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EducationRe: Check How To Calculate Your 2016/17 UTME Screening Score by rummeh: 6:29pm On Jul 05, 2016
See the difference between... One sitting and two sittings..... Na wa o
EducationJAMB Catchment Areas and ELPS For 2016/2017 Admission by rummeh(op): 8:48am On Jul 05, 2016
This system is a way of recognizing natives of a locality where a school resides. This is one of the reasons why all Nigeria states have at least a University so as to main equality in access to education.

Nevertheless; excellence is not sacrifice on the basis of where you come from, catchment sometimes helps and serves as tie-breaker.

Students who have analyzed their strengths knowing well they cannot compete strongly with others are advised to seek admission in Schools where their states of origin is a catchment.
1 Ahmadu Bello University: Kaduna Adamawa , Bauchi, Benue, Borno, Jigawa, Kaduna, Kano, Gombe,
Kebbi, Kogi, Kwara, Katsina, Niger, Plateau, Sokoto,
Nasarawa, Yobe, Zamfara, Taraba

2 ATBU: Bauchi Adamawa, Bauchi, Benue, Borno, Gombe, Taraba, Yobe 3 BAYERO Kano Jigawa, Kaduna, Kano, Katsina, Kebbi, Sokoto, Zamfara 4 FUTA
Ondo Ekiti, Lagos, Osun, Oyo, Ondo

5 FUTMinna: Minna Niger, Benue, Kebbi, Kogi, Kwara, Nasarawa, Niger, Plateau,
Sokoto, Zamfara

6 FUTO: Imo Abia, Anambra, Ebonyi, Imo, Enugu

7 FUT Yola:Adamawa, Bauchi, Borno, Gombe, Taraba, Yobe

8 OAU: Osun Ekiti, Lagos, Osun, Oyo, Ondo

9 UDU: Sokoto Jigawa, Kwara, Kebbi, Katsina, Kano, Kano, Kaduna, Nasarawa, Niger, Sokoto, Zamfara

10 UNN: Enugu Abia, Anambra, Bayelsa, Cross-River, Delta, Ebonyi, Edo, Enugu, Imo, Rivers

11 UNIBEN: Edo Akwa-Ibom, Bayelsa, Cross-River, Delta, Edo, Rivers

12 UNICAL: Cross-Rivers Akwa-Ibom, Bayelsa, Cross-River, Delta, Edo, Rivers

13 UNIJOS: Plateau Benue, Kebbi, Kogi, Kwara, Nasarawa, Niger, Plareau

14 UNILAG: Lagos Ekiti, Lagos, Osun, Oyo, Ondo, Ogun

15 UNILORIN: Ilorin Benue, Kebbi, Kogi, Kwara, Nasarawa, Plareau, Sokoto, Zamfara

16 UNIMAID: Borno Adamawa, Borno. Bauchi, Gombe, Taraba, Yobe

17 UNIUYO: Akwa-Ibom Akwa-Ibom, Bayelsa, Cross-River, Delta, Edo, Rivers

18 UNIZIK: Anambra, Abia, Anambra, Enugu, Ebonyi, Imo

19 UNIABUJA: UI, UMUDIKE, MAKURDI, UNIPORT, UNAAB, FUPRE, All States of the Federation.

There are also some states which are accepted as catchment states in any federal university, and they are called EDUCATIONAL LESS PRIVILEGED STATES (ELPS) and you seem lucky if you are from any of these states,
namely: Adamawa, Bauchi, Bayelsa, Benue, Borno, Cross-River, Ebonyi Gombe, Jigawa, Kaduna, Kano, Katsina, Kebbi, Kogi, Kwara, Nasarawa, Niger, Plateau, Rivers, Sokoto, Taraba, Yobe, Zamfara.

http://www.newsdoggen.org/2016/07/the-meaning-of-jambs-elps-and-catchment.html

EducationRe: Jamb Release Guidelines On 2016/2017 Admission by rummeh(op): 8:16am On Jul 05, 2016
EducationJamb Release Guidelines On 2016/2017 Admission by rummeh(op): 8:12am On Jul 05, 2016
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) on Monday announced the release of its guidelines for admission process this year.
The announcement followed a week of meeting with universities and other tertiary institutions in Nigeria.
Announcing the guidelines on its website, the board said that the modalities was going to be based on point system.

