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European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Manchester United Vs Sevilla :UCL (1 - 2) On 13th March 2018 by Topiipii(m): 9:33pm On Mar 14, 2018

jelel6:
very nice post. and, I live football enough to know the Spanish dominance was/is one never seen before. I agree with majority of what you said above really.

perhaps, you would appreciation my post you quoted if you followed what triggered such. if you go back at that my message, you'd know I'm not saying the English teams are back. I'm saying with the indices in place - present coaches, Money, and ambition shown, they are coming, in two three years they will all compete. I believe L,pool, City and Spurs play great football at the moment and they competed and would develop further.

the Spanish did things correctly that's why they are here. its not their birthright, they worked for it - Some EPL teams are working for it.

Regards

I saw your first post as I actually read the thread from the first page till this one. The reason I quoted you was actually in my last post: 'My advise to you is to ignore these type of arguments as you're not going to win by any kind of parameter, most times when people start this kind of argument, I just point to the Uefa coefficient index'. I know some English teams are coming up, in fact, you mentioned the exact teams, but just three teams is not going to effect the king of change needed unless there's an improvement in about 8 teams that will regularly play in Europe and not UCL.

European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Barcelona Vs Chelsea : UCL (3 - 0) On 14th March 2018 by Topiipii(m): 9:10pm On Mar 14, 2018

Fadiga24:
Take back your words

He has, he quickly edited his comment lol grin

European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Barcelona Vs Chelsea : UCL (3 - 0) On 14th March 2018 by Topiipii(m): 9:08pm On Mar 14, 2018

prodiG:
This dembele boy is not worth 150mil

you were saying?
he's 105 mil by the way.

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European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Manchester United Vs Sevilla :UCL (1 - 2) On 13th March 2018 by Topiipii(m): 1:25am On Mar 14, 2018

jelel6:
Fair enough! Maybe we can say from 2005 to 2013, EPL won 3, same as laliga. but we could look at the number of teams form LA liga and EPL in the latter stages in those years. Madrid was getting knocked out at the round of 16 every year during those years.

I'm not trying to argue, because we'll both never win. but don't reply my lengthy post with 3 sentences comparing who has won more trophy. perhaps you agree with all what I said above except for the EPL past dominance.

You seem insistent on carrying on this argument, so I'll just give the facts about it and put the whole thing to rest.
English teams did dominate, but it was only for three consecutive seasons and not as long as people here claim (claims based on hearsay I might add as I'm sure most of them never watched the UCL).
The golden era for English football in the UCL was from 2004/2005 to 2008/2009, a period of 5 seasons punctuated by a Spanish dominant season in 2005/2006 during which they won both Uefa competitions defeating English teams in both finals. In total they dominated for 4 out of those five seasons, you're free to conduct your research as Wikipedia usually keeps a record of each UCL season.
One other thing you should know is that there was never a season in which both R. Madrid and Barcelona were knocked out by English teams (it might happen this season, who knows), Barca was knocked out on three occasions (Chelsea 2005, Liverpool 2007, Man U 2008) and won it for the other two seasons (2006, 2009), while Madrid was knocked out once (Arsenal 2006).
For the dominant seasons(2005, 2007, 2008, 2009), English teams had 2, 3, 3, 3 teams in the semi finals respectively which is why some of these newbie fans who heard tales of those glory days seem to think it was longer than it was. The first one (2005) wasn't really a dominant season as both semi final teams (Liv, Che) got there against the odds and qualified through tightly contested matches in which they were predicted to go out (you can also check this out), I added it for the fact that 2 of out four semifinal teams were English. This takes me back to earlier point above about English teams dominating for 3 seasons; they produced 4 quarter final teams in 2 out of those 3 seasons and 3 teams in the semifinal each season. The sad part about that dominance though is that they only won it once, so it's easy for those who never watched the UCL actively back then to dispute the dominance nowadays. I used to argue a lot back then, and the basis of my argument is this 'how can you claim that the EPL is the best when their teams can only win one UCL despite having 3 teams in the semi finals for 3 consecutive years?'
To put that in perspective, the first time a league did that (in the UCL, I can't say if it was done in the old format, but I doubt it) was 1999/2000 by La liga and they played an all Spanish final. This was followed by Serie A in 2003, also an all Italian final; can you see the true dominance here? We even saw an all Spanish final in 2014 and 2016 with just 2 teams in the semi final.
In the Uefa Cup/ Europa League, the same scenario occurred in 2006/2007 and 2011/2012 also an all Spanish final, so I'm sure you're now beginning to get the point.
My advise to you is to ignore these type of arguments as you're not going to win by any kind of parameter, most times when people start this kind of argument, I just point to the Uefa coefficient index (you really need to study this in order to grasp the magnitude of the Spanish dominance, it's one that has never been seen before). The Uefa website shows the index record for the past 5 years, but I'd recommend you look for the ones earlier than that if you're interested in that kind of thing.
I hope you appreciate my 'long essay' anyways.

