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missions — a security mission and an intelligence information mission.
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For and against Estonian troops on peace keeping missions

For and against Estonian troops on peace- keeping missions. I am sure that nobody likes war. Nowadays peace-keeping missions are becoming very popular. Different countries for example Estonia send troops to keep peace in some country where at this instant the war is taking place. But is it necessary? Some point of view peace-keeping missions are important. For example counrty what needs help, can be very weak and needs reinforcement. Also then Estonian forces knows, that if Estonia have foreign policy problems, then this country might helps us too. Secondly if Estonian troops are on peace-keeping missions, then powerful countries might see that our troops are quite practical and this increases our relationships with world countries. Negative is that peace-keeping missions can be very dangerous. Like couple year ago,

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Referaat Spanish California

mission churches overseen by Franciscan fathers led by Junípero Serra. In 1769, the first parties set north from Baja California, and the line of Spanish settlement along the coast was inaugurated when soldiers and priests established a presidio and mission church at San Diego. By the end of the Spanish colonial period, Alta California had three more presidios (at Monterey, San Francisco, and Santa Barbara) and no fewer than twenty-one missions. In addition to the missions, where the Franciscans ministered to local converts, and the military presidios, small towns or pueblos sprang up. The earliest of these were associated with the missions and presidios, but in 1777 an independent civil pueblo was created at San Jose, and others followed. The pueblos tried to attract settlers with land grants and other inducements and were governed by an alcalde (a combination of a judge and a mayor) assisted by a council called the ayuntamiento. After

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Kosmoselendude ajalugu

Kosmoselendude ajalugu 2020 Sissejuhatus ● Mehitatud ja mehitamata kosmoselennud ● Mehitatud kosmoselennud - Nõukogude Liidu Sojuzi programmi ja USA kosmosesüstikute programmi raames, Rahvusvahelise Kosmosejaam. ● Mehitamata kosmoselende sooritavad kosmosesondid ● Mehitamata kosmoseaparaadid võivad töötada kaugjuhtimisega või olla täiesti iseseisvad Esimene lend ● 03.11.1957 ● Nõukogude Liit ● Moskva tänavakoer kahe aastane Laika ● Teadlased ei teadnud siis, kas kosmoselend on inimestele ohutu ● Laika suri hirmust ja kuumusest paar tundi pärast õhku tõusmist Laika. Allikas: https://time.com/3546215/laika-1957/ Esimene inimene kosmoses ● 12.04.1961, Nõukogude Liit ● Juri Gagarin Vostok 1 pardal ● 108 minutit, Maa orbiidil ● Poldud kindlad, kuidas kaaluta olek pilooti mõjutab; Juri Gagarin. Allikas: ...

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Pearl Harbor

Danny went for be a pilot together with U.S. Army. Rafe met Evelyn in the army. They fell in love. Evelyn is a very good army nurse. They didn`t have time to be together, because Rafe went to the british as an army volunteer.When Rafe went to the British Air Force and died there then Danny started to whisk Evelyn. But then it turned out Rafe was alive.Then Japan attacked Pearl Harbor. Danny and Rafe began fighting against them and get in many opponent ection. Danny and Rafe were on various missions, in which Danny gets killed. Evelyn has a child that is actually Danny child but even in this despite Rafe and Evelyn lived together. I like this movie because there is much action and romance. Ther are many intersting events.I like war films. Name:

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Planet venus

It has no oceans and is surrounded by a heavy atmosphere composed mainly of carbon dioxide with virtually no water vapor. There are strong winds at the cloud tops but winds at the surface are very slow, no more than a few kilometers per hour. The surface of Venus retains a constant temperature between day and night and between the equator and the poles. We can't see the surface of Venus from Earth, because it is covered with thick clouds that strongly reflect sunlight. However, space missions to Venus have shown us that its surface is covered with craters, over 1600 major volcanoes, mountains, large highland terrains, and vast lava plains. Venus is usually visible with the unaided eye. On June 8 2004, Venus passed directly between the Earth and the Sun, appearing as a large black dot travelling across the Sun's disk. This event is known as a "transit of Venus" and is very rare: the last one was in 1882, the next one is in 2012 but after than you'll have to wait until 2117

