OPEHI / UMUKORO
THE TRUE REPRSENTATIVES OF MALTREATED AND NEGLETED PEOPLE.
Perhaps, if man was to chose his place if birth, and origin, certainly not many would have chosen to come from their place if not because nature has being unkind to them, but because man have decided to treat his follow man like ………..? Even monkeys are better for at least they may have their needs or be allowed to go back to the forest. It is worst when such treatment comes from your own race especially the same geographical locations who even drink from the same river or swarm.
The people of opehi / umukoro, a community in ozuzu autonomous community in Ngor Okpala local government area in Imo state Nigeria for many decades have remained voiceless. The very high level of mass –illiteracy among the people,have been a very high advantage to their neighbouring communities and even their very few sons who manage to learn to write their names which gave them the opportunity to represent them at the local government level seem to be treat to their development.
It is very interesting to know that Ngor- Okpala is known as the food basket of Imo state, but it pains the heart to know that one of the few communities that made ngor-okpala the food basket of the state is opehi /umukoro, but the people find it very hard to mention even one basic amenity. Is it motorable road, health care centre, market, electricity, pipe born water? Not even a single secondary school to educate their children and wards. This is a community that their four fathers worked very had to ensure that their off-spring will have something to rely on and even develop more economically, technologically, social etc. I find it hard to discover any community in Imo State that have the kind of agricultural products that are abound in opehi / umukoro. Are we to take of the rubber trees plantation, the pineapple orchard, the palm tree that one man has claimed ownership at the expense of the poor and voiceless community which covers many hectares of land.The people are highly blessed with a very fertile land good for the production of cassava, cocoyam, maize, Mellon, corn, vegetables, wild fruits even the shell company have always been around in search of the national treasure called crude oil etc.
The heterogeneous states of Nigeria, no doubt created room for sentimental skirmishes across the length and breath of Nigeria. The government of Nigeria has constitutionally tried to allay the fears of the minority in a country so tribally divided, but much as the government has been doing it, its best through the instrumentality of federal character principle, the evil of marginalization has continued to rear its urgly head across the country. The creation of states in the country is one of the ways through which people who felt dominated in a particular state or local government to take their own destiny in their own hand. Ngor-Okpala as a local government in Imo State is supposed to be a channel through which those at the grassroots will fill the impact of the governance. But those inhabiting Opehi/Umukoro under Ngor-Okpala local government in Imo State are not given this opportunity by been provided with the essential needs as mentioned above. What is obtainable in Opehi/ Umukoro is a story a people systematically denied of equal right and privilege in a nation, state and locality they call theirs. A people whose fate is stunted, stricked, captive and paralyzed politically, socially economically and educationally by people who are supposed to be their brothers. People not allowed to catch the spirit of governance, they live somewhere around it but not of it.
Imagine such injustice, man inhumanity against fellow man. Do you relieve some one from hunger by merely given the person eba (garri) without soup to swallow it? Around 2006 a Japaness company was give the contract to install solar electricity to the rural communities which the people of Ophei/Umukoro managed to be remembered, yes the people were happy believing that their messiah has finally arrived at least to redeem them from the bondage of darkness. Little did they know that they were once again been used to exploit the federal government of Nigeria. Yes I am a bonafide indigene of this politically briefed community, therefore I will not fail to expose evil when it is available. Every well thinking electrician talk less of an engineer knows that solar systems electrical energy gives the type of current called direct current, this direct current is not very common among Nigeria elites talk less of my rural people. It is also a known fact that basically 99.9% of our electrical appliances in the Nigerian market makes use of what is called alternating current. Then, installing a direct current for a rural farmer whose interest is to watch television, listen to radio, iron his cloths and easily buy his 40, 60, 1000 and 200 watts bulb from the next shop is basically useless without installing the inverta which converts the direct current (D.C) to alternating current (A.C). The so called Japaness contractors in connection or agreement with the project supervisors only installed, a battery of 12V, the solar panel of 24V, 10AMPS, 150WATT for each building not minding the number of rooms or occupants, and off cause the regulator. This to those who are electrically inclined is just a direct current of low voltage. And alternating current appliances which are very common. In other words, the said installed electricity to the voiceless Opehi/Umukoro community remains useless top the people even as the direct current bulbs installed are now bad and no available once to replace them. Worst of all, no trained technicians to manage the facilities.
To further deceive the people, transformer was given to them around 2004/2005 when other communities were given but till now not even a single wire or cable has gone up yet the nearest community umuagwu which is just a stone throw enjoys electricity.
Oh! What an injustice to the voiceless people of Opehi/Umukoro? I understand that we have mass illiteracy in my community but that is not enough reason why my people must be continuously be deceived, this is not why my people must be continuously be deceived ,this is not why during elections, elements called politicians would just come and paint our six rooms community primary school which was built by our fathers who meant well for us, this should not be the reason why politicians continuously deceive my people especially our mothers with cups of N5.00 (five naira) salt.
