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Johanneiyoha:
Me not leaving did f**ked country early is Wat I regret too.

Ovbie Edo Kpataki!! Na so.

My Alma mater. Another Anointed University!!!!

To print is even a problem. Na wa for 9ja o.

That's actually the state of Nigeria in a nutshell!!!

Angel in public, Lucifer in the closet!!!!

Warner Brothers, who now own the rights to Tom and Jerry, will release a new live-action film just before Christmas this year. Not much is known about the project, except that actors including Chloë Grace Moretz and Ken Jeong have signed on.

For Jerry Beck, Tom and Jerry's enduring appeal comes in part from the character's universal relatability.

"I think most people can identify with little Jerry because there's always an oppressor in our lives," he says.

"We always have someone, our boss, our landlord, politics - whatever it is. And we're just trying to live our lives and somebody wants to disturb it."

As a regular on the BBC schedule for decades, it became particularly well liked in the UK and a 2015 poll named Tom and Jerry as the most popular cartoon in Britain among adults.

In the 80 years since their creation, the cat and mouse have appeared in everything from a "kids" version to a 1992 musical movie where they sang and spoke.

Bill Hanna died in 2001 and Joe Barbera passed away in 2006. A year before his death, Barbera was credited for the last time on a Tom and Jerry short - which was also his first without his former partner.

"We understood each other perfectly, and each of us had deep respect for the other's work," he said of their working relationship.

He came a little too late into the industry to work on Tom and Jerry itself, but remembers the excitement of the "monumental" moment Hanna and Barbera showed up to his animation school.

At MGM, television had been seen as a "bad word", but after going it alone Hanna and Barbera pivoted into the platform. With longer episodes and smaller budgets, they adapted their animation style and used tricks to save time and money.

Their cartoons dominated children's television for decades. They first found success in the early 1960s with characters like Huckleberry Hound and Yogi Bear and soon, more hits like The Flintstones, Top Cat and Scooby Doo followed.

In the 1970s the pair returned to Tom and Jerry. By then, many of the early episodes were considered "too violent" under fresh guidelines issued to networks. New episodes, with the duo as friends, never lived up to the success of the originals.

Like other cartoons of the time, the show's legacy has also been complicated by long-standing criticism of its depictions of race. In particular, the character of "Mammy Two Shoes" - a black housemaid with an exaggerated southern accent usually seen from the waist down - has been labelled an offensive racial caricature. Parts of the series also contain jokes using blackface and derogatory depictions of Asians and native Americans.
When the originals were broadcast on US television in the 1960s, some scenes were edited out with "Mammy" replaced with new characters added by Jones's team. Today the worst-offending episodes are usually cut from re-release collections and streaming platforms. Attention was drawn to this in 2014 when Amazon Prime Instant Video added a "racial prejudice" warning to the series.

Tom and Jerry, with its slapstick violence and dark comedy, remains extremely popular around the world today. It can be found on children's television everywhere from Japan to Pakistan and a new mobile phone game has more than 100m users in China.

The show has also, surprisingly, found itself in news headlines. In 2016, a top Egyptian official tried to blame the cartoon for rising violence in the Middle East and Iran's Supreme Leader has compared their US relations to Tom and Jerry at least twice.

"Because of the Iron Curtain, the animators in the studio here in Prague had never ever even seen a Tom and Jerry cartoon," Deitch later told Radio.cz.

He knew, being the first to follow up the classics, that he would be "in the line of fire" from fans, and his 13 cartoons are regularly labelled the worst. In interviews Deitch was honest about their bad reputation and revealed he even received a death threat over them.

After him the task fell to Chuck Jones, best known for his work on Looney Tunes at Warner Brothers. Under him, Tom's eyebrows grew thicker and his face more twisted, and was more like the Dr Seuss character the Grinch that Jones also animated.

Mark Kausler, 72, is one of many people who have warm memories of Tom and Jerry growing up. He dragged his father to see reels of the shorts, over and over, at his local cinema in St Louis. He began making his own cartoons, partly inspired by the characters, and went onto an extensive animation career of his own.
"So much of it is based on the way they look and the timing and the way the music works and everything," he says. "It was such a wonderful formula, the way everything interconnected."

