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yuzedo: Ejiro Amu Eyi Ashawo Egwu!!!

Igbo Kwenu!!!!!!!!! Greatest Ibo Proverb EVER, yo!

Danka7777:

I wasn't trying to be immodest. I just wanted to share a little of my background for you to know who you talking with. I[b]f I and teams of engineers can design a war aircraft and drones to fly and bomb its target, it tells you that I would never speak of anything I have no evidence or facts on.[/b] So trust me, whatever I say on here is based on solid research and facts. I expected you to say: let me go and do my research and will get back to you. Had you said that I would had shown respect to you

Iyke-D:


I see - So Putin, Jonathan, the little fat boy, and all the other leaders of the respective countries are real men
that are not fronting for any banking and multi-national cartels or any other interests, just the US Presidents?

Pray, tell us who the real power brokers are, otherwise stop talking about things you have no knowledge about? In any
country most especially the most powerful and the biggest economy, there will be competing interests. Its the job of
the US President to balance those interests and to do whats in the best interest of the country. That's why you have elections, and corporations or their owners are free to pour in money to support their candidates who they think will
promote policies that will benefit their bottom line. That's just human nature. There were billionaires that were for
Obama, and there were other billionaires that were against him, either due to ideological or business reasons.

cap28:
Anyone who wishes to run for the US presidency must receive the approval of the jewish lobby which exerts an enormous amount of control over washington, Obama's two presidential campaigns were funded to a large extent by AIPAC which is a powerful jewish american lobby. This is why Obama kow tows to the jews - if he doesnt he'll be out. Also jews run the corporate media, the banks and most of the most powerful multinational corporations.

Olodostein:

America Today is Hypocrisy. Of course they have great ideals,constitution and so on.... America was doomed the day she began ( I think George Washington - First US president and Revolutionary founding father - warned against foreign wars) interferring in people's affairs that does not threaten their core interests and with the creation of the Federal Reserve system (Central Banks are more dangerous than standing armies - Thomas Jefferson) that is hold the world at ransom today with its ballooning debt. Dig deep buddy, there are men in the USA today who pull the string behind the scene. The fact that they voted for Obama overwhelming does not mean that he controls the US foreign policy. He is there to do the Presentation with his cunny calm look and fake smiles and perhaps advance some domestic agenda. It is called BRAND PACKAGING. You think Obama has conviction? Ask him 10 questions and he can't even answer just one with a YES or NO when warranted. A controlled clown is who does that.

War is Money. Who got money and connections dictates the war. What do you think stocks rising and crashing means on Wall street? You think relocating America's industries to China, Vietnam, Indonesia is a mere coincidence? Cmon, shine your eyes well well.... There is a chess game at play here.

Don't swallow everything the media feeds you. Read by standing on the shoulders of giants like Sun Tzu

Rare: XPIC: Cross Polarization Interference Cancellation

For a few months I have been deploying microwave transmission systems that use this XPIC feature.
Essentially it's all about how a microwave path can effectively double its capacity (in Megabits per second) by assignment of the same frequency to both a vertical & horizontal polarization on a path, with sufficient seperation between both polarizations (typically > 30dB)such that interference is avoided. This being achieved by employing both polarizations on the same physical antenna (dish), simultaneously connected to two different radio units.

Benefits:
(1) For subscribers: Provides a transport capacity that can meet the growing demands of subscribers with bandwidth-hungry mobile devices and applications (especially for 4G LTE data rates).
(2) For operators: Maximize spectral efficiency of allocated frequency.

AjanleKoko: It would be interesting if someone actually provided historical research (pre-slavery) relating to any giving cultures/traditions in Africa.

Sincere 9gerian: A Nigerian is anyone, male or female, who has his or her origin in Nigeria. Are you a Nigerian? I am a Nigerian by birth. I expect that over 90% of persons who open this thread are Nigerians, mostly by birth.

Being a Nigerian means we have a responsibility towards Nigeria. If we want Nigeria to be great, and I expect every Nigerian to so want, then the responsibility is on you and I to do things that will make Nigeria great.

The so called advanced countries are where they are today due to the COLLECTIVE effort of their citizens, both leaders and followers. Majority of the citizens of those countries take RESPONSIBILITY for making their country great. It was the Ex-president of America, John F. Kennedy, who made the famous statement- "ask not what your country can do for you - ask what you can do for your country".