If silence is all it takes for an injustice of this magnitude perpetuate, it is time to break it. It is a long way to go, but the essence of a step in thus journey of miles need not be over emphasized. This situations need to be purveyed for all and sundary to see especially authorities at the state and federal level. The entire members of Opehi/Umukoro community and the generations yet unborn face an unpleasant and bleak socio-political education and economic future if this dangerous trend is not corrected. Infrastructural development is rarely extended to them. The community is never considered in the sitting of government institutions even amidst of abundant natural resources like palm trees, rubbers, pineapple, land, rivers, etc. The collateral impact of this age long premeditated atrocity is perceptible in all spheres of human endeavour in the community. Critical infrastructural base is lacking the economic development is at its lowest ebb while unemployment especially among the youth is the order of the day. There is no home- grown institution to engage the teeming number of young men ad women in the community. The result is yearly mass exodus of people to cities in search of green pastures which is must cases they over stress themselves while some die very prematurely in the hands of their masters. Others stranded at home engage in various antisocial vices as a way of survival.
If democracy is a game of he masses. It is simply does not obtain in Opehi/Umukoro community. We are seriously in need of secondary school, to educate my fellow youths. Please the transformer given to my voiceless community is fastly rusting without function, my people in high extent may be illitrates but certainly not foolish or lazy, let our electricity be installed to enable us exploit our potentials at least to enable us operate and build more of our oil mails and the people of Imo State and Nigeria at large will benefit. Since God has given us that grace we need road.
By
Nwaorgu .E. Vitalis
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Tuesday, October 13, 2009
Friday, October 9, 2009
VITALIS
Orderic Vitalis
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Orderic Vitalis (1075–c. 1142) was an English chronicler who wrote one of the great contemporary chronicles of 11th and 12th century Normandy and England.
Contents[hide]
1 Background
2 Religious Life
3 The Historia Ecclesiastica
4 Sources
5 External links
6 References
//
[edit] Background
He was the eldest son of a French priest, Odeler of Orleans, who had entered the service of Roger of Montgomery, 1st Earl of Shrewsbury, and had received from his patron a chapel in that city. When Orderic was five, his parents sent him to an English priest, Siward by name, who kept a school in the church of SS Peter and Paul at Shrewsbury. At the age of eleven he was entered as a novice in the Norman monastery of St Evroul-en-Ouche, which Earl Roger had formerly persecuted but, in his later years, was loading with gifts. The parents paid thirty marks for their son's admission; and he expresses the conviction that they imposed this exile upon him from an earnest desire for his welfare. Odeler's respect for the monastic profession is attested by his own retirement, a few years later, into a religious house which Earl Roger had founded at his persuasion. But the young Orderic felt for some time, as he tells us, like Joseph in a strange land. He did not know a word of French when he reached Normandy; his book, though written many years later, shows that he never lost his English cast of mind or his attachment to the country of his birth.
[edit] Religious Life
His monastic superiors rechristened him Vitalis (after a member of the legendary Theban Legion) because they found a difficulty in pronouncing his baptismal name. But, in the title of his great chronicle he prefixes the old to the new name and proudly adds the epithet Angligena.
His cloistered life was uneventful. He became a deacon in 1093, and a priest in 1107. He left his cloister on several occasions, and speaks of having visited Croyland, Worcester, Cambrai (1105) and Cluny (1132). But he turned his attention at an early date to literature, and for many years he appears to have spent his summers in the scriptorium.
His superiors (at some time between 1099 and 1122) ordered him to write the history of St Evroul. The work, the Historia Ecclesiastica (Ecclesiastical History), grew under his hands until it became a general history of his own age. St Evroul was a house of wealth and distinction. War-worn knights chose it as a resting-place of their last years. It was constantly entertaining visitors from southern Italy, where it had planted colonies of monks, and from England, where it had extensive possessions. Thus Orderic, though he witnessed no great events, was often well-informed about them. In spite of a cumbrous and affected style, he is a vivid narrator; and his character sketches are admirable as summaries of current estimates. His narrative is badly arranged and full of unexpected digressions. But he gives us much invaluable information for which we should search the more methodical chroniclers in vain. He throws a flood of light upon the manners and ideas of his own age; he sometimes comments with surprising shrewdness upon the broader aspects and tendencies of history. His narrative breaks off in the middle of 1141, though he added some finishing touches in 1142. He tells us that he was then old and infirm. Probably he did not long survive the completion of his great work.
[edit] The Historia Ecclesiastica
The Historia Ecclesiastica falls into three sections:
1- Books i and ii, which are historically valueless, give the history of Christianity from the birth of Christ. After 855 this becomes a bare catalogue of popes, ending with the name of Innocent I. These books were added, as an afterthought, to the original scheme; they were composed in the years 1136-1141.
2- Books iii through vi form a history of St Evroul, the original nucleus of the work. Planned before 1122, they were mainly composed in the years 1123-1131. The fourth and fifth books contain long digressions on the deeds of William the Conqueror in Normandy and England. Before 1067 these are of little value, being chiefly derived from two extant sources: William of Jumieges' Historia Normannorum and William of Poitiers' Gesta Guillemi. For the years 1067-1071 Orderic follows the last portion of the Gesta Guillemi, and is therefore of the first importance. From 1071 he begins to be an independent authority. But his notices of political events in this part of his work are far less copious than in the later books.
