Academics
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The words ‘you’ and ‘ewe’ are pronounced in the same way, yet they have no words in common. Whereas ‘Io’ is the shortest two-syllable word in the English language. If you want to learn to spell better, remember that visual memory is strong. Try to post pictures of the words themselves as well as images…
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Apples, not caffeine, are more efficient at waking you up in the morning. 2. Alfred Hitchcock didn’t have a belly button. 3. A pack-a-day smoker will lose approximately 2 teeth every 10 years. 4. People do not get sick from cold weather; it’s from being indoors a lot more. 5. When you sneeze, all bodily…
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The Obama Foundation and University of Chicago announced their partnership, a new academic program at the Harris School of Public Policy that supports the next generation of leaders towards making an impact on issues in their communities and around the world. According to the organizations, students in the Obama Foundation Scholars Program at Harris will pursue…
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Do you know that in the weightlessness of space, a frozen pea will explode if it comes in contact with Pepsi? The increased electricity used by modern appliance parts is causing a shift in the Earth’s magnetic field. By the year 2327, the North Pole will be located in mid-Kansas, while the South Pole…
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Describe your educational goals and those academic and/or professional achievements which have contributed most to your development: Given my background as an undergraduate student of Mathematics & Economics at the University of California, San Diego, and some practical experience garnered from the Chinese banking sector, I am fully aware of the challenges facing modern…
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To propagate practical know-how and empiricism, Nassim Nicholas Taleb, a financial derivatives specialist, argued that the environment in financial economics reminds one of medieval medicine which rejected the observations and experiences of the plebeian barbers and surgeons thus killing more patients than it saved. Taleb added that financial economics poses a great danger to…
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Risk has taken a central position as one of the most significant modern-day concepts, for the world has fallen victim to several catastrophic disasters which provoke growing concerns and a need to concentrate on the daily hazards associated with a wide range of activities such as construction of complex buildings, operations of chemical plants, use…
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I am fascinated by the paradox of life: how genes and proteins regulate and function in an organism; how humans draw breath; and the intricate working of cells, especially the brain which, just like nature, is all about synchronization. Initial curiosities led me into the captivating world of sciences, and this innate character gained impetus…
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