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summerglow: Have you tried amazon.com? I bought a lot of my textbooks from there, hope you find what you are looking for :-)

Thanks, but do you have it?

Basic Immunology: Functions and Disorders of the Immune System by Abbas and Lichtman. In Pdf/chm/djvu format. Abeg even if na hardcopy and you fit help me wit am.

Basic Immunology: Functions and Disorders of the Immune System by Abbas and Lichtman. In Pdf/chm/djvu format. Abeg even if na hardcopy and you fit help me wit am.

Nelly Ghenghen: John boy, seen the lad a couple of times in rennes, drives a Porsche cayerne.

Hehe, we now know you stay in France.

CAF has released a comprehensive list of the votes for the 2013 CAF African Player of the Year and the 2013 CAF African Player of the Year(Home-based). I think this is a very good move by CAF to promote transparency.
I'm using a phone, so anybody with a pc should please visit the link to copy and paste the list(pdf).

http://www.cafonline.com/football/news/19015-glo-caf-awards-2013-how-the-coaches-voted.html

Negation: good luck to all 3 candidates, very tasty lineup. Mikel is my favourite Nigerian player, but Toure is my favourite player while Drogba is the true son of Africa( and one of my top 5 strikers).

You can get attacked in these threads by the tribalists/nationalists, but hey, only a stupid fish tries to fight the current of the ocean. It's a Nigerian site, I guess few in CIV would support anyone other than their own.

#africaisacountry

#africaisacountry

safarigirl: I doubt the Toures had many options when they started.
Like I said, location matters to some, someone might choose to not go to a world class school because of the location, that's how people are generally.
To Nigerians, staying in Nigeria was much better than going to Ghana
Even if he hadn't gone to Europe, maybe he would've played in CHAN and garnered better offers than that of Man City- many would've preferred he stayed behind

U're wrong on the CHAN part. The CHAN is of lower standard than the AFCON. Mba and Obaobona made huge statements at the AFCON and only ended up at Bastia and Rizespor respectively. The CHAN has fewer scouts of course than the U17 World Cup, so the scouts have seen all they needed to see of him. He needs development now not just offers and the CHAN will offer very little of that to him. He may not even light up the CHAN as he will be playing against adults(remember he hasn't played in even the Nigerian league yet) unlike the the U17 World Cup and may be judged harshly by fickle fans which will be unfair.

Havilah93: D'banj, P-square, Lagbaja, Lira to perform at Glo Awards

As the countdown to 2013 Glo – Caf Awards begins, top artistes from different parts of the world have been lined up to light up the Awards night holding in Lagos, Nigeria, on 9th January, 2014.

Prominent on the list is the masked artiste from Nigeria, Lagbaja who is expected to keep the night alive with his Afro- Calypso genre of music, a product of various influences ranging from traditional Yoruba music to Jazz. The masked one is expected to enliven the hall with his scintillating dance steps and rhythmic saxophone.

P-Square, the identical twin brothers will also entertain the crowd at the event. P-square´s music is Afro centric; it combines western and African rhythms in creating a marvelous blend of R&B, Hip Hop and Dancehall songs. Their songs cut across various age genders and geographical boundaries, making them one of the most popular and sought after artistes in Africa. Since the release of the Get Squared and Game Over album, they have performed in several major concerts all around the world.

Also billed to perform at the event is singing sensation and Glo Ambassador in Benin Republic, Zeynab who, as usual will thrill the audience with her unique style.
South African singer, Lira who set the benchmark with her 2006 album, Feel Good – and with her late 2008 release, Soul in Mind will also thrill the audience. In the last two years, Lira has grown in stature most especially as a songwriter and intuitive performer, turning the young girl who showed the first glimpses of her gift more than five years ago into a woman with a world class talent.

Also billed to perform is D’banj, the Nigerian singer, songwriter, harmonica master and a charismatic stage performer with boundless energy.
D’Banj is moving from height to greater height everyday and has been glorified as the poster boy of Nigerian Music. The beginning of his achievement recognition came when he won Most Promising Male Artiste at the KORA AWARDS, 2005. The Koko Master is an infectious performer that can hold his audience captive for as long as he wants. He will surely add colour to the night.

www.vanguardngr.com/2013/12/2013-glo-caf-awards-d-banj-lagbaja-p-square-zeynab-entertain/

So even Vanguard journalists don't know what dancehall music is? When did Psquare start doing dancehall music?

