₦airaland Forum

The Jackal:
Our police don't brand guns like they do in the USA to terrorise people.

You've been watching too much hollywood.

4 Play:
The US primarily won what?The Soviet Union alone was responsible for over 80% of Germany's military casualties.The UK and the US were responsible for roughly 15% of the rest ,with the UK having a fairly higher responsibility for the German war dead than the US.

The US single-handedly forced the Japs into a surrender. The British had most of their naval fleet decimated by the Japs . . . the only thing the British had going for them was the large number of forces they could muster from their colonies.

4 Play:
[b]Without the UK holding back the Germans and the Japs virtually alone for 2 years,[/b]the US would have had to face the wrath of the Axis powers alone.At worst they will be defeated,at best they would have been isolated like North Korea.

The US didnt need to face the axis powers at all. They could simply have dropped atomic bombs on Japan and went back to sleep leaving the UK and her allies to suffer a heavy defeat in the hands of the Germans.

4 Play:
As for Britain's contribution to Africa,check out other countries.Liberia is officially the poorest country in West Africa,I wonder who colonised it.

Liberia was not colonised by the US, they simply moved large number of ex-slaves there.

4 Play:
Well,if not Britain,you will be answering Mallam Dawudu Yusuf. . .tell me how you would have turned back those Fulani Jihadist that had taken Ilorin.

We have since thanked them.  

4 Play:
But the 2nd World War had a lot to do with Americans,Americans were just too slow witted to realise until they were bombed.Had they intervened earlier,the war would have been more easily won with far less human costs.They are still paying for elements of the war-check out the impasse with North Korea or the Cold war with the Soviets .

Inaction can just be as costly,even costlier,as action.

the Brits were the ones enduring bombing raids on London, why didnt they act earlier to stop the war?

4 Play:
So its the Brits who took on the Axis powers as a matter of principle that deserved to be mocked rather than the Yanks who had to wait till they were bombed to realise what was clear to discerning people-that the Axis power posed a threat to humanity as a whole not just Europe and Asia.

They posed more of a greater threat to weaker nations like the UK.
The war was primarily won by the US and Russia . . . nations like Britain just like to run around claiming the credit for what they didnt contribute to. The major contribution of the Brits to the world is an unstable Africa and the Middle east.

Sholeyb:
With regards to your 2nd statement, it shows that you have no clue. I have chosen not to lead evidence to butress my point. Go and read FT and watch the news

Dont read every nonsense you see in the papers . . . we love to magnify what happens in the US 100 fold.

EloSela:
Please! The Americans came late to the party after they got their a$$es severely kicked in Pearl Harbour by the Japanese!

At least the Americans didnt have to endure bombing raids and hiding in bomb shelters.
The Japs kicked their asses at pearl Harbour . . . well the Japs had their entire bodies kicked, battered and bruised at Yokohama and Nagashaki . . . u ask them, they still have a memorial till today.

Sholeyb:
@ 4him.

Very funny. Why was there a brain drain from Nigeria in the past, of course the economy, why are Nigerians returning home now, u don't need to be a rocket scientist to figure that one out.

The economy is extremely important, would you go and live in Sierra Leone now, I know things will improve there soon. But truth be told, no one wants to live in a financially unstable country. I am a realist.

What is even more funny is that you equate the US to "great" nations like Nigeria and Sierra Leone.
The US is financially unstable?  

Zandra how long did you date?

Que sera:
When she start's cussing at you
[ Kiss her and tell her you love her ]

Its hard but it works.

Sholeyb:
But I believe the economies of both countries say it all, USA is going down and UK is still doing alright. Go figure!!!!

The economy is not the sole criteria for determining which country is better. The UK pound is stronger than the dollar but the average American is more financially stable than his British counterpart who spends every single pound on bills, taxes and yet more bills.

Without the millitary might of the US the UK would long have been blown to bits by the Germans in WWII.  

blue-sky:
heinz is a german brand. . . but the english brekki is too much fat. . . .toast, egg, baked beans, bacon, and the lot. . . .too much!

I dont think so, americans dont eat all that "fat" and yet obese ducks are waddling all over the street.

nwando:
Indeed!
after the beans what else?

Add some to your salad.

D-reloaded:
um eggs and toast is eaten with milk or orange juice. or even fruit.

