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toba:
My sister, theres no prb in letting it be. But u must agree with me that the guy is biased. Check out the Yansh thread by bawomolo

If he's biased then so am I. We're all biased Toba. We have a christian mod and an atheist mod to help address some of those biases. Some people support the change of topic, others don't. Its not really a big deal ehn

vescucci:
Guru JeSoul.

Guru? . . . hmm, typo?

The Movie Club don't really wanna know. You on the other hand . . . . . . . . . . .

Lol, aight, I shall wait for the appropriate venue to pursue the matter further.

Nice take on the questions too. It's easy to be dispassionate as an onlooker. I'd probably kill for someone I love. I'll remember to pick your brain later though.

I share that sentiment whole heartedly. I recall this dream that I had about a year or so ago. My older sister was kidnapped and the car that took her was just ahead on the road. I went on a gun rampage taking out everything and everyone in my path to try to save her. Got to the car, mercilessly killed the perpetrators and rescued her. I woke up. I smiled. It would not take longer than a heartbeat for me to do that in reality.

Oh, Jessica Biel is beautiful. If you mayest not find me a bit uncouth, I have bonafide uncouth friends who think she has a J-Lo (or is it jello?) bottom. Apparently, this is a good thing.

Lol. Battle of the behinds. Lemme throw Serena Williams in the mix. Let all three of em' duke it out. JK can be the referee, I have a small feeling he would kill for such an opportunity.

Toba e do now let it go.

Here you go Anonimi  (reply and quote this post to see the correct formatting) -

https://africannewslive.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/uk-Immigration-lawyer-Michael-Adelasoye.jpg

vescucci:
I gotta admit, movies are an important part of my life. I saw Before Sunrise, the film which Before Sunset is a sequel to. It made me make an important decision. Just when I was thinking, might I have been wrong? I saw Definitely Maybe and thought, nah, I'm good. A silly digression. What am I supposed to be doing here? Yes, The Illusionist.

lol. On behalf of the movie club I ask, what was that decision?

I think The Prestige and The Illusionist came out the same year. I love The Prestige for other reasons even apart from the film's quality. But I loved The Illusionist more. Something the film had that were riveting was the mystery. It's different from Prestige were you don't know where sleight of hand ends and magic (science) begins. In The Illusionist, you know everything is an illusion but it is no less enchanting. Norton was so intriguing and unbelievably deep. Spontaneous in an omniscient kinda way. Great stuff. Paul Giamatti was just sterling. The most convincing character. I was taken by him almost as much but was really surprised cuz I've never ever seen him half as good in anything ever before. I'm not so blown away by Biel though. Sorry everyone. Ok, not spectacular. I forget the name of the prince. He's also very good and his acting is subtle. He is truly regal. Last element that impressed me is the question of morality. I was conflicted in the end by what's fair and what 'fair' (as in beautiful). The prince was innocent. Of two charges. The inspector had more scruples than we thought. Biel's character had less. Eisenheim would do anything to get the girl. Eisenheim knew all of the above and masterfully manipulated everyone to get the he loved. It all begs the question: is true love an end that justifies any means. I really couldn't decide. That kinda thing is what makes a great film. I rate it 95%.

Who talk say we all knew? me I didn't know it was an illusion jare! Nice review Vesc. I like the questions you raise in the end. The prince was innocent of the two charges, but the way I see it, he was guilty of a 1000 more crimes and hence pretty much deserving of the hand he received. Perhaps it wasn't fair, but hey, life's not fair is it?

is true love an end that justifies any means. I really couldn't decide.

I'd say sometimes yes, and sometimes no, and sometimes there is no clear answer. Hope that helps? lol.

And oh, we were not praising Biel for her acting in the movie, we were just praising her for her.

Bad belle people like David abeg move to one side jare 

The movie had weak everything - plot, dialogue etc . . . but just seeing all those legends in one place was more than worth it 

MMW, nor vex ehn oga. It's usually tricky changing topic titles as I've noticed in other sections, with approval being about 50%. I also thought to change the topic at first just like you did, but chuckled with anticipation and an evil grin at the joyful "attacks" that would soon follow such an inciteful title.