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Spanish California

Once again nothing was done and California remained undisturbed by European settlement for another two centuries. In the second half of the eighteenth century the world balance of power was shifting and New Spain was being threatened by several European powers including England, France and Russia. The Spanish King, Carlos III, decided that Spain would have to physically occupy California or risk losing it. In 1769 Gaspar de Portola and Father Junipero Serra led an expedition that established missions and presidios in San Diego and Monterey and discovered the hitherto unknown port of San Francisco. Serra, who remained in California after Portola departed, together with his successors established a system of missions running from San Diego in the south to Sonoma in the north. These together with a few undermanned presidios and very small towns were to constitute the high water mark of Spanish involvement in California. The Spanish crown did not see California as a source of revenue. It was,

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Laevade käitlemine

projects. Artificial Reefing Example A big ship is sinking near of Honduras coast at 5th November 2002. It was a controlled sinking. Artificial Reefing Example 3. Ship Donations The Maritime Administration may convey obsolete NDRF vessels to a non-profit organization, state, commonwealth, or U.S. possession for such vessel reutilization including historic restoration of ships as memorials and museums and the operational restoration of ships to support non-profit humanitarian missions 4. SINKEX Joint Navy and Maritime Administration ship disposal projects through the Navy's sink at-sea live-fire training exercises (SINKEX Program). SINKEX Example Retired USS NAVY war ship hit by submarine torpedo in SINKEX Program. SINKEX Example SINKEX Program SINKEX Program SINKEX is live fire training exercises conducted by the U.S. Navy to practice gunnery, torpedo accuracy, and missile drills on decommissioned Naval Warships. It gives the U.S. Navy the

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Maailma organisatsioonid

European and Others) Estonia has been a member of the Eastern European Group since May 2004. Estonia also participates in the UN mandated international forces led by NATO in Kosovo (KFOR) and Afghanistan (International Security Assistance Force, ISAF), the Multinational Force in Iraq, as well as the EU-led peacekeeping mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina. Since 1996, more than 30 Estonian policemen have participated with the UN Department of Peacekeeping Operations in police missions to Bosnia and Herzegovina as well as Kosovo. In April 2005, a UN peacekeeping seminar Train the Trainers with participants from nearly 30 countries, organised jointly by Estonia and the United Nations, took place in Tallinn. Estonians representatives to the UN The permanent representatives of Estonia to the UN in New York · 1991- 1994 Ernst Jaakson · 1994- 1998 Trivimi Velliste · 1998- 2000 Sven Jürgenson · 2000- 2004 Merle Pajula

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The Life of Indigenous Australian Children.

their true identity to themselves to escape the strict control of the white "protector." The removal of these children from their families affected more than just a few people. In New South Wales, the government estimated that, in New South Wales alone, there were at least 8,000 Aboriginal children who had been taken away from their families between 1885 and 1996. Aboriginal children were often taken for being "neglected." The missions and reserves were often the places where the Aborigines would eventually die off. The children in the institutions were the most neglected children in Australia. Many had to sleep in dormitories with about nineteen to twenty-five other girls in each of dormitory. If any of the girls wet the bed, she would get her nose rubbed in the wet sheet and then receive a beating. The food they ate was so bad that sometimes the meat was infested with maggots.

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Daniel Leonard Everett

Daniel Leonard Everett (1951) · Kirjanik ja keeleteadlane, kõige paremini tuntakse teda kui piraha rahva ja keele uurijat. · Huvitavad faktid varasest elust: kasvas üles Mehhiko piiri ääres; isa oli oma teiste ametite (ehitustööline, mehaanik) kõrvalt ka väikest viisi kauboi, ema ettekandja; Daniel mängis rokkbändis (11.a kuni 17.a), kuni tutvus misjonäride Al & Sue Grahamga ning hakkas kristlaseks; 18-aastaselt abiellus nende misjonäride tütrega (Karen Grahamiga) · Haridus: 1975 sai välismisioonide (Foreign Missions) diplomi Chicago Moody Bible Institute'ist; registreeris end koos Kareniga SIL'i ( Summer Institute of Linguistics ­ seal õpetatakse misjonäridele keeleteadust, et nad oskaksid piiblit erinevatesse keeltesse tõlkida), Daniel oli keeleliselt väga andekas ning teda ...

