<wpm@moe.ac.sg> Ministry of Education‚ Singapore Background In 1991‚ Singapore came online through her first Internet service provider (ISP)‚ Technet Unit. This unit was part of the National University of Singapore‚ with funding by the National Science and Technology Board (NSTB). Internet access was then limited to R&D. In 1993‚ Internet access was extended to the educational sector in Singapore. This landmark decision paved the way for schools to come online. The Ministry of Education (MOE)
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Humanity is undergoing in the post-Cold War era an economic and social crisis of unprecedented scale leading to the rapid impoverishment of large sectors of the World population. National economies are collapsing‚ unemployment is rampant. Local level famines have erupted in Sub-Saharan Africa‚ South Asia and parts of Latin America. This "globalization of poverty" --which has largely reversed the achievements of post-war decolonization-- was initiated in the Third World coinciding with the debt crisis
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Thought by many to be science fiction‚ but cryopreservation is becoming a reality more and more every day. Are you afraid of death? Do you long for a day with no disease‚ no aging‚ but the problem is those realities are a long ways away from becoming realities? Death may no longer be a problem‚ disease‚ and aging may no longer play an important role in our day to day lives. How? Through the amazing science of Cryonics. To cryopreserve a patient one must wait until the patient is legally dead‚ when
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Science fiction is advancing constantly whether we like it or not. Certain laborites are building androids to act as humans. How does science fiction redefine what is means to be human? Science fiction redefines what is means to be human because eventually we will not need to reproduce‚ we are programming androids to be exactly as humans‚ and the role of the higher being is to be replaced. Lets go back for a moment. About 10‚000 years ago we as humans were hunter gatherers. There was not a mast
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Advantage and Disadvantage of Technology Introduction Technology is the making‚ modification‚ usage‚ and knowledge of tools‚ machines‚ techniques‚ crafts‚ systems in order to solve a problem‚ improve a preexisting solution to a problem‚ achieve a goal or perform a specific function. Technology is‚ by definition‚ the practical application of knowledge. It is the systematic treatment of art and science. In the last century many people did things by hand but nowadays more and more tasks have
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Fiona 1330017006 The advantages and disadvantages of English as a global language English become more and more common in our daily life‚ English movies‚ novels and science papers are a part of our life. At the same time‚ English play an important role in national society. 95 of 126 U.N. member countries use English to communication‚ about a quarter of countries and regions use English as official language or lingua franca. English is becoming to a global language. Everything has two sides‚ and English
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Marriage Views of One-child Generation in China The 6.1 million children received certificates of their single-child status in 1979 when China first carried out the "one-child" policy. Now China’s first one-child generation has already grown up into marriage and childbearing age. However‚ their attitudes towards marriage are different from those in the early 1980s and 1990s. Nowadays marriage has become more complicated. The two parties are placing more emphasis on after-marriage life quality
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Great advancement in the field of science and technology has resulted into the invention of numerous devices‚ which have made our life easy and comfortable. Among the devices‚ which are widely used in the present time‚ is computer. Indeed computer has become basis need of modern people. There is a symbol of modernity. Despite this fact computer like other devices has pros and cons. Having computer certainly has disadvantages but there are some good aspects of it too. Computers are useful in business
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Advantages and disadvantages of television viewing In this new era of science and technology‚ we have incorporated technology into our everyday lives. In fact‚ we cannot live without electrical appliances that we call necessities and the television is one of them.Much has changed since the first television was invented - from black and white to colour televisions. For some‚ the television is a window to the modern world. By viewing the programmes that are aired on television‚ we can gain a lot
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