Knowledge is very powerful. We decide whether we want to know something or not. I disagree with the statement that the lack of knowledge can’t hurt you. The true knowledge often hurts; however it doesn’t mean that lack of it can’t hurt. Why can lack of knowledge be harmful and hurt us? Let’s start from a simple fact like not studying for a test or a quiz may or will result in a bad grade. Not knowing the material that we are studying can and will hurt us. General knowledge in a society is very important
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reporting it‚ no matter truth it or not” John Pilger’s documentary movie you can’t see because of war he showed in it. It is not a new report about war cruel or lies in mass-media‚ it is a scream in a silent society about extent of our information blindness. It is a movie you can’t see‚ you don’t want to see‚ but you must see. “The war you don’t see” shows us a huge difference between what we expect from mass-media and what we really get. And we always get a lie. How big and how powerful this lie
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declaring independence on 20 July 1810 and achieving it in 1819‚ Colombia has changed its name seven times. Regional cultural traditions are diverse‚ with a broad range of distinct groups that have unique customs‚ accents‚ social patterns‚ and cultural adaptations. These groups are classified into three cultures: those in the interior‚ the countryside‚ and the coastal regions. Only during elections‚ sporting events‚ and beauty pageants do the regional cultures unite for a common goal. Location and Geography
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American University of Sharjah Department of Writing Studies WRI 101: Academic Writing Spring 2014 Instructor: C. Horger Meeting Times: Mon/Wed 8:00‚ 9:30‚ 11:00‚ 12:30 E-mail: chorger@aus.edu Meeting Location: Lang 102 and 109 Telephone: 515-2717 Office: Lang. 220 Office Hours: 10:00-12:00 S/T Course Description Academic Writing challenges students to recognize‚ understand‚ and
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the two world class universities in this country. Along with the perfect for-learning instruments‚ the students enrolled in overseas courses are from various countries‚ which creates a mutual learning atmosphere. Studying with talented friends helps you mix well with other cultures. Moreover‚ the teaching staff here is superior to those in other Asia-Pacific schools and even have the same training competence in the US and Great Britain. The professors in Singapore colleges have different nationalities
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"What do you call an intelligent blonde? A Golden Retriever." What a typical example of a blonde joke known by almost everyone. Yet‚ are these jokes‚ based on unfounded premises‚ such entertaining? Why is it so rare to hear jokes of this sort about brunettes? Does this fact have anything to do with the so-called "dumb blondes stereotype"? Furthermore‚ how many of natural blondes‚ or to say "fair-hair" women or men exist? According to scientists‚ the population of blondes is declared to be 1.8 to
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ownership in case of quality issue. Under Vendor-Managed Inventory model the order is generated by the manufacturer without being the change of ownership of inventory. The inventory plan is maintained and created by the manufacturer as he receives the data that tell him about the distributor’s sales and stock levels. This model eliminates the case of emerging conflict in case of quality issues‚ save manpower‚ space and inventory management and administration work as sole responsibility is with the system
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Increased concentration‚ globalisation‚ growth in services and use of multi-channel retailing‚ increased use of technology and focus on value delivered are all general trends that influence how John Lewis operates as the market leader in the UK department store sector. Consumers today are not afraid to do price-comparison and the idea of choice makes John Lewis’ costumers not only buy products‚ but experience. John Lewis compliment their sales by giving their customers insurance and trust as
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6. What do you think is the biggest problem facing the world today? I would say greed and ignorance is the biggest problem facing the world today. It is an aspect of human nature and seemingly intractable. I don’t expect the mass of humanity to undergo spiritual transformation to amend these aspects. However I do think that in order for problems to be solved such as objective conditions e.g. war and poverty‚ there has to be a change in social ethos- that of which is generally considered desirable
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“See What I’m Saying” “See What I’m Saying” was a video on how difficult it can sometimes be for the Deaf community to be “heard” by the hearing community. This video showed us four different Deaf people and their daily and life struggles. This video was kind of hard to watch without getting upset and even at yourself. It showed how even finding an apartment to live in is hard‚ along with trying to have an job. You know you are good at this certain job‚ but no one seems to want to even give their
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