Handout as preparation for the upcoming Talk Show

Science has made the modern world. Many of us have heard the aforementioned statement  in one way or another, and many of us believe in it heartily. But are we truly aware of the importance of science in our modern world? Today we will discuss the issue in our Talk Show classes.

For start, I would suggest you to read the following article "Science and the Modern World" :

Read the PDF

Also regarding the phenomenon of science denial due to personal beliefs you are recommended to observe the following videos as a mental formulation :

World Science Festival 2008: Faith & Science (Excerpt) from World Science Festival on Vimeo.

Memento of one of my students

I just wanted to post a picture of one of my best students Yashar who has decided to pursue  substantial competency in English language despite his extremely busy schedule as a full-time (or shall we say extra-full-time!) civil engineer [ he sometimes works for almost 12 hours ,even during holidays]. 

Yashar's determination should act as a motivation for all the other students out there who might not spend enough time learning as hard as they should using lack of time as an excuse.

The Mathematics of Women !!!

Today, while I was checking my email, I stumbled upon one of the messages that was forwarded to my address from one of my students called Mina Ebrahimi. 

    The message was dubbed "The Mathematics of Woman :) " and I myself found it extremely hilarious;as a result I would like to share it with you:

New anti-cheat system for Talk Show Polls Unveiled

The poll section of this blog starting from May 14th 2010 will be equipped with new advanced anti-cheat algorithms using the world's latest programming technology in order to preserve and promote fare choice among all participants of Talk Show.

       However, the downside of the enhanced anti-cheat system is the presence of a chance that genuine answers could be considered cheating. The system uses an advanced calculation based on geographic location, client information, and other elements to calculate whether it is likely that a response is a cheat.

       If respondents are located mostly within the same subnet (for example same company or university network) it might appear that they have the same IP address. If so, genuine responders might be considered to be cheaters.

     Thank you for respecting others' decisions by not voting more than once. 

The Generation Gap Revisited as preparation for the upcoming Talk Show

The short report you are about to read is an edited rephrasing of “Generation Gaps in Attitudes and Values from the 1970s to the 1990s,” in On the Frontier of Adulthood: Theory, Research, and Public Policy . This brief account can prepare Talk Show participants for today's classes.
 
Read the PDF

         You can also further your knowledge regarding the gap between generations by reading "Generation gap" and "Generation gap: Who is to blame? " 

Diet and Nutrition Videos as Preparation For the Upcoming Talk Show

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Nationalities

Have you ever wondered what a person of a specific country is called ?In English ,while some general rules regarding the names of countries and their respective adjectives are available, this by no means implies that all nationalities could be asserted by the aforementioned guideline. As a result I have provided a list of all countries with their demonyms for you to review:

• Note : Each country has a direct link to its geographical fact book and assorted information for further reading .  

Country(red)  and  Nationality(green)

 

