INTRODUCTION Many Nigerians were aware of the rot in the nation under the years of military dictatorship‚ but hardly knew the magnitude of the rot. As it is with the nation‚ so it is with the education sector; only those saddled with the responsibility of administering our education system can appreciate the crisis in the education system. And just as the damage done to the nation will take a long time to correct‚ sanitizing the education sector will take quite some years of continuous and determined
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Financial Intermediation Introduction “In this chapter we introduce the process of financial intermediation. We consider its nature and explain why most lending/borrowing takes place through intermediaries rather than lenders lending directly to borrowers. In considering this issue we are also considering the fundamental reasons for the existence of banks. We identify the advantages that institutions such as banks have which enable them to undertake intermediation. However we also argue that traditional
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Describe an important 21st century invention and explain how it has changed peoples lives. Day by day technology makes huge advances and makes enormous improvements which change our life continuously without us even noticing. Computers have now weaved in our everyday life and it’s something that we can’t do without‚ have you ever considered your daily life without using a computer? The very first step to this huge technological improvement was in 1837‚ when Charles Babbage designed the very
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Significant changes in the workplace are the result of new and advanced technology. For the past generation‚ technological inventions and improvements seem to be introduced every week. The trend is guaranteed to continue. Technology’s impact on the 21st century workplace will result in rapid changes. Changing Workplace Rules Technology makes it possible to telecommute‚ work from virtual offices and communicate with businesses and individuals across the globe. Flexible work schedules
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The Role of English in the 21st Century: Melvia A. Hasman The world is in various stages of social‚ economic‚ and demographic transition. Economically and politically‚ the world has changed more rapidly in the past few years than at any time since 1945. The emerging global economy is both competitive and interdependent. It reflects the availability of modern communications and production technologies in most parts of the world. So‚ do we need to be concerned about the future of the English
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Clothing has always been a huge factor during the 18th century ranging from amour to cotton picking attire Men usually dressed similar to others throughout the 18th century. The outfit for a typical colonial man was‚ breeches‚ coat‚ cloak‚ cravat‚ neck handkerchief‚ waistcoat hat‚ and buckle shoes. The breeches was lower body undergarment that was used late 16th century until early 19th century. There was a variety of fabric breeches was made out of ranging from silk‚ cotton‚ wool‚ and even leather
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• The Enlightenment in 18th and 19th century Europe was a movement focused on the primary source of authority and legitimacy. The work of thinkers Aguste Comte‚ Karl Marx‚ George Simmel‚ Hebert Spencer‚ Emile Durkheim‚ and Max Weber were all major influencers of the Enlightenment in the 18th and 19th century on the development of sociological theory. Aguste Comte is the French sociologist who founded sociology in 1836. The Enlightenment was a time period of development and change in philosophical
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Since the beginning of the 16th century‚ religion played a vital role in terms of individualism and government laws. During this time‚ many migrants left their homeland‚ in search of religious freedom‚ although they discriminated against other religions‚ ironically. In America‚ even though‚ Catholicism and Protestantism were major religions‚ Protestantism created two key branches‚ Anglicanism and Calvinism. In spite of religious differences‚ religious tolerance increased‚ to provide peace and end
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record to be transmitted to King’s Bench. In the seventeenth century it became a means of review of the activities then newly required of the justices of the peace. Prohibition‚ one of the oldest known writs‚ at first used to limit the jurisdiction of the ecclesiastical courts‚ was later used by the common law courts in the battles with the Court of Chancery‚ and other courts more closely associated with the Crown. Mandamus in the 13th century was a means of ensuring performance of acts to safeguard
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Food is significant it is loaded with cultural‚ psychological‚ and emotional significance. In the 19th century nourishment turned into a characterizing image of national personality. We associate many dishes with specific nations‚ for example‚ the tomato-based Italian spaghetti sauce or the American burger these are nineteenth or even twentieth century developments. The European discovery of the New World(America) represented a momentous turning point in the history of food. Foods previously unknown
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