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Travel › Re: General U.s.a (student) Visa Enquiries-part 13 by Topiipii(m): 1:33am On Jan 25, 2018

bigwizzy001:
If you applied to school that doesn't require WES as claimed, how will you go about your evaluation? I mean how will you convert your result on the scale of 5.0 to 4.0 or are you going to send it to them the way you collected it from your Naija school?
And by the way, what's the name of the school?

https://www.nairaland.com/4225931/general-u.s.a-student-visa-enquiries-part/25#63376351

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Education › Re: Seun What Was The First Topic On Nairaland by Topiipii(m): 11:25am On Nov 08, 2017

festwiz:
You are now a Statistician as well? Are you tired of driving your Lambo? What about your body building son that looks like Batista? What about the Chinese lady he was dating? Has the African Lady he now married given you 40 grand kids? I just dey look you.

Chai! See monitoring spirit.
Oga, shey na you be president of monitoring spirits association?

Education › Re: Where Are Our First-class Graduates And Professors? by Topiipii(m): 5:05pm On Oct 02, 2017

DarkRebel69:
Is RESEARCH not a form of EDUCATION?

I don't seem to get the head nor the tail of this write-up. If it's what I think it is trying to say then I would say that "mass brain drain'' is the answer to your question. And I don't think I need to spell out the reasons that incite our keenest minds to troop out in droves to Europe and America in search of greener pastures.

@ Rapmoney: This quote the answer to your question. Your write up pertains mostly to Sci/Engineering and I can tell you from personal experience that majority of the graduates you're looking for are either in
a. a multinational company
b. US, Canada, UK

P.S. Over half of the first/second class upper graduates from my set are in b. above with more in the process of joining them

Health › Why Do BIC Pens Have A Hole In Their Caps? by Topiipii(op): 5:01pm On Sep 20, 2017

Ever wondered why there is a little hole on the top of a pen cap?

https://www.sciencealert.com/images/BICPen2_web.jpg

Some of you might think that this little hole allows the passage of air helping in regulating the ink pressure.

Others might claim that this little hole helps us while putting the cap on the pen by not letting the air bubble to be trapped inside creating a repelling force.

Both the above claims are partially correct.

But there is another big reason behind this hole being put on the pen cap.

Have you ever done this?

https://cdn1.wimp.com/images/sthumbs/2016/01/601650355f6fca41ca439c83cf04a80a_chewed-pen-caps-LOLworm1.jpg

I am sure everybody has done this at some point of their age.

The main function of the little hole in the pen cap is to prevent deaths by suffocation in case someone swallows the pen cap by mistake.

