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The President wakes up. He slept very late last
night. It is in the nature of the calling – a
series of late-night meetings that stretch well
into the next day. Last night, there was the one
with the two friendly state governors, who
brought a list of allegedly disloyal ministers.
After that, the party executives, who wanted to
discuss the forthcoming governorship election
in one of those troubled states.
What state, by the way, isn’t a troubled one in
this country, when you think of Ebola and
Boko Haram and the marauding herdsmen?
Not to talk of politicians themselves and their
endless “wahala”.
Speaking of Ebola, it was the issue on the table
for the President’s third late-night meeting.
But it was a boring meeting; full of confusing
numbers and epidemiological jargon. It
reminded the President of the time when he
had to make a living teaching. Teaching
students who had no desire to learn, in a
university that had no desire to stay open. The
humdrum-ness of it all still sometimes
produces a sinking feeling in his stomach.
Years of waking up, praying the Datsun
Bluebird would start without fuss. It now
seems like that life was lived on another
planet.
The President sits up in bed, yawns and
stretches. He is alone, the Madam is
somewhere in Europe inaugurating a warship,
or was it a new wardrobe. He tries to
remember what day of the week it is. That’s
the problem with this office – time is no
longer your own. You are surrounded by an
infinite number of persons whose job it is to
snatch time out of your hands. People think
the President is powerful. But he is not as
powerful as those people; who make him do
stuffs he has not the slightest clue about.
The President steps out of bed, with no idea
what his day might look like. He reaches for
the bell, to summon help. Just before he
presses the button, there is a knock on the
door. He makes his way to the door. The image
that flashes through his mind is a strange one:
what if the Villa has been overrun by hostile
forces, and he is about to be captured like
Laurent Gbagbo or Samuel Doe. But this is
Nigeria, not Ivory Coast or Liberia, and Nigeria
is not at war.
Nigeria is not at war. Nigeria is not at war.
Technically, that might not be true. Boko
Haram is no longer a terrorist group in that
sense, it is now an army, if what you read is to
be believed. That is another problem with
being President. How do you know what to
believe? You can’t just jump into your car and
drive off to Maiduguri to seek the truth. Every
movement has to be choreographed; every step
pre-planned. Those security people are tyrants.
You can’t go here or there, can’t do this or
that. They relish the hold they have over the
C-in-C. What’s the point of being the most
powerful person in the country if other people
have to make decisions for you?
The President can’t even keep money in his
own name – other people have to do it for
you. Any one of those small boys who loiter
around his office probably has more money
underneath his bed than the President has ever
seen in his life. Without these people, the
President is a snot-nosed little boy crying and
wondering where mummy is. Half of the things
done in the President’s name, he has no idea.
Half of the statements credited to “the
Presidency” have nothing to do with him. Most
of the money taken in his name will never
come near him.
The President opens the door. It is the Private
Secretary, the Aide de Camp, and the
spokesman. They all look tired; they went to
bed at the same time but have to wake up well
before the President. Because they are not the
president. That is the edge he has. People have
to at least pretend to respect him.
The men instantly proceed to do what they’re
paid to do: snatch time out of his hands. He
can hear Time crying like a baby, as these
marauders drive the rusty dagger of
officialdom into its beating heart.
The spokesman hands him a sheet of paper on
which the day’s news has been summarised.
The President has a feeling that his people
sometimes strive to protect him from too
much bad news, but the news these days is so
full of badness you can’t conceal much from
anyone. Ah, here’s some good news: the
military has retaken the town they lost to Boko
Haram. Good news, if true. But how is a
President to know for sure that these military
people and the journalists are not lying? The
President knows he needs people who can tell
him the truth.
Preferably, those who can do it without
abusing him every time. Not every time abuse
President. Sometimes, take it easy. The weight
of their name-calling has convinced even
search-engines to believe the worst about him.
Do they know how painful it is? Do they ever
think that his children might also be on the
Internet reading these things?
The President’s consolation lies in what some
of his “enemies” have said about him. The Emir
said he is a good man surrounded by bad
people. The Pastor who recently wanted to
become Vice-President said he is trying his
best but that that best is not good enough. But
he also admitted that Nigeria is a complicated
country. That’s comforting, somewhat.
Nigeria is a complicated country. Everybody
wants something, and everybody assumes that
their chances of getting what they want are
tied to their ability to prevent everyone else
from getting what they want. Does that make
sense? Trapped in the madness is the
President, listening to millions of opinions,
trying to satisfy as many people as possible.
The President is thinking of a scheme that will
allow government critics to experience the
office of President for a day, or a week.
Something like what they do in Lagos, where
schoolkids get the chance to be Governor for a
day. Let them feel the pressure a little. On
such a day, when the reins of government are
left in the hands of one of those many
noisemakers, the President imagines himself
disappearing to his village in the creeks, where
he will smuggle himself onto a canoe and just
float gently down the river, pretending he is
just a poor fisherman with nary a care in the
world.
But he can immediately list at least 15
powerful people who will instantly overrule the
idea. And they can get the security people to
write a thousand-page report on why it would
be a bad idea. And they will leak the idea to
the papers and everyone will pounce on it and
find their own sinister explanation.
The President realises that managing his own
camp – analysing people’s motivations, keeping
them loyal, pretending to be in control – is
perhaps even more difficult than running the
goddamn country.
Someone coughs, to jolt the President out of
his reverie. It is the ADC. Ah, right, where
were we? What am I doing today? The answers
tumble out.
A National Summit on Education and Security,
to be declared open at 10. (He is going to be
late, he knows, but they will have to wait for
him). Then, it’s back to the office, for eight
courtesy visits and two presentations of
ambassadorial letters of credence; to eat up
the time until lunch. The entire afternoon will
be expended on visits from party chieftains
and godfathers, all of who insist they have
important matters to discuss; none of whom a
sitting President can afford to disdain. (Even
the almighty Baba had to do plenty of begging
to get a second term). At 6pm, he has to take
a call from the White House. What is he going
to tell Obama? At 7pm, there will be a
Presidential Media chat; to provide fresh
material for all who delight in abusing him. At
8pm, he has to host the “Transformation
Ambassadors” to dinner. (He should remember
to ask who’s funding them). At 10pm, the
kitchen cabinet will assemble, to drink and
gossip and strategise, until the early hours.
And then, the President will go to bed, to
dream that Abu Shekau, chewing-stick-in-
mouth, is chasing him around Eagle Square,
while Nigerians point and laugh.

