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Roland17: Honestly, i wish u guys would watch the interview on sports center Espn, Doc was outraged and i thinks that's the best way to address this issue, the Celtics have become annoying, players like Brandon Bass, JET, Lee and jeff green have been very very disappointing.. Barbosa has not been given enough playing time, i feel he's more aggresive going to the bucket than Lee has been, am happy he has threatened to trade some of them if performances don't improve, even though he did not mention names, its obvious the players i listed are just not performing.

I have not missed any of our games on TV this season and i plan to watch them when they come into town if their performance improves, else am not wasting my hard earned money

JET can give excuses about being new, but i felt we are gaining from his experience, his shots selection has been very poor.

I miss the defense of players like Tony Allen, Perkins, the heart and commitment of players like Big Baby...

I saw that interview too and still think Doc should be the coach. But sometimes your GM (Danny Ainge)makes some head scratching moves. He may decide a new voice at the top is needed and fire Doc. He constructed the big 3 (a genius move) and within 3 years ships away one of the most fearsome centers ([Perk) for a so so wing player. That move destroyed the C's identity and they've never been the same.

Right now, this team can't beat the Heat in 7 games and the road to the final runs through Miami.

[quote author=A-40]U dey complain! Wetin make Lakers come do?[/quote]Lakers are toast. Kobe was what? 10 for 35. Brutal! That Lakers bench don't scare anybody. keep all the starters (except Metta), and reload the bench for next year

Roland17: Doc Rivers sounding very angry with the team, and i am with him 100%, this team lacks will, they don't seem like they want to play....

Trade deadline is around the corner. Brandon Bass? Jet? any takers. Maybe the guys have tuned off Doc. A coaching change perhaps? you just never know with Danny Ainge

Maybe this should be in joke section

Bob was his company’s best software developer, got glowing performance reviews and earned more than $250,000 a year.

Then one day last spring, Bob’s employer thought the company’s computer system had been attacked by a virus.

The ensuing forensic probe revealed that Bob’s software code had in fact been the handiwork of a Chinese subcontractor.

Bob was paying a Chinese firm about $50,000 a year to do his work, then spent the day surfing the web, watching cat videos and updating his Facebook page.

...Looking at his web browsing history, investigators found that Bob spent his workday checking sites such as Reddit, Ebay, Facebook and LinkedIn and watching cat videos. Then he would type an e-mail at the end of the day to update management about his “work” and left at 5 p.m.

Read More
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/technology/how-a-model-employee-got-away-with-outsourcing-his-software-job-to-china/article7409256/

Has to be the smartest developer in the world This story made my day

nitusa: The OP was right. Check Atlanta, No toilet tissue in the bathroom, money supposed to be used to buy tissue paper has been eaten up by corrupt official running the embassy. They collect bribes openly. You might be on line for hours, let their
friends and cronies walk in and see how they will walk pass you and get attended so fast.

This is what the external affairs don't know. A lot of foreign investors do not go to Nigeria because of visa problem. We are destroying our own development. My suggestion, 80% of current embassy staff should be let go. Hire young Nigerians born in these countries to take over. They understand customer service and can perform well.

Not all the time. In some cases they do surprise you...

Last year, a friend applied for visa at the Canadian consulate. She downloaded the application online, submitted and sent passports plus documents to the consulate in Ottawa. A week after she called that she got her passport back with VISA stamp (via mail). I was very shocked! I had to check it out to see if the visa was genuine. Well she traveled to Niaja and came back without any hassle. Go figure

Guess they treat foreigners way better than sons & daughters of the soil

thelastPope: You have a right to your opinion but most of you just form opinions from Internet forums. Ask anyone who has been to or lived in China or who currently work in Chinese companies in Nigeria. Chinese are very greedy and selfish people who only care about themselves and they are big racists. Go check out other African countries they have taken over. They take no prisoners. There is nothing like being slave of the oyibos. Africans are slaves of their own making. the oyibos never forcefully collected slaves. They were given slaves by African chiefs. You need to change your mentality from this "Oyibos are enslaving us" mentality. We are our own undoing. Look at Nigeria that got independence in 1960. What have we done with over 50 years of freedom? I know you will even say they are still enslaving us. lol. Look inward and take responsibility. The chinese are not a friendly people and are very dishonest. someone said they are honest and I really laughed. Just ask people all over Europe and Africa who have dealt with them. The chinese are the biggest scammers in the world. try buying stuff from many of their online sites and you will regret it. Only some few sites deliver items. Most are scammers.