This little hole helps prevent more than 100s of deaths every year around the globe.

https://www.quora.com/What-are-some-awesome-examples-of-simple-yet-innovative-designs/answer/Mangaljit-Singh-1

http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/why-do-bic-pens-have-a-hole-in-their-lid-to-stop-choking-a6856061.html

https://www.sciencealert.com/here-s-why-there-are-holes-in-the-tops-of-pen-caps

https://www.wimp.com/the-surprising-reason-why-bic-pens-have-a-hole-on-their-cap/

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Travel › Re: General U.s.a (student) Visa Enquiries-part 12 by Topiipii(m): 8:26am On Sep 17, 2017

ddbluv1:
You register June 2017, JJC to nairaland

Go through your mentions and take the correction offered therein. You seem to be the JJC here, an experienced head would instantly recognise that moniker as a VO and would not type the response you did.
BTW femi312 is an old member, but a JJC wouldn't know that, would he?

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Education › Re: How To Achieve High Scores On The GRE by Topiipii(m): 9:37am On Sep 07, 2017

xyzoke:
To God be the glory Uk here I come

DreManuel:
I'm US bound bro. Congrats. My confusion now is whether to choose UIUC or UMich. I'm even thinking of checking out UC Berkeley or Caltech. Money don show.

Scholastica16:
DreManuel,

Yes bro I saw it. I am ecstatic. Number 1 in my state!!

Congrats!

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Food › Re: Lady Buys Fish But Is Afraid Of Eating It For Not Knowing Its Name (Photos) by Topiipii(m): 4:42pm On Sep 06, 2017

boman2014:
A Nigerian lady identified as Opeyemi AanuOluwaseyi Bello has cried out after buying an unidentified fish from a seller she has known for a long time. Accordingto her, the seller has new species of fishes and her curiosity in trying something different led her to buying one.

Seems the fish is actually a mullet thanks to kingsleyy32
https://thumbs.dreamstime.com/z/mullet-3582427.jpg

https://www.dreamstime.com/photos-images/mullet.html

Gaming › Re: 1st Nigerian Mindgames Festival 2017 by Topiipii(m): 9:29am On Sep 06, 2017

Mindgames:
It promises to be a fantastic tournament experience for all participants.

Why not Lagos, I just saw the prize distribution on facebook.

https://web.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1877734275821670&set=gm.10155315300551117&type=3&theater&ifg=1

https://scontent.flos5-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-0/s480x480/20953731_1877734275821670_8563924389933022521_n.jpg?oh=80742b5a72a454f3721c221210b58854&oe=5A5A17B4

How authentic is it?

Investment › Re: Treasury Bills In Nigeria by Topiipii(m): 10:02pm On Aug 17, 2017

AkDave1:
And what rate were you given after that?

13.35%, that's probably why they told me to specify current rate in my letter. Other banks give a much better rate.

Investment › Re: Treasury Bills In Nigeria by Topiipii(m): 7:29pm On Aug 16, 2017

Magnifico2000:
I checked into GTB to make enquiries about their available rates and tenors for the day but they kept posting me that headoffice havenot replied their mail.
From the look of things, it seems they dont want pple to invest in it.

I am beginning to see them as crooks; I went to the head office last week and they couldn't get me the available rates, I went the following day with the same outcome. In the end, I had to write a letter telling them to give me something around 91 days tenor at available rate as directed by the person that attended to me.

Travel › Re: General U.s.a (student) Visa Enquiries-part 12 by Topiipii(m): 11:37am On Aug 10, 2017*

teepee4Him:
Greetings House!

I know information about getting Insurance plans for International students at 'cheaper rates' was discussed months back. I am trying to figure out if it was in Part 11 or Part 12. Can anyone with valuable information with respect to this kindly help?

Thanks.

Always click 'like' or 'share' on posts you think may be useful in the future, that way, you can easily see them by going to your profile and checking the posts you've liked or shared.

OluDare01:
I use http://www.InternationalStudentInsurance.com.
Isoa.org is also cheap

https://www.nairaland.com/3905661/general-u.s.a-student-visa-enquiries-part/25#58391388

LagosismyHome:
Nice write up

On the issue of Insurance ..... a friend has similar issues where the school was billing by default $1,500 per semester for Insurance . I saw a post here by Femi321 with this comment ; What the Hell? $1300? wow, you have money to throw around. Anyway you can use http://www.InternationalStudentInsurance.com but you will have to check the requirements for health insurance in your school first to be sure it meets any of the plans.

