Anna Hazare was born and lived the 1st 6 years of his life in Bhingar which is a small town in Ahmednagar district. It is in the state of Maharashtra in India. Bhingar got its name from a rishi called Bhrigu that did tapsya there on a hillock and later a temple was erected in his honour. Aurangzeb‚ the last Mughal emperor‚ died at Bhingar in 1707. Also‚ there is a very famous and very old temple of Lord Shiva called Shukleshwar Temple in Bhingar. In 2001‚ the total population was 7620 people
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Rainforests February 18th‚ 2013 Mr. Zanardo AJ D’Orazio CGF 3M Grade 11 Rainforests are the oldest living ecosystems on earth. They only cover about 6% of the Earth surface but they contain more than half of the world’s animal and plant species. Rainforests are described as a tall but dense jungle. It is called a “rain” forest because of the high amount of rainfall it gets per year. There are two different types of rainforests Tropical and Temperate. A tropical rainforest is located
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Human beings are social animals. One of the defining features that separate humans from other plants and animals is the social self. Humans are dependent on relationships with others in order to survive and reproduce. These relationships are also a fundamental aspect to one’s social life. The idea of person perception forms first impressions of others‚ while interpersonal attraction is the force that decides whether or not relationships are formed or not. Interpersonal attraction is simply an attraction
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The nineteenth century was a time of unequal gender opportunities. Men were the superior figure‚ while women were unable to participate in many actions. As a child Mary Wollstonecraft grew up watching her mother be mistreated by her father which was taken to heart and carried on with her. With this‚ she wanted to make a change in world and share her thoughts that no other woman could have been able to do. Wollstonecraft’s A Vindication of the Rights of Woman‚ is known as the first great feminist
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Take a second to imagine Earth without life. Nothing but a barren and desolate sea of beige sand where vibrant and healthy palm trees used to exist as they billowed in the wind along the side of the Los Angeles highway. Every sloth‚ jaguar‚ and river dolphin has completely disappeared from the once bountiful and lush Amazon Rainforest‚ leaving behind only the eerie sound of silence and sadness. At the rate that humans today consume our planets non-renewable resources‚ such as natural gas and fossil
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Herodotus and Tacitus‚ great writers of their time‚ reflect on their thoughts about their own civilizations and what views they had on the civilizations of their enemies at the time of their writings. While these men lived almost 500 years apart‚ and in different parts of the world‚ their writings both seem to express both displeasure and acceptance of other civilizations customs and ways of life. Herodotus‚ a Greek‚ focused his writings the Persians‚ the Greek enemy at the time. Since Herodotus
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GUIDE TO CRITICAL ESSAYS ON SILAS MARNER: 1. 1. SILAS MARNER: A STUDY IN TRANSITION by Shirley Galloway Writer’s thesis: * The story is not a fantasy but a serious work * Main issues are class ( Eliot refutes the common belief that the upper classes are superior) industrialization ( she argues that industrialization dehumanizes and alienates workers) and religion ( she suggests a ‘religion of humanity’ as substitute for failure of organized religion). * The issues are realistically
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Fanny Fern: The first American Feminist In a time where a woman’s place was in the home‚ her duty was to serve her husband‚ and her hobbies included reading her Bible and birthing babies‚ Fanny Fern (Sarah Willis) dared to write. Her columns encouraged women to abandon the prospects of matrimony‚ and pulled back the curtain on the perfect American marriage. Fern’s writings challenged the ideals of marriage‚ sexual inequality‚ and religiously based modesty. During Fern’s lifetime‚ marriage was
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biome has the most abundantly species of insects‚ reptiles‚ and amphibians on Earth. In additions to butterflies‚ there are gorgeous birds with beautiful colors including parrots and hummingbirds. Most mammals live in the tree such as monkey and sloths‚ but there are land mammals are there including elephants. In fact‚ tropical rain forest have the largest variety of plant and animal life than any other biome in the
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Independent Novel Study Douglas MacArthur once said‚ “The soldier above all others prays for peace‚ for it is the soldier who must suffer and bear the deepest wounds and scars of war.” In the book Ship Breakers by Paolo Bacigalupi the main character Nailer has many external and internal struggles as he strives for peace in his life. It is during these difficult trials that his true inner strength and characteristics are revealed. Nailer portrays such attributes as courage‚ loyalty‚ perseverance
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