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NASA

NASA Jüri Gümnaasium Koostaja: Erik Vane National Aeronautics and Space Administration Loodud 1958. aastal Ameerika Ühendriikide riiklik organisatsioon poolt. NASA kasvas välja NACA`st Ülesandeks tsiviil- ja sõjaväelise otstarbega atmosfääri- ja kosmoselennundusuuringute tegemine. Alates 2009 on NASA juht Charles Bolden Visioon ja missioon Jõuda uutele tasemetele ja paljastada ,,teadmatus", et see mida nad teevad ja õpivad tooks kasu kogu inimkonnale. missioon on meie koduplaneedi mõistmine ja kaitsmine, universumi uurimine, mujalt elu leidmine ja uue kosmose uurijate põlvkonna innustamine Esimene Maa tehiskaaslane Explorer 1 ehk kõige esimene satelliit, mis saadeti orbiidile(1957. aastal). Kosmoselaeva kujundas ,,Jet Propulsion Laboratory" Explorer 1 oli kosmiliste kiirte detektor, mille eesmärk oli mõ...

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Medieval literature

End of the period:1470s chancery standard(regulating english) and onset of renaissance Middle English literature Written in many dialects in early period 14th century Middle english was used for majority literary works-known poets Chaucer, Langland Standardization-printing from 1470 Geoffrey Chaucer 1340­1400 London 1357 public servant 1359 fought in the war 1360 diplomatic career 1366 married Philippa Roet 1368 King Edward ssquire 1370-87 diplomatic missions 1391%­Gardenerof King´s park Rests in Poets Corner Westminster Abbey Chaucer works Parlement of Foules Troilus and Criseyde The Legend of Good Women A Treatise on the Astrolabe Canterbury tales Canterbury tales The goal 120 stories The reality 24 stories% Satirical and witty tales written in decasyllable lines Critical account on Chaucer's England Framework:pilgrims telling stories on their way to Canterbury The context and messages of the tales Corrupt clergy,general Distrust in the Church

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ÜRO ja Rwanda genotsiid 1994. aastal

Tartu Ülikool Sotsiaal- ja haridusteaduskond Riigiteaduste instituut Rahvusvaheliste suhete õppetool Kaisa Kamenik ÜRO ja Rwanda genotsiid 1994. aastal Uurimustöö Juhendaja: lektor Rein Toomla Tartu 2010 SISUKORD Sissejuhatus………………………………………………………………..…....…..........3 1. Eellugu………………..........………..…………………….………..…..........4-5 2. Genotsiid ja ÜRO tegutsemine.………….................................................6-7 3. Tagajärjed ja ebaõnnestumise tunnistamine…………………...………8-9 Lõppsõna………………………………………………………………...….……...……10 Kasutatud kirjandus……………………………………...….………………....………11 2 SISSEJUHATUS Peale Teist maailmasõda loodud ÜRO-l ehk Ühinenud Rahvaste Organisatsioonil on palju eesmärke, millest üks peamisi on tagada maailmas rahu ja stabiil...

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Mother Theresa

After her father's death, her mother raised her as a Roman Catholic. According to a biography by Joan Graff Clucas, in her early years Agnes was fascinated by stories of the lives of missionaries and their service, and by age 12 was convinced that she should commit herself to a religious life.[10] At the age of eighteen she left her parental home in Skopje and joined the Sisters of Loreto, an Irish community of nuns with missions in India. She never again saw her mother or sister. After a few months' training in Dublin she was sent to India, where on May 24, 1931, she took her initial vows as a nun. From 1931 to 1948 Mother Teresa taught at St. Mary's High School in Calcutta, but the suffering and poverty she glimpsed outside the convent walls made such a deep impression on her that in 1948 she received permission from her superiors to

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Position Paper The Kingdom of Belgium

As these are international problems it is necessary that an international body, like the UN, position themselves to respond to the inevitable crisis that will continue to occur in the future. During the last two decades, Belgium's contribution to UN peacekeeping has fluctuated between moderate and high levels of involvement. At the moment is The Kingdom of Belgium 10th largest contributor from EU states and the12th from NATO. Belgium has also participated actively in UN peacekeeping missions in both the Balkans, Africa and later in Sudan and Burundi as well by sending in their military special forces to intervene in the internal conflicts and saving many lives. In the future will Belgium continue to support justified Military Interventions in Internal Conflicts.

