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Sports › Re: John Mikel Obi Celebrates His 31st Birthday With Lovely Pictures by PDPGuy: 3:57pm On Apr 22, 2018
Happy birthday to him! I can see the effect of the £140,000/week salary on him
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Official Chelsea Fan Thread: Club World Cup Champions 2025-2029 by PDPGuy: 5:36pm On Apr 21, 2018
Dele Alli has become the first Spurs player to score in the League cup, FA cup, UCL, and EPL in the same season.
Sports › Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by PDPGuy: 10:12pm On Apr 19, 2018
Kog45:
I will pick Dele over Ejide but i wish Rohr can give the two experience lads the chance to impress.
I chose Ejide due to his height and comfort in handling crosses; although both Dele and Ejide have sharp reflexes.
Sports › Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by PDPGuy: 9:09pm On Apr 19, 2018
Kog45:
Draw ke,we are beating Argentina,Rohr should just give me a good keeper.
Ejide is still available for selection, if Uzoho doesn’t inspire confidence
Sports › Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by PDPGuy: 8:39pm On Apr 19, 2018
mbjane:
Bros no talk so abeg,Na so people talk for last World Cup before dem land for final

Anyway e no consign me once naija dey play Argentina I go throway my love for Messi,my prayer we should win our first 2 matches and them also so by the last game we meet them both teams are through but that will be very hard.

And mind you bros Argentina has never be eliminated in the group stage but anything can happen in football and I am wishing my darling super eagles the best

I think we gave them a run for their money in the last World Cup
Well, Argentina has been eliminated at the group stage before - at the 2002 World Cup.

Anyway, I see the game between the SE and Argentina ending in a draw.
Travel › Re: Pictures Of Awka Anambra State Capital That You Haven't Seen (photos) by PDPGuy: 8:21pm On Apr 19, 2018
Any pics of the new airport?
Sports › World Cup: VAR Decisions To Have Written Explanations by PDPGuy(op): 5:39am On Apr 19, 2018
Fans attending World Cup matches in Russia won't be left wondering about the reasons behind decisions of the video assistant referee.

After a decision is made using VAR, replays will be shown on giant screens inside the stadiums accompanied by a written explanation.

It's all part of the VAR information system that FIFA unveiled Wednesday .

FIFA will place someone in the VOR (video operations room) who will listen in to the VAR's decisions and communicate them to both TV commentators and stadium personnel operating the giant screens.

"So we will have graphics on the giant screens, we will have replays after the decision on the giant screens, and we will also inform the fans about the outcome of a VAR incident and review," said Sebastian Runge, group leader of football innovation at FIFA.

With the VAR making its tournament debut during the June 14-July 15 World Cup, FIFA is holding its final training camp this month for the 99 match officials -- 36 referees and 63 assistants -- who have been selected to go to Russia.

Thirteen VARs have been pre-selected and are being trained at Italy's Coverciano complex, and FIFA referees chief Pierluigi Collina said more VARs and VAR assistants will be chosen from the 99 match officials.

Three of the 13 VARs come from Italy's Serie A and two from Germany's Bundesliga -- elite competitions that already use video assistants.

The VAR can support the referee in four game-changing situations: goals and offenses leading up to a goal, penalty decisions and offenses leading up to a penalty, direct red card incidents and cases of mistaken identity.

FIFA will follow the Bundesliga model of a central control center for the VAR rather than using trucks outside stadiums.

"We will have all of the referees based in Moscow so there won't be any stress in terms of travel," Collina said.

For each match, Collina will select one VAR and three assistant VARs.

Training operation rooms presented to media included six monitors for the VARs and two more for technical assistants enabling the VARs to see requested replays.

There could be up to four technical assistants in the room for World Cup matches. Offside Cameras

FIFA will install two extra cameras at matches to monitor offside decisions.

The cameras will be in addition to the 33 cameras used for broadcasters and they will be installed under stadium roofs.

Broadcasters will not have direct access to the cameras but if they are used by the VAR then broadcasters can show the video.

Runge added that three-dimensional technology -- considered the ultimate strategy for determining offside -- is not ready for real-time access yet.

VARs will only do one match per day

VARs will not officiate more than one match per day.

