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Ubuntu Adventures: the day after christmas - nigeria on my mind

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Monday, December 26, 2011. The day after christmas - nigeria on my mind. So what makes yesterday's attacks so special? While each one is touching and heartbreaking and we must never forget that these are individual lives being lost, we must also put it in its proper perspective. Has already been set up on facebook with over a thousand members calling for a national conference. Into the 3 main cultural groups (hausa-fulani, igbo, and yoruba)? Nigerians cannot allow an extremist group to dictate the future...

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Ubuntu Adventures: January 2012

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Wednesday, January 11, 2012. No incentive whatsoever. hence i was for the removal of the fuel subsidy. What i do understand more clearly than ever is how this affects the ordinary nigerian. they have been discarded and lied to for most of their lives (if not all). promises turning into lies. lifestyles destroyed. hopes dashed. people are poorer now in nigeria than they were 30 years ago. there is no reason to trust the government. i get that! Removing subsidies is simply part 1 of that plan, no? This sho...

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Ubuntu Adventures: August 2011

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Tuesday, August 9, 2011. The *real* secret to success in life! This post is not about my lost passions, though. it is precisely about entrepreneurship. kind of. a couple days ago i read a blog post from an org. I've been following for the last 5 years, called growthink. For some reason, though, before i did that, I managed to skim through the tag-line and my interest was peaked. it went something like "you're probably skeptical of anyone saying they have the secret formula ( i was/am. Could it be true th...

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Ubuntu Adventures: May 2011

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Monday, May 2, 2011. Osama dies. so what? By now, i'm sure you've all heard "the news". i was awakened this morning by a friend who simply texted: "they finally got the man"! In a frantic panic, not knowing which "the man" he was referring to, I quickly checked my sources while texting back for further clarification. anyway, needless to say, it was no cause for real alarm. nonetheless it was big news. really big. but how big really? And whats the significance? Those perhaps europhic feelings didn't last ...

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Ubuntu Adventures: September 2011

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Saturday, September 24, 2011. What's in a heritage? So today is the youngest of South African national holidays, Heritage Day. Or is it? What heritage are they celebrating? I managed to come across this unbiased (i think) background of heritage day:. The 24th of September was known as Shaka Day. In commemoration of the Zulu. At the time did not have the 24th of September included on the list of proposed public holidays. As a result of this exclusion, the Inkatha Freedom Party. For the all-too-educated bl...

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Ubuntu Adventures: December 2011

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Monday, December 26, 2011. The day after christmas - nigeria on my mind. So what makes yesterday's attacks so special? While each one is touching and heartbreaking and we must never forget that these are individual lives being lost, we must also put it in its proper perspective. Has already been set up on facebook with over a thousand members calling for a national conference. Into the 3 main cultural groups (hausa-fulani, igbo, and yoruba)? Nigerians cannot allow an extremist group to dictate the future...

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When to believe new physics results | Occasional Musings of a Particle Physicist

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Occasional Musings of a Particle Physicist. When to believe new physics results. Here’s a brief summary giving my understanding of how physics results are determined in collaborations of hundreds or thousands of physicists such as the experiments at the LHC and when to believe a new physics effect has been seen. Someone within the collaboration from an institute (university, lab, etc.) has an idea for an analysis. All of the analysis work must be fully documented, this becomes the official internal docum...

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How to Feel Comfortable in Your Own Skin

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Happiness & fun. Love & relationships. Meaning & passion. Mindfulness & peace. Change & challenges. Fun & Inspiring. Books & Things. Wish you could change the past? Learn to let go and create a life you love with the Tiny Buddha course. How to Feel Comfortable in Your Own Skin. 8220;To be beautiful means to be yourself. You don’t need to be accepted by others. You need to accept yourself.” Thich Nhat Hanh. But if I went unflattered or unnoticed, I would return to the mirror in an effort to figure out why.

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Ubuntu Adventures: nigeria burning

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Wednesday, January 11, 2012. No incentive whatsoever. hence i was for the removal of the fuel subsidy. What i do understand more clearly than ever is how this affects the ordinary nigerian. they have been discarded and lied to for most of their lives (if not all). promises turning into lies. lifestyles destroyed. hopes dashed. people are poorer now in nigeria than they were 30 years ago. there is no reason to trust the government. i get that! Removing subsidies is simply part 1 of that plan, no? This sho...

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Ubuntu Adventures: March 2011

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Monday, March 28, 2011. Nigerian votes 2011: fool me once, twice. Are we nigerians that dumb to believe this sht? Or is he that dumb to think we can be easily fooled? I was very critical of mr. goodluck jonathan's - the noted academic - failure to join in the debate, but his actions seem to speak louder than a words on a stage can. that's the other tell tale sign of nigerian elections: the legislation and presidency begin (and i stress. Will it be relative to other failed elections in nigeria? Or compare...