And I return the bet, double, that MyJoe and Toba woulda still voiced some disagreement if it had been I who changed it . . . they may have just gone a lil easier on me being the gentlemen that they are

kobikwelu:
BTW I FORGOT!!!

jesoul, u r giving this movie 90%


stop throwing favorable ratings like dat oooooo

remmb your a critic , or are u

was the film nominated for any awards?

lol this boy self. I'm feeling generous these days now, allow me jor. And being a "movie critic" (not that I am one) does not mean you have to be "stingy" with ratings. A movie may not necessarily be "intellectual" in the elitist sense but it may be entertaining, and entertaining is the category that carries the most weight for me. Oscar-winning or nominated movies to me these days mean absolutely jack, nada. I mean they gave the best movie to that crap called The Hurt Locker while skipping over gems like District 9. The oscars are deader than jerry curls to me.

And just for that, I'm increasing my rating of The Illusionist to 91%   

Oya, where's your own review?

Joagbaje:
The marriage would not have succeeded .A broken engagement is better than broken home

Amos 3:3
3 Can two walk together, except they be agreed?

1 John 2:19
19 They went out from our number, but they did not[ really] belong to us; for if they had been of us, they would have remained with us. But[ they withdrew] that it might be plain that they all are not of us.

Interdenomination marriage has it's own problem. Better to marry from your church. Same Jesus but different revelation.

You have come again.

This thread should be poster child for what happens when you misappropriate scripture.

Ttalks thanks for posting the[b] full [/b] verse and[b] in context[/b].

The Illusionist. A few descriptors readily come to mind - captivating, enchanting, dark, riveting, strange, romantic, mysterious. Norton is a magician who meets up later in life with a childhood sweetheart who is currently engaged to some spoiled prince. Murder, magic, romance and mysticism get entangled, resulting in a plot that arrests your mind, and leaves you hooked and stumped until the very end.

I could watch this movie another 10 times and still enjoy it like the first time. Its kinda sorta similar to The Prestige, but different enough that it is its own movie. I'm not sure which is better of the two . . . they're both that good. And oh, I relate to Thando's comment too, including the falling in love part I just love Jessica Biel.

I rate 90%.

Ttalks, so many have your same testimony of being 'saved' from the pentecostal movement. May God continue to bless you.

Nukedude, whut up?
  I think I recall Pilgrim mention once that she attended a baptist church? As for No2Atheism, he quit NL a while back.

  Church affiliation . . . hmmm, I have none really. Due to my music involvement I've been afforded the opportunity to visit and fellowship in all kinds of different churches from baptist to pentecostal to catholic. And If there's one thing I've learned, its that there is no one church that has it all together. I do have a church (pentecostal) that I regularly attend when I'm home but I'm not a member. I see and hear all kinds of things that I do not agree with, but I do love the church though I don't really participate in much "church stuff/events". I'm much more active/closer with my friends who are believers. We hang out, study, fellowship as time permits us these busy days. And in recent times, Romans 14:22 has become my motto.

Hope that answers?

And as for photos, thankfully its much easier.

There are two ways:

-When posting a new comment, you can simply "attach" the photo from your computer. This is right below the area where you enter text on the page. The maximum size of the picture has to be 200kb.

-Alternatively, if the image is online, you can simply get the address of the image (such as an image search on google).
    Ex. I searched for "Clouds" on google image search.
    I clicked on one of the pictures that came up, and further clicked on "see full size image"
    This will give you the direct link in the address bar. Copy it.

-On your NL post, click on the button right below the "I" (italics), this is the "insert image" button. Paste the address in between it. It will look like this:
  [img ]http://ht tp://hobbyistsoftware.com/Initiate-backgrounds/Clouds_320.jpg[ /img]

*note I added spaces to the characters to make it show up as text. Once I take out the spaces, it'll look like this -

   https://hobbyistsoftware.com/Initiate-backgrounds/Clouds_320.jpg

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   Pastor you owe me $50. What? I didn't mention it wasn't free?