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Marss

Referaat Marss 2010 Üldandmed Marss on päikesesüsteemi neljas planeet ja asub maast 55-400 mln km kaugusel. Marss asub Päikesest keskmiselt 227,920,000 km kaugusel so. 1,5 korda kaugemal kui Maa. Marsi läbimõõt on 6750 km so. umbes pool Maa läbimõõdust. Pöörlemisperiood erineb Maa omast 3 % ja telje kalle on 23,5 kraadi ning seetõttu esinevad ka Marsil aastaajad ja kliimavöötmed kuid ringjoonest erineva orbiidi tõttu on temperatuuri muutumine keerukam Ööpäeva pikkus on Marsil 24 tundi, 39 minutit ja 35 sekundit ning Marss teeb ühe tiiru ümber päikese 687 Maa päevaga. Marsi mass on Maast umbes 10 korda väiksem ning Marsi tihedus on keskmiselt 3.933 g/cm³. Kuna Marsi mass ja tihedus on palju väiksmad kui Maal, siis on Marsi gravitatsioon ainult 38% Maa omast. Pinnaehitus Marss tekkis protoplaneedina. Hiljem jahtudes tekkis talle tahke koorek...

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Normannid (inglise kirjandus)

15.Find some information about Geoffrey Chaucer - his life and times. Chaucer was the first great poet writer in English, whose best-known work is 'The Canterbury Tales'. Geoffrey Chaucer was born between 1340 and 1345, probably in London. His father was a prosperous wine merchant. We do not know any details of his early life and education. Chaucer was captured by the French during the Brittany expedition of 1359, but was ransomed by the king. Edward III later sent him on diplomatic missions to France, Genoa and Florence. His travels exposed him to the work of authors such as Dante, Boccaccio and Froissart. 16.Cantebury Tales - what is it about? Canterbury Tales is a collection of 24 stories The tales (mostly written in verse, although some are in prose) are presented as part of a story-telling contest by a group of pilgrims as they travel together on a journey from London to Canterbury in order to visit the shrine of Saint Thomas Becket at Canterbury Cathedral

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SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

The next step, putting a man in space followed in 1961 when the Russian pilot called Yuri Gagarin orbited the Earth in `Vostok 1'. In 1961, President Kennedy announced that America would begin a programme to put a man on the Moon. Use the Internet to get answers to the following questions: 1 When did the first man take the first steps on the Moon? What was the name of the first man on the Moon and what did he say? Was he walking on the Moon alone? 2 How many Apollo missions were registered? What number mission was the first/last to land on the Moon? How many Apollo missions landed on the Moon? 3 What do you know about the following people: Harrison Schmitt; Alan Shephard; Eugene Cernan? 4 Which invention enabled the people on the Moon to travel long distances? 5 Have the Russians walked on the Moon? Though the exploration of Mars has taken place over hundreds of years, it began in earnest with the

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Militaarpsühholoogia

ja Meditsiin, mis defineeris enda missiooni alljärgnevalt: "The mission of the Human Factors and Medicine Panel is to provide the science and technology base for optimizing health, human protection, well being and performance of the human in operational environments with consideration of affordability. This involves understanding and ensuring the physical, physiological, psychological and cognitive compatibility among military personnel, technological systems, missions, and environments. This is accomplished by exchange of information, collaborative experiments and shared field trials." Nagu näha, on militaarpsühholoogia läbi enda ajaloo panustanud kõigesse, mis avaldab otseselt või kaudselt mõju sõjaväeliste missioonide edukusele: sõdurite vaimne tervis, nende treeningud ja väljaõpe, pädev personalivalik kompetentside tagamiseks.