3- Books vii through xiii, where ecclesiastical affairs are relegated to the background. In this section, after sketching the history of France under the Carolingians and early Capets, Orderic takes up the events of his own times, starting from about 1082. He has much to say concerning the empire, the papacy, the Normans in Sicily and Apulia, the First Crusade (for which he follows Fulcher of Chartres and Baudri of Bourgueil). But his chief interest is in the histories of Duke Robert of Normandy, William Rufus and Henry I of England. He continues his work, in the form of annals, up to the defeat and capture of Stephen of England at Lincoln in 1141.
[edit] Sources
Marjorie Chibnall (translator), The Ecclesiastical History of Orderic Vitalis, 6 volumes, Oxford Medieval Texts, 1968-1980, ISBN 0-19-820220-2
The Battle of Bremule excerpts translated by Majorie Chibnall.
On Henry I excerpts translated by David Burr.
[edit] External links
Wikisource has original text related to this article:
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Latin Chroniclers from the Eleventh to the Thirteenth Centuries: Orderic Vitalis from The Cambridge History of English and American Literature, Volume I, 1907–21.
[edit] References
This article incorporates text from the Encyclopædia Britannica, Eleventh Edition, a publication now in the public domain.
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jump to: navigation, search
Orderic Vitalis (1075–c. 1142) was an English chronicler who wrote one of the great contemporary chronicles of 11th and 12th century Normandy and England.
Contents[hide]
1 Background
2 Religious Life
3 The Historia Ecclesiastica
4 Sources
5 External links
6 References
//
[edit] Background
He was the eldest son of a French priest, Odeler of Orleans, who had entered the service of Roger of Montgomery, 1st Earl of Shrewsbury, and had received from his patron a chapel in that city. When Orderic was five, his parents sent him to an English priest, Siward by name, who kept a school in the church of SS Peter and Paul at Shrewsbury. At the age of eleven he was entered as a novice in the Norman monastery of St Evroul-en-Ouche, which Earl Roger had formerly persecuted but, in his later years, was loading with gifts. The parents paid thirty marks for their son's admission; and he expresses the conviction that they imposed this exile upon him from an earnest desire for his welfare. Odeler's respect for the monastic profession is attested by his own retirement, a few years later, into a religious house which Earl Roger had founded at his persuasion. But the young Orderic felt for some time, as he tells us, like Joseph in a strange land. He did not know a word of French when he reached Normandy; his book, though written many years later, shows that he never lost his English cast of mind or his attachment to the country of his birth.
[edit] Religious Life
His monastic superiors rechristened him Vitalis (after a member of the legendary Theban Legion) because they found a difficulty in pronouncing his baptismal name. But, in the title of his great chronicle he prefixes the old to the new name and proudly adds the epithet Angligena.
His cloistered life was uneventful. He became a deacon in 1093, and a priest in 1107. He left his cloister on several occasions, and speaks of having visited Croyland, Worcester, Cambrai (1105) and Cluny (1132). But he turned his attention at an early date to literature, and for many years he appears to have spent his summers in the scriptorium.
His superiors (at some time between 1099 and 1122) ordered him to write the history of St Evroul. The work, the Historia Ecclesiastica (Ecclesiastical History), grew under his hands until it became a general history of his own age. St Evroul was a house of wealth and distinction. War-worn knights chose it as a resting-place of their last years. It was constantly entertaining visitors from southern Italy, where it had planted colonies of monks, and from England, where it had extensive possessions. Thus Orderic, though he witnessed no great events, was often well-informed about them. In spite of a cumbrous and affected style, he is a vivid narrator; and his character sketches are admirable as summaries of current estimates. His narrative is badly arranged and full of unexpected digressions. But he gives us much invaluable information for which we should search the more methodical chroniclers in vain. He throws a flood of light upon the manners and ideas of his own age; he sometimes comments with surprising shrewdness upon the broader aspects and tendencies of history. His narrative breaks off in the middle of 1141, though he added some finishing touches in 1142. He tells us that he was then old and infirm. Probably he did not long survive the completion of his great work.
[edit] The Historia Ecclesiastica
The Historia Ecclesiastica falls into three sections:
1- Books i and ii, which are historically valueless, give the history of Christianity from the birth of Christ. After 855 this becomes a bare catalogue of popes, ending with the name of Innocent I. These books were added, as an afterthought, to the original scheme; they were composed in the years 1136-1141.
2- Books iii through vi form a history of St Evroul, the original nucleus of the work. Planned before 1122, they were mainly composed in the years 1123-1131. The fourth and fifth books contain long digressions on the deeds of William the Conqueror in Normandy and England. Before 1067 these are of little value, being chiefly derived from two extant sources: William of Jumieges' Historia Normannorum and William of Poitiers' Gesta Guillemi. For the years 1067-1071 Orderic follows the last portion of the Gesta Guillemi, and is therefore of the first importance. From 1071 he begins to be an independent authority. But his notices of political events in this part of his work are far less copious than in the later books.
3- Books vii through xiii, where ecclesiastical affairs are relegated to the background. In this section, after sketching the history of France under the Carolingians and early Capets, Orderic takes up the events of his own times, starting from about 1082. He has much to say concerning the empire, the papacy, the Normans in Sicily and Apulia, the First Crusade (for which he follows Fulcher of Chartres and Baudri of Bourgueil). But his chief interest is in the histories of Duke Robert of Normandy, William Rufus and Henry I of England. He continues his work, in the form of annals, up to the defeat and capture of Stephen of England at Lincoln in 1141.
