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ewa20buredi100:
Thank you sir.
Apart from having good GRE and TOEFL scores and a good introduction letter, what else should i know and have to do?

Get letter of recommendation from 2 persons one from your place of work, your lecturer. Also, try and contact a professor from the department you'd like to study and tell him why you'd like to work with him he can also recommend you to his colleagues during the selection process; use LinkedIn to connect with past alumni of the department you want to study at and ask them valuable questions.

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم

السلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته

*Announcement from Masjid as siddheeq , Cuddalore , Tamil Nadu.*

We are pleased to inform that إن شاء الله masjid as Siddheeq is going to arrange a Arabic Language course for a short period of time

*Duration* : Minimum of 3 months. May expand further based on the completion of books.

*Books taught :* Madinah Arabic Books , Aajroomiyyah

*Medium of Instruction :* English and Tamil

*Start Date :* 8 jumadha Al Awwal 1439 H (25th Jan 2018)*

Accommodation will be provided by Masjid.

All other personal expenses including food should be taken care by their own selves and brothers are requested to bring a pillow, woolen blanket and other basic needs .

We request the brothers to strive towards learning the Arabic and to make a sincere involvement.

*Please Note :*

1. Brothers must abide by the rules and regulation of the masjid.

2. Brothers were not allowed to work outside or do unwanted activities during their whole period of study.

3. Brothers should not spread or promote any deviant ideologies in masjid.

4. If anyone found to- not abide by the rules and regulations he will be ruled out from the course.

Attending Brothers must bring their aadhar ID proof for their concern. (Compulsory)

5. There is no course fee.

Only those who are able and would come for sure, then please fill the below form through the link so that we can know the estimate strength.

Please contact these below numbers for further information :

Masjid's no : +917530045502

Whatsapp contact : +919566276041

*Email Id : masjidassiddheeq@gmail.com*


*Location :* https:///maps/Nm5s2qXAcRo

Barakallāhu Fīkum

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc2NO_30-NCVgZ1ZFHPUJP7YR0AQc8pQ2B4MWkcfYsDlP1eow/viewform?c=0&w=1

Masjid's address : 58/b mosque street, Cuddalore-Old Town , Cuddalore -607003.

ewa20buredi100:
So it is possible. Thank you sir.

Kindly help me with a sample of an Introduction letter for an Industrial Chemistry graduate

Visit this link https://www.mastersportal.eu/articles/2093/motivation-letter-example-student-applying-to-master-in-international-information-systems.html

ewa20buredi100:
i really like that MIT oh, but i no know how i go take enter with 2.2

You can gain admission there by acing your GRE TOEFL, write a good introduction letter stating why you want to be there and how you'll contribute to the development of your home country upon completion of your program