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Kosmoseraketid ja nende areng

Kool Kosmose raketid ja nende areng Referaat Koostaja: Juhendaja: õpetaja Koht 2014 Sisukord 1. Sisukord 2 2. Sissejuhatus 3 3. Vedelkütusrakettide sünnilugu 4 4. Programm „Apollo“ 5 4.1 Saturn V 6 4.2 Ares V 8 5. NSV liidu kosmoseprogramm 9 5.1 Sputnik 1 9 5.2 NSV liidu loomad kosmoses 9 5.3 NSV liidu inimesed kosmoses 9 6. Kasutatud kirjandus 11 Sissejuhatus Kosmose võidujooks NSVL ja USA vahel sai alguse 4.oktoobril 1957 a. kui NSVL saatis esimese sateliidi „Sputnik“ kosmosesse. Mitte kaua pärast seda, 1957 a. novembris, saatis NSVL sateliidi „Sputnik 2“ Maa orbiidile, mille pardal oli koer Laika. 4 a. hiljem 12. aprillil 1961...

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Billet 6-9

ils mirent ils eurent mis ils mettront ils auront mis Subjonctif Présent Passé Imparfait Plus-que-parfait que je mette que j'aie mis que je misse que j'eusse mis que tu mettes que tu aies mis que tu misses que tu eusses mis qu'il mette qu'il ait mis qu'il mît qu'il eût mis que nous mettions que nous ayons que nous missions que nous eussions que vous mettiez mis que vous missiez mis qu'ils mettent que vous ayez mis qu'ils missent que vous eussiez qu'ils aient mis mis qu'ils eussent mis Conditionnel Présent Passé première Passé deuxième forme forme je mettrais j'aurais mis j'eusse mis

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Iirimaa

of the few "sustainable" states in the world. Ireland has emerged as an attractive destination for foreign immigrants who now make up approximately 10% of the population. Ireland's population is the fastest growing in Europe with an annual growth rate of 2.5%. Ireland is a member of the EU, the OECD, and the UN. Ireland's policy of neutrality means it is not a member of NATO, although it does contribute to peacekeeping missions sanctioned by the UN. History Ireland is the successor-state to the Dominion called the Irish Free State. That Dominion came into being when all of the island of Ireland seceded from the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland on 6 December 1922. However, the following day the Parliament of Northern Ireland exercised its right under the Anglo-Irish Treaty to opt back into the United Kingdom. This action, known as the Partition of Ireland, followed

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Saturn

It also has a very faint greenish color that makes it stand out from the rest of the objects in the sky ("Astronomy for Kids"). Saturn is the second largest planet in the solar system, Jupiter being the only planet that is bigger. It also has at least eighteen moons, more than any other planet in the solar system. There have been three voyages to this extraordinary planet, and one is still in process today. The Pioneer II traveled to Saturn in September of 1979, the Voyager missions took place in the 1980's and the Cassini probe began it's voyage in October of 1997 (Kuhn 280-282). There are many aspects of Saturn that make it one of the most extraordinary planets in this solar system. Galileo Galilei was the first to view Saturn's system of rings in the year 1610. Because he happened to be viewing their edge, he failed to recognize them as rings. In fact, he mistakenly interpreted the rings to be two moons similar to those he had discovered near the planet Jupiter

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Essay about NewZealand and Australia

Britain's worst criminals. Of course nothing good came out of it because at first the British made an attempt to understand the unknown culture and failed. The Aborigines also did not like the idea of bringing British criminals to their native land. Thousands were killed by diseases the British brought with them. When they fought back whole tribes were massacred. The Aborigines who survived were put into reservations and church missions (which often have been like prison camps). So-called pacification by force culminated in the late 1880s, leading to a massive depopulation and extinction for some groups. By the 1940s almost all aborigines were missionized and assimilated into rural and urban Australian society as low-paid laborers with limited rights; many aborigine children were taken from their natural parents and given to foster parents to promote assimilation.

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New Guinea (inglise keeles)

TARTU VEERIKU KOOL New Guinea animals and plants Koostaja: Tauri-Viljar Vahesaar Juhendaja: Priit Pensa Tartu 2009 Table of content Introduction................................................................................................................................................3 The forests of New Guinea .......................................................................................................................5 The problem with trading wildlife.....................................................................................................6 Animals of the lowlands....................................................................................................................8 Reptiles.......................................................

