Case Two Plaintiff: Jane Chambers (Prosecution) Defendant: Giorgio’s Grill (Defense) SUMMARY Jane Chambers‚ filed a personal injury action alleging negligence by the defendant‚ Giorgio’s Grill. She alleges that she slipped and fell on a wet napkin‚ breaking her leg. The defendant denied any negligence. Giorgio’s was a restaurant which became a night club after certain hours. It had a tradition of both the wait staff and customers throwing paper napkins into the air as the music
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They don’t do handguns‚ cars‚ or telephones‚ and they’re exceedingly clannish in their desire to keep out technology generally and outsiders in particular. The basis for Witness is an age-old fish-out-of-water story: a modern man trying to fit in with the quaint Amish in Lancaster County‚ Pennsylvania. Taken on that basis alone‚ Witness is a success; it’s when the "real" world intrudes‚ with its drugs and crooked cops and dead partners‚ that the movie falls apart. Harrison Ford plays John Book‚ a big
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Prosecution of Victor Frankenstein Today we are gathering to discuss the tragic death of William Frankenstein. Unfortunately‚ this innocent child is a victim of the unfortunate events that have recently passed. However‚ we are not here today to discuss how we feel about the loss of him‚ but rather what will happen to one of the two possible perpetrators. The two being Victor Frankenstein and the Creature that he created. However‚ I will be prosecuting Victor Frankenstein because his lack of compassion
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Module B: Close Study of Text Text: Witness ‘Witness’‚ an American film‚ directed by Australian director Peter Weir‚ is a film set in 1985 about a clash of modern American society‚ and an idyllic Amish community. Maeri Saeli describes it as “the two worlds meet‚ but never merge” This is shown in the interaction between ideas‚ characters and techniques that make an impact on the audience. The main ideas represented in this text are Violence versus non-violence/ pacifism versus direct action‚ relationships
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505145 I Witness: Re-presenting Trauma in and by Cinema TAMAR ASHURI Department of Communication Studies‚ Ben-Gurion University‚ Beer-Sheva‚ Israel and School of Communication‚ Sapir College‚ D.N. Hof Ashkelon‚ Israel This article considers how film helps reconcile a traumatic collective past through representation of a personal trauma. It focuses on the role of witnesses in conveying their experiences regarding events that have traumatized them. The author suggests that a witness to a traumatic
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Eye Witness Testimony Refers to the use of eye or ear witnesses in court or in police statements about the identity of someone who has committed a crime. Key Study into EWT – Factors that Influence EWT * Anxiety * Unpleasant emotional state where we fear that something bad is about to happen usually accompanied by physiological arousal (pumping heart) * Deffenbacher – MA of studies found considerable support for a negative correlation between anxiety and EWT meaning the more
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life‚ death and resurrection. Differences between Christian and Jehovah’s Witness beliefs. There are some differences in Jehovah’s Witness and Christianity in which they will be discussed briefly in this part. Christians believe in complex monotheism‚ where God exists in three forms: God the Father‚ the son and the Holy Spirit though they present one God and doesn’t mean there are three Gods. In Jehovah’s Witness religion‚ it teaches that Father is God the Almighty‚ on the other hand Jesus is
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The film‚ Witness‚ deals with characters in conflict with the world around them. Discuss the methods Weir uses to convey this idea of conflict. In Peter Weir’s film‚ Witness‚ several characters come into conflict with their environment. This is evident through the use of various techniques such as symbol‚ camera angle‚ and imagery. Samuel’s protective life as a child in the Amish community is corrupted when he comes into contact with crime and the city and experiences a loss of innocence. By contrast
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17-19 in Anthropology for Christian Witness Charles Kraft covers a range of topics; Education‚ family‚ and status and role. Through these three chapters we see the importance of looking outside our own culture and our own ‘world’. In the sense that we can not safely assume that everyone else lives the same way do. Education can be something we simply look at as “accumulating of information” but something much more. Chapter 17 in Anthropology for Christian Witness Charles Kraft breaks down the dynamic
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Embezzlement is a white-collar crime‚ it mostly occurs in corporations when a person uses the funds or assets of the employer for individual interests. Embezzlement is also common when we refer to the misappropriation of public funds. This usually occurs when the culprit has permissible access to the property and funds‚ as he or she has been entrusted with its handling and care. Embezzlement is a serious crime that carries penalties in both the civil and criminal court. Employees who care for public
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