www.punchng.com/opinion/a-day-in-the-presidents-life/

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A struggling Korean baseball team have
invented a novel way to improve
atmosphere at their matches - by bringing
in a crowd of robot fans.
Hanwha Eagles supporters not able to get to
the stadium can control the robot over the
internet.
The bots can cheer, chant and perform a
Mexican wave - but presumably not invade the
pitch.
One expert said giving more fans a chance to
"attend" was important for professional clubs.
This was especially the case with top football
teams, Matt Cutler, editor of SportBusiness
International, told the BBC.
"If you look at all the big clubs, you can't just
get a season ticket - you have to sit on a
waiting list.
"There is also potential monetisation. You can
charge, even if it's a small amount, to give
fans a different kind of viewpoint."
Football fan John Hemmingham, who runs the
famous England supporters brass band, saw the
funny side.
"What happens if a robotic fan misbehaves?"
he joked.
"Gets aggressive, abusive, spills a drink... I can
see it being fraught with danger. What if it sits
in the wrong section? A robotic hooligan!"
Chickens
It is not easy being a Hanwha Eagles fan. In
the past five years, they have suffered more
than 400 losses - so many that fans of the
team are regarded with a degree of sympathy,
and have earned the nickname Buddhist Saints.
Users can upload their own face to the robot
so it can be seen at the stadium
Less friendly opposition fans describe them as
the Hanwha Chickens.
But those who cannot make it to the stadium
now have the option of having a robot stand in
for them.
As well as being able to control some robot
movements, fans can upload their own face to
the machine.
Sport for all
While the robots supporting Hanwha will be
dismissed as a gimmick by most diehard fans
of any sport, there are other, more serious
attempts to help more people experience
matches.
As part of Japan's unsuccessful bid for the
2022 World Cup, the country said it hoped to
re-create live matches using holographic
technology in other locations. It would mean,
in theory, that several stadiums full of fans
could be watching the same match at once.
Development on the technology was halted
when Japan lost its bid, with Fifa instead
choosing Qatar to host the 2022 tournament.
Independent experts were sceptical the virtual
reality plan could have ever worked - but
praised the ambition.
In the nearer term, simple technology
additions to stadiums and arenas are already
changing how we enjoy sport.
"Within a short amount of time, nearly every
Premier League stadium will have wi-fi," said
Mr Cutler.
"Everyone's got a phone with them, checking
other things. The days have gone where people
are completely engrossed in the match."

http://m.bbc.com/news/technology-28484536

Apatheist: You hate the Catholic Church this much?
Them dey spoil business for your church?
Sorry.

