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    united nation

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    The League of Nations which was established after the First World War (1914-1918) failed to deliver the goods. It was wound up. After the Second World War the major nations of the world felt the need for a similar body to maintain peace in the world and the United Nations Organization came into being. The charter of the U.N.O. was signed on June 26‚ 1945 and it came into effect from October 24‚ 1945. The aims and objective of the U.N.O. are: 1. To maintain international peace and security‚ 2.

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    A Nation Of Lords

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    A Nation of Lords The Autobiography of the Vice Lords David Dawley Dave Sobotka Crim 455 Gangs and Gangs Control Mr. Danny Madrid As you have read much of these books required for these book reports‚ I will do my best to give you what my thoughts about this book is about. So by starting off this book has opened my eyes and perspective about how the gang in the early years and now to the present times of gangs has changed for everyone including the Vice Lords as a gang. In the beginning of this

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    Katrina Disaster Planning

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    Three post-Hurricane Katrina disaster planning lessons learned: have a prepared evacuation plan for the city‚ do not delay aid‚ and a lack of resources imposes greater difficulties of rebuilding. The mandatory evacuation call was late and not fully supported—many people did not have a way to leave the city‚ as many people were dependent on public transportation. Could have neighboring buses come in earlier and brought people to safety? I think the Mayor later got criticized for not using school buses

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    America Is Still on Top

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    Analyzing the Article “America‚ Still on Top” American universities currently do a better job overall at preparing students for the society. Vartan Gregorian in his article “America‚ Still on Top”‚ declares that one of the great strengths of U.S. higher education is that it grew by “informal design”. He mentions the 1862 Morrill act‚ which the states were able to found colleges by using federal lands. Also states created universities‚ junior city and county colleges. In this article Gregorian

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    Man Made Disaster

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    Man Made Disaster The affects of over population on natural environment are vivid. As of November‚ 2008‚ the world’s population is estimated to be about 6.7 billion. It is expected to reach nearly nine billion by the year 2042. This issue of increasing population should be at the forefront of our attention. The rising population has resulted in high fuel consumption and reduction of natural resources. Due to such major growth in population‚ human needs also grow‚ in time; there will not be enough

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    Nation Building

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    through Character and Moral Education” Online Nigeria Village Square “ The Need for Moral Education” (www.Studymode.com) Journal Of Moral Education: Moral Education in Nigeria (www.eric.ed.gov) Educating for Good Character and the Moral life of the Nation (www.nigerdeltacongress.com). Moral Education - A Brief History of Moral Education‚ The Return of Character Education‚ Current Approaches to Moral Education (education.stateuniversity.com/pages/2246/Moral-Education.) | | | |

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    Citizenship in the nation

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    1.Explain what citizenship in the nation means and what it takes to be a good citizen of this country. Discuss the rights‚ duties‚ and obligations of a responsible and active American citizen. 2.Do TWO of the following: a. Visit a place that is listed as a National Historic Landmark or that is on the National Register of Historic Places. Tell your counselor what you learned about the landmark or site and what you found interesting about it. b. Tour your state capitol building or the U.S. Capitol

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    Piper Alpha Disaster

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    Piper Alpha Disaster Subject : Engineering Application of Information Technology (EAT 106) Name : Ravin Raj A/L Vijaya Kamaraj Course : Bachelor of Engineering (Hons) Mechanical Student ID : SCM-013090 Lecture : Cik Anis ------------------------------------------------- Abstract The case study was done on the Piper Alpha disasters which happened in 1988. First the management and the operation process is analysed and studied hence to the structure. Secondly the cause of accident

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    Piper Alpha Disaster

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    of 167 men and cost billions of dollars in property damage. There are only 61 survivors who saved their lives by jump off the platform in to the sea. At the time of the disaster‚ the Piper Alpha disaster was the worst offshore disaster in terms of live lost and industry impact. There are two main factors that lead to the disaster‚ which are human factor and the design and process factor. Lord Cullen has made some recommendations on improvements and preventions on the offshore installations. The improvements

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    Wealth of Nations

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    Chapter 1 Of The Division of Labor Adam Smith’s Chapter 1 of the Wealth of Nations begins by stating that the greatest improvements in the productive power of labor lie in the division of labor. Even in the production of very simple products‚ division of labor always increases productivity exponentially. Adam Smith offers three reasons on how the quantity of work increases. First‚ the increase of dexterity in every particular workman; secondly‚ to the saving of the time which is commonly lost

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