And are very brutal. A country that slaughtered 3,000 of it's own youth (Tianamen Square) in just 2 days. They are capable of the most brutish force that can be unleashed

[quote author=PAGAN 9JA]what did i say before


AFRICA MUST LOOK TOWARDS THE EAST WHERE THE SUN RISES, INSTEAD OF THE WEST WHERE THE SUN SETS!


In terms of everything be it economics, growth, culture, religion, technology, etc. .

EVERYTHING![/quote]This looking east or West must stop! We must look inwards at ourselves. Developing our people is the key but corruption continues to stymie this. If we can afford to pay a Nigerian lawmaker $1 million per year, whats the purpose of this yin -yang dance with the Chinese? We need strong partnership with them not their money

The west have lost interest in Africa and could care less if the Chinese takes over. For the U.S. their strategic interest is only to curtail Al-Qaeda in the Magreb and Mali. As for energy the giant U.S. oil companies have a strangle hold on Nigerian oil and no Chines company can muzzle in on that territory.

According to the article “Chinese businesses have also invested some $15 billion in Africa in 2012 alone—that’s up from $500 million in 2002”. And we’re jumping for joy. China has over $1.5 trillion invested in U.S treasury bonds and can afford to throw chump change to secure cheap resources. Nigerians abroad alone remitted over $20 billion in 2012

They’re not making any serious investment. They provide low intersect loans – to fund projects – but the technology, critical parts and top project managers are Chinese. Only the laborers and supervisors are Nigerians. Plus they repatriate their profits to the motherland. How is this different from how the West operated in the past?

There’s more I can say and anyone with deep understanding of current geo-politics know Chinese is only in Africa to plunder resources for their ever growing manufacturing needs. Simple.

[quote author=Sisi_Kill]Could it be that it's because those technicians have no clue how to fix cars in the first place??!!

We all know how many Naija mechanics do kolokalo. . .hit or miss with people's cars. You take your car for fixing and it comes back with more issues than it had in the beginning.[/quote]We know most Naija technicians can't handle complex mechanical systems. The real & hidden danger are dealers that will never disclose to buyers that the vehicle is flood damaged. They'll buy the cars in the U.S., detail it and sell as clean tokunbo. Do we even know how many of these "Sandy flood" cars are on there way to Lagos?

Auto experts strongly advise people not to buy these cars and are even classified as "unfit to drive". But our Niaja dealers fix it at the cheapest rate and tell you it's manageable to drive for 2 - 3 yrs

Common sense dictates that flood damaged vehicle are potential ticking time bombs especially on our Naija roads

stagger: And you think those of us who are asking some pertinent questions have no access to these copy and paste websites of yours?

What important questions? The thread is on dangers of buying flooded cars. Stay on topic and stay off my comments if you don't like the info I provided

stagger: My friend, stop copying from websites and give us your own informed opinion.

This guy is just lifting from this website: thepassinglane.ca. Pls stay off the thread if you will just come here to regurgitate what you copied from another website verbatim.

My goal is to better inform folks. Do you have any problem with that?

Besides If you google "flooded cars from sandy" you can get more information from reliable sites and experts

dapsonlou: Buy a floor car is ok I just bought a 2008 S550 for an insurance auction in NJ for $9,800 max I budget 5k to fix it that is the worst case senerio, car is about 40k dollars . When ever u buy floor car, always think the worst that u will buy a engine, chevy colbot engine 06 will run u about 400, u might not even need 1. Change the battery, remove the plugs, start crank the car, but don't start it, u don't want it to run. Everytime u crank it all the water from the head will busrt out. Next change all the fluids, oil, transmission, brake and powersteering fluid. U r good to go

Hope you enjoy your car but here is the risk:

Flood-damaged vehicles can be extremely unsafe to drive because water — especially corrosive seawater — can compromise the electronic and computer systems that control every major system in a modern car, from the engine to steering, brakes and airbags.

