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Politics › Re: Jega's Announcement Of Presidential Election Results 2015: Part 4 by Abbott(m): 12:56pm On Mar 31, 2015

This is not funny at all.

Read and leave the podium.

Politics › Re: Jega's Announcement Of Presidential Election Results 2015: Part 4 by Abbott(m): 12:55pm On Mar 31, 2015

Someone else should read the result and this papa should seat down. This is not Stand-up Nigeria!

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Politics › Re: Jega's Announcement Of Presidential Election Results 2015: Part 4 by Abbott(m): 10:49am On Mar 31, 2015

Win and forget, lose and forget.
~ Jerry Stackhouse, 76ers.

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Politics › Re: Jega's Announcement Of Presidential Election Results 2015: Part 4 by Abbott(m): 10:25am On Mar 31, 2015

Jega, get it going.

Politics › Re: Goodluck Ebele Jonathan Wins With Land Slide In Borno, Sokoto, Kebbi, States by Abbott(m): 10:17am On Mar 31, 2015

Op, you don't say land slide, you say avalanche. Landslide ko, Moonwalk ni.

grin

Politics › Re: Jega To Announce Presidential Election Results: Part 2 by Abbott(m): 11:49pm On Mar 30, 2015

kendrick9:
From the way u spelt mandela,its clear u have no idea who or what he represented... i will advice u go check up some history books... u are just lyk ur illiterate paymaster

Typical.

Trudge along.

Politics › Re: Jega To Announce Presidential Election Results: Part 2 by Abbott(m): 11:38pm On Mar 30, 2015

kendrick9:
its an insult to put mandela's name alongside buhari.. are u ok?

And what exactly is special about Mandel?

Politics › Re: President-Elect To Emerge Today-Jega by Abbott(m): 8:34am On Mar 30, 2015

I admire Jega. He has been under unimaginable pressure and fire and so far, he has handled himself excellently, not cowering or giving way under pressure.

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Politics › Re: Public Holiday For Monday. by Abbott(m): 10:03pm On Mar 29, 2015

Just my thinking....y'all are bonkers! Enjoy!

Family › Re: Pls Help!! My Wife Fought With My Mother Following A Quarrel. What Should I Do? by Abbott(m): 6:36am On Mar 29, 2015

MadCow1:
My Father sent his mum packing from the house after she had blatantly refused to allow his new wife then (my mum) have any peace at home. Infact one day my grandma came from the village with a girl and started evicting my mum from the house. Needless to say my mum stood her ground and threw my grandma out of the house with the girl. When my dad returned from work and saw his mum outside, he found out what happened, gave her money to go find a hotel to stay the night and return to the village with an instruction not to return until she was ready to respect and accept his wife.

Needless to say, but after many years (over 6 years) of no communication, they reconciled and became the best of friends and became even closer than my Dad was to her.

I remember when I went through a serious fight with my mum and went to my Dad to mediate, he said something to me that I would never forget; He said I know your mum is wrong and I have told her in my own way, but if you expect me to take sides with you on this matter against my wife then you are stupider than I would have thought. My dad always made it clear that in every situation, his wife comes first even before us his kids.

That is the same mantra I hold till this day. Find a good woman and marry her and hold her close to your heart. Protect her with all you have against everyone and everything including yourself and even your kids. Never make your wife feel like she is an outsider, never take sides with anybody against her. Never reprimand her in the presence of a third party. Treat her like you would treat yourself as she is an extension of you not a third party.

Even my mother knows she can't touch my wife.

Wow!!!

Bravoooo!!!

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Family › Re: Pls Help!! My Wife Fought With My Mother Following A Quarrel. What Should I Do? by Abbott(m): 8:51am On Mar 28, 2015

MadCow1:
I am not a perfectionist like the OP, I am a realist.

His wife has not left him so there is no point assuming the worst. And just so you know mothers do abuse their kids and even abandon them so let's stop painting mothers to be saints. Secondly every mother is a wife as well (assuming she was married) so technically they are both equal in status.

