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Politics › Re: Nigerian Man Attempts To Detonate Explosive On Delta Flight In US by biina: 11:57am On Dec 26, 2009

ElRazur:
Once you offer an opinion and quit reading your psychology text book I will gladly answer your questions.

In the mean time, I guess it is absolutely in your twisted world to set alight a form of explosion on a plane? Woah. Funny enough, the UK are now seeking further information on the guy. Speaks volumes. Oh, matches is a controlled form of explosion.

Unlike you, I am not quick to jump to conclusions without the facts of the matter. No fact has been presented to counter that the occurrence was not an accident. Investigation does not equal guilt. Except in your mind, where the guy seems to have been confirmed as a religious extremist who attempted a terrorist act under the guidance of a charismatic leader undecided

Politics › Re: Nigerian Man Attempts To Detonate Explosive On Delta Flight In US by biina: 11:45am On Dec 26, 2009

ElRazur:
I don't understand why a few people think simply because things are bad at home, people struggling to survive etc. It automatically means we love life and not willing to die for someone else cause? If anything, it is nothing but the perfect recipie, all we need is someone who is charismatic and able to convince people.

Come to think of it, it is already happening - All those who extremely believe in sharia and other forms of religion extremism that then forces their will on people. All of these things are all forms of dogma, beliefs and what not, and it ain't no different to going a step further and wanting to kill for the belief.

So passing state legislation on the adoption of sharia is only slightly different from state sponsored terrorism? undecided

I noted a few people have mentioned that firecrackers is not the same as bomb. Well, I am not Pyrotechnician, but a fire crackers, rockects and grenades are all forms of "Controlled explosions" so yeah, the media is right in my opinion in calling it a "Bomb", it is a form of it. Finally, it will appear that latest reports are suggest he had on him a mixture of liquid and powered - Anyone who know about basic chemistry knows that high explosive combustion recipie can be made with the right liquid and powder.

Why not add match sticks to the list as well, as it is also a controlled explosion and can be deemed a bomb undecided

Let us stop the denial and face the fact, he is a nigerian and he appears to have been intent on the act of terror. As far as am concerend, I wish the US of A hang him, his kind and those who share his sort of views by the very balls.

You do not have the facts of the matter, yet you are quick to condemn the guy as being guilty of an act of terror.

Politics › Re: Nigerian Man Attempts To Detonate Explosive On Delta Flight In US by biina: 9:34am On Dec 26, 2009

I am yet to see any evidence of terrorist motives, nor anything to suggest it was not just an accident. The 'explosion' was small enough that the guy himself survived with minimal burns, and was likely not enough to significantly damage the plane. They said the guy even looked shocked. undecided

Politics › Re: Nigerian Man Attempts To Detonate Explosive On Delta Flight In US by biina: 9:14am On Dec 26, 2009

@No2Atheism
Unsurprisingly, you responded with your silver bullet of 'Strawman arguments', but then your last post only provided evidence of your intolerance.
- There are about 1.5 billion muslims in the world. How many terrorist do you know or have evidence of? instead you claim that all 1.% billion are undecided

- Al Taqiya that you are so fond of simply refers to concealing your faith under the threat of persecution. The early christian did same.
- You are not giving your opinion, yet others disagree with you? But you would rather delude yourself that they are fact, when they are correctly your interpretation of the facts.
- As to where you claim you opinion is the absolute truth, simply read any of your recent posts e.g.

No2Atheism:
- Telling the truth is not an act of intolerance, telling the truth is sanctioned by the Bible. . . . unless of course you are suggesting that people should compromise and withhold truthful information all in the name of being tolerant . . .

- You are not judging, but yet you condemn Muslims under the guise of simply telling the truth? undecided

Anyways, contrary to your imagination, I am less interested in a discourse with you, just simply saddened to hear such from one who claims to be a christian.

Politics › Re: Nigerian Man Attempts To Detonate Explosive On Delta Flight In US by biina: 8:58am On Dec 26, 2009

dayokanu:
Indonesia- Bali Bombing
India- Mumbai Killings,

By that yard stick, most countries are not at peace, including Nigeria

Politics › Re: Nigerian Man Attempts To Detonate Explosive On Delta Flight In US by biina: 8:49am On Dec 26, 2009

Sweet T:
these countries are peacefull to you?? these guys on this board are clueless.

if not, where is your evidence of war?

Politics › Re: Nigerian Man Attempts To Detonate Explosive On Delta Flight In US by biina: 8:44am On Dec 26, 2009

Sweet T:
Tell me a spot in the world that has a lot of muslim and is peacefull?

