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    CAUSES OF INDUSTRIAL SICKNESS IN MAHARASHTRA… A STUDY (with special reference to Dombivli Industrial Estate‚ District Thane‚ Maharashtra State) Growing incidence of sickness has been one of the major problems faced by the industrial sector of the country. Substantial amount of loanable funds of financial institutions is blocked up in sick industrial units causing not only wastage of resources but also affecting the healthy growth of the Indian Economy. While the government’s spokesmen blame

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    The Sickness Unto Death

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    philosopher‚ theologian‚ and religious author. In addition to this he was also a Christian existentialist. To prove and iterate his points Kierkegaard wrote a book call The Sickness unto Death‚ in which he spoke about his definition of despair‚ and how it was our very own sickness. So now let’s see how despair is the sickness unto death‚ how it is transforms into sin and lastly how it may be overcome through faith. Now in order to understand what Kierkegaard is saying you have to first understand

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    Body Rituals

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    In the story‚ “Body Ritual Among the Nacirema”‚ by Horace Miner he talks about the Nacirema tribe and describes the body rituals that their society does on a regular basis that they view as the norm in their society and culture. While reading about these strange and unusual rituals‚ one can’t help but think that what these people are doing is totally and completely ridiculous. Ethnocentrism comes over and judgment takes place‚ but in reality some could view our American culture as just and crazy

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    dispute over land between the Navajo Tribe and Hopi Tribe has been an on going dispute since the late 1800 ’s. Although it might not seem like a high priority topic of conversation for most people‚ it is a very personal and sentimental topic for these two tribes. The Navajo population outnumbers the Hopi by a ratio of ten to one‚ while the amount of Hopi land has been reduced from its original size. To understand this complex situation between the two tribes‚ "A comprehensive solution—rather than

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    Basak Sickness Case Study

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    I know you are busy‚ but I would like to tell you about the beginning of Basak’s sickness. Basak used to like ice cream‚ and she used to have some of it as a daily basis. One day‚ she said that she would not have ice cream by explaining that ice cream blocked in her stomach. She began not to have ice cream anymore‚ and she began to suffer from constipation and bloating in her stomach when eating even small size of food. Then‚ we took her to a regular doctor at Med7 in Sacramento‚ CA‚ and the doctor

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    Tribes in India

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    India’s tribal village first to get rights over its forests [pic] 24 December 2009   A tribal village in western India has been granted the right to cultivate and manage its forest‚ as per the provisions of the Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest-Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act 2006. For over a decade the villagers have fought against the commercialisation of their land. As climate change negotiators try and figure out how to reduce emissions from deforestation and forest

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    Body Ritual

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    Fatih Elmali Body Ritual and Witchcraft Many native males and females from a highly developed culture in Nacirema engage in a body ritual almost daily‚ which involves from leaving their homes at various times in the morning or afternoon and engaging in activities that strain the body as well as the mind. This ritual usually encompasses males and females of ages 18 and older. In this strange place‚ the ritual is a requirement to keep their bodies as well as their families’ bodies functioning

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    Wa Tribe

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    In the entire world‚ Myanmar is second only to China in biodiversity (Explore Myanmar). Within the country there are approximately 60 different ethnic groups that speak over one hundred languages‚ including the Wa tribe. “Wa” (pronounced Va in English) refers to a mountainous tribe of about one million people who live in the southern part of the Nu Shan Mountains‚ which run along the border of Myanmar and China. The Wa refer to themselves‚ “Va‚” “Pa rauk‚” and “A va‚” which all mean “a people

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    DIFFERENT TRIBES

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    Masai Tribes The Masai people are a Nilotic ethnic group residing in Kenya and Northern Tanzania. They are the most well known tribe of the African ethnic groups. Their elaborate dress sense and array of colours that are distributed amongst the tribes clothing‚ is memorable for their expression through what they wear. The language spoken by the Masai people is Maa and they are also educated in the official languages of Kenya and Northern Tanzania‚ which are English and Swahili. Despite often being

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    Sports Rituals

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    Sports Rituals Athletes use sports rituals in every sport in the world. They can be simple‚ something the person came up with just then on the spot‚ or they can be complex‚ something the player has been doing since they can remember. No one truly knows when sports rituals started to make an appearance in the modern world‚ but they are here now and do not seem to be leaving any time soon. Sports rituals mean so much. They get an athlete pumped or excited before a match. They help a person get focused

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