Mother's should be forgiven I agree but that also means mothers are not above making mistakes.

In this case, his mother was wrong on all counts and the mature thing would be for her to apologise to his wife for coming into her home to cause such chaos.

You must understand that this is a matter of principle for me. My mother always advised me to never take sides with anyone Including her against my wife as that can cause bigger problems in my marriage than I can ever understand.

Any man who can't place his wife above his immediate family does not understand the sacred institution of marriage and has no business being married.

I would give you classic cases involving my own paternal grandma and my mum but this is not about me. But the one lesson I learnt from that case was that my Dad never sided with his mum and after the quarrel had stayed for so long, both women resolved their differences and became so close that my grandma would always go to my mum to get whatever she wanted from my dad.

If a man allows his mother to rule over his wife inside her home, then he shouldn't be surprised when his wife acts like a single woman because that is not how a man covers his wife.

Another wise post here.

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Family › Re: Pls Help!! My Wife Fought With My Mother Following A Quarrel. What Should I Do? by Abbott(m): 8:48am On Mar 28, 2015

Xtfield:
FOR THIS CAUSE SHALL A MAN LEAVE HIS FATHER AND MOTHER AND BE JOINED TO THE WIFE. Let your mother go. She is someone else's wife.

Family › Re: I Should Have Trusted My Husband...... by Abbott(m): 10:41pm On Mar 27, 2015

cococandy:
How many times will this movie feature on Nairaland?

So, this is a recycled story?

But it is frightening.

Family › Re: I Should Have Trusted My Husband...... by Abbott(m): 10:24pm On Mar 27, 2015

Jesuuuu Oluwaaa Oba ooooo!

Romance › Re: Warning For Guys by Abbott(m): 2:04pm On Mar 27, 2015

Who sent you this message?

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Crime › Re: Man Jailed 4 Years For Stealing, Threatening And Raping Female Neighbour. by Abbott(m): 9:16am On Mar 27, 2015

Insensitive, Olodo magistrate!

Romance › Re: 10 Categories Of Female Virgins by Abbott(m): 9:13am On Mar 27, 2015

Blackett:
[color=#150000]All I see is rubbish. . .

A personal choice cannot be categorized. [/color]

Art, Graphics & Video › Re: My Official Nairaland Portfolio (eradesigns) by Abbott(m): 3:55pm On Mar 26, 2015

Following you.

Celebrities › Re: Lady Who Has Anaconda Snake As A Pet ( Photos ) by Abbott(m): 7:05pm On Mar 24, 2015

Off Topic
There is this skit on one of these radio stations between a student and her mom. The girl was trying to prevent the mum from coming down to her school: Unilag, meanwhile the mum was in front of her hostel. Eventually, she confessed she's not in school. I'll love someone enterprising to provide the transcript of the skit.

Plenty thanks in advance o.

Investment › Re: Forbes Enlists Oscar Onyema, NSE Boss, In “10 Most Powerful Men In Africa” List by Abbott(m): 6:48pm On Mar 24, 2015

Don't let it go to your head o!

Family › Re: Black Guys In Brazil by Abbott(m): 3:23pm On Mar 21, 2015

cococandy:
Hi

Hi. What is that black patch? #curious

Family › Re: Black Guys In Brazil by Abbott(m): 3:14pm On Mar 21, 2015

cococandy:
[b][/b]

Wow. Who are you?

Following

Hi Cococandy.

Thank you.

I'm Abbott.

Education › Re: Biology's Most Stunning & Strange Images by Abbott(op): 1:23pm On Mar 20, 2015

Kylez:
I LOVE IT, HOW MUCH TO DOWNLOAD THEM?

They are all on your head.

Crime › Re: Gospel Singer Stabs Boyfriend To Death Over Dream by Abbott(m): 12:14pm On Mar 20, 2015

Another murdering woman!

As tragedic as the whole thing is, I couldn't help but laugh when I read of the guy's laughter to his islamic-~~gospel~~-singer-gf's dreams before a knife sunk into his heart....while laughing at her dream and I bet her ludicrously serious solemn countenance.