mba ma brother

The destruction of Jerusalem

The Kaaba in Mecca

The Three kids that the Virgin Mary appeared to

http://www.redicecreations.com/specialreports/2006/04apr/catholicislam.html

The destruction of Jerusalem

"The pope realized what they had created was
out of control when he heard they were
calling "His Holiness" an infidel. The Muslim
generals were determined to conquer the
world for Allah and now they turned toward
Europe. Islamic ambassadors approached the
pope and asked for papal bulls to give them
permission to invade European countries.
"The Vatican was outraged; war was inevitable.
Temporal power and control of the world was
considered the basic right of the pope. He
wouldn't think of sharing it with those whom
he considered heathens.
"The pope raised up his armies and called
them crusades to hold back the children of
Ishmael from grabbing Catholic Europe. The
crusades lasted centuries and Jerusalem
slipped out of the pope's hands.
"Turkey fell and Spain and Portugal were
invaded by Islamic forces. In Portugal, they
called a mountain village "Fatima" in honor of
Muhammad's daughter, never dreaming it
would become world famous.
"Years later when the Muslim armies were
poised on the islands of Sardinia and Corsica,
to invade Italy, there was a serious problem.
The Islamic generals realized they were too far
extended. It was time for peace talks. One of
the negotiators was Francis of Assisi.
"As a result, the Muslims were allowed to
occupy Turkey in a "Christian" world, and the
Catholics were allowed to occupy Lebanon in
the Arab world. It was also agreed that the
Muslims could build mosques in Catholic
countries without interference as long as
Roman Catholicism could flourish Arab
countries.
"Cardinal Bea told us in Vatican briefings that
both the Muslims and Roman Catholics agreed
to block and destroy the efforts of their
common enemy, Bible-believing Christianm
missionaries. Through these concordats, Satan
blocked the children of Ishmael from a
knowledge of Scripture and the truth.
"A light control was kept on Muslims from the
Ayatollah down through the Islamic priests,
nuns and monks. The Vatican also engineers a
campaign of hatred between the Muslim Arabs
and the Jews. Before this, they had co-existed
peacefully.
"The Islamic community looks on the Bible-
believing missionary as a devil who brings
poison to the children of Allah. This explains
years of ministry in those countries with little
results.
"The next plan was to control Islam. In 1910,
Portugal was going Socialistic. Red flags were
appearing and the Catholic Church was facing
a major problem. Increasing numbers were
against the church.
"The Jesuits wanted Russia involved, and the
location of this vision at Fatima could play a
key part in pulling Islam to the Mother
Church.

"In 1917, the Virgin appeared in Fatima. "The
Mother of God" was a smashing success,
playing to overflow crowds. As a result, the
Socialists of Portugal suffered a major defeat.
"Roman Catholics world-wide began praying
for the conversion of Russia and the Jesuits
invented the Novenas to Fatima which they
could perform throughout North Africa,
spreading good public relations to the Muslim
world. The Arabs thought they were honoring
the daughter of Muhammad, which is what the
Jesuits wanted them to believe.
"As a result of the vision of Fatima, Pope Pius
XII ordered his Nazi army to crush Russia and
the Orthodox religion and make Russia Roman
Catholic." A few years after he lost World war
II, Pope Pius XII startled the world with his
phoney dancing sun vision to keep Fatima in
the news. It was great religious show biz and
the world swallowed it.
"Not surprisingly, Pope Pius was the only one
to see this vision. As a result, a group of
followers has grown into a Blue Army world-
wide, totaling millions of faithful Roman
Catholics ready to die for the blessed virgin.
"But we
haven't seen
anything
yet. The
Jesuits have
their Virgin
Mary
scheduled
to appear
four or five
times in
China,
Russia, and
major
appearance
in the U.S.
"What has this got to do with Islam? Note
Bishop Sheen's
statement: "Our Lady's appearances at Fatima
marked the turning point in the history of the
world's 350 million Muslims. After the death
of his daughter, Muhammad wrote that she "is
the most holy of all women in Paradise, next
to Mary."
"He believed that the Virgin Mary chose to be
known as Our Lady of Fatima as a sign and a
pledge that the Muslims who believe in
Christ's virgin birth, will come to believe in
His divinity.
"Bishop Sheen pointed out that the pilgrim
virgin statues of Our Lady of Fatima were
enthusiastically received by Muslims in Africa,
India, and elsewhere, and that many Muslims
are now coming into the Roman Catholic
Church."

"What I'm
going to tell
you is what I
learned in
secret
briefings in
the Vatican
when I was a
Jesuit priest,
under oath
and induction. A Jesuit cardinal named
Augustine Bea showed us how desperately the
Roman Catholics wanted Jerusalem at the end
of the third century. Because of its religious
history and its strategic location, the Holy City
was considered a priceless treasure. A scheme
had to be developed to make Jerusalem a
Roman Catholic city.
"The great untapped source of manpower that
could do this job was the children of Ishmael.
The poor Arabs fell victim to one of the most
clever plans ever devised by the powers of
darkness. Early Christians went everywhere
with the gospel setting up small churches, but
they met heavy opposition. Both the Jews and
the Roman government persecuted the
believers in Christ to stop their spread. But
the Jews rebelled against Rome, and in 70 AD,
Roman armies under General Titus smashed
Jerusalem and destroyed the great Jewish
temple which was the heart of Jewish
worship...in fulfillment of Christ's prophecy in
Matthew 24:2.
"On this holy placed today where the temple
once stood, the Dome of the Rock Mosque
stands as Islam's second most holy place.
Sweeping changes were in the wind.
Corruption, apathy, greed, cruelty, perversion
and rebellion were eating at the Roman
Empire, and it was ready to collapse. The
persecution against Christians was useless as
they continued to lay down their lives for the
gospel of Christ.
"The only way Satan could stop this thrust was
to create a counterfeit "Christian" religion to
destroy the work of God. The solution was in
Rome. Their religion had come from ancient
Babylon and all it needed was a face-lift. This
didn't happen overnight, but began in the
writings of the 'early church fathers'.
"It was through their writings that a new
religion would take shape. The statue of
Jupiter in Rome was eventually called St. Peter,
and the statue of Venus was changed to the
Virgin Mary. The site chosen for its
headquarters was on one of the seven hills
called 'Vaticanus', the place of the diving
serpent where the Satanic temple of Janus
stood.
"The great counterfeit religion was Roman
Catholicism, called 'Mystery, Babylon the
Great, the Mother of Harlots and
Abominations of the Earth'- Revelation 17:5.
She was raised up to block the gospel,
slaughter the believers in Christ, establish
religions, create wars and make the nations
drunk with the wine of her fornication as we
will see.
"Three major religions have one thing in
common - each has a holy place where they
look for guidance. Roman Catholicism looks to
the Vatican as the Holy City. The Jews look to
the wailing wall in Jerusalem, and the Muslims
look to Mecca as their Holy City. Each group
believes that they receive certain types of
blessings for the rest of their lives for visiting
their holy place. In the beginning, Arab
visitors would bring gifts to the 'House of
God', and the keepers of the Kaaba were
gracious to all who came. Some brought their
idols and, not wanting to offend these people,
their idols were placed inside the sanctuary. It
is said that the Jews looked upon the Kaaba as
an outlying tabernacle of the Lord with
veneration until it became polluted with idols.

