LEADER 03762nam 2200637Ia 450 001 9910141290703321 005 20170814175640.0 010 $a1-280-67251-X 010 $a9786613649447 010 $a1-118-37091-0 010 $a1-118-37086-4 035 $a(CKB)2670000000169182 035 $a(EBL)875936 035 $a(OCoLC)784885291 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000663833 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11416853 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000663833 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10619715 035 $a(PQKB)11031522 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC875936 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000169182 100 $a20030131d2002 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aOptoelectronic materials and technology in the information age$b[electronic resource] $eproceedings of the Optoelectronic Materials and Technology in the Information Age symposium at the 103rd Annual Meeting of The American Ceramic Society, held April 22-25, 2001 in Indianapolis, Indiana /$fedited by Ruyan Guo ...[et al.] 210 $aWesterville, OH $cAmerican Ceramic Society$dc2002 215 $a1 online resource (170 p.) 225 1 $aCeramic transactions ;$vv. 126 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-57498-134-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aOptoelectronic Materials and Technology in the Information Age; Contents; Preface; Inorganic Phosphor, Display, and Solid State Lighting Materials; Luminescence of Long-Time Ordered GaP:N; Radioluminescent Glass Battery; Synthesis of Nano-Sized Europium Doped Yttrium Oxide; Unusual Long-Wavelength Excitation and Emission in Eu(ll) and Ce(lll) Doped M-Si-Al-O-N Glasses; Gas-Phase Modification of the Direct Current Electrophosphor; Novel Synthesis of Amorphous and Semiconducting Optoelectronics; Local Structure and Raman Vibrational Spectra of Doped Tellurite Glasses 327 $aEffects of Starting Compositions on the Phase Equilibrium in Hydrothermal Synthesis of Zn2SiO4:Mn2+FeSixOy Films Prepared by Co-Sputtering; Structure-Property Relationships in As-S-Se Glasses for Waveguide Applications Probed by Near-Infrared Raman Spectroscopy; Study of Structural Changes in Glassy As2Se3 by EXAFS under in situ Laser Irradiation; Electro-Optic and Ferroic Materials in Optoelectronic Applications; Investigations on High Response Speed and High Induced Strain of Photostrictive Doped PLZT Ceramics; Single Crystal Electro-Optic Fiber in Optical Wavelength Shift 327 $aFabrication of Photonic Bandgap Structures by Fused Deposition of MultimaterialsTwo-Dimensional Modeling of Gaussian Beam Propagation through an Anisotropic Medium; Index 330 $aThis volume will provide interdisciplinary treatment, with a strong materials community, for technical exchange on optoelecronic materials, device application, and system development. 410 0$aCeramic transactions ;$vv. 126. 606 $aOptoelectronics$xMaterials$vCongresses 606 $aOptoelectronic devices$vCongresses 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aOptoelectronics$xMaterials 615 0$aOptoelectronic devices 676 $a621.381/045 676 $a621.381045 701 $aGuo$b Ruyan$0924927 712 02$aAmerican Ceramic Society.$bMeeting$d(103rd :$f2001 :$eIndianapolis, Ind.) 712 12$aOptoelectronic Materials and Technology in the Information Age Symposium$f(2001 :$eIndianapolis, Ind.) 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910141290703321 996 $aOptoelectronic materials and technology in the information age$92075973 997 $aUNINA LEADER 05213nam 2200625 a 450 001 9910790568603321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a978-8431-46-1 035 $a(CKB)2550000001113130 035 $a(EBL)1352492 035 $a(OCoLC)856870063 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001100970 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11628155 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001100970 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11064075 035 $a(PQKB)11163870 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1352492 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1352492 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10751670 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL512995 035 $a(PPN)265132444 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000001113130 100 $a20150303d2013 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe accidental public servant$b[electronic resource] /$fNasir Ahmad El-Rufai 205 $a3rd ed. 210 $aIbadan, Nigeria $cSafari Books$dc2013 215 $a1 online resource (714 p.) 300 $aIncludes index. 