We're 23 games into the 38-game Premier League season and Pep Guardiola's Manchester City have finally been defeated. Sunday's wild 4-3 defeat at Anfield was, in truth, a much tighter game than the scoreline suggests, the goals tally boosted by a couple of defensive errors and some excellent finishing.
Nevertheless, Liverpool's approach should be commended: they pressed in advanced positions to force those defensive errors at the start of the second half and City's upcoming opponents will consider this the template for causing City a fright.
The manner of Liverpool's success -- proactive, aggressive and positive -- is clearly good for the Premier League as a whole. After all, a long unbeaten run becomes almost self-perpetuating and generally means dull matches. When Manchester City reached the halfway point of the current campaign without losing a single game, they became so revered and so feared that opponents weren't even trying to beat them. Their recent trip to St James' Park, for example, saw Rafael Benitez shut up shop from the outset, only bothering to attack in the final 20 minutes.
Benitez was essentially playing for a draw, a result that would have been considered a success for Newcastle but also would have continued City's unbeaten run. Newcastle nearly nicked a draw at a time when no-one else in the league had managed to gain a point from City, aside from an Everton side who had the luxury of playing against 10 men.
Liverpool's success shouldn't be considered in isolation, of course. Championship outfit Bristol City caused Guardiola's side problems in last week's League Cup semifinal first leg with a similarly bold strategy, pressing high to disrupt passing moves, making it difficult for City to work the ball into their attacking midfielders, the players this team is essentially built around. Guardiola praised Bristol City manager Lee Johnson afterwards, claiming it had been a greater test than many Premier League sides had offered.
It's worth remembering, though, that City did win that game (2-1, albeit narrowly) and the goal City scored at the start of the second half, through Kevin De Bruyne, came when Bristol City pressed high, left some space between the lines and Guardiola's side played through them with speed and efficiency. For all the benefits of pressing aggressively, it "forces" City into playing lightning-quick pass-and-move football, which can prove disastrous for their opponents.
Liverpool also had the benefit of facing a City side without David Silva, only on the bench because of ongoing personal problems. They're not the only ones, of course, but Silva is City's best player in those type of frantic matches: his performance in the second half at Anfield in 2013-14's apparent title decider is one of the most mesmeric performances the Premier League has seen.
The park-or-press debate is, of course, familiar from the days when Guardiola coached Barcelona, boasting an even more cohesive and talented side. That dilemma, though, was considerably more complex: Barcelona's defenders were more comfortable than their City equivalents in possession, while the presence of Sergio Busquets shouldn't be underestimated either. Busquets could receive the ball under pressure, shield it and lay it off to a teammate in order to break the press. For all of Fernandinho's qualities, he doesn't have the same command when he receives the ball in tight situations.
But the greatest difference between Guardiola's Barcelona and Guardiola's City, in terms of the opposition approach, is that they're now less vulnerable to the reverse tactic: the sit-back-and-counter. At Barcelona, Guardiola often pushed his full-backs forward simultaneously, with Andres Iniesta and Xavi Hernandez pushing into more attacking positions too, leaving Busquets protecting the two centre-backs by himself If teams could beat Barca's press -- admittedly easier said than done -- they could burst into plenty of space.
Guardiola learned from counter-attacking defeats, particularly the shock loss to Chelsea in 2012, and when winning three straight Bundesliga titles with Bayern Munich, he placed huge emphasis upon defensive shape when his side had possession. Most famously, this involved full-backs Philipp Lahm and David Alaba pushing into central midfield positions, which created a more stable defensive base and meant Bayern weren't so open when the ball was turned over. The Bundesliga was actually more based around transitions and counter-attacks than La Liga, yet Guardiola's Bayern were less prone to counter-attacks than Guardiola's Barca.
Sure enough, for all their time spent with the ball in the opposition third, City have barely demonstrated any vulnerability against quick breaks this season. Even though Mohamed Salah and Sadio Mane both scored on Sunday, they rarely threatened with genuine counters.
City's full-backs sometimes overlap but at other points they (particularly left-sided Fabian Delph) tuck inside next to Fernandinho to protect the defence. This emphasis upon defensive shape when in possession has been the most notable shift among top sides since Leicester's counter-attacking title victory two seasons ago. Guardiola and Antonio Conte, in particular, have essentially played 2-3-5 shapes within the attacking phase, packing the centre of the pitch in preparation for passing moves breaking down.
And this is probably the better way to consider things: it's not that Guardiola's side are "vulnerable to pressing," which gives the impression they're somehow a bad side, it's more that they're not vulnerable to counter-attacks.
So why not try and press? The problem, of course, is that doing so for 90 minutes is exhausting. On Sunday, Klopp's Liverpool pressed excellently at the start of both halves but tired towards the end of each 45-minute spell, reminiscent of his Dortmund side's performance in the Champions League final against a (pre-Guardiola) Bayern side.
It's probably no coincidence that Liverpool scored after the ninth minute of the first half and the 14th, 17th and 23rd minutes of the second. In other words, during the first half of the halves. City, on the other hand, scored after the 41st minute of the first half, then the 39th and 45th minutes of the second. This is an isolated example, of course, but it basically fits the expected pattern: once you tire, you have to resort to defending deep. Liverpool did that poorly.
Ultimately, Klopp hasn't stumbled upon a magic formula for beating Manchester City, and it's worth remembering that Liverpool have trained and played that way for the last couple of years.
Should Benitez's Newcastle change tack and press heavily this weekend in the return game against City? Probably not: having defended deep all season, they'd be unaccustomed to it, and probably get thrashed. Nevertheless, Klopp's approach will be studied in-depth by managers of upcoming Premier League sides, not to mention City's potential Champions League opponents.
With the unbeaten dream over, Guardiola can now concentrate on putting resources into his efforts to win a third European Cup. With a bit of luck, they'll be high-tempo games based around pressing, rather than attack-versus-defence exhibitions.