"In a tribal contention over a well(Zamzam)
the treasure of the Kaaba and the offerings
that pilgrims had given were dumped down
the well and it was filled with sand - it
disappeared. Many years later Adb Al-Muttalib
was given visions telling him where to find the
well and its treasure. He became the hero of
Mecca, and he was destined to become the
grandfather of Muhammad. Before this time,
Augustine became the bishop of North Africa
and was effective in winning Arabs to Roman
Catholicism, including whole tribes. It was
among these Arab converts to Catholicism that
the concept of looking for an Arab prophet
developed.
"Muhammad's father died from illness and
sons born to great Arab families in places like
Mecca were sent into the desert to be suckled
and weaned and spend some of their
childhood with Bedouin tribes for training and
to avoid the plagues in the cities.
"After his mother and grandfather also died,
Muhammad was with his uncle when a Roman
Catholic monk learned of his identity and said,
"Take your brother's son back to his country
and guard him against the Jews, for by god, if
they see him and know of him that which I
know, they will construe evil against him.
Great things are in store for this brother's son
of yours."
"The Roman Catholic monk had fanned the
flames for future Jewish persecutions at the
hands of the followers of Muhammad. The
Vatican desperately wanted Jerusalem because
of its religious significance, but was blocked
by the Jews.
"Another problem was the true Christians in
North Africa who preached the gospel. Roman
Catholicism was growing in power, but would
not tolerate opposition. Somehow the Vatican
had to create a weapon to eliminate both the
Jews and the true Christian believers who
refused to accept Roman Catholicism. Lookng
to North Africa, they saw the multitudes of
Arabs as a source of manpower to do their
dirty work. Some Arabs had become Roman
Catholic, and could be used in reporting
information to leaders in Rome. Others were
used in an underground spy network to carry
out Rome's master plan to control the great
multitudes of Arabs who rejected Catholicism.
When 'St Augustine' appeared on the scene, he
knew what was going on. His monasteries
served as bases to seek out and destroy Bible
manuscripts owned by the true Christians.
"The Vatican wanted to create a messiah for
the Arabs, someone they could raise up as a
great leader, a man with charisma whom they
could train, and eventually unite all the non-
Catholic Arabs behind him, creating a mighty
army that would ultimately capture Jerusalem
for the pope. In the Vatican briefing, Cardinal
Bea told us this story:
'A wealthy Arabian lady who was a
faithful follower of the pope played a
tremendous part in this drama. She was
a widow named Khadijah. She gave her
wealth to the church and retired to a
convent, but was given an assignment.
She was to find a brilliant young man
who could be used by the Vatican to
create a new religion and become the
messiah for the children of Ishmael.
Khadijah had a cousin named
Waraquah,, who was also a very faithful
Roman Catholic and the Vatican placed
him in a critical role as Muhammad's
advisor. He had tremendous influence
on Muhammad.
'Teachers were sent to young
Muhammad and he had intensive
training. Muhammad studied the works
of St. Augustine which prepared him for
his "great calling." The Vatican had
Catholic Arabs across North Africa
spread the story of a great one who was
about to rise up among the people and
be the chosen one of their God.
'While Muhammad was being prepared,
he was told that his enemies were the
Jews and that the only true Christians
were Roman Catholic. He was taught
that others calling themselves Christians
were actually wicked impostors and
should be destroyed. Many Muslims
believe this.
'Muhammad began receiving "divine
revelations" and his wife's Catholic
cousin Waraquah helped interpret them.
From this came the Koran. In the fifth
year of Muhammad's mission,
persecution came against his followers
because they refused to worship the
idols in the Kaaba.
'Muhammad instructed some of them to
flee to Abysinnia where Negus, the
Roman Catholic king accepted them
because Muhammad's views on the
virgin Mary were so close to Roman
Catholic doctrine. These Muslims
received protection from Catholic kings
because of Muhammad's revelations.
'Muhammad later conquered Mecca and
the Kaaba was cleared of idols. History
proves that before Islam came into
existence, the Sabeans in Arabia
worshiped the moon-god who was
married to the sun-god. They gave birth
to three goddesses who were
worshipped throughout the Arab world
as "Daughters of Allah" An idol
excavated at Hazor in Palestine in
1950's shows Allah sitting on a throne
with the crescent moon on his chest.
'Muhammad claimed he had a vision
from Allah and was told, "You are the
messenger of Allah." This began his
career as a prophet and he received
many messages. By the time Muhammad
died, the religion of Islam was
exploding. The nomadic Arab tribes
were joining forces in the name of Allah
and his prophet, Muhammad.
'Some of Muhammad's writings were
placed in the Koran, others were never
published. They are now in the hands of
high ranking holy men (Ayatollahs) in
the Islamic faith.'
"When Cardinal Bea shared with us in the
Vatican, he said, these writings are guarded
because they contain information that links
the Vatican to the creation of Islam. Both
sides have so much information on each
other, that if exposed, it could create such a
scandal that it would be a disaster for both
religions.
"In their "holy" book, the Koran, Christ is
regarded as only a prophet. If the pope was
His representative on earth, then he also must
be a prophet of God. This caused the followers
of Muhammad to fear and respect the pope as
another "holy man."
"The pope moved quickly and issued bulls
granting the Arab generals permission to
invade and conquer the nations of North
Africa. The Vatican helped to finance the
building of these massive Islamic armies in
exchange for three favors:
1. Eliminate the Jews and Christians
(true believers, which they called
infidels).
2. Protect the Augustinian Monks and
Roman Catholics.
3. Conquer Jerusalem for "His Holiness"
in the Vatican.
"As time went by, the power of Islam became
tremendous - Jews and true Christians were
slaughtered, and Jerusalem fell into their
hands. Roman Catholics were never attacked,
nor were their shrines, during this time. But
when the pope asked for Jerusalem, he was
surprised at their denial! The Arab generals
had such military success that they could not
be intimidated by the pope - nothing could
stand in the way of their own plan.
"Under Waraquah's direction, Muhammad
wrote that Abraham offered Ishmael as a
sacrifice. The Bible says that Isaac was the
sacrifice, but Muhammad removed Isaac's
name and inserted Ishmael's name. As a result
of this and Muhammad's vision, the faithful
Muslims built a mosque, the Dome of the
Rock, in Ishmael's honor on the site of the
Jewish temple that was destroyed in 70 AD.
This made Jerusalem the 2nd most holy place
in the Islam faith. How could they give such a
sacred shrine to the pope without causing a
revolt?