311 $a978-8431-31-3 311 $a1-299-81744-0 327 $a""Cover ""; ""Title page ""; ""Copyright page ""; ""Dedication ""; ""Contents ""; ""Photo Sections ""; ""List of Abbreviations and Acronyms ""; ""Foreword ""; ""Acknowledgements ""; ""Introduction ""; ""Prologue: The Beginning of the End ""; ""The Benefit of Hindsight ""; ""He Gets It Who Wants It Not ""; ""Platter of Gold ""; ""Third Term's not a Charm ""; """"We Have Three Choices"" ""; ""Taking the Good with the Bad ""; ""Chapter One - Humble Origins ""; ""My Father, Ahmad Rufai Muhammad ""; ""My Elder Brother, Bashir Ahmad El-Rufai ""; ""Sir Ahmadu Bello, the Sardauna of Sokoto "" 327 $a""Sheikh Abubakar Mahmud Gumi """"""Can you read a newspaper?"" ""; ""A Bully Meets his Match ""; ""Barawa College Days ""; ""Early Relationships and Leaderships Lessons ""; ""Early Career Thoughts ""; ""lagos, once upon a time ""; ""The Lessons of National Youth Service""; ""Chapter Two - The Calm Before the Storm ""; ""The Early Days of Private Practice ""; ""Marriage and Challenges of Family Life ""; ""Hamza Zayyad ""; ""E-Rufai & Partners ""; ""Chapter Three - From Abacha to Obasanjo - A Series of Accidents ""; ""How people get appointed into senior positions in government "" 327 $a""Determining a handover date """"The IMF Experience ""; ""Meeting Obasanjo, for the first time ""; ""Entering the BPE ""; ""Chapter Four - taking Charge of Privatisation and Policy Reform ""; ""USA ID to the Rescue ""; ""The World Bank Steps In ""; ""An Encounter with Enron ""; ""The Swiss Tycoon and the Nikon-Noga-Hilton Hotel ""; ""Success factors in Public Service ""; ""Chapter Five - ""You Will See the Meaning of Power"" ""; ""The Cost of Doing Business ""; ""A 20 Million Hole ""; ""Mike Adenuga Sends Cash ""; ""Nigeria Airways or Two and a Half Planes "" 327 $a""Nigeria Telecommunications Limited (Nitel) """"My short friend, I have a duty to train you""; ""Chapter Six - the Enemy of My Enemy is My Friend - Unless the Friend is El-Rufai ""; ""Softening the Ground ""; ""Obasanjo won't complete his term; the Marabout said so ""; ""The Only Currency in Politics ""; ""Chapter Seven - The Economic Team - Key Players ""; ""Nuhu Ribadu, Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) ""; ""Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala; Minister of Finance ""; ""Oby Ezekwesili, ""Madam Due Process"", Minister of Solid Minerals and Education "" 327 $a""Charles Chukwuma Soludo, President's Economic Adviser and then Central Bank Governor """"Assessment of Charles 'Falling Out ""; ""Lessons Learned in Team-building""; ""Chapter Eight - Abuja - The Economic Reform Laboratory ""; ""How I met the FCT ""; ""Establishing the working environment of the FCT ""; ""The Price of Lawlessness ""; ""The Tortoise in My Office ""; ""Squatter Relocation as Safety Nets ""; ""restoration of Wuse market: ""It's impossible, Hon. Minister"" ""; ""Keeping the Capital Safe ""; ""Proud Moments ""; ""Obasanjo, Atiku and the PTDF saga ""; ""Winding down "" 327 $a""Chapter Nine - Land Reforms "" 330 $aThis is a story of Nigeria, told from the inside. After a successful career in the private sector, Nasir El-Rufai rose to the top ranks of Nigeria's political hierarchy, serving first as the privatization czar at the Bureau for Public Enterprises and then as Minister of the Federal Capital Territory of Abuja under former President Olesegun Obasanjo. 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