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Education / Re: ~::ANSOAU~::(Information Crib) by papindinho(m): 7:47pm On Dec 15, 2015 |
Toyolad: Chairwoman! Okay. Eportal is back and good |
Education / Re: ~::ANSOAU~::(Information Crib) by papindinho(m): 11:14pm On Dec 13, 2015 |
Miracy:I am not sure this net is enough to catch it all |
Education / Re: ~::ANSOAU~::(Information Crib) by papindinho(m): 11:14pm On Dec 13, 2015 |
Miracy:I am not sure this net is enough to catch it all |
Education / Re: ~::ANSOAU~::(Information Crib) by papindinho(m): 7:31pm On Dec 12, 2015 |
Danthesage:Me, I no understand your hmmmm o |
Education / Re: ~::ANSOAU~::(Information Crib) by papindinho(m): 7:30pm On Dec 12, 2015 |
Danthesage:Me, I no understand your hmmmm o |
Education / Re: ~::ANSOAU~::(Information Crib) by papindinho(m): 9:09am On Dec 12, 2015 |
Miracy:Great..... I have already started campaigning for you the moment I saw it..... You know, I have some kids there *winks* How is the break going guys? |
Education / Re: ~::ANSOAU~::(Information Crib) by papindinho(m): 9:07am On Dec 12, 2015 |
Ghydyon: No na.... Chairman of the senate nko |
Nairaland / General / Leap Year: 10 Things About 29 February by papindinho(m): 11:57am On Dec 11, 2015 |
The "leap day" of 29 February exists for purely astronomical reasons, but has always prompted less scientific curiosities. Here are 10 things to consider - for one day only. Until 2016, that is. 1. The leap year's extra day is necessary because of the "messiness" of our Solar System. One Earth year (a complete orbit around the Sun) does not take an exact number of whole days (one complete spin of the Earth on its axis). In fact, it takes 365.2422 days, give or take. 2. Until Julius Caesar came to power, people observed a 355-day calendar - with an extra 22- day month every two years. But it was a convoluted solution to the problem and feast days began sliding into different seasons. So Caesar ordered his astronomer, Sosigenes, to simplify things. Sosigenes opted for the 365-day year with an extra day every four years to scoop up the extra hours. This is how the 29 February was born. It was then fine-tuned by Pope Gregory XIII (see below). 3. Every fourth year is a leap year, as a rule of thumb. But that's not the end of the story. A year that is divisible by 100, but not by 400, is not. So 2000 was a leap year under the Gregorian calendar, as was 1600. But 1700, 1800 and 1900 are not leap years. "It seems a bit arbitrary," says Ian Stewart, emeritus professor of mathematics at Warwick University. But there's a good reason behind it. "The year is 365 days and a quarter long - but not exactly. If it was exactly, then you could say it was every four years. But it is very slightly less." The answer arrived at by Pope Gregory XIII and his astronomers when they introduced the Gregorian calendar in 1582, was to lose three leap days every 400 years. The maths has hung together ever since. It will need to be rethought in about 10,000 years' time, Stewart warns. But by then mankind might have come up with a new system. 4. Why is February 29, not February 31, a leap year day? All the other months have 30 or 31 days, but February suffered from the ego of Roman Emperor Caesar Augustus, says Stewart. Under Julius Caesar, February had 30 days, but when Caesar Augustus was emperor he was peeved that his month - August - had only 29 days, whereas the month named after his predecessor Julius - July - had 31. "He pinched a couple of days for August to make it the same as July. And it was poor old February that lost out," says Prof Stewart. 5. The tradition of a woman proposing on a leap year has been attributed to various historical figures. One, although much disputed, was St Bridget in the 5th Century. She is said to have complained to St Patrick that women had to wait too long for their suitors to propose. St Patrick then supposedly gave women a single day in a leap year to pop the question - the last day of the shortest month. Another popular story is that Queen Margaret of Scotland brought in a law setting fines for men who turned down marriage proposals put by women on a leap year. Sceptics have pointed out that Margaret was five years old at the time and living far away in Norway. The tradition is not thought to have become commonplace until the 19th Century. It is believed that the tradition of women proposing on this day goes back to the times when the leap year day was not recognised by English law. Under this theory, if the day had no legal status, it was acceptable to break with the convention of a man proposing. 