Tunisia, Morrocco, Indonesia, India, Turkey, . . . . . . and then ? undecided

Politics › Re: Nigerian Man Attempts To Detonate Explosive On Delta Flight In US by biina: 8:41am On Dec 26, 2009

Aloy~Emeka:
How come you avoided Darfur, Zango Kataf, Kaduna massacre, Jos massacre. Lets start from home first.

The argument was against Islam being synonymous with wars. I didn't say Muslims have not been involved in one, and your post does not change my point. Fractional occurence does not confirm iff association.
The problem is not race or religion, buts simply humans.

Politics › Re: Nigerian Man Attempts To Detonate Explosive On Delta Flight In US by biina: 8:37am On Dec 26, 2009

Sweet T:
The bible says love thy neighbors like yourself,

The quran says - if he doesn't believe in your faith or insult mohammed, bomb the excreta out of his @$$.

which one would you choose. Jesus is the only way to salvation and eternal life.

Sweet T:
Your whole village and your alfa is foolish. eyin omo ale won yi. freaking islamic terrorist.

Sweet T:
May God bless you!

Sweet T:
iya ati baba e. olosi.

Politics › Re: Nigerian Man Attempts To Detonate Explosive On Delta Flight In US by biina: 8:32am On Dec 26, 2009

yorke:
I've known this long time ago, islam is syn to war, is a religion of myopic and gullible people who want to impose it on everybody e.g boko, islam should be crack from the surface of the earth, too much of brainwashing.abeg make we hear word.

Like it was Islam that guided the genocide of Bosnian muslims under ther the approval of the Serbian orthodox church. undecided

or it was the 5% Muslim population (and not the 90% Christians) in Rwanda that carried out the genocide? undecided

Some of you guys need to get off the 'Religious Self Righteous' whiskey. You sound drunk.

Politics › Re: Nigerian Man Attempts To Detonate Explosive On Delta Flight In US by biina: 8:14am On Dec 26, 2009

No2Atheism:
- I am not a politically correct person . . . hence I would give you the blunt truth as far as I am concerned . . .

- I am not too proud to apologise when I beleive I am wrong about something i said or did. . .

- All I have said is the blunt truth about Islam and how it affects Nigeria and the consequence . . .

- If your definition of tolerance is the act of fodging the truth . . . then you can keep such tolerance to yourself . . .

- I personally do not consider myself to be intolerant . . .instead I consider myself to be a blunt person . . . hence I am willing to speak the truth to both Christians and Muslims . . . hence why I do not and would not support the killing of any soul simply because i know its biblically wrong.

- If you think telling the Truth is an act of intolerance . . . then it seems you need to read the bible a little bit more otherwise it seems: your definition of tolerance is going to convict even The Messiah Himself . . . who the bible shows was also very blunt with the Pharasees . . .

You are tolerant by condemning an entire religious group based on the action of a minority fraction? undecided

You tolerant by demeaning and insulting key figures in the religion of others? undecided

You are tolerant by classifying all member of a religious group as extremists? undecided

You are tolerant by arrogantly defining your opinion as the absolute truth? undecided

Thats just simply sad

and BTW you dont have the authority that Jesus has, so you cant go about judging others

Politics › Re: Nigerian Man Attempts To Detonate Explosive On Delta Flight In US by biina: 7:47am On Dec 26, 2009

@No2Atheism
You sound no better than the religious extremists you are so quick to condemn. Intolerance is bad, irrespective of where you are coming from. undecided

Politics › Re: Yahooo00! A History Is Made, Us Senate Passes Landmark Healthcare Reform Bill by biina: 7:39am On Dec 26, 2009

princekevo:
I wont be going down this road again, we have argued this health care bill on here many times . IF You think it is right for 40million Americans to live without health care insurance, jst becoz they cant afford to buy one, or due to the pre-existing medical History. And i don't see anything wrong in passing a Health care bill that covers 30million out of 40million of these uninsured. Ask now.

You miss the point. The health care bill is for Americans, and irrespective of the objectives, its success (or otherwise) can only be judged after due time. Yet, how does this affect the price of fish for the average Nigerian? undecided

Your post simply carries the luggage of others on its head, while dragging its own along. undecided

princekevo:
Ask now. Am happy coz i have some American frens who have waited for this opportunity to come. Some frens who are already at the vague of bankruptcy as result high cost of medical bills. Why? becoz they have no health insurance policy.