"It's not like watching a match on the sofa sipping coffee," Collina said.
http://www.espn.com/soccer/fifa-world-cup/story/3462164/video-assistant-referee-decisions-at-world-cup-will-have-written-explanations
Education › Re: Abia State Teachers Embark On Strike Over 6 Months Unpaid Salaries by PDPGuy: 6:10am On Apr 18, 2018
How on earth will corruption be minimized when the government fails to pay civil servants their dues?

Owing workers 6 months salary is the height of official inhumanity!
Romance › Re: Why Are Men Scared Of Getting Married? by PDPGuy: 12:54am On Apr 18, 2018
Some men are scared because they aren't certain whether their wives would cheat on them with a richer dude.

Others have a genuine fear of losing a substantial part of their assets, in the event of a divorce.
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Official Chelsea Fan Thread: Club World Cup Champions 2025-2029 by PDPGuy: 7:51pm On Apr 17, 2018
Manchester City will give manager Pep Guardiola £200m to spend on transfers after winning the Premier League title - according to the Mirror. shocked

In three 3 full seasons at the Etihad, Guardiola would have spent over £600 million on players, and should at least aim for the big treble next season.
Celebrities › Re: Alizee: Why We Haven’t Paraded Peter Nielsen - Police by PDPGuy: 10:00am On Apr 17, 2018
goldbim:
Diplomatic connotations indeed!!if a Nigerian citizen should commit such crime outside the country ,the international media 'll make it seem like all Nigerians are criminals. Justice must prevail!!aleast for the sake of that innocent child..
I tell you. The NPF have too many dumb officers
Career › Re: Women Lawyering In A Man’s World - Jennifer Ifunanya Ugwu by PDPGuy(op): 8:09am On Apr 17, 2018
The country is yet to have a female AGF.
Career › Women Lawyering In A Man’s World - Jennifer Ifunanya Ugwu by PDPGuy(op): 6:37am On Apr 17, 2018
As an intern attached to a court in Nigeria, I witnessed how female counsel were mandated by judges to indicate their marital status while announcing appearance as opposed to their male counterparts.

The most painful part is the manner Judges ask the question and the derision (sure, from the male folks in courtroom). If the female counsel tries to evade the apparent embarrassment; the presiding Judge who often attempts to justify the practice would further ask ‘Miss or Mrs or would you prefer to be referred to as an Esquire?’ or ‘please let us know when you are available or off market, you never can tell there could be a prospective suitor …’. Expectedly the male counterparts are thrilled and always show gratitude by prolonging such conversation in a manner that massages their ego. Little wonder, some men expect women’s education to end in kitchen and the infamous “the other room”.

Years have passed and I still wear the shoes, I must have grown a thick skin to stand such discriminatory environment. Every morning, I announce appearance in court, ensuring that I mutter the suffix Miss after mentioning my name thus: J. I. Ugwu ‘MISS’. This is to prevent drama or the court being torn in two like I witnessed in some situations where female lawyers fruitlessly attempted to go against such discriminatory and debasing legal tradition. Slowly, culture and sentimental attachments to titles have made way to confuse the legal system. One wonders the essence of a female lawyer announcing appearance in court with ‘Miss’ or ‘Mrs’ titles or worst with ‘Esquire’, this is not applicable to the male counterparts as only ‘Mr.’ in exclusion of ‘Master’ is used, also male lawyers are not addressed with any feminine title as is the case when women are addressed as ‘Esquire’ (a male title).

Why can’t I for instance announce appearance as J. I. Ugwu with no title (esquire, miss or mrs)? If there is need to state such titles as Mr./Miss/Mrs, why don’t we use Mr. and Ms respectively as both are neutral terms for each gender, and usually don’t arouse any sense of stereotype. For instance, there are many lawyers who are advanced in their biological age but remain unmarried by choice or circumstance, it may appear demeaning when only the female counterparts in such instance are consequently and constantly reminded of their marital status by the use of Miss or Mrs in an open court. A divorced female lawyer once left the courtroom feeling embarrassed after she literally made a public announcement of a failed marriage when she announced appearance. Immediately announcing her appearance, many colleagues passed notes across to her while others sent messages to her, asking ‘what happened?’

