UNICEF is a world-renowned organization that strives to give a voice to those who go unheard: the children of the world. UNICEF or the United Nations International Emergency Fund was originally created in 1946‚ following World War II‚ in an effort to provide assistance to the European children who faced starvation and disease. It was through these efforts that UNICEF began to present itself as one of the nations leading advocacy groups for children’s rights. Then‚ in 1953‚ UNICEF was given permanent
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Danny Conroy Police‚ Law & Society Paul Moke 9/20/12 Struggles Facing Women in the Police Force Women have made major progress compared to where they were a hundred years ago. Women once did not work outside the home‚ now they are right up there with men in the jobs category. Most thought that to be a police officer you had to be a male because they are stronger and show less weakness‚ but overtime woman fought back to be allowed in the force. The first woman to become an officer was
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THE STRUGGLE OF THE CYPRIOTS AGAINST PERSIAN RULE IN ANTIQUITY INTRODUCTION: In 650 B.C Cyprus was left free from the Assyrians. The following years was a time of great prosper for Cypriots. The time of freedom for Cyprus though was interrupted by the Egyptian conquer in 569 B.C. Egyptian rule though was not depressing at all so the Cypriot civilization continued to grow. In 564 B.C the great king of Persians ‚ Cyrus‚ conquered East Asia so the plans for rule of Cyprus were inevitable. Cypriot
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Individual Profile 1. Name: Dr. Aradhana 2. Designation: Reader 3. Department: History 4. Specialization: Ancient/Modern Indian History 5. Coresspondence Address: 52‚Green City Colony‚vill. Sofipur Roorkee Road‚Meerut-250001‚U.P.‚ India 6. Telephone: +91-121-2956041‚ 09759240896 7. E-mail: dr.aradhana@yahoo.co.in 8. Educational Profile: Ph.D. (History) With specialisation in‘Modern Indian History’‚ fromC.C.S.university‚ 1998. Have done M.Phil. with First
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JUNE 11‚ 2007 INSIDE INNOVATION -- IN DEPTH By Brian Hindo At 3M‚ A Struggle between Efficiency and Creativity How CEO George Buckley is managing the yin and yang of discipline and imagination Not too many years ago‚ the temple of management was General Electric (GE ). Former CEO Jack Welch was the high priest‚ and his disciples spread the word to executive suites throughout the land. One of his most highly regarded followers‚ James McNerney‚ was quickly snatched up by 3M after falling
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Intangible But Impossible to Go Beyond “Cloud Cover Caribbean” tells us the story: a Haitian‚ Antenor‚ fled his country on a small boat. During this unpredictably dangerous sea adventure‚ he rescued a Dominican‚ Diogenes‚ and a Cuban‚ Carmelo‚ who both shared the same dream with Antenor of going to Miami to start a new life. Some conflicts‚ subtle or obvious‚ took place while these three men of different countries and cultural backgrounds were struggling together in one little skiff. The moment
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Of all the valuable lessons my parents have taught me while growing up the most important one had to be that being different is ok because that just means that you are happy with who you are. Of course‚ like most children I ignored most of my parent’s life lessons by rebelling against them and attempted to change who I was in order to be accepted to a certain group‚ usually in school. I can’t say this was one of my brightest ideas growing up‚ but I learned from that mistake and I now understand that
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Alaska is a state where they can have two extremities either extremely dry and cold or extremely moist and hot. Over the years Alaska’s climate has been doing anything but the norm. Wildfires during the summer have been an issue in Alaska; just last year hundreds of fires had burned over 5 million acres of the state’s land. It doesn’t necessarily get a lot of news attention because it’s a problem far away from civilization‚ but the smoke travels far and it plays a part in the global warming issue
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Gujarat is a good example of progress for all states to emulate [pic][pic][pic] By Prof. Mukul G. Asher Via e-mail Gujarat’s governance and economic achievements are exemplary. Why not the governments of other Indian states and the Central government respect Gujarat’s governance and economic achievements and emulate Gujarat’s approach to economic development and transparency in governance? As the state of Gujarat nears completion of the first decade of the 21st century‚ its achievements
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Florence Kelley Florence Kelley was an American social worker and reformer who fought successfully for child labor laws and improved conditions for working women. In 1876‚ she entered Cornell University but her poor health kept her from graduating until 6 years later. She then studied at the University of Zurich where women were permitted to obtain postgraduate degrees and where she applied her developed passions for Socialism. Kelley married a Polish-Russian physician‚ Lazare Wischnewetzky
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