If you feel like celebrating with your American friends, please go and do it on an American board, or at the least carry am go foreign affairs section. A Nigerian proclaiming the passing of an American centered bill, like if its the second coming of Christ, is evidence of misplaced priorities.

Sports › Re: NFL 11-12 Season Is Here: Where Are All The NFL Fans? by biina: 7:13am On Dec 26, 2009

Down goes one of the 7-7 teams. Chargers clinched the AFC #2 with their 42-17 rout of the Titans, who looked terrible on both sides of the ball.

Politics › Re: Yahooo00! A History Is Made, Us Senate Passes Landmark Healthcare Reform Bill by biina: 10:48pm On Dec 25, 2009

princekevo:
My guy is not all about follow follow. We have a universal law. What is right is right in any part of the world. What they just did is the right thing in a right way, which will remain right in any part of the world. You cant tell me doing the right thing becos other didit means follow follow. You better wake up.

Universal law? thats quite hilarious. So in the past, when they hadn't passed the bill, they were doing the wrong things in the wrong way? undecided

There is nothing to say that the proposed changes will bring an overall improvement to the lifes of the people.
What is right is what is in the best interest of the people, and that varies from country to country, and scenario by scenario. The diversity in system of governance among the developed nations is evidence of this.

Sports › Re: NFL 11-12 Season Is Here: Where Are All The NFL Fans? by biina: 2:02am On Dec 25, 2009

I want (and think) Titans will beat the Chargers. Titans, with playoff ambitions, should be more motivated than the Chargers who have more or less secured the AFC #2 seed. Add CJ and Vince young against the 21st rushing defence, and Titans should be able to put points on the board. The problem everyone has with San Diego is their passing offense with their very tall receivers and 'ball in the air, go get it' approach. Hopefully they put some hard hits on that loud mouthed Rivers angry

Romance › Re: How Romantic Are You On A Scale Of 10? by biina: 12:46am On Dec 25, 2009

@OP
On a scale of 1 to 10, I am subzero cry

Music/Radio › Re: What Are You Listening To Right Now? by biina: 9:41pm On Dec 24, 2009

Koffi - Aroma II

Romance › Re: She's Killing Me Please Advice Me! by biina: 9:39pm On Dec 24, 2009

@OP
If she is killing you, then fold your arms and die peacefully. undecided

Politics › Re: Yahooo00! A History Is Made, Us Senate Passes Landmark Healthcare Reform Bill by biina: 6:01pm On Dec 24, 2009

princekevo:
Is good to be happy at others success, there you can learn how to be successful.
So Nigeria should learn from them.

so the recently passed bill has been deemed a success? undecided

You need to stop doing follow follow, instead think of your own problems and how to solve them.

Education › Re: Preparing for GRE by biina: 5:56pm On Dec 24, 2009

SEFAGO:
yeah, I guess- but I didn't do college in nigeria, so I have this gut feeling that graduate school might expect a bit more from me. I do have high test scores, an Ok GPA, and some research experience- but it isn't rily the big three quality. If I went to university in Nigeria, I might have tried them, since then I would have excuses for my mediocrity compared to other MIT/Stanford applicants. I have seen the application profile for most Nigerians who make it to top PhD programs in the US, and being sincere they wouldn't make first pass if they were being judged just on merit. But makes sense though we should be given a bit of leeway.

I am not so sure I agree with the bar being lower for people that schooled in naija as opposed to in the US, because most from naija often end up above average in the program, while the performances of those black students who schooled in the US are more evenly distributed (if not biased towards to lower end). A suspected cause is that top minority students who schooled in the US are less likely to apply to the top schools like Stanford/MIT, stating (like you) that they wouldn't make it in, so why bother (and instead most apply to #10-20 schools) . One exception though might be the oil & gas related fields.
If you are interested in getting a PhD, you should at least talk to the diversity office and minority staff at those schools and see what your chances are.

Well Northwestern engineering is ok, agreed not MIT quality, but some of their departments are considered the best of the best.

I heard they are investing heavily in their engineering programs, particularly along the bio, mems etc lines.

hmmm, i dont exactly get this.

ignore it. grin

Food › Re: How Much Do You Eat? by biina: 12:17pm On Dec 24, 2009

Eat more when am bored (as I tend to cook more)

Food › Re: What Are You Eating/drinking Right Now? by biina: 12:12pm On Dec 24, 2009

Cheesecake + iced tea

Food › Re: What's Your Favorite Breakfast? by biina: 12:11pm On Dec 24, 2009

early morning iyan grin

Culture › Re: Where Are You From? by biina: 12:04pm On Dec 24, 2009

The settlement on the border of the Savannah, where the corrupt is vindicated at the expense of the innocent grin

Education › Re: Preparing for GRE by biina: 11:47am On Dec 24, 2009

SEFAGO:
Its a top 20 engineering school- No names because I signed an agreement saying I would not say anything i saw since it was confidential info-

Fair enough.

