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    According to Democratic Peace Theory, nations that are democracies do not engage with each other in direct conflict. The trade relations, democratic norms and values deter any kind of direct violence between nation states. Conflict is redirected from the battlefield to political spheres where participatory polities allow citizens to have a voice, as well as economic markets, to provide gainful employment and trade between individuals and societies. However, efforts at post-conflict reconstruction

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    if the special use permit is approved. Ms. Wallingford-Ingo stated a notion was made in the recommendation section of staff’s review. She stated there is a process that requires a telecommunications carrier to co-locate on other towers before applying for a new special use permit for a tower. A telecommunications tower cannot be built in excess of the maximum height limitation imposed within a specific zone. As a matter of clarification, Mr. Powell has indicated that they have placed this tower

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    Especially since the last time that the U.S. Congress passed major legislation for regulating it was during 1996, when they passed the Telecommunications Act of 1996, and eventually, the task of regulating the internet fell to the unelected Federal Communications Commission (FCC). As the tools we used to access the internet changed over time, the FCC has since then decided on what kinds

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    The above mentioned some of tools for cross platform and its pros and cons , how much it is used in the field has been mentioned .when we go through these tools we can find the drawbacks which we face in all the tools are interoperability which can be rectified with the help of LCIM Model. Cross-platform development approaches are one way of increasing asset reuse between platforms and reducing drawbacks of transmission of messages. The biggest drawback encountered in the approach is insufficient

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    Customer Retention: With Special Reference to Telecommunication Industry in Sri Lanka K. A. Silva Lanka Com Services (Pvt) Limited, Colombo, Sri Lanka S. T. W. S. Yapa Department of Decision sciences, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Nugegoda, Sri Lanka samanyapa@sjp.ac.lk ABSTRACT The landscape of the telecommunication industry in Sri Lanka has been changed drastically since the deregulation of telecommunication sector in early 1990s. Number of service providers has been increased

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    Throughout the world, human rights are viewed in many different ways. While some individuals take their rights for granted or view them as privileges, others view them as nonexistent. The reason people view them as nonexistent is because often times their human rights are violated by unfair economic structures and corrupt government systems. In order to best understand human rights, one must focus on the base that forms all of them, and that base is freedom of expression. When citizens are given

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    too." -- Dr. Benjamin Spock, from the book Baby and Child Care, 1968 Fifty-seven percent of television programs contain "psychologically harmful" violence, according to a study funded by the cable television industry. The study, released February 7, 1996, tracked 2,500 hours of television programming. This was the largest sample ever analyzed by researchers. Oh, that 's ridiculous! Television is not harmful, it 's just entertainment. But can the steady flow of images watched nightly from television

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    Christensen and Keri Pearlson As the Texas sun began to set, Janet Wejman, the Chief Information Officer for Continental Airlines looked out the window of her Houston-based office and considered what her next move should be. It was now November 1996 and while she had only been with the company for a few months, she faced a dilemma relating to the airline’s information technology outsourcing agreement with Electronic Data Systems (EDS). The ten-year contract was beginning to show some strains as

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    Reno V ACLU Case Study

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    household increased over 300%. Due to the rapid growth in technology and its associated internet hardware, there was massive ambiguity on the legalities in telecommunications. Such an example would include the 1997 supreme court case Reno v ACLU. In Reno v ACLU the supreme court had to decide on whether or not the Communications Decency Act of 1996 (CDA) violated first amendment rights. The CDA was a ban on the transmission of patently offensive material to minors. Although it was pleasant sounding

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