unnaturally low ratio of girls to boys‚ and the 54% literacy level for women in India as a whole. In April 2008 PM Manmohan Singh launched the country’s biggest ever campaign against the practice of female foeticide at the National Meeting on “Save the Girl Child”‚ and his commendable speech is printed below. It underlines the fundamental importance of educating girls in India‚ as this is the surest and most effective way to bring about the changes in mindset which must urgently take place.
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Water is a chemical compound with the chemical formula H 2O. A water molecule contains one oxygen and two hydrogen atoms that are connected by covalent bonds. Water is a liquid at standard ambient temperature and pressure‚ but it often co-exists on Earth with its solid state‚ ice‚ and gaseous state‚ steam (water vapor). Water covers 71% of the Earth’s surface‚ and is vital for all known forms of life.[2] On Earth‚ 96.5% of the planet’s water is found in seas and oceans‚ 1.7% in groundwater‚
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could prevent a horrible death by having operations rather than unskilled procedures. Abortion can save thousands of lives of women and thus‚ should remain legal in Spain. Imagine for a moment that you were in a situation where a choice had to be made. On one side you have the physical life of an infant and in the other you have the mental and emotional life of a mother and her unwanted child. Which side can we‚ as civilised humans‚ claim as more valued? As a moral and ethical issue‚ abortion is a
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name: Sim Sienghai Writing Essay Topic: A marriage life is better than single life. Do you agree or not? Give me reason to support your answer. I have been living with my own life for 23 years. Before I grow up‚ I was 5 years old I sit alone and always think about my life in the future. I thought that “Why people have to marry? And I ask myself what about me”? As for me‚ I agree with this statement that marriage life is better than single life. And the great reason I will be describe below. The
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Hi‚ my name is water molecule! H2O for short. I live in the bottom of a well. I come from 2 hydrogen atoms‚ but I have an oxygen atom in me! Down here in my well‚ we have a swell time together. In our liquid state‚ we are not too far apart‚ nor too packed together. It’s really great being a liquid! I feel bad for my cousin CO2. He is probably sublimating into a gas from a solid‚ or as a gas‚ freezing back into a solid. He has no melting point‚ only a freezing and boiling point. I’m SO glad I will
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test tube rack. Add a 0.5 cm cube of Beef liver into each tube (if not already prepared‚ use a scalpel or knife to cut your own pieces). Using a medicine dropper‚ add 3-4 drops of pH solution 2 for test tube 1‚ pH 7 for test tube 2‚ and pH 11 for test tube 3. Add a few drops of tap water for each tube. Then‚ add 2-3 drops of hydrogen peroxide for each tube and wait for 5 minutes. Allow some time for the foaming reaction to occur and finish. Use a metric ruler to measure the thickness of the
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Can Single Parents Raise Successful Children? Lavern Francis COM 220 Instructor James York August 17‚ 2008 Are children who grow-up in a single parent household more likely to struggle in school‚ get into trouble with the law‚ and develop serious social problems such as low self-esteem and unhealthy relationships in the future? The myth is that a single parent cannot raise a successful child. That child who grows up in a single parent household is more likely to struggle in school‚ get into
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Confucianism can save the world with its interpretation of the world but it depends on what context and which crisis we are addressing. Daniel Bell focused on two main issues that are hanging above us right now which are ecological instability of life and equality within states and globally. When these two issues are used to answer the question‚ whether “Can Confucianism Save the World? The answer should be yes. The ecological instability is due to the lack of harmony with nature which can be resolves
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Cody Morton 10 October 2011 Drop in the Bucket Imagine a family that is struggling to get by and are suddenly stripped from their suburban home because of a natural disaster‚ such as a flood‚ that tore through the house like it was butter‚ and flooded their basement to halfway up their stair case to the second level. Everything they had worked for‚ all the memories made and all of their most prized possessions were lost. But the insurance denied the claim and did not give you any money to rebuild
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Music has always been my way to connect my thoughts to the real world. When I hear certain songs‚ I can usually associate and compare my life to the lyrics. For example‚ I can make several personal connections to the song “How To Save A Life” by The Fray. “How To Save A Life” connects to my life by relating to my future‚ how my mom plays such an immense role in my life‚ and my faith. My future is the one of the most important things to me. It gives me motivation when it comes to furthering my
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