[edit] Sources
Marjorie Chibnall (translator), The Ecclesiastical History of Orderic Vitalis, 6 volumes, Oxford Medieval Texts, 1968-1980, ISBN 0-19-820220-2
The Battle of Bremule excerpts translated by Majorie Chibnall.
On Henry I excerpts translated by David Burr.
[edit] External links
Wikisource has original text related to this article:
Bricstan
Latin Chroniclers from the Eleventh to the Thirteenth Centuries: Orderic Vitalis from The Cambridge History of English and American Literature, Volume I, 1907–21.
[edit] References
This article incorporates text from the Encyclopædia Britannica, Eleventh Edition, a publication now in the public domain.
Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orderic_Vitalis"
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Sunday, October 4, 2009
SAIN VITALIS
Vitalis of Milan
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Saint Vitalis of Milan
The martyrdom of Saint Vitalis. This 14th century French manuscript depicts Vitalis being buried alive.
Martyr
Died ~1st century or 2nd century
Feast
April 28
Attributes
with Saint Gervase and Saint Protase
Patronage
Ravenna and Granarolo dell'Emilia, Italy; Thibodaux, Louisiana
Saint Vitalis of Milan, known as San Vitale in Italian and Saint Vital in French, was an early Christian martyr.
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[edit] Biography
Vitalis was a wealthy citizen of Milan, perhaps a soldier. He was married to Saint Valeria, and they were the parents of the perhaps legendary Saints Gervasius and Protasius. According to legend, when he encouraged Saint Ursicinus of Ravenna to be steadfast at his execution, Vitalis was discovered to be a Christian. A judge named Paulinus ordered Vitalis to be racked and then buried alive in a pit with stones on his head.
The date of his martyrdom is uncertain – some sources say that he was a victim of Nero, others of Marcus Aurelius. He was martyred in Ravenna, but all else in the story is suspect. Some writers argue that he may have been a character in a work of fiction that was mistaken for history.
[edit] Veneration
The feast of Saint Vitalis occurs on April 28.[1] Churches are dedicated in honor of Saint Vitalis at Rome, Faenza, Rimini, Como, Ferrara, Venice and Verona, in Italy, and at Jadera (now Zadar) in Dalmatia, but by far the most famous church bearing his name is the octagonal Basilica of San Vitale at Ravenna, a masterpiece of Byzantine art, erected on the purported site of his martyrdom. He is also the patron saint of Granarolo, Italy, as well as of Thibodaux, Louisiana, along with his wife, St. Valeria.
The Cebu Metropolitan Cathedral recognizes Saint Vitalis of Milan as its patron saint. A mass to commemorate the 75th anniversary of Cebu as an archdiocese and the feast day of Vitalis took place on April 28, 2009 and was officiated by Archbishop of Cebu Ricardo Cardinal Vidal.
The Martyrdom of Saint Vitalis, by Federico Barocci.
Vitalis being buried alive. From the Martyrs Mirror.
[edit] References
1. ^ Martyrologium Romanum (Libreria Editrice Vaticana, 2001, ISBN 88-209-7210-7)
[edit] Sources
• Patron Saints: Vitalis of Milan
• (Italian) San Vitale
• This article incorporates text from the public domain 1907 edition of The Nuttall Encyclopædia.
• This article incorporates text from the entry St. Vitalis in the public-domain Catholic Encyclopedia of 1913.
•
.
Saint Vitalis of Milan
The martyrdom of Saint Vitalis. This 14th century French manuscript depicts Vitalis being buried alive.
Martyr
Died ~1st century or 2nd century
Feast
April 28
Attributes
with Saint Gervase and Saint Protase
Patronage
Ravenna and Granarolo dell'Emilia, Italy; Thibodaux, Louisiana
Saint Vitalis of Milan, known as San Vitale in Italian and Saint Vital in French, was an early Christian martyr.
•
[edit] Biography
Vitalis was a wealthy citizen of Milan, perhaps a soldier. He was married to Saint Valeria, and they were the parents of the perhaps legendary Saints Gervasius and Protasius. According to legend, when he encouraged Saint Ursicinus of Ravenna to be steadfast at his execution, Vitalis was discovered to be a Christian. A judge named Paulinus ordered Vitalis to be racked and then buried alive in a pit with stones on his head.
The date of his martyrdom is uncertain – some sources say that he was a victim of Nero, others of Marcus Aurelius. He was martyred in Ravenna, but all else in the story is suspect. Some writers argue that he may have been a character in a work of fiction that was mistaken for history.
[edit] Veneration
The feast of Saint Vitalis occurs on April 28.[1] Churches are dedicated in honor of Saint Vitalis at Rome, Faenza, Rimini, Como, Ferrara, Venice and Verona, in Italy, and at Jadera (now Zadar) in Dalmatia, but by far the most famous church bearing his name is the octagonal Basilica of San Vitale at Ravenna, a masterpiece of Byzantine art, erected on the purported site of his martyrdom. He is also the patron saint of Granarolo, Italy, as well as of Thibodaux, Louisiana, along with his wife, St. Valeria.