6. A prayer has been written by a female cleric for people planning a leap year day marriage proposal. The prayer, for 29 February, asks for blessings on the engaged couple. It reminds them that wedding plans should not overtake preparations for a lifetime together. The prayer has been taken from Pocket Prayers of Blessing by the Venerable Jan McFarlane, Archdeacon of Norwich: "God of love, please bless N and N as they prepare for the commitment of marriage. May the plans for the wedding not overtake the more important preparation for their lifetime together. Please bless their family and friends as they prepare for this special day and may your blessing be upon them now and always. Amen." 7. The practice of women proposing in a leap year is different around the world. In Denmark, it is not supposed to be 29 but 24 February, which hails back to the time of Julius Caesar. A refusal to marry by Danish men means they must give the woman 12 pairs of gloves. In Finland, it is not gloves but fabric for a skirt and in Greece, marriage in a leap year is considered unlucky, leading many couples to avoid it. 8. The chance of being born on a leap day is often said to be one in 1,461. Four years is 1,460 days and adding one for the leap year you have 1,461. So, odds of 1/1,461. But Stewart points out that is very slightly out, owing to the loss of the three leap years every 400 years. In any case, babies are more likely to be born at certain times of the year rather than others, due to a range of other factors, he says. Babies born on 29 February are known as "leapers" or "leaplings". 9.Other calendars apart from the Gregorian require leap years. The modern Iranian calendar is a solar calendar with eight leap days inserted into a 33-year cycle. The Indian National Calendar and the Revised Bangla Calendar of Bangladesh arrange their leap years so that the leap day is always close to 29 February in the Gregorian calendar. 10.Explorer Christopher Columbus used the lunar eclipse of 29 February 1504 to his advantage during his final trip to the West Indies. After several months of being stranded with his crew on the island of Jamaica, relations with the indigenous population broke down and they refused to continue helping with food and provisions. Columbus, knowing a lunar eclipse was due, consulted his almanac and then gathered the native chiefs on 29 February. He told that God was to punish them by painting the Moon red. During the eclipse, he said that God would withdraw the punishment if they started co-operating again. The panicked chiefs agreed and the Moon began emerging from its shadow. Also of a supernatural nature, on 29 February 1692 the first warrants were issued in the Salem witchcraft trials in Massachusetts. Source: http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-17203353 1 Like |
Education / Re: The Bad Welfare Condition Of Students In OAU (Photos) by papindinho(m): 1:27am On Dec 05, 2015 |
obayaya: Lol... No, my boss. I stay in ETF Hall. I am good sir. How about you? Report has it that two members of the Central Executive Council of Obafemi Awolowo University students' Union have been served letters...... Smh for OAU management. # victimization |
Education / Re: The Bad Welfare Condition Of Students In OAU (Photos) by papindinho(m): 9:30am On Dec 04, 2015 |
I think the management will take us serious when block 4 at Awolowo Hall collapses on a student or two (I pray not for this o)) |
Health / Re: Febrile Seizure (febrile Convulsion) by papindinho(m): 1:02am On Dec 02, 2015 |
masties2:you too |
Education / Re: How To Survive In The University Without Financial Support. by papindinho(m): 4:23pm On Nov 30, 2015 |
