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    2011 Jan Phil2 KoEW MS Outline and illustrate three characteristics of sense-data. (15 marks) Anticipate the following characteristics: • We are immediately/directly acquainted with sense-data‚ (from which we infer a mindindependent reality). • Sense-data are (usually) mental or mind-dependent. • Sense-data exist only as they are perceived. • Reports regarding sense-data are incorrigible. • Sense-data are nothing other than how they appear – they have no hidden depths. • The sense-data

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    5 Ways Poor Dental Care Makes You Sick Holly C. Corbett‚ Prevention Thu‚ Dec 08‚ 2011 Even if you brush your teeth daily‚ you may still have dangerous bacteria growing inside your mouth. Not only could that lead to periodontitis (an advanced form of gum disease that comes with symptoms such as bleeding when you brush and gum pain)‚ but studies also find a link between poor oral hygiene and major health issues. Here are some ways that missing the mark on oral care could harm your heath.

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    GOVERNMENT – UNIT 3 UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT U.S. CONSTITUTION  bridge Reducing or cutting short.  Bill of Rights The first ten amendments to the Constitution‚ based strongly on the personal freedoms of the citizen.  currency A medium of exchange for purchases.  endowed To be equipped with a talent or a quality.  persecuted To harass or annoy.  petition A request.  redress To set right; correcting a wrong that was done.  tranquility Calmness; peacefulness (note: the early American spelling

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    Wrong argues that functionalists have an ‘over-socialised view’ of people as mere puppets of society. Functionalists wrongly imply that pupils passively accept all they are taught and never reject the schools values. Unlike Davis and Moore‚ the New Right argue that the state education system fails to prepare young people adequately for work. This is because state control of education discourages efficiency‚ competition and choice. 3. Outline some of the ways in which government educational policies

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    written by Thomas to his professor George Pierce Baker “If the audience is depressed over my play‚ I am depressed over my audience (Clark 39).” I feel the same sentiment with Thomas Wolfe when he talks so fondly of his play. When reading The Mountains‚ I had the feeling I was experiencing something of importance. Thomas Wolfe in the early age of his college career was able to write a play that portrayed strong emotion of several characters. The emotion of these characters was clearly felt to me when I

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    Children collected firewood and maple tree sap. Women’s roles were cooking‚ packing things when the tribe decided to move‚ and take care of her children. Men’s roles were the hunt‚ construct the homes and handle the cropping. The Jesuits‚ in the mid-1600’s‚ were the first that recognized the Chippewa’s. They were engaged in the “fur” trade with the French travelers‚ and many of the Frenchmen also married Chippewa women in the tribe. Chippewa warriors also joined French in the fight vs. the English in the

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    Qiyu Zhang SOC 477 - 01 Instructor: L Barbosa Date: December‚ 3‚ 2014 The Story Of Stuff “The Story Of Stuff” written by Annie Leonard mainly talks about a life cycle of stuff. Annie defines the life cycle as material economy and‚ in turn‚ she divides the life cycle into five stages: extraction‚ production‚ distribution‚ consumption‚ and disposal. Some environmental theories and neo-Marxist theory can be applied into the five stages to explore the environmental

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    An essay is an explanatory view‚ usually from a personal perspective. The essay deals often cultural or social phenomena and is not fictional but often subjective‚ explained he tried to comment or judge. ‚ the definition is a little vague and somewhat overlaps with the definition of short stories and articles. essays are usually rather short but again‚ the exception proves the rule. They are usually chronologically and each new concept is introduced. Academic essays test the ability of the

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    Do you think digital media is changing our lives? It’s a question with many answers‚ both good‚ bad and indifferent. In this generation technology is the biggest topic. It’s shrinking our world and widening the gap on other specific things. If digital media is changing our lives then how is it doing it? However there are some pros and cons of the digital age. I say that I am a believer saying that digital media is changing our lives. At this time digital media is changing our lives because a lot

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    Asses the view that the education system of Britain is meritocratic (40 marks) One of the main understandings of the functionalist view of the education system is that it acts as a ladder of opportunity for people to achieve the best that they can‚ according to their ability. The best people will then go on to gain the best jobs and become the leaders of their society. This belief is known meritocracy. A meritocracy is a social system in which people’s success in life depends primarily on their

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