Pillars of ashoka The pillars of Ashoka are a series of columns dispersed throughout the northern Indian subcontinent‚ erected or at least inscribed with edicts by the Mauryan king Ashoka during his reign in the 3rd century BC. Originally‚ there must have been many pillars but only nineteen survive with inscriptions‚ and only six with animal capitals‚ which were a target for Muslim iconoclasm. Many are preserved in a fragmentary state. Averaging between 40 to 50 feet (12 to 15 m) in height‚ and weighing
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Back in New York‚ I am the head of development for a non profit called Robin Hood. When I’m not fighting poverty‚ I’m fighting fires as the assistant captain of a volunteer fire company. Now in our town‚ where the volunteers supplement a highly skilled career staff‚ you have to get to the fire scene pretty early to get in on any action. I remember my first fire. I was the second volunteer on the scene‚ so there was a pretty good chance I was going to get in. But still it was a real foot race against
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Shemas are an important component in our minds that organize our expeiriences and thoughts. Through out our lifetime‚ we will go through many different experiences‚ whether is a personal life expeirences‚ educational‚ or work. When we go through our experiences‚ we build mental representations that are stored in our minds. We mainly start paying attention to what is really important to us‚ and start developing schemas of everything and everywhere we go. These schemas will help individuals make sense
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drinks? (2pts) Adding more ice would change the temperature of the drinks. c. Describe an experiment to test your answer to part (b)? (2pts) You could measure the temperature of the water with 3 ice cubes after 10 mins‚ then add 5cubes‚ and wat 10 minutes and measure the temperature‚ 48. The melting point of a few tiny
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exams. Knowledge‚ Exploration‚ creativity‚ research and interset are the elements missing from our definition of excellence. ● INCLUSION The most important thing that we need to include in our education system is the choice of education wat a student really want to study. In India people dont choose career out of interest ‚like Counselling‚ career guidance are things almost non-existence in our country. We act like robots ‚ pass class XII ‚ sit for some entrance exam ‚ get into whichever
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Mills discussed the conditions of terminating a pregnancy and when it becomes acceptable. According to Mills‚ what society believes are social norms I wat is acceptable and reasonable decisions when terminating a pregnancy (p. 3). This is an ongoing argument for when it is okay to terminate a pregnancy. It is more socially accepted to terminate a pregnancy due to fetal disability. Yet‚ it is less acceptable
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PROVIDING EFFECTIVE SCHOOLING FOR STUDENTS AT RISK. Monique Stewart AED/204 IDENTIFYING AT RISK STUDENTS • At risk students are considered to be at a higher disadvantage than others‚ & have a higher probability of not being successful in school due to circumstances thrown at them in life. • At risk students are considered to be at a higher disadvantage than others‚ & have a higher probability of not being successful in school due to circumstances thrown at them in life. FACTORS TO LOOK FOR
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Theatre probably arose as a performance of ritual activities that did not require initiation on the part of the spectator. This similarity of early theatre to ritual is negatively attested by Aristotle‚ who in his Poetics defined theatre in contrast to the performances of sacred mysteries: theatre did not require the spectator to fast‚ drink the kykeon‚ or march in a procession; however theatre did resemble the sacred mysteries in the sense that it brought purification and healing to the spectator
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The Killing Fields of Cambodia: 1975-1979 [pic] TABLE OF CONTENTS I. INTRODUCTION…………………………………………………... Page 3 II. GEOGRAPHY……………………………………………………….. Page 3 III. THE PEOPLE……………………………………………………….. Page 4 IV. HISTORY…………………………………………………………….. Page 6 V. POL POT AND THE KHMER ROUGE…………………….……. Page 7 VI. THE EXODUS…………………………………………………..….. Page 10 VII. END OF THE KHMER ROUGE………………………………….. Page 13 VIII. U.S. RESPONSE…………………………………………………
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