October 21‚ 2012 We Have a Dream to Change the World The operation of power concerning gender is an issue that has been around for many years. Power is the possession of control or command over others. It divides a group or community of people from the inferior‚ making them seem more important‚ valuable and worthy as some might say. I recently travelled to Kenya‚ Africa where before‚ during and after my journey I learned a lot about the importance of women in this third world country. Although I
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Nowadays‚ discussions about creativity‚ innovation and invention are often made difficult because people are unclear about the exact meanings of some key terms. They are not the same thing. To create for example a successful product or business‚ a leader needs to recognize the differences‚ and combine them in the right mix. So what is the real definition and difference between all these three wonderful concepts? Creativity is your ability to imagine new concepts. It does not require value creation
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Gunpowder- Chinese Invention Chinese taoist alchemists were the major force behind the early invention of gunpowder. Emperor Wu Di (156-87 B.C.) of the Han dynasty financed research done by the alchemists on the secrets of eternal life. The alchemists experimented with the sulphur and saltpeter heating the substances in order to transform them. The alchemist Wei Boyang wrote the Book of the Kinship of the Three detailing the experiments made by the alchemists. During the 8th century Tang dynasty
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are still being passed around- the music and the ideas" - Bob Dylan (1992) From 1964 to 1968‚ there swelled a gigantic wave of cultural and political change that swept first the city of San Francisco‚ then the whole United States‚ and then the world. The efforts of the pioneers in the Haight-Ashbury to create an enlightened community took about two years‚ from 1964-66‚ to reach the flashpoint‚ and during those years the music reached an artistic high point. But the Summer of Love in 1967 lasted
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Describe an important 21st century invention and explain how it has changed peoples lives. Day by day technology makes huge advances and makes enormous improvements which change our life continuously without us even noticing. Computers have now weaved in our everyday life and it’s something that we can’t do without‚ have you ever considered your daily life without using a computer? The very first step to this huge technological improvement was in 1837‚ when Charles Babbage designed the very
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The Best and Worst inventions Creative humankind invent abundance of objects that was thought to be of benefits of people. Some inventions are beneficial‚ some of them are also destructive. In my point of view‚ the greatest invention is the airplane. Airplanes make it possible for people to “fly” across the ocean and discover the other land on the earth. At the same time‚ we can have friends of different nationality. This transport reduces the time of travelling which makes our vacations more interesting
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Television is a great invention Some people say television is the worst inventions of modern times. They make this assertion for some reasons. The following points are some of them. First‚ they think that televisions make people more passive than before. Second‚ they think televisions contribute to the fact that people are more distant to each other. To begin with‚ I must admit that the first point is reasonable. With a television all you need to do—and all you can do is to sit on a comfortable
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Medicine has an antiquity extending many thousands of years and specialized foundations for treating the sick have additionally existed for a long period of time. Despite the fact that hospitals operations have not changed much during the last century‚ technological and scientific progress has made possible treatments paths that could not have implemented a hundred years ago and made a large contribution to health care. The main differences between hospitals today and a century ago are improved surgical
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Have you ever imagined the world without cell phones!? How do you think it has affected the world today? The cell phone allows people to communicate with other people anywhere in the world with anyone they want at anytime. How you use the cell phone is what makes it a positive or negative impact on you‚ society‚ and the environment. A man named Martin Cooper invented it; he invented it because he wanted people to be able to carry their phones where ever they wanted. He invented it on April 3rd‚
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Nowadays‚ with the invention of the microwave and with the popularity of fast food restaurants‚ food has become easier to prepare than ever. Do you think microwave ovens and fast food restaurants are beneficial to society? Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer. Most of the people prefer fast foods and foods cooked in microwave oven instead of preparing and cooking foods at home that takes longer. The trend of having food quickly has advantages and disadvantages. I think this
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