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Nobody could accuse the richest people in
Germany of flaunting their wealth, quite
the opposite.
With the death of Karl Albrecht, there was no
announcement for nearly a week, and not until
the small, private funeral was over. He and his
brother, Theo, had turned their mother's small
grocery store in the Ruhr into Aldi, one of the
world's biggest supermarket chains, but the
habits and thoughts of this mega-business
mogul were unknown.
For the obituaries the German papers could
only trace bland statements he had made in
1953 and 1971.
This was not a chatty public figure. He grew
orchids, apparently, and played golf - but on
his own, private golf course. In the absence of
a public presence, a legend grew around him.
The brothers, ex-employees said, would keep
accounts using stubs of old pencils, almost too
short to hold. It is said that they once told
architects designing a new store that they were
using paper that was too thick.
It was this frugality which set the Albrecht
brothers on the road to super-rich status.

After the war, they took over the grocery store
and set up a company called Aldi after
Albrecht Diskont.
They pared the costs to the bone, dispensing
with advertising and relying on the reputation
for low prices. They sold what sold quickly,
only 300 items initially.
Even shelves were thought to be too
extravagant - after all shelves had to be
stacked and that meant stackers and that
meant wages. Instead, the goods were
deposited, in the stores on the pallets on
which they arrived.
Even today, Aldi stores usually offer no more
than 2,000 products compared with the
45,000 products for other chains.
Food tended to be in tins because fresh food
cost money to store. Managers had no
telephones - they were told to use the nearest
pay phone.
When Theo was kidnapped in 1971, Karl
negotiated - over some days, according to the
German media - and then paid the ransom
which, legend has it, he tried to offset against
tax.
If Karl Albrecht was reclusive, the head of the
rival Lidl chain is positively invisible.
There are only two photographs in existence of
Dieter Schwarz, and one of those is in black-
and-white. He may be the 25th richest man on
the planet but nobody outside his closest
circle knows anything about what he thinks or
does.
It is the same with the Quandt family which
owns BMW. The product may be a symbol of
conspicuous consumption but they are a
symbol of inconspicuous taciturnity.
Take the case of Susanne Klatten, the daughter
of the industrialist Herbert Quandt, the man
who made BMW the luxury-car colossus it is
today. She was left 12.5 % of BMW.
With her other business interests, she is the
44th richest person in the world, but a woman
with a low profile. When she started in
business, learning at the bottom, as an
apprentice, she worked at a BMW factory
under a false name.
The man she married never knew her real
identity until the romance was solid.

