“This is not peace. It is armistice for twenty years”; these are the words of General Marshall Foch‚ a French war hero after the signing of the Treaty of Versailles. The outbreak of the First World War had changed Europe fundamentally‚ disrupting Europe economically‚ politically‚ psychologically‚ and socially‚ especially causing a sense of disillusionment in Europeans that shaped new ideologies‚ deposed empires‚ and destroyed old certainties and beliefs. The interwar period —the period of years
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MOBILE VOTING SYSTEM (MVS) By CSC11-54 Net-Centric Computing DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE SCHOOL OF COMPUTING AND INFORMATICS TECHNOLOGY A Project Report Submitted to the School of Computing and Informatics Technology for the Study Leading to a Project in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Award of the Degree of Bachelor of Science in Computer Science of Makerere University. Supervisor MR. JOAB AGABA Department of Networks
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Public and Private Schools How management and funding relate to tHeir Socio-economic Profile Pr ogr am m e f or Int er nat ional St udent A s s es s m ent Public and Private Schools How management and funding relate to tHeir socio-economic profile This work is published on the responsibility of the Secretary-General of the OECD. The opinions expressed and arguments employed herein do not necessarily reflect the official views of the Organisation or of the governments of its member countries
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Eurozone. The Eurozone The Eurozone is an Economic and Monetary Union of initially 11 EU member states in 1999‚ since then more countries have joined and the number of members has increased to 17. It now consists of Austria‚ Belgium‚ Cyprus‚ Estonia‚ Finland‚ France‚ Germany‚ Greece‚ Ireland‚ Italy‚ Luxembourg‚ Malta‚ the Netherlands‚ Portugal Slovakia‚ Slovenia and Spain. To join they needed to adhere to the Maastricht criteria. The conditions of these were: 1. To have controlled inflation
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Introduction to NATO The United States and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization have had a history together ever since the organization was created. The United States was one of the first members of NATO and has always been a major military influence. It has played a key role in all major crises in which NATO was part of‚ from World War II; the wars in the former Yugoslavia; and current problems in the Middle East. While the United States at one point in time was viewed as being an important
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Euro Debt Crisis Explained by Tejvan Pettinger on July 10‚ 2014 in economics In 2007‚ EU economies‚ on the surface‚ seemed to be doing relatively well – with positive economic growth and low INFLATION. Public debt was often high‚ but (apart from Greece) it appeared to be manageable assuming a positive trend in economic growth. However‚ the global credit crunch (see: Credit crunch explained) changed many things. 1. BANK Loses. During the credit crunch‚ many commercial European BANKS lost money on
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Communism in the USSR was doomed from the onset. Communism was condemned due to lack of support from other nations‚ condemned due to corruption within its leadership‚ condemned due to the moral weakness of humanity‚ making what is perfect on paper‚ ineffective in the real world. The end of this system was very violent. It left one of the two most powerful nations in the world fearful of what was to come. <br><br>Communism can either be called a concept or system of society. In a society that follows
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Formation of Rocks The three main ways rocks are formed: • Sedimentary rocks are formed through the gradual accumulation of sediment: for example‚ sand on a beach or mud on a river bed. As the sediment is buried it is compacted as more and more material is deposited on top. Eventually the sediment will become so dense that it is essentially rock. This process is known as lithification. • Igneous rocks are rocks which have crystallized from a melt or magma. The melt is made up of various components
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Why are some countries called developing countries‚ and some developed countries? Why are some countries called developing countries‚ and some developed countries? In this essay I’m going to talk about this question. Since this is a very wide subject I could talk about only a single country or a single issue‚ but I will try to discuss about the whole aggregate. Some of the main points are starvation‚ education‚ child labor‚ safety and human rights. These issues are very different in developed and
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“It is clear that fear‚ greed and revenge were the major factors that caused the Cold War” How far do you agree with this statement when analyzing the causes of the Cold War up to 1949? The responsibility of the origins of the Cold War often triggers questions among historians yet both powers should be blamed for taking part in it. The origins of the Cold War can often be associated with fear‚ greed and revenge. Through most analyses‚ the fault was often given to Stalin’s ambitions to expand
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