MATTER IN OUR SURROUNDINGS Since early times‚ human beings have been trying to understand their surroundings. Early Indian philosophers classified matter in the form of five basic elements – the “Panch Tatva”– air‚ earth‚ fire‚ sky and water. For a long time‚ two schools of thought prevailed regarding the nature of matter. One school believed matter to be continuous like a block of wood‚ whereas‚ the other thought that matter was made up of particles like sand. Activity ______________ 1.2 •
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teaches us almost everything we need to know. Politics‚ literature‚ social issues and human improvement are all recorded so we learn from our past mistakes. A popular opinion is that one learns more from history than poetry –or any art form for that matter- and although this may be true‚ it can also be argued against it. Without poetry‚ our knowledge of ancient Greek‚ Chinese and other early civilizations would be minimal. Poetry allows us to understand the way people have thought and behaved. It allows
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”Australian vision” simple means something which are seen or imagined on people’s mind to describe Australian as a unique country. On the film “Strictly ballroom”‚ show Australian vision on every figure’s vision was obvious on the mind. One of the ideas about Australian is the multicultural; it’s obvious vision of the film about Australian’s vision. The vision show on the part of Scott dance Paso doble on Fran’s home‚ that Australian vision is multicultural. Fran’s family come form Spanish‚ is different
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The Wilderness Idea In this statement from Wallace Stegner’s‚ "The Wilderness Idea"‚ there are three assertions. These assertions are: 1) No wilderness remains and the environment we live in is man-controlled‚ 2) Technology forces us to live a ’termite-life’ without a moment of reflection and rest‚ 3) We are a society like ’Brave New World’ that does not care for or have any need for the environment but instead relies on technology. These assertions are completely false and
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The leader of the Jacobins was Robespierre‚ he was elected to the Estates General in 1789. He criticized the Monarch and suggested that he be put on trial and France become a Republic. He became the key figure during the time period known as the Reign of Terror. During this time‚ thousands of people thought to be oppositional to the revolution were executed. Robespierre was eventually tried
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NEGOTIATION PUTS HOCKEY IN THE PENALTY BOX (pg 532) Not every negotiation ends on a good note. Just ask National Hockey League (N.H.L.) Commissioner Gary Bettman‚ who‚ on February 16‚ 2005‚ cancelled all of the games remaining in the season following a 5-month lockout by the owners. Though professional sports such as hockey and baseballs have had close calls with losing an entire season‚ Bettman’s decision was a first: The whole schedule was lost. Said Bettman‚ “This is a sad‚ regrettable
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Does Inequality Matter? The economic gap here in the United States is a great deal wider than in any other rich democratic nation. Why is there such a difference here in the United States? The most important reason for economic inequality in the U.S. and not other countries is due to the United State ’s particular economic policies (Christopher Jencks‚ "Does Inequality Matter?" Daedalus Winter 2002). Let ’s look at economic policies of rich democracies that do not have such a huge economic
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A DAY ALONE IN MY HOUSE It was a dark and stormy night. I was alone at home and about to go to bed‚ when I saw a scary shadow figure at my window. "Who’s there" I shouted. Suddenly there was a flash of lightning followed by thundershower. I saw a lion’s face followed by a scary thunderous roar at the window. It looked like the lion from the local circus that had been announced missing on the television news channel. I felt very scared. I ran to my bed and pulled my blanket
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race to another‚ but the majority of those ideas changed. A person should not be judged by physical look‚ but should be judged by his/her internal appearances. Unfortunately‚ in this twenty first century‚ people are still divided by their physical appearance. Additionally‚ race is not the only force that separated us from one another‚
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and many would emphasize the importance of image and how others viewed them. Most importantly‚ the nation’s wealth started to increase immensely and being wealthy became very important to society as well. Fitzgerald writes his novel during this time period and it focuses a lot on the different types of wealth in society. In Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby‚ the author contrasts old and new money’s social statuses‚ conveys how materialistic ideas cannot result
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