It would be tempting to draw big conclusions
about the reticence of Germany's super-rich.
In the US and Britain, business people are part
of public life. Warren Buffett gives press
conferences. Bill Gates tours the world,
banging the drum for measures to prevent
disease. Every American city has a museum or
a medical research centre or a university
department named after a local moneybags.
But the German way with money is to keep it
quiet.
It is partly because frugality is a virtue, a
matter of morality and not just of wise
behaviour. And maybe, after the experience of
Theo Albrecht, privacy means you're less likely
to get kidnapped.
It is not the kind of place then to approve of
young millionaires roaring around in expensive
cars - they may make the Porsches and the
BMWs but it's for others to rev them up and
show off.
The figures show that private wealth in
Germany is more unevenly distributed than in
any other country in the eurozone. While the
richest 1% have personal wealth of just short
of one million euros on average, a quarter of
adult Germans have no wealth or even owe
money.
But because those with the money keep their
heads down, it doesn't always show.

http://m.bbc.com/news/magazine-28472884

Susanne Klatten is Germany's richest woman

Christian ate during the day within the
Muslim holy month of Ramadan
Five other men, who were Muslims, were
flogged for not fasting
Christians have been persecuted under
the country's Sharia law
An Iranian judge sentenced a Christian man to
have his lips burnt with a cigarette for eating
during the day in the Muslim holy month of
Ramadan.
The barbaric punishment was carried out in
public in a square in the city of Kermanshah.
Five other Muslim men were also flogged in
public with 70 lashes for not fasting during
Ramadan, the city's deputy governor Ali Ashraf
Karami said.
A spokesperson from The National Council of
Resistance of Iran, a political coalition which
opposes the government, denounced the
treatment as 'savage' and called on western
countries to take action.
They said: 'The silence of the world
community, especially of western countries,
vis-à-vis these medieval punishments under the
excuse of having nuclear talks with Iran has
intensified the brutal and systematic violation
of human rights in Iran.
'This will ultimately embolden the Iranian
regime to continue its nuclear projects more
than before.'
But earlier this year the UN blasted Iran for
the persecution of Christians in a damning
report laid bare to the world in March.
The detailed report found that Iran has
continued to imprison Christians for their faith
and designated house churches and evangelical
Christians as 'threats to national security.'

At least 49 Christians were among 307
religious minorities being held in Iranian jails
as of January 2014, noted the UN, which also
criticised the regime for its hostility to Jews,
Baha’is, Zoroastrians and Dervish Muslims.
In its annual report on people imprisoned for
their faith around the world, the Brussels-
based organization Human Rights Without
Frontiers (HRWF) named Iran as one of five
countries with the largest number of 'freedom
of religion or belief prisoners.'
There are an estimated 250,000 Christians in
Iran's 76 million strong population.
They all face torture, imprisonment or the
death sentence under Sharia law for not
observing Islamic religious festivals and dress
codes.
Thousands of persecuted Christians have fled
the country, which saw Hossein Soodmand
hanged in 2008 for following the faith.

www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2702774/Christian-sentenced-Iranian-judge-lips-burnt-cigarette-eating-Ramadan.html

explosion has occurred in central Kaduna
killing at least 10 people, a witness has said.
The blast occurred Wednesday afternoon along
Isa Kaita road which leads to the popular
Murtala Square.
A witness said the explosion is believed to have
been targeted at the convoy a prominent
Islamic cleric, Sheikh Dahiru Bauchi, who was
on his way to the Square.
The witness, Hassan Mohammed, told
PREMIUM TIMES that the bomb, concealed in a
red Volkswagen golf car parked by the road
side, was detonated as the cleric’s convoy
drove past.
The sheikh escaped unhurt, the witness said.
“As I speak to you now, I can see many bodies
on the ground,” Mr. Mohammed said.
The police could not be immediately reached.
But the witness said security and emergency
officials have arrived at the scene evacuating
the victims of the blast.
The blast is the second targeting Mr. Bauchi in
Kaduna State. In June, an explosion occurred
near his house injuring one person.
The Sheikh is a known critic of the extremist
Boko Haram sect. It is however not clear
whether the group is responsible for the
attack.

http://m.premiumtimesng.com/news/165413-breaking-bomb-rocks-kaduna-many-feared-dead.html

No wonder! This explains the Traffic Jam along the Kaduna-Abuja expressway in Gonin gora. Someone just called my mum now about it

No wonder! This explains the Traffic Jam along the Kaduna-Abuja expressway in Gonin gora.

Sometime ago, I had a very unproductive
argument with some friends. I was asked to
choose between a corrupt but competent
president and an incompetent president. I
refused to choose either. But, seriously, an
incompetent president would bring down the
whole house without even realising what he
had just done. It’s only an incompetent
president that would withdraw policemen from
a governor because the governor has
appointed someone he didn’t like as Emir of
Kano. It is only an incompetent president that
would send policemen to take over the Emir of
Kano’s palace because he didn’t like the Emir,
preposterous as that may sound. It is only an
incompetent president that would shut down
an airport because he wanted to truncate the
activities of opposition governors. It is only an
extremely incompetent president that would
think he could bribe members of the houses of
assembly of opposition states to impeach
opposition governors or even give the
governors the option of declaring for the PDP
if they wanted to escape impeachment, as was
done to Governor Murtala Nyako. And a
president would need to be extremely
incompetent to think that he could encourage
the impeachment of all opposition governors
and nothing would happen, even if that was
obviously dumb. It takes extraordinary
incompetence to think that you could organise
the impeachment of governors Nyako, Al-
Makura, Amaechi, Kwankwaso, Okorocha,
Oshiomhole, AbdulFatah and Ajimobi, all of
them opposition governors, and nothing would
happen. As I write this, members of the
Nasarawa State House of Assembly, who should
be answering questions from the EFCC if the
country were working for their role in the N30
billion bond, are being prepared to impeach
Governor Al-Makura from Abuja

http://samfornigeria.com/my-father-at-80/

Sometime ago, I had a very unproductive
argument with some friends. I was asked to
choose between a corrupt but competent
president and an incompetent president. I
refused to choose either.