Men...be careful o.

Family › Re: Black Guys In Brazil by Abbott(m): 7:53am On Mar 20, 2015

Well, seeking ego-massagers, I think, is not the right manner of approaching this issue. There should be, nay, there are better ways to deal with issues such as this. These type of men come across as emasculated, puny men finding excuses. I don't think anything has really changed. This will be the same thing this men will say even if the only difference between 2015 and 1502 BC are the number and alphabet.

The demands of this century, this millenuim, this age just like the eons BC is that men should grow beyond living and thinking of survival but living beyond themselves, leading and living lives of exploits, life that leave legacies beyond them. It does not necessarily have to be grandiloquent yet it will always remain grand through ages. It definitely requires more from men than we are willing to admit to accept and live out the role of the man. My conclusion is that a lot of men have accepted and agreed that they don't have what it takes or that they cannot afford to pay that price now.

And it gets worse. Decade by decade.

Imagine. 7 centuries down the line. Young people read of some young men that simply withstood an unuterrably corrupt and evil government. Started first with some 21 young men who just stood in front of Aso Rock for whatever the cause is....days to weeks to months...Harassed. Brutalised. Maimed. Killed. Eventually, a nationwide backlash occurred...the cleansing we have so much talked and dreamed about...people died..lots of them. The sun of change arose and gradually but things changed. I know it is soooo corny but you get the drift.

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Education › Re: Biology's Most Stunning & Strange Images by Abbott(op): 6:46am On Mar 20, 2015

5.Scanning electron micrograph of a greenfly eye. Many species of aphids, also commonly known as greenfly, are major agricultural pests that feed on plant sap. Aphids have a pair of curved compound eyes that bulge out of the head and have a wide angle of view. Each eye is made up of thousands of repeating units known as ‘ommatidia’, each with a tiny lens on the front surface. Each lens faces a slightly different direction, and together they produce a mosaic image. This allows the fly to see very quick movements but not fine details or objects that are far away. The small circular structure (ocular tubercle; top left) may help insects see polarised light. The width of the image is 280 micrometres (0.28 mm).— Kevin Mackenzie, University of Aberdeen

6.Reminiscent of a Jackson Pollock painting, this image shows part of the central nervous system in a fruit fly (Drosophila melanogaster). Transmission electron micrographs were used to create a digital colour-coded map of the area. An organism’s nervous system controls everything it does, from breathing and moving to thinking and feeling. Instructions to perform these tasks are carried by cells called neurones. A neurone able to sense vibrations (yellow) is surrounded here by lots of other neurones, each depicted as a single line. Messages enter (blue circles) and exit (red circles) neurones at points of contact called synapses. Other features of interest (orange circles), such as mitochondria, are also marked. The width of the image is approximately 15 micrometres (0.015 mm). — Albert Cardona, HHMI Janelia Research Campus

7. Scanning electron micrograph of tree-like branches (dendritic tree) spreading out from a particular type of nerve cell (Purkinje cell, or neurone) found in the brain. The finger-like projections in this elaborate network act like tiny sensors, picking up information and passing on messages to help control and coordinate muscle movement. This particular neurone is from the cerebellar cortex in a rat brain. To allow us to see the dendritic tree, this Purkinje cell was filled with a visual marker before being imaged by focused ion beam scanning electron microscopy, which allows neurones and neural circuits to be reconstructed in high resolution. The width of the image is 110 micrometres (0.11 mm). — Prof. M. Hausser, Sarah Rieubland, andArnd Roth, UCL

8. Light micrograph of a tiny parasitoid wasp (Wallaceaphytis kikiae) viewed from above. Parasitoid wasps lay their eggs inside other insects. After hatching, the larvae feed on their host, eating it alive from the inside out. This is a new genus of parasitoid wasp recently discovered in the rainforests of Borneo, where a single female wasp was found mixed in with thousands of other insects. It measures only 0.75 mm in length and has unusual antennae, legs and wings. It’s named after Alfred Russel Wallace, who coauthored the first ever publication on evolution by natural selection with Charles Darwin and who himself identified new insects while in Borneo in the mid-19th century. Even today, Borneo is still known to be rich with other undiscovered species. — Andrew Polaszek, Natural History Museum