"And when they tried to disassemble and reassemble it with another crew and with another type of designer and other comedy - it just rings inauthentic to me, if you know what I mean."

According to Barbera there was no real discussion about the characters not speaking, but having grown up with silent films starring Charlie Chaplin, the creators knew they could be funny without dialogue. Music composed by Scott Bradley underscored the action and Tom's trademark human-like scream was voiced by Hanna himself.

For the best part of the next two decades, Hanna and Barbera oversaw the production of more than 100 of these shorts. Each took weeks to make and cost up to $50,000 to produce, so only a handful could be made every year.

These Tom and Jerrys are almost universally considered the best, with rich hand-drawn animation and detailed backdrops helping win them seven Academy Awards and cameos in Hollywood feature films.

"I'll bet when you watched them as a child, or even if you look at them right now, you would be hard-pressed to know when they were made," says Jerry Beck, a cartoon historian who has worked in roles across the industry.

"There's something about animation. It's evergreen, it doesn't fade," he says. "A drawing is a drawing, it's like when you go see paintings. Yes, we know they're from the 1800s or 1700s - it doesn't matter and it still speaks to you today."
"That's the thing with these cartoons. What we've learned in time is that they really are great art. They're not disposable throwaway entertainment."

When producer Fred Quimby retired in the mid-1950s, Hanna and Barbera took over MGM's cartoon department just as budget cuts closed in. Studio bosses, threatened by the growing popularity of television, realised they could make almost as much money by re-issuing the old shorts as they could by making new ones.
When their department was closed down in 1957, Hanna and Barbera set up their own production company.

But only a few years later, MGM decided to revive Tom and Jerry without its original creators. In 1961 they outsourced to a studio in Prague to save on costs. Chicago-born animator Gene Deitch was tasked with heading the remake, but struggled with a tight budget and staff with no knowledge of the original.
His studio also secretly made episodes of other cartoons, including Popeye. Czech names were Americanised on the credits to stop viewers associating the shows with Communism.

A cartoon cat, sick of the annoying mouse living in his home, devises a plot to take him out with a trap loaded with cheese. The mouse, wise to his plan, safely removes the snack and saunters away with a full belly.

You can probably guess what happens next. The story ends as it almost always does: with the cat yelling out in pain as yet another plot backfires.

The plot may be familiar, but the story behind it may not be. From Academy Award wins to secret production behind the Cold War's Iron Curtain - this is how Tom and Jerry, who turn 80 this week, became one of the world's best known double-acts.

The duo was dreamt up from a place of desperation. MGM's animation department, where creators Bill Hanna and Joe Barbera worked, had struggled to emulate the success of other studios who had hit characters like Porky Pig and Mickey Mouse.

Out of boredom, the animators, both aged under 30, began thinking up their own ideas. Barbera said he loved the simple concept of a cat and mouse cartoon, with conflict and chase, even though it had been done countless times before.

Puss gets the Boot was the first they released, in 1940. The debut was a hit and won the studio an Oscar nomination for best animated short. Despite their work, the animators were not credited.

Managers initially told them not to put all their eggs in one basket. A change of heart came only when a letter arrived from an influential industry figure in Texas asking when she would see another one of those "wonderful cat and mouse cartoons".

Jasper and Jinx, as they were first known, became Tom and Jerry.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-51357832

Mineisgrace:
you have not been able to break the shackles of poverty around your neck, it's my head you now want to break eehn?

yes I can collect from him.
It's his duty to provide for the family if he's married to me. Mine is to support the growth of the family without draining him both mentally and financially.

Do you have a problem with that?

Leech!!! Sucking blood

thorpido:
You say you are leaving alone........to go where?You say you are a graduate please edit what you put up there.

As per your issues,living alone has no direct effect on it.You just haven't met the right man yet.
Dump that insecure man you have now,he will just wear you out.

grammatical pedantry syndrome!

