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OLD AGE

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The first thing that we are going to do before entering fully into the analysis of the word old age is to determine its etymological origin. Investigating we discovered that it is found in Latin and more specifically in the word vetus , which can be translated as “old”. Old age is the quality of old (someone of advanced age or something old and that is not new or recent). Old age refers to senescence or senile age . Although there is no exact age at which it can be considered as the beginning of old age, it is often said that a person is old when they exceed 70 years of life . Old age is also linked to the social category known as third age . The members of this group are usually retired (that is, they no longer work and are therefore not part of the economically active population) and, in many cases, have become grandparents . October 1 is when the International Day of the Third Age is celebrated around the world, a state that for centuries has worried and elicited ...

OVERSIGHT

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Oversight is the function , work or place of work of the overseer . An overseer, on the other hand, is a person who has the power and responsibility to observe, inspect and control certain matters to determine if they comply with the provisions of the regulations . For example: "The election oversight will be in charge of a committee of international experts" , "The opposition requests that a neighborhood oversight be implemented to control the progress of the works" , "According to the data provided by the oversight, the project cost 100,000 dollars more than what was foreseen in the budget ” . In some countries , there are citizen oversight bodies that are in charge of overseeing that state agencies and public officials comply with their commitments and obligations. These oversight bodies can analyze state expenditures and monitor the progress of the works carried out by a government, to name two possibilities. This type of oversight contr...

OPPOSITE VECTORS

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In the field of physics , vectors are quantities that are defined by their quantity, their direction, their point of application and their meaning. Vectors can be classified in different ways according to their characteristics and the context in which they act. Opposite vectors are known as those that have the same direction and the same magnitude , but have opposite directions . According to other definitions, the opposite vectors have the same magnitude but opposite direction because the direction also indicates the direction. The idea of opposite vectors, in short, implies working with two vectors that have the same magnitude (that is, the same module) and the same direction, although with the opposite sense. It can be said that a vector is opposite to another when it has the same magnitude but appears at 180º . In this way, the vector is not only opposite to the other, but it is also its negative . Let us take the case of the vector RS and the vector MN . The ...

OPERETTA

 The zarzuela is a scenic genre that combines declamations, songs and instrumental parts. Its name comes from the Palacio de la Zarzuela , the place where this type of dramatic and musical work was performed for the first time. This palace was built in the 17th century by order of King Felipe IV as a hunting lodge and its name obeys the presence of brambles (also known as blackberries or blackberries). The work of this genre and the lyrics or music of the same work are also called zarzuela. During colonial times, the zarzuela spread to America (in countries like Cuba and Venezuela ) and the Philippines (where it was combined with local forms and gave rise to the sarswela). Considered a subgenre of the operetta , the zarzuela differs from it since its action takes place in a Spanish province and, in addition, it always includes a musical fragment inspired by the typical music of Spain . Lope de Vega and Pedro Calderón de la Barca were some of the great writers who, ...