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    Mali and other surrounding areas, and is especially used as a way to exacerbate the national pride and identity. The epic of Sundiata helps people to integrate themselves in an historical ensemble and to get a hold on their history. Historical accuracy might seem necessary for such a thing to happen. At least, that is what our Western standards would expect to find in an historical written tale, as if every written historical text was accurate in the first place. This debate fits within the whole

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    Build Speed and Accuracy in Softball Pitching Drill Whilst we cannot guarantee that every throw you will make is going to be a strike, it is still important for players like you to enhance your speed, endurance and accuracy. Fortunately, there are various activities to build speed and accuracy in softball pitching drill that you can try. The drills aim to sustain the players’ natural abilities by repeating specific activities. We compiled a shortlist of the best recommendations and potential practices

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    accurate, the criminal justice system can evaluate the accuracy through some factors and make it a more useful tool. Three main factors will be discussed in this essay, which are confidence of eyewitness,

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    Ultrasound Dating Accuracy The dating ultrasound will likely be the first scan that an expectant mother will have, and this examination should be able to provide the parents with a guided estimation of the baby’s due date. It is unlikely for a child to be born on their exact due date, but the date provided should be within a few days of the birth. Dating scans can also provide other important information such as the presence of a heartbeat, the actual size of the foetus as well as any unusual features

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    The movie Pompeii is based on the eruption of Mount Vesuvius that destroyed the Roman city of Pompeii. Mount Vesuvius erupted in 79AD, destroying the city and killing all of its inhabitants. The movie did do a fairly good job of portraying the correct historical details of what this day in history would have actually been like. For the opening of the movie the writings of Pliny the younger, a young man who witnessed the eruption and wrote about the occurrences of that day, were quoted. Although

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    “Wrongfully convicted at age 25, Calvin Johnson received a life sentence for the rape of a Georgia woman after four different women identified him. Exonerated in 1999, he walked out of prison a 41-year old man. The true rapist has never been found, (The Justice Project).” Eyewitness testimony is highly relied on by judges, but it can not always be trusted. Approximately 48% of wrong convictions are because of mistaken identity by eyewitnesses (The Psychology of Eyewitness Testimony). After we discovered

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    be like what I do most frequently. Therefore, I believe that this lab report was an accurate assessment of my typical eating. Even though this report assesses my eating accurately, its analysis is not accurate. A lot of determinants can affect its accuracy. The first, I couldn’t always find exactly the same food I was eating in the database and I was choosing the most similar one. This

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    This essay is looking in depth at the reliability and accuracy of polls in the media.   Polls in the media Abstract The aim of this analytical essay was to investigate the reliability and accuracy of polls in the media. The report includes both the strengths and weakness of the three selected polls, two of which were conducted over the internet and the remaining over the telephone. This investigation is aimed to look in depth at the methods of survey and the variables within it that may or may

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    Wikipedia: Content & Accuracy Wikipedia is a fee online encyclopedia. It is called a wiki, which is a “website that allows anyone to add, delete, or revise content by using a web browser” (unknown). There have been many studies questioning the credibility or accuracy of Wikipedia. The four most studied subjects are as follows; accuracy of the information in the articles, appropriateness of the pictures in articles, appropriateness of the style and focus of the articles, and the susceptibility of

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    Prior to taking the quiz I was extremely skeptical in regards to the accuracy of the Sokanu assessment. This whole idea that anyone can take a quiz and it will predict what you’re going to in life seems to good to be true. As I started the assessment , I realized due to the format, it was going to be a different experience. The ability to see your results as you took the quiz was amazing, it really kept my interest through all the questions. The results of my assessment were actually kind

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