THE TIME MACHINE‚ A DYSTOPIC UTOPIA Dr Jacques COULARDEAU University of Paris 1 Pantheon Sorbonne University of Paris Dauphine Herbert Georges Wells (1866-1946) witnessed eighty years of our developing industrial world during which all basic productive activities bloomed to produce our present mass consumer society based on mass production and the industrial and agricultural‚ financial‚ services‚ communications‚ entertainment and labor mass markets. He witnessed the growth of the two extreme
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Biography for Stanislaw Lem More at IMDbPro » ad feedback Date of Birth 12 September 1921‚ Lwów‚ Lwowskie‚ Poland [now Lviv‚ Ukraine] Date of Death 27 March 2006‚ Kraków‚ Malopolskie‚ Poland (heart disease) Mini Biography Stanislaw Lem was a visionary Polish author known for Solaris (2002). He was born on September 12‚ 1921‚ in Lwów‚ Poland. His father‚ Samuel Lem‚ was a wealthy laryngologist who served in the Austrian army. His mother‚ Sabina Woller‚ was a homemaker. Although
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Causes of Obesity 5.1 Energy Balance in the Development of Obesity 5. CAUSES OF OBESITY Obesity can result from a minor energy imbalance‚ which lead to a gradual but persistent weight gain over a considerable period. Some researchers have hypothesized that energy imbalance is the result of inherited metabolic characteristics; whereas others believe it is caused by poor eating and lifestyle habits‚ that is “gluttony and sloth”. Positive energy balance occurs when energy intake is greater
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which is obesity. Obesity has become a social issue in the United States where it has affected many families‚ communities‚ and health care systems. Being obese is not just a personal problem‚ it is a social issue that is presented to the public‚ in which the marketplace and media reacts to. In order to reduce the causes of obesity‚ Americans should be educated and assisted in learning about nutritional values‚ there should be an environmental changes to prevent obesity‚ and promoting obesity as a major
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Obesity in Hong Kong Introduction The problem of obesity in Hong Kong is a significant issue that the community as a whole is trying to arouse public awareness to it. According to the statistics provided by a research done by the Hong Kong Department of Health‚ the estimated percentage of overweight and obese of the whole population in Hong Kong are 17.8% and 21.2% respectively(Hong Kong Department of Health 2009). This report will elaborate more on the reasons for obesity and the suggest preventive
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1-Introduction In John F. Kasson’s “Civilizing the Machine‚” Kasson enlightens his audience that cities did not create factories‚ factories created cities. During the dawn of the British Industrial Revolution‚ the Americans began to adopt their own form of this event through the creations of factories and water-powered generators which‚ at the beginning of the time‚ revolved around the New England/ Boston area. Kasson explains through his article of the various entrepreneurs who founded these first
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT Machine Design 2 Laboratory is a continuation of Machine Design Laboratory 1 last semester. It is another challenging subject‚ which helped us develop our analytical and drawing skills. Completing its requirements is another achievement for me. This achievement would not be successful without the help of the following people who I want to give thanks with: First and foremost‚ to Engr. Romulo Vicente D. Basaen‚ for giving us plates which enhances not only our critical thinking
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executives are moving forward in a beneficial direction. Burger Barn executives are moving in a direction that will increase efficiency and potentially increase both productivity and profit. Although their organizational approach can be seen as a “Machine Metaphor” (Miller‚ 2011)‚ in an Ice cream shop‚ such classical approach can be beneficial. The idea of having multiple stations to reduce the time the customer is waiting to finalize their purchase reaps good benefits. Therefore their positive optimism
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RUNNING HEADER: CHILDHOOD OBESITY Abstract Twenty years ago there were just a hand full of children that were overweight‚ mostly because of a hormonal or genetic disorder (Johnson‚ 2005). Today a high rate‚ nearly 40 percent of children are overweight. There are so many questions to be answered and problems to be solved. Will schools actually start stepping up and helping parents with this problem? What about the affects on the children who have this problem? What should be done to help the children
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Over Treatment for Obesity Obesity is an important issue because of the staggering proportions that this disease has reached. Doctors are prescribing patients to lose weight‚ exercise‚ eat healthy‚ and in extreme cases‚ go under the knife‚ but none of these recommendations are making a dent in lowering the rate of obesity. Rather‚ the number of people obese in the United States steadily increases at an alarming rate. But why? This paper explains the medicalization of obesity throughout history.
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