The board, which explained how the admission process would work‎ for JAMB candidates and direct entry students, also stated that universities were going to charge fees for screening of candidates at the end of the process for admission.
According to the board, the new method uses a point system, which is divided into other processes, that is easy to understanFor instance, it noted among others: “Before a candidate can be considered for screening, he/she must have been given provisional admission by JAMB. The JAMB admission checker portal is going to be opened soon for this process, so praying is all you can do now,” the statement on JAMB’s website said.

The second process, the board said, was the point system where admission would depend on the point tally of the candidate.
“JAMB’s provisional admission no longer makes much sense this year, your points tally will decide your faith.
“The points are evenly spread out between your O’level and JAMB results to provide a level playing field for all.
“In the first case, any candidate who submits only one result which contains his/her relevant subjects already has 10 points, the exam could be NECO, WAEC, GCE etc, but any candidate who has 2 sittings only gets 2 points. So this means that aspirants with only one result are at an advantage but only just,” the statement said.

The board explained that the next point grades fell into the O’level grades where each grade has it’s equivalent point; A=6 marks, B=4 marks, C=3 marks, so the better the candidates’ grades, the better his or her chances of securing admission this year.
The next point is the UTME scores where each score range has its equivalent point which can be summarized thus, 180-200=20-23 marks, 200-250=24-33 points, 251-300=34-43, 300-400=44-60 points.

Giving a breakdown, JAMB explained that each categories contains five JAMB results per point added. For example a candidate with 180-185 gets 20 points, a candidate with 186-190 gets 21 points etc, adding that ‎points system for direct entry will be released soon.
The board stated that fees would still be charged for screening which has replaced the Post UTME.
“It then comes down to the fact that fees will still be charged for screening, it depends on the school as well,” the statement said.
‎It also disclosed that catchment and ELDS will still be used!

“Merit contains 45% of the total candidates for a particular course, Catchment contains 35% and ELDS and staff lists contains the rest.
“Cut off marks will be released by schools this year in the form of points and not marks. If a school declares it’s cut off mark for Medicine as 90 points and JAMB grants a candidate with 250 a provisional admission but his/her total points falls short of the 90 points, then he/she will lose the admission. So the provisional admission is just a means to an end, not the end in itself,” the statement added.d.

Christianity EtcRe: 7 Strange And Controversial Prophets In The Bible by rummeh(op): 8:33am On Jul 03, 2016

Christianity Etc7 Strange And Controversial Prophets In The Bible by rummeh(op): 8:31am On Jul 03, 2016
The Nasty Prophetic Underpants
In a passage found in the Book of Jeremiah (13:1-11), God instructs the prophet to act out a lesson for the people via a linen “waistcloth.” The word is ambiguous enough that it could refer to a belt or to a cloth tied around the wast, a common type of underwear at the time. Most scholars favor the second interpretation, since “the intimacy of the garment to the wearer requires it to be an undergarment.” Sticking with the underwear interpretation, God tells Jeremiah to go out and buy himself a new linen undergarment, but forbids him from letting water touch it. In other words, Jeremiah can’t wash his underwear! After wearing the waistcloth for some time, God tells the prophet take it off and hide it in the cleft of a rock near the Euphrates. And things don’t end there. After many days, Jeremiah is instructed to return to the Euphrates and retrieve his hidden undies. Once there, the prophet finds the underwear in a disgusting state and judges it “ruined and useless.” God then informs him that the pride of Judah and Jerusalem will be ruined in the same way as his revolting underwear, “for as the girdle cleaveth to the loins of a man, so have I caused to cleave unto me the whole house of Israel.”


