Car Fuel Saving Tips, You May Find Useful

1. Shift to Neutral When Stopped.
Notice that shifting your automatic or manual transmission into neutral calms down your engine note and drops the rpm. That saves gas. Shift into neutral even for a long traffic light.

2. Don't Rev the Engine Before Shutting Off the Ignition
Many of us learned to do this on carburetor-equipped engines in the belief that stomping the gas pedal as we turned off the switch would "prime" the carb (put a jolt of gasoline in its bowl). Most of the time, it did little or no good even for a carbureted engine.
For today's fuel-injected engines, it's a complete waste of fuel. Not only that, but the final spurt of gasoline also winds up dumped on the cylinder walls where it can wash away the essential lubricant, paving the way for increased wear.

How Pen Pals Scheme Started Yahoo Yahoo In Nigeria

Source: Sydney Morning Herald Oct. 2 1949

http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/28665036

Pen pal? I remember having Pen pals from America in the 90's. Then you could write letters directly to whoever you wanted and you'll be replied.I had few names and addresses of American celebrities. I once wrote letter to HULK HUGAN and he sent me a T shirt with his picture on it. No yahoo yahoo intended.

Top 10 Most Intelligent Dogs In The World

The Intelligence of Dogs is a book on dog intelligence by Stanley Coren, a professor of psychology at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver.

Coren defines three aspects of dog intelligence in the book:

1) Instinctive intelligence refers to a dog's ability to perform the tasks it was bred for, such as herding, pointing, fetching, guarding, or supplying companionship.

2) Adaptive intelligence refers to a dog's ability to solve problems on its own.

3) Working and obedience intelligence refers to a dog's ability to learn from humans.

AMERICA WAR ON SYRIA

We all know that the old boys club are up to it again, oh yeah, same reason - chemical weapons usage by the Syrian regime to destroy thousands of their citizens , this is despite no conclusive evidence and incomplete investigation by the UN.

My take is this, the Americans and their boys are wrong again on this one, just like they were wrong on Libya and Iraq which after the US involvement , are now largely dysfunctional , divided and chaotic countries, thanks to the civilised western involvement.

Anyway, I want to know if you support this aggression from America against Syria or vice versa.

Obama Wins Backing From Key Congressmen For Strike In Syria

President Barack Obama won the backing of key figures in the U.S. Congress, including Republicans, in his call for limited U.S. strikes on Syria to punish President Bashar al-Assad for his suspected use of chemical weapons against civilians.

Speaking after the United Nations said two million Syrians had fled a conflict that posed the greatest threat to world peace since the Vietnam war, Obama said the United States also has a broader plan to help rebels defeat Assad's forces.

In remarks that appeared to question the legality of U.S. plans to strike Syria without U.N. backing, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said the use of force is only legal when it is in self-defense or with Security Council authorization.

Dangote Visits Jonathan After Signing Refinery Loan Deal

President Goodluck Jonathan pledged Wednesday in Abuja that his administration will keep on implementing policies and measures that will continuously improve the operating environment for entrepreneurs and investors in the Nigerian economy.

Speaking at an audience with the President of the Dangote Group and leading Nigerian investors and bankers, President Jonathan said that his administration was fully committed to progressively removing all major impediments to greater investment in Nigeria such as inadequate infrastructure and unsteady power supply.

Oxford University sportsmen (and women) strip off for nude charity calendar

Whether rugby, cricket, rowing or even fencing, it seems there's a sport for everyone at Oxford University. But even the completely unfit can enjoy the latest addition to the University's sporting scene - a nude calendar featuring brave students. Seventy elite sportsmen and women have stripped off for the Blues Charity Naked Calendar 2014, their modesty kept intact only by strategically placed bats, balls, racquets, helmets and oars.

Lamar Odom 'checks into rehab' for drug and alcohol addiction

Lamar Odom has checked into rehab for drug and alcohol abuse, according to new reports.

The professional basketball player - who was recently arrested for allegedly driving under the influence - reportedly entered a facility of his own accord.

Samsung Galaxy Gear is GO!

Following months of mounting tension and fierce speculation, Samsung has finally unveiled its Galaxy Gear smartwatch at the IFA conference in Berlin. The wrist-mounted device, pictured, runs Android apps and can sync with a smartphone to make phone calls and access the web. The Galaxy Note 3 is part-phone, part-tablet, called a phablet and comes in nine colours including jet black, classic white, blush pink, mustard yellow, mint blue and oatmeal beige.

Britain to bask in glorious 30C last day of summer... but the heavy rain starts tomorrow

It had a slow start but now the summer is making one last effort with the warmest spell in September for seven years. A mini-heatwave is set to bring temperatures of 30C (86F) today, beating the highs that southern England enjoyed yesterday. The two-day heat blast is the culmination of the steadily rising mercury over the past few days allowing four youngsters to splash out in Bournemouth, Dorset (left), while sunbathers made the most of the parks across London (right).

Prince Harry In Afghanistan

Prince Harry was frantically rushed into a heavily secured safe-house during the Camp Bastion raid of September 2012 as 15 heavily armed Taliban soldiers ran amok in the British base, a new report claims.

The fourth-in-line to the British throne was serving at the base in Afghanistan when fighters dressed in U.S. Army uniforms unleashed a ground assault on September 14th and destroyed or damaged eight aircraft worth a total of $200 million.

Two U.S. Marines also lost their lives in the melee described as 'the worst loss of U.S. air-power in a single incident since the Vietnam War' and Captain Harry Wales, identified as a legitimate military target by the Taliban, survived the four hour battle that raged inside the base which had been thought to be impregnable.

Top 10 Highest Paying Jobs.

It is believed that the highest wages are only available in the capital. However, smaller cities also can boast the fact that many companies offer a decent salary for some posts.

We analyzed the vacancies of the site job.naij.com and determined Top 10 best paid job offers from employers with an income of more than 700 000 Naira per year. The following list includes even those positions that require minimal job experience. For most managers such personal qualities as the activity, sociability, responsibility and perseverance are more important and valued.

20-yr-old Osarieme Omonuwa Bags First-Class In Reading University

The belief that Nigeria remains a land generously endowed with the brightest and best brains in the world was once more reaffirmed on Wednesday, July 3, when Osarieme Anita Omonuwa bagged a First Class degree in Law at Reading University in the United Kingdom.

Miss Omonuwa, 20, who hails from Edo State in Nigeria, also received the 2012 prestigious “Chancellor's Award” of the university for her outstanding academic performance.
THISDAY learnt that Omonuwa has, by the exceptional academic feat, become the first black woman to win the Reading University Chancellor's Award.


The chancellor of the university, Sir John Madejski, on the occasion of the award presentation last Wednesday, described Omonuwa as “representative of our brightest and best students”.

Like a harbinger of her uncommon academic glory in law, she had three years earlier, in 2010, earned the Reading University Scholarship Award for academic excellence and won recognition as the overall best in the International Foundation Programme.