Building Peace is divided into two parts. Part one is an introduction to understanding contemporary armed conflict including defining current conflicts as identitybased and locating them more internally (intra-state) than internationally‚ with diffuse power and weakened central authority characteristics. Conflicts are protracted because they become lodged in long-standing relationships and are characterised by social-psychological perceptions‚ emotions‚ and subjective and cultural experiences. International
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NOT-FOR-PROFIT ORGANISATIONS 13 2 Not-for-profit organisations Key points Many not-for-profit organisations (NFPs) feel they are poorly understood by government and the general public. Pressures to be more efficient have seen overhead spending reduced at considerable detriment to effectiveness and improved resource allocation over time (allocative efficiency). The sector is diverse‚ but NFPs display some common behavioural patterns: – Whereas the behaviour of for-profit business is driven mostly
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Oppression among First Nations peoples in Canada The detrimental enforcement of colonialism sparked an era of oppression that has altered‚ even destroyed years of cultural and spiritual traditions by creating a forced lifestyle that changed the face of First Nations peoples forever. Forced European culture resulted in the diminishing of Firsts Nations values and rights. A cycle of social‚ physical‚ and spiritual obliteration resulted from the dispossession of First Nations lands and the implementation
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In building construction and in fire prevention there are organizations that have created a useful system on how to determine what type of building falls under which category. The ICC (International Code Council) and the NFPA (National Fire Protection Association) create these building codes for the safety of firefighters. The two most commonly known standards for building classifications are the NFPA 5000 and also the International Building Code (IBC). The two are very similar‚ however‚ they different
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Lowes Scholarship Essay There are many ways to help “build” a community. However‚ not all forms of building involve construction materials. The predominant curiosity I had about the world around me fueled the incessant questioning of the seen and unseen that‚ I am told‚ began as early as I could talk. Even my school teachers commented on the plethora of questions that spewed from my mouth in an effort to quench my thirst for knowledge. However‚ I have discovered that not only do I have a passion
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Coordinate Systems: A point P is described by three coordinates ‚ in cartesian (x‚y‚z)‚ in cylindrical (r‚ ϕ ‚z)‚ and in spherical (r‚θ‚ ϕ )‚ as shown. A point is also defined by the intersection of three orthogonal surfaces‚ as shown. Cartesian Cylindrical Spherical Transformation from Cylinder to Cartesian Coordinates Transformation from Cartesian to Cylindrical: Transformation
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Rapport Building- Is it Important ? It was ABRAHAM LINCOLN who said‚ "If you would win a man to your cause‚ first convince him that you are his sincere friend." Obviously‚ he knew the value of building rapport with people. What is Rapport “Rapport is the ability to enter someone else’s world so that they feel that you understand them‚ that you have a strong common bond. It is the ability to go fully from your perception of the world to theirs. When this sympathetic relationship or understanding
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being well used by human travelers. The first human pathways would have developed for very specific purposes leading to campsites‚ food‚ water‚ ford across streams‚ passes trough mountains and routes through swamps and past dangerous area. The first record is of a cobblestone paving in Assyria in about 4000 BC. The oldest extant road was constructed trough the mountains of Crete‚ from Knossus to Leben in about 2000 BC. It could have been man’s first effort at major road building as it was no mean
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BUIDLING SKINS It is interesting to see the evolution of the building skin throughout history‚ from first being seen as just shelter and the same as a building to the envelope becoming independent and having its own identity. Also‚ it is hard to distinguish whether roof or wall came first. Although they seem like to different elements‚ Werner Lang explains they can be one in the same. In the beginning‚ mans’ main concern was to shelter himself from natural elements. Today‚ there are many new factors
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