Also, the cars could be contaminated by bacteria and unknown toxins from the mix of storm water and sewage from overloaded drainage systems. This very worrisome

stagger: Your comment makes no sense. Only cerebral posts are needed here please.

My answer makes sense since this is what most unscrupulous sellers in Nigeria will do. Full disclosure is an alien practice in Nigerian market

Canadian recently advised it's people not to buy flooded Sandy cars because they are classified as "non-repairable"
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/british-columbia/auto-buyers-beware-of-flood-damaged-cars-icbc-warns/article5925586/

femmy2010: I have seen same too and the car involved still drive .

So becos the car drives that means it's in good condition? really?

Let's be clear: a flooded car is always a problem car. Wise buyers never give it a second look except for spares

stagger: Nobody seems willing to address my question. In 2009, I was in FESTAC estate after a heavy downpour and I noticed that some compounds were submerged in water. What caught my eye was a clean jeep which was almost totally submerged in one compound.

My question is: what do owners of such cars do? Do they throw it away?

Detail it very well and pass it on as "fairly used, clean jeep" to unsuspecting buyers

Quote of the day:

"This team is built to win. It's a very, very solid team. ... In my mind, we would not consider a temporary fix or blow it up. Why blow it up something we have a future with?"
-- Lakers executive vice president Jim Buss

still 5 games below .500, neaarly the halfway mark and this is a solid team? This tells me he's started making trade calls to other GMs

EFCC is really working over time. Timpriye, Soludo, some dumb yahoo boys and now this guy.

wonder who's next? Thx to EFCC, the long awaited Naija revolution has started. Way to go EFCC! get rid of all the vermin

[quote author=A-40]Lol Phil Jackson would not be 4 games below .500 I can tell you that. Plus he worked with Gasol and an oft injured Bynum which is no different from playing with Howard. Jackson is a smart dude if the Lakers where a lost case he would not throw his hat into the ring[/quote]Jackson is a very cunning fox. If he wanted to comeback he would. IMHO, I'm not sure he was 100% committed about coaching this roster. We'll never know why the Lakers decided to go for D'Antoine instead of Jackson

[quote author=A-40]Naah there are a lot of teams with more average players and weaker rosters that are doing much better. That team is badly coached! You have a coach that's not playing to his player's strengths
You can't place a finger on what he has improved since joining LA[/quote]Compared to Thunder, Spurs, Clippers, Grizzlies even Golden state the Lakers roster is considerably weak. Aside from starters (Kobe, Nash, Howard, Gasol & Peace) talent wise this team is below average for the competitive west. Initially we all got carried away that with the starting unit but people did not pay attention to the bench

Roland17: The bolded is where i completely disagree with u.

So you think Phil Jackson can salvage the situation?

No doubt the starters are very talented but simply not meshing; Gasol and Howard aren't playing well together. Also they don't have an athletic wing player and the bench is very weak.

esperiense: Refilling is always better all times except in cases where its not possible to be done, this will be known by yo dentist.

Also root canal treatment. People really dread this operation but it ensures you keep your teeth instead of removal.

[quote author=A-40]Unless they make a trade before the All-star break and fire D'Antoni they probably won't make the playoffs they face San Antone tonight OKC on Friday they could easily be 6 games below .500 but their case aint as bad as the Mavs. I'm really impressed with the Rockets and how Harden is firing that offense[/quote]$82 million per year on their starting 5 alone. Yes they need to trade but who wants to do a trade with the Lakers? I don't see any players on the bench that any team wants either. Is Peace (Attest) even worth $7.5 million a year? I think he's the best trade option. This team now reminds me of the Knicks during Isiah Thomas days: Huge contracts, untradeable players and constant losing.

This is a roster issue not a coaching problem. Can't believe Lakers are in danger of not making the playoffs

[quote author=الملكي فوق الله]^---Word?

Oh Shitt...

Time to Search The Web.

I heard he said something about his wife...but i didn't know it was about a future divorce...Damnnnn[/quote]That Lala tastes like honey nut cheerios. Seriously how do you taste a wife? Is KG now tasting wives instead of playing defense? No wonder the C's are sub 500 team

And why would you any guy marry a girl called Lala? This is too confusing for me; better stick to basketabll

[quote author=A-40]Man and to think I had the Lakers as favorites! Da phock was I thinking?

This team sucks!! They lack chemistry and Mike Brown would probably be laughing to the bank and at the Lakers at the same damn time[/quote]Don't get too hard on yourself. Most experts also picked this team to reach the west finals or the finals; well that's not happening. They need to clear their garbage bench and get rid of Metta Peace (still prefer to call him Ron "knucklehead" Attest) who is just clogging up cap space.

This team needs players like Harden, Crawford or JR Smith who can come off the bench to score in bunches plus a hard nosed defender like Tony Allen. So a trade may still help turn things around. I think Rudy Gay might be a good fit but can't see the Grizs trading him.

[quote author=A-40]Still think the Clips would struggle against San Antone and Durantula[/quote]oh yeah! so far they're 2- 0 against the Spurs and only lost in OT to Thunders early in the season.

This team is playing really well. But cos it's the Clippers people are expecting the other shoe to drop and something terrible will happen. Mother luck has never been kind to them. Maybe, just maybe this is the year of the Clips.

Can't believe the Clippers are on a tear. 16 straight wins. wow! That Donald Sterling the stingiest and perhaps the worst owner in the NBA is getting some success is truly amazing.

Seriously this team is loaded. With Odom, Billups & Jamal Crawford coming off the bench, they should make some noise in the playoffs. Till then let's wait and see if this team stands the test of time. Hopefully, they can finally get out from under the shadow of big brother (Lakers)

Roland17: If for any reason Carlisle is fired, then its time for Cuban to give up the Mavs, the coach is helpless, look at the team, O.J Mayo's numbers have dropped drastically.....

Well Cuban got too clever by half and disbanded a championship team for financial flexibility. He should have given that 2010 team a chance to defend. He is getting got what he deserves

Of all the guys that won only Dirk, Marion and Beabois remain on the team. This team is not even in rebuilding mode but a collection of over the hill players (Brand, Kaman)and some spare parts.

The only guy I feel for is Dirk. He doesn't deserve this. I Say he demands a trade NOW to a contender and let Cuban wallow in this rot

[quote author=A-40]By all accounts D'Antonii has been worse than Brown tho. His only excuse is the absence of Nash and Gasol and I feel his pain to an extent! Chris Duhon should not be starting at PG on any team in this league. Why don't they get Jose Calderon?[/quote]Calderon is worse. Dude can't play defense that's why he's coming off the bench for the lowly Raptors

Roland17: Am off to bed very angry

cos the C's lose again

Roland17: Bro, i was confident coming into this season, with the acquisition of a Lee, Barbosa, Terry, Rookie Sulinger and returning green, but after 5 games i knew we would struggle all through the season and the reason is "rebounding (Offensive and defensive) and also rotation and weak side defense", we have been out-rebounded by every team we have played with thus far, K.G is the only player that keeps that defense tight, whenever he goes to the bench for a rest, the team collapses and you can't replace K.G as far as am concerned.

C.Lee is struggling to define himself in this team, i wish he would stick to being aggressive, especially going to the rim, rather than wait for the three's, he's a good defender but we miss A. Bradley soooooo much, Defending without fouling is something rookie Sulinger still has to learn, he accumulates too much foul, J. Terry i believe would blend very well next season, he's maturity on the court is something i love soo much, Green is coming on, albeit slowly, but who can question him, he had a heart surgery last year, that Kid has got mind.
Barbosa loves to go to the rim, thats his style, but so far his play time has been restricted.

Hey!!! K.G is 36, 17 years in the league, Healthier/ more active than his many of his peers considering the likes of Wade, Paul Peirce is 35, 14 years in the League also healthier and more active than his peers, they would definitely slow down, but am very impressed with both of them.

All in all, no one expects this team to challenge, but that's what they said last year and we made it to the conference finals, some might be quick to remind me of the Knicks, but i would leave that to the post season.

I hear you bro. I just think the window is almost closed for this team to win it all. Talking of missed opportunities: Losing Perks in 2010 finals or stinking up the joint in last year's game 6 with the Heat?

I love the C's too and pains me that K.G. & Pierce may not win a 2nd ring. No one else on that team possess the leadership & tenacity these 2 guys bring every night. Rondo? Nope