Our Changing World Was it only a decade ago that a blackberry was a mere summer fruit? That green was just a colour‚ and reality TV was that one show sandwiched between music videos on MTV? There were‚ of course‚ huge political and social upheavals that roiled our world in the past decade. But there were also the gradual lifestyle changes that you don’t always notice happening – quite like watching a child grow older. It is hard to believe how much the world has transformed in the past decade
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: Wait a minute. Is this how it really happened in history? (Silence as everyone looks at each other. ACTOR PLAYING SULTAN drops out of character) ACTOR/S : History? What history? We are creating fiction‚ Yatim! This is fiction. History is fiction. […] ACTOR/M : What about historical truth Mano? ACTOR/S : Truth depends on who is telling the history and what he is saying to get across‚ who is the audience are. History can even be manipulated to convey opposing truths. You can screw around with history
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straight session to touch its highest level in nearly a week on Thursday as foreign banks sold dollars in the spot market while squaring off their long dollar positions in the offshore non-deliverable forwards. Traders said the large selling seen from foreign banks over the last couple of days was mainly due to offshore flows with banks preferring to not roll-over their long
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hard water? 4. Define alkalinity. 5. Why is water softened before using in boiler? 6. What is meant by priming and foaming? How can they be prevented? 7. What is meant by caustic embrittlement? How is it prevented? 8. Indicate the reasons for boiler corrosion. 9. What is the role of phosphates in the internal treatment of water? 10. What is calgon conditioning? How is it functioning in water treatment? 11. Mention requisites of potable water. 12. Write briefly on disinfection of water by
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graffiti‚ it has California pizza‚ sunshine‚ movie stars‚ Hollywood‚ wine and movie stars. However‚ how do we know‚ that that all exist? The answer is not very easy. Everyone of us knows something about California. Maybe he has heard of California on the radio‚ has watched films about it on TV or has read something in the newspaper. There are many ways of finding out something about California. But how do we know if this is true? Maybe the news is wrong‚ maybe the radio is telling us something to make
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Plato - Plato WHEN Socrates was sixty years old‚ Plato‚ then a youth of twenty‚ came to him as a pupil. When Plato was sixty years old‚ the seventeen-year-old Aristotle presented himself‚ joining the Teacher ’s group of "Friends‚" as the members of the Academy called themselves. Aristotle was a youth of gentle birth and breeding‚ his father occupying the position of physician to King Philip of Macedon. Possessed of a strong character‚ a penetrating intellect‚ apparent sincerity‚ but great personal
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Plato The story of two sisters‚ Melissa and Melinda‚ is one of deep philosophical analysis. The harsh scenario is of the two sisters’ brother‚ Matthew‚ who is involved in a horrific accident that essentially leaves him brain dead and only alive through a complex network of life support systems. According to Matthew’s last will and testament‚ he states specifically that if something of this sort ever happens to him‚ both sisters must mutually agree upon the ultimate decision of whether or not to
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Plato‚ student of Socrates‚ and Aristotle‚ student of Plato‚ two of the most influential philosophers to have ever walked the earth‚ take two completely different approaches whilst talking about the formation of city states and epistemology itself. Plato primarily defined the nature of things in theoretical terms through metaphysics‚ in contrast to actual terms. Thus by looking to the ’higher forms’ he aimed to explain the function of existing knowledge and understandings in the search for the ’absolute
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Can Justice exist in this world? “Sir‚ I say that justice is truth in action.” (Disraeli) Jeff MacDonald‚ Perry Smith‚ and Dick Hickok all led very different lives‚ had different upbringings‚ and different skills. However much these men contrast one another‚ they all had a chance to have a good life. Jeff‚ being the luckiest of the three‚ could have continued a fruitful life with his family‚ Perry joined the military to run from his problems and had no need to return to them‚ and Dick had loving
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The painful truth is our world is changing and it may vary well be our fault. The temperature is rising polar summers are getting longer and longer and landfills continue to grow. These are all affects of our gluttonous ways taking more of what we already have driving around aimlessly and littering. I believe that these need to stop. People say change isn’t easy it takes time but mankind has been changing for thousands of years adapting to the world around us. However some people have changed or
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