Today, women in positions of authority in the profession whether as law professors, practicing lawyers , senior advocates , or judges, are still comparatively small in numbers; and the issue of whether as women they have any real power remains a moot point. For example, how many women called to Nigerian Bar each year are in courtroom practice? How many of those in active practice are partners in a firm? How many women have become Attorney General of States and the Federation? How many are Senior Advocates of Nigeria? How many of the elected executives of Nigerian Bar Association at the state and national levels are women? During my research, it was appalling to find that there has been only one female National chairman/president of the association since its inception which dates back to 1900, the case of poor female representation equally affects the association at state level. Out of over 475 Senior Advocates it’s worrisome to state that the women amongst them are approximately 20. Is it truly a man’s world? Womanity have come of age in the world career and Nigerian Bar Association should not be left behind. There is call on rethinking the role of women in Nigeria for a sane, less corrupt and lawful society.

The law perhaps has the foundation of discrimination. This is because women’s active participation in law making over the centuries has been comparatively low. The absence of women as active participants in institutions of the law means that women’s perceptions, women’s consciousness and women’s ideas about their reality have played a very little part in the creation of the systems and ideas of the law or in the view of the world reflected in the artifacts of the legal system’s decided cases. Dorothy Smith poignantly described the effect of women’s exclusion from the institutions that create our culture, including the institutions of the law and of politics as being one where the perspectives, concerns, interests of only one sex, one class and one race are represented as general.

Impressively, female law students and lawyers in the profession this century have received the same professional education and training as men. The success at qualifying and working as professionals has depended on her ability to manipulate the concepts and the processes of the system to “think like a lawyer”. Sadly, ‘thinking like lawyers also means thinking like men’. This has sometimes even been explicitly (if not unwittingly) acknowledged by those responsible for our education; a male professor once bestowed on a female student what he considered to be the ultimate compliment for her. “You think more like a man than any woman I have ever taught”. Women often fall victims of such discriminatory compliments, not just at the level of law school, but throughout her professional career.

A woman’s success in the profession still depends to a great extent on her excellence at using the male idioms. It is simply because the male idiom is still by and large the only one in which legal discourse is conducted. Such thoroughgoing socialization in the male norms of the profession has for years, made it unlikely that a woman could be highly successful in it by its term and also be an avowed feminist.
http://thenigerialawyer.com/women-lawyering-in-a-mans-world-by-jennifer-ifunanya-ugwu/
Politics › Re: Enugu, The Pride Of The East. by PDPGuy: 4:57am On Apr 17, 2018
asha80:
should se governors buy ph airport since that is the nearest that is near that is up for concessioning?
The SE governors should bid for the Enugu airport instead. Then, they can "sub-concession" to a technical partner who would be responsible for the day to day professional management of the airport. But funding the annual maintenance/construction projects at the airport will be split 50-50 or (40-60) between the SE states combined, and the technical partner(s).

I'm just happy that the FG has begun moves to concession its major international airports. The FG has no business running an airport at all.
Romance › Re: Life Of The Australian Playboy Bachelor by PDPGuy: 3:24am On Apr 17, 2018
AussiePlayboy:
Haha.. True about pizzas.
Btw, have you tried the Indian curry butter chicken? Its really nice. Some take it with basmati rice or lebanese bread, but me I love it with just normal rice
Yes, I've tried it before, and its really tasty; although I prefer it with basmati rice. In fact, I'm kinda addicted to basmatic rice these days cheesy. There is a popular Indian buffet restaurant I go to with family or friends, where I sample those dishes, including their goat meat which is seasoned well too. And do you know the best part? It only costs $10 per person. Not a bad deal for a buffet restaurant.
Romance › Re: Life Of The Australian Playboy Bachelor by PDPGuy: 1:57am On Apr 17, 2018
prechbills1:
only Nigerian babes living fake lives do this ..

people that can't even afford standard food.... if they manage to go to shoprite or some fancy places they take dozens of pictures and litter social media, be forming with fake life when they're broke in reality.

keep it on Bro.

next.
Or that beg for recharge cards cheesy
Romance › Re: Life Of The Australian Playboy Bachelor by PDPGuy: 1:10am On Apr 17, 2018
AussiePlayboy:
One thing I ve learnt about being "abroad" is that you get to see things from a much bigger perspective. A lot of things don't freak you anymore. I remember in naija, boys will dressup to go to shoprite for pictures, or those who will go to chinese restaurants or whatever loading up instagram with pictures. Bro, when you live and breathe around asian food around you, with food as cheap as $15, you won't be moved one bit. Infact you ll laugh when people in naija try to intimidate with theae things on social media
You said what was on my mind.

