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    Rainwater Harvesting: Grab hold of Water Where it Falls! Mrs. S.D. Khandagale ‚ Mrs. V.A. Joshi # # * Lecurer‚ Instrumentation Department V.P.M’s Polytechni‚ Thane‚ MS‚ India smita_khandagale@hotmail.com * H.O.D‚ Instrumentation Department V.P.M’s Polytechnic‚ Thane‚ MS‚ India Abstract Till about thirty years back‚ the areas around our homes and offices used to be unpaved and the rain falling on these areas would percolate into the soil and remain there for being drawn through

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    by shiism -Constitution of 1979: most important document that legitimizes the 40 amendments of 1989‚ highly complex mix of theocracy ~afirms faith in god‚ divine justice‚ the quran‚ prophet of Muhammad‚ the 12 imams and the -Qom: city states of Tehran Political culture: -authoritarianism‚ but not totalitarianism -union of political and religious authority -shiism/ shara as central components ~sharia: important source of legitimacy than the modern government particularly emphasizes -escape

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    six other transport aircrafts to Desert One‚ a secret Iranian landing strip where they would be refueled. Once the helicopters were ready to fly‚ they would take counterterrorist Delta Force troopers to Desert Two‚ a remote mountain hideaway near Tehran. After waiting a full day‚ the troopers would then use all necessary force to free the hostages and escape the country in the ready helicopters. However‚ things did not go as smoothly as Carter would have hoped‚ according to http://www.specwarnet

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    Women Without men to be an interesting‚ creative and unique movie and while I felt like I wasn’t able to fully interpret the movie under one sitting I feel like was able to walk away with a powerful message of what life was like for women back in Tehran Iran in the 1950’s. While I felt sympathy for each of the 4 characters in the movie the character and scenes that shocked me and disturbed me the most were the scenes involving Zarrin. One of the first scene you see her in is her having sex with

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    nearby rooftop. We discover how three men’s preoccupation with sex keeps them unaware of how their advances may be unwanted and ignorant of their action’s possible consequences. All three men share the desire to get this woman’s attention. Working on a rooftop of a block of flats in the hot‚ hot‚ sun‚ these men seek a diversion from the relentless heat. They whistle‚ yell‚ and wave at a near naked woman on a rooftop nearby‚ but the woman pays no mind to them. Their isolation on the rooftop and the

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    liberating‚ as it connects human beings to each other in a way which allows us to share each other’s perceptions‚ emotions‚ and experiences. In Azar Nafisi’s‚ “Selections from Reading Lolita in Tehran‚” she clarifies that literature has the ability to reform the foundations of society itself‚ such as the government in Tehran which repressed the rights of women. Freedom has the power to give salvation to those who suffer from totalitarian control or any type of appalling repression. On the other hand‚ the author

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    immediate indication of who the tenor is. Thus‚ the poet implies that the seventy-eight year old Thatcher is like Bird-bones. This comparison leads one to think that the old man has a skinny and feeble figure and as much as birds spend their time on rooftops‚ so does the old man thatching roofs. The second local metaphorical construction for analysis can be found in line two: “And still a ladder squirrel”. The old man (thatcher) is now being compared to a squirrel. The thatcher is still considered

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    The Third World places like Asia‚ Africa‚ and Latin America were all mostly developing nations they were very poor and politically unstable‚ they didn’t have great education or technology. The Soviet Union‚ United States and sometimes China tried to get support in the Third World. They tried backing the wars of counterrevolution‚ liberation and revolution. Smart spies of the United States and Soviet Union also called the CIA or the KGB were investigating and many things such as many convert‚ or secret

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    different ways Americans do to help save the Earth. Before we watched the movie‚ I didn’t know that there were so many Americans doing their part. The top 3 things that attracted me most during the movie were: The Rooftop of the city hall of Illinois‚ the Bikes and the City Museum. To see a rooftop greenery in the middle of place filled with buildings and different infrastructures was a beautiful sight to see. It’s like the beautiful scenery is calling you‚ saying " Hey! Rather than staring at me from faraway

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    1979‚ during a revolution in Iraq. (2) On 22 October 1979 the Shah was allowed into the United States for cancer treatment. This led to widespread anger in Iraq where Khomeini capitalized on the anger and planned a take-over of the U.S. Embassy in Tehran‚ Iraq. The plan was to hold the Embassy for only a couple of hours. After 4 days Khomeini was surprised to see the U.S. did not try to use force against Iraq‚ so the hostage situation continued on. United States President Jimmy Carter attempted

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