2.The Xenophobic Prophet
Nehemiah was governor of Jerusalem during the Persian rule in 444 BC. TheBook of Nehemiah is a first-person account of his attempts to rebuild Jerusalem both physically and spiritually. One of his key achievements was the completion of the city walls in a mere 52 days. Soon after the walls were done, Nehemiah left for Persia to report to King Artaxerxes (and probably brag about his awesome wall-building skills). When Nehemiah finally returned to Jerusalem, he was greeted with some bad news. During his absence, some of the Jews had married foreign women from Ashdod, Moab, and Ammon. As a result, their mixed children couldn’t even speak Hebrew. Incensed by this intermarriage, Nehemiah had a meltdown and began hurling curses at the culprits. When this wasn’t enough, he started pulling out their hair and beating them. Eventually, the men could bear it no longer and agreed to take an oath agreeing that they were “not to give your daughters in marriage to their sons, nor are you to take their daughters in marriage for your sons or for yourselves.” This seemed to calm Nehemiah down and he ended his book with a boast that he “purified the priests and the Levites of everything foreign.” Ironically, the short-tempered Nehemiah’s name means “comforted by Yahweh.”


3.The Prophetic Ghost
The story of King Saul and the Witch of Endor is one Biblical passage that raises more questions than it answers, prompting all sorts of theological and moral dilemmas. After the death and burial of the prophet Samuel in Ramah, the Philistines gathered their entire army ready to attack Israel. Terrified, Saul sought advice from God, but received no answer. So Saul decided to force the matter and ordered his servants to find him a witch. This was difficult, since Saul had previously launched a campaign to wipe out all witches and magicians in the land of Israel. But a spirit-medium of some sort was eventually discovered in Endor, and Saul decided to visit her in disguise. At Saul’s bidding, the unnamed woman apparently summoned the ghost of Samuel. The prophet, however, was unimpressed and proceeded to berate Saul for bothering him and for disobeying God by consulting a witch. The prophetic ghost then predicted Saul’s death in battle the next day. And sure enough, Saul and his family were all promptly killed by the Philistines. Of course, the Bible strictly forbids witchcraft, so it’s no surprise that Saul was punished. What is puzzling is that the woman of Endor apparently succeeds in communicating with Samuel. This suggests that magic might actually be real in Christianity, to the point that a witch can have power over the spirit of a prophet, even though this doesn’t gel at all with the rest of the Bible. According to the Bible, all power stems from God and God reviles witches. So why would He allow them the power to raise the dead? On the other hand, scholars have long noted that the witch reacts with surprise and alarm when Samuel actually shows up. This might suggest that she was a con artist who didn’t really expect the seance to work. Instead, God decided to send Samuel’s spirit down to call Saul out for his sinfulness and lack of faith. But the Bible doesn’t spell that out, so the exact meaning of the passage remains a matter of debate.


4.The Gentile Prophet
Elijah is one of the most famous Biblical figures. Among other things, he was the first prophet to raise a dead person and was eventually taken up to heaven in “a whirlwind.” The Bible once refers to him as “the Tishbite from Gilead,” which has led some commentators to suggest that he might have been a non-Jewish gentile by birth (tishbe can be translated as “stranger”). This theory doesn’t hold much water, since it’s much more likely that he was from the town of Tishbe and Elijah is a Jewish name anyway. But that doesn’t mean that there are no gentile prophets in the Bible. The Book of Numbers features an enigmatic figure named Balaam, a non-Israelite prophet who actually ends up working against Moses and the Jews. Balaam enters the narrative in Numbers 22, when the Israelites arrive in Moab on their long journey to the promised land. Naturally, this alarms King Balak of Moab, who sends messengers asking Balaam to curse the invaders “for I know that whoever you bless is blessed, and whoever you curse is cursed.” God tells Balaam to refuse the request, since the Jews are His chosen people and He’s not going to put a curse on them. But Balak keeps offering more money and God eventually agrees to let Balaam go see the king in person. Balaam and the king offer three sacrifices to God, but each time God responds through Balaam with a blessing for the Jews instead of a curse. Naturally, the king is furious, but Balaam tells him he can only speak the words God gives him. The king must have been really unhappy with that answer, because Balaam apparently did give some advice of his own. A later passage mentions that he told the king to tempt the Israelites into sinning, thereby causing God to be angry with them and removing their special protection. Ironically, this sinful advice probably had the same effect on Balaam, and Numbers 31:8 briefly mentions that he was killed during a battle between the Israelites and the Midianites.


