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CHEVRON SCHOLARSHIP AWARD 2010/2011
Chevron Nigeria Limited University SCHOLARSHIP AWARD 2010
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Applications for the Chevron Nigeria Scholarship awards are invited from full-time SECOND YEAR (200 LEVEL) degree students of the under-listed courses, in Nigerian Universities: 1. Accountancy 2. Agricultural Engineering/Agricultural Science 3. Architecture 4. Business Administration/Economics 5. Chemical Engineering 6. Civil Engineering 7. Computer science 8. Electrical/Electronics Engineering 9. Environmental Studies/ Surveying 10. Geology/Geophysics 11. Law 12. Mass Communication/Journalism 13. Mechanical/Metallurgical & Materials Engineering 14. Human Medicine/Dentistry/Pharmacy 15. Petroleum Engineering Interested candidates should submit their applications stating the following information on an A4 sized paper. Surname: First Name: Middle Name: Title (Mr./Mrs./Miss): Date of Birth: Institution Course of study: Current Level: Matric No: Year of Admission: Duration of course: Mode of Entry: JAMB Score: JAMB Reg. no.: O’Level Results (6 subjects): School Address: Phone No: -Are you a relative of any Public Officer? -If yes, state Name/position of government official -Are you a relative of any Chevron employee? -If yes, state Name and position CNL employee. State of Origin: Local Government Area: Residential Address: All applications in the format above should be sent to:NMANATSH@Chevron.com Please note that only applications for the Chevron Nigeria Scholarship awards submitted to the web address above will be valid. Deadline: The closing date for receipt of applications is January 31, 2010 Short-listed candidates will be required to present originals of the following documents for screening ahead of the qualifying Test: -WAEC result or its equivalent -Evidence of Admission into a Nigerian University -Evidence of current year of study -JAMB registration Number/UME Scores -University Matriculation Number -2 current passport photographs -Details of Education History – schools attended with dates and certificates obtained -State of Origin obtained from the appropriate Local Government area and duly signed by the Chairman or secretary -Valid University ID Card Names of short listed candidates for the qualifying test will be published in National dailies on or before July 2010. Management |
Opposites Sex Attraction
Do opposites really attract?
Shared interests will often cement a relationship, as do shared values and opinions. Some couples seem made for each other – but there’s an awful lot of couples that leave you wondering how they got together in the first place.
He votes Republican, she doesn’t vote at all. She loves cats, he’s allergic to them. He’s a party animal, shed rather stay at home with a good book. You know these couples – they’re everywhere. But what does the research say?
An article by David Partenheimer on the American Psychological Association’s website outlines a comprehensive couples study by the University of Iowa. Psychologist Eva C. Klohnen, along with graduate student Shanhong Luo, looked at 291 newlywed couples to study “assortative mating issues” – which is coupling “based on similar or opposite characteristics”.
The study revealed that the couples had “highly similar” values and attitudes but “they possessed little or no above-chance similarity on personality-associated areas such as attachment, extraversion, mindfulness and positive or negative emotions. There is no scientific proof that opposites do in fact attract. What is most fascinating is that when the investigators evaluated matrimonial quality and happiness, they determined that personality resemblance was associated with marital gratification, but attitude similarity wasn’t”.
Science tells us that we’re unconsciously attracted to people who have a different genetic pattern – a different immune system – to our own, and that this makes for the best chance of producing healthy offspring (science always reduces romantic love to mere biology!). But immune systems and life values are two very different things.
Another American study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences in 2003, came to similar conclusions as the Iowa research: “in Western civilization, humans do not use an “opposites-attract” or a “reproductive-potentials-attract” determination in their selection of long-term mates but rather a “likes-attract” pattern founded on a preference for partners who are alike to their own personalities across a number of characteristics”.
Dr Neil Clark Warren, author of the book Date Or Soul Mate? How To Know If Someone Is Worth Pursuing in Two Dates Or Less, believes that opposites often attract, but they can drive each other mad. Warren has counseled married couples for 30 years and one of the cornerstones of his philosophy is “finding someone similar to you”.
Romance, though, rarely plays by the scientific or psychological rules, so if you find yourself in a relationship with someone that you probably wouldn’t even be friends with, take stock of what common ground you do have – if there is any! – and learn to respect each other’s differences.
Also learn from other people’s relationships. Many of us have friends or family that are in relationships where personalities clash and don’t compliment one another. Allow your partner to be themselves, trying to change their behaviour will never work and will only add resentment to the relationship.
Avoid heated debates on, for example, politics. Agree to disagree and see what you can learn from each other. If things get heated, give your relationship the priority – your romance is more important than being right or having the last word.
Visit free dating websites America including dating opportunities with online dating sites Australia to expand your social circle.
Sexual intercourse
Sexuality
Sexual intercourse, also known as copulation or coitus, commonly refers to the act in which the male reproductive organ enters the female reproductive tract. The two entities may be of opposite sexes or not, or they may be hermaphroditic, as is the case with snails. In recent years, penetration of non-sexual organs (oral intercourse, anal intercourse) or by non-sexual organs (fingering, fisting) are also sometimes included in this definition. Traditionally, intercourse has been viewed as the natural endpoint of all sexual contact between a man and a woman.
Non-penetrative sex (oral sex may or may not be penetrative) and mutual masturbation have been referred to as “outercourse” “Outercourse” is something of a misnomer, as it contrasts “outer” with “inter” but the “inter” in “intercourse” means “between two people” or beings. It does not describe being inside or outside of the body. The word sex, in the context of sexual intimacy, is often, if not universally, understood to include any mutual genitalstimulation, i.e. both intercourse and outercourse.
Mating is the term most often used to refer to sexual intercourse between animals other than humans; for most, mating occurs at the point of estrus (the most fertile period of time in the female’s reproductive cycle), which increases the chances of successful impregnation. However, bonobos, dolphins, and chimpanzees are known to engage in sexual intercourse even when the female is not in estrus, and to engage in sex acts with same-sex partners. In most instances, humans have sex primarily for pleasure. This behavior in the above mentioned animals is also presumed to be for pleasure, which in turn strengthens social bonds.
Abrahamic religions view sexual intercouse between husband and wife as a spiritual and edifying action, while extra-marital sex is viewed as immoral. The teachings of Hinduism and Buddhism on sexuality have differing interpretations. Buddhism’s injunction to “refrain from sexual misconduct” is not well defined. Modern Christian philosophy and theology view marital sexual love as the best image of God who is love, as they see the human body as the only one capable of making the invisible — the spiritual and the divine — visible.