http://kwese.espn.com/football/english-premier-league/23/blog/post/3350557/man-city-struggle-against-the-press-but-it-is-tough-to-execute-it-given-their-quality?

QueenDeborah:
Something iz really eating up this our so called President, 3 years of enjoyment, yet looks like a crayfish abi na stockfish.

You're too young for this

stonemasonn:
That was a good speech.
Why is Aregbesola hated by Nairaland Igbos

2 reasons • he is a Muslim • he is Yoruba and APC member

May God bring succour to the victims and humiliate those laugh at the agony of others.

candy:
Just curious...who counted the cows? I don't think there is any way a country will lose 2million cows and 1000 people without making headlines. That's quite huge and unbelievable.

The claim of 2m cows is laughable but as for the one that involves killing of 1000 people I do believe him on that. I have heard of a case where a whole community of Fulani been burnt down somewhere in a reprisal attack.
One thing I understand is we as Nigerians are not telling ourselves the truth

It is appalling the way and manner in which some leaders of sociocultural groups speak concerning issues that are very delicate and requires concerted efforts from all and sundry.
The issue of herdsmen/farmers crises has little or nothing to do about religion rather it's one that has something to do with competing for scarce resources and limited space. There is global warming which generally affects the amounts of rainfall and sunshine thus leading imbalance in our ecosystem.
There is desert encroachment in the north and the Sahara desert is rapidly expanding leading to loss of once arable lands to desertification, also the drying of water bodies like Lake Chad and River Niger is something to consider.
Instead of commentators and the those in authorities and business of cattle rearing and farming to proffer long-term solutions to this lingering problem what we have is parochial and ethnic chauvinism.
All over the world farmers and herdsmen are always at loggerheads competing for space but ethnic or religious colouration is not given to it like we have in Nigeria.

skarlett:
Only know of Turkey, which one be Turkmenistan again

They're Turkic speaking people in Central Asia

Trump is right on this one and this is why I'm doing my bit to see Nigeria become a great nation and we all must key into this project.
God bless Nigeria and men of goodwill.

This is good if planning and implementation is done well enough.

Truth234:
Yea, but I think we will do slightly above that in 2018. However, my concern is the poor new job creation, 18.8 percent unemployment rate is too high. Fg needs to knock-off the high-interest rate to discourage fixed income investment, since we are now generating enough to service the economy and inflation rate is not even demand pull. This will encourage broad local participation and enhance new job creation against the current growing Money Market investment and several local businesses being acquired by foreigners.

There is no new job creation and the ones employed are getting laid off without reason and this adds to the growing unemployment rate.
Something urgent needs to be done to stem this ugly tide or else we risk reversing the gains we've made so far and that will be disastrous considering the fact that we are heading straight to election year.

airmark:
Stop asking foolish questions. Kante left leicester and soccer life in that city never remained the same. If you are still asking about conte's chelsea, you need to carry your dumb head to wanda metropolitano.

Airmark u harsh O dariji for d old papa na

The game is a good for preparation and will surely be a confidence booster for the underrated Super Eagles of Nigeria.

With Raheem Sterling and Harry Kane in brilliant the Three Lions are no pushovers as posited by safarigirl, you can't based your judgment off last Euros a lot has happened afterwards and a lot will still happen.

OP this is closer to the truth as we can see from the surge in stock market performance in recent months. The confidence level is improving and this bodes well for the overall economic growth of the country but this growth is hinged on stability in the oil price and peace in the Niger Delta region.

God bless men of goodwill.