So I sent the link to a friend , he was able to get a quote for $300 for insurance , using the school requirement for insurance such as ensuring the quote covered Repatriation insurance coverage of XX amount and Evacuation insurance coverage of at least XX. He took that quote to the school and they accepted it . The $300 insurance then replaced the default nonsense of $1,500

it appears most schools chosen provders such as insurance or shipping are out to exploit international student , same comment I have for eshipglobal.com who charging Nigerian students to ship i20 at over $100 with DHL but when you go to DHL direct it is less than half . That exploitation but let me not digress

https://www.nairaland.com/3905661/general-u.s.a-student-visa-enquiries-part/24#58374802

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Travel › Re: General U.s.a (student) Visa Enquiries-part 12 by Topiipii(m): 7:49pm On Aug 08, 2017

cosade:
He doesn't need to return to Nigeria. With a new I-20 issued by the new school you can apply to the Department of Homelands Security (I hope I got the name right) for update of your I-20.

I remember my son once changed college without returning to Nigeria.

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European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: UEFA Super Cup: Real Madrid Vs Manchester United (2 - 1) On 8th August 2017 by Topiipii(m): 7:36pm On Aug 08, 2017

prinsam30:
bros, non of the above, Na just Pure Passion that's all

Passion? I hope say no be blood o!

European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: UEFA Super Cup: Real Madrid Vs Manchester United (2 - 1) On 8th August 2017 by Topiipii(m): 7:32pm On Aug 08, 2017

prinsam30:
thank God say rain don stop, bcoz I no wan hear say signal lost......... this DSthieves sometimes their mumu never reach

everywhere for my room now don turn RED
even the Semo wey I dey chop now don become Red

You pour stew on top? Abi na red oil you pour?

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Education › Re: How To Achieve High Scores On The GRE by Topiipii(m): 7:10pm On Jul 27, 2017

jaybiz007:
Glad to have you back scholastica16. I eventually got into a fully-funded MSc. program program at Auburn university. I hope your contingency plans come through in this admission cycle. It will be a huge plus to the black race to have you in a good PhD program in the US.

I would be glad if you could link me up with your pal that got into Auburn's PhD program.

Mr Topiipii, long time no email. Colorado no get joy at all.

No be my fault o, in fact all of them no get joy.

Education › Re: How To Achieve High Scores On The GRE by Topiipii(m): 2:58pm On Jul 27, 2017

Scholastica16:
Man congrats. Seems you are really particular about robotics and the likes (saw your transcript). I am saying this because doesn't being assigned an advisor mean that funding don show?

You are willing to bone it for Colorado State even without funding? You are already my mentor

Vanderbilt is a top school oh, I know you are fully aware. I sha trust any decisions you make.

This was my 3rd attempt at PTDF. I guess 3 times is the charm.

I am not sure about that part, I am even yet to mail the prof as I got the mail late at night and I was about to leave for home then.

Vanderbilt is a super top school, they're way better than Colorado State at robotics and control systems in fact, but almost impossible to attend (>65k/year) without funding unless Davido gives me a share of his 30 billion.

I wish you success with PTDF, when are the results due?

Education › Re: Disclaimer: Notice To Nairaland Members by Topiipii(m): 11:43am On Jul 27, 2017

I hope the right moderator(s) looks into this and eventually push it to the front page.

Education › Re: How To Achieve High Scores On The GRE by Topiipii(m): 9:12am On Jul 27, 2017

Scholastica16:
So happy to hear from you bro. Happy your visa is in the bag as well.

I know they are having serious reservations about funding us head-on and stellar GRE or TOEFL scores don't seem to be enough till they get first hand experience.

