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Congrats, Super Eagles!!!

I'm very impressed with the Super Eagles so far; flashbacks of the old team that terrorized Africa in the 90's. As a Ghanaian and Black Stars fan, I hope the Super Eagles can hold their lead and accomplish the feat. Hope to meet you in the finals. Cheers!

Tribe? Jesus! In the 21st Century! SMDH!

It IS bigger.

http://www.ug.edu.gh/

Knock yourself out. At the very least click on the "About" link and read to the bottom :-)

Ashesi:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m57-fgXjHgA

Beer drinkers rejoice! Drinking beer daily (in moderation, of course; duh!) actually improves health! It seems many cannot see the forest for the trees. Beer is good for your health, IF taken in moderation.

http://health.yahoo.net/experts/dayinhealth/10-surprising-health-benefits-beer
http://www.besthealthmag.ca/eat-well/healthy-eating/the-health-benefits-of-beer
http://www.shape.com/latest-news-trends/4-reasons-reach-beer
http://www.forbes.com/2008/03/14/beer-drink-health-forbeslife-cx_avd_0317health.html

Summary (Positive Sides of Beer)

1. Stronger bones
2. A stronger heart
3. Healthier kidneys
4. Boosts brain health
5. Reduced risk of cancer
6. Boosts vitamin levels
7. Guards against stroke
8. Reduced risk of diabetes
9. Lowers blood pressure
10. Longer life (obviously the cumulative effect of all the above)

So boys and girls, you can drink some beer daily or you can have your soft drink, which are mostly nothing better than sugar, carbonated water, color, and preservatives! No, I don't drink beer daily; pity!

pelezico: I saw the fight and it was an odd affair really and not as controversial as people have said.

Manny is a great fighter and really should have put the fight away in perhaps the 4th, 5th or 6th rounds which he clearly won. The first two were Bradleys because he was clearly the aggressor and threw more punches but its hard to know whether they landed or whether they came off of Mannys gloves.

The 3rd round was evens

The 4,5,6 and 7 was clearly Mannys and he rocked him and shuld have followed up but perhaps his game plan was all wrong. Ill explain what i saw.

Manny would only fight (as in hit Bradley with combinations ) at about 130 secs at the end of most rounds. It appears that Manny was getting instructions to "flatter" the judges only towards the end of each round

The last three rounds were Bradleys only that he appears to be the aggressor and he looked super fit and in charge. Whether his punches landed or whether they hit mannys gloves is anyones guess.

Id say that Bradley finished the stronger and looked very imposing

Manny should have won the fight mid way but chose not to pursue his man. Me thinks and this is a big "me thinks" that Mannys killer instinct is not as it use to be. Also he obviously likes and respects Peter as a fighter too.

But all in all i can see why the fight was awarded to Peter.

You mean Timothy, right?

I think most of the comparisons being made here are too tightly knit between the contending arguments. Money's value is only (read fundamentally) situated in financial transactions. Information is more robust; transcending EVERYTHING Man does. The two are not even remotely comparable in importance. Information by itself is invaluable, it is wealth in its own right, and it can be acted on or manipulated in various ways to achieve the desired result. Take intelligence reports during a war; take tsunami warnings, take travel advisories into consideration; take traditional folklores; take stocks; etc.; information transcends every aspect of our existence. Without information, we are no different from a rock on the beach; we are effectively dead! The same cannot be said of money. Money is a relatively modern invention in the rather protracted existence of Man on earth.

The topic of this thread is summed up in the old adage: "Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime."

Now, if you were offered a million dollars today, and information about how to make millions of dollars in a week/month/year/etc. Choose one. Which would you choose? You may be tempted to take the money and run. "A bird in hand is worth two in the bush." Right?" Well, after consuming the bird, you'll be back in the bush looking for the other two, but with the information they gained from their compatriot's misfortune, they made sure not to repeat its mistake.

If you choose the information, however, you are going to learn how to make millions with it and you will only be limited by your industriousness or greed. :-)

Keeping everything relative, that is; because information could change, money could be stolen, be taxed, inflation, etc. Besides, without the proper info on how to spend that money, it could all be gone is a blink. Again once 419ers get information on your account or whereabouts of the money.... GBAM!

Chanchit: Did i jst hear u kal dt sense of humour....? Even ghanians with common sense would knw its crap.... Stop using nigeria as a yard stick for ur success.... I'm outta here...!

