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SEFAGO:
I pity you. Math is not algorithms, that's 5 year old math. What you guys use in the finance world that make you feel smart is elementary plug and chug mathematics. Real Math is proof and real analysis. Your average brain would get whooped badly.

I wont lie, the algorithm and derivatives used by the financial institutions in the U.S. are child's play. Most of the time, computers are doing most of the world, and the bankers still get money. The past Summer, I worked for an investment firm in D.C., and the money they were bringing in, was just amazing. Simply hedging bets. That is what Wall Street is, just simple gambling. However, that is the world I shall be entering soon.

Try looking at these charts each day and tell me how well you would do.

https://twocents.blogs.com/weblog/images/2007/09/16/kitchin_trade_chart.jpg


Remember that you may one day be working for me. With all your intelligence, I doubt you will be the one pulling the strings.

We all know this politically motivated. That being said, I find this hilarious[color=#990000]. [/color]

Ileke-IdI:
Nothing wrong with bragging. If you work hard for your stuff then brag about it. No need for envy, jeez.

Most of my profs go crazy if we dont recognize their "well-deserved" doctorate degree.

As I business major, I understand if you dont brag. What is there to brag about?

What is that suppose to mean?

Remember who runs the world. It is the bankers on Wall Street/Int'l investment firms and the lawyers in Congress/Parliament. Most scientist are used as peons by lawyers and bankers. In the United States, scientist have to go to Congress which is mostly comprised of people who have their J.D. for grants. While bankers invest in pharmaceutical companies and other companies that rely on scientist, in which they pay their salaries.

We business majors will have the last laugh. I should have majored in mathematics though.

seanet, you just like fighting. Even your own people. 

It must really suck to be you.

Beaf:
Good news, time to keep the ethnically bigoted cow very very busy.

It is a six horse-race in Abia

BY ANAYO OKOLI
Six political parties are listed as contesting the governorship and legislative positions in the state.
The parties are All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA), which elected Chief Reagan Ufomba as its candidate; Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), which elected Prince Paul Ikonne as its candidate and Congress for Positive Change (CPC), which has Chief Ako Atulomah as its flag bearer.

Others are Labour Party [LP], which picked Chief Stanley Ohujuruka, a member of the House of Representatives as it standard bearer; Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) that has the sitting governor, Chief Theodore Orji as its candidate and Progressive Peoples Alliance (PPA) that has fielded Comrade Chris Akomas, a former deputy governor of the state as its flag bearer.

Currently, each of the candidates and their parties are working hard, campaigning, reaching out to people, with the aim of winning the election in April. For now, it is difficult to write off any of the parties as all the six candidates look strong.

[b]Ufomba, APGA
[/b]From all indications, Ufomba  is an astute politician. He has been around for sometime. He served in some capacities under the government of former governor Orji Uzor Kalu, and was said to have been very vital in the early good performance of that government before it allegedly derailed. A successful businessman, Ufomba is an Ngwa man but fall under Abia Central Senatorial District which they share with the Umuahia people, whose son currently sits at the Government House, Umuahia, as governor. But he has been arguing that it is the turn of the Ngwa part of the zone to have a go at the governorship seat.

By all standards, he is popular and has the resources to prosecute his campaign. He also has good programmes in his manifesto and is capitalising on the alleged poor performance of the present government. He has promised massive job creation and vowed to resign if after one year he did not achieve desired results. He is also connected nationally and internationally, which he has promised to tap for the good of the state.

His minuses may however be his hailing from Abia Central District. The Umuahia part of the zone is arguing that it would go for two terms before it gets to the Ngwa stock which may not come from the same Central zone as Abia South is the core Ngwa zone.

Again, political disunity among the Ngwa people may count against him. Out of the six political parties in the race, three of them, APGA, ACN and PPA have Ngwa sons as their candidates. If they could bury their personal interests and pull their resources, structures and experience together behind one of them, they may make it because they have the population to get it.

Ikonne, ACN

Prince Paul Ikonne, a former commissioner in the present administration is seen as a green horn of sorts but his activities so far seem to prove his critics wrong. Though his emergence as ACN candidate is still being protested against by those who contested against him, Ikonne has promoted the party above what it used to be. In fact, he virtually picked the party and nurtured it to what it is now.

Initially, people did not take him seriously as he was believed to be fronting for Governor Orji, having left his government recently before he joined ACN. But from all indications now, Ikonne seems to be actually fighting to get to Government House, Umuahia.

A prince of Aba royal family, Ikonne’s background and Aba indigeneship may help his cause. But inexperience and the political disunity of Ukwa/Ngwa block may count against him as they are going to split their votes among the Ngwa candidates.

Atulomah, CPC

Ako Atulomah was until about three weeks ago a governorship aspirant under the ruling PDP. An accountant by training, Atuluomah attended PDP governorship screening in Enugu but was not successful, which he blamed on the panel members whom he accused of demanding some gratification from him.

