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CimonJorr:
"Ain't NoBody"... by Chaka Khan and Rufus..

rather than that should include 'Do you love what you feel?' which is still one of their best

ababoy1:
Most of them were hits in the mid 80’s. I am a huge music fan, and while I don’t play in clubs in the UK. I do my bit for house parties. Most of the tracks listed here have been covered (sampled) by today’s artists. Funk music of the 80s was the real deal. And still is…

so true mate, just listen to classics like Earth Wind and Fire - Lets groove it still sounds as fresh today as it was when it was released in the 80s. I'm listening to John White's 'Night people' at the moment, great jam

if i didn't know better, it almost sounds like the stuff those islamic terrorists say about marrying a '100 virgins' when they get to 'paradise'

was a bit skeptical about this whole 'A Place For Thirty-Somethings' thread but now you guys are talking about old school i just had to come out of lurking mode

I used to run an 'old school' online station at live365.com for 5 years and i still dj at a few parties when i feel like it. My old online station is still there at http://www.listentosoul.co.uk/ the adfree version still runs at http://adfree.listentosoul.co.uk/ (unfortunately you have to be a paid member of live365 to hear it).

My best group from the 80s was Shalamar, Jeffrey Daniels was the bomb, he could 'outdance' Michael Jackson anytime

donnie:
Because many of those churches you cll one man churches are not one -man churches as such.

A lot of Pentecostal churches are 'one man shows' usually with a very charismatic leader. The influence they have over their members is such that you might as well call them by their real name; cults

By the way Donnie, i noticed you mentioned christ embassy in an earlier post, so i assume thats the church you attend. My younger sister attends this church as well. She's a student here in London and works part time, she's always broke because she has spent most of her money on tithe and church pledges.
Now this 'poor' student has to bother 'non tithe paying' me for money all the time. I did tell her to ask her church for money since she gave it all to them but apparently they don't provide loans to members as most of them don't pay it back.

nice, will definitely add something

JosBoy4Lif:
But ijebuman how can malaria midly effect the sickle cell carrier if it does not infect the sickle shaped cells?
Is it only a certain amount of red blood cells that become sickle in shape for the carrier or is it not all of the cells??

For the sickle cell carrier it is only a certain amount of cells that are sickle shaped not all the red blood cells. I'll give you a personal example, i'm actually a sickle cell carrier (AS), my younger brother is not. When i lived in Nigeria and had an attack of malaria, in most cases a dose of nivaquine was enough to get me back on my feet. For my younger brother, he usually has to be admitted and treated in hospital and it takes him a longer time to get over it.
So compared to my brother i usually have a mild attack of malaria.

You can read more about it on wiki, its called the heterozygote advantage
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heterozygote_advantage#Heterozygote_advantage_and_sickle-cell_anemia

Seun:
It is true though that carriers of the sickle cell gene have a higher resistance to malaria, and because of that we have more sicklers in subsaharan Africa.

nferyn:
The protection against maleria occurs even when you inherit it from only one of your parents.

Just to add here that a sickle cell carrier will still suffer from Malaria but the effects will be mild because the parasites only infect the healthy red blood cells and not the sickled shaped cells

There is a lot of information on the web about sickle cell, just do a search in google
http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient&ie=UTF-8&rls=DVXA,DVXA:2005-36,DVXA:en&q=sickle%2Bcell%2Bresources

Depending on your location you can get your sister to join her local sickle cell organisation. My younger sister is a member of the sickle cell society in London - http://www.sicklecellsociety.org/aboutus.htm
They assist sufferers by providing information to doctors at her local A&E so they can treat her quickly when she has a crises. Its quite important that the doctors are aware of this as they may waste valuable time treating other symptoms.

Anyone who says 'Sahara' was a 'showcase' for Nigeria was not watching the same film i saw. The producers and directors of the film obviously needed some history and current affairs lessons. The film was littered with so many inaccuracies like people speaking Yoruba in Niger Republic or was it Mali??. The shots of Lagos were also wrong (i don't know what city they used but it was definitely not Lagos).
I wouldn't hold my breath on Hollywood doing a film/TV show that shows a good portrayal of Nigeria or even Africa. The average American will probably not believe it anyway...

Hollywood movies that showcase Nigeria = None

Hollywood movies/TV shows that showcase Nigeria/Nigerians (in bad light) = plenty..

Tears of the sun - portrays Nigeria in civil strife
Sahara - portrays Nigeria as source of pollution that threatens the planet's ecosystem
The Bourne Identity - uses Yoruba as the national language of a fictional African country (with Adewale Agbaje as the leader)
Sugar Hill - Nigerians portrayed as 'yoruba speaking' drug dealers (best part of the film was where Wesley Snipes asks them what 'Akata' meant )

Lost (TV series) - crashed drug plane in season one originated from Nigeria

Life has taught me that knowledge speaks, but wisdom listens...

anton:
That's funny.

Thinks i'll put that in my cutnpaste arsenal.

How would one say 'please do not put a curse on him' or 'them'?

that will be 'Jo ma fi epe si lori o'

No one in the world - Anita Baker