mastering the facts of life

... Guaranteed, there must have been other ways to approach the issue, so what was the advan- tage of this one? The answers are always part of a larger pic- ture, about either the science or the research ... folks, too. The researcher will not mind. In fact, the better the scientific team, the more the leaders seem to want to credit the junior Research and the Interview 53 members—who are their future ... control group of 230 people. The group had to be that big because X. It was important that they all Y because Z.” The root of the matter is implicit in these mun- dane details, so knowing them will

Ngày tải lên: 26/01/2014, 08:20

... inter- views, the machine took enough attention that my rapport with the other person suffered, plus I often lost track of the content. The problem is that, when I’m typing at the speed of speech, the ... story. But when the manuscript arrived, all the fascinat- ing facts, stories, and quotes, the cream of the story, would be conspicuous by their absence. I’d say, “What happened to the material about ... out the other side, be- cause then you’ll know in your bones that feeling hopeless is just a phase. After that, you’ll probably find the process rather fun. It has all the joys of solving the

Ngày tải lên: 26/01/2014, 08:20

... people write the body of the text first and save the opener to write last, to benefit from all the clarity that the writing brought. If that works for you, great. Others find (and I am one of them) that ... the close. “We could do a lot of good for other countries where they really do need the camels for meat,” Skidmore said. “Where they really do need them for milk.Where they desperately need them ... ones? If the mother is nursing the baby, does that make a difference? Not all the readers would have thought to ask those questions, but they will all care about the answers. Then consider the pregnant

Ngày tải lên: 26/01/2014, 08:20

... in this life to this remote and magnifi- cent island.” Then I considered the essay’s title: ? ?The Island at the End of the Earth.” Hmm. In many seagoing cultures, the islands at the end of the world ... albatross ap- pears out of the east, where high dark coasts open on the ocean horizon and the last sun ray glints on the windy seas of the Drake Passage. The group reaches the island. The author tells ... is the symmetry so clear at opening and close. The reader enters and leaves this universe of words at the same place, pulled through the duration of the trip by a well-crafted spiral. The other

Ngày tải lên: 26/01/2014, 08:20

... another there, a third and a fourth some other place; they grow, they become rivers, and they converge! The piece ends with something new and big, a veritable Mississippi. At the other end of the ... smaller Ideas into Words 90 waves, the events of the last three chapters? ?the struggle for life on other boats caught out, as well as the heroic deeds (including a death) of the Coast Guard rescue teams. The book ends with ... pointed into the worst of it and hope he doesn’t get blindsided by a freak wave. And that was the start of the storm. In the same matter -of- fact tone, Junger spends the last nine pages of chapter

Ngày tải lên: 26/01/2014, 08:20

... knowledge that could have confused the picture: the other causes of high blood pressure, for example; the other part of the kidney problem; the names of the various parts of the kidney’s cir- culatory ... Chameleons can hurl their tongues even farther than salamanders, shooting them twice the length of their bodies in less than a second [by means of a ring of muscle] Rings of muscle aren’t mandatory ... but they aren’t as effective in the kidneys. Part of the problem lies in the kidneys’ unusual design. Blood enters the organs via arteries and then fans out into microscopic capillaries. There,

Ngày tải lên: 26/01/2014, 08:20

... problem to the forefront. Noting positive reactions is a must, and not only to pre- serve morale. Most of us tend to think of editing as “fix- ing” what is off.We forget the other half of the job, ... substance without which the reader cannot go on? Does it grab? Go on to the next paragraph, asking the same questions, and the next, and the next. All too often, you can drop the first few paragraphs ... Yes, the scene in the computer lab! It’s the essence of what the story is about.With just a little tweaking, it will be perfect. Often both pace and tone change at this turning point, as the writer

Ngày tải lên: 26/01/2014, 08:20

... de-emphasize should go in the middle of the sentence (and paragraph). The middle of the sen- tence is the place for necessary nothings such as these: however (a slalom flag to mark the unexpected) Dr. ... by the NIH The middle of the paragraph is the place for their equivalent in full sentences. The middle also makes a good home for items that only a few readers will need, for whatever reason? ?the ... exploration of the moon during the Apollo 11 mission when Neil Armstrong reported back to earth, “Houston, the Eagle has landed.” The problem of drug abuse is a topic often reported by the media

Ngày tải lên: 26/01/2014, 08:20

... yet, start to work with them on the day of the talk, while you’re still excited. Otherwise the new ideas will evanesce, cast off as wrong or irrelevant by your older mindset, the one that had you ... Readers lose confidence if they feel that the writer is either ridiculing or flattering the subject. If you fear you may be tipping in either direction, remind yourself of professional norms. Call ... also at the facts and observations you are choosing to use. The criterion should be,What do I have that will create the richest, most accurate portrait of the person or situation or idea? The result

Ngày tải lên: 26/01/2014, 08:20

... of expansion to see how the findings can help to understand some features of the text and the intention of the writer In this thesis, the text chosen is the short story ? ?The Law of Life? ?? by the ... analyzing the text Design of the study The study is designed into parts Part A introduces the reasons for choosing the topic, the aims of the study, the methodology, the scope, and the design of the ... that the aim of the analysis has been achieved: some of the features of the genre and the intention of the writer have been discovered through the study of this relation between clauses in the

