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 Sports › Re: NFL 11-12 Season Is Here: Where Are All The NFL Fans? by biina: 6:31pm On Feb 06, 2010 |
Brady and Manning?  Brady is not even close. Top 5 QBs in order: Manning, Brett, Warner, Brees, then Brady.Its funny when people talk about best regular season and best post season QB. The ability of a QB is not a function of when he plays, rather the post season pitches you against top teams and is more a reflection of the team's quality and not necessarily a particular player. Why dont you apply same logic to other positions and say Fitz is the best post season WR. The only position that feels the pressure is the kicker.All the hype about Brady is based on the 3 SBs. Brady's post season record, just like big ben's, is more of him playing on a great team and less of him being a great QB. People often use the Pats post season success as evidence of Brady's ability which is not true, as the success of the Pats was more from their defence. As the defence declined so did the Pat's and Brady's success. Brady is overrated as a QB IMO, and that Cassel can win 11 games is evidence that its more of the system and less of the man. When the Pats and Steelers have slumped in other areas, both Brady and Ben have failed to hold up their teams. He simply lost Welker and they got pawned by the Ravens. If it was peyton, most will be shouting that he choked. |
| Sports › Re: NFL 11-12 Season Is Here: Where Are All The NFL Fans? by biina: 8:28pm On Feb 05, 2010 |
chic2pimp:probably on sentiments. Peyton was the better QB and led his team to 14-2, but this was probably Brees best shot at it, and I felt he should 've gotten it, as peyton has 3 already and would likely still win more. Peyton is good enough to win the MVP every year. I have this bad feeling that Brees might end up being a bridesmaid to the end. The guy deserves some personal awards to buttress his claim to being one of the best in his generation. I think he is a better QB than Brady. |
| Career › Re: Welcome To My Office by biina: 11:08am On Feb 05, 2010 |
tkb417:IT systems are not the banks core business and thus the MD of a bank can afford a big level of abstraction, but the MD needs to know his onions when it comes to banking. The lack of knowledge of basic engineering principles is why Bola Ige as minister for power was talking about the amount of power NEPA generated per day  How much abstraction you can afford at the ministerial level would depend on the challenges being faced. One can easily follow your line of argument down the organization and keep on passing down the responsibility. At some point, someone needs to know the core business and what they are doing. I think it should be as high up the ladder as possible. I disagree with having ministers that do not know what they are managing, and have to get advisers, who in turn needs advisers that may also need advisers, all simply because the minister is clueless. Moreso, we have tried other fields with no success, and are yet to try the sole one associated with the core business. If a person is unqualified, competency is no longer an option. |
| Career › Re: Welcome To My Office by biina: 12:19am On Feb 05, 2010 |
AjanleKoko:An analysis of the problems facing NEPA should guide the selection of the candidate. NEPA is a monopoly that faces an almost perfectly inelastic demand. Its problems are more on the technical side at all phases of the network. Energy economics is a sub-discipline of economics and it does not qualify the individual to solve the technical problems of NEPA. It is more suited to some one heading a functional energy provider in a competitive market. A better candidate for NEPA would be an electrical engineer with sound management skills and experience. |
| Culture › Re: Nairaland Official Igbo, Hausa and Yoruba Dictionary by biina: 11:50pm On Feb 04, 2010 |
Skidoc:I initially thot lapalapa was ring worm, and then on second thot felt I had mixed them up. Thinking about it a bit more, lapalapa is ringworm like I said initially. Eela should be eczema that often causes irritation, itching, redness and possible ulcer of the skin. It is definitely not ifo, whose primary symptom is the lightening of the infected skin area. Ifo is more likely tinea versicolor |
| Culture › Re: Nairaland Official Igbo, Hausa and Yoruba Dictionary by biina: 6:31pm On Feb 04, 2010 |
