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Depends on what you are selling and the price you are selling at.

So what are you selling?

Orimili:
No, I don't wear contacts, but my sister does, and I'm close to many people who do wear them. Even with the 'color coded lenses' you speak of, people are at the same risk of mixing lenses. At the same time it takes to distinguish one color from another, one can easily identify the right clear lens to put on. The consequences of putting on the wrong contacts is not that dire. My sister mismatches lenses every once in a while. I've never heard her say, "Oh my God, I've mismatched again, I'm going to need colors." She simply takes them off and puts them on again in the right place. No 'simple human error' warrants the need for color lenses.

So you can tell the difference in prescription of contacts by merely looking at them?     I wonder if you are willing to put your money where your mouth is, as I doubt that it is even humanly possible

Unless one is color blind, you are less at risk of mixing the lenses if they are of different colors: gReen tint for the Right eye lens, and a bLue tint for the Left lens (the capitalized letters are for association).

I am short sighted and astigmatic. I wear Acuvue advance for astigmatism (which are clear), and because the angles on my eyes are almost orthogonal, it is very dangerous for me to drive  with the lenses mixed up (as the lines on the road are not really where they seem to be ). Unfortunately, it is difficult for me to detect within the confines of my house that I have them mixed up (as the distances involved within my house are not so great) and often discover when  I am on the road and I cant read a road sign probably, somebody is blaring their horn at me for straying into their lane, or not stopping early enough at a traffic light. I always have to get to my destination to correct the mistake. To help, I have had to hang a Snellen chart in my living room for a quick test every morning.

Initially, I had hard contact lenses, tinted as described above and back then, things were much easier, as I never got them mixed up, and didn't require a daily eye test. I was forced to change to soft lenses as the hard lenses couldn't fit the curvature of my eyes.

You shouldn't use your limited second hand information to make sweeping statements about issues as diverse as eye defects and user experiences.

Orimili:
I don't even know where to begin.­.­. This entire statement reads more as an excuse to justify such items, rather than a sensible reason. If one's eyesight is bad enough that you can't see the correct lens to put on, then color contacts should be the last thing on the person's mind. In fact, that person shouldn't be wearing contact lenses at all. Also, that green/blue system probably wouldn't work with the type of person you described. It would be as easy to mix up as regular colorless lenses, and make the person look even stranger, now that she appears to have heterochromia, or different pigmentation for each eye.

The reason for my disapproval of color contacts are:
[list]
[li]She may think that it enhances her beauty/makes her more exotic looking, but in actually, it does the opposite, by hiding or masking her natural beauty[/li]
[li]It makes the wearer appear less confident of herself[/li]
[li]It's distracting! And not in a good way. Instead on looking at you, I'm wondering about how it is possible for a dark skinned girl to have bright purple or grey eyes.[/li]
[/list]

Obviously, you don't wear contacts. 
The mix up is not because of your bad eye sight, but rather due to simple human error when putting it on or taking it out (anyone going through the twice a day routine would appreciate). Bad eyesight does not equate to color blindness. Depending on your eye defect, mixing it up could have dire consequences.

Strength10:
To Biina

Listen guy, i don't have to indulge in back and forth ranting with you because it'll be like arguing with an Illetrate priest, who when a joke is made in Denmark, encourages the killing of innocent citizens in Nigeria. You both are probably in the same league because you lack spatial reasoning. You should go pull your people out of poverty and mediocrity before asserting that others are celebrating mediocrity. If i must celebrate anything, i will celebrate the Intelligence, harwork, confidence, pride, riches etc of my people before anything else. I may not agree with the poster for overhipping the girls achievement, but you, as stupid as you are have no right and audacity to put down her acheivements either. And for your information, intership is not intership. All animals are equal but some are more equal than the others. If everybody could get an internship in the white house or congress, then, i don't see why they have only 10% success rate. Working in the White house or congress is a unique and special experience you and most people around the world will never have. If they have 10% success rate and she is part of that 10%, then she must have had something better than the other 90% of people that never got in.
You ARE slowpoke AND AN IGNORANT FOOL. Yours words speak for you and your tribal sentiments and jealousy will always lead you to make crazy and unfounded attacks like these on fellow Nigerians.
You should go rid your brothers of thier idiotic mentality and get them educated before coming here to talk about selfesteem. And yeah, i have a lot to boast about when it comes to what gives me my superior selfesteem and i don't think i have to start explaining them to you because it will be like talking to a 10yr old. I can rejoice in the success of anything i want to at my leisure because i have earned it. Whether it is the success of the UNN guy that made some remote discovery or the success of an ordinary nigerian who gets out of hardship by building a business from ground up without capital, i deserve and reserve the right to smile and hail the success of anybody and the judgement is not yours to pass.
So got get yourself something better to do before crucifying a hardworking college student for her good achievement. BASTARD.!!!

