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    Smart highway

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    SMART HIGHWAY FOR INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM NEED:With the number of accidents occurring on highways increasing every year‚ a need to develop smart highways that are not only able to reduce the accidents but also provide a better management of the vehicles plying in an environmental friendly manner is need of the hour. Unlike the conventional highways‚ they require less human involvement by automating majority of the tasks. In this project we want to design the said highway showing a number

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    which gave them a comparative advantage over the smaller‚ more lightly armed vessels encountered in the Indian Ocean. The astrolabe had long been available to help measure latitude or degrees of distance from the equator. Techniques for measuring longitude‚ or distances east or west of a location were not to be perfected until the eighteenth century.” (The Making of the West‚ 2010) With proof of our superior ship and Caravels‚ our journey will be a success. So you can see with all the innovations

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    sides by deltaic basin of Bangladesh except for a small part in North-East which adjoins Cachar district of Assam‚ and Mizoram. Hill Ranges The state is situated between 22o7’ and 24o2’ North latitudes and 91o0’ and 92o0’ East longitudes with the Tropic of Cancer passing through it. The State has three distinct physiographic zones i) hill ranges ii) undulating plateau land and iii) low-lying alluvial land. ’Five major hill ranges traverse the State in roughly north-south direction

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    Basic Statistics

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    provide the greatest flexibility in statistical methods that can be used for analyzing the data.[citation needed] Interval measurements have meaningful distances between measurements defined‚ but the zero value is arbitrary (as in the case with longitude and temperature measurements in Celsius or Fahrenheit). Ordinal measurements have imprecise differences between consecutive values‚ but have a meaningful order to those values. Nominal measurements have no meaningful rank order among values.

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    The Gall-Peters projection and the Mercator’s projection were both clearly made for 2 different purposes. Both made by 2 different men‚ and at different times. The image of the word “map” that we have in our mind is very limited. We only know as much as it is commercialized. We don’t know what the reality is. Arno Peters and James Gaal made an attempt at trying to fulfill that reality and were recognized in the late 20th century. An equal area map that’s main purpose was to portray the Earth to it’s

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    Course Syllabus College of Natural Sciences GLG/150CA Version 1 Exploration of Earth Sciences Course Description This course focuses on the dynamic forces impacting Earth’s environment. It is a study of the major constructs in geology‚ oceanography‚ meteorology‚ and astronomy collectively called Earth science. A scientific approach will be used in orienting students to develop an understanding of the interconnectivity of each of these sciences. Policies Faculty and students/learners

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    District

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    Highway Extension No.49. It is situated on the bank of river Theni admist a stylus setting with in Western Ghats‚ which separate Theni District from Kerala state‚ forming a back drop. It is situated between 10° 37’ north latitude and 77° 20’ on east longitude. Being a first grade municipality with an area of 22.23 sq. km. The town has a population of 85498 as per the 2001 census. Now‚ Theni District has been constituted as a separate District‚ bifurcating the erst while Madurai District. Specialties

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    Kerala

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    of the land by the British East India Company in 1795‚ bringing the area under British dominion. Geography and Climate Kerala is wedged between the Lakshadweep sea and the Western Ghats. Lying between north latitudes 8°18’ and 12°48’ and east longitudes 74°52’ and 77°22’‚ Kerala experiences the humid equatorial tropic climate. The state has a coast of length 590 km and the width of the state varies between 35 and 120 km. Geographically‚ Kerala can be divided into three climatically distinct regions:

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    Perception: Seeing is Believing - UFOs Since the times when the earth was believed to be a flat object‚ man has had a lust and curiosity about space and the bodies that exist in it. Early astronomers trying to grasp the incomprehensible mysteries of the universe would study the patterns of the stars and planets to try to put this massive puzzle together. In their studies history has recorded sightings of objects that didn’t hold to any pattern or set movement supposedly proved to be correct

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    HISTORY OF TAGAYTAY The City of Tagaytay (Filipino: Lungsod ng Tagaytay) is a third class city in the province of Cavite‚ Philippines. Only 55 km (34 mi) away from Manila via Aguinaldo Highway‚ it is one of the country’s most popular tourist destinations. Tagaytay City provides a good view of the Taal Volcano. The city is a popular summer tourist destination because of its cool climate due to its high altitude. Legend has it that the word “Tagaytay” came from “TAGA” meaning “to cut” and “ITAY”

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