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manie:Yeah, I have read the books. They were amongst the first five books Dexter recommended for me. Great content on Quora too. I spend alot of time there. I can say I disobey Graham and Buffett for quick gains sometimes though. This market can make do with that in some ways. |
ihedioramma:LOL...Sire, again I bring no trouble. And I'm a nobody in the grand scheme of things. I think though that investment is not by how long you've been present or even by age. Pray tell, what experience did Buffett or Graham have when they started and how old were they? But then, what do I know! |
ihedioramma:LOL...Only the initiated can understand this. Sentence structure and punctuations in the right places might have helped though. See, I come in peace! Not here to usurp your authority. |
manie:LOL...Yeah, no Lord or Religion for me. That's in another thread. No need derailing. Great thread we have here. I come in once in a while to make contributions and I always watch happenings here. Respect to passwelle! Boss of bosses! |
ihedioramma:LOL...Are you the self-appointed gatekeeper of the thread? |
manie:Wait, are you saying that people were so powerless that they would watch N20 million become N5 million and still take no action? Accepted that there was no online trading for private individuals, but would one ask a broker to sell his stakes and such mandate would not be carried out? |
currentprice:Now I know. Apologies. How come most didn't use stop losses and kept watching their investments nosedive? It doesn't make sense. |
manie:Interesting! Crazy world it must have been back then. No wonder, people sold their houses and lost the very clothes on their backs after the crash. |
[b]QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS Skeptic: A rich man wanted to save his child from a kidnapper who demanded for a ransom of N5m. He promised himself never to pay the ransom or involve the police. Instead he asked a group of assassins to seek the kidnapper's children and kill them as well as locate the kidnapper's brothers, sisters and cousins, and kill their children too. Since it was a high profile job, he paid the assassins more than twice the random sum. What do you think of that man? Christian: Wow! He killed all those people just to save his child? That's wickedness. He should simply have paid the ransom. Why involve innocent children? He should have just killed the kidnapper and left those children. The man is a psychopath. Simple! Skeptic: But why did God not just kill the Pharaoh and set the Israelites free instead of hardening his heart while killing innocent first born sons who had absolutely no hand in whatever was going on just to prove a point to the Pharaoh? Christian: You can't understand these things with a carnal mind! God works in mysterious ways! His standards are not our standards! In fact, this is atheist haughtiness! A pot does not question its potter! You're an idiot! Stop questioning God, you will burn in hell. [/b] |
hbrednic:Show us the graph, buddy. That shouldn't be hard. |
Mehn...I've been too busy to update this thread. Feeling guilty already. Let's see what happens in the coming week. |
mercylicious:It's retracing. I see it getting to 3.3. |
currentprice:All the figures you gave are exaggerated. It doesn't take away from the point you intend to pass to PETERiCHY though. I just hate exaggerations. |
[b]RESPECT: WHAT IT IS AND WHY YOU SHOULDN'T BE BLACKMAILED The biggest fraud perpetrated on mankind rolls on in its march. For once, it is being challenged and put to test by reason and logic. So what does its proponents say and claim? Respect! That is the new fad in town. Daily my inbox is overflowing with advice and admonitions. It quite often goes like this: You are an Atheist, why not keep it to yourself. You mustn't reveal it to everyone and you should respect other people's beliefs. That is the latest weapon of religious people. They use terms coated in much feel good factor that they walk away smug and feel they have the moral high ground. But wait! Do they? The answer is simple and a lot of them know their point is flawed. In fact they don't do that and they shouldn't. Why should you respect other people's beliefs? To prove that their talk is a load of tosh, ask your average Christian what he thinks about Boko Haram.... That is another person's belief. In Nigeria those telling you to respect their belief mock what they term 'white garment church". One recently told me those ones aren't worshipping God. So let's make a list of beliefs we should respect: 1. Boko Haram. It is after-all their belief and if you take away political correctness, they are practising the Koran as it is written. 2. ISIS. Same as above. 3.Aztec sun worship. They are required to sacrifice a human to the sun... 4. Killing of twins. It was taboo in our culture to have twins. We should have respected such beliefs. So my dear young humanists, when they harass you and try to guilt you into keeping quiet about the ills of religion, don't accept their views...talk. Criticise the baloney! We need to let the religious in power know they do not have the right to lord their religion over us. If they want to go without sex, alcohol or gambling, that is their choice—but don’t make it so other people have to do the same. Because there is nothing quite like drunken fornication on a poker table.. Yes you have the right to a belief, and I have the right to criticise it. Let's make it a fair world![/b] |