Not much in the political terrain of Abia State, Atuluomah who comes from the same Abia Central and Umuahia community as incumbent governor Theodore Orji may have an uphill task making his way to the Umuahia Government House. First, his new platform, CPC is less than two months old in the state. In fact, the party made its entry into the state through him after he left PDP. However, days ahead will tell as protest votes may play a role in who wins the race.

Ohajuruka, LP

Stanley Ohajuruka has been around Abia State political scene for sometime. He had been the Speaker of the state House of Assembly and acted as governor during the days of former governor Orji Uzor Kalu. Presently, he is the member representing Ikwuano/Umuahia Federal Constituency at the House of Representatives. This time he is in  the terrain for a different position.

He is gunning for the governorship of the state under the platform of Labour Party, which he joined just two weeks ago. Before then, he was a frontrunner for the PPA governorship ticket. In fact, the battle then was between him and former deputy governor of the state, Comrade Chris Akomas. When the primaries were concluded and he lost to Akomas he alongside two other aspirants left the party for Labour, alleging that there was external interference during the primaries.

With good manifesto, and appearing rich enough to prosecute his ambition, Ohajuruka is of the same Ibeku_Umuahia stock as Governor Orji. That means he will struggle with the incumbent for Umuahia votes. Though he had appreciable supporters when he was in PPA, it is not known if his supporters were still with him although he insists they would follow him to his new party. Another problem he may confront with is the issue of joining a new party few months to the election. However, his choice of deputy could enhance his chances. Whatever happens, Ohajuruka is not a politician one can easily write off.

Akomas, PPA

Comrade Chris Akomas is by all standards a politician of repute in Abia State. He has been around for a very long time. He has been a commissioner and recently a deputy governor to the present governor until late last year when the state House of Assembly impeached him in controversial circumstances. He is reputed to be  grassroots politician and was the person who campaigned alongside other party members in 2007 election when Governor Orji was in detention. That was said to have made him popular in the grassroots.
Articulate and calculated, Akomas has ideas for development, and has got some experience having served as a deputy governor for over three years. Close to the former governor Orji Uzor Kalu who was Governor Orji’s mentor until they fell apart, Akomas is expected to have the full support of Kalu who would like to have his pound of flesh from Governor Orji.

However, the exit of Ohajuruka and two other aggrieved gubernatorial aspirants from the party when they lost the primaries may affect the fortunes of the party.
A core Ngwa man, Akomas’ choice of a woman from Abia North, a former commissioner in the state, Dr. Ori Obasi may attract votes from the women. Another thing that will count for him is the clamour for the Ngwa stock to have a go at the Government House, Umuahia, as the helmsman, having played the second fiddle for a long time.

Orji, PDP

If he got over the court injunction hampering his candidacy of the ruling PDP, Governor Theodore Orji will be the candidate to beat in the elections. He is not new in Abia politics. He served as Chief of Staff to former governor Kalu who could rightly be said to have groomed him politically. Now, he is about serving out a four-year tenure as governor, a position that has exposed him to a lot of political experience. So from every angle he is qualified to be placed as the candidate to beat.

An incumbent with enormous resources and influence to prosecute his campaign, Orji has a couple of things going for him. His decision to rejoin PDP after he fell out with his former mentor and reuniting many Abia big politicians into the PDP who are believed to be working for him now will be an advantage.

Though there are pockets of aggrieved people still against him in the party, if the current effort to placate them paid off, it will be an added advantage for the governor. Also, the recent invitation of the military to the state to sack criminals, especially kidnappers who almost took over Aba, the commercial capital of the state has added to his goodwill.

However, in the area of infrastructure development, not much credit would go to the governor considering that he is almost four years in office. Though he had excused himself and offered his regrets when he claimed that he was until middle of last year being held in bondage allegedly by Kalu, making him not to invest the state’s resources to develop it. His opponents have squarely faulted him on this claim, saying a governor worth his onions could not be held in bondage by an outsider so to say.

But Orji of late had taken some actions that could be adjudged positive towards the development of the state. And that includes embarking on a number of road projects, especially in Aba, which is a vital political field in the state. He has also started reaching out to various groups and organizations by donating vehicles to them.
However, Orji has to move fast to resolve the problem of the university’s teaching hospital which is almost going into extinction as the student doctors have spent over eight years and are yet to graduate due to prolonged strike by doctors and other workers. If not resolved, this could affect his electoral fortunes. Again, the governor should pray that the Chief Ikechi Emenike faction of the party does not succeed in its litigation against the PDP.

Overall, the political battle in Abia for 2011 elections will be interesting. As at now the battle appears been narrowed down to three candidates –  Orji of PDP, Akomas of PPA and Ufomba of APGA among the contending

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2011/02/it-is-a-six-horse-race-in-abia/

ReachRich:
T A Orji is the worst governor Abia state has ever had in its history.I just hope this booing will translate to less votes for Orji.Vote Chris Akomas for Abia Governor & Orji Uzor Kalu for Abia North Senate.[/b]PPA, prosperity to the people.

[b]Chineke kpokwa gi oku!