Muscle relaxation can beat tension
These are incredible times to be living in, and
technologies such as computers, televisions, telephones, and cars
have made life so much easier and convenient. Times of tremendous
growth and prosperity also require that you grow and adapt with
them. Sometimes it is difficult to keep up with such a fast-paced
and ever changing society, so it is very important to learn and
utilise skills that will help you succeed in the 21st century. These
skills will not only help you gain control of your life, but they
will also help you gain that extra advantage needed to make it in
today’s global world.
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VIGNETTES
Coming to grips with atomism
Unlike Eastern philosophers such as the Buddha
in India, Confucius and Mozi in China, Western philosophers probed
the universe and how it came into being. In the 5th century BCE, two
Greek philosophers who came from Abderra suggested that everything
was made up of tiny particles. The two philosophers - Democritus and
Leucippus - called the tiny particles ‘atoms.’ The Greek word
‘atamos’ means ‘uncuttable.’ This is considered the first atomic
theory in the Western world.
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Another way is possible :
Changing course to feed the future world
The 2008 global food price spikes were a wake-up
call to global policymakers, shaking them from the lethargic slumber
of the overfed. The rhetorical responses were swift, but policies
and practices have changed little. That is in part because they
relied on the tried-and-failed solution of increasing commodity food
production.
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