Watching TV Makes You Smarter By STEVEN JOHNSON The Sleeper Curve SCIENTIST A: Has he asked for anything special? SCIENTIST B: Yes‚ this morning for breakfast . . . he requested something called ’’wheat germ‚ organic honey and tiger’s milk.’’ SCIENTIST A: Oh‚ yes. Those were the charmed substances that some years ago were felt to contain life-preserving properties. SCIENTIST B: You mean there was no deep fat? No steak or cream pies or . . . hot fudge? SCIENTIST A: Those were thought
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and how it makes YOU. Those simple particles‚ bonded together in such a unique way that it can only create one individual: You. The author says‚ "To begin with‚ for you to be here now trillions of drifting atoms had somehow to assemble in an intricate and intriguingly obliging manner to create you. It’s an arrangement so specialized and particular that it has never been tried before and will only exist this once." (Pg‚ 93) Every person is unique because there always slight differences present even
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as the stock manager at Circus Supermarket‚ the manager tells you that he desperately needs some help with an inventory problem. In the back of the store‚ he shows you an unmarked‚ unopened tin can and explains that the store’s owners are threatening to fire him and all his staff if they cannot keep track of the items that they sell. He asks you to help him figure out what is inside. There is one catch: He does not want to open the can‚ just in case there is something expensive inside. During this
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TORTS CAN – FALL 2010 - GOOLD Lecture 1: Introduction to the Law of Torts Tort= area of law that deals with wrongdoing. Criminal=public wrongs‚ tort=private Tort= law concerned w/ rights & remedies associated with legal relationships between individuals. - What is wrong with this definition of torts? Fails to take into account key aspects of tort law. Three ways to define torts: (1) Areas of law recognised by courts as torts (e.g. the subjects in the syllabus) (2) Area of law concerned
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It can wait Every year at school I see pregnant teens‚ it breaks my heart. I am against teen pregnancy. Having a baby when you haven’t even experienced life is wrong. Many teenagers have children when we can’t even take care of ourselves‚ achieve your goals‚ or provide the bet life for them. Being a teen mom is becoming the new normal‚ and it should be stopped. The national campaign said “38% of teen girls who have a child before the age of 18 get a high school diploma by age 22. And less than
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as World Wide Web sites or data archives‚ are located‚ enabling data and other information to be exchanged according to thefreedictionary.com . We truthfully use the Internet daily for different reasons‚ it can be used for our entertainments‚ and for our satisfaction; also‚ We can say that it can also be harmful and beneficial to every individual‚ but‚ is it true that Internet does more harm than good? Well‚ let us think first‚ why is internet gives more benefits than harm. First of all‚ Convenience
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Tan Sri Dato Dr Robert Kuok has been the 33rd richest person in the world‚ Over taking Tan Sri Dato Dr Yeoh Tiong Lay (YTL) ‚ Dato Ananda Krishnan and Dato Brian Tan. Kuok’s father arrived in Malaya from Fujian‚ China at the beginning of the 20th century‚ and Robert was the youngest of three brothers‚ born on 6 October 1923‚ in Johor Bahru. He claims he began in business as an office boy‚ and later started a business with relatives’ support. [2] In fact‚ upon graduation‚ he worked in the grains
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CAN CAR Essay Keaton Mertz Simms-D The goal of the can car lab was to create a rubber band-powered car that demonstrates Newton’s laws‚ and conservation of energy. The advantages of having a heavy rolling can is that I would have a lot of rotational energy and momentum‚ the disadvantage is the car has more static inertia. If the car has more static inertia‚ then it will be harder for the can to roll backwards at the end of its run. The factors affecting the can’s net force (once the rubber band
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contains an appeal to emotion (pathos)‚ the author criticises the opponent’s use of pathos as though it constitutes the bulk of the argument‚ positioning the reader to feel indignant about being manipulated by the opposition‚ and to feel that they can disregard the opponent’s argument in its entirety since it is evidently based on fallacious logic. Ad hominen attack: an attack made against an opponent. For example‚ by insinuating that the opponent is untrustworthy this positions the reader to think
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Can you buy your way into a top university? Can your buy your way into a top university? Over a decade ago‚ Daniel Golden‚ then a senior journalist at The Wall Street Journal‚ answered the question conclusively. Stacking evidence in the form of study results and his own research on specific universities‚ he showed through his investigative articles how donations and influence helped undeserving applicants corner elite university seats at the expense of deserving‚ meritorious candidates. The articles
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