5.A Doomed Prophetic Marriage

The Book of Hosea isn’t the most popular segment of the Bible, as its content can be a bit hard to chew. Among other things, it kicks off with God ordering Hosea to marry the most promiscuous woman he can find, “for like an adulterous wife this land is guilty of unfaithfulness to the Lord.” Hosea obediently marries a woman named Gomer, who presumably didn’t mind the worst proposal in history. Gomer eventually has three children (the Bible only specifies that Hosea was the father of the oldest) and it quickly becomes clear that God intends to continue using the family to convey his irritation with the people of Israel. He tells Hosea to name the oldest son Jezreel, for “I will break Israel’s bow in the Valley of Jezreel.” The youngest daughter is dubbed “Lo-Ruhamah (which means ‘not loved’), for I will no longer show love to Israel.” Gomer’s youngest son is slightly luckier than Lo-Ruhamah, with God telling Hosea to “call him Lo-Ammi (‘not my people’), for you are not my people and I am not your God.” The book then describes how God metaphorically breaks up with Israel, “for she is not my wife and I am not her husband,” and vows to “punish her for the days she burned incense to the Baals.” Meanwhile, Gomer leaves Hosea to live with another man. But the story ends on a hopeful note, with God urging the prophet to forgive his wife. The couple reconcile and pledge to be faithful to each other. As for God and Israel: “I am now going to allure her. I will lead her into the wilderness and speak tenderly to her. There I will give her back her vineyards, and will make the Valley of Achor a door of hope. There she will respond as in the days of her youth, as in the day she came up out of Egypt.” In other words, God will always be willing to love and forgive his people, no matter their sins. Interestingly, the story of Hosea and Gomer seems to directly contradictLeviticus 20:10, which calls for adulterers to be stoned to death.

6.The Doubting Prophet
The typical image of a prophet includes an iron faith in the will of the Lord. But the prophet Habakkuk often found himself questioning just what God was thinking. In fact, while most prophets relayed God’s word to the people, Habakkuk was more concerned with relaying the people’s questions to God. The short Book of Habakkuk starts with the prophet reaching the end of his tether and demanding some answers: “How long, Lord, must I call for help, but you do not listen? Or cry out to you, “Violence!” but you do not save? Why do you make me look at injustice? Why do you tolerate wrongdoing?” God responds to Habakkuk, but completely ignores the questions and just says He’s going to let the Babylonians devastate the region. Inexplicably, that doesn’t satisfy Habakkuk, who essentially repeats his earlier complaints and then announces he’ll be camping on the city walls until he gets some proper answers. Impressed by the prophet’s passion, God speaks again. He explains that people can make their own choices in life, but that everyone will eventually face a day of judgment for their actions. In a lengthy speech, God calls out everyone from violent empires like Babylon (“Has not the Lord Almighty determined that the people’s labor is only fuel for the fire, that the nations exhaust themselves for nothing? For the earth will be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the Lord as the waters cover the sea.”) to rapists (“Woe to him who gives drink to his neighbors, pouring it from the wineskin till they are drunk, so that he can gaze on their naked bodies! You will be filled with shame instead of glory. Now it is your turn! Drink and let your unclothedness be exposed!”). This answer satisfies Habakkuk, and his book ends with a lengthy passage praising God