The fact that the core of your post are personal insults and meaningless rants, provides one with an insight into your character. It was people like you that gave Socrates the grounds to argue against a 'one man - one vote' system. You do not seem fit to think for yourself, let alone think for others.

It is true that you have the right to celebrate any occurrence you deem fit, even if it is only a man walking through a door, but the moment you come to a public forums associated with Nigeria (like NL), it behooves people like me to set you straight, so that you do not drag the credibility of the nation down with you. To the blind the one-eyed is king, but we Nigerians will not settle for anyone with less than perfect vision

That you have failed to come up with a congruent argument in your defense, makes it an exercise in futility to try to educate you otherwise. Anyways, I have since learnt that one should never argue with an idiot. He will bring you down to his level and beat you with experience.

Mai Suya:
I disagre with this point. Given the way the university is run, it would be petty difficult for its management to engage in frivolous spending because the bureaucracies involved - approval by council, senate, etc - are, and have been pretty effective in preempting such situations. Moreover, all its financial transactions are handled by the Bursary, whose records external auditors scrutinize from time to time, and the results are always available to NUC(regulatory body) and indeed any interested person.

The truth of the matter is they are seriously underfunded. For instance, at my former institution, (UNIBEN) our VC used to cry then that the monthly subvention was short by about 12 million naira monthly for the payment staff wages, which means that the remain had be sourced locally. this is also apart from the millions spent buying diesel to run the generator.

Even if we can justifiably accuse all other sectors of Nigeria of mismanagement, I doubt hat our tertiary institutions should be included

It is not too difficult to mismanage funds in a Nigerian institution. Most of the spending fall under the executive office, headed by the VC, and the senate has limited administrative influence. The bursary manages the cash flow of the institution. Your basis (auditors & co) for expecting judicious spending sound foreign, and is shaky in the Nigerian context.  Even at the secondary school level, their is gross mismanagement of funds.

Yet I did not accuse them of mismanagement or said that they were not underfunded, but rather encouraging transparency and due process. You cannot make a clear case of being underfunded by the government to Nigerians, if you are unwilling to be scrutinized by the same populace you seek sympathy from.

To demand more money from the Nigeria populace without providing information on how past funding is allocated, or how the the new funds would be spent is unfair to the people. I personally would not support such.
The university should set an example for the rest of the system and not engender the same cloaked business that the politicians use in embezzling public funds.

davidif:
ehn, na lie o, in the top schools, you have to be insanely good to get a position there because you are competing with other proffessors to win a Nobel Prize. Can you imagine being in the economics department of Columbia university where you have to compete with several Nobel Winners like Paul Krugman, Joseph Stiglitz  and the others. You would have to better step your game up boy.

Firstly, the discussion is on the tenure process.
You are not competing for a Nobel prize, or competing with Nobel prize winners, as Nobel prize laureates (like Paul Krugman, Joseph Stiglitz) are usually tenured professors and often, than not, full professors.
There is a required academic profile to get an appointment in a top school, but you need more than your intellectual prowess to secure tenure.

The truth is that there is nothing like free education, it is a misnomer for indirect payment for education, and is just another item of propaganda used by the politicians to gain popularity with the masses. The government does not make money, it only spends the productivity of the populace.

Given the fundamental role of education in the development of a nation, it would be disastrous to leave the system at the mercy of the market forces, as it is impossible to make education a financially profitable venture. In all countries with respectable educational systems, top universities are primarily funded by public funds. Even the top private schools in the US are primarily funded by public funds. The primary difference between private and public universities, is in the allocation of state funds and the governance of the school. The private universities are to support and complement the public ones, and are not to champion the cause as we seem to be heading for in Nigeria

What the Nigerian university, and educational system really needs is transparency. Let the schools declare how much funds they have received from the university, and also state how they been allocated (judiciously or otherwise). It is after proper accountability that we can start to talk of if more funds are needed and from where such funds should be sourced. All you ever hear is that the system is underfunded, but they never come out to justify their expenditures.

