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FERNANDEZISBACK:
No one is underestimating them but judging by their military capability they are in no match to survive a full blown war against NATO..

For anyone who has some knowledge on military issues,the question should have been if Russia has any chance to stand against NATO for more than a week.

We don't live in 1942 where comrade Stalin orders the slaves to work non stop and produce 80.000 T 34 tanks. It wouldn't be any good even if Russians had a million tanks. That's the reason they're not producing in quantity T 14 Armata. In modern warfare the key to victory is air superiority. That's a field where Russians lack behind 30 - 40 years in technology,at least. They had to get targeting pods for their jets and thermal vision for their tanks from France...
Another thing is how long can they keep fighting when they are still struggling with their economy..
Pu*tin is considerate and wouldn't wanna engage himself in a war against NATO or USA.. casualties from both sides especially Russia is gonna be fatal..

1. I didn't tell you that Russia will survive a fight with NATO and that is because NATO is nothing but a team of countries protecting each other. This simply means Russia fighting a combination of US, UK, Germany, France, Italy, and Spain and more all put together.
2. I also told you that aside this marriage of states of nations called NATO, if faced in one on one fight, Russia will not fear any of them except US. And even the US, they will match them.
3. Without also the influence of US on NATO, Russia does not see anything in NATO, infact, Russia knows that NATO is US and nothing more.
4. Putin does not remove the possibility of invoking nuclear war heads if it comes to that and you know that without that, then war is nothing but people shooting guns one to another.

The same thing the US refused from happening in Cuba is what they want Russia to accept in Ukraine. Putin is stubborn, a dictator, and the Russian people are not happy but they will prefer to be hungry than allow US at their backyard. The current issue have even united Oppositions in Russia. I have 2 Russian classmates, though they hate to return to Russia however, they don't want to hear anything US.

I forgot to add @FERNANDEZISBACK, when in 2 years back, US refused China from joining the ISS, China built theirs and launched to the space and will within the year or next year launch the first human to their own International Space Station.

My point is, Russia and China are moving towards independence as they move towards over coming America in terms of military. These countries devote more finance in building military weapon and training their soldiers than they do in trying to boost their economy. Russians as not as happy or as free as Americans, however, they have complete loyalty to their countries.

So let's stop underestimating them bro, unless EU, NATO, or US gives Russia evidence in writing that Ukraine will NEVER join NATO, invading Ukraine might be a foregone conclusion.


@FERNANDEZISBACK remember the bolded. It was just but a matter of time. The recent decision to invoke came when the UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson said UK will send lethal weapons to Ukraine. Putin already figured out that other countries will do. The dictator knows that he has already crossed the line and nothing will change how the West will see him. So it is best to invade Ukraine before they get access to some weapons that can match theirs.

FERNANDEZISBACK:
Haha..

I read your first post and I think you are underestimating Russia.

For the avoidance of doubt, without NATO protection, and in the face of war, Russia will completely destroy France, Germany, Italy, Spain, not to talk of India that have nothing, or Israel. Russia is a super power.

Now, let's talk about the main thing, there is something about Russia you don't appreciate that the US appreciates. Over time, they have built independence and have everything they need or will need. Due to the nature of the country and it's government, most foreign countries don't associate with their products which limits same product to majorly Russia, however they are intelligent and are doing great military wise.

The international space station (ISS) is occupied majorly and almost in equal measure by Russia and US. Infact, it was just about 2 years ago in 10 years that America launched using an America space shuttle, Astronauts to the ISS. Other times, they have always been launching with Russia space shuttle.

The US knows the implication of a war with America and Putin rightly said that in such war, no one would win but he won't lose. Joe Biden told US citizens in Ukraine to leave Ukraine as he won't sent evacuation planes for them as that would lead to US and Russia shooting against each other, a scenario that will lead to full blown war.

Aside the influence of US in NATO, Russia have no single fear of NATO. The main European countries are aware of the capabilities of Russia. When it comes to Nuclear, Russia is self sufficient and have amassed many weapon grade uranium.

Putin will prefer to invade Ukraine, recover the country such that they will never ever have the option of joining NATO. What they will lose from the US sanctions, they gain from taking over the country and it's resources.

While we will continue to appreciate America's strength in war, Russia have same and are ready for it. Russia and US are the two countries that have the capability to destroy the entire world.

Solved the first part.

Now follow the method to solve the rest.

I solved the easiest. Lol

adebayo18015
1. Find the Laurette series of each of the following

c. exp(2z)/ (z-1)^3 ; z=1

@adebayo18015 I actually did C and this is very correct.

I checked engineering mathematics and I was able to do it.

DisGuy:
https://www.nairaland.com/cartalk

Thanks bro for reminding him.