The Cebu Metropolitan Cathedral recognizes Saint Vitalis of Milan as its patron saint. A mass to commemorate the 75th anniversary of Cebu as an archdiocese and the feast day of Vitalis took place on April 28, 2009 and was officiated by Archbishop of Cebu Ricardo Cardinal Vidal.
The Martyrdom of Saint Vitalis, by Federico Barocci.
Vitalis being buried alive. From the Martyrs Mirror.
[edit] References
1. ^ Martyrologium Romanum (Libreria Editrice Vaticana, 2001, ISBN 88-209-7210-7)
[edit] Sources
• Patron Saints: Vitalis of Milan
• (Italian) San Vitale
• This article incorporates text from the public domain 1907 edition of The Nuttall Encyclopædia.
• This article incorporates text from the entry St. Vitalis in the public-domain Catholic Encyclopedia of 1913.
•
Thursday, October 1, 2009
WHAT IS ECONOMIC CRISIS?
WHAT IS ECONOMIC CRISIS?
For sometime now, the whole world has been engulfed in an economic crisis commonly referred to by many as economic meltdown or money meltdown. Within this period the world economy has witnessed stagnation, then recessions in its diverse economic sectors. The standard of living has drastically waned and developing Nations have experienced retardation in the growth of their economy. Moreover, this economic situation has increased the rate of unemployment as many who were previously employed lost their jobs. The United States, the economic power house of the world is said to have been affected quite seriously than any other nation. It is more acceptable that this economic thralldom started first in the United States and as the world power house it spread to other parts of the world.Notwithstanding this many of the poor economies have been crushed to their knees especially those of the African continent. Instead of improvement they have serious problems in different sectors of their economy. Unemployment which has been a chronic kwashiorkor in these African economies has only increased by a hundred per cent. The perpetuated imbalance of terms of trade can answer for this.However, economic crisis is a ‘sick economy.’ Economic crisis is the misappropriation of priority into sectors of economic counter productivity. The channeling of economic resources into sectors of non-production. It is the continuous ill-use of resources in an economy without any production to regain the cost of those resources. In precision, economic crisis result from a long lack of attention to the productive sectors of the economy. That is when industries, companies, that generate revenue are neglected and much attention is given to non-revenue generating sectors like the security, the economy is likely to experience crisis of imbalance revenue allocation.CAUSES OF ECONOMIC CRISESFor now it is still difficult for economists and economic analysts to pin-point factor(s) as the root of this present economic crisis. But a very clear look at the economy of the United States since the administration of President W. Bush will provide an insight as regards the cause or causes of the economic crisis. This will have us to handle most imperatively the annual budget of the era of that administration looking out to evaluate his priority of revenue allocation in productive and non-productivity sectors.Since 1989/1990, United States’ foreign policy has centered on maintaining the status quo that is being the world Super Power. The United States presidents especially those of the Republican Party have always believed that war is a continuation of policy by admixture of other means. The era of President W. Bush so to say intensified this belief as it obvious in the Iraqi war effort. Believingly, economists have revealed that the budget allocation to the military was very far above those of education, commerce, health, all of them being productive sectors. This same economic crisis is the same thing the Soviet Union witnessed when the resorted to armament in the course of the cold war and resultantly their economy bowed to the United States.In anyway, it is logically sound that the perturbed United States’ economy affects those of the world. Gone are the days when Liverpool was the New York of our time. Everyone will concur that since the U.S dollar is the international standard currency that anything affecting that dollar will reflect to the whole international economy. So, should we air that president W. Bush failed in his economy policies or that he was so myopic to see the consequences of his misappropriation of resources in the economy thus the present economic crisis. In a more clear diction, we can adduce the cause of the economic crisis as the consequence of President W. Bush’s intensification of armament at the expense of other productive economic sectors.Comparatively, since the end of the Second World War, Japan has experienced a great improvement in her productive sectors of the economy. This particularly is because of her policy of complete disarmament which has enabled her to concentrate on productive sectors of the economy with little or no attention to the military. But the United States has been the exact opposite updating her arsenals and combat readiness. This has however, endangered her rank as world number one and almost jeopardised the high standard of living of her citizenry.
