Why do we say Vale? My big dictionary says vale relates to the declining years of a person’s age, but then it says vale relates to goodbye, farewell, adieu. Ivor Brown in his Book of Words described the bisyllabic word vale, from the Latin, as beautiful. John Ayto seems to describe it as an offshoot […]
What is an example of a diplomat?
What is an example of a diplomat? An example of a diplomat is a Norwegian ambassador meeting with the president of a country in Europe. A person who is accredited, such as an ambassador, to officially represent a government in its relations with other governments or international organisations. What are the 5 tools of foreign […]
Who formulated uniform laws for all citizens within its territory in France?
Who formulated uniform laws for all citizens within its territory in France? Steps Taken by French Revolutionaries : (i) A centralised administrative system was put in place and it formulated uniform laws for all citizens within its territory. (ii) Internal customs, duties and dues were abolished and a uniform system of weights and measures was […]
What is Social Network example?
What is Social Network example? Social networking revolves allows like-minded individuals to be in touch with each other using websites and web-based applications. Facebook, MySpace, Twitter, and LinkedIn are examples of social networking sites. FaceBook alone has over a half-billion users. What are the different types of social networks? Different Types of Social Media Networks […]
How long did it take to write The Diving Bell and the Butterfly?
How long did it take to write The Diving Bell and the Butterfly? ten months Who invented the diving bell? Edmund Halley How did Bauby write his book? The Diving-Bell and the Butterfly1997 What genre is The Diving Bell and the Butterfly? Autobiography What is locked-in syndrome? Locked-in syndrome is a rare neurological disorder in […]
What do Marx and Descartes believe?
What do Marx and Descartes believe? Karl Marx was communism’s most famous intellectual advocate. Rene Descartes was a famous French mathematician, scientist and philosopher. Descartes tells Marx that the material world only exists in the imagination. Can money give you happiness? Money is unlikely to buy happiness, but it may help you achieve happiness to […]
How old is Hecate?
How old is Hecate? The earliest definitive record of Hecate’s worship dates to the 6th century B.C.E., in the form of a small terracotta statue of a seated goddess, identified as Hekate in its inscription. Who is known as Greek physician? Hippocrates, (born c. 460 bce, island of Cos, Greece—died c. 375 bce, Larissa, Thessaly), […]
Why Collective punishment is bad?
Why Collective punishment is bad? A student often misbehaves when they feel disengaged and disengagement can come from feeling excluded from peers and teachers. The negative peer pressure associated with collective punishment compounds the likelihood of further social exclusion exacerbating the transgressing student’s disengagement. Can a teacher search your bag? YES, but only under certain […]
What is another name for Taoism?
What is deterministic analysis?
What is deterministic analysis? Deterministic Analysis, which aims to demonstrate that a facility is tolerant to identified faults/hazards that are within the “design basis”, thereby defining the limits of safe operation Probabilistic Analysis, which aims to provide a realistic estimate of the risk presented by the facility What is probabilistic data? Probabilistic data, like its […]