7.The Strange Prophet
It’s no secret that Ezekiel is perhaps the weirdest book in the Bible. With its strange visions and explicit sexual language, some rabbis instructed that the book shouldn’t be read by any Torah student under the age of 30. Ezekiel himself was among 10,000 Jewish captives taken to Babylon by Nebuchadnezzar. He was from the tribe of Levi, and God called him to be a prophet around 593 BC. Ezekiel’s trances and visions of wheels with eyes, four-faced creatures with human hands and wings, and strange crystalline architectures in the sky were so intense that it has been seriously suggested he suffered from schizophrenia or some other form of psychosis. And the style of Ezekiel’s preaching was almost as unusual as its content. After starting his prophetic career by eating a scroll given to him by God, Ezekiel developed a penchant for bizarre and dramatic symbolic acts. These included lying on his side for 430 days to symbolize the number of years the people of Israel and Judah had spent in sin. To warn the people of their impending destruction, he cut off his hair and beard using a sword, burned a third of it, threw a third of it into the wind, and hacked the remaining third to pieces, only saving a few hairs in his garment. On another occasion, Ezekiel had a vision ordering him to cook his food overhuman excrement, to symbolize the desperate state the Jews would be reduced to. This proved too much for even Ezekiel, who managed to persuade God to let him use cow dung instead. But perhaps the most shocking passage tells of how Ezekiel refused to mourn his beloved wife’s death. Wise to his act, the people quickly asked what his weird behavior had to do with them. Ezekiel responded that greater suffering was in store than the loss of his wife and advised that the people should bear it bravely, without giving in to grief.


cc: Seun, Lalasticlala

http://www.newsdoggen.org/2016/07/7-strange-and-controversial-prophets-in.html
WebmastersRe: Exchange Of Phished Facebook Accounts (facebook Group Members Adders) by rummeh: 9:16am On Jul 02, 2016
Interesting15:
Friend. Do you think it is right phishing facebook accounts? Don't you know it's a criminal offence? You don't know you can be arrested? Is this how blogging should be? What is even wrong with you?
So??
CelebritiesRe: Meet A 10-year-old Boy Who Has Been Named The World’s Fattest Child Read by rummeh: 1:57pm On Jun 30, 2016
cheesy Dafaq
Foreign AffairsRe: Explosion Rocked Turkey’s Largest Airpot In Instabul by rummeh: 11:50pm On Jun 28, 2016
Turkey... Na wa oo... God abeg o Lalasticlala seun
Nairaland GeneralRe: Video: Suicide Bombing In Instanbu, Turkey by rummeh: 11:48pm On Jun 28, 2016
Over 105 injured... God abeg o
Lalasticlala
SportsRe: I Think It's The End Of Road Between I And Chelsea... Obi Mikel Opens Up by rummeh: 9:21pm On Jun 28, 2016
Mikel lol 😁.. Lalasticlala
Foreign AffairsUS Border Agents Want Your Twitter, Facebook Urls by rummeh(op): 8:02am On Jun 28, 2016
The US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agency wants to collect links to social network accounts of people visiting the Land of the FreeTM.

Under new proposals, each traveler filling out an I-94 travel form or applying for an Electronic System for Travel Authorization (ESTA) visa will be asked for "information associated with your online presence/social media identifier."

In other words, you'll be asked to hand over your Twitter and Instagram handles, Facebook and LinkedIn URLs, and so on, so you can be watched.

"It will be an optional data field to request social media identifiers to be used for vetting purposes, as well as applicant contact information," the proposal states.

"Collecting social media data will enhance the existing investigative process and provide DHS [Department of Homeland Security] greater clarity and visibility to possible nefarious activity and connections by providing an additional tool set which analysts and investigators may use to better analyze and investigate the case."

The CBP already does some social media monitoring of incoming travelers, as was shown in 2012 when two visitors were detained on arrival and held for questioning, before being deported 12 hours later, because of comments one of them had made on Twitter.

Irish national Leigh Van Bryan was flying into Los Angeles with British friend Emily Bunting and was pulled over for questioning based on a tweet Van Bryan had made before the flight, in which he said "Free this week, for quick gossip/prep before I go and destroy America."

He also joked online, three weeks before his trip, that the duo were going to be "totally in LA p*ssing people off on Hollywood Blvd and diggin' Marilyn Monroe up!"

The two protested that "destroy" was meant as a term for partying to excess, and said that they had no intention of digging up the decaying beauty queen. Van Bryan claims a customs officer told him "You've really f***ed up with that tweet, boy," he told British tabloid The Sun.

