Totalitarian Government’s Misuse of Technology Will Lim A totalitarian government seeks to control not only all economic and political matters‚ but the attitudes‚ values‚ and beliefs of its population‚ erasing the distinction between state and society. The theme of technology has been a significant subject throughout the whole history of totalitarianism. In George Orwell’s novel Nineteen Eighty-Four‚ the totalitarian government abuses technology for its own ends instead of exploiting its knowledge
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Running head: PRIMING AND OVERCONFIDENCE Misuse of Priming Effects Overconfidence Abstract This experiment was designed to test whether priming participants through testing can lead to overconfidence on further testing when the information changes. 36 Participants were selected from the ------- to participate in this experiment. The participants were given reading comprehension tests that were amended from Pearson-Longman Education testing materials. 18 participants were given Test 1 followed
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PLEA BARGAINING The former Chairman‚ Local Government Election Petition Tribunal in Oyo State‚ Justice Waheed Olaifa (rtd)‚ has described plea-bargaining as a bad compromise which is eroding the integrity of the judiciary and deepening the culture of corruption in the country. Olaifa who spoke with journalists shortly after he bowed out of the bench‚ noted that plea-bargaining was a strange element in the Nigerian legal system. He said: “Plea bargaining is not in our own law. Instead of allowing
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heights. Let us suppose that you feel tired and that you enter a tea-shop in default of a better place of rest. The shop looks sordid and dingy‚ and you shudder slightly as a vision of true repose comes to mind – something with green fields and running water and the scent of grass and flowers in it. But‚ alas! you are not free to that extent; here there are no Elysian fields – here is London with all its dreary grey buildings and endless discomfort. So you enter the shop. A pale‚ grim young woman comes
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prescription drug misuse has become a wide spread occurrence in the United States. The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Service Administration states‚ “Prescription Drug Misuse is defined as intentional or unintentional use of medication without prescription in a way other than prescribed‚ or the experience or feeling it causes”. (The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Service Administration‚ 2015). Whether is intentional due to a medical condition or for other reasons prescription drug misuse can lead to
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Misuse in the Justice system. Many people are convicted of wrongful crimes that they never committed. This is due to bias‚ racism‚ and of course corruption. A total of 20‚000 people are wrongfully accused of a crime they never committed. This is a number that should not be ignored. We need to explore the effects of this justice system and what influences the outcome of the cases. One of the causes that influence the outcome of the case is bias. Bias is a prejudice in favor of an object or person
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Pragmatic Failure Pragmatic failure is the inability to understand what is meant by what is said. It refers to the errors in our speech communication because of failing to accomplish a perfect communicative effect. In 1983‚ a British linguist Thomas came up with the pragmatic failure. In his opinion‚ pragmatic failure is not simply the wrong use of language‚ namely‚ grammatical mistakes‚ occurred in common usage‚ using words or making sentences but it refers to inappropriate speaking‚ improper
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Misuse and Abuse of Welfare in America Welfare misuse in the United States is more common than the average person may think. Welfare is a government program that provides financial aid or services to individuals who cannot support themselves. The program takes money from working individuals in the form of taxes and distributes it to assist the disadvantaged and less fortunate. Though this effort is incredible in many ways‚ it is misused and abused by many receiving it. This misuse encourages
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infections‚ acute otitis media may benefit from antibiotics because it is often caused by bacteria. However‚ other types of ear infections are caused by viruses‚ and there is no definite way to determine if bacterial or viral for sure. Antibiotic overuse in children has become a common problem‚ aggravated by parental pressure for the medication Should uncomplicated acute otitis media be treated conservatively prior to antibiotic therapy? Healthy children with uncomplicated acute otitis media can
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sure is that police are always misusing their power‚ weather in fear or not. Of course not all but some cops are just rude and disrespectful that they will pull you over just because of the way you dress‚ look‚ or because of your race‚ etc. That’s misuse of power just because they are cops doesn’t mean they can pull you over without you breaking a law. Under fear they feel more powerful just because they have a badge and think they can be rowdy. They maybe feel under pressure and that’s when they
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