Nice one you have put up there... 1 Like |
Education / Re: Unilorin Utme 2015/2016 Aspirants by papindinho(m): 9:43am On Nov 29, 2015 |
haywhy911:Lol 1 Like |
Education / Re: Unilorin Utme 2015/2016 Aspirants by papindinho(m): 11:52pm On Nov 28, 2015 |
Prosperkaro: Ife.... |
Education / Re: Unilorin Utme 2015/2016 Aspirants by papindinho(m): 11:27pm On Nov 28, 2015 |
NOBODYY:Alright, thanks. |
Education / Re: Unilorin Utme 2015/2016 Aspirants by papindinho(m): 11:26pm On Nov 28, 2015 |
Prosperkaro:Alright, thanks bro..... I don't mind if you can help with the procedure too |
Education / Re: Unilorin Utme 2015/2016 Aspirants by papindinho(m): 11:25pm On Nov 28, 2015 |
haywhy911: Memories? Have we chatted before or came across each other? |
Education / Re: Unilorin Utme 2015/2016 Aspirants by papindinho(m): 9:17pm On Nov 28, 2015 |
Prosperkaro: Please, is UNILORIN predegree form out? |
Education / Re: Obafemi Awolowo University Student ChatRoom by papindinho(m): 2:37am On Oct 28, 2015 |
Fynest shey na only you Waka come |
Education / Re: (Comment) Nairaland Interschool Debate 2nd Edition - The Summary by papindinho(m): 8:54pm On Oct 24, 2015 |
TheLastNazgul: All the best of God in your future endeavour sir. @FrancisTony How's UI na |
Education / Re: (Comment) Nairaland Interschool Debate 2nd Edition - The Summary by papindinho(m): 8:44pm On Oct 24, 2015 |
FrancisTony:yea, Papinx is. Congratulations @TheLastNazgul |
Education / Re: OAU Hall Executives Confess, Blame CEC For Budget by papindinho(m): 11:17pm On Sep 18, 2015 |
that was a necessity as AY SUG affirmed that he can only speak for the CEC alone...... we all know that the "main thing" happens between the CEC and the SRC |
Education / Re: Thief Caught At University Of Ibadan! And Stripped! (nnamdi Azikwe Hall) by papindinho(m): 8:48pm On Jul 20, 2015 |
Yustash001:well, the tradition differs. In OAU, if the thief was reported to the authorities/management then his rustication is certain but if caught and reported to the students' Union, parade and maximum shishi is certain while avoiding rustication. |
Education / Re: Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-ife Post-utme 2015/2016 Session by papindinho(m): 12:16pm On Jul 20, 2015 |
exactly..... the news was on the back page of Nigerian Tribune Newspaper yesterday |
Politics / Re: Memo To President Buhari On Media Perception by papindinho(m): 12:04pm On Jul 20, 2015 |
the principle and federal character comes to mind as entrenched in section 14 of the constitution |
Education / Re: Exam Cheating Taken To Another Level by papindinho(m): 11:37am On Jul 20, 2015 |
free2ryhme:lol |
Education / Re: Nairaland Interschool Debate:: FUNAAB VS IBADAN POLY. WINNER: IBADAN POLY. by papindinho(m): 1:08am On Jun 01, 2015 |
Weldone Pseudonomer.... You did brilliantly well bro. Nice one Sammyscholar.... Keep repping my alma mater |
Education / Re: Nairaland Interschool Debate:: FUNAAB VS IBADAN POLY. WINNER: IBADAN POLY. by papindinho(m): 7:43pm On May 31, 2015 |
johncasey1:nice idea but I think most tortured best suits the context... @Sammyscholar: I don't think there is such adjective as "most tortures", the closest to the one used in the context is the one cited above by johncasey1. Thanks John. |
Education / Re: Alternative Ways To Say Congratulations! by papindinho(m): 10:36am On May 31, 2015 |
cool one... |
Education / Re: Nairaland Interschool Debate:: FUNAAB VS IBADAN POLY. WINNER: IBADAN POLY. by papindinho(m): 10:31am On May 31, 2015 |
sammyscholar: word count things, I understand though. Nigerian tertiary institutions, today, remained the most stressful, rigorous, and most tortures to gain admission into. At the bolded, I think you meant "most tortured".... Typo tns |
Education / Re: Nairaland Interschool Debate:: FUNAAB VS IBADAN POLY. WINNER: IBADAN POLY. by papindinho(m): 10:15am On May 31, 2015 |
sammyscholar:yea... I saw that of JAMB, UME and that was all I think, whereas you used more than three acronyms. I generalised the comment which made it seem like you didn't mention all the necessities. Gracias. |
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