[b]WHO SHOULD BE COWERING IN SHAME? In November 1880, Charles Darwin received a request from a young barrister named FA McDermott. “If I am to have the pleasure of reading your books,” McDermott wrote, “I must feel that at the end I shall not have lost my faith in the New Testament. My reason in writing to you therefore is to ask you to give me a Yes or No to the question, 'Do you believe in the New Testament?' ” Darwin’s reply, penned on 24 November 1880 – exactly 21 years after the publication of On the Origin of Species – was blunt: Dear Sir, I am sorry to have to inform you that I do not believe in the Bible as a divine revelation & therefore not in Jesus Christ as the son of God. Yours faithfully Ch. Darwin Beginning in the late 1860s, a correspondent named Joseph Plimsoll addressed several letters to Darwin, “deeply solicitous for the salvation of your immortal soul”. In 1871, an anonymous “child of God” wrote: “Oh Man, Man, Man, why wrap yourself up in the dark theories of your own imagination; and spend your days in striving to prove ‘God’ a liar?” Similar fanmail followed. Perhaps Darwin was exhausted by the enquiries and the entreaties, or perhaps McDermott’s sincere appeal – coupled with an assurance that he would not publicise the answer – persuaded Darwin to tackle the subject directly. If you look at the above you will realise that since 18 kiridim the tool of the religious apologetic has been blackmail.... Lol. They tried it on Darwin.... But after keeping quiet for soo long, he finally replied. Just two years to his death... And was he blunt! I have come to realise that hiding your personal views and pretending to be what you aren't isn't the way to live... It frankly leaves you drained. Be yourself. Be bold and assert your beliefs. You are probably the smarter one, so why hide your non belief... Why cower so that people perpetrating and perpetuating ignorance will accept you. They should be the people cowering in shame... They should be the ones ashamed of saying publicly that they believe that a man walked on water, that 40 days of rain covered the world, that the world is 6000yrs old, that a man died and woke up after 3 days, that some medieval woman conceived without sex or artificial insemination, that donkeys talk, that chariots of fire run around in the sky ferrying people to utopia, the list is endless... Those that believe these things should hide their views not the skeptic who asks one simple question! PROVE IT![/b] |
ogoo4real:9:30am. That's the earliest anyone from anywhere can enter the market. |
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TheGoodJoe:What does assist creatively mean? If you're upfront, your primary job is to score. If they are put upfront but can't score goals, wahala dey o. You no say I be Citizen now. |
TheGoodJoe:Sterling can't play as a striker as he's not clinical. Is De Bruyne good enough upfront? I for one know that he was the assist master in all of Europe last season. Iheanacho would benefit from his talent. |
[b]READ THIS BRILLIANT COMMON SENSE SUBMISSION BY A THISDAY COLUMNIST (Simon Kolawole) Did you hear about the container that fell off a trailer and killed a family of three in Lagos recently? It was the will of God, I was told, because if God had not willed it, there was no way the accident could have happened. You know the line: were it not for God's will, the container would have missed them by a few inches or they wouldn't have been on the road at that time. It was their destiny. Do you know how many containers regularly fall off trailers and crush people to death in Nigeria? Do you know that the last one is not going to be the last one? Do you know that there are rare cases of such accidents in some other countries — countries where the name of God is used as a curse word or as a joke? Why should God decide to be killing his children in Nigeria with containers all the time? I am wondering if it is God's will that safety standards should be enforced on our roads by those who rule over us. I am wondering if it is God's will that officials who certified a vehicle roadworthy should be called to account for their negligence after accidents. I am wondering if broken down vehicles should be left in the middle of the road at night. I am wondering if it is God's will that our streetlights should work so that people will stop dying in avoidable accidents at night. I am wondering if it God's will that our roads should be littered with potholes that serve as death traps, sending sorrows to homes on a daily basis. I am wondering if it God's will that hospitals are ill-equipped and people die daily from treatable ailments. Some years ago, a friend's younger brother fell ill at midnight. He managed to get a neighbour's car to take the brother to the hospital. He got to the gate of the estate and found it firmly locked. The security guard said they were