Afghanistan Afghan/ Albania Albanian/ Algeria Algerian/ Andorra Andorran/ Angola Angolan/ Antigua and Barbuda Antiguans, Barbudans/ Argentina Argentine/ Armenia Armenian / Australia Australian/ Austria Austrian/ Azerbaijan Azerbaijani/ The Bahamas Bahamian/ Bahrain Bahraini/ Bangladesh Bangladeshi/ Barbados Barbadian /Belarus Belarusian/ Belgium Belgian/ Belize Belizean/ Benin Beninese/ BhutanBolivia Bolivian/ Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnian Herzegovinian/ Botswana Motswana , Batswana (plural)/ Brazil Brazilian/ Brunei Bruneian/ Bulgaria Bulgarian/ Burkina Faso Burkinabe/ BurundiCambodia Cambodian/ Cameroon Cameroonian/ Canada Canadian/ Cape Verde Cape Verdian or Cape Verdean/ Central African Republic Central African/ Chad Chadian/ Chile Chilean/ China Chinese/ Colombia Colombian/ Comoros Comoran/ Congo, Republic of the Congolese/ Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congolese/ Costa Rica Costa Rican/ Cote d'Ivoire Ivorian/ Croatia Croat/ Cuba Cuban/ Cyprus Cypriot/ Czech Republic Czech/ Denmark Dane/ Djibouti Djibouti/ Dominica Dominican/ Dominican Republic Dominican/ East Timor East Timorese/ Ecuador Ecuadorean/ Egypt Egyptian/ El Salvador Salvadoran/ England English /; UK Demonyms Equatorial Guinea Equatorial Guinean or Equatoguinean/ Eritrea Eritrean/ Estonia Estonian/ Ethiopia Ethiopian/ Fiji Fijian/ Finland Finn/ France French/ Gabon Gabonese/ The Gambia Gambian/ GeorgiaGermany German/ Ghana Ghanaian/ Greece Greek/ Grenada Grenadian/ GuatemalaGuinea Guinean/ Guinea-Bissau Guinea-Bissauan/ Guyana Guyanese/ Haiti Haitian/ HondurasHungary Hungarian/ Iceland Icelander/ India Indian/ Indonesia Indonesian/ Iran Iranian/ Iraq Iraqi/ Ireland  Irish/ Israel Israeli/ Italy Italian/ Jamaica Jamaican/ Japan Japanese/ JordanKazakhstan Kazakhstani/ Kenya Kenyan/ Kiribati I-Kiribati/ Korea, North North Korean/ Korea, South South Korean/ Kuwait Kuwaiti/ Kyrgyz Republic Kyrgyz or Kirghiz/ Laos Lao or Laotian/ Latvia Latvian/ Lebanon Lebanese/ Lesotho Mosotho/ Liberia Liberian/ Libya Libyan/ LiechtensteinLithuania Lithuanian/ Luxembourg Luxembourger/ Macedonia Macedonian/ MadagascarMalawi Malawian/ Malaysia Malaysian/ Maldives Maldivan/ Mali Malian/ Malta Maltese/ Marshall Islands Marshallese/ Mauritania Mauritanian/ Mauritius Mauritian/ Mexico Mexican/ Federated States of Micronesia Micronesian/ Moldova Moldovan/ Monaco Monegasque or Monacan/ Mongolia Mongolian/ Morocco Moroccan/ Mozambique Mozambican/ Myanmar (Burma) Burmese or Myanmarese/ NamibiaNauru Nauruan/ Nepal Nepalese/ Netherlands Netherlander or Dutch/ New Zealand New Zealander or Kiwi/ Nicaragua Nicaraguan/ Niger Nigerien/ Nigeria Nigerian/ Norway Norwegian/ Oman Omani/ PakistanPalau Palauan/ Panama Panamanian/ Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinean/ Paraguay Paraguayan/ Peru Peruvian/ Philippines Filipino/ Poland Pole/ Portugal Portuguese/ Qatar Qatari/ Romania Romanian/ RussiaRwanda Rwandan/ Saint Kitts and Nevis Kittian and Nevisian/ Saint Lucia Saint Lucian/ SamoaSan Marino Sammarinese or San Marinese/ Sao Tome and Principe Sao Tomean/ Saudi ArabiaScotland Scottish (NOT Scotch)/  UK Demonyms Senegal Senegalese/ Serbia and Montenegro Serbian or Montenegrin/ Seychelles Seychellois/ Sierra Leone Sierra Leonean/ SingaporeSlovakia Slovak/ Slovenia Slovene / Solomon Islands Solomon Islander/ Somalia Somali/ South Africa South African/ Spain Spaniard/ Sri Lanka Sri Lankan / Sudan Sudanese /Suriname Surinamer/ SwazilandSweden Swede/ Switzerland Swiss/ Syria Syrian/ Taiwan Taiwanese/ Tajikistan Tajik or Tadzhik/ Tanzania Tanzanian/ Thailand Thai/ Togo Togolese/ Tonga Tongan/ Trinidad and Tobago Trinidadian or Tobagonian/ Tunisia Tunisian/ Turkey Turk/ Turkmenistan Turkmen(s) / Tuvalu Tuvaluan / Uganda Ugandan / Ukraine Ukrainian/ United Arab Emirates Emirati/ United Kingdom British, Britons, (Brits)/ United StatesUSA American/ Demonyms Uruguay Uruguayan/ Uzbekistan Uzbek or Uzbekistani/ VanuatuVatican City (Holy See) Citizen of the Holy See /Venezuela Ven0ezuelan/ Vietnam Vietnamese /Wales Welsh /; UK Demonyms Yemen Yemeni or Yemenite/ Zambia Zambian/ Zimbabwe Zimbabwean...