About the author: APJ Abdul Kalam is one of India’s most distinguished scientists. He served as the 11th President of India‚ between 2002 and 2007. He was fondly referred to as “The People’s President” during his term. He has honorary doctorates from over thirty universities and is the recipient of the country’s three highest civilian awards – the Padma Bhushan‚ the Padma Vibhushan and the Bharat Ratna. My thoughts on the book: Inspiration comes in various ways. To read a book and be inspired
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Apj Abdul Kalam Dr. Apj Abdul Kalam The Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam was born on 15 October 1931 at Dhanushkodi in the Rameswaram district of Tamil Nadu. He was neither educated abroad‚ nor was his family financially very strong to support his academic pursuits. His father‚ Jainulabiddin Marakayar had to rent boats out to fishermen to pay for his school fees. Mother Ashiamma‚ had gained much formal education. His father possessed great innate wisdom‚ true generosity of spirit and was
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Selena Martinez Mrs. Lesosky English II Pre-Ap-2 17 April 2013 W. P. Kinsella W.P. Kinsella was a very prolific author for twelve years until he suffered a traumatic head injury that had a devastating impact on his creativity output. Kinsella received a Bachelor of Arts at the University of Victoria and a Master of Fine Arts at the University of Iowa. He has also taught in the English department at the University of Calgary for five years. In Kinsella’s works he focuses on two disparate
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The Documentary Hypothesis was created by Julius Wellhausen in 1878‚ and it was used to explain the different groups of people‚ and ways the Torah was written and edited. There are four different groups within this theory that consist of the J‚ E‚ D‚ and P’s (Coogan‚ 43). At first it started out with the problem of timing for the different names of God that the J’s and E’s focused on. The J’s were the Yahwist; claiming to the idea that the name Yahweh starts from the begging‚ in Genesis. The E’s
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A P J ABDUL KALAM India’s 11th President‚ A.P.J. Abdul Kalam assumed office on July 25‚ 2002. He was born on 15th October 1931 at Rameswaram in Tamil Nadu. Dr. Kalam has been often referred to as the "Missile Man of India" and was the Project Director of India’s first indigenous Satellite Launch Vehicle (SLV-III). Career. He graduated in aeronautical engineering from the Madras Institute of Technology in 1958 and joined the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO). In 1962‚ Kalam
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J&K PANCHAYATI RAJ ACT 1989: 73rd Amendment Act of Indian Constitution related to Panchayti Raj System is not applicable to state of J&K. The Panchayats in J&K are still based on the J&K Panchayati Raj Act 1989. The act provides a three tier structure of Panchayati Raj System in J&K consisting of Halqa Panchayats‚ Block Development Councils and District Development Boards at village‚ block and district levels respectively. Gram (village) Panchayat is known as Halqa Panchayat to be established in
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PROPOSAL FOR RE-DESIGNING OF NEON ACADEMIC SUITE Prepared for FAST‚ NUCES Karachi Campus Submitted by Faran Rasheed 10-2047 May 2‚ 2013 Online NEon Propoasl by Faran Rasheed 1 PROPOSAL FOR RE-DESIGNING OF NEON ACADEMIC SUITE Introduction: NEon is the academic suite of one of the top universities of computer sciences in Pakistan‚ National University Of Computer and Emerging Sciences‚ Karachi. NEon Academic suite enables teachers to upload the attendance and grades of the students registered
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Does Clifford present a persuasive viewpoint of religious faith? In his article “The Ethics of Belief (Clifford‚ 1877) W.K. Clifford sought to claim that it is inappropriate always‚ in all places‚ and for anyone‚ to believe anything upon unsatisfactory evidence. The goal of this paper is to determine whether indeed this opinion offered by Clifford‚ when considering religious faith‚ is persuasive. To successfully do this‚ I will weigh up the arguments that Clifford put forward‚ including that of disbelieving
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Failure‚ Success‚ and Kindness Graduation commencement speeches are usually inspirational‚ not only to the graduating students but also to anyone who reads them. The speech given by J. K. Rowling at Harvard and the one by George Saunders at Syracuse University in 2013 are some of the best commencement speeches. Rowling and Saunders are both experienced speakers. Rowling’s speech focused on the benefits of failure‚ a subject she had first hand experience on. Saunders’ speech was on kindness and included
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SCRIPT * Slide 1. Topic and Name of the Group Members. * Slide 2. Broad headings/structure of the presentation. * Slide 3. A short gist of Dr. Kalam’s life & work. * Slide 4. Leaderships traits. * LEADERSHIP TRAITS OF DR.A.P.J ABDUL KALAM‚ FORMER PRESIDENT OF INDIA SPIRITUAL QUOTIENT * The spiritual inspiration and grooming of Dr Kalam commenced right in his early childhood. Dr. Kalam candidly declares‚ “ I asked my father about the relevance of prayer
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