under instruction not to open the gate until 6am. All pleadings fell on deaf ears. By the time somebody came to his senses and ordered the gate opened, it was too late. My friend's sibling had died right in the vehicle — according to "God's will". If God did not want the brother to die, the conventional wisdom declares, the brother would not have fallen ill at night when the gates were locked. In fact, the brother would not have fallen ill at all. My friend was traumatised for years and eventually relocated from Nigeria, unable to overcome the devastation. In godless countries, it is God's will that there should be emergency services. It is God's will that you dial a number at anytime of the day and the ambulance and paramedics show up. It is God's will that life-threatening cases are treated without any pre-condition of making cash deposits. But in our godly country, it is God's will, we are tutored, for bullet-wound victims to bleed to death. It is God's will that accident victims are abandoned to die because there is nobody to guarantee payment of hospital bills. It is God's will that our hospitals should be in a deplorable state, and the people who embezzled the funds and mismanaged the commonwealth are able to fly abroad for the best medical treatment, while the people are dying from typhoid and malaria. An older friend of mine is diabetic. He had managed his condition very well for years, for at least 10 years, until one fateful day in 2011. His wife was having her birthday. He decided to surprise her by taking a gift to her at her shop somewhere in Mushin, Lagos. As he parked his car and made to walk up to the shopping complex with the surprise package in his hand, his leg got stuck between the failing concrete slabs on the gutter. A few weeks later, he had to have his right leg amputated from below the knee. He subsequently lost his job — as there is no protection for disabled people in Nigeria — and spent a fortune rehabilitating himself, setting himself up in business and buying a prosthetic leg. I am even not calculating the emotional cost to his life. I was made to understand that it was "God's will" for my friend to experience what he did. Some will even go to the extent that maybe he had committed a sin and God wanted to punish him. Maybe he had done some evil to some people and it was Karma time. And I was thinking: but could it also be God's will that the local government should have maintained the gutters? Could it be God's will that the same council that sends thugs to harass traders and motorists to extort all kinds of taxes and levies from them should also care a bit about the safety of citizens? Could it be God's will that part of the millions of naira going into the coffers of councils should be spent on building a decent concrete slab on a gutter? Could it be God's will for the government to take responsibility for its failings?[/b] |
Seems Man City has hit one chance with Bony as a striker. So without Aguero, no goal? Put Kelechi for squad, you no gree. |
PastorAIO:Yeah right! The same way Korede Bello was inspired by Christianity to sing GODWIN. I know so many people who express happiness singing that song. |
PastorAIO:Care to elucidate and tell us how children filled with the junks of religion, like we have it here, can use it for our nation's benefit? |
[b]CAN FOOLS BE USEFUL? The wisest man in the bible had 700 wives, 300 concubines. No invention to make human life easier. No cure for any diseases. Yet he's the wisest. And the foolish men (according to the Bible); -Mark Zuckerberg - founder of facebook. - Alan Turing. He's been called the founder of computer science, and the founder of artificial intelligence. - Francis Harry Compton: A molecular biologist , biophysicist , and neuroscientist , most noted for being a co-discoverer of the structure of the DNA molecule with James Watson. - Gaspard Monge: A mathematician, the inventor of descriptive geometry (the mathematical basis of technical drawing ), and the father of differential geometry. And many more of these foolish men who have done something to make life easy for humans. As Lemuel K. Washburn put it; "Of all the great inventions and discoveries that go to make human life easier, happier, richer and more glorious, not one can be laid to the work of theology. These triumphs all belong to science…. If man had no knowledge except what he was got out of the Bible he would not know enough to make a shoe. " Instead of embracing science in this part of the world, we embrace religion and busy ourselves with reading books where snake talked , donkey talked , a man flew to heaven with winged horse ......We believe and fill children's minds with these junks, how can we develop with these? How?.[/b] |
Manu Garba should zip it. So Oilseh's Super Eagles needs him, but his less-than-average U-20 does not? Oshisco! |