If you don't see the sense of humour in that then too bad. Humour is relative... go find yours elsewhere. Now, what is bad is Africans using the word "black" (skin colour) and "n'igger", etc. against fellow Africans as a way of denigrating them. It demonstrates a level of ignorance and worthlessness I'm yet to encounter on any African forum. I joined this forum during the 2010 world cup because I hoped to find solidarity with my fellow African neighbours. I wasn't disappointed, even though the anti-Ghana sentiment was also quite strong. Can't win them all, can you?

Since then I have hung around to witness every thread about Ghana, negative or positive, quickly devolve into the most asinine statements attacking the people and nation of Ghana. It is also from people who are clearly ignorant of Ghana. I have been to Nigeria before; in 2000 for bilateral games between the University of Ghana and University of Ibadan. The journey took us to Lagos, en-route to Ibadan. The experience was mixed, but you won't hear me trumpeting the negatives, which were many mind you, on this forum. If and when I choose to blurt these out, they'll come in the form of constructive criticism, not a razor-sharp burst of insults.

I try to stay away from topics like this because as much as our individual experiences and lives have been shaped by it, as much as we have imbibed, indeed, lived it, our collective 'nations' and borders are accidents of European convenience. An arbitrary line drawn at whim to give some semblance of fairness to European rivals with a common mindset - the systematic plunder of Africa. The short-sightedness displayed here by some is stomach-turning and painful to watch. I am of the view that the European figures who met in Berlin in 1884-85 to carve up Africa did not in their wildest dreams think it possible to conceive a more sinister plan to sow division among us and thereby keep us from presenting a more formidable, united force against the world economic order. Sad, sad, sad.

Africa has problems. They are bigger than us. We can no longer look on while the ripples created by others steers our ship. We have to take control of our own destiny by harnessing our population, mineral, cultural, and numerous other resources for our own development. "[Independent nations] now, Tomorrow, the United States of Africa."

Nayah: My Godness just because we have read Ghana and immigrants? poor Africa...

Sad, isn't it?

Chanchit: Thats y we kal ghanians haters, we don't even knw the group talkless of hearing the song, anyway they did the song for ghanians, the song can't even find its way into the nigerian mkt.... I won't even waste my time trying to google it....

It's called humour! Nigerians have a sense of humour, right? I believe so. Thank you. Ghana and Nigeria have both been at the butt of jokes on both sides, what makes you think one side's jokes are hate inspired is beyond me. May be you can explain to the whole NL community how and why you arrived at this conclusion?

Chanchit: Did u read ur comment before u click the submit botton...? I can really see how ur teachers tried for u

I'm not trying to stoke the fire, but google is your friend.

http://www.google.com.gh/#hl=en&output=search&sclient=psy-ab&q=thank+god+we+are+not+a+nigerians&oq=thank+god+&aq=0&aqi=g10&aql=1&gs_l=hp.1.0.0l10.4506.11244.1.16169.11.11.0.0.0.0.427.3885.3-10j1.11.0.ckh.1.0.0.2sKeiSF6sj0&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_qf.,cf.osb&fp=540a4c3c2a97de21&biw=1024&bih=634

otumfour: ^^^ God bless u brother

No problem, bro!

Illegals Must Definitely Go. More Chinese have come to Africa in the last 10 years than have Europeans in the last 400! While us keyboard warriors are typing c r a p in the comfort of our newly acquired anonymity, thanks to the internet, foreign legions are assiduously hauling our resources to home factories, breathing life into their economies while ours stagnate. Let's grow up and be responsible; less insult, more activism!

GO GHANA!! GO AFRICA!!

I agree with my girl, Nayah. As a fellow African, and one whose ancestral home can be traced to Ille Ife, allow me to tell you what Nigeria has more than any other African nation: POTENTIAL. Nigeria is a Usain Bolt, coiled and poised on his block, with all the odds hugely stacked in his favor. If he does nothing foolish to get disqualified, he wins the race ninety-nine out of a hundred times.

Nayah:
Lol really?? you don't even know me heheheh

Touche! Hard to ignore your level-headed contributions in this thread, though. Keep it up!

Nayah:
@ Manchy don't you think it could be better to encourage them and pray for them they continue in this way, you know someone can read this and think that this is you who have a complex, we Africans have alwyas the need to compare or putting the others down to be on top, I'm not a Ghanaian but I'm proud of them hope many Africans will follow the same way

Now about westernes you're right because the democracy hey want us to follow dones not fit with our societies realtiy

Nayah, I love you!