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Aborigeenid (Inglise keeles)

The sacred sites and other land which had belonged to aboriginal people for thousands of years were simply taken from them. If they did not leave peacefully then the new settlers used force to get them to leave. Many aboriginal people were killed during the settlement of Australia. The aborigines that were left were made to live on in special areas, reservations, that the government set aside for them. One of these was at Lake Tyers, Victoria. Many church groups set up missions, to both look after the aborigines, and to 3 convert them to Christianity. With the help of aboriginal lawyers, aboriginal Australians have battled to get some of their land back. In 1976, the Australian government agreed that aboriginal people have rights to their tribal territories, and some land was given back. On 3 June, 1992, the High Court of Australia said that the

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Brasiilia üldiseloomustus, riigi arengutase

Võru Kesklinna Gümnaasium Brasiilia Geograafia uurimuslik referaat Autor: Triin Martinson 11.b Juhendaja: Külli Kärson Võru 2009 Sisukord 1.Riigi üldiseloomustus...............................................................................................................2 1.1 Geograafiline asend.....................................................................................................2 1.2 Üldandmed........................................................................................................................3 2. Riigi arengutaseme iseloomustamine......................................................................................5 3. Riigi kuulumine majandusorganisatsioonidesse....................................................

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Eestlased Afganistani missioonidel

Veteranipoliitika eesmärgid ja konkreetsemad meetmed puudutavad nii ühiskondlikku tunnustamist kui ka vigastatud kaisteväelaste ravi ja rehabilitatsiiooni ning ka üldisemaid, kõigile veteranidele suunatud hüvede paketi väljatöötamist. 15 RESÜMEE SUMMARY Jüri Gymnasium Marie Sarik Supervisor: Hellar Lill Estonians in Afganistan missions Eestlased Afganistani missioonidel Student Reasearch Paper 2013 My research title is "Estonians in Afganistan missions." The aim of this research is to find out what is Estonian soldiers role in Afganistan and how it affect their life. For methods I used interview and I read topical book as well. With this research I found out how soldiers live in Afganistan and what are their job tasks. Now I know how was soldier life about 20 years ago and how conditions are improved. I found out how

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American English Take-Home Exam

and could be interpreted as “everything is fine”. Tex-Mex – The term was first used in the English language as a nickname for the Texas Mexican Railway, built in 1875 in southern Texas. In the 1800s, the names of railroads were oftentimes abbreviated in newspapers and Texas Mexican Railway was abbreviated as Tex. Mex. In 1914, the term was also used for “Texan of Mexican background”, replacing the earlier term Texican (1863). Later, during the Spanish missions in Texas, the Spanish and Mexican cuisines blended in Texas and, over time, became known as Tex-Mex. Today, the term refers not only to the cuisine but sometimes also to the music of Mexican-American people. y’all –The term came to use by 1879 as the U.S. dialect abbreviation of you all (“see you”), used as a plural second-person pronoun. It is commonly believed to have originated in the Southern United States, in association with African-American Vernacular English. However the term

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Public International Law is a system of law

Recognition could be de facto (country enters into certain new relations with another country, but official steps are not made yet; government has control over territory, weaker recognition) or de jure, usually by a statement of the recognizing government. Expressed de jure recognition ­ formal statement of the state, letter, int treaty etc. Implied de jure recognition ­ by action, e.g. exchange of ambassadors or diplomatic missions, visit of the head of state etc. De facto could be tricky, can be the first stage for recognition (e.g. US recognized Finland as de facto at first, then de jure), or de jure recognition by implication could be treated as de facto. Recognizing by international treaty. After the II WW in 1955, Austria was established as an independent state. It was re-established in an international treaty signed by the allied powers, it was automatically de jure recognition.