Greatken007: That is what my friend do for a living in lag...if you are interested i wil connect u to him..a standard company for that matter, i base in Asaba for now 07033760830

Please this thread is about importation, don't derail it.

safarigirl: well the location isn't world class enough for an U-17 champion, glad he's currently in Barcelone, that sounds more like it

How does the location affect how his talents are honed in a world-class academy? Even the Asec academy in Cote D'Ivoire that produced the Toures is not in a location as good as the RtD academy. I'm not talking about countries now but the towns.
People were just uncomfortable with the fact that he would have been in Ghana, but really being at RtD would have been very good. This is an academy that tours Europe and almost always gets into medal zones of world academy tourneys. Well, in football there are no definites.

safarigirl: how can Iheanacho that was partly responsible for the downfall of the Ghanaian U-17 team go to the same Ghana? Make dem azonto boys break him leg destroy him career?

That Right To Dream academy is world class o. Google it.

Jibreel22222: ok, if yu say so bt wen will dey send itABU tinz is always different.

Don't worry about the jamb site. It's ABU that admitted you.

omenpetrol: what's this one saying??

You are a job-seeker abi? I'm just saying that when you become a successful businessman one day, and then a disgruntled ex-employee portrays your company in a bad way to the general public by making unverified claims, you won't find it funny at all. Do you understand now?

gluv01: I believe you read my post clearly. I said he was caned because he was disliked by that teacher. If he did an offence which required being caned, that's fine, i got no worries. I was caned severally in school for incorrectly answering a math question(I hated maths so always got an answer incorrect). And yes, sometimes i wonder if people like you have feelings, and that's the stupid thing about some Nigerian teachers, they have no feelings nor understand the sensitivity of some individuals. He was aware the teacher disliked him because she made it obvious, and so he thought every other person hated him as well. He was a child, what would a child below 8 do. He's grown up now though.

My comment was light-hearted na. Buh u sabi sey u no be kpako pikin? Kpako pikin no fit talk wetin u talk.

kwajahafiz: if majority of his managers are northern Muslims, then its only a matter of time before his company starts crumbling.....

And it hasn't crumbled all these years. Hausas are very smart if you don't know.

KoloOyinbo: Flogging teaches us that when reason fails pathetic bullies resort to violence.

The children who are beaten may turn out good but in the absence of violence many more will turn out better!

By the way when the children grow up and meet the teachers they find that like most bullies they are pathetic cowards when confronted by someone who is no longer afraid or under their abusive control.

You are wrong. When we're lucky to see an old disciplinarian teacher, we run across the road, greet him/her and tell him/her about all the progress we've made in life due to the way we were trained.

Ubenedictus: they use d julian calender, we use d calender of pope gregory called d gregorian calender.

Yeah. I just love that country.

KoloOyinbo: So violence is the answer to everything! How very sad.

My life didn't turn out to be a "sad" one. I've also learnt to view life from different perspectives unlike you. Calling it "violence" is wrong from an African perspective(maybe it's violence in Belfast) and nobody said it's "the answer to everything". Nobody encourages beating to the extent of bruising or causing injury. What most people are saying here is that without corporal punishment, most of us would have become very wayward and amounted to very little in life. Why should we change a formula that has worked and is working for us. You won't understand because you didn't grow up here. It is evidently not similar to what happened to you in Belfast.

Fynest, very educative. Not everybody celebrates xmas on Dec 25
https://www.nairaland.com/1583984/today-christmas-ethiopia

KoloOyinbo: This is not a 'whites' and 'blacks' issue. In Europe we used to have punishments for children every bit as barbaric as seen here. It existed all over the world in many varied cultures. Most nations are now moving on from such barbarism. I hope Nigeria will continue its proud development of country and culture and reject such methods within its educational system.