NOT bloody baked beans. Gross.

aha i see you've never tried it before.  
After you're done u'll rub ur stomach and say thank you Jesus.

Is Heinz baked beans English or American?
Its the best thing to go with egg and toast . . . the English at least know how to eat breakfast.

bawomolo:
correct.

find the magnitude for the zeros of the equation x^2 -10x + 34.

this thread is fun, keep it going

I'm stuck . . . is the answer x = 5 +/- 3i

I'm having to find the square root of a negative number.

a = x
a+a = a+x
2a = a+x
2a-2x = a+x-2x
2(a-x) = a+x-2x
2(a-x) = a-x
2 = 1

Since a = x
therefore 2(a-x) = 0
a-x = 0

Therefore you cant get 2=1, what you have is 0=0

bawomolo:
the area of a trapezoid is less than or equal to 87cm^2.

the base(b1) of the trapezoid is 3cm less than the base(b2) of the trapezoid. the height(h) of the trapezoid is 6cm. what is the maximum value of b1 that can be achieved.


hint- b1 is between 10 and 15

Area of trapezoid = h {(b1+b2)/2}

Since b1 is 3cm less than b2  - b2 = b1 + 3
Substitute into equation . . .

6{(b1+b1+3)/2} <= 87

6b1 + 9 <= 87

Solving for b1 . . . maximum value = 13

donchichi:
I beg to differ. The questions says he does the laundry 6 more times than he mows the lawn and not he does the laundry 6 times more than he mows the lawn. i think it should be 6 + x.

If you use this equation you dont get a round figure. He cant have mowed the lawn 5.6 times.

uspry1:
Help me to understand Nigeria Education system for those Nigerian who want entering university admission just like this poster, @bigold, 24 years old.

I keep hearing from Nairaland-friends with their age bracket between 23-30 always say i want to go univ but must find a way getting money for JAMB exam. HUH? What happen to 18 years old high school graduate taking JAMB exam first, the JAMB exam result would keep as their future reference until student is ready to go univ at later time?

Why can't a Nigerian high school student, who is seriously go for entering university, take JAMB exam before their graduation instead of waiting for GETTING MONEY FIRST in order taking JAMB exam entering university? The similar way American senior high school students are required to take SAT (undergraduate admission)/ACT (graduate admission) exam entering universities/colleges.

I hope you NLer understand what i mean. I am aware of poverty and poor education system without financial aid/scholoarship/student loan programs Nigeria does not have.

Almost every high school graduate in Nigeria takes the JAMB exam in their final yr.
JAMB is valid for only one yr after which you must retake the test if you intend to apply to another university.
JAMB admissions are not based on scores only, your state of origin, intended program of study, school you applied to all matter a great deal. For instance you need to score extremely high to get into a medical program if u're from the south . . . not so for the north.

tRoOE:
As for me i take a good nap because that seems to be the thing that cools me down or watch TV, while my guy either take a walk or play video game and after an hr of silent treatment, we both discuss whateva happened and how it should repeat itself.

One thing we both tend avoid, is not to allow how angers to take over the situation or the best of us, since we are both hot heads, one got to step down for the other. Like they say “Tow wrong does not make it right”

your grammar is atrocious. Did you go to school at all?

Imani:
Very true, I have to admit as a neutral spectator, this thread and those pages where you got so much stick that you couldn't even respond were hilarious. For once, i thought, davidylan had no anwer.

Thank God we have all "grown up"

The level of hatred some express for folks they've never met left me completely speechless.

I dont fail to read this thread as often as i can. Phew . . . Zandra is some lucky chic.

Mitchel Obi and Larry Izamoje

Perhaps its because no matter how exotic the place you took her to, no matter how much money you spend on her and how interesting the outing is, she just doesnt think you're worth the effort.

JayFK:
May Kelly you're a fundie and quite frankly your opinion is not valid to me. The bible is not a valid history book.

has anyone tried to force it into ur history class?

the idea of us knowing who the moderators are is in poor taste.
It were better kept secret to avoid accusations of bias and unfair handling of issues later. I for one dont want to know who the new moderators are.