Strength10:
I think we should celebrate this Achievement as a Nigerian Acheivement because we all rip the benefits that way and reduce tribalism. But i also don't see anything wrong in people rejoicing in the success of their own.
As for you[b] Biina[/b], you must be out of your mind to discount that girls achievement as just ordinary. That also tells me that you have a lot to learn. Those white house and congressional internships are very competitive to come by. Thousands apply yearly for them, they have very rigourous screening processes and only the talented, vsion oriented and intelligent students with very great potentials are recruited. So to put her acheivement in the same level as other company internships makes sound less informed and exposed than you think you are. Give Honor to whom honor is due. If that was your sister, i am sure you will print her posters all over your house.

Typical ignorant rant. While I would rather not engage in a banter with you on the question of levels of exposure, I would suggest you reread your posts before you pass judgment on the sophistication of others.

It is clearly stated in the article that the program was restricted to NIU students, and that more than 20 (which implicitly states less than 30) students applied, out of which 3 were successful. That is more than a 10% success rate. Please note that NIU itself is a tier-4 university and thus the student body is not as competitive as those found in higher tiered schools. That does not sound too competitive in my opinion. It is much more difficult to gain admission into a tier-1 university.

People like you, who, clouded by tribal sentiments, celebrate mediocrity, are one of the banes of the Nigerian society, and the educational system in particular. It is a good for the student to have such an opportunity, but is not worthy of the holla that you want to associate with it. No matter how you paint it, an internship is an internship, and her working with a congressman is no different from a Nigerian student working with a member of the house of assembly. You should learn to have higher expectations of your self and others. A low self esteem does much harm, and no good for you.

blackspade:
here is my email:

blackspadeone@hotmail.com

Thanks, will get it across.

Sorry for the OT

Your question disproves your assertion!

blackspade:
Thanks for the info. I actually don't mind attending a school outside of LA as long as it's in California (I really like this state).

My field of interest is engineering, but I also want to study business.

Can you provide an email so that we can take the discussion offline? I have a friend who is in engineering that should be in a better position to advise you.

blackspade:
UCLA (University of California Los Angeles), it costs almost $8,000 a year.

Don't you wanna leave home? as I assume from your profile that you leave in/around LA.
Schools with smaller minority student populations often have more scholarship opportunities for 'students of color' (irritates me every time I hear that phrase).
I would recommend that you broaden your school search and try to get in touch with current students in the schools, who can hopefully provide you with inside info on funding opportunities.
Most school often have African student and/or black student associations which you can contact.
What is your field of interest?

blackspade:
I wish the university I'm trying to get into had a tuition fee of only $1000.

If you dont mind my asking, which school is that?

The guy should please stay in his own country, and leave us alone with our 'problems'.

hoeyeadoe:
Binna, in what sense?

A tertiary education system is made up of different kinds of institution, each differing in its form and objectives.

A university is different from a school. A university is primarily a center of cultural life and cultural progress. Its primary business is to maintain, and to advance, knowledge and learning. It duties include (in order of importance) the maintenance and diffusion of culture in the community, research in all branches of learning, and the education of students. All this should be based on a foundation of intellectual and cultural freedom. To think of a university as simply a place where students learn is to be quite mistaken.

Private universities in Nigeria are run like if they are simply the upper floors of the Nigerian school system, with culturally stifled environments and limited intellectual freedom, which makes them slightly better than glorified secondary schools. Their foundations are wrong.

Why do people like to make a mountain of a mole hill?
It is simply an internship opportunity, equivalent to a Nigerian student working as an industrial attache with his/her state's rep in the house of assembly. There are always several interns working for politicians in the US ( e.g. Monica Lewinsky was an intern with the presidency) and Nigerians should not have such a low self esteem to deem it a salient achievement.
I am surprised that one would write an article about this, given that there are likely other Nigerians doing greater things worthy of recognition, than simply securing an internship. It makes me wonder if the subject is related to the journalist.

dakmanzero:
The Lagos stuff was shyte though.
[quote author=Ziggy_mama link=topic=267913.msg3831917#msg3831917 date=1241637254]EXACTLY!

