Women in India have attained greatness through the ages – in political‚ academic and spiritual spheres. They enjoyed freedom and equal participation in public life in ancient India. In the Rig Veda‚ women are placed at the highest pedestal – ‘Yatr nariyastu poojayante ramante tatr devah’ or where women are worshipped‚ Gods preside there. The Taittriya Upanishad teaches us ‘Matridevo bhava’ or ‘Let your mother be God to you’. Swami Vivekananda rightly said‚ “All nations have attained greatness
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Detailed Solution Model Test 1 General Study Paper I 1. Bioasphalt is an asphalt alternative made from non-petroleum based renewable resources. These sources include sugar‚ molasses and rice‚ corn and potato starches‚ natural tree and gum resins‚ natural latex rubber and vegetable oils‚ lignin‚ cellulose‚ palm oil waste‚ coconut waste‚ peanut oil waste‚ canola oil waste‚ potato starch‚ dried sewerage effluent and so on. Bitumen can also be made from waste vacuum tower bottoms produced in the process
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Introduction: BRAC (Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee) based in Bangladesh‚ is currently (June 2009) the world ’s largest non-governmental development organization. Established by Fazle Hasan Abed in 1972 soon after the liberation of Bangladesh‚ BRAC is currently present in all 64 districts of Bangladesh‚ with over 7 million micro-finance group members‚ 37‚500 non-formal primary schools and more than 70‚000 health volunteers. BRAC is the largest NGO by number of staff employing over 120‚000
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Myth is from the Greek word mythos‚ or story. Yet it’s not just any story‚ for it is a special or sacred story‚ as in how the world was created‚ who the gods are‚ why a grove is sacred‚ why a trickster gets the last laugh‚ or why a hero triumphed with volition and divine assistance. “Myth is about the unknown; it is about that for which initially we have no words. Myth therefore looks into the heart of the great silence‚” wrote Karen Armstrong (2005‚ p. 4). In the modern world‚ myth lives and‚ in
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Planting a tree has long been a suggestion to better the earth‚ possibly even preceding the outcry and warning of global warming‚ water crisis‚ etc. It was always one of those quaint ideas opted for to mark a special occasion‚ or to simply make one’s landscape a little prettier. Now days‚ with the new focus clearly pointing to the desperate need for action against the ongoing destruction of our natural resources‚ it is more common to hear the simple comment that part of what you can actually do
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Women continue to aspire for leadership positions in all spheres of governance in both the public and private sector. However it has not been easy. The paper will examine the many challenges women still face in taking leadership positions with specific reference to African women. Included in the paper are the barriers related to culture and cultural expectations‚ the choice and/or balance between work and family‚ and women’s own fear of success. Women continue to aspire to leadership positions
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2012 The Nobel Prize in Physics Serge Haroche‚ David J. Wineland The Nobel Prize in Chemistry Robert J. Lefkowitz‚ Brian K. Kobilka The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine Sir John B. Gurdon‚ Shinya Yamanaka The Nobel Prize in Literature Mo Yan The Nobel Peace Prize European Union (EU) The Prize in Economic Sciences Alvin E. Roth‚ Lloyd S. Shapley 2011 The Nobel Prize in Physics Saul Perlmutter‚ Brian P. Schmidt‚ Adam G. Riess The Nobel Prize in Chemistry Dan Shechtman The Nobel
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Reprinted from Journal of Quantitative Economics Vol. 5 No. 2‚ July 2007‚ page 95-115 DETERMINANTS OF COST EFFICIENCY OF PUBLIC AND PRIVATE HOSPITALS OF KARNATAKA STATE IN INDIA MAATHAI K. MATHIYAZHAGAN1 Abstract The main objective of this paper is to analyze the determinants of cost efficiency of public and private hospitals of Karnataka State in India. This is estimated through the parametric (stochastic frontier) and nonparametric (data envelopment) methods by using the Hospitals Facility
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GEF Evaluation Office UNDP Evaluation Office Joint Evaluation of the GEF Small Grants Programme Country Program Case Study: Kenya Prepared by Violet Matiru Environment Liaison Centre International Nairobi‚ Kenya and Howard Macdonald Stewart United Nations Development Programme New York‚ USA June 2007 GEF Evaluation Office–UNDP Evaluation Office Joint Evaluation of the GEF Small Grants Programme Contents Foreword ...................................................
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CHAPTER 24 KEY TERMS Triple Entente- o An alliance with Britain‚ France and Russia… o It later included Serbia‚ Japan‚ Italy‚ Portugal‚ Romania and Greece and eventually the U.S. This was an alliance formed in WWI o Because fought other ones and this alliance pulled other people into the war • Central Powers- o Germany‚ Austria-Hungary‚ the Ottoman Empire and Bulgaria. o Germany went to war b/c Russia went to war b/c Russia was backing the Serbs • Arch
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