Similar mistakes are likely if customs officers start trawling through the social media postings, not to mention the limited utility of such searches. It's almost inconceivable that any terrorist harboring murderous ambitions would be posting messages on social media about it, and then would hand over the details of that account to customs.

Then again, those familiar with I-94 forms will remember it included the question, "Have you ever participated in persecutions directed by the Nazi government or Germany; or have you ever participated in genocide?" The CBP has never admitted it caught repentant aging Nazis in this way, but it seems unlikely.

The new CBP proposal for social media isn't set in stone yet, and people can object to the plans within the next 60 days before a final decision is made.

http://www.newsdoggen.org/2016/06/us-border-agents-want-your-twitter.html

cc: Seun, lalasticlala

Science/TechnologyTeenage Boy Savaged By A Wild Hyena While Sleeping In A Tent In South Africa by rummeh(op): 7:47am On Jun 28, 2016
According to The Sun, Erco Janse van Rensburg described the sound of his own bones being crunched by the predator after it launched the pre-dawn attack on him in South Africa’s Kruger National Park in the early hours of Sunday morning.
It’s believed the savage assault only came to an end when the 15-year-old’s uncle was woken by the sound of the boy being “dragged like a blanket” past his own tent.

The boy’s uncle chased the animal away.
The teenager is recovering in hospital in Johannesburg after undergoing multiple surgeries to reconstruct his face.
Rangers at the world-famous safari park are now hunting the hyena, which squeezed through a hole in the fence that was meant to secure the campsite where Erco and his family were staying.

His grandfather Basie Smalberger, 67, told the MailOnline how his grandson was spending the night alone in a tented annex of a trailer where his parents, Erno and Cashandra, and two sisters slept.

He said: “Erco’s uncle and family were sleeping in another tent next door and the hyena was completely silent when he grabbed Erco because it was only when he started pulling him across the ground by the collar of his pyjama top, that Johann woke up and looked out of his own tent to see what he thought was a blanket being dragged very fast across the ground.

Hyenas are among the world’s most dangerous predators — their jaws are as a powerful as a Great White Shark.


http://www.newsdoggen.org/2016/06/15-year-old-boy-savaged-by-wild-hyena_31.html
lalasticlala Seun

WebmastersRe: Please Help Me With My Google Adsense Account by rummeh: 1:00pm On Jun 27, 2016
omozu1:
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i have a Hosted AdSense account through my youtube and this is my blog http://yourhealthandmy..com.ng
what next or how do i connect my adsense account to my blog
i have try to insert the code to my blog but the ads are not showing
thanks for your help
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WebmastersRe: Don't Buy Adsense Accounts From Mikketech- He Defrauded Me Of N120,000 by rummeh: 12:49pm On Jun 27, 2016
FincoApps:
One fact is that:

Buying Adsence accounts is not legal so if you were banned for no reason, there's still a reason after all

Secondly, how is it the seller's fault that you were banned ?
Or OP did mikketech ever claim to work in google ? If yes then he truly scammed you else it's most likely your fault
Fucking hell
WebmastersRe: Don't Buy Adsense Accounts From Mikketech- He Defrauded Me Of N120,000 by rummeh: 12:23pm On Jun 27, 2016
cashrange:
Well, I think the whole truth is visible to the blind and audible to the deaf.

However, pls I need honest answer to a very important question. I have adsense active on my blog, and I'm on the verge of paying to generate/buy traffic for my blog from maxvists. com.. My question now is that; will it get my adsense banned, is it even adsense safe? Any reply to this will be I'd great help.

Thanks.

cc: mikketech
gidimasters
All webmasters.
Dude u wil be banned..
SportsRe: Breaking News: Lionel Messi Retires From International Football by rummeh: 7:51am On Jun 27, 2016
MESSI oo ooo...

