When Josephine had her first child‚ I was only thirty-nine and naturally wanted to see my grandson. However‚ leaving the boys with their father wasn’t easy. Thankfully‚ Alex could see this was important to me and let me go to Melbourne. As I was a proud Grandmother‚ my young age never bothered me. Why people think they are getting old when their first grandchild is born beats me? Leaving the family in Darwin was difficult‚ but I had escaped Alex’s possessiveness‚ and felt relieved. Shortly
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Mean‚ Median‚ Mode‚ and Range Mean‚ median‚ and mode are three kinds of "averages". There are many "averages" in statistics‚ but these are‚ I think‚ the three most common‚ and are certainly the three you are most likely to encounter in your pre-statistics courses‚ if the topic comes up at all. The "mean" is the "average" you are used to‚ where you add up all the numbers and then divide by the number of numbers. The "median" is the "middle" value in the list of numbers. To find the median‚ your
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Quarterly update – December 2013 Final analysis by Nenad Pacek Business and economic outlook Nigeria • • • • • • • • • • • • • Executive summary Facts Economic fundamentals Strategic business importance Corporate sales and profit trends Growth trends and drivers Household consumption trends Gross fixed investment trends Government spending trends Currency outlook Interest rates and inflation outlook Political risks to be aware of Forecast table Contents
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when oil prices jumped to almost $40/bbl‚ the Since the oil prices collapse in the early 1980s‚ Nigeria experienced rapid external debt built-up and dwindling foreign exchange reserves: public and publicly guaranteed external debt increased from $4.3 billion to $11.2 billion‚ while foreign exchange reserves were almost exhausted‚ from $10 billion to $1.23 billion‚ all between 1981 and 1983. Nigeria had to borrow heavily from commercial sources‚
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Topic: Controversies of Census Figures. Case study: Nigeria The first census was held in Nigeria in 1866. The colonial authorities conducted other census exercises in 1871‚ 1901 and 1911‚ whereas all these covered only the Lagos colony and in 1911‚ the southern protectorate. The first nationwide census involving the north and south were organized in 1921. There was also the 1931 census and the 3-year 1951-1953 census. The 1963 census was upheld but only because the Supreme Court ruled against
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NAME: NDUKA MARY C. COURSE: ENTREPRENEURSHIP MATRIC NO:126072034 History of Entrepreneurship in Nigeria Tradition is an inherited pattern of thought or action. It refers to a specific practice of long standing. It is also an established custom or tradition – a custom that for a long time has been an important feature of some cultural … group‚ tribe‚ ethnic group‚ society‚ nation etc. Traditional means: when a practice consists of a method or procedure and this is derived from tradition. This
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President Goodluck Jonathan yesterday presented a budget proposal of N4.2 billion to the joint session of the National Assembly with emphasis that job and wealth creation for teeming unemployed Nigerians would top the agenda of his administration in the coming fiscal dispensation. The initial schedule of the president to make the presentation at 12 noon yesterday at the green chambers of the House of Represents‚ was rescheduled to 2 p.m. He was later accompanied to the venue by his Special Adviser
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Being a police officer has often been known as a boring job. Because police work can go to extreme measures at any time‚ it is important to reinforce collective and impersonal nature of the job‚ in order to gain cultural characteristics. Personality and behavior is influenced by culture and structure; thus‚ social organization has cultural characteristics that are distinct from structural institutions. Much of Structural institutional comes from social science; thus‚ the way they influence awareness
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A.C. 1.2 Despite the benefits‚ there are many significant barriers for professional development. The table below outlines some of the most common barriers: • Lack of awareness; • Lack of motivation; • Limited time; • Limited access; • Other commitments (family‚ children); • Personal confidence; In my own practice one of the barriers would be English knowledge. As English is not my first language‚ I would need to work really hard on improving my English skills. As a deputy crèche leader‚ I have
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Instructor’s Manual Chapter 3 31 Manual to accompany Data‚ Models & Decisions: The Fundamentals of Management Science by Bertsimas and Freund. Copyright 2000‚ South-Western College Publishing. Prepared by Manuel Nunez‚ Chapman University. Chapter 3 I Chapter Outline 3.1 Continuous Random Variables 3.2 The Probability Density Function 3.3 The Cumulative Distribution Function. The uniform
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