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    To what extent do we need evidence to support our beliefs in different areas of knowledge? Natural science reflects on understanding the world in naturalistic approach but also obeying rules or laws of natural origin. Natural science is also used to distinguish those fields that use the scientific method to study nature from the social sciences‚ which use the scientific method to study human behavior and society. Human science is investigating the human life and human activities via a rational

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    While the Ottoman Empire was declining after putting themselves through many wars in the early 20th century‚ the new Turkish government pondered ways to revive their empire and return to an Islamic state as they were also getting themselves into World War 1. As the minority Armenian group was being accused of assisting the Russian enemy‚ an ethnic cleanse was a solution to the empire’s slump. Despite this ethnic cleanse and deportation of traitors being seen as good in the eyes of a Turk‚ their resolution

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    other hand are strictly for sentenced individuals and do not hand pretrial detainees. In general‚ prisons hold detainees for a much longer period of time. As an auxiliary function‚ recently jails have taken on another duty “Additionally‚ there also has been a change in the use of jails as primarily holding tanks for the impoverished‚ disenfranchised‚ and mentally ill.” (Stojkovic & Lovell‚ 2013. Sec 4.1). Starting in early 20th century‚ jails (and the entire criminal justice system) became

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    During the 20th century law enforcement was in a progressive‚ reform‚ professional and community era and the way of policing had evolve over time. Police forces was characterized by a broad social service function‚ decentralized organization‚ intimate relationship with community and extensive use of foot patrol. Many problem police face was the lack of training‚ bribery‚ lack of control‚ political control‚ lack of education and brutality. Rome was where the 1st specialized investigative unit created

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    Dillinger were most prominently looked at by the people in this era. Criminal organizations kept their illegal operations secret‚ and member’s conferred by word of mouth. Any gangs that became sufficiently systematic were called organized. The act of engaging in criminal activity as a structured group is referred to in the United States as racketeering. Labor racketeering is the domination‚ manipulation‚ and control of a labor movement in order to affect related businesses and industries

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    Major changes came to the textile industry during the 20th century‚ with continuing technological innovations in machinery‚ synthetic fibre‚ logistics‚ and globalization of the business. The business model that had dominated the industry for centuries was to change radically. Cotton and wool producers were not the only source for fibres‚ as chemical companies created new synthetic fibres that had superior qualities for many uses‚ such as rayon‚ invented in 1910‚ and DuPont’s nylon‚ invented in 1935

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    Atlantis, a Lost Continent

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    Introduction. Atlantis was a continent of the Atlantic Ocean where‚ according to Plato‚ an advanced civilization developed some 11‚600 years ago. Plato affirms that‚ as the result of a huge volcanic cataclysm of worldwide extent‚ this continent sunk away underseas‚ disappearing forever. Official Science - the one you learn at school - rejects the actual existence of Atlantis‚ as it has so far been unable to find any traces of its reality. But the reason for that is simple to explain. Everybody

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    20th Century Innovations’ Impact On Our Country’s Culture Two innovations during the 20th century that affected the cultural life of the country are the movie and advertising industries‚ both of which continue to be influential to today’s society; they defined what it meant to be an American based on the mass media’s opinion. The movie industry greatly influenced society during the 20th century‚ and continues to do so today. When Americans watched motion pictures back in the early part

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    the most important invention of the 20th century is the internet. It has a great effect on our life in every field. we can make use of internet almost in everything. It has many advantages on our life as well as disadvantages. as in every technological invention internet also can be misused. of course‚ to decrease the misuse depends on us. the advantages of internet can be seen in every field. The most important benefit is we can get many information related to many things in any field from different

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    CONTINENTAL PHILOSOPHY When beginning the study of philosophy it is hard to believe that there are so many components involved with one subject. But in reality philosophy is really a broad term for many subtopics; as is the case when discussing continental philosophy‚ which is the philosophical tradition of continental Europe including phenomenology and existentialism. It all began with Absolute Idealism supported by such philosophers as Fichte and Hegel. It was during the eighteenth and nineteenth

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