[/quote]It practically ruined the whole movie for me.
They could have given it a fake name, or chosen a more remote area, instead they chose to degrade Lagos to the status of a slum.
I wonder when Nigeria will start taking Hollywood to task on their often misrepresentation of our society
For that alone, I rated the movie 1/5.

eve 4 jesu:
what is marriage without love?

Marriage

If truly the MiL has nowhere else suitable to stay, she can move in.

I don't care if there are 50 people living in my house, I run things as I deem fit. If you disagree with how I run my home? Please don't let the door hit you on your way out

hoeyeadoe:
Binna, what are they like?

They are slightly better than glorified secondary schools.

hoeyeadoe:
4 govt uniz? aint yu better being in a private uni?

If care is not taken, private universities will deliver the death blow to the Nigerian education system.

romeo:
Did you even ask a question? You made a statement and it was clear. freaking tribalists

FYI, a statement does not end with question mark.
No matter how large a community one might have,  it is rude to unilaterally seek to establish a royal heritage when you are guest in another man's domain.

georgecso:
Friday, 08 May 2009 
The Executive Secretary of National Universities Commission (NUC) Professor Julius Okojie said has suggested that students in government universities should pay N150,000 as minimum tuition fee per annum.
Professor Okojie while speaking on the forthcoming “Forum on Financing Higher Education in Nigeria,” said it was erroneous for people to hold the view that funding education must be left to government alone.

“The future of university education is the private universities. Most of the institutions that are making wave outside this country are privately-owned or funded by faith-based institutions and people are paying and attending them. For example out of about 2,600 universities in the United States of America (USA), close to 2000 are privately-owned and they are doing better than the public ones.

“Given the cost of running universities and even the amount that are paid in some secondary schools, I think Nigerians should change their attitude towards government owned institutions. At least N150, 000 which is just about $1000 should be the minimum amount students should pay for a year,” he said.

SOURCE: DAILY TRUST

That is just a misrepresentation of the facts. The NUC secretary should know better.

@topic
It is a possible event but has zero probability of occurrence!

Orimili:
I mean, I understand the prescription needs, but there are clear lenses available.

It easy to mix up clear contact lenses, and if your eyesight is as bad, and skewed, like some of my friends (they are blind as a bat without their prescriptions), the last thing you need is a mix up in lenses.
A friend of mine, an optician, when prescribing hard contacts, suggests having a gReen tint for the Right eye lens, and a bLue tint for the Left lens

I 've never understood why one would be willing to die for the country of another

Pythagorean theorem essentially relates the lengths of the 3 sides of a right-angled triangle. The only question is which of the sides are a, b and c.
The two smaller sides are a and b (with the labels being interchangeable) and they are also the ones that come together to form the 90 degrees angle.
Side c is the longest side and is refered to as the hypotenuse. It is the side that is opposite the 90 degrees angle.

Can you give an example of the kind of questions you are having problems with?

Two things I have always felt stood in the path of change are: our educational system (which goes beyond the schools) and our religions.

Nigerians are often blinded by their religious biases and made into tools of the unscrupulous imams and pastors. The average Nigerian will do almost whatever the pastor/imam says even at the detriment of himself and his family, while the religious leader is busy smiling to the bank with your generous contributions and gifts from the looting political elites. I have never heard a religious leader criticize any of the corrupt politicians (or anyone of influence for that matter)  that are in their fold.  It makes one wonder if the imam/pastor is serving God or the elites. It might be prudent to set religion aside if it would help us tackle our problems fairly and squarely.

The level of reasoning of the average Nigerian is often so appalling. Rarely do you see a Nigerian objectively analyzing a situation or giving constructive criticism. Instead, they are quick to base their stance on tribal sentiments, political affiliations, and/or selfish interests. What is the point of giving a man a choice, if he does not have the capacity to make the right choice

People often seem to confuse the existence of homosexuality with the societal acceptance of homosexuals.
It is quite possible that homosexuals existed in the pre-colonial African society, but evidence strongly suggest that it has never been accepted or accommodated by the society as a whole (i.e. barring rituals and sectoral practices). Same cannot be said of societies like the Greeks who are known to have been more liberal in their cultural orientation.

Another angle to it is that off springs of the interracial marriages often look more 'black' than 'white" (e.g. black hair and not blonde) and thus you don't see them as being 'white'

I doubt they have any legal standing to contest the ban, as I believe under the law, traditional titles are subject to the discretion of the state government which is only superseded by the federal government. For example, the appointment of a king can be vetoed by either the state or federal government