I recently read your article ’Live lazy‚ live long - look at Britain’s oldest man’ that was published in ’The Guardian’ on 5th November 2012. After reading your article‚ I felt it was important to write to you explaining why I disagree with the message within your article. My first criticism is that initially you stated‚ “It seems to make sense that slow lives‚ as well as being enjoyable‚ are long lives.” I would like to point out that there is no proof that
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the fact that the universe has infinite complexity makes it beyond our abilities to make sense out of it; this is why we employ mapmaking to break things down to get us closer to the reality ‘out there’. Fundamentally‚ science is the process of mapmaking that utilizes what we can epitomize and think about to better represent and understand the world we live in. The idea of science can be separated into two subdivisions: natural sciences and human sciences. Natural sciences are studies that concern
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Western Culture Has Brought More Negative Impacts On The Malaysian Youth. Western culture is a body of knowledge derived from reason that began in Ancient Greece. There and in the Roman civilization it developed until the start of the Middle Ages when it largely vanished from Europe. During the Middle Ages‚ Western culture resided‚ instead‚ in the Arab / Persian world to a modest degree. Today‚ Western culture has at least some presence in nearly all nations of the world. It does not currently
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Cell Phones had made an impact in our lives both good and bad. In the editorial “How Cell Phones Changed Our Lives” by Douglas Stewart‚explains how cell phones have made a enormous impact on our lives. The first cell phone was made by Martin Cooper in 1973. Cell phones are used to send and receive messages‚ calls‚ emails‚etc. Although cell phones changed the way we interact‚ there are various disadvantages too. Cell phones help people in tough situations‚ it help the way we interact‚ however no
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TOPIC 1: RATES AND CHEMICAL EQUILIBRIUM QUESTION 1: (Taken from the DoE Physical Sciences Feb-March Paper 2 2009) Antacids are used to relieve indigestion. Indigestion is the condition when the stomach produces too much acid resulting in an uncomfortable and painful feeling. A certain antacid tablet dissolves in water and reacts with the acid in the stomach to release carbon dioxide gas. 1.1 Name the type of chemical reaction that explains why antacids bring relief from indigestion
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In recent years our culture has made extensive technological advancements. While these technological advancements are extraordinary‚ they have affected our culture in numerous ways. The main reason technology affects us in such an immense way‚ is that our culture often does consider or realize the consequences technology will have on the future. Our cultures everyday life has become completely fixated with technology that we often forget our reliance on technology. Therefore we feel no need to recognize
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London‚ and Anna Akbari‚ a professor at New York University. When looked at briefly‚ Sullivan and Akbari’s views seem to be like the opposite sides of the same coin. Sullivan argues from a more personal standpoint that personal technology shuts us out from the world. Akbari‚ on the other hand‚ sees technology and our personal devices as a way to open the world up to us and provides facts and results from professional studies that show the connection between people and their happiness. It would seem it’s
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Good morning Honourable Judges‚ Respected Teachers and my dear friends‚ Science and Technology today‚ are a synonym for life‚ every aspect of it is governed by science. The mechanization has reduced human beings to robots. Our activities‚ our action‚ even our thoughts are scientific now. Albert Einstein once said “It would be possible to describe everything scientifically‚ but it would make no sense; it would be without meaning‚ as if you described a Beethoven symphony as a variation of wave
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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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University Dr. Elizabeth Birr Moje Arthur F. Thurnau Professor University of Michigan Dr. Robert Pianta Department of Human Services University of Virginia Dr. Sharon Ramey Director School of Nursing and Health Sciences Georgetown University Consultants Dr. Elizabeth Albro Institute of Education Sciences U. S. Department of Education Dr. Jerry Robbins Professor (former Dean) College of Education Eastern Michigan University Dr. Kathlene S. Shank Professor and Department Chair‚ Special Education College of
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