Tai Chi Chuan (usually shortened to Tai Chi) is a traditional Chinese practice, that involves both physical and mental exercise. Compared to popular martial arts such as Karate and Kung-Fu, Tai Chi is a slow motion stretching and boxing routine. “Instead of focusing on quick, powerful, and vigorous movements for self-defense or attacking actions like…
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A vignette of Newton’s laws of motion
Newton’s three laws of motion were the backbone of classical physics, which were subsequently replaced by Albert Einsteins discoveries concerning Theory of Relativity. But till recently, Newton’s three laws of motion played a pivotal role in aiding our understanding of common geo-physical phenomenon. All three laws concern the action or influence of one physical object…
The Status of the Rorschach in Clinical and Forensic Practice
The employment of the Rorschach in personality assessment procedures has had its fair share of criticism in the past. As a way of settling the dispute and controversy (some even calling to abandon it altogether), the Board of Trustees of the Society for Personality Assessment has issued a statement containing evidence and rational argument in…
Ways in which e-commerce and the Internet have changed the relationship between companies and customers
With the development of the Internet in the last twenty years, the nature and manner in which business transactions and interactions with customers are carried out has undergone a sea change. In its early days, the Internet was used solely for purposes of communication. But in recent years the role and scope of the Internet…
Is there a value to Conformity and Obedience?
Conformity to social norms and obedience to higher authorities are values that are instilled in people right from the day they are born. There are merits attached to this practice, for elderly people (who are also usually the authority figures) have more knowledge and experience than young people and it makes sense to heed their…
Reaction to Lecture: How I Killed Pluto and Why It Had It Coming by Dr. Michael Brown
Dr. Michael Brown’s illuminating lecture on new explorations in the outer solar system has really captured my imagination. His interesting and humor-filled account of the discovery of ‘Eris’ – a planet-like object orbiting the sun in an extremely elliptical pattern – has been a pleasure to listen to. In the lecture, Brown talks of how…
Oil Spills and Their Affects on Our Beaches
It is a well documented fact that oil spills can create lasting damage to the oceans, sometimes leading to irrecoverable losses to marine ecosystems and inhabiting species. In the Exxon Valdez spill that took place two decades back, 258,000 barrels of oil were spilled into Alaska’s Prince William Sound. Although only a fifth of the…
The Origin of the Universe
A dominant prevailing theory about the origin of the Universe is the Big Bang model, which was accepted by the scientific community after gathering enough observational evidence and later verifying its predictions. One of the foremost paradoxes thrown open by the Big Bang theory is its idea of the original explosion of all universal matter…
The influence of 1900,1904,1908,1912 and 1916 Olympic Games on the world
The Olympic Games is the most celebrated sporting event for all nations in the world. Almost every sporting discipline is included in the itinerary and most of the countries in the world participates in it. It showcases human virtues such as perseverance, courage, determination, etc and in this respect it serves as a theatre of…
How important are cultural and national identities for an individual?
Our cultural and national identities play an important role in the formation of our individual identities. While care must be taken to not stereotype people based on their ethnicities/nationalities/gender identities, such attributes do contribute to defining personal identities of people. In the case of a country such as the United States, the exercise of locating…