The Chelsea soap opera is once again proving to be ratings winner as viewers from all over the world tune in to follow the latest drama unfolding at Stamford Bridge.
Having guided the Blues to the Premier League title in his first season, Antonio Conte has become embroiled in a war of words with former boss Jose Mourinho. It's not only escalating rapidly out of control but also possibly starting to affect the Italian's focus if Saturday's dour 0-0 draw at Championship strugglers Norwich City in the FA Cup is anything to go by.
Conte made nine changes to the side that drew 2-2 with Arsenal in the Premier League last Thursday, but his selection for the Norwich game looked flawed as a starting XI featuring a mix of fringe players and bench-warmers failed to gel. Chelsea's uninspiring, shot-shy first half performance was screaming out for changes to be made at the interval, but instead Conte left his substitutions late and they proved ineffective. The draw leaves the Blues with another fixture to add to an already cluttered January schedule.
With another encounter with Arsenal looming, this time in the semifinal of the Carabao Cup, Conte was always expected to rotate his team against Norwich. But the hopes of many Chelsea supporters the Italian would give starts to the motivated youngsters were dashed. Instead Ethan Ampadu, Jake Clarke-Salter, Charly Musonda and Dujon Sterling were joined by Callum Hudson-Odoi on the bench at Carrow Road where they watched a returning and rusty David Luiz toil alongside Kenedy and Michy Batshuayi -- a trio of players whose futures at the club are questionable.
The fact that in his postmatch news conference an irate-looking Conte was soon sucked back into the Mourinho maelstrom was evidence enough that the increasingly combustible Italian's train of thought is being severely distracted by the ever-abrasive Portuguese.
Sacked by Chelsea in December 2015, Mourinho's unceremonious departure and subsequent appointment as Manchester United manager less than six months later was always likely to provide a platform for potential controversy when the two sides next met.
October 2016 saw the Blues thrash United 4-0 and with it the hostilities between Mourinho and Conte started. Conte's touchline celebrations wound up Mourinho enough for the United manager to have an angry word in his rival's ear at the final whistle.
Having won three Premier League titles, the FA Cup and three League Cups in two stints as Chelsea manager, Mourinho, once adored at Stamford Bridge, must have found it galling to return to his former fiefdom. He not only saw his new charges played off the park, but also had to listen to his former fans chant the name of their new manager.
In March 2017, a brutish FA Cup encounter between the sides saw Conte and Mourinho having to be separated as matters on the pitch became heated. United's Ander Herrera was dismissed for two fouls on Eden Hazard and after Chelsea's 1-0 victory, Conte criticised what he viewed as thuggish non-football tactics deployed by Mourinho.
After Chelsea had won the Premier League, Conte's throwaway line that the Blues needed to avoid a "Mourinho season" -- a reference to the club's cataclysmic and rapid demise under the Portuguese after his emphatic 2015 title triumph -- provoked a bizarre response as Mourinho mocked Conte's hair transplant.
The spat continued on and off for months before spiralling in the past week during which Mourinho claimed Conte's touchline behaviour was clown-like. Conte retorted by saying Mourinho had senile dementia to which Mourinho responded with a comment about match-fixing, a pointed reference to the Italian who had been acquitted of any wrong-doing following a four-month ban for failing to report match-fixing during his time as Siena manager. Understandably, this jibe infuriated Conte, who labelled Mourinho a "little man".
Mourinho's increasingly barbed invective has seriously tarnished his silverware-laden legacy at Chelsea and is destabilising for the Blues as both men seem hell-bent on pursuing a course of action which is likely to end in front of the FA disciplinary committee long before the two sides clash in the Premier League on Feb. 25.
While Mourinho seems unable to help himself, he is no longer Chelsea's problem. Conte though needs to lock himself in a dark room, have a quiet word with himself, refocus on his job managing the club and figure out how to get past Arsenal in the League Cup semifinal and Norwich in the FA Cup replay.
As their battle continues, there is only going to be one winner and that is Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola. City are running away with the Premier League and remain on course for an unprecedented quadruple. With Guardiola free from petulant distractions, City's chances of ending the campaign with a significant haul of silverware have to be greater than both United's and Chelsea's.
That won't be lost on the owners of both clubs, who are no doubt cringing with embarrassment at the controversy surrounding their respective managers.

http://kwese.espn.com/football/club/chelsea/363/blog/post/3340986/antonio-conte-must-forget-jose-mourinho-spat-and-focus-on-chelsea?

