“Given access to the same facts‚ how is it possible that there can be disagreement between experts in a discipline?” Facts are knowledge that is believed to be true and accurate; facts can act as knowledge within their own right‚ as well as evidence for the development of new or improved knowledge. Experts are appointed across all fields; they can be regarded as the gatekeepers to knowledge of their respective discipline. Society allows these gatekeepers access to facts‚ with the expectation that
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THESIS: “Having not just two cultures‚ but two time zones”. Weir‚ the director of the film Witness‚ cleverly used juxtaposition to divide the two overlapping worlds. The dichotomy in the contemporary American society and the idealised representation of Amish people‚ and their dissimilar values and morals are powerfully shown visually. Linking Sentence from the intro Weir speculates the attitudinal divide of the values and morals of the two worlds. He focuses in the conflict of cultures and social
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The buck poem in Witness by Karen Hesse is about a buck who repeatedly gets stuck in the ice. Merlin Van Tornhout finds a buck trapped between the ice on a river that dogs chased it into. The buck had tried crossing but fell between the ice and got stuck. Constable Johnson comes and together‚ Merlin and him pull the huge buck out. Unfortunately‚ the cold buck gets scared and jumps right back into the hole it was just pulled out of. Merlin and Constable Johnson take it out‚ and this time the buck
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1. What is the main difference between a virus and a Trojan? A computer virus attaches itself to a program or file enabling it to spread from one computer to another‚ leaving infections as it travels. Like a human virus‚ a computer virus can range in severity: some may cause only mildly annoying effects while others can damage your hardware‚ software or files. Almost all viruses are attached to an executable file‚ which means the virus may exist on your computer but it actually cannot infect your
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Witness to the assassination of Malcolm X Christian Hamlin HIS/145 01/30/2014 Professor Lucht Witness to the assassination of Malcolm X The death of the great Malcolm X was a most tragic day. On February 21‚ 1965 Malcolm X was preparing to address the Organization of Afro-American Unity in Manhattan’s Audubon Ballroom where he was gunned down by three men‚ one of the gunmen was a member of the Nation of Islam Talmadge Hayer (Journal‚ 2014). Malcolm X was a great leader not because he wanted
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differ in the way a country or a state is managed. In attempting to identify and discuss the differences between the two regimes‚ we should think what implications do the two regimes have on the political system. How are they different in terms of the institutions they inherent? How are rulers elected and which one provides the more comprehensive representation? How does the law making process differ‚ what implications do they have on the judiciary and civil rights? Is the distribution of power different
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to it are powerful forces in our lives.’ “This gun of the hand is for the taking of human life. We believe it is wrong to take a life. That is only for God.” The conflicting notions and difference between cultures is thoroughly represented throughout Peter Weir’s stunning and thematically moving film ‘Witness’ in which two different worlds with two different value systems are profoundly presented to its viewers. Having a sense of belonging is essential to identity; it is a basic human instinct
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I‚ personally‚ have to strongly disagree with you there. Growing up‚ I had more freedom than any other teen I had ever met. Literally. I moved back and forth between my mom’s house and my grandma’s house and no one ever stopped me. I never had to be in by a certain time. I’m positive that it’s not always true‚ but some kids without rules are the ones that turn out better. Because I didn’t have rules growing up‚ I taught myself how to live. When I wanted to do something‚ I knew that if I told
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for children because it makes they feel stress and it will lead them to do crime and vandalisms. In my opinion‚ children should be given freedom because they can learn how to manage their own life without hoping from others. So‚ children of today should be given freedom for their own benefits. Firstly‚ children should be given freedom to make their own decision in what they want to do in their life. In this way‚ children know how to manage their own life and their will learns how to solve any problems
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Katie Royle 17/9/10 What are the main differences between spoken and written English? In English‚ speech is known as a social way of communicating and expressing an opinion. On the other hand writing is known more for recording notes‚ facts and information. Each form of English has different ways of interacting with a specific audience. The lexis for both the written and spoken mode is somewhat different. Informal and colloquial is the language used during speech whereas
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