granted him the boon that death would not approach him till he himself desired it. Because of his actions‚ Amba‚ the eldest princess of Kashi could not marry Salya‚ the man she chose. In desperation‚ she tried to persuade Bhishma to marry her‚ but her efforts were futile. At her behest‚ Parashurama tried to persuade his disciple by force of arms‚ but to no avail. Amba became his enemy. Later‚ Amba obtained both a garland that would enable the wearer to kill Bhishma‚ as well as the boon that she would
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the use of connotation in William Wordsworth’s The world is too much with us. “The world is too much with us; late and soon‚ Getting and Spending‚ we lay waste our powers; Little we see in nature that is ours; We have given our hearts away‚ a sordid boon!” (Wordsworth 1-4) The poem begins with a complaint‚ saying how humanity focuses on materialistic items. “The world is too much with us;” (Wordsworth 1) means that life everyday is just too much to handle. Often people are not able to
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also spend their money just to buy the latest mobile phones‚ mp3 players‚ and other techno gadgets out there. However‚ they must keep in mind that everything has its own limits. Otherwise‚ it can become a cause of concern and in extreme cases‚ addiction. Multimedia addiction can cause destruction and violence to students. Multimedia is simply defined as multi tasking of applications in a single device or gadget. This includes graphics‚ animation‚ pictures‚ videos‚ and other applications which can be
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PATEROS CATHOLIC SCHOOL HIGH SCHOOL DEPARTMENT The effects of Gadgets in the Academic Performance of IV – St. Thomas Aquinas SY 2012 – 2013 I. INTRODUCTION What are the possible effects of gadgets in the academic of the students of St. Thomas Aquinas? Is it positive or is it negative? Both sides are possible. It can be positive in the view of the students but negative on the view of the teachers. Either way‚ the researchers wants to view all
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What he means is that people have lost connection to nature‚they have lost the meaning to life and they lost themselves. Moving on to the second stanza Wordsworth states “Little we see in Nature that is ours; We have given our hearts away‚ a sordid boon!”. He acknowledges that people don’t take the time to see what we have in nature instead we take advantage and we resort to other things. He states that “nature is ours” what he means is that we have all this land and environment that we have every
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presents the limits and the scope of the research study. Part Seven‚ Definition of Terms‚ presents the conceptual and operational terms used in the study. Chapter I INTRODUCTION Background of the Study Due to the upgrade of these gadgets in entertainment‚ students’ most likely focus on what entertains them than on what may help them in their
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Gadget A gadget is a small tool such as a machine that has a particular function‚ but is often thought of as a novelty. Gadgets are sometimes referred to as gizmos. History The origins of the word "gadget" trace back to the 19th century. According to the Oxford English Dictionary‚ there is anecdotal evidence for the use of "gadget" as aplaceholder name for a technical item whose precise name one can’t remember since the 1850s; with Robert Brown’s 1886 book Spunyarn and Spindrift‚ A sailor boy’s
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A lifestyle without the modern gadgets sounds quite a hard life to live. But let’s look deep and analyze both sides of this. Life de-modernized would be a time consuming one requiring a lot of time and effort‚ there is no work which cannot be done without the assistance of machines and there is not a single area of human activity where machines don’t have to be used. No one can deny the fact that gadgets have not only simplified our lives but also made them more comfortable and luxurious. But on
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THE SHIVA PURANA The Shiva Purana has twenty-four thousand shlokas. These are divided into six samhitas or sections. The names of the sectiosn are jnana samhita‚ vidyeshvara samhit‚ kailasa samhita‚ sanatkumar samhita‚ vayaviya samhita and dharma samhit. Each samhita is further subdivided into chapters (adhyaya). Jnana samhita has seventy-eight chapters‚ vidyeshvara samhita sixteen‚ kailasa samhita twelve‚ sanathkumar samhila fifty-nine‚ vayaviya samhita thirty and dharma samhita sixty-five. The
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