adult suffrage soon after Independence. We also reposed faith in the potential of women in our public life. Today our local bodies have over a million women representatives. This is more than the number of elected women representatives in the entire rest of the world put together. But‚ this momentous action for political empowerment has not been carried over into many other spheres of our nation’s life. Our record in female literacy is far from satisfactory as the last Census recording only 54% female
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EARTH the planet on which we live land as opposed to the sea‚ the air‚ etc. the material in which plants grow the inhabitants of this planet‚ especially the human inhabitants: The planet on which we live; the world: “the diversity of life on earth”. The earth is the third planet from the sun in the solar system‚ orbiting between Venus and Mars at an average distance of 90 million miles (149.6 million km) from the sun‚ and has one natural satellite‚ the moon. It has an equatorial diameter of 7‚654
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Hi‚ my name is water molecule! H2O for short. I live in the bottom of a well. I come from 2 hydrogen atoms‚ but I have an oxygen atom in me! Down here in my well‚ we have a swell time together. In our liquid state‚ we are not too far apart‚ nor too packed together. It’s really great being a liquid! I feel bad for my cousin CO2. He is probably sublimating into a gas from a solid‚ or as a gas‚ freezing back into a solid. He has no melting point‚ only a freezing and boiling point. I’m SO glad I will
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Earth-like Planets‚ Life or Lifeless? For centuries man has looked at the sky‚ and wondered‚ is someone looking back? Science is now closer than ever to answering this quest that is nearly as old as mankind itself. In the last century new technologies and scientific break-throughs have showed us that planets do exist in other solar systems and that there is a probability for other earth-like planets. We have also recognized the parameters and building blocks for life as we know them on earth
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Life beyond Earth does exist. The life that exists beyond Earth is only simple microbial life. In order for complex life to exist many specific events would have had to happen which is highly unlikely. Spacecrafts have found regions of other planets that appear to be able to sustain simple life. Simple life forms have been found on Earth in extreme conditions never thought possible. On someplace other than Earth simple life forms do exist. If complex life were to occur on places other than
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Case 2 Jamaica Water Properties Table of Contents Issues………………………………………………………………………………..... 1 Facts………………………………………………………………………………….. 2 Analysis…………………………………………………………………………….... 11 Conclusion/Recommendations………………………………………………………. 17 Reference/Bibliography…………………………………………………………….... 19 Issue 1. After discovering the suspicious items in JWP’s accounting records‚ should he have taken a different course of action than he did? 2. What measures can and should be taken to make it easier for corporate
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Earth is the third planet from the Sun‚ and the densest and fifth-largest of the eight planets in the Solar System. It is also the largest of the Solar System’s four terrestrial planets. It is sometimes referred to as the world or the Blue Planet.[22] Earth formed approximately 4.54 billion years ago‚ and life appeared on its surface within its first billion years.[23] Earth’s biosphere then significantly altered the atmospheric and other basic physical conditions‚ which enabled the proliferation
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“Let us give the children a vision of the universe‚” Wrote Maria Montessori in To Educate the Human Potential. “The universe is an imposing reality and the answer to all questions.” Montessori observed firsthand children’s eagerness to understand themselves‚ their world‚ and their place in it. It was her hope that Cosmic Education would allow children to grow into responsible sons and daughters of the great human family with the understanding‚ ethics and self-knowledge needed to transform the
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Unique Peru Distinct Climate That Make This Unmatched Destination Peru is small country located on the western South America. This country holds one of the world’s most diverse climates with a record 30 out of the 32 world climates and over 90 mini-climates (cite). The varied climatic conditions also give rise to a sundry ecosystem that makes the small country host a number of different and interesting natural attractions such as snow peaked mountains‚ beautiful islands and beaches and sandy desserts
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Unique Individual All of us leave our own impression on the world‚ and no one could be quite like us. In the poem‚ "Thumbprint" by Eve Merriam‚ she talk about the theme of how everyone is unique‚ and no one will ever be just like us. She uses alliteration and metaphor to expound on her theme. I have also reached a time in my life where I appreciate my uniqueness. The poem "Thumbprint" discloses the festivity of being a unique individual. The poet demonstrates the speaker’s thumb’s separateness
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