A HISTORY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY IN THE PHILIPPINES* by Olivia C. Caoili** Introduction The need to develop a country’s science and technology has generally been recognized as one of the imperatives of socioeconomic progress in the contemporary world. This has become a widespread concern of governments especially since the post world war II years.(1) Among Third World countries‚ an important dimension of this concern is the problem of dependence in
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Out Class Essay Name: - Shreyansh S Shah Student # 010-208-148 Course: - EAC150 BQ Professor Name: - Alexander Hurezeanu Date: - 29/11/2014 These stories are about two women who lived in different environment still lives a life of same kind. Both of them passed their entire life being alone‚ lack of happiness‚ away from social life. There were people of course who take care of them but still their life seems miserable for the people who were observing them. One was in a grief of her dad death
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Salami Fraud (1) by M. E. Kabay‚ PhD‚ CISSP Associate Professor‚ Computer Information Systems Norwich University‚ Northfield VT The recent disclosure that WorldCom concealed almost $4 billion of expenses as if they were asset acquisitions and thus falsified its accounting reminds me of the very opposite kind of fraud – one that involves lots of little thefts instead of one gigantic theft. In the _salami fraud_‚ criminals steal money or resources a tiny bit at a time. Two different etymologies are
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“For Gold‚ Glory and God!” was a phrase you might have heard plastered onto voyager’s tongues in 15th century Europe. This expression exclaimed the objectives of commuters travelling to the Americas during the Age of Exploration. However the origins of exploration only held true to one objective in the summarization of influences- the term “for gold”. In comparison with earning for riches in the New World‚ this idea refers to explorer’s goal of find a new sea route to Asia. Columbus‚ a Spanish sailor
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Is space exploration worth the cost? by David Livingston Monday‚ January 21‚ 2008 Editor’s Note: On January 11‚ the New York Times blog “Freakonomics” published a lengthy post titled “Is Space Exploration Worth the Cost? A Freakonomics Quorum”. The post featured comments provided by a number of people‚ including David Livingston‚ in response to the question. The part attributed to Dr. Livingston was just a highly-edited version of what he originally submitted to the Times. What follows is
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Career Exploration Paper Tori Turner Liberty University Career Exploration Paper Career Field & Occupation Choice Within society‚ there are many occupations to explore and chose. The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) results showed that my personal career strengths fall under the area of teaching and counseling. Currently‚ as a school counselor for a high school in Duncanville‚ Texas‚ a suburb outside of Dallas‚ I find the results of the assessment to be very accurate. Making
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Space Exploration GE 2024 Section 07 Professor Ficarotta 10/14/09 Marisa Laggy Space Exploration Why should we explore space? Why should we spend money‚ time and effort researching the great beyond with no immediate benefit? Should we spend resources on space rather than here on Earth? Perhaps the best answer lies in our own history. Past civilizations spent millions on exploring the “New World.” Nearly all successful civilizations have been willing and eager to explore. Isn’t
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Space Exploration Pros and Cons In 1961‚ the world was changed forever‚ Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin entered the spacecraft Vostok 1 and traveled into space. Following him in the same year‚ was the American astronaut Alan Shepard in Freedom 7. Then in 1969 the crew of the Apollo 11 mission landed on the Moon. This space race in the 1960s helped to light the fire of man’s interest in outer space and has lead mankind to wonder if we could live away from the comfort and safety of planet Earth. Many
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Career Exploration Paper One career that I am interested in is an Account Executive in Advertising. Tasks for such a job include: planning ads for businesses‚ picking the best way to advertise‚ meeting with artists to plan ads and show plans to customers. Other qualities are figuring out the costs of ads‚ working with budgets‚ layouts‚ computers‚ and products being presented. To be a successful Account Executive‚ one must be good at organizing projects and making decisions along with getting along
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Maths Exploration Introduction The Inflation rate changes every month and year‚ affecting the value of the money in the country. Inflation reflects a reduction in the purchasing power per unit of money‚ causing the price of goods and services to increase. Although people seem to see inflation as “evil”‚ but it is a necessary side-effect of a growing country‚ as economist sees that a small (<2%-3%) consistent amount of inflation is actually good. Without inflation the prices in the market will
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