Natural Disasters With the tropical climate and unstable landforms‚ coupled with high population density‚ poverty‚ illiteracy and lack of adequate infrastructure‚ India is one of the most vulnerable developing countries to suffer very often from various Natural Disasters‚ viz. flood‚ cyclone‚ earthquake‚forest fire‚ drought‚ etc. Asia tops the list of casualties due to natural disasters. Space technology plays a crucial role in efficient mitigation of disasters. Communication satellite provides
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Our Money in Space or Would it be Better Used at Home? ENG 122 English Composition II Mar 10‚ 2013 Is the United States Wasting Our Money in Space or Would it be Better Used at Home? While some may believe that space exploration funding could be better used to solve some of the issues on earth‚ the United States should continue to fund space exploration. The things learned from space exploration will help further scientific and medical research to find cures for diseases‚ space exploration
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Space Exploration Is space exploration a waste of resources or a useful contribution to society? I am here to present to you my views on this topic. Firstly‚ I would like to start off by saying that I believe space exploration can really be a waste of time and money. Though some of the discoveries might be interesting to us on Earth‚ I fail to see why people and companies (like NASA) spend so much money on things that don’t help us very much when there are people dying every second due to hunger
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The years after World War II was a time of great scientific and technological advancements. With these advancements came great tension and rivalry between the United States and the former Union of Soviet Socialists Republic (USSR). The biggest rivalry between the two superpowers was the advancement in space technology. In 1952‚ the International Geophysical Year (IGY) was established in which scientists stated that in the time between July 1‚ 1957 and December 31‚ 1958‚ solar activity would be at
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CHAPTER NATURAL VEGETATION H ave you ever been to a forest for a picnic? You might have surely gone to a park if you live in a city or to a mango‚ guava or coconut orchard‚ if you live in a village. How do you differentiate between the natural vegetation and the planted vegetation? The same variety may be found growing wild in the forest under natural conditions and the same tree may be the planted one in your garden under human supervision. Natural vegetation refers to a plant community
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In this way‚ it seems clear that the debate over religious exemptions is a really difficult one. It is true that in theory‚ one’s individual‚ extensive practice of religion is not harmful‚ nor does it burden others too much. However‚ one could argue that a major issue in granting exemptions is that it undermines the law‚ before which we should all be treated as equal‚ and this without exception . Barry highlights that the “the law serves a public purpose”‚ as “its essence is the protection of some
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SPACE EXPLORATION Should governments spend millions on space exploration? Why? How do you see the future of space exploration? Space exploration is about studying the space‚ stars‚ planets and other celestial bodies. Investigation about the physical conditions of all these is carried out in space exploration. This is done through the use of artificial satellites‚ space probes and space craft having human crew. http://www.infoplease.com/encyclopedia/science/space-exploration.html History Humans
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Religious Wars The division between the Catholics and Protestants all came down to years upon years of war. The religious wars came in four waves of battle – The French Wars of Religion‚ Imperial Spain and Phillip II‚ England and Spain‚ and finally the longest and bloodiest of all‚ The Thirty Years War. All countries involved did not get out without a scratch‚ but some did come out of the religious wars better than others. The countries most devastated in this peril had to be Germany and France
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physical spaces around them. It takes into account body spacing and postures as involuntary reactions. The physical distance between two people can be linked to the relationship they share‚ personal or social. There are four proxemic distances: intimate‚ personal‚ social‚ and public distances. Intimate distances can range from actually touching to six through eighteen inches. The individuals are so close together that it is not considered proper for strangers in public. Your personal space allows you
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Importance of Space Beginning of human civilization The emergence of civilization is generally associated with the final stages of the Neolithic Revolution‚ a slow cumulative process occurring independently over many locations between 10‚000 and 3‚000 BCE‚ reaching in the relatively rapid process of state formation‚ a political development associated with the appearance of a governing elite. Neolithic Revolution‚ sometimes called the Agricultural Revolution‚ was the world’s first historically verifiable
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