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    Abstract: Nearly 285 million people are estimated to be visually impaired worldwide and 39 million are blind and 246 million have low vision. These visually impaired and also elderly people face difficulties in navigation due to obstacles in their path. GPS technology is available for outdoor navigation but it cannot be used for indoor navigation. Indoor Navigation Assistant System will assist visually impaired and elderly people to navigate safely in indoor environment. The system will detect objects

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    Confessions of a Shopaholic

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    I. (1990)‚ “Culture and communication: toward an ethnographic critique of media consumption in the transnational media system”‚ European Journal of Communication‚ Vol. 5‚ pp. 239-60. Appadurai‚ A. (1986)‚ The Social Life of Things: Commodities in Cultural Perspective‚ Cambridge University Press‚ Cambridge. Appadurai‚ A. (1990)‚ “Disjuncture and difference in the global cultural economy”‚ Public Culture‚ Vol. 2 No. 1‚ pp. 1-24. Baudrillard‚ J. (1981)‚ For a Critique of the Political Economy of the

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    In the world people believes in many different religions and call him different name but we all knows that there is only one god in world‚ who create the world and the destroyer. So there’s one religions is Sikhism. Sikhs religions do not believe in double‚ but every religions and everyone’s believes that praying daily and worships to the god is most important thing. Sikhism was founded more than 600 years ago. Today the Sikh religion have follower more than 30 million peoples all over the worldwide

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    1.) "Dressed to kill" (well-dressed girl) 2.) "I wish to have wings‚ I want to fly" (based on SOP) 3.) All that glitters is not gold 4.) Archipalago (was out of the blue‚ but after this my interview revolved around islands) 5.) Coincidence (Coz there were too many Varuns and Vikas in the GD group. Infact interview started with this question. My answer was Sir may be we have been arranged alphabetically to which he responded or may be its just a coincidence) 6.) ’Govinda aala re’ (name govinda)

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    Upendra. Kolkata Knight Riders • Owner – Shahrukh Khan‚ Juhi Chawla and Jai Mehta • Captain – Sourav Ganguly • Coach – John Buchanan (Australia) • Sponsors – HDIL‚ Nokia‚ Tag Heauer‚ Belmonte‚ The Telegraph‚ Sprite • Brand Ambassadors – SRK‚ Juhi‚ Arjun Rampal‚ Sajid Khan‚ Farah Khan Kings XI Punjab • Owner – Preity Zinta‚ Ness Wadia (Bombay Dyeing)‚ Karan Paul (Apeejay Surendera Group) and Mohit Burman (Dabur) • Captain – Yuvraj Singh • Coach – Tom Moody (Australia) • Sponsors – Spice Telecom

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    GLOBALISATION

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    SUMMARIZE THE GLOBALIZATION DEBATE. WHAT ARE THE MAJOR INTEREST GROUPS IN THE WORLD ECONOMY? HOW ARE THEY AFFECTED BY DIFFERENT ELEMENTS OF GLOBALIZATION? INTRODUCTION Many authors have attempted‚ with relative success‚ to define globalization in a variety of ways. Some claim that it cannot be done‚ others claim that it would constrain the meaning to do so‚ and still others have defied these two beliefs and have constructed a working definition. Despite differing opinions about developing

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    religious books. The most attractive of these paintings are those which cover the façade‚ pillars of verandas and interior of the rooms (3). The paintings include the images of various Sikh Gurus such as Guru Nanak Dev‚ Guru Gobind‚ Guru Ramdas‚ Guru Arjun Dev and Hindu deities such as Hanuman and Lord Ganesha (3). The central courtyard is still in pretty good condition‚ apparently‚ there was an exquisite painting of the Golden Temple in Amritsar on one of the internal walls but sadly it was painted

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    Why The Collapse Of Bees

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    The collapse of the honeybee population is due to different factors such as the acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome or cancer‚ and unknown micro-organism affecting the bees. The two main reasons why bees are dying is because of human using harsh chemicals along with other environmental changes. These chemicals are weakening their immune system. Another reason is because of parasites. The parasites first take over the bee’s body. When the bees have their babies‚ the parasite goes into the honeycomb

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    about the episode of peaceful agitation launched by Anna Hazare‚ his arrest and then the agitation by the people of India. From outside of India‚ I see this as a mass movement just like the one that we had against extension of Reservation quota by Arjun Singh from the same UPA government. And ironically‚ I also see the same kind of resistance being offered by the government to accept the reasonable conditions of the people of India. But at the same time‚ I really wonder whether the agitations going

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    in a cultural exchange program Globalization implies simultaneous extension and expansion in all directions Why do we need to examine Japan’s globalization? 2 reasons 1. Ethnocentrism of the received globalization theories of scholars such as Appadurai‚ Wallerstein‚ … = their theories leave the strong impression that there is only one center = West The West’s ethnocentrism is made clear when we examine the contents of what it claims to globalize‚ these theorist claim that globalization involves

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