Medicine states: "Within the field of sports science, elite performance is understood to be the result of both training and genetic factors."

This means Messi developed as a young player while being dramatically handicapped by "genetic factors." Far smaller and physically less mature than his team-mates, it could be argued the "training" aspect of his development compensated—and thrived—in view of his genetic disadvantage.

Therefore, in theory, the strange circumstances under which he grew up could have played a pivotal role in producing a dribbling maestro; skill, stamina, balance, speed and agility all dramatically improving only to then be chemically enhanced by hormone treatment that helped him grow to 5'6", according to Barcelona’s website.

Essentially, when Barcelona’s sporting director Carles Rexach famously signed Messi with a contract on the back of a serviette, what he was in fact signing was a child prodigy who’d been playing with the genetic "handbrake" on. Once that handbrake was lifted, the result was a multiple Ballon d’Or winner.



Footballing Speed, Strength and Endurance

An often overlooked aspect of all great dribblers of the ball is their combination of speed and endurance.

Research conducted by scientists from the School of Human Sciences at Liverpool John Moores University in the UK found: "Unorthodox modes of motion—running backwards and sideways, accelerating, decelerating and changing direction—accentuate the metabolic loading."


Put simply, the unpredictable way in which Messi dances around opposition is arguably far more tiring than a straight sprint down the wing. The latter, of course, looks great on a statistic sheet, but doesn’t "accentuate the metabolic loading” like scientists propose Messi’s style of play does.

This is an idea supported by research published in the Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport entitled "The Net Physiological Cost of Dribbling a Soccer Ball," which concluded: "Dribbling a ball does significantly increase the energy cost and perceived exertion of motion, as well as inducing rises in blood lactate when performed at high speeds."

"Blood lactate" refers to the lactic acid accumulation in the muscles—the burning sensation you feel during bouts of intense exercise—and is followed by fatigue and a reduction in performance. This again supports the theory a great dribbler of the ball must be gifted with speed and endurance in a football-specific context.

So, revisiting the nature vs. nurture debate surrounding Messi, could it be this part of his game improved far beyond anybody else’s due to his smaller stature?

Scientists from the Department of Sports Sciences at the University of Beira Interior, Covilha, Portugal, found that anaerobic power (essentially speed and power) was influenced by "30 to 90 percent" by genetic factors and peak oxygen uptake (endurance) was influenced by "40 to 70 percent."


Therefore, it’s clear Messi was naturally gifted with endurance and speed, just not height and a good skeletal structure. But once this was hormonally corrected by Barcelona’s medical team, it’s possible the way "genetic factors" and "training" work together to produce elite performance—as described by the British Journal of Sports Medicine—had already worked in his favour.

This is, of course, all theoretical, but do you think he would have trained so hard on his dribbling, sprinting and endurance when in Barcelona’s youth setup if he was a 6'5" beast? My guess is probably not, and the below video seems to support this idea.




Footballing Efficiency

This point might be highly contested, but based on the above research that shows dribbling puts high energy demands on the body, it’s clear a great dribbler of the ball is also an efficient dribbler of the ball. For this reason, articles like the one published in ESPN entitled "Stats Show Messi’s Lack of Influence" which states the following may be a little harsh:

Atletico won 1-0 on the night, to progress 2-1 on aggregate, and afterwards UEFA's official game statistics showed Messi ran just 6.8 kilometres in the almost 95 minutes of play. This was only 1.4 km more than Barca keeper Jose Manuel Pinto and just over half of the 12.2 km ran by Atletico's match winner Koke.

Again, to quote sports scientists from the School of Human Sciences at Liverpool John Moores University, "The distance covered by players tends to under-reflect the energy expended."

So, is it possible Messi just understands the art of dribbling better than sports academics and statisticians?




Footballing Biomechanics

But the final proof of Messi’s dribbling genius actually comes from a laboratory test in which Cristiano Ronaldo competed against Spanish 100-metre sprint champion Angel David Rodriguez Garcia.


As noted in the above video, former British sprinter Darren Campbell believes he loses the 25-metre sprint performed in a straight line due to his poor linear biomechanics. But it’s the same style that meant he was able to beat the Spanish sprinter in a 25-metre zig-zag test of speed and agility.

Essentially, footballers with a shorter running stride and lower centre of gravity are able to decelerate quickly, anticipate changes in motion and accelerate quickly.

While Ronaldo is obviously an extremely gifted sprinter and dribbler of the ball, he’s also over 6" tall. Therefore, he’s had to adapt a shorter running stride and lower centre of gravity. To Messi, however, this low centre of gravity and natural agility was just inherited.

In summary, football is highly complex, and many would argue sports science is unable to methodically make sense of a player's ability. But what's clear in the case of Lionel Messi is unusual environmental and genetic factors all had a part to play in producing one of the greatest dribblers of the ball the game has ever known.


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Base on experience

Godswillnwaoma:
100% true

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It's better you act as if you don't love her.

Treat her like a rag then she will love you.

Be nice to her then she will take you for granted. So show some bad boy character and don't be a yes man

Don't be too close to her, give her some distance and she will value you and this is where economics comes which says that scarcity creates value.

Don't give her much money even if you have much to spend, but make her believe you have money by spending it on yourself.

Don't call her everyday keep some space.





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Op if you like emulate me or you keep being mugu to women.

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Nigeria navy secondary school navy town OJO Lagos..

Pls there was mistake on my result slip.. different DOB instead of 1998 it's showing 1999..
Pls hope it won't affect my admission process.. during post UTMe screening.

I can't be disappointed...shey I no tell you say na iPod again.

weed that leaves you sitting there giggling for twenty minutes, your legs numb, your mind completely bricked, and your hands so twitchy you keep scratching your crotch or whatever you lay your hands on.

It's back.

Oh gadhh..what's dis? Them dey do d one from village

Ayam not understand..
Pls are u guys sharing Xmas jollof rice?