Kisan Baburao Hazare (born 15 June 1937)‚ popularly known as Anna Hazare is an Indian social activist and a prominent leader in the 2011 Indian anti-corruption movement‚ using nonviolent methods following the teachings of Mahatma Gandhi. Hazare also contributed to the development and structuring of Ralegan Siddhi‚ a village in Parner taluka of Ahmednagar district‚ Maharashtra‚ India. He was awarded the Padma Bhushan—the third-highest civilian award—by the Government of India in 1992 for his efforts
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classroom has its own unique energy. The readings for topic four made me wonder what an inclusive school would look and sound like. Would I find examples in my school? What evidence would support differentiated instructional strategies? How was assistive technology being implemented? Here are my observations of one classroom visit. The students in Mr. Spriggs classroom had just finished ‘reading’ the final chapter of Wonder by Raquel J. Palacio. Some students had listened to the book on tape because
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Archie Smith was always a weird boy. He always wanted to be a superhero‚ he dressed up as Robin every year for halloween. That’s how he earned the name the Boy Wonder. For the past month Archie has been hearing voices‚ waking to flashes of crimson light. The voices have been tell him "This Earth will be ruled by you‚ and you alone." One June night the air felt cold almost freezing when Archie woke of to a voice and a ball of light in his room. Archie was worried it was 90 degrees when he had gone
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16 million soldiers‚ and mutilated the faces of over 37‚000 more (Broken Gargoyles). Anna Coleman Ladd‚ an American sculptor from Boston‚ brought in her artistic skills to help aid these victims. She was classically trained in Paris and Rome‚ and had many well-known art pieces. In 1917‚ she opened up her own studio to put her skills to work in making masks for facially disfigured soldiers (Maker of Masks). Anna Coleman Ladd is a monumental figure in American history for revolutionizing the military-medical
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learning about the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. In 2007‚ the New7Wonders Foundation organized a poll of modern wonders and 1 million votes were cast. The following 7 were the winners: 1. Chichen Itza (Yucatán‚ Mexico) 2. Christ the Redeemer (Rio de Janeiro‚ Brazil) 3. Colosseum (Rome‚ Italy) 4. Great Wall of China (China) 5. Machu Picchu (Cuzco‚ Perú) 6. Petra (Jordan) 7. Taj Mahal (Agra‚ India) Assignment: You are to choose one of the New 7 Wonders of the world and write a five
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The author Anna Wierzbicka is right about the fact that bilingualism has a major influence on one person’s emotions or thoughts because every specific language has its own lexical and cultural script in order to provide emotions and feelings. Consequently‚ that leads to an alteration of the conceptual representation of emotion‚ therefore bilingual individuals are mostly tempted to express different emotions based on the language they are speaking at the time. Moreover‚they have to adopt different
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The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World is the first known list of the most remarkable creations of classical antiquity‚ and was based on guide-books popular among Hellenic sight-seers and only includes works located around the Mediterranean rim. The number seven was chosen because the Greeks believed it to be the representation of perfection and plenty.[1] Many similar lists have been made. Contents 1 Seven Wonders of the Ancient World 2 Wonders of the Medieval World 3 Wonders of the modern
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current (2011/2012) seven natural wonders of the world as chosen by the public from a vote. The votes are held by the New7Wonders initiative started in 2007. It was led by Canadian-Swiss Bernard Weber and is a Swiss-based foundation. The last vote was held at 11.11am in November 11th 2011. The results of this poll will be announced in the early months of 2012 after stringent counts‚ checks and rechecks. Below is a list of the current seven wonders before these changes come into force. The Amazon Rainforest
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also well known as R Smith or sometimes Oranges is an odd person. He is your school genius‚ yet somehow he’s managed to get a girlfriend that is extremely dumb and popular. R was known as the “Boy Wonder‚” he was every guy’s inspiration. He makes friends with EVERYONE. I guess that’s why he is a “Wonder.” One morning R awoke with the idea that someone or something had questioned‚ “Is he the one?” Unsure if R had dreamt it or if it was actually said he got out of bed and moved on with his daily routine
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New Seven Wonders of the World From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia This article is about the New 7 Wonders Foundation list. For other uses‚ see Wonders of the World . New Seven Wonders of the World was a project that attempted to update the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World concept with a modern list of wonders. A popularity poll was led by Canadian-Swiss Bernard Weber[1] and organized by the Swiss-based‚ government-controlled New7Wonders Foundation‚[2] with winners announced on July 7‚ 2007
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