Yes, Nigeria may not have done much for most of us. Yes, our leaders, past and present, may have performed below expectation and in some cases woefully. I for instance hold the opinion that most of our founding fathers- including Awo, Zik and Ahmadu Bello- created the dis-unity and ethnoreliguous sentiments we see today. Yes, Nigeria in the past may have hurt many of us. For instance, I feel terribly hurt by the fact that Nigeria, between 1966 and 1970, supervised the massacre of over 50,000 easterners in a pogrom and another 2million in an avoidable civil war.

But not withstanding these mis-givings, Nigeria is our one and only country, and whatever we make of it affects you and I directly or indirectly.

Critical self introspection by every Nigerian, home and abroad, will reveal the connection between our individual BAD BEHAVIOUR and most of the problems plagueing our country. The BAD BEHAVIOUR of you and I will add up to destroy the country while good behaviour by the majority will add up to build the country. For instance, school teachers who encourage examination mal-practices should see the connection between their BAD BEHAVIOUR and multitude of un-employable graduates, high unemployment rate, morally bankrupt/incompetent leaders,etc. The medical practitioners should see the connection between their actions/inactions and low life expectancy in Nigeria (estimated to be 47yrs), high infant and maternal mortality rates,etc. The legal practitioners who unduly prolong court cases should see the connection between their antics and monumental corruption in the country. The parents who fail in giving their children proper upbringing are simply churning out more potential criminals and looters. The moderators on NL who speedily push negative news in Nigeria to the front page should see the damage they'r doing to the IMAGE of this country. And so on and so forth.

Consequently, every Nigerian should take RESPONSIBILITY for creating the great Nigeria we desire. As individuals, teachers, lecturers, legal practitioners, medical practitioners, parents, sports men/women, politicians, students, etc we should DO THE RIGHT THING. The professionals should give 100% at work place and the COMMON GOOD should be top priority. By so doing, you and I will be building the great Nigeria of our dreams

"the basic responsibility of each lawyer engaged in the practice of law to provide public interest legal services" without fee, or at a substantially reduced fee, in one or more of the following areas: poverty law, civil rights law, public rights law, charitable organization representation and the administration of justice.

1. I rendered the following number of hours of pro bono legal service without fee or expectation of fee, or at a substantially reduced fee: 1

a. To people of limited means2, I donated ____ hours in total, and out of these total hours, ____ hours were spent in matters that were referred to me from a pro bono or legal services agency.

b. To charitable, religious, civic, community, governmental, or educational organizations in matters designed primarily to address the needs of people of limited means3, I donated ____ hours in total, and out of these total hours, ____ hours were spent in matters that were referred to me from a pro bono or legal services agency.

c. To individuals, groups, or organizations seeking to secure or protect civil rights, civil liberties, or public rights, I donated ____ hours in total, and out of these total hours, ____ hours were spent in matters that were referred to me from a pro bono or legal services agency.

d. To charitable, religious, civic, community, governmental, or educational organizations in matters in furtherance of their organizational purposes, when the payment of the standard legal fees would significantly deplete the organization’s economic resources or would otherwise be inappropriate, I donated ____ hours in total, and out of these total hours, ____ hours were spent in matters that were referred to me from a pro bono or legal services agency.

2. The pro bono legal service hours reported above were rendered in the following areas of law:
_____________________________________________________________________________

3. (Note: This is a relatively new question). Of the hours reported, I provided _______ pro bono hours assisting homeowners in distress through the Foreclosure Prevention Pro Bono Project (including staffing workshops, accepting case referrals, consulting with housing counseling agencies, etc.).

4. I devoted ____ hours to participating in activities for improving the law, the legal system, or the legal profession.4
Please specify: _______________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________

5. I contributed a total of $ _________ to one or more organizations that provide legal services to people of limited means.5
DURING ALL OR PART OF THE REPORTING PERIOD:

6. _____ I was prohibited by statute, ordinance, rule, or regulation from rendering pro bono legal service as described in Rule 6.1(b)(1) of the Maryland Lawyers’ Rules of Professional Conduct.

7. _____ I was retired or not actively engaged in the practice of law. 6

8. _____ I was practicing law part-time. 7

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Goddex: Tinubu should first and foremost explain to Nigerians
the source of his wealth. How much was his salary as governor?

