Born in Washington D.C. on April 29‚ 1899‚ Duke Ellington was an American composer‚ pianist‚ and bandleader who gained fame by performing with his orchestra both in the Cotton Club in Harlem and in Europe. Regarded as a major figure in the development of jazz‚ Ellington identified his music as American music and adopted the phrase of his colleague Billy Strayhorn “beyond category” as a principle. Ellington started taking piano lessons locally at the age of seven and his mother insisted that he be
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THE ROLE OF GOVERNMENT IN EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT: COMPARATIVE STUDY BETWEEN NIGERIA AND USA O.M.A PAD 6450/01 SPRING 2014 INTRODUCTION 1Disaster refers to an emergency caused by natural hazards or human induced actions resulting in a significant change in circumstances over a relatively short time period. Typical examples are death‚ displacement‚ disease‚ loss of crops‚ damage to physical and service infrastructure‚ depletion of natural and social capitals‚ institutional
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CHAPTER ONE 1.1 INTRODUCTION The interest in poultry and poultry products have grown tremendously in the last 20 years faster than other food-producing animal industries on how the bird products are produced‚ processed‚ consumed and marketed. Almost every country in the world has a poultry industry of some kind. The biggest challenge of commercial poultry production is the availability of good quality feed on sustainable basis at stable prices. In spite of this challenge‚ commercial poultry production
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The debt crisis of Nigeria and Greece Introduction National debt is a problem that can inflict any country including the developed countries. Almost all countries go into budget deficit one way or the other and end up borrowing money. The most direct effect of the government debt is to place a burden on future generations of taxpayers. When these debts and accumulated interest come due‚ future taxpayers will face a difficult choice. Inheriting such a large debt cannot help but lower the living
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CURRENT STATE OF EDUCATION IN NIGERIA INTRODUCTION/BACKGROUND: Education can be referred to as an act or process of developing and cultivating‚ whether physically‚ mentally or mortally‚ ones mental activities or senses; the expansion‚ strengthening and discipline of ones mind‚ faculty etc; the forming and regulation of principles and character in order to prepare and fit for any calling or business by systematic instruction. The result of these is determine by the knowledge/’skill acquired‚ the
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future leaders see change as a thing that cannot be attainable‚ because they are leaders of procedures and will allow themselves to be mentally enslaved. And this can be traceable to what the “colonial interlopers” did before the independence of Nigeria in 1960. To enslave us mentally and to make us believe that nothing good can ever come from Africa. And that change cannot be associated with our future leaders for change has become an illusion. Just as Heraclitus of the ancient period of philosophy
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shareholders may increase to considerable extent. The term profitability refers to the ability of the business organization to maintain its profit year after year. The profitability of the organization will definitely contribute to the economic development of the nation by way of providing additional employment and tax revenue to government exchequer. Moreover‚ it will contribute the income of the investors by having a higher dividend and thereby improve the standard of living of the people. In
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it proud because your wedding day is the only day you can wow everybody with that headdress! STAGES / SIGNIFICANCE OF MARRIAGE CEREMONY In Nigeria‚ there are 3 types of weddings: Traditional‚ Church (white) and Court weddings. Of the 3‚ the first 2 are the most observed types of weddings. Court weddings are usually observed for legal reasons. In Nigeria‚ the traditional wedding is the wedding that was celebrated and observed before the arrival of the Europeans. It was and still is observed in
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Brochure More information from http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/683505/ Nigeria Oil and Gas Exploration and Production Industry Investment Opportunities‚ Analysis and Forecasts of All Active and Planned Exploration Blocks and Oil and Gas Fields to 2012 Description: Nigeria Oil and Gas Exploration and Production Industry Investment Opportunities‚ Analysis and Forecasts of All Active and Planned Exploration Blocks and Oil and Gas Fields to 2012 Summary This profile is the essential source
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Nigeria gained its independence on October 1‚ 1960. In 1963 it became a Federal Republic and a member of the Commonwealth of Nations. Nigeria is the most populous country in Africa‚ with about 140 million people (2006 national census) and the largest concentration of Black people in the world. One in five Africans is a Nigerian. There are about 250 ethnic groups‚ with three major tribes constituting over 40 percent of the population: the Hausa‚ Ibo and Yoruba. Other major ethnic/linguistic groups
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