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THE POWER OF INVENTIONS AND SCIENCE

We live in the age of science. People live, move and think in terms of science. Water, air, time and space have been conquered. Man has harnessed theforces of Nature, to his own use.

Science has helped man to lead a better life than ever before. In all walks of

life man has made wonderful progress. It has given us very swift means of communication transport. The steam engine, the motor car and now the airplanehave conquered time and space. Man can now travel from one place to another ina short time. A journey of weeks and months is now performed in a few hours.

Then there are the telegraph, the telephone and the wireless. The wirelesshas made it possible to send messages to any part of the world in the twinkling of an eye. The steamers and the aeroplanes are all fitted with a wireless apparatusso that they can get timely help in danger. The radio has made the dull evenings

at home bright. One can hear news, dialogues and speeches from the distantparts of the world while sitting at home. Television, the latest development of Wireless telegraphy, enables people to see the picture as well as hear voices.

Science has entered our life so powerfully that we have started thinking in ascientific way. It has all together changed our outlook on life. We now want toknow the how and why of things. The age of superstitious beliefs is over. Scientificinventions have not all been for our good. Science has given man deadlyweapons. The long-range guns, poisonous gases, atom-bombs and many otherdestructive weapons of warfare have made the life of man most insecure anotherwar and the whole world will be destroyed in a minute by nuclear weapons.

ENTERTAINMENT TOWARDS EDUCATION

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One often hears it said, I go to a film to be entertained, not to be educated.I dont go to look for problems. The other extreme from escapism-entertainment,(which also sends shivers up most peoples spines) is the relentless quest forproblems.

A film is a work of art; often commercial art, if you like; it has its owntechniques in its succession and arrangement of moving images, speed, cutting,colour and so on, to draw out a response. As with other works of art, if techniquesand forms are used properly, the story, message and content could only becommunicated in this way. The novel is not a play, nor can a play be merelyphotographed to become a film. Different techniques are employed which drawfrom us their own particular response. The Western over-intellectualising of human reactions (suspicious of any reaction that cannot be explained logically)can ruin a response to something which appeals to the whole person, senses,emotions, intellect and will.

All of this shows, of course, how an audience can be got at. With so manytechniques and effects at work, too-ready openness runs the risk of manipulation.

But satisfying entertainment can be also true education. By response andpersonal contact, we are led out, drawn out of ourselves (which is what the Latinroots of the word suggest); we become more personal, that is, we move a stepfurther towards completion of our personality. This is why it is helpful to call thisgenuine entertainment-education, a formation. The film is truly forming us.

THE PRIMARY LINK TO OUR FUTURE

Education is a term which is more easily understood than defined. It hasbeen derived from the Latin word "educatum" which means the act of teaching ortraining.



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According to some, it has also come from another Latin term "educare"which means "to bring up", "to raise". Some also believe that it has beenoriginated from the Latin word "educere" which means "to lead forth" or "to comeout".

Education is thus a process of self-expression. An individual expresseshimself through education. These innate powers and potentialities are developedand drawn out through education. It is a means of adjustment of an individualwith the society. It is a process by which he is brought into proper relationshipwith the ideas and Meals, customs and traditions of the society.

The child is weak, helpless and ignorant at birth. But he gradually grows anddevelops. He acquires knowledge and skills. He realizes thoughts into actions andsatisfies his needs. He changes his behavior according to his environment. Suchchanges, growth and development of the individual are his education This is theresult of his learning and maturation.

Learning is living. Learning is the modification of behavior. Thus education isthe process by which the knowledge, character and behavior of an individual areformed and modified. One's conduct and behavior are changed and refinedaccording to the desired standard of the society. This is the result of education.

LITERATURE AS A MIRROR OF SOCIETY

In every part of the world, literature has been more or less, mirror of society.At the earliest stage, literature invariably takes the form of poetry, while prose isa much later creation, because prose develops with matured age.



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Poetry is out and out a product of imagination, while prose is the fruit of intellect. The earlier from of poetry is the epic. In Italian, Greek, German, Englishor Indian epic we can find a clear reflection of the ancient social history of thecountries. mark closely the contents of the Beowulf, the Illiad, the Odyssey, theRamayana and Mahabharata, and you will find in them a picture of the ancient lifeand society of the countries concerned. Even in the much later epics of England,

Germany or India, you can find a similar picture of ways of life of the peoples ormore recent times of those countries. Of course, poetry has more of the elementof imagination than of reality, and therefore, it is not likely to be as much afaithful mirror of society as prose, or even as the drama.

Everybody wants to live in a world of imagination or fiction and not of reality, because everybody in his daily round passes though the same world, thesame human existence, and the same human nature or character either in himself or in others.

YOU BLINK 15,000 TIMES A DAY

The muscle that lets your eye blink is the fastest muscle in your body. It allows youto blink 5 times a second. On average, you blink 15 000 times a day . Thats about 10times per minute, or more than five million times a year. Women blink more than men.



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Animals blink too, of course. Some bird species, usually flightless birds, have only alower eyelid, whereas pigeons use upper and lower lids to blink. Fish and insects do nothave eyelids their eyes are protected by a hardened lens.

To care for your eyes, eat carrots. They really do make you see better. Vitamin A isknown to prevent night blindness, and carrots are loaded with Vitamin A. Deficiency of Vitamin A actually is a significant world problem, comparable to that of proteindeficiency and second only to caloric deficiency.

Carrots also contain fibre, potassium, vitamin C, and beta-carotene, which mayreduce the risk of heart disease and cancer. Carrots have zero fat content. One carrotprovides more than 200% of recommended daily intake of Vitamin A.

Carrots were first cultivated in 500 BC in the Mediterranean regions. The firstcarrots were purple, white, and yellow. They were introduced in Europe in the 1600s.Orange carrots the ones we know today were first grown in Japan in the 17th century,

and later made popular by the Dutch.


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