Candy9:Slight typo in my initial post: lapalapa refers to eczema and not ringworm, while the plant is used to treat both. Ringworm is called eela |
| Culture › Re: Nairaland Official Igbo, Hausa and Yoruba Dictionary by biina: 8:39am On Feb 04, 2010 |
Candy9:ete depending on the intonation and/or yoruba spelling could mean any of tongue, cunningness/slyness, or disgrace lapalapa refers to eczema or the Jatropa species plant used to treat such skin infections as ringworm and eczema |
| Education › Re: 87 Students Bag First Class In UNILAG by biina: 7:43am On Feb 04, 2010 |
@volasunkan The point of the conv was the quality of Unilag 1st class student, and not if any Unilag Alum was successful. |
| Sports › Re: NFL 11-12 Season Is Here: Where Are All The NFL Fans? by biina: 3:33am On Feb 04, 2010 |
JeSoul:Dont tell me you are actually looking forward to attending PTA meetings in your 50s   While maturity should be a strong factor, health shoudnt be too far behind, and I think at somewhere 25-35yrs you should have a balance of both. |
| Family › Re: Why Do Some Nigerian Men Enjoy Beating Their Wives? by biina: 9:45pm On Feb 02, 2010 |
So what about women that beat their husbands? |
| Family › Re: How Do You Deal With An Overstaying Mother In Law by biina: 9:38pm On Feb 02, 2010 |
She is free to stay for as long as she wants, but she cannot boss anyone around. The son should be observant enough and it his responsibility to set his mother straight. |
| Education › Re: 87 Students Bag First Class In UNILAG by biina: 7:44am On Feb 02, 2010 |
I have met products from UI and OAU Ife, and the few first class among them that I know can hold their own againts the best of them. With all these bashing, is there no product of Unilag who can defend their honor? |
| Sports › Re: NFL 11-12 Season Is Here: Where Are All The NFL Fans? by biina: 9:43pm On Feb 01, 2010 |
A-40:didnt hurt and the baby didnt cry? sounds like a publicity BS.Its not looking good for Freeney he just might miss the SBNot looking good at all, s it means less pressure on brees and bushrod. The funny part about football is that the players you lose before the game does not bar you from losing more during the game. Thats why all the rest to avoid injuries from Polian was just BS. Freeney got injured trying to not put a late hit on Sanchez. |
| Education › Re: 87 Students Bag First Class In UNILAG by biina: 10:57am On Feb 01, 2010 |
To have a first class i.e.4.50/5.00 u need - an A for every B of same total units - 3x A for every C of same total units - 5x A for every D of same total units - 7x A for every E of same total units - and if u get an F, may God help you |
| Sports › Re: NFL 11-12 Season Is Here: Where Are All The NFL Fans? by biina: 7:40am On Feb 01, 2010 |
So does anyone know of anyone, who knows anyone that knows anyone, who might know anyone that knows someone . . . . (six degrees of separation ) who watched/watches the pro-bowl? |
| Culture › Re: Nairaland Official Igbo, Hausa and Yoruba Dictionary by biina: 4:53am On Feb 01, 2010 |
Candy9:Its a yoruba proverb A ki du ori olori ki awodi gbe teni lo Transliteration: One does not strife to save the head of another, only to have a hawk cart one's own away Meaning: One should not pursue the cause of others at the expense of one's own priorities e.g. one should not save others at the expense of one's safety Words: A = we, one ki = does not , do not, not du = strife, compete, struggle ori = head olori = (in this context) He who owns the head i.e. another; more commonly used to mean a leader awodi = hawk gbe= carry teni (shortened from ti eni) = one's own lo = away 1 Like |
| Politics › Re: Court Freezes Ibru’s N500bn Bank Accounts by biina: 3:31am On Jan 31, 2010 |
I doubt she has N500 billion (=over $3 billion) in her accounts. N500 million is a more realistic figure. It could be an honest mistake, but more likely sensational journalism by the source. |
| Culture › Re: Nairaland Official Igbo, Hausa and Yoruba Dictionary by biina: 1:08am On Jan 31, 2010 |
Candy9:E k'ale o - Good evening (even though transliteration is closer to good night )ka sun layo - Wishing you a good night sleep/rest or sleep well |
| Sports › Re: NFL 11-12 Season Is Here: Where Are All The NFL Fans? by biina: 11:47pm On Jan 30, 2010 |