Ramanto:
I was trying to apply but had to stop when I was asked to pay 500 naira. Is that normal?

NIN verification is a requirements to apply for both the MSC and the PhD. Try to verify and validate your NIN. It costs just N500.


Though I am of the opinion that NIN verification should be free. It's more like registering a company with the CAC and then after given your RC/BN/IT number, you are now required to pay money to verify it.

hammed71:
so any plans of going back

My thesis supervisor has been trying everything within his power to make sure I get a PhD. I am very confident that next year I will get a PhD.

But the problem now is me making up my mind on leaving the country. I want to stay within the country for atleast a year before leaving. And I want to leave the country married so that I won't have to see another winter single.

That is the plan for the moment.


Sorry guys, I am in the village, I went for Christmas. I will soon update the thread as soon as I am in Abuja.

One thing we are told repeatedly in life is not to give up easily. For men, the society expects you absorb alot of life's dynamics and the tides thereof. It was with this that I decided to chest the expenses that comes with the vehicle, of course if you have bought a car, you will know you have to do some little maintenance. This was a complexity that I had to deal with, however, Hernes (2008) said that ‘the mind grappling with complexity, then becoming part of that complexity. The mind establishes labels in order to understand what is going on, but then the labels become part of what is going on.’ Throughout the month of September, I had to combine work with vehicle issues. By the end of September, I had the same conclusion as the biblical Job "What I feared most has come upon me." and T. S. Elliot summarized my life:

We shall not cease from exploration,
And the end of all our exploring,
Will be to arrive where we started,
And know the place for the first time.

I already mentioned in the previous pages about the work I do, just to recap, I have not been treated differently by life, I have had to work in a place opposite of what I studied. While the pedagogy of learning expects that skills are transferable, however, for career growth, we all need to align ourselves in one field, one that we studied anyway. So call me a tax guy, a process automation analyst, business developer, business analyst, whatever, this is what I do. I may not mention names, however, we deploy revenue applications to states, and FG and some government agencies. If I mention names, it will be very easy to decode where I work. So I spend most of my life trying to understand revenue collection from regulators (Government) reference point. I understand perfectly all state taxes, who should pay and who shouldn't pay. While in France, we got a contract to deploy Capital Gains Tax, Stamp Duty, Consumption Tax, Gaming Tax etc for a state government. So it's my work to decode how these could be automated, process engineer it, try to shut down accountants or tax officers technicalities and ways they reduce revenue for government. To simply put, I know alot about revenue/tax collection at state levels. This is what I do.

While I France I have been working. So the decision on coming back to the country had nothing to do with where to work, I only have no job if in France. As long as I am in the country, there are alot I can do. I am always engaged.

Before coming back to the country, I already knew I would be spending atleast one year before thinking of leaving the country again. Since I will be spending quite sometime, I need to organize myself. So I got a place rented in the capital city of Abuja and also bought a 2012 Toyota Camry, the latter will become my worst nightmare.

While standing infront of the exit door of the Abuja International Airport waiting for my friend to pick me from the airport with the newly bought car, I received a bad news. The car just turned itself off on their way to the airport. Imagine the first time of seeing your car was on a towing van? It was not my first car, what happened? How did I enter into this mess. That's for a later time, for now, I will use Bolt to leave the airport and to meet the car on the road with my sister and my friend all standing like passengers on the road.

I like to organize myself, I hate to rush things. I try my best to plan everything I do before I do them. I avoid alot of mistakes while doing this, though not in the case of this vehicle.

I have always loved Camry 2012, before leaving the country, I knew it was my next car and I worked towards it. I watched the price move from N3m to 3.5m to 4m to 5m. So while I plan my return, I already knew this was the car of my choice. I told my friends to look out for one so I don't get to spend much money on Uber/Bolt or even struggle in public transport. One of my friend in Lagos saw Tokunbo Toyota Camry, 2012 model (The way I like it) and sent me the pictures. I quickly forwarded it to my guy in Abuja who went to inspect it. He sent me the VIN and I contacted the nairaland ComputerGlobal guy for vehicle history. I ran two checks on it including the one with auction pictures, everything turned green and ready to go.

I still called my former colleague for his engine check device (forgotten the name), told my guy to go pick it, which he did, inserted it in the car and sent some pictures, there was absolutely no issue found. Since everything seem to be looking good, I proceeded to exchange euros for naira in preparation for the purchase. It was N4m and it was bought in Royal Brims Autos Mabushi Abuja (Don't ever go there).