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For sometime now, the whole world has been engulfed in an economic crisis commonly referred to by many as economic meltdown or money meltdown. Within this period the world economy has witnessed stagnation, then recessions in its diverse economic sectors. The standard of living has drastically waned and developing Nations have experienced retardation in the growth of their economy. Moreover, this economic situation has increased the rate of unemployment as many who were previously employed lost their jobs. The United States, the economic power house of the world is said to have been affected quite seriously than any other nation. It is more acceptable that this economic thralldom started first in the United States and as the world power house it spread to other parts of the world.Notwithstanding this many of the poor economies have been crushed to their knees especially those of the African continent. Instead of improvement they have serious problems in different sectors of their economy. Unemployment which has been a chronic kwashiorkor in these African economies has only increased by a hundred per cent. The perpetuated imbalance of terms of trade can answer for this.However, economic crisis is a ‘sick economy.’ Economic crisis is the misappropriation of priority into sectors of economic counter productivity. The channeling of economic resources into sectors of non-production. It is the continuous ill-use of resources in an economy without any production to regain the cost of those resources. In precision, economic crisis result from a long lack of attention to the productive sectors of the economy. That is when industries, companies, that generate revenue are neglected and much attention is given to non-revenue generating sectors like the security, the economy is likely to experience crisis of imbalance revenue allocation.CAUSES OF ECONOMIC CRISESFor now it is still difficult for economists and economic analysts to pin-point factor(s) as the root of this present economic crisis. But a very clear look at the economy of the United States since the administration of President W. Bush will provide an insight as regards the cause or causes of the economic crisis. This will have us to handle most imperatively the annual budget of the era of that administration looking out to evaluate his priority of revenue allocation in productive and non-productivity sectors.Since 1989/1990, United States’ foreign policy has centered on maintaining the status quo that is being the world Super Power. The United States presidents especially those of the Republican Party have always believed that war is a continuation of policy by admixture of other means. The era of President W. Bush so to say intensified this belief as it obvious in the Iraqi war effort. Believingly, economists have revealed that the budget allocation to the military was very far above those of education, commerce, health, all of them being productive sectors. This same economic crisis is the same thing the Soviet Union witnessed when the resorted to armament in the course of the cold war and resultantly their economy bowed to the United States.In anyway, it is logically sound that the perturbed United States’ economy affects those of the world. Gone are the days when Liverpool was the New York of our time. Everyone will concur that since the U.S dollar is the international standard currency that anything affecting that dollar will reflect to the whole international economy. So, should we air that president W. Bush failed in his economy policies or that he was so myopic to see the consequences of his misappropriation of resources in the economy thus the present economic crisis. In a more clear diction, we can adduce the cause of the economic crisis as the consequence of President W. Bush’s intensification of armament at the expense of other productive economic sectors.Comparatively, since the end of the Second World War, Japan has experienced a great improvement in her productive sectors of the economy. This particularly is because of her policy of complete disarmament which has enabled her to concentrate on productive sectors of the economy with little or no attention to the military. But the United States has been the exact opposite updating her arsenals and combat readiness. This has however, endangered her rank as world number one and almost jeopardised the high standard of living of her citizenry.
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WORK;A CATALYST FOR SUCCESS
WORK; A CATALYST FOR SUCCESS
Success is the result of taking action on our most important goals. It is simply the realization and obtainment of worthy ideal result that your heart is deeply connected to. It is also becoming what God created you to be.It is what happens when preparation meets opportunity. It is the good fortune that comes from Aspiration, Desperation, Perspiration and Inspiration
To work is to exert oneself by carrying out a physical or mental activity for a purpose or out of necessity.
There are two kinds of work.
These are MENTAL OR CREATIVE work and PHYSICAL work.
There are also three kinds of working people.
These are: those who think but do not act, those who act without thinking and those who both think and as well act.
MENTAL OR CREATIVE WORK.
Thinking is the ability to coordinate thoughts productively in order to produce a positive result. You must be able to sit down and think if you want to escape failure.
Your thoughts must also work in tandem with what you want to achieve. You must be able to synchronize your thoughts if you want to be successful in life.
There is no way you can be doing the same thing with the same strategy and you will get a different result. As a student, you sat for jamb but got a score that is not commensurate with the course you want to study. Instead of you to blame any body as others do, sit down and think , restrategise after finding out why you could not make it , retake the examination after all these for you will definitely get a different but better result.
Also, a business man who feel that his business is not moving as he expected , should sit down and think , find out why it is not moving ,restrategise after wards for he will definitely get a different but better result. A low income earner staff in an organization can still earn high income if he or she can think. It might entail enrolling for adult school programme and subsequently, work and study programme in order for him or her to get a higher certificate which will catapult him or her to the next level of his or her life.
You are a product of what you think.
Our actions are true manifestation of our thoughts. When you fail to think and restrategise, you will keep on getting the same result. A negative thought produces failure but a positive thought produces success.
Every stage in human life is an event and every event is a product of thought and every thought is a product of intuition. Your position today is a result of your yesterday’s thoughts and your position tomorrow will be a product of your today’s thoughts. When you fail to think, you will be ready to accept any form of result that comes your way, especially failure.
More so, creative work is the highest form of work. It is the work last resort.
When other forms of work fails, creative work can still guarantee success. Many people have failed because they were not creative. Many businesses have collapsed because those who were in charge failed to be creative. They failed to restrategise and do it in a different way even when they observed that their business was nearing collapse. Many successful people are now failures simply because they failed to acknowledge the fact that success if not consolidated through creativity gives rise to failure.
For instance, in 2004, Professor Charles Chukwuma Soludo, the Former Central Bank of Nigeria(CBN) governor, wanted to make the Nigeria’s banking sector to be stronger than it was. He embarked on creativity. He found out the Nigerian banks which were about 85 in number were not as strong as their counter parts in developed countries, so he embarked on a policy called ‘consolidation of the banking sector’. He stated that every bank in Nigeria must have a minimum capital base of twenty five billion naira. Some of the banks were able to get the twenty five billion naira capital base on their own, some of them entered into merger. But those Chief Executive Officers (CEOs) of some of the banks who saw the policy as a means of witch-hunting them could not raise the twenty five billion naira capital base. This led to their failure. Now in Nigeria, we have about 24 banks. Those banks that consolidated are referred to as (successful banks),
while those that failed to consolidate are referred to as (failed banks).