Both videos show so called teachers that are actually guilty of Child Abuse.

Well, flogging did me more good than all other forms of discipline. I'm happy i was flogged.

speedyboi: I thank GOd for my school . Beating was forbidden! Our principal used to say "my students are not animals". Just mild punishments.
And I was't trained with cane at home either. And I didn't turn wayward.....infact, I'm the best child that can ever happen to any parent . That cane culture is the reason why democracy can never work in Nigeria. Most Nigerians are trained with cane....so they can only do the right thing through these kinda corporal punishments. You can't tell a typical nigerian not to do something (by giving him strong reasons for him not to) and he will obey! Never! Until they start imposing heavy fines and impounding cars and demolishing houses before 'their ears will hear word'. That's the reason I'm in support of fashola's wicked laws for now. When parents start training their children the right way in nigeria, then we can have democratic laws.

Can you see that your heart is just as hardened as every Nigerian?

gluv01: Spanking children with such? Oh well, I remember when a teacher did that to my Younger bro. Irregardless of my age and that I was in junior high school, I rained insults on her and threatened to report to the police. The reason she disciplined spanked him was because she disliked him. Some of them do that just for reasons of disliking a particular student which is literally wrong. My bro suffered emotionally during that time and hated school so much. At such young age he was mentally, physically and verbally abused. That's the disadvantage of spanking kids, it makes them more aggressive later on. Though some of them needs it. But when it is not necessary and you do it, that's just abuse. Very few cases of the assault gets to the media, for every 1 that is made public, there are 50 cases at the present time.m Psst

All dis ajebutter people sef. Your brother suffered emotionally cuz he was caned?? If na by dat one, I for don mad na. I chop cane for pry school, come chop beta beating from seniors for FGC. The secondary school years were the best of my still young life.

thegoodjoehunt: Why not point players who have been converted to defensive mid fielders that flourished. In that list I dropped, point out those who can't play the creative attack midfield position. I am waiting.

Oga, you win. I don tire.

thegoodjoehunt: If Forlan is was converted to a defensive midfielder early in his career and never given a chance to play forward, he would never have been known as one of the best attacking players of a generation. Mikel has never, not even once been given a chance at Chelsea to play there because of the amount of attacking players that have been at Chelsea. Like Deco, Joe Cole, Ballack, Tiago, Lampard etc. Even now you have Oscar, Hazard, William, Mata, Van Ginkel, De Bruyne, Schurlle, Josh McEachran. On loan are Marin, Lucas Paizon, Oriol Romeu.

So Mikel hasn't even gotten the opportunity. Only Coach Keshi gave him the chance and he did well.

Well, Schweinsteiger was converted from a winger to a CM early in his career and he's one of the best midfielders in the world right now.
Many of those you mentioned are not even attacking midfielders in the strict sense and if Mikel can't grab an AM spot ahead of more than half of the ones present now, then he shouldn't even bother.

thegoodjoehunt: Mikel has always made defense splitting passes. Did you see the passes he was spraying against Derby?

There was a pass under Ancelotti Mikel gave Anelka. When Anelka scored, everyone left Anelka and went to Mikel to celebrate.

So how many assists has Mikel in his whole Chelsea career if he's been giving such passes according to you?

Mancini turned Yaya from a defensive midfielder/defender at Barca into one of the best mid fielders in the world. No Ione knew Yaya could do it. If it is passes, Mikel is amazing.

So according to your logic, shouldn't Mikel be one of the best DMs in the world today? Or are you saying it is impossible to excel in a defensive role?

I am even uncomfortable with this your comparison with Yaya comparison because Yaya played as both AM and DM at Monaco before going to Barca.

thegoodjoehunt: Mikel would have excelled as a CAM. Of he wouldn't have, how come he flourished and did well against the best midfield players in national team football(Spain)?

He did well at the Nations Cup also. He was never given the opportunity, so writing him off is wrong.

Many didn't know Yaya could do well as a player in an attacking role till Mancini tried it.

