flood fury in uttarakhand A scientific analysis of the reasons for the disaster that struck Uttarakhand‚ particularly the temple town. THE primary trigger for the Uttarakhand disaster following the very heavy rain during June 16-18 was the extremely unusual behaviour of the monsoon this year over north India. The incessant‚ heavy rainfall over three days‚ perhaps accompanied by a few cloudburst-type events (which cannot be confirmed)‚ resulted in flash floods and associated landslides. The devastation
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Monday 11th January 2010 Was religion the only problem James I and Charles I had with Parliament? James I was monarch of England from 1603-25. He was also King James VI of Scotland throughout his reign. The previous Queen‚ Elizabeth I‚ had no children to rule after she died. So her council wanted to know who would be the next monarch. But she could not tell them due to her critical position as she was ill. They then named her cousin‚ James VI of Scotland. She then raised her hand to show that
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“Had I gained something at the Sillington House? Or had I lost something there? The answer is yes.” A remarkable quote with unknown meaning by Ethan Potter from “The View From Saturday” By E.L. Konigsburg. Ethan would never guess that he would finally show someone who he truly is‚ but with The Souls‚ he finally did. Ethan Potter is known for his silence‚ and so is the rest of his family‚ He has impenetrable dreams and a perfect brother named Luke‚ a secret crush on her Souls teammate
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Ever since I was a little girl‚ when asked the pondering question of whom I wanted to become when I grew up‚ I always found it quite methodical. Now of course‚ these feelings can’t completly be for keeps due to the immense amount of surrounding exposure. Although‚ I did believe that each individual had been given distict knowledge and ability to make this world per say‚ your "personal playground"; that of what you believed. As a child‚ we are all born pure with no predicatable intentions.
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IT HAPPENED IN INDIA KEY POINTS Visual Merchandising : Making the store talk to the customers. Followed at pantaloons. Everything is theme based. Fashion belonged to the common man. It shouldn’t just be for the elite The first pantaloons location was chosen because there were no steps. KB felt that steps intimidated people Always emphasized on masses. Vision was that people in Mercedes and people who walked on foot should be shop at the same place.
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Because I Could Not Stop For Death Emily Dickinson Emily Dickinson’s ’Because I Could Not Stop For Death’ is a poem where death is presented as a chivalrous suitor who takes us on a relaxing journey to a peaceful end. Dickinson personifies death as the benevolent lover she never acquired during her reclusive life‚ and as a result‚ presents readers with an uncommon perspective of death from a prolific persona. The poem has rhyming quatrains bringing a celebratory mood to the concept of death. It
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Analysis of A Walk to Remember I. Author Introduction/ Writing Style: The author of A Walk to Remember is Nicholas Sparks. He was born on December 31‚1965. According to Wikipedia he is an internationally best selling American author. He writes novels with themes that include Christianity‚ love‚ tragedy‚ and fate. He is currently the author of 12 published novels; including: Message in a Bottle‚ A Walk to Remember‚ and The Notebook. He lives in New Bern‚ North Carolina with his wife Catherine
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Remember the segregation of blacks. Well did you ever wonder what happened to them if they committed or got accused of a crime. There were many cases but there is one case in particular that I am going to be talking about. The Scottsboro case had the most impact on the black community. Samuel Leibowitz adds‚ "The whole damnable thing was a frame-up of two irresponsible women."( In Their Own Words). Nine black teenage boys got into a fight on the bus with a group of white men and women. The fight
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Timeline of Events leading up to World War Two Taken from the Pearson Baccalaureate History Companion Causes of World War II in Europe: Failure of Collective Security Time Event Significance 1919 Treaty of Versailles Treaty of St Germain 1920 Establishment of the League of Nations Treaty of Rapallo between Germany and the USSR 1922 1923 French occupation of the Ruhr 1924 Introduction of the Dawes plan Locarno Treaties 1925 1926 1928 1929 1932 1933 Germany
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“Because I could not stop for Death‚” is a poem by Emily Dickinson where she uses death as a person and the speaker is communicating its journey from beyond the grave. This is my first time reading Dickinson and I am impressed by her style; furthermore in the few poems I had read I notice the usage of death over and over again. In this poem she persuades the reader by the way she opens the poem; the speaker is too busy for death‚ so death “Kindly” takes the time to do what she cannot and waits for
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