PHYSICAL WORK.
As I had earlier said, our actions are true manifestation of our thoughts. Work attracts success to us. Physical work can be divided to two. These are: hard work and tireless work.
Many people are yet to succeed in life because they have refused to work. Opportunities dress in overalls but present itself in the form of work. It is not enough to think, you have to put your thoughts to test through work as a thought cannot produce a meaningful result unless it is activated through work. It is not enough to conceive ideas. You have to release those ideas through work in order for others to benefit from it. That small idea of yours may be a solution to the myriad of problems and difficulties that your family, neighbor, friend, the state and country in general is undergoing. The grave yard is full of men and women who could not put their thoughts to test through work. In fact the grave yard is the largest reservoir of thoughts. A hypothesis can only become a law when it is proved through work in the form of experiment.
Most of our failures are as a result of our inability to act on our thoughts. A thought if not put to test though work will die inside you. You must make it a point of duty to work harder if you want to succeed. Hard work does not kill but has a reward which is success.
Success is a journey and not a destination as any small success achieved prepares you for a greater success. If you fail to work harder, regardless of the kind of success recorded, you are bound to fail. Many rich people have died as pauper simply because; they relaxed when they achieved success. It is not success that brings happiness but happiness brings success. when someone is happy with he or she is doing, he will definitely succeed in it.
Failure often comes when work was not done with every form of commitment that it needs. You need to put in all your efforts in order for you to succeed as any reserved effort can attract failure.
‘The pride of success is hard work, dedication to the job at hand and determination, that whether we win or lose, we have applied the best of ourselves to the task at hand’. Sam Twing
More so, tireless work can bring success. You don’t have to accept defeat even when it comes your way. You don’t have to give up trying if you want to succeed. Some people have failed because they refused to recognize how near they were to their success. Some people have failed simply because, they gave up trying. That something is difficult does not mean that it is impossible. That you didn’t achieve something today does mean that you won’t achieve it for ‘success is never fatal. Failure is never fatal. Courage is what counts. Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated day in day out’. Robert Collier. So don’t give up for your success is around the corner. Your tomorrow is better than your today, for after rain comes sunshine. There is light at the end of the tunnel. The whole world is waiting for your manifestation. Cheer up for weeping may last through the night, but joy comes in the morning. Those who asked who are will soon turn to ask how are you. Cheer up for you cup of success is about to overflow. When you resign to fate, you will definitely get failure. When you accept that you are weak, you won’t be strong. When you say I can no longer make it, you will definitely not make it. When you say, it is no longer possible; it will definitely not be possible.
‘Don’t wait until everything is just right. It will never be perfect. There will always be challenges, obstacles and less than perfect conditions. So what? Get started now. With each step you take, you will grow stronger and stronger, more and more skilled, more and more self confident and more and more successful’. Mark Victor Hansen.
We often consider why we may not succeed more than why we will succeed. This often prevents us from trying forgetting that is better to try and fail than not to try at all. We often say, what if ‘I fail more than what if I succeed’ there by paralyzing our ability to act on our thoughts.
Being tired of facing your problems, hard times, tough times, difficulties, trials and temptations will definitely lead to your failure. Remember that ‘success is not measured by what you accomplish, but by the opposition you have encountered, and the courage with which you have maintained the struggle against overwhelming odds.’ Orison Swett Marden. You have to keep on keeping on even when it seems that your chance of success is remote. You don’t have succumbed to pressures because they will lead to your failures, for tough times don’t last but tough people do.
Success is the result of taking action on our most important goals. It is simply the realization and obtainment of worthy ideal result that your heart is deeply connected to. It is also becoming what God created you to be.It is what happens when preparation meets opportunity. It is the good fortune that comes from Aspiration, Desperation, Perspiration and Inspiration
To work is to exert oneself by carrying out a physical or mental activity for a purpose or out of necessity.
There are two kinds of work.
These are MENTAL OR CREATIVE work and PHYSICAL work.
There are also three kinds of working people.
These are: those who think but do not act, those who act without thinking and those who both think and as well act.
MENTAL OR CREATIVE WORK.
Thinking is the ability to coordinate thoughts productively in order to produce a positive result. You must be able to sit down and think if you want to escape failure.
Your thoughts must also work in tandem with what you want to achieve. You must be able to synchronize your thoughts if you want to be successful in life.
There is no way you can be doing the same thing with the same strategy and you will get a different result. As a student, you sat for jamb but got a score that is not commensurate with the course you want to study. Instead of you to blame any body as others do, sit down and think , restrategise after finding out why you could not make it , retake the examination after all these for you will definitely get a different but better result.
Also, a business man who feel that his business is not moving as he expected , should sit down and think , find out why it is not moving ,restrategise after wards for he will definitely get a different but better result. A low income earner staff in an organization can still earn high income if he or she can think. It might entail enrolling for adult school programme and subsequently, work and study programme in order for him or her to get a higher certificate which will catapult him or her to the next level of his or her life.