[b][size=14pt]Man City starlet Kelechi Iheanacho the new great hope for Nigeria[/size] [img]http://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i/?img=/photo/2015/0912/sc_cpfcmcfc3_dj_1296x729.jpg&w=738&site=espnfc[/img] As Kelechi Iheanacho struck home the winner for Manchester City against Crystal Palace this weekend, it seemed as if the whole of Nigeria drew a collective breath. It has been 10 years since Nigerian fans were this excited about a young talent. In 2005, the object of their affections was a tall midfielder called John Obi Mikel whose languid movement masked pinpoint passing and exemplary vision. His early promise led to a transfer war between Chelsea and Manchester United -- which was eventually won by the Blues -- and expectations elevated to such a level that he was crowned as a replacement for midfield maestro Austin Okocha before he had even made his senior international debut. Despite winning a host of trophies with Chelsea and helping Nigeria to the 2013 African Nations Cup title, the general belief is that Mikel's potential has been largely unfulfilled. Indeed, it would only be an incurable optimist who would list Mikel as one of the Super Eagles' greats. Fast forward a decade and there is belief that a young pretender again holds the key to Nigeria's success. Iheanacho, 18, is the same age Mikel was in 2005, although the young City striker has already outshone his rival in terms of success at youth level. Mikel claims the honours at U20 level with second place finish and Silver Ball trophy at the world championships, but Iheanacho's silver at the African U17 championships trumps Mikel's bronze. His title win and Golden Ball at the U17 world championships is well ahead of Mikel's first round elimination and he has plenty of time left to add to his haul. On the individual front, both are very different players but it is hard not to pick Iheanacho's style as the one that catches the eye. He is quick, technically gifted, can pick a pass, link up play, run the lines high up the pitch and has goals in him. He is also at a more advanced stage in his development having spent time with Manchester City since he was 17. Manu Garba, who coached the Nigeria U17 and U20 teams where Iheanacho exploded on to the scene, compares his protege to England legend Frank Lampard. "I'm not surprised at his performances for Manchester City ... as I have said it before, he can play for any team in the world," he told SL10. "As a matter of fact they will do well to use him as a replacement for Frank Lampard. "He shares similar style of play with the outgoing legend. They can both create and score goals from midfield with late runs into the 18-yard box hardly spotted by opposition defenders." These are the qualities Nigerians see and have based their newfound confidence upon. On Saturday, within seconds of coming on, Iheanacho popped up in the box to stab home from close range and win a tight game for City at Selhurst Park. Garba would have watched that with a little chuckle. Since the retirement of greats like Austin Okocha and Nwankwo Kanu, the Super Eagles have struggled to produce genuine world class talent but for many Nigerians, Iheanacho represents the promise of a return to the glory days. His energy, movement, skills and goal-scoring mark him out as the complete package. Prior to Saturday's cameo, the calls were already growing to have him called up to the senior Nigeria set-up. It is hard to see Nigeria coach Sunday Oliseh, who -- from his tweets -- was watching at home, leaving him out of his next squad. Oliseh clearly sees Iheanacho as the future of Nigerian football; the same as former coach Stephen Keshi, who first called him up to training camp for the 2014 African Nations Championship, a tournament for players playing in their home countries. Iheanacho never made the final squad, as he left camp to sign his contract with Manchester City, but if he continues on his current upward trajectory and maintains a high level of consistency, he could be the spark required to light up the Super Eagles. Man City manager Manuel Pellegrini admitted after the game that Iheanacho was the reason he did not acquire another striker following the departure of Edin Dzeko to Roma. With Sergio Aguero seemingly injured, it appears the Nigerian starlet might just get a few more chances to shine in the coming weeks. A note of caution, though. Such high expectations usually lead to disappointment, as has been demonstrated in the past, and there is still some way to go before Kelechi's shoulders will be broad enough to bear the massive weight of Nigerian hope. Both Keshi and Oliseh have done the right thing in keeping him away from the national set up while he grows with his club. And even when he does get that international call, restraint and patience will be required. Mikel triggered mass Nigerian support for Chelsea, despite never quite reaching the heights expected of him. If he can keep his feet on the ground, the evidence suggests that Iheanacho is on course to do the same for Manchester City. http://www.espnfc.com/blog/football-nigeria/206/post/2611430/man-city-starlet-kelechi-iheanacho-the-new-hope-for-nigeria[/b] |
Pelegrini might just regret not including Kelechi in his Champions' league squad considering Aguero's injury record and Bony's lack of goals. He has a chance to make amends when they get past the group stage though. |