Ngày tải lên: 29/01/2014, 14:44

... not know the power of the word, is behind the times "Death and Life are in the power of the tongue." (Prov 18:21.) Chapter 2: The Law of Prosperity One of the greatest ... Law of Prosperity Chapter 3: The Power of the Word Chapter 4: The Law of Nonresistance Chapter 5: The Law of Kamma and The Law of Forgiveness Chapter 6: Casting the Burden Chapter 7: Love ... a woman ahead of her time. To many, she is considered to be among the likes of James Allen, the author of “As a Man Thinketh”, Wallace D. Wattles, the author of ? ?The Science of Getting Rich”

Ngày tải lên: 15/03/2014, 09:20

... acceptable methods of family planning of their choice It also includes the right of access to other methods of their choice for regulation of fertility, which are not against the law,... ... result of increased use of condoms. The number of people receiving antiretroviral therapy (ART) rose from 70,000 in 2003 to 180,000 at the end of 2005. 9 About one in six people (16%) in need of ... proportion of child deaths is now in the neonatal period. In the WHO South East Asia region 50% of all deaths in children younger than age 5 years happen in the first month of life. 14 The neonatal

Ngày tải lên: 22/03/2014, 12:20

... us through the words and actions of others VII The Circumstances of Life IT is not the circumstances of life that... fellow." But, at the same time, if either of these apparently ... accepting the guidance of the Power who made us, which is the only possible way to freedom. Of course the laws of a man's being are infinitely above the laws of a beast's. The laws of a ... cold, of pain, and of many illnesses, is the contraction of the nerves and muscles of the body, which impedes the curative power of its healing forces The. .. time, and the

Ngày tải lên: 23/03/2014, 02:20

... of the pleasure It discovers that the Giver is the source of the pleasure, and feels itself as the receiver This time the sensation... global crisis, the family unit in the ... and the visible reality had been researched, a new desire surfaced—to know the highest of concepts and the hidden part of reality This is the stage of the evolution of desires ... explanations of Kabbalah in this part of the book are based on these meetings The Editor 16 AT T E N D E E S OF THE SAN FRANCISCO CONFERENCE PROFESSOR WILLIAM TILLER Prof William Tiller,...

Ngày tải lên: 23/03/2014, 07:20

... calculated all kinds of things with this theory. The first thing I calculated was the rate of disintegration of the muon and the neutron. They should be connected to- gether, if this theory was right, ... is available from the British Library. would go no further—“30 percent; we cannot say more than 30 percent”—till they were sure I had the message. Then they would shut the of ce door. “But let ... going to be all of them, or al- most all. This is going to be awful!—an old-fashioned epi- demic like none of us has ever seen!” The better the scien- tist, the larger the scruple and the more he...

Ngày tải lên: 05/10/2012, 09:47

... trigger their adrenaline. So they often thrive as staff, goaded on by the rest of the group (not to mention the boss). Gregarious types may not need goad- ing but wilt in a life that leaves them ... and fer- tilize and weed. There is work to be done. But the work pays off biggest when the plants are right for the soil and micro- climate of the particular garden. Is there some subject or writing ... of us tense up when we sit down to write. But fortunately, the How of writing is not the heart of the matter, and we all once knew it. Since you are reading this book, you were probably one of those...

Ngày tải lên: 17/10/2013, 19:15

... off by 7 percent.” Then I remember the 9 percent. It was like a prediction for me: I went home and got this theory that says the neu- tron decay should be off by 9 percent, and they tell me the next ... “un- sure,” even when they are sure (in the ordinary sense), because their idea of truth is so lofty. Also, they feel responsible not to scare the public. I well remember from the early 1980s not ... part, the best scientists agree on the current best theory, which they recognize because, well, it fits. It an- swers the most questions with the greatest precision and the fewest loose ends. There’s...

Ngày tải lên: 20/10/2013, 10:15

... from the consciousness. It is man’s only enemy - fear of lack, fear of 2 Table of Contents Chapter 1 The Game 3 Chapter 2 The Law of Prosperity 12 Chapter 3 The Power of the Word 19 Chapter 4 The ... and the spirit, or the subconscious and superconscious mind. They must be one. When the subconscious is flooded with the perfect ideas of the superconscious, God and man are one. “I and the Father ... and as she cast it upon the Superconscious with its belief of plenty, an avalanche of supply was the result. 14 The Law of Prosperity I won’t receive it till the first of the month, and I must...

Ngày tải lên: 24/12/2013, 09:17

... of Old Norse, the language of the Vikings and the precursor of modern Icelandic, and these words were actually used by the Vikings. The other twelve words were all related to seafaring, and of ... ”reincarnation” and the afterlife” are components of ”theories of the meaning of life essential to basic humanity. By so doing, I broke out of the traditional boundary of ”management science” ... PROOF OF PAST LIFE MEMORIES Are these past life memories genuine memories of a lifetime that occurred in the past? Or are they merely hallucinations or dreams concocted by the brain of the subject? To...

Ngày tải lên: 24/12/2013, 13:15

... O’HENRY The Whirligig Of Life JUSTICE -OF -THE- PEACE Benaja Widdup sat in the door of his office smoking his elder-stem pipe. Halfway to the zenith the Cumberland range rose blue-gray in the afternoon ... when they had just learned the lesson of life? "But the co't air prepared," went on the Justice, "fur to remove the disabilities set up by the decree of divo'ce. The ... back up to the cabin," she said, along 'ith the bull- cart. There's bread in the tin box settin' on the shelf. I put the bacon in the "Otherwise," said the Justice,...

Ngày tải lên: 24/12/2013, 18:15