You are a product of what you think.
Our actions are true manifestation of our thoughts. When you fail to think and restrategise, you will keep on getting the same result. A negative thought produces failure but a positive thought produces success.
Every stage in human life is an event and every event is a product of thought and every thought is a product of intuition. Your position today is a result of your yesterday’s thoughts and your position tomorrow will be a product of your today’s thoughts. When you fail to think, you will be ready to accept any form of result that comes your way, especially failure.
More so, creative work is the highest form of work. It is the work last resort.
When other forms of work fails, creative work can still guarantee success. Many people have failed because they were not creative. Many businesses have collapsed because those who were in charge failed to be creative. They failed to restrategise and do it in a different way even when they observed that their business was nearing collapse. Many successful people are now failures simply because they failed to acknowledge the fact that success if not consolidated through creativity gives rise to failure.
For instance, in 2004, Professor Charles Chukwuma Soludo, the Former Central Bank of Nigeria(CBN) governor, wanted to make the Nigeria’s banking sector to be stronger than it was. He embarked on creativity. He found out the Nigerian banks which were about 85 in number were not as strong as their counter parts in developed countries, so he embarked on a policy called ‘consolidation of the banking sector’. He stated that every bank in Nigeria must have a minimum capital base of twenty five billion naira. Some of the banks were able to get the twenty five billion naira capital base on their own, some of them entered into merger. But those Chief Executive Officers (CEOs) of some of the banks who saw the policy as a means of witch-hunting them could not raise the twenty five billion naira capital base. This led to their failure. Now in Nigeria, we have about 24 banks. Those banks that consolidated are referred to as (successful banks),
while those that failed to consolidate are referred to as (failed banks).
PHYSICAL WORK.
As I had earlier said, our actions are true manifestation of our thoughts. Work attracts success to us. Physical work can be divided to two. These are: hard work and tireless work.
Many people are yet to succeed in life because they have refused to work. Opportunities dress in overalls but present itself in the form of work. It is not enough to think, you have to put your thoughts to test through work as a thought cannot produce a meaningful result unless it is activated through work. It is not enough to conceive ideas. You have to release those ideas through work in order for others to benefit from it. That small idea of yours may be a solution to the myriad of problems and difficulties that your family, neighbor, friend, the state and country in general is undergoing. The grave yard is full of men and women who could not put their thoughts to test through work. In fact the grave yard is the largest reservoir of thoughts. A hypothesis can only become a law when it is proved through work in the form of experiment.
Most of our failures are as a result of our inability to act on our thoughts. A thought if not put to test though work will die inside you. You must make it a point of duty to work harder if you want to succeed. Hard work does not kill but has a reward which is success.
Success is a journey and not a destination as any small success achieved prepares you for a greater success. If you fail to work harder, regardless of the kind of success recorded, you are bound to fail. Many rich people have died as pauper simply because; they relaxed when they achieved success. It is not success that brings happiness but happiness brings success. when someone is happy with he or she is doing, he will definitely succeed in it.
Failure often comes when work was not done with every form of commitment that it needs. You need to put in all your efforts in order for you to succeed as any reserved effort can attract failure.
‘The pride of success is hard work, dedication to the job at hand and determination, that whether we win or lose, we have applied the best of ourselves to the task at hand’. Sam Twing
More so, tireless work can bring success. You don’t have to accept defeat even when it comes your way. You don’t have to give up trying if you want to succeed. Some people have failed because they refused to recognize how near they were to their success. Some people have failed simply because, they gave up trying. That something is difficult does not mean that it is impossible. That you didn’t achieve something today does mean that you won’t achieve it for ‘success is never fatal. Failure is never fatal. Courage is what counts. Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated day in day out’. Robert Collier. So don’t give up for your success is around the corner. Your tomorrow is better than your today, for after rain comes sunshine. There is light at the end of the tunnel. The whole world is waiting for your manifestation. Cheer up for weeping may last through the night, but joy comes in the morning. Those who asked who are will soon turn to ask how are you. Cheer up for you cup of success is about to overflow. When you resign to fate, you will definitely get failure. When you accept that you are weak, you won’t be strong. When you say I can no longer make it, you will definitely not make it. When you say, it is no longer possible; it will definitely not be possible.
‘Don’t wait until everything is just right. It will never be perfect. There will always be challenges, obstacles and less than perfect conditions. So what? Get started now. With each step you take, you will grow stronger and stronger, more and more skilled, more and more self confident and more and more successful’. Mark Victor Hansen.
We often consider why we may not succeed more than why we will succeed. This often prevents us from trying forgetting that is better to try and fail than not to try at all. We often say, what if ‘I fail more than what if I succeed’ there by paralyzing our ability to act on our thoughts.
Being tired of facing your problems, hard times, tough times, difficulties, trials and temptations will definitely lead to your failure. Remember that ‘success is not measured by what you accomplish, but by the opposition you have encountered, and the courage with which you have maintained the struggle against overwhelming odds.’ Orison Swett Marden. You have to keep on keeping on even when it seems that your chance of success is remote. You don’t have succumbed to pressures because they will lead to your failures, for tough times don’t last but tough people do.
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