3 days after the purchase of the vehicle, the first issue started the car was packed and unused by anyone, yet it was leaking oil. I recall asking my guy to look out for oil leakage (I later learned he wasn't very thorough, he only depends on the sound of the engine and how smooth it changes gear to make decisions) and there was no issue found. So how did this start? We changed the first oil seal, it was still dripping oil, then the next was the one between the engine and gear box, meaning they have to drop the engine. This is a car that has never been used. The registration was ongoing. They removed the engine, changed the seal and the leakage stopped, but created many problems. It was Paul Shrivastava (1987) who said that "when a triggering event occurs, spontaneous reactions by different stakeholders solve some of the immediate problems, but they also create new problems – thus prolonging the crisis and making it worse."

The new problem that was 'created' by just changing the oil seal was that the new mechanic, call him engineer, didn't only couple everything back, he also forgot to add water to the radiator, so while my friend and my sister were on their way to the airport to pick me, as they never expected anything to happen, they didn't pay attention to the temperature gauge without knowing there is no water in the radiator, the engine over heat itself, burned gasket and and the car turned itself off.

So the first time of seeing the car was on the road, in a vegetative state, hopeless and I used police to arrest the Auto Repair guy and the owner of the place (this was the next biggest mistake of all time).

So in a single day, I was welcomed back to Nigeria, became like a real Nigerian, experiencing all the deceits, fraud, and corruption that exist across the entire country. I entered my house by 11PM the day I came back, after spending the entire day at the police station with the most useless Nigerian police force.

I will go on to experience one of the worst car issues, burning more than N1m within a month, including buying a new engine for the vehicle before deciding to sell it before it takes everything I came back with


Let's continue tomorrow guys.

emeritus007:
Welcome home Mr Physics.
You have my best wishes sir.

Thanks boss

omorttee4u:
Welcome Mr physics. Feel at home anywhere as long as you are able to find that comfort.

I follow your thread for a very long term now and your zeal is an inspiration to others. I wish you best of luck in anywhere you find yourself. I'm sure you can't work just anywhere in Naija lecturing job might be fine sha. I envy your vast knowledge. Keep it up man.

Thanks bro for the warm wishes.

For the lecturing job, I haven't considered it yet, maybe later in the future. Very much engaged at the moment. Have lots of job offer within the country, fortunately, I employ, I don't look for one.

atom080:
mrphysics pls help answer the question i ask you on freelance writing on fiverr

Hey boss, there's alot already on Fiverr in the business section of nairaland. About SEO contents, just watch one or two youtube videos about it and you are good to go.

oyekan1997:
Yes. 2022/23 PTDF overseas scholarship is ongoing. I just want your general advice on writing a good motivation letter, country of study and scaling through the interview process. Thank you.

Making your SoP unique will give you an edge over others. When you read other people's SoP, don't duplicate it, try to create yours which is peculiar to you alone. Pay more attention to the first paragraph of your SoP, it should be interesting. Avoid add secondary school interests on a particular subject or how ones parent or friends always suggest a particular field to you. Look for what is current in that field, write about it, link it to oil and gas industry and thats it for you.

PTDF is a very good scholarship. I wish you the best in your application.

emeritus007:
Welcome home Mr Physics.
You have my best wishes sir.

Thank you sir. I am happy to be back and to live among you guys for sometime. Lol.

Compliment of the season!!

oyekan1997:
Welcome Mr physics, I wish you the very best of luck in your future endeavors.

By the way Mr physics, PTDF overseas scholarship is back again, what do you advice in terms of writing motivation letter, choosing country of choice and scaling through the interview process. Thank you so much.

I am not sure about any ongoing PTDF scholarship, I am only aware that last year's applicants have been shortlisted.

sauceEEP:
Welcome back to Nigeria....

Thanks bro.

It feels like I have never left the country in the first place.

finest0007:
Mixed feelings on this one. Welcome back though.

I understand bro, thanks. I am old already in the country.

As I prepared to return to the country, I had to make some hard choices. First of all, I didn't tell anyone save family that I was coming back. This was to avoid unnecessary advices from people who would discourage you from coming back but also fail to give you money to stay back and continue your life.

I had over 1 month to the expiration of my Visa, I also had the option of extending it to one year. Now, the scholarship will end August 31st 2021, from then onwards, you are on your own. My accommodation will also expire by August 31st 2021, same with almost everything. If you must continue to stay, then you must get something doing. I decided to come back. Friends over there offered to share their accommodation with them, well, as good as it sounds, I hate inconveniencing anyone. And again, I understand how it works; you stay one to two weeks and then they realize you are a burden to them.

The Nuclear Industry was the deal breaker. It's the table upon which I took my decision. The only option available was finding a PhD. It's extremely difficult to find a job in the nuclear industry without a PhD and even with a PhD, it's still very difficult. Now in France, most jobs require you to have background in same field, except you are going for the low hanging jobs like food delivery, cleaning, workshop, farm, etc. which I knew I can't do.