This is not news, what is news is that the left have not found a way to blame this on Israel yet.

bawomolo:
The issue of what children are exposed to in Israel and the occupied territories is highly sensitive. History books in Israeli schools contain maps that do not mark the so-called "Green Line" surrounding Gaza and the West Bank and which, critics say, suggest Israeli children are being taught that the occupied territories are Israeli.

these "critics" are forgetting to tell us that textbooks for children in the middle east do not include Israel on the map of the world. Which suggests arab children are being taught that Israel does not exist.

m_nwankwo:
The passages you quoted are the opinion of those you quoted and I do not agree with the citations for the following reasons:

Matthew 26:28 is a direct quote from Christ at the last supper.

I'm not sure you bothered to read the purpose of the blood in the book of Hebrews. Read chapters 9-10 then let us discuss.

JeSoul:
I see no one so far knows much about the pleading of "the blood of Jesus" in prayers in todays churches. . . so none of you guys have ever prayed like that before?

I remember the first time I heard someone use it, I wondered then why they did that and till today I still don't get it.

I'm confused on this issue myself, my mom uses it all the time and i assumed it must be right. I've been looking at some commentaries on it and so far i havent seen any bible verse that advocates the pleading of the blood in the context we use it.

However there is one difference - Rev 12: 11 And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death.

m_nwankwo:
The bood of Jesus, the son of God does not wash away sins as many believe.

Hebrews 9:22 And almost all things are by the law purged with blood; and without shedding of blood is no remission.
Matthew 26:28 For this is my blood of the new testament, which is shed for many for the remission of sins.
1 John 1:7 But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.

m_nwankwo:
No body has expained why the holy God, the creator of all the worlds will require the blood of his son to forgive the sins of his creatures.

Paul the apostle clearly explained this in the book of Hebrews . . . start from chapter 9.

m_nwankwo:
Any teaching which requires the shedding of blood for the forgivenes of sin is false no matter the name of such teaching.

huh? 

m_nwankwo:
God in his purity does not require the blood of his son to save his creatures.

huh? 

m_nwankwo:
The word of Truth which Jesus brought is what men need for their salvation. It is a besmirching, a blasphemy, a mocry of the holiness of God when evil and peganistic traditions are ascribed to the Godhead.

huh?? 

the guy needs to go and pray seriously.

DRANOEL:
and i definitely don't support wiping out isreal,an arrangement could be made where isreal gives up some parts of the land in question ande abide by the desires of the arab league.

The wishes of the arab league you say? Here it is - The Arab Heads of State have agreed to unite their political efforts at the international and diplomatic level to eliminate the effects of the aggression and to ensure the withdrawal of the aggressive Israeli forces from the Arab lands which have been occupied since the aggression of June 5. This will be done within the framework of the main principles by which the Arab States abide, namely, no peace with Israel, no recognition of Israel, no negotiations with it, and insistence on the rights of the Palestinian people in their own country.

That is culled from the Khartoum resolutions of Sept 1, 1967 which is readily available via google.

What arrangements do you envisage should be made that requires Israel to give up yet more land? What lands shld it give up?
Do you plan to argue that the Saudi Kings of Jordan gives up an inch of the 85% of the mandate of palestine they presently hold?
When these lands were in the hands of Jordan and Egypt for 19yrs were u asking them to give it up?

The most galling bit of your entry is your idea that Israel's existence is contingent on the desires of the arab league.
The very same arab league who encamped around Israel to destroy her in 1948 and 1967?

We already know the "desires of the arab league" . . . it is expressed in the Hamas article, Hisbullah's constitution, Syria's non-recognition of Israel, the fact that no jew is allowed within the borders of Jordan and Saudi Arabia, Ahmedinejad's wish that Israel be pushed into the sea and the PLO's mantra of "from the Jordan to the sea, palestine will be free".

Pretty easy to figure out what those desires are really except to those like you who hate the truth.

EccentricJ:
Bro, trust me from what I have seen and heard of recent, she still has the same personality.

If that is true then go for her. You wont be committing any crime going back to where ur heart truly is. You will hurt ur present girl in the process but better a broken heart than a lifetime of regrets in a marriage. whatever happens you can take solace in the fact that u at least tried to see if it would work again.

EccentricJ:
E be like say my man never meet the right woman. When you find her, no one go need to force before you start wearing I am commited sign all over the place.

O boy . . . man no be small pikin again o!   For the first time, i'm actually thinking of a serious committment.