Nuclearboy this section would be 100times less enjoyable without your presence  do you moonlight as a comedian on weeknights/weekends?

Pastor AIO:
Abegi, can someone teach me step by step how to put videos from youtube into my posts, and also how to put photos?

Pastor how bodi?

For youtube videos:

- On youtube, click "embed" underneath the video you want and copy the link it generates.
     Lets use my favorite video of all time as an example.

   This is the youtube address:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZUAJPKRYeNk  - copy and paste into the address bar.

   Underneath the video, click "embed", this is the link it generates: <object width="480" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/ZUAJPKRYeNk?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://w ww.youtube.com/v/ZUAJPKRYeNk?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object>

- Now you don't need all that^ (thankfully). You just need the address, which is the part I've bolded. Copy the bolded part.

- When composing your new post post on NL, the button right below the "B" (bold button) is the "Insert Flash" button. Click it and insert your copied address in between. It will give you this: [flash= 200,200]http://w ww. youtube.com/v/ZUAJPKRYeNk?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US[/flash]

    *note I added spaces between the 'flash= 200' and 'w ww' characters so that it'll show as text. Once you take out the spaces up there will show as this below:

[flash=500,400]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZUAJPKRYeNk?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US"[/flash]

Hope that helps!

The one and only DeepSight! Happy birthday sweetie    and may the God of heaven continually smile on you.

vescucci:
If I could manage it, I'd lock you and Jo and Deep Sight in one room with one ax. Maybe I'll add thehomer and Oladegbu too, just for kicks

Lol. I'd pay some very good money to see that.

Joagbaje:
Moderator,
Please if I make a mistaken in the title of a thread, how do I go about correcting it. Secondly if I make a post and observe I had made an error , is there room for editing or correcting it after it has been posted?
Thanks .

Joagbaje, both your questions have the same answer. Look the the right of any post you make, whether you start a topic or just a make a response in a thread, there's a button that says "Modify" - you can modify the title of your thread or your post, or even the title in your post. Hope this answers your question.
Godbless.

Please continue on Nosa's thread here- https://www.nairaland.com/nigeria/topic-507888.0.html

traffic from here

https://www.nairaland.com/nigeria/topic-508317.0.html and https://www.nairaland.com/nigeria/topic-508110.0.html continue on this thread.

So there are at least 3 threads on this subject. I know I saw at least another in the Politics section which led to the mix-up.

Toba, I cannot stop people from posting duplicate topics now, I can only lock and re-direct if and when I see them.  

Tudor, thank for clearing that up. Since Nosa's came first, others, including this will be locked.

Please continue here- https://www.nairaland.com/nigeria/topic-492875.0.html

Yes i do have the ability to tell the time Tudor, thanks for asking. Was the topic in this section or was it moved from elsewhere? If moved then it doesn't take precedence over the one regardless of when it was opened.

There hasnt been any real discussion on either thread anyways so what does it matter?

I guess this topic was moved from another section here?? . . . please continue on this thread already existing here:
https://www.nairaland.com/nigeria/topic-508317.0.html

Gracias.

EDIT - sorry. Continue on this even earlier thread here: https://www.nairaland.com/nigeria/topic-507888.0.html

mdsocks:
You tell me one leader that has had to face such difficulties of this magnitude in this 21st century,

Two wars,
Recession,
Failing industries,
and huge deficit,

There's no question his job is difficult. But I repeat again Dr.Socks, having a difficult job inherently comes with the territory of being the president of the US - and he chose and fought for that job. There's no crying or whining in Politics jare. Along with the difficulty he also enjoys incredible priviledges 99.99% of us will never know. So by extension, I can think of about 30-50million people in the US that would either love to have his 'difficult' job.

What would mccain have done , if he was elected,

Well, we will never know.

That Us is still standing on its feet is worth it

Hmmm, this is the US of A. To just be "standing on its feet" does not fly as a job very well done.

