The birth and growth of human civilization and culture has been very intimately connected with the forests. Forests have had a great influence on human thought and way of living. For example‚ the Vedas and Upanishads‚ the oldest known religious‚ philosophical and literary monuments of mankind are the direct products of forest-life in ancient India. The Aranyakas or the Forest Texts form an integral part of these oldest testaments of human wisdom and philosophy. They are called so because they were
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PROPERTY and LIABILITY AUTOMOBILE 3/13 The Personal Automobile Policy – one of the major costs of operating an automobile Perils Associated with Automobile Ownership/Operation Tort liability – lawsuits may result from the harm/damage you cause to other persons or property Note: 60% of all damages paid are for things other than damage to cars Death/Bodily Injury – the dollar costs of these are 6X higher than for property damage liability Note: contributing
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Foundation Course 1 Human Rights‚ Gender and Environment Indian Women’s Movement Aparna Basu∗ The roots of the Indian women’s movement go back to the nineteenth century male social reformers who took up issues concerning women and started women’s organizations. Women started forming their own organization from the end of the nineteenth century first at the local and then at the national level. In the years before independence‚ the two main issues they took up were political rights and
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TED CASE STUDIES NO: 770‚ 2004 TURMERIC- Alyson Slack PATENT Case study Turmeric is a tropical herb grown in East India‚ and the powdered product made from the rhizomes of its flowers has several popular uses worldwide. Turmeric powder‚ which has a distinctive deep yellow color and bitter taste‚ is used as a dye‚ a cooking ingredient‚ and a litmus in a chemical test‚ and has medicinal uses as well. In the mid-1990s‚ this product became the subject of a patent dispute with important ramifications
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a result coming generations are likely to suffer from incurable diseases. And what is extreme‚ even the existence of human kind might be in danger. Afforestation is the only measure that can be taken to avoid these disastrous havocs. We know that Chipko Movements was started by Shri Sunderlal Bahuguna to stop indiscriminate felling of tress in the Himalayas. But an all-out effort is needed. We can’t thrust this responsibility only on the government or on the public institutions or on any particular
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The Traditional Indian and Chinese Views on Nature Its interesting how two Asian countries China and India have different cultures and traditions‚ and a few similarities in their views about nature. Chinese culture is one of the oldest cultures‚ and people have shared a common culture for longer period. Their imperial dynastic system was established in 221 BC and continued for centuries. On the flip side‚ the Indian traditional system emerged from different cultural‚ social‚ ethical‚ religious
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Termpaper Class: African American Study IV Subject: Analyzing the Fundamental Differences Between the Black Abolitionists and the White Abolitionists Movements Black and white abolitionists shared common assumptions about the evil of slavery‚ the "virtue of moral reform"‚ and the certainty of human progress"(1). Schor‚ Garnet‚1877‚ & Lanngston‚ 1989). This shared understanding provided "the basic for the interracial solidarity" and cooperation so vital in the crusade against slavery"(2)
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Oratorio and cantata were two genres that re-emerged in the first half of the eighteenth century. They were already important musical alternatives to opera by the mid-seventeenth century‚ but differed in nearly every respect from the genres of the same names found in the early eighteenth century. As genres late in the period‚ they both bespoke the traditions from which they originally sprang and permitted new recombination of the musical elements of these same traditions. The oratorio and cantata
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This piece of academic writing is aimed at discussing the recognition that women and men experience climate change differently and that gender inequalities worsen women’s coping capacity. Therefore‚ questions such as; “Do people have similar or equal conditions in which to address and adapt to climate change? Do they have the same skills and capabilities to confront it? Will the consequences of climate change affect all people equally?” will be answered. The essay will also acknowledge the role of
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WAVES & SOUND Refraction waves bending when passing through different materials/medium Doppler Effect the effect of a change in frequency‚ resulting from relative motion between source of wave & observer Sound Intensity loudness‚ rate at which energy flows through an area perpendicular to direction of wave Beats 2 waves of similar frequency causing interference heard as beats Reflection Occurs when particles bounce off one another in opposite direction Decibel
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