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    Independence of India

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    Independence of India ¤ Sailing of San Gabriel To India When the San Gabriel sailed around the Cape of Good Hope to finally dock at Calicut‚ a prosperous port and an independent principality on the Malabar Coast in May‚ 1498‚ half a century of the Portuguese tentative to find a sea route to India was finally crowned with success. The man behind the quest was Vasco da Gama (1460-1524) – a devout Roman Catholic whose nightlong vigil in a Lisbon chapel before commending himself to the unsure

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    of the Bicentennial Celebrations in Mexico. This wonderful country commemorated 200 years of Independence from Spanish rule and 100 years of its Revolution that began in 1910 and toppled dictator Porfirio Diaz. El Grito every 16th of September is the Mexican Fiesta par excellence! On this day Mexicans all over the world celebrate Mexico’s independence from Spanish rule. As you know‚ indigenous peoples were the first to inhabit what is now known as Mexico. They created great civilizations such

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    Conflict in Africa

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    aspects‚ perception of each other as enemy and seeking domination as strategy of achieving desired goals by the parties create conflict. According to Mwagiru[2] conflict is a consequence of the incompatibility of goals of different parties about a particular thing. Conflict transcend time and space. Therefore‚ it is inevitable in all social systems. Conflict have both destructive and constructive consequences.[3] Management efforts should be directed towards maximizing its potential benefits

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    5 Reasons Why Solid State Drives are Safer Solid State Drives is the new technology behind storage capacity be it in computers‚ PCs‚ and pretty much anything that utilizes 0’s and 1’s‚ nowadays. Compared to HDD (Hard Disk Drives)‚ they surpass this old age technology at every aspect‚ from performance to life expectancy. However‚ SSDs are more expensive too in that respect‚ but considering all the advantages‚ the hefty price tag is a small price to pay‚ especially if you have data that is so crucial

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    Key Themes: Laughlin’s book focuses on the downside of reductionism and how emergence is a far successful way to look at the world. Laughlin argues throughout the book that things and concepts should not be reduced to elementary or smaller parts because they are made from a combination of ideas and behaviors which‚ when broken down simply lose their essence. Laughlin seems to be promoting the concept of emergence. Emergence can be described as the existence of complex things through a combination of

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    EMERGENCE AND IMPACT OF REGIONAL PARTIES It is raining acronyms in politics and the vibrant Indian political landscape is flooded. Well‚ almost so as Regional parties gain ground with amazing alacrity in a diverse India where a fast-transforming political map now promises a never before variety. SAD in Punjab on one side‚ SP‚ BSP in Uttar Pradesh on the other‚ RJD‚ JD(U) in Bihar as also DMK‚ AIADMK‚ PMK‚ MDMK and DMDK in the deep South and TMC‚ AGP and others in North-East —they seem to be

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    factors for Africans to gain independence from colonial rule. First‚ the impact of WWII on the colonial policies had paved the way for their independence. During the WWII‚ the colonialists such as the British used ways of persuasion to encourage and invite Africans to support their war effort. As a result‚ they had to explain and discuss their policies with their African subordinates‚ which offered literate Africans great opportunities to voice their opinions and concerns. For example‚ the African elites

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    Okay so i wanted to write about teenage rights. this is what iv got so far: I‚ as a teen declare the rights to life‚ liberty‚ and the pursuit of happiness. In order for teenagers to maintain equality amongst the youthful crowds we hereby submit a request for the reasonable fair distribution of privileges. NOW i have no idea what else to write. my writing style has to be like T. Jefferson’s but idk how 2 do that. and i need to write a thesis statement of how teenage rights affects the society and

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    for his people and a chronicler of Kenya’s modern history‚ Ngugi is widely regarded as one of the most significant writers of East Africa. His first novel‚ Weep Not‚ Child (1964)‚ was the first English-language novel to be published by an East African‚ and his account of the Mau Mau Emergency in A Grain of Wheat (1967; revised‚ 1986) presented for the first time an African perspective on the Kenyan armed revolt against British colonial rule during the 1950s. Additionally‚ Ngugi’s Caitaani Mutharaba-ini (1980; Devil

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    Pen Drive

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    A USB flash drive is a data storage device that includes flash memory with an integratedUniversal Serial Bus (USB) interface. USB flash drives are typically removable and rewritable‚ and physically much smaller than a floppy disk. Most weigh less than 30 g.[1] As of September 2011 drives of 256 gigabytes (GB) are available‚[2] Storage capacities as large as 2 terabytesare planned‚ with steady improvements in size and price per capacity expected.[3] Some allow up to 100‚000 write/erase cycles‚ depending

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