I dont also like the spending spree Michelle was involved in, but give the guy a break, He is being there for a year and half ,

The fact is, It is not easy to get out a recession, You have to feel the pain

No pain , no gain , Lets see what he will do by the end of his term,

True sha. But like you say, we go see . . .

vescucci:
Let's look at it another way since Hawking forgot to say the trendy God doesn't exist, He merely didn't create the universe. God created nothing. The universe was created outta nothing. By extension God created the universe. What? My argument is silly? You should read Hawkings'

this is the most compelling case for an intelligent creator I've seen in a while.

[quote author=john_blaze link=topic=508317.msg6691961#msg6691961 date=1283522636]ONDON (Reuters) – God did not create the universe and the "Big Bang" was an inevitable consequence of the laws of physics, the eminent British theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking argues in a new book.
In "The Grand Design," co-authored with U.S. physicist Leonard Mlodinow, Hawking says a new series of theories made a creator of the universe redundant, according to the Times newspaper which published extracts on Thursday.
"Because there is a law such as gravity, the universe can and will create itself from nothing. Spontaneous creation is the reason there is something rather than nothing, why the universe exists, why we exist," Hawking writes.
"It is not necessary to invoke God to light the blue touch paper and set the universe going."

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100902/lf_nm_life/us_britain_hawking[/quote]For a man who loves to brandish science about, the best he can do is regurgitate a set of "new" theories that render the need for a creator "redundant"? the only value this article has is of the comedic kind. Common Hawking, surely you can do better than this. Surely.

Horus:
[size=15pt]Gaddaffi is a racist. [/size]

Could not have said it better meself.

cap28:
I think you have completely exaggerated the level of collusion between our people and the european slave traders, the fact that there were a few corrupt collaborators in our midst does not mean that there was overwhelming support on the part of all africans to collaborate with the europeans to enslave their own people.  There is factual evidence which actually proves that the europeans fomented wars and pitted various tribes against each other, threatening each side with enslavement if they refused to cooperate.  YOu must remember that the europeans had the added advantage of the gun - this is why we were defeated - we could not defend ourselves.

The argument  you are trying to use is commonly used by whites who refuse to accept responsiblity for the heinous crimes that they have carried out against most of the non white races of the world.  YOu might as well say that the native americans and the aborigines of australia and new zealand are to blame for being decimated  by the europeans who invaded their land.

My dear Cap, while I appreciate your knowledge on the history of slavery, you misappropriated my last response. Here is what I said again:

JeSoul:
No and yes. True we were kidnapped and removed forcibly into slavery, but also in many many instances it would never happened if we did not sell our own brothers and sisters to the white man for spices and mirrors. So we share plenty of blame there too.

I said - "in many many instances it would not have happened". That does not equate in ALL instances we sold ourselves. My simple point was that we also share in the blame in many cases, and cannot simply "blame the white man" for all of slavery.

No its not irrelevant - you were commending the americans for removing Abacha without understanding the real reason behind them doing so, there is no point praising an action when you have no real understanding as to why that action was undertaken in the first place.

No brotha, I maintain that it is completely irrelevant.

Abacha = a tyrant.

That statement is completely unrelated to -

Obasanjo = a terrible president.

And don't forget that it is just an allegation (that can probably never be substantiated) that the West had a hand in Abacha's removal and Obasanjo's installation. So forgive me if I stop short of giving full credence to the conspiracy theory. But let us continue . . .

Abacha was a thorn in the side of the americans NOT because he stole billions of dollars from the nigerian treasury , brutalised the nigerian people or mismanaged the nigerian economy - NO, the americans couldnt care less about what Abacha did or did not do for his people - their only interest was in him opening up the nigerian economy  to the whole sale plunder and pillage that they had been enjoying under Babangida, they wanted nigeria to continue on the downward spiral of borrowing more and more money from the IMF so that we would be in so much debt to them they would more or less own our natural resources, this is the level of sophisticated exploitation that the west now operates in africa and thats why Nkrumah referred to it as "neo colonialism" - a new form of exploitation whereby the exploiter does not physically occupy your land but still controls the economic and political destiny of your country by imposing punitive economic policies on the targeted nation which are designed to enrich the predator nation whilst simultaneously impoverishing the targeted nation.