Well, I have no doubt that when they see what you are made of in the first semester, the rest of your time there will be on a full-ride. That is, if you don't even get the scholarship on arriving there.

Congrats bro and all the best at Vanderbilt (?), I have a hunch that they provided your I-20.

Thanks again for the well-wishes. I am a hopeless Optimist, so yea, I am still expectant.

As for the highlighted portion, exactly what I have been observing. We don overcome already.

Why did you not try your hands on PTDF?

I chose Colorado State instead, did not request an I-20 from Vanderbilt since the fees would be too high without any form of assistantship. I got a mail from the Vanderbilt grad coord after my post that I have been assigned an advisor, but I am not too sure about him since his research areas are mostly different from mine. I considered him when I was applying but settled for two others profs one is now at Oregon State and no longer accepts grad students at Vanderbilt as a result even if she still teaches classes for the mean time, while the other seems to be retired or inactive now.

I did PTDF twice, the second one I did was really galling, I just decided to put my focus elsewhere.

Education › Re: How To Achieve High Scores On The GRE by Topiipii(m): 7:52pm On Jul 26, 2017

Scholastica16:
So I just thought to update the house on my applications thus far. I tried with much difficulty to stay off Nairaland for a bit and after the first 21 days it got easy.

Thank you to those who kept asking about my progress and wishing me well. I scoured through this and the Visa thread(s) to see the mentions and I was teary-eyed afterwards.

Congratulations to DrHopeful (Now DrInView), Time2Smile, TowBayNah, Mfarad, Ndawe, Amofum...uhm...Seeker88, Ridsan....Ad infinitum. I know I am missing out a lot of important names but I am constrained by think-typing or type-thinking as the case may be.

I am surprised we are yet to hear from ChemEngr01, Topiipii and ReDazey...PonPon and a host of others. I had a lot of pages to cover so maybe I must have missed out on their updates. Has Nastydamus been issued his visa as well? I am rambling because I don't want to forget any thing or one.

Anyways, I don't yet have a story to encourage anyone with but it does not mean it still won't come. #TeamFall2017 is not a myth. I would use a separate post to explain my journey thus far and also my expectations going forward. I would try to answer as many queries as time can afford and will make it a habit (again) to visit the thread more often than I have in the last few months.

Glad to see you back!
I have disturbed all grad coordinators and even mailed some profs without reply. The grad cords at Vanderbilt and Wyoming told me they have no funding available, but I am still hoping that at least one of my TA applications at Colorado State and Tntech is successful.
I went to the embassy yesterday, visa was approved after a short interview.

I am still hoping for the best for you though.

P.S. I noticed that there are about ten students accepted for MS at Vanderbilt this fall from a mail recently sent by the grad coord, everyone there is either Indian or Chinese. I spoke to a former classmate who is a PhD student there and he said they take more Chinese and few Blacks/Indians because the ratio of profs follow the admission pattern, in fact they just had their second black prof.

Travel › Re: General U.s.a (student) Visa Enquiries-part 12 by Topiipii(m): 7:14pm On Jul 26, 2017

I wanted to post this yesterday, but was busy reading this part from page 1 to the current one. I usually check my topics after work so there wasn't enough time to read through the entire thread yesterday.

My sincere thanks to the all those who posted their transcripts as well as the members who gave out tips on how answer questions. I prepared for this interview by reading the part 10 visa transcripts uploaded in the last part by justwise.

Visa approved yesterday morning, 7am appointment.

I left my workplace at 6.30am, because I had to drop my bag. I got to the embassy at 6.55am, promptly joined the 6.30/7am queue and went through the verification process. It finally got to my turn around 8.05am, I was interviewed by a young lady in window 2 and the whole process lasted for about 2 minutes.

V.O: Please pass me your passport and I-20

Me: Drops my passport with the I-20 and SEVIS fee confirmation paper inside the tray/bowl before realizing I was not asked for the SEVIS
confirmation, but decided to keep quiet.

V.O: Why do you want a Masters degree?