The truth is Yaya was making forward and defense-splitting through passes even as a DM at Barca. Most of Mikel's passes are diagonal and sideways being why he's got a high completed pass rate. He rarely makes adventurous passes. If he was that good as CAM at the Confed Cup, why didn't he have so many assists? Well, you may say the strikers wasted chances and there will be some truth in that. But the thing is if Nigeria had world class AMs like Chelsea has, Mikel would be played as a DM. National teams improvise in positions where there is dearth being why Uruguay used Forlan as an AM behind Suarez and Cavani at the 2010 world cup even though he was one of the best strikers in Europe that year. Michel Bastos was also used as a left-back to good effect by Brazil even though he was the best winger on the Lyon team and maybe France that season. Mikel is decent as a DM and when Nigeria gets a great AM to partner him, the midfield will be far better than it is right now.

Ethiopia (and especially the
Ethiopian Orthodox Church)
still use the old Julian
calendar, so they celebrate
Christmas on January 7th, not
December 25th! The Christmas
celebration in the Ethiopian
Orthodox Church is called
Ganna. Most people go to
Church on Christmas day.
Many people fast (don't eat
anything) on Christmas Eve
(January 6th). At dawn on the
morning of Ganna, people get
dressed in white. Most people
wear a traditional garment
called a shamma. It's a thin
white cotton piece of cloth with
brightly colored stripes across
the ends. It's worn like a toga.
If you live in a big town or city
you might wear 'western'
clothes. The early Ganna mass
starts at 4.00am!
The Ethiopian capital city is
Addis Ababa. It's a modern
city. Most people who live
outside big cities live in round
house made of mud-plastered
walls which have thatched
cone-shaped roofs. Sometimes
houses in the country are
rectangular and made of stone.
The design of Ethiopian Church
is similar to the houses. In the
country, they are often very old
and have been carved out of
rock. In cities, modern churches
are built in three circles, each
within the others.
The choir sings from the outer
circle. Everyone who goes to
church for the Ganna
celebrations is given a candle.
The people walk around the
church three times in a solemn
procession, holding the
candles. They then go to the
second circle to stand during
the service. The men and boys
are separated from the women
and girls. The center circle is
the most important and holy
place in the church and is
where the priest serves the
Holy Communion or mass.
It's also a tradition that one of
the Wise Men who visited Jesus
came from Ethiopia.
Around the time of Ganna, the
men and boys play a game that
is also called ganna. It's played
with a curved stick and a round
wooden ball, a bit like hockey.
Traditional Christmas foods in
Ethiopia include wat which is a
thick and spicy stew that
contains meat, vegetables and
sometimes eggs (sounds
yummy!). Wat is eaten on a
'plate of injera' - a flat bread.
Pieces of the injera are used as
an edible spoon to scoop up
the wat.
Twelve days after Ganna, on
19th January, Ethiopians start
the three day celebration of
Timkat. It celebrated the
baptism of Jesus. Children walk
to church services in a
procession. They wear the
crowns and robes of the church
youth groups that they belong
to. Adults wear the shamma.
The priests wear red and white
robes and carry embroidered
fringed umbrellas.
Musical instruments are played
during the Timkat procession.
The sistrum is a percussion
instrument with tinkling metal
disks a bit like a vertical
tambourine. A makamiya, a
long T-shaped prayer stick is
used to keep the rhythm and is
also used by the priests and a
stick to lean on during the long
Timkat church service!
Ethiopian men also play a sport
called yeferas guks. It's played
on horseback and the men
throw ceremonial lances at each
other (sounds rather
dangerous!).
People don't give and receive
present during Ganna and
Timkat. Sometimes children
might be given a small gift of
some clothes from their family
members. It's more a time for
going to church, eating lots and
playing games!
In Ethiopia, in the Amharic
language, Father Christmas or
Santa Claus is called 'Yágena
Abãt' which means 'Christmas
Father'.

http://www.whychristmas.com/cultures/ethiopia.shtml

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lirusehn: u started well buh d latter garbles all odaz.

Honestly bro, that's why o. I don't like people talking to me anyhow(even when they're older than i am) cuz i don't talk to people like dat except when I'm joking with my friends.

MissyDivah: I'm not a learner so save urself the stress sir!!!

Sorry pls.