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    The Loss of Biodiversity

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    com/docview/274288925?accountid=32521 Jensen‚ G.‚ Tom‚ M.‚ & Harte‚ J. (1990). In Our own Hands: A strategy for conserving Biological Diversity in California. Lewis‚ M. E. (1992). Asia general—biodiversity: Social and ecological perspectives by vandana shiva and others. The Journal of Asian Studies‚ 51(4)‚ 871-871. Retrieved from http://serch.proquest.com/docview/230385463?accountid=32521 Picard‚ K. (2006). Biodiversity and Ethics: Do We Have a Responsibility to Preserve? Retrieved from www.bama.ua

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    forty-niners‚ because of the importance of immigrants’ stream which arrived in one year. Although Sutter is the father of this discovery‚ he was ruined by this gold rush‚ indeed‚ his workers left‚ his rights of property were disputed‚ its ravaged harvests‚ his stolen cattle and its lands were squatted by the newcomers. CHANGE OF THE CITY The gold rush provoked a real demographic explosion‚ it transformed San-Francisco completely‚ indeed‚ in some years‚ SF passed of status of fishermen’s town in one

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    Dravidian Architecture

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    Dravidian architecture Dravidian architecture was an architectural idiom that emerged in the Southern part of the Indian subcontinent or South India. It consists primarily of temples with pyramid shaped towers and are constructed of sandstone‚ soapstone or granite. Mentioned as one of three styles of temple building in the ancient book Vastu shastra‚ the majority of the existing structures are located in the Southern Indian states of Tamil Nadu‚ Karnataka‚ Kerala‚ and Andhra pradesh. Various kingdoms

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    Populations: A Numbers Game Author and Page information by Anup Shah This Page Last Updated Sunday‚ September 02‚ 2001 This page: http://www.globalissues.org/article/199/population-numbers. To print all information e.g. expanded side notes‚ shows alternative links‚ use the print version: http://www.globalissues.org/print/article/199 The human population of the planet is estimated to now have passed 6 billion people. This can be seen as a success story (as the previous link mentions)‚ due to

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    it that Goddess Parvati created Ganesha out of dirt off her body while having a bath and set him to guard her door while she finishes her bath. Shiva who has gone out‚ returned at that time‚ but as Ganesha didn’t know of him‚ stopped him from entering. An angry Shiva severed the head of Ganesha after a combat between the two. Parvati was enraged and Shiva promised Ganesha will live again. The devas who went in

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    Midnight's Children Essay

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    Midnight’s Children essay Salman Rushdie’s creation‚ Saleem Sinai‚ has a self-proclaimed "overpowering desire for form" (363). In writing his own autobiography Saleem seems to be after what Frank Kermode says every writer is a after: concordance. Concordance would allow Saleem to bring meaning to moments in the "middest" by elucidating (or creating) their coherence with moments in the past and future. While Kermode talks about providing this order primarily through an "imaginatively predicted

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    Pashupatinath Temple

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    Shiva‚ the destroyer‚ is historically the god most worshipped in the country. He may be worshipped as the holy ascetic‚ depicted with his consort Parvati and holding a trident and a small drum or more often in the form of the linga‚ an elongated stone representing his generative powers. The most important linga is situating in the holy shrine of Pashupatinath to west of Kathmandu. In front of Shiva temples one usually sees a statue of Nandi‚ the divine bull that serves as Shiva’s vehicle. Another

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    Mookambika and Chottanikkara Eons ago‚ a rishi named Kola performed prayers and penances to the Trimurtis (Brahma‚ Vishnu and Shiva). Pleased with his prayers they appeared before him and offered him a boon. The rishi humbly wished for the three of them to stay at this place and bless the people forever. Granting him his boon‚ they also said that the goddesses that represented the other half of them would also reside there. The Trimurtis then took the form of a swayambhu linga. The place where Kola

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    short boat trip from Manikarnika Ghat can be an interesting introduction to the river. | | | It is believed that cremation at Manikarnika ghat ensures a safe place in Heaven‚ as the cremators of this ghat are believed to have the patronage of Shiva. The furthermost upstream ghat is Assi Ghat‚ which marks the confluence of the Ganges and the Assi rivers. It is said that after striking down demon Shumbha and nishumbha‚ Durga’s sword fell and created a curved ditch‚ which later became the Assi Channel

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    Introduction PepsiCo‚ Inc. was founded in 1965 through the merger of Pepsi-Cola and Frito-Lay. Tropicana was acquired in 1998. In 2001‚ PepsiCo merged with the Quaker Oats Company‚ creating the world’s fifth-largest food and Beverage Company. Today PepsiCo is a world leader in convenient snacks‚ foods and beverages with revenues of more than $60 billion and over 285‚000 employees. With headquarters in Purchase‚ New York‚ the company consists of Frito-Lay North America‚ PepsiCo Beverages North America

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