Me: (Paused for a bit) I want a masters degree because I am interested in carrying out research in control systems, my research areas
include robotics, UAVs, autonomous systems and machine learning.

V.O: So you're interested in machine learning?

Me: Yes

V.O: Where did you obtain your undergraduate degree?

Me: Obafemi Awolowo University Ile-Ife

V.O: Why did you choose Colorado State University?

Me: I chose Colorado State because of two Professors, Professors Edwin Chong and Tony Maciejewski. Prof. Edwin Chong does research in
autonomous systems, network control stammers a bit here while trying to recall some of his research projects) and target tracking and
acquisition so I quickly move on to the next prof. Prof. Tony's research areas are in robotic control and robotic vision.

V.O: (She was typing while I spoke) picks white paper and passed it to me with my I-20 and SEVIS confirmation. Your visa will be ready in 3
working days.

Me: Thank you (and walks out).

Note: Those hustlers at the embassy are very convincing, it takes a lot not to fall for their tricks. My advice to anyone going for his/her interview is to ignore those people completely as has been advised several times here. If by chance you have to ask for directions, ask any policeman or security personnel you see around the area because those hustlers seem ready to capitalize on any opportunity they see.

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Forum Games › Re: For Geniuses Only by Topiipii(m): 10:13pm On Jun 02, 2017

Phi001:
18 or 36...

and it's not for geniuses only...

@OP: Phi001 beat me to it, the answer is either 18 or 36 depending on how you interpret the question, the quote below gives a hint.

badthinds:
Well, i'm a genius...serious one

All examples disagree with maths. Not even metrics.

ANS: 1089

(If you had told us to device the method you used in your calculations...its would have been a different case)
First example: Wrong
Second example: Wrong

...i'm always serious tho

Food › Re: Why You Should Eat Avocados by Topiipii(m): 11:37am On May 24, 2017

Jabioro:
Is it available in Nigeria..avocados..

Eh?
https://cdn.authoritynutrition.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/avocado-sliced-in-half.jpg

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Jokes Etc › Re: Hilarious: Types Of Fighters we have by Topiipii(m): 11:32am On May 24, 2017

Astonmartins:
the boy in the middle among the 3 boys flexing muscle resemble Jagaban

I think say na only me see am o!

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Politics › Re: Adeleke Was Given Overdose Of Banned Injection – LAUTECH CMD by Topiipii(m): 11:38am On May 16, 2017

adisabarber:
So the dokita left behind evidence of his wrongdoing? The pathologist did not even say "based on the autopsy results". He based his conclusions on the empty injection vials.

The thing tire me sef, it seems we now have a new method of conducting autopsies in Nigeria.

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Travel › Re: Cattle Spotted At Ibadan Airport (Photos) by Topiipii(m): 9:36pm On May 15, 2017

nevilbot:
I'm I d only one seeing those are not cows but just 2 sheep's that must av strayed from a nearby residential house close to the airport?

Not that I am excusing dia presence at d airport but plz those are not cows!!

Don't mind the OP and that Facebook poster, hatred has beclouded a lot of people's reasoning.

Health › Re: Health Risks Of Being Too Skinny Or Underweight by Topiipii(m): 5:53pm On May 14, 2017

creamylicious:
so weight is 65kg... height is 5ft 2inch..... underweight!!!!! stocking up on fatty foods from now onwards

If your info is correct, your BMI is around 22.7. You need to do the calculation correctly.

Technology Market › Re: Cheap Data plan (Boltdata.ng) by Topiipii(m): 9:04pm On May 07, 2017

bunmioguns:
Thanks.. .

You're welcome.

Technology Market › Re: Cheap Data plan (Boltdata.ng) by Topiipii(m): 9:10am On May 07, 2017

habayommy:
Is this thread still active?
How much is MTN 5G?

Contact him on Whatsapp, the details are on his profile there.

bunmioguns:
Chat me up on whatsapp... 08062594558

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