TOK Essay – Final draft By: Sakshi Khanna 13B Word count: 1413 “That which can be asserted without evidence can be dismissed without evidence.” – Christopher Hitchens. Do you agree? “Seeing is believing.” Evidence can clarify doubts in certain areas of knowledge and can bring about conclusions. These assertions and dismissals can be driven by emotion and bias‚ while some individuals prefer to choose reason and logic over emotion in coming to asserting something‚ that is‚ they tend to assert
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Leadership Responsibilities In 1950 His Holiness was called upon to assume full political power after China’s invasion of Tibet in 1949/50. In 1954‚ he went to Beijing for peace talks with Mao Zedong and other Chinese leaders‚ including Deng Xiaoping and Chou Enlai. But finally‚ in 1959‚ with the brutal suppression of the Tibetan national uprising in Lhasa by Chinese troops‚ His Holiness was forced to escape
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MASARYK UNIVERSITY Faculty of Social Science Department of Psychology M. A. Petra Vondráčková ADDICTIVE BEHAVIOUR ON THE INTERNET Thesis Supervisor: Assoc. Prof. David Šmahel‚ M.Sc. et Ph.D. Brno 2012 I declare that I have written this thesis independently and all cited resources have been listed in the references. Praha 20 November‚ 2012 Petra Vondráčková Acknowledgements I would like to thank my supervisor David Šmahel for his invaluable help and guidance‚ and also for
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well as the utility of the Tao in nearly every aspect of life. History and Beginnings of Taoism Taoism is believed to have started in the 6th century B.C.E. by a former government worker who maintained the royal archives during the reign of the Chou Dynasty. That keeper of the royal archives was named Lao Tzu and he became dreary from his work so left his occupation to pursue a different calling out west. It is speculated that upon his departure from the confines of China‚ a guard watching the
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IMPORTANCE AND CURRENT ISSUES OF DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM Cynthia P. C. Lee Decision support system (DSS) has been used Abstract This paper emphasized on the Decision Support System (DSS) defined in various ways depending upon the author’s point of view by Turban (1995)‚ Little (1970)‚ Moore and Chang (1980)‚ Keen (1980)‚ and Power (1997); history of DSS during late 1950s and early 1960s until millennium approached of Web-based analytical applications; the importance of DSS to assist in high-level
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E-learning: Social‚ professional‚ legal and ethical issues: E-Learning is the utilization of data or information and computer technologies to make learning experiences. E-learning can deliver that education which always cannot be taught by conventional methods and throughout a lifetime. E-Learning helps people to learn at their place and time of choosing (Horton‚ 2006). Over the years‚ E-learning has evolved from teaching Life-sciences to Spirituality. In the beginning days of E-Learning‚ it received
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Document 1 The Secret History of the Mongols‚ 13th Century‚ compiled from Mongol Oral Traditions After this in the Year of the Sheep Chingis Khan set out to fight the people of Cathay (the Chin Empire in north China). First he took the city of Fu-chou then marching through the Wild Fox Pass he took Hsuan-te-fu. From here he sent out an army under Jebe’s command to take the fortress at Chu-yung Kuan. When Jebe arrived he saw the Chu-yung Kuan was well defended‚ so he said: “I’ll trick them and
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MULTIPLE CHOICE. Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers the question. 1) Which of the following was NOT a characteristic of American civilizations during the post classical period? 1) _______ A) Highly developed agriculture B) Monotheistic practices C) Elaborate cultural systems D) Diverse civilizations 2) What was the relationship between the Toltecs and their predecessors in central Mexico? 2) _______ A) The Toltecs adopted the animistic religion
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The knight-errant is similar to the medieval knight who follows the code of chivalry‚ fights honorably‚ and defends the weak and poor. However‚ the knight fights for and is loyal to his or her liege‚ whereas‚ the knight-errant fights on the side of justice and pledges fealty to no one. Regardless of the gender‚ all knight-errants exhibit certain character traits such as righteousness‚ honor‚ and bravery. These properties of the knight-errant are evident in the three short stories‚ “The Sung Founder
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Tao-te Ching‚ and Niccolo Machiavelli‚ author of The Prince have similar but very contrasting ideas of government‚ and how people should be governed. Lao-tzu was born in the Chinese state of Ch’u. He spent most of his life working in the library of the Chou dynasty. Once he decided to leave a gate keeper convinced him he would write down his thoughts‚ Thus creating the Tao-te Ching. Lao-tzu’s view of government is the master should not have optimal power over the people. He feels as though people should
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