The Roaring Twenties The 1920s were an age of change and innovation. New technologies like the radio and refrigerators changed the way Americans lived. It saw dramatic social changes that would pit the past against the future. It would shape our nation decades to come. The Great War had ended‚ leaving Europe in ruins but America had been spared physically from the damage the war had caused allowing America’s economy to boom like never-before. Between 1923 and 1929 the average income rose 11 percent
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1596-8303. www.transcampus.org/journals. www.ajol.info/journals/jorind THE CHALLENGES OF ADOPTING INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL REPORTING SYSTEM IN NIGERIA Anthony O. Garuba Department of Accounting and Finance‚ Western Delta University‚ Oghara‚ and Pat Donwa Department of Accounting‚ University of Benin‚ Benin City E-mail: anthonygaruba@yahoo.com Abstract Nigeria is going to adopt International Financial Reporting Standard (IFRS) from 1st January 2012. Globalization and Information and Communication Technology
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Kendalls Part: Which theory of social change best describes this change? The theory of sociological change that best describes this change is Functionalism. Since functionalists view society and social behavior predictable‚ that would include the addition of technology into educational programs. “Incorporating technology effectively whenever possible gives learning a huge boost because teachers are further engaging students with the tools students naturally use” (Devaney). Not only must new teachers
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scale businesses in the country had provided job and employment to many citizens. Small scale businesses play crucial roles in the economic development of countries (Ogundele; 2006).They employ more workers than their large scale counterparts. In Nigeria for instance‚ Small Scale Businesses (SSB) Constitutes 85% of all firms operating in the economy‚ and like in most other developing countries they employed the largest number of workers. Increasing number of graduates from increasing number of public
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2011 when he became involved in a climate change course along with a group of others under the Australian Conservation Foundation’s Climate Project led by Nobel Prize winner Al Gore. Sewell believes that the lack of resources in a developing country increase strain on climate change‚ therefore presenting that climate change affects developing countries more than anyone else. Sewell also believes that small business do not address the issues of climate change because they are simply not aware of the
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POLICE AND CRIME PREVENTION IN NIGERIA Akintunde Kabir Otubu ~ Sunday A. Coker Introduction The importance of law and order to orderly development and growth of a society‚ both in the physical and economic sence‚ cannot be over emphasized. It is only a mind that is secured and at peace that can rationally address the issues of procreation‚ economic development and societal growth. A disturbed mind is a restless and distraught personality. It is therefore imperative to have peace and order in the
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My dream for Nigeria is for a safe country. A country where there are no armed robbers‚ where one can safely walk around in the night; gather together with friends and family without being robbed: a great and corrupt-free Nigeria. Without corruption Nigeria would be a great country‚ where things will work. My dream for Nigeria is a country of hardworking and honest people - where its leaders do not enrich themselves with public funds: I dream of a Nigeria where politicians are not greedy or steal
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Childhood is a social construct; it is something that society has created over many years to show the psychological differences between adults and children‚ as well as their respective maturity levels. Some sociologists believe childhood is only a recent occurrence and there was no defined period of childhood compared to what childhood is perceived to be in today’s society. Aries believes that before 1760 there was no clear idea of childhood. Children were treated as adults in miniature; they
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Strategic Management and Organisational Analysis TITLE OF RESEARCH PAPER: THE PETROLEUM PRODUCTS MARKETING INDUSTRY IN NIGERIA: WHAT ARE THE ISSUES? ABSTRACT: The process of getting petroleum products off refineries and getting them to the costumer has become one of the biggest industries in the energy sector‚ with so much economic implications. Interestingly‚ petroleum
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1.1 INTRODUCTION The term electronic voting is a blanket term used to describe an array of voting methods that operate using electronic technology. Electronic-Voting (also known as Biometric Voting) is the use of computer-based machine to display an election ballot and record the vote. E-voting machines typically use touch screens as the data entry method for a voter’s selection. E-voting is different from online voting‚ where users vote over the Internet. Under the e-voting system‚ polling stations
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