Injuries for the saints Those that did not practice: Jeremy Shockey (TE) - knee. Randall Gay (CB) - foot, Lynell Hamilton (RB) - ankle Will Smith (DE) - groin Those limited practice: Malcolm Jenkins (CB) - hamstring Courtney Roby (WR) - knee Jon Vilma (LB) - knee Darren Sharper (FS) - knee Zach Strief (LT) - shoulder All were listed as questionable. Feel both teams are exaggerating their injuries. |
| Sports › Re: NFL 11-12 Season Is Here: Where Are All The NFL Fans? by biina: 11:47pm On Jan 30, 2010 |
A-40:No Colts injuries that did not practice: Jerraud Powers (CB) - foot Dwight Freeney (DE) - ankle Donald Brown (RB) - foot Limited participation in practice: Melvin Bullit (SS) - knee Austin Collie (WR) - foot Antonio Bethea (FS) - back Jacob Tamme (TE) -ankle Everybody else had full practice. Powers, Freeney, Brown and Bullit are listed as questionable, but I expect them all to play in the SB. |
| Education › Re: 87 Students Bag First Class In UNILAG by biina: 5:00am On Jan 30, 2010 |
SEFAGO:Not necessarily. A department that awards 1st class honors to about 1% of the class would make it more similar to summa cumlaude than magna cumlaude e.g. in the Unilag case there were 87 first class students students out of 6197 graduates, which is about 1.4%. In other schools, like OAU, we might be looking at less than 1% of the graduating class. |
| Education › Re: 87 Students Bag First Class In UNILAG by biina: 7:51pm On Jan 29, 2010 |
manie:Birds of a feather often flock together. Jarus:Proverbs 27:17 As iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another. |
| Education › Re: 87 Students Bag First Class In UNILAG by biina: 11:36am On Jan 29, 2010 |
SEFAGO:While I see your point, (un)fortunately, quite a number of lecturers/professor administrators etc would disagree with you. The core flaw is that in that model (and the more general curve-based/relative/percentile grading), the quality of student that get a degree is implicitly dependent on the distribution of the quality of students that get admitted. Thus a student that was a top student in one year could turn out to be no better than a student that was 10-15% in another year i.e. your ability to get a first class becomes strongly dependent on the quality students in your class, and since annual quality of admission varies, your class of degree is no longer precise. Since graduation year is recessed when evaluating qualifications, you don't the true quality of a degree to be contingent on it The percentile-grading system is more suited at graduate level in top schools where there is a broader sample space, admission criteria favors merit, and, the reputation of the school helps to reduce variation in admission quality. |
| Education › Re: 87 Students Bag First Class In UNILAG by biina: 11:04am On Jan 29, 2010 |
SEFAGO:So the question is the class of your degree (which is in turn a measure of your grades) should reflect what - your ability relative to your peers (i.e. on a national scale)? - your ability relative to your classmates in the school? - or your ability relative to a standard (set by the school)? None of these can be said to be inherently superior to the others, but the tuning of a system to accurately measure one, makes it incapable of measuring the others. Most school try to achieve a composite metric. To talk of grade inflation, implicitly assumes that there is a standard grade allocation scheme (but there is none). Until we have the latter, you cannot claim existence of the former. While any schools might have a bias in students graduating with a particular class of degree, it is up to employers to interpret those degrees in context e.g. are those students with equivalent of 2.1 honors from top schools more deserving than those of lesser schools? |
| Education › Re: 87 Students Bag First Class In UNILAG by biina: 10:55am On Jan 29, 2010 |
H2O2:Do not put off till tomorrow what you can do today |
| Education › Re: 87 Students Bag First Class In UNILAG by biina: 10:35am On Jan 29, 2010 |
micktosin:which table? |
| Education › Re: 87 Students Bag First Class In UNILAG by biina: 9:29am On Jan 29, 2010 |
I think the difficulty in getting a first class in faulties like law, humanities, Arts etc migfht be dues to - the subjective nature of evaluation, as unlike in enginerring and science where the solution is often exact - a bias in the quality of intake, as the more brilliant students are often guided into science classes at the secondary school level - historical references i.e. there has never been a first class in this department |