A little more fact checking could really help the quality of this thread. Here is a link to help the lazy inform themselves a little bit more on the topic of Ghana: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghana

Congratulations to Mali! This is the best case scenario for Ghana, our football association needs to be serious. Heads would roll and we will come back stronger than ever before.

I just came back from the future; Ghana and Nigeria are part of one united nation. So you guys (on both sides of the fence) please do all the bashing you can now because time is running out.  

Style is the various and cumulative expressions of one's self, taken as a total, and by which an individual is defined.

/thread.

Don't underestimate the power of the hole.

Where the *beep* are the virgins? The idea of saving yourself for someone who's probably out there having fun NOW is not very appealing to me. Virtues? Whatever. Next thing you know, that so called ideal is back in vogue; creating unnecessary pressure on our young women, or worst creating the situation where men have to go way down the age ladder just to find virgins to satisfy their intimate appetites. EVERYTHING IS RELATIVE. One just needs to be responsible and smart when it comes to sex.

Lol. As the saying goes: "Beauty lies in the eye of the beholder." Same goes for handsomeness, obviously. Anyway, I'm a GH guy who gets mistaken for a Nigerian by most. I wonder whether that places me firmly in the corner of "ugly." Lol! Please, don't ask me to post my picture.

[quote author=mama-gee link=topic=470465.msg6323174#msg6323174 date=1278108036][color=deeppink]Luis Suarez, that good for nothing cheat!

But the referee should have awarded the goal to Ghana.[/color][/quote]You're making too much sense here - I mean it. I've always wondered when someone was going to abuse this gaping hole in the rules; the rewards are too tantalizing, and the risks of penalty-taking too great. Suarez is now a hero, and Gyan, a villain! Yet the odds are that Gyan is going to miss at some point, right? I mean the law of probabilities point to this happening sooner or later. Poor Gyan, it happened at this critical time when an entire continent's hopes and aspirations were resting on his shoulder. It's about time Fifa revisits the rules; it's time for a goal-interference rule ala the NBA (offensive interference). It's simple, a goal-bound ball that has the goal-keeper clearly beat will be ruled as a goal if deliberately stopped by hand(s) by a player on the defensive team.

In this tournament alone, Ghana has had three goal-bound balls stopped by deliberately out-strectched arms, two resulted in penalty kicks. The irony is that some ridiculed our team for ONLY scoring on penalties when it should be apparent that it takes guts to score with such kicks at that level of competition. Too many of these deliberate handballs if you ask me. Fifa needs to remove ANY incentive for players to handle the ball in an attempt to stop a goal. As it stands, the current rules are lacking; I know this because I WILL do the same if I was in Luis Suarez's shoes - give my team one last stand to keep my country in it and deny the opponent country a clearly deserved goal.

I would close by saying that I am proud of my country and our team. Our youth finally caught up to us, being the youngest team. We lacked poise and composure when it mattered (the penalty kick, and subsequent shootout). But we showed heart and skill. I am sure our boys have picked up valuable lessons and would be better players as a result of these. Thanks to all you guys who stuck by us, through happier times and now, this excruciating exit. That is the nature of football. I hope Africa's representatives in future tournaments represent us even better than Ghana did in this tournament. Gbosa!

WE ARE AFRICANS!


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7WT3tPaEeaw&feature=related

Ghana all the way,

Here's a song for the pro Ghana crowd in here,


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lxkmIaJmYtQ&feature=player_embedded

, and even those against us, hehe.

Ooops! Double post.

rokiatu:
He is not even gonna score one goal tommorrow. (which I hope not) With all this expectations,
the dude is going to be under[b] pressure [/b] he will underperform.

_{For me I don't care o I must just see my[b] Prince Boateng[/b]}

What pressure? Check this out:
http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/SportsArchive/artikel.php?ID=185295

Your prince is in there too,

big father:
Na their last bustop be that !  But come to think of it,it's not as if these guys are that good. They are just young,energetic and determined set of young guys. But they just lack the tactical ability !

"Young, energetic, and determined" do not get you to the final 8 in the world.

MandingoII:
ACTUALLY,

The victory belongs to ALL AFRICANS.

because people outside of Africa think all africa is the same,
ex

Plus, the players dedicated the victory to "Africa."