I weighed everything on an imaginary weighing balancing and decided to come back to this country to meet you guys

The day was 12th August 2021 as I alighted from the Turkish Airline, a connecting Flight that took us from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport. I was excited to atleast come back home and meet my people after 2 years.

Immediately I stepped out of the plane, the air around felt very warm, I looked around and the air wasn't as clear as what I am used to in the last 2 years. I also perceived some bad air around and I knew I was back to the country.

We walked into the Port of Entry (PoE) and was greeted by some neutral looking officials. I used the word neutral because you could feel they wanted to ask for money but could not perhaps someone somewhere is watching them. They were not happy neither were they sad, they just forced themselves to do their job. No one asked for money from me, not even as I gift and I didn't give anything to anyone.

Stepped out of the Airport and being the environment I was used to before I left, I met with lots of Airport Taxi guys who were doing everything they can to drill a hole out of your pocket. Well, and sadly, this was the beginning of my problem for the next one month.

Sorry guys,

I was down with Malaria and Catarrh, the current general sickness and was unable to update the thread as I promised.

Good a thing, I am much better now and I can update you guys about my experience since I came back to the country.

So let's go.

How is everyone doing?

It's been a long time I posted on this thread.

As you may know, I am back to the country since end of August and have been with work and other engagements.

Maybe I will take a little time to narrate my return experience.

Do I miss anything in France? Maybe the clean air and security.

How are you all doing?

The chances of winning depends on the party's ability to bring out it's voters.

I see alot of lobbying and vote buying to bring people to the poling unit.

Blessing185:
People dey increase their car year of production,u dey decrease ur own..

2009 and 2010 have same body nah. This could be 2009

Modrovdeux:
So, Borno pays VAT ?

The question isn't right. States do not pay Tax. The question should be, so Borno collects VAT? Or is VAT collected in Borno States? Which is yes. For all government issued contracts including state government contracts, VAT is deducted at source. Most states especially northern states stick to this and don't bother (Maybe for the moment) to go out there and collect tax as they should.

noiZ:
It is the responsibility of the FIRS to collect VAT and not state boards. Though Southern governors are currently contesting this.

States collect and remit to FIRS

Daboomb:
Is it his English you dont understand or What is on the Receipts or that you Northerners dont pay VAT but you love to share from VAT paid by Southerners?

This Parasitism has to STOP or dont you northerners have shame at all?

Propaganda my foot!

Calm down bro.

Some states tax systems isn't fully explored. They are lots of tax that you should pay that you aren't paying. For VAT on restaurants, be sure that Borno State IRS hasn't gone for those taxes. Their tax system is still being developed to fully collect all necessary and required tax. I know this because we are tax consultants to Borno State Government.

You might have to visit www. birs. bo. gov. ng to see the taxes that are automated at the moment. We are working on onboarding all taxes. But you should know they collect VAT but may not have started visiting restaurants.

Odumanudo:
You are the olodo here. Food sold in restaurants are subjected to VAT. Though basic food items are exempted but if processed or prepared to be sold for a profit, then is taxable.
Please, hide your ignorance.

You are right.

However, for most states they haven't explored their IRS options. They haven't reached to where they should reach or collect what they should collect. Some states are more advanced than others in terms of revenue collection

Trumann:
Show us documents showing they collect VAT or get out of here, foolish blockhead.
You should be ashamed of your level of stupidity.

Bro calm down, I think it depends on the strength of their board of IRS.
So they may not have started collecting from restaurants or even know they should collect VAT from them.

LagosInter:
Blocked via software? Or is it a hardware stuff?

Bros, I don't know how they do it. What I know is that your car will be having issues and the engine check light won't come up. They disable it. That is what happened to me.

LagosInter:
You mean car history check could be blocked

Car Engine Check Light or sensor could be blocked. Some car dealers already know you might be running this check on their vehicles, so they block it. Your scanner will show No issues found but it's a lie. This is what happened to me.

captainking:
Are you aware you have kazeemized your car?
You fixed the issue.. Yes.. Car is no longer factory standard..

I mean how does it concern me? When it was factory standard and I was spending money on a lot of things, how did the factory standard fix the issue?

See, after sometime, I replaced the thermostat, and the gasket burnt, that's the last one.

I have relative peace of mind now and can use the car AC.

seyigiggle:
sorry about what your bad experience.

1. check for coolant leak. this is a major cause of rising temp due to trapped air bubble (take this more serious).
2. bleed the coolant system to avoid air trapped (also very important)
3. change the thermostat

revert after these has been confirmed ok

Bleeding depends on the engine type. If it's a V6, you bleed, but not V4.

Her problem is a known one and could easily be solved. It happens