As it was in the past‚ the main function of the UN today is to maintain peace and security for all of its member states. Though the UN does not maintain its own military‚ it does have peacekeeping forces which are supplied by its member states. On approval of the UN Security Council‚ these peacekeepers are often sent to regions where armed conflict has recently ended to discourage combatants from resuming fighting. In 1988‚ the peacekeeping force won a Nobel Peace Prize for its actions. In addition
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UCGE Reports Number 20187 Department of Geomatics Engineering Automated Extraction of Digital Terrain Models‚ Roads and Buildings Using Airborne Lidar Data (URL: http://www.geomatics.ucalgary.ca/links/GradTheses.html) by Yong Hu October 2003 THE UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY Automated Extraction of Digital Terrain Models‚ Roads and Buildings Using Airborne Lidar Data by YONG HU A DISSERTATION SUBMITTED TO THE FACULTY OF GRADUATE STUDIES IN PARTIAL FULFILMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS
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The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has impacted the lives of millions of people‚ including children‚ that once lived in their developing home country to be forced out to be able to escape natural disasters‚ prosecution‚ to escape from war‚ etc. The UNHCR has participated actively during the aftermath of the Second World War‚ during the Hungarian Revolution and so on. The UNHCR was created to protect these innocent lives and with the contribution from Angelina Jolie holding
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Compare and Contrast Nikon with Canon in Digital SLR Cameras Jingfan Chen Chris Brock University NO. 5515275 PMPC-Business 6P12 Writing Class Isabell Camillo Dec 4‚ 2013 Compare and Contrast Nikon with Canon in Digital SLR Cameras Introduction Today Nikon and Canon constantly battle for the top position in the digital SLR cameras market. These two companies were the first to make the leap from film to digital‚ and their initial impressions in the market make them the dominant
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The United Nations is a worldwide organization created after WWII whose main purposes are stated in the UN Charter. It is commonly perceived that the UN was created after WWII with one purpose‚ to prevent a future world war‚ and although this is somewhat true the purposes of the UN are most appropriately stated in Chapter I‚ Article I of the UN Charter. First‚ “to maintain international peace and security‚ and to that end: to take effective collective measures for the prevention and removal of threats
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A computer is an electronic device that can receive a set of instructions‚ or program‚ and then carry out this program by performing calculations on numerical data or by compiling and correlating other forms of information. The modern world of technology could not have come about without the development of the computer. Different types and sizes of computers find use throughout society in the storage and handling of data‚ from secret government files to private household accounts. Computers have
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Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal. Eric Schlosser. New York‚ NY: Houghton Mifflin Company‚ 2001‚ 383 pp. Notes. $13.95. "This book is about fast food‚ the values it embodies‚ and the world it has made‚" writes Eric Schlosser in the introduction of his book‚ Fast Food Nation. His argument against fast food is based on the premise that "the real price never appears on the menu." The "real price‚" according to Schlosser‚ ranges from obliterating small business‚ spreading pathogenic
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Objectives Upon completing this chapter‚ you should be able to: • Define the following terms; transmission lines‚ circuits‚ trunks‚ virtucal circuits‚ bandwidth‚ analog transmission‚ digital transmission‚ internet governance. • Differentiate between; line and trunks‚ PVC and SVC‚ Narrowband‚ wideband and broadband‚ analog and digital transmission‚ codecs and modems and various standards organization bodies. Describe the various circuit types. Describe the allocation of spectrum for use in communication Name
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Contents 1.0 Introduction 2 2.0 Definition: Globalization & Digital media 2 3.0 The Globalization of media: Switching to digital media 3 4.0 Positive Impact of globalization on Digital Media 3 5.0 Criticism / Negative Impact of globalization on Digital media 5 6.0 Conclusion 6 References: 7 1.0 Introduction Digital media is an obvious outcome of modern science and technology. Globalization of media discourse by establishing digital media‚ that is‚ virtual world space‚ has created new patterns
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What were the causes of the Italian invasion of Abyssinia in 1935-36 and what where the consequences for the League of Nations. The invasion of Abyssinia took place in 1935-36 when Benito Mussolini‚ the Italian dictator invaded Abyssinia with no apparent reason. It was a diplomatic crisis which showed the league was weak and was one of the biggest failures‚ if not the biggest which ended Europe’s peace and allowed Italy to become more fascist and in the end to ally with Germany‚ dividing Europe
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