Mind your business!
I will like to know what tribe are they?

At least 20 people have been crushed to death and 16 others injured during an outdoor religious service in Tanzania.

Worshippers were attending a Pentecostal service at a stadium in the northern town of Moshi on Saturday evening when the incident occurred.

Moshi district commissioner Kippi Warioba said attendees rushed forward to be anointed with blessed oil.

Tanzania's President John Magufuli sent his condolences and called for better security at such large events.

The service was held by pastor Boniface Mwamposa, who refers to himself as "the apostle".

Survivors said Mr Mwamposa told hundreds of people gathered at the service to pass through an area where "blessed oil" had been poured over the floor.

The crowd rushed forward to try to step in the oil in the hope of being cured of sickness.
Peter Kilewo, who attended the service, described the scene as "horrible", telling AFP news agency that people were "trampled on mercilessly, jostling each other with elbows".
He added: "It was like the preacher had thrown bundles of dollars about."


Police said Mr Mwamposa was being held for questioning.

Mr Warioba said the authorities were looking into whether more casualties were taken to other local clinics, health facilities and hospitals.

"The incident took place at night and there were many people, so there is a possibility that more casualties could emerge. We are assessing the situation," he told Reuters.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-51346644

Alexaonfleek:


VC is doing a good work in school
Tho I wish he would develop the remaining parts of college.

How is Dr Marcel and co treating you guys?

As a concerned Nigerian, nothing concern me with their roforofo. I need a job!


Hunger dey beat man pikin!

chewwie:
If a drug dealer is caught and sentenced to jail and his assets seized, will his assets be released after he finish serving his sentence?

Your comparison are world apart...

Righteousness89:
Obama deal was the most Terrible deal a World power could make..

How do u give your Sworn Enemies $150 billion dollars cash?

Seems Many of you here know nothing about the deals..
u just flip through blogs and comment

Iran's assets were first frozen by U.S. president

Jimmy Carter in 1979, after revolutionaries
overthrew the U.S.-allied Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi 's administration and took American hostages. After the Iranian Revolution in 1979, the United States ended its economic and diplomatic ties with Iran, banned Iranian oil imports and froze approximately 11 billion 1980-US dollars of its assets.

Many of the assets were then unfrozen in 1981 after the Algiers Accords were signed and the hostage crisis. At the time of the 1979 revolution, the Pentagon re-sold some $400 million in Iranian military equipment already paid for by the deposed government, and the money was "placed in an escrow account".

Much of the frozen cash includes Iran's income from selling a limited amount of oil prior to the lifting of the sanctions, when Iran could legally sell oil but could not transfer the money back to Iran, because doing so was illegal under U.S. sanctions.

THE FACTS:

When Iran signed the multinational deal to restrain its nuclear development in return for being freed from sanctions, it regained access to its own assets, which had been frozen abroad. There was no $150 billion gift from the U.S. treasury or other countries. Iran was allowed to get its money back.

The $1.8 billion refers to a separate matter, also misstated by the president going back to before the 2016 election.

A payout of roughly that amount did come from the U.S. treasury. It was to pay an old IOU.
In the 1970s, Iran paid the U.S. $400 million for military equipment that was never delivered because the government was overthrown and diplomatic relations ruptured. After the nuclear deal, the U.S. and Iran announced they had settled the matter, with the U.S. agreeing to pay the $400 million principal along with about $1.3 billion in interest.

The $400 million was paid in cash and flown to Tehran on a cargo plane. The arrangement provided for the interest to be paid later.


Shows you know nothing about the nuclear deal.


EOD!!!!!

Blackking98:
you are a clown and a bigger Buffon. I saw that rubbish you're typing, only on two website or so, the rest made mention of Benjamin and Thomas. Even Google suggestion too. It's your type that gives people project to do after failing the original rubbish u did. I'm sure your primary school teacher taught you Serbia and nonesense. Head like ofada rice. I have your ignorant time today

You are a programmed bot... I pity for your generation! Spits on you!!!!!