This will be massive if and when it sees the light of the day. Kudos to Obaseki I know some born to hate will not like this.

OP don't do it and stay far away from her. The end result is not always funny but her husband no try sha if you're telling us the truth.

HomeTutor1:
100 tubers of Yam for 20k from Niger state. tfare is #3500

What's the selling price in Lagos and how quickly can one get buyers without involving middlemen. I seem interested

Israel on Sunday banned representatives of 20 NGOs working in the country from its territory due to their supporting a campaign opposed to the occupation of Palestine.
According to Israeli daily Haaretz, Israel published a blacklist of 20 organizations, including 11 European and 6 U.S. groups, due to their support for the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement.
Israel’s Channel 7 quoted the country’s Strategic Affairs Minister Gilad Erdan as saying: “We have shifted from defense to offense. The boycott organizations should know that the state of Israel will act against them and not allow [them] to enter its territory.”
Among the people on the blacklist are the France-Palestine Solidarity Association, British War on Want, BDS France and Italy, European Coordination of Committees and Associations for Palestine, Friends of Al-Aqsa, Ireland Palestine Solidarity Campaign, American Friends Service Committee, American Muslims for Palestine, Jewish Voice for Peace, Code Pink, Jewish Voice for Peace, and National Students for Justice in Palestine.
BDS Chile and South Africa are also on the list, according to Haaretz.
The BDS movement is a global campaign to put more economic and political pressure on Israel to end violations of international law.
The campaign was launched "to end international support for Israel's oppression of Palestinians and pressure Israel to comply with international law," according to its website.
Musicians such as Roger Waters and Elvis Costello have also canceled shows in Israel in support of the campaign.

http://aa.com.tr/en/middle-east/israel-bans-20-ngos-from-entry-for-boycott-support/1024815

NONNYG I dey hail

Nice one

It is quite possible that he was misinformed by his appointees and handlers for their gains at the detriment of the nation's progress. A lot of things are happening that we are not privy to.

NaoSlay:
We Nigerians are the most impatient and the most tribalistic humans in the world.

See them rejoicing over Daura death.

The way hate has consumed us is really alarming.

Vast majority of those celebrating his death are from a particular region.

nwoke37:
For the bolded part above..
The Asian countries started out with low standard technology but they improved. Now Japan and South Korea are big players in the global technology industry. Let's increase our standards and start manufacturing these technologies. It's shameful that we should listen to the American ambassador like this. He's basically telling us to forgo an industry that would bring huge development/industrialization to Nigeria. Yes, Nigeria should export agriculture but also work on the electronics industry. That American ambassador seems to not want progress for Nigeria..

MY brother your head get oil I think sey na only see the wayo wey the guy wan play us.
Thanks for saying it as it is

Imaam Abū Hātim rahimahullah, in Rawdatu'l-'Uqalā', said : 'The one who does not preserve his tongue has not understood his religion.'

Good day Nigerians I guess you're all doing good.
This is a survey designed to know whether road users in Nigeria will approve of toll fees to be used if governments will allow private individuals/organizations to construct roads.

Do you approve the use of toll fees on roads constructed by private individuals/organizations?

All that is required from Nairalanders is to answer yes or no.

Thank you all for your participation.
cc: mynd44 laudate, adminisher , BeautifulSE, Seun, amarabae, ishilove

I don't know why some Igbos on Nairaland like insulting the sensibilities of others by always getting involved in matters that doesn't concern them.
Today it is Hausas tomorrow Yorubas, next tomorrow Urhobos.

This is just an observation on my part though I stand to be corrected by those with superior knowledge.

Why is it that majority of female Nairalanders are only active in the romance section of the forum with little or no active participation in other sections?