| Education › Re: 87 Students Bag First Class In UNILAG by biina: 9:22am On Jan 29, 2010 |
H2O2:There is really no such thing as 'grade inflation', else there would be a standard grading. |
| Education › Re: 87 Students Bag First Class In UNILAG by biina: 9:12am On Jan 29, 2010 |
skyone:You sound defensive A standard is that which is set a priori, while quality is measure of the actual product and how well they meet the set standard. What you have across schools is a minimum requirement for accreditation. There is no ubiquitous standard that is used across campuses (or even across departments in the same school) for awarding class of degree. To think that the quality of students awarded a particular degree is independent of the awarding school is hilarious. You cannot equate a first class student from OAU to one from Bayero, or one from Imperial College to one from coventry, or an equivalent (summa cum laude) from MIT to one from san jose state university. You cant do it for first class students, nor can you do it at the lower classes. Its simply because the quality of your graduates implicitly depends on the quality of your intake, and the effectiveness of the system in imparting knowledge. Still the class of degree is something that is determined within the school without correspondence to others. One might be tempted to look at metrics like the GPA, but remember that a GPA is simply a reflection of your grades, which is in turn a function of the lecturer examining and awarding said grades, and since the quality of lecturers varies also from school to school, so thus the grades awarded for similar quality of work. There is no accuracy in awarding degrees, but what you will expect is for the process to be precise i.e. the quality of students that are awarded the same class of degree by a particular school to be similar from year to year. If your school produces more first class students than Cambridge or Oxford, does not make the students from your school better than those from cambridge. In fact I would say it is the reverse. Neither can you say that the first class student from your school is as good as those from Cambridge, cos most likely the overall quality of their admission is much better than your school's. While Nigerian Universities might not be the best in the world, their products can hold up to the best of them. You can go to various top schools and you will find Nigerian students doing quite well in their graduate programs, which is evidence of a good enough undergraduate background. Nigerian Universities' lack of infrastructure is one of their many problems, but that the top schools in Nigeria can not matchup to an average school in the UK (like London Metroplolitan) is simply a figment of your imagination. |
| Education › Re: 87 Students Bag First Class In UNILAG by biina: 12:53am On Jan 29, 2010 |
skyone:That simply reflects the view of your school and the quality of their products. Each schools is free to set the standard and determine the quality of students that are awarded a particular degree. The onus is on the industry to discern between schools. |
| Sports › Re: NFL 11-12 Season Is Here: Where Are All The NFL Fans? by biina: 10:20am On Jan 28, 2010 |
So seems Warner is retiring. That would be a big loss, but I can understand given his concussion problems |
| Sports › Re: NFL 11-12 Season Is Here: Where Are All The NFL Fans? by biina: 7:03am On Jan 26, 2010 |
You cant crown CJ top RB until he delivers next season. Its nice to get 2K yards when you aren't expected to, but lets wait and see how well he does when the opposition have come to stop you as the main offensive threat. He also has to score more TDs. The way the league is in love with the QBs and passing game, it is difficult for an RB to get the MVP APs fumbling problem is not from trying to get extra yards, the guy just doesn't protect the ball well enough. Reggie Bush seems to have been drafted into the wrong team. Its either the Saints arent sure on how best to utilize him, or they cant get the dedication out of him to use him as they would like. He seems to have become a jack of all trades master of none. I would have liked to see him in an offense like the Colts or Dolphins that like talented athletes who are not necessarily spectacular in any position |
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