Ancient Skills, Organic Farms, Toxic Friends & Modern Issues

Internet Revives Ancient Skills of Geisha

  • Maiko
  • Teahouses
  • Poor girls
  • Making up their own kimonos
  • An art
  • All day from morning to midnight
  • In Kyoto
  • It’s more exciting than working in a company.

Organic Farming

  • Wanted to grow their own food.
  • Was not used to grow produce right before they bought it.
  • The use of farming methods that do not cause environmental damage.
  • Decides whether produce can be called organic.
  • Your farming practices are approved by its inspectors.
  • When the Soil Association was just starting to function.
  • Had some problems meeting their customers needs.
  • Of a general tendency towards protecting the environment.

Toxic Friends: Identifying and Managing Difficult Relationships

  • A friend who can make your life difficult.
  • No one in particular, but it’s becoming widely accepted.
  • A friend who will never be supportive of things we want to do
  • Analyze our relationships with our friends very often.
  • Avoid them from time to time.
  • Is easier to solve for men.
  • Tires you telling you about her problems.
  • The toxic friend’s problem cannot always be solved by therapy.

Modern Slavery: A Contemporary Crisis

  • Very often people who were captured from enemy armies
  • Justifications to enslave people were different from today.
  • The number of slaves was less than in present times.
  • There are forms of exploitation that are equivalent to slavery.
  • In contradiction with existing laws against it.
  • Are affected by forms of slavery, as men and people of all ages are.
  • Are some of the most important factors for the return of slavery.
  • Slaves are now cheaper and easier to replace.

Is Text Messaging Making Our Kids Illiterate?

  • A teenager can solve most problems with computers or high tech devices…
  • People.
  • Have a richer social life.
  • May behave violently in real life.
  • Phonetic shorthand.
  • Instant Messaging shows that young generations are more and more uneducated.
  • Disagree about the influence of text messaging in school work.
  • An adult who reflects on the use of new techs among kids.

Sweet as Sugar: A History and Its Impact

  • Not known in Europe until the 16th century.
  • Honey was collected from trees nine thousand years ago.
  • Help make a better supply of nectar.
  • Reflect the original taste of the plants they come from.
  • There would be less green stuff to feed animals and humans.
  • The number of people working in apiculture is decreasing.
  • Comes from hives looked after by professional beekeepers.
  • You will live a much healthier and longer life.

Threatened Prehistoric Paradise Reveals Its Secrets

  • Is the closest place to Conan Doyle’s 1912 novel.
  • Found many new species still unknown to science.
  • Species are disappearing as they are discovered by scientists.
  • Biologists have been fascinated by Borneo for a long time.
  • Added the Paedocypris micromegethes to its list of new species.
  • Malaysia and other Asian countries are going to sign an agreement of protection for the region.
  • Appears like a cross between two animals.
  • Has more species of plants than any other region on the planet.