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Railgun

that of most existing weapons. The rate of fire is 10-rounds per minute. A kinetic energy hypervelocity warhead also lowers the cost and the logistics burden of the weapon. 10 Although it has the ability to intercept cruise missiles, the hypervelocity projectile can be stored in large numbers on ships. Unlike other larger missile systems designed for similar missions, the hypervelocity projectile costs only $25,000 per round. The railgun can draw its power from an onboard electrical system or large battery. The system consists of five parts, including a launcher, energy storage system, a pulse-forming network, hypervelocity projectile and gun mount. Currently the weapon is configured to guide the projectile against fixed or static targets using GPS technology. 4. Problems with a railgun

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Kodutöö word variant 9 teema 19

endeavor. During this period, Portugal explored the Atlantic Ocean, discovering several Atlantic archipelagos like the Azores, Madeira, or Cape Verde, explored the African coast as well as colonizing selected areas of Africa, discovered an eastern route to India that rounded the Cape of Good Hope, discovered Brazil, explored the Indian Ocean and established trading routes throughout most of southern Asia, and sent the first direct European maritime trade and diplomatic missions to China and Japan. In 1415, Portugal acquired the first of its overseas colonies by conquering Ceuta. It was the first prosperous Islamic trade center in North Africa. There followed the first discoveries in the Atlantic: Madeira and the Azores, which led to the first colonization movements. Throughout the 15th century, Portuguese explorers sailed the coast of Africa, establishing trading posts for several common types of tradable commodities at the time, ranging from

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TheCodeBreakers

supplemented it. The War, Navy, and Foreign ministries shared the superenciphered numerical HATO code for intercommunication. Each ministry also had its own hierarchy of codes. The Foreign Office, for example, employed four main systems, each for a specific level of security, as well as some additional miscellaneous ones. Meanwhile, the modern-style shoguns speared into defenseless China, sank the American gunboat Panay, raped Nanking, molested American hospitals and missions in China, and raged at American embargoes on oil and steel scrap. It became increasingly evident that Nippon's march of aggression would eventually collide with American rectitude. The mounting curve of tension was matched by the rising output of the American cryptanalytic agencies. A trickle of MAGIC in 1936 had become a stream in 1940. Credit for this belongs largely to Major General Joseph O. Mauborgne, who became Chief Signal Officer in October, 1937.

Informaatika → krüptograafia
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THE CAPITALIST NIGER

wealthy parents, but only recognizes what you have accomplished by yourself. Africans talk incessantly about their homelands – they know everything that happens there. They criticize everything. They will sit and talk a whole day about the leaders who are creating one problem on another, without ever offering solutions. They have all kinds of organizations – compounds, villages, towns, countries, provinces, states, countries – the missions of which is the betterment of the area back in Africa, but which in actual fact is used for displaying the same self-importance which the Americans society had denied them. Saturday after Saturday, Sunday after Sunday, there is this meeting or that meeting. People come there, list all their degrees, the schools they attended, the positions they occupied back home, their parents standings in society. By the time they finish reciting all their accolades, the time for the meeting has

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Cialdini raamat

Because of the nature of the trench warfare at that time, it was extremely difficult for armies to cross the no-man's-land be- tween opposing front lines, but it was not so difficult for a single soldier to crawl across and slip into an enemy trench position. The armies of the Great War had ex- perts who regularly did so to capture enemy soldiers, who would then be brought back for questioning. The German expert had often successfully completed such missions in the past and was sent on another. Once again, he skillfully negotiated the area between fronts and surprised a lone enemy soldier in his trench. The un- suspecting soldier, who had been eating at the time, was easily disarmed. The frightened captive, with only a piece of bread in his hand, then performed what may have been the most important act of his life. He gave his enemy some of the bread. So affected was the German by this gift that he could not complete his mis-

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Christopher Vogler The Writers Journey

the adventure forward has fallen to Dorothy's three Allies; this place is so terrible that there's no help here from kindly wizards and witches. T h e y have gotten by as clowns; now they must become heroes. Message: Toto again acts as Dorothy's intuition, sensing that it's time to call on Allies and lessons learned to get her out of a trap. T h e Approach stage is also a time to reorganize a group: to promote some members, sort out living, dead, and wounded, assign special missions, and so on. Archetypal masks may need to be changed as characters are made to perform new functions. W i t h her freedom of action removed, Dorothy has switched archetypal masks here, trading the Hero mask for that of the Victim, the archetype of helplessness. T h e three companions have also traded masks, being promoted from Trickster clowns or Allies, to full-fledged Heroes who will carry the action for a while. T h e audience may

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