I think people like him should not be allowed to talk for the new party.
It will hurt the party more. Let him just stay at the background.

kambo: @2buff (thanks 4 spicy up the section wt ur post) as a programmer, tryng to create a product one thing u'll notice is There isnt enough time in a year! A year has about 8750 hrs. A product may require 5000+ development time, coding, testing, fine tuning. Thats almost a year. So wat do i say, hit the streets and start to sell, most solo developers in naija hav no funding to hire hands (lawyers etc), you'll learn dynamically as you make your mistakes. (this is how eric sink learnt), by the time your selling your 3rd/4th product or starting a company u'd hav picked up some ideas of business gotten lawyer buddies and friends and developed a sense of direction but it starts from making the hit solo green eyed and wet behind the ears. I'm talking of 1man programmer enterprenuer here. For guys starting full blown gigs, i.e making a programming idea into a corporate entity like facebook, google etc. Stick with your technical side and hire best of breed ceo's analyst lawyers also carvort wt big boys in the industry. You'll need their insight and support (zuckerberg was taken under the wings of peter theil , founder of paypal, the character played by timberlake in the movie, *forgotten his name*, contributed also to making facebook take off, the financial ground work was laid by eduardo saverin (somebody help wt the names) so zucker boy had a full team to rob minds with ) . The value of the combined team knowledge compensates for the programmers business knowledge shortfall. Besides a programmer who wants to make money the corporate route make far more than the solo coder. Paul graham, built a product with 2 other programmers, sold the product to yahoo for millions, retired from the rat race got into venture capitalism, all business acumen needed to succeed has come from the streets rather than from a formal school taught programme. Dan brinklin, creator of visicalc, the app that turned apple from a toy to a major domo, lost his opportunity by failing to patent his innovation u may say because he businness savvy but not so fast , his co-developer, that wrote the editor and assembler on the system he used was a harvard mba! . As an mba he was supposed to be conversant wt the legal implication of not building a thorn bush around their creation. So what am i really saying! Some programming ideas can only b fully realized by the owner of that idea, when bricklin talked to other programmers abt his plan , most didnt see the big deal about it. Bricklin,zuckerg, shawn fannings, had to work their behind off to create a working prototype only then , with intense marketing, meetings etc did the business side take. Note:: shawn fannings, creator of napster, is a hard core enterprenuer. How did he get the spirit? From his experience with napster. None of these guys deserted their technical talent by trying to get a business degree. And theyre still innovating (paul graham is creating a new dialect of lisp, fannings has created so many tech startups) the mba/ thing is usually the path of the corporate coder. Because of management pressure (and contempt for programmers) and job loss threat from outsourcing. Corporation building programmers (like zuckerberg, paul graham, joel (founder of fog creek), eric sink, bezos) . Learn on the street and from their non techie teams(lawyers, accountants , industry vets etc).

Dibiachukwu:
By virtue of OBJ's office, he killed all the people in odi. Why is he still walking free, with a lot of ever teaming supporters like you.

Music mogul 50 Cent is more accustomed to rap battles as opposed to legal battles. However, he still came out on top in a recent copyright infringement lawsuit.

Shadrach Winstead, author of the book The Preacher’s Son – But the Streets Turned Me into a Gangster, filed the lawsuit against 50 Cent, whose legal name is Curtis Jackson, and his record label. He alleged that Jackson’s Before I Self-Destruct album and film of the same name derived their contents from, and infringed the copyright of, his book.

As detailed in Winstead’s complaint, his book included these short phrases: “Get the drugs, cut this drugs,” “let’s keep it popping,” and “I said the strong takes from the weak, but the smart takes from everybody.” In a scene from Jackson’s film, a song playing in the background includes these lyrics: “Get the drugs, cut the drugs, get the drugs. Let’s get it popping. The strong sit down, but the weak work for me.”

Despite the similarities, the Third Circuit Court of Appeals ultimately concluded that 50 Cent had not infringed Winstead’s book. As the court explained, “Not all copying is copyright infringement.” Rather, the court must determine whether the allegedly infringing work is similar because it appropriates the unique expressions of the original work, “or merely because it contains elements that would be expected when two works express the same idea or explore the same theme.”

In this case, the court concluded that the words and phrases did not sustain a claim of copyright infringement. “They are either common in general or common with respect to hip hop culture, and do not enjoy copyright protection. The average person reading or listening to these phrases in the context of an overall story or song would not regard them as unique and protectable,” the opinion states. It further added that words and short phrases do not enjoy copyright protection.