[b][size=14pt]Manchester City youngster Iheanacho might have provided the Premier League season's Macheda moment[/size] https://i1.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/incoming/article10045518.ece/ALTERNATES/s615/GettyImages-487877000.jpg "Dare I say it? A star is born," Andy Gray proclaimed after Federico Macheda handed United the initiative in the 2009 title race. Over six years on from his heroics against Aston Villa, Macheda cannot get a game at Cardiff. Kelechi Iheanacho, though, has the ability to become more than just a cult hero at Manchester City after his first senior goal against Crystal Palace. The significance of the Nigerian's strike is yet to be determined but, just five games into the new season, its importance should not be dismissed. The victory at Selhurst, bathed in September sunshine, felt like a climactic triumph, rather than an early season success. City's two best players were injured, the opponents were robust, the manager introduced a player unknown outside of Manchester and Nigeria, and the timing of Iheanacho's winner inflicted another wound upon Chelsea's battered beast. City have opened up an 11-point chasm between them and their most credible challengers, supposedly Chelsea, in 16th. Even at this stage, it is a startling gulf and makes a mockery of David James' prediction City would finish outside of the top four. A club renowned for their resilience, be it Sergio Aguero's 94th minute title winner or Edin Dzeko's breakthrough against Aston Villa, City are experts at measuring the magnitude of goals and the impact of Iheanacho's could be gauged by the delirious celebrations the players shared with the supporters on Saturday. Iheanacho, not 19 until October, has responded emphatically to his Champions League squad exclusion. He is acutely aware his ability must be accompanied by a dedicated work ethic and, unlike the gloomy Stevan Jovetic, has not sulked about his omission. Following the Elite Development Squad's derby win over United in May, he admitted to the M.E.N. he had suffered stage fright: "When I went in the dressing room at half-time the coach told me to work harder and be stronger, forget everything and concentrate." Iheanacho's equaliser was a beauty. He outmuscled the impressive Tom Thorpe and ridiculed Donald Love before slotting home, yet what impressed just as much was Iheanacho's reaction. Rather than milk the acclaim from an impressive crowd at the City Football Academy, he rushed to grab the ball. Iheanacho wanted a winner and City got it in a 3-1 win. Iheanacho was so desperate to make his first-team debut against Southampton the next day he revealed he was prepared to miss a flight to New Zealand for the Under-20 World Cup. "I play for City," he told the M.E.N. "If they tell me to come and play for the first team I will come and play. I'll change my flight." City's own star might have been born at Selhurst Park.[/b] |
Comment from a Man City fan in England: If it had been Bony, instead of Iheanacho, what would have happened ?And someone said he scored a penalty goal. Instinct mehn...instinct! |
[b][size=14pt]Man City skipper Vincent Kompany backs 'mystery man' Kelechi Iheanacho[/size] https://i4.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/incoming/article10045834.ece/ALTERNATES/s615/JS71953436.jpg Vincent Kompany is backing “mystery man” Kelechi Iheanacho to make a name for himself if Sergio Aguero is out injured. The 18-year-old Nigerian came off the bench to score a dramatic late winner at Crystal Palace after Aguero had limped off with a knee problem. The teenager is not available for Tuesday’s Champions League clash with Juventus as there was no room for him in the 25-man squad. Kompany says he does not think Kun’s knock is too bad, but backed Iheanacho to move up the pecking order. “If it’s just a kick, I don’t think it will be too bad,” said the skipper. “If it’s a twist then obviously you are losing one of the best strikers in the league. We will see. “But again, we pulled Kelechi out of the hat, so sometimes these things happen. It gives other players a chance to stand up.” Asked about the goalscorer, Kompany said: “You tell me about him! He’s the mystery man. “He’s been around the club for a while, had a bit of difficulty sorting out his papers, work permit and stuff, but always been a great talent. “He’s had a really good pre-season - even when he didn’t play well he scored. “At the moment it looks like he’s third in the pecking order, and at his young age and at this kind of club, it’s a massive achievement already. “So for him to score I can only hope that he’s going to score even more for us. It’s great for the club to have a young player coming through.”[/b] |
TheGoodJoe:If you read Nwakali's interview, you'd know that it was an intentional act by Manu. He'd rather die than introduce Iheanacho. In the end, Manu won, for we lost the game while his ego was intact. The wicked man would go ahead to say Iheanacho was not good enough for his team and his assistant would go ahead to say that we rate the boy too highly and that if he was that good, why wasn't he playing for the Man City first team. You can imagine such callous statements. May we never see such irrational fellows handle the future of our kids again. |
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