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How can life form in the Universe, and what are the necessary ingredients for planets to sustain it? Can we expect life elsewhere in the solar system, or on exo-planets?
Early computers were either designed to do one thing or, if they were programmable, a program would run, and then a new program would be run. But a modern computer gives the appearance of doing multiple things at once.
In the Commonwealth Caribbean, final appeals were traditionally heard by the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, or ‘Her Majesty in Council’. Some islands have now replaced the Privy Council with the Caribbean Court of Justice as their highest court. The choice of highest court remains a controversial political issue in the Caribbean. While the Privy Council has deep colonial and imperial roots, it has sometimes been an important safeguard for fundamental rights: what are the pros and cons?