campaign of nonviolent protest against the British salt tax in colonial India which began with the Salt March to Dandi on March 12‚ 1930. It was the most significant organized challenge to British authority since the Non-cooperation movement of 1920-22‚ and the Purna Swaraj declaration of independence by the Indian National Congress on December 31‚ 1929. Mahatma Gandhi led the Dandi march from his Sabarmati Ashram to Dandi‚ Gujarat to produce salt without paying the tax‚ with growing numbers of Indians
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A Gift of Goats is a Gift of Hope Story and Photos by Darcy Kiefel‚ Heifer International Photojournalist In a mud home made vibrant by beautiful flowers‚ Leokodia Byabasaija extended her hand to welcome a stranger. Byabasaija‚ a beautiful woman who conceals the hardships of her life with an engaging smile‚ lives in the village of Kisinga‚ Uganda. Not long ago she had a happy life with her husband‚ Lesio‚ and their children. Married in 1968‚ the couple‚ working as peasant farmers‚ raised
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Bath Salts Since synthetic drugs have become a common theme in the news I wanted to look more into “bath salts” otherwise known as synthetic cathinones. The questions I was pondering were: what exactly do these “bath salts” do‚ how is this latest development in drug abuse affecting the brain and how can you treat someone on these dangerous chemicals? I used Google Scholar to research my topic. http://scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=en&q=Minnesota+Bath+Salts&btnG=&as_sdt=1%2C24&as_sdtp=
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utilitarian value of “things.” (See formalism vs substantialism debate.) For most of history prior to industrialism and capitalism‚ humans have created working cultures along the “pre-modern” model‚ and today some still do. This is a “world we have lost” as we move relentlessly toward “unfettered individualism” and the “commodification of everything.” (Wallerstein in “Commodification” essay) Arguably‚ a major contribution of this book is how politically-decentralized (aka “segmented”) “archaic” societies
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“Morton Salt“ “No one knows Salt like we do”. Morton Salt generates a never-ending supply of new products in covering all possibilities where salt can be used and is not focusing on only one type of salt e.g. Culinary Salt. During over 160 year’s history‚ Morton Salt never stopped developing new salt products and finding new niche markets. Salt is not seen as a mundane product that is only used to salt e.g. food but even more as science. Morton Salt is presenting on his website how various salt can
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Salt Pollution As awareness for pollution increases‚ other forms of pollution are defined. Almost everyone knows about toxic waste and carbon dioxide pollution‚ but not many people have heard of salt pollution. Salt pollution has been on the increase since the evolution of the automobile. With more pressure on government agencies to keep the highway clear and safe‚ an increase in the use of salt has developed. It is important to understand why salt is used and how it work as well as the environmental
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of three separated components Research Question: Is it possible to separate salt‚ sand and iron filings from each other in a mixture‚ to figure out the percentage of each component in the original mixture? Background Research: In this Investigation‚ I will be separating sand‚ salt‚ iron fillings in a mixture and finding their percentages. Iron is a magnetic solid which is incapable of being dissolved in water. Salt is a non-magnetic solid which is capable of being dissolved in water. Sand is
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When you think of the word "drug" what comes to mind? Probably marijuana‚ cocaine‚ lsd‚ prescriptions but what about bath salts? When I first heard stories about people on bath salts my reaction was you have to be kidding right‚ but no first popping onto the radar of the DEA and poison control in 2010‚ this product is causing quite a stir in the United States. Mark Ryan from the LA poison control says in an interview on the Dr. Oz television show "that he has never seen a drug that has caused the
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Salt of the Earth Flannery O ’Connor ’s novels and stories are inhabited with unique and flawed characters who are the result of O’Connor ’s satiric worldly perspective. While they are sometimes humorous‚ these misfits are usually unpleasant. Critics have termed them "grotesque‚" but O ’Connor has rejected this term because it suggests that the characters are too weird to belong in the real world. Instead‚ O ’Connor insists that the South is inhabited by many such people. For every good or evil
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THE BREAD OF SALT Characters • BOY – main character of the play (Note: He doesn’t have a name in the story..) • AIDA – object of the boy’s affections • PETE SAEZ – guy who invites the boy to join his band • OTHER BANDMATES – preferably two guys • JOSEFINA AND ALICIA – Aida’s cousins (Note: Maybe we could just mention them instead of adding them to the play? What do you guys think?) Sets Set in 1930s Philippines • Bakeshop • Aida’s House (for the party) •
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