An engineering program- a couple of top schools and also a bit of average ones- not MIT/Caltech/Stanford though (they have deadlines around december 1st and I would definitely have turned my apps earlier if i applied to those schools) and such.

why didnt you apply to those three? Its less difficult to get in when you are a minority applicant, and funding is also easier.

One of my classmates last year who goes to Northwestern engineering, turned his applications at the last minute, but he still got in despite not doing his undergrad in an engineering.

There is a program dependence. I doubt the engineering program at Northwestern is that competitive, and competitive must be defined with the applicants profile in mind. A student who couldn't get into MIT could possibly get in with a late application to somewhere like Ohio State.

A hidden problem though is the racial undercurrent evident in graduate engineering admissions in the top schools. We need more faculty presence to ease admission into these programs, unfortunately most people want to go to the industry to make money.

Education › Re: Preparing for GRE by biina: 11:03am On Dec 24, 2009

SEFAGO:
Not rily true again- most faculty who read applications convene in january, key point is turning it before december, the graduate school assistants who compile your file, start their break around December 23rd (standard in America) and then comeback around January 4th, then start compiling applications up until Jannuary 15th. Usually the graduate school assistants have a review sheet where they include key aspects such as your GPA, and GRE score so that it gives admission people an idea of your strengths and weaknesses- most admission officers spend like 10 minutes maximum on an application so u must have something that catches their eyes. So it does take time for the graduate school to process ones admission file- like around 2 weeks from when you turn it in- but in the spirit of fairness most graduate schools dont do first come, first served .

Source: Worked one summer in a graduate school admissions office.

But thnxs for the wishes, I feel I would need considering the fact I have bigger deficiencies to worry about.

Which school and department did you work in?
My experience and info differs. The mechanics of admission (like the characteristics of the school itself) will likely change as you go down the ladder
Departments in top research schools that have to process large volumes of applications don't wait till the deadline before they begin the screening process (as the criterion is set a priori, batching is detrimental), after which the files are handed to a faculty member responsible for the area of research the student might have indicated. The files are often sorted into 2-3 tiers with the first tier supposedly being the exceptional ones. Statistics imply that students who were reviewed earlier were treated more favorably than the latter ones.

which school/course are you applying to?

Education › Re: Preparing for GRE by biina: 9:31am On Dec 24, 2009

SEFAGO:
Not really true though I agree it makes your file complete quickly, which makes u get reviewed quickly which like cause and effect seems to improve your chances. I would say it depends even for top schools. I have called a lot of schools and they told me they wont be reviewing any applications until the beginning of January.

That is the company line, but feel free to submit whenever you feel is appropriate. Best of luck with your application.

Romance › Re: Is It Me, Or My Citizenship? by biina: 4:32am On Dec 24, 2009

mailia:
yeah but she's not marrying his friends is she? she's marrying him she needs to be sure how she feels about him becos lets face it he cld have some really nice friends but be the worst of the bunch.

She needs to make her mind up. based on her feelings and nothing else " the fairy tale" isnt guaranteed
a lot of the time it takes real commitment by both parties & has to be worked at.

The margin between people and their friends is not that much.
If she is questioning his sincerity in asking for marriage, then how is friends have handled similar situations might help e.g. has any of his friends married wives with favorable immigration status on short notice.

That she loves the guy (or not) is secondary, with primary concern being if the guy is honest and if his intentions are honorable.

Romance › Re: Is It Me, Or My Citizenship? by biina: 3:26am On Dec 24, 2009

@OP
What about his friends? You often get a truer picture of someone by evaluating the company they keep.
You knwo what they say, Birds of a feather . . . . . . . .

Education › Re: Preparing for GRE by biina: 2:59am On Dec 24, 2009

SEFAGO:
congrats- I am just rounding up my applications myself- I started them recently, like a week ago , slow and steady wins the race-and I have deadlines of january 1st so u guys can guess how my Christmas is going to be spent.

Try to turn in your apps a few weeks before the deadline, as it improves your chances, particularly with top schools.

BTW How to Write a Winning Personal Statement for Graduate and Professional School (3rd ed.) by Richard Stelzer is a nice resource for writing admission essays

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