Harp of India Why hang’st thou lonely on yon withered bough? Unstrung for ever‚ must thou there remain; Thy music once was sweet — who hears it now? Why doth the breeze sigh over thee in vain? Silence hath bound thee with her fatal chain; Neglected‚ mute‚ and desolate art thou‚ Like ruined monument on desert plain: O! many a hand more worthy far than mine Once thy harmonious chords to sweetness gave‚ And many a wreath for them did Fame entwine Of flowers still blooming on the minstrel’s
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Mark Strage Prof. Polyne Sports Race and Politics 05/15/13 Modern Gladiators Football is an inherently flawed sport. It calls upon men to sacrifice their bodies and minds by using their heads as battering rams over and over again. In his Offensive Play‚ a 2009 article in the New Yorker‚ Malcolm Gladwell explains “much of the attention in the football world‚ in the past few years‚ has been on concussions—on diagnosing‚ managing‚ and preventing them—and on figuring out how many concussions a
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Sulfa and Penicillin Drugs During the Early-Mid 20th Century Sections: 1. Introduction 2. Background -Sulfa Drugs -Penicillin 3. Data/Methods 4. Results 5. Conclusion 1. Introduction: The journey of modern medicine has come a long way. Medical advances has improved lives and increased life expectancy from the early 20th century to present day. It wasn’t until the 1930’s and 1940’s where the production of sulfa drugs and penicillin (respectively) opened up a new horizon for
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Technology can be defined as science applied to practical purposes. It is easy to think about the advantages of modern technology‚ but what about its disadvantages? Technology today has made life easier and quicker but also dangerous. Modern technology makes life easier for people. For example‚ microwave ovens cook food easily. Dishwashers wash all dirty dishes and dry them. Moreover TVs‚ personal computers‚ cell phones and the internet have enhanced the welfare and wellbeing of people worldwide
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and women a. Explain what the dowry tradition is Æ The dowry tradition‚ p. 151 – the wife’s family gives a “dowry” or gift to the future husband’s family on marriage… – dowry deaths… – bride burning… b. Explain why there is a “gendercide” in India Æ India’s girls go missing‚ p. 20 – Another girl‚ p. 22 – A country on the march‚ p. 24 – gendercide = gender-selected abortions‚ female infanticide‚ dowry-related murders… – 600‚000 Indian girls go missing every year… – 940 girls for every 1
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The modern state The rise of the "modern state" as a public power constituting the supreme political authority within a defined territory is associated with western Europe’s gradual institutional development beginning in earnest in the late 15th century‚ culminating in the rise of absolutism and capitalism. As Europe’s dynastic states England under the Tudors‚ Spain under the Hapsburgs‚ and France under the Bourbons embarked on a variety of programs designed to increase centralized political
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Modern art-kind of art that does not resemble anything; abstract & distorted Modern- means something new One of the things that make modern painting & sculpture hard to grasp is its sheer variety of styles. Some emerge & flourish for a few years & then drop out of fashion‚ to be replaced by another mode. This includes: Realism Impressionism Post-impressionism Neo-impressionism Fauvism Cubism Expressionism Surrealism Futurism Minimalism May 1874‚ a group of young artists held their
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“Rapid technological change has shaped the world we live in today…” The impact of new technology especially in the developed world is evident all around us in the way we communicate and understand the world. There has been significant progress in many spheres‚ such as health‚ engineering‚ education and many others with the technological progress. Sometimes it is far away from positive influence many areas of our everyday life depend on computers and mobile devices and it distanced us from what
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India as an agriculture and high value food powerhouse: A new vision for 2030 Food and Agriculture Integrated Development Action 3 April 2013 Copyright © 2013‚ by McKinsey & Company‚ Inc. India as an agriculture and high value food powerhouse: A new vision for 2030 Food and Agriculture Integrated Development Action (FAIDA) 3 April 2013 FAIDA 3: India as an agriculture and high value food powerhouse by 2030 | 5 Executive Summary The Indian food and agriculture industry
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The Evil of Modern Technology “Many shall run to and fro‚ and knowledge shall be increased.” Daniel 12:4 Here I am‚ sitting in a house heated by a gas/forced air furnace‚ illuminated by an incandescent bulb‚ writing down my thoughts on a computer screen‚ accessing the internet by a wireless connection and weighing in against modern technology. I will be the first to tell you‚ however‚ that I don’t want to go back to the way it was‚ even a few decades ago‚ when I shivered over a lone heat register
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