But, seriously, an
incompetent president would bring down the
whole house without even realising what he
had just done.

It’s only an incompetent president that would withdraw policemen from a governor because the governor has
appointed someone he didn’t like as Emir of
Kano.
It is only an incompetent president that
would send policemen to take over the Emir of
Kano’s palace because he didn’t like the Emir,
preposterous as that may sound.
It is only an
incompetent president that would shut down
an airport because he wanted to truncate the
activities of opposition governors.
It is only an
extremely incompetent president that would
think he could bribe members of the houses of
assembly of opposition states to impeach
opposition governors or even give the
governors the option of declaring for the PDP
if they wanted to escape impeachment, as was
done to Governor Murtala Nyako. And a
president would need to be extremely
incompetent to think that he could encourage
the impeachment of all opposition governors
and nothing would happen, even if that was
obviously dumb.

It takes extraordinary
incompetence to think that you could organise
the impeachment of governors Nyako, Al-
Makura, Amaechi, Kwankwaso, Okorocha,
Oshiomhole, AbdulFatah and Ajimobi, all of
them opposition governors, and nothing would
happen.
As I write this, members of the
Nasarawa State House of Assembly, who should
be answering questions from the EFCC if the
country were working for their role in the N30
billion bond, are being prepared to impeach
Governor Al-Makura from Abuja.

Which would you choose? Corrupt but competent Or Incompetent?

http://samfornigeria.com/my-father-at-80/

When she comes back, give her a treat of Love that she has never seen from you
Do it with feeling and sincerly without any tought of what she might think of it. You might continue this for 3 days, 1 week, as you wish. Dont "kill" urself trying to defend yoursef.
Always tell and SHOW her you Love her no matter what! Tell us the story.

@Natifa, what kind of guy is that you love but has no respect for your dignity, virtue, even your personality as a Lady? How can he be "angry" at you for not allowing you have s*x wit him? He's not your husband, he doesnt even respect you your person, your stand for a virtous woman! A he's "angry" ? FOR WHAT?
How many ladies have this sense of chastity and moral strength of yours? Kai, Let him GO! GO! GO!
Continue with this stand of yours and you'll NEVER regret it when the REAL MAN comes, who will DIE for your character!
Angry ke? abegi!

Now, let’s be honest here: The majority of
married couples don’t actually get around to
having sex on their wedding night. You might
as well scrap what watching all those rom-
coms taught you. After all the craziness that is
surviving your wedding day in tact, you’re
usually drunk, exhausted, or both by the time
you get back to your room. That said, who
wants to be a statistic? (Especially on their
wedding night.) We didn’t!
I say, add “getting laid” to your wedding day
to-do-list, right alongside all the other tasks
you’ll go bat shit crazy over seeing go undone.
And, if you’re gonna make it a priority, you
might as well do it right. Men, here’s a handy
little guide to what your wife-to-be will really
want to get out of the evening’s activities, and
ladies, here’s your first official “honey do” list.

A Good Laugh
Undressing is sexy; slipping out of a 20-pound
gown is not. It will be funny, and you should
laugh long and hard about it. The same goes
for all the other “bloopers” you’re bound to
experience that night.

Naughty Vows
You’ve already vowed to cherish and protect
each other at all costs. Now it’s time to make
the juicier promises you fully intend to keep.
You get where I’m going with this, right? Let’s
keep this post safe for work and let you fill in
the blanks.

Background Music
This is the part where the movies got it right.
Nothing sets the mood quite like a naughty
playlist. [Insert her favorite slow jams here.]

Compliments
Every woman wants to be told they’re the most
beautiful bride in the world on the big day. If
your betrothed says she doesn’t want the same
shameless flattery between the sheets on the
big night, she’s lying. Case closed.

Liquid Confidence
Nerves and weddings go hand in hand – even
when you’ve known each other forever. Bring
your bubbly of choice to the bedroom and
pour as you play.

Something for All Her Senses
You’ve got the touching covered, but what
about her other senses? Be sure the room is
scented, styled, and soundproofed to
perfection. And, don’t forget the sweets.

An Orgasm
Memo to all men: Your wedding night is not
the time to go all selfish on your fiancée –
save that for marriage. (I kid!)

pre-intimacy
Slow things down – what’s the rush? The rest
of the day will already feel like a blur by the
time you enter your suite, so the after party is
your chance to take your time and make more
lasting memories.

Romance (Obviously!)
If your wife-to-be actually walked across the
threshold, there are no lit candles in sight, and
no flowers to be found, men, you have already
failed her – try not to make it a habit when
you get home.

Comfort
I have nothing against bathroom sex, floor sex,
or even patio sex – they’re a real rush!– but no
woman wants to wake up the morning after
her wedding with weird bruises in unwanted
places and zero recollection of how they got
there. That’s the complete opposite of
romantic.

