however it was most certainly not. While we were reading the daily paper‚ Jeremiah read an article about how the British Parliament needed to gather revenue. I read the article in my mind‚ yet I could not comprehend why the Parliament would need to do something like this. "Why would they want to gather revenue and how might they even gather it‚" I inquired. “From what I understand the Parliament needs to gather the revenue through directly collecting taxes to raise revenue to bolster the British Army positioned
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Outstanding physical condition is a necessary state of being for a fighting man. This quotation was written by an American Infantry General and was taken from a speech by Major General K Spacie OBE‚ Director of Army Training on 24th September 1985‚ to the Army Physical Training Corps. It is accepted that great physical demands will be made upon soldiers in the heat of battle. The test that the British Army uses to determine whether or not a soldier is at a satisfactory level of fitness to carry
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The British Raj was the rule of the British Crown in the Indian subcontinent between 1858 and 1947. Raj is the term used when the British government stopped the Sepoy Rebellion and took control of India during the reign of Queen Victoria. Back then India wasn’t a nation it was divided into various parts which where governed by different kingdoms and different rulers‚ even if they had the same language. But just some of the kingdoms where actually powerful‚ and the ones that had it where excelled
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British Literature 1. the Middle Ages the oldest literature monument of the Anglo – Saxon period is the old Germanic legend called BEOWULF. This heroic poem is about the strong and courageous pagan hero Beowulf John Wycliffe – is a professor of Oxford University. With his students he translated the whole Bible into English - he influenced Master Jan Hus and our Hussite movement very much 2. the renaissance and humanism Geoffrey Chaucer – Canterbury Tales – brilliant portrait of 30 pilgrims
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The British democratic parliamentary system of government (termed the Westminster system after the Palace of Westminster‚ the seat of the UK Parliament) is a series of procedures for operating a legislature. It is used‚ or was once used‚ in the national legislatures and subnational legislatures of most Common wealth and ex-Commonwealth nations‚ beginning with the Canadian provinces in 1867 and Australian colonies in 1901. Important features of the Westminster system include the following:
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The educational System of Nigeria OVERVIEW Education in Nigeria is the shared responsibility of the federal‚ state and local governments. The Federal Ministry of Education plays a dominant role in regulating the education sector‚ engaging in policy formation and ensuring quality control. However‚ the federal government is more directly involved with tertiary education than it is with school education‚ which is largely the responsibility of state (secondary) and local (primary) governments. The education
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COPYRIGHT PROTECTION IN NIGERIA You would recall that in my last article‚ I stated that there is no centralized system of registering copyright in Nigeria. I stated that a “work” which is the subject not the copyright need not be registered before it can be protected under the law. In the process of patenting an invention‚ I came across a process known as copyright notification and I think it is important that I share it with you (You are probably wondering what Patent registration has to do with
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The British Museum Looking through the British Museum can be very overwhelming if you do not know what you are looking to find. While exploring in the depths of this cultural museum one stumbles early upon The Sir Harry and Lady Dangly Gallery of Clocks and Watches display. Located on the second floor many may not be drawn into this exhibition merely because‚ worldwide people still use watches and clocks today. In The Gallery of Clocks and Watches there is much more represented than just clocks;
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immigration were happening in British-controlled Palestine. European Jewish refugees were illegally leaving Europe to settle in Palestine‚ despite concerns from the British government of the rise in tension with the native Arab population. Clearly‚ the British Empire regarded this as part of their interest despite the consequences that it could have on the region. Why did the British Empire allow for Israel to be created in 1948? To answer this question‚ the British Empire’s rationale at the time
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sample of 100 respondents taken in Benin City‚ capital of Edo State‚ Nigeria was studied by means of field survey tool of questionnaire and the response to rating scale questions were tested for significance using the "t-test". The analysis revealed that respondents did not view unofficial borrowing and foreign exchange malpractice as forms of bank fraud since they were common and an industry wide practice. It also revealed that there was an equal level of staff involvement in initiating and executing
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