STS LECTURE NOTES 2nd Sem 2013 to 2014 Note: Topic Outline I. History and Philosophy of science and technology: II.Science and technology in daily life: III. Science and technology‚ in the arts‚ law and social sciences: IV. Science‚ science policy and national development I. History and Philosophy of science and technology: A. The Fertile Crescent Teaching religiona and mathemathics B. The Civilization of the Americas Aztecs Incas Maya Mayan Mathemathics and Astrology Impact
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(Q.) What is Devsari or Dand? (1 Mark) (Ans) Devsari or Dand was a small token fee paid by people of other villages bordering thevillages of Bastar. It was charged when someone from the other village wanted to have some forest products fromBastar. (Q.)How did the forest laws initiate the scope of employment? (1 Mark) (Ans) Many communities left their traditional occupation and started trading of forest products or other economic activities. For example‚ the Mundurucu people in Brazil who started
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Abel Lazo CRJS 291 9-20-12 Police 1. What is the management structure of the police component? * The police management has a component called watchmen style of procedures which inform officers to ignore minor violations‚ and settle disputes formally by meeting out street justice. * Another component the police management follows is legalistic style which tells the officers to preform matters formally. With legalistic style the administrators reduce discretion to a minimum and emphasize
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Introduction Amazon.com‚ Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) is an American multinational electronic commerce ‚ a Fortune 500 company with headquarters in Seattle‚ Washington‚ United States It is the world ’s largest online retailer.[4] The company also produces consumer electronics—notably the Amazon Kindle e-book reader and the Kindle Fire tablet computer—and is a major provider of cloud computing services. Jeff Bezos incorporated the company (as Cadabra) in July 1994‚ and the site went online as amazon.com
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In the new testament‚ Jesus uses stories and events in his life to explain his message to his disciples. These stories are expressed through the first four books of the Bible‚ the gospels. One particular verse‚ Mark 11:17‚ is part of a story about Jesus using a fig tree to teach his disciples about the present happenings pertaining to the nation of Israel. To understand the story it’s first important to understand the background of the book it is found in before thinking about the interpretation
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1.1 The Culture of Shut-up A recent article by Jon Lovett on The Atlantic ’s site‚ "The Culture of Shut Up"—contends effectively that ensuring opportunity of discourse is presently up to each of us in this Internet age. As institutional watchmen lose their energy to control data‚ which ends up less demanding toward oneself designated individual guards to venture in. The very basic result becomes awful‚ flaring allegations and control tinged calls for statement of regret (or more regrettable)
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J im Hawkins is a young boy who lives at his parents’ inn‚ the Admiral Benbow‚ near Bristol‚ England‚ in the eighteenth century. An old sea captain named Billy Bones dies in the inn after being presented with a black spot‚ or official pirate verdict of guilt or judgment. Jim is stirred to action by the spot and its mysterious‚ accurate portent of Billy’s death. Hastily‚ Jim and his mother unlock Billy’s sea chest‚ finding a logbook and map inside. Hearing steps outside‚ they leave with the documents
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Treasure Island Rob Johnson May‚ 2012 About the Author Robert Louis Stevenson Stevenson was born on the 13th of November in the year 1850 in Edinburgh‚ Scotland and died December 3rd‚ 1894 in Vailima‚ Samoa. Stevenson was of Scottish descent and was the only child of Thomas Stevenson. At age six‚ Robert attended his first school and found it hard to fit in
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potential of WikiLeaks as an agent in a better functioning of the democracy. WikiLeaks: A Cultural Phenomenon “quis custodiet ipsos custodies?” - Juvenal (Satire: 6.346-348) The most often question often asked of democracy is‚ ‘who will watch the watchmen?’ And indeed‚ quite often forces rise to subvert the powers that be. In democracy‚ information is power. Even more so in today’s age‚ that has been dubbed as the information age‚ for reasons more than one. Manipulation of information is as old as
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In this leaflet I will describe the law of negligence and occupier’s liability‚ economic loss and psychiatric loss. Negligence is when somebody has a duty of care and that duty is breached. Negligence is split into 3 parts. Duty of Care In certain situations‚ a duty of care is owed to another person. For example‚ a surgeon owes a duty of care to whoever they operate on. The existence of a duty of care is established by the Neighbour Test which was brought in by Lord Aitken after the Donoghue
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