True Passion
Skip the clichés and tell her what it really feels
like to be laying next to the woman of your
dreams on the most magical night of your life

http://manwifeanddog.com/2012/06/20/11-things-women-really-want-from-wedding-night-sex/

Bjfirst: for most virgins, virginity is not dignity, its just lack of opportunity. especially d guys

The Most "WRONGEST" statement i'v heard 2day. I'm 27, had numerous so called 'opportunities' but never usd it coz, Guy, I value my Virginity above my body. I believe and convinced it'll be worth the wait.
Its just mentallity. What you dont Want, you dont Watch(give attention to, you dont Let) and what you dnt resist has a right to remain.
I am a 27 year old MAN . I Am Virgin. A Proud One! Never Regreting! God Bless U.

Most couples live together, to save money
and for convenience. Living together offers
a real-life compatibility test, to boot! But
here’s why you should think twice if you
want that ring.

Question:

Dear Loni,
My mother says if I move in with my
boyfriend, he’ll never marry me. Is she right?

Answer:
Your mom doesn’t want you shacking up with
someone because you’re her baby and she is
trying to protect you. You know the saying
“Why buy the cow when you can get the milk
for free?” Your mother is trying to keep you
from being a cow . . . a mad cow, that is.
If marriage is your goal, then your mom is
right: you need to be very careful about
moving in together, because once a girlfriend
moves in, it’s very easy for her to start acting
like a wife. And if you play the role without a
ring, you’re in big trouble.
My friend Cathy had been dating Jim for two
years when Jim suggested they move in
together. Cathy thought living together would
be a perfect way for her to show him how
wonderful his life would be if the two of them
got married. As soon as she moved in, Cathy
went into “wife mode,” cooking and cleaning
and doing Jim’s laundry. She spent all her
social time with Jim’s friends and family. She
opened a joint bank account and tried sexual
positions she had promised herself she would
only do when she was married. After two
years, it occurred to Cathy that maybe Jim
hadn’t proposed because he was getting the
milk for free. So Cathy went on strike and
started acting like a roommate instead of a
spouse.
Cathy would make herself lavish dinners for
one and hand Jim the stack of takeout menus.
When Jim had a hard day at work, she would
pretend to listen to him complain while texting
her friends about what to wear to the club.
When Jim’s mom came over for a visit, Cathy
would leave. After three months of Cathy’s
friend-with-no-benefits behavior, Jim had had
enough. He wanted his wifey back, but this
time he knew he had to do it her way. He
proposed, and now the two of them have been
happily married for five years. The moral of
the story is, if you want to be married, don’t
act like a wife until you’ve got that ring on
your finger.

http://www.tipsonlifeandlove.com/love-and-relationships/why-you-shouldnt-live-with-him-before-marriage

Most couples live together, to save money
and for convenience. Living together offers
a real-life compatibility test, to boot! But
here’s why you should think twice if you
want that ring.

Question:

Dear Loni,
My mother says if I move in with my
boyfriend, he’ll never marry me. Is she right?

Answer:
Your mom doesn’t want you shacking up with
someone because you’re her baby and she is
trying to protect you. You know the saying
“Why buy the cow when you can get the milk
for free?” Your mother is trying to keep you
from being a cow . . . a mad cow, that is.
If marriage is your goal, then your mom is
right: you need to be very careful about
moving in together, because once a girlfriend
moves in, it’s very easy for her to start acting
like a wife. And if you play the role without a
ring, you’re in big trouble.
My friend Cathy had been dating Jim for two
years when Jim suggested they move in
together. Cathy thought living together would
be a perfect way for her to show him how
wonderful his life would be if the two of them
got married. As soon as she moved in, Cathy
went into “wife mode,” cooking and cleaning
and doing Jim’s laundry. She spent all her
social time with Jim’s friends and family. She
opened a joint bank account and tried sexual
positions she had promised herself she would
only do when she was married. After two
years, it occurred to Cathy that maybe Jim
hadn’t proposed because he was getting the
milk for free. So Cathy went on strike and
started acting like a roommate instead of a
spouse.
Cathy would make herself lavish dinners for
one and hand Jim the stack of takeout menus.
When Jim had a hard day at work, she would
pretend to listen to him complain while texting
her friends about what to wear to the club.
When Jim’s mom came over for a visit, Cathy
would leave. After three months of Cathy’s
friend-with-no-benefits behavior, Jim had had
enough. He wanted his wifey back, but this
time he knew he had to do it her way. He
proposed, and now the two of them have been
happily married for five years. The moral of
the story is, if you want to be married, don’t
act like a wife until you’ve got that ring on
your finger.

andromida: I don' understand this.

she xists. but she doesnt know how i TRULY love her. I havnt told her yet

andromida: You mean the object of your affection does not know you exist?

negative. bt d knowledge and intensity of d "yuve", yes.

Dygeasy: If you're man enough, drop your internet banking username and the babe's birthdate.

k sir

cowardice. tank u.

mencade5: op love is an imagination.

Ever since i realised that these imagination made me think like a foool i have learnt to control it and erase it completely when it fades away.

Dont be a foool for love. Use your brain

am i alright. can it last 4 years? it has in me

I dont even want u to know i am the writer if you are in NL!
My heart bleeds for you honey!