Blackking98:
So many semi literate people on NL. Quote me with another okete yarns this Sunday let me keep disgracing and exposing your mumuness. I just pity your father and mother for wasting so much resources on u with nothing to show. Simple advice, argue with facts and not emotion or bias. I guess Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Edison were from oshogbo and jigawa

See how foolish your generation could be if you don't dig deep. Nikola Tesla you mentioned was Serbian. Michael Faraday an English Scientist, who happens to be the pioneer and architect of "electricity " you failed to mentioned... Please tell us how electricity is solely an American invention.

Just the other day one buffoon like yourself was arguing with me that Albert Einstein was American...

chiefkpokp:
Still shows ur not in Benin. Hearsay! Ibiwe is tarred, those bus goes to ekenwa/ugbhiyoko

keep living in denial. Tell me something when I nor know about Benin?

Blackking98:
which world? Speak for yourself and your family oga. Most of the technology u use including electricity was invented by Americans. So speak for your family and yourself, us we're happy with America. Rubbish

Electricity invented by the Americans... Your brainwashing na first grade....

chiefkpokp:
The op is obviously anti obaseki, probably a Yoruba boy.....those pictures of Edo bus park you are displaying are pictures taking during oshiomole regime. Please go to ring road and other ,Centra park.and snap the present pic and stop displaying ur arrogance. Gov. Obaseki for second term.

That's truly the present state of Obakhawaye and Ibiwe motor park!!!

The Russians should have just blown that piece of useless American ship into oblivion!!!!



Useless Americans....


The world have had enough of their shit....

Fake news!!!!!!

Kinzeyfranks:
Hi will like to connect with you.
I need more info about this.
here is my whats-app con-tact
0--8--1--4--9--9--4--six--one--eight--zero

ovbie oba.

stjoan:
Sure. Though I'm not sure we are allowed to drop phone numbers here. Don't want to be banned

floralsecret@yahoo.com


Send me a PM via that mail. I will be waiting for your message.

stjoan:
You seem to think this thread is about comparing MLS to MCB and others. All you know about Mcb is about the medical aspect. It seems you don't know mcb has other branches like industrial, food, environmental, pharmaceutical, etc.

I reapect every profession and the fact that microbiologist decided to focus on the medical aspect doesn't make them a wanna be MLS.

It is wrong of you to look down on other professions simply because you feel they shouldn't work in the same environment as you.

I'm here for something entirely different from this route you have taken. Since you don't have the info I seek, kindly let this be. Thanks

Hopefully someone with the information I need will find this thread

Hope you aren't angry anymore? Can we talk off nairaland? Pleaseeeee!

stjoan:
You seem to think this thread is about comparing MLS to MCB and others. All you know about Mcb is about the medical aspect. It seems you don't know mcb has other branches like industrial, food, environmental, pharmaceutical, etc.

I reapect every profession and the fact that microbiologist decided to focus on the medical aspect doesn't make them a wanna be MLS.

It is wrong of you to look down on other professions simply because you feel they shouldn't work in the same environment as you.

I'm here for something entirely different from this route you have taken. Since you don't have the info I seek, kindly let this be. Thanks

Hopefully someone with the information I need will find this thread

I have been trying out some too lately but in Canada... I have got a list of some universities with low tuition fees, no IELTS required...

stjoan:
You seem to think this thread is about comparing MLS to MCB and others. All you know about Mcb is about the medical aspect. It seems you don't know mcb has other branches like industrial, food, environmental, pharmaceutical, etc.

I reapect every profession and the fact that microbiologist decided to focus on the medical aspect doesn't make them a wanna be MLS.

It is wrong of you to look down on other professions simply because you feel they shouldn't work in the same environment as you.

I'm here for something entirely different from this route you have taken. Since you don't have the info I seek, kindly let this be. Thanks

Hopefully someone with the information I need will find this thread

please don't think it personally.. I'm very sorry if you got upset.

stjoan:
I haven't applied to any yet though I'm looking at Univ of Bedfordshire, Derby and Herdfordshir as their programmes are open to international students and are most affordable too.

Since it's affordable by your standard, it is OK to give it a try.