With respect to the works overall, the court concluded that they differed as to character, plot, mood, and sequence of events. “Winstead’s protagonist embarks on a life of crime at a very young age, but is redeemed by the death of his beloved father. Jackson’s protagonist turns to crime when he is much older and only after his mother is murdered. He winds up dead at a young age, unredeemed,” the court noted.

As this case highlights, copyright infringement lawsuits are both fact and law specific. For more information about how to best protect your rights, we encourage you to contact one of our experienced trademark attorneys for a free 30-minute consultation.

donchris33: Bro!you are very reasonable and cultured for not being biased and your well dissected analogies on the issue at hand. Now, Gej takes the blames and responsibilty For all that transpires in his tenure as president. Yes I 100 percent agree with you as posterity wiill judge him.

On your analogy of being a coach and taking blames for his players failure. I also agree with you. Do you know that some players can Connie to fail in their task just to undermine their coach for grieviances against him. Gej deployed the jtf to the northern region for them to bring an end to the boko haram insurgency, but the northern citizens are not helping matters to compliment this man's effort. Why the northern leaders are rejecting the idea of jtf playing a role by demanding for their immediate sack, the ordinary citizens are shielding boko haram from being detected. In these scenario what do you want Gej to do? Bomb them all? Or do you want him to negotiate with terrorists? Like you said in your post. Its a bad idea.

On the issue of corruption. My brother I am not happy at the level of corruption in our country. This is a serious matter that every nigeria should put hand together and fightm corruption is so entrenched in all the sectors of government that Gej may not be aware of. For example the pension director that stole pensioners money to the tune of 23billion, how would gej know the man's intention when he was disbursing it to him? He can't be everywere at the same time. Although he has to empower the effc with more stringent policies and autonomy to carry out their job more efficiently. I so much agree with you on that he has to step up his game.

donchris33: So that he deployed jtf to the affected areas which is now containing the which is now containing the insecurity in the north and has reduced boko haram's insurgency is not enough? Bro please you can still proffers your owm suggestions on how to tackle the insecurity your opinions are highly needed, that's why we are all nigerians and practising democracy than always accusing Gej of every singlle thing.
Have you also forgotten that the northernerns declared that they will make his administration ungovernable. Are your eyes now opening to read the handwriting on the wall or they are still blind to reality?

(CNN) -- The beautiful game's ugly underside was exposed on Monday as one of Europe's senior crime fighters revealed hundreds of games are under investigation in what he described as "a sad day for European football."

Recent match-fixing scandals have centered on South Korea and South Africa, but Europol believes the highest levels of the game are now no longer safe with alleged corruption in two Champions League matches discovered, including one played in England, with 680 games in all being probed across the globe.

"This is the work of a suspected organized crime syndicate based in Asia and operated with criminal networks around Europe," Rob Wainwright, director of European law enforcement agency Europol, told reporters, following its 18-month probe.

"It is clear to us this is the biggest-ever investigation into suspected match-fixing in Europe. It has yielded major results which we think have uncovered a big problem for the integrity of football in Europe. We have uncovered an extensive criminal network."

A total of 380 games in Europe -- including World Cup and European Championship qualifiers -- have been deemed suspicious, with 425 match and club officials and criminals involved from 15 different countries.

The Champions League match in England, which took place in the "last three or four years", is now subject to "ongoing judicial proceedings."
It is estimated that €16 million ($21.7m) had been bet on matches by criminals, yielding an €8 million ($10.8m) profit, with the highest single bribe of €140,000 paid in Austria.

Wainwright will be writing to UEFA president Michel Platini to inform him of Europol's findings. "I'm a committed football fan," added Europol's director of European law enforcement agency. "I'm encouraged by the serious way many football administrators are taking it and by the results of this investigation."

A further 300 matches outside of Europe, including in South America and Africa, are also under suspicion. Most of the international level football matches involved were with national teams in Africa, Asia, Central and South America -- including two World Cup qualifiers in Africa and one in South America.

"CAF does not intend to take any action until receipt of the full disclosed information to be made available to us," said the Confederation of African Football (CAF) in a statement.

"Second, CAF will take action if the fixed matches fall within our jurisdiction at the continental level, and national when required."
Last month FIFA general secretary Jerome Valcke branded match-fixing a "disease" in an interview with CNN just weeks after lifetime bans were handed to 41 South Korean players found guilty of prearranging matches.

The president of the South African Football Association was suspended in December ahead of an investigation into match-fixing in the country prior to it hosting the 2010 World Cup.

The Europol investigation -- codenamed Operation VETO - is ongoing.