Lalasticlala
EducationTop 10 Misused English Words by rummeh(op): 9:36pm On Jun 26, 2016
Source: http://www.newsdoggen.org/2016/06/top-10-misused-english-words.html

Many people who’ve had to proofread documents start to develop a kind of compulsive tutting at misused words. Here're my top ten words that are misused by either professional writers or public speakers who, let’s be honest, should really know better. I’m not being paid for this, so I don’t feel so bad if there are mistakes!

Refute

“Refute” means to “disprove with evidence” and yet it’s commonly used, even by professional writers, to mean “rebut” which carries a similar meaning but isn’t quite so strong, as it can also mean “argue against.” The example here (“Simon Cowell refutes ‘scandalous’ claims he helped billionaire hide assets from the wife he was divorcing”) is from a recent Daily Mail article. For those outside the UK, the Daily Mail is a newspaper which regularly rages against falling educational standards. A special mention to Sarah Palin who invented a new word “repudiate”; the usage suggests she meant repudiate.

Instant

Nowadays, it’s almost universally assumed that “instant” actually means “quickly” or “without intervention.” Obviously, it doesn’t. It actually refers to a precise moment in time. Google Instant is a good example of this word being abused.

Enormity

“Enormity” means “extreme evil”, but it’s often used to mean “enormousness”. US President, George HW Bush missed this one when he said after being elected that he “Couldn’t believe the enormity of the situation.” A perfect example of irony (which, in the context I have just used it, is correct).

Less

Less is used when comparing quantities that can’t be counted; for example, “I’d like less milk.” If you’re comparing quantities (like bagels, for example) then “fewer” should be used. But you don’t win many competitions with a tie break if you point out that “25 words or less” should actually be “25 words or fewer.” The antonyms “more than” and “greater than” get similarly misused. Programmers will know the comparison operators are referred to as “greater than and less than”; it should really be “greater than and fewer than”.

Chronic

Chronic is originally a medical term meaning “long term”; it has the same root as “chronometer”. Someone suffering from chronic pain has long term pain. It’s often used to mean “very bad” – in fact, “acute” should be used instead. Despite that, it’s easy to find recent examples: “O’Brien: INM in ‘chronic’ state”.

Literally

This is such a widely known misused word that examples are less common, as most people know to avoid the term – which should be used to describe something that is actually happening (for example, “He literally danced with joy.”) but should not be used for emphasis (“Steam was literally coming out of his ears.”) This example quotes a, now deceased, reverend gentleman who seemed to rejoice in, frankly, daft opinions, including one about a “literal homosexual steamroller”:

Panacea

“Panacea” means a cure-all; it comes from the same Greek root as “panorama”. It shouldn’t be used to imply a cure for a single thing, and yet there is a newspaper saying: “SOUTH AFRICA: Welfare payments – a panacea for poverty?”

Disinterested

Does “disinterested” mean the same as “uninterested”? No. Here’s an example of misuse: “TomTom Disinterested in Windows Phone 7 Too?”. “Disinterested” means that a party is independent; so a dispute might be settled by a disinterested party. “Uninterested” means the party has no interest. “I asked John if he wanted to go to the cricket, but he was completely uninterested.”

Decimate

Decimation was a Roman punishment where one in ten men was killed. So when something is decimated, it implies that ten percent of it is destroyed. “Devastate” is almost certainly a better word for most usages and yet: “New York City budget will decimate libraries”.

Ultimate
From the Latin, this means the last in a list of items. But it’s so widely used to indicate the best; a google search for “ultimate phone” gives 307 million hits. I’d argue that the last phone has yet to be made. This is probably the most misused word on the Internet; type “ultimate” into google and thousands of hits come up, pretty much all of them using it as “the best”. However, for a change, this is the ultimate entry in this list.

