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    SYNOPSIS OF Promotion of Buddhist Tourism in Madhya Pradesh Introduction about the topic Madhya Pradesh As A State Madhya Pradesh‚ as per its name‚ is situated right in the centre of India‚ madhya means centre and pradesh means state. This largest state of India is bordered by Maharashtra in the south‚ Chattisgarh in the east‚ Uttar Pradesh in the northeast‚ Gujarat in the west and Rajasthan in the northwest. Occupying an area of 308‚144 sq km‚ the state has Bhopal as its capital and Indore as its

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    In today’s society we often ask the question why people suffer‚ what is there pain‚ and what is the actual cause. In Buddhist philosophy we can come to understand that suffering in an eventual part of life. Dukkha (Suffering) can come in the form of physical‚ mental‚ and emotional states that all can lead an unsatisfactory way of life. The reason for this is that we all obtain temporary happiness for a certain period but after that has expired we are back at Dukkha. For instance when we are young

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    Reader’s Response #2: Celebrity Status Within Celebrity Status (Kurzman et al)‚ the authors imagined a Weberian analysis of celebrity as a status group. This analysis is carried out in two ways. First‚ they examine Max Weber’s approach to the relationship between status group and capitalism and second‚ they introduce the celebrity system‚ four aspects of the Weberian concept of status‚ and then compare and contrast modern-status groups to pre-modern-status groups. To begin‚ Weber defined status

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    Birmingham: Civil Rights March‚ 1963 Birmingham held a key role in the movement because of a number of reasons: whether it was through the activities of Bull Connor or the bombed church which killed four school girls‚ or the activity of the Ku Klux Klan which also had a stronghold in the Alabama capital which would have clashed with the strong in number black population. In 1963 Martin Luther King organised a civil rights march in Birmingham‚ Alabama. Six years after the Montgomery decision‚

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    Riot Games | Entrepreneurship Essay 1 | Name: Mohab H. RizkID: 111709Major: CN | 11/16/2012 11/16/2012 A basic definition for entrepreneurship is starting a business from scratch‚ which includes everything from idea conception to managing the company for the long term; we understand from the definition that any new idea or a new way of implementing the idea is an entrepreneurship‚ while the definition of ’Entrepreneur ’ is “An individual who‚ rather than working as an employee‚ runs a small

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    Zoot Suit Riots in Los Angeles Outline Topic: The Zoot Suit Riots of 1943: What caused them‚ what happened‚ and what were the effects? Introduction Causes for the riots in 1943 History of racism Stylish dress seen as un-American during wartime. Stage set for riots Sleepy Lagoon murder case and the Zoot Suit riots Effects of riots Cultural repression Political activism in Mexican American community Series of reforms in the Los Angeles Police Department Causes Mexican Revolution‚

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    Throughout the years racial conflicts have always been a part of society. The Chicago race riot of 1919 was a major racial conflict that took place throughout the nation. This is event began on July 27‚ 1919 in the city of Chicago. It lasted several days‚ and took 6‚000 National Guard troops in order to end the violence on July 30‚ 1919 (Tuttle). The Chicago race riot was a result of several factors. For instance‚ economic differences‚ social and political issues‚ and racial tensions between blacks

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    The Civil War Draft Riot of 1863 shocked the history of the United States as one of the “bloodiest riots of American history.” (Man‚ Jr‚ 1951 p.375) Following the Emancipation Proclamation of 1863 passed Abraham Lincoln had hopes that the passing of said law would “raise the morale of the union army‚ and send freed slaves across the border between the north and south to fight against the confederacy.” (Dupree & Fishel‚ Jr‚ 1960 p.472) The Emancipation Proclamation was also intended to “revitalize

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    influential peak that would carry the movement into the 70’s and influence homophile history forever. Most historians agree that the Stonewall Riots were the marker for the gay liberation movement. While the events that occurred in 1969 changed the way homosexuals viewed liberation the movement began years before. In this essay‚ I hope to show that the Stonewall Riots became the peak of the gay liberation movement that found its origins in the 1950s. Historians

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    US Covert Operations in Chile 1963-1974 “Unconditional Surrender! There is nothing to negotiate! Unconditional Surrender!” This is what General Augusto Pinochet relayed to Admiral Patricio Carvajal on the morning of September 11‚ 1973 as they communicated over the willingness of Allende to negotiate‚ but the general will hear nothing of it. That same morning a Chilean Air Force plane flew over the skies of La Moneda‚ presidential palace of Santiago‚ Chile and bombed it. Inside Salvador Allende

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