Okay lets just stipulate everything you have said is indeed true. I'd like to solicit your opinion on this - was Nigeria better off under Abacha or under Obasanjo? Who committed greater crimes against the nation and people of the nation?

Abacha's refusal to accept IMF and world bank loans does not make him a hero because he failed to do anything for his own people - instead he salted away billions of stolen money in foreign accounts, however in refusing to be kicked around by western financial institutions he showed that he was no coward and had balls. 

Hmmm. Perhaps the one point in all this I will readily concur with you. And perhaps he indeed had some big stones, but of what profitable use is it to "commend" that? As far as Nigeria is concerned, his testicular fortitude did us no good.

  This can be equated to commenting on a 100 ton massive trainwreck of twisted metal that crushed scores and scores of people in cars on a train track, but yet pointing to a small window in the bathroom of the last storage car, and saying, look, at least that window didn't break, it withstood the accident.

[quote author=Tayo-D link=topic=504035.msg6682813#msg6682813 date=1283385118]As for the issue of the vacation or numerous vacations, I am of the opinion that the President should have led by example.   This is the person who has been telling us to tighten our belt and make sacrifices and we see no hint that he is doing the same.[/quote]That's really the bottomline isn't it? leading by example. It wasn't wrong for him or Michelle to take vacations but being a leader means sometimes you make tough sacrifices.

Ibime:
When you lose everything till you have nothing to lose, YOU LOSE IT!

That's why people are mad right now, and Obama must take the blame as the public face of govt. It will only stop when people stop losing their homes and jobs

Truth. A relative informed me just last night that they're cutting jobs at the state hospital where he works by 40%. Na prayer mode everybody dey now that they be spared. He followed that annoucement by saying "thank you Obama". This coming from a fervent supporter of his. Its really tough out there . . .   

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mdsocks:
He has also being[b] forced [/b] into totally reactive on most issues. The economy was in dire straits when he took over and he was forced to deal with it.

What is this you're saying mr stockings? Obama was "forced" to deal with it? he was forced to be "reactive" on those sensitive issues? what? is he not his own man? does he not have control over his own voice? did anybody force him to run for president? do you think being the president of the USA would be a walk in the park?

and in large part he was bound into the stimulus spending strategy that Bush's administration had embarked on.Afghanistan and Iraq, he was similarly bound to what his predecessor had started until there were was an opportunity to change the strategy. The spill in the Gulf is similarly

Again, he was "bound" to continue in stimulus spending? Did anyone put a gun to his head when he was pressuring congress to approve his 1 trilla stimulus bill?

  hmmm please defend him ehn, but take better style do am ehn 

nuclearboy:
Basically then -

[1] Fela sold tickets to his show at 10 "pa" per head.
[2] Many people wanted to watch Abami-Eda but couldn't afford his tickets
[3] They stampeded, broke down security and watched the show free
[4] Fela's intended customers lost the chance to be "manouvered"
[5] Fela's show thus, was a flop
[6] But Fela didn't lose - the cost was on his band members. Praise the Lord!

Next!

. . . Nuclearboy, you were at ^that show weren't you?

manmustwac:
Beleive it or not but i was there and couldn't get in.

Lol, you sef you wan see show .

People were told to go to CEC in bermondsey CEC in docklands etc where they had prepared overflows where people could watch the event on screens, but most people {a few even in wheelchairs who had come to be healed} just hung around the main entrance until around 10 11 or even 12 o clock before they decided to go home

You should have seen the 02 security doing everything they can to persuade the disappointed masses to go home.

That sucks for those people. Wasn't there an electronic way to track how many people were in the building? most arenas have this these days and know how many more people to let in or not.  But hey, tell them to look at the bright side, they are probably better off not being able to get in and watch/hear some biblically sketchy things from the MOG.

Hmm . . . manmustwac, how come you have so much information? where you there? or you just seem to have the scoop and down-low on everything that goes in and around London?