CC: Seun, Lalasticlala, Fynestboi, Richiez, olawalebabs
http://www.newsdoggen.org/2016/06/top-10-misused-english-words.html
RomanceRe: Please Advise Me. by rummeh: 8:09pm On Jun 26, 2016
UEDIBO:
I have three children now. i want to rest. i want to do family planning. please educate me.
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Make your family planning according to your pocket
FashionRe: Miss Nairaland 2016 Grand Finale by rummeh: 12:24pm On Jun 26, 2016
omonighoblessing:
check if your post has any other character in it except for the normal alphabets and numbers ans smilies from this from.if it contains more then that may be the reason.
another can be that you are new maybe after sometime u will be able to post.
both conditions has happened to me before.
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FashionRe: Miss Nairaland 2016 Grand Finale by rummeh: 4:44am On Jun 26, 2016
Dygeasy:
GOOD NEWS!!!! WE ARE GETTING SUPPORTS TOO

[size=18pt]A well meaning Nairalander JAYBEE3 has offered to include in the winner's prize a FULLY PAID TRIP TO A SPA OF THE WINNER'S CHOICE.

Thank you very much Sir!!! We appreciate!!!

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[size=18pt]Besides the main prize, consolation prizes will be given out.

This part has been taken upon by a Fashion and Beauty Company, ROYALHAIRS to give out their products, Crotchet braids and Virgin Hair.

The winners will also be the face of the brand for a year and cash prizes will be added to the pot as well.

Details of the additional prize the company is offering:


1. Winner gets a N25, 000 cash gift + a virgin hair + crochet braids

2. 1st runner up gets a N15, 000 cash gift + crochet braids

3. 2nd runner up gets a N10, 000 cash gift + crochet braids


HEAD OFFICE: 44, Ogunlana drive, Surulere Lagos. We also have offices in London, Port Harcourt and UNILAG.

Website: www.royalhairs.com

Facebook: www.facebook.com/royalhairs

Instagram: instagram.com/royalhairs

Photos of the braids and hairs to be won are attached.

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WebmastersRe: Articles/content Writer Wanted Urgently. by rummeh: 7:56pm On Jun 25, 2016
ujukala:
Good day pals. I am building a site on investment and I will need about 50 articles on investment in Nigeria/Overseas. It MUST be original and MUST never be written before or taken from the internet. I will pay between N300 - N600 per ORIGINAL article. Interested authors should write: doctordone@gmail.com or call: 07031378192
Contact me Seo articles 08104891107
WebmastersRe: Professional Blog Article Writers Wanted by rummeh: 7:52pm On Jun 25, 2016
lifesolutions:
I urgently need professional blog article writers to write quality and original content articles on Relationship, Love, Dating, Sex, Marriage, Family, Domestic Violence, Divorce and Children for my Relationship and Lifestyle blog.

The articles must:

1. Be unique and good English language
2. Be 800 words and original content
3. The grammar and spelling must be very correct
4. The article must be check www.plagiarisma.net for PLAGIARISM to see if it is original content
5. Your writing must covers the article topic in detail, flows and engages the readers

We shall provide the article title or you provide the article title for our approval before writing

We are paying N1000 per each 800 words original content article. Payment is only made after writing, delivery and checking the article at www.plagiarisma.net to see if it is original content. Note: All the works other writers did for us through this forum this year where all rejected for poor content and plagiarism after payment.

Call me on 08131134410 if you are think you are qualified and okay by the above conditions. The conditions are not negotiable for whatsoever reasons.
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Foreign AffairsRe: Spain On The Brink Of War With The U.K ? by rummeh: 7:32pm On Jun 25, 2016
TOO bad
CelebritiesRe: Mr Facebook Meets His Abuja Fans (photos) by rummeh: 7:26pm On Jun 25, 2016
Mr Facebook indeed
FashionRe: Miss Nairaland 2016 Grand Finale by rummeh: 5:49pm On Jun 25, 2016
11 mins more
FashionRe: Miss Nairaland 2016 Grand Finale by rummeh: 3:45pm On Jun 25, 2016
pahen1991:
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FashionRe: Miss Nairaland 2016 Grand Finale by rummeh: 3:34pm On Jun 25, 2016
grin Shey after today.. Una no go dy spam my mentionhuh!
FashionRe: Miss Nairaland 2016 Grand Finale by rummeh: 3:29pm On Jun 25, 2016
ErnieSmallzz:
grin what i do now oh
Enjoy your doinz

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