Source: https://medium.com/vantage/biology-s-most-stunning-and-strange-images-of-the-year-7eaa55a03a3b

Education › Biology's Most Stunning & Strange Images by Abbott(op): 6:35am On Mar 20, 2015

1. [/b]Scanning electron microscope composite image of the head of a boll weevil (Anthonomus grandis) found on the front porch of a suburban house. The boll weevil[b] is a beetle that feeds on and lays its eggs in the cotton plant. These agricultural pests have long curved snouts (often half as long as their bodies) and can destroy entire cotton crops. They develop from egg to adult in approximately 20 days and grow on average to 6–8 mm in length. This is one image in a series of work looking at common household pests found inside homes on the outskirts of town. These images of our often-overlooked housemates are in the style of traditional portraits. The width of the image is 4.1 mm. — Daniel Kariko

2.Photograph of a pregnant uterus from a New Forest pony, approximately five months into the pregnancy. The developing pony (fetus) is outside the uterus but remains attached by its membranes and umbilical cord. The bent back legs of the fetus are sticking out from the membranes (top right-hand side). The uterus has been cut open to reveal its vast blood supply, which is visible on the inner surface. This historical specimen is from a cull animal that happened to be pregnant at the time. It is preserved in formalin in a Perspex container and was photographed in the Anatomy Museum of the Royal Veterinary College in London. The container measures 48 x 30 x 7 cm. Pregnant uterus, equine — Michael Frank, Royal Veterinary College.

3.Confocal micrograph of nerve cells inside a section of adult mouse brain. The brain has been sliced (like a loaf of bread), and one of those pieces is seen here. After being sliced, it was chemically treated to make the tissue transparent so that structures deep inside could be more easily seen. A subset of nerve cells tagged with a visual marker (green fluorescent protein) were visualised at different depths through the piece of tissue, which is 0.75 mm thick. The markers are colour coded from red (nearest) to orange, yellow, purple, blue and green as you look into the image. This technique is being used to map the complex wiring of whole brains. This brain is 7.4 mm wide.— Luis de la Torre-Ubieta, UCLA

4.Illustration of pollen grains being released from a flower in the Asteraceae family. Asteraceae is one of the largest families of flowering plants and is commonly known as the aster, daisy, sunflower or composite family. Pollen grains contain the male sperm cell and are produced in the anther, one of the male parts of the flower. They are carried to other flowers — primarily by insects, birds and the wind — so flowering plants can reproduce. They look like fine dust and are a common cause of hay fever or seasonal allergies. Pollen grains come in all shapes and sizes, but they are usually between 0.01 and 0.1 mm in size. — Maurizio De Angelis

Politics › Re: Britain, Germany, Italy And France Join China - Backed World Bank Rival by Abbott(m): 3:40pm On Mar 18, 2015

Competition even in international development financial institutions should be encouraged. No more centralized-governed-by-a-handful financial institutions.

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Christianity Etc › Re: Instagram Is Run By Anti-christs [see Photos] by Abbott(m): 11:51am On Feb 28, 2015

JeffCruz66:
seeing TONS of people posting (incorrectly) that Instagram has "banned Jesus" because you are unable to type in the phrase I AM A BORN AGAIN FOLLOWER OF JESUS without getting a community standard violation.

here is the thing. it is NOT about banning Jesus, It doesn't have to do with Jesus, It's simply because the phrase has "gain" and "followers" next to each other. It is a computer algorithm to keep spammers from being able to cover every post on instagram with posts about how "you can "gain" new "followers"... understand? but people are losing their minds over this.

If you add an a between gain and followers
or change the o in follower to a 0
or only use one l in follower
or make the lower case l's in follower, upper case I's instead
then it works fine. it is just those to words side by side .....

you can type Jesus and God and born again and I follow Jesus and everything else. no ban here.

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