The Asian curry I eat here in California is almost 'common' to me. Whenever I go to the Thai restaurant, I don't feel like I'm going to a special place. Most times, I just wear flip-flops to the place. I don't dress-up to go to restaurants, or even to the bank. The only times I dress up are for weddings, church events, and dates.

I also remember when it was a big deal for me to order pizza grin But these days, its like buying agege bread.
Politics › Re: Western Nigeria Governors To Bid For Murtala Muhammed Airport Concession by PDPGuy: 5:57pm On Apr 16, 2018
0monnak0da:
When you say "too expensive" do you have a figure in mind. Do you have any facts?

Again whether it is "necessary" should be based on facts i.e. feasibility studies that model population growth, economic growth and the current capacity. by capacity I mean runway capacity i.e what is the maximum possible traffic volume that Ikeja can handle and what are the future projections.
Personally not only do I think it is necessary I think there is need for at least two more airportsin the SW but that is just me
I believe the Lekki airport will serve as the second main international gateway into the SW.
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Official Chelsea Fan Thread: Club World Cup Champions 2025-2029 by PDPGuy: 3:49pm On Apr 15, 2018
Fact: Arsenal are the only premier league team without an away point in this calendar year shocked shocked cheesy
#WengerOut grin
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Official Chelsea Fan Thread: Club World Cup Champions 2025-2029 by PDPGuy: 9:17pm On Apr 14, 2018
Sterling!
Sports › Re: Omojuwa Reacts To Juventus Elimination By Real Madrid by PDPGuy: 1:45pm On Apr 13, 2018
NeeKlaus:
Ignorance. No English referee will officiate at the World Cup because of the diplomatic tensions between England and Russia. The British withdrew all their officials for security reasons.

Even today that Arsenal plays CSKA in Moscow, no English fan is traveling. Knowledge is power.
You are wrong.

Long before the diplomatic tensions, FIFA didn’t pencil down any English ref in their prospective World Cup list after Mark Clattenburg decided to move to Saudi Arabia.
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Official Chelsea Fan Thread: Club World Cup Champions 2025-2029 by PDPGuy: 1:18pm On Apr 13, 2018
It will be a Bayern v Liverpool final, with Liverpool winning it all.
Sports › Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by PDPGuy: 7:43pm On Apr 12, 2018
^^
I like his height, aerial prowess and foot-work
Food › Re: Cook In Your Kitchen, Take Pictures And Post It Here. SIMPLE! by PDPGuy: 5:25pm On Apr 12, 2018
Seahawk:
my sister wants to marry you. Are you available? cheesy
grin cheesy
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Official Chelsea Fan Thread: Club World Cup Champions 2025-2029 by PDPGuy: 10:12pm On Apr 11, 2018
But I have to say Juve share some part of the blame. How can you leave someone unmarked in your own box in STOPPAGE time of a crucial knockout game?
Education › Re: Houston Single Mom Of 5 Graduates From Law School, Poses With Her Children by PDPGuy: 10:00pm On Apr 11, 2018
If she is a divorcee, then she is definitely receiving alimony payments, and child support for all five kids because they all look under 18.

However, Law School is quite expensive, here, in the US. So I guess that 90% of her tuition was probably covered by her $13,000 scholarship and student loans.
Education › Re: Houston Single Mom Of 5 Graduates From Law School, Poses With Her Children by PDPGuy: 9:54pm On Apr 11, 2018
Wow!!!! Congrats to her. I admire her perseverance.

Because she graduated in the top 15% of her class, she is on her way to earning a 6-figure salary at a big law firm. Or at worst, she would start out at $80,000/year.
Food › Re: Cook In Your Kitchen, Take Pictures And Post It Here. SIMPLE! by PDPGuy: 7:58pm On Apr 11, 2018
Seahawk:
Person just leave for 5 mins and you guys decided to murder everyone with deliciousness right?

Cfcman did you make that curry yourself?
Yup
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Official Chelsea Fan Thread: Club World Cup Champions 2025-2029 by PDPGuy: 12:05am On Apr 11, 2018
Let’s all enjoy Barca’s elimination with a delicious Thai curry meal cheesy

Food › Re: Cook In Your Kitchen, Take Pictures